Saturday, December 1, 2007

Asa Place

When lived
1765 to 1853

How related to Kieran
Great-great-great-great-great grandfather (Father of Levi and Charles Place)

Parents
John Albro Place and Elizabeth Gross (Place)

Birth
1765 in Dutchess, N.Y.

Employment
NA

Marriage
Nancy Dutcher (b. 1785, d. 1853) in 1801 at age of 36 in Sabula (aka Hickory Kingdom), Clearfield County, Pa.; another source indicates that they were married in Tioga County, N.Y., and came to Pa. with their three sons, Levi, Charles and Jacob

Children
g Sally (b. abt. 1801-NA)
g Hannah (b. abt. 1808, married a Howe; their children include: Thomas Howe and Richard Howe)
g Charles (b. Feb. 17, 1809; d. July 21, 1894, in Pepin County, Wis.)
g Jacob (b. abt. 1810 in Sabula, Clearfield, Pa.; married Margaret Mitchell; their children include: Huston Place, b. 1832; James F. Place, b. 1836; Hannah Place, b. 1843, m. Samuel Kirker; John R. Place, b. 1847; Valorse William Place, b. 1849 in Houston, Clearfield, Pa.; Jane Place, b. 1852 in Houston, Clearfield, Pa., m. Andrew Edinger, d. 1927; Rhoda Place, b. 1855 in Houston, Clearfield, Pa., m. John Moore, d. Sept. 7, 1923. Jacob d. March 17, 1883, in Sabula, Houston Township, Pa.; Margaret died Feb. 2, 1886, alt. source says 1883)
g Levi (b. 1814, alt. source says 1815, in Tioga Co., Pa.; died April 26, 1910, in Waterville Township, Wis.)
g John (b. abt. 1816; single; d. in 1837 at 21 years; sometimes referred to as James in records)
g Betty F. Place (b. abt. 1821, alt. source says 1818; married a Swartwood; their children are: Levi Swartwood and Hiram Swartwood; d. 1915)

Interesting facts
g Some references list his name as Asel or as Asabel
g 1810 U.S. Census lists him as living in Tioga County, Pa.
g 1820 U.S. Census lists him as living in Elkland, Tioga County, Pa.
g In Sabula, Pa., he cleared land and built a home there as a settler; today it is near modern day Dubois

Died
1853 in Houston, Clearfield Co., Pa.; buried at Hickory Cemetery, Houston, Clearfield, Pa.

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