Friday, January 11, 2008

William Hezekiah Place

When lived
1843/4-1895

How related to Kieran
Great-great-great-uncle (brother of Delcina Place)

Parents
Levi and Polly (Moorhouse) Place

Birth
Jan. 14, 1843 (alt. source says 1844) in Pennsylvania

Employment
NA

Marriage
Matilda Thomas (b. 1850 in Bloom Twp., Clearfield County, Pa., to John Thomas, b. 1820 and d. May 3, 1904, in Bloom Township, and Susannah Bilgerb, b. Sept. 12, 1821, in Union Township, Clearfield Co.; d. Nov. 19, 1933, in Sabula, Clearfield Co., Pa.; bur. Conway Cemetery, Penfield Twp., Clearfield Co.) on Jan. 5, 1873

Children
g Susannah Elenora Place (b. 1873; d.1957)
g Mirola Marion Place (b. 1874; d. 1891)
g Martha Matilda Place (b. 1877; d. 1950)
g Mary Lucinda Place (b. 1880; d. 1972)
g Minnie Ardell Place (b. 1881; d. 1946)
g Orpha Estell Place (b. 1883; d. 1969)
g James Franklin Place (b. 1885; d. 1962)

Interesting facts
g Hezekiah’s brother, William, married Matilda’s sister, Isabel
g 1850 U.S. Census lists him as a 7-year-old living in Houston, Clearfield, Pa.
g 1860 U.S. Census lists him as a 17-year-old living in Houston, Clearfield, Pa.
g 1870 U.S. Census lists him as a 27-year-old living in Bloom, Clearfield, Pa.
g 1880 U.S. Census lists him as a 37-year-old living in Bloom, Clearfield, Pa.

Died
July 19, 1895, in Grampian, Clearfield, Pa.; bur. Conway Cemetery, Penfield Twp., Clearfield