Husband Lt. John Range 1
Born: 1746 - eastern Pennsylvania 2
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Died: 1826 - Tionesta, Forest Co, PA 2
Buried: - Riverside Cemetery, Tionesta, Forest Co, PA
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• Biographical Sketch: Emma Siggins White, Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins and Other Pennsylvania Families (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1918).
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Wife Mandlin Shallos 3
AKA: Matelane Shallas, Mendlin Shallos 4
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Father: Theobalt Shallos ( - ) 4
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1 M Shallos Range 6
AKA: Sholass Range,5 Tehollas Range 2
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Died: while young 7
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
2 M John Anson Range, Jr. 8
Born: 8 Apr 1772 - New Bedford, Lawrence Co, PA
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Died: 28 Oct 1851 - LeBoeuf Twp, Erie Co, PA
Buried: - Mackey Hill Cemetery, Mill Village, Erie Co, PA
Spouse: Nancy "Ann" Myers (1784-1860) 9
Marr: 12 Apr 1798
3 M James Range 8 10
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Died: - Forest Co, PA
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Spouse: Mary Shetrine ( - ) 8
General Notes: Husband - Lt. John Range
He was originally from Adams County, Pennsylvania, and with the brother of James Buchanan, the American president, a surveyor, in an early day surveyed through what became Forest County and its vicinity. He finally settled in what became Tionesta, prior to 1820, and cleared that portion of the borough area lying south of the bridge. He made his home with his son John, in the borough, and died there.
He was a lieutenant in the Revolutionary war, and in 1785 he obtained a land warrant for his services, which was taken out in the name of Tehollas Range, his eldest son. He examined the country in 1808, in company with other soldiers, and afterward located at Tionesta in 1816, with his family. The lottery warrant, No. 511, dated May 17, 1785, includes 252 acres, taking in a large scope of bottom land extending from Tubbs run, to include the flats on which George W. Dithridge later lived. This whole tract was called by the name of "Sa-qua-lin-get," which is, by interpretation, "place of council." Council run takes its name from the fact that near its mouth Indian councils were formerly held.
One work of his skill long remained, that was his "canal," as he was pleased to call it, which, although filled up in places, could be plainly traced by the eye a century later. It was a large drain beginning at the swamp just back of where Col. Thomas later had his residence, and ending at Jacob Wenk's lot, on the back channel of the Allegheny river. It teaches us a lesson on industry. No engineer could have laid out with his levels a better grade or devised a scheme to effect the object any better.