John R. Cribbs and Elizabeth Mays

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Husband John R. Cribbs ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 18 Feb 1830 - Livermore, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
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         Father: John Cribbs (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Sarah [Unk] (      -Bef 1840) 1

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Wife Elizabeth Mays ^{2 3}

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            AKA: Elizabeth Mayse 4
           Born: 5 Apr 1832 - Clarion Co, PA 2
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         Father: William Mays (1793-1870) 5
         Mother: Elizabeth Hummel (1799-1840) 5

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Children

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1 F Sarah Jane Cribbs ⁴

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         Spouse: [Unk] Needham (      -      ) 4

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2 F Elizabeth Cribbs ⁴

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         Spouse: [Unk] Moore (      -      ) 4

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3 M Oliver L. Cribbs ⁴

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4 F Eva Lucretia Cribbs ⁴

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         Spouse: John Knox Simpson (1853-      ) 4
           Marr: 17 May 1888 4

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5 M Fielding D. Cribbs ^{6 7}

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           Born: 12 Dec 1862 - Armstrong Co, PA 7
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         Spouse: Eliza Wilson (      -      ) 8 9
           Marr: 1888

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6 M Hyatt M. Cribbs ^{2 4}

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           Born: 12 Jun 1865 - Armstrong Co, PA
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         Spouse: Ida M. Whitmore (      -      ) 7
           Marr: 12 Nov 1892 7

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7 F Cora V. Cribbs ⁴

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8 M Walter T. Cribbs ⁴

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General Notes: Husband - John R. Cribbs

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His mother died before he was ten years old, and at nine years he was employed as driver on the Pennsylvania canal, during the summer, and worked for his board among the farmers during the winter. When seventeen years of age he began mining ore in Clarion County, Pennsylvania by contract, and also did something at blacksmithing, often spending the hours between 4 A. M. and 11 P. M. at the anvil. When petroleum was discovered in Venango County, he operated wells successfully at Walnut Bend, and in 1861 moved to Oil City, where he dealt in oil territory. During eleven months he made $240,000 in cash, but continued to invest in lands, and lost very heavily when values fell off. After this he twice moved to Illinois, and back; and held large tracts in Tennessee and Missouri. He was the owner of a finely improved farm of 242 acres near Iola, Kansas, and oil-lands in Meigs County, Ohio. After keeping hotel four years at Johnstown, Penn township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, he built, in 1873, the fine store in which he did business in Verona, and moved his family to the apartments above. He carried a general merchandise stock valued at $10,000, and lumber, stone and builders' supplies of half as much. Besides the store he built five houses. He also owned a dry-goods, notion and men's furnishing store in Ft. Scott, Kansas, valued at $9,000. Mr. Cribbs was a republican, was a member of the school board and spent several terms in the borough council as chairman of the finance committee.

1 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 531.

2 —, Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Vol. II (Madison, WI: Northwestern Historical Assosciation, 1904), Pg 115.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 336.

4 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 532.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 335.

6 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 532, 708.

7 —, Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Vol. II (Madison, WI: Northwestern Historical Assosciation, 1904), Pg 116.

8 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 708.

9 —, Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Vol. II (Madison, WI: Northwestern Historical Assosciation, 1904), Pg 117.