Pennsylvania Family Group Sheet for the Cyrus PAUL Family *********************************************** Copyright Sharon Pinkerton Wayland. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Sharon Pinkerton Wayland Email address: spwpcw@verizon.net Husband: Cyrus PAUL (1)(2)(3)(9)(10)(19) Birthdate: January 12, 1845 Birthplace: Jefferson Township, Dauphin County, PA Death date: February 2, 1881 Place of death: Jefferson Township, Dauphin County, PA Buried: St. James Cemetery, Carsonville, Dauphin County, PA Father: Martin PAUL (1807- ___) (11) Mother: Margaret PINKERTON (1807-1885) Marriage date: About 1867 Marriage place: Pennsylvania Wife: Amanda MATTER (1)(3)(9)(19)(20)(21) Birthdate: September 4, 1847 Birthplace: Unknown Death date: April 20, 1885 Place of death: Jefferson Township, Dauphin County, PA Buried: St. James Cemetery, Dauphin County, PA Father: Unknown Mother: Unknown CHILDREN Child No. 1: Jacob Milton (19) Sex: M Birthdate: April 4, 1868 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Death date: December 13, 1868 Place of death: Pennsylvania Marriage date: Died in Infancy Marriage place: Died in Infancy Spouse's name: Died in Infancy Child No. 2: Oliver M. (3)(4)(7)(19) Sex: M Birthdate: December 1870 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Death date: Unknown Place of death: Unknown Marriage date: Unknown Marriage place: Unknown Spouse's name: Unknown Child No. 3: William F. (3)(7)(12)(13)(14)(19) Sex: M Birthdate: March 1872 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Death date: (Between 1920-1961) Place of death: Pennsylvania Marriage date: March 31, 1896 Marriage place: Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Spouse's name: Carrie Elizabeth STOEY (B-November 1872) (12)(13)(14)(19) Father: John R. STOEY (B-Feb 1838) (12)(13) Mother: Adeline _______ (B-1840) (12)(13) Child No. 4: John M. (1)(19) Sex: M Birthdate: May 11, 1873 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Death date: November 24, 1879 Place of death: Pennsylvania Buried: St. James Church Cemetery, Carsonville, Dauphin County, PA Marriage date: Died in childhood Marriage place: Died in childhood Spouse's name: Died in childhood Child No. 5: Margaretta "Margaret" C. (3)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(19) Sex: F Birthdate: 1875 Birthplace: Shamokin, Northumberland County, PA Death date: February 17, 1961 Place of death: Good Samaritan Hospital, Lebanon, Lebanon County, PA Marriage date: Remained single Marriage place: Remained single Spouse's name: Remained single Child No. 6: Elmer A. (3)(7)(19) Sex: M Birthdate: March 1, 1876 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Death date: August 23, 1895 Place of death: Unknown Marriage date: Single Marriage place: Single Spouse's name: Single Child No. 7: Mary A. (1)(19) Sex: F Birthdate: September 3, 1877 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Death date: November 30, 1879 Place of death: Jefferson Township, Dauphin County, PA Buried: St. James Church Cemetery, Carsonville, Dauphin County, PA Marriage date: Died in childhood Marriage place: Died in childhood Spouse's name: Died in childhood Child No. 8: Carrie A. (3)(7)(15)(16)(19) Sex: F Birthdate: August 1879 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Death date: Before 1961 Place of death: Unknown Marriage date: Single Marriage place: Single Spouse's name: Single Child No. 9: Etta "Ettie" Elspey (5)(6)(7)(9)(19) Sex: F Birthdate: 1880 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Death date: After 1961 Place of death: Pennsylvania (?) Marriage date: November 22, 1900 Marriage place: Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Spouse's name: Charles E. BOOSER (5)(6)(18)(19) Father: Henry Booser (18) Mother: Sarah ______ (18) ============================================================================================ Documentation: 1. Tombstone Inscriptions: St. James Cemetery, Carsonville, Dauphin County, PA: "Cyrus PAUL 36 yrs 1-12-1845 2-2-1881 John 9:41"; his wife "Amanda PAUL 37 yrs 7mos 16 days 9-4-1847 4-20-1885"; their children, "John M. PAUL 6yrs 6mos 13days 5-11-1873 11-24-1879", "Mary A. PAUL 2yrs 2mos 21days 9-3-1877 11-30-1879" 2. Decennial Agricultural Census for Pennsylvania for 1880, Jefferson Township, Dauphin County: Cyrus PAUL, owner 44 acres, 1 horse, 1 milk cow, 1 other cattle, 1 swine, 20 chickens; 60 pounds butter, 110 dozen eggs, 1 acre Irish potatoes - 1 acre, 50 bushels; sweet potatoes - 3 acres, 15 bushels; corn - 3 acres, 150 bushels,; oats - 2 acres, 30 bushels; wheat - 2 acres, 12 bushels; 3 acres fruit trees, 50 bearing trees, 5 bushels of fruit." 3. 1880 Federal Census Jefferson Township, Dauphin County, Roll 1120 C, p426: Cyrus PAUL, 35 Farmer; Amanda, 33; Oliver W., 10; Willie F., 8; Maggie C., 5; Elmer A., 3; Carrie E. 10/12. 4. 1900 Federal Census Queen Street, Northumberland Borough, Northumberland County, PA: "Oliver PAUL, 29, Dec 1870, Single, Boarder, Captain, SeaMaster." 5. 1910 Federal Census 9th Ward Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA: "Charles E. BOOSER, 32, Clerk, Telephone Company; Etta P., 29; Roberta K. 1; James H. 2/12." 6. 1920 Federal Census Derry Street, 9th Ward, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA: "Charles BOOSER, 41 Auditor, Bell Telephone; Etta, 39; James, 9; Margaret K. Paul, Sister-in-law, 45, Nurse , Privately." 7. Dauphin County Register of Wills, Dauphin County Courthouse, Will Book 1 G, p98. (1894) Elizabeth (Pinkerton) STILL, sister of Margaret (Pinkerton) PAUL, left her estate to the children of the deceased Cyrus Paul, her nephew. "William Paul, Executor, resident of Harrisburg; Oliver PAUL; Margaret PAUL; Elmer PAUL; Carrie PAUL; Ettie PAUL." 8. Lebanon County Will Book T49, 1936-1961. Will written January 30, 1893. Will of Sarah L. (Pinkerton) THOMAS - Mrs. Thomas left her personal possessions and her home in Lebanon to the daughter of Cyrus Paul, Margaret. Margaret Paul lived in the home she had inherited until her death in 1961. 9. "Lebanon Daily News", Lebanon, Pennsylvania, Saturday, February 18, 1961. Deaths and Funerals : "Miss Margaret Paul Dies - Had Candy Store Here Miss margaret C. Paul, 86, Lebanon County Home for Widows and single women died Friday at 5:30pm at Good Samaritan Hospital following a brief illness. She was born at Shamokin the daughter of the late Cyrus and Amanda (MATTER) PAUL. Miss PAUL operated a candy store on Lehman Street. She was a member of the Eastern Starr, Capital City Chapter No144. She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Charles BOOSER, Harrisburg and two nephews." 10. Office of the Prothonotary, Dauphin County Courthouse, Harrisburg, PA. Sheriffs Deed Book Vol 7, p142. "On November 22, 1883, Col J. Wesley paid $580 to Sheriff William SHEESLEY for land in Jefferson Township running from Powells Valley to Lykenstown. Twenty-two acres and 131 perches, including a two story log home, frame barn and running water formerly the property of Cyrus PAUL. Bordered by land owned by Simon SMITH, J.W. SPAYD, Jacob ENGLE, Daniel OYESTER and Amos GREEN, and Henry BUFFINGTON. Philip HOFFMAN - Administrator, October 15, 1883." 11. Kelker's "History of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania with Genealogical Memoirs" New York: Lewis Pub Co, 1907, 1932, p447: Elizabethville, Martin Paul was the pioneer blacksmith in the place..." 12. 1900 Federal Census, 10th Ward, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA: "John R. Stoey, Feb 1838, 62; Adeline,___ 1840, 60; William F. PAUL, son-in-law, 28, March 1872, Shoe Dealer; Carrie S., daughter, 27, November 1872, Married 4 years, 1 child/1 living; Adeline S. 3, January 1897, grand-daughter." 13. 1910 Federal Census, 10th Ward, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA: "William F. PAUL, 38, Retail Merchant, married 14; Carrie, 37, 4children/4living; Adaline S., 13; John F., 6; Ross E., 4; Dorie E. 11/12." 14. 1920 Federal Census, 1st Precinct, 10th Ward, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA: "William F. PAUL, 47 Retain Merchant Shoes; Carrie E., 47; Adeline, 22, Editorial editor, Newspaper, John Francis, 16; Ross E., 14; Doris, 11" next house: "John R. Stoey, 80; Adeline, 78." 15. 1910 Federal Census, 2nd Precinct, 4th Ward, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA: " Carrie PAUL, boarder, seamstress in Dept Store" 16. 1920 Federal Census, 4th Ward, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA: "Carrie PAUL, boarder, 40, Protege, single" (Head of Household illegible) 18. 1880 Federal Census, Eighteenth Street, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA: Henry BOOSER, 37, Cobbler; Sarah, 35; Kate E., 13; Henry W., 5; Charles E., 2" 19. "Descendants of Hugh PINKERTON, March 08, 1992" by Paul W. PINKERTON, p37-39: Descendants of Cyrus and Amanda Paul. 20. 1860 Federal Census, Elizabethville, Washington Township, Dauphin County, PA: "Amanda Matter, 12, domestic servant in household of John Matter, 24, Farmer; Sarah, 22; Anna E. 1; Catherine E. 6/12; Amanda Matter, 12" 21. 1870 Federal Census, Elizabethville, Washington Township, Dauphin County, PA: "Amanda Matter, 22, domestic servant in household of Samuel S. Horning 44, Mary 38, Annie 13, Oliver, 10, Jacob Smith, 22 Farm Laborer." (Property bordering Martin Paul Farm.) Notes: Harold L. PINKERTON Genealogy Source Notebook "MARTIN PAUL & family". The inspiration for Pinkerton Genealogy by Harold L. PINKERTON and his daughter, Sharon P.WAYLAND came from communication with Paul W. PINKERTON a distant cousin (now deceased), and his daughter Helen P.RYDELL, who in 1984-1990 worked on mapping the various branches of Pinkerton cousins.