In November 2004, Jay Gano
contributed these photographs to the Sullivan County Genealogical Society Web Page. Jay is a direct descendant of John and
Mary (Ward) Warren, among the first settlers of what is now Sullivan County, and the first couple to actually bring their family to
live in this area. We are very grateful to Jay for bringing this material to our attention. These old photographs and records are in the
possession of Jay's aunt and help throw additional light on the origins of Millview, Forksville, Campbellville, Elkland and other communities of
modern day Sullivan County.
Grave Marker
John Warren (04/17/1767-04/17/1813) and Mary
Ward Warren (04/22/1769-05/14/1840)
Millview Cemetery
Between Route 87 and the Loyalsock Creek
Sullivan County, PA
Photo Taken by Connie (King) McMichael
We will begin with a brief overview of this branch of the Warren family and photographs of several of these individuals. For additional background on the Warren family, you might want to look at the following
two related sites:
(1) The Genealogy of William Molyneux
(2) The Molyneux-Warren and Warren-Bird Feuds
(3) Rogers and Warren Family Photo Collection.
We are grateful to Larry Pardoe, one of the most knowledgeable historians of the Rogers, Warren, Pardoe and related families for the following overview.
John and Mary Ward Warren, the original settlers in what would become Sullivan County, had eleven children. Joseph
Warren was the third child of John and Mary (Ward) Warren. He was the ancestor of Mary Emma Warren who married Frank Gano. That is the lineage focused on
here. Parenthetically, the fifth child of John and Mary was John Warren, who married Elizabeth
Glidewell. John and Elizabeth Warren's fourth child was William B. Warren who married Jerusha Hunsinger, and they
were the parents of: a) Anna Clarissa Warren, who later married John Wesley Brown of Forksville; (b) Martha S. Warren
who later married Ira J. Pardoe; (c) Helen R. Warren, who later married George B. Fenstermaker; and (d) H. Ward Warren,
who later married Martha L. Barnes. All of these descendants are talked about and pictured on the Rogers and Warren Family Photo
Collection site referenced above.
To enrich the genealogical tapestry even further, two of John and Mary (Ward) Warren's sons married Glidewell
sisters. As indicated above, John Warren married Elizabeth Glidewell. His brother, Josiah Warren (picture shown above), married Elizabeth's
sister Sarah Jane Glidewell (not to be confused with her niece of the same name, daughter of her brother John Glidewell, who married
Thomas Laird). The Streby History of Davidson Township tells us that:
In 1818 James Glidewell came to this section and in 1820, settled at Sonestown on the land now owned by Samuel
Crist. He came from England in 1801 and first settled in Northumberland County on land owned by Joseph
Priestly. Mr. Glidewell was married to Mary King of Elkland Township and they were the parents of ten children:
Hester, Thomas, Elizabeth, Mary, John, William, Sarah, Ann and Dinah.
[Editor's Note: Only nine names are given in this source,
so perhaps one child did not survive beyond infancy. More likely, Streby just omitted the oldest son by error.
The Hodge Podge History
mentions a son named "James" and that James, Thomas and John had already
been born when their fther and his wife moved from Elkland to Lewis Lake (Eaglesmere). That is the point from which his progeny further
relocated to the Davidson, Muncy Valley and other areas in the county.]
Let's return to the Warren family descended from Joseph and Eliza Warren, What do we know about them? According to the Gano materials presented here,
Joseph (1799-1878) and Eliza (1809-1881) had at least the following children:
Hannah Belle (born 1839), who first married Hiram Campbell, son of John and Mary (Winterstein) Campbell, the founders of
Campbellville, and then,
after Hiram's death in an accident, married Orlando Heverly, a local Campbellville businessman
Mary, born in 1844
Francis (1833-1899), who married Syllinda "Rose" Betts (March 3, 1834, 1921), who was born in Smithfield,
Bradford County, PA
at least one other unknown male child, who eventually had a son named Ellis Warren.
Here is a picture of Hannah Belle Warren with her second husband, Orlando Heverly. She married Hiram M. Campbell,
(April 22, 1833-January 28, 1862) on March 27, 1856 in Campbellville, Sullivan Co., PA. She subsequently married
Orlando Heverly (November 26, 1829-November 15, 1891), son of John and Almira Heverly. They apparently relocated to Nebraska, where he died in 1891 at Tekamah, NE. We are not sure when she died.
Orlando Heverly and Hannah Belle (Campbell) Warren
Husband and Wife
Married after 1862
Following the Death of her First Husband,
Hiram M. Campbell
Editor's Note:
You can enlarge this picture by clicking on it, but the larger version is a bit fuzzy. The backdrop for the mounted photo has the
year "1914" printed on it upside down, which may have been the year that Jay Gano's great-grandmother or some other relative created the display. We are
not sure.
Here is the marriage record for Hannah Belle Warren's first marriage, taken from
Reverend Richard Bedford's Diary of marriages from the mid-19th century, as well as an obituary for her
first husband, Hiram M. Campbell, posted on the Sullivan County Genealogical Web Page Message Board by Tina Pastusic.
No. 23
State of Pennsylvania
Sullivan County
Be it remembered that at Forks on the 27th day of March A.D. 1856 HIRAM M. CAMPBELL of Campbellville, and
county aforesaid and HANNAH B. WARREN of Forks aforesaid were duly joined in marriage by me.
Richard Bedford
Minister of the Gospel
Campbellville
March 28, 1856
The Sullivan County Democrat
February 12, 1862
Campbellville, Jan. 31st
Mr. Editor:
Sir, A terrible casualty occurred in this vicinity on Tuesday last. Mr. Hiram Campbell, the proprietor of the
Grist Mill in this place, while out on the ice of the mill pond cutting wood, terminated his earthly course
in a very sudden manner.
It appears by an examination of the surroundings of the place where he met his fate, that after he had cut
a small tree and slid it down the steep bank of the stream on to the ice of the pond, he cut it up into pieces
some 5 or 6 feet in length. The butt of the tree he had probably shouldered, and the ice being quite glare
he slipped and the stick fell on the lower part of his head, breaking his neck close to its connection with
the head, then inflicting other internal injuries; thus causing instant death, without a struggle.
By this distressing occurrence a wife and child are suddenly bereft of an affectionate husband and father,
and his aged parents of a dutiful son, upon whom they were depending for support and consolation in the
decline of life.
R. Bedford.
Here are pictures of Francis and Syllinda (Betts) Warren, the parents of Mary Emma Warren, and
therefore the great-great grandparents of our contributor, Jay Gano.
Francis Warren
Father of Mary Emma Warren
Husband of
Syllinda "Rose" (Betts)
Great-great-grandfather of Jay Gano
Editor's Note:
You can enlarge this picture by clicking on it.
Syllinda "Rose" (Betts) Warren
Mother of Mary Emma Warren
Wife of Francis Warren
Great-great-grandmother of Jay Gano
Editor's Note:
You can enlarge this picture by clicking on it.
First Digression: Where does "Rose" come from in Syllinda's name? We know from her marriage record in the Reverend Bedford's diary that her maiden name was
Betts [see a copy below]. So, at first we thought "Rose" was a nickname or a middle name. However, on the back of
the picture of Syllinda shown above, there is handwriting as follows:
Mrs. Sylinda A. Warren
Born March 3d, 1834
Smithfield Bradford Co. Penn.
Taken in 1875 Oct.
Sylinda A. Rose
maiden name
41 years old
The gallery that took the picture was the Jacob Shew Photographer Gallery at 513 Montgomery Street in San Francisco. We do not know on what occasion she was in San Francisco or why. We
do not know if "Rose" is just an error by whoever wrote on the picture or if it was a name acquired by a marriage prior to marrying Francis Warren, or perhaps after. It is a mystery at this time, but
we are going to stick with a birth surname of Betts for now. Note that the back of the photo also spells her first name with only one "l". We don't know if the Bedford Diary or the photo is correct on this
point either.
Francis and Syllinda were the parents of several children, including Mary Emma Warren, the direct ancestor of
Jay Gano. Those children were:
Francis, born November 20, 1857 in Campbellville, PA; died in 1862
Ellis, born in 1859
Ransom, born in 1865 (picture below), who married Mildred Gibson
Mary Emma, born October 9, 1867 in Forks Township, PA; died April 4, 1915 in Moscow, Idaho; married Frank Gano in Almota, WA on May 26,1890, he was born October 27, 1849 in Palmyra, Portage County, OH; died in 1932
Mary Emma Warren
As a Child
Daughter of Francis and Syllinda "Rose" (Betts)
Warren
Great-Grandmother of Jay Gano
Frank Gano
Husband of Mary Emma Warren
Great-Grandfather of Jay Gano
Ransom F. Warren
Son of Francis and
Syllinda "Rose" (Betts) Warren
Husband of Mildred Gibson
Brother of Mary Emma Warren, the Great-Grandmother of Jay Gano
Source: A memory book given to Mary Emma Warren
Note the following entry also found in
Reverend Richard Bedford's Diary:
Sullivan County
No. 25
State of Pennsylvania
Be it remembered that at Millview in county aforesaid on the Twenty First day of October A.D. 1856 FRANCIS WARREN
and SYLLINDA A. BETTS both of Millview aforesaid were duly joined in marriage by me.
Richard Bedford
Minister of the Gospel
Campbellville
Oct. 21, 1856
Second Digression: One picture in the collection of Mary Emma Warren was not of a relative. However, the picture does point us to a part of our culture that most of us are unaware of,
one whose influence extended even to a small Nebraska town such as Tekamah and to Sullivan County, PA. That was the role of drama in American culture. Before the day of the movie, let alone the radio or the
telephone, much more story-telling occurred in person than by remote transmission. Sure, there were serialized stories in newspapers as well as books and letters. But the staged drama, whether the local high
school annual play or the New York or London production, carried immensely more weight to the viewing public than we can imagine. In Mary Emma's collection, we find a picture of the once famous, but now little known,
actress, Fannie Davenport. Here is that picture:
Fannie Davenport
(1850-1898)
American Stage Actress
Source: Memory Book of Mary Emma
Warren
We have no idea how the picture got into her collection, whether she received it from a friend, saw Fannie in person somewhere and bought or was given this
photograph, or found it in a photo shop. What we do know is that the picture meant enough for Mary Emma to mount it on a backdrop and keep it for posterity. Who was Fannie Davenport?
Born in London, she made her New York debut in 1862 at age 12. Augustin Daly
saw potential in her and asked her to join his theater company. Davenport
preferred dramatic productions to comedies and played many roles first made famous
by Sarah Bernhardt in Paris. Davenport was loved by the public, but had an aloof
relationship with her fellow performers. She also starred with members of the famous Barrymore family. Here is another picture from a different source. Fannie is in costume for an
unidentified play.
Fannie Davenport
(1850-1898)
American Stage Actress
Source: Posted on eBay in December 2004
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