322. Bruce M Kann
They are buried in the Coble Family Cemetery, Saint Thomas twp. Franklin Co. Pa. (name is spelled Kahn on the tombstone). 6 children;
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324. George Emory Kann
Their wedding was quite an occasion for the time, They were married on the porch
with more then three hundred guest attending. They honeymooned at a mountain resort in Butler County, Pa. When they returned from their honeymoon they settled down to farming with George's parents on their farm South of Shippensburg.1910 census they were living with George's parents in Franklin Co. Pa.
After Art was born he gave up farming for a while and worked at the Peerless Furniture Factory, in Shippensburg. they then moved into a house on Montgomery Ave, where Thelma was born. Then deciding to go back to farming, they moved to a farm near Newburg, Pa. A farm owned by his father David, this is where Frank was born. The next move was to the George Himes Farm
where Bertha's parents lived before retiring and moving to Richard Ave. This is where George and Wallace were born. In 1928 the family moved to the Adams Farm on the South side of Shippensburg. They farmed here until 1940 when they had a sale of all their stock and machinery and bought a house on N. Queen Street in Shippensburg. George took a job in the security department at Shippensburg College.Contributed by Susan Haas, 20-Dec-09
439. Helen Kann
Still born
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448. Richard M Zook
Richard was born from Anna's previous marriage.
449. Hazel V Smith
Daughter from previous marriage?
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331. Ner Clifford Thomas
Owners of Thomas Brothers Country Store in Biglerville, Adams Co. Pa. Two former school teachers, they opened the store in 1909.
The Thomas Brothers Country Store Published in Susquennah Life Fall 2003 © Farron Brougher 2003
The Thomas Brothers Country Store in Biglerville, Adams County, is literally filled to the ceiling on three floors with what used to be called dry goods. The stock ranges from lye soap to designer gowns. The truly unique item at the Country Store is not for sale and that is Marion Thomas Harbaugh, who along with her sister Jean Thomas, inherited the store from their parents. According to the first-and so far only-edition of The Country Store News, a seven page tabloid published for the store's 75th anniversary in 1984, Thomas Brothers was at that time "one of the few remaining country general stores in the nation." The business survived the Depression, and it thrives today, perhaps because of Harbaugh's marketing philosophy. "I buy what I like to sell. I don't like junk. I like quality, unique, unusual things," she says. Biglerville was a rural town of about 500 in 1909, when two schoolteachers, Ner C. Thomas and his wife Nettie, opened their first general store in a small building opposite the present location. Three years later, urged on by a relative who had "glorified ideas," says Harbaugh, the Thomases erected a three story brick structure that even today looks imposing, if a little out of place on Biglerville's short Main Street. Six pairs of white framed double hung windows set in a stout brick façade suggest a small hotel rather than a retail shop. The Thomases brought two firsts to Biglerville in their new store: indoor plumbing and electricity. A generation before rural electrification, Ner Thomas installed a gasoline powered Delco-Light Plant. These self-contained miniature power plants were common on farms in the early 1900's, but Harbaugh recalls an unusual feature that came with their machine. "When something didn't work, they'd send a big redheaded woman to fix it," she says. Although she didn't intend to become a storekeeper in Adams County, Harbaugh was well prepared for a career that has spanned more than fifty years. After graduating from Chambersburg's Wilson College, one of the first women's colleges in the United States, Harbaugh earned a Master's in merchandising at New York University while working at Lord and Taylor. Nettie Thomas died during Harbaugh's freshman year at NYU of complications of rheumatic fever, and eventually she returned to Biglerville to help her father and sister Jean run the store. Being a storekeeper nearly sixty years ago meant more than stocking shelves and running a cash register. The packaged goods and self-service that we take for granted didn't exist before World War II. Staples such as lard and peanut butter were sold by the pound from bulk tins. There really was a cracker barrel, and it was close enough to the peanut butter for sneaking a quick snack, recalls Harbaugh. The Thomases' inventory ranged from penny candy to the finest made-to-measure suits from Royal Tailors of Chicago. Harbaugh recalls the swatch books of Royal's woolen fabrics that women coveted so much "they would play up to Daddy and beg him to save them one to use in making a comforter." At least one customer took his blue pinstripe Royal suit on his last journey; he was buried in it after wearing it only on Sundays for 40 years. "We had yard goods stacked to the ceiling. Everybody made everything, from sheets and pillowcases to underwear," says Harbaugh. One item of clothing that wasn't homemade was a woman's hat, which was until the 1960's an essential fashion accessory. "Mamma and Jean would go to Baltimore, where there was a milliner's school, and they'd buy all the supplies and choose their milliner. Can you imagine a milliner in a town of 500 people? My parents had nerve and guts," Harbaugh says. By the 1960's, though, the Thomases saw the rise of the bouffant and the end of the hat trade. The Country Store survived changing fashions and even landed Biglerville on the front page of the Sunday New York Times in May, 1960, when President Dwight Eisenhower drove up from his farm near Gettysburg and spent $7.13. Harbaugh recalls that "Ike's visit put us on the map. People came and they didn't just look. They loved to buy things where Ike bought." But in spite of the attention that the President brought, Ner Thomas, then age eighty and still active at the store, was not an Eisenhower man. Her father was a loyal Republican, as were all but two people in Biglerville, Harbaugh says, and "Daddy wasn't for Ike because he never really belonged to any party." Visitors to the store will see their purchases rung up on the same mechanical cash register that was used during Eisenhower's visit. Antiques that have become fixtures are mingled with new items, and at times it's hard to tell what's for sale. The inventory, said to number 50,000 items, is layered on shelves and on the floor, and hung on the walls. Browsing rewards the patient person who takes the time to shift and lift and open drawers. An octagonal wooden hardware cabinet-rare, and not for sale-holds skeins of yarn in triangular drawers that pull out just enough to fully reveal their contents without dropping into the customer's hand, risking an embarrassing spill. As you stroll through the aisles, you'll pause often to marvel at displays with a logic of their own. On the top shelf, a row of deep blue rectangular glass bottles. The middle shelf holds a row of candle lanterns and canisters elaborately crafted in Mexico from discarded tin cans; below that, "Nodding Noggins" toys, with heads wobbling on springs sprouting from painted wood block bodies. Not all of the stock is curios. Rooms on the third floor and the hallways in between are full of wedding gowns, prom dresses and other women's formal wear by top name designers. Customers come from southern Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia and Washington. Country Store gowns have made appearances among the cotillion set in Maryland's horse country. Marion Harbaugh and her sister Jean Thomas have always extended their enthusiasm beyond the walls of their store. In the 1960's, the sisters schemed to move a covered bridge from a few miles outside of town to vacant space behind the store because an advertisement for their grandfather's store was still visible on an interior wall. Their father didn't voice his displeasure; he simply took to his bed and didn't get well again until the sisters dropped the idea. Harbaugh and her sister Jean have ambitions far beyond shop keeping or even moving a bridge into town. They are planning the Harbaugh-Thomas Memorial Library, a structure that will include elements from the classical designs of Mt. Vernon and Franklin Roosevelt's Springwood estate in Hyde Park, New York. A public building will be a fitting legacy for a family that traces its roots in Biglerville to the sisters' great-great uncle Henry Hartzell, described by Gettysburg College's Professor Emeritus of History Charles H. Glatfelter as "one of the founders of Biglerville."
Contributed by Susan Haas, 20-Dec-09
455. Marion Thomas
Walk into any business in Biglerville, and you'll probably stumble across a story about Marion Thomas Harbaugh.
The barber remembers buying penny candy from her big glass display case at Thomas Bros. Country Store when he was 12. A librarian knows the building where she works is named for the woman, although she never met her personally. A chiropractor helped her run her store in her later years, and he fondly recalls her love for Biglerville, its history and its residents.
Phrases like "pillar of the town" and "end of an era" are hard to avoid in any conversation involving her name.
Harbaugh, who would have been 91 on May 12 , died May 8 at Gennesis Gettysburg Center, according to her obituary. She left behind a community that still bears her mark, from the white brick library she helped design to the old country store where her handwritten notes still hang in the window.
After growing up in rural Adams County, Harbaugh attended Wilson College, where she majored in English, and New York University, where she took graduate classes in merchandising, according to her obituary. She worked in the city at Lord and Taylor Department Store before coming home to run the family business, Thomas Bros. Country Store, with her sister, Jean.Although she left the big city behind, she took some of its fashions back to Biglerville, where customers could often find her sporting lacquered nails, feather boas and other accessories reminiscent of her time in New York, friends recalled.
She also made trips back to the city when she could to pick up clothing to sell at the family store, said James Spertzel, a chiropractor who runs a business down the street and helped Harbaugh run her store in her later years.
The store, revitalized by Harbaugh's fashions, became a destination for locals and tourists, and even was a favorite of former President Dwight D. Eisenhower and his family. Harbaugh took pride in her friendship with Mamie Eisenhower and kept a collection of their correspondences, Spertzel said.
The shop, now more than 100 years old, contains a mix of merchandise as unique as Harbaugh herself, with everything from penny candy to wedding gowns available for customers to peruse. It has a museum, which includes everything from antique tools to the sled from the movie 'Dr. Zhivago.'
Not everything was for sale, friends said, but Harbaugh was happy to share her knowledge of each item's history with anyone who walked in the door.
This unique history granted the store a spot on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008, according to a plaque by its door.
While the store gave Harbaugh her start in Biglerville, it was far from her only contribution.
In 2006, the community broke ground on the Harbaugh-Thomas Public Library, the only building in Adams County's library system to be built specifically to house a library, said Bill Bucher, a past president of the library's board.
Harbaugh, a life-long advocate for education, had big dreams for the building from the start and was never shy about sharing them, he said. Inspired by a book of presidential homes, she wanted a grand, white-brick facade with an ornate outdoor courtyard and presidential-inspired decor.
Those dreams came to fruition in 2006, when crews broke ground on the building, thanks in part to donations from the Harbaugh family. The library opened in 2008.
The success was no surprise to people who knew her. When Harbaugh decided she wanted something for the town, she always found a way to make it happen, said Pam Wagner, who attended St. Paul's Lutheran Church with Harbaugh.
Harbaugh's obituary contains a long list of groups she touched over the years. In addition to her work with the store and the library, she co-founded the Biglerville Historical Society and founded the Biglerville Senior Citizens. She also received the Callie Award for her community service in 2004.
Bucher, Spertzel and Harbaugh's other acquaintances have no doubt her legacy will continue. The library is in good hands with the Adams County Library System and the Harbaugh-Thomas Foundation, Bucher said, and friends of Harbaugh's hope to carry out her wishes to preserve her store.
"She was definitely an icon for the community," Spertzel said.
From the Evening Sun:
BIGLERVILLE Marion Thomas Harbaugh, 90, a lifelong resident of Biglerville, died Saturday, May 9, 2015, at Gennesis Gettysburg Center in Gettysburg. Born May 12, 1924, in Biglerville, she was the daughter of Ner Clifford and Nettie (Heiges) Thomas, co-founders of Thomas Brothers Country Store in Biglerville. Marion along with her sister, Jean E. Thomas, continued to run the Thomas Brothers Country Store and Museum until Jean's death in 2003, where upon Marion continued to operate the family's store until her passing on Saturday. Marion was predeceased by her husband, C. William "Willie" Harbaugh who died in 1969. She was a 1948 graduate of Wilson College and earned a graduate degree from New York University. Marion began working for the Lord & Taylor Department Store after graduating from college and later returned to help operate the family's store in Biglerville. Marion and Jean believed strongly in literacy and education and always dreamed of a public library for the Biglerville Community. In 2006 ground was broken for the Harbaugh-Thomas Public Library and on May 18, 2008 the magnificent Mt. Vernon Style Library was dedicated. Marion had a long list of accomplishments and memberships including; St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Biglerville, chairperson of the Harbaugh-Thomas Foundation, Co-founder with her sister Jean of the Biglerville Historical Society and the Biglerville National Apple Museum, Biglerville Garden Club, President of the Biglerville Senior Citizens, Biglerville "Kitchenetts" (old fashion kitchen band), Gettysburg Rotary Club and headed the Biglerville Bi-Centennial Celebration. Marion always cherished her friendship with President and Mrs. Eisenhower and along with her husband Willie were honored to be invited to Ike's inaugural ball in 1952. She received the Callie Award in 2004 from the local community and always wanted to be remembered for her love of Biglerville and all of her dear friends. Funeral Services will be held on Thursday at 11 a.m. at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Biglerville with Rev. Susan McCarthy and Rev. Roy Fauth, officiating. Burial will be in the Biglerville Cemetery. A viewing will be held on Thursday at the church from 9 to 11 a.m. The Monahan Funeral Home in Gettysburg is assisting with the funeral arrangements. Memorials can be made in Marion's honor to the Biglerville Senior Citizens, C/O Betty Holloway, 185 West York St. Biglerville, PA l7307 Online tributes and condolences can be made at monahanfuneralhome.com
340. Charles Russell Conn
Information confirmed by Mary Louise Allstun Conn, on January 30, 1998. I have a copy of both his birth and death certificates.He signed some things Charley, some Charles; his birth certificate says Charley, death certificate says Charles, and he signed his mother's administration papers as Charles. Charley is buried in Garden of Memories Cemetery, Sikeston, Scott County, Missouri.
Charles Conn, of Union City TN, ( son of Ransom Conn and grandson of James Harvey Conn), of UnionCity, has a picture postcard of a barefoot baby dressed in a beautiful cutwork dress and wearing a locket. On the back is written: "Mother this is just like him he has blue eyes". This was written by Eugene Rex Conn. LJC obtained a photocopy of this picture in 1999.
Children of CHARLES CONN and MARY ALLSTUN are:
i. TERRY CHARLES CONN, b. 28 Apr 1940, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri; m. BONNIE HARRIS; b. Abt. 1941.
ii. PAMELA SUE CONN, b. 26 Jul 1946, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri; m. JOHN BARRETT; b. Abt. 1945.Contributed by Linda Jean Conn - 8 Sep 2009
341. Ezra Otto Conn
Last residence recorded Calvert City, KY 42029. Death recorded under the name of Otto, and have found various legal documents signed Otto E. Conn. Found death date in a book on Mississippi County, MO, book held at the FHL, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Have copy of delayed birth certificate applied for December 24, 1957, Mississippi County, MO, name as Ezra Otto Conn, notarized by daughter, Charlene L. Davis, and filed January 13, 1958. This birth certificate gives his mother's name as Arminta.
Marriage Notes for EZRA CONN and GLADYS PRESSON:
1930 U S Census, Mississippi County, Missouri; April 21, 1930
Otto, Gladys and Roberta lived next door to E.R. Conn, Araminta, Gilbert, Charley and Buford. This would be Eugene, Mintie, Gilbert, Charley and James Buford, aka Boots.EZRA CONN and GLADYS PRESSON:
Marriage: 02 Aug 1924, Missouri
Children of EZRA CONN and GLADYS PRESSON are:
ROBERTA LEA CONN, b. 07 Feb 1928, Rural Mississippi County, Missouri; d. 05 Oct 1997, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri; m. ROBERT HORRELL HUNTER, 15 Sep 1946, East Prairie, Mississippi, Missouri; b. 17 Jan 1920, East Prairie, Mississippi, Missouri; d. 25 Jan 2005, Naples, Collier, Florida.Contributed by Linda Jean Conn - 8 Sep 2009
Found gravestone information in a book of cemetery inscriptions of Mississippi County, Missouri, held at the FHL Salt Lake City, Utah.
Contributed by Linda Jean Conn - 8 Sep 2009
Missourian, Wednesday February 15, 2006
Gladys LippmannAfter a wonderful, fulfilling life at age 98 years, 11 months and 17 days, a resident of East Prairie went to be with her Lord, Monday February 13, 2006, at 6:55 p.m. in the East Prairie Nursing Center.
Born Feb. 26, 2007, in Mississippi County, MO, to the late Ashley Crockett and Elizabeth Baker Presson, Gladys lived in the St. Louis area several years where worked at Famous-Barr, before moving back to East Prairie in 1972, where she worked at Nellie's Flower Shop and the Happy House Gift Shop.
She was an assistant with the East Prairie Girl Scout Units and for many Girl Scouts she will be remembered always as Groovy Granny. She was one of the original quilters of the RSVP, and was also a member of Nelson Memorial United Methodist Church in East Prairie.
On August 2, 1924, she married Ezra Otto Conn, who preceded her in death March 25, 1972. They had two daughters, Charlene Conn Davis of East Prairie and the late Roberta Conn Hunter. On March 25, 1960, she married Edwin Felix Lippmann, who preceded her in death Nov. 9, 1992.
Survivors, besides Charlene, include her son-in-law L.D. Davis; three grandchildren and spouses, Kent and Susan Hunter of Centennial, CO, Churck and Terri Davis of East Prairie, Liz (Davis) and Larry Martin of Cape Girardeau; six great-grandchildren, Conn and Scot Davis, Crockette and Heather Leible of Cape Girardeau, Emily Hunter of Centennial, and Allison (Hunter) and Adam Renken of Grand Junction, CO; and a host of relatives and many friends.
Her daughter Roberta and son-in-law Robert H. Hunter, three brothers, three sisters, two grandchildren, Roberta Conn Hunter and Robert Horrell Hunter, preceded Gladys in death.
Friends may call after 5 p.m. today at Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie.
The funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Shelby Chapel, Pastor Dan Usher officiating. Burial will follow in Dogwood Cemetery, with Shelby Funeral Home of East Prairie in charge of arrangements.
Contributed by Linda Jean Conn - 8 Sep 2009
342. Gilbert Devoe Conn
Notes for GILBERT DEVOE CONN:
When Gilbert's parents were married, his father listed his home as Pine Bluff, AR. Gilbert's birthplace, in 1907, is always written as Bono, Arkansas. Since there are no birth records available until about 1915 in Arkansas, and the family lived in Pine Bluff in 1910; it is likely that the family never really lived in Bono, Arkansas.All of the other births and important family events happened in Missouri, so one could assume the family was on their way home to Missouri for Gilbert's birth, when he was born in Arkansas. This trip would have been by rail or perhaps horse and buggy, so it's not an improbability.
Gilbert was a carpenter, a mason and taught school for many years, at Coolidge High School, in Washington D.C.; and in Montgomery County. He coached Football, taught Physical Education, Wood Shop, Driver Education, eventually retiring from the Montgomery County School System. He attended Jr. College in Missouri and got a scholarship to George Washington University in Washington, D.C. The family never moved back to Missouri, in fact, they never left the Greater Washington area.
More About GILBERT DEVOE CONN:
Social Security Number: 577-18-7018More About GILBERT CONN and DOROTHY BRENT:
Marriage: Bet. 10 - 13 Aug 1933, Caruthersville, Pemiscot, Missouri
Children of GILBERT CONN and DOROTHY BRENT are:
i. GILBERT EUGENE8 CONN, b. 06 Feb 1935, Washington, D C; m. PHYLLIS ARLA SAUNDERSON, 04 Nov 1961, Christ Congregational Church, Silver Spring, Maryland; b. 04 Dec 1936, Maryland; d. 02 Mar 2005, Tucson, Pima, Arizona.More About GILBERT CONN and PHYLLIS SAUNDERSON:
Marriage: 04 Nov 1961, Christ Congregational Church, Silver Spring, MarylandContributed by Linda Jean Conn - 8 Sep 2009
464. Betty Susanne Conn
Betty weighed 10lbs 5ozs at birth. According to Dorothy Brent Conn, the family lived in Maryland, but she went to the District to give birth.
Contributed by Linda Jean Conn - 8 Sep 2009
465. Linda Brent Conn
The family lived in Maryland at the time of Linda's birth, but Dorothy Brent Conn says Linda was born in the District.
Contributed by Linda Jean Conn - 8 Sep 2009
343. James Buford Conn
Known as Boots, James Buford, died at Lourdes Hospital, Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky. This researcher, LJC, has a certified copy of his death certificate. His mother's name is listed as Aura Mintie Jones. Charles Conn, of Union City, TN, (1999) has a picture postcard of a baby dressed in a beautiful cut work dress, sitting in a wooden highchair, with the following message written on the back: "Buford Conn, this is our baby, give it to mother" ERC. LJC has a copy of this picture.
From Descendants of Henry Harrison Boone, by Merritt Anderson Boone, written 1971,contributed by Mary Louise Conn: "Boots joined the Methodist Church as a boy. When he moved to Calvert City, he became a Charter Member of the First Presbyterian Church and is a past trustee of the church. He has always been a worker, his only hobby has been work and meeting new people, he always enjoyed talking business. He played basketball in high school and only in 1970 did he take up golf as a hobby. He has become a fair golfer in a short time He is now sole owner of Calvert City Lumber, having bought his brothers out."
In the summer of 2006, this researcher, Linda Conn, got a call from a Billy Conn, (from Kentucky or Missouri.) He had called Jim Conn, son of Boots and Mary Louise, and Jim told him that I was researching the Conn family. Seems that a number of years ago, Boots attended the "Conn Family Reunion", of which this Billy Conn is a member. Billy is of English descent, he was quite surprised to hear that Boots' Conn roots were German.
Residence: 1988, Calvert City, Marshall County, Kentucky
Contributed by Linda Jean Conn - 8 Sep 2009
In the late 70's, Boots and Mary Louise, along with Charlie and Louise, visited Maine and met up with Jerry and Linda Conn. We have a couple of pictures of that visit to Bar Harbor. This researcher, Linda Jean Conn, corresponded with Mary Louise in the winter of 1997-98, at which time she planned to send family information when she returned to Kentucky from Florida. Her daughter, Jerrilyn, filled out the family sheets and sent them to LJC.
From the manuscript by Merritt Anderson Boone, PhD., contributed by Mary Louise Boone Conn:
"Mary Louise attended Portageville schools and graduated from high school in 1938. She attended the University of Missouri, at Columbia. She married James Buford Conn, before finishing the University, at the home of a Methodist minister, Rev. Marvin Niblick, at East Prairie, Missouri. Mary Louise liked to paint with oils, pastels and water colors. She does play some golf."Contributed by Linda Jean Conn - 8 Sep 2009
470. Linda Sue Bell
Established Jesse as an ancestor for membership in The United Daughters of the Confederacy and plans to order a government marker for his grave in Stovall Cemetery in Obion County, Tennessee near Rives.