Person:Samuel York (9)

Samuel & Mary (Schultz) Yorks-Early 1800s garyfritz (View posts) Posted: 4 Aug 2003 4:33PM GMT Classification: Query I am looking for information on ancestors of Samuel Yorks (1827-abt. 1900), supposedly born near Jonestown, Columbia Co and lived in Sugarloaf Twp. He married Mary, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Norberry Schultz). The Yorks eventually ended up in Twp Juniata, MI.

Re: Samuel & Mary (Schultz) Yorks-Early 1800s Joyce Ingerson (View posts) Posted: 22 Feb 2004 9:57PM GMT Classification: Query Surnames: Yorks, West S. AUGUSTUS YORKS, assistant cashier of the First National Bank, Danville, was born in this place February 10, 1853, a son of Samuel and Mary Ann (WEST) YORKS, natives of Pennsylvania and of English origin. The grandfather, also named Samuel, was an early settler in this part of Pennsylvania and an officer in the war of 1812. Our subject's father was a prominent man, first a Whig and later a Republican, and the leading spirit in establishing the First National Bank of Danville. When the bank was organized he was elected a director and also president, which position he occupied until his death in 1878. Our subject is the fourth of five children; was reared in Danville, where he was educated in the public schools and the academy, and since he was seventeen years of age has been employed in the First National Bank. He is now assistant cashier. In December, 1875, he married Cornelia Page HANCOCK, daughter of William HANCOCK and of English origin. She has borne her husband two children: Samuel and Mary. Mr. YORKS is a member of the Presbyterian Church and secretary of the Sabbath-school. He is a Republican, has served six years as a member of the town council of Danville and is treasurer of the R. A. in that place. Mrs. YORKS is a member of the Episcopal Church. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, Danville, pg. 179)

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census. (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2003;)
   Database online. Juniata, Tuscola, Michigan, post office Watrousville, roll 705, page 123, image 251.

   Record for Samuel York _ABBR: Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003), Database online. Juniata, Tuscola, Michigan, post office Watrousville, roll 705, page 123, image 251.

   Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003), Database online. Juniata, Tuscola, Michigan, post office Watrousville, roll 705, page 123, image 251.