Genealogical Gems

Another Lancaster County boy has been sent to the House of Refuge . Elmer E. McCorkle left for Philadelphia with Officer Swenk On This Day in 1881 after being remanded to the House of Refuge. The boy, just 14 years of age, is the son of John McCorkle of West Willow . The elder McCorkle took his son to the courts and asked for him to be remanded. There was enough evidence to prove the boy to be “very bad” and beyond control. Source Lancaster Daily Intelligencer. ( Lancaster , PA ), 12 November 1881. Chronicling America : Historic American Newspapers . Library of Congress.      On This Day is a prompt to further explore historical events.                  © Jeanne Ruczhak-Eckman, 2015

Carrie B. Still passed away when she was just 15 years old. She was one of four children of William H. and Isabel McCorkel Still. They lived in Modena, Chester County. Her obituary reads: Miss Carrie B. Still died at her home in Modena on Monday evening after a brief illness. She was only 15 years of age. Her remains will be laid away to rest tomorrow at Hephzibah. Another funeral announcement reads: STILL - At Modena on Monday evening July 30th, 1894, Carrie B. Still in the 15th year of her age. Funeral on Thursday, August 2d. Meet at the house at 10 o'clock. Internment at Hephzibah. Services at the church . Another paper, dated 4 August 1894, announced her death briefly. It read: STILL - In Modena on July 30th, Carrie B., daughter of William and Isabel Still, in her 15th year. Her father William was the son of David and Agnes Armstrong Still. David was the son of Margaret Still, my 4th great grandmother. According to the Death Register of the Chester County Archives , Carri...