Susanna (Rowles) Woodell (abt. 1852 - 1893)

Biography

Susanna was born about 1852 in Sanborn, Clearfield, Pennsylvania ^[1]

Susan appeared in the 1880 census in Decatur Township, Clearfield, Pennsylvania: Milton age 30, Susanna age 28, John age 8, Clara age 6, Willie age 4, and baby (female) age 3/12 born (March)^[2]

She passed away Jan 3, 1893 Tyler, Clearfield, Pennsylvania age 34. ^[1][3]She was buried at Hewitt Cemetery, Hollywood, Clearfield, Pennsylvania^[4]

Not proven: She may have been the daughter of John Rowles and Catherine E Wisor. ^[5] John and Catherine lived in Sanborn. 1860 Census Woodward Township: John Rowls age 37, Catherine age 36 appears with several children including Susan age 5 ^[6]This Susan appears in the same household in 1870 at age 15 ^[7]

Not proven: She may have been the daughter of Elisha Roles/Rowles and Susan Young or Mary Hockenberry of Butler County Pennsylvania,

There is a Susannah Roles age 9 listed in 1860 Middleton, Columbiana, Ohio, with Elijah and Susannah Roles. ^[8]
This Susana Roles appears in the 1870 census age 18 with Elisha & Mary Roles in Worth Township, Butler, Pennsylvania.^[9]

Known children of William Milton Woodel and Susanna Rowles were as follows:

• i. JOHN CLATON born Nov 9, 1872 at Clearfield, Pennsylvania; married Maggie Marks; died Nov 21, 1939 at Gallitzin, Cambria, Pennsylvania, at age 67. He was also known as JOHN THOMAS WOODEL.
• ii. CLARA BELLE; born Oct, 1874 at Pennsylvania; married Alonzo Brown, son of George W Brown and Charlotte (--?--), Dec 24, 1895 at Clearfield, Clearfield, Pennsylvania died Apr 10, 1901 at Grampian, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, at age 26.
• iii. WILLIAM MILTON; born Sep 21, 1878 at Clearfield, Clearfield, Pennsylvania; married Anna Marvin Jan 19, 1903 at Munson, Morris Township, Clearfield, Pennsylvania; died Jan 14, 1957 at Uniontown, Ohio, at age 78.
• iv. CATHRYN LAVINA; born Nov 29, 1879 at Pennsylvania; married John Lewis Wheeler, son of William Sebastian Wheeler and Catharine Frederika Stengel; died Nov 12, 1949 at Berkeley Springs, Morgan, West Virginia, at age 69. [8]
• v. BEN. b. ca. Jun 1882
• vi. CHARLES EDWARD; born Mar 11, 1885 at Caledonia, Pennsylvania; died Aug 21, 1939 at Huntingdon, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, at age 54.^[10]
• vii. LAURA FLORENCE; born Apr 4, 1889 at Pennsylvania; married Percy Francis McNelly, son of Thomas L. McNelly and Henrietta Smith, Jul 20, 1912 at Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania; died Oct 9, 1928 at Blandburg, Cambria, Pennsylvania, at age 39.
• viii. HARRY DANIEL; born Dec 23, 1890 at Grampian, Clearfield, Pennsylvania; married Myrtle Groner 15 Apr 1911, at Clearfield, Pennsylvania, USA; died Feb, 1965 at Homer City, Indiana, Pennsylvania, at age 74.

Year: 1880; Census Place: Decatur, Clearfield, Pennsylvania^[11]

• Milton Woodle head, 30/m, md, works in woods, PA/PA/PA
• Susanna Woodle wife, 28/f, md, keeps house, PA/PA/PA
• John Woodle son, 8/m, PA/PA/PA
• Clara Woodle dau, 6/f, PA/PA/PA
• Willie Woodle son, 4/m, PA/PA/PA
• Baby Woodle dau, 3/12/f, (Mar) PA/PA/PA

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} CLEARFIELD COUNTY, PA DEATH RECORD 1893 - 1905 (Image) [1]
2. ↑ 1880 United States Federal Census [2]
3. ↑ CLEARFIELD COUNTY, PA DEATH RECORD 1893 - 1905 (text) [3]
4. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 27005530 [4]
5. ↑ research by Darryl Rowles
6. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
7. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
8. ↑ Year: 1860; Census Place: Middleton, Columbiana, Ohio; Roll: M653_948; Page: 212; Family History Library Film: 803948[5]
9. ↑ Year: 1870; Census Place: Worth, Butler, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1316; Page: 482A; Family History Library Film: 552815 [6]
10. ↑ "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFS5-NN4 : 7 January 2020), Susan in entry for Charles Edward Woodle and Katie C. Harpster, 17 Dec 1906; citing Marriage, Hollidaysburg, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States, multiple County Clerks, Pennsylvania.
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," FamilySearch [7] Year: 1880; Census Place: Decatur, Clearfield, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1116; Family History Film: 1255116; Page: 363A; Enumeration District: 273; Image: 0730.

• 1860 United States Federal Census [9]

• 1870 United States Federal Census [10]

• U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [11] Names: Susan Roles, Wm M Woodell Child: John Claton Woodell

• U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [12] Names: Susie Roles, Milton W Woodle, Child: Charles Edward Woodle