Individual Notes

Note for: Harriet M. Farrell, AUG 1880 - 24 APR 1901 Index

Individual Note:
From Streby's History of Sullivan Co.
James R. Ferrell (the 2nd) purchased a portion of the George Molyneux farm and a portion of the Henry Rinebold farm. He married Adaline Bird, Oct. 15, 1878. She was born in Forks Township, March 29, 1852. She was a daughter of Charles and Harriet (Molyneux) Bird, of Millview. The Molyneux and Birds were two of the three first families to locate in Forks Township. To Mr. and Mrs. Ferrell have been born: Hattie M., dec’d, married Elmer Vough; Charles M., Roscoe W., Oliver C., Melvie J., Bertha E., Clara Viola, died in 1891; Mary S.E.

Individual Notes

Note for: Annabelle Beeman, 14 JUN 1921 - 12 OCT 1993 Index

Burial:
Place: Warburton Hill Cemetery, Forks Twp., Sullivan, PA

Individual Notes

Note for: Sadie E. Sherman, 19 JUL 1877 - 25 MAY 1909 Index

Burial:
Place: Warburton Hill Cemetery, Forks Twp., Sullivan, PA

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Note for: Norma Ethel Grange, MAY 1895 - 30 SEP 1916 Index

Burial:
Place: Warburton Hill Cemetery, Forks Twp., Sullivan Co., PA

Individual Notes

Note for: Harold E. "Red" Grange, 13 JUN 1903 - 28 JAN 1991 Index

Alias:   Red /Grange/

Individual Note:
     After winning sixteen letters in four sports in high school, Grange entered the University of Illinois in 1922. He was one of more than three hundred players who turned out for freshman football, and he decided he'd never make the team. But his fraternity brothers pressured him into going back to the practice field. He not only made the team, he scored two touchdowns in a scrimmage against the varsity, one of them on a 60-yard punt return.

Wearing the Number 77 that he soon made famous, Grange started as a sophomore and scored three touchdowns, on runs of 12, 35, and 60 yards, in his first game. Against the University of Chicago, he returned an interception 43 yards to set up the winning touchdown--which he scored. He had a 92-yard interception return against Northwestern. After leading the Western Conference (now the Big Ten) in scoring, he was named an All-American halfback.

Early in the 1924 season, Illinois faced a University of Michigan team that had been unbeaten in twenty consecutive games. Michigan athletic director and former coach "Hurry-Up" Yost assured the press, "Mr. Grange will be carefully watched every time he takes the ball. There will be eleven clean, hard Michigan tacklers headed for him."

Grange responded by scoring touchdowns the first four times he touched the ball, in twelve minutes of the first quarter. He began with a 95-yard kickoff return, then had runs of 67, 56, and 45 yards from scrimmage. He was taken out until the third quarter, when he scored on a 12-yard run. Then he threw a 23-yard touchdown pass as Illinois won, 39-14.

After scoring three touchdowns in 21-21 tie with the University of Chicago, Grange was injured during the game with Minnesota and Illinois lost. He missed the final game of the season, a victory over Ohio State, but was still an All-American for the second year in a row.

Already known as the "Galloping Ghost" and the "Illinois Flash," Grange captained the Illini in 1925. After the young team lost three of its first four games, he was moved to quarterback and Illinois won the final four games. Grange's greatest performance came on a muddy field against Pennsylvania before 65,000 spectators. He gained 363 yards on 36 carries, scoring three touchdowns, in a 24-2 victory.

An All-American for the third time, Grange left college immediately after his final game to tour with the Chicago Bears. He actually had a personal services contract for more than $100,000 with promoter Charles C. "Cash and Carry" Pyle, who in turn sold his services to the Bears.

The tour was not totally successful. Grange missed several games with injury and played only briefly in several others. However, he attracted 65,000 fans in New York, by far the largest crowd to have seen a professional game at that time. That record was broken in January, when 75,000 turned out in Los Angeles to watch Grange and the Bears.

Pyle also got Grange a role in a football movie, One Minute to Play, and Grange later did a vaudeville tour and two other movies. One of Pyle's ambitions was to get a New York franchise in the NFL, but he was turned down, so he started the American Football League, with Grange playing for the New York Yankees. The AFL barely made it through the 1926 season, and the Yankees were then admitted into the NFL. Grange's knee was badly injured in a game against the Bears, and he was never again the same player.

After sitting out the 1928 season, he joined the Bears in 1929 and played with them through 1934. No longer an outstanding runner, he was still a very good player, and a genuine defensive star. He was named to the first official All-Pro team chosen, in 1931, and was an All-Pro again in 1932.

When the Bears beat the Portsmouth Spartans for the 1932 NFL championship, Grange scored the only touchdown on a pass from Bronko Nagurski. And he saved the 1933 championship game against the New York Giants. With the Bears leading 23-21 in the closing seconds, a Giant halfback broke loose and had a teammate trailing him, waiting for a lateral. Grange alertly pinioned the runner's arms to keep him from lateraling the ball and then threw him to the ground.

After missing the 1934 championship game with an injury, Grange played in a post-season exhibition game on January 27, 1935. He broke into the open on a 50-yard run, but was caught from behind by a lineman. He decided it was time to retire.

Charter Member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Inducted; September 7, 1963, Canton, OH

PLAY FOR PAY
"I do not like football well enough to play for nothing
        --RED GRANGE

According to his autobiography, Harold said, "It was in this hamlet (Forksville, PA) that I was born on June 13th, 1903, the third child of Sadie and Lyle Grange. My father, the foreman of 3 lumber camps owned by the late Penn. State Senator, Charles W. Somes, was scotch-irish and my mother of English extraction. I had two older sisters named Norma and Mildred and a brother, Garland, born two years after me."

The 1930 census lists Harold E. Grange, 26 and single living in Los Angeles, CA with his father, Lyle M. Grange, 60 a widower. They live at 149 North Milton? Place, they rent the place for $90 per month. Harold and his parents were all born in PA. Harold is listed as a football player in the sports industry. Lyle was 27 when first married.

Individual Notes

Note for: Adam Sherman, MAR 1843 - 1905 Index

Burial:
Place: Warburton Hill Cemetery, Forks Twp., Sullivan, PA

Individual Notes

Note for: Emma P. Green, DEC 1852 - Index

Burial:
Place: Warburton Hill Cemetery, Forks Twp., Sullivan, PA

Individual Notes

Note for: Ira W. Sherman, MAR 1873 - 1918 Index

Burial:
Place: Warburton Hill Cemetery, Forks Twp., Sullivan, PA

Individual Notes

Note for: Jane E. Wright, 1892 - 1928 Index

Burial:
Place: Montoursville Cemetery, Lycoming Co., PA

Individual Notes

Note for: Solomon J. Hottenstein, ABT 1844 - ABT 1895 Index

Individual Note:
The 1870 census of Forks Twp., Sullivan Co., PA lists Solomon Hottenstein and his family living with the Geoffrey Clarke family. Members in the household are Geoffrey Clarke, 72, a farmer with $1000 in real estate and $500 in person property; Hannah, 69, keeping house; Sol. Hottenstein, 25,

The 1880 census of Forks Twp., Sullivan Co. PA lists Solomon J. Hottenstein and his family. p. 16.

Research Note:
Another Solomon Hottenstein, possibly the uncle:
Solomon Hottenstein was born in Overton, Bradford Co., PA September 9, 1838. Solomon died November 3, 1864 in Florence Prison, SC, at 26 years of age. Solomon was listed in a muster roll October 30, 1862.

Individual Notes

Note for: Lloyd Streby, 17 FEB 1857 - Index

Individual Note:
From Streby's History of Sullivan County
Lloyd Streby was born in Forks Township, Feb. 17, 1857. He is a son of Thomas and Caroline (Bleiler) Streby. Thomas Streby was a son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Ruth) Streby. Isaac was a son of Leonard Streby, who located in Overton Township in 1820. Lloyd Streby purchased a portion of the original Henry Hottenstein farm in Forks Township, and is also conducting his father’s farm. He has served a number of years as school director, town clerk, tax collector, and is at present township treasurer of Forks Township. Mr. Streby married Alma J Vough, March 24, 1881. She was born in Forks Township, Aug. 17, 1862, and was a daughter of David and Mary Ann (Bitner) Vough. David Vough located on the farm in Forks Township recently owned by Lloyd and Clinton Streby and sold by them to Oliver Bird in 1904. To Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Streby have been born five children: Jennie M, Bertha E, Blanche M., Homer L and Annie R.

From the Sullivan Review February 24, 1882: Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd STREBY of Forks are rejoicing over the advent of a daughter

Individual Notes

Note for: Homer L. Streby, 22 SEP 1890 - 21 MAY 1966 Index

Burial:
Place: Warburton Hill Cemetery, Forks Twp., Sullivan, PA

Individual Notes

Note for: Clinton Streby, 1863 - Index

Individual Note:
Clinton Streby was born in Forks Township in 1863. He is a son of Thomas and Caroline (Bleiler) Streby. The Strebys are the descendants of Leonard Streby, who married a daughter of Daniel Heverly, the first settler in Overton Township. Leonard Streby moved from Lehigh County to Ohio were his son Isaac, grandfather of the subject of this sketch was born, and from there moved to Overton, being the third settler in Overton Township, Bradford County. Clinton Streby purchased the Albert Molyneux farm, being parrtially in Overton and parrtially in Forks Township. His residence is in Overton Township. He also purchased another farm of 70 acres in Overton Township and is giving special attention to raising blooded stock. He has been road commissioner of Overton Township four years. In 1896, Mr. Streby married Martha Vough, who was born in Forks Township in 1867. She was a daughter of David and Mary Ann (Bitner) Vough, of Forks Township. To Mr. and Mrs. Streby have been born two children: Herbert D. and Grace M.C.