See also
1 Alpheus R. WILLARD1,2 (1865- ) [10223]. Born Aug 1865.1,2
2 Oliver WILLARD1,2,3,4 (1836-1904) [10212]. Born Oct 1836, PA.1,2,3,4 Marr Anna PHILPHIN c. 1863.1 Died 12 May 1904, Charleston, PA.5 Cause: Heart disease. Buried Shumway Hill Cemetery, Charleston, PA.5
From the Wellsboro Agitator.
May 18, 1904 - "Mr. Oliver Willard, aged 68, of Charleston, died suddenly of heart disease, early last Thursday morning. The deceased retired the evening before in apparently his usual health, and at midnight or shortly after, he called his wife, complaining of nausea. He got out of bed and sat up in a chair and while his wife was out of the room he fell to the floor, dead. Mr. Willard's death is mourned by a host of friends and the suddenness of his demise came as a great shock to the whole community.
He is survived by his wife and five children - Mrs. Clayton Bostwick, of Delmar, Mr. Alfred Willard, of Roundtop, Mr. Nathan Willard, of Lumbecreek, Mr. Martin Willard, of Wellsboro and one daughter at home.
Funeral services were held from the home on Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. Joseph Dennis officiating. Burial in the Shumway hill cemetery.".
4 Alpheus WILLARD3,4,6 (c. 1812- ) [10210]. Born c. 1812, PA.3,4 Buried Old Charleston Cemetery, Charleston, PA.7
From the Wellsboro Agitator.
June 16, 1897 - "Last Wednesday Mr. Alpheus Willard was assisting in raising the frame of a barn on the Seely farm, near the Shumway school-house, when he fell from a plate struck upon his right foot, breaking both bones just above the ankle joint. Dr. M/L. Bacon reduced the fractures."
August 18, 1897 - "Mr. Alpheus Willard, an old resident of Charleston township, died last Friday at the age of 85 years.".
8 Oliver WILLARD3,8 (1784-1863) [3536]. Born 8 Nov 1784, Langdon, NH.8 Marr Hannah BAILEY 1809.8 Died 11 Feb 1863, Charleston Twp., Tioga, PA.8 Buried Old Charleston Cemetery, Charleston, PA.7
From the Tioga County Agitator.
April 30, 1862 - "A Puritan Relic, Mr. Oliver Willard of Charleston, now in his 80th year, has an ivory snuff box, which was brought to this country by Joseph Willard a passenger in the May Flower. The box is 3 inches long, 2 inches wide and about half an inch deep, and is locked by two silver clasps, upon which are marked the initials "I.W." It has descended as an heir loom from Joseph Willard (father) to Joseph Willard (son) for 9 generations in this country and has never been out of the Willard family since 1620. How long it was in the family before Joseph Willard landed at Plymouth Rock is not known. It is quite a curiosity, and suggests many reflections. Although made for a snuff box, it certainly could not have been used for that purpose during the residence of the family in Plymouth Colony; and the "blue laws" of a later date made the snuff a contraband abomination.".
9 Hannah BAILEY3,8 (c. 1784-1869) [3535]. Born c. 1784, VT.8 Died 23 Dec 1869, Wellsboro, Tioga, PA.6,8
From the Tioga County Agitator, December, 1869, reprinted in the Wellsboro Agitator, October 27, 1969.
"Mrs. Hannah Willard, widow of late Oliver Willard, died at the residence of her son, Alpheus Willard, Esq., in Charleston, Dec. 23d inst., in the 86th year of her age. Mrs. Willard and her husband came to this country 61 years ago, and settled on the farm where she died. At this time this whole county was a howling wilderness. The site of Wellsboro was a forest and Charleston and Delmar has scarcely a dozen families. There were no gristmills nearer than Williamsport on one hand and Painted Post on the other. For some years the early inhabitants suffered what we should call great privations. Jonnycake, and front, and venison, made up the principal bill of fare, but it nourished a hardy race. The primeval forests have melted away before them. Mrs. Willard was one of the last if not the last, of the first class of settlers in this county."
Oliver and Hannah were living with Alpheus and his wife in 1860. She was misidentified in the census as Nancy.
5 Esther ?3,4 (1814-1895) [10211]. Born 1814, NY.3,4,7 Died 1895.7 Buried Old Charleston Cemetery, Charleston, PA.7
Misidentified in 1850 census as Hester.
3 Anna PHILPHIN1,2,9 (1844-1916) [10221]. Born 12 Jul 1844, England.1,2,10 Died 6 Oct 1916.10 Cause: Heart disease.
From the Wellsboro Agitator.
October 11, 1916 - "Mrs. Anna Willard, aged 72 years, widow of the late Oliver Willard, of Delmar, who died about 15 years ago, died last Friday, of heart disease, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Clayton Bostwick, on Helvetia street. She was born in England, July 12, 1844. Mrs. Willard is survived by five children -- Mrs. Bostwick, Alfred, Marion and Nathon Willard, and Mrs. Frank Ludlow. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at one o'clock, Rev. A.C. Shaw, D.D., officiating; burial in the Shumway Hill cemetery.".
| 1 | "1880 Tioga, Charlseson, PA census". |
| 2 | "1900 Tioga, Charleston, PA census". |
| 3 | "1850 PA, Tioga, Charleston census". |
| 4 | "1860 PA, Tioga, Charleston census". |
| 5 | "Obituary of Oliver Willard in the Wellsboro Agitator, May 18, 1904". |
| 6 | "Obituary of Hannah Willard in the Tioga County Agitator, December 1869, reprinted in the Wellsboro Agitator, October 27, 1969". |
| 7 | "Burial records from the Old Charleston Cemetery, Charleston. PA". |
| 8 | "Ancestry.com, Snow/Lyman Ancestors". |
| 9 | "Death notice of Mrs. Angeline Evans in the Wellsboro Agitator, September 7, 1932". |
| 10 | "Obituary of Anna Willard in the Wellsboro Agitator, October 11, 1916". |