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70. RACHEL4 MCCLINTOCK (Hamilton3, Hugh2, Francis1). born 11 May 1815 in Pennsylvania218 (also reported born 14 January 1815219); died 15 November 1894; married 8 December 1842 BENJAMIN GATES HAZEN, born 4 January 1815 in Pennsylvania; died 2 March 1905.220 His parents were Benjamin and Nancy (Willard Hazen of Massachusetts, who apparently moved to Iowa, see below.
Bell (1890), page 1068; and the 1885 History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, pages 1115–1116, have bibliographies on the Hazens. Also, The Hazen Family in America, a Genealogy221 has information on Benjamin Gates Hazen and his family. Both Benjamin [Sr.] and Nancy Willard Hazen were from New England. They both died in Iowa, but in the late 1830s were living in Cornplanter Township, Venango County. Benjamin Gates [Jr.] located first in Troy Township, Crawford County, and in 1865 moved to Venango County.222 One sister of Benjamin [Jr.] was Elizabeth Hazen, born 19 June 1813. See a discussion of her in the Fleming section, under Hugh Fleming, #8. Gates Hazen and a brother of Rachel’s, Hamilton McClintock [Jr.], operated the McClintockville Hotel in McClintockville, Cornplanter Township. The hotel, constructed in 1860, is shown on page 151 in Venango County Panorama. A Pictorial History of Venango County, Pennsylvania.
In 1870 and 1880, Benjamin, listed as a farmer, Rachel and children were living in Venango Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania. By 1900, Rachel had died; and Benjamin, head of household and no occupation, was still in Venango Township, with lodger Charles G. Burndley.223
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| + | 142 | i. | Elizabeth5 Hazen; born 28 August 1843; died 8 October 1909; married Francis Buchanan Brown. |
| + | 143 | ii. | Mary Hazen; born 15 January 1845 in Troy Township, Crawford County; died 12 January 1928 in Springwater, Livingston County New York; married Daniel Hammond Foster. |
| + | 144 | iii. | Francis Monroe Hazen; born 26 September 1847 in Troy Township, Crawford County; died 17 May 1913; married Elizabeth Ann Minium. |
| + | 145 | iv. | Benjamin Gates Hazen, Jr.; born 20 June 1850 in Troy Township, Crawford County; died 21 January 1928 in Erie, Pennsylvania; married Ann Jane Carman. |
| NN | v. | Hamilton Gates Hazen; born circa 1855. No additional information. | |
| + | 146 | vi. | Rachel Hazen; born 11 November 1855; died 11 April 1926 in Venango County; married Henry Boyles. |
| + | 147 | vii. | John Hamilton Hazen; born 7 February 1857 in Cranberry Township, Venango County; died 30 August 1919 in Titusville, Oil Creek Township, Crawford County; married Sarah Taylor. |
71. ELIZABETH4 MCCLINTOCK (Hamilton3, Hugh2, Francis1), born 28 January 1818 in Cornplanter Township, Venango County; died 9 August 1872225 in Meadville, Pennsylvania, probably buried in Greendale Cemetery, Meadville, Crawford County (but see discussion after Elizabeth’s will); married (first) July 1844 FRANCIS R. MCCLELLAND;226 died probably circa 1847–1850;227 married (second), 18 September 1851228 in Cornplanter Township JAMES S. (or L.229) TARR, born 14 June 1822,230 died 18 November 1871; buried November 1871 in Greendale Cemetery, Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania.231 James was enumerated as a farmer in 1860 in Cornplanter Township, Venango County, and as an oil dealer in 1870 when the family was living in their mansion in Meadville, Pennsylvania. A modest (I would think) $100,000 real and $30,000 person income was reported in 1970.232
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| 148 | i. | Mary5
A. McClelland;
born circa 1847–1848 in Pennsylvania;233 apparently married a
McLane, see below. Francis McClelland is mentioned in Venango County,
Pennsylvania, Index of Wills, 1800–1968, Volume M234
without statistics, except for mentioning his heir, Mary A. McClelland.
Mary was listed as a Tarr in the 1860 and 1870 federal censuses. An 1860 Venango County Orphans Court document235 mentions Elizabeth (McClintock) McClelland having a daughter, Mary A. McClelland: April 23, 1860. Read in open court the petition of James Tarr that Mary A. McClelland is a minor child of Francis R. McClelland of this county deceased, under the age of fourteen years and has no guardian ____ to take charge of her person and estate, and that he is related to the minor by marriage with her mother since the death of F. R. [McClelland]. He therefore prayed the court to appoint some suitable person guardian … Same day Ninian Irwin appointed guardian . . .Possibly the following item pertains to Mary A. McClelland. From the Evening Republican, Meadville, 1 April 1874:236 Mrs. J. B. Shepard, formerly Mrs. Mary McLane, died suddenly in Baltimore on Monday, March 30, 1874. The remains will be brought here for interment tomorrow, but we are not informed as to the hour of the funeral. |
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| 149 | ii. | Anna5 J. Tarr; born circa 1853; apparently married a McLane.238 | |
| 150 | iii. | Nancy (Nannie) E.
Tarr;
born circa 1854 in Pennsylvania; married 5 July 1877239 James L. Williamson
of Philadelphia; born circa 1853 in New Jersey. See also the article on the Masked Ball under John
and Mary Jane (Robertson) McClintock (#116). In 1880, James and Nannie, no children, were living in Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania (census page 273), where James was enumerated as a retail drugist. By 1900, the family had moved to Wilkes-Barre, Ward 12, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, where they were living in 1900-1930.
James was enumerated in these censuses as an insuance agent.
Children known from the 1900 (page 7A), 1910 (page 4B), 1920 (page 8B). and 1930 (page 11B) federal censuses: (a) Gladys C. Williamson, born circa 1886 in Pennsylvania. (b) Charles (?Gladwin) Williamson, born circa 1887 in Pennsylvania—in 1910 and 1920, Charles, single and living with his parents, was enumerated as a high school teacher. |
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| 151 | iv. | Sarah F. Tarr; born circa 1856; died December 1909; buried 14 December 1909 in Greendale Cemetery, Meadville, Pennsylvania;240 married [—?—] Sussdorf.241 | |
| 152 | v. | John Hamilton Tarr; born 10 August 1858; died 21 October 1881 in Venango Borough,242 Venango Township, Crawford County; buried in Greendale Cemetery, Meadville, Pennsylvania; married 16 June 1879 in Saegertown, Woodcock Township, Crawford County, Catherine Y. Shippen, born circa 1858; died 5 March 1935, probably in New York City,243 buried in Greendale Cemetery, Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania.244 There was a Catherine M. Tarr, born August 1880; died 26 October 1880; buried in the Greendale Cemetery. Probably she was a daughter of John H. and Catherine Shippen Tarr, although the younger Catherine was buried in Section 8, lot 12–13, whereas the older Catherine was buried in Section 2, lot 34. | |
| 153 | vi. | James B. Tarr; born circa 1861; married 31 December 1879 Hattie Rice of Saegertown, Woodcock Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania.245 | |
On page 152 of Venango County Panorama. A Pictorial History of Venango County, Pennsylvania, there is a photograph of “Family Group at the Tarr Farm,” no date. The Venango County Historical Society credits the Drake Well Museum246 for the picture. But the resident historian does not know who the people are in the photograph. Perhaps the matronly–looking woman in the center on the platform is Elizabeth (McClintock) McClelland Tarr, and the two nicely dressed young women to her left are two of her daughters. The Tarr Farm, along with the Rynd and Blood Farm (Map 2), is pictured on page 154 of Panorama.
McLaurin (1902), page 292, has a miniature photograph of James Tarr in formal attire, undoubtedly taken in the 1860s (see this photo in “The Tarr and Story Farms” in the Oil and Our Oil Creek Ancestors section). On the same page is a small picture of oil wells on the Tarr property with what would appear to be an adult female and two teenage females in the foreground. Possibly they are Elizabeth and her daughters, Mary A. McClelland and Anne Tarr. On page 139, McLaurin says James Tarr’s daughters were bright, good–looking, intelligent girls. On the same page, here is what McLaurin says of James:
He was a strong–limbed, loud–voiced, stout–hearted son of toil, farming in summer and hauling lumber in winter to support his family. Although uneducated, he had plenty of ‘horse sense’ and native wit. His quaint speech coined words and terms that are entrenched firmly in the nomenclature of Oildom.Regrettably, there was no description of Elizabeth (McClintock) McClelland Tarr.
In 1860, James and Elizabeth (McClintock) McClelland Tarr and family were enumerated in what was to be called the Tarr Farm in Cornplanter Township247 (Map 2). They moved to Meadville, Crawford County, in 1865.248 Perhaps they were living in Crawford County as early as 1864. There is a deed where James and Elizabeth sold land to a George Miller of Cornplanter Township. When the deed was recorded 13 October 1864, James and Elizabeth attested to the deed in Crawford County.249 We know from the will of Elizabeth (see later) that when she died in 1872 the Tarrs had a farm in Venango Township, (which borders on Erie County) Crawford County.
Elizabeth’s death was reported in the Titusville Herald, 10 August 1872; and the death of her second husband, James Tarr, was reported 30 November 1871 in the Crawford Journal and 22 November 1871 in the Titusville Herald:250
TITUSVILLE HERALD. A dispatch from Meadville yesterday informs us that James Tarr, of Tarr Farm celebrity, died at his residence on Monday last (Nov. 20) … He was a son of John Tarr, oldest resident of Cherrytree Township where he still resides at the age of 75 years. James Tarr was about 46 years old; purchased the celebrated Tarr Farm about 5 years before the oil excitement [not so, see later]. He married the widow McClelland … In 1865 Mr. Tarr removed to Meadville where he built an elegant mansion fronting on the Court House Square … He leaves a wife and several children, and his father and several of his brothers and sisters reside in Venango County.The mansion is now called the Tarr House, located at 869–873 Diamond Park, Meadville. According to “Menu Cookbook and Tour of Historic Houses,” Meadville, 1992, page 26:
Down to Diamond Park now, and the dignity of the Tarr’s double house on its n. e. corner—a structure that went up c. 1867 as the Diamond ceased being a dusty commons and became a park … It is sad to report, though, they [James and Elizabeth Tarr] were able to enjoy their new home and their recent affluence but briefly: James died in 1871 and Elizabeth in 1872. Their residence here was almost too brief to be recorded in the community’s memory: merely in the community’s records; and their story, albeit dramatic, seems a sad one.
The Meadville mansion was the clubhouse and dinning room of the Venango Boro Country Club in the 1980s. The mansion has now, 1999, been made into an apartment building.252
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James Tarr’s father was John Tarr. The wife of John Tarr was Mary Elizabeth (Tuttle) Tarr.253
In 1850, James was living with his parents and siblings in Cherrytree Township, where James was listed as having real estate valued at $200.254 Siblings listed in the 1850 census were Isaac, born circa 1825, Martin, born circa 1830, Matthew, born circa 1833, and Washington, born circa 1837.255
There is an important 1860 land deed between Elizabeth M. Tarr and William Story and William’s wife Margaret in which Francis McClelland was mentioned.256 The deed begins “… between William Story of the township of Cornplanter … and Margaret his wife of the first part and James L. Tarr and Elizabeth M. Tarr his wife of the township, county and state aforementioned of the second part.” The parcel of land (bordering on Oil Creek) is then described: “… and containing one hundred and ninety eight acres and allowances and being the same on which Francis R. McClelland formerly resided, and now occupied by James L. (sic) Tarr and his wife said party of the second part, surveyed by Saml M. Irwin, Esq. on the 10th day of March A. D. 1854257 for said party of the second part … Received, the day of the date of the above Indenture of the above named Elizabeth M. Tarr the sum of two hundred Dollars, lawful money of the United States, being the consideration money above mentioned in full . . .” The surveyor, Samuel Irwin, was probably a first cousin of the Ninian Irwin, guardian of Mary A. McClelland.258
As shown, the clerk struck out “James L. Tarr” and “his wife,” perhaps initially not realizing the property was in the name of Elizabeth. Probably the reason the land was surveyed for Elizabeth in 1854 had to do with Elizabeth’s first husband, Francis McClelland, and perhaps relates to Francis and Elizabeth (McClintock) McClelland having issue, namely Mary McClelland. Francis McClelland was related to the Storys. His mother was Jane (Story) McClelland, daughter of James and Jane Story. Another child of James and Jane Story was the above mentioned William Story. See Oil and Our Oil Creek Ancestors section, and “Storys of Cornplanter Township” in The Oil Creek Flemings of Venango County, Pennsylvania, with related families, Volume 2, for more information and sources.
Jane Story’s will was written 15 July 1842, recorded 23 February 1843; witnesses were William Story and John Blood.259 Jane wanted to be buried in “my own burying ground” beside her daughter Elizabeth [McCray, who is buried in the Plumer Cemetery].
There was only one devisee:I give and bequeath to my grandson Francis R. McClelland all my right and title to the farm on which I now reside together with all the buildings and appurtenances belonging thereto. All my Stock of horses, cattle, sheep, hogs and poultry together with all my household furniture which may be left after my decease, all monies which I have in my possession and is indue [?] me I give to the said Francis R. McClelland which shall be in full for his dower.
The 1860 land deed is of historical importance, since what is being described is the famous Tarr Farm. Other early deeds are also specific in stating the property was conveyed to Elizabeth. For example, the Tarrs sold 80 perches of land260 for $8,000 to a group of oil speculators,261 also specifically addresses Elizabeth as acquiring the land: “Whereas the said Elizabeth M. Tarr by virtue of divers means conveyances in the law duly had and executed was on the twenty fifth day of March AD 1861 seised of and in a certain tract of land … did with her said husband in the day and year last aforesaid grant bargain let and lease unto N. S. Woodford . . .” An 1861 deed262 where Elizabeth and James lease their land is even more specific: “… one hundred and ninety eight acres … was conveyed to the said Elizabeth M. Tarr by William Story and Margaret his wife by deed dated the third day of April A D 1860 . . .”
From the 15 June 1843 Orphans Court document we know that James Story’s son William “by purchase and conveyance from his brother Robert” came into possession of what was to become one of the most productive oil regions along Oil Creek. The witness of the June 1843 document was Francis R. S. McClelland, who is also mentioned in the text of the document: “… and it is also further agreed that the release this day executed by Francis R. S. McClelland of any and all rights which he held to said Tract of land by virtue of the last will of Jane Story, dec.” William Story and wife Margaret owned the land when Elizabeth (McClintock) McClelland Tarr purchased part of it in 1860.
In short, the famous Tarr Farm was originally part of the Story Farm (see also “The Tarr and Story Farms” in the Oil and Our Oil Creek Ancestors section). Part of the farm (that on the east side of Oil Creek) was eventually occupied by Francis McClelland (at which time he would have been married to Elizabeth McClintock) and finally purchased by Elizabeth in 1860, after the oil excitement had started, even though James and Elizabeth Tarr had been living on the farm before Elizabeth purchased it. The tract was purchased for a modest sum considering this was at the beginning of the oil excitement. The purchase was apparently part of an arrangement made earlier and undoubtedly related to Elizabeth’s first husband Francis R. McClelland having been willed part of the Story Farm by his grandmother Jane Story. Bell (1890) is one of the few early books to associate the Tarr Farm with the Story Farm, when he states that the Story Farm was located on both sides of Oil Creek with that part on the east side being the Tarr Farm.263
In his will,264 written 25 October 1871 and recorded 2 December 1871, James Tarr bequeaths to Elizabeth “all my estate both real and personal … at the decease or marriage of said wife I give and bequeath to my two daughters, Nancy E. Tarr and Sarah F. Tarr each one thousand dollars … that my beloved wife invest out of my estate the sum of five hundred dollars in United States bonds in such a way that my daughter Ann J. McLane shall receive the interest thereof … all the rest and residue of my estate, both real and personal, after the decease or marriage of my beloved wife, I give and bequeath to my two sons, John H. Tarr and James B. Tarr. share and share alike . . .” James also gave his friend Joseph Sherical (Sherred?) $300. James’s wife, Elizabeth, was named executor; witnesses were D. C. McCoy and William R. Bole. James Tarr did not mention his stepdaughter Mary (McClelland) McLane.
Elizabeth McClintock Tarr’s will, written 9 March 1872, recorded 12 August 1872:265I Elizabeth M. Tarr of the City of Meadville County of Crawford and state of Pennsylvania being of sound mind and memory do make and publish this my last Will and TestamentThe treatment of Anna J. McLane in both wills is puzzling. One wonders whether her parents approved of her marriage to a McLane.
And first direct my body to be decently interred in the Greendale Cemetery in the City of Meadville according to the rites and ceremonies of the Presbyterian Church. As to such estate as it hath pleased God to entrust me with, I dispose of the same as follows, viz
Item. I give and devise to James E. McFarland the sum of six thousand dollars in trust nevertheless for the use of my daughter Anna J. McLane so that she receives the interest thereon for and during her natural life and at her death to descend to the heirs of her body share and share alike.
Item. I give and devise one hundred acres of my farm situated in Venango Township, Crawford County to Hamilton McClintock [#72, brother of Elizabeth] his heirs and assign forever, in trust nevertheless for the sale and separate use of my son John H. Tarr, for and during his natural life and at his death to descend to his heirs. The same to _____ [run?] off so as to include the mansion house therein and the _____ [east?] end of my said farm and to be divided from the residue thereof by a line to be run on the ground as my said brother the said Hamilton McClintock shall direct.
Item. I give and devise the residue of my said farm in the said township of Venango to the said Hamilton McClintock and his heirs and assign for ever, in trust nevertheless for the sale and separate use of my son James B. Tarr for and during his natural life and at his death to his heirs.
Item. I give and devise the north half of my mansion or dwelling house and lot of ground appurtenances situated in the city of Meadville on the north east corner of the public square to my brother Hamilton McClintock his heirs and assign forever in trust nevertheless for sale and separate use of my daughter Nannie E. Tarr, during the term of her natural life and at her death to descend to her heirs.
Item. I give and devise the south half of my said mansion and dwelling house and the lot of ground appurtenances thereof situated in the City of Meadville on the north east corner of the public square to my brother Hamilton McClintock his heirs and assign forever, in trust nevertheless for the sole and separate use of my daughter Sarah F. Tarr for and during the term of her natural life and at her death to descend to her heirs.
Item. I give and devise my dwelling house situated on Randolph Street in the City of Meadville the same being the property conveyed to me by J. Perry and wife. to my brother Hamilton McClintock, his heirs and assigns forever in trust nevertheless for the sole and separate use of my daughter Mary A. McLane, and at her death to descend to her heirs conditional that she pay to my daughter Annie J. McLane the sum of twenty–four dollars per annum for and during the life of said Annie J. McLane.
Item. I do hereby direct and empower Hamilton McClintock the said trustee at anytime during the life time of the said devisees or any of them to sell and convey in fee simple any of the estate herein before given, for such price upon such conditions as any of the Said devisees [?] may in writing direct, limit [?], and appoint for the sale of any of their respective estates, if, in the opinion of the said trustee it would be for the advantage of any of the said devisees to sell and convey of their estate herein before mentioned, and in case any of the said estates are sold and conveyed, these, the money received therefor to be paid to the devisee whose interest may be sold and to be unconditionally theirs. Item. All the use and residue of my estate, real, personal and mixed, of which I shall die seised, I give and bequeath to be divided to and among my following named children: Mary A. McLane, Nannie E. Tarr, Sarah F. Tarr, John H. Tarr and James B. Tarr. [There is no mention of Anna J. McLane here].
And lastly–I do nominate and appoint my brother Hamilton McClintock to be executor of my last will and testament. In witness whereof I subscribed my hand and seal this 9th day of March 1872.
Signed, sealed, published and delivered by the said Elizabeth M. Tarr as made for her last will and testament in the presence of each of us, who at her request and her presence have subscribed our names.
Wm. R. Bole
Alex Thompson.
Although Elizabeth’s will is explicit in her wishes to be buried in Greendale Cemetery, neither the Greendale Cemetery Association records266 nor the Crawford County Historical Society’s Greendale Cemetery records267 lists her as being buried in Greendale Cemetery. Perhaps her record is missing. But in a 13 November 1997 letter, Mary Vogan (Greendale Cemetery Association) reports she could not find a record for Elizabeth Tarr (or Mrs. J. B. Shepard or Mary and Ann McLane), although she was able to designate a lot where McLanes and Tarrs are buried. This is in Section 8, lot 65, and those interred in this lot are Roberick McLane; buried 14 March 1868 at age 64; Mary McLean; buried 25 October 1893, age 81; Sarah Frances Sussdorf; buried 14 December 1909, age 51; James S. Tarr; buried 6 November 1871, age 51; John H. Tarr; buried 22 October 1881, age 23; and Maria Glenn; buried 2 August 1865, age 2 years. Sarah Frances and John H. of course are children of James S. Tarr. Maria Glenn remains a mystery. Perhaps the two McLanes are the parents of one or both of the McLanes marrying James and Elizabeth’s daughters, Mary and Anna. Although John H. Tarr was buried in lot 65, his wife and presumably his daughter, as indicated above, were buried in other locations.
Greendale Cemetery Association records list at least two other Tarrs being interred in Greendale Cemetery, but not in lot 65. One is Catherine Tarr; buried 8 March 1935, age 77. She would be Catherine (Shippen) Tarr, wife of John H. Tarr. The other is Anna Tarr, born August 1878; buried 28 December 1960 in Section 9–A, lot 21. She probably was a daughter of John H. and Catherine (Shippen) Tarr. There are many McClintocks buried in Greendale Cemetery, with a large concentration of McClintocks in Section 8, lots 44, 45, and 46