James Wilson Canouse (1883 - 1957)

Born 1 Jun 1883 in Briar Creek Township, Columbia Co., Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died 9 Jul 1957 at age 74 in Berwick, Columbia Co., Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

^[1]“Sarah Catherine Bower was educated in the schools of Briarcreek township and "worked out" until her marriage, in 1865, to David Moses Canouse. By this union there were eleven children: (1) Reuben Woodward, born Dec. 23, 1865, is a farmer in Salem township, Luzerne county. He married Emma Miller. (2) Mary Elizabeth, born July 28, 1868, married Daniel Keck, of North Berwick. (3) Levi Davis, born Aug. 8, 1870, married Susan Cope, and is farming Salem township. (4) Edwin Swengle, born Oct. 28, 1872, married Mary Stout. He is a wheel molder in the car works. (5) Harry Wiliam Buck, born May 26, 1874, employed as a coremaker, married Martha Kishbaugh. (6) Martha Cedella, born Dec. 22, 1876, married Frank Keck, who is deceased. (7) Kinney Adams, born March 27, 1879, died April 3, 1892. (8) Sterling Dickson, born Sept. 24, 1881, married Edna Smith. He is a mine wheel molder. (9) James WIlson, born June 1, 1883, married to Annie Birt, conducts a barber shop in Berwick. (10) Hannah Grace, born March 28, 1885, died May 21, 1901. (11) Franklin Pursel, born Jan. 30, 1887, is a machinist.”

Sources

1. ↑ Excerpt from the biographical sketch of Mrs. Sarah Catherine Canouse, Historical and Biographical Annals of Columbia and Montour Counties, Pennsylvania . . .. Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1915. Volume II, p 1129–1130. (link)