Sam Sloan's Big Combined Family Trees


Charles Marie Bonaparte.Charles married Marie Laetitia Roamolino.

Marie Laetitia Roamolino.Marie married Charles Marie Bonaparte.

They had the following children:

  M i Jerome Bonaparte was born on 15 Nov 1784. He died on 24 May 1860.

John Jacob Striebig [Parents] was born on 22 Feb 1725/1726 in Munster, Gregorienthal, Upper Alsace. He died on 11 Jul 1798. He married Maria Catharina in 1753.

John Jacob Striebig arrived at the port in Philadelphia having sailedfrom Rotterdam on the ship Windsor. He took the oath of allegiance onSeptember 27, 1753.

John Jacob was a shoemaker and farmer. He and his family were members ofthe First Moravian Church of York Co, Pennsylvania. According to Recordsof the First Moravian Church, City of York, York County, Pennsylvania,1758-1800, John Jacob "Struebig" was born February 22, 1726 in Munster,Gregorienthal, Upper Alsace.

Source: Brian Streby

Maria Catharina.Maria married John Jacob Striebig in 1753.

They had the following children:

  M i Jacob Striebig was born on 15 Apr 1754.
  M ii John Jacob Striebig was born on 23 Apr 1755.
  F iii Anna Margaret Striebig was born on 21 May 1757.
  M iv John George Striebig was born on 14 Jan 1759.
  F v Maria Elizabeth Striebig was born on 3 Feb 1762.
  M vi John Striebig was born in Apr 1763.
  F vii Maria Catharina Striebig was born on 16 Nov 1765.

Peter Feiser.

He had the following children:

  F i Anna Maria Feiser was born on 5 Apr 1757.

Hopewell Clarke.Hopewell married Mary Strebeigh.

Mary Strebeigh [Parents] was born about 1820. She married Hopewell Clarke.


Joseph Lyndall.Joseph married Elizabeth Strebeigh.

Elizabeth Strebeigh [Parents] was born in 1835. She married Joseph Lyndall.


George Bennet [Parents] was born on 25 Dec 1813 in Fairfield Twnshp, Lycoming Co. PA. He married Martha Strebeigh.

GEORGE BENNET was born in Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, December 25,1813, and was a grandson of Thomas Bennet, and a son of Andrew Bennet,who figured so conspicuously in the Wyoming massacre, and whose names areheld in veneration by the present inhabitants of that beautiful valley.He moved to this valley in 1840, purchased and cleared a farm, andremained there until his death. February 1, 1844, he married MarthaStrebeigh, who was born June 26,1822, in Williamsport, and died on the17th of April, 1891, at the old home in Fairfield township where she hadlived forty-seven years. She and her husband had lived togetherforty-three years, he having died four years previously. Mrs. Bennetunited with the Methodist Episcopal church in early life and was afaithful member of the same until she was called to the fellowship of thechurch triumphant. A son, Daniel S. Bennet, died suddenly in September,1884, at Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania, where he had married and won muchdistinction. The father never fully recovered from the shock of thisunexpected bereavement, and died on the 11th of March, 1887. It was saidof him by those who knew him best that he was a great admirer of theBible and made it almost his exclusive study during the last years of hislife. Four children survive to mourn their parents loss: Mary A,, Mrs.Henry S. Cole; John A.; George, and Bessie. Mr. and Mrs. Cole weremarried on
the 15th of January, 1867, and reside at Montoursville. They are theparents of eight children: Martha B.; Sarah W.; Mary McC.; Bessie B.;Georgianna; Daniel S.; Edward, and an infant son.

Martha Strebeigh [Parents] was born about 1822. She married George Bennet.

They had the following children:

  M i George Bennet was born on 18 Jul 1864 in Fairfield Twnshp, Lycoming Co. PA. He died in 1894 in Montoursville, Lycoming Co., Pa..
  M ii John Andrew Bennet.

Andrew Bennet.Andrew married Abigail Kelly.

Abigail Kelly.Abigail married Andrew Bennet.

They had the following children:

  M i George Bennet was born on 25 Dec 1813.

John Andrew Bennet [Parents].John married Emma Williams.

Emma Williams.Emma married John Andrew Bennet.


Thomas McElrath [Parents] was born in 1806 in Williamsport, PA. He died on 6 Jun 1888 in New York, NY. He married Ann in 1829.

Other marriages:
Price, Elizabeth

Thomas McElrath, publisher, was born at Williamsport, Pa., May 1, 1807. He served an apprenticeship as printer at Harrisburg and Philadelphia, studied law at Williamsport and then removed to New York City where he became a proof-reader and subsequently head salesman in the Methodist Book Concern. He engaged in publishing school and religious books with Lemuel Bangs in 1825. He was admitted to the bar in 1828 and practiced in New York City in partnership with William Bloomfield and Charles P.Duly. He was elected a Whig member of the state assembly in 1838, and wasappointed a master in chancery for the city of New York by Governor Seward in 1840. He was appointed state director of the Bank of America by Governor Seward in 1841 and formed a partnership with Horace Greeley the same year under the firm name of Greeley & McElrath, and as business ofthe Tribune placed the unprofitable venture on a secure foundation. He was alderman of the city of New York 1845-46, and resigned his business connection with the Tribune in 1857, on being elected corresponding secretary of the American Institute, whose state annual reports he editeduntil 1861, when he was appointed appraiser-general for the New York district by President Lincoln. He resigned from this office in 1864, returned to the Tribune as business manager, and 1866 was appointed chief appraiser of foreign merchandise at the port of New York. He was U.S.commissioner to the Paris exposition in 1867; U.S. commissioner to the Vienna exhibition in 1873, where, with John Jay, he was a special commissioner to adjust and superintend the American department, and was secretary and genreal executive officer of the New York state commission at the Centennial exhibition, Philadelphia, in 1876.
He acted as legal adviser to the Park National Bank in New York city up to the time of his death. He was married to Elizabeth Price of New York. He is the author of "Dictionary of Words and Phrases Used in Commerce",1872. He died in New York June 6, 1888.

Source: The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of NotableAmericans: Vol. VII.

In 1836 he financed $6000 of a mortgage with Apollos Woodward forproperty of a farm owned by his sister Mary and her husband, DanielStrebeigh, in Williamsport. - From a Record of Lycoming Mortgagesfilings 1825-73.

Ann.Ann married Thomas McElrath in 1829.


Thomas McElrath [Parents] was born in 1806 in Williamsport, PA. He died on 6 Jun 1888 in New York, NY. He married Elizabeth Price in 1831.

Other marriages:
, Ann

Thomas McElrath, publisher, was born at Williamsport, Pa., May 1, 1807. He served an apprenticeship as printer at Harrisburg and Philadelphia, studied law at Williamsport and then removed to New York City where he became a proof-reader and subsequently head salesman in the Methodist Book Concern. He engaged in publishing school and religious books with Lemuel Bangs in 1825. He was admitted to the bar in 1828 and practiced in New York City in partnership with William Bloomfield and Charles P.Duly. He was elected a Whig member of the state assembly in 1838, and wasappointed a master in chancery for the city of New York by Governor Seward in 1840. He was appointed state director of the Bank of America by Governor Seward in 1841 and formed a partnership with Horace Greeley the same year under the firm name of Greeley & McElrath, and as business ofthe Tribune placed the unprofitable venture on a secure foundation. He was alderman of the city of New York 1845-46, and resigned his business connection with the Tribune in 1857, on being elected corresponding secretary of the American Institute, whose state annual reports he editeduntil 1861, when he was appointed appraiser-general for the New York district by President Lincoln. He resigned from this office in 1864, returned to the Tribune as business manager, and 1866 was appointed chief appraiser of foreign merchandise at the port of New York. He was U.S.commissioner to the Paris exposition in 1867; U.S. commissioner to the Vienna exhibition in 1873, where, with John Jay, he was a special commissioner to adjust and superintend the American department, and was secretary and genreal executive officer of the New York state commission at the Centennial exhibition, Philadelphia, in 1876.
He acted as legal adviser to the Park National Bank in New York city up to the time of his death. He was married to Elizabeth Price of New York. He is the author of "Dictionary of Words and Phrases Used in Commerce",1872. He died in New York June 6, 1888.

Source: The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of NotableAmericans: Vol. VII.

In 1836 he financed $6000 of a mortgage with Apollos Woodward forproperty of a farm owned by his sister Mary and her husband, DanielStrebeigh, in Williamsport. - From a Record of Lycoming Mortgagesfilings 1825-73.

Elizabeth Price.Elizabeth married Thomas McElrath in 1831.

They had the following children:

  M i Laird McElrath was born in 1833.
  M ii Thomas Price McElrath was born in 1837.
  F iii Katherine Price McElrath was born in 1843.
  M iv John Potts McElrath was born in 1844.
  M v Percy McElrath was born in 1852.

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