Branch No. 27
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Glengarry Way, Sierra Vista AZ 85650,
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Branch No. 27 and Branch No. 47 Have become one branch in 1996.
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1 THOMAS (1) LATTA
In
1739-40,
as the
Dutch
then
were
rapidly
coming
to
Pennsylvania,
William
Penn
laid
out, in
what is
now
Adams
county,
a
reservation
for
himself
and
family,
and
called
it the
“Manor
of
Masque,”
after
the
title
of an
old
English
estate
belonging
to some
of his
distant
relatives.
He had
laid
out
“manors”
before
this in
the
eastern
part of
the
State. Among the earliest settlers of the "Manor of Maske" in 1740
was Thomas Latta. He may
have been the head of this family....... The Penn family, as Proprietaries of
Pennsylvania by authority of the grant of 1681, and of William Penn's agreement with
his settlement company, reserved for themselves about 10,000 acres in each 100,000 at
one place. These manors were to have "a court baron and view of frank pledge."
Two manors were erected in what was York County from 1749 to 1800 -- the manor of
Springettysburg, in which the town of York, was laid out; and the Manor of Maske in
which Gettysburg now lies (now Adams Co.). The latter manor contained 72 square
miles. Quit rents are still paid (1933) on some of the manorial lands which was
sold by special contract, while extra manorial lands were sold at stated prices."
Thomas Latta was the Justice of the Peace of York County on Sept. 27, 1774.
Children:
2 THOMAS (2).
The
early
settlers
upon
the
Manor
of
Maske
located
on
Marsh
Creek.
A paper
published
in the
Compiler,
January
16,
1876,
gives
an
interesting
account
of an
old
record
paper
found
in the
possession
of the
county
surveyor-
It is a
report
to
Penn's
agent
of a
list of
settlers
on the
manor
who had
filed
their
claims
upon
lands,
and
included
those
who had
taken
out
warrants
as well
as
those
who had
not. To
this
valuable
list of
early
settlers
are
added
the
names
of of
those
who
took
out
warrants
between
1765
and
1775,
as
appears
on the
records
of the
Department
of
Internal
Affairs
at
Harrisburg.
Latta,
Thomas,
May,
1740.
Latta,
Thomas,
200
acres,
April
16,
1765.
Latta,
Thomas,
350
acres,
October
7,
1774.
Latta,
Thomas
(called
Rapho),
April
16,
1765.
The
act of
the
Pennsylvania
Legislature,
March
12,
1802,
dealing
with
the
purchase
and
improvement
of the
“Manor
of the
Maske”
prior
to
1741,
provided
that
the
original
settlers,
or
their
heirs,
who
were
excluded
from
perfecting
titles
to
their
lands,
owing
to
State
and
manor
boundary
difficulties,
be now
enabled
to
acquire
title
by
paying
purchase
money
and
interest
thereon
from
1765 to
1802 to
the
receiver-general
of the
land
office.
This
act
applied
to the
settlers
in
Butler,
Menallen,
Liberty,
Straban,
Hamiltonban
and
Freedom,
as well
as to
the
settlers
on the
east
side of
Marsh
Creek.
The
original
tax
payers
of the
township
in
1799,
and the
assessed
value
of
property
are
given
as
follows:
NO
LATTA
LISTED.
The
single
men
residing
in the
township
in
1799,
were
William
Ashbough,
potter;
John
Breaden,
tailor;
Thomas
Breaden,
cordwinder;
George
Boham,
James
Black,
John
Black,
Robert
Black,
blacksmiths;
James
Black,
weaver;
Elisha
P.
Barris,
Thomas
Brown,
weavers;
Samuel
Cobean,
John
Cluts,
weavers;
James
Douglass,
hatter;
James
Dobbin,
Henry
Duncan,
joiners;
William
Fellons,
weaver;
William
Hall,
John
Hamilton,
weavers;
John
Hunter,
weaver;
Robert
Hayes,
lawyer;
Daniel
Kissinger,
tanner;
Jacob
Long,
Thomas
Latta,
Matthew
Longwill,
merchants;
William
McDead,
mason;
John
McCleary,
tailor;
James
McNevin,
William
McKinley,
cabinet-makers;
Robert
McMurdie,
weaver;
John
McCulley,
school
teacher;
David
Moore,
James
McClillan,
Hugh O.
Dwyer,
Robert
Ramsay,
cordwinders;
James
Smith,
Hatter;
William
Sterling,
John
Shavey,
Casper
Shavey,
Samuel
Sloan,
joiners;
John
Scott,
miller;
James
Thompson,
wheelwright;
John
Taylor,
mason;
and
George
Dodds.
Many of
these
“single
men”
possessed
some
little
property,
which
with
the
real
estate
and
personal
property
assessment
amounted
to
$103,931
as
assessed
by
David
Moore,
James
Gettys
and
Peter
Weikert.
The
collectors
were
Edward
Hall
and
Reynolds
Ramsey,
the
rate
being
36
cents
per
$100.
Hamiltonban,
which,
in
early
years
comprised
Highland,
Freedom
and
Liberty,
is
one of
the
original
townships.
The
assessment
of 1802
gives
the
following
names
of
property
owners
and
single
men, as
well as
the
values
assessed:
Thomas
Latta
. . . .
. . . .
. . . .
. . . .
. . . .
.
318
John
Latta
. . . .
. . . .
. . . .
. . . .
. . . .
. .
1,239
The
single
free
men of
the
township
in 1802
are
named
as
follows,
and the
tax
levied
from
each
ranged
from 81
to 93
cents:
William
Barnes;
James,
Samuel
and
Ezra
Blythe;
Andrew
Byars;
James
Black;
Henry
Cutshall,
shoemaker;
John
Kallaberger;
John
Charles;
John
Carrick;
Henry
Coffman;
James
Dick,
merchant;
Henry
Ferguson;
James
and
William
Gallagher,
blacksmiths;
John
Latta;
Andrew
Marshall;
David
Mellen;
Jacob
McClellan,
saddler;
John
McClellan;
John
McGinley;
Ebenezer
and
Amos
McGinley,
merchants;
Mathew
McConnell;
James
McLean;
John
Orr;
John
Paxton;
William
Proctor,
weaver;
John
Reed;
John
Slemons;
John
Sites;
James
Shirkey;
Felty
Toad;
James
Waugh,
merchant.
Part
III,
History
of
Adams
County,
Pages
31-36,
CHAPTER
VIII. -
THE
REVOLUTION-ADAMS(YORK)COUNTY
IN THE
STRUGGLE-FIRST
COMPANY
FROM
PENNSYLVANIA-THE
INDEPENDENT
LIGHT
INFANTRY
COMPANY-FLYING
CAMP-ROSTER
OF
OFFICERS,
ADAMS
(YORK)
COUNTY.
In the
First
Battalion,
the
Seventh
Company,
were
...captain,
Thomas
Latta.
2 THOMAS (2) LATTA
Thomas (1). Born:____ Died:____ Married: Deborah Johnston,
Daughter of Alexander
Johnston. She was Born:____ Died: May, 1817. In her Will dated Sept. 7, 1815 Will
book No. 2, Page 116, Office Register of Wills, Pittsburgh, PA. It listed the below
children, except Alexander and the children of Mary and Catherine.
Children:
3 JOHN (3).
4 THOMAS (3) Had at Least one child: Deborah (4)
Latta. No other History is known.
5 MARY (3) Born: October 23, 1764. Married: Alexander
Rowan, on June 13, 1786. He
was Born: March 17, 1761. Children: Deborah Born: April 17, 1787., Jane Born:
November 26, 1788., Henry Born: August 1, 1790., Mary Born: July 19, 1792., Thomas L
Born: May 11, 1794. Nancy or Ann Born: June 19, 1796., Alexander Born: July 19,
1798., Elizabeth Born: July 10, 1800., Robert Born: August 1, 1802., James L Born:
May 20, 1803. As you can see Mary and her sister Catharine used the same given names
for their children.
6 JANE (3) Married : Mr. Armstrong. {Maybe a brother to: 7
Ann (3) Latta's Husband}
Child: Deborah Armstrong
7 ANN (3) m. Isaac Armstrong. In 1855 she lived with
her daughter, Eliza Armstrong, who married 4 Ephraim Stephens (4) Latta, her
cousin {1996 Note: over the years someone wrote in that Eliza and Ephraim married 6.4
miles south of Gettysburg, Pa.} (see family 4). Ann died near Gettysburg, Pa.
8 DEBORAH (3) Married: William B Murray, March 17, 1796.
He was Born: September 6, 1764. Died: March 18, 1840. They had two sons and two
daughters the name of one daughter was Deborah. William's father was John Murray
Born: 1731 in Scotland. Died: February 3, 1789. in Dauphin Co., PA. Buried: In the
old Cemetery near Daughinsborough, Pa.{ 1996 Note: The date he was buried was listed
in this work as Feb. 3, 1828. I think this was a typo by Robert as his death date was
Feb. 3, 1789. Or his body was removed from it's first grave to this one ?.} He
commanded a rifle company in March 1776 with Col. Samuel Miles Battalion. He was at
the Battle of Long Island, White Plains, Trenton and Princeton. Promoted to Major
April 18, 1777. And Lieut. Col. 2nd Pa. Regt. In 1780. Discharged 1783. William's
Mother was Margaret Mayes, Born:____
Died: June 22, 1797 {1996 Note: there was a typo from Robert, the date he listed as
death was 1897}, in upper Paxton T.P., Dauphin Co., Pa. Buried: with her husband. She
was the Daughter of Andrew and Rebecca Mayes. William's Mother and Father, John
and Margaret took up land in the " Indian Burial Ground", Lying on the Susquehanna,
Which joined the present town of Dauphin. {Genealogy by Eagle, Page 529}
9 ELIZABETH (3)
Born in
Mar
1775.
Elizabeth
died on
11 Aug
1803;
she was
28. Married
Robert
Speer
(4/1772-3/21/1827)(baptized
4/17).
Robert
Speer
was
born
Apr
1772 in
, York
Co.,
Pennsylvania,
USA,
was
christened
17 Apr
1772 in
Rock
Creek
United
Presbyterian
Church,
Adams,
Pennsylvania,
USA,
and
died 31
Mar
1827 in
,
Guernsey
Co.,
Ohio,
USA. He
was
buried
in
Speer
Cemetery,
Family
Farm
East Of
New
Concord,
Muskingum,
Ohio,
USA. He
married
Elizabeth
Latta,
(1st
Wife).
She was
buried
in
Speer
Cemetery,
Family
Farm
East Of
New
Concord,
Muskingum,
Ohio,
USA.
They
had
three
children:
Jane,
Deborah,
and
James
Speer.
He next
married
Elizabeth
Mary
Morrison
Aft
1803 in
2ND
Husband.
She was
born 16
Apr
1789,
and
died 31
Mar
1853.
She was
buried
in
Speer
Cemetery,
Family
Farm
East Of
New
Concord,
Muskingum,
Ohio,
USA.
Robert
Speer came
from
Gettysburg
to
Guernsey
County
OH in
1804.
[Speer
Genealogy]
Robert
Speer
was a
brother
to
James
Speer,
who
married
Elizabeth's
sister,
Catherine
below.
10 CATHERINE (3)
b.
1776;
d. Jan.
22,
1851,
in
Peters
Twp,
Washington
Co, PA; m. James Speer
6/8/1774-11/14/1849), son of Robert Speers of Washington
County, PA
in 1804. James was born in Adams Co., PA, and came to Ohio with his parents
in early childhood, passing the most of his life near New Concord, Muskingam Co.,
Ohio, where he grew to manhood. After his marriage to Catherine they moved to Peter's
T.P., Washington Co., Pa.
Children: Deborah
(b.
1804?), Robert
(1806-1853), Thomas Latta
(1808-1851), James
(1810-1878),
Jane
(b.
1812?), Nancy
(b.
1816)
and
Eliza
(1814-1819). Their son James Speer was born Dec. 10, 1810 on the farm in
Peter's T.P. He married Marie Calahan, Feb, 2, 1839 and had 8 children.
11 REBECCA (3) Also seen as Rebecca Catharine.
Married: Mr. Mays . They had a daughter named: Deborah Mays.
12 ALEXANDER (3) Died: About 1772, Before the death of
Deborah Latta made her will.
He was buried in Black's Cemetery, Upper Marsh Creek, Presbyterian Grave Yard,
Cumberland T.P., Adams Co., (Formerly York Co., PA. North of Chambersburg, PA. The
Church was torn down about 1786.
13 UNKNOWN Female (3) daughter. Died single.{ 1996
Note: I can't find a history of
this person}
Adams
County,
PA
History:
Black's
Cemetery
takes
its
name
from
Rev
John
Black,
who was
pastor
of
Upper
Marsh
Creek
Presbyterian
Church
from
1775 to
1786.
The
church
stood
on the
cemetery
grounds,
north
of the
Chambersburg
road,
until
torn
down
about
1786.
Among
the
straggling,
crumbling
monuments,
the
following
names
and
dates
of
death
are
discernible:
Alexander
Latta
1772
3 JOHN (3) LATTA
Thomas (2) Thomas (1). Born:____ Died:____ Married: Letitia
Stephens,
{ May have been his first cousin} about 1809 in Paxton, Pa.
Children, twins:
14 EPHRAIM STEPHENS (4) b. April 11, 1814.
15 HUGH STEPHENS (4) b. April 11, 1814.
14 EPHRAIM STEPHENS (4) LATTA
John (3) Thomas (2) Thomas (1). Born: April 11, 1814
on a farm 6 miles from
Harrisburg, Pa. in Dauphin Co. Farmer. Died: March 10, 1843 at
Gettysburg, Pa. in same house where he had lived. Married: Eliza Armstrong
(May have been his first cousin, see Notes) January 12, 1837 in the house where she
was born August 15, 1812, 4 miles south of Gettysburg, Adams Co., Pa. She was
the daughter of Isaac and Ann Latta Armstrong. She died at Agency, Iowa
November 7, 1890. She went to Iowa in 1846 with her two children. "When
she was small a gang of robbers came from the mountains and searched the house
Grandmother and her sisters followed them and kept them in sight. One robber
threw a sword at them, he missed her and split the door panel -- 6 Hugh Latta.
She lived near Fairfield, Iowa.
Children:
16 JOHN STEPHENS (5) b.
August 8, 1838; d. in April 1894.
17 HUGH (5) b. March 3, 1841; d. at Batavia, Iowa about 1920.
15 HUGH STEPHENS (4) LATTA
John (2) Thomas (2) Thomas (1). Born on a farm 6 miles
from Harrisburg near Paxton,
Pa. April 11, 1814; d. in Washington Co., Iowa in 1869; m. his second cousin,
Elizabeth
Stephens, June 26, 1837 at Juniata T.P. Perry Co., Pa. where she was born March 24,
1820, she died in 1885. She was a cousin of Alex. H. Stephens, Vice President
of Southern Confederacy. She was the daughter of James and Elizabeth (Garrett)
Stephens. James was the son of Alex. and Catherine (Baskins) Stephens.
Alex. was born in England March 27, 1726 and died March 15,1813 and buried near
Crawfordsville, Ga. He was a Jacobite. He served under Washington at
Braddock's defeat in 1755. Was a Captain of the Revolution War. He went
to Pennsylvania early in life. Children:
33 CATHERINE LETITIA (5) b. Dauphen Co., Pa. November 29, 1839;
d. in Washington
Co., Iowa. Single.
34 EPHRAIM (5) b. in Dauphin Co., Pa. May 22, 1843; d.
in 1850.
35 SARAH ELIZABETH (5) b. in Ashland Co., Ohio; m.
Stephen A. Park May 3, 1866.
Children: Byron Everest b. April 14, 1867; d. in infancy. William Everett b.
April 7, 1868; d. in infancy. John Garrett b. October 29, 1869 in Washington
Co., Iowa; m. Miss M.K. McKay. In 1904 lawyer in Kansas City, Mo.
Elizabeth Junia b. in Washington Co., Iowa August 14, 1872;m. Rev. John H. Lee of
Germantown, Pa. October 2, 1902. One child. In 1937 lived at 6135 Greene
St., Germantown, Pa.
18 WILLIAM HEARST (5)
Born in
Ohio
April
21,
1848;
d. at
Washington,
Iowa in
1932.
19 JAMES GARRETT (5)
Born in
Ashland
Co.,
Ohio
April
29,
1850.
36 JOHN ALEXANDER (5) b. at Ashland, Ohio October 21, 1853;
d. about 1856.
20 THORNTON ZACHARIAH (5)
Born
November
16,
1855;
died in
Colorado.
37 ANDREW H. (5) b. Washington Co., Iowa December 31, 1857;
d. about 1862.
21 LINTON THOMAS (5)
Born
April
5, 1861.
22 LOREN HUGH (5)
Born
September
17,
1863.
16 JOHN STEPHEN (5) LATTA
Ephraim S. (4) John (3) Thomas (2) Thomas (1). Born 6
miles from Harrisburg, Pa.
August 8, 1838; d. in April 1894, 6 miles from Churchpoint, So. West La. where he was
buried. Married Charlotte Croft 3 miles so. of Libertyville, Iowa February 20,
1868. She was born in Bedford Co., Pa. February 8, 1842, daughter of John and
Eliza J. (Tetery) Croft. She died in La. about 1912. The Croft were Pa.
Dutch. They lived in Kansas for 15 years. In the Cherokee Nation 3 years
and went to Asadia Parish La. in 1868. In 1906 they lived at Gueydan, La.
Children:
38 LAURA (6) b. 3 miles S.E. of Batavia, Iowa; d. at
Batavia, September 1900; m. Robert L. Winters in 1893 at her parent's home 6 miles w.
of Church Point, La. and at Pilgrim Rest Church, one mile from there. Baptist.
In 1906 they lived near Tailby, La. Children: Roger Lee. Elizabeth
Beatrice. John Allan. Laura Hazel.
23 JOHN STEPHEN (6)
Born
near
Bolton,
Kan.
April
7,
1870;.
24 CLAUDE or CLARENCE CROFT (6)
Born in
Montgomery
Co.,
Kan..
May 25,
1872.
39 ADELIA MAUD (6) b. in Kansas January 25, 1874; m. Albert
Chauvin of Guydan, La.
Lived therein 1906. School teacher and milliner. Four children.
40 MARTHA JANE (6) b. in Kansas December 1, 1875; m. in Crowley,
La. C.O. Robinson, a rich planter from Miss. In 1906 he was a rice planter in
Acadia Parish, Pa. She was a school teacher. Four children.
25 HUGH GILBERT
(6)
Born
Montgomery
Co.,
Kan.
March
29,
1871.
41 ROBERT ALEXANDER (6) b. in Kansas November 20, 1881. In
1906 lived at Inga,
B.C. Canada. Single.
42 JOSEPHINE (6) b. in Kansas November 11, 1881; m. Marcelus
Monies of Spanish
descent. In 1906 lived Guydan, La. Six children.
17 HUGH (5) LATTA
Ephraim S. (4) John (3) Thomas (2) Thomas (1). Born
six miles from Harrisburg, Pa.
March 3, 1841; d. at Batavia, Iowa about 1920; m. Catherine Collins at Batavia, Iowa
February 9, 1865. She was born in Gallia Co., Ohio December 12, 1842, the
daughter of J. E. and Emaline (McGee) Collins of Gallia County, Ohio. The
Collins family moved to Batavia, Iowa when she was a small girl.
Hugh Latta lived in Adams Co., Pa. Farmer. In 1906 they lived at Agency, Iowa Route
1. Children all born at Batavia, Iowa:
26 WILSON COLLINS (6)
Born
near
Batavia,
Iowa on
November
6, 1865.
43 EMMA FLORENCE (6) b. April 6, 1871; m. twice: (1)
Mr. Newell by whom she had
two children, Mable M. m. Grocer C. Housh. Carl W. (2) Steward C.
Alfred.
44 CORA CATHERINE (6) b. February 12, 1877.
27 JOHN HARRISON (6)
Born
near
Batavia,
Iowa on
May 10,
1892.
1880 Census, Pleasant, Wapello County, Iowa
Latty, Hugh, 39, b. PA, farmer, father born in PA; mother born in PA
Latty, Catherine, wife, 38, born in OH
Latty, Wilson, son, 14, born in Iowa, working on farm
Latty, Emme, daughter, 9, born in Iowa, at school
Latty, Cora, daughter, 3, born in Iowa
Latty, Eliza, mother, born in PA, age 67
18 WILLIAM HEARST (5) LATTA
Hugh S. (4) John (3) Thomas (2) Thomas (1). Born in
Ohio April 21, 1848; d. at
Washington, Iowa in 1932; m. Mary Isabella Palmer in Washington Co., Iowa February
1873. She died there in 1932. She was born near Malvern, Ohio February 9,
1848, daughter of Rachel Latta (branch No. 3, family No. 47). He was buried Elm
Grove Cemetery, commercial traveler. In 1904 lived at Washington, Iowa.
Children all born in Washington Co., Iowa:
28 CLARENCE PALMER (6).
29 LLOYD EVERETT (6)
Born
Washington
Co.,
Iowa
July
23,
1875.
45 FRANK ELWIN (6) b. in Washington Co., Iowa June 18, 1877;
m. twice: (1) Elizabeth
Hamilton June 14, 1901 at Blairstown, Iowa. (2) Agnes ____. No children.
Enlisted in Spanish War "D" Co. 50th Iowa Vols. Studied law at Ann Arbor, Mich.
In 1904 lawyer at 60 Wall Street, New York City.
46 LORENA BELLE (6) b. March 25, 1879; m. Dr. Clyde
Allison Boice at Washington, Iowa
March 25, 1902. Children: Myrtle Mary b. November 22, 1904. William
Clyde. Ruth Saville. Clyde Jr.
47 RUTH ELIZABETH (6) b. October 10, 1882; d. 1924; m.
Clifford E. Thorne, prominent railway expert, of Chicago. One child: Elizabeth.
19 JAMES GARRETT (5) LATTA
Hugh S. (4) John (3) Thomas (2) Thomas (1). Born in
Ashland Co., Ohio April 29, 1850;
m. Ida Nichols in Athens, Mo. January 31, 1878. She was born in Clark Co., Ind.
February 2, 1862. One child. In 1913 living in Washington Co., Iowa.
Children:
48 CATHERINE ESTELLA (6) b. Washington Co., Iowa July
29, 1879. Was teacher in
public school in 1904.
20 THORNTON ZACHARIAH (5) LATTA
Hugh S. (4) John (3) Thomas (2) Thomas (1). Born
November 16, 1855;
died in
Colorado; m. Margaret M.
MacConley in Monroe Co., Iowa April 5, 1883. She was born March 28, 1860.
Farmer. In
1904 at Haxtum, Colo. In 1920 living at Holyoke, Colo.
Children:
30 HOWARD LINTON (6) b. May 2, 1884; d. Nov. 1964
in
Redding
CA.
Also lived in
Wyoming.
49 CHARLES THORNTON (6) b. Monroe Co., Iowa May 10, 1889; d.
Oct. 1975 in Denver, Adams Co., CO; m. Hannah E. ____. In 1920 lived at Denver,
Colo.
31 WILLIAM LOREN (6) b. Sept. 17, 1894; d. June 1987 in
Cardington, OH. Lived in California at one time. (SS Index)
50 MILDRED JUNIA (6) b. Monroe Co., Iowa July 22, 1897.
21 LINTON THOMAS (5) LATTA
Hugh S. (4) John (3) Thomas (2) Thomas (1). Born April
5, 1861; m. Minnie I. Rex at
Lynedoch, Ontario, Canada October 4, 1888. She was born September 4, 1863.
In 1904 living at College Corners, Ohio. State line of Ind. and Ohio divides
the town. Dealer in furniture, carpets and china. Children:
51 HUGH REX (6) b. Tonawanda, N.Y. June 17, 1890.
52 AGNES WINIFRED (6) b. Tonawanda, N.Y. April 19,
1892.
53 JOHN STEPHENS (6) b. Tonawanda, N.Y. June 5, 1895;
d. Sept. 17, 1989 in Omaha, Douglas Co., NE. (SS Index)
54 ELIZABETH (6) b. College Corners, Ohio. July 11,
1898 ?.
55 WILLIAM CHARLTON (6) b. College Corners, Ohio March
30, 1902. Minister U.P.
Church. LIST NOTE: The William Charlton Latta mentioned is the father of William
Charlton Latta (Jr.), Professor Emeritus at the University of Lethbridge,
Alberta, and the grandfather of Leslie Latta-Guthrie, archivist for the
Government Archives for Alberta, here in Edmonton.
This family emigrated to Alberta from Kansas, where Wm. (Jr.) earned his degree
in English. Leslie was also born here.
22 LOREN HUGH (5) LATTA
Hugh S. (4) John (3) Thomas (2) Thomas (1). Born
September 17, 1863; m. Clara H.
Hamil at Washington, Iowa September 1, 1891. In 1904 lived at Ft. Madison, Iowa
where all his children were born. Bookkeeper. In 1936 lived at Spokane,
Wash. Deputy Assessor.
Children:
56 MILDRED ELIZABETH (6) b. April 12, 1894; m. Hal Joe
Hunt August 17, 1926. In
1936 P.O. clerk, Pullman, Wash.
57 LORENE ESTHER (6) b. August 26, 1898; m. Clarence
O. Hyde June 16, 1920. In 1936
she lived at Tacoma, Wash. Children: Loren Henry b. January 20, 1923.
Hoyt Hamil b. May 10, 1928 Cedar Falls, Iowa.
23 JOHN STEPHEN (6) LATTA
John S. (5) Ephraim S. (4) John (3) Thomas (2) Thomas (1).
Born near Bolton, Kan.
April 7, 1870; m. Mabel Yale, daughter of Luther M. and Lizzie (Bassett) Yale August
23, 1900 at Cedar Falls, Iowa. Inventor of improved school supplies. In
1933 living at Cedar Falls. Has school supplies stores at Cedar Falls, Iowa,
Memphis, Tenn., Huntington, W. Va., and Butte, Mont. Children:
58 EDNA MAY (7) b. June 12, 1902; m. Harry D.
Wontworth June 27, 1929. In 1933 lived on farm in Washington, Iowa, Route 1.
One daughter, Mary Ellen, b. January 21, 1931.
32 JOHN STEPHEN (7) b. August 7, 1907; d. July 1982 in Cherokee
Village, Sharp Co., AR. He lived in Iowa also (SS Index).
59 RUTH IRENE (7) b. October 1, 1912; m. Robert C.
Hill May 29, 1933. Lived at
Ottosen, Iowa. He teaches in high school.
24 CLAUDE or CLARENCE CROFT (6) LATTA
John S. (5) Ephraim S. (4) John (3) Thomas (2) Thomas (1).
Born in Montgomery Co.,
Kan.. May 25, 1872; m. Nellie Hornsby near Church Point, La. His mother writes
that the
Hornsby family were southern aristocrats. Children:
60 JOHN STEPHENS (7).
61 FANNY CHARLOTTE (7).
25 HUGH GILBERT (6) LATTA
John S. (5) Ephraim S. (4) John (3) Thomas (2) Thomas (1).
Born Montgomery Co.,
Kan. March 29, 1871; m. Ola Hunt of Pa. about 1901. Rice farmer. In
1906 lived near Crowley, La.; in 1933 at Vinton, La. Two children, both
married:
62 GORDON ZIMRI (7).
26 WILSON COLLINS (6) LATTA
Hugh (5) Ephraim S. (4) John (3) Thomas (2) Thomas (1).
Born near Batavia, Iowa
November 6, 1865; m. Minnie Long there March 17, 1896. She died at Pueblo,
Colo. 1906.
Lived at Agency, Iowa 1906. In 1933 at old home place three miles S.E. of
Batavia, Iowa.
Children born near Batavia, Iowa:
63 EARNEST FLOYD (7) b. May 6, 1897.
64 LATTA FLORENCE (7) b. November 25, 1899; m. Melbourne
Morrison. daughter, Ruth.
27 JOHN HARRISON (6) LATTA
Hugh (5) Ephraim S. (4) John (3) Thomas (2) Thomas (1).
Born near Batavia, Iowa May
10, 1892; m. Mabel O'Briant May 10, 1904 of Ottomwa, Iowa. Children:
65 WILLA (7) b. August 15, 1906; m. Edward Wallis.
One child, Joyce.
66 EUGENE (7). In 1933 student at Barrington,
Ills.
67 ELIZABETH (7).
28 CLARENCE PALMER (6) LATTA
William H (5) Hugh
S (4) John (3) Thomas (2) Thomas (1) Born:____ Died____
29 LLOYD EVERETT (6) LATTA
William H. (5) Hugh S. (4) John (3) Thomas (2) Thomas (1).
See branch 3, family 90.
Born Washington Co., Iowa July 23, 1875; m. Martha M. Samson December 3, 1900, sister
to Jennie Kilgore branch 3, family 7. He was ten years in abstract and real
estate at Washington, Iowa and studied law. Admitted to the Bar May 1902.
In 1923 Secretary Union Terminal Co., N.Y. City. In 1938 practicing law in
Jackson, Mich.
68 MARTHA ISABELLA (7) b. Jackson, Mich. September 15,
1917.
30 HOWARD LINTON (6) LATTA
Thornton Z. (5) Hugh S. (4) John (3) Thomas (2) Thomas (1).
Born at Ft. Madison, Iowa
May 2, 1884; m.
Jesse
May
Osborne. Farmer. In 1904 lived at Albia, Iowa. In
1918 at Holyoke, Colo. On July 18, 1918 enlisted at Ft. Logan, Colo.
Private. Served in 19th Rct. Co. Gen. Ser. Inf. Ft. Logan, Colo. to July 31,
1918. QMC Ft. Logan to discharge March 11, 1918. Private first class
January 16, 1919.
Children:
69
ARTHUR
LINTON (7)
b. May
29,
1937;
d.
________.
___
VEDA
ARLENE
(7) b.
Oct.
29,
1938;
d. Oct.
14,
1992.
___
CHARLES
WENDELL
(7) b.
_______;
still
living.
____
NANCY
JANE
(7)
b.
_______;
still
living.
31 WILLIAM LOREN (6) LATTA
Thornton Z. (5) Hugh S. (4) John (3) Thomas (2) Thomas (1).
Born Albia, Monroe Co.,
Iowa September 17, 1894; m. ____. In 1933 lived in California. Enlisted
in N.C. at Holyoke, Colo. June 24, 1917 in "A" Co. 2d Colo. Inf. to October 5, 1917.
Trk Co. 5- 115 Sup. Tn. to discharge May 10, 1918. SCD. Reported 25%
disabled. Corp. October 6, 1917. Drafted in U.S. Service August 5, 1917.
Farmer. Three children:
70
JUNIA (7)
b.
_____;
d.
_____
in
Colorado.
Never
married.
71
MAGGIE
E. (7)
b.
_____;
d.
_____
in
Pasadena,
CA.
72 ____ (7).
32 JOHN STEPHEN (7) LATTA
John S. (6) John S. (5) Ephraim S. (4) John (3) Thomas (2)
Thomas (1). Born August 7,
1907; d. July 1982 in Cherokee Village, Sharp Co., AR. (SS Index); m. Elsie Mae
Reinhart on August 14, 1929. In 1933 had a school supply store at Cedar Falls,
Iowa; Memphis, Tenn., Butte, Mont. One son:
73 JOHN STEPHEN (8) b. August 15, 1930.
62 GORDON ZIMRI (7) LATTA
Hugh G. (6) John S. (5) Ephraim S. (4) John (3) Thomas (2)
Thomas (1). Born _________ in _____________; died __________________. Buried at
____________________. Married _______________, daughter of __________________
and _________________ on ______________ at _________________________. She was
born ______________. She died on ____________ and is buried at
____________________. Children:
74 WALTER W. (8). b. __________; married
______________
75 GORDON "Buck" (8) b. __________; married
_______________; died ___________. Buried at ___________________.
76 HELEN (8) b. ____________; married
________________.
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THIS IS THE END OF THIS BRANCH-------------------------BELOW ARE THE NOTES
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1930's NOTE on branch No. 27: from Robert H Latta Talking of 2 THOMAS (2) LATTA
He must have married a sister of Alexander Stephens or Catherine Baskins (see 5 Hugh
StephensLatta), to make his son 3 John Latta marry his first cousin, Letitia
Stephens.
1930's NOTE on branch No. 27: from Robert H Latta talking of 3 JOHN (3) LATTA
If James Stephens (see 5 Hugh Stephens Latta) and Letitia Stephens were brother and
sister, thenJames Stephens and 3 John Latta were first cousins. For 5 Hugh
Latta to marry his second cousin, Elizabeth Stephens, his father 3 John Latta and
James Stephens must have been first cousins, as Letitia Stephens and James Stephens
must have been brother and sister. This wouldmake Elizabeth Stephens daughter
of James Stephens a second cousin to 5 Hugh Stephens Latta. 1996 NOTE: Steven B Latta
of Greer, SC. Of this branch, States that he has done a fair amount of work on the
Stephens\Latta connections and after talking with others who also work the Stephens
lines have not found that Letitia Stephens and James Stephens were brother and
sister. He goes on to state that the Father of James Stephens was Alexander Stephens,
a Captain in the Revolutionary War .Also that Alexander Stephens was born in Baskins
Ferry, PA. Not England.
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1930's NOTE on old branch 47. About the tie of Branch No. 27 and No. 47. And maybe
No. 37.
Thomas and Deborah Latta, in branch No. 47, had a daughter
named Ann, who
married a Mr. Armstrong. In branch No. 27, Ann Latta married Isaac Armstrong.
They both
lived in York Co., Pa. near each other.
In branch No. 27, Thomas Latta was one of the earliest
settlers in the "Manor of Maske".
This was the region around Gettysburg, Pa., then York Co., now Adams Co. This
branch and the
above note of Alexander Johnston are in York Co., Pa.. It is thought that this
Thomas Latta was
the Thomas Latta who married Deborah as their daughter Ann married a Mr. Armstrong,
and in
branch No. 27, Ann Latta married Isaac Armstrong. Ann Latta, branch No. 27,
died near
Gettysburg, Pa. York Co.
The names of John, Thomas and Ann and the name Armstrong,
occur in branch 47, and
branch No. 27. In both branches lived in York Co. Pa. about the same time.
In branch No. 37, Thomas Latta married ____ Moore. He
was a captain in the War of
1812. He had a daughter named Deborah Latta who died prior to 1841. He
lived 11 miles west
of Steubenville, Ohio. He had a daughter named Deborah. His daughter
Eliza had a daughter
named Deborah.
Deborah is in all the above families. It seems to be
the wish to Deborah Latta, branch No.
47, to have all her first granddaughters, named after her. In her Will she
wants her son John to
name his daughter, (if he has a daughter), Deborah. In her Will the name of the
husband of her
daughter is spelled both Murry and Murray.
One of the daughters of Deborah Latta was named Rebecca
Mays. Did this Rebecca
marry into the family of Margaret (Mayes) Murray? Margaret's mother was named
Rebecca
Mayes. So was the daughter of Deborah Latta, who married a Mr. Mays. The
name is spelled
different. So was the name of Murray in the Will spelled Murray and Murry.
The above record seems to be more than a coincidence.
It looks as if they were all one
family. Many of them moved to Ohio
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1930's Note from Robert H Latta.
Will of Deborah Latta see my Loose Leaf Book of Wills.
Will of Alexander Johnston, father (?) of Deborah Latta, made March 12, 1777.
Proved
April 29, 1777. Bequest to Thomas Latta and wife Deborah, of Cumberland T.p..,
York Co., Pa.
In Deed Book, 2, G, page 127, Thomas Latta and Deborah Latta, his wife, of Cumberland
T.p.,
Pa.
May 9, 1775, sold tract of land to James Jacks, which land was surveyed by Thomas
Latta in
1765.
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1930's Note: Information on 5 Mary (3) Latta was given by Mrs. Dora R Thompson of
Twin
Falls, Idaho, 1934. She was the Granddaughter of Henry Rowan son of 5 Mary (3) Latta
and
Alexander Rowan.
1930's Note: Information on 10 Catharine (3) Latta and Her Husband James Speer was
given By;
Mrs. Mildred Brown of Painesville, Ohio. { Branch No. 10}.
1996 Note: Over the years someone has wrote " The information was also in:
The History of
Washington Co. PA".
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