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Branch No. 45 Branch Captain: Beryl Redfield, 4281 Winfield Rd., Taylorsville, UT 84123-2344. Bredf331@comcast.net Send Beryl your updates. The DIXON property passed down through the Dixon family until it came to the family of William LATTA, who deeded it to his sons, Ostrander and Alexander on May 18, 1868. The Latta brothers in turn sold a part of their holdings to John SPHAR on June 3, 1869. All three of these families: the Dixons, the Lattas, and the Sphars, lived on in "Roscoe" throughout their years. Upon the death of Edward, the last of the Sphar family in the area, his holding were sold to many different families and the family name was all but erased from the memory of the town's people. The Latta family still has descendants in Roscoe -- Gibson and Harry CHESTER. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pamonval/townships/files/hisrosco.htm Mrs. Charles A. Wells, daughter of 7 John Wesley Latta, thinks that 2 William Latta, married more than once, that his son William was born of the first marriage, that her father was born of the second marriage. 2 William bought the old brick house at Roscoe which was built by Mr. Griffith, a Quaker, in 1804. Rachel said that she moved into the old brick house as a bride. He lived there in 1861. See Possible Connections in Loose Leaf Book for 41 & 45. William and Rachel are buried in the Howe Cemetery, near Coal Center on the river in East Pike Run Township, Washington Co., PA His tombstone reads: Latta, William, Nov. 7, 1867 - 85. Rachel's reads: Latta, Rachel - Jun 15, 1878 - 83. Children: 10 JOSEPH W. (3) b. June 27, 1836; d. Nov. 30, 1913. http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/PAGREENE/2003-09/1064190878 m. Clark Crow, son of Lawrence Crow and Mary Riggs on April 30, 1851. Clark was born August 6, 1825 in Allen Township, Washington Co., PA. Rachel died on December 18, 1859. Children: Charles C. d. Sept. 8, 1866; James B. d. Sept. 18, 1856; Ann Salina (Selena) b. 1851 d. 1926. 24 SARAH E. (3) daughter of Rachel b. 1825; d. October 8, 1863. Sarah never married and is buried at the Howe Cemetery with her parents. Her tombstone reads: Latta, Sarah E., Oct. 8, 1863 - 38. (See http://ww.geocities.com/easternusresearch/cemet/howecem.html 25 MELISSA A. (3) b. 1841; d. January 2, 1802; m. David
Phillips. David R. Phillips served in the Civil War in the same company
(Fifth WV Calvary, Company I) as Melissa's two brothers, Alexander Latta
and William L. Latta.
1840 Mon Valley PA Census, East Pike Run Township Latta, Wm Males under 5 - 2 Males 5-10 - 2 Males 15-20 - 1 Males 20-30 - 2 Males 50-60 - 1 Females 5-10 - 1 Females 10-15 - 1 Females 15-20 - 1 Females 40-50 - 1 1850 Mon Valley, PA Census, East Pike Run Township Latta, Rachel, 52, born PA Latta, Sarah, 26, PA Latta, Rachel, 23, PA Latta, Robert J., 21, farmer, PA Latta, Joseph W., 15, PA Latta, Ostlander, 11, PA Latta, Alexander, 9, PA
James was buried beside his first wife, Margaret in the Howe Cemetery. Tombstones read: Latta, James D. - Sept 6, 1857 - 39. Latta, Margaret (wf Jas. D.) - Jan. 20, 1853 - 32. Beside them is a tombstone for "Henry Latta - son" d. July 4, 1848 - 26. Children by first wife: 11 WILLIAM L. (4) b. June 28, 1844; d. Apr. 29, 1887 (Co 15th
W.Va. Cav. 1861-65) Children by second wife: 12 JAMES HENRY (4) b. Jan. 18, 1851; d. Nov. 24, 1907. 1850 Mon Valley, PA Census, East Pike Run Township Latta, James D., 32, farmer, PA Latta, Margaret L., 28, PA Latta, Melissa A., 8, PA Latta, William L., 6, PA Latta, Theresa J., 4, PA Latta, John J., 2, PA
Child: One child: Children of Thomas Latta and Maria Stewart are: |
34 MARGARET ANN (4) b. 1848; d. January 4,, 1925; married. Child: Mrs.
Georgia Foxhall. Lived 1934 lived at Edenboro, Pa.
35 CHARLES (4) b.
1852; d. 1856.
73 IRENE B. (4) B. 1854 in Allegheny Co., PA; died 1916
in North Braddock, Allegheny, PA
36 ELVIRA (Adaline) (4) b. 1855; d. 1933; m. Thomas W. Speer. One
child: Emma
m. twice, first to Mr. Hiel, then William McHenry. She said the
father of 2 William Latta was named Samuel. In 1937 she lived at 215 Elwyn
Avenue, Pittsburg, Pa. Mt. Oliver Station.
37 CATHERINE (Kate) (4) b. 1857; d. 1886. She married Mr. Tustin.
38 WILLIAM (4) b. 1859; d. 1859.
39 GEORGE (4) b. 1861; d.
1922. Not married.
40 HARRY C. (4) b. 1863. Caulker. June 14, 1998,
enrolled at private as Private at
Pittsburgh, Pa. in Co. I, 14th Pa. Val.
Inf. Mustered into service of U.S. there for two years from June 14, 1898.
Appointed artificer June 14, 1898. Mustered out with Co. at Camp Marion,
Somerville, N.C. February 28, 1899. In 1938 was Member of Faculty, Veteran Adm.
Mt. Home, Tenn. Single. He said that William Latta, boat builder, branch 41, is
his uncle.
41 ALICE (Allie) (4) b. 1865; d. 1913. She married Mr.
Deemer.
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Irene Latta, daughter of Thomas Latta
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Generation No. 2
34 Margaret Ann4 Latta (Thomas3, William2, Samuel1) was born 1848, and died 04 January 1925. She married William Reece.
Child of Margaret Latta and William Reece: Georgia Reece. She married E. B. Foxhall.
36 Elvira (Adaline)4 Latta (Thomas3, William2, Samuel1) was born 1855, and died 1933. She married Thomas W. Speer.
Child of Elvira Latta and Thomas Speer is:
Emma Speer. She married (1) Mr. Hiel. She married (2) William McHenry.
73 Irene B.4 Latta (Thomas3, William2, Samuel1) was born 1854 in Allegheny Co. PA, and died 1916 in North Braddock, Allegheny, PA. She married Thomas Sproull Blackwood Crozier 05 April 1876 in Elizabeth, Allegheny, PA, son of John (Rev) and Margaret Parkhill. He was born 24 April 1852 in Elizabeth, Allegheny, PA, and died 11 April 1928 in Edinboro, Erie, PA.
More About Irene B. Latta:
Fact 1: 1916, buried in Edinboro Cemetery, Edinboro, Erie, PA
More About Thomas Sproull Blackwood Crozier:
Fact 1: 14 April 1928, burial in Edinboro Cemetery, Edinboro,Erie, PA
Fact 2: moved from original site
Fact 3: his father named him Sproull after a famous minister:
Children of Irene Latta and Thomas Crozier are: 12 Jesse Leroy Crozier, born 05 June 1879 in Smithfield, Fayette, PA, died 04 July 1963 in Edinboro, Erie, PA; 13 Zora Crozier, born 26 March 1881 in Eliabeth, Allegheny, PA, died 01 July 1965. She married Alfred H. Murphy 18 July, 1947. 14 Marion Blanche Crozier, born 30 January 1884 in Elizabeth, Allegheny, PA; died 23 July, 1939. 15 DeWitt T. Crozier, born 04 May 1888 in Elizabeth, Allegheny, PA; died 14 February 1923. He married Lucy Smith 1917. 16 Van Kirk Crozier, born 24 April, 1890 in Elizabeth, Allegheny, PA; died 15 August, 1962. He married Sara Sanford 23 November, 1921.
Generation No. 3
12. Jesse Leroy5 Crozier (Irene B.4 Latta, Thomas3, William2, Samuel1) was born 05 June 1879 in Smithfield, Fayette, PA, and died 04 July 1963 in Edinboro, Erie, PA. He married Besse Anne Thompson 14 November 1907 in at home in Buena Vista, PA, daughter of Harvey Thompson and Anna McWilliams. She was born 12 November 1885 in Buena Vista, Allegheny, PA, and died 22 August 1960 in Edinboro, Erie, PA.
Children of Jesse Crozier and Besse Thompson are: 17 Leroy Thompson Crozier, born 01 October 1908 in Buena Vista, Allegheny, PA; died 31 October, 1910 in N. Braddock, Allegheny, PA. 18 Bernice Marian Crozier, born 08 August 1910 in North Braddock, Allegheny, PA; died 21 January 1996 in Salem, OR. 19 Mary Irene Crozier, born 09 August, 1912 in North Braddock, Allegheny, PA; died 23 January 1991 in Deltona, FL, 20 Agnes Blanche Crozier, born 01 July 1917 in North Braddock, PA; died 1998 in Alabama, and three other children who are still living.
7 JOHN WESLEY (3) LATTA,
William (2) Samuel (1).
Born in the old brick house at Roscoe, Pa.; d. at Monongahela
City, Pa. 1879.
Married Charlotte Watson. Children:
42 OLIVE (4) d. when a baby.
14
HOWARD LAFERTY (4).
43 ELLA SPEERS (4) m. John Ford. In 1935
living on Frayne St., Hazelwood, Pa.
Children: Malcom living in California.
Lillian. John Jr. James living at Pittsburgh, Pa. Two children.
44 ANNA
VAN DELIA (4) b. 1868; m. four times: 1) Cornelius W. Roy April 16,
1888.
Three children: Charles Stanley. Cornelius Webster. Charlotte. 2) Lewis G. Lang.
Two children: Margaret E. Albert Herman. 3) Malcom Stafford. 4) Charles A.
Wells. In 1938 lived at 1420 12st Des Moines, Iowa.
45 CORA (4).
46
CHARLOTTE (4) both buried Howe Cemetery near Coal Creek, Pa.
Laddy, William, ship carpenter
Latta, William, foreman
McClure's boat house
(Could this foreman be 9 William (3) Latta?)
10 JOSEPH W. (3) LATTA,
William (2) Samuel (1). Born in
Pa. June 27, 1836; d. November 30, 1913 at Iowa
Soldiers' Home, Marshalltown,
Iowa where he was admitted July 26, 1910. Buried there in Iowa Soldiers' Home
Cemetery. Married twice: Sarah ____. Name of other unknown. One wife was
drowned. He enlisted in the Civil War in Co. F, 1st Iowa Cavalry June 13, 1861
at Iowa City, Iowa. Discharged April 22, 1862 at Sedalia, Mo.
Children by
first wife:
53 WILLIAM S. (4) in 1913 lived at Lincoln, Neb.
54
BERT N. (4) b. 1871; d. 1931; m. Henrietta B. ______; Henrietta was born
in 1881 and died in 1967. They are both buried at the Riverside Cemetery,
Huntington County, Indiana. In 1913 lived at Bloomington, Ills.
Child by
second wife:
15 FRANK L. (4).
11
WILLIAM L. (4) LATTA,
James D. (3) William (2) Samuel (1). Born at
Roscoe, Pa. June 28, 1844; d. at California, Pa. April 29, 1887; m. Philena A.
Howe (daughter of Elias Howe, inventor of the sewing machine), March 4, 1868.
She was born at Coal Creek Center, Pa. April 12, 1846 and died January 12, 1923.
William and his wife are buried at the Howe Cemetery. Tombstones read:
Lata, Capt. Wm. L. - 1844-1887 - 43 yrs. (Co 15th W.Va. Cal. 1861-65); Lata,
Philena A. (wf Wm. ) 1846-1887 - 77.
Children:
16 LOWMAN D. (5) b. 1881; d. 1951
55 WILLIAM W. (5) b. at California, Pa. January 13, 1869; m. Margaret
Glunt June 5, 1913. She died August 13, 1926. No children. In 1914 he was
Postmaster at
California, Pa.
56 MARGARET JANE (5) b. July 14,
1873; m. David H. Glunt, brother of Margaret
Glunt. He was born September 16,
1870. In 1934 living at Charleroi, Pa. Three children: Mary, William, David Jr.
All married and have children.
57 FREDERICK G. (5) b. May 6, 1875; m.
Eva Powell. In 1934 he was Fire Chief at
California, Pa.
16 CHARLES L.
(5).
OBITUARY - LATTA, Lowman D - 1951 , California
Lowman D. LATTA, 70, of 216 Fourth street, California, died Tuesday, May 8,
1951, at 1:30 p.m. in the Brownsville General Hospital.
A son of William R.
and Philianan Latta, he was born April 6, 1881 in California. He was an employee
of the Hillman Barge Construction Company, West Brownsville; was a member of the
California Methodist Church and the Men's Bible Class, and of the Monongahela
Valley Lodge, 461, F & A. M., California.
He is survived by his wife, Sarah,
and two grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Margaret GLUNT, Charleroi; and a
brother, Charles of Donora.
OBITUARY - LATTA, Edward, 1950 , Elco
Edward J. LATTA of
Elco, died November 11, 1950, at 11:37 p.m.
He was born January 17, 1867, in
Elco, the son of Alexander S. and Mary Ellen McKENNA Latta, pioneer residents of
Roscoe. He was a retired clerk in the offices of the American Steel and Wire
company in Donora.
He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Frank THOMPSON of
Mt. Lebanon and Mrs. A. F. MORELAND of Elco, two grandchildren and three great
grandchildren.
14 HOWARD LAFERTY (4) LATTA,
John W. (3) William
(2) Samuel (1). Born at Brownville, Pa. ____; d. at Mongahela, Pa.
May 10,
1893. Buried in the Howe Cemetery near Coal Creek, Pa. Married Sarah Jane
Messenger at Monongahela, Pa. One child:
65 EMMA (5) b. in Bedford
Co., Pa. March 20, 1866; m. Mr. Daugherty. Her
mother wanted her to be named
Imogene after Imogene Latta of branch 41, but the minister mistook what she said
and named her Emma Jean. Imogene was a cousin of Emma Jean. In 1936 she was
living at 547 E. Exchange Street, Akron, Ohio. Clerk in Auditors Office there.
15 FRANK L. (4) LATTA,
Joseph W. (3) William (2) Samuel (1). Born
____; m. Kathryn E. Potter at St. Louis, Mo.
March 13, 1913. He then lived at
Bloomington, Ills. In 1936 she was living at 509 W. Grove
Street,
Bloomington, Ills. Children:
66 MEREDITH LOVEL (5) b. November 22,
1914; d. November 27, 1915.
67 JESSE BERNARD (5) b. September 18,
1917. In 1936 lived at Bloomington.
16 LOWMAN D.
(5) LATTA,
William L. (4) James D. (3) William (2) Samuel (1). Born April
6, 1881 at California, Pa.; m. Sarah Ann Roberts of Charleroi, Pa. June 2, 1906.
She was born in Worcestershire, England August 29, 1880. In 1934 both living at
California, Pa. One child:
68 LOWMAN ROBERTS (6) b. at California, Pa.
May 14, 1908; m. Anna Virginia Patterson, daughter of Mr. John Patterson of
California, Pa. she was born February 26, 1905 at Roscoe, Pa. He in 1935 was
living at 216 4th Avenue, California, Pa. and practiced dentistry at Roscoe, Pa.
17 CHARLES L. (5) LATTA,
William L. (4) James D. (3) William (2)
Samuel (1). Born September 9, 1878; m. Pearl
Everely. In 1934 living at
Donora, Pa. Two children:
69 HARRIET (6).
70 WILLIAM
EVERLY (6) b. 1904; d. 1919.
18 JAMES LAWRENCE (5) LATTA,
James H. (4) James D. (3) William (2) Samuel (1). Born March 30, 1891; m.
Johanna
Bulkosky June 7, 1922. She was born May 7, 1896. In 1934 living at
McKeesport, Pa.
Children:
71 ROBERT LAWRENCE (6) b. August
31, 1924.
72 NANCY LOHANNA (6) b. November 25, 1930.
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Possible connection between branches No. 41 and 45.
Mrs.
Charles A. Wells, branch No. 45, says that William Latta, the boat builder,
branch
No. 41, is her uncle, and that Imogene Latta, his daughter, his her
cousin.
Harry C. Latta, branch No. 45, says that William Latta, the boat
builder, is his uncle.
Mrs. Emma Daugherty, granddaughter of John W. Latta,
branch No. 45, says that
Imogene Latta, daughter of William Latta, the boat
builder, branch No. 41, is her cousin. That when she was christened her mother
asked the minister to name her Imogene, but the minister thought she said Emma
Jean, so she was named Emma Jean.
Miss Elmora Hagerty, granddaughter of
Robert J. Latta, branch No. 45, said that the
names of the children of
William Latta, father of the boat builder, William Latta, branch No. 41, had the
same names as, the brothers and sister of Robert J. Latta, branch No. 45.
This would indicate that branches Nos. 41 and 45 were the same. But the proof I
lack is
the names of the mothers of the children of William Latta, the father
of Robert J. Latta, branch No 45. William has been married more than one time.
For further proof see my Loose Leaf Book for Possible connections. Also next
page.
Connection between branches 41 and 45. Mrs. Chester, branch 45, family
4, told a friend that her grandfather, William Latta, lived in the old brick
house in Roscoe, Pa. and she often visited him there with his family, during the
Civil War, and that some of the children of William came home there from the war
with a furlough.
Miss Imogene Latta, branch No. 41, wrote that her
grandfather, William Latta, built and
lived in the old brick house at Roscoe,
Pa. It must have been at the same time that Mrs. Chester's grandfather lived
there. Miss Imogene Latta was mistaken about her grandfather building the old
brick house. It was built by a Quaker named Griffith.
The heads of both
branches lived in Ireland, and their two sons, both by the name of
William
and Alexander, came to America and their descendants lived in the same place at
the same time. They lived on Monongahela, California, Roscoe, McKeesport, etc.,
all in
Pennsylvania.
The sons of William Latta, branch No. 41, had the
same names as the sons of William
Latta, branch No. 45, except Ostrander and
James.
It looks as if the key to this situation is in the name or names of
the wife or wives of
William Latta, brother of Ostrander Latta, branch No.
45. If this William Latta had the same wives as William Latta (2) branch 41,
then it would unite the two branches.