Individual Details

The biographical entry for Jacob S. Conner in the Indiana County History by Arms and White lists a daughter Elizabeth married to William Riblet and a daughter Ellen married to Joseph Lentz. There was no daughter listed by the name of Elizabeth when Ann Conner petitioned the Court in 1839 for a guardian for her minor children. Elizabeth is listed as Elizabeth Ellen in the 1880 census, as Elizabeth E. on her tombstone, and as Elizabeth Ellen in her obituary. She and William Ribblet with son Benjamin are living in Jackson Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania in the 1850 census. Her obituary gives her parents names as George and Mary Ann Connor. Her husband's obituary states he married Miss Elizabeth Conner, of Cherry Tree, Indiana County. This with the statement in the the Indiana County History helps to establish that George and Anna had a daughter Elizabeth married to William Riblblet.

There is a daughter Ellen listed when Ann Conner petitioned the Court in 1839 for a guardian for her minor children. This is not the same person as Elizabeth Ellen Ribblet since Anna Conner had a daughter Ellen age 19 living with her in Burnside Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania in the 1850 census. There is a Elizabeth Ribblet and an Ellen Conner listed in the 1850 census so they are two separate people. The Indiana County History states Ellen Conner married Joseph Lentz. Death certificates in Pennsylvania between 1906 and 1963 on Ancestry.com list three people with parents named Joseph Lentz and Ellen Conner: William Lentz (1862-1934), Marshel Brinton Lentz Sr. (1866-1952), and Mrs. Ellen C. Ribblet (1874-1951). These three were siblings and are in the 1870 and/or 1880 censuses with their father Joseph Lentz. Joseph and Ellen Lentz appear in the 1860 census in Elizabeth, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and in the 1870 census in North Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Ellen died in 1875 according to her tombstone. Joseph Lentz appears in the 1880 census with his wife Mary and his children in Larimer, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

There is a marriage record in Westmoreland County for Martha B. Lentz and James Edwin Ryan on 1 December 1888 that shows she was born in Indiana County about 1854 to Joseph and Ellen Lentz. This places Joseph Lentz who married Ellen Conner in Indiana County in the mid 1850's.

The information given in the biography for Jacob S. Conner in the Indiana County History by Arms and White has been verifed to the extent possible and appears to be fairly accurate overall.

Birth	Aft 25 Sep 1825
Birth	9 Sep 1831
Marriage	Abt 1851	Joseph LENTZ
Census	1860	Elizabeth Post Office, Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Census	1870	Yohoghany Post Office, North Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Death	22 May 1875
Burial	May 1875	Miller United Methodist Church Cemetery, North Versailles, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Spouse	Joseph LENTZ (1828 - 1905)
Child	Martha B. LENTZ (1853 - 1917)
Child	Jacob C. LENTZ (1855 - 1877)
Child	John B. LENTZ ( - )
Child	Abraham Lincoln LENTZ ( - )
Child	William LENTZ (1862 - 1934)
Child	Marshall Brinton LENTZ (1866 - 1952)
Child	Benjamin F. LENTZ (1870 - 1971)
Child	Ellen Catharine LENTZ (1874 - 1951)

Father	George CONNER (1790 - 1835)
Mother	Anna "Annie" BARTLEBAUGH (1803 - 1850)
Sibling	Rebecca Jane CONNER (1819 - 1850)
Sibling	Mary A. CONNER (1820 - )
Sibling	John F. CONNER (1821 - 1862)
Sibling	Jacob S. CONNER (1822 - 1893)
Sibling	James CONNER (1823 - 1860)
Sibling	Thomas CONNER (1826 - )
Sibling	Catherine CONNER (1828 - 1860)
Sibling	Elizabeth Ellen CONNER (1830 - 1895)
Sibling	Martha B. CONNER (1833 - 1904)
Sibling	George W. CONNER (1835 - 1904)

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