Individual Details
John Abner "Jack" OBER
(Abt 1857 - 8 Dec 1939)
From New England
Source 5: birth state.
Source 5: marriage year.
Death date acc to tombstone.
Source 7: lives very near parents in 1880.
Source 7: "works in woods" - unemployed 2 mo.
Source 7: married before 1880 census.
Source 5: 1900 residence: Benezett Twp, Elk Co
Source 5: 1900 owns farm w/o mortgage.
Source 5: 1900, works as laborer-unemployed 6 mo.
40: On militia rolls of 1888, 1889 in Benezett Twp. Laborer.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1857 | Pennsylvania, United States |  | ||
| Birth | 30 Sep 1857 | Dents Run, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States |  | | |
| Birth | Abt 1858 | Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1 Jun 1860 | with parents - Benezette Township, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1 Jun 1870 | with parents - Benezette Township, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1880 | Age: 22Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self - Benezette Township, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Occupation | 1880 | "work[ing] in the woods" - Benezette Township, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Marriage | 17 Apr 1880 | Methodist Episcopal Parsonage, Beech Creek, Clinton, Pennsylvania, United States - Emma Frances COTTLE | | | |
| Marriage | 1884 | Emma Frances COTTLE | | ||
| Residence | 6 Jun 1900 | Age: 42Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - Benezette Township, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Residence (family) | 18 Sep 1909 | was named as surviving in mother's obituary - Dents Run, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States - Emma Frances COTTLE | |||
| Residence | 1910 | Age: 52Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - Benezette Township, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Residence | 12 Sep 1918 | Dents Run, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1920 | Age: 62Age: 63; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - Benezette Township, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1930 | Age: 72Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - Benezette Township, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Residence (family) | Jan 1932 | Dents Run, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States - Emma Frances COTTLE | | ||
| Death | 8 Dec 1939 | due to myocarditis with nephritis and arteriosclerosis - Shippen Township, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Burial | 10 Dec 1939 | Newton Protestant Cemetery, Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | | |
| Miscellaneous | Oct 1966 | was called to serve on a grand jury - Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Alt name | John OBER | | |||
| Alt name | John Abner OBER | | |||
| Alt name | John Alexander OBER | ||||
| Occupation | farmer | | |||
| -atDNA | on Ancestry 190 | | |||
| -atDNA | on Ancestry 5 segments totaling 145 | | |||
| -atDNA | on Ancestry 3 segments totaling 49 | ||||
| -atDNA | on Ancestry 5 segments totaling 52 | ||||
| -atDNA | on Ancestry 9 segments totaling 174 | ||||
| -atDNA | on Ancestry 5 segments totaling 53 | ||||
| -atDNA | on Ancestry 2 segments totaling 19 | ||||
| -atDNA | on Ancestry 2 segments totaling 24 | ||||
| -atDNA | on Ancestry, 3 segments, totalling 49 |
Families
| Spouse | Emma Frances COTTLE (1860 - 1937) |
| Child | Alvie Abner "Ab" OBER (1881 - 1967) |
| Child | Mabel O. "May or Mabe" OBER (1884 - 1972) |
| Child | Myrtle Adah OBER (1887 - 1946) |
| Child | Roy Cedric OBER (1891 - 1976) |
| Child | Elvira Lillian "VI" OBER (1896 - 1975) |
| Child | Joseph Fred "Joe" OBER (1897 - 1970) |
| Child | Elner Gertrude Grethel OBER (1900 - 1960) |
| Father | Abner OBER (1830 - 1905) |
| Mother | Celana ENGLISH (1836 - 1901) |
| Sibling | Lucy E. OBER (1856 - 1894) |
| Sibling | Henry OBER CONFLATION (1859 - 1939) |
| Sibling | George OBER (1861 - 1921) |
| Sibling | Iona OBER (1867 - 1943) |
| Sibling | Hiram W. OBER (1877 - 1877) |
| Sibling | Orin OBER (1878 - 1942) |
Notes
Birth
The 1920 census record of daughter, Elvira Ober Carlson, states that he was born in New York. This shows up from several daughters in several years of census.Marriage
Probate of father's will calls her Mrs Emma OberBetween 13 Nov 1879 (see Employment fact) and 1880 Census.
Married by Rev. T. S. Faus
Burial
Undertaker was Coppersmith-atDNA
https://www.ancestry.com/dna/tests/559A9796-615C-497E-85C5-155AD27E9FD6/match/D07CC1C3-49C7-4E5E-9B70-1AAE406D4FFB?filterBy=ALL&sortBy=RELATIONSHIP&page=1-atDNA
https://www.ancestry.com/dna/tests/559A9796-615C-497E-85C5-155AD27E9FD6/match/A4E359E2-7479-4A2C-8F05-E4998EBAE011?filterBy=ALL&sortBy=RELATIONSHIP&page=1Endnotes
1. 1870 U. S. census, Elk County, Pennsylvania||Elk Co, PA, population schedule, Post office: Ridgway, unnumbered page, lines 23-29, dwelling 80 family 82, Abner Ober household; database index with digital images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7163 : accessed 17 October 2022); 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d..
2. Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Year: 1920; Census Place: Bennezette, Elk, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1563; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 1; Image: 623.
3. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Year: 1880; Census Place: Benezette, Elk, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1125; Family History Film: 1255125; Page: 356C; Enumeration District: 133; Image: 0525.
4. Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Year: 1910; Census Place: Benezette, Elk, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1341; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 0033; FHL microfilm: 1375354.
5. Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Year: 1930; Census Place: Benezette, Elk, Pennsylvania; Roll: 2034; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 1; Image: 550.0; FHL microfilm: 2341768.
6. "Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5164/: accessed 23 July 2016) , John Abner Ober, b. 30 Sep 1857, d. 8 Dec 1839, cert #106336; citing Pennsylvania (State), Death certificates, 1906–1968, Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons), Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
7. 1900 U. S. census, Elk County, Pennsylvania||Elk Co., PA, population schedule, Benezette Twp., enumeration district (ED) 29, sheet 6A, lines 3-20, dwellings 99 thru 101, households 99 thru 102, Ober: Abner, John, Henry; database index with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7602/ : accessed 9 December 2023) > Pennsylvania > Elk > Benezette > District 0029, image 11 of 28. (Also available at FamilySearch.org, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M3S6-WFB).
8. 1860 U. S. census, Elk County, Pennsylvania||Elk Co., PA, population schedule, Benezette twp, p. 80, lines 17-21, dwelling 565, family 569, Abner Ober; database index with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7667/ : accessed 15 October 2022) > Pennsylvania > Elk > Benezette, image 7 of 8.
9. 1880 U. S. census, Elk County, Pennsylvania||Elk Co., PA, population schedule, Benezette Township, enumeration district (ED) 133, p. 31, lines 34-45, dwellings 243, 245, households 258, 260, Abner Ober and John Ober; database index with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6742/ : accessed 9 December 2023) > Pennsylvania > Elk > Benezette > 133, image 17 of 19.
10. 1860 U. S. census, Elk County, Pennsylvania||Elk Co., PA, population schedule, Benezette twp, p. 80, lines 17-21, dwelling 565, family 569, Abner Ober; database index with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7667/ : accessed 15 October 2022) > Pennsylvania > Elk > Benezette, image 7 of 8.
11. 1870 U. S. census, Elk County, Pennsylvania||Elk Co, PA, population schedule, Post office: Ridgway, unnumbered page, lines 23-29, dwelling 80 family 82, Abner Ober household; database index with digital images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7163 : accessed 17 October 2022); 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d..
12. 1880 U. S. census, Elk County, Pennsylvania||Elk Co., PA, population schedule, Benezette Township, enumeration district (ED) 133, p. 31, lines 34-45, dwellings 243, 245, households 258, 260, Abner Ober and John Ober; database index with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6742/ : accessed 9 December 2023) > Pennsylvania > Elk > Benezette > 133, image 17 of 19.
13. 1880 U. S. census, Elk County, Pennsylvania||Elk Co., PA, population schedule, Benezette Township, enumeration district (ED) 133, p. 31, lines 34-45, dwellings 243, 245, households 258, 260, Abner Ober and John Ober; database index with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6742/ : accessed 9 December 2023) > Pennsylvania > Elk > Benezette > 133, image 17 of 19.
14. 1900 Census, Pennsylvania, Elk County, (ED 29 Benezette); dwelling number 99, family number 100, citing sheet 6A, family 99, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1241406, (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M3S6-WFB : accessed 20 May 2014), Family Search.
15. Clinton (County, PA) Republican, (Lock Haven, PA), 6 November 1901, page 4, column 4, paper copy; Annie Halenbake Ross Library, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. Copy made by library staff, apparently from microfilm.
16. Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Year: 1900; Census Place: Benezette, Elk, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1406; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0029; FHL microfilm: 1241406.
17. "Married," marriage notice, The (Clinton County, PA) Democrat, (unknown date of publication), John A Ober and Emma F Cottle.
18. "Modified Register for Levi Hicks", rtf file, "levi hicks desc.rtf", version 6, Paul E. Barley, Jr., Facebook group: "Descendants of Levi Hicks born 1771" (https://www.facebook.com/groups/244244132739788/ : downloaded 31 July 2017), 161, John Abner Ober and Emma Frances Cottle; undocumented and unnamed family tree submitted 26 July 2017 by Paul E. Barley, Jr..
19. "Drops Dead After Completing Chores", in transcription of obituary of Mrs. John (Emma Cottle) Ober, , privately held by Cameron County Historical Society, , Emporium, PA. Emporium Press-Independent, 21 Jan 1937, p. 1. Posted to Ancestry.com by Terri Burke, Ridgway, PA, on 16 Jan 2019, https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/75390868/person/262036217387/media/7fe97fee-4775-4447-98bf-45a142a8691c.
20. 1900 Census, Pennsylvania, Elk County, (ED 29 Benezette); , NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1241406, (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12875-17951-47?cc=1325221&wc=MFLG-JCJ:1030550501,1032700801,1035421902 : accessed 20 May 2014), Family Search.
21. 1900 U. S. census, Elk County, Pennsylvania||Elk Co., PA, population schedule, Benezette Twp., enumeration district (ED) 29, sheet 6A, lines 3-20, dwellings 99 thru 101, households 99 thru 102, Ober: Abner, John, Henry; database index with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7602/ : accessed 9 December 2023) > Pennsylvania > Elk > Benezette > District 0029, image 11 of 28. (Also available at FamilySearch.org, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M3S6-WFB).
22. Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Year: 1910; Census Place: Benezette, Elk, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1341; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 0033; FHL microfilm: 1375354.
23. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with index and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K6VN-XQQ: downloaded 26 January 2018), Alvie A. Ober, b. 16 Mar 1887 (sic), Elk County, PA; citing Elk County, Pennsylvania, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,877,951.
24. Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Year: 1920; Census Place: Bennezette, Elk, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1563; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 1; Image: 623.
25. Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Year: 1930; Census Place: Benezette, Elk, Pennsylvania; Roll: 2034; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 1; Image: 550.0; FHL microfilm: 2341768.
26. "Mrs. Albina Marsden [sic] Dies at Son's Home at Beech Creek," (Williamsport, PA) Gazette and Bulletin, 19 January 1932, p. 13, col. 5-6; online images, MyHeritage, Pennsylvania Newspapers, 1795-2009 (https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10606-969513/gazette-and-bulletin : downloaded 19 May 2018).
27. "Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5164/: accessed 23 July 2016) , John Abner Ober, b. 30 Sep 1857, d. 8 Dec 1839, cert #106336; citing Pennsylvania (State), Death certificates, 1906–1968, Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons), Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
28. "Modified Register for Levi Hicks", rtf file, "levi hicks desc.rtf", version 6, Paul E. Barley, Jr., Facebook group: "Descendants of Levi Hicks born 1771" (https://www.facebook.com/groups/244244132739788/ : downloaded 31 July 2017), 161, John Abner Ober and Emma Frances Cottle; undocumented and unnamed family tree submitted 26 July 2017 by Paul E. Barley, Jr..
29. "Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5164/: accessed 23 July 2016) , John Abner Ober, b. 30 Sep 1857, d. 8 Dec 1839, cert #106336; citing Pennsylvania (State), Death certificates, 1906–1968, Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons), Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
30. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 23 July 2016), John A Ober, b 1857, d 1939, Newton Cemetery, Emporium, Cameron County, PA, memorial #40101675.
31. "Modified Register for Levi Hicks", rtf file, "levi hicks desc.rtf", version 6, Paul E. Barley, Jr., Facebook group: "Descendants of Levi Hicks born 1771" (https://www.facebook.com/groups/244244132739788/ : downloaded 31 July 2017), 161, John Abner Ober and Emma Frances Cottle; undocumented and unnamed family tree submitted 26 July 2017 by Paul E. Barley, Jr..
32. "List of Jurors Drawn for November," legal notice, The Elk County (Pennsylvania) Advocate, 19 October 1866, p. 3, col. 3; digital page images, Newspapers.com (http://newspapers.com/ : accessed 28 February 2024). Abner Ober, named from Benezette Twp to serve on November [1866] grand jury.
33. Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Year: 1920; Census Place: Bennezette, Elk, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1563; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 1; Image: 623.
34. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Year: 1880; Census Place: Benezette, Elk, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1125; Family History Film: 1255125; Page: 356C; Enumeration District: 133; Image: 0525.
35. Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Year: 1910; Census Place: Benezette, Elk, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1341; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 0033; FHL microfilm: 1375354.
36. Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Year: 1900; Census Place: Benezette, Elk, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1406; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0029; FHL microfilm: 1241406.
37. Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Year: 1930; Census Place: Benezette, Elk, Pennsylvania; Roll: 2034; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 1; Image: 550.0; FHL microfilm: 2341768.
38. "Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5164/: accessed 23 July 2016) , John Abner Ober, b. 30 Sep 1857, d. 8 Dec 1839, cert #106336; citing Pennsylvania (State), Death certificates, 1906–1968, Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons), Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
39. "Modified Register for Levi Hicks", rtf file, "levi hicks desc.rtf", version 6, Paul E. Barley, Jr., Facebook group: "Descendants of Levi Hicks born 1771" (https://www.facebook.com/groups/244244132739788/ : downloaded 31 July 2017), 24, Celina English and Abner Ober; undocumented and unnamed family tree submitted 26 July 2017 by Paul E. Barley, Jr..
40. "Modified Register for Levi Hicks", rtf file, "levi hicks desc.rtf", version 6, Paul E. Barley, Jr., Facebook group: "Descendants of Levi Hicks born 1771" (https://www.facebook.com/groups/244244132739788/ : downloaded 31 July 2017), 161, John Abner Ober and Emma Frances Cottle; undocumented and unnamed family tree submitted 26 July 2017 by Paul E. Barley, Jr..
41. "Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5164/: accessed 23 July 2016) , John Abner Ober, b. 30 Sep 1857, d. 8 Dec 1839, cert #106336; citing Pennsylvania (State), Death certificates, 1906–1968, Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons), Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.