Individual Details
Abner OBER
(Apr 1830 - 2 Dec 1905)
Events
| Birth | Abt 1829 | New York, United States |  | ||
| Birth | Apr 1830 | New York, United States |  | | |
| Birth | Abt 1831 | New York, United States | | ||
| Marriage | 1851 | Celana ENGLISH | | ||
| Occupation | 1860 | day laborer | | ||
| Residence (family) | 1 Jun 1860 | with three children - Benezette Township, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States - Celana ENGLISH | | ||
| Military | 1864 | as a member of the local militia - Benezette Township, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | | |
| Miscellaneous | Nov 1866 | was named to serve on a grand jury - Benezette Township, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Miscellaneous | Nov 1867 | was named to serve on a grand jury - Benezette Township, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Occupation | 1870 | farmer with real wealth of 1600 and personal wealth of 350 | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 16 Apr 1870 | listed among the persons in arrears on taxes on unseated land - Benezette Township, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | | |
| Residence (family) | 1 Jun 1870 | with 5 children - Benezette Township, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States - Celana ENGLISH | | ||
| Employment | 14 Mar 1872 | petioned for license to operate tavern - Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 28 Mar 1872 | petioned for license to operate tavern - Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 4 Apr 1872 | (Ober and English cited for unpaid taxes) - Benezette Township, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 23 May 1872 | listed as being arrears in taxes on unseated land - Benezette Township, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | | |
| Property | 10 Jun 1874 | 60 acres in warrant 5489 by paying taxes and costs - Benezette Township, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 11 Jun 1874 | was named to serve on a traverse (trial) jury - Benezette Township, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | | |
| Residence | 9 Jul 1874 | was named to serve on a traverse (trial) jury - Benezette Township, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Election | Feb 1875 | township supervisor - Benezette Township, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Election | 15 Feb 1876 | township supervisor - Benezette Township, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 10 Jun 1878 | listed as being in arrears in taxes on unseated land - Benezette Township, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 9 Oct 1879 | It was reported that, "There was an apple cut at Mr. A. Ober's last Saturday [Oct. 4] evening" - Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 23 Oct 1879 | "raised a pumpkin weighing sixty pounds" - Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 13 Nov 1879 | owned a "camp" | | ||
| Occupation | 1880 | farmer (but disabled by broken leg) - Benezette Township, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Residence (family) | 1 Jun 1880 | with four children - Benezette Township, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States - Celana ENGLISH | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 14 Jun 1880 | listed as being in arrears on taxes of unseated land - Benezette Township, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | | |
| Occupation | 1900 | a farmer on his own land - Benezette Township, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Residence | 6 Jun 1900 | Benezette Township, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Will | 5 Nov 1905 | Benezette Township, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Death | 2 Dec 1905 | Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Burial | Aft 2 Dec 1905 | Hicks Run Cemetery, Gibson Township, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Probate | 9 Dec 1905 | (will was "recorded"), Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| -atDNA | on Ancestry 3 segments totalling 49 | ||||
| -atDNA | on Ancestry 1 segment of 30 | ||||
| -atDNA | on Ancestry 2 segments totaling 26 | ||||
| -atDNA | on Ancestry 4 segments of 48 |
Families
| Spouse | Celana ENGLISH (1836 - 1901) |
| Child | Lucy E. OBER (1856 - 1894) |
| Child | John Abner "Jack" OBER (1857 - 1939) |
| Child | Henry OBER CONFLATION (1859 - 1939) |
| Child | George OBER (1861 - 1921) |
| Child | Iona OBER (1867 - 1943) |
| Child | Hiram W. OBER (1877 - 1877) |
| Child | Orin OBER (1878 - 1942) |
| Father | John OBER (1794 - 1875) |
| Mother | Avis KEYES (1796 - 1874) |
| Sibling | Almira OBER (1816 - 1894) |
| Sibling | Edward OBER (1817 - ) |
| Sibling | Daphney OBER (1825 - 1916) |
| Sibling | Israel OBER (1830 - 1880) |
| Sibling | Abner OBER (1830 - 1830) |
| Sibling | Luthera OBER (1831 - 1915) |
| Sibling | Martha OBER (1832 - 1880) |
| Sibling | John OBER Jr. (1833 - 1865) |
| Sibling | Susan OBER (1834 - ) |
| Sibling | Stibens OBER (1835 - 1905) |
| Sibling | Hiram OBER (1838 - 1910) |
| Sibling | Milo OBER (1841 - 1874) |
Notes
Birth
Birth state confirmed by 1900 census and 1880 census of daughter, Lucy Ober Smith. Birth month confirmed by 1900 census.Military
he is listed as age 38, farmer, marriedMiscellaneous
there are similar listings on other datesMiscellaneous
Similar listings appear for many dates. This was apparently some sort of routine procedure.Miscellaneous
"The following Tracts of Unseated Land in Elk County, will be exposed to public sale or out-cry, for arrearages of taxes, at the courthouse of Ridgway on the second Monday of June next, (being the 10th day of June, A. D. 1872,) unless sooner paid"
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"[warrant] 5480 [acres] 60 [warrantee or owner] Ober & English [taxes] 4 24"
Property
I can't find a warrant 5489 in the 1855 map of Benezette Twp. This might be a typo.Miscellaneous
Similar notices were published on other dates.Miscellaneous
The notice was published on several dates.Miscellaneous
This notice was published several times.Endnotes
1. 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.
2. "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.
3. "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..
4. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 May 2022), Abner Ober, memorial 53112941.
5. 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).
6. 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.
7. 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..
8. 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).
9. 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.
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. "Elk County Militia Enrollment Lists, 1864," transcribed list, Rootsweb [owned by Ancestry], North Central Pennsylvania Pioneer Families and their Descendants (https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~ncpa/genealogy/Military/Elk/Elk-militia1864.html: accessed 9 December 2023), "[#]59, Abner Ober, Benezet Twp Elk Co [age] 38 [occu] Farmer [married?] Md," and many others.
12. "List of Jurors Drawn for November," notice, The Elk County, (PA) Advocate, 19 October 1866, image 3, col. 3; digital images, Library of Congress (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : viewed 16 December 2017), Chronicling America; image provided by Penn State University Libraries, University Park, PA. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87079926/1866-10-19/ed-1/seq-3/.
13. "List of Jurors Drawn for November," notice, The Elk County, (PA) Advocate, 25 October 1866, image 3, col. 3; digital images, Library of Congress (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : viewed 16 December 2017), Chronicling America; image provided by: Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87079926/1866-10-25/ed-1/seq-3/.
14. "List of Jurors Drawn for November," notice, The Elk County, (PA) Advocate, 27 September 1866, image 2, col. 5; digital images, Library of Congress (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : viewed 16 December 2017), Chronicling America; image provided by Penn State University Libraries, University Park, PA. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87079926/1866-09-27/ed-1/seq-2/.
15. "List of Jurors Drawn for November," notice, The Elk County, (PA) Advocate, 10 October 1867, image 2, col. 6; digital images, Library of Congress (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : viewed 16 December 2017), Chronicling America; image provided by Penn State University Libraries, University Park, PA. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87079926/1867-10-10/ed-1/seq-2/.
16. 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..
17. "Treasurer's Sale of Unseated Lands," notice, The Elk County, (PA) Advocate, 16 April 1870, image 2, col. 6.; digital images, Library of Congress (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : viewed 16 December 2017), Chronicling America; image provided by: Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026259/1870-04-16/ed-1/seq-2/.
18. 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..
19. "License Notice," notice, The Elk County, (PA) Advocate, 14 March 1872, image 3, col. 2; digital images, Library of Congress (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : viewed 16 December 2017), Chronicling America; image provided by Penn State University Libraries, University Park, PA. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026259/1872-03-14/ed-1/seq-3/.
20. "License Notice," notice, The Elk County, (PA) Advocate, 28 March 1872, image 2, col 2; digital images, Library of Congress (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : viewed 16 December 2017), Chronicling America; image provided by Penn State University Libraries, University Park, PA. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026259/1872-03-28/ed-1/seq-2/.
21. "Treasurer's Sale of Unseated Lands," notice, The Elk County, (PA) Advocate, 4 April 1872, image 2, col. 2; digital images, Library of Congress (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : viewed 16 December 2017), Chronicling America; image provided by Penn State University Libraries, University Park, PA. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026259/1872-04-04/ed-1/seq-2/.
22. "Treasurer's Sale of Unseated Lands," notice, The Elk County, (PA) Advocate, 23 May 1874, image 2, col. 2; digital images, Library of Congress (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : viewed 16 December 2017), Chronicling America; image provided by: Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026259/1872-05-23/ed-1/seq-2/.
23. "List of Deeds, etc., entered in the Recorder's office of Elk County, up to August 7th 1874.," notice, The Elk County, (PA) Advocate, 13 August 1874, image 3, col. 2; digital images, Library of Congress (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : viewed 16 December 2017), Chronicling America; image provided by: Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026259/1874-08-13/ed-1/seq-3/.
24. "List of Jurors," notice, The Elk County, (PA) Advocate, 11 June 1874, image 3, col. 4; digital images, Library of Congress (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : accessed 19 December 2017), Chronicling America; image provided by: Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026259/1874-06-11/ed-1/seq-3/.
25. "List of Jurors," notice, The Elk County, (PA) Advocate, 9 July 1874, image 3, col. 5; digital images, Library of Congress (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : accessed 14 April 2015), Chronicling America; image provided by: Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026259/1874-07-09/ed-1/seq-3/.
26. "Township Elections," notice, The Elk County, (PA) Advocate, 25 February 1875, image 3, col. 3; digital images, Library of Congress (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : viewed 19 December 2017), Chronicling America; image provided by: Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026259/1875-02-25/ed-1/seq-3/.
27. "Township Elections," notice, The Elk County, (PA) Advocate, 24 February 1876, image 3, col. 3; digital images, Library of Congress (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : viewed 19 December 2017), Chronicling America; image provided by: Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026259/1876-02-24/ed-1/seq-3/.
28. "Treasurer's Sale of Unseated Lands," notice, The Elk County, (PA) Advocate, 11 April 1878, image 2, col. 1; digital images, Library of Congress (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : viewed 16 December 2017), Chronicling America; image provided by: Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026259/1878-04-11/ed-1/seq-2/.
29. "Dent's Run and Dry Saw Mill Items," The Elk County, (PA) Advocate, 9 October 1879, image 3, col. 4; digital images, Library of Congress (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : viewed 19 December 2017), Chronicling America; image provided by Penn State University Libraries, University Park, PA. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026259/1879-10-09/ed-1/seq-3/.
30. "Dents Run and Dry Saw Mill Items," The Elk County, (PA) Advocate, 23 October 1879, image 3, col. 4; digital images, Library of Congress (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : viewed 19 December 2017), Chronicling America; image provided by Penn State University Libraries, University Park, PA. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026259/1879-10-23/ed-1/seq-3/.
31. "Dent's Run and Dry Saw Mill Items," notice, The Elk County, (PA) Advocate, 13 November 1879, image 3, col. 3; digital images, Library of Congress (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : viewed 16 December 2017), Chronicling America; image provided by Penn State University Libraries, University Park, PA. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026259/1879-11-13/ed-1/seq-3/.
32. 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.
33. 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.
34. "Treasurer's Sale of Unseated Lands," notice, The Elk County, (PA) Advocate, 8 April 1880, image 2, col. 2; digital images, Library of Congress (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : viewed 16 December 2017), Chronicling America; image provided by: Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026259/1880-04-08/ed-1/seq-2/.
35. 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).
36. 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).
37. Elk County, Pennsylvania, Will Books, Will Book B (1897-1910), p. 243, case no. 888, Last Will and Testament of Abner Ober, dated 5 Nov 1905, recorded 9 Nov 1905; "Pennsylvania, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993," index with page images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8802: downloaded 23 July 2016); https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8802/images/004838966_00679.
38. "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..
39. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 May 2022), Abner Ober, memorial 53112941.
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), 24, Celina English and Abner Ober; undocumented and unnamed family tree submitted 26 July 2017 by Paul E. Barley, Jr..
41. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 May 2022), Abner Ober, memorial 53112941.
42. Elk County, Pennsylvania, Will Books, Will Book B (1897-1910), p. 243, case no. 888, Last Will and Testament of Abner Ober, dated 5 Nov 1905, recorded 9 Nov 1905; "Pennsylvania, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993," index with page images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8802: downloaded 23 July 2016); https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8802/images/004838966_00679.
43. Elk County, Pennsylvania, Will Books, Will Book B (1897-1910), p. 243, case no. 888, Last Will and Testament of Abner Ober, dated 5 Nov 1905, recorded 9 Nov 1905; "Pennsylvania, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993," index with page images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8802: downloaded 23 July 2016); https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8802/images/004838966_00679.