John Hanson Biles (b. December 13, 1813, d. June 10, 1890)
John Hanson Biles (son of Charles Biles and Jane Miles)33 was born December 13, 1813 in Twilight, Pennsylvania, and died June 10, 1890 in Washington County, Pennsylvania34. He married Mary Ann Lynn on September 08, 1834 in Washington Co. Pennsylvania.
Notes for John Hanson Biles: In the 1850 Census, John and Mary Ann are found in East Pike Run Township: John age 36 Mary A., age 35 Harrison, age 15 Elizabeth, age 11 William H., age 8 John, age 5 Melissa, age 3 Druzilla, age 1 Flemmon, age 19 Everyone in the household was born in Pennsylvania. It is unknown at this time who Flemmon is.
1870 census in Allen Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania: Biles, John, age 55 Mary A., wife, age 55 William H., son, age 27 Martha J., daughter, age 17 Allen, son, age 14 John and William were coal miners. Everyone in the household was born in Pennsylvania.
1880 census in Allenport, Washington County, Pennsylvania: Biles, John, Sr., age 66 Mary Ann, wife, age 63 John was a coal miner. Both of John's parents were born in Pennsylvania; Mary Ann's father was born in Ireland; her mother was born in Pennsylvania. They were living next door to their son Allen.
John and Mary Ann are both buried in the Mt. Tabor Cemetery (Methodist Episcopal) in Long Branch Borough, Roscoe, Washington County, Pennsylvania. This was the site of the Friends' Fallowfield Monthly Meetings from 1799 to 1840 in a log meeting house built in 1799. In 1844, the house was abandoned and then was occupied by John Biles as a residence. In 1849, the property was sold to Cornelius McKenna, who donated part of the land to the Methodist congregation. (Source: "Inventory of Church Archives, Society of Friends, Friends Historical Society, Philadelphia, 1941, p. 338)
In the Scrapbook of AvaRilla (Bell) Hess , transcribed by Terri Hewitt Teri writes: This information is transcribed from handwritten notes and dates that came from a scrapbook kept by AvaRilla Hess (1871-1857), daughter of Hiram and Martha Jane Bell. Page 1-10 Ellen BILES died Oct. 6th, 1885. John BILES died June 10, 1890. Mary Ann BILES died Dec. 26, 1891.
More About John Hanson Biles: Burial: Unknown, Mt.Tabor Cemetery, Roscoe, Washington Co. Pennsylvania.
More About John Hanson Biles and Mary Ann Lynn: Marriage: September 08, 1834, Washington Co. Pennsylvania.
Children of John Hanson Biles and Mary Ann Lynn are:
+John Hanson Biles II, b. March 27, 1844, Twilight, Washington Co, Pennsylvania, d. July 07, 1909, Fairhope, Pennsylvania.
John Hanson Biles (b. December 13, 1813, d. June 10, 1890)
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