_____________________ | _______________________|_____________________ | _____________________| | | | | _____________________ | | | | |_______________________|_____________________ | _____________________| | | | | _____________________ | | | | | _______________________|_____________________ | | | | |_____________________| | | | | _____________________ | | | | |_______________________|_____________________ | _William Francis COMP ____| | (1852 - 1924) m 1873 | | | _____________________ | | | | | _______________________|_____________________ | | | | | _____________________| | | | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | | | |_______________________|_____________________ | | | | |_____________________| | | | | _____________________ | | | | | _______________________|_____________________ | | | | |_____________________| | | | | _____________________ | | | | |_______________________|_____________________ | | |--Jessie Camilla COMP | (1878 - 1939) | _____________________ | | | _______________________|_____________________ | | | _Peter SHEIBLEY _____| | | (1742 - 1823) m 1785| | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |_______________________|_____________________ | | | _Jacob SHEIBLEY _____| | | (1798 - 1882) | | | | _Johann Nickel LINN _+ | | | | (1678 - 1742) | | | _Johann Nicholas LINN _|_____________________ | | | | (1725 - 1802) | | |_Christina LINN _____| | | (1760 - 1842) m 1785| | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |_______________________|_____________________ | | |_Laura Virginia SHEIBLEY _| (1854 - 1922) m 1873 | | _____________________ | | | _______________________|_____________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |_______________________|_____________________ | | |_Caroline EMERICK ___| (1820 - 1897) | | _____________________ | | | _______________________|_____________________ | | |_____________________| | | _____________________ | | |_______________________|_____________________
"The Perry County Democrat [Bloomfield, Pennsylvania]," 26 June 1901, p. 3: "A quiet home wedding was solemnized in this place Wednesday evening of last week, when Rev. Ira George Briner and Miss Jessie Camilla Comp were united in the holy bonds of wedlock. The ceremony was performed by Rev. A. J. Rudisill, of Mt. Carmel, Pa., assisted by Rev. S. C. Alexander, D.D., of Millerstown, and Rev. F. T. Wheeler, of this place. None but the immediate families of the bride and groom were present. The happy couple left the same evening for Bluffton, Ohio, where they will reside. The bride is a daughter of Mrs. R. M. Alexander, of this place, and is a most charming and popular young lady. Rev. Briner is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Briner, also of this borough. He recently graduated at Wittenburg Theological Seminary, Ohio, and accepted a call to the pastorate of tte Lutheran church at Bluffton, Ohio. He is an able young divine."
Jessie is age 2 in the 1880 census, and daughter of William Francis Comp, shoemaker, age 28, Spring Twp., Perry Co., PA, and wife Laura, age 26. Also in the family are Maud (5) and Carrie (3). "The Perry County Democrat [Bloomfield, PA], 13 December 1939," p. 3: "Mrs. Jessie Briner, 63, died Thursday morning at the home of her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Ritter, in Newport, after bemg ill for more than two years of a complication. Deceased was a daughter of William and Laura (Sheibley) Comp and was born in Spring township. She was the wife of Rev. Ira Briner, who survives with their son, Luther Briner, of Steelton; also surviving is her sister, Carrie, Mrs. C. L. Darlington, of Bloomfield. After the death of her father her mother married Dr. R. M. Alexander, deceased, late of this place, and Mrs. Briner is well remembered here as a strikingly pretty girl. Private funeral services were held Saturday at the Ritter home with interment in Bloomfield cemetery, Rev. W. D. Mehrling of the Reformed church officiated."
_James HUSTON _____________________ | (1745 - ....) m 1782 _James HUSTON _________________|_Mary PUSHARD _____________________ | (1783 - 1850) m 1803 (1761 - ....) _James HOUSTON ________| | (1818 - ....) | | | _Michael MCNALLY __________________+ | | | (1755 - 1848) | |_Nancy MCNALLY ________________|_Susanna POCHARD __________________ | (1790 - ....) m 1803 (1771 - 1811) _William H. HOUSTON ___________| | (1842 - 1901) m 1889 | | | ___________________________________ | | | | | _______________________________|___________________________________ | | | | |_______________________| | | | | ___________________________________ | | | | |_______________________________|___________________________________ | _Wallace Sawyer HOUSTON _| | (1899 - 1966) m 1917 | | | ___________________________________ | | | | | _______________________________|___________________________________ | | | | | _______________________| | | | | | | | | ___________________________________ | | | | | | | | |_______________________________|___________________________________ | | | | |_Bertha J. SIMMONS ____________| | (1870 - 1931) m 1889 | | | ___________________________________ | | | | | _______________________________|___________________________________ | | | | |_______________________| | | | | ___________________________________ | | | | |_______________________________|___________________________________ | | |--William Mace HOUSTON | (1927 - ....) | _William MACE _____________________+ | | | _George MACE __________________|___________________________________ | | (1786 - 1834) m 1808 | _Ansel Jefferson MACE _| | | (1824 - 1874) m 1851 | | | | _William Hiram (Sr) HARPER ________ | | | | (.... - 1848) | | |_Hannah HARPER ________________|_Hannah Elizabeth ("Betsey") OBER _ | | (1790 - 1877) m 1808 (1765 - 1841) | _Francis ("Frank") Elvin MACE _| | | (1864 - 1937) m 1885 | | | | _William Hiram (Sr) HARPER ________ | | | | (.... - 1848) | | | _William Hiram (Jr) HARPER ____|_Hannah Elizabeth ("Betsey") OBER _ | | | | (1793 - 1858) (1765 - 1841) | | |_Dorinda M. HARPER ____| | | (1832 - 1912) m 1851 | | | | _Francis William APPLETON _________+ | | | | (.... - 1821) | | |_Elizabeth ("Betsy") APPLETON _|_Hannah GOTT ______________________ | | (1798 - 1896) (1767 - 1803) |_Esther Aileen MACE _____| (1899 - 1988) m 1917 | | _Joshua WILLIAMS __________________+ | | (1747 - 1833) m 1771 | _Simeon WILLIAMS ______________|_Bethiah CLARK ____________________ | | (.... - 1858) (1751 - ....) | _Asa K. WILLIAMS ______| | | (1828 - 1894) m 1858 | | | | _Nathaniel KENNEY _________________+ | | | | (1773 - ....) m 1794 | | |_Harriet KENNEY _______________|_Elizabeth MILLS __________________ | | (.... - 1877) (1781 - 1853) |_Ruby Gray WILLIAMS ___________| (1867 - 1954) m 1885 | | _Samuel DUNN ______________________+ | | (1778 - 1848) | _Samuel (Jr.) DUNN ____________|_Dorcas COBB ______________________ | | (1804 - 1883) m 1830 (1783 - 1847) |_Direxa Esther DUNN ___| (1831 - 1912) m 1858 | | _John (Jr.) ARCHER ________________+ | | (1783 - 1861) m 1805 |_Julia Ann ARCHER _____________|_Lucy Willey COLSON _______________ (1808 - 1882) m 1830 (1785 - 1884)
[6798] An undated news story in files inherited from Vivian Kenniston Conner reports William was admitted to the Maine Bar and "will go to Portsmouth, N.H., where he will be associated with the law firm of Waldron, Boynton and Waldron. He will practice law in both Portsmouth and Kittery. Prior to assuming his legal duties, however, Mr. Houston who is a member of the U. S. Army Reserves with the 305th Military Government Group Headquarters of Boston, will spend the next two weeks at Camp Drum, N.Y. for summer training."
[44893] Ref.: Ancestral File Number 12M7-0JD - not verified - which reports Edmund and Alice had Simon Jones Murphy in 1881.