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My Grandfather Ray Cook Smith's Mifflin County Pennsylvania Ancestors
Berlieu/Berlue/Berlew/Burlew & Potts Families

Click here to see the Potts Family listing for ST. JOHN'S OLD LUTHERAN CEMETERY Mechanic's St., Belleville
(includes obituaries for Joseph Potts & Rachel Burlew Potts, and some of their children & siblings)

DANIEL
BERLIEU

DANIEL BERLIEU was born about 1790; died after. 1850, Armagh Twp., Mifflin
County, PA. He married NANCY UNKNOWN About. 1810.

More About DANIEL BERLIEU, JR.:
Occupation: Farmer/Laborer

More About NANCY:
Buried in Milroy Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Armagh Tp., Mifflin Co., PA

Children of DANIEL BERLIEU and NANCY are:
  • SUSANNA BURLEW b. 1811;  Bef. 1823
  • MATILDA BURLEW, b. February 1813, m. Alexander D. Scott, d Oct 12, 1905 in Mifflin Co., PA
  • NANCY BURLEW, b. March 22, 1815. m. William Cubbison January 11, 1836 in Lewistown, PA.  Buried in Rowland Cemetery, Canton, Stark Co., OH
  • RACHEL BURLEW, b. May 8, 1817, Huntingdon Furnace, Huntingdon Co., PA, d. November 25, 1888, Mechanicsville, Union Twp., Mifflin Co., PA.
  • HIRAM BURLEW, b. May 14, 1819; d. November 06, 1896, Parker, Turner County, SD; m. MARIA C. PORTER, Abt. 1844.
  • JOHN E. BERLEW, b. January 25, 1824, PA; d. August 07, 1880, Watseka, Iroquois, IL; m. MARY J. SUMMERVILLE, September 17, 1844.
  • DANIEL MILES BERLEW, b. Abt. 1825; d. April 24, 1899, Canton, Ohio; m. JULIA MARSHALL.
  • CORNELIUS BURLEW, b. May 01, 1828, Lewistown, Mifflin County, PA; d. April 24, 1899, Washington, DC; m. MARY JANE BROWER.

 

RACHEL
BURLEW


RACHEL was born May 8,1817 in , Huntingdon Furnace, Huntingdon Co., PA, and died November 25, 1888 in Mechanicsville, Union Twp., Mifflin Co., PA. She married JOSEPH POTTS January 23, 1840 in Mechanicsville, Union Twp., Mifflin Co., PA..

More About RACHEL BURLEW:
Buried at St. John's Old Lutheran Cemetery in Belleville, Mifflin Co., PA

RACHEL 1st husband was JOHN CARSON BELL.  JOHN CARSON BELL died within 2 years of their marriage.  JOHN CARSON BELL & RACHEL BURLEW had one daughter, SARAH BELL, who married WILLIAM ALEXANDER CARSON.  WILLIAM & SARA CARSON moved to Pierce Co., Wisconsin and are both buried in Maiden Rock Cemetery, Maiden Rock Twp., Pierce Co., Wisconsin.

 

Children of RACHEL BURLEW and JOSEPH POTTS

  • NANCY POTTS, b. Abt. 1840, married ISAAC AURAND, June 12, 1860 in Mifflin County, PA, died September 19, 1886.
  • AMANDA POTTS, b. Abt. 1844. married GEORGE RONIAN, b Abt. 1834 in Rhode Island
  • MARIAN W. POTTS, b. February 22, 1845, married WILLIAM BANNERMAN, died September 25, 1880 in Mifflin County, PA.
  • EMMA I. POTTS, b. June 25, 1846 in Mechanicsville, Union Twp., Mifflin Co., PA. married unknown STREETER, died August 22, 1889.
  • MALISSA POTTS, b. February 22, 1850, Belleville, PA; d. November 27, 1932, Galion, Ohio.
  • LAURA ALICE POTTS, b. April 03, 1850, in Mechanicsville, Union Twp., Mifflin Co., PA. She married CHARLES HURLBUT MAHON and died August 07, 1925 in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne Co., PA.
  • JOSEPH POTTS, b. January 14, 1853, died March 21, 1853, Mechanicsville, Union Twp., Mifflin Co., PA.
  • ELIZABETH M. POTTS, b. Abt. 1855 in Mechanicsville, Union Twp., Mifflin Co., PA. ELIZABETH married ALBERT BERRIER and died May 09, 1887.
  • MINERVA 'MINNIE' POTTS, b. Abt. 1857 in Mechanicsville, Union Twp., Mifflin Co., PA.  She married
    GEORGE HALL. 
  • DAISEY POTTS, b. December 04, 1859 in Mechanicsville, Union Twp., Mifflin Co., PA and died March 23, 1867 in Belleville, Mifflin Co., PA.

 

JOSEPH
POTTS

JOSEPH POTTS was born January 13, 1811 in Millheim, Centre County, PA, and died October 02, 1899 in Lock Haven, Lock Haven Twp., Clinton Co., PA. JOSEPH's father is possibly JOSHUA POTTS who is shown on the 1810, 1820, 1830 and 1840 PA, Centre Co., Haines Twp. Census. JOSEPH POTTS first wife was SARAH UNKNOWN.  JOSEPH & SARAH had two daughters:

MARY MATILDA POTTS, married WILLIAM F. COURTER

ELIZABETH JANE POTTS, married DAVID DELONG.

JOSEPH married RACHEL BURLEW January 23, 1840 in Mechanicsville, Union Twp., Mifflin Co., PA, daughter of DANIEL BERLIEU and NANCY UNKNOWN. Both Joseph & Rachel were widowed when they married.

More About JOSEPH POTTS:

Occupation: Master Wagon Maker

Death Record shows father was JOS POTTS.

 MALISSA POTTS death certificate shows she was born 22 Feb 22, 1850 in Belleville, PA.  I believe it is more likely she was born in 1847/48. She died November 27, 1932 in Galion, Ohio. She married AUGUSTUS SMITH in Elma, Erie County, NY on 03 July 1865.  MALISSA filed for divorce in Lock Haven, Clinton County, NY.  The divorce was final in 1876.

Notes for MALISSA POTTS:
  • Information from Death Certificate, shows parents were Joseph Potts and Rachel Berlue, Belleville, PA
  • Buried in Marion Cemetery, Marion, Ohio
  • MALISSA also went by the name LIZZIE and shows up on some records as ELIZABETH.
  • In 1870, AUGUSTUS, MALISSA & son JOSEPH A. were living in Nodaway, Taylor County, Iowa.
  • MALISSA's 2nd marriage was to JACOB COOKE.  They were married in Lock Haven, PA on 25 Jan 1879.  JACOB COOKE was born 25 Dec 1834 in Muncy, PA and he died 18 Oct 1906 in Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Maryland.

Child of MALISSA POTTS and AUGUSTUS SMITH is:

  • JOSEPH A. SMITH, b. 26 March 1868 (more likely born 1866/7); d. 25 Aug 25, 1940, Galion, Crawford County, Ohio

According to the death certificate and obituary, JOSEPH A. SMITH was born March 26, 1868, in East Elma, Erie County NY and died August 25, 1940 in Galion, Crawford County, Ohio. He married CORA LEE HAMMAN July 14, 1888 in Woodstock, VA, daughter of GEORGE CHRISTOPHER HAMMAN and CATHERINE FRAVEL.

Children of JOSEPH SMITH and CORA HAMMAN are:

My Potts, Burlew, Smith information is from:

Research of Robert Totino that he shared with me; 1860 & 1870 Union Twp., Mifflin County Census Received from Robert Totino; 1880 Mifflin County, Union Tp, Mechanicsburg, PA Census #274 received from Robert Totino; Potts familie on PA Census for the years of 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860 & 1870; Death Record for Joseph A. Potts from Mifflin County Orphans Court; Obituary from Lewistown Gazette, October 12, 1899 for Joseph Potts received from Mifflin County Historical Society; Marriage Notice from Lewiston Republican. for Joseph Potts and Rachel Burlew Bell received from Mifflin County PA Historical Society; Copy of listing for St. John's Old Lutheran Cemetery, 886, received from Mifflin County PA Historical Society; Copy of Page 5 Marriages of Mifflin Co. 1822-1885, McClenahen, 1982 received from the Mifflin County PA Historical Society; Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley, 1897; Obituary from The Marion Star for Malissa Potts Smith Cooke; 'The Descendants of John Hottel';Death Certificates for Malissa Potts Smith Cooke, Joseph A. Smith, Ray Cook Smith, Joseph; Marriages, Shenandoah County Virginia, 1882 - 1915 by Duane L. Borden & Jeanette Conner Ritenour received from the Shenandoah, VA, Historical Society; Obituary from The Marion Star for Ray Cook Smith; 1920 Census for Marion, Ohio; Marriage record for Rae Cooke Smith & Helen Diebold. Various other obituaries; Pension files for Jacob Cooke; Divorce Records received from Clinton Co., PA Courthouse; Publications from Gerri Aitkin; Justin Kirk Houser has been helping me with Centre & Clinton Co. research..

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