The Walling/Marshall Family of Erie Co. PA

Welcome to a website devoted to the genealogy of the Walling and Marshall families of Erie County, PA. Other families included here are Elliott, Scott, Mosher, Sawdey, Lee, Beardsley, McClelland, Herringdeen, Johnston, Edgerton, Pomeroy, Hartley, Wilkinson, Greenman, Blackmarr etc. It contains old pictures, family trees, a big database report, a synopsis of Judge Walling's book, a section on the Old Ancestral Home in Ireland, etc.

Loose ends that still need to be tied up include: whether anyone has any old pictures of 552 W. 8th; the fate of Bill Lee; the whereabouts of the "testimonial" granted by the Lake Shore Seminary to E. A. Walling in 1875, last heard of in the possession of a museum somewhere in North East; the whereabouts of the source for the Marshall immigrant story last heard of in the possession of Ellen M. Marshall or Dora B. Merrill; the whereabouts of the Thos. and Laura Anna Walling family Bible, and of Judge Walling's family Bible; the whereabouts of Thos. Walling's original statement from the 1908 Walling genealogy; info about Judge Walling's daughter who died young; more pictures of the Elliott side and of Judge Walling's parents and sibs; any recordings of the Greenman Melody Boys; and the Marshall mystery pix. Anyone with info about these things or anything else that should go on this site please contact me.

Can you identify any of these Mystery Pix?

"Marietta Marshall Walling - my guess is she is about three years old", says Scott Coyle. Mom and Aunt Lulu don't agree this is their mother, though. Mom thinks it might be Grace (the daughter of Aunt Cora Marshall), a picture of whom can be found elsewhere on this website.

From an old postcard. Judging from the costumes, I'd say this must be from before WW I. Aunt Lulu doesn't recognize any of these women. I think the one at upper right might be Marietta Marshall Walling.

The caption says, "When nieces were a novelty."

The caption says, "Fair was she to behold / That maiden of seventeen summers." If that's Aunt Marion Walling, and she was 17 years old, then Aunt Lulu thinks the kid might be Henrietta or Mary.

That's my grandparents Lewis S. Mosher with Marietta Marshall Walling (Mosher) in the middle. To the left is Earl O'Connor, Grandpa's best friend from childhood, who was a really nice guy, along with Frank Schultz's wife Jeanette, and to the right is Frank Schultz, Grandpa's other best friend from childhood, who was not so nice, along with Earl's wife Eleanor. Identifications from Mary Lou Mosher.

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Above: Walling mystery picture, courtesy of Karen Michaelis. Can you identify them? Identifications so far:
Top right: Everyone agrees this is Uncle Will Walling.
Top center: My mother thinks this is her mother Marietta Marshall Walling. Harriet Lee Sawdey and Esther Scott Sawdey Lennertz say it's Uncle Will's wife Anna Bostwick Walling.
Top left: Harriet Lee Sawdey and Esther Scott Sawdey Lennertz say this is their father Harry Sawdey.
Bottom right: Mom thinks this is Uncle Will's wife Anna Bostwick Walling, next to her kids. Harriet Lee Sawdey and Esther Scott Sawdey Lennertz say it's definitely not her, and they think it's Marietta Marshall Walling.
Bottom center right: Everyone agrees this is Judge Walling.
Bottom center left: His wife Grace Ellen Marshall Walling.
Bottom left: Harriet Lee Sawdey and Esther Scott Sawdey Lennertz say this is their mother Laura Cordelia Walling Sawdey. Perrie Soth at first thought that this was her grandmother Marion Walling Crawford, though the man behind her was not her husband Wm. Lee Crawford. Scott Coyle: "Laura and Marion looked alike -- hence the identification as Marion instead of Laura. But it definitely is Harry Sawdey standing behind her."
As for the two kids, Aunt Lulu thinks Judge Walling has the two oldest daughters of Uncle Will Walling on his lap - that would be Henrietta and Ellen. Scott: "If the children are Henrietta and Ellen, and looking at the ages, the picture was probably taken in the summer of 1913 or 1914. Henrietta would be 3 1/2 or 4 1/2, and Ellen would be 1 or 2. Harry and Laura Sawdey were married in 1913. Their first child was born in February 1915."

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Mystery Reunion Picture
Subject: Reunion Picture
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 15:26:55 -0400 8/31/08 12:26 PM
From: Scott Coyle
To: Fred Griswold

Reunion picture attached. Also attached are two sections of the picture with the people numbered. Picture is from the collection of Esther Sawdey Lennertz and Harriet Sawdey.... Below are the people I have been able to identify. I also see some of the same people in the reunion picture you have on the web site. Laura Lucinda Walling Hartley died in 1917. If her identification is correct, the picture was taken before 1917.

Scott says this picture is from the 1910 Walling-Elliott Reunion. "If a Walling-Elliott Reunion was held every year, the first one was held in 1910." Karen Michaelis: "I too, have this picture....in fact I have two of them, with slight variations. My Dad" - Delbert Kress - "as a little boy is in one and not the other. The one you have posted does not have my Dad in it. The picture that I have states that this was the First Walling-Elliott Reunion and was taken at Harry Kress' Farm located on Raymond Mills Rd. in the North East Farm Country. It was once owned by a Walling. The farm is still there. Last month my husband and I were in North East and we drove by to see it. It's in good shape, barn and everything. In recent years it has been remodeled on the outside. It is not in the family anymore.... My records indicate that the 13th Walling-Elliott Reunion was held August 17, 1922. That makes the First Walling-Elliott Reunion in 1910. This is assuming that there was a reunion held every year."

1. Karen Michaelis: "James Harry Kress, my grandfather." Scott Coyle has the name as Harry James Kress.
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6. Henry Smith Elliott (K. Michaelis, S. Coyle)
7. Emory Andrew Scott Walling
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10. Frank Wilkinson #12's son (K. Michaelis). Scott thinks this is Cecil Artimus Page: "No. 10 on this picture looks like Cecil Page on the 1911 picture and on the Thomas and Asenath Walling family picture. He is holding Gerald in all three pictures."
11. Howard Spencer Wilkinson (K. Michaelis). Scott thinks it's Gerald A. Page.
12. Thomas Orlando Wilkinson #28's husband (K. Michaelis, S. Coyle)
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18. Laura Lucinda Walling Hartley (Scott)
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21. Harriet Elliott Stone (K. Michaelis)
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28. Asenath Esther Walling Wilkinson # 12's wife (K. Michaelis, S. Coyle)
29. Charlotte (Lottie) Witcher Wilkinson # 10's wife (K. Michaelis). Scott thinks it's Grace Mabel Wilkinson Page.
30. Charlotte Esther Whitcher Wilkinson (Scott Coyle)
31. Mabel E. Hartley Wilkinson (Scott)
32. Walter Anson Wilkinson. Scott: "Walter Anson Wilkinson would have been 1-1/2. Norman Hartley Wilkinson would have been about five months old and is not in the picture."
33. George Elliott Wilkinson. Scott: "George Elliott Wilkinson died in June 1912, so the last reunion for him was in 1911. Of his children, Walter Anson Wilkinson was born on 30 December 1908 and Norman Hartley Wilkinson was born on 14 March 1910."
34. George Sprague Wilkinson (father of George Elliott Wilkinson)
35. Roby Jane Walling Wilkinson (Scott)
36. Grace Ellen Marshall Walling (Scott)
37. Vernon Hancock #39's son (K. Michaelis)
38. Cora Dobson Hancock (K. Michaelis)
39. Milton Hancock (K. Michaelis)
40. Genevieve Wilkinson Pellor (K. Michaelis)
41. Pheobe Lucretia Wilkinson Dobson (K. Michaelis)
42. Joseph Dobson (K. Michaelis)
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50. Maurice Wilkinson #10's son (K. Michaelis)

Reunion Pic

Previous Mystery Pix

Click here for the identifications for previous mystery pictures.

552 W. 8th St.

Click here for pictures of Judge Walling's house along with some commentary from
the current owners and various Walling descendants.

716 Cherry St. and the Houses on Chestnut St.

Click here for a look at the two houses on Chestnut St. where Judge Walling lived, plus the Mosher
house on Cherry and a glance at their earlier abode on Poplar St.

Eastwood Farm

Click here for some pictures of the farm in North East Twp. where Judge Walling's family
spent much of their time in the summer.

Walling-Elliot Reunion Notes

Click here to see the notes - birth, death, marriage and so on - from the Walling-Elliot family reunions.

Judge Walling's Book

Click here for a book report on "Memoirs of the Erie County, Pennsylvania, Bench and Bar" by Emory A. Walling. (The sequel to this is now available from the Erie County Bar Association. It contains bios of Judge Walling,
Uncle Will, and Lindley McClelland.)

The Ancestors

Click here for a text file on the Walling and Marshall families. You can use the charts at the top as a
clickable index into the body of it, and ctl-f to search your way around in it.

Earliest Walling Pictures

Click here for pictures of the family of Thomas Walling b. 1793. Plus some headstone pix,
including those of Thos. and Laura Ann Walling.

Bureau of Thos. A. Walling b. 1793

Click here for a picture of a Walling antique.

Early Elliott Pictures

Click here for a composite picture of some of the children of James Elliott b. c. 1799; and for a 5-generation
picture including Aunt Huldah Elliott Cherry.

Elliott Haystack Picture

Click here for the tallest hatystack you ever saw. Contains Henry Elliott etc.

Walling/Elliott/Wilkinson Picture

Click here for a reunion picture, from 1911 according to Scott Coyle.

Walling/Wilkinson Bible

Click here for some pages from the Walling/Wilkinson Bible.

Laura Ann Elliott Walling

Click here for some documents relating to Judge Walling's mother.

Laura Lucinda Walling Hartley's Family

Click here for some pix of Jos. C. and Lucinda Walling Hartley and family.

Roby Jane Walling Wilkinson's Family

Click here for Geo. S. and Roby Wilkinson and family.

Asenath Walling Wilkinson's Family

Click here for some pix of Thos. O. and Asenath Walling Wilkinson and family, including some from
the collection of the late Blanche Zurl, a letter written by Asenath about the last days of her sister Roby,
and a letter written by Asenath containing some interesting info about Uncle Henry and Aunt Huldah.

The 1908 Walling Genealogy

Click here for the booklet written by Asenath and her nephew H. T. Walling.

Walling Family Pix

Click here for some pictures of Emory A. Walling and family.

Walling/Marshall Extended Family

Click here for a four-generation picture and more.

The Marshall Ancestral Homeland

The Marshall Immigrants

Click here for pictures of the immigrant ancestors of the Erie County Marshall line.

More Recent Marshall Pictures

Click here for pix of Robert W. Marshall Jr. and family.

Aunt Ettie and Spencer Burton

Click here for pictures and other memorabilia of Grace Ellen Marshall Walling's youngest sister and of her husband.

Aunt Cora

Click here for pictures of Cora Eloise Edgerton Marshall Greenman and family.

Marshall Mystery Pix

Can you identify any of these?

Edgerton Pix

Click here for early pix of Laura C. Edgerton Marshall's family.

Edgerton Headstones

Click here for the headstones of John (b. 1691) and Phebe Edgerton, plus Hiram and wife Louisa.

Linx

Laurel McClelland Anderson's site (Uncle Will Walling's line)
Judge Walling's Grave
Richard Edgerton site
Karen Michaelis's Wilkinson site
You, too, may be a Walling Heir!
My Griswold genealogy site
My Dute genealogy site
GenExchange: genealogy on the honor system. Keep free genealogy alive!
Erie County (PA) Genealogy USGenWeb site

This site was authored by Fred Griswold, great-grandson of Emory A. Walling by the line Marietta Marshall Walling (Mosher), Natalie Mosher (Griswold), and me. All relationships mentioned on this website are from the point of view of its author - Aunt Lulu is Mary Lou Mosher, Uncle Will is William Benson Walling, and so on. Background: the Arboe High Cross, from the Marshall Ancestral Homeland.