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Ken Poorman Genealogy . . .
Poorman, Ryan, Monroe, Stoddard, Graff, McNerney Hall, Downs, Wertz, Pfoutz |
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Maternal Side:
My mother, Pearl Hall Poorman, was a Hall-Wertz-Downs.
Mom's father, Clarence Richard Hall, had two sets of parents who were brother and sister, i.e. his biological parents were Taylor
Wertz and Phebe Hall Wertz. His stepparents were his biological parents' siblings, i.e. stepdad was Phebe's
brother Everett F. Hall, and his stepmom was Taylor's sister Emma L. Wertz. Mom's mother, Alice T. Downs Hall had
a Wertz as a parent too. Alice's father was John L. Downs, and her mother was Matilda Wertz, who was a sister to her
husband's parents, Taylor Wertz and Emma Wertz.
My Hall Family . . .
JESSE HALL JR. & MARY ANN SHAFFER HALL - had
8 children (not in order): •
Mary Hall, Married Winfield Summerson
• Joseph
Hall • EVERTT
FRANKLIN HALL 1842-1915, Married Emma Wertz (adopted Clarence Richard) • PHEBE ANN HALL 1855-1928, Married Taylor Zachery Wertz (birthed Clarence Richard)
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Sara Jane Hall, m. Joseph Seese = (Emma & Howard Calhoun; Alice & Everett Wertz; more)
• Elizabeth "Libby"/"Eliza" Hall, Married Michael Stout – [2
m. Robert Poorman]
• Nancy Artie Hall, Married James Till = (John & Carrie
Bently; Mary & John Simpson; more)
• Rebecca Mandana
"Dane" Hall, Married Edward Van Riper EVERETT FRANKLIN HALL (Jesse
Hall Jr.'s son) was born in 1842 and died in 1915. He married EMMA LOUSIA WERTZ, who was born in 1846 and died
in 1904. Her Father was John W. Wertz, and her Mother was Mary Ann Pfoutz. Everett and Emma were unable to have biological
children, so they adopted their son, my Grandfather Clarence Richard (Wertz) Hall, from their brother and sister, i.e. TAYLOR ZACKARY WERTZ &
PHEBE ANN (Phoebe Eletta) HALL, who had 12 children.
When we went to the 2009 Hall-Wertz Reunion in Halls
Run near West Renono PA, we stopped at Mom's old Hall homestead, Point Breeze, in South Renovo to take a look at the renovations. Here
are Then & Now photos. After Everett Franklin & Emma Louisa Wertz Hall passed on, their adopted son, my
grandfather, Clarence Richard Hall and his wife, Alice T. Downs Hall (whose mother was Matilda Florence Wertz, sister
to Taylor and Emma Louisa Wertz) moved from their dairy farm and raised their children at Point Breeze, Emma, Belle
and Pearl Hall. I remember when Mother (Pearl Hall Poorman), Aunt Emma (Emma Hall Hammond) and Aunt Belle (Belle Hall
DeFilippo) sold Point Breeze to Frank and Helen Stagoff in the 1950's. I haven't been in the house since I was
a kid when we visited the Stagoff's occasionally. I remember seeing the guest house, barn and ice house when
I was young. We used to walk up to the old reservoir. The spring across the bridge is still running.
c1900 Photo shows Everett Franklin Hall and his wife Emma Louisa Wertz Hall at Point Breeze (Someone
colored that old bush with a little blue paint-ha) |
2009 photo shows the whole front section
of the house was removed, and the two ends of the rear section were gabled. |
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Doug Humes, our
Hall-Wertz family historian, was on vacation in July/August 2009 and had the opportunity to spend time with Joe
Black, a Hall cousin who had attended the Renovo reunion for the first time a few years ago. His grandfather, Samuel
Perry Hall, and Doug's grandfather, Ralph Owens Hall, of Beech Creek, Pa, were brothers. They met for the first time
at the Hall-Wertz reunion, and met again when Doug's wife and he went up to New York City to see an off Broadway play that
Joe was producing. They had occasion to spend time with Joe and his wife Sandy in the Sonoma Valley of California.
As they were driving through Napa doing the winery tours, they saw that there was a Hall Vineyard, and so they stopped, took
the attached photo, and went in for the tasting. Doug said it would have been fun to show up at Renovo with
a case of Hall wine to share with everyone, but apparently many of the California wineries do not ship to Pennsylvania,
Delaware or Utah. Here’s the Hall Winery website if you would like more info: http://www.hallwines.com/home.
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Jesse Hall Jr. &
Mary Brooks Shaffer Hall |
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| Clicky to enlarge |
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| Clarence Wertz Hall Family |
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Visit the Hall-Wertz Reunion
2nd Sat in Aug |
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| Route 144 South of Renovo PA near Barney Run Road |
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Betsy Johnson, wife of Jesse Hall Sr.
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Hall-Wertz Cemetery - Halls Run
West Renovo, Clinton County PA
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| Seat: Taylor Z. Wertz & wife Phebe Ann Hall; and her brother, Everett Franklin Hall 1912 |
My Wertz Family . . .
ZACKARY TAYLOR WERTZ & PHEBE ANN HALL - had 12 children: • John Wertz, Married Maize Haas
• Elial McVey Wertz, Married Alice Delia W. Smith
• Joseph Wertz, Married Cordie Croak
• Beatrice Wertz, Married John Croak (family-Minnie/Joe DeVaul-Ruth/Tom Youngquist)
• Deward Wertz, Married Ann Hibler
• Myrtle Wertz, Married Alvin Doebler (& 2 G. Goodman)
• Lloyd Wertz, Married Jane Askey
• Edythe Wertz, Married Arthur Dadd
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Elletta Wertz, Married Robert Valentine
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Everett Wertz, Married Alice Seese
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Martha Wertz
• Clarence Richard
Wertz (Hall), Married Alice T. Downs (my grandpa)
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| John L Downs & Matilda F Wertz Family in 1891 |
l/r:
John D, Emma Pearl, ANNA ALTHEA (Alice T), Nancy Elizabeth, Mary S, John L, Matilda F, Flora Belle, William Taylor
My, grandmother, Alice T. Downs-Hall died before I was
born (never met my grandfather, Clarence Richard Hall, either). But I met two of her sisters (above), Great Aunt Pearl
and Great Aunt Flora, on a train trip to San Francisco in about 1955 - I think - not sure exactly about the year.
We went to Aunt Pearl's apartment in San Francisco, and I remember a wrought iron grate (about 6" x4") on
her heavy solid wood door. I remember her peeking out of it when we used the knocker. She had on a big black turban
with a large oval brooch on the front of it, with a large purple gemstone on it. I will never forget that picture.
She seemed aloof to me, but what does a 10 year old know. On the other hand, I remember Aunt Flora, who I first met
on that same trip to Frisco, as being very warm and welcoming, I enjoyed my visit with her, as I recall did Mother.
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Paternal Side:
My father, Kenneth John Poormsn, was raised in Lock
Haven and Castanea PA. His grandfather, Robert Curtain Poorman was from Castanea. His dad, John Sylvester
Poorman, was from Castanea and built a house there at 15 East Brown Street, next door to the EUB, United Methodist Church,
where I and my brother Steve were raised.
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