Scope and Content: Family histories for the Muse, Core, and Anderson families, dated 1769-1957. Materials include correspondence between family members, letters to Grace Core over family lineage, newspaper articles, and financial records. Important topics mentioned are the American Revolution, the War of 1812, Daughters of the American Revolution, the Civil War, and the Small Pox Epidemic. Places mentioned are Pittsburgh PA, Allegheny County PA, Trimble County KY, Milton KY, Hanover College, Ross County Ohio, Hillsboro Ohio, and Greenfield Ohio. Contains information on marriages and deaths.

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Historical Note: Grace Core's worked to gather genealogical data on her family's history, and predominantly researched her family in the first twenty years of the twentieth century. It appears that her and her husband, John Core were farmers, but that Grace had a penchant for genealogy. Included in her research are the financial papers of Fauntley Muse and a record of his election to the House of Representatives for Pennsylvania in the eighth district. She additionally collected financial papers related to the Core family. Correspondence from Ebenezer Muse, the son of Fauntley, are included. Ebenezer Muse started at Hanover college in 1854. A number of family members served in the Revolutionary War such as William Taylor; and served as a private in captain Bateman Floyd's company in the 2nd Regiment. John Beatty Sr. served as a lieutenant of a militia in Cumberland County, PA. Frederick Ware was a private in the American Revolution. A number of family members also served in the War of 1812. Fauntley Muse was a lieutenant in Captain Robert Wilson's Second Battalion; additionally, he served as a corporal in Lieutenant Thomas Warren's company of Light Dragoons, First Regiment, Second Brigade, commanded by B.G. Richard Crooks. Robert Graham was a Private in Abraham Winthrop's regiment in the 132nd division; additionally, he was a private in Richard M. Crain's first regiment, first brigade, in the Pennsylvania Militia. Samuel Heizer was a private in the 6th company in Virginia. Samuel Anderson was a private in Captain Andrew Hemphill's infantry 1st regiment Ohio Militia. Grace Core used her connections to the American Revolution to be inducted into the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Creator

• Core, Grace

Subject

• Marriage records

• Death registers

• Anderson family

• Core family

• Muse family

• Genealogy

Publisher

• Hanover College

Language

• English

Identifier

• MSS35_FindingAid

Location

• Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States

• Kentucky, Kentucky, United States

• Ohio, Ohio, United States

• Indiana, Indiana, United States

Keyword

• Finding Aid

• Hanover College, Muse family Papers, MSS 35

Date created

• 1769-1957

Resource type

• Book

Source

• a061aa7c-060d-4b56-9666-3c90b7463343

Rights statement

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/