Elsie Lowery

Elsie married George Snelson on 29 Mar 1927 in Ellerslie, Allegany County, Maryland. George (son of John Snelson and Annie Phoebe Rowbotham) was born on 29 Mar 1905 in Kingswinford, County Stafford, England; died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John Snelson was born in Private.
2. Dennis Snelson was born in Private.
3. Alma Snelson was born in Private.

Harry married Emma Jane Devore in Jul 1905 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Emma (daughter of Thomas J. Devore and Rachel Jane Clites) was born on 5 Dec 1888; died on 11 Jan 1972 in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mrs. Emma J. Lowery, 83, of Ellerslie, died yesterday at Sacred Heart Hospital. She was a daughter of the late Thomas J. and Rachel (Clites) Devore. Mrs. Lowery was a member of the Ellerslie Volunteer Fire Company Auxiliary. Surviving are her husband, Henry Lowery; a son, Roy Lowery, Ellerslie; four daughters, Mrs. Elsie Snelson and Mrs. Phyllis Cook, Ellerslie; Mrs. Marian Hosselrode, RD 1, Hyndman and Mrs. Flossie Smith, Baltimore; a sister, Mrs. Walter Lowery, Ellerslie Road; 36 grandchildren and 46 great-grandchildren. The body is at the Zeigler Funeral Home in Hyndman where friends will be received today from 7 until 9 p.m. and tomorrow from 2 until 4 and 6 until 8 p.m. A service will be conducted there Friday at 2 p.m. Rev. Milton W. Benny Jr. will officiate and burial will be in the Porter Cemetery.

The Cumberland Evening Times, January 12, 1972

She was buried on 14 Jan 1972 in Porter Cemetery, Hyndman, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania

Notes:

Thomas J. DeVore, 87, retired farmer of near Ellerslie, died yesterday in Allegany County Infirmary. He was born April 23, 1864, a son of the late Daniel and Rachel DeVore. His wife, the former Miss Rachel Clites, died in 1940. Mr. DeVore held memberhip in Ellerslie Evangelical Church and Tonkaway Tribe No. 120, Improved Order of Red Men, Cumberland Survivors include four children, Mrs. Henry Lowery and Mrs. George Spellman, Ellerslie; Mrs. Walter Lowery and Harvey DeVore, both of Route 1, Hyndman, Pa., and 28 grandchildren. Rites will be conducted tomorrow at 2 p.m. from the home of his daughter, Mrs. Henry Lowery, Ellerslie, by Rev. Charles Raley. Burial will take place in Porter Cemetery there. Cumberland Evening Times, Thursday, May 31, 1951

Thomas + Rachel Jane Clites. Rachel was born on 5 Sep 1863 in Hyndman, Bedford County, Pennsylvania; died on 14 Sep 1941 in Hyndman, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She died on 14 Sep 1941 at the age of 78 in Hyndman, Londonderry Township, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania.
Hyndman, Pa., Sept. 15 - Mrs. Rachel Jane Devore, 78, wife of Thomas Devore, died at her home yesterday near Hyndman. She had been ill about six months. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Clites. Surviving besides her husband are three daughters, Mrs. Henry Lowery, Ellerslie; Mrs. Walter Lowery, Hyndman, and Mrs. George Speelman, Ellerslie, and one son, Harvey Devore, Hyndman, 32 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Devore was a life-long member of the Evangelical church. The Cumberland Evening Times, September 15, 1941

She was buried on 16 Sep 1941 in Porter Cemetery, Hyndman, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania.
PA Death Certificate - died from generalized arteriosclerosis and heart disease (had for 15 years)

Notes:

Most of the vital information on the Devore family comes through Phyllis Rosley and "The Devore/De Vore families 1500-1992" compiled by Betty M. Mann

Daniel + Rachael Burley. Rachael (daughter of John Burley and Margaret Porter) was born on 17 Feb 1828; died on 27 Nov 1909. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]