BIOGRAPHY: History of Bradford County, Pennsylvania with Biographical
Sketches
By H. C. Bradsby, 1891
SIMEON A. YORK, farmer, P. O. Wysox, was born in Wysox township, this
county, October 15, 1829, a son of Amos and Harriet (Hinman) York, the
former a native of Wysox, and a descendant of the old English York
family; the latter a native of Connecticut, and of English origin. Amos
and Lucretia (Miner) York, great-grandparents of Simeon A. came to
Wyalusing, in 1876, where he was taken prisoner and carried to Canada,
the mother escaping with the children and making her way back to
Connecticut; one of the children died on the way, and she was obliged to
bury it with her own hands under a sawmill. Her husband, being liberated,
returned to Connecticut, and was buried one day before she reached there.
The paternal grandparents of Simeon A. were Rev. Manassah M. and
Elizabeth (Arnold) York, who came to Wysox, and the maternal grandparents
were John and Hannah (Mallory) Hinman, who came to Wysox about 1791, the
grandfather having made a previous visit and taken up a farm soon after
his arrival; he built the first gristmill in Bradford county, on the farm
now owned by J. L. Morgan, and it was in operation three years, hence is
not remembered by some as the first mill in the county. Rev. Manassah
Minor York was bout the first permanent minister in the county, and
preached from Wyalusing to Athens. The children of Amos and Harriet
(Hinman) York were: Wealthy Ann, married to J. V. Woodward, of
Williamsport, Pa.; Nelson H., of LaGrange, Ill.; Manassah M., a one-armed
soldier living
Sketches
By H. C. Bradsby, 1891
SIMEON A. YORK, farmer, P. O. Wysox, was born in Wysox township, this
county, October 15, 1829, a son of Amos and Harriet (Hinman) York, the
former a native of Wysox, and a descendant of the old English York
family; the latter a native of Connecticut, and of English origin. Amos
and Lucretia (Miner) York, great-grandparents of Simeon A. came to
Wyalusing, in 1876, where he was taken prisoner and carried to Canada,
the mother escaping with the children and making her way back to
Connecticut; one of the children died on the way, and she was obliged to
bury it with her own hands under a sawmill. Her husband, being liberated,
returned to Connecticut, and was buried one day before she reached there.
The paternal grandparents of Simeon A. were Rev. Manassah M. and
Elizabeth (Arnold) York, who came to Wysox, and the maternal grandparents
were John and Hannah (Mallory) Hinman, who came to Wysox about 1791, the
grandfather having made a previous visit and taken up a farm soon after
his arrival; he built the first gristmill in Bradford county, on the farm
now owned by J. L. Morgan, and it was in operation three years, hence is
not remembered by some as the first mill in the county. Rev. Manassah
Minor York was bout the first permanent minister in the county, and
preached from Wyalusing to Athens. The children of Amos and Harriet
(Hinman) York were: Wealthy Ann, married to J. V. Woodward, of
Williamsport, Pa.; Nelson H., of LaGrange, Ill.; Manassah M., a one-armed
soldier living
BIOGRAPHY: History of Bradford County, Pennsylvania with Biographical
Sketches
By H. C. Bradsby, 1891
SIMEON A. YORK, farmer, P. O. Wysox, was born in Wysox township, this
county, October 15, 1829, a son of Amos and Harriet (Hinman) York, the
former a native of Wysox, and a descendant of the old English York
family; the latter a native of Connecticut, and of English origin. Amos
and Lucretia (Miner) York, great-grandparents of Simeon A. came to
Wyalusing, in 1876, where he was taken prisoner and carried to Canada,
the mother escaping with the children and making her way back to
Connecticut; one of the children died on the way, and she was obliged to
bury it with her own hands under a sawmill. Her husband, being liberated,
returned to Connecticut, and was buried one day before she reached there.
The paternal grandparents of Simeon A. were Rev. Manassah M. and
Elizabeth (Arnold) York, who came to Wysox, and the maternal grandparents
were John and Hannah (Mallory) Hinman, who came to Wysox about 1791, the
grandfather having made a previous visit and taken up a farm soon after
his arrival; he built the first gristmill in Bradford county, on the farm
now owned by J. L. Morgan, and it was in operation three years, hence is
not remembered by some as the first mill in the county. Rev. Manassah
Minor York was bout the first permanent minister in the county, and
preached from Wyalusing to Athens. The children of Amos and Harriet
(Hinman) York were: Wealthy Ann, married to J. V. Woodward, of
Williamsport, Pa.; Nelson H., of LaGrange, Ill.; Manassah M., a one-armed
soldier living
Sketches
By H. C. Bradsby, 1891
SIMEON A. YORK, farmer, P. O. Wysox, was born in Wysox township, this
county, October 15, 1829, a son of Amos and Harriet (Hinman) York, the
former a native of Wysox, and a descendant of the old English York
family; the latter a native of Connecticut, and of English origin. Amos
and Lucretia (Miner) York, great-grandparents of Simeon A. came to
Wyalusing, in 1876, where he was taken prisoner and carried to Canada,
the mother escaping with the children and making her way back to
Connecticut; one of the children died on the way, and she was obliged to
bury it with her own hands under a sawmill. Her husband, being liberated,
returned to Connecticut, and was buried one day before she reached there.
The paternal grandparents of Simeon A. were Rev. Manassah M. and
Elizabeth (Arnold) York, who came to Wysox, and the maternal grandparents
were John and Hannah (Mallory) Hinman, who came to Wysox about 1791, the
grandfather having made a previous visit and taken up a farm soon after
his arrival; he built the first gristmill in Bradford county, on the farm
now owned by J. L. Morgan, and it was in operation three years, hence is
not remembered by some as the first mill in the county. Rev. Manassah
Minor York was bout the first permanent minister in the county, and
preached from Wyalusing to Athens. The children of Amos and Harriet
(Hinman) York were: Wealthy Ann, married to J. V. Woodward, of
Williamsport, Pa.; Nelson H., of LaGrange, Ill.; Manassah M., a one-armed
soldier living
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