 Henry Arba McAfooseBorn Nov 7, 1909 at PA, died Jun 28, 1968 at Mansfield, Richland Co. OH, 58 years, buried at Mansfield Cemetery, Mansfield, Richland Co. OH Married to Beatrice at time of death; identified as Beatrice Mathews on application for military headstone. Military Service: Served in U.S. Navy in Seabees during World War II. Alt. Birth: (± 1906 at Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co. PA) Located: ( Sep 1927 at Kittanning, Armstrong Co. PA) Census ( 1930 at Valley Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Laborer doing river lock construction. Living with children Donald and Colleen, with parents, sister and niece. Census ( 1940 at Valley Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Rock driller, dam construction. Divorced. Living with mother, children, and sister's family. Married Sep 12, 1927 at Wellsburg, Brooke Co. WV (40 years married) to:  Jessie Edith Whitacre, daughter of Alton Marion "Joseph Whitacre" Whitacre and Agnes Jane Schrecongost.Born Aug 24, 1911 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA, 1st marriage to: Henry Arba McAfoose, 2nd married to: Bishop, 3rd marriage to: William Joseph Aikens Possible marriage on 14 Oct 1935, in Wellsburg WV to Walter Stoddart, b. abt 1883 in Kittanning. Identified as Edth McAfoose, b abt 1911 in Armstrong Co. PA. See marriage database on wvculture.org - STODDARD/MCAFOOSE. Census ( 1920 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with parents and siblings. Located: ( Sep 1927 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Census ( 1930 at Leechburg, Armstrong Co. PA) Living with half-sister Stella and her family. Identified as Jessie E. McAfoose. Located: ( Nov 1934 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Referred to as Mrs. Edith McAfoose. Located: ( Sep 1960 at New Kensington, Westmoreland Co. PA) Referred to as Mrs. Edith Young. Located: ( Nov 1968 at Lower Burrell Twp., Westmoreland Co. PA) Identified as Edith Jessie (Whitacre) Bishop. Children: 1. Donald Everett McAfooseBorn Jan 24, 1928 at Kittanning, Armstrong Co. PA, died Apr 28, 1996, 68 years, buried at Simpson Church Cemetery, Kittanning, Armstrong Co. PA Full birth and death dates on military grave marker. Last address on file with Social Security was Sandy, Salt Lake, Utah. Military Service: As per military grave marker, was in U.S. Army Air Corps and U.S. Air Force. Served in the Korean Conflict. Census ( 1930 at Valley Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with father, sister, grandparents, aunt and cousin. Census ( 1940 at Valley Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with father, siblings, maternal grandmother, and aunt Roma Redfield and her family. Located: ( Jun 1968 at Clyde, Wayne Co. NY) 2. Colleen J. McAfooseBorn ± 1930 at Kittanning, Armstrong Co. PA, died Mar 4, 2016 at Franklin, Venango Co. PA, approximately 86 years, buried at Saint Patricks Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co. PA
Census ( 1930 at Valley Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with father, brother, grandparents, aunt and cousin. Census ( 1940 at Valley Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with father, siblings, maternal grandmother, and aunt Roma Redfield and her family. Located: ( Jun 1968 at Franklin, Venango Co. PA) | |||
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"Family Page: Henry Arba McAfoose & Jessie Edith Whitacre." HuMo-genealogy - A Rural Valley and Cowanshannock Family Tree (http://www.ruralvalleyhistory.com/family.php?tree_id=36&id=F6129&main_person=I17023 : accessed 28 April 2025) Henry Arba McAfoose #I17007, born Nov 7, 1909 at PA