Title: Notes
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1870 Census from Cherrytree Township, Venango County lists Williis' age as 34,
a farmer, value of estate as 1000 married to Nancy, age 29, from PA
1880 Census Willis is 42, birthplace is NY, occupation is Restaurant Keeper,
Home in 1880 is Petrolia, Butler, PA, Married,
Year: 1880; Census Place: Petrolia, Butler, Pennsylvania; Roll: T9_1109;
Family History Film: 1255109; Page: 553D; Enumeration District: 61; Image:
0762.
1910 Census lists a Willis Luce, age 73, living in LaFayette Township,
Onondaga, NY
1850 - Onondaga, New York
Onondaga, New York
Great Fire of 1888DuBois
1888: The Weekly Courier became a daily newspaper, the DuBois Morning
Courier. During the same year, a fire destroyed most of downtown DuBois,
including the offices of the Morning Courier and The Express.
http://www.thecourierexpress.com/aboutce.shtml
28 Feb. 1822 Territory gained from Allegheny Twp. and Cherrytree Twp., Venango Co.3
The following affected both Oil Creek and Wayne Townships: Be it enacted ... that the line dividing
the counties of Crawford and Venango, shall hereafter be established as follows, to wit, Beginning
at the line dividing the counties of Crawford and Mercer at the south west corner of lot number 109
in the sixth donation district, thence north by the line of said number and number 110 to the north
west corner thereof, thence east along the southern boundary of lots number 1283 and 1282, to the
south east corner of said last mentioned number, thence north along the division line of number
1282 and 1281 to the north west corner of said last mentioned number, thence east along the line
dividing numbers 1281, 1300, 1301, 1103, 1100 and 1302, to the south west corner of lot number
1266, thence along the line dividing numbers 1302 and 1266, to the north west corner of said last
mentioned numbers, thence east to the south west corner of lot number 1258, thence north to the
north west corner of said last mentioned number, thence east to the south west corner of number
1235, thence north to the north west corner of said last mentioned lot, thence east to the south west
corner of number 1224, thence north to the north west corner of said number 1224, thence east to
the south west corner of number 1220, thence north to the north west corner of said number 1220,
thence east to the north east corner of lots number 105, thence north westwardly to the north west
corner of number 1162, thence north eastwardly to the south east corner of lot number 1199, thence
north to the north east corner of said last mentioned numbers, thence east to the south east corner of
number 1210, thence north eastwardly to the south east corner of a tract of land claimed by James
Luce, thence north to the north east corner of said James Luce's tract, thence east the length of three
tracts of warranted lands formerly the property of the Holland Land Company, and warranted in the
names of Richard Gill, Samuel Gill and Peter Gill, to the south east corner of said tract warranted
in the name of Peter Gill, thence a continuation of the same line east across a small strip of vacant
land in the name of Daniel M'Combs numbered 12, thence south to the south west corner of said
last mentioned tract, thence east the length of eight tracts of settlement lands to the south east
corner of the eighth tract numbered 84, and warranted in the name of Moses Long, to where the
said line intersects the line of Crawford and Warren counties.
http://www.crawfordcopa.com/history/twp/OilCreek.html
Possibly in Onondaga, Lafayette, NY by 1910
Israel Luce\Luse was born January 10,1802. He married Catharine Comfort . He died May 22,
1884. Catharine Comfort, daughter of Joshua Comfort and Phoebe Wilson , was born August 08,
1815. She died December 04, 1893.
Children of Israel Luce\Luse and Catharine Comfort are:
1. George Nelson Luce, b. October 20, 1839 See George Nelson Luce & Rebecca M. Teeter
2. Will (Willis) Luce, b. September 23, 1857
3. Emma Adelle Luce, b. June 13, 1853
Notes for Will (Willis) Luce:
* Born September 23,1857.
* Died December 21, 1884.
* Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Ithaca, New York
Sources for Will (Willis) Luce:
1. Cemetery: NY, Tompkins Co, Ithaca, Pleasant Grove (aka Kline) Cemetery, "Luce, Will
(Willis), s/o Israel & Catherine (Comfort) Luce. Sep. 23, 1857 - Dec. 21, 1884"
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