48. John Angell Delo
John was raised in Clarion Co., Pennsylvania, residing at his father's home until 1850. initially, John was a clerk; but he followed a calling into the ministry before he was 20. At age 16, he was a Methodist but turned Lutheran and studied with his Pastor, the Reverend Witt in Shippenville. John spent a year at Wittenburg College, Springfield, Ohio, was ordained, and became pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Clarion Co. He then served at N. Washington (Butler Co.), Cussewago (Crawford Co.), Apollo (Armstrong Co.) and Marionville (Forest Co.) - all Pennsylvania. Two years after he returned from Ohio, at age 28, John married Charlotte Amelia Buffum (183? - ? ). They were married by Reverend S. B. Lawson in Jenks Township, Forrest County, Pa. on September 22, 1854 while John was preaching at Marionville. In 1862, John offered his services as Chaplain in the Civil War (See military). As happened to many who lived in the swamps and had to fight the deadly health conditions, John caught a bug which killed him inside the first year. On June 25, 1867, Charlotte remarried, to Reverend D. M. Kermerer. She retained John's Civil War pension for her children who were still minors. As of 1873, they were residing in Saegerstown, Crawford County, Pennsylvania.
ZION'S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH
This church, formerly an appointment in the North Washington charge, was organized about the year 1856 by Rev. John DELO, through whose efforts there was such an increase of membership here as to justify an organization. The early records have unaccountably disappeared, but we learn that among the original members were William BYERS and family, William WICK and family, James CRAWFORD and wife, Jacob PISOR, John, William, Elisha, John, Jr., and Jeremiah STARR and their families. The church edifice was built about 1857, and cost $800. The burial ground near by was donated by William BYERS. It contains one acre, and the body of James TURNER was the first to be deposited within it.
This congregation now numbers about seventy-five, and of those who have officiated as pastors, we name Rev. John DELO, J. SINGER, A. S. MILLER, Samuel STOUFFER, D. TOWNSEND, Isaiah J. DELO (as a supply) and Charles L. STEAMER. Mr. STEAMER, the present incumbent, has been in charge four and one-half years, a longer period than any who have served this church.
Alice left her mother and step-father in 1874 to attend Thiel College from which she graduated in 1879. She became a music teacher in Pittsburgh. When her brother Alonzo died she took the responsibility of raising his children. She never married.
200. Joshua Howe Delo
Reverend Joshua Howe (August 25, 1862 - December 19, 1893). Joshua followed his father's footsteps by becoming a minister. He graduated from Thiel College in 1885, and received a Master's degree there three years later. He took his Theology from the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, was ordained in 1889, and had a pastorate in Beaver Falls. He organized a congregation at New Brighton and served at Missionary stations in Woods Run and Spring Garden. Some time was spent with his brother Alonzo in Pgh, around 1891. Joshua never married. He contracted tuberculosis and moved to San Antonio, where he died.
49. Abigail Delo
Abigail was born in Clarion Co., Pennsylvania, was a Presbyterian, and remained in or near the city of Clarion all her life. in 1851, she married a carpenter from Ireland named Abraham Keeler Page (1825 - ?) who went into the furniture business in Clarion. Their six children were born during the first ten years of their marriage.
Name Home in 1860 (City,County,State) Age in 1860 Estimated Birth Year Birthplace Gender
A K Page Clarion, Clarion, PA 35 1824 Pennsylvania Male
Abigail Page Clarion, Clarion, PA 32 1827 Pennsylvania Female
Wm E Page Clarion, Clarion, PA 8 1851 Pennsylvania Male
Benj F Page Clarion, Clarion, PA 5 1854 Pennsylvania Male
James Page Clarion, Clarion, PA 3 1856 Pennsylvania Male[3050758.FTW]Name Home in 1860 (City,County,State) Age in 1860 Estimated Birth Year Birthplace Gender
A K Page Clarion, Clarion, PA 35 1824 Pennsylvania Male
Abigail Page Clarion, Clarion, PA 32 1827 Pennsylvania Female
Wm E Page Clarion, Clarion, PA 8 1851 Pennsylvania Male
Benj F Page Clarion, Clarion, PA 5 1854 Pennsylvania Male
James Page Clarion, Clarion, PA 3 1856 Pennsylvania Male
201. William Edwin Page
William was a resident of Clarion, an artist, and had four children by his two wives, Louella Brinkley and Mary Ellis.
Benjamin was a resident of Shippenville and Clarion. He married Carrie May Fleming. There were three children
50. Jeremiah P Delo
DELO Jeremiah, At 6 o'clock Tuesday, Dec. 17, Jeremiah Delo, a highly respected and esteemed resident of Altoma, Pa., died at his home, 1205 Sixteenth street, of diseases incident to old age. 'Me Altoona Tribune publishes the following facts in connection with his life: Jeremiah Delo was the son of Daniel and Christina Delo (deceased) and was bom in Clarion county, July 3, 1830. He learned the trade of a carpenter, after receiving a common school education, at Meadville, Crawford county. He came to Altoona in April, 1858, and entered the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad company as a carpenter. On April 1, 1863 Robert Pitcairn, superintendent of the Pittsburg division, appointed him weighmaster in this city. Here W. Delo worked as weighmaster until April 22, 1890 when he was made scale agent. The office was then removed to Twenty-fourth street, where it remained until April 1898 when it was removed to Juniata. Mr. Deto remained in charge of the office until he was retired by reason of the pension rules adopted by the company, on August 1, 1900, and since then he lived a quiet retired life. Mr. Delo when first appointed weighmaster did the work required of him with the assistance of three clerks. At the time of his retirement he had seventeen men under his charge, and 1,200 cars were weighed daily. He was in the savice of the company for forty two years. Mr. Delo was twice married. In July, 1854, he married Nlilvina E. Lane at Meadville, Pa. She died in August, 1871, and in 1872 he married Charlotte T. Wendell, who survives with four children of the first union, as follows: William H., of Allegheny; Charles M., of Altoona; and Misses Eva and Hattie at home. He is also survived by these brothers: George W. Delo, of Springfield, Mo.; Herman L. Delo, of Altoona; Thomas B. Delo, of Ehnira, N.Y., and and Rev. Benjamin F. Delo, of Clarion, Pa., and one sister, Mrs. Abigail Page, of Clarion, Pa. In the death of W. Delo the church of his choice and the cause of religion lose a zealous, consistent and useful adherent. He was converted in January, 1850, at Clarion, uniting with the Methodist Episcopal church, in which retained an active membership until his death. He organized the first church choir in Clarion. When he came to this city, in 1858, he became a member of the First Methodist Episcopal church, with which he retained his connection until the beginning of 1860, when he became one of the charter members of the Eighth Avenue church, which was organized that year. He was a member of the building committee of the first house of worship; was superintendent of the Sunday school for several terms; a member of the board of stewards for many years and recording steward until a few years ago, when he asked to be relieved from its burdens. He was also a member of the present building committee of the Eighth Avenue church, and was its treasurer until a few weeks ago, when he resigned that position, although retaining his membership on the committee. He was very fond of music and was choir master of the First Methodist Episcopal church for many years and of the Eighth Avenue church from 1869 until 1889, when he resigned, much to the regret of the congregation. He was a consistent Christian gentleman, a good citizen and a useful man. The community is the richer for such a life. Altoona never had a better citizen than Jeremiah Delo.
see web site
http://www.altoonalibrary.org/historyofmethodism/historyofmethodism0001.htm
208. William H Delo
William resided in Pittsburgh most of his life. In 1880 he was a carpenter; in 1900 he was a pattern maker. He then hired on with the Pennsylvania R. R. His residences included Morrison, Bellevue (Allegheny Co.) and Pittsburgh (1926 - 19407). His wife was named Minnie.
Listed in the 1900 census as Delow
REVEREND BENJAMIN FRANKLIN DELO (April 16, 1832 - June, 1920) Daniel's fifth child became the second minister in the family. Benjamin was born in Clarion Co. where he passed most of his life. Between 1844 and 1847 he was apprentised to the printer of the Clarion Democrat. At age 21, after having worked at various journals and newspapers, he entered Allegheny College, graduated in 1855, and served 33 years in the ministry. On January 1, 1857, Benjamin married Phebe Ann Fleming (1836 - August 30, 1913) of West Hickory, Pennsylvania. They had three children. In 1859, Drake struck oil in Pennsylvania; due to the influx of people to the oil fields, the services of a preacher were sought. From July 1860 to July 1862, therefore, Benjamin served as the Methodist Missionary at Oil Creek. Later he became the presiding elder of the Brooksville district of the Methodist Church, held the same position for the Clarion district between 1877 and 1879, and in 1887 was pastor in Clarion. Benjamin wrote the first account of the Delo family. It was published in the History of Clarion County, titled Families of the Allegheny Valley, Volume 11, edited by Jordon.
Obituary of Rev. B. F. Delo from a Clarion Newpaper no date or newspaper name on clipping – clipping was found among the possessions of Grace (Stover) Bryner. Rev. Delo performed her wedding.
Rev. B. F. Delo
At exactly five minutes after 12 o’clock as the night turned toward the morning last Tuesday, June 13, 1916, the spirit of the Rev. Benjamin F. Delo, one of the oldest preachers of Erie Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, bade farewell to the scenes of mortality and his loved ones below, and opened his eyes in the world of light and glory and bade good morning to his Saviour and Redeemer and the loved ones who preceded him to the home above.
Rev. Delo had not been real well for a year or more and his family and friends felt very solicitous as to his condition. But he continued in his activities public and private very much as he had for years, and made little or no complaint. Last November or December his indisposition grew more serious and after a number of consultations the physicians agreed that a serious growth had developed in his stomach, which was decided to be cancer, and this it was that finally terminated his life. He seemed perfectly conscious all along of the danger attending his sickness, but there was never any expression of fear, indicating he had “an anchor . . .(the rest of this paragraph is unreadable).
Benjamin Franklin Delo was the son of Daniel and Christiana (Lougner) Delo, and was born in Beaver Township, Clarion (then Venango) County, on April 16 1832, thus making him 84 years old last April, when his neighbors and many friends visited him and sent him tokens of their esteem and love, making the day a bright and happy one to him.
We a boy 12 years of age Rev. Delo’s father and family removed to Clarion, where he attended a summer school, until he was apprenticed in August 1844 to learn the printer’s trade in the Clarion Democrat office, under D. J. Reid and Wm. T. Alexander, his associates in the office being the late John C. Reid, J. F. Weaver, later of Center County, and J. P. George, later of Brookville. After finishing his trade he went to school and then worked on the Clarion Banner.
In 1849 he had a definite religious experience and untied with the Methodist Episcopal Church in Clarion. Following this he went to school, worked at printing, clerked in stores, and taught school until 1852. He exhibited such gifts and graces that in March 1852, he was given license to exhort by the Methodist Episcopal Church, and from that time on the trend of his life was steadily toward the ministry, though in the fall of 1852 he went to Meadville to work as a printer on the Crawford Journal. In the spring of 1853 he entered Allegheny College as a student, and July 1855 was licensed as a local preacher on the Shippenville charge. The next fall there being a demand for his services he preached on the Pleasantville circuit. Following this he tried the lumbering business, but afterwards went back to the printing business and after other employment, was a foreman of the Crawford Democrat from January 1858 to August 1859. He then returned to lumbering, but when Col. E. L. Drake struck oil near Titusville in 1859, there was such an influx of people in that region that a demand was made for his services as a second preacher at Titusville and he responded. In 1860 to 1862 he gave devoted service as a missionary preacher along Oil Creek and became known as a pioneer oil country preacher. In August 1862, he was appointed preacher on Pleasant Valley circuit, and in 1863 was received as a member of Erie Conference, Bishop Simpson, presiding.
Having given his life fully to the ministry, his appointments were as follows: Kinzue, Frewsburg, Cochranton, Youngsville, Wheatland, Brookville, Greece City, St. Petersburg, Presiding Elder Brookville and Clarion Districts, Callensburg, Knox agent for Carrier Seminary and pastor at Clarion. All through his pastorates success attended him in his work, which as of a constructive nature, and he the joy of seeing many souls coming into the kingdom of Christ through his instrumentality. It would be impossible to put an estimate upon the good he did throughout his ministerial life, but the amount was large. He was a truly orthodox, faithful and forceful preacher, some times seeming wonderfully inspired by the Spirit of God in the declaration of Gospel truth.
On Jan 1, 1857, Mr. Delo and Miss Phoebe Ann Fleming, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Fleming, Jr. of West Hickory, PA, were united in marriage to them were born two sons and one daughter. Daniel F., the oldest son, died at the age of 24 and his son’s daughter Miss Flora was a great stay and support to her grandfather and grandmother. The second son, William C. Delo, lived with his father and cared for him to the last. His only daughter, Mary Ella, died at Wheatland, Pa., aged 6 years, 4 months and 11 days. Mrs. Delo was and invalid for about twenty-five years and this prevented Rev. Delo from following the life of an itinerant minister, and he finally located in Clarion and went on the retired list in 1897, after having given thirty-three years of effective service in Erie Conference and five years preceding his entrance to the Conference. Mrs. Delo died August 30, 1913, leaving him with his son and granddaughter.
Probably the most notable work of Rev. Delo was done during his pastorate in Clarion when he let the members of the Church to erect the beautiful stone church in which they now worship, at and expense at that time of $35,000, but which with the improvements that have been made, could not now be duplicated for twice that sum. It will stand a s a monument to the far-sightedness and the patient toil of Rev. Delo as well as the loyalty and faithfulness of the membership of the church, who sacrificed to carry out the project he planned.
The funeral will take place Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock. The body will be borne from his home to the church at 9 o’clock Friday morning. All who desire to view the remains should do so before 2’oclock at which time the casket will be closed and the funeral services will begin. The services will be under the direction of the pastor, Rev. A. C. Locke, and District Superintendent Rev. Dr. C. W. Miner, of DuBois, assisted by visiting ministers of Erie Conference and the Clarion pastors.
213. William Chester Delo
William, a resident of Clarion County, was a station agent for the B & 0 Railroad (?). He died a bachelor.
William Chester Delo; born 26 November 1859 in West Hickory, Forest County, Pennsylvania. This would be in the home area of his mother, Phoebe Ann. William was a student in 1880. William apparently stayed at home until after his father died. Benjamin’s obituary stated that William “lived with his father and cared for him to the last.” In 1900 and 1910, William was living with his father in Clarion, Pennsylvania, being enumerated as a clerk in a furniture store in 1900 and as self-employed in 1910. In 1913 (the year Jordan’s book was published), William was an agent for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. In 1930, William C., single, was living by himself in Clarion, Pennsylvania; no occupation given.57
53. Herman Levi Delo
Herman was born in Beaver Township, Clarion Co. For fifty-two years, he was employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad, retiring as Weighmaster in 1906. He resided in Altoona, Pennsylvania where he became a most prominent Mason. Herman was also a member of the First Lutheran Church and a well practiced organist. Herman married Sarah Elizabeth Longnaker (1837 - July 17, 1919) of Halidaysburg.
BEGAN WITH CARNEGIE.
And Served the Pennsylvania Railroad Faithfully for More Than Half a Century - Now a Pensioner.
FIFTY-TWO years and three months' service, without an absence of a day from the pay-roll, came to an end when Herman S. Delo was placed on the pension list of the Pennsylvania, June 30, at the age of seventy. He entered the employ of the road as a clerk in the Altoona yard the same year that saw the beginning of the service of Andrew Carnegie and Robert Pitcairn. In 1858 he became live-stock agent in Pittsburgh, where he handled thousands of dollars for the company without bond or loss. Six years later he was made assistant motive-power clerk in Altoona, and in 1882 he was transferred to a similar position for the lines east of Pittsburgh and Erie, a position which he held at the time of his retirement.
215. Ella May Delo
Ella May (1858 - died in childhood)
218. George Huff Delo
GEORGE HUFF DELO CALLED BY DEATH Well Known Car Shop Official Succumbs to Stroke of Apoplexy Yesterday George Huff Delo, one of the city's well known citizens and shop clerk at the Altoona car shops, died suddenly yesterday morning at 9 o'clock, at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herman L. Delo, 1227 Thirteenth avenue, having been stricken with apoplexy. He was ill but a short time and his demise came as a shock to his extensive circle of friends throughout the city. Mr. Delo was slightly indisposed Saturday and Sunday but was able to be about as usual. Yesterday morning about 2 o'clock he grew worse and his physician was summoned to attend him. He arose as usual, had his breakfast and returned to the second floor. He went to his room, and there was stricken. Dr. G. D. Bliss was immediately summoned and when he arrived the spark of life had flown. Deceased was the son of Herman L. and Sarah E. Delo and was born in Altoona on January 21, 1866. He was reared and educated in the city and had spent his entire life here. After being schooled in the public schools of the city he took a commercial course in one of the city's commercial schools, and on January 4, 1882, he entered the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad company as a clerk in the office of B. F. Custer, chief clerk of motive power. Strict attention to duty won him promotion until on February 1, 1893, he was made assistant shop clerk at the car shops. On July 20, 1899, he was promoted to the position of shop clerk at the Juniata shops, and this position he held until November 16, 1916, when he was transferred to the position of shop clerk at the car shops. He was an expert accountant, was most efficient in the discharge of the duties of the several important positions he filled. He was prominently identified with the Masonic fraternity, being a member of Hiram lodge No. 616, Mountain Chapter No. 189, and Mountain council No. 9. He was also a member of Altoona lodge No. 102, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He was a member of Grace Lutheran church. He was of a cheerful and affable disposition and was held in respect and regard by all who shared his acquaintance. He was married to Miss Martha Denniston, daughter of the late James Denniston, of Hollidaysburg, who preceded him to the grave on April 5, 1913. Since then he made his home with his parents, who survive with three brothers and one sister - Herman E., O. Frank and E. Howard, all of this city, and Miss S. Matilda, at home. The funeral will take place Wednesday afternoon, with public services at the house at 2:30 o'clock. Private interment will be made in the Presbyterian cemetery at Hollidaysburg. Altoona Tribune, Tuesday morning, August 27, 1918, page 2
Samuel may have spelled his name "De L'eau” as did his son John. Samuel was born in Clarion Co. and became a locomotive engineer between Fort Wayne, Indiana and Pittsburgh, Pa. He was transferred to Alabama as a Time Keeper where he resided until his death. He played the violin and served in the Civil War for three months Samuel had an alleged term of service. He stated that he enlisted on April 21, 1861 in Co. K, Erie, Pa. Inf., served as a musician and was mustered out on July 25, 1861. Frank S. Delo stated that Samuel was "among the first volunteers; finished his term, then re-enlisted. He later became a recruiting Sergeant, ending the war as chief clerk in the Provost Marshall's office in Meadville, Pa." The Civil War Pension Bureau wrote Samuel that Co. K was an organization that "was never mustered into US Military service". No pension.
Samuel married twice. He married Rebecca Otto, in Altoona, on December 14, 1858 with the blessing of Reverend Jacob Steck. (They must have been divorced, for she was still living in Huron Co., Ohio after his death, and applied for a Civil War pension as a widow, in 1896.) His second wife was Blanche Walker (September 27, 1852 - October 12, 1932) of Madisonville, Kentucky. They were married in the 1880s and had one child.
Joshua was killed at the battle of Fair Oaks during the Civil War at the age of 21 . Before his enlistment on September 11, 1860, he married Susan C. Richards (January 24, 1842 - May 25, 1908). Upon his death, his father Daniel helped Susan make out pension papers; he was assigned as official guardian of the two children (orphans Court docket, May 11, 1867). Susan re-married, to a carriage maker in Clarion named William J. Dunlap.
Enlisted about three months after his cousin, Jacob in Clarion Co. He served in Co. F, 63rd Regt. with Jacob and became an Orderly Sergeant. His death came during the same battle in which Jacob received his wound - Fair Oaks, Va. His death was given as May 31, 1862 with a member of Jameson's Brigade.
222. Joshua Stanley Delo
Joshua was born in Clarion Co. and resided there until the 1880s. His profession is not known, but he pursued law for a period of time. He married Josephine Richard (186? - October 13, 1915). Joshua died in Washington, D.C.
Lived in Chicago in 1915
223. Mary Hunter Delo
Mary remained single and a resident of Clarion Co. Her Last Will & Testament mentioned a sister Nellie Dunlap and a Niece Ruth Sanford.
George's last child, Thomas, was born in Clarion Co., but joined his brother Herman Levi in Altoona. He was employed there by the Pennsylvania Railroad from 1869 to 1920, when he retired as a Paymaster. Thomas was transferred from Altoona to Elmira New York in February, 1874 where he raised his family. His marriage to Theodocia Elizabeth Moore (March 14, 1939 - August 7, 1903) of Springfield, Penn., took place in Altoona in 1871. They were married by Reverend Samuel T. Wilson. in 1905, Thomas married Clara Adell Van Gorder (October 14, 1869 - June 13, 1940) of Catlin, New York. Thomas two children were by his first wife. After he retired from the R.R., Thomas purchased a drugstore in Elmira where his son Roy helped him as bookkeeper. Thomas grand-daughter, Elenor Delo Paddock, writes that "He was quite a dresser in the early years - liked to wear a Prince Albert Coat, high silk hat and carry his father's gold-headed cane. At one time his pride was his 13 inch red beard. He carried his harpsicord around on a wagon to play at Church service and events, had a fine singing voice and loved to sing church music".
Mary became the spouse of John W. Black (182? - 18??) of Licking Township, Clarion Co., in 1844. John's parents may well have been the David (1795 - 18??)
and Catherine Black (1791 - 18??) who resided in John's house in 1860, re Census reports.
64. Daniel B Delo
Daniel married a Miss Lamb of Clarion. He was a cabinet maker, and a resident of Warren, Pennsylvania. They had seven children, as of 1900 5 were living.
244. Frederick Delo
Living in New Jersey 1930.
67. David E Delo
David resided in Enterprise, Warren County, Pennsylvania at least during the 1870s. He was a farmer, married to Elizabeth --?-- (1837 - ? ) in the early 1850s, and
had three children: