Husband: Jacob OVELL
Birthdate: 12 Jun 1822
Birthplace: Nicholson, (then Luzerne, now Wyoming Co) PA
Death date: 20 Oct 1874
Place of death: Weedville, Elk County, PA
Burial: MT Zion Cemetery, Weedville, PA
Father: Michael Ovell (1793-Bet 1865)
Mother: Catherine Felton (1797-1826)

Marriage date: Between 1850 and 1851
Marriage place: PA

Wife: Sarah Sally Ann BROOKINS
aka: Sally
Birthdate: 28 May 1831
Birthplace: Montgomery Co, New York
Death date: Abt 9 Jun 1877
Place of death: Ovell Farm, Weedville, Elk Co, PA
Burial: MT Zion Cemetery, Weedville, PA
Father: Charles Brookins (1794-1844)
Mother: Elizabeth Betsy E Lindsley (1798-1857)

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Michael Amborse Ovell
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1 Jun 1862, Jay Township, Elk County, PA
Death date: 6 Sep 1950, Weedville, Elk Co, PA
Burial: MT Zion, Weedville, PA
Spouses' names: Lovern Margaret Stephens (1862-1937)
Marriage date: 25 Dec 1882, Elk Co PA

Child No. 2: Mary Jane Ovell
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1851, Jay, , Elk, Pennsylvania
Death date: 1901, Bradford Co, PA
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Spouses' names: David Heath (1846-????)
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Child No. 3: Alameda Eliza Ovell
Sex: F
Birthdate: 29 Aug 1857, Jay, , Elk, Pennsylvania
Death date: 5 Dec 1933, Canyon, TX
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Spouses' names: Samuel A. Shotwell (Abt 1853-????)
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Child No. 4: George Luther Ovell
Sex: M
Birthdate: Abt 1864, Jay, , Elk, Pennsylvania
Death date: 1918, Brockway, PA
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Child No. 5: Phoebe Rosella Ovell
Sex: F
Birthdate: Abt 1866, Jay, , Elk, Pennsylvania
Death date: 1884, PA
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Child No. 6: Henry James Ovell
Sex: M
Birthdate: Feb 1859, Jay Township, Elk County, PA
Death date: After 1920, In 1920 In Randolph, W VA
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Child No. 7: Walter Ovell
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1871, Jay, , Elk, Pennsylvania
Death date: 1871, Jay, , Elk, Pennsylvania
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Documentation:
Jacob Ovell:
*   According to a History of Elk Co. in which they interviewed one of his sons, they had 9 children. 7 are identified. In the first election held in Jay Township after the creation of Elk Co. held Feb. 27, 1844, Jacob and John McCracken were elected as "fence viewers". Their duties were to check fence lines on properties.
*   In 1850 Jacob was living in Jay Township with a family- neighbors ofa George Brookins with George's mother Betsy and brothers and sistersincluding Sally Ann. That's probably how Jacob and Sally met.
*   Jacob died Oct. 1874 and his wife Sally in the summer of 1877. The two oldest daughters had recently married. Henry went out on his own. Michael was taken in by Jonathan Stephens family in Jefferson Co. Pa. (probably some relative of his grandfather's son-in- law Ward Stephens.George was taken in by the Graybill family of Jefferson Co. Pa. (neighbors of Jonathan Stephens) and Phoebe was taken in by her uncle. (uncertain if it was Elijah or James Brookins)

Sarah:
*   Will of: Sarah A. Oval (also Ovel) Residence: Elk Co., PA Written:6/9/1877 Proved: 10/27/1877 Mentions: ?I, Sarah, Ovil, relic of the late Jacob Ovil, deceased.? Children: Mary Oval, Phebe Rosella Oval, Almeda Eliza Oval, Henry JamesOval,Ambrose Michael Oval, George Luther Oval. Executor(s): Sarah?s brothers: James M. Brookins, Elijah L. BrookinsWitnesses: E.L. Brookins, J.M. Brookins.