Pollard/Lesher
Descendants Of
John Benninghoff
Oil Creek, PA
Page Created By
Tim Duffie
|
Pollard/Lesher Descendants Of John Benninghoff Oil Creek, PA Page Created By |
This site has six 35-foot tall oil derricks, an oil barge and an engine house. Oil operators thought that oil could only be drilled on flat, level terrain. In the autumn of 1865, the famous Ocean Well was sunk on the steep hillside. When the well began producing 300 barrels of oil a day, oil opportunists flocked to lease part of the farm and soon Mr. Benninghoff earned about $6,000 a day.
Benninghoff Family Reunion, Greenville, PA, 1927
#68 Catherine (Kitty) Howe Pollard: desc Elizabeth B. 1832. She is 3rd row 12th from the right. Wife of #67. Mother of #47, #70.
#47 Mrs Evalyn Pollard Lesher: desc Elizabeth B. 1832. D/o Isaac Haven Pollard #67 & Catherine (Kitty) Howe #68, d/o Elizabeth Benninghoff & Robert Sproul Howe, d/o John B. 1801. Sister to #70. Sitting next to her parents she is 3rd row 11th from right. (Evalyn's husband, Clyde Lesher, Transfer, PA, did not attend.)
#70 Audra Irene Pollard: desc Elizabeth B. 1832. In front row of sitting children she is 4th from the left. Mother is #68.
(Shirley Lesher married Monroe Anderson Duffie {Born: Shelby, OH, 1914}. Children Edward Monroe Duffie {Born: Zanesville, OH, currently in Gratis, OH}, Timothy Alden Duffie {Born: Zanesville, OH, currently in Fairfield, OH}, Brenda Kay Duffie Woodworth {Born: W. Lafayette, IN, Husband: William, currently in Belleville, MI.)
#71 Betty Lesher: desc Elizabeth B. 1832. In front row of sitting children she is 5th from the left looking at photo. Mother is #47, grandmother is #68.
(Betty Lesher married John Jenny. Children Karen Jenny, Frederick Jenny, Daniel Jenny)
(Clyde and Evalyn Lesher's only son, Daniel Lesher, was not born at the time of this graphic.) |
|
 Shirley Lesher Duffie: Left Audra Irene Pollard: Center Betty Lesher Jenny: Right |
  Isaac Haven Pollard & Catherine (Kitty) Benninghoff Howe Pollard & Evalyn Benninghoff Howe Pollard Lesher |