Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Updated: February 3, 2022 (Conversion note : On November 17, 2019 all web site pages were converted to be compatible with IPADS, Cell Phones and Laptop/Desktop computers . Updating to the pages continue to correct data and text alignments due to the conversion.)
General Information about the pages on this web site:
This web site contains eleven pages about the history and genealogy of the Oliver Anderson, Archibald McCullough, and William McCune Families from Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Oliver Anderson and William McCune Families are from an area known as the "Corner" located in Montgomery Township five miles southwest of Mercersburg, Pa. Archibald McCullough family is from the area known as the "Little Cove" in Warren Township near the village of Sylvan. Some members in the Archibald McCullough family spell their name as McCulloh.
Other prominent families on this web site are Clark, Dick, Folk, Phelps, & Humphreys which are all connected to the Oliver Anderson family and from Franklin County area.
Information about the Slate Hill Graveyard where Oliver Anderson and David Humphrey, Sr. are buried is included on this web site.
Information on this web site was collected from many sources and also includes much of the information from a book written by Mrs. Elizabeth Brubaker Wolff who was the compiler and author of the book titled "Early History and Genealogy of the Anderson-McCullough-McCune Families and Related Lines of Franklin County, Pa". Other prominent families in her book are Clark, Dick, Folk, Phelps, & Humphrey which are all connected to the Oliver Anderson family. The Wolff book includes data that was compiled up to the late 1950's and was distributed in 1963. Elizabeth also wrote a sketch named "Looking Backward" of the time she lived as a young person in the area known as the "Corner" located 5 miles southwest of Mercersburg, Montgomery Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. It describes her memories and events of places and people living there in the late 1800's. Many of the ancestors in this genealogy once lived in this area of Pennsylvania. The sketch is also included on this web site.
The four family links below are the basic families to access their separate pages. Most pages also contain additional links to the other pages and to other sites with related family documents, pictures, and genealogy information. Information is sometimes presented as photographs and pdf files usually at bottom of pages.
WARNING : The material on these web pages may be freely used for personal research, knowledge, and enjoyment. The material on these web pages may NOT be sold or used for profit. The material on these web pages also may NOT be copied and/or added to any internet platforms or media without prior approval.
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Main Family Links:
Anderson Family Oliver Anderson (1742 - 1810)
McCullough/McCulloh Family Archibald McCullough
McCune Family William McCune (Abt 1712 - 1782)
Humphrey Family David Humphrey, Sr (1720 - 1795)
FAMILY CONNECTIONS - The Humphrey, McCullough (McCulloh), McCune, and Clark connections to the Anderson family are as follows:
HUMPHREY - Jean Humphrey (1763) is the third wife of Oliver Anderson.
McCULLOUGH/McCULLOH - Eleanor McCullough (1808) is the wife of Samuel Anderson (1790).
McCUNE - Elizabeth McCune (1772) is the wife of John McCullough (1771). Eleanor McCullough (1808) is a descendant of this couple and she married Samuel Anderson (1790). Also Rebecca Isabella McCullough (1773) married William McCune, III (1770)
CLARK - Nancy Clark (1825) is the wife of David Humphrey, Jr. (1757). Jean Humphrey (1763) is daughter of David Humphrey Sr. and she married Oliver Anderson.
Information about Mrs. Elizabeth Brubaker Wolff:
Mrs. Elizabeth Brubaker Wolff, the compiler and author of the book titled "Early History and Genealogy of the Anderson-McCullough-McCune Families and Related Lines of Franklin County Pa", was born March 02, 1879 in Montgomery Twp. (area known as the "Corner" 5 miles southwest of Mercersburg, Pa.), Franklin Co., Pa., and died February 18, 1970 in Waynesboro (Waynesboro Hospital), Franklin Co., Pa. She married Charles E. Wolff in 1904.
She first attended the Montgomery Township school known as Lafayette during the term taught by William McCullough, a relative, who lived in their home while teaching. At the age of 13 she entered the grammar school in Mercersburg. In 1898 she was graduated from the high school under Prof. John L. Finafrack and the same year the family moved to Waynesboro, Pa.
She was a member of Christ United Methodist Church in Waynesboro, Franklin Co., Pa. She had served as superintendent of the Junior Department of the church for many years and had been a member of the church choir. She was a past president of the WSCS of the church and was also active in the Waynesboro Hospital Auxiliary having served as vice president. Her home prior to her death was at 45 North Potomac Street in Waynesboro, Franklin Co., Pa. The funeral service was held in the Christ United Methodist Church by Rev. Elwood L. Bair. She is buried in the Burns Hill Cemetery in Waynesboro, Pa.
The front cover of the Elizabeth Wolff's book has the following text:
Early History and Genealogy
of the
Anderson-McCullough-McCune
Families
and
Related Lines
of
Franklin County, Pa.
The Wolff book is also known as "The White Book" and is currently located on other web sites in pdf and other formats and downloadable (may be located by searching internet)
Contact Information: New information, corrections, and updates to this Genealogy and Web Site are welcome. If you have any information or questions please send email to: andersonmccullohmccunefcpa@gmail.com.
Related Web Site: (Anderson Mill, Hays Fording Double Arch Stone Bridge, the Witherspoon "Red" Covered Bridge, Irwinton Historic District and the Hays Bridge Historic District )
Web site Irwinton Mill (aka Anderson Mill) contains information and pictures of Irwinton Mill (aka Anderson Mill), the nearby Hays Fording Double Arch Stone Bridge, the Witherspoon "Red" Covered Bridge, working model of a northern grist mill and a working model of a southern grist mill. Site also contain information about the Irwinton Historic District and the Hays Bridge Historic District taken with permission from two National Register of Historic Places Registration Forms Information is generally about an area on or near Anderson Road and the Conococheague Creek in Montgomery Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
Related Pages and Web Sites:
Home Page (Anderson-McCullough-McCune Genealogy)
Archibald McCullough Family (aka McCulloh)
David Humphrey, Sr. Family (1720 - 1795)
Oliver Anderson Family 1742 -1810