Mary Elizabeth Lynn

Family/Spouse: Ralph Carney. Ralph (son of George Carney and Susan Longcor) was born on 19 Dec 1915 in Elmira, Chemung, NY; died on 3 Jan 1984 in Elmira, Chemung, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living
2. Living

George married Mary Agnes Pickering on 14 Feb 1905. Mary (daughter of Frank B. Pickering and Mary Dolen) was born on 22 Sep 1881 in Elmira, Chemung, NY; died on 21 Sep 1951 in Elmira, Chemung, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Frank married Mary Dolen. Mary was born about 1855 in New York; died in Apr 1887 in Elmira, Chemung, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The following is from ...

History of Tompkins, Schuyler, Chemung, Tioga 1879
Chapter 46

Chapter XLVI - City & Town of Elmira, Chemung County, New York - Societies, Schools, Businesses, etc.

In connection with the foregoing sketch of the Elmira post-office we present a portrait of Daniel F. Pickering, the present postmaster, who was born June 6, 1816, at Middle Smithfield, Monroe Co. (then Pike Co.), Pa. The ancestors, on his father’s side, were early emigrants from England to the then colony of Pennsylvania, and, like its founder, were Friends or Quakers. His maternal ancestors were from Holland, also settling in the colony of Pennsylvania. The maternal grandfather was a soldier of the Revolution, leaving the army with a major’s commission.

Mr. Pickering removed with his parents from his birthplace to Chemung, this county, arriving at the now village of Chemung on the 2d day of December, 1828. He received only the limited opportunities for an education afforded by a country school, consisting of the plainer branches of an English education. Launched upon the world the graduate of a log school-house at the age of sixteen, he continued, in various capacities, a resident of Chemung County, - a farm hand, carpenter and joiner, raftsman, lumberman, farmer, merchant, and liveryman.

On attaining his majority he was elected as constable and collector of the then town of Chemung, embracing the present town of Baldwin and a part of the town of Erin. Subsequently he held the office of school commissioner for two terms of the town, then its supervisor.

Mr. Pickering was elected to the office of sheriff of Chemung County in the fall of 1852, and removed to Elmira, assuming the duties of the office Jan. 1, 1853. He was appointed postmaster at Elmira, by President Lincoln, July, 1861, and re-appointed, by President Johnson, July, 1865, serving until April 1, 1867. He was removed for political reasons.

In March, 1872, he was appointed superintendent of the Chemung and Crooked Lake Canals, serving until March, 1873.

Mr. Pickering was appointed to his present position as postmaster at Elmira by President Hayes, April, 1877.

Daniel married Mary Baldwin. Mary (daughter of Vine Baldwin and Sarah Burt) was born in 1823 in Pennsylvania; died on 5 Aug 1895 in Elmira, Chemung, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]