Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameLorinda Buffington
Birth21 Mar 1820, Warren, Bradford Co, PA
Census4 Sep 1850, Carbondale, Lackawanna Co, PA
Memoroll#793, pg 319
Census2 Jul 1860, Preston Twp, Wayne Co, PA
Memoroll#1194, pg 541
Census4 Aug 1870, Preston Twp, Wayne Co, PA
Memoroll#1464, pg 250
Death20 Apr 1885, Orson, Wayne Co, PA
BurialOrson Cem, Wayne Co, PA
Misc. Notes
She was 1st married to a Francis Finch and had daughters Content, Grace, Elizabeth and Mary with him, before his death. Then married Philander Hine about 1853.
Spouses
Birth17 Sep 1815, Norwich, Chenango Co, NY
Death21 Jun 1851, Benton, Columbia Co, PA
Marriage1842
ChildrenContent (1843-)
 Grace Ann (1846-1910)
 Mary (1852-)
Birth28 Sep 1822, Ararat, Susquehanna Co, PA
Death16 Jul 1895, Preston Corner, Wayne Co, PA
BurialOrson Cem, Wayne Co, PA
FatherMerritt Hine (1792-1876)
MotherCatharine Belcher (1793-1881)
Misc. Notes
Owned Hines Corners when his father arrived there in 1831 (impossible).
Listed with his parents at age 27 in 1850. Listed next to his father in 1860 as a farmer, $1,600/$400. His family consisted of wife Lucinda (40), Grace (14), Betsy ( 11), Mary (8), Kate (5), Fremont (3), and David (1). The three oldest daughters were his step-children.
Listed near his brothers and parents in 1870 as a farmer (48) with $3,000/$600. His family consists of Lucinda (50), Catherine (15), Fremont (13), and Jefferson (10). Also living with them were Mary and Grace Finch.
Philander remarried after Lorinda died in 1885 at the age of 65 and his second wife's name was Melvina. Melvina is recorded in 1894 as receiving Philander's widow's pension for a Civil War vet.
In the Orson PA Cemetery there is no stone for him, but there is a flag and a veteran's medal signifying "Philander Hine. Col. 3 PA Cav."
Marriageabt 1853
ChildrenKatherine E. “Kate” (1855-1926)
 Fremont P. (1857-1938)
 Jefferson Lincoln (1860-1908)
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