Cyrus McDennis
(1836-1920)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Lydia Bicher

Cyrus McDennis 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

  • Born: 10 Jul 1836, , , Pennylvania, USA 3 4 5
  • Marriage (1): Lydia Bicher in 1887 in , Lancaster, PA 1
  • Died: 10 May 1920, Lancaster, Lancaster, PA at age 83 3 4 5 7
  • Buried: 12 May 1920, East Cocalico Twp.: Muddy Creek Church Cemetery, Lancaster, PA 3 5

   FamilySearch ID: L656-PFY.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Military from 25 Sep 1863 to 12 Sep 1864 in , , Pennylvania, USA: Civil War: Co. K 56th Pennsylvania Infantry. 9 10

2. Census in 1900 in East Cocalico Twp., Lancaster, PA. 2 The 1900 census recorded in the north district of East Cocalico Township: Cyrus McDanner [handwriting on census is unclear so it was indexed wrong in the census], farmer, 63, born Jul 1836, living with wife Lydia, 42, Jan 1858; and son Willie, 3, Oct 1896. They and their parents were born in Pennsylvania. Lydia and Cyrus were married for 13 years and she had birthed 5 children, 4 alive in 1900.

3. Census in 1910 in East Cocalico Twp., Lancaster, PA. 1 The 1910 census recorded Cyrus McDennis, farmer, 74, living with wife Lydia, 53; son Thomas, cigar maker, 21; and son William, farm laborer, 14. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania. The census records it was the 2nd marriage for both Cyrus and Lydia, and they had been married for 20 years. Lydia had birthed 5 children by 1910 and 3 were still alive.

4. Census in 1920 in East Cocalico Twp., Lancaster, PA. 11 The 1920 census recorded Cyrus McDennis, 84, living with his son, William, finisher in hat factory, single, 26. They and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

5. Cause of Death: Cyrus died at Lancaster County Hospital due to cardiac insufficiency, 10 May 1920, Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. 4

6. Occupation: Farmer on 10 May 1920 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. 4

7. Salem Lutheran burial record: Cyrus McDennis, b. 10 Jul 1836, d. 10 May 1920 at Lancaster, buried 12 May 1920 at Muddy Creek Church. Aged 83 yr 10 mn. Married 3 times. Wives all dead. 3 Children, all living. Sickness, infirmities of old age. On 10 May 1920 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. 3

8. Obituary: Ephrata Review on 14 May 1920 in Ephrata, Lancaster, PA. 7 Cyrus McDennis, of Vera Cruz, East Cocalico township, died at the Lancaster County Hospital, last Monday morning of a complication of diseases, aged 83 years and 10 months. Death was caused by a complication of diseases. He had been at the hospital since the latter part of April. He had been married twice, but both his wives are dead. One son, William McDennis, of Adamstown, survives.
The funeral was held on Wednesday afternoon, with all services at the Muddy Creek church, conducted by Rev. B. G. Welder, of Reamstown, had charge of the funeral.

9. Obituary: Lancaster Examiner on 21 May 1920 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. 12 The funeral of Cyrus McDennIs, d resident of East Cocalico township, was held on Wednesday afternoon. Rev. B. G. Welder, of Reamstown, officiated. He preached from the text selected by the deceased - St. John xiv, 2. His age was 83 years and 10 months. He is survived by one son, of East Cocalico, and one daughter, of Reading, by his first marriage, and one son, of East Cocalico township, by his second marriage. The pall-bearers were Royer Leisey, Adam Kindt, James S. Lutz and Henry Wenrich.


Cyrus married Lydia Bicher, daughter of Jacob Bicher and Sarah Reider, in 1887 in , Lancaster, PA.1 (Lydia Bicher was born on 11 Feb 1857 in Brecknock Twp., Lancaster, PA,13 14 15 died on 8 Jan 1911 in Vera Cruz, Lancaster, PA 16 17 18 and was buried on 12 Jan 1911 in East Cocalico Twp.: Muddy Creek Church Cemetery, Lancaster, PA 14 16 19.)

Sources

1 1910 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MGZW-W4N Cyrus Mcdennis, East Cocalico, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 9, sheet 7B, family 169, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1375366.

2 1900 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M336-ZRR Cyrus Mcdanner, East Cocalico Township (north part) Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 11B, family 242.

3 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 586. Lancaster > Reamstown > Salem Lutheran. Cyrus McDennis burial.

4 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1971 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 59064. Cyrus McDennis.

5 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=128782906.

6 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 586. PA > Lancaster > Reamstown > Salem Lutheran. Thomas McDennis. Online image 566.

7 Ephrata Review (Ephrata, PA), 14 May 1920, page 5.

8 Lancaster New Era (Lancaster, PA), 27 Dec 1962, page 3 Obituary of William McDennis.

9 1890 Veterans Schedules (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census (1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M123, 118 rolls); Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15; National Archives, Washington, D.C.), Year: 1890; Census Place: East Cocalico, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Roll: 81; Page: 2; Enumeration District: 137. Online image 2.

10 FamilySearch.org, United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K89R-SQ7 Cyrus Mcdennis, 1890.

11 1920 United States Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: East Cocalico, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1582; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 28; Image: 599.

12 Lancaster Examiner & Herald Newspaper (Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.), 21 May 1920, page 9.

13 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 586. PA > Lancaster > Reamstown > Salem Lutheran. Online image 520. Burial Mrs. Lydia McDennis.

14 Ephrata Review (Ephrata, PA), 20 Jan 1911, page 6. Obituary of Lydia McDennis.

15 FamilySearch.org, "Pennsylvania Delayed Birth Records, 1941-1976," https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:87KG-R2MM Augustus Fry in entry for Augustus Bicher Fry, 1883.

16 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1971 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 1531, Lydia McDennis, father John Bicher, mother unknown.

17 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128782886.

18 The News-Journal (Lancaster, PA), 10 Jan 1911, page 2. Obituary of Lydia McDennis.

19 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=128782886.


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