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- Elmira New York Morning Telegram Newspaper:
"THE TELEGRAM" OCTOBER 29, 1916
—The children and grandchildren of Mrs. Laura Crowell gathered at t he pleasant home of D. B. Collier in Pine City, last Sunday to c e l e b r a t e her nine- tieth birthday anniversary. Mrs. Crowell Is bright and active and is a remarkably smart woman for her years. She walked to church Sunday and on returning the surprise awaited her. A bountiful dinner was served, and she received many tokens of remembrances from many friends, as well as from her family. She was born in 1826 at Columbia, Pa, and was the oldest daughter of John T. Learned and Aletta Seeley. She i s a granddaughter of John Learned and Polly Townsend, a great granddaughter of John Learned and Mary White. On t h e mother's side she is a granddaughter of Benjamin Seeley and Pamelia Edsall, a great granddaughter of Israel Seeley and Millicent .Stone. The Seeleys were early s e t t l e r s of Chemung county. She married J. R. Crowell in 1846 and six children were born to them, four of whom a r e living. They were among the early s e t t l e r s of w h a t used to ' b e the Pine Woods and she can remember many things of early history of Pino City. Those present at t h e dinner were Mrs. D. B. Collier, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Collier, Dee Collier, Grant Collier, Conrad Collier, Marion Collier, Mr. and Mrs. Devillo Collier, Ford Collier, of Pine City; George Crowell, Mr. a nd Mrs. Louis Northrop, of Elmira; Boardman Crowell, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bockus and daughter, Marjory; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Newell, of Canton, P a .
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1826 - 1917 (90 years)
