BIOS: Michael ANSELL, Beachdale, Somerset County, PA

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History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania; Bedford County by E. 
Howard Blackburn; Somerset County by William H. Welfley; v.3, Pub. The Lewis 
Publishing Company, New York/Chicago 1906, ppg. 362/3

Michael ANSELL.

Michael Ansell, of Beachdale, was born March 10, 1839, in Upper Turkeyfoot 
township, and has always led the life of a farmer.  In 1862 he enlisted for a 
term of three years in Company C, One Hundred and Forty-second Regiment, 
Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served until the close of the war. 
Mr. Ansell married, October 20, 1865, Barbara Henry, born January 5, 1842, in 
Upper Turkeyfoot township, and their children were: John; Elizabeth; Ettie, 
married Charles B. Critchfield, son of John M. Critchfield, a prominent farmer 
of Milford township; William; David; Catharine, and Jacob, deceased.  Mrs. 
Ansell died March 26, 1896, and on October 27, 1898, Mr. Ansell married Helen, 
daughter of Samuel and Mary (Flickinger) Zigler, both of German descent. 
Catharine Ansell, daughter of Michael and Barbara (Henry) Ansell, married, March 
2, 1902, Clarence Critchfield, and they have three children: Jacob, born August 
22, 1903; Louisa B., October 10, 1904, and John, Februrary 25, 1905.  Mr. 
Critchfield is a grandson of Jacob Critchfield, a native of Somerset county and 
a farmer, whose son, also Jacob Critchfield, was born in 1851, in Milford 
township, and has always been engaged in the milling business.  He is a Democrat 
in politics.  Mr. Critchfield married Louisa ______, born in 1855, in Block 
township, and they have been the parents of the following children: Elmer, 
Grace, Mary, Clarence, James, Ruth, Norman, and Joseph, deceased. 
Clarence Critchfield, son of Jacob and Louise (______) Critchfield, was born 
November 7, 1881, was educated in the common schools of Somerset county, and is 
now a prosperous farmer.  He married, as mentioned above, Catharine Ansell, born 
August 3, 1885, in Middle Creek township.