Indiana County PA Archives Photo Group.....Brush Valley, Indiana County Residents December 17, 1923 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Lawrence Corob lcauthor@hotmail.com October 9, 2008, 12:30 pm Source: Grandmother Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/indiana/photos/brushval4635gph.jpg Image file size: 43.1 Kb This is a picture of my Grandmother, Bertha Mae Stephens Corob, holding my father, Nick Corob. My grandmother's parents were John Stephens and Mary Hagans from Brush Valley, Indiana County, PA. My grandmother was 1/4 blooded American Indian on her mother's side. My grandmother's grandmother was a full blooded American Indian, and lived on a reservation in Pennsylvania, and she was married to full blooded Spaniard who was murdered late in his life. He was in his shed, and someone split his head open with an axe. We are trying to research this side of the family. My Grandmother Bertha was a school teacher in Indiana County. Her and my grandfather (Russian) ran a boarding house in Indiana County for some time. My grandmother was a child at heart and lived to be 96 years old. She was born on July 29th, 1900 and died in 1996. She was photo'd at 85 sled riding and was totally blind. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb