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[NI00001] George Lilly is first mentioned as being at Reading, Massachusetts in 1658. He drew 40 acres of land and was one of 59 who in 1667 owned a house. This land was situated on the north side of the Ipswich River. He also drew other lands in 1665. In 1666 he paid 18 shillings minister's rates. He was a schoolmaster at "Woodend," a village of Reading, in 1683. (Foundation of a Genealogy of the Northern Lilly Family, by Julius Whiting Lilly)
The writer has been unable to locate the country or place from whence our ancestor George Lilly came. There are strong circumstances pointing to one of two places, one in County Hertfordshire, England, and the other County Berwick, Scotland, perhaps in the vicinity of Polworth, where are recorded births of some of the name in the Parish Registers.
One Lilly tradition is, "That a remote ancestor died in France, during the Huguenot persecution, previous to 1600, leaving three sons who inherited a handsome property. That one settled in Ireland, one in England and the other in Scotland, and that two sons of the latter came to America, one of whom was our ancestor George Lilly, who first appears in Reading, Mass., in 1658. (Related by the late John Booth Lillie of Lodi, Calif., whose father was Turner Lilly who died in Vermont about 1800.)

9/2001: There's a website (http://www.uftree.com/UFT/WebPages/smgdavis/GATES/d1/i0003124.htm#i3122b)that gives George's lineage as follows: His father was William Lillie-Lilly born in England Nov 18, 1582. William's wife (unknown) was born in Berkshire, England. William's children: Jane, George born 1638, Robert born 1646.
William's father was John born in England in 1540. John's children: Alexander born Jan 19, 1579/80 England, William.
This tree follows the line of George's son Samuel who married Hannah Boutwell, their descendant Almira Lillie daughter of Roswell Lillie.

[NI00005] Samuel went to Sutton, Mass. about 1720, and afterward moved to Woodstock, Conn., and finally to Stafford, Conn. His brothers, Jonathan and David, settled in Sutton and died there. Samuel was a weaver by trade.

[NI00010] There is a Thomas Hawkes listed as a resident of Salem in 1648. Possibly this is Elizabeth's father.

[NI00028] Sarah was a member of the Windham Church, 1721, and was dismissed in 1735, to help form the Scotland Parish Church. (Lilly-Lilley-Lillie Family History p. 5)

[NI00030] About 1782 George moved his family to New York state. His son Joseph lived in Perry (Wyoming) NY proir to moving to Ohio.

[NI00044] Soldier in the Revolutionary War and was killed near its close.

[NI00045] Rev. War, died 1778 age 16.

[NI00046] From a Boston correspondent: "In 1813 David, Luther and Benjamin Lilly were among the first settlers of Albion, Orleans Co NY where in the same year they built the first saw-mill. The first recorded death is that of Luther in 1813. Also in 1813 a son was born to Luther. (Lilly-Lilley-Lillie Family History p. 26)

[NI00050] 1830 NY census - Perry, Genessee Co NY - Benjamin Lillie and family, 4 boys and 4 girls
1840 NY census - Poland, Chautauqua Co NY
1850 PA census - Erie Co, Conneaut Twp (roll 778) p. 451b:
(26) Benjamin Lilley, 77, farmer, b CT; Alice, 73 b CT, right after (25) Rufus Lilley, 29, farmer, b NY; Mary, 25 b NY, Martha M., 6 b PA, Joseph, 4, David F., 2; also on this page: (22) James Lilley, 32, farmer, born NY; Clodean, 32, born NY; Harriett, 9, b PA, John, 7, Huldah, 5, Charles, 3, Jane, 1.

[NI00093] Obadiah, son of Samuel (2) Lillie, was baptized July 17, 1733, at Stafford, Connecticut. He was a soldier in the revolution, from Longmeadow, Massachusetts, and the records show that he was paid a bounty by the town, April 4, 1784, for enlisting for three years in the Continental army. He gave his age as forty-five, but was a few years older; his height was five feet seven inches, his complexion and hair dark, and his occupation farming, according to the war records. (See Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution ix, p. 791). In 1790 he was living at Longmeadow, Massachusetts, and had no children in his family. His son Emmons, born 1764, was also in the revolution...

[NI00172] Emmons, born 1764, was also in the revolution; he was a school teacher; married Abigail Huntington, of Mansfield, Connecticut, and lived at Bethel, Vermont.

[NI00173] 1920 Ohio census - Allen Co, Ottawa Twp, Lima City, ED 3, roll 1345, p. 3A, taken Jan. 3:
Sarah E. Heath, 61, widowed, born Ohio, father born Switzerland, mother born Ohio; Paul, son, 25, occ: fireman, railroad yard; Vivian N., dau-in-law, 23, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Indiana; Richard J., son, 17, occ: timekeeper, railroad shop

In the 1930 OH census for Allen Co, Jackson Twp, Lafayette, Sarah E. Heath, age 72, is listed in the household of her brother Henry Knoble, age 75, on High Street.

[NI00210] In the 1850 Vermont census for Bethel, Windsor Co, p. 190, Clarissa is listed in the household of her son, Samuel A. Lillie.

[NI00356] LDS submitter: Charles R. Lilly, 8800 State Hwy 133, Carbondale CO 81623-9455, Microfilm: NONE, submission: AF92-103630.

[NI00362] Bangs Burgess was a Revolutionary War soldier of conspicuous bravery. On the list of New York Pensioners of 1835. County: Rensselaer. Rank: Private, Capt. Isaac Pope's Company, Col. William Shepard's (4th) regt. Description of service: Massachusetts line. Placed on the pension roll: Jan 19, 1819. Commencement of pension: Apr 6, 1818. Age: 75.

By his first wife, Eunice Russell, he had four children, listed in the Burgess Genealogy on p. 36. He married again, Phebe Lillie, removed to New York State, and had twelve more children (none listed).

[NI00363] LDS submitter says Lotilla and Alice's parents are Ebenezer and Prudence Butts. There are two possible Ebenezers: Ebenezer Butt b Sep 13, 1747 Canterbury Twp, Windham CT, parents Josiah Butt & Elizabeth; Ebenezer Butt b Jun 10, 1742 Canterbury Twp, Windham CT, parents Nathaniel & Sarah Butt.

[NI00376] In the 1890 census, there were eight Lillie families living in Vermont. Turner Lillie served as a private in the Connecticut Line during the U.S. War of Independence. Why did the Lillie family leave Vermont? Possibly the reason was religion as the Lillie family were Quakers.
About 1801, the Lillie family left Vermont and came to Canada. They settled at Plum Hollow in Bastard Twp., Leeds County, Ontario. There is an old cemetery in this township that is known as the "Old Lillie Cemetery". It is believed that both Turner and Elinor Lillie were buried in this cemetery. Turner died in 1801. (Montgomery Geneaelogical Database)

[NI00377] Rev. War soldier, age 87 at death, listed in "History and Map of Danbury, Vermont" p 291.

[NI00402] 1830 census Kinsman Twp, Trumbull Co Oh p 115

[NI00547] 1850 PA - Crawford Co, Bloomfield Twp (roll 771) p. 415

[NI00590] Chester Lillie is listed in the 1845 NY census for Chautauqua Co NY, p 002 Poland. Nelson Hibbard is also listed, p 002 Ellicott #2; Oliver D. Hibbard, p 008 Carroll.

[NI00664] A John Lillie is first mentioned in history as being at Wethersfield, Conn., in 1640. Wethersfield was first settled in 1634 by persons from Dorchester, Newton and Watertown, Mass. John's name appears about 1640 along with those of Thomas Standish, William Swain, Nathaniel Foster and others. John Lillie and wife had born to them at Wethersfield Ruth, born 1647, and Hannah, born 1650; so it would appear that John resided there from 1640 to 1650 at least. Owing to Church dissensions, several of the settlers removed to other places, some of them going back to Watertown, Mass., from whence they came. It is possible John is one of those who returned to Watertown. (Julius Whiting Lilly - check when this was written)
Benjamin Lillie says our first American ancestor came over on the Mayflower. Be this as it may, it is a matter of history that the vessel made several voyages after its first trip to America. (This story is handed down through Roswell Lillie who was born at Bethel, Vt., in 1783.)

We believe that John may have come on the Mayflower that was part of the Winthrop Fleet of 1630. The first five ships sailed April 8 from Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, and arrived at Salem June 13 and following days. The other half of the fleet sailed in May and arrived in July at various dates. Altogether they brought about 700 passengers.

From an ancestry.com message board post :
A Ruth Lilly was recorded in the Journal of John Winthrop. "1667, Ruth Lilly, 19 yrs., Hartford, sister of J. Andrews' wife." (TAG, Vol. 4, No. 1, pages 54-55) She was probably a sister of Mary Lilly who married John Andrews.
John Andrews, born about 1616, in County Essex, England, married Mary Lilly, born about 1622, and had six children, born in Farmington, (later Hartford County), Connecticut: Abraham Andrews, b. 1640; Daniel Andrews, b. 1649-1650; Joseph Andrews, b. 1651-1652; Rachel Andrews, b. about 1653-1654; Stephen Andrews. b. about 1655-1656; and Benjamin Andrews, b. 1659. John Andrews died in 1681, and Mary (Lilly) Andrews died in 1694.

[NI00708] (VII) Robert Burns, son of Obadiah (2) Lillie, was born at Bethel, Vermont, October 18, 1839, and died at Montpelier, Vermont, January 31, 1911. He received his early education in the public schools, and attended college in Ohio and the University of Vermont at Burlington. He enlisted in Company E, Fourth Regiment Vermont Volunteer Infantry, and served throughout the civil war in the Army of the Potomac. He took part in many battles and skirmishes, and was wounded in the battle of the Wilderness. He was a painter by trade, and also a farmer. For many years he was a teacher in the public schools of Vermont. He lived in Essex Center and Winooski, Vermont, and for eight years at Hanover, New Hampshire. From 1887 until he died he was a resident of Montpelier, Vermont. Mr. Lillie married Josephine Kellogg, of Worcester, Vermont; she was born in 1846, and died in October, 1903. Children: Edith, married John Paddleford, and had two children--Robert and Clifton; Dean Kellogg, mentioned below. (New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Third Series, Volume IV, p. 1956)

[NI00712] (VIII) Dean Kellogg Lillie, son of Robert Burns Lillie, was born at Winooski, Vermont, April 15, 1876. When a child he went to Hanover, New Hampshire, with his parents, and attended the public schools there until he was ten years old. He lived one year in Worcester, Vermont, and then came to Montpelier, where he was a student in the high school one year and in the Montpelier Seminary one year. He then learned the trade of stone-cutting in the employ of R. M. Fraser, of Montpelier, and afterward worked as a journeyman for the firm of Fraser & Broadfoot until 1903, when he started in the granite business on his own account. His headquarters were near the railroad station in Montpelier. He soon required larger quarters for his business, and bought the Wetmore & Morse plant in Montpelier. After three years in this location, the business was moved to the present location on Smith street, in Barre, Vermont, and the Wetmore & Morse plant was sold to Jellyman & Jones. At this time the present title, The Lillie Granite Company, was adopted. The plant of the company is thoroughly modern in equipment, and produces all kinds of monuments and tombstones. The company has a large wholesale trade in granite monuments in all parts of the country, and in addition to the Vermont granite have imported Scotch granite for use in its business. Mr. Lillie is sole owner and manager, and is well known in the granite and quarry business of the country. His success in business has been due to his own ability and exertions, his excellent training and knowledge of his trade. Mr. Lillie's chief diversion is afforded by his horses, of which he is the owner of some of the fastest and most valuable in the city. He is president of the Gentlemen's Driving Club, and well known and popular among the horsemen of the state. He is a member of Montpelier Lodge, No. 924, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, of Montpelier. In politics he is an Independent.

He married, August 7, 1895, Bessie Belknap, of Berlin, Vermont, daughter of John Q. A. and Susan (Richardson) Belknap. Children: Robert, died in infancy; Ralph Belknap, born April 11, 1898; Della Edith, born April 10, 1899; Norman Dean, born March 7, 1901; Francis Jason, born November 22, 1903. (New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Third Series, Volume IV, pp 1956-57)

[NI00737] Lima News, 1958 -- Lillie Granted Year's Study At Michigan
Roger Lillie, science teacher at Ada high school, has received an appointment to attend the University of Michigan institute for a year of graduate study starting next fall, announces Supt. E. A. VanAtta. The appointment provides living expenses, tuition and books, and is one of 50 granted by the university. The Michigan institute is one of 16 universities throughout the United States sponsored by the National Science foundation.

[NI00744] Wick, where my grandfther was born, was basically just a railroad stop.

In Sept. 1930 when Dad was born, [my grandfather] Raymond was teaching (or superintendent?) at Buckland school, Auglaize Co, Logan Twp. The census for that year was taken on April 17, 1930, and at that time the family was living in Wickliffe Village, Willoughby Twp, Lake Co OH, on Lloyd Road. Raymond's occupation was given as principal, public high school.

In the summer of 1939, Raymond was between jobs - had just finished superintendent at Pierpont schools and was going to be superintendent of Gustavus schools. The family stayed for the summer at "Uncle Bob's" (Vera's brother Bob Baker) on East 118th Street in Cleveland. Raymond worked for the summer at a hotel on East 105th Street.

The family picture was taken at Uncle Bob's house, as well as the picture of Virgil, Vera and Bob, and the picture of Zelda and Virgil. Virgil and Zelda came up from Steubenville to visit.

[NI00745] Story has it that, when Vera graduated from Bellaire High School, her Aunt Bert attended the commencement. Afterwards, Aunt Bert was quoted saying, "No niece of mine is going to live where you can't see the sun shine!" (Bellaire is an industrial city with factories and smog.) So she took Vera with her to live in Cleveland. Through her cousins who were attending Baldwin Wallace College [Ernie and Bill Boggs], Vera met Raymond. They were married December 29, 1923. --taken from The Lillie Reunion News, June 9, 1998, commemorating the 100th birthdays of Raymond J. Lillie (born July 22, 1898) and Vera Clara Baker (born May 14, 1898).

After Grandpa Raymond Lillie died in 1946, Grandma Vera moved to Ashtabula County, Ohio where her father-in-law (Jay Lillie) and his second wife (Anna) lived. She settled in Jefferson, in a small green house where me and my siblings and cousins visited often until her death in 1965.

In Grandma's sewing circle: Leonard Lillie's mother (Belle Olin Lillie 1907-1986, wife of Howard), Leah Partch who died last fall (2001), Marilla Lewis Wright (1905-2002). (noted March 2002, in conversations with my dad) One of Marilla's sons, Eber Wright, came to the 50th anniversary party for Mom and Dad in Feb. 2003. He was their with Lois (Marcy) Redmond, who is the youngest of Iva Belle (Lillie) Marcy's children.

[NI00764] 1900 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Conneaut Twp (roll 1238), p. 207, taken June 9:
James W. Lillie born Jan 1877 age 23, md. 3 yrs, born Ohio, parents born Ohio, occ: tinner; wife Emma born Apr 1876 age 24, md. 3 yrs, 1 child, born Penn, parents born Penn; son Raymond J. born July 1898 age 1. They owned their house, though it was mortaged. A Grant Graham, who I believe is Emma's brother, is listed two households away. Grant and his wife Nellie rent their house.
Arthur & Effie Harvey are listed next door. Effie (Carter) is a 2nd cousin once removed to Jay. Her mother was a Risley; her great-grandmother was Almira Lillie who married Admiral Tripp.

[NI00767] This is from when I thought Anna was a born Strom. Actually, she was married to a Strom, so I'm keeping the information until I find out what Strom she married.
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Anna's parents may be Joseph and Betsy Strom.
1920 OH census - Cuyahoga Co, Cleveland
(562) Joseph Strom, 58; imm 1912; b Russia, language Yiddish, parents b Russia; merchant
wife Betsy, 56; imm 1913; b Russia, parents b Russia
dau Anna, 30; imm 1913; b England, language English; school teacher
dau Mary, 28, imm 1913, b England
dau Julia, 26, imm 1913, b England
son Oscar, 24, imm 1913, b England
(561) Joseph Bookatz, 37, imm 1912, b Russia
wife Fanny, 32, imm 1913, b England
son Joseph(?), 9, imm 1913, b England
dau Sylvia, 5, b Ohio
dau Lillian, 1-6/12, b Ohio

Can't find Bookatz in the SSDI. Possible alternate spellings: Bochatz, Buchacz.

Oscar Strom - possibly b Apr 28, 1893 d Jan 1970 Duluth MN [SSDI].

Ellis Island records:
1910 - Julia Strom and Oscar Selig Strom arrived Nov. 20, 1910, Julia, 18, dressmaker; Oscar, 17, clerk; nationality: British, race or people: Hebrew; last permanent residence: Leeds, England; nearest relative in country where they came from (England): mother Betsy Strom; final destination: Brooklyn NY; going to join their father, Joseph Strom, 345 Sackman, Brooklyn NY; Julia was born Bristol, England, Oscar was born Leeds, England.

1912 - Mary Strom, age 22, arrived Sep 7, 1912 from Liverpool, England; shop assistant, nationality: British, race or people: Hebrew, last permanent residence: Leeds, England; nearest relative in England: mother Betsy Strom; final destination: Cleveland OH. Mary apparently is traveling with her sister Fanny Bookatz, 25, and Fanny's daughter Joyce, age 3. Fanny is going to join her husband Joseph Bookatz, 2934 Orange Ave, Cleveland OH; Mary is going to join her father Joseph Strom, same address. Mary and her niece Joyce were born in Leeds, England; Fanny was born in Kovno, Russia.

[NI00768] 1870 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Monroe Twp (roll 1170), PO Amboy, p. 265A, taken June 8:
Joseph Lillie, 27, farmer, value of personal estate: 100, born Ohio; Miranda, 23, keeping house, born Ohio; Clyde, 1
The previous household is Justus Williams, age 49, born NY, and his wife Catherine, 45, born Ohio. I'm going to guess that these are Miranda's parents - how didn't I see this before? 1860 census confirms this!

1880 Alabama census - Lee Co, Auburn, ED 94, "Inhabitants in Beat 6," p. 149C, taken June 11:
(365) Justice Williams, 59, born NY, parents born Conn; wife Catherine, 54, born Ohio, parents born NY; son Fred Williams, 19, works in tin shop, has dysentary
(366) Seth [Williams], 35, farmer, born Ohio, father born NY, mother born Ohio; wife Relia, 19, born Ohio, parents born Ohio; dau Cinda, 3, born Ohio
(367) Joseph Lily, 40, carpenter, born Ohio, parents born Ohio; wife Maranda, 33, born Ohio, father born NY, mother born Ohio; son Clide, 11, born Ohio; dau Elizabeth, 9; dau Blanche, 7; dau Winnie, 5; son Jay, 3

Served in Civil War 8/3/1861 - 8/19/1864, Union Army, 2nd Independent Battery Ohio Volunteers, pension #173,519.
Notes from pension file:
Declaration for original invalid pension Aug 6, 1890 attested by E.H. Leonard [Ernest H. Leonard, husband of Joseph's daughter Blanche] and C.E. Williams [Cyrus Edwin Williams, husband of Joseph's daughter Libbie - any relation to Miranda?]
Personal description: age 23 years, 5' 5", complexion dark, hair dark, eyes dark. Occupation has been that of a laborer. Disability - hernia with hydrocele [a collection of watery fluid in a cavity of the body, esp. in the scrotum or along the spermatic cord].

The following account of the life of Joseph Lillie, grandson of Joseph and Lotilla Lillie, written by his oldest son, C.J. Lillie and incorporated into the Family Reunion Records of the Lillie Family, Aug. 7, 1919:
Joseph Lillie was the son of George and Jerusha Lillie. He was born in Monroe Township on April 13, 1841. He received his education at the district school, and later followed farming.
On the third day of August 1861, he enlisted in the Second Ohio Battery. He served three years, and received his honorable discharge the 19th of August 1864.
He later learned the carpenter trade, which he followed during the remainder of his active life.
He was married on the 18th of September 1864, to Coralyn A. Searls, who died Feb17, 1866.
He was married again October 3rd, 1867 to Miranda Williams. He with his family drove through to Alabama, starting from Monroe June 11, 1878, taking six weeks for the trip. After five years in the south he returned to Monroe with his family where he lived for several years, moving from there to Pierpont, where he resided until his death on June 16, 1903. At the time of his death he was sixty-two years, two months and two days old.

1900 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Pierpont Twp (roll 1238), p. 199a, taken June 2:
Joseph Lillie born April 1841 age 59, md. 32 yrs, born Ohio, father born New York, mother born Ohio, [no occupation given]; wife Miranda born April 1847 age 53, md. 32 yrs, 1 child, born Ohio, parents born New York; dau Iva born Dec 1887 age 12

[NI00769] 1910 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Pierpont Twp, ED 40:
Miranda Lillie, head, age 63, widowed, 8 children 8 living, born Ohio, father born NY, mother born Ohio
dau Iva age 22, single
This census was taken in April - the following month Iva was married.

Newspaper clippings from the farm book of Alice Estelle Garlock Harvey:
DEATHS IN PIERPONT DURING YEAR 1912
October 6 - Margery Lillie, 5 years.
December 29 - Mrs. Miranda Lillie, 65 years.

FUNERAL OF THE LATE MRS. MIRANDA LILLIE
The funeral of Mrs. Miranda Lillie was held at the home of Mr. Chas. Marcy on the State line, Sunday at 1 p. m., conducted by Rev. R. E. Benjamin. Interment in the Pierpont cemetery.
Mrs. Lillie had just returned from a visit to her children in Conneaut. She spent Christmas day at the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. H. Leonard, where several of her relatives and friends went to make joyous the occasion. She complained of having contracted a cold when she returned to the home of her daughter, with whom she lived. Her condition, however, was not thought serious. She ate supper with the family Thursday evening and went to bed in the best of spirits. But when her daughter went to call her the next morning it was found she had passed without a struggle from the sleep of a nature to that of death. She was a member of the Congregational church of Pierpont. She was dearly loved by all who knew her. She leaves to mourn her death, eight children, five girls and three boys, several grandchildren, one brother and a host of friends.

[NI00771] 1900 OH census - Ashtabula Co, Conneaut Twp, Conneaut Village (roll 1238) p. 226 - Clyde and Emma are listed with daughters Hazel, Inez and Bernice. His occupation is given as Boiler maker.

1920 OH census - Ashtabula Co, Conneaut Twp, roll T625_1345, p. 12B, ED 27. Says Nellie's parents were born in New York.

CONNEAUT MAN WANTS DIVORCE
Clyde J. Lillie Alleges That His Wife Has Frequented Saloons and "Red Light" House.
Jefferson, Nov. 27. -- Clyde J. Lillie has commenced divorce proceedings against Emma May Lillie, alleging that the wife has on various occasions frequented saloons in the company of other men. He also relates that the defendant was in a house of ill repute at Conneaut which was raided by the police on July 28, 1907.
On the seventeenth day of this month she left him, he says, and that he has reason to believe she left in the company of other men. R. E. Mygatt is his attorney. (newspaper clipping from the farm book of Alice Estelle Garlock Harvey)

After his divorce from Emma, Clyde Lillie married Nellie Graham. She was the widow of Grant Graham, who was a brother of Emma Graham, my great-grandmother. The 1900 census has Grant & Nellie with their son Oakley listed just a few households from Jay & Emma. Clyde & Nellie's marriage is recorded in the 1909 minutes of the Lillie reunion, so Grant must have died between 1900 and 1909.

[NI00775] 1900 OH census - Ashtabula Co, Conneaut Twp, Conneaut Village (roll 1238) p. 248a lists George Lillie, age 19, single, born Ohio, as a roomer in the household of G.H. and Lydia Cleveland.

1910 OH census - Ashtabula Co, Pierpont Twp, ED 40:
Mary Brockway, head, 50, widowed, 3 children all living, born PA, parents born PA; George Lillie, son-in-law, 28, md. 8 yrs, b. Alabama, parents b. OH; dau Renee, 26, 4 children 2 living, b. OH, father b. OH, mother b. PA; Howard V., grandson, 6; Marjorie, granddau, 2

1920 OH census - Ashtabula Co, Pierpont Twp, roll T625_1346, p. 8A, ED 47:
George Justice Lillie, age 38, widowed, b. Alabama; dau Mary Ethlin, 7; son Paul LeMoin, 2-11/12; Mary Brockway, mother-in-law, 58, widowed, b. PA, father b. OH, mother b. PA

1930 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Conneaut City, ED 21, taken April 2:
George J. Lillie, rents home for $17/mo, 48, md. at age 21, b. Alabama, parents born Ohio, occ: chauffeur, grain mill; son Paul L., 13; Mary Brockway, mother-in-law, 75, widowed

[NI00778] 1850 PA census for Crawford Co, Conneaut Twp (taken Aug 6, 1850), roll 770, p. 101b, dwelling 98: George Lilley, age 53, farmer, b. Vermont; Jerusha, 36, b. New York; Mary, 15; John, 14; Benjamin, 11; Joseph, 8; Parmelia, 6; Francis M., 3; Adaline, 2.

Some indexes may list him as George Silley, the L being misread in script as an S.

[NI00779] There are Hibbards in Windham CT. I am looking at the name John Hibbard as possibly Jerusha's father, since they named a son John Hibbard Lillie. There is a John C. Hibbard, age 43, b New Hamp., innkeeper, in the 1850 PA census for Venango Co, Sugar Creek Twp roll 832 p 152. Maybe this is a brother?

1860 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Monroe Twp (roll 933), PO Monroe Centre, p. 260a, taken July 6:
Jerusha Lilly, 46, hotel keeper, real estate: 600, personal estate: 100, born NY; Cornelia, 16, born O; Francis, 13; Jerusha, 11; Winfield, 8; Charles, 6

In 1870 Monroe, Ashtabula Co OH, she is listed as Jerusha Hibbard with her children Francis Marion Lillie, Winfield S., Charles and Cornelia.

1880 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Monroe Twp (roll 992), p. 508C, taken June 8:
Jerusha Lillie, 66, born NY, father born VT, mother born Mass; son Scott, 27, born Ohio

[NI00780] It's possible she was a sister of Dr. Stephen Griggs Holbrook, born May 21, 1798 in Connecticut. Stephen's family is in the 1850 Ohio census for Ashtabula Co, Monroe (roll 659), p. 292b, taken Aug. 10. Stephen's father was Joseph Holbrook born April 21, 1772 Tolland CT, died abt 1813; his mother was Martha Griggs. Joseph's parents were Elias Holbrook born 1740 and Elizabeth Benton born Feb 21, 1746/47 Tolland CT.

[NI00781] 1870 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Sheffield Twp (roll 1170), PO Amboy, p. 366B, enumerated July 26, 1870:
William O. Lillie, 47, farmer, value of real estate: 4000, of personal estate: 1,100, born NY; Emeline, 42, keeping house, born Ohio; Orson S., 14; Sydney S., 13 [page cuts off]

[NI00783] 1860 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Monroe Twp (roll 933), PO Monroe Centre, p. 269b, taken July 12:
George A. Lilley [looks like Silley], 31, farmer, real estate: 600, born O; Rose H., 30; M.B., 5; Frank E., 4

1870 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Monroe Twp (roll 1170), p. 264a, taken June 7:
George A. Lillie, 41, farmer, real estate: 1800, personal estate: 350, born NY; Rose H., 40, born O; M.B., 5 [15]; Frank E., 14; Doris Emma, 17

Newspaper clippings from the farm book of Alice Estelle Garlock Harvey:
MONROE CENTER
... G. Austin Lillie was visiting the Mathewsons Thursday week.
... Upwards of fifty persons met at the home of Theron Johnson, Tuesday in honor of G. A. Lillie, an aged veteran and member of the G. A. R. Post of Pierpont. The company was composed of the members of the G. A. R. and W. R. C. and also other friends and relatives. The entertainment consisted in visiting, instrumental and vocal music, a sumptuous dinner and automobile rides. Those who enjoyed the rides were indebted to a son-in-law of Mr. Northway, who was there from Ashtabula.

GEORGE AUSTIN LILLIE DIED IN MONROE SUNDAY
George Austin Lillie, known familiarly by many people in Conneaut and Monroe as "Uncle Aut," died Sunday morning at 5:30 at the home of Theron Johnson in Monroe, where he had made his home for several years. He was 84 years of age, and his death was due to the infirmities of age. The funeral will be held at the home of Mr. Johnson at 11:30 Tuesday and at the church at Monroe Center at 12:30 Standard time.

[NI00787] 1860 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Monroe Twp (roll 933), PO Monroe Centre, p. 269b, taken July 12; in the household next to his brother George:
Gilbert Sweet, 37, farmer, born NY; Harriet, 31, born O; Lucy, 10; Elizabeth, 8; Lorstle(?), 4; Brink(?) 4; Lornder(?) Fesnell, 20, seamstress; John Lilley, 24, farm hand; Nelly, 21, born Pa; Orange Shaw, 74, born NH

[NI00788] 1880 Wisconsin census - Calumet Co, Chilton (roll 1418), p. 57D, taken June 15:
Frank Lillie, 38, farmer, born Ohio, parents born Ohio; wife Ellen M., 25, born NY, parents born Ireland; son Richard, 10/12 (b. Aug), born Wisconsin; John, 40, brother, single, farmer, born Ohio

[NI00790] 1870 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Monroe Twp (roll 1170), p. 263a, taken June 7:
Jerusha Hibbard, 56, keeping house, real estate: 550, personal estate: 300, born NY; Francis M. Lillie, 23, farmer, born O; Winfred S., 17; Charles, 16; Cornelia, 25

[NI00791] Jerusha and Levant Hill may have divorced by 1894, as Levant is listed in the 1900 census for Richmond Twp, Ashtabula Co, married to Helen A., married 6 years.

[NI00793] Birth record for son Frank lists parents as Scott Lillie and Rose Rich; for son Henry S. parents are listed as Scott Lillie and Rose Hadlock.

[NI00795] Joseph Lillie in the census:
1790 - Vermont, Rutland Co, Wells
1800 - Vermont, Rutland Co, Wells
1810 - New York, Onondago Co
1820 - New York, Genessee Co, Perry
1830 - Ohio, Ashtabula Co, Salem

1790 Vermont - Rutland Co, Wells - ? Silly, Joseph 1-0-1. I'm pretty sure this is our Joseph, but if he and Lotilla weren't married until 1793, who is the one female in his household?

1800 Vermont - Rutland Co, Wells - p. 127 (269, 265)
Lily, Joseph - 1 male under 10 (George, 3), 1 male 26-45 (Joseph, 29), 2 females under 10 (Mollie, ~5, and Sally, 1), 1 female 16-26 (Lotilla, 26)
Lilly, Benjm - 1 male 16-26 (Benjamin, 26), 1 female under 10 (unknown daughter, prob born abt 1798 or 1799), 1 female 16-26 (Alice, 23)

The family of Ebenezer Butts is listed on p. 125.

1810 New York - Onondago Co - p. 059 (546 crossed out) (0034 printed on side)
Lilly, Joseph - 2 1 0 1 0 - 3 1 (doesn't include females)
2 males under 10 - Joseph, 4 and Luman, ~1
1 male 10-16 - George, 13
1 male 26-45 - Joseph, 39
3 females under 10 - Sally, ~10, Lucy, 8, Almira, 6
1 female 10-16 - Mollie, ~15
1 female 26-45 - Lotilla, 36

1820 New York - Genessee Co, Perry - p. 230
Lilly, Joseph - 3 in agriculture
2 males 10-16 - Joseph, 14, Luman, ~11
1 male 45 & over - Joseph, 49
2 females under 10 - Emily, 5, Adaline, ~3
1 female 16-26 - Almira, 16
1 female 26-45 - Lotilla, 46
George is 23, and he marries Rebecca Holbrook Nov 15, 1820, probably after the census was taken. But he may have been listed on his own.
Also on this page are Benjamin Lilly and Loomis Lilly. It seems likely that this Benjamin would be Joseph's brother, but the numbers given don't quite add up - and since Loomis is on the same page, this may be Loomis' brother Benjamin, sons of David Burgess Lillie.

1830 Ohio - Ashtabula Co, Salem, p. 091
Lilly, Joseph - 1 male 15-20, 1 male 20-30, 1 male 50-60, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 15-20, 1 female 20-30, 1 female 40-50, 1 female 60-70.

[NI00870] LDS submitter: Ruth Goodrich, RR 2 Box 2932, Cabot VT 05647, submission: AF96-107593.

[NI00872] 1850 Illinois census - roll 124 Pike Co, twp 4 S 6 W, taken Oct. 7:
Orson Glass, 31, farmer, real estate: 1500, born NY
Martha J., 28, born OH
Rosetta, 7, born IA
James E., 1, born IA

1860 Iowa census - Monroe Co, Jackson Twp, p. 413

1880 Iowa census - Monroe Co, Melrose, p. 239B:
Orson Glass, 64, farmer, born NY, parents born VT
Martha J., wife, 55, born OH, father born VA, mother born OH
Emma L., dau, 19, born IA
Martha L., dau, 14, born IA

[NI00878] It's possible this is Miles Bannister. There is a Miles Banister in the 1880 Oregon census:
Dayton, Yamgill, Oregon, p. 434A:
Miles Banister, 60, farmer, born NY, father born CT, mother born VT
Elisabeth Banister, wife, 42, born NY, parents born NY
Manly M., son, 13, born OR

If this is the right one, it would indicate that Orpha died before 1866.

[NI00882] Her father was born in Connecticut, her mother in Ohio (according to the 1930 census).

[NI00883] Was adopted nearly at birth. According to M. Baden (ancestry message boards), his parents were Charles Leslie and Edna Schellenger.

There was an Edmund Schellenger, age 19, blacksmith, in Austinburg Twp (Plymouth?), Ashtabula Co in the 1850 census. Also George C. Schellenger, age 25, shingle maker, wife Jane, 22, and son Charles, 10/12, in Harpersfield Twp. Also George Schellenger, 53, miller, born MA, wife Lydia, 50, son Alanson, 26, son Myron, 16, dau Julia Ann, 15, son Ansel P., 13, son Henry C., 11. George age 25 and Edmund age 19 are most likely sons of George and Lydia. I don't think Charles born in 1849 (son of George and Jane) is the Charles Leslie above because that's a 43-year age difference.

1930 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Sheffield Twp, District 56, April 14, 1930, p. 247 (image 9 of 12):
Edgar C. Lillie, Head, owns home, 37, md at age 24, born OH; farmer, owns farm
Hazel A., wife, 32, md at age 17, born OH, parents born OH
Ellen E., dau, 15
Winifred, dau, 10
Vivian M., dau, 6
Julia A., mother, 69, widowed, born OH, father born CT, mother born OH
Lillie, Phoebe A., Head, owns home, 69, widowed, born OH, father born CT, mother born OH; farmer
Harry A., Head, rents, 44, md at age 25; farmer, general farm
Esther E., wife, 38, md at age 19, born Sweden, parents born Sweden, imm 1893
Evelyn W., dau, 11
Maynard S., son, 6

[NI00891] As of June 6, 2003, email: upon1@nauticom.net

[NI00897] As of June 7, 2003, phone: 561-445-4841, email: nemitz2_ny@yahoo.com

[NI00912] 1930 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Sheffield Twp, District 56, p. 6B (image 12 of 12):
Otis I. Bancroft, 39, born OH; wife Margaret M., 38; son Arlo, 17; dau Gladys R., 15; dau Clara C., 13; son Dean A., 11; dau Wanda B., 8; son Junior, 5; son Robert D., 3-3/12.
Otis's father was probably Fred Bancroft, 68, born PA, and Mary L., 68, who are on p. 6A.

[NI00916] Her father was born in Connecticut, her mother in Ohio (according to the 1930 census).

[NI00917] 1930 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Sheffield Twp, District 56, April 14, 1930, p. 247 (image 9 of 12):
Edgar C. Lillie, Head, owns home, 37, md at age 24, farmer, owns farm
Hazel A., wife, 32, md at age 17,
Ellen E., dau, 15
Winifred, dau, 10
Vivian M., dau, 6
Julia A., mother, 69, widowed, born OH, father born CT, mother born OH
Lillie, Phoebe A., Head, owns home, 69, widowed, born OH, father born CT, mother born OH; farmer
Harry A., Head, rents, 44, md at age 25; farmer, general farm
Esther E., wife, 38, md at age 19, born Sweden, parents born Sweden, imm 1893
Evelyn W., dau, 11
Maynard S., son, 6

[NI00922] Star Beacon obituary, Monday, February 1, 1999:
Richard Samuel Lillie, 83, of State Road, died early Sunday morning at his home as the result of a house fire.
Mr. Lillie was born March 31, 1915, in Ashtabula, the son of Roy and Alta Lillie.
Before retirement, he worked as a carpenter out of the Cleveland union hall. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge in Kingsville, and the Sheffield Grange.
Survivors include his stepmother, Helen Lillie of Monroe Township; a son, Richard D. Lillie of Monroe Township; a daughter, Roberta Hand of Saline, Mich.; a sister, Mary Jane Sheneman of Monroe Township; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his wife, Maxine.
Service is 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Guerriero Kingsville Funeral Home, 6280 S. Main St., North Kingsville. The Rev. Jerry Webb will officiate. Burial will be at Greenlawn Memory Gardens, North Kingsville, Thursday at the convenience of the family.
Calling hours are 6 p.m. Wednesday until time of service.

[NI00934] IN MEMORY OF MRS. H. N. FARR
On Friday, Dec. 2, occurred the death of Mrs. H. N. Farr, an estimable resident of Denmark.
Mrs. Farr was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lillie, and was born in Sheffield township in 1860. Bereft of her mother at the age of 17, she at once assumed the duties of the mother in the home and sought to fill the place left vacant by her death. She became the wife of Harry N. Farr in 1884 and the husband and three children are left to mourn her departure. The children are Mrs. Bernice Johnson, who resides in Ashtabula, Walter Farr of Denmark and Hazel, about 12 years of age. Two brothers, Orson Lillie and S. S. Lillie, of Sheffield - and one sister, Mrs. Dell Brainard, of Ashtabula, also survive.
At an early age she became a member of the free Baptist church at Sheffield, and her life was that of a consistent Christian woman, loved and honored by all who knew her and most highly by those who knew her best. To the writer, hers seems the ideal life of woman - not perhaps so accomplished in what may be considered the finer arts of her sex - but a faithful friend, a loving wife and mother and a true Christian.
The funeral services were held at Sheffield church Sunday afternoon and were attended by a large company of friends and neighbors who had known her in life and sought to show once more their love for her. Burial was made in the cemetery at Gageville. (newspaper clipping from the farm book of Alice Estelle Garlock Harvey)

[NI00970] 1850 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Monroe (roll 659), p. 290a, taken Aug. 10:
Alvin Eaton, 24, blacksmith born Ohio; Harriet, 24, born NY

1860 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Monroe Twp (roll 933), p. 263b, taken July 7 & 8:
(1159) Alvin Eaton, 34, born O; Harriet, 35, born NY
(1160) Stillman Eaton, 36, born O; Maria, 34, born NY; Elizabeth, 13; Flora, 10; Cornelia, 8; Laura, 4; Hattie, 10/12

1870 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Monroe Twp (roll 1170), p. 264b, taken June 7:
(246) Stillman Eaton, 45, farmer, born O; Maria, 43, born NY; Cornelia, 18, born O; Hattie, 10; Mary, 8; Blanche, 4
(247) Alvin Eaton, 45, farmer, born O; Harriet, 45, born NY; Edwin Eaton, 7

1880 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Monroe Two (roll 992), p. 507B, taken June 7:
Alvin Eaton, 54, farmer, born Ohio, father born Vt, mother born Pa; wife Harriet M., 54, born NY, father born Vt, mother born Mass; son Edwin, 17, born Ohio. Stillman is 3 households away.

I'm guessing that Alvin's parents are Samuel & Margaret Eaton.

[NI00972] 1930 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Monroe Twp (roll 1748), ED 44, taken April 16, 1930, p. 154b:
Edwin G. Eaton, 67, md. at age 22, born Ohio, parents born Ohio, occ: farmer - general farm
Hattie, wife, 63, md. at age 18, born Penn., father born NY, mother born Ohio

They are one household away from William & Minnie Rathbun.

[NI00975] 1910 PA census - Erie Co, Conneaut Twp (roll 1341), p. 154B, taken April 29:
Harley H. Harrington, 31, M1 8 yrs, occ: sailor, ore vessel; wife Pearl E., 25, M1 8 yrs, 1 child, born Ohio, parents born Ohio; dau Mildred I., 6, born Penn

1920 PA census - Erie Co, Albion Borough, taken Jan. 14-15 (image 27 of 31):
Harley H. Harrington, 41, born Penn, parents born Penn, occ: driller, water well; wife Pearl E., 34, born Ohio, parents born Ohio; (cont. next page) dau Mildred I. Harrington16, born Penn

1930 PA census - Erie Co, Albion Borough, taken April 2:
Harley H. Harrington, 51, md. at age 23, born Penn, parents born Penn; wife Pearl E., 45, md. at age 17, born Ohio, parents born Ohio; dau Mildred I. Lawrence, 26, md. at age 18, born Penn; Harold M. Lawrence, son-in-law, 29, md. at age 21, born Penn, parents born Penn; son Harold Jr., 7, born Penn; son Robert J., 2, born Penn

[NI01021] 1900 Ohio census - Putnam Co, Monroe Twp, Roll 1315, Book 2, p. 106:
Ford, Benjamin G., Head, b Aug 1864, age 35, md. 5 yrs, b OH, parents b OH, farmer
Marilda, wife, b Nov 1857, age 42, 5 children, b OH, parents b OH
Sarah M., dau, b Dec 1886 OH, age 13
Thurman R., son, b July 1888 OH, age 11
Clarence W., son, b Apr 1891 OH, age 9
Ezra H., son, b May 1893 OH, age 7
Joseph G., son, b Apr 1896 OH, age 4
David E., son, b Dec 1897 OH, age 2
Stauffer, Walter E., step-son, b Feb 1881, age 19, born Illinois, father b PA mother b OH
Florence E., step-dau, b Jan 1883, age 17, born IL
John F., step-son, b Jun 1885, age 14, born IL

1920 Ohio census - Cuyahoga Co, Cleveland:
Benjamin G. Ford, roomer, 55, b. OH; Ella M., roomer, 46, b. North Carolina, father & mother b. NY

From Joseph Ford (JFords001@aol.com), Sept. 6, 2001, in response to a query I put on the Ford genforum asking for information on the family of Benjamin G. Ford:
How much do you want to know? Benjamin was married to Olive Mae Deffenbaugh from Nov.5, 1855 to Jan 11, 1895. He then married Marilda Jane Myers Stauffer 6/29/1895. Father of BG was Jonathan G. Ford Mother was Sarah A. Rohrer. Jonathan G.'s father was Joseph, his mother was Phebe Kibbey. Joseph's father was Richard, his mother was Mary Gills. We can supply you with more, and dates if this is what you are looking for. Joseph Ford Tigard, OR

A second email, Sept. 7, 1901: I know that Ben G. was born to Jonathan G. and his second wife Sarah Rohrer. He married Olive 11/5/1895 they had 4 children. And you seem to know their names. He married Marilda Jane Myers Stauffer 6/29/1895. They had 2 children, Joseph and David. She died 3/4/1918. And Ben married Ella DeMeyer 10/14/1918. Ben's daughter Sarah married Carl McMillen. So that would be her in the picture Glenna has. I know that Jonathan was born in Warren County, and moved to Putnam County when he was 11. So looks as if Ben was born and raised in Putnam County. I know that JG was ordained a Baptist minister in Jan 1862. The Sugar Creek Church was south of Rimer and 2.5 miles due east from his farm.

[NI01052] Guy was a teacher at Phillips Public School, Richland Township, Allen County, 1905-1906. Adolph Badertscher was the director.

About 1909 he was the teacher at Bresler Public School in Bath Township, Allen County. Three of his brother Norval's children were at this school -- Grace LaRue was in the 2nd Grade, Victor LaRue was in the 4th Grade, and Edith LaRue was in the 5th Grade. The School Board was composed of A.C. Carroll, Jacob Sandy, George Stoner, Milen Hefner and Jacob Fetter.

1930 OH census - Allen Co, Auglaize Twp (image 14 of 26) - Guy La Rue age 48, wife Ethel age 39, son Weldon age 14, son Preston age 11, dau Hope age 7, dau Opal age 5. Near Otie's family.

The Lima News, Monday, May 22, 1950, p. 10 -- Columbus Grove Milk Honors
Annual results of the Allen County Dairy Herd Improvement Assn. testing program were announced Monday by County Agent Herbert H. Hadley. ... In third place was the Jersey herd of Guy LaRue and Son, east of Lima, which averaged 469.8 pounds of butterfat and 8,617 pounds of milk, ...

Another article, probably June 1950 -- Herd Tests High
Guy LaRue, Route 2, Lafayette, had the high herd for June with his registered Jerseys under the Dairy Herd Improvement Assn. testing in Allen County. His herd average for the month was 48.4 pounds of butterfat and 906 pounds of milk. ...

Lima News, Friday, June 20, 1958 -- Services Saturday for Guy LaRue, 75
Funeral services for Guy LaRue, 75, Rt. 2, Lafayette, will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the Harrod Congregational Christian church, the Rev. Willard Thomas officiating. Interment will be in Lafayette cemetery.
Friends may call at the residence, two miles west of Harrod on Clum road, until Saturday noon when the body will be removed to the church to lie in state one hour before the service. Hanson funeral home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. LaRue died Thursday morning in Lima Memorial Hospital. In failing health for two years, he was seriously ill for two months.
A native of Jackson township, he was born Mar. 2, 1882, a son of William and Lucinda LaRue. Mr. LaRue taught school for ten years and had served on the Auglaize township school board for sixteen years. Later he became well known as one of the area's progressive farmers, specializing in Jersey cattle. He was long a Sunday school teacher in the Cong. Christian church.
He was married to Ethel Heath in 1913 who survives with five children; two sons, Weldon of Elida and Preston of Rt. 2, Lafayette; three daughters, Mrs. Hope Beery, Waterville; Mrs. Opal Harvey, Rt. 1, Harrod; Mrs. Norma Lillie, Ada; ten grandchildren. One daughter preceded him.
He leaves two brothers, Ira LaRue of Clyde and Otis LaRue of Lima; two sisters, Mrs. Eva Arnold and Mrs. Hettie Younkman, both of Beaverdam.

[NI01053] The Lima News, Friday, Feb. 15, 1985
Ethel F. (Floy) LaRue, 94, formerly of Harrod, died at 3:45 p.m. Thursday at the Allen Inn.
She was born Nov. 28, 1890, in Lafayette, the daughter of William and Amanda Zerbe Heath. On March 19, 1913, she married Guy S. LaRue, who died June 20, 1957.
Mrs. LaRue was a member of the Happy Hour Club [a farm women's club] and Laugh Yette Club. She was a former member of Greely Bible Chapel Church.
Survivors include two sons, Weldon LaRue of Elida and Preston LaRue of Harrod; 3 daughters, Hope Kaliher of Lima, Opal Harvey of Harrod, and Mrs. Roger (Norma) Lillie of Ashtabula; 16 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.
Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Lewis Memorial Chapel of Chiles and Sons-Laman, Rev. Glenn Kyler officiating. Burial will be in Lafayette Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday.

From funeral home card: In memory of Ethel F. LaRue, born Nov. 25, 1890, died Feb. 14, 1985, age 94 years, 2 months, 19 days.

The Lima News, undated article (probably 1959) -- Laugh-Yet Club
The Laugh-Yet Club of the Lafayette area met for the monthly meeting and covered dish luncheon at the home of Mrs. Nevada Mercer. Roll call was answered with "Something New in Medicine." Present for the occasion were Mrs. Vonna Cross, Mrs. Reed Tabler, Mrs. Esther Hall, Mrs. Guy LaRue, Mrs. Paul Adams, Mrs. James Wilson, Mrs. Chester Brentlinger, Mrs. Merlin Kennedy, Mrs. Vesta Shrider, Mrs. Tina Yazel, Mrs. Blanch Eversole, Mrs. Florence Hall, Mrs. Ethel Brayton, and Mrs. Wilson.

Lima News?, shortly before July 19, 1958, column called "Our City" by Max B. Martin
Our "Remember When" editor is getting all the fan mail these days. But since she can only talk in past tense, we took this one off her hands.
Mrs. Guy LaRue of Lafayette writes about an interesting experience of the past:
It will soon be July 19th, and I will always "remember when" just eight years ago on Wednesday, July 19th, 1950, when I was in Lima shopping, and had come to my last errand. Not many farm families owned their own food freezers eight years ago, and so I was on my way to the Food Freezer Locker Service on N. Elizabeth Street to get the weekly meat supply for the family. It was storming some, and as I parked my car and started toward the Locker, I looked up north and saw board, clothing and debris sailing high in the air. I proceeded into the building, where patrons were laughing and talking. I said, "Did you folks know it was storming outside?" I saw boards and things flying way up high in the sky." But they were too unconcerned to look out or investigate. They probably did not know it until they reached home or read it in the Thursday newspaper, which I have kept for eight years, with all the pictures and whole pages showing the disaster that hit west and north Lima.
This was the tornado that did a $1,500,000 damage to Lima, and 30 were injured and scores homeless. The Red Cross, National Guard, police and firemen and many others were brought into service. Homes were demolished, moved off their foundations and trees were uprooted. This same tornado struck a mile southwest of Beaverdam on Rt. 25, when 4 cows and 4 sows were killed when the barn of Home Weaver collapsed. A friend of ours told us it struck also east of Beaverdam, but we have always thought it could not have been the same one, as motorists were getting out of their cars and crawling in the ditches at 6 p.m. while Lima was hit at 4:50 p.m. There is a difference of opinion there.
I guess the reason I have been interested in this is that on June 8th, 1924, a cyclone visited us at 6 a.m. on Sunday morning and our barn collapsed on Clum Rd., 2 miles west of Harrod, then it dipped and took the barn of Nora Blair on Rt. 30.
Thanks for the note, Mrs. Larue. Here's hoping July 19, 1958 is a bit more pleasant for us all.

[NI01054] Marjorie's name is spelled differently depending on the record - usually either Marjorie or Margery. I use the spelling Marjorie from the entry in her baby book that we believe was written by her mother.

There is part of an "In Living Remembrance of" card that says Margery LaRue died Jan. 7, 1924, age 10 years.

Marjorie had completed Grade Three at Auglaize Rural School for the school year 1922-23, teacher Goldie Corbet.

[NI01055] Harrod High School Class of 1932

[NI01056] Harrod High School Class of 1936

Lima News, Monday, Oct. 16, 1995 -- Lima
Preston J. LaRue, 77, died at 6:20 p.m. Oct. 14, 1995, at Lima Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was born Sept. 12, 1918, in Allen County to Guy Samuel and Ethel Floy Heath LaRue. On May 3, 1957, he married Elsie E. Hefner, who died Sept. 29, 1992.
Mr. LaRue was a retired farmer. He was a member of the Harrod Christian Church, Ohio Farmers Union and the Allen County Farm Bureau.
Survivors include a brother, Weldon LaRue of Lima; and three sisters, Hope Kaliher of Lima, Opal Harvey of Harrod and Norma Lillie of Ashtabula. He was preceded in death by a sister, Margie LaRue.
Services will begin at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Lewis Memorial Chapel of Chiles and Sons-Laman Funeral Homes. The Rev. Leonard Spacht will officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.

[NI01057] Harrod High School Class of 1941

[NI01058] Harrod High School Class of 1943

[NI01059] 1870 census for Jackson Twp, Allen Co OH, Village of Lafayette, p. 351: William A. Larue, 24, farm laborer, value of personal property: 535; Lucinda, 22, keeping house; Emma A., 3, at home; Edward C., 2.

In the 1900 Ohio census for Jackson Twp, Allen Co, roll 1236 p. 85, William is listed as William Larew (indexed as William G. Larew). The next household listed is that of his son-in-law and daughter, John Augsburger and his wife Addie, whose eldest son Robert is incorrectly listed as Cleo.
William Larew, Head, b. July 1845, age 54, widowed; b. OH, parents b. OH; farmer, owns farm
Ira, son, b. Aug 1879, age 20, single; farm laborer
Guy, son, b. March 1882, 18, single; teacher (school)
Otis, son, b. Sept 1884, 15; at school
Hattie, daughter, b. June 1885; at school

1910 Ohio census for Jackson Twp, Allen Co: William A. Larue, age 64, and his wife Rachel, age 63. They have been married 9 years, and Rachel has 4 children.

Mr. William LaRue Celebrates Birthday With Family Reunion, 1926
Eighty-First Anniversary Marked With Gathering Of Friends And Relatives At Community Park, LaFayette.

Mr. William LaRue, of Ada, celebrated his 81st birthday in the form of a reunion at Community Park, LaFayette, recently. Mr. LaRue's two living brothers, Obed and Newton LaRue and their families motored from Texas to be present at the affair.

A delicious dinner was served at noon, bowls of roses in red and crimson forming the centerpieces, while the cover of the host was marked with a birthday cake holding 81 miniature flags.

After the dinner a social time was enjoyed, the older folks indulging in reminiscences, while the children enjoyed various games and contests. Later a delightful program was given with Mr. Robert Baker acting as chairman.

"Blest Be the Tie that Binds" was sung as the opening number and was followed by invocation by Rev. Herrier of Beaverdam; Mr. Guy LaRue gave the welcome address and Miss Anna LaRue, a reading. A number was then sung by a male chorus including Messrs. Ira, Ralph and Olan LaRue, John and Bob Augsburger, Norval, Victor and Harold LaRue, Will, Clair and Daniel Younkman, Roy, Merrill and Gail Arnold, Jack Pugh and Bob Hullinger.

A piano duet was given by Misses Mary Mowery and Marie LaRue; talk, Mr. William LaRue; solo, Mrs. Helen Baker; reading, Gertrude LaRue; solo, Robert LaRue; piano solo, Olive LaRue; selection, male chorus; tenor solo, Clair Younkman; talk by Mr. J. W. Lippincott; duet, "Don't Forget the Old Folks," Mrs. J. H. Baker, Mr. Ira LaRue; solo, Miss Beulah Younkman; song, "My Grandfather's Farm," sung by grandsons Olan and Ralph LaRue, Clair and Daniel Younkman, Roy, Merrill and Gail Arnold, Victor and Harold LaRue, Bob Augsburger and Bob Baker; song, "God Be With You Till We Meet Again," benediction by Mr. J. W. Lippincott.

More than 175 relatives, neighbors and friends were present for the affair including the children of Mr. LaRue, their wives and husbands, forty-three grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildren.

Out of town guests were: Mrs. E. S. Brock, Miss Violet Shuster, Mr. Smith Shuster, of Owosso, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. John Dellmatre, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Shuster, of Henderson, Mich.; Mrs. John Bridge, children, Emory and Elanor, of Huntsville; Mrs. Margaret Steinhaur and Mrs. Eva King of Columbus; Mr. and Mrs. Martin Nelson, Miss Mary McClain, Mrs. Merrit King, George M. and Jean LaRue King, of Kinder, La.; Mr. and Mrs. Newton LaRue, of Kerrville, Texas; Mr. Obed LaRue, of Houston, Texas; Mrs. Margaret Phillips, of Lima; Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Lippincott of Beaverdam; Mr. and Mrs. Smith Shuster, of Ada; Mrs. J. L. Maus, Mrs. Mary Kershaw, Mrs. M. Heath, Dr. Sager and Joseph Windgate, of LaFayette; Mr. Melvin Scoles and family, of Bluffton.

* William LaRue's birthdate was 7-2-1845.

[NI01060] Allen County OH 1880 Atlas has in Jackson Twp an Elijah Helser, James G. Helser and J.W. Helser, Elijah has the biggest plot, so we're thinking he may be father of the other two. There is another Elijah Helser in Auglaize Twp.
At first we thought one of these might be Lucinda's father, but the 1850 Perry County OH census showed that Jacob and Nancy were her parents.
The Elijah in Jackson Twp is Lucinda's 1st cousin once removed. James G. Helser is his son (Lucinda's 2nd cousin). I haven't found J.W. Helser yet, but most likely he is another son of Elijah's.

[NI01061] Levi was a member of the Ames Chapel, Methodist Episcopal Church in Liberty Twp, Hardin Co. He was the superintendent of the sabbath classes appr. 1880-1883. In the History of Hardin County in the section on churches, his name is listed erroneously as Levi Larne.

The marriage record for Levi L. and Sarah Shuster was obviously typed from handwritten documents, as Levi's name is given as Levi SARM. This is reasonable given that the script capital L looked a lot like capital S, and a written "ue" could easily be mistaken for an "m."

Because "Loofberry" is a rather unusual name, I have explored the possibility that it is a family name - possibly Nancy Emerson's mother was a Loofberry. The name was generally "Loofborough" but I found it spelled "Loofberry" in Ohio. Have been unable to find a connection but intend to keep looking.

In this pursuit: There is a Jonathan Loofborrow in Perry Co OH in 1819 who married Barbara Sherg, May 18, 1819.

[NI01063] 1820 Ohio census for Licking Co, Burlington Twp (p 043) lists Obed Larew 0-1-0-0-1-0 / 2-0-0-1-0 / 0-2 (1 male 10-16, 1 male 26-45; 2 females under 10, 1 female 26-45; 2 in agriculture). Since Levi wasn't born until 1821, the male 10-16 is most likely a farm laborer. That there are two daughters under 10 listed would imply that Obed and Nancy married before 1820. It also means there was another daughter that Olan doesn't include in his history. She probably died young as well. I estimate their marriage as 1818 based on this. Also, since the known daughter is buried with Obed and Nancy in the Lafayette cemetery, the 2nd daughter probably died while they were still in Licking Co. and is probably buried there. Do we know when Obed and Nancy moved to Allen Co?

Look for a marriage record for Obed and Nancy in Licking Co OH.

Listed in the same place was Abel Emerson 0-0-0-1-0-1 / 0-1-1-0-0 / 0-1 (1 male 16-26, 1 male 45 and over; 1 female 10-16, 1 female 16-26). Abel is possibly related to Nancy.

Nancy was 38 in 1820 when she married Obed. It's possible that she was married before, and that Emerson was her married name not her maiden name.

In 1840 and 1860 Ohio census, Obed LaRue is in Allen Co, Jackson Twp.

[NI01064] I think Nancy's father is Levi Emerson.

[NI01076] Rosette took her own life on 3 February 1903. She and George (who went by his middle name, Austin) are buried in the Monroe Twp. Cemetery.

[NI01078] From the Lillie Reunion record, August 4, 1921: What proved in some respects the saddest reunion held by the Lillie family occurred on the 4th of August, 1921, at the home of Mrs. Eva Lillie on the State Line road. In the planning and preparation for this event, M.B. Lillie, ever loyal to these family gatherings, had taken an active interest. But before the day came he was stricken with pneumonia, and at the time of the reunion he lay in a critical condition. Almost before the gathering dispersed he passed on to the haven of rest where sickness and suffering are unknown. It could not be but that a shadow should rest upon the company in the knowledge of his condition and all felt and expressed the deepest sympathy.

1910 OH census - Ashtabula Co, Conneaut Twp
A.B. Lillie age 56, md 17 yrs, b OH parents b OH
wife Clara E. age 52, no children; b OH father b NY mother b OH

They are next to Clara's father, Henry Risley (age 82, widowed, b NY parents b NY), and her brother Emory P. (age 55, single).

[NI01081] 1880 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Monroe (roll 992), p. 509b, taken June 9:
Frank Lillie, 24, farmer, born Ohio, parents born Ohio; wife Elvia T., 24, born Pa, father born Pa, mother born Ohio

[NI01084] There is a Burt Smith on p. 203a of the Conneaut Twp, Ashtabula Co OH 1900 census. He was born Feb 1867, age 33, widow, b OH father b OH mother b PA, car inspector R.R.; Laura, daughter, b Jul 1895 age 4.

This Burt Smith is just a page away from Bertha Smith Cole, p. 202-202a with her husband Gilbert Cole. Is it possible I have the wrong birth date for Burt? Was he married before he married ? Hill in 1905?

[NI01087] 1900 OH census - Ashtabula Co, Conneaut Twp Roll 1238 Book 1 p. 202 (bottom of page) - Gilbert Cole, b May 1849 age 51 b PA parents b NY, farmer, md. 15 yrs; Bertha M. b Apr 1863 age 37 b OH father b OH mother b NY, 3 children; William E. b Mar 1886 age 14 b OH; (cont. on next page) Ray W. Cole b May 1889 age 11; Jessie I., dau, b Apr 1894 age 6.

[NI01095] 1900 OH census - Ashtabula Co, Conneaut Twp Roll 1238 Book 1 p. 212, bottom of page - Rachel Hauff b Aug 1859 age 40, divorced, 4 children, b NY parent b Germany, occ: boarding-house; Wm., son, b Nov 1875 age 24 b NY father b England mother b NY; Fred b Nov 1878 age 21 b PA; Carrie L., dau, b Feb 1883 age 17 b PA; (top of next page) Edward J. Hauff, son, b Feb 1886 age 14 b NY.

Further down the page is John Hauff b July 1854 age 45, divorced, b NY parents b Germany - is Fred's father?

[NI01106] I believe this is Cornelia Rowe, daughter of Eli Rowe. Eli's family is listed on p. 103b of the 1850 PA census for Crawford Co, Conneaut Twp, just a few pages from the family of George & Jerusha Lillie.

Two households after George & Jerusha (p. 101b), there is a Cornelia Rowe, age 11, in the household of John & Eliza Adams. It's probable this is the same Cornelia Rowe listed on p. 103b, just enumerated twice.

[NI01112] Richard C. Gneuhs, age 16, appears in the 1910 census for Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co OH. Head of household is Richard A. Gneuhs, 43, born OH; wife Minnie (Schmidt), 40, born Germany; son Arthur F., 20; son Elmer L., 18; son Richard C., 16; mother-in-law Mary Schmidt, 72, born Germany.

[NI01119] 1900 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Conneaut Twp, Roll 1238 Book 1 p. 209 - Cyrus E. and Libbie A. Williams and 5 children. Cyrus was born in Ohio and his parents born in Ohio. Also says Libbie's parents were born in Ohio. His occupation is given as Day laborer.

[NI01133] 1930 PA census - Erie Co, Albion Borough, taken April 12:
R. Chester Williams, 26, md. at age 25, born Penn, father born Penn, mother born Ohio, occ: clerk-railroad; wife Bernice W., 20, md. at age 19, born Penn, parents born Penn; son Edward R., 6/12

[NI01144] 1900 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Pierpont Twp, roll 1238 (book 2) p 199 - lists Ernest A. Leonard, wife Blanche and daughter Lura. Blanche's parents were born in Ohio, according to this. Ernest's occupation is barber. Next door is Herbert A. Leonard, b Oct 1856, age 43, Lawyer, wife Nellie b Aug 1861 PA, married 2 years, and mother-in-law Mary Giles b Nov 1846 in Ireland, age 53, widowed. Herbert is probably a brother of Ernest's.

1930 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Pierpont Twp, Pierpont, p. 2 of 15 (Main Street):
Ernest Leonard, head, owns, value of home: $1200, age 57, first married at age 29, born Ohio, parents born Ohio; tonsorist, owns shop
Blanche, wife, age 57, first married at age 15, born Ohio, parents born Ohio

[NI01146] 1920 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Pierpont Twp, p. 5A (image 7 of 11):
Floyd LeRoy Lewis, head, 36
Lura Inez, wife, 29
Marguerite Adelia, dau, 5
Leonard Wade, son, 2-11/12
Alfred Morezor(?) Lewis, father, 72, born Ohio, parents born NY

1930 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Pierpont Twp, Pierpont, p. 8 of 15:
Floyd Lewis, head, owns, value: $5000, age 46, married at age 23, born OH, parents OH, dairy farmer
Lura, wife, 40, married at age 23, born OH, parents OH
Marguerite, dau, 15
Wade, son, 13
Faye, dau, 3-2/12,

[NI01164] Her parents were Harry and Anna Pelick, emigrated from Poland in 1902 and 1911 (1930 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Pierpont Twp, Pierpont, p. 9 of 15).

[NI01180] 1920 Ohio census for Ashtabula County, living with George and Rena was her mother Mary born abt 1862 PA.

[NI01184] According to my dad, Belle was in my grandmother's sewing club. (noted March 2002)

[NI01199] 1930 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Conneaut City, ED 21, taken April 2:
Paul F. Dombrowski, 21, md. at age 19, born Penn, parents born Penn, occ: laborer, coal yard; wife Mary E., 17, md. at age 15, born Ohio, father born Alabama, mother born Ohio; dau Viola J., 1-5/12

[NI01215] 1930 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Conneaut City, ED 21, taken April 2 - in the household of Marjorie's parents, Howard & Etta Wiltse.

[NI01228] Star Beacon Obituary, Wed., Nov. 27, 2002:
CONNEAUT - Martha Caroline Dudley, 86, died Monday, Nov. 25, 2002, at her home on Liberty St.
She was born March 28, 1916, to Guy and Nena (English) Shearer. She married Arthur W. Dudley on March 7, 1937.
A devoted mother and grandmother, and caregiver to many others, Mrs. Dudley lived most of her life in Conneaut, graduating from Conneaut High School in 1933, where she was a member of the National Honor Society and the Defiance Club.
Mrs. Dudley was active in Girl Scouts for many years and served as a leader for the Girl Scouts and Cub Scouts.
Mrs. Dudley was president of the Broad Street School PTA, the Conneaut PTA's council, and the Conneaut High School Band Boosters. She served on the election board for 50 years. She served in many community and other organizations, including the Pythian Sisters, for which she was pianist for many years, and the Conneaut Tree Commission. She was a member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, the Rebekahs, Order of the Eastern Star, the Women's Benefit Association and the Sam Wharram Nature Club. As a young woman, she sang in the choir of the Conneaut United Church of Christ, where she was a member.
Mrs. Dudley worked for the Conneaut Creamery and, later in life, as a Conneaut reporter for the Erie Times-News. She also worked as a baby-sitter, helping to put her children through college.
She is survived by her husband of 65 years, Arthur; three daughters, Jane Ron of Youngsville, Pa., Margie Baker of Russell, Pa., and Ruth Dudley of Conneaut; a son, Robert Dudley of Conneaut; 10 grandchildren, the Rev. Andrew Spore, Rachel Camp, Maria Taylor, Jeffrey and Jason Baker, Grace, Luis and Nena Dudley, and Jennifer and Lori Dudley; and 11 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers, Walter Shearer, Klun Shearer and Robert Shearer; infant twin sons, Billy and Jimmy; and an infant daughter, Alice Jean.
A celebration of life service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Marcy Funeral Home, 208 Liberty St., Conneaut. The Rev. Walter Coy, of the United Church of Christ, and the Rev. Stephen T. Szilagyi will officiate. Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery.
Calling hours are 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, and 10 a.m. until the time of service Saturday, at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Conneaut Tree Commission or to the Conneaut United Church of Christ Organ Fund. Envelopes are available at the funeral home.

Also Nov. 28, 2002:
CONNEAUT - Martha Caroline Dudley, 86, died Monday, Nov. 25, 2002, at her home at 431 Liberty St.
She was born March 28, 1916, to Guy and Nena (English) Shearer. She married Arthur Walter Dudley on March 7, 1937.
Mrs. Dudley was described as a loving and generous person, and a devoted mother and grandmother. She was a caregiver to many others.
Having lived most of her life in Conneaut, Martha graduated from Conneaut High School in 1933. She was a member of the National Honor Society and the Defiance Club.
She was the first Girl Scout in Conneaut's Troop 1, Patrol 1. She hiked to the first flag-raising event at Camp Peet. Loving birds, animals and trees, she camped there and at Camp Stigwandish. Martha remained active in scouting, serving as a leader for Girl Scouts and Cub Scouts.
Martha served as president of the Broad Street School PTA, the Conneaut PTA's council, and the Conneaut High School Band Boosters. She served on the election board 50 years. She was a pianist for the Pythian Sisters for many years and was secretary of the Tree Commission. She was a member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Rebekahs, Order of the Eastern Star, Women's Benefit Association and the Sam Wharram Nature Club. As a young woman, she sang in the choir of the United Church of Christ, where she was a member.
Martha worked for the Conneaut Creamery and, later in life, as a Conneaut reporter for the Erie Times-News. She worked as a baby-sitter to help put her children through college.
She is survived by her husband of 65 years; three daughters, Jane (Balling) Ron of Youngsville, Pa., Margie (Lee) Baker of Russell, Pa., and Ruth Dudley of Conneaut; and a son, Robert (Karen) Dudley of Conneaut; 10 grandchildren, the Rev. Andrew Spore, Rachel Camp, Maria Taylor, Jeffrey and Jason Baker, Grace, Luis and Nena Dudley, and Jennifer and Lori Dudley; and 11 great-grandchildren, Megan, Joshua and Aaron Spore, Rebekah, Hannah and Sarah Camp, Jacob Baker, Julia and Aaron Czup, Noah Spore, and Bomani Taylor.
She was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers, Walter Shearer, Klun Shearer and Robert Shearer; infant twin sons, Billy and Jimmy; and an infant daughter, Alice Jean.
Calling hours are 6 to 8 p.m. Friday and 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday, preceding the 11 a.m. service of celebration of life at the Marcy Funeral Home, 208 Liberty St., Conneaut. The Rev. Walter Coy of the United Church of Christ and the Rev. Stephen T. Szilagyi will officiate. Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Conneaut Tree Commission or to the Conneaut United Church of Christ's Organ Fund. Envelopes are available at the funeral home.

[NI01252] 1930 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Pierpont Twp, Pierpont, p. 14 of 15:
Charles Marcy, head, owns, value of home: $7500, age 52, married at age 24, born OH, father born PA, mother born OH; dairy farmer
Iva B., wife, 42, married at age 22, born OH, parents born OH
Alberta, dau, 17
Nelson, son, 15
Doris, dau, 13
Clarence, son, 11
Lyle, son, 8
Lois, dau, 8

[NI01361] 1860 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Monroe Twp (roll 933), PO Monroe Centre, p. 269b, taken July 12:
William Hill, 27, farmer, b. NY; Levant, 23, farm hand, b. NY; Andrew, 22, farm hand, b. NY; Betsy, 19, house w, b. NY; Harriet, 58, house keep, b. Mass

1880 OH census - Ashtabula Co, Richmond Twp (roll 992), p. 571D, taken June 3 & 4:
Levant Hill, 45, laborer, born NY, father born VT, mother born Conn; wife Phidelia, 42, born Conn, parents born Conn; dau Lola, 14, born Ohio, parents born Ohio; son George, 12, born Ohio, parents born Ohio [so Phidelia is not their mother]; Harriet Hill, mother, 77, born Conn, parents born Conn

1900 OH census - Ashtabula Co, Richmond Twp (roll 1238), p. 231, taken June 8:
Levant Hill born Sept 1836 age 63, md. 6 yrs, born NY, parents born NY, farmer; wife Hellen A. born Mar 1855 age 45, md. 6 yrs, 6 children, 1 living, born Penn, father born NY, mother born Penn

1910 OH census - Ashtabula Co, Richmond Twp (roll 1152), p. 284b, taken April 21:
Levant Hill, 70, M2, 16 yrs, born NY, parents born NY, farmer; wife Helen A., 54, M2, 16 yrs, 6 children, 1 living, born Penn, father born NY, mother born Penn; dau Ruth, 14, born Ohio

[NI01364] 1900 OH census - Trumbull Co, Gustavus Twp (roll 1325) bk 1 p 118a - Barton Steadman, wife Lola, son Levant.

[NI01398] 1920 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Pierpont Twp, p. 7A (image 10 of 11):
George Hill, 52, born Ohio, father born NY, mother born OH; farmer
Cora, wife, 46, born Ohio, parents born Ohio
Cora's parents and several siblings are also on this page.

1930 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Pierpont Twp, Pierpont, p. 3 of 15:
George Hill, head, owns, value of home: $1000, age 62, married at age 26, born Ohio, father born NY, mother born OH; no occupation listed
Cora L., age 57, married at age 21, born Ohio, parents born Ohio; rug weaver, at home
Rosaline Lamson, mother-in-law, age 76, widowed, married at age 18, born Ohio, father born (U.K. is crossed out] U.S., mother born NY

[NI01404] 1900 OH census - Ashtabula Co, Conneaut Twp, Conneaut Village (roll 1238) p. 249a - Emma Lillie, age 42, widowed, is listed as head of household with her son Carl E., age 20, and daughter Maude, age 18. No occupation listed for Emma; Carl is a laborer and Maude is a stenographer.

[NI01413] 1920 OH census - Ashtabula Co, Conneaut Twp, roll T625_1345, p. 9A, ED 27:
John Wallace age 42 b Michigan, parents b Michigan
wife Maud age 38 b OH, father b OH, mother b PA
brother-in-law Carl Lillie age 39 b OH, father b OH, mother b PA
niece Gertrude (Lillie) age 15 b OH, father b OH, mother b PA
niece Charlotte (Lillie) age 13 b OH, father b OH, mother b PA
nephew Laurence (Lillie) age 7 b OH, father b OH, mother b PA

[NI01415] I thought maybe Erastus was a brother to Polly Rathburn who married his wife's brother Joseph Lillie. Pierson Genealogical Records does list a Polly Rathburn dau of Olivia Pearson and Joseph Rathburn, born May 19, 1810, but it says she married Thomas Allen, lives at Clinton City IA and has four children.

The name was probably interchangeable - Rathburn and Rathbun. I am using Rathbun, as that seems to be the common name used in the Lillie Reunion records.

1850 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Monroe (roll 659), p. 294a, taken Aug. 13:
Erastus Rathbun, 56, miller, value of real estate: 2500, born Conn; Sally, 50, born Vt; George, 25, miller, born Ohio; Adelia M. Rathbun, 13

[NI01450] 1850 Illinois census - Boone Co, Ohio Twp (roll 98), p. 89b, taken Aug. 27:
Wm Bishop, 59, farmer, real estate: 800, born Vt; Lucy, 48, born Vt; Jefferson, 24, farmer, real estate: 700, born NY; Mary, 22, born NY; Wm, 20, farmer, born NY; Warren, 13, born Ohio; Eliza, 11, born Ohio

I can't find William Bishop in 1860 in Boone Co IL (nor in Mower Co MN) - it's possible he died before 1860.

[NI01451] I'm fairly sure this is Edwin in the 1860 census - the age is about right, he was born in NY and traveled through Ohio (at least one child was born there), and his family was in Boone Co IL. I'm guessing that M.A. stands for Mary Ann.
1860 Illinois census - Boone Co, village of Belvidere (roll 157), p. 473, taken July 28:
E.R. Bishop, 40, grocery store, born NY; M.A., 35, born NY; P.N. (f), 14, born Ohio; I.J.(?) (f), 4, born IL; Hallie, 2, born IL; K.B. Potts, 29, clerk, born Mo(?); Eugene Thomas, 19, clerk, born IL

1870 Illinois census - Boone Co, Belvidere (roll 189), p. 335a, taken June 11:
E.E. Bishop, 53, born NY, [can't read occupation], real eatste: 10,000, personal estate: 5,000; Mary, 44, born NY; Paulina, 23, dressmaker, born Ohio; Iva, 14, born IL; Hattie, 13, invalid at home, born IL; Ebba (m), 4, born IL; Ira (m), 4, born IL

1880 Illinois census - Boone Co, Belvidere (roll 176), p. 333D, taken June 2:
Edwin R. Bishop, 60, grocer, born IL; wife Mary A., 54, born NY, parents born NY; dau Iva M., 23, teaching, born IL; dau Hattie B., 20; son Eba, 14; son Ira, 14; dau Allie, 8; Kate Whitmore, 34, sister-in-law, spasms, born Ohio, parents born NY
Previous household: Abijah Whitmore, 52, nurse, born NY, parents born NY; wife Mary, 42, born Michigan. Abijah is probably Mary's brother.

[NI01452] 1850 Illinois census - Boone Co, Ohio Twp (roll 98), p. 87, taken Aug. 26:
G.W. Bishop, 24, farmer, born NY - household of Stephen & Beth Dewof(?) [DeWolf?] from Vt.

1880 Illinois census - Cook Co, Chicago (roll 186), p. 285D, taken June 12:
George W. Bishop, 54, real estate, born NY, parents born VT; wife Martha J., 48, born Ohio, parents born NY; son Frank H., 24, conductor on street car, born IL; son G. Edwin, 21, clerk in stockyards, born MN; Edward S. Reed, 27, nephew, carpenter, born IL, parents born NY; Arthur H. DeForrest, 23, boarder, machinist, born Conn, parents born Conn

[NI01455] Possibly the Andrew Bishop in the 1880 census for Oberlin, Decatur Co KS (roll 379), p. 288D: Andrew Bishop, 57, farmer, born NY, parents born NY, wife Pheapa, 41, born NY, parents born NY; ...

[NI01456] 1860 Minnesota census - Mower Co, LeRoy (roll 572), p. 502, taken July 10:
Thomas J, Bishop, 34, carpenter, born New York; Armina, 26, born Ohio; Ella S., 8, born Illinois; Willis, 3, born Illinois
Four households previous is Jefferson's brother-in-law and sister, Philander & Sarah Sheffield; two households previous is his brother-in-law and sister, Wentworth & Eliza Hays.

1880 Minnesota census - Mower Co, village of LeRoy (roll 626), p. 474C, taken June 17:
Thomas J. Bishop, 53, carpenter, born NY, parents born VT; wife Elnina R., 47, born Ohio, parents born VT; dau Ella, 28, born IL; son Fremont, 23, born IL; dau Lilly, 14, born MN; son Henry, 11, born MN

[NI01458] This could be the William N. Bishop in the 1880 census for San Juan, San Benito Co CA (roll 72), p. 407A, taken June 7, in the household of Thomas Flint, farmer, and his wife Mary A. Flint: Wm N. Bishop, 49, widowed, farm laborer, born NY, parents born VT

[NI01464] 1900 OH census - Ashtabula Co, Conneaut Twp Roll 1238 Book 1 p. 200a - Risley, Henry, b June 1827 age 72, widow, b NY, father & mother b CT, occ: farmer; Clara E., dau, b Jan 1858 age 42, single, b OH father b NY mother b OH; Emery P. son, b May 1854 age 46, single, b OH.

[NI01466] 1900 OH census - Ashtabula Co, Pierpont Twp Roll 1238 Book 1 p. 211 - Warren B. Carter, b April 1849 age 51, md. 31 yrs, b PA father & mother b NY, occ: farmer; Delilah, b Nov 1851 age 48, 2 children, b OH father b PA mother b OH,

[NI01468] 1900 OH census - Ashtabula Co, Denmark Twp Roll 1238 Book 2 p. 34a - Frank Moore, b Apr 1871 age 29, md. 8 yrs, b OH parents b England, occ: farmer; Corah b May 1873 age 27, 2 children; Zadie, dau, b Aug 1893 age 6; Bessie, dau, b Jul 1899 age 10/12.

[NI01475] 1900 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Conneaut Twp (roll 1238), p. 207, taken June 9:
Arthur Harvey born Sep 1879 age 20, md. 1 yr, born Ohio, parents born Ohio, occ: day laborer; wife Effie born June 1881 age 19, born Ohio, father born Penn, mother born Ohio

[NI01483] His parents were Glenn and Ola Partch of Pierpont OH (1930 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Pierpont Twp, Pierpont, p. 6 of 15).

[NI01486] 1900 OH census - Ashtabula Co, Conneaut Twp Roll 1238 Book 1 p. 209a - Lyman Risley, b Oct 1860 age 39, md. 12 yrs, b OH father b NY mother b OH, occ: carpenter; Gertrude b Nov 1868 age 31,b OH parents b VT; Orville, son, b Dec 1890 age 9.

[NI01491] In the 1870 and 1880 censuses, Leon is in the household of his mother's parents, Steven & Almira Foster. His father remarried and moved to Wisconsin.

1910 OH census - Ashtabula Co, Conneaut Twp, ED 17:
Leon F. Lillie, 34 [he was 44], md. 24 yrs, b. OH, parents b. OH; wife Blanch M., 45, 2 children both living, b. OH, parents b. OH; dau Elsie L. Warren, 17, md. 1 yr, 1 child; grandson Leon R., 7/12

[NI01495] 1880 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Monroe (roll 992), p. 508C, taken June 8:
Henry A. Lyman, 29, works in steam s. mill, born Penn; wife Myra, 19, born Ohio, parents born Ohio; Ralph, 1
Previous household is Myra's maternal grandparents, Steven & Almira Foster, and her brother Leon; a few households before that is her paternal gramdmother, Jerusha Lillie.

[NI01496] Blanche's mother, from a newspaper clipping from the farm book of Alice Estelle Garlock Harvey:
LEAVES A LARGE FAMILY
Mrs. B. Straight passed away at her home, 545 Buffalo street, yesterday at the age of 68 years. She was well known in the city and many friends extend to the bereaved family their sympathy. The deceased leaves a family of eight children, four sons and four daughters. The sons are: George, Bell, Will and Andrew. The daughters are: Mrs. C. G. Heffelfinger, Mrs. L. F. Lillie, Mrs. D. J. Carberry and Miss Lillian, who resides at the home. The funeral will be held at Pierpont Thursday, April 5th, at ten o'clock. There will be a prayer at the house on Buffalo street Wednesday evening at seven o'clock.

[NI01497] This must be a relation of May's mother, Blanche Straight. May's sister Elsie and her husband Roy Warren were also in attendance:

DOUBLE WEDDING AT L. A. STRAIGHT HOME___Rev. J. C. Ford of the Baptist church officiated at a prettily appointed double wedding Wednesday evening, three of the principals being well known young people of this city, the fourth being a bride from Bellevue. The ceremonies were performed at the home of Leon A. Straight, 388 Buffalo street. His sister, Miss Lillian May Straight,, was united in marriage to Frank Lee Curtis of Ford avenue, and Leon Andrew Straight, himself, was wedded to Miss Edith Mead of Bellevue.
The hour was 8:30, Miss Straight and Mr. Curtis taking their places first, while the other couple attended them. Immediately after the initial ceremony the couples exchanged places, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis attending Miss Mead and Mr. Straight. The ring service was used in both cases. The brides were both very becomingly attired, Miss Straight in light blue batiste with over lace trimmings, and Miss Mead in light blue silk with cream over lace. The members of the Straight family were the only witnesses of the exchange of pledges, and in the company were Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Heffelfinger of Shadeland, Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Carberry and son, Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Straight, Mr. and Mrs. William Kaiser and son, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Warren and son, Mrs. Langdon and Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Lillie, all of this city. Immediately after the ceremonies an elegant supper was served. Both young couples are at home at 388 Buffalo street. Mr. Straight is employed by F. F. Smith, and Mr. Curtis is a machinist at the harbor. Mrs. Curtis was formerly employed at the Mazda company and has a wide circle of local friends as have both the grooms. Miss Mead was a popular young woman of Bellevue and will no doubt soon claim as many friends here as in her home city. A large collection of wedding gifts was received by the young people. (newspaper clipping from the farm book of Alice Estelle Garlock Harvey)

[NI01503] The 3rd annual reunion of the descendants of Joseph and Lotilla Lillie unto the fourth and fifth generations was held at the home of George W. Rathbun and also the home of W. S. Montgomery. One hundred family members were present. At the 24th annual Lillie Reunion, August 15, 1918, a history of the life of George W. Rathbun was read by his daughter, Mrs. Eleanor Montgomery, as follows:
George W. Rathbun, the third child of Erastus and Sally Lillie Ratybun, was born south and east of Conneaut, January 15, 1825. The family moved to Conneaut when George was quite young and lived at the foot of Liberty Street hill, the father running the grist mill known as the Keyes mill. Later they moved to Monroe, still being engaged in the milling business, in which the son began to take an active part as soon as he was old enough. There he was married on June 15, 1851, to Maria T. Collins, and about two years later they moved to Sheffield, where they continued in the milling business and also ran a saw mill. In February 1861, George Rathbun bought the mill at the foot of Mill Street, Conneaut, known as the Union Mills, which he owned and conducted until 1892, when he retired from active labor.
Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Rathbun, Ellen, Alberta and Owen dying in infancy. Elmer Collins, born April 22, 1856, was drowned in the flume of his father's mill in April 5, 1865. Had he lived until the 22nd, he would have been 9 years old. Mary Eleanor and William E. are the surviving children.
On retiring from his active life as a miller, Mr. and Mrs. Rathbun moved to South Mill Street and there they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1901. Maria Rathbun died March 28, 1907, at the age of 78, and George W. Rathbun died January 21, 1911, having lived 86 years and 6 days.

1870 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Conneaut Borough (roll 1170), PO Amboy, p. 128A, enumerated Aug. 17, 1870:
George W. Rathbun, 45, manufactures flour, value of real estate: 10,000, value of personal estate: 2000, born Ohio; Maria, 41, keeping house; Eleanor, 8; William, 2

[NI01522] 3388 Eastdale Drive, Flint MI 48506, 810-736-7432.

[NI01526] BORN HERE 72 YEARS AGO___Has Spent Her Entire Lie in This Vicinity - Leaves Numerous Relatives.___Mrs. L. L. Skinner, a lifelong resident of this district, passed away early this morning at her home on the Colver road south of this city. A general break down resulting from old age is given as the cause of the death. Adelia M. Rathbun was born in Conneaut 72 years ago and with her death Conneaut lost one of its few pioneers. When but a child, her father was tending the old mill owned by General Keyes. The whole life of the deceased, with the exception of a few years, has been spent in the neighborhood of Conneaut and the many friends she has here are sorrowful today over the new of her death. Besides a husband, the deceased leaves a daughter, Mrs. C. E. Cheney, of Conneaut, a son, E. R. Skinner, residing south of the city, a brother, G. W. Rathbun, seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The funeral services will be held at the home on the Colver Road, Monday afternoon. Interment will be made in the East Conneaut cemetery. (newspaper clipping from the farm book of Alice Estelle Garlock Harvey)

[NI01527] 1900 OH census - Ashtabula Co, Pierpont Twp, Roll 1238 Book 2 p 206a:
Lebius L. Skinner b April 1832 age 68 md 47 yrs, b PA father b NY mother b CT; farmer
Adelia M., wife, b Sept 1836 age 63, 3 children 2 living, b OH father b OH mother b VT
Mary J., dau-in-law, b Dec 1857 age 42, md 22 yrs, 5 children 5 living, b PA father b PA mother b OH
Charles L., grandson, b Sept 1880 age 19, single, b KS father b OH mother b PA
Homer R., grandson, b Dec 1882 age 17, single, b KS father b OH mother b PA
Ruth H., granddaughter, b Oct 1885 age 14, b OH father b OH mother b PA
Edgar P., grandson, b July 1890 age 9, b OH father b OH mother b PA
Lois T., granddaughter, b Jan 1896 age 4, b OH father b OH mother b PA

[NI01604] 1870 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Kingsville (roll 1170), p. 224a, taken June 17:
Frank J. Lillie, 28, farmer, real estate: 2,500, personal: 200, born O; Hellen, 28; Ira, 8; William, 21, works on farm

[NI01608] 1850 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Monroe (roll 659), p. 303a (image 35 of 38), taken Aug. 20:
John Hicks, 42, mason, value of real estate: 1200, born VT; Emily, 36, born NY; Lotilla, 14, born OH; Joseph, 12; Helen, 6; Ellen, 6

John Joseph Hicks was likely a son of David, Joseph or James Hicks - my guess is Joseph - who came to Conneaut in 1809, as per "History of South Ridge (Farnham), Conneaut Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio" by Rev. Rufus B. Clark:
The Hicks brothers: David, Joseph, James, and Stephen; natives of Vermont, but late citizens of Canada, arrived in Conneaut in 1809, and located on lands near the cheese factory in Amboy. They remained until about three years, until the beginning of the war of 1812, when having compelled in Canada, never to take up arms against Great Britain, they packed their goods and removed to Vermont. Here they remained until the spring of 1814 when all but Stephen, who began a course in medicine, started their return to Ohio. While stopping in a few days at Rochester, New York, the British and Indians burned Buffalo. Soon after they reached their destination and settled at South Ridge. David Hicks bought land now owned by Asa Shepard, and built his log house about ten rods west of the road. James erected his house about twenty rods north of A.S. Shepard’s, just west of the ravine. They began clearing the land. Wheat being a staple article, they set themselves to work for a large crop. They girdled and under brushed twenty acres, and by September of the next year, 1815, they put in the seed. For this they paid $2.50 a bushel; but at the harvest of 1816, a little more than a year after peace was declared, wheat dropped to a wonderfully low rate, selling at twenty-five cents per bushel. "Thus," they said, "you can clearly see the difference between peace and war." This greatly disappointed them, as they were contemplating early payments of their lands.
Joseph Hicks built a house near where John Howard lives, but after a few years erected one on the south bank of the creek, a few rods from the point of land that almost overhangs the south end of the south covered bridge, on the east side of the road, the land now owned by Daniel A. Waite.

[NI01622] Elmer "was drowned in the flume of his father's mill on April 5, 1865. Had he lived until the 22nd he would have been 9 years old."

[NI01625] 1900 OH census - Ashtabula Co, Conneaut Twp (roll 1238 book 1) p. 220a:
Montgomery, W.S. [couldn't find in index search], born Jan 1857, age 40, md. 11 yrs, born Ohio, parents born Ohio, occ: printer; wife Elenor born Oct 1861 age 38, 4 children all living, born Ohio, father born NY, mother born OH; Will H. born March 1879 age 21, mother born NY, occ: carpenter; Carl F. born Sept 1889 age 10; Ernest O. born Oct 1891 age 8; Olive M. born Sept 1893 age 6; Mary E. born June 1895 age 4
Will H. must be a child from Willard's first marriage - his mother was born in New York. The 1910 census confirms that Willard was twice married.

1910 OH census - Ashtabula Co, Conneaut Twp (roll 1152), ED 17, p. 6b, taken April 23:
Willard Montgomery, 53, M2, md. 20 yrs, occ: printer; wife Mary E., 49, M1, md. 20 yrs, 4 children, all living; son Carl J., 20, occ: laborer, feed mill; son Earnest O., 18, occ: foreman, railing; dau Olive M., 16; dau Mary E., 14; George W. Rathbun, father-in-law, 88, widowed, md. 53 yrs, born Ohio, father & mother born Vermont

[NI01629] Star Beacon obituaries, Thursday, March 13, 2003: Lorene W. Sabo:
CONNEAUT - Lorene W. Montgomery Sabo, 86, of Keefus Road, died Wednesday, March 12, 2003, at Ashtabula County Nursing Home, where she had been a patient for the past three weeks.
She was born May 6, 1916, in Conneaut, the daughter of Roy and Elgie (Fox) Ring.
A 1935 graduate of Conneaut High School, Mrs. Sabo was a lifelong Conneaut resident and wintered for many years in Brownsville, Texas. She worked at the former Conneaut Creamerie.
She was a member of the East Conneaut Baptist Chapel, and Rose Chapter 22, Order of the Eastern Star. She enjoyed crocheting, baking, gardening and being with people, especially her family.
Survivors include her two daughters, Roberta Meaney and Nancy Peterson, both of Conneaut; three sons, William Montgomery of Conneaut, James Montgomery of Pittsburg, Texas, and Gary Montgomery of Tinley Park, Ill.; three stepsons, George Sabo and Charles Sabo, both of Ashtabula, and Gaylord Sabo of Jefferson; two brothers, Stanley Ring of Texas, and Clair Ring of North Carolina; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her first husband, Elmer Montgomery, in October 1957; her second husband, Paul Sabo, in 1981; two sons, Richard and Roland Montgomery; a brother, Wendell Ring; and a sister, Pauline Slifko.
Service is 1 p.m. Saturday at the Marcy Funeral Home and Cremation Center, 208 Liberty St., Conneaut. The Rev. Terry Kern, the pastor of East Conneaut Baptist Church, will officiate.
Burial will be in East Conneaut Cemetery.
Calling hours are 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Hospice of Ashtabula County. Envelopes are available at the funeral home.

[NI01641] Possibly, from SSDI:
Glenn Loomis 356-12-6043 IL b. 29 Apr 1907 d. Oct 1965 IL

[NI01707] Kenneth Woolstrum, 3820 Main St, Erie PA 16511-2868, 814-899-2868

[NI01710] Ronald Pistner, 4202 Cooper Rd, Erie PA 16510-3123, 814-899-4337

[NI01712] From SSDI: William Fraser PA Nov 29, 1914 - Apr 1986 Valencia PA - possible.

[NI01733] Edwin Loosley, 352 Parkside Dr, Erie PA 16511-2431, 814-899-4416

[NI01734] Richard Loosley, 8951 Prindle Rd, North East PA 16428-5537, 814-725-4866

[NI01736] Robert Loosley, 3651 Greenlawn Ave, Erie PA 16510-3172, 814-898-2072

[NI01743] Robert Puffer, 3576 E. Center St, Kingsville OH 44048, 440-224-0050

[NI01756] 1900 OH census - Ashtabula Co, Conneaut Twp (roll 1238 book 1) p. 220a - Rathbun, William, b July 1868, age 37, md 10 years, born Ohio, parents born Ohio, occ: Teamster; Minnie A., wife, born July 1866, age 33, 3 children 2 living; Geo. W., born March 1891, age 9; Florence, born July 1892, age 7.

Same page as Fred Horton and his parents, and W.S. Montgomery; Chester & Sally Lillie are on the previous page.

1930 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Monroe Twp (roll 1748), ED 44, taken April 16, 1930, p. 154b:
William E. Rathbun, 61, md. at age 22, born Ohio, parents born United States, occ: laborer, nickel plate shop
Minnie, wife, 63, md. at age 24, born Ohio, father born NY, mother born Ohio

They are a household away from Edwin and Hattie Eaton.

[NI01758] 1930 Ohio census - Ashtabla Co, Conneaut Twp, ED 4-29, taken April:
George W. Rathburn, head, owns home, value of home: 4500, 39, md. at age 24, occ: machinist, nickel plate co.; wife Orlena L., 33, md. at age 18; son William E., 14; son Don C., 13; dau Leona J., 11
1930 census says Orlena was born in Ohio - could be she was born in Conneaut Twp, Ashtabula Co OH and not Erie Co PA.

Names of children and grandchildren came from WFT vol. 58 #2282.

[NI01823] This is the ancestor of Melinda H. Berry Bayus, PO Box 98, Waterford, PA 16441, LYNS498@aol.com.

[NI01844] I think this person is listed on p. 24a of the Ashtabula Twp, Ashtabula Co OH 1900 census (roll 1237 book 2) in the family of William D. Belknap. The printing is fuzzy, but it looks like Arthur. He is age 20, which makes him the right age for marrying Luna later in 1900.

[NI01848] 1900 OH census - Ashtabula Co, Conneaut Twp Roll 1238 Book 1 p. 210 - Wright, Leman, b Jan 1845 age 55, md. 0 yrs, b OH father b MA mother b OH, occ: farmer; Ella A., b Aug 1858 age 41, 2 children, b OH father b NY mother b OH; Luna E. Daniels, step-dau, b Aug 1880 age 19; Jessie M. Daniels, step-dau, b Feb 1890 age 10; Vina Wright, dau, b Jul 1884 age 15.

[NI01914] In 1850, Thomas and Adeline are in Pike Co IL and listed on the census, roll 124 p 168. taken Sep 18, 1850.
(bottom of p 168)
494 / 507 Thomas Woods ... 40 ... M ... Farmer ... 600 ... Pa.
Adeline ... 32 ... F ... NY
Lotilla A. ... 12 ... F ... O.
Martha J. ... 6 ... F ... Ill.
(top of next page)
Mary E. Woods ... [age not readable] ... F ... born IL ... attended school within the year
[Nesbitt?] ... 3/12 ... M

[NI02121] His parents may be Howard and Allie Hoover (1930 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Pierpont Twp, Pierpont, p. 7 of 15).

[NI02126] 1850 CT census - Tolland Co, Mansfield, Nov 1, 1850, roll 50 p 216
Alfred Lilley, 65
Jerusha, 65?
Julia M., 34?
Caroline, 30

[NI02178] 1850 VT census - Windsor Co, Bethel (roll 930) p. 185 - Daniel A. Lillie, 32, farmer, b VT; Sophia, 33, b NH; Louella, 3, b VT; Clinton, 1, b VT; Daniel, 71, farmer, b CT; Azuba, 73, b CT; Simeon Brooks, 55, farmer, b VT, deaf & dumb; Royal Wright, 16, farmer, b VT.

[NI02204] I'm guessing that Bridget goes in this family and that she was born about 1741.

[NI02269] In the 1850 Vermont census for Bethel, Windsor Co, p. 192, Lavisa, age 67, is listed next to her half-brother Obadiah.

[NI02320] WFT CD #450, disk 6 says her name was Hannah Gloyd.
Had nine daughters and two sons, one of the latter serving in the Mexican and civil wars.

[NI02366] 1880 Mass. census - Franklin Co, Ashfield (roll 533), p. 3B, taken June 4:
40/43 Chipman Lilly, 61, farmer; wife Jerusha, 55; dau Flora, 22, heart disease
41/44 Job Lilly, 58, farmer; wife Priscilla, 60; Jane Guilford, 63, sister-in-law, single

[NI02368] 1880 Mass. census - Franklin Co, Ashfield (roll 533), p. 3B, taken June 4:
40/43 Chipman Lilly, 61, farmer; wife Jerusha, 55; dau Flora, 22, heart disease
41/44 Job Lilly, 58, farmer; wife Priscilla, 60; Jane Guilford, 63, sister-in-law, single

[NI02703] 1850 VT census - Windsor Co, Bethel (roll 930) p. 930 - Samuel A. Lillie, 32, manufacturer, b. VT; Augusta, 23; Clarissa, 65, b. CT; Newton Coburn, 24, laborer; James French, 21, laborer.

I have Augusta's last name as Fay, but listed next to them in the 1850 census is Paul and Philena Gay. Might these be her parents?

[NI02740] 1850 Vermont census, Windsor Co, Bethel, p. 186b - Pliny Warren, 38, farmer; Lamira, 35; Pearl, 13; Annett, 10; Wilmot, 3.

[NI02855] Grand Rapids Press obituary, Friday, June 9, 1950, p. 44:
LILLIE--Clyde Lillie, aged 73, passed away Thursday evening at his home in Coopersville. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Barbara Lillie, two sons, Harold F. of Lansing and Gerald C. of Cadillac; and six grandchildren. Mr. Lillie reposes at the Posthumus Funeral Home of Coopersville where funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 3 l'clock with the Rev. E.L. Schwan officiating. Burial in Coopersville cemetery. Relatives and friends may meet the family Saturday evening from 7 to 9 o'clock.

[NI02979] 1850 CT census, Windham Co, Thompson - Nov 28, 1850
John Lilly, 45, laborer [?]
Hannah, 45
William, 16
John, 14
Polly, 11
Sarah, 7
Lucinda, 5
Alivia, 1
[unreadable], 18, M, farmer

[NI03123] This may be the Ida Covert married to Frank Covert in the 1900 census for Belmont Co OH, Pultney Twp, Bellaire, Roll 1241 Book 2 p. 63a. Frank was born in Ohio Feb 1864, Ida was born in West Virginia Nov 1870 and they've been married 5 years, no children. It's possible Frank died or they were divorced.

[NI03217] Phineas Lilley's son-in-law Martin L. May was a witness to the will of Martin Lillie of Boylston, Oswego County, NY, on 30 Sept. 1865; Martin was then 75 years old. Martin's will was entered on 28 Oct. 1872. Phineas Lilley and Martin Lilley were second cousins. (Lilley GenForum)

[NI03224] About 1808, John Montgomery and Susannah Lillie settled in Roxborough Twp, Stormont County, Ontario. They were among the earliest settlers in this township. Here, they raised a family of 12 children.
John Montgomery came to Canada from the Mohawk Valley around 1800. The obituary for Eliza Eleanor Begg, daughter of John and Susannah Montgomery, stated that her parents emigrated from the Mohawk valley in the State of New York early in the century and settled in the 1st concession of Roxborough. Where in the Mohawk Valley did the Montgomery family reside? There are two possibilities: Amsterdam, N.Y. and/or Albany, N.Y.
Bible records show that John Montgomery was born on 6 Nov 1784. Both the date and place of his birth were mentioned in the obituary of his youngest son, James Nelson Montgomery. The following obituary was recorded in the Sleepy Eye Herald in 1896.
"The late James Nelson Montgomery came from old Revolutionary Stock, his ancestors on both sides were old New England settlers and took part in the American Independence. His father, John Montgomery, was born in Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York. His mother was born in Rutland, Vermont the same year. The Montgomery family can trace their ancestors back 200 years."
It appears that this knowledge of the early ancestors has been lost. I searched the Montgomery County records at Fonda, New York, but was unable to locate a baptism record for John Montgomery. I also searched the church records at the N.Y. state library at Albany. Many of the church records in the Mohawk Valley were burned during the U.S. Revolutionary War. Perhaps, this record was torched? I also checked the land records and census records prior to 1800 for the Montgomery families in the Mohawk Valley. There were Montgomery families in the Mohawk Valley but I could not connect John Montgomery to any of these families.

... There is one land record for Lot C, Concession 1 of Roxborough Twp that suggests that the Montgomery family may have originated from Albany, N.Y. The land is transferred by a Deed Poll (#422, Stormont County Land Office) from William Montgomery to John Montgomery. The deed, dated 19 Feb, 1818, refers to "William Montgomery of the County of Albany in the State of New York now of Cornwall." I believe that this William Montgomery is the father of John Montgomery.
Written evidence of the early Montgomery records (prior to 1800) has yet to be uncovered. Verbal testaments that have been passed down over several generations suggest that the Montgomerys crossed a lake in winter on the way to Canada from the Mohawk Valley. A team of horses broke through the ice. One horse drowned but the other one was saved. One daughter died on the journey to Canada.
Where did John Montgomery first settle in Upper Canada? Where did he meet Susannah Lillie? About 1800, Susannah Lillie, moved with her parents, brothers and sisters from Rutland, Vermont to Bastard Township, Leeds County, Ontario. Early census records for Elizabethtown (Brockville) in Leeds County, Ontario listed a John Montgomery in 1800, 1801, and 1803. There was no listing for this name in 1804, which may mean that he has moved elsewhere. In the 1800 census, John was listed with a group of single men. It appeared that he was a labourer in the Maitland area which was a boat-building area. John was listed alone in the 1801 and 1803 census.
John Montgomery and Susannah Lillie were married on the 25th of February, 1805 by Rev. John Bethune at St. Andrew's Church in Williamstown, Ontario. Susannah was baptized by Rev. Bethune in Williamstown, Ontario. This record revealed that they were living in Cornwall, Ontario.
"Susannah Montgomery, wife of John Montgomery of Cornwall, Daughter of Turner Lilly and Eleanor Churchill of the State of New York was baptized on the 25th Augt, 1805, aged 20 years" (Public Archives of Canada, film #C-3030, entry #1236 on p. 127)
The distance between Elizabethtown and Cornwall is 60 miles. Why would John Montgomery and Susannah Lillie get married in Cornwall when her family was in Leeds County? Since Susannah's father, Turner Lillie, died in 1801, this may have been one factor. I believe that John Montgomery's parents resided in Cornwall, so this may have been another factor.

... John Montgomery was stabbed in Martintown at high noon by an Italian peddler who was selling trinkets. He died on 15 January 1847. It could be a coincidence that his will was made two days prior to his death. However, it is more probable that after he was stabbed in Martintown, he realized that he did not have long to live, then made out his will. A posse was assembled by the Montgomery boys to catch the peddler. It is told that the peddler was caught along the King's Road near Martintown and pinned to a tree using bayonets until the arrival of the sheriff. Family stories reveal that the Montgomery boys wanted to hang the peddler for immediate justice. I was told that there was a trial in Cornwall. The Italian did not understand a word of the proceedings since he did not speak English. I have been unable to locate a trial in the records for the Eastern District of Upper Canada. The peddler was probably hung without a trial.
In his will, John Montgomery left a farm to each of his seven sons. He also made provisions for his wife, Susannah. There was no mention of his five daughters in the will.

[NI03323] ... for upon his arrival there he with others from over the state--principally from Windham, Norfolk, Norwich, Plainfield and Montville were formed into an "Independent and Ranging Company," at Roxbury, with Peter Perrett, of Milford, as captain, and Joshua Chapel,--probably of Norwich,--and Moses Cleveland, of Canterbury, as lieutenants, and Ebenezer Hibbard, of Windham, as ensign. This company was engaged in reconnoitering around Boston. [Ancestors and Descendants of Captain Israel Jones, p. 243, GenealogyLibrary]

[NI03390] 1850 census places Chester A. Lillie in Cattaragus Co NY:
Chester A. Lillie, 47, joiner, born VT; Fannie, 47, b MA; Alphonza, 21, lumberman, b NY, Lucy, 16, b NY, Marvin, 12, Henry, 10, Miranda, 4.

Chester ran a chair shop in Kennedy NY in 1835. This is recorded in the history book of Chautauqua Co NY. He and his family left to go to Michigan by covered wagon in 1850. One of their daughters was riding with another family and the two families became separated in Ohio. Chester and Fannie stayed in Ohio for over a year hoping the other family would return with their daughter, but after that length of time and hearing no word of her, they were forced to continue their journey to Michigan. (They were reunited with her after she was grown and married.)

In Michigan, Chester made furniture. He had a lot of furniture patterns and he had a shingle mill. he was a Justice of the Peace and performed wedding ceremonies for his sons Alphonza and Marvin. Chester is buried in the Oakfield Cemetery in Oakfield Twp, Kent Co. MI. He died Aug. 16, 1885 at the age of 84. Fannie died on June 4, 1881 at the age of 80.
(source: Martha Key Ramey, great-great granddaughter of Chester A. Lillie)

[NI03396] 1850 PA census - Erie Co, Conneaut Twp (roll 778) p. 451b: (22) James Lilley, 32, farmer, born NY; Clodean, 32, born NY; Harriett, 9, b PA, John, 7, Huldah, 5, Charles, 3, Jane, 1. On same page: (25) Rufus Lilley, 29, farmer, b NY; Mary, 25 b NY, Martha M., 6 b PA, Joseph, 4, David F., 2; (26) Benjamin Lilley, 77, farmer, b CT; Alice, 73 b CT.

[NI03398] 1850 PA census - Erie Co, Conneaut Twp (roll 778) p. 451b:
(25) Rufus Lilley, 29, farmer, b NY; Mary, 25 b NY, Martha M., 6 b PA, Joseph, 4, David F., 2
(26) Benjamin Lilley, 77, farmer, b CT; Alice, 73 b CT
Also on this page, Rufus's brother: (22) James Lilley, 32, farmer, born NY; Clodean, 32, born NY; Harriett, 9, b PA, John, 7, Huldah, 5, Charles, 3, Jane, 1.

[NI03400] 1850 PA census - Erie Co - Conneaut Twp (roll 778) p. 451b: (27) Lewis Doty, 42, farmer, b NY; Jane, 33, b NY; Eliza J., 11, b OH; Lucy Ann, 9, b PA, Albert, 8, Elisha, 5, Lucena, 4, Elvira, 1. Listed right after Jane's parents (#26) and her brother Rufus (25).

[NI03436] 1900 OH census - Ashtabula Co, Conneaut Twp (roll 1238) p. 220 - Chester's occupation is given as Farm laborer. He and Sally had 8 children, 5 living, including a son John G. born Sep 1886 in PA, who I did not previously have. Their son O. Clyde Lillie is listed several households away.

1910 OH census - Ashtabula Co, Conneaut Twp
Chester H. Lillie age 67, md 42 yrs, b OH parents b U.S.
wife Sally L. age 70 b PA father b NY mother b PA
[next page] son William H. age 33, single, b PA father b OH mother b PA
son John G. age 23, single

[NI03449] From newspaper clippings from the farm book of Alice Estelle Garlock Harvey:
TRAVER AND LILLIE__Will Surrender Themselves at Cleveland Tomorrow and Go to Columbus to Begin Sentence. C. M. Traver and O. C. Lillie, president and cashier respectively of the defunct National bank of Conneaut, who were sentenced to six years' imprisonment in the Ohio penitentiary by Federal Judge Tayler a week ago last Saturday, will surrender themselves at the marshal's office tomorrow morning. They will be taken to Columbus on the noon train to begin their sentences. When Judge Tracey imposed sentence he gave them ten days to settle up their private affairs. During the past week they have made arrangements for the care of their families and today they will enjoy their last day of freedom for several years.

March 28? __ The people here are indignant that an effort will be made to secure a pardon for Lillie and Traver. They justly merit the sentence they got and why should they not pay the penalty. Only think of the suffering they have caused. So many people have lost their all through them. If they were not competent to run the affairs of the bank they ought to have chosen some other profession.

OHIO BANKERS RELEASED_____Number Made Free Saturday Includes C. M. Traver and O. C. Lillie From This City._____A number of Ohio bankers were released from the Ohio penitentiary Saturday. Among them were Chas. M. Traver and O. C. Lillie, who were arrested in this city and sentenced to six years. Both men served about four and half years, being given the remainder of the time for good behavior. Mr. Traver came directly to his home in this city where he will remain. Mr. Lillie, whose wife is now living in Ashtabula, will remain either there or in Columbus.

[NI03553] This is possibly George Hiram Lillie, possibly born in Portage Ohio, married to Melinda Margaret Wilder. George Hiram died Nov. 13, 1883 possibly in Eureka Kansas. Their son David M. Lillie was born March 3, 1846. He was possibly born in Illinois but not sure on that one. He married Josephine Ellen Rector. (from Lillie GenForum post by Linda Scott, Jan. 22, 2001)

[NI03577] 1900 OH census - Trumbull Co, Kinsman Twp (roll 1325) p. 182a

[NI03583] 1870 Ohio census - Trumbull Co, Kinsman (roll 1272), p. 249b, taken July 11:
Harriet Lillie, 43, keeping house, real estate: 2250, personal estate: 350, born Ohio; Abigail, 42, assisting housekeeping, real estate: 2250, personal estate: 350, born Ohio

[NI03584] 1900 OH census - Trumbull Co, Kinsman Twp (roll 1325) p. 182a - Abigail, age 70, is listed as head of household, living with her sister Harriet, age 73. They are just a few houses away from their brother William.

[NI03684] 1820 NY census - Oswego Co, Williamstown Twp, roll M33_79, p. 57 (ancestry.com) - Prince Lilly

1830 NY census - Oswego Co, Sandy Creek Twp, roll M19_115, p. 300 (ancestry.com):
Prince Lilley - 1 male 5-10 [b 1820-1825], 1 male 40-50, 1 female 15-20 [b 1810-1815], 1 female 40-50

1850 PA census - Erie Co, Concord Twp (roll 777) p. 30b:
Prince Lilley, 65, farmer, b Conn., and his wife Sarah, 63, b R.I., are listed in the household of John Patterson, age 45, farmer, and his wife Mary, 36, and their son John H., 14.

On the previous page (1850 PA census - Erie Co, Concord Twp, roll 777, p. 29b) is Abner Lilley:
Abner Lilley, 44, farmer, value of real estate owned: 3,000; born NY; Loreena, 42, b NY; Jane, 19, b NY; Almond, 16, laborer, b NY; Polly Ann, 14, b NY; Cynthia, 12, b PA; DeWitt, 10, b PA; James, 7, b PA; Jesse McCreay, 25, laborer, b PA.

Currently I have Abner & Lurena twice on the database. The descendant information is under Abner son of Phineas & Amy. It is possible Abner was the son of Prince & Sarah rather than Phineas & Amy. In a conversation in June 2002, Laura says J.W. Lilley may have had it wrong, that there were two families where the children's names were very similar and a mistake was made. How do we correct this?

[NI03917] As a volunteer in the New York State militia in the war of 1812, Phineas Lilley provided his own clothing and arms, and later filed a claim for depreciation or loss. He collected $21.00. Claim No. 3,907. Appears in the Index of Claims of Soldiers of the War of 1812, p. 295, with Leonard Lilly, Andover OH, and Leonard Lilly, West Union, Steuben Co NY.

The will: I Phineas Lilley of the town of Richland in the County of Oswego and state of New York of the age of eighty six years and upwards...
First, I give unto my daughter Cynthia wife of Smith Trumbell of Sandy Creek New York the sum of one hundred dollars
To my son Abner Lilley in the state of Pennsylvania the sum of six hundred dollars
To my daughter in law Ruth widow of Orrin Lilley deceased residing in the state of Illinois the sum of One hundred dollars
To my daughter Mary Ann wife of Martin L. May of Sandy Creek N.Y. the sum of One hundred dollars
To my daughter Diantha widow of Amos D. Munger deceased of the state of Wisconsin the sum of One hundred dollars
To Olive Maria wife of Henry Rice of the state of Wisconsin the sum of One hundred dollars
Which legacies to be paid within 18 months after my decease.
Secondly I bequeath all the residue of my personal estate goods and chattels of what nature soever to my son Alfred E. Lilley and Betsey Lilley his wife.
I hereby direct my son Alfred E. Lilley to present to my grandson Abner Lilley Jr. my sword cane as a memento of his grandfather.
Lastly I appoint my son Alfred E. Lilley to be sole executor of my will.
Signed: this 9th day of November one thousand eight hundred and sixty six.
Phineas Lilley
Witnesses: J.R. Watson residing in Pulaski, Oswego Co, NY; Denito (sp?) C. May residing in Richland, Oswego Co, NY.
The will was registered in Surrogate's Court 6 May 1867. (Lilley GenForum post by Edith Lillie Bartlett)

From the Sandy Creek News dated May 1933:
Among the pioneers who came to the town of Sandy Creek in the first few years of its settlement was Phineas Lilley, who was of Scotch parentage.
The record of the Lilley family begins with Abner Lilley, who was one of the three brothers to come from Scotland to America. He settled in Cambridge, Connecticut, and March 8, 1777 married Sybil Hale, three children, Olive, Phineas and Abner, Jr., being born to them. Abner Lilley, Sr., was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and was killed near its close.
His son, Phineas Lilley, was born at Cambridge, Connecticut, November 29, 1779. He married Amy Sampson November 1, 1802, and several years afterward settled in the town of Sandy Creek, near the banks of Deer Creek. He served during the War of 1812. By occupation Phineas Lilley was a farmer and a carpenter, and he was active in the Presbyterian church which was organized here in 1817, the first church in town being built about ten years later. He later moved to the town of Richland, where he died February 2, 1855, at the age of 87. He was a resident of Sandy Creek in 1845 since his name appears on the census for that year.
Phineas Lilley had nine children, Cynthia, Abner, Levi, Oren (as spelled by the article), Dianthia, Alfred, Emily, Olive and Mary. Of these children, Alfred Emery Lilley was born May 23, 1815 in the town of Sandy Creek, where at the age of 16 he became a member of the Methodist church.
March 9, 1842 Alfred E. Lilley married Lucina Brown, daughter of Daniel and Sallie Brown, and next year purchased a farm a mile east of Pulaski where he spent the remainder of his life. His wife died March 6, 1855, leaving one son, William W. Lilley. He was drowned in Lake Ontario November 29, 1868, at the age of 23, leaving a wife and two small children, Josephine M. and William W. Lilley, Jr.
On August 27, 1857, Alfred E. Lilley married Betsey Maria Severance, who was the daughter of William and Eliza Hadley Severance and who was born in the town of Sandy Creek February 22, 1830. Their children were Rosie L., Amy E., Phineas, Dexter M., Mina A. and Mattie S. Lilley. Alfred E. Lilley died September 16, 1883, aged 68. (Lilley GenForum post by Carolyn Hastings Nicholson, whose grandmother, Dorothy Lilley Hastings, is a direct descendant of Abner Lilley, son of Phineas)

[NI03920] 1830 NY census, Oswego Co, Boylston Twp, roll M19_115, p. 310 (ancestry.com):
Abner Lilley - 1 male 20-30, 1 female under 5, 1 female and 1 female 20-30

1850 PA census - Erie Co, Concord Twp (roll 777) p. 29b:
Abner Lilley, 44, farmer, value of real estate owned: 3,000, born NY; Loreena, 42, b NY; Jane, 19, b NY; Almond, 16, laborer, b NY; Polly Ann, 14, b NY; Cynthia, 12, b PA; DeWitt, 10, b PA; James, 7, b PA; Jesse McCreay, 25, laborer, b PA.
I've seen this indexed as Silly, Abner, at the Archives (I think) and on genealogylibrary it's indexed Lilly, Abner, though the microfilm picture looks like Lilley.

Prince & Sarah Lilley are listed on the next page (1850 PA census - Erie Co, Concord Twp (roll 777) p. 30b):
Prince Lilley, 65, farmer, b Conn., and his wife Sarah, 63, b R.I., are listed in the household of John Patterson, age 45, farmer, his wife Mary, 36, and their son John H., 14.

Currently I have Abner & Lurena twice on the database. The descendant information is under Abner son of Phineas & Amy. It is possible Abner was the son of Prince & Sarah rather than Phineas & Amy. In a conversation in June 2002, Laura says J.W. Lilley may have had it wrong, that there were two families where the children's names were very similar and a mistake was made. How do we correct this?

[NI03929] Civil War Union soldier, 24th NY Cavalry, buried at the National Cemetery, Alexandria VA (is this Arlington Cemetery?).

There is a Smith M. Trumbull born Feb. 1, 1799 in Vermont, son of Simeon Trumbull and Elizabeth Rising and a Smith Trumbull born April 30, 1792 in Rupert, Bennington Co VT, son of Alexander Trumbull and Mary Sheldon. (Descendants of James Trumbull, User Home Page of Sallie Giffen) They were cousins. One of them was probably the Smith Trumbull above, buried at National Cem, although this website says that was Smith H.

[NI03940] From "Commemorative Biographical Record of the Upper Wisconsin Counties: Waupaca, Portage, Wood, Marathon, Oneida, Vilas, Langlade and Shawano" by Chicago: J.H. Beers & Co. 1895

PHINEAS L. MUNGER, one of the younger and most enterprising farmers of Dayton township, Waupaca county, is the sole representative of a pioneer family of unusual prominence and influence. He was born in Dayton township January 3, 1859, son of Amos D. and Diantha (Lilley) Munger.
The Munger family gave many of its sons to the cause of religion. Dexter Munger, the father of Amos D., was a Baptist minister, whose pastorate for many years was at Attica, NY. He died at Linden, NY, his family consisting of six children--three sons and three daughters: Amos D. yielded up his life in his country's cause upon a Southern battlefield; Enos, a Baptist minister, who preached and died at Lakeland, MN; and Orrin, a Baptist minister, who died at Angelica, NY; Esther, afterward Mrs. Secrest, who died in Minnesota; Julia, who died in her young womanhood at Monson, MA; and Mary, now Mrs. Rundell of Erie county, New York.
Amos D. Munger was born in Hartford county, Conn., January 19, 1882 [1822?]. As the son of a clergyman he obtained an education somewhat better than falls to the ordinary lot of men, in the schools of Attica, NY, whither his parents removed when Amos was quite young, and in his youth he taught school. Friends of the family had migrated to Wisconsin, and in 1850 Amos D. also resolved to seek a home in the West. Coming to Racine, WI, in the autumn of that year he taught school in that thriving village during the winter of 1850-51. Becoming interested in Dayton township, Waupaca county, through a friend, Mr. Thompson, whose son had settled in that locality, he came early in the spring of 1851, to that township, where he pre-empted 160 acres of wild land (at which time land had not come into the market) in Section 6, that township, and made improvements thereon, such as breaking several acres, building a small house and barn, etc. Late in the autumn of that year (1851) he returned to Racine and taught school that winter, and early in the spring of the following year he came home to Dayton, bringing with him a team and wagon, farm implements, flour, groceries, household goods, etc. After putting in the spring crops he made a trip to the East, and at Boston, Mass., was married, June 13, 1852 to Miss Diantha Lilley, who was born in the township of Pulaski, Oswego Co., NY, September 17, 1822, daughter of Phineas and Amy (Samson) Lilley. Phineas, son of Abner Lilley, who had emigrated to Connecticut from England, was born in Tolland, Hartford Co., Conn., in 1787; he was a farmer by occupation, and lived in Oswego county, NY, to the age of ninety years. His wife, Amy Samson was born in Cheshire, Mass., in 1791, and died at Pulaski, NY, at the age of sixty years. Of their ten children Diantha, now Mrs. Munger is the sole survivor.
Diantha Lilley was well educated, and had taught school near the home of her parents in central New York, but for several years prior to her marriage she had been living with a sister at Cambridge, Mass. Soon after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Munger started for their western home, via the lakes to Sheboygan, and thence by team via Fond du Lac and Berlin, Mrs. Munger bringing with her many supplies, which as her foresight afterward demonstrated, proved invaluable in the new land. Although the contrast from eastern plenty to western want was about as marked as it could well be during the early years of her married life, Mrs. Munger, as she expresses it, "never felt lonesome until he was taken away". Mr. Munger followed farming until the summer of 1862, when, as the war cloud grew darker and darker, he could no longer resist the patriotic call of duty, and bidding wife and child adieu he shouldered musket and marched to the scene of strife, enlisting in Company G, Twenty-first WI V. I. Scarcely two months later, October 8, 1862, he fell at Perryville, KY, and was buried on the field of battle. The bereaved widow remained for five years on the farm with her only child, Phineas L., a boy of three years at the time of his father's death. Then, in 1867, she sold the farm and removed to Waupaca to educate her son, where, except for a short time , she has since remained, building a comfortable home on Division street. For twenty-four years she has been a member of the First Baptist Church.
Phineas L. Munger was born January 3, 1859, in Dayton township. His earliest education was received in the schools of District No. 5, and later in the schools of Waupaca. He was a member of the high school class of 1876, which was the first that ever graduated from the school. After graduation, he at once began farming on forty acres, which is a part of his present farm in Dayton township. He was married, February 27, 1884, in Waupaca, to Miss Amy A. Richmond, who was born in Waushara county, and is the daughter of Merrick and Clarinda (Allen) Richmond. Her father was a farmer, but now keeps a boarding-house at Eagle River, WI. Mrs Richmond died in Waushara county, and was buried at Coloma, WI. Their children were two in number--Mrs. Munger, and a son who died in infancy.
After his marriage M. Munger began housekeeping on the farm, which then comprised 120 acres. He has since increased it to 200 acres, and in 1892 he remodeled his fine home, which is attractively located in a spacious lawn covered with trees of forest growth. His only child is Norman D., born December 31, 1885. Both he and his wife are, members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Munger is a Republican, and has filled various local offices; at present, he is supervisor in his District. For one term he taught school in Belmont township, Portage county. His present valuable farm includes a protion of the pioneer home which his father located forty-three years ago. Though still young in years, Mr. Munger is one of Dayton's most prosperous and successful farms.

[NI03963] 1850 PA census - Erie Co, Concord Twp p. 28b - James McCreay, age 24, farmer, and Amy, age 23 (household 22) are listed next to the household (23) of Jason W. McCreay, age 24, farmer: Sally, age 53; Jacob, 17, laborer; Jesse, 25; John R. Bishop, 22, carpenter; and household (24) of George McCreay, 48, farmer; Polly, 41, Susan, 17, Betsey, 15, Lovisa, 13, Franklin, 9, Julia, 8, Sally, 5, Jason, 4, Martha, 2.

There are several other households of McCreays on p. 28 and p. 29, so I don't know how James is related to Wilson McCreay, who appears in the household of John & Sally McCreay (p. 28).

[NI03970] 1910 PA census - Crawford Co (ancestry.com):
Abner E. Lilley, 51, b PA; wife Louise, 47; dau Winifred, 12; son Harvey, 23; son Frank, 9; son Paul, 6.

[NI04067] 1850 CT census - Windham, Windham Co CT, roll 51 p 452
Orrin Lilley, age 58, farmer
Olive, age 57
Warren S., age 23, farmer
John P., age 13
Sophia Smith, age 58

[NI04070] 1850 CT census - Windham Co, Windham, Sep 6, 1850, roll 51, p 436
Charles Lilley, 28, Carriage maker
Sarah [Boone], 24
Lora, 4
Charlotte, 1
Ellen Post, 21
Wil? Weathy? Spoon, 62 (F, according to the census)
Mary Turner, 27
Mary, 3
Wealthy A. Boon, 30
Charlotte, 21

[NI04158] PALMER
Mickey (Dusty10142@aol.com) February 15, 1998
The first record I have is of a Samuel Palmer who came from Rehoboth, Mass. to Windham where he died in 1743. His wife's name was Elizabeth Kinsley who died also in Windham in about 1771. I also have records of their son, Elazer {Sr.}who also was born in Rehoboth married a Mary Lillie from Lynn, Mass. in 1723 and both died in Conn. in 1783 snf 1768, respectively. Their son , Elazer {jr.} was born in Windham in 1726, married a Mary Eaton Allen. I have no date of death. Next is their son, Zuriel born 1771, married Martha Morgan in 1796 and died in 1855. She was born in1775 and died in 1853. I believe this part of my family tree should have records in Windham, Conn. I am very interested to know if any of this line fought in the revolutionary war.

[NI04188] 1880 California census - Sonoma Co, Santa Rosa (roll 84), p. 109b, taken June 24:
Gilbert B. Lillie, 38, upholsterer, born Illinois, parents born Penn; wife Ellen, 35, born Canada, father born England, mother born Ireland; son Clarence, 13, born Illinois; son Harry, 10; dau Jennie, 7, born Missouri

[NI04247] Obituary for Mrs. James Nelson - Cornwall Newspaper, 1904. Mrs. Nelson Montgomery, who died at Sleepy Eye, Minn. on Wednesday, May 4, the third daughter of the late John McDermid, of the 10th Concession, Charlottenburg. She was born on the homestead on June 21, 1821. She married Mr. Montgomery on April 15, 1847, and resided in the Township of Roxborough for upwards of 20 years. On July 9, 1867, they removed with the family to Minnesota, and located near Sleepy Eye, where they made their home until her death. Mrs. Montgomery was predeceased by her husband by eight years. The family, all married, consisted of five sons, and four daughters, one of the sons, the eldest, died April 13, 1903. (Montgomery Genealogical Database)

[NI04252] 1870 Vermont census - Rutland Co, Middleton Twp (roll 1624), p. 469a, taken June 22:
(18/19) Edgar Harrington, 29, farmer, born Vermont; Ellen, 30; Claytin, 2;
( /20) Philander Harrington, 59, retired farmer; Mary, 55; Julia, 20

[NI04256] 1870 Vermont census - Rutland Co, Middleton Twp (roll 1624), p. 469a, taken June 22:
(18/19) Edgar Harrington, 29, farmer, born Vermont; Ellen, 30; Claytin, 2;
( /20) Philander Harrington, 59, retired farmer; Mary, 55; Julia, 20

[NI04296] It's probable that this is the Leonard Lilly of West Union, Steuben Co NY, listed in the Index of Claims of Soldiers of the War of 1812, along with Leonard Lilly of Andover OH and Phineas Lilley of Sandy Creek NY.

[NI04297] Either Silas or one of his brothers had children Silas, Zadock and G.W.

[NI04298] This may be the Moses Lilly who was an early settler in LeRoy, or Buttermilk Falls, NY, in 1806, along with Asa Buell, Col. William Olmstead, Isaac Perry, John Pierson, William Whiting and George Tiffany.

There was a Moses Lilly who married Parley Doty, daughter of John Adam Doty (b. Jan 6, 1781 Schaghticoke NY, d. April 23, 1859) and Anna B. Overocker (d. 1848). John Adam Doty settled at Easton Corners, Washington Co NY.

[NI04300] Either Zadock or one of his brothers had children Silas, Zadock and G.W.

[NI04424] 1850 PA census - Erie Co, Concord Twp, roll 777, p. 29b (indexed Lilly, Abner):
Abner Lilley, 44, farmer, value of real estate owned: 3,000; born NY; Loreena, 42, b NY; Jane, 19, b NY; Almond, 16, laborer, b NY; Polly Ann, 14, b NY; Cynthia, 12, b PA; DeWitt, 10, b PA; James, 7, b PA; Jesse McCreay, 25, laborer, b PA.
I've seen this indexed as Silly, Abner, at the Archives (I think) and on genealogylibrary it's indexed Lilly, Abner, though the microfilm picture looks like Lilley.

Prince & Sarah Lilley are listed on the next page (1850 PA census - Erie Co, Concord Twp (roll 777) p. 30b):
Prince Lilley, 65, farmer, b Conn., and his wife Sarah, 63, b R.I., are listed in the household of John Patterson, age 45, farmer, his wife Mary, 36, and their son John H., 14.

Currently I have Abner & Lurena twice on the database. The descendant information is under Abner son of Phineas & Amy. It is possible Abner was the son of Prince & Sarah rather than Phineas & Amy. In a conversation in June 2002, Laura says J.W. Lilley may have had it wrong, that there were two families where the children's names were very similar and a mistake was made. How do we correct this?

[NI04450] It's a good bet that Levi Sampson who married Phineas Lilley's sister Olive was also a child of Levi Sampson, so I've made that connection.

[NI04474] Familysearch.org has over two dozen submitters and the information on Sarah's parentage is jumbled and not in agreement.

[NI04765] Deaths of two infant children recorded in Borths, Marriages and Deaths in Coventry CT 1711-1844, p 280, 281:
1841, Apr 8 - Infant child of Marcus Lillie
1842, May 30 - Infant child of Marcus Lillie

[NI04861] The Coopersville Observer, November 14, 1884 - OBITUARY. Died, Oct. 31, 1884, Joel N. Pinney, aged 88 years, 5 months and 22 days.
The deceased was born in the town of Guilford, Windham Co., southern Vermont, May 9th, 1796. He was the youngest of eleven children. In his fourth year his parents moved to Plymoth, Winsor Co., Vt. Here he resided until 1821. He enlisted with the Green Mountain volunteers in the war of 1812, being then 18 years of age, and took part in the battle of Plattsburg. From Vermont he moved to Potsdam, St. Lawrence Co., N.Y. In 1823 he settled in Edwards of the same county. April 16, 1835, he married Miss Emily Lillie, of Edwards, sister of Benj. Lillie of Wright township. In February, 1872, he sold his dairy farm and came to Michigan, locating in this township, where he continued to reside until his death. He was the father of seven children, five of whom are now living--two sons and three daughters. One son is living in Edwards, N.Y., and one daughter in Iowa, the remaining three are residents of this township. He was a man who loved his home and was never away from his family more than four weeks at one time during his married life. He took a great interest in civil matters, during his early life and was well versed in historical facts in relation to governmental affairs and the early days of the country. (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/e/i/Dereka-L-Seigel/GENE1-0016.html?Welcome=999802900)

[NI04863] Excerpts from "Armchair Trip Through South Edwards of Yesteryear" - Talk given in 1976 at Edwards Historical Association-by LaVerne H. Freeman, historian:
Had we gone up the hill back by Albert Austin's we would see Joseph Havens' place. He was also an early settler of the area, coming in 1829 when he was 16 years old, with two older men named Guiles. This must have been John Guiles and Reuben Guiles, Jr. He later married Julia Lillie and they established their home in an old log house already on the land he had purchased. The Havens story says they lived in the old log house until the new house was done in 1850 and moved into that.
But then it goes on to say that in 1849, Joseph and two friends went west overland to California, and returned in 1850 via Panama. When he arrived home, he found his family moved into the house on the other side of the road! Apparently Julia had kept busy while he was gone! She had four children to watch after, too.

PROBATE OF THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of Joseph Havens late of Edwards deceased.
SURROGATE'S COURT St. Lawrence County.
Be it Remembered, That heretofore, to wit: on the 7th day of March A.D. 1892 Frank Whitford, Executor named in the Last Will and Testament of Joseph Havens late of Edwards in the County of St. Lawrence, deceased, applied to the Surrogate of the County of St. Lawrence to have the said Last Will and Testament, which relates to both real and personal estate, proved and recorded; and on such application the said Surrogate did ascertain, by satisfactory evidence, who were the widow, legatees, devisees, heirs at law and next of kin of said deceased testator, and their respective residences, vis:
A. Maria Havens, widow, Eleanor P. Whitford, Joseph Havens of Edwards, N.Y.; Almira J. Noble, Alice A. Noble of Coopersville, Ottawa County, Michigan: L. Jenette Marsh of Conklin, Ottawa County, Michigan; M. Wright Havens of Grayling, Crawford County, Michigan; Paul J. Whitford of Morristown, N.Y. and said Surrogate did thereupon issue a citation in due form of law, directed to the widow legatees devisees heirs at law and next of kin by their respective names, stating their places of residence, requiring them to appear before said Surrogate at hi office in the village of Gouverneurs in said County, on the 2d day of May A.D. 1892 to attend the probate of said Will and afterwards, to wit: on the 2d day of May A.D. 1892 at Gouverneur aforesaid, satisfactory evidence having been presented to the said Surrogate of the service of the said citation in the mode prescribed by law on said Widow and all said legatees devisees, heirs at law and next of kin and Arthur J. Johnson having been appointed special guardian of the infant and said mother having been adjoined with May 9th 1892 at Gouverneurs, N.Y.

WILL
I, Joseph Havens do make ordain publish and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following, that is to say:
First. I direct the payment of my just debts if any and my general expenses.
Second. I give, devise and bequeath all my real estate of what nature or kind succor of which I may die seized to my wife Maria Havens to be accepted and received by her in lieu of dower to by used and enjoyed by her during the term of her natural life or as long as she shall remain my widow, but this devise is made subject to the support and proper maintenance of my son Joseph Havens and the support and proper maintenance of my said son Joseph Havens is hereby made a charge upon all my said real estate so long as he shall live and from and immediately after her my said wife's death or marriage I give and devise the same (the above mentioned real estate) to my daughter "Ealnor" Whitford and to her husband Frank Whitford and their Eris and assigns forever subject however to the support and proper "maintenance" of my said son Joseph Havens so long as he shall live as aforesaid. Third. I give and bequeath all of my "personal" estate and chattels of what nature or kind soever Frank Whitford the husband of my daughter "Ealnor" Whitford.
Lastly I appoint said Frank Whitford executor of this my last Will & Testament hereby "revoking" all former wills made by me.
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal the 29th day of January in the year of our lord one thousand eight-hundred and ninety-two.
(source: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/e/i/Dereka-L-Seigel/GENE1-0016.html?Welcome=999802900)

[NI04864] Excerpts from "Armchair Trip Through South Edwards of Yesteryear" - Talk given in 1976 at Edwards Historical Association-by LaVerne H. Freeman, historian:
Blacksmiths were much in demand and the Wood family had two who followed that trade - a John Wood and a Silas Wood. In addition, Silas Wood was a gunsmith.
(source: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/e/i/Dereka-L-Seigel/GENE1-0016.html?Welcome=999802900)

[NI05596] 1900 OH census - Wayne Co, Franklin Twp (roll 1331 book 2) p. 175:
Isaac F. Lilley b May 1847 age 53, md 29 yrs; b OH, father b PA, mother b OH; farmer, owns farm (mortgage)
wife Ruth b Aug 1845 age 54, 5 children 4 living; b OH, father b PA, mother b OH
dau Clara b Feb 1879 age 21
son John L. b Sep 1884 age 15

[NI05597] 1900 OH census - Wayne Co, East Union Twp (roll 1331 book 2) p. 160a:
Joseph Lilley b Feb 1844 age 56, md 31 yrs; b PA, parents b PA; farmer, owns farm (free)
wife Emma B. b Feb 1846 age 54, 1 child, b OH, parents b OH
dau Arta M. b June 1881 age 18, single

[NI05627] 1900 OH census - Wayne Co, Sugar Creek Twp (roll 1332 book 1) p. 78a:
Nathan Lilley, head, b May 1865 age 35, md 3 yrs; b OH, father b OH, mother b PA; day laborer; owns house
wife Laura b Jan 1876 age 24, 1 child; b OH, parents b OH
dau Ida M. b Feb 1899 age 1
dau Dora b Jul 1891 age 8 (children of first wife)
son Lewis b Jun 1887 age 13
Christina Lilley, head, b Apr 1827 age 73, widowed, 11 children 8 living, b PA, parents b PA; rents house

[NI05642] 1900 OH census - Summit Co, Coventry Twp (roll 1324 book 1) p. 253:
David Lilley b Mar 1850 age 50, md 28 yrs; b OH, parents b OH; farmer, rents farm
wife Mary E. b June 1854 age 45, 4 children; b OH, parents b PA
dau Mittie M. b Oct 1891 age 8
dau Cora B. Ray b June 1875 age 24, md 3 yrs, 2 children
grandson Ira E. b Jan 1898 age 2
grandon David b Jan 1900 age 7/12

[NI05643] 1900 OH census - Summit Co, Green Twp (roll 1324 book 2) p. 68a:
Andrew Lilley b Sep 1852 age 48, md 25 yrs, b OH, father b PA, mother b OH; farmer, rents farm
wife Lavina A. b Dec 1855 age 45, 4 children 4 living, b OH, parents b OH
son Oliver b Nov 1882 age 17
dau Della b Apr 1885 age 14

[NI05645] 1900 OH census - Wayne Co, East Union Twp (roll 1331 book 2) p. 165a:
Albert Lilley, b Mar 1856 age 44, md 11 yrs, born OH, parents b OH, farmer, owns farm (mortgaged)
wife Emma A. b Nov 1867 age 32, 6 children 5 living. b OH, parents b OH
son Oren C(?) b Sep 1890 age 9
son Clarence H. b Jan 1892 age 8
son Clyde S. b Jul 1894 age 5
dau Effie M. b May 1896 age 4
son Merrell b May 1899 age 1

1910 Oh census - Wayne Co:
Albert Lilley age 54; wife Emma A. age 52; son Clyde S. age 5; dau Effie M. age 13; son Merle C. age 11; dau Gladys B. age 5; mother-in-law Elizabeth Brenneman age 71.

[NI05646] Is this the Elmer E. Lily who died of kidney trouble in Ashtabula July 26, 1908, age 50, born in Lyons? (from Ashtabula County Courthouse records)

[NI05647] 1900 OH census - Wayne Co, Sugar Creek Twp (roll 1332 book 1) p. 79:
Mary Lilley b Aug 1823 age 76, widowed, 8 children 6 living; b PA, father b Ireland, mother b PA; owns farm (free)
son Zachariah b March 1860 age 40, single; b OH, farmer

[NI05673] 1920 OH census - Stark Co, Plain Twp, North Canton Village
Frank Ray, Head, age 49, b OH, father b MD, mother b PA; fireman, boiler
wife Jennie age 45; son Oscar age 25; dau Hattie age 23; dau Edna age 20; dau Mary age 19; dau Florence age 17; dau Jeannette age 15; dau Irene age 12; dau Hellen age 10

[NI05781] 1870 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Conneaut (roll 1170), PO Amboy, p. 101B, enumerated Aug. 6, 1870:
William Lillie, 42, blacksmith, value of real estate: 1000, value of peresonal estate: 200, born NY; Diantha J., 41, keeping house, born Ohio; Leonard A., 17; Alva E., 15

[NI05908] The Washington Post, Thursday, October 4, 2001, p. B6 (Metro section):
John C. Lilly; Inventor Studied Dolphin Communications
LOS ANGELES---John Cunningham Lilly, 86, who championed the study of interspecies communications during a career that probed the mystery of human consciousness, died Sept. 30 at a hospital here after a heart attack.
An inventor, author and researcher, Dr. Lilly was a member of a generation of counterculture scientists and thinkers that included Ram Dass, Werner Erhard and Timothy Leary, all frequent visitors to the Lilly home. He never failed to stir controversy, especially among mainstream scientists.
"There were those who thought he was brilliant, and there were those who just thought he was insane. I, of course, thought he was a little bit of both, " said Jennifer Yankee Caulfield, who worked on a Lilly-led project in the early 1980s to teach dolphins a computer-synthesized language.
Dr. Lilly gained renown in the 1950s after developing the isolation tank. He saw the tanks, in which users are isolated from almost all external stimuli, as a means to explore the nature of human consciousness.
He later combined that work with his efforts to communicate with dolphins, as well as experiments with psychedelics.
"During a session in an isolation tank, constructed over a pool where dolphins were swimming, I participated in a conversation between the dolphins. It drove me crazy, there was too much information, they communicated so fast," Dr. Lilly wrote of one such experience.
Dolphins figured large in the 19 books he wrote, including "Man and Dolphin" and "The Mind of the Dolphin."
His work inspired two Hollywood movies, "The Day of the Dolphin" and "Altered States."
Dr. Lilly, who was born in St. Paul, Minn., was a graduate of the California Institute of Technology and the University of Pennsylvania medical school. He conducted high-altitude research during World War II and later trained as a psychoanalyst.
In the 1950s, he began studying how bottle-nose dolphins vocalize, establishing centers in the U.S. Virgin Islands and, later, San Francisco to study dolphins. A decade, later, he began experimenting with psychedelics, including LSD, often while floating in isolation.

[NI05942] 1920 OH census - Ashtabula Co, Conneaut Twp, roll T625_1345
Leonard Lilly age 30 b NY
wife Ethel age 28 b WV
dau Francis age 8 b OH
son Charles age 5
dau Mildred age 3-10/12
dau Hazel age 10/12

[NI06073] 1930 OH census - Allen Co, Richland Twp - Merril W. Arnold age 29, Velma age 27, Frederick L. age 10/12.

Lima News, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 1988 -- Merril W. Arnold
Beaverdam -- Merril W. Arnold, 87, of here, died at 3:50 p.m. Monday at Richland Manor Nursing Home, Bluffton.
He was born Nov. 20, 1900, in Jackson Township, Allen County, the son of William and Eva LaRue Arnold. On Sept. 21, 1921, he married Velma Yant, who died April 1, 1965. On March 16, 1974, he married Faye Reigle, who survives.
Mr. Arnold was a farmer. He was a member of Beaverdam Church of Christ and had served on the church board, the Beaverdam School Board and the elevator board.
Survivors also include a son, Fred Arnold of Columbus Grove; three stepsons, Marvin Reigle of Beaverdam, Robert Reigle of Columbus Grove and Jack Reigle of Elida; a brother, Roy Arnold of Cairo; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Beaverdam Church of Christ, Rev. Michael Downey and Rev. David Thompson officiating. Burial will be in Woodland Cemetery, Beaverdam.
Friends may call until 9 tonight and 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Diller Chapel of Chiles and Sons-Laman Funeral Homes, Bluffton.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Beaverdam Church of Christ.

[NI06075] 1880 Ohio census - Allen Co, Richland Twp, Bluffton, p. 374D:
Lewis Augsburger, 45, farmer, born Switzerland, parents born Switz
wife Mary, 39, born Ohio, can't make out where father was born, mother born PA
son Henry, 18, born Ohio, parents born Switz
dau Emma(?), 17, born Ohio, father born Switz, mother born Ohio
Abraham, 73, father, born Switzerland
*half-brother John, 5, born Ohio, father born Switzerland, mother born Ohio
half-brother Edward, 6
half-brother Peter, 15
half-brother Noah, 14
half-brother Daniel, 13
half-sister Emma, 10

p. 363D: Moses Augsburger, 42, born Ohio, parents born Switzerland; wife Frances, 34, born Ohio, parents born Switz; son John, 15; dau Marianne, 13; son Samuel, 12; dau Sarah, 9; son Peter, 7; son A???, 2.

In the 1900 Ohio census for Jackson Twp, Allen Co, roll 1236 p. 85-85a, John Augsburger and his wife Addie are listed right after Addie's father, William. Their eldest son Robert is incorrectly listed as Cleo.
John Augsberger, head, b. Sept 1875, age 24, md. 3 yrs; b. OH, parents b. OH; laborer; rents house
Addie, wife, b. Aug 1874, age 25; 1 child, living; b. OH, parents b. OH
(continued on next page) Cleo, son, b. Feb 1898, age 2

In the 1900 Ohio census for Allen Co, Richland Twp, roll 1236, book 2, p. 140, Addie's brother Edward is listed next to the household of Samuel Augsburger - Samuel was a son of Moses, who was John's half-brother.
Samuel Augsburger, Head, b. April 1869, age 31, md. 5 yrs, b. OH, parents b. OH; farm hand
Sarah, wife, b. Dec 1871, age 28; 2 children, 2 living; b. OH, parents b. OH
Florence, daughter, b. Dec 1896, age 3
Fanny E., daughter, b. Oct 1898, age 1
Also on this page: Moses Augsburger, head, b. April 1838, age 62, b. OH, parents b. Germany, farmer, owns farm; wife Fanny, b. May 1842, age 58, 4 children, 4 living, b. OH, parents, b. Germany; dau Mary b. Sept 1866, age 33, single; (next page) dau Sarah b. Dec 1871, age 28, single; grandson Amos(?) b. May 1885, age 15; Samuel Augsburger, hand, b. April 1879, age 21, single.

1910 census (Allen Co, Richland Twp) says John's parents were born "Switz German." John is listed next to Daniel Augsburger who I assume is his brother (possibly a half-brother).

1930 OH census - Allen Co, Beaverdam - John's father was born in Germany, his mother in Switzerland.

At first I thought it possible that Lewis Augsburger b abt 1846 was John's father; he is just a few pages from John and Daniel in Richland Twp in the 1910 census. But the 1880 census says that John was Lewis's half-brother; their father was Abraham.

Lewis married Celina abt 1888. Lewis was 74 years old in the 1910 census, Celina was 46 and they had been married 22 years. The age difference would indicate Lewis had been married before. Lewis was born in "Switz German," Celina was born in Ohio.

Lewis had 4 wives, according to an ancestry.com message board - Louisa Vagel (Voegel?), Margaret Wise, Mary E. Hammel, Selina Hamilton. Lived in Bluffton, Beaverdam area. According to a query by Robert Ingersoll on Feb. 4, 1998, Lewis's son John was born Dec. 22, 1866 and married Harriett Cedora Hartman in 1890 in Hancock County.

[NI06076] 1930 Ohio census - Allen Co, Lima Twp, ED 31, p. 1B:
Robert P. Augsburger, 32; wife Mary M., 29; dau June, 9; dau Betty, 8, dau Mary M., 6; Laveta Settlemire, sister-in-law, 18.

[NI06078] Wapakoneta -- Russell W. Augsburger, 80, died at 8:20 a.m. Oct. 23, 1994, at St. Rita's Medical Center. He was born April 1, 1914, in Allen County, to John and Adda LaRue Augsburger. On Nov. 13, 1938, he married Mary Jean Archer, who survives.
Mr. Augsburger was a retired farmer. He attended the First United Methodist Church of Wapakoneta.
Survivors also include a daughter, Twyla (Thomas) Losh of Ohio City; a son, Todd (Betty) Augsburger of Kenton; and two grandsons, three stepgrandsons and two great-granddaughters.
Memorial services will begin at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Bayliff and Son Funeral Home, Cridersville. The Rev. David Heistand will officiate. There will be no visitation. The body will be cremated. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Red Cross. The family requests no flowers.

[NI06079] 1900 Ohio census - Allen Co, Bath Twp, roll 1236, p. 49.
1910 Ohio census - Allen Co, Bath Twp
1930 Ohio census - Allen Co, Bath Twp

[NI06080] 1900 OH census - Allen Co, Jackson Twp (roll 1236) p. 81a:
William Arnold, Head, b. June 1870, age 29, md 9 yrs; b. OH, father b. PA, mother b. OH; farmer
Effie, wife, b. May 1872, age 28, 4 children, 3 living
Roy, son, b. May 1892, age 8
Gale, son, b. Mar 1894, age 6
Genevieve, daughter, b. Dec 1897, age 2

His parents were Solomon and Sarah Emaline Arnold. They are listed on the page following William Albert LaRue and family (p. 85a) in the 1900 census.

1930 Ohio census - Allen Co, Richland Twp - William R. Arnold age 59, wife Eva age 57.

[NI06083] Lima News -- Death notice (no date, but 1990 is written)
Word has been received of the death July 7 in St. Petersburg, Fla., of former Lima resident Christine Baker Firebaugh, 86. Survivors include her husband, Gordon Firebaugh; and one stepdaughter. The body will be cremated. Services will be Thursday at 9 a.m. at Anderson and McQueen Funeral Home, St. Petersburg, Fla.

[NI06084] Funeral home card: In memory of Wava F. Firestone, born Jan. 21, 1897, died May 23, 1982; funeral services: 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 25, 1982 at the Hanson-Neely Funeral Home, Ada, clergyman: Rev. Michael Derry; final resting place: Woodlawn Cemetery.

[NI06088] 1930 Ohio census - Hardin Co, Liberty Twp, ED 21 (image 12 of 23), p. 388?, taken April 24-25:
Ross LaRue, 35, md. at age 25, farmer; wife Elsie, 29, md. at age 19; dau Evelyn, 9; dau Clara, 8; son Martin, 6; dau Agnes, 1-9/12

[NI06089] 1930 Ohio census - Allen Co, Lima, ED 21, p. 13A (image
Harry Baker, Head, owns, $5000, 62, md at age 28, born IN, parents born Germany; insurance salesman; wife Emma, 60, md at age 26, born OH; dau Christine, 25, music teacher

Harry's parents are possibly Michael and Sophia Baker:
1870 Indiana census - Wabash Co, Pleasant Twp (roll 367), taken Aug. 6, 1870, p. 186b:
Michael Baker, 44, farmer, value of real estate owned: 3000, of personal estate: 750, born Prussia; Sophia, 45, keeping house, born Prussia; John, 19, born Ohio; Catharine, 16, born Indiana; Elizabeth, 14; Sophia, 12; Caroline, 9; Mary, 8; Sarah, 5; Jacob, 3

1860 Indiana census - Wabash Co, Pleasant Twp (roll 304), taken June 5, 1860, p. 1:
Michael Baker, 34, farmer, born Russia; Sophia, 33, born Russia; John, 10; Catharine, 7; Elizabeth, 5; Sophia, 2; Caroline, 5/12

[NI06098] Lima News, Monday, Dec. 5, 1994 -- Elida
Blenda Sue LaRue, 51, formerly of Elida, died at 1:30 a.m. Dec. 4, 1994, at her residence in Maryville, Tenn.
She was born Feb. 10, 1943, in Lima, to Orvin and Connie Cole Thompson. Her mother survives in Elida. On June 3, 1961, she married Ronald D. LaRue, who also survives.
Mrs. LaRue was a graduate of Elida High School.
Survivors include a son, Trenton LaRue of Alcoa, Tenn.; a daughter, Vanessa (Mark) LaRue of Gray, Tenn.; a brother John Thompson; three sisters, Barbara (John) Miller and Janet (Thomas) Stalter, both of Elida, Debra (Steven) Ellis of Lebanon; and a grandson.
Services will begin at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Memorial Home Funeral Home, Maryville, Tenn.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.

[NI06113] Her parents were born in Pennsylvania, according to the 1900 census.

[NI06114] Funeral home card: In memory of Elsie E. LaRue, born Feb. 10, 1916, died Sept. 29, 1992, age 76 years, 7 months, 19 days; services: Lewis Memorial Chapel, 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 2, 1992, Rev. Gary Rummel officiating; interment: Memorial Park Cemetery; in charge of arrangements: T.R. Chiles & Sons-Laman.

[NI06116] Carl was a born Schmitzer, adopted and raised by Delmer and Carrie Beery of Beaverdam.

[NI06122] He died either July 6, 13, 20 or 27, 1984.

Lima News, July ?, 1984 -- Michael C. Purdy
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Siferd Westwood Chapel for former Lima resident, Michael Clifford Purdy, 35, of Irving, Texas. He died Friday morning at his home. He was born Sept. 3, 1948, in Lima, the son of Clifford and Georgia Loar Purdy, who survive in Lima.
Mr. Purdy was a dispatcher for Air Express International in Irving.
Survivors also include two sons, Christopher Purdy and Bryan Purdy, both of Texas; a sister, Mrs. Richard (Paula) Rupert of Elida; and his paternal grandmother, Ada Mae Purdy of Lima.
Rev. Alan Borone will officiate for the services. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home until 4 and from 7 to 9 today. Memorial contributions may be made to the Allen County Diabetes League.

[NI06123] Funeral Home card: in Memory of S. E. (Gene) Kaliher, 2440 West Elm Street; born Feb. 6, 1910, Lima, Ohio; passed away Oct. 19, 1969, Lima, Ohio; age 59 years; funeral services: 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22, 1969, Siferd Westwood Chapel; officiating: Rev. Leonard Mann, of Trinity United Methodist Church; interment: Woodlawn Cemetery; in charge: Siferd Funeral Homes.

[NI06124] 1900 Ohio census - Allen Co, Richland Twp, roll 1236, book 2, p. 140 - Edward C. [looks like] LaRau, right after the household of Samuel and Sarah Augsburger. (Samuel, b April 1869, was probably a brother of John Augsburger who married Edward's sister Adda.) Moses Augsburger, b. 1838, and his wife Fanny, b. 1842, are also listed on this page - might these be John Augsburger's parents?
Edward C. [LaRau], head, b. July 1868, age 33, md 10 yrs; b. OH, parents b. OH; farmer, rents farm
Clara W., wife, b. June 1872, age 27, 4 children, 4 living; b. OH, parents b. PA
Donas(?), son, b. June 1890, age 9
Rossie, son, b. Nov 1892, age 7
Wava, daughter, b. Jan 1896, age 4
Orie, son, b. Aug 1897, age 2

1930 Ohio census - Hardin Co, Liberty Twp, Ada, ED 19 (image 14 of 23):
Edward Larue, Head, owns, $1200, age 61, md at age 22, born OH, parents born OH, farmer; wife Clara, 27, md at age 18, born OH, parents born PA; grandson Robert, 14

[NI06125] Harrod High School Class of 1943

Funeral home card: In memory of George E. Harvey, born July 3, 1925, died Nov. 2, 1981, age 56 years, 3 months, 29 days; services: Auglaize Bible Church, 2:30 p.m. Wed., Nov. 4, 1981, Rev. George W. Bailey officiating; burial: Auglaize Cemetery; in charge of arrangements: T.R. Chiles & Sons-Laman.

[NI06127] Harrod High School Class of 1964

[NI06131] Columbus Grove -- M. Edith LaRue Core, 99, of Findlay, formerly of Columbus Grove, died at 11:06 p.m. Jan. 4, 1997, at Blanchard Valley Regional Health Center, Bluffton Campus. She was born Dec. 18, 1897, in Lima to Norval and Alma Anderson LaRue. She married Russell H. "Bud" Core, who died in March 1976.
Mrs. Core had attended the former St. John's Evangelical United Brethren Church, Columbus Grove. She was a member of the former Merry Makers Club, Columbus Grove.
Survivors include a son, Roger L. (Barbara) Core of Findlay; two sisters, Gladys McCool of Lima and Anna Esmonde of Mendon; five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Marilyn Louise Core; two brothers, Victor and Harold LaRue; and two sisters, Grace Walters and Olive Warner.
Services will begin at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Hartman Sons Funeral Home, Columbus Grove. The Rev. Lowell Reeder will officiate. Burial will be in Truro Cemetery, Columbus Grove. ... Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Foundation or the charity of the donor's choice.

[NI06132] Lima News, Monday, Aug. 29, 1988 -- Death notice
Word has been received of the death Saturday in Lancaster, Calif., of Victor H. LaRue, 88, formerly of Lima and Cridersville. Survivors include a wife, Gladys LaRue; two sons, including Robert LaRue of Cridersville; a daughter; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren; a brother, Harold LaRue of Elida; and four sisters, including Gladys Driver and Grace Walters, both of Lima. Graveside services will be conducted Wednesday in Lancaster, Calif.

[NI06133] Lima News, Tues., Feb. 7, 1989 -- Grace V. Walters
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Lewis Memorial Chapel of Chiles and Sons-Laman Funeral Homes for Grace V. Walters, 86, of Lima. She died at 9 a.m. Monday at Springview Manor Nursing Home.
She was born April 27, 1902, in Allen County, the daughter of Norval Ellsworth and Alma Anderson LaRue. On May 3, 1941, she married Cloyd C. Walters who died in September, 1977.
Mrs. Walters was a retired resort manager in Lakeview, where she managed Walter's Cottages and Grocery. She also served as head cook for 20 years at the S.S. Kresge Co. She was a former member of Beaverdam United Methodist Church.
Survivors include a brother, Harold C. LaRue of Elida; and three sisters, Edith Core of Findlay, Gladys Driver of Lima, and Mrs. David (Anna) Esmonde of Mendon.
Rev. Willard Thomas will officiate. Burial will be in Walnut Hill Cemetery, New Hampshire.
Friends may call until 4 and 6 to 8 tonight at the funeral home.

Funeral home card: In memory of Grace V. Walters, born April 27, 1902, died Feb. 6, 1989, age 86 years, 9 months, 9 days; service: 1:30 p.m. Wed., Feb. 8, 1989.

[NI06134] Elida -- Harold C. LaRue, 92, died at 5:02 p.m. Dec. 14, 1996, at Lima Manor. He was born April 17, 1904, in Beaverdam to Norval and Alma Anderson LaRue. On June 25, 1925, he married Naomi Downing, who died Jan. 11, 1989.
Mr. LaRue was a retired farmer and retired tool grinder from Ex-Cell-O Corp. He was a member of Bluelick United Methodist Church, the Northwest Antique Machinery Association, an avid gardener and an antique tractor collector.
Survivors include three sons, Walter (Ruth) LaRue of Bradenton, Fla., William (Joyce) LaRue of Benton Ridge and James (Barbara) LaRue of Elida; three sisters, Edith Core of Findlay, Gladys McCool of Lima and Anna Esmond of Mendon; 15 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and 11 great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Martha Slane; a brother, Victor LaRue; and two sisters, Grace Walters and Olive Warner.
Services will begin at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Bluelick United Methodist Church. The Rev. Kerry Snyder will officiate. Burial will be in Bluelick Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Lewis Memorial Chapel of Chiles and Sons-Laman Funeral Homes. Memorial contributions may be made to Bluelick United Methodist Church or the American Cancer Society.

[NI06135] Lima News (?) (no date, but sometime in March 2001) -- 90th Birthday!
Gladys Driver McCool will celebrate her 90th birthday with a party from 2 to 4 p.m. April 1 at Pleasant View Church of the Brethren, 4940 N. Thayer Road, near Lima. All friends and former students of this long-time teacher are invited to attend.
Mrs. McCool was born March 28, 1911, one of seven children of Norval and Alma LaRue. She graduated in 1929 from Lima Central High School, and began teaching school at age 19, after attending Bolwing Green State University. Her early schools included Boop, Lordstown, Bressler and Sulphur Springs. For 22 years, she taught at Bath Elementary School.
She was married for 48 years to Paul S. Drvier, who died in 1985. The couple owned and operated Driver's Market for 15 years. In 1989, she married Delmar McCool.
Mrs. McCool has three children, Caroline (Lugh) Dixon, Stephen (Beverly) Driver, and Lynn Driver. A daughter, Rebecca Youngblood, died in 1994. She also has five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
For most of her adult life, she has attended Pleasant View Church of the Brethren, where she taught Sunday school for years and was elected a lifetime deacon.
Following the birthday celebration, the McCools will move to Michigan to live with her daughter.

Funeral home card: Gladys Driver McCool born March 28, 199, died Dec. 17, 2001; Daughter of Norval and Alma (Anderson) LaRue (d); Wife of Delmar B. McCool, Paul Solomon Driver (d); Mother and Mother-in-law of Stephen and Bev Driver, Lynn Driver, Caroline and Lugh Dixon, Rebecca Youngblood (d); Grandmother of Jill (Brian) Beatty, Laura (Ricky) Pine, Mark Driver, Tim Driver, Megan Driver; Great-grandmother of Stephen Pina, Jacob Pina, Madelon Beatty. Funeral service: 11:00 a.m. Friday, Dec. 21, 2001, Pleasant View Church of the Brethren, Rev. Kathleen Barkley and Rev. John Mummert officiating. Interment: Lewis Grove Cemetery. Chiles & Sons-Laman Funeral Homes.

Lima News, Dec. 18, 2001 - McCool, Gladys Driver, 90, Dec. 17, Lima

[NI06136] Funeral home card: In memory of Olive M. Warner, born July 17, 1913, died July 1, 1983, age 69 years, 11 months, 14 days; service: Lewis Memorial Chapel, 3 p.m. Tuesday, July 5, 1983, Rev. David Gabel officiating; final resting place: Memorial Park Mausoleum; in charge of arrangements: T.R. Chiles & Sons-Laman.

[NI06138] 1930 OH census - Allen Co, Richland Twp - Ira LaRue age 50, wife Margaret age 50, son Ralph age 22, son Doyle age 12.

Lima News (?), Saturday, Sept. 15, 1973 -- Ira A. LaRue
Clyde [Sandusky Co OH] -- Ira A. Anderson, 93, a former Beaverdam resident, died at 6 a.m. Friday in Villa Marie Hospital, Green Springs. Born Aug. 7, 1879, near Beaverdam, he was the son of William and Lucinda LaRue. He married Margaret Effie Chidester in 1900. She died in 1954. In 1956 he married Elizabeth Stewart of Clyde, who survives.
Also surviving are three sons, Ralph of Allentown, Olan of Mansfield and Doyle of Port Angles, Wash.; a daughter, Mrs. Lenore Hullinger of 331 N. Collett; two stepsons, Rev. James Stewart of Florida and Rev. William Stewart of Van Wert; seven grandchildren, six great-grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. William Younkman of Beaverdam.
Mr. LaRue was a member of the Beaverdam Methodist Church. Later he became a member of the United Methodist Church of Clyde. He was named man of the year by the church last year. He was a retired farmer and contractor.
Services will be 11 a.m. Monday at the United Methodist Church, Clyde, Rev. Mark George officiating. Graveside services will be 3 p.m. Monday at Memorial Park Cemetery, Lima. Friends may call today and Sunday at the Mitchell Auxter Funeral Home on South Main Street, Clyde.

[NI06139] It's possible Effie's parents the Chidesters in the 1900 census for Allen Co, Richland Twp, p. 140a: [indexed as C??nnsoden] Chidester b. June 1847, age 52, and Mahala b. Dec 1847, age 52, 10 children, 7 living (4 are listed with them, son Larry is next to them). They are on the page after Edward LaRue's family.

Effa M. Chidester is listed on p. 137, Richland Twp (1900), servant, b. March 1880, age 20, in the household of [looks like Jackson, can't make out first name].

[NI06140] Lima News, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 1987
Word has been received of the death early today in Mansfield of former Beaverdam resident J. Olan LaRue, 85. Among survivors are his wife, Ruth Stettler LaRue; and a brother. Services and burial will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Finefrock Funeral Home, Mansfield. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, 350 Marion Avenue, Mansfield.

Funeral home card: J. Olan LaRue, 1176 Laurelwood Road; Mar. 24, 1901 - Jan. 20, 1987; Services: Finefrock's, Thursday, Jan. 22, 1987 at 11:00 a.m.; Officiating: The Rev. Robert A. Baker, First United Methodist Church; Organist: Mrs. Elsa Hamilton; Soloist: Mrs. Betty Daugherty; Interment: Mansfield Memorial Park.

[NI06144] 1910 OH census - Allen Co, Jackson Twp (image 13):
Otis L. LaRue age 25, md 2 yrs
wife Ethel M. age 22, 1 child, b Nebraska parents b OH
son Raymond L. age 11/12

1930 OH census - Allen Co, Auglaize Twp (image 13 of 26)

[NI06146] Lima News, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 1994 (also Monday, Oct. 3, 1994) -- Cridersville
Raymond L. LaRue, 84, died at 10:33 p.m. [Sunday] Oct. 2, 1994, at Lima Memorial Hospital.
He was born Dec. 24, 1909, in Lima, to Otis L. and Ethel M. Myers LaRue. On Aug. 13, 1933, he married B. Louise Gast, who survives.
Mr. LaRue was a retired machinist at Lima Westinghouse Electric Corp., where he worked 33 years and was a member of the Westinghouse Retirees Club.
He was a World War II Navy veteran, having served on an aircraft carrier in the Pacific. He was a graduate of Lafayette-Jackson High School.
He was a member of Central Christian Church Disciples, where he served as a deacon and elder and belonged to the Friendly Disciples Sunday School class. He was a charter member and past president of the Fort Shawnee Lions Club.
Survivors also include two brothers, George LaRue of Lima and Herman LaRue of Ft. Wayne, Ind.; and two sisters, Marie Ream of Bluffton and Dorothy Clum of Ada.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, Russell and Karl LaRue; and a sister, Gertrude Harrod.
Services will begin at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Central Christian Church Disciples. The Rev. Larry Kridler will officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Friends may call 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the church.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Central Christian Church Disciples, American Cancer Society or American Heart Association.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Bayliff and Son Funeral Home, Cridersville.

[NI06147] Funeral home card: F. Marie Ream, born May 29, 1912, died Feb. 7, 2002; services: Monday, Feb. 11, 2002, 10:30 a.m. at the Riley Creek Baptist Church, William Herr and Terry Ream officiating; interment: Maple Grove Cemetery. Chiles & Sons-Laman Funeral Homes.

Lima News, Feb. 9, 2002 -- F. Marie Ream, 89, Feb. 7, Bluffton

[NI06148] Harrod High School Class of 1933

[NI06149] Harrod High School Class of 1937

[NI06150] Harrod High School Class of 1940

[NI06152] Lima News, Sunday, May 20, 1984, p. A4 -- Deaths -- Karl B. LaRue
Karl B. LaRue, 55, of rural Cridersville died at 5:22 p.m. Friday at Lima Memorial Hospital following a short illness.
He was born Aug. 6, 1928, in Allen County, the son of Otis and Ethel Myers LaRue. He married Edith Fisher, who survives.
Mr. LaRue was a freight handler for Scot Lad Foods Inc. in Lima.
Survivors also include two sons, Douglas LaRue and Daniel LaRue, both of Lima; two daughters, Mrs. Dennis (Denise) Perry of Lima and Mrs. Gary (Darleen) Watts of Columbia, S.C.; seven grandchildren; three brothers, George LaRue of Lima, Raymond LaRue of Cridersville and Herman LaRue of Fort Wayne, Ind.; and two sisters, Mrs. Russell (Marie) Ream of Bluffton and Mrs. Ross (Dorothy) Clum of Ada.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Siferd Westwood Chapel, Rev. James Moore officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery, Ada.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Funeral home card: In memory of Karl B. LaRue, R.R. #6, Cridersville, Ohio; born Aug. 6, 1928, Allen Co., Ohio; died May 18, 1984, Lima, Ohio; age 55 years; services: 2:00 p.m. Monday, May 21, 1984, Siferd Westwood Chapel.

[NI06153] Lima News, Monday, Oct. 4, 1982 -- Hettie F. Younkman
Beaverdam -- Hettie F. Younkman, 96, died at 4:40 a.m. Sunday at Bluffton Community Hospital. She was born June 18, 1886, in Jackson Township, Allen County, the daughter of William and Lucinda Helser LaRue. On Oct. 31, 1903, she married William Younkman, who died Feb. 11, 1982.
Mrs. Younkman was a homemaker. She was a member of Beaverdam United Methodist Church, past president of its Women's Society and a former choir member.
Survivors include two daughters, Juanita Anderson of Pandora and Mrs. Carl (Beulah) Amstutz of Lima; two sons, Clair C. Younkman of Maumee and Bernard T. Younkman of Basom, N.Y.; 12 grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren; and 20 great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Beaverdam United Methodist Church, Rev. Sue Ellen Miller officiating. Burial will be in Woodland Cemetery, Beaverdam.
Friends may call at Paul Diller and Son Funeral Home, Bluffton, after noon Tuesday and until noon Wednesday. The body will be taken to the church to lie in state from 1 p.m. until time of services Wednesday.
Memorial contributions may be made to the church, American Cancer Society or the American Heart Association.

From funeral home card: died Oct. 3, 1982.

[NI06154] 1920 Ohio census - Allen Co, Richland Twp (roll 1344), Beaverdam village, taken Jan. 5, 1920, p. 189a:
William J. Younkman, head, 36, occ: carpenter, house
Hettie F., wife, 33; Clair C., son, 17; Madeline E., daughter, 13; William D., son, 11; Anna W., daughter, 9; Bernice L., daughter, 7; Beulah M., daughter, 4

1930 OH census - Allen Co, Beaverdam, ED #54, p. 3201 (written top right) (189 stamped above "Population"), taken Jan. 5, 1920:
William J. Younkman, 47; Hettie, 44; Daniel W., 21; Juanita, 19; Bernice I., 17; Beulah M., 14.

Lima News, Friday, Feb. 12, 1982 -- "100-year-old man dies on Thursday"
Beaverdam -- William J. Younkman, 100, died at 5:15 p.m. Thursday at Richland Manor Nursing Home. Born Feb. 4, 1882, in Jackson Township, he was the son of Daniel and Sidney Helser Younkman. On Oct. 31, 1903, he married Hettie LaRue, who survives.
Mr. Younkman was a retired farmer, carpenter and a lineman for American Telephone and Telegraph. He was a former Beaverdam councilman and member of the Allen County Board of Elections. He was also a charter member of the Beaverdam Methodist Church and served as church treasurer and choir member.
Survivors also include two sons, Clair C. Younkman of Maumee and Bernard T. Younkman of Basom, N.Y.; two daughters, Juanita Anderson of Pandora and Mrs. Carl (Beula) Amstutz of Lima; 13 grandchildren, 48 great-grandchildren; and 12 great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the United Methodist Church, Rev. Sue Ellen Miller officiating. Burial will be in Woodland Cemetery. Friends may call anytime today and until one hour prior to the services Saturday at the Paul F. Diller and Son Funeral Home, Bluffton. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.

[NI06155] Funeral home card: In memory of Clair C. Younkman, born Jan. 12, 1905, died Dec. 4, 1985; service: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, 1985, Paul Diller & Son Chapel, Rev. Joseph Hefner officiating; interment at Woodland Cemetery, Beaverdam.

[NI06157] Lima News, Saturday, Nov. 14, 1981, p. A4 -- Deaths -- Daniel W. Younkman
Beaverdam -- Daniel W. Younkman, 73, formerly of here, died Friday morning in Cincinnati.
He was born in Beaverdam on Sept. 17, 1908, the son of William and Hettie LaRue Younkman, who survive at Richland Manor Nursing Home. He married Cora Lugibihl Younkman who survives in Cincinnati.
Mr. Younkman was a retired engineer with American Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Other survivors include four daughters, Phyllis Clark, Marilyn Hill, Carolyn Potts, Linda Clark; 18 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; a brother, Clair Younkman of Maumee; two sisters, Juanita Anderson of Pandora and Mrs. Karl (Beulah) Amstutz of Lima.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the Faith United Church of Christ in Cincinnati. Graveside services will be held at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Woodlawn Cemetery, Beaverdam, Rev. Sue Ellen Miller officiating.
Friends may call at Paul Diller and Son Chapel, Bluffton, 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesday.

[NI06158] Lima News, Tuesday, July 29, 1986 -- Juanita Anderson
Pandora -- Juanita Anderson, 75, died Monday at her residence.
Dr. James Overmier said cause of death is pending an autopsy.
She was born Sept. 19, 1910, in Richland Township, Allen County, the daughter of William and Hettie LaRue Younkman. In 1932 she married Morris Anderson, who died in 1979.
Mrs. Anderson retired from Rusco Corp. and was a former employee of Pandora's Lunchbox.
Survivors include two sons, Edwin Anderson of Columbus Grove and Robert Anderson of Curtice; one daughter, Mrs. Richard (Judith) Rosenberger of Clarkston, Mich.; 13 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; one brother, Bernard Younkman of Lebanon; and one sister, Beulah Amstutz of Lima.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Rev. Wayne Kargas officiating.
There will be no visitation.
Memorial contributions may be made to Pandora United Methodist Church.
Arrangements are under the direction of Haas-Diller Funeral Home, Pandora.

[NI06161] One daughter married a Groves.

[NI06167] 1920 Nebraska census - Lancaster Co, Lincoln Twp, ED 57, p. 2A:
Benjiman LaRue, 50, born Ohio, occ: motorman, St Ry Co; wife Jennie, 39, born Iowa, father & mother born Germany; dau Gladys, 12, born Nebraska; (cont. on next page) dau Leone LaRue, 10, born Nebraska; mother Mary E., 78, widowed, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Penn.

[NI06169] 1850 PA census - Crawford Co - Conneaut Twp (roll 770) p. 103 - Eli Rowe, 52, blacksmith & farmer, b NY; Cornelia, 12, b PA; Adelia, 9; Gilbert, 8; Emanuel, 6; Edna A., 4; Emily Thompson, 31, b NY.

[NI06173] SSDI has a Lottie LaRue b Aug 12, 1902 NE (issue state) d Dec 5, 1994 North Platte NE - might be a descendant of Smith.

1900 Kansas census - Greenwood Co, Janesville Twp
155 / 156 LaRue, Smith, b May 1853 age 47, md 20 yrs, b OH, parents b OH
wife Sarah L., b May 1854 age 46, 3 children 1 living, b OH, parents b OH

1880 Ohio census - Allen Co, Jackson Twp, p. 415:
John Larue, 27, farmer; wife Lucy, 28; dau Luella, 4; son Howard, 1; dau Sarah, 2/12 born Mar

[NI06176] I added Bessie LaRue to this family because Herbert S. LaRue is listed as a brother-in-law in her household in 1930.

1900 Kansas census - Greenwood Co, Janesville Twp
126 / 127 LaRue, Howard, b Dec 1879, age 21, md 2 yrs, b OH, parents b OH
wife Rosa b Mar 1875, age 25, 0 children, b Missouri, parents b Missouri
Della A. Ditty, servant, Apr 1873, age 27, b Missouri
Further down on this page in another household is listed Baby LaRue, daughter, b May 1900, b Kansas, father b Ohio, mother b Missouri. This is household 149 / 150 Henry Millon b Mar 1834 age 66, md 25 yrs, b Ohio, father b Ohio, mother b Vermont; son Lemuel b Sept ? (year) ? (age), b Missouri, father b Ohio, mother b Missouri; Lewis N. Bersie, servant, b July 1864 age 35, b Iowa, father b NY, mother b Vermont; followed by Baby LaRue.

1910 Kansas census - Greenwood Co, Janesville Twp, Hamilton, ED #27
LaRue, Howard C., age 30, md 11 yrs, b OH, parents b OH; laborer, odd jobs
wife Josie R., age 35, 4 children 3 living, b Missouri, parents b Missouri
dau Lelia age 9 b Kansas
son Earnest C. age 7 b Kansas
son Herbert A. age 6 b Kansas

[NI06186] In 1900, Laura Larue, age 33, is listed as a servant in the household of Julia A. Shull, widow, age 68 (Beaverdam, Richland Twp, Allen Co OH, roll 1236, p. 137).

[NI06187] 1790 (1782 tax list) Virginia Heads of Households (p 27) lists John Larue, 6 whites, in Hampshire Co VA, list of David Mitchell, Gent. Also listed are Jacob Larue, 5 whites, and Peter Larue (John's brother), 9 whites. Apparently John's father Jacob died about 1784, not 1778, as he was still living in 1782.

Also listed in Hampshire Co VA in 1790 is William Jackson, 11 whites. Could this be Hannah Jackson's family?

In 1810 VA Hampshire Co (p 166) William Jackson is listed: 11010-10010 (1 male under 10, 1 male 10-16, 1 male 26-45; 1 female under 10, 1 female 26-45). This is more likely a son of the above William, since there are two children under 10.

[NI06188] 1810 VA census for Hampshire Co lists Hanah Larue 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1:
1 male 16-26, 1 male 26-45, 1 female 10-16, 1 female 16-26, 1 female 45+
Sons Cornelius and Jacob are listed next to her.

[NI06189] Jacob Larew moved to the Shenandoah Valley area, Augusta Co. VA, after 1743. His brother Isaac also left Bucks Co. PA, having bought land in the Shenandoah Valley in 1743. Isaac settled on Long Marsh, a stream located three miles from Berryville, where he lived in a log cabin and raised horses.

LaRue & Allied Families, http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=donwatson&id=I13066, gives Jacob's death date as 1784. Jacob appears in a list of heads of families of Hampshire Co. VA for the year 1782. (The 1790 enumeration for Virginia was burned, so lists from 1782 and 1784 were used instead.)

Jacob's will was written 10-20-1778 and proved 11-19-1784. Wife, Ann, 5 children: Peter - 117 acres on Big Capcapon; John - where he lived, adj. Peter; Noah - youngest, residue of land; Sarah; Abigail. Exec: Sons.

"ITEM I give and bequeath to my Loving wife Ann Larue One third part of all my moveable Estate to her, her Heirs and Assigns.
ITEM I give and bequeath to my Eldest Son Peter Larue a part of that Tract of Land whereon I now live lying and being on big Capcapon in the said County of Hampshire in Virginia, and lying the most Easterly part of said Tract and bound by a line across said Tract as by agreement and Trees Marked.

[NI06193] Baptism record, from French Reformed Church Baptismal Book 1651-1676: Abraham Le Roux and Jeanne Du Four have had baptized their son the 6 March 1664 born 1 March 1664 who has been named Abraham, and has for godfather Pierre Scabel and for godmother Elizabeth Collier, his wife.

Abraham of Mannheim (the Immigrant) arrived on Staten Island, New York in 1678, on the Dutch ship "De Trouw" (Faith), with Jeanne Guerin LeRoux and her children, all born in Mannheim. They were followed in 1680 by more of the family arriving on the ship "Caledonia." The children of Pierre and Jeanne Guerin LeRoux were Jacques (born 1656), Suzanne (born 1658), Marie (born 1662), Anne (born 1664) and perhaps David (born ?). Pierre LeRoux, cousin of Abraham LeRoux of Leiden, had died on the voyage, which originated in Holland. Jeanne was unable to pay for the voyage, and she and her children escaped (except for Suzanne, who was captured and later sold - she spent the next five years in involuntary servitude) when Jeanne wielded a handspike and told the children to run for their lives. If they all traveled together, why did Jeanne Guerin suffer the handspike incident? The only answer possible is that the adult males involved in the incident were simply too much for the LaRue Family, and they could not save Suzanne.

It has been believed that Pierre LeRoux who died on the voyage was uncle to the immigrant Abraham, but this has been disproved by the French Reformed Church records of Mannheim. Pierre was the son of Pierre LeRoux of Calais, and this Pierre was brother to Anthoine LeRoux, Abraham's grandfather. So Pierre was not an uncle to Abraham, but his father's first cousin, and his relationship to the other two children on the voyage, Jacques and Suzanne, was that of second cousin.

His wife Magdellaine apparently died during or shortly after the birth of their son Peter. He married Olive Cresson on Staten Island circa 1690.

Abraham sold his property in Kingston NY Jan. 31, 1692 and removed to Staten Island, where he was elected constable in 1694.

Once source says he married 1st Magdelaine Gille, or Uzille, daughter of David Uzille (the Huguenot who later removed to Staten Island) and Marie Cassier. Don Watson disputes this, citing a birth record from Mannheim: Isaac Gillet and Esther Michee baptized their daughter Magdellaine in the church ... 1 April 1663, born 29 March 1663.

This may be the Abraham Larew listed in the Ulster County NY Census 1689, a roll of the names and surnames of them that have taken the oath of allegiance in ye county of Ulster, by order of His Excellency Ye Governor; ye first day of September anno domini 1689.
These following persons did not appear vizt:
Larow, Symon
Larrow, Livie

From the book "The Huguenots or The Early French in New Jersey" p. 8: "Jacques Le Roux (Larew, Laroe, La Rue) settled in Hackensack. He married (1) Magdalena Gille and had a son Peter, who was baptized in Kingston, New York in 1688. In 1690 Jacques married (2) Olive, widow of Joshua Cresson of Long Island." [Why would the author give his name as Jacques?] Later, on p. 15, the correct Abraham is given: "Abraham Le Roux (Larew, Laroe, La Rue), the emigrant, left France for Manheim and sailed for America about 1680. He was in Kingston on the Hudson in 1688 and 1692. Later he moved to the Huguenot colony on Staten Island. However, he died in Hunterdon County in 1712. Abraham was the progenitor of the New Jersey family."

[NI06225] May have had a son Jacob as well (probably died as infant); additional residence: Staten Island NY, New Amsterdam.

[NI06274] Records of marriages for several of Isaac's children (Isaac, Mary, Rebecca) show up in the Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol. I: Dutch Reformed Church, Churchville, Bucks Co (Falls Twp.?).

Isaac left Bucks Co. PA, just as his brother Jacob did, having bought land in the Shenandoah Valley in 1743. Isaac settled on Long Marsh, a stream located three miles from Berryville, where he lived in a log cabin and raised horses.

1790 Virginia Heads of Households (p 21) lists Isaac Larue, 12 white, 6 black in Frederick Co, list of George Noble.

[NI06275] Genealogical Records: Virginia Land, Marriage and Probate Records, 1639-1850:
Date: Apr 12, 1779, Location: Orange Co., VA, Record ID: 45691, Book Page: J, Property: 290 a. in Spts. Co.
Remarks: Abraham Larew and Sybil, his wife, of Orange Co. to James Head of Spts. Co. £145 curr. 290 a. in Spts. Co. Dani. Branham, Nathan Pulliam, David Head, Henry Head. July 15, 1779.
Notes: This land record was originally published in "Virginia County Records - Spotsylvania County, 1721-1800, Volume I" edited by William Armstrong Crozier.

Genealogical Records: Virginia Land, Marriage and Probate Records, 1639-1850
(also Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Vol. III, Abstracts of Wills of Augusta County, page 220):
Date: Aug 10, 1790; Location: Augusta Co., VA; Record ID: 38747; Prove Date: Apr 27, 1801; Will Book 9 p. 102; Abraham Larew's will -- To son, Jacob; to daughter, Mary; daughter Anna; to Philip Drake; to son, Reuben; son Peter's 3 children; to daughter Mary's son, John Standlee. Teste: John Caldwell, Thomas, Mary, Anson Caldwell. Proved 27 April, 1801, by John and Thos. Caldwell.
(Notes: This probate record was originally published in "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley.)

[NI06277] Death date must be wrong - try to find another source.

[NI06287] Obed LaRue's father John was born 1/24/1746, married Hannah Jackson - this John may have been confused with Obed's father John.

Genealogical Records: Virginia Land, Marriage and Probate Records, 1639-1850:
Date: Oct 7, 1784; Location: Frederick Co., VA; Record ID: 45946; Book Page: K; Property: 563 a. in Spots. Co.
Remarks: Jno. Larue and Mary, his wife, of Frederick Par., Frederick Co. to David Blair of Spots.Co. £300 curr. [pd. by Edm. Taylor for sd. Blair]. 563 a. in Spots. Co., etc., etc. 8 Jun 1785.
Notes: This land record was originally published in "Virginia County Records - Spotsylvania County, 1721-1800, Volume I" edited by William Armstrong Crozier.

[NI06296] 1790 (for the year 1784?) Virginia Heads of Households (p 27) lists Peter Larue, 9 whites, in Hampshire Co VA, list of David Mitchell, Gent. Also listed on the same page are Jacob Larue, 5 whites, and John Larue, 6 whites.

1810 VA census for Hampshire Co lists Peter Larue 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1:
1 male 16-26, 1 male 26-45, 1 male 45+, 1 female 26-45, 1 female 45+

[NI06303] Synopsis of Wills, p. 122 : "LARUE, Jacob -- 12-27-1827; pr. 9-17-1784.
W., Rachel, 4 ch., 1 Rachel, 2 Jacob, 3 Hannah, 4 Peter. Exec. Moses Hoge, Zebulon Streetz, Jacob Larue. Sec., Robert Sherrard, Jan Cockwill. Wit., Robert Sherrard, John B. Miller, David Ellis."

1810 VA Census for Hampshire Co lists Noah Larue 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1:
1 male under 10, 1 male 10-16, 1 male 16-26, 1 male 45+, 1 female 10-16, 2 females 16-26, 1 female 45+

[NI06311] Genealogical Records: Virginia Land, Marriage and Probate Records, 1639-1850
(also Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Vol. III, Abstracts of Wills of Augusta County, p. 237):
Nov 7, 1810, Location: Augusta Co., VA, Record ID: 38904, Prove Date: Aug 27, 1811, Will Book 11 p. 39; Reuben Larew's will -- To brother Peter's three children, viz: Abraham Larew, Sarah Felts, Elizabeth Bodine; to sister, Anne Drake, and two children; to brother Jacob's children, viz: Peter Larew, Elizabeth Allen, John Larew, Benj. Larue, Joseph Larew, Sally Best, Polly Larew, Jacob Larew, Amy Larew. Executors: Benjamin and Joseph Larew, Wm. Davis, Geo. Zumbro, Walter Davis.
Notes: This probate record was originally published in "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley.

[NI06313] Anna married Phillip Drake, a Baptist preacher, then all the family moved to Orange Co., Va. They lived some time in Orange Co., and then moved to Christian Creek, Augusta Co., Va. --Six Generations of Larues and Allied Families, p. 20

[NI06314] They had two children, a boy and a girl. The boy died in the army, and the girl was choked to death by a bean. --Six Generations of Larues and Allied Families, p. 20

[NI06335] Land records 1880 Burlington Twp, Licking Co OH pg 185 NN pg 308:
John LaRue . . . Range 13, tp. 4, Qt. 1, 142 acres.
1850 Census Licking Co OH, Burlington Twp, pg 850.

CONFLICT: Helen Silvey's site (http://jpaul.gwdi.com/silvey/larue/d0001/g0000078.htm#I2406) says this Jacob died May 6, 1802 in Washington Co OH. The Jacob appearing in the 1800 census for Washington Co OH can't be the Jacob son of John & Hannah. 1810 VA census for Hampshire Co, Jacob Larue is enumerated next to his brother Cornelius and his mother Hanah: 0 0 0 1 0 1 01 0 0 - 1 male 26-45, 1 female under 10, 1 female 16-26. His daughters were born in 1815 and 1824, so he couldn't have died in 1802.

H.S. also has May 6, 1802 as the marriage date for Jacob Larue (1776-1823, son of Peter and Elizabeth [LaRue] LaRue) and Elizabeth Reynolds.

Ohio Cemeteries p. 304 has a Mahalah Larue d. Oct 7, 1895 ae. 72y (b. ~1823). In the same listing is John Larue d. Apr 10, 1861 ae. 56y 11m (b. ~May 1804) and Mary Larue d. May 17, 1889 ae. 78y 6m 14d (b. Nov 3, 1810). This is the Old Cemetery in Utica OH. It's possible that this Mahalah is NOT the daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth.

[NI06336] 1810 VA census for Hampshire Co, Cornelius Larue is enumerated next to his brother Jacob and his mother Hanah: 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 - 3 males under 10, 1 male 26-45, 1 female under 10, 1 female 26-45.

1820 OH census, Licking Co, Washington Twp - Cornelius Larew.

[NI06342] Piety LaRue was baptized at Mt. Bethel Presbyterian Church near the old LaRue homestead on the Capon River, in 1812 or 1813 according to church minutes. She married a Graham.

[NI06348] It was not until 1677 that Huguenot colonists effected a permanent settlement on the banks of the Hackensack, about two miles north of Hackensack and near the "French Burying Ground." The leader of this colony was David des Marest (de Marest, Demarest), who was born in 1620 at Beauchamp in Picardy, the son of Jean des Marest. He had been driven by persecution to seek refuge in Holland, where he married Marie Sohier, daughter of Francois Sohier of Niepe, in 1643. Later he went to Germany and in 1663 came to America, arriving at Nieu Amsterdam on the ship Bontekoe (spotted cow) and joined others in the Huguenot colony on Staten Island. (The Huguenots or The Early French in New Jersey, p. 7)

[NI06370] Some of his daughters spoke in loud, high-pitched voices long after he died. Dick Jordan's mother attributed it to their childhood habit of speaking loud in hopes their very deaf father might hear them.

The house is on the westernmost street of Lafayette. (1920 census says Washington St.) William Heath built it with the help of some of his brothers. It no longer has the trimmings (what do you call that style that looks kind of like a gingerbread house?). Maybe we can find a picture of the house in its original state.

1900 OH census - Allen Co, Jackson Twp - Lafayette Village, roll 1236 p. 72:
William Heath b Dec 1855 age 44, md 14 yrs; b OH parents b MA, occ: carpenter
wife Amanda b Nov 1862 age 37, 4 children; b OH parents b PA
son Jesse b Mar 1884 age 16
dau Hazel b June 1887 age 13
dau Ethel b Nov 1890 age 9
dau Helen b May 1898 age 2

1910 OH census - Allen Co, Jackson Twp, Lafayette, ED 7, Washington St. (image 1):
William L. Heath age53, md 23 yrs
wife Amanda Jane age 46, 4 children all living
dau Ethel F. age 14
dau Mary H. age 11
Amanda's son Jesse Wollet and his wife Verna live several houses away. William's brother Almon Heath and his wife Laura are also on this page.

In the 1920 census, Henry Zerbe's son William E. Zerbe lives near them on Washington Street. William Zerbe is household 47, William Heath is household 49, and Jesse and Vernie Wollet are at household 50.

1930 OH census - Allen Co, Jackson Twp, Lafayette (image of 8), Washington Street - William L. Heath age 74, b OH, father b England, mother b CT; Amanda J. age 67, b PA, parents b PA.
Their daughter Helen Blunden lives nearby on Jefferson Street. William E. and Beatrice C. Zerbe live nearby on Washington Street with daughters Mildred and Evelyn.

[NI06371] 1880 Census for Allen County - Lafayette, Jackson Twp, lists Manda Zerby, age 18, as servant in the home of Joseph (age 71) & Mary (age 68) Hall.

Aunt Opal has a postcard with a picture "Where Pennsylvania and Big Four cross Crestline" addressed to Mrs. Amanda Heath, Lafayette, Ohio, postmarked Crestline, June 27, 10 a.m., 1910. I think it is from Grandma (Ethel), though it is not signed.
Dear mother: Arrived safe at Crestline and we are waiting on the special. Met Mr. & Mrs. Heath from Harrod. They started from LaF. Also met Mrs. Heath from Elida. She treats me like a daughter already.

Another postcard, June 29 (no year) of Hotel Conneaut, Exposition Park, Conneaut Lake, Pa., also addressed to Mrs. Amanda Heath:
Dear mother: We arrived safe at Conneaut. This is a swell place. Wish you were here with me. No one here from LaFayette but I am getting acquainted all O.K. Loving by, Ethel

[NI06372] Samuel and Mary Heath were among the original members of the Christian Church in Jackson Twp, Allen Co. (from the History of Allen County) Since Mary was from Litchfield Co CT, I am guessing that Samuel might be from Berkshire Co MA, which borders Litchfield.

In the Leatherman book, Samuel's name is given as Gilbert Heath (father of Phoebe Janette Heath who married Jacob Leatherman Custer).

[NI06373] Query posted by Shirley Cruzen Stevens on Sunday, July 19, 1998: ALDRIDGE, DEWITT, HADSELL, MATHEWS:
Also seek Lewis ALDRIDGE of Greene & Clinton Counties, OH, whose father William ALDRIDGE m2 Mary D. HADSELL, 1879, in Allen Co. Lewis was widowed in 1880 and had daughter, Inez Ellen ALDRIDGE. --> Is this Gilbert Heath's widow or another Mary Hadsell? The 1880 census lists her as Mary Heath, so if Aldridge married Mary in 1879, it must have been someone else!

1870 Ohio census - Allen Co, Village of Lafayette, p. 7 (stamped 347):
60 / 60 Heath, Mary D., 52, keeping house, born CT; Almond, 21, railroad laborer, born OH; Samuel, 19, railroad laborer; Daniel, 17, farm laborer; William, 14, at school; James, 11, at school; Emma, 7, at school.

1880 Ohio census - Allen Co, Lafayette, p. 409:
3 / 3 Heath, Mary D., 62, widowed, keeping house, born Conn, parents born Conn; son Daniel, 26, shoemaker, born Ohio, parents born Ohio [that's what it says!]; son William, 24, carpenter, born Ohio, father born Mass, mother born Conn; son James, 22, clerk in store, born Ohio, father born Mass, mother born Conn; dau Emma, 18, born Ohio, father born Mass, mother born Conn.

[NI06374] I had Sam's birth date as Feb. 20, 1830, but his death certificate says he was born Oct. 12, 1831.

Listed with his parents in the 1850 census for Brecknock Twp, Berks Co PA, age 20, carpenter. Have been unable to locate him in the 1860 census.

The 1870 census says their first daughter Sarah was born in Ohio, which means they would have come before 1858. Dick Jordan and Sue Ann Marcus think this is in error. Since Henry Zerbe came to Ohio to do carpentering with his uncle (they came together or nearly so, according to Dick Jordan), the arrival year must have been about 1866 when Henry was 13. If Samuel had come prior to 1858, Henry would have been too young to engage in carpenter work. However, a document at the Berks County Courthouse dated April 29, 1863 indicates that Samuel was in Ohio by that time (see below), as were his brothers John, in Sandusky County, and William.

1870 Ohio census - Allen Co, Jackson Twp (roll 1168), PO Beaverdam, taken June 4, 1870, p. 353a:
66/68 (6 households from William Heath's family)
Samuel Zerbe, 39, carpenter, value of real estate owned: 1500, of personal estate: 300, born Pennsylvania
Mary, 39, keeping house, born Penn.
Sarah E., 12, at home, born Ohio
Amanda J., 10, at school
Emily L., 8, at school
Mary M., 6 at school
Alice, 4, at home
John E., 3/12, at home, born March

Samuel Clinton Zerbe married Mary Elizabeth Gramling (not totally sure of the name). Samuel came to Ohio by 1863; his older brother John was in Sandusky Co OH by that time. A petition in the file for Jacob Zerbe, their father, gives the year by which they were in Ohio (see notes for Jacob). Samuel's nephew Henry also came to Allen County, probably later than 1863 as he would have been only 10. Henry apprenticed with his Uncle Samuel. I'm having more trouble finding out about Mary Gramling, but I believe her family came from the same part of Berks Co PA, passed through Stark Co OH and wound up in DeKalb Co IN. Samuel and Mary Zerbe had five girls and one son, John. The few Zerbes who stayed in the Allen Co OH area were most likely descendants of Henry Zerbe, Sam's nephew.

1900 OH census for Allen Co, Bath Twp lists Samuel as age 68, born Feb 1832. His wife is Priscilla and they have been married 5 years.

[NI06375] My Mom's mother, Ethel Heath LaRue, said about her grandmother Mary Zerbe, she could sit in her rocking chair in the middle of the dirt and rock and be happy as anything. I asked my Aunt Opal what she meant by that and Opal said she wasn't a worrier.

1900 OH census - Allen Co, Lima City (ward 1) p. 166 - 717 North Jackson Street -
Mary Zerba b Aug 1831 age 68, widowed, 11 children 7 living, b PA, father & mother b PA
son John b Apr 1874 age 26, single, b OH, occ: carpenter
Mary's daughter Emma Saunders lived at 689 North Jackson Street.

Aunt Opal says Sam Zerbe divorced Mary and married Priscilla Cobean, who came from a wealthy family.

I am 90% certain that Mary Gramling was a granddaughter of Adam Gramling, most likely by a son from his first marriage to Elizabeth Zerbe -- Adam, John, Benjamin or Jacob -- but I have been unable to prove this relation.

[NI06376] 1900 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 1242), vol. 11, ED 23, sheet 9, line 39, family #187, p. 156:
Thomas B. Baker b. Aug 1861, age 38, married 10 years; occupation: Laborer - Glassworks
wife Emma F. b. Sep 1871, age 28; 4 children, 3 living
son Harry F. b. Jan 1891, age 9
son Charles V. b. Nov 1893, age 6
dau Vera C. b. May 1898, age 2

1910 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 1242), p. 156, taken June 16:
Thomas Baker, age 45
wife Emma F. age 37
son Harry F. age 18
son Virgil C. age 16
dau Vera C. age 12
son Robert P. age 4

1920 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Bellaire, vol. 13, ED 43, sheet 12, line 31:
Thomas Baker, age 56; occ. Laborer - Glassworks; father b. Indiana (1910 says OH)
wife Emma, age 47
dau Vera, age 21; occ. Clerk - Bank
son Robert, age 13

compilation of obituaries:
Thomas Beverly Baker, of Wickliffe, Ohio, died suddenly in the home of his son, Virgil C. Baker, Hollidays Cove (WV), Sunday morning at 5:00. Mr. Baker had arrived on Saturday to spend the Easter weekend with his son and his family. He had been in failing health for some time, but was not thought serious until he was stricken with a heart attack Saturday night, which resulted in death.
Mr. Baker was born in Monroe County, Ohio, on August 21 [August 6?], 1864. He and his family resided for many years in Bellaire. His wife, Emma, preceded him in death by five years. Since that time, Mr. Baker has made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Raymond Lillie, in Wickliffe. He was a cooper by trade, but owing to ill health had retired from all active work during the past year.
Mr. Baker was a Methodist, and a man of good traits of character, whose death will be a matter of regret to all who knew him.
He is survived by four children: Virgil C. Baker, of Hollidays Cove [WV]; Robert P. Baker, Wickliffe; Mrs. Vera Lillie, Wickliffe; and Mrs. Ethel Walker of Bellaire, Ohio; three grandchildren: Raymond and James Thomas Lillie, and Robert Thomas Baker [also Norine Baker]. He also leaves one brother and two sisters: William Baker of Medina, Mrs. Belle Crouch of Barnesville, and Mrs. Anna Stone of Akron; and seven grandchildren. [four brothers and two sisters, in the southeastern part of Ohio?]
On Monday night, April 9th, a short service by Rev. Billings was held in Hollidays Cove, and on Wednesday, April 11th, the funeral services were held at Jacobsburg, Ohio, with Rev. Grey and Rev. Ashburn of the Methodist Church in charge, and interment at Jacobsburg Cemetery.
Mr. Baker will long be remembered by the people of Wickliffe, and especially by every one in any way connected with our High School. He had been busy every day of vacation week, getting everything in shipshape, for the re-opening of school on Monday. On Saturday, having completed all his tasks and feeling fine, he decided to take a little Easter vacation. So many recalled seeing him on Saturday, cheerful and smiling, that it seemed beyond belief when the news of his sudden death came to Wickliffe on Sunday morning. It was a great shock to his family and the entire community.

[NI06377] Her obituary reads - Former Resident Dies
Mrs. Thomas Baker, 52, died in Cleveland last night. Death resulted from heart trouble. The body will be brought to this city Monday and taken to the home of her sister, Miss Carrie Beckett, 529 47th street. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
The deceased was a former resident of Bellaire. The family moved to Cleveland three years ago. She was well known here and enjoyed the friendship of many local people who will be sorry to hear of her demise.
There are left to survive, her husband, one daughter, Vera; two sons, Robert and Virgil, her father, Thomas Beckett, Jacobsburg, Ohio; two brothers, John Beckett, Sebring, O., and Charles Beckett, Jacobsburg, O.; also five sisters, Miss Carrie Beckett and Mrs. Frank Coen, this city; Mrs. Bertha Boggs, Mrs. Lilly [actually, Minnie] Crowley, Cleveland, and Miss Rebecca Beckett, Jacobsburg, Ohio.

Michelle Smith looked up Emma Baker's death certificate (4/22/01 email):
Emma F. Baker
res. 2636 East 122nd
d. 12/21/1923 in Cleveland, Ohio
cause of death: Uraemia contributory Intestinal Nephritis & Chronic Myocarditis
b. 9/15/1872 in Ohio
father Wm. F. Beckett
mother Mary L. Bailey both born in US
buried Jacobsburg, Ohio

[NI06379] Virgil worked for Weirton Steel, across the river from Steubenville. The last few years he worked there, he was chief electrician.

Virgil died sometime in the 1960s. Zelda had died prior to that time and Virgil remarried.

1930 Ohio census - Jefferson Co, Steubenville City, ED 44 (image 3 of 28) - Virgil and Zelda are living with Zelda's parents, Lewis & Emma Foreman:
Lewis Foreman, Head, age 63, md. at age 25, b. Ohio, parents b. Ohio, occ: none
Emma, wife, age 55, md. at age 18, b. Ohio, parents b. West Virginia
Virgil Baker, son-in-law, age 36, md. at age 24, b. Ohio, parents b. Ohio, occ: electrician, mill
Zelda, daughter, age 31, md. at age 18, b. Ohio, parents b. Ohio
Norine L., granddaughter, age 10, b. Ohio

[NI06380] 1930 Ohio census - Cuyahoga Co, Cleveland City, District 371 (image 18 of 46) - Robert and Charlotte R. Baker are listed as lodgers in the home of Benjamin F. Stahl Robert Baker, age 24, md. at age 19, b. Ohio, parents b. Ohio, occupation: mechanic, auto body shop; Charlotte R., age 27, md. at age 22, b. Kentucky, father b. Tennessee, mother b. Indiana.

[NI06381] 1870 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Washington Twp (roll 1174), PO Powhatan Point, p. 33 (449B), enumerated July 23, 1870:
William T. Becket, 23, farmer, value of personal estate: 250, born Ohio; Mary, 20, keeping house, value of real estate owned: 500; Frederick, 1; William Willis, 12, farm laborer

1900 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp, roll 1242, p. 155a, taken June 15th & 16th:
Thomas W. Beckett, born July 1845, age 54, md. 34 yrs, born Ohio, parents born Ohio, occ: saw-milling; Mary L., wife, born Apr 1850, age 50, 11 children, 8 living, born Ohio, parents born Ohio; Clara F., dau, born May 1876, age 24; Minnie M., dau, born May 1880, age 20; Margaret R., dau, born Sept 1884, age 15; Mary L., dau, born Aug 1886
Charles Beckett, born Aug 1874, age 25, md. 1 yr; Nora A., wife, born March 1879, 21, 1 child; Estella, dau, born Oct 1898, age 1

1910 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Bellaire (roll 1156), p. 150B:
William Beckett, 63, father born Md, mother born Oh; dau Carrie F., 33; dau Rebecca M., 28; dau Mary L., 24; son Harold C., 10 [grandson]; Phillip Muster, 29, boarder; Phylis Muster, 9/12, boarder

In his father's will, William Thomas Beckett was listed as Thomas rather than William Thomas. He was known in life as Thomas.

(undated obituary - from what paper?)
Another Veteran of Civil War Dies - William T. Beckett, 82, Dies This Morning at Home of Daughter
William T. Beckett, 82, a veteran of the civil war, passed away this morning about 11:45 at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Carrie Boss, 529 47th street. Death was very unexpected, following a stroke suffered about 11 o'clock. Dr. J. F. Wilkinson was called, Mr. Beckett passing away before he arrived.
The deceased was born at Armstrongs Mills, and was very well known throughout the country. When about 10 years old, Mr. Beckett was united with the Jacobsburg M. E. church and had been a member of that body for the past 72 years.
For many years, he conducted a sawmill and thrashing outfit in the southwestern part of the county, retiring from this profession about 16 years ago when he established a grocery at Jacobsburg, Four years ago, he retired from active life.
The deceased had been staying with his daughter for about a month when his demise occurred.
During the Civil War, he served with 193rd regiment, Company H, Ohio Infantry. His wife passed away about 23 years ago and one daughter, Mrs. Thomas Baker, preceded him in death four years ago.
Surviving are the following children:
John of Alliance, Charles of Jacobsburg, Mrs. Carrie Boss of Bellaire, Mrs. Bertha Boggs of Cleveland, Mrs. Minnie Crowley of Cleveland, Mrs. Leona Coen of Bellaire.
One brother, John Beckett of Kelsey, and the following sisters also survive: Mrs. E. C. Wade, Fairpoint; Mrs. Anna Howel of Newark, Mrs. Pauline Taylor of Van Wert, Ohio. In addition, 24 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren are also living.
No arrangements for the funeral service have been made, however, Rev. Joseph B. Edie, pastor of the South Bellaire M. E. church, will be in charge of the services and interment will be made in the Jacobsburg cemetery.

The list of places he is known to have lived is: 1890 - Whitney, Smith Twp, Belmont Co; 1893 - Warnock, Smith Twp; 1895 - Kelsey, Belmont Co; 1915 - Jacobsburg, Smith Twp; 1928 - Bellaire, Pultney Twp, Belmont Co.

In a letter from Jim Boggs, 4603 Bacones Drive, Autin TX 78731, dated Aug 22, 1992, is, in part, the following:
"After serving in the Civil War, he was a storekeeper, carpenter, and sawmill operator in Jacobsburg, Ohio. He died in Bellaire on Nov 21, 1928. I remember meeting him in Bellaire, and I have a little coin bank that he carved from a wooden medicine box and gave me."

Ohio Death Certificate Index: vol. 5793 death cert. #64831 - William T. Beckett, 11-21-1928.

[NI06382] Obituary, in the possession of Rhoda Miller -
Mary L. Beckett, wife of W.T. Beckett on Monday evening, May 1, 1905, at her home in Bellaire, aged 55 years and 15 days. She moved from this place to Bellaire about three weeks ago, and was taken suddenly ill with Bright's disease on Friday evening, April 28th, and lived but three days, which is another reminder that we are in this world as the flowers of the field, not knowing when we may receive the strong, fatal blow of death's keen [word cut off]. Mrs. Beckett had been a member of the M.E. church for forty years.
She is survived by a husband, two sons and six daughters. The remains were brought to the home of her son, Charles, at this place on Wednesday. The funeral services were held in the M.E. church Thursday, conducted by Revs. Baker and McGuire; interment in the M.E. cemetery.

[NI06383] His obituary reads - Beckett Funeral To Be Held Friday
Rev. W. J. Hooker of the South Bellaire M. E. church and Rev. Smith of Jacobsburg, will conduct the funeral services for the late Charles M. Beckett, burial to follow in the Jacobsburg cemetery. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Jacobsburg M. E. church.
Mr. Beckett died Tuesday morning at the home of his sister, Mrs. Leona Coen, 4436 Jefferson street. He had been ill for nine weeks, suffering with a heart malady.
He was the son of William T. and Mary L. Beckett, having been born in Centerville August 24, 1874. He was a member of the Jacobsburg M. E. church for many years.
The survivors include his wife, Nora Douglas Beckett; three daughters, Mrs. Stella Caldwell, Akron, Mrs. Faye Lawther, Mechanicstown, and Miss Mae Beckett at home; three sons, Clyde and Thomas Beckett at Jacobsburg and Glenn Beckett of Glencoe; five sisters, Mrs. Bertha Boggs, Lakewood, Mrs. Minnie Crowley, Cleveland, Mrs. Rebecca Phillips, Warnock, Mrs. Leona Coen and Mrs. Carrie Boss, Bellaire; one brother John Beckett of Alliance, 14 grandchildren and several nephews and nieces.

Another obituary -
Services for Charles M. Beckett, 64, who died Tuesday morning in the home of his sister, Mrs. Leona Coen, 4436 Jefferson St, will be conducted Friday at 2 in the Jacobsburg M.E. church. Death followed nine weeks' illness of heart trouble.
Born Aug. 24, 1874, near Centerville, he was a son of William T. and Mary L. Bailey Beckett. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church for a number of years.
Bereaved are his wife, Mrs. Nora Douglas Beckett, three daughters, Mrs. Estella Caldwell, Akron; Mrs. Frank Lawther, Mechanicstown and Miss Maye Beckett, at home; three sons, Clyde and Thomas Beckett of Jacobsburg, and Glenn Beckett of Glencoe; a brother, John Beckett, of Alliance; five sisters, Mrs. Bertha Boggs, of Lakewood; Mrs. Minnie Crowley of Lakewood; Mrs. Rebecca Phillips of Warnock; and Mrs. Leona Coen and Mrs. Carrie Boss of Bellaire; 14 grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

According to what Rhoda Miller related to me, Uncle Charlie wouldn't have married Nora but her father made him, since he got her pregnant and she'd had Cooch (Stella). They got married after Cooch was born. Story is, Nora's family was pretty ticked off about the situation and a brother of Nora's, out of revenge, got Aunt Carrie pregnant (so Harold Beckett's biological father is allegedly a brother of Nora]. Aunt Carrie raised Harold on her own, though - there was no recognition by the Douglas brother that he was his son. (July 17, 2000, related to me by Rhoda Coen Miller, as her mother Leona told her)

1910 OH census - Belmont Co, Bellaire (roll 1156) p 101B.

[NI06386] 1850 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Goshen Twp (roll 661), p. 435B, taken Aug. 23, 1850:
Benjamin Baker, 62, farmer, born Md.; Abby, 35, born Ohio; Joel, 17, farmer; Rachel, 14; Rebecca, 12; John, 10; Perry, 6; Nelson, 5; Albert(?) (f), 1

1860 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 937), PO Centerville, p. 302B, enumerated Sept. 6, 1860:
1664 / 1620 Joel Baker, 25, farmer, born Ohio; Lydia, 24; George R., 1
Just above them in the census:
1663 / 1619 Christian Baker, 64, farmer, value of real estate: 1000, of personal estate: 50, born Md.
Sarah A. Smith, 36, born Ohio
Hester A. Smith, 9,
Mary J. Smith, 5
[Sarah Ann Baker md. Ezekiel Smith on Nov. 15, 1849. Probably Ezekiel died by 1860.]

1870 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Goshen Twp (roll 1173), p. 48A, enumerated July 7, 1870:
Joel Baker, 34, farm laborer, value of personal estate owned: 100, born Ohio
Lydia, 33, keeping house, born Ohio
Sarah J., 9, attending school
Lula Belle, 8, attending school
Thomas B., 6, attending school
Joel C., 5
Franklin S., 2
Mary Ann, 10/12

1880 OH census - Belmont Co, Richland Twp (roll 995), p. 340B, enumerated June 5, 1880:
Thomas Baker, age 16, is in the second household on the page, that of Enoch Crawford, age 56, and his wife Elizabeth, 55. Enoch was a farmer who employed Thomas as farm hand. At the bottom of the page:
Joel Baker, 4?, farm hand, born Ohio, father & mother born Ohio
Lydia, 48, wife, keeping house, born Ohio, father & mother born Ohio
Sarah J., 19, daughter, servant
(cont. on next page, 341A) Lula B., 18, daughter, at home
Joel C., 15, son, at home
Frank S., 13, son, at home
Mary M., 11, daughter
William A., 9, son
Joshua H., 7, son
Lindy(?) D., 4, son [LDS website has him as Londy D.]
Ella M., 1, daughter

[NI06390] Rhoda Miller says her middle name was Fermer, not Furnier as I had had. Rhoda also told me the parentage of Carrie's son Harold.

See notes under Charles Marion Beckett: Carrie's son Harold was allegedly fathered by a brother of Nora Douglas, either Robert or Josiah.

[NI06391] 1900 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Washington Twp, roll 1242, p. 269, taken June 9th & 11th:
John Beckett, born Dec 1871, age 28, md. 8 yrs, laborer (saw mill); Alice, wife, born Apr 1872, age 28, md. 8 yrs; Ethel, dau, born June 1892, age 7; Charles C., son, born Nov 1895, age 4; Russell, son, born Jan 1898, age 2; Helen G., dau, born Oct 1899, age 7/12

[NI06396] Rhoda Miller, 3547 Monroe Street, Bellaire OH 43906, 740-676-4818.

[NI06397] 1860 PA census - Berks Co, Cumru Twp (image 36 of 56):
Isaac Zerbe, 29, farmer; Mary, 26; Sarah, 9; Henry, 7; Abraham, 5; William, 3; Isaac, 8/12

1880 PA census - Lancaster Co, East Cocalico Twp (roll 1140), p. 51D, taken June 17:
Isaac Zerbe, 52, farmer; wife Mary, 48; dau Mary, 16; son John, 14, laborer; son Samuel, 12, laborer; Mary Siverling, grandchild, 6

[NI06398] Listed in the 1830 census for Brecknock Twp, Berks Co PA, p. 508; 1840 census for Brecknock, p. 403; 1850 census for Brecknock, p. 379a; 1860 census for Brecknock, p. 126.

1850 PA census - Berks Co, Brecknock Twp (roll 754), p. 379a:
Jacob Zerbe, age 61, farmer, value of real estate: 2000; Susan, 60; Isaac, 23, carpenter; Samuel, 20, carpenter; William, 14, carpenter; Mary Dautrich, 13; Anna Dautrich, 16; Isaac Dautrich, 12

1860 PA census - Berks Co, Brecknock Twp (roll 1075), p. 126 (image 12 of 22), taken June 22:
Jacob Zerbe Sen., 72, farmer, value of real estate: 2,750, value of personal property: 1,000; Susan, 71; Catharine Doughtry, 19, housework; Franklin, 12

(Dated April 29, 1863) The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to the Sheriff of Berks County - Greeting:
Whereas, Jacob Zerbe, of Brecknock township Berks County one of the children & lineal descendants of Jacob Zerbe Sr., late of the township of Brecknock in said county of Berks deceased, preferred a Petition to the Judges of the Orphans' Court of the said county, setting forth that the said Jacob Zerbe Sr. lately died Intestate leaving a widow to wit, Susanna Zerbe, and issue ten children to wit,
Joseph Zerbe, of Lancaster County Penna,
Jacob Zerbe, of Berks County aforesaid,
John Zerbe of Sandusky County Ohio,
Isaac Zerbe of Lancaster County aforesiad,
Samuel Zerbe, of the state of Ohio aforesaid,
William Zerbe of Ohio aforesaid,
Sarah wife of Jacob Laush, of Lancaster County aforesaid,
Magdalena wife of Isaac Fitterling of Berks County aforesaid,
Susanna wife of Daniel Weid of Berks County aforesaid,
and six grandchildren the issue of Catharine Dautrich dec'd, a daughter of said Jacob Zerbe Sr. dec'd, to wit,
Annie wife of John Grintzle, of the state of Penna aforesaid,
Mary wife of Daniel Schweitzer of the state of Ohio aforesaid,
Catharine wife of Samuel Hoster, Cumru township Berks county aforesaid,
Isaac Dautrich of Lancaster County aforesaid,
Jacob Dautrich of Berks County aforesaid
& John Dautrich of Berks County aforesaid,
And that the said Intestate, died seized in his demesne as of fee of and in two certain messuages/plantations and Tracts of land one situate partly in Brecknock & partly in Cumru township Berks County, Adjoining Lands of
Daniel Miller,
Henry Trostel,
Jacob Eshelman, dec'd,
Peter Bowman,
John Moyer,
Benjamin Remp,
Daniel Oberholtzer,
John Gebhart,
Philip Albright,
Daniel Fitterling
& Joseph Matz,
containing one hundred & seven acres & one hundred & twenty eight perches, be the same over or less, The other situate in Cumru township Berks County adjoining lands of Abraham Steffe, Public and called Welsh Mountain Road & others it being a piece of woodland containing five acres be the same over or less ...

[NI06401] 1860 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Richland Twp, roll 936, p. 45b:
Moses Boggs, 51, farmer, born Ohio; Jas Boggs, 44, farmer, born Ohio; Rice Boggs, 91, born Delaware; Mary, 46, born Ohio; James, 22, laborer, born Ohio; Mary Smith, 16, born Ohio
Colerain Twp, roll 937, p. 294b: Franicis Boggs, 35, farmer, born Ohio; Elizabeth, 25; Edwin A., 1; James, 22

1870 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp, roll 1174, PO Powhatan Point, p. 322a, taken June 18, 1870:
Joseph Boggs Sr., 52, wool & produce merchant, value of real estate owned: 200, of personal estate: 5000, born Ohio; Mary, 57, keeping house, value of personal estate owned: 500, born Ohio
Richland Twp, PO Uniontown, p. 271a: Joseph Boggs, 33, stock dealer, value of personal estate owned: 830, born Ohio; Rebecca J., 37, keeps house; Laura, 4; Albert S., 2; Moses Boggs, 61, farmer, value of real estate owned: 12500, of personal estate: 5000, born Ohio

1880 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp, p 368b:
Joseph Boggs, 43; Rebecca Jane, 37; Laura A., 13; Albert S., 12; James R., 9; Lizzie, 8; Clyde E., 3; Howard L., 2

Joseph's mother may be the Mary Boggs listed in the 1900 OH census for Belmont Co, Smith Twp (Roll 1242, Book 1, p. 150a), born Feb 1814 in Ohio, age 86, parents born Penn. Census lists her as single rather than a widow, but I've seen that before. Eliza Porter, age 50, is a boarder in her household.

Robert Boggs, b. Sep 1874, may also be a son of Joseph & Rebecca. He is listed in the 1900 Ohio census in Pease Twp, Belmont Co (Roll 1241, Book 1, p. 153) with his wife Lulu, b. July 1876, age 23. They were married within the year.

I believe Joseph's parents are the Joseph and Mary Boggs listed in the 1870 census:
1870 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 1174), PO Powhatan Point, p. 322A, enumerated June 18, 1870:
Joseph Boggs, 52, wool & produce merchant, born Ohio; Mary, 57, keeping house, born Ohio.

[NI06402] 1910 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 1157), p. 100b, taken April 22:
Alvin B. Phillips, 27, md. 6 yrs, born Ohio, parents born Ohio, farmer; Martha J., wife, 27, 2 children; Bertie L., dau, 6; Francis R., son, 2; Martha T., mother, 64, widowed, 1 child (1 living), born Ohio, parents born Ohio

[NI06408] Obituary is in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Feb. 10, 1995, p. 8 sec. B (system ID #ACH-9548).

[NI06409] Have been unable to locate Bobby Baker. Have contacted a cousin on his mother's side in Florida but he doesn't know where to reach him. Beverly Luscher and Ginger Ash (Dad's cousins - Virgil Baker's granddaughters) don't know either.

[NI06413] Virginia lives at 148 Coors Blvd, Pataskala,OH 43062, (614) 927-1232.

[NI06421] There is a William A. Baker in the 1930 Ohio census for Medina Co, Sharon Twp, roll 1848, taken April 17: William A. Baker, age 57, md. at age 37, born Ohio; wife Amy M., age 46, md. at age 28; son Tyson A., 16.

There is a William T. Baker in the 1900 Ohio census for Medina Co, Granger Twp, p 23, b Oct 1870, but his parents were born in Pennsylvania.

There is a William O. Baker who died in Medina Co OH 7-3-1928, Vol. 5713 Cert. #44799, Ohio Death Certificate Index.

There is a William A. Baker b Aug 1872 age 27 and wife Lydia b Nov 1874 age 25, both born Ohio, married 5 years, no children, in the 1900 Ohio census for Tuscarawas Co, Jefferson Twp Roll 1326 Book 2 p 254a. Tuscarawas is in between Belmont Co and Medina OH. William would have been 9 for the 1880 census.

[NI06423] 1880 Ohio census - Franklin Co, Columbus, roll 1017, p. 480B:
in the household of Mat Welch: Isaac Stone, 26, born PA, peddler, father born England, mother born PA

1900 Ohio census - Summit Co, Akron Ward 5, roll 1324, p. 89, taken June 6:
Isaac Stone born Dec 1852, age 47, md. 11 yrs, born Penn., parents born Penn., occ: night watchman (rubber company)
Anna, wife, born Aug 1868, age 31, 2 children, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Penn.
Walter, son, born Mar 1892, age 8
Ruth V., dau, born Mar 1895, age 5

1910 Ohio census - Summit Co, Akron Ward 2, roll 1233, p. 112a, taken April 15:
Anna Stone, Head, 45, md. 20 yrs, 2 children, born Ohio, parents born Ohio, saleslady
Ruth V., dau, 16

1920 OH census - Summit Co, Akron Ward 1, roll 1437, p. 175a, taken Jan. 3:
Isaac Stone, age 68, born Penn., father born England, mother born Penn.; boiler man, rubber company
A. Mary, wife, age 58, born Ohio, parents born Ohio
Ruth Haines, dau, age 25, divorced, saleslady, furniture company
Alton, grandson, age 7, born Canada, father born Canada, mother born Ohio

Listed directly above them: J. Wallis(?) Baker, age 23, wife Cressie, age 23.
(SSDI for Cressie: b Aug 30, 1896 d Feb 1986, Akron, Summit Co; Ohio Deaths: died Feb 5, 1896, age 89 yrs, residence: Stark Co, widowed)

[NI06424] 1900 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Pultney Twp (roll 1241), taken June 8, 1900, p. 304:
William H. Roush, b. July 24, 1860, age 39. md. 17 yrs, born Ohio, father born WV, mother born Ohio, occ: coal miner
Belle, b. Jan 28, 1861, age 39, md. 17 yrs, 6 children 4 living, born Ohio, parents born Ohio
Elva, daughter, b. June 18, 1884, age 15
Merl, daughter, b. Aug 23, 1890, age 9
Goldie, daughter, b. Aug 13, 1893, age 6
Velma, daughter, b. May 11, 1898, age 2

1910 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Warren Twp, Barnesville village (roll 1157), taken April 23 & 26, 1910, p. 219B:
William A. Roush, 48, md. at age 26, born Ohio, parents born Ohio
Lulu B., 48, md. at age 26, 8 children 5 living, born Ohio, parents born Ohio
Goldie, daughter, 17, single
Velma, daughter, 12
Marie, daughter, 5
William Porter, boarder, 25, born WV, parents born MD

[NI06426] The family moved the same year as his birth to Cleveland, Ohio where they lived first on the eastern side of the city. Ernie attended East High School and went for one year to Baldwin Wallace College in Berea, Ohio. He served briefly in the Army during the First World War but spent most of his service time in the hospital after catching influenza in the major epidemic of that disease in 1918.

Ernest was a bookkeeper and office manager.

The family moved to Lakewood, a suburb on the west side of Cleveland, sometime around 1930. In the 1920s, Ernest worked for Eaton Axle in a heavy truck shop that was managed by his brother Bill. During the Depression he had lengthy periods of unemployment interspersed with a variety of short-term jobs. When the Works Progress Administration was initiated, he was taken on as a timekeeper, a position he held at the time his son started college. After that, he held a variety of positions with the State Employment Service, serving as office manager in their offices in Cleveland, Findlay, and Painesville, Ohio, with shorter stints in Columbus and Cincinnati.

[NI06428] Is this the Mary E. Beckett who died in Belmont Co. 9-21-1917? (vol. 2387 death cert. #62605)

[NI06429] 1850 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Washington Twp, roll 661, p. 6b, taken Sept. 21, 1850:
77 / 77 John Becket, 27, farmer, real estate: 385, born Ohio; Margaret A., 24, born Md.; William T., 4, born Ohio; Samuel, 2; Umphrey, 68, born Md.

1860 Ohio census - Belmont Co, York Twp, Aug. 4, 1860, p. 347 (stamped 174):
379 / 363 John Becket, 39, farmer; Margaret, 34; William [T or F], 14; Samuel, 12; Mary C., 9; Elizabeth, 2; John Loy, 17, farm laborer (idiot)

1860 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Washington Twp, July 1860, p. 325 (stamped 163):
229 / 218 John Becket, 39, farmer, born Ohio; Margaret, 34, born Maryland
Note: John & Margaret & family were listed in both Washington Twp and York Twp in the 1860 census. They must have been on the border between townships and were counted twice.
John Loy (b 1843) is a son of John's sister Elizabeth who married Jacob Loy in 1827.

1870 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Washington Twp (roll 1174), PO Powhatan Point, p. 33 (449B), enumerated July 23, 1870:
235 / 235 John Becket, 46, farmer, value of real estate: 4940, value of personal estate: 1820, born Ohio; Margaret A., 44, born Maryland; Mary C., 19, helps mother; Caroline, 12, at school; Rachael A., 8; Hannah P., 6; John E., 5; James [W?], 2; William A., 27, farm laborer.

1880 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Washington Twp (roll 995), p. 477C:
243 / 247 John Beckett, 58, farmer, born OH, mother & father born MD; Margaret, 52, born MD, mother & father born MD; Lena, 17, born OH; John E., 13; James F., 12; Shannon Lookabaugh, male, 19, laborer, born OH; Sarah Weekly, 31, keeping house, born OH

From Bill Dalton: At the St. Clairsville Courthouse, Belmont County, Ohio, under case number 11260 is the probate record for John T. Beckett, the son of Humphrey Beckett and Rachael. It was sent to me by a Pat V. Mooney, of California, a Beckett researcher, but for another line of the Becketts.

John Beckett estate settlement
John Beckett died intestate 26 Apr. 1894, resident of Belmont County.
Heirs: Margaret A. Beckett (widow) P.O. Addr: Dorsey, Belmont Co., Ohio
Samuel Beckett, Bruck, W.Va. [probably Brooke Co, WV]
Caroline Wade, Dupont, O., Putnam Co.
Pauline Taylor, Dupont, O., Putnam Co.
Anne Howell, Jacobsburg, O., Smith Twp., Belmont Co.
John T. Beckett, Jr., Kelsey, O.
James Beckett, Dorsey, O., Belmont Co.
Thomas Beckett, Warnock, O., Smith Twp., Belmont Co.
Mary C. Blair, Dorsey, O., Belmont Co.

Widow: Margaret Ann, Address: Dorsey, Belmont County. Order sale of: Land in Washington Township, Belmont County: West half of NE quarter of section 12, township 5, range 4, Marietta land district. And the south end of the east half of the NW quarter of sd section...containing 111 acres. Appraised at $1665. Purchased by Caroline Wade for $1110 (highest bidder).

Petition to sell real estate -- waiver of summons and consent to sell -- signed by Pauline Taylor and Caroline Wade. (Note by transcriber--other heirs signed a separate document)

(The above information re: John Beckett was excerpted from loose documents in a folder labeled Case #11260. Following are other references given in the index of estate settlements--note by Mooney)

Beckett, John Admr.: Thomas Beckett--appointed 18 May, 1894. Case #11260. Appointment journal, vol. 21, p. 464. Record of bond, vol. 9, p. 81. Inventory, vol. 32, p. 533. Sale Bills, vol. 33, p. 165. Petition to sell real estate, vol. 21, p. 61. First account, vol. 14, p. 134. Second account, vol. 15, p. 324. Third account, vol. 17, p. 26. Purchase money notes to be sold, vol. 23, p. 50.

Per Vol. 32, p. 493: August 26, 1848, a John Beckett bought 55 acres in section 12, township 5, range 4 from a Henry B. Smith for $321. This is in Washington Township. Probably this our John T. Beckett as the location is in the same area as the land disposed of in probate.

[NI06430] Possibly Caroline Coon (would be married name), as a step-daughter Rachel M. Coon, age 15, is listed in the household of Anson M. Hadsell in the 1880 census.

[NI06432] Henry came to Ohio with his uncle Samuel Clinton Zerbe to do carpentering. A window in Zion Lutheran Church at Lafayette bears a Zerbe name - Dick Jordan thinks it is Henry's.

1900 Ohio census - Allen Co - Jackson Twp (roll 1236) p. 89a:
404 / 419 Henry Zerby, b Aug 1853 age 46, md 24 yrs, b PA, parents b PA; carpenter
wife Mahala b Dec 1854 age 45, 4 children; b OH, parents b OH
son Otto E. b Sept 1881 age 19
son William E. b Aug 1888 age 11
dau Lena A. b Nov 1885 age 14
405 / 420 James Zerby b Oct 1876 age 23, md 2 yrs; b OH, father b PA, mother b OH; carpenter
wife Lula b Sept 1879 age 20. 1 child
son Russel b Jan 1899 age 1

1910 Ohio census - Allen Co, Jackson Twp, Lafayette, image 2:
Henry Zerbe age 56, md 34 yrs, b PA parents b PA
wife Mahala age 55, 4 children all living, b OH parents b OH
son William E. age 21, single, b OH
They live next to James & Sarah Heath.

1920 Ohio census - Allen Co, Jackson Twp, LaFayette village, taken Feb. 5, 1920:
Henry Zerbe, 66, born Penn., parents born Penn., carpenter - house; Mahalia, 65, born Ohio, parents born Ohio

[NI06433] According to Dick Jordan, she smoked a pipe and the family called her "Hale." She was from near Harrod.

[NI06434] 1910 OH census - Allen Co, Jackson Twp, Lafayette (image 2) - James & Lula Zerbe are household #15, Otto & Bertha are #18. They live on Washington Street.

1930 OH census - Allen Co, Jackson Twp, Lafayette - James B. Zerbe age 52, Lulu M. age 50, [next page] Walter R. age 23, Anna B. age 15, Esther L. age 11, Lester H. age 11.

[NI06435] 1900 OH census - Allen Co, Jackson Twp, Lafayette Village, roll 1236 book 1, p. 73:
Daniel Heath b Apr 1853 age 47, md 19 yrs; b OH parents b OH, occ: shoemaker & mason
wife Belle b Apr 1863 age 37, 1 child

1910 OH census - Allen Co, Jackson Twp, Lafayette (image 4):
Daniel E. Heath age 57, md 27 yrs
wife Mina G. age 47, 1 child

1930 OH census - Allen Co, Jackson Twp, Lafayette, Main Street - Daniel E. and Mina B. Heath. This says Dan's parents were born in Wisconsin, and that Dan was a shoemaker.

[NI06436] JAMES L. HEATH, postmaster at Herring (village of Lafayette), is engaged in the grain and fuel business. Born in Lafayette Mar 14, 1858, parents were Samuel G. and Mary D. (Hadsell) Heath, who came from Massachusetts at an early day and settled in Ashtabula, Ohio, later removing to Allen County. The parents of Mrs. Heath came to this county in 1832, and she lived in Lima when the present Public Square was covered with dense timber and there were less than a dozen houses in the town. She was the mother of 10 children, nine of whom she reared to maturity and saw happily married. Four of the sons and one daughter are residents of this county and in comfortable circumstances.
James L Heath was married Feb 9, 1881 to Sarah E. Knoble, who was born at Mount Eaton Oh., Apr 12, 1858, d/o Samuel and Jane E. (Chiddester) Knoble. Her father was a native of Switzerland, coming to this country when he was a boy. There are five children in the Heath family: Olive B., wife of A.M. Barber; Avery C., who died at the age of 8 years; and Ralph L., Paul Marvin and James Richard, aged respectively 16, 11 and 4 years. (History of Allen County, Ohio and Representative Citizens, p. 787)

1900 OH census - Allen Co, Jackson Twp, Lafayette Village, roll 1236 book 1 p. 73a:
James Heath b Mar 1858 age 42, md 19 yrs; b OH parents b OH; occ: grocer
wife Sarah E. b Apr 1858 42, 4 children 3 living; b OH father b Switzerland mother b OH
dau Olie B. b Nov 1881 age 18
son Ralph L. b Aug 1889 age 10
son Paul M. b Sept 1894 age 5

1910 OH census - Allen Co, Jackson Twp, Lafayette (image 2):
James L. Heath age 52, md 29 yrs
wife Sarah E. age 52, 5 children 4 living
son Ralph L. age 20, single
son Paul M. age 15
son James R. age 8
They lived next to Henry & Mahala Zerbe.

[NI06438] 1880 Ohio census - Allen Co, Lafayette, p. 409:
Samuel Heath, 29, carpenter, born Ohio, parents born Ohio; wife Euretha, 20, born Ohio; dau Aretta, 6/12
The are in the same dwelling as E. Stoneburner, female, 38, and her daughter Matilda, 15. Is it possible Euretha is related to the Stoneburners?

[NI06441] 1910 OH census - Allen Co, Jackson Twp, Lafayette (image 2) - James & Lula Zerbe are household #15, Otto & Bertha are #18. They live on Washington Street.

[NI06443] 1930 OH census - Allen Co, Jackson Twp, Lafayette, Washington Street - William E. Zerbe age 42, Beatrice C. age 36. Listed further down, under John D. Mowery for some reason, are their daughters Mildred, age 14, and Evelyn, age 7.

[NI06444] 1900 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp, roll 1242, p. 157a, taken June 19th & 20th:
John W. Beckett, born Feb 1869, age 31, md. 10 yrs, farmer; Sarah A., wife, born Oct 1868, age31, 5 children, 4, living; Neva A., dau, born Sep 1891, age 8; William H., son, born April 1893, age 7; Alva E., son, born Dec 1894, age 5; Robert D., son, born Nov 1895, age 4; Thomas N., son, born Sept 1899, age 3/4

[NI06448] Trumbull Co. OH Query Forum: Posted by Leona Frost on Sat, 13 Mar 1999, in response to Huntington, Marrilla, posted by Howard on Tue, 29 Sep 1998. Surnames: Huntington, Campbell, Hadsell.
I am looking for information on Aurilla Huntington the adopted dau of David Campbell of Trumbull Co. OH. She was born 7-15-1818 NY. She married Almond Hadsell of Litchfield CT in 1834. He was born 6-10-1812. They are buried in Ward Cemetary in Paulding or Allen Co. OH. The similarity between the first names has my curiosity aroused. We were never quite sure of her spelling. Does this person mean anything to you?
thanks Leona
leonagf@aol.com

[NI06451] From I.P. Beckett's history: They made their first home in Marshall County VA, living there from 1838 to 1852. In 1852, they moved over the Ohio River to Belmont County where they lived until 1860, when they moved to a large farm in what is known as Washington Bottom [Belleville], an area in Wood County WV located on the Ohio River and a short distance south of the city of Parkersburg WV. Here they lived until all their children were grown.

In 1882, William disposed of his home at Washington Bottom [Belleville], Wood County WV and purchased a farm at Ritchie County WV near the small town of Mole Hill. In 1893 he moved back to Wood County to live with his son James, where he died at age 79. Caroline continued to live in Wood County, where she passed away at the home of her grandson, James Beckett Jr., at age 87.

Another descendant: James Beckett, Corning NY (formerly Parkersburg WV), email: jbeckett@stny.lrun.com.

1860 OH Belmont Co Smith Twp, p 235
1747 / 1713 ... William Becket ... 45 ... farmer ... b OH
Caroline ... 38 ... b OH
Thomas ... 19
Sarah E. ... 16
William [?] ... 14
Mary C. ... 12
L. Ellen ... 10
James R. ... 8
Caroline ... 6
John W. ... 5
Lydia E. ... 2
David T. ... 1

[NI06452] 1790 Maryland census - Frederick Co, p. 243: William Beckett 2-3-3

1800 PA census, Bedford Co, Providence & Coltrane Twps, p 412:
Humphry Becket (1 male 16-26)
1 female 26-45 (I believe this is his mother)
2 males under 10
1 female under 10
2 females 10-16
So Humphrey has 2 younger brothers and one younger sister born 1790-1800, and two younger sisters born 1784-1790. One of these is, I believe, Ann Beckett b 1786 who married Moses Kay and moved to Fairfield Co OH.

1820 Ohio census, Belmont Co, roll 86, p 187:
Humphrey Becket, farmer (1 male 26-45)
1 female 26-45 (wife Rachel)
1 female 45 & over (mother, name currently unknown)
3 males under 10 (William b 1815, Joseph b 1819, Samuel b 1820)
3 females under 10 (Elizabeth b 1810, Kitty b 1813, Sarah b 1818)
1 female 10-16 (b betw 1804 and 1810) (Mary b 1808)

1830 Ohio Belmont Co Smith Twp, p 369
Umphrey Beckett (1 male 40-50)
1 female 40-50 (wife Rachel)
1 male 5-10 (John T. b 1823)
2 males 10-15 (Joseph b 1819, Samuel b 1820)
1 male 15-20 (William b 1815)
2 females 15-20 (Elizabeth b 1810, Kitty b 1813)

1840 OH Belmont Co Washington Twp, p 5
Humphrey Beckett (1 male 50-60)
1 male 15-20 (John T.)
1 female 50-60 (wife Rachel)
Note: Humphrey is listed right above his son-in-law, John Weekly.

In 1850, Humphrey is listed in the household of his son John in Washington Twp, Belmont Co.

LDS submissions says Humphrey was born in 1782 in The Rocks, Harford Co MD and that his wife Rachel was born in 1778 in Deer Creek, Harford Co MD. Submitter: John Hess Johnson, Serendipity Farm, HCR 01 Box 380, Jeffersonton VA 22724, Microfilm: NONE, Submission: AF93-101327. He is possibly a descendant of John T. Beckett, as that is the line that is here.

When Humphrey and Rachel were getting ready to move to Ohio, they sold some animals and farm equipment to an Edward Tyler. Possibly that's Rachel's father or brother. Carolyn Ford found the bill of sale. (Rhoda Miller told me this, July 2000.)

Land Record T-17, Washington Co., Md. Courthouse:
At the request of Edward Tyler, the following Bill of Sale was recorded the 23rd day of March 1809. Know all men by these present that I Humphrey Beckett of Washington County for and in consideration of the sum of thirty-four dollars to me in hand paid by Edward Tyler of the County aforesaid the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge have bargained and sold and by these present do bargain and sell to the said Edward Tyler one white Cow five years old valued at ten dollars, one loom & tackling valued at ten dollars, one feather [bed?] furniture valued at twelve dollars and one sandy-coloured Sow with three pigs valued at four dollars subject nevertheless to the proviso and condition hereinafter mentioned. To have and to hold the said Sow [Cow?], Loom and tackling, bed and furniture, Sow and pigs unto him the said Edward Tyler and his assigns, provided nevertheless that if the said Humphrey Beckett or his assigns shall sell and truly pay or cause to be paid to the said Edward Tyler or his assigns the aforesaid sum of thirty-four dollars on or before the first day of August, next ... the date hereof, then this deed and bill of sale and everything therein contained to cease to be of any force and to be and become null and void. Witness my hand I seal this 6th day of March 1809.

[NI06453] Carolyn Ford found a record of a sale of some farm equipment and animals by Humphrey & Rachel Beckett to Edward Tyler. Maybe this is Rachel's father? (7/2000)

Post on Tyler Family GenForum by William N. Ashbey, Oct. 14, 2000: Looking for information on marriage and descendants of Edward Tyler, b. Mar 2, 1753, who was son of Robert Tyler and Mary Butt. His grandparents were Edward Tyler and Elizabeth Duvall (b. 1696).

This Edward is old enough to be Rachel's father, and may be the Edward in the 1809 bill of sale.

[NI06462] 1880 OH census - Allen Co, Bath Twp

1900 OH census - Wood Co, Lake Twp, roll 1333 p. 195:
Andrew J. Brown b July 1852 age 47, md 23 yrs; 11 children; b OH father b Canada Eng mother b OH; occ: Foreman R.R. Sec.
wife Sarah E. b Nov 1858 age 41, 8 children; b OH parents b PA
dau Ellen b Oct 1884 age 15
son Andrew b Mar 1887 age 13
dau Clara b Apr 1888 age 12
dau Grace b Oct 1891 age 8
son George b Feb 1893 age 7
son Harvey b May 1896 age 4
dau Florence b May 1898 age 2
dau Mildred b May 1900 age 0/12

Not sure why the census says Andrew has 11 children and Sarah has 8.

[NI06463] Mary's father died between 1872 and 1880, when her mother, Elisabeth Ward, age 30, is listed as head of household, in Washington Twp, Belmont Co. Her middle name may have been Caroline, as she is identified on pictures as "Aunt Cal" - is there another name that "Cal" could be a nickname for?

[NI06464] 1930 census for Belmont Co OH, Smith Twp, p. 152 (stamped), taken April 14, 1930:
Beckett, Ora, 42, md. at age 32, born Ohio, parents born Ohio; Dorothy, wife, 25, md. at age 15, born WV, parents born WV; Clifford, son, 10; Ernest, son, 8; Alva, son, 6-8/12; Willard, son, 10/12

Did sons Ora and Joseph die young, before 1930?

[NI06467] 1930 OH census - Allen Co, Jackson Twp, Lafayette, Washington Street (where his mother, Amanda Zerbe, lives) - Jess Clyde Wollet age 46, Verna M. age 46; Ann J. Ackerman, niece, age 4; Robert F. Ackerman, nephew, age 3.

[NI06469] Taught Dick Jordan's father-in-law, second grade at Peanut Center School, Jackson Twp, Allen Co OH about 1919.

Lima News, Wednesday, May 25, 1977 -- Mary H. Blunden
Lafayette -- Mary H. Blunden, 79, died at 6:50 p.m. Tuesday at her home following a lengthy illness. Born May 22, 1898, in Lafayette, she was a daughter of William and Amanda Zerbe Heath. She married Carter H. Blunden on Nov. 27, 1920, and he survives.
Other survivors include two sons, Carter J. of Lima and Larry H. of Garrettsville; and two grandchildren.
She was a member of Lafayette Congregational Christian Church and its King's Daughter Class. She was a school teacher from 1916 to 1920.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the church, Rev. Eugene Browne officiating. Burial will be in Lafayette Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Thursday at Hanson Funeral Home, Ada.

Unknown newspaper -- Mary Helen Blunden
Services were Friday at the Lafayette Congregational Christian Church for Mary Helen Blunden, 79, 210 W. Jefferson St., Lafayette. The Rev. Eugene Browne officiated. Burial was in the Lafayette Cemetery.
Mrs. Blunden died at 6:50 p.m. Tuesday at her home following an illness of six weeks. She was born May 22, 1898, in Lafayette, to William and Amanda (Zerbe) Heath. On Nov. 27, 1920, she married Carter H. Blunden, who survives.
Also surviving are two sons, Carter J. of Lima and Larry H. of Garrettsville; and two grandchildren.
Mrs. Blunden was a member of the Lafayette Congregational Christian Church and was active in the King's Daughters Class. She attended Ohio Northern University, and was a school teacher from 1916 through 1920.
A son, Jack V., preceded her in death. He was killed Nov. 12, 1944, in World War II in the Battle of Leyte.
The Hanson Funeral Home handled the arrangements.

[NI06470] In the History of Hardin County, pioneers of Liberty Twp: John and Elizabeth Shuster, 1834. Elizabeth's brother Samuel Wingate is also listed, 1838. I am assuming Samuel and Elizabeth are siblings based on their close proximity in location.

"John Shuster was born in Washington County, Penn., in 1800; in 1814, he removed with his parents to Tuscarawas County, Ohio, where he married Elizabeth Winget in 1821. In 1839 he removed with his family to Hardin County and settled on Section 9, Liberty Township. He had previously, in 1834, entered his land. In 1841 his house was destroyed by fire; it occurred in the night, and nothing was saved out of the house but two feather beds, the family barely escaping in their nightclothes. He came here and commenced right in the woods with but $37. His son Daniel went to Logan County and worked a $8 per month to get provisions for the family until they could clear land and raise a crop. His wife died Feb. 4, 1869." (History of Hardin County, p. 713)

[NI06471] Elizabeth's mother's name came from ancestry.com, two submissions: davetodd@telepath.com, waynecar@infinet.com.

[NI06472] Shuster GenForum: Posted by Ronald Brennan on November 07, 1998 at 21:33:24 In Reply to: Daniel Shuster, Baden-Baden 1752. posted by Ronald Brennan on October 26, 1998 at 22:08:24:
The parents may have been Heinrich Michael and Suzannah Eve Shuster.

1790 PA Heads of Families, p 255 in Washington County:
Daniel Shuster, 2 males 16 and upwards, 2 males under 16, 7 females. Listed right next to him is Martin Shuster, 1 male over 16, 1 male under 16, and 1 female.
I don't have birthdates for all of the children, but from this census I can assume that one of the daughters, Sarah or Elizabeth, was born before 1790 and one was born after 1790. One of the sons - Daniel, Michael or George - was born before or in 1774, and the other two sons were born before 1790. They were probably born between 1783 and 1790, since there is a gap there in the known birthdates.
I would guess that Martin Shuster is a son of Daniel and Margaret.
Also in the area: Samuel Shuster, 1 male over 16, 1 male under 16, 4 females; Morgaret Shuster, 1 male over 16, 1 male under 16, 1 female.

Shuster GenForum: Posted by Arlene Stevens on Sept. 28, 2000:
Daniel Shuster dob 6/13/1752 was born in Germany. He settled in Washington Co. PA in 1766 until 1800 when he migrated to Ohio. He fought in the Rev. War Sept of 1778. He saved his commanding officer's life and was awarded 12 quarter sections of land in Ohio, they were deeded to him by the President of the USA. The land was in the New Cumberland area, in Tuscarawas and Carroll Counties. He had many children.

Resident Proprietors Lands in Tuscarawas County charged with taxes for the year 1816:
George Monninger (dau. Elizabeth's husband) is taxed $3.64 for 162 acres in range 7, township 15, section 6, SW quarter. Original proprietor: Daniel Shuster.
Michael Smith (dau. Eva's husband) is taxed $3.60 for 160 acres in range 7, township 15, section 12, SE quarter. Original proprietor: Daniel Shuster.
Daniel Shurter [Shuster] is taxed $7.06 for 314 acres in range 7, township 15, section 27, N 1/2.
George Tressel (dau. Catherine's husband) is taxed $3.53 for 157 acres in range 7, township 15, section 20, NE quarter. Original proprietor: Daniel Shuster.

[NI06474] 1820 Ohio census - Tuscarawas Co, Warren Twp, p. 172: Samuel Shuster, 1 male 16-25, 1 female <10, 2 females 16-25, 1 female 45>

It's likely that Samuel's widowed mother Margaret was living with them.

[NI06481] Name appears as Auretta in the 1850 census.

[NI06484] 1900 OH census - Allen Co, Bath Twp, roll 1236 book 1 p. 42:
Almon Heath b Sept 1848 age 51, md 27 yrs; farmer
wife Jane b Nov 1856 age 43
son Earl b Oct 1877 age 22, single, farm laborer
dau Birdie b July 1881 age 18, housekeeper
dau Ivy b Jan 1884 age 16, at school

1910 OH census - Allen Co, Jackson Twp, Lafayette (image 1) - same page as William & Amanda Heath.

[NI06486] Is Solomon Snider her father? (1900 OH census - Allen Co, Jackson Twp p. 80)

[NI06487] This Joseph and Thomasine, with Joseph, Jr., and his wife Thankful [Snow], were among the early members who constituted the 2nd or East Church in Yarmouth, Aug. 6, 1727. (Burgess Genealogy p. 17)

[NI06493] John Burgess was admitted a freeman in 1657, and served as grand juror in 1661. He early removed to Yarmouth (Mass.), and was deputy from that town to the Court at Plymouth in 1680. (Burgess Genealogy, p. 12) He died 1701; his wife in 1723 - conflict with information I have from uncited internet source.

[NI06497] http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/p/a/y/Thomas-C-Payne/GENE4-0011.html:
Mr. Nicholas Snow came to New England in the ship "Anne" in 1623. He had a share in the division of land at Plymouth in 1624. He was a man of much note. He was made a freeman in 1633. In 1648, Nicholas Snow, together with Governor Thomas Prence, John Doane, Josias Cook, Richard Higgins, John Smalley and Edward Bangs, with their families, began the settlement of Eastham. This place was first called Nauset. Mr. Snow became town clerk and remained in that position 16 years. He was deputy to the General Court from 1648 to 1651, and select man for seven years, beginning in 1663. In business he was associated with Governor Thomas Prence.

Nicholas Snow married at Plymouth, Constance, daughter of Mr. Stephen Hopkins. Both father and daughter had come to this country on the Mayflower. Constance (Hopkins) Snow died in October 1677 at Eastham. Mr. Nicholas Snow died at Eastham on Nov. 15, 1676.

Arrived in Plymouth Colony in 1623 aboard the "Anne". Was one of the Purchasers of the Colony.
RELATIONSHIPS: "Stephen Hopkins of the Mayflower", pp, 4-5; published 1988 by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 4 Winslow St., Plymouth, MA 02361.

Came to America in 1623, arriving in Plymouth on the ship "Ann"; served in the Colonial War.

Nicholas Snow and his wife Constance are buried in Eastham, adjacent to the traffic circle on Rt. 6, along with Deacon Doane, and many of the people who set off from the original colony to establish a more independent life apart from William Brewster's dominance.

"The Payne's of Hamilton" A Genealogy and Biographical Record by Augusta Francelia Payne White, Tobias A. Wright Publisher, Dated 1912.

[NI06499] http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/h/a/David-E-Shannon/GENE21-0009.html - says Thomas married Dorothy Phippen, daughter of George Phippen and Joan Pye.

Will of Thomas Burgess (p. 11, Burgess Genealogy)
I, Thomas Burgess, Senr., of Sandwich, being through God's goodness full of years, and waiting for my change, and yet having my understanding remaining with me,--blessed be God,--and also through God's great goodness being possessed of a competent outward estate, do now on serious consideration make this my last Will and Testament, touching the disposal of my estate after my dear wife and myself be decently buried, and all necessary changes defrayed, and all debts paid, the remaining part I give as followeth:

Item. I give unto my eldest son, Thomas Burgess, of Rhode Island, five pounds out of my movable estate, to be paid by my executors after our decease.

Item. I give unto my son, Jacob Burgess, upon good consideration, all my house-lot, dwelling-house, barn and out-houses, all my upland on both sides of the cartway, all that belongs to my homestead dwelling. I also give him all my meadow that I have lying below Michael Blackwell's dwelling-house on both sides of Scussett river, for him my said son Jacob Burgess to enjoy, use and posess during his natural life; and after his decease I give the said dwelling-house, barn and all the forementioned lands, both upland and meadow, to his son Thomas Burgess, my grandson, to him and his heirs forever. But if my said grandson die without heirs, then my will is that the said house and lands above-mentioned shall return to the next heir of my son, Jacob Burgess. I give also to my said son, Jacob Burgess, all my land lying near and adjacent to Thomas Tupper's lands below the cartway, having Mr. Freeman's land on the western side. These I give to him upon this condition, that he, my said son Jacob Burgess, pay or cause to be paid unto my grandson Thomas Burgess, son of my son John Burgess, ten pounds in good pay, to be made to him by my grandson, at 23 years of age.

Item. I give unto my son, Joseph Burgess, the first and second lots that adjoin his other lands near his house, if my said son accept of them so as to pay unto my son, John Burgess, five pounds; but if my son Joseph refuse said lands upon such terms, as to pay said five pounds as aforesaid, then my will is that said land return to my son, Ezra Perry, that he perform the condition,--I mean by two lots, those lots that were once * * *, then I give them: I give to my said son Ezra Perry, all my other lands that lie above the said two lots, for him to enjoy forever, the which lands I bought of Mr. Edward Freeman, Jr.

Item. I give to my dear wife all my movable estate, to be at her own disposing at her decease. I mean chattels of all sorts that I may have.

And I do appoint and ordain my son, Ezra Perry, and my son, Jacob Burgess, to be my Executors to see this my last Will performed, as I witness under my hand and seal, this fourth day of April 1684.

Witness -- Thomas Tupper, Martha Tupper

[NI06501] Reference for names of children: http://www.seanet.com/users/nlic/WARDrelated/D0006/I1908.html; http://opus.autoroute.net/~cfoisy/book.htm#7580b.

Thomas died before 20 Jun 1626, in Truro, Cornwall, England, his will being probated as follows:

To the poor of Truro, Clements and Kenwin forty shillings. To my daughter Honor Burges 300 pounds sterling, the one half to be paid her at the day of her marriage. the other half within 12 months after, and in the meantime to be maintained by mine executor as shall be fit for her degree. To Anne Burges my daughter 200 pounds (in similar payments). To my other two daughters Constance and Isabel Burges eight score pounds apiece (paid in similar way). To my son John 250 pounds, to be paid at three years end after my decease, and my will is that he spend those three years abroad in the wars either in the low countries or elsewhere, during which three years my will is that mine executor allow him for his maintenance 20 marks sterling per annum, payable quarterly.

To my son Henry, my Estate and interest in Kenwin Closes and the house, commomly called Thomas Glovers house, which I hold of the Borough of Truro. I give him also 100 pounds to be paid him at eight years and Provisions for binding him apprentice. To my other six sons, Caleb, Joshua, Humphrie, James, Elisha and Thomas, to each of them 200 marks sterling, to be paid as they severally accomplish the age of one and twenty, and my will is that they be brought up in some honest calling and course in life. To my wife Elizabeth 40 pounds sterling per annum during her life. Other bequests to her (including) one piece of plate called the "barrell canne". The residue to my son Robert whom I constitute sole executor. To my two brothers-in-law Anthony Pye of Saint Stephens in Brannell, and George Phippen, rector of Truro, the manor of Trethosa and the barton of Millador in trust to satisfy the legacies etc.

[NI06503] In The American Genealogist, Vol. 73, No. 3, July 1998, pp. 161-161-171, "The True Origin of Stephen Hopkins of the Mayflower, With Evidence of His Earlier Presence in Virginia," Caleb Johnson shows that Stephen Hopkins was not born at Wortley, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucester, England, as has been the prevailing theory for the past 70 years, but instead from Hursley, Hampshire, England. The parish registers of Hursley contain the baptismal records of Constance and Giles Hopkins as well as an additional baptism of a child heretofore unknown (Elizabeth). A burial record was also discovered for Mary Hopkinsm the wife of Stephen Hopkins, disproving the myth that Constance Dudley was the name of his first wife. Johnson corrects a number of inaccuracies which have been published on the Hopkins family over the past century, adds a few little-known facts about the family, and provides historical documentation for the tradition that Stephen Hopkins of the Mayflower was the same man as Stephen Hopkins of the Sea Venture which went to Jamestown, Virginia in 1609.

Notes for Stephen Hopkins:
Stephen Hopkins was one of the original Pilgrims. He was a prominent man in Plymouth Colony, and one of the few passengers of the Mayflower who came to this country with servants (Edward Dotey and Edward Lister). Governor William Bradford, in his enumeration of the passengers of the Mayflower, thus describes him in his History of Plymouth Plantations:

In 1650, Governor Bradford writes:
Mr. Hopkins & his wife are now both dead, but they lived about 20 years in this place & had one son and four daughters born here. Their son became a seaman and dyed at Barbadoes, one daughter died here & two are married, one of them hath three children and one is yet to marry. So their increase which still survive are 5, but his son Giles is married & has 4 children. His daughter Constanta is also married & hath 12 children all of them living & one married. One of these children was Mary Snow, who married Thomas Paine.

Stephen settled in the part of Eastham now included in the town of Orleans, on the place at the head of the Cove, called by the Indians "Kesscayoganseet." and later owned and occupied by James Percival.

Stephen Hopkins was one of only a few passengers on the Mayflower to have made a prior trip to America. He came in 1609 on the Sea Venture headed for Jamestown, in Virginia. But instead, they were marooned on an island, where the 150 passengers were stranded for nine months. Hopkins led an uprising challenging the governor's authority and was sentenced to death. But he begged and moaned about the ruin of his wife, and so was pardoned. The company built two vessels and escaped the island. Hopkins returned to England.

Stephen Hopkins brought with him on the Mayflower his wife Elizabeth, children Giles and Constance by his first marriage, and Damaris by his second marriage. A son Oceanus was born while the Mayflower was at sea. He participated in the early exploring missions and was an "ambassador" along with Myles Standish for Indian relations.

In 1636, Hopkins was fined for the battery of John Tisdale, and in 1638 he was fined for not dealing fairly with an apprentice-girl, Dorothy Temple. He was also charged with several other crimes, including selling glass at too high a price, and selling illegal intoxicants.

Will of Stephen Hopkins:
The last Will and Testament of Mr. Stephen Hopkins exhibited upon the Oathes of mr Willm Bradford and Captaine Miles Standish at the generall Court holden at Plymouth the xxth of August Anno dm 1644 as it followeth in these wordes vizt.
The sixt of June 1644 I Stephen Hopkins of Plymouth in New England being weake yet in good and prfect memory blessed be God yet considering the fraile estate of all men I do ordaine and make this to be my last will and testament in manner and forme following and first I do committ my body to the earth from whence it was taken, and my soule to the Lord who gave it, my body to b eburyed as neare as convenyently may be to my wyfe Deceased And first my will is that out of my whole estate my funerall expences be discharged secondly that out of the remayneing part of my said estate that all my lawfull Debts be payd thirdly I do bequeath by this my will to my sonn Giles Hopkins my great Bull wch is now in the hands of Mris Warren. Also I do give to Stephen Hopkins my sonn Giles his sonne twenty shillings in Mris Warrens hands for the hire of the said Bull Also I give and bequeath to my daughter Constanc Snow the wyfe of Nicholas Snow my mare also I give unto my daughter Deborah Hopkins the brodhorned black cowe and her calf and half the Cowe called Motley Also I doe give and bequeath unto my daughter Damaris Hopkins the Cowe called Damaris heiffer and the white faced calf and half the cowe called Mottley Also I give to my daughter Ruth the Cowe called Red Cole and her calfe and a Bull at Yarmouth wch is in the keepeing of Giles Hopkins wch is an yeare and advantage old and half the curld Cowe Also I give and bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth the Cowe called Smykins and her calf and thother half of the Curld Cowe wth Ruth and an yearelinge heiffer wth out a tayle in the keeping of Gyles Hopkins at Yarmouth Also I do give and bequeath unto my foure daughters that is to say Deborah Hopkins Damaris Hopkins Ruth Hopkins and Elizabeth Hopkins all the mooveable goods the wch do belong to my house as linnen wollen beds bedcloathes pott kettles pewter or whatsoevr are moveable belonging to my said house of what kynd soever and not named by their prticular names all wch said mooveables to be equally devided amongst my said daughters foure silver spoones that is to say to eich of them one, And in case any of my said daughters should be taken away by death before they be marryed that then the part of their division to be equally devided amongst the Survivors. I do also by this my will make Caleb Hopkins my sonn and heire apparent giveing and bequeathing unto my said sonn aforesaid all my Right title and interrest to my house and lands at Plymouth wth all the Right title and interrest wch doth might or of Right doth or may hereafter belong unto mee, as also I give unto my saide heire all such land wch of Right is Rightly due unto me and not at prsent in my reall possession wch belongs unto me by right of my first comeing into this land or by any other due Right, as by such freedome or otherwise giveing unto my said heire my full & whole and entire Right in all divisions allottments appoyntments or distributions whatsoever to all or any pt of the said lande at any tyme or tymes so to be disposed Also I do give moreover unto my foresaid heire one paire or yooke of oxen and the hyer of them wch are in the hands of Richard Church as may appeare by bill under his hand Also I do give unto my said heire Caleb Hopkins all my debts wch are now oweing unto me, or at the day of my death may be oweing unto mee either by booke bill or bills or any other way rightfully due unto mee ffurthermore my will is that my daughters aforesaid shall have free recourse to my house in Plymouth upon any occation there to abide and remayne for such tyme as any of them shall thinke meete and convenyent & they single persons And for the faythfull prformance of this my will I do make and ordayne my aforesaid sonn and heire Caleb Hopkins my true and lawfull Executor ffurther I do by this my will appoynt and make my said sonn and Captaine Miles Standish joyntly supervisors of this my will according to the true meaneing of the same that is to say that my Executor & supervisor shall make the severall divisions parts or porcons legacies or whatsoever doth appertaine to the fullfilling of this my will It is also my will that my Executr & Supervisor shall advise devise and dispose by the best wayes & meanes they cann for the disposeing in marriage or other wise for the best advancnt of the estate of the forenamed Deborah Damaris Ruth and Elizabeth Hopkins Thus trusting in the Lord my will shalbe truly prformed according to the true meaneing of the same I committ the whole Disposeing hereof to the Lord that hee may direct you herein
June 6th 1644
Witnesses hereof By me Steven Hopkins
Myles Standish
William Bradford

[NI06504] Probate estate papers dated 10 May 1613 and on file at the Hampshire Records Office, file 1613AD/046.

[NI06505] Will of Thomas Burges, The Elder, found at http://opus.autoroute.net/~cfoisy/book.htm#3791b.
Thomas died before 12 Dec 1623 in Truro, Cornwall, England, with his will being probated as follows:

To be buried in the chancel of Truro church if I be within 10 miles of the same at my death. To my wife Honnor Burges her chest with all the moneys and jewells or things in the same as was hers at the time of my death, and two large silver bowls and one large gilt tankard which she herself brought in my lifetime. I give her also during her natural life, 20 pounds sterling per annum; and if she refuses the Duchy land to falleth to her by custom then I give her 10 pounds per annum more. Other bequests to her. To my son Henry Burges, during his life, 10 pounds per annum. If Jane Burgess, now wife of my son Henry, shall survive her husband then I bequeath to her 20 pounds sterling. To my daughter-in-law Elizabeth Burgess, mine executor's wife, for a remembrance of me two of my best "valuablest" pieces of plate, to be chosen by herself. To my son Humphrey Burges 50 pounds. To my son Richard 5 pounds.

To Thomas Burges, the son of my son Richard, 20 pounds at one and twenty. To my daughter Ann Trethewey 50 pounds. To John, Thomas, Richard, Barnard, Margery, Judith, Honnor and Joane Trethewey, sons and daughters of Robert Tretheway, 10 pounds apiece at marriage or age of one and twenty. To my daughter Jane Poynter 10 pounds. To all my godsons 20 shillings apiece. To for of the poor of the town of Truro, two pence apiece to begin with the next sabbath after my death and to continue forever. Six shillings eight pence for a sermon to be preached the next Sabbath after my burial and so yearly to continue forever; and for performance thereof mine executor shall tie the land, by order of law, unto the Town and Borough of Truro for performance thereof.

Mine executor shall give it himself and after his decease the Mayor of the said Borough. My brother-in-law, Mr. Anthony Pye, my son-in-law Robert Trethewey and my brother-in-law Mr. Peter Sidman shall be overseers of this my last will and testament, to each of whom I give one gold ring worth 30 shillings apiece posy memento mori. The residue to my eldest son Thomas Burges whom I make and appoint sole executor.

[NI06509] 1910 Ohio census - Allen Co, Lima City, ED 17 (Miracode index):
Jacob Custer, 71, born OH, Phebe, wife, 70, born OH; Guy, son, 27; 1 non-relative

1920 Ohio census - Allen Co, Lima City, roll 1345, p. 5A:
Jacob Custer, 81, born OH, father born PA, mother born OH; Phebe J., wife, born OH, parents born Connecticut
(same page as their son-in-law, Alva McWilliams)

[NI06510] Dan & Lydia Hadsell came from Connecticut and settled in Bath Twp, Allen Co OH in 1837 with their son Almon, whom they lived with until their death. Almon was a Justice of the Peace, and performed the marriage of his sister Mary and Samuel Heath. (from the History of Allen County)

Daniel moved in 1834 to Trumbull Co., Ohio, in 1835 to Allen Co., Ohio. In 1860 his son George M. Hadsell writes his cousin Ira, "My father is well. He is very smart for a man of his age [80 years]. He is worth more than any hired man to do more chores and see to things." (Hadsell-Hodsoll p. 160)

[NI06512] 1850 census for Bath Twp, Allen Co OH, p. 251: Allmon E. Hadsell, 37, farmer, born CT, value of real estate: 4,000; Amelia, 32, born NY; Dan, 70, cooper, born CT; Henry G., 8; David M., 6; Caroline, 4; Delina, 2; Elizabeth McClure, 17; George Rue(?), 16.

1860 census for Bath Twp, Allen Co OH, p. 406: A. Hadsel, 45, farmer, born CT, value of real estate: 16,880, value of personal property: 1,553; Aurilla, 42, born NY; H., 18, laborer, born OH; M., 16; Caroline, 14; Delana, 12; Sarah, 3; J. [didn't write down age].

[NI06513] Hadsell p. 160 says he was James Rice Hadsell. He was a doctor many years in Rock Island, Illinois. A fine picture of Dr. James Rice is had by his niece, only living daughter of Almond (Inez Thayer, Rt. 1, Box 68, Mesa AZ).

[NI06514] 1860 census for Bath Twp, Allen Co OH, p. 409: Anson Hadsell, 61, farmer, born CT, value of real estate: 3500, value of personal property: 425; Adaline, 57, born NY; Sarah, 18, domestic, born OH; Emma, 16; H., 14; E., 12; O., 7; E., 5; H., 3.

[NI06516] 1850 census for Bath Twp, Allen Co OH, p. 275: George Hadsell, 29, farmer, born OH, value of real estate: 500; Marinath(?), 25, born NY; Newton, 5, born OH; Malissa, 3.

1860 census for Bath Twp, Allen Co OH, p. 406: G. Hadsel, 39, farmer, born OH, value of real estate: 2000, value of personal property: 320; Maria, 34; N., 14; Malissa, 13; B., 7; M., 5.

1870 census for Bath Twp, Allen Co OH, p. 316: George Hadsell, 47, born OH; Mariah, 43, born NY; Malissa, 23, born OH; Burgess A., 18; Mayson(?), 15; Newton, 25; Sarah, 23; David Johnson, 19, born IN.

In 1870, George Hadsell is listed on the same page as his nephews Dan and Lemuel.

[NI06517] 1850 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp, enumerated Sept. 24, 1850, p. 258B:
Hamilton Bailey, 45, farmer, value of real estate owned: 1800, born Va.; Rebecca, 23, born Ohio; Allice C., 3; Mary L., 5/12; Homles Wiley, 25, farmer

1860 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp, roll 937, PO Centerville, p. 307a, taken Sep 7, 1860:
Hamilton Bailey, 55, farmer, value of personal estate: 408, born Va.; Rebecca A., 34, born Ohio; Alice C., 13; Mary L., 11; Margaret M., 7; Susannah, 4; Visgis(?) A.S. (male), 1

[NI06518] 1870 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 1174), PO Powhatan Point, p. 314A, enumerated June 7, 1870:
Rebecca Bailey, 43, keeping house, born Ohio; Alice, 22, at home; Susan E., 14, attending school; Martin L., 2, at home; Frank S. Becket, 2, at home.

1880 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 995), p. 358a, taken June 9:
(83/84) Rebecca A. Bailey, 53, keeping house, born Ohio; Margaret, 25, dau, housekeeper, born Ohio, father born Va.; Martin L. 12, grandson
(84/85) Margaret Wiley, 75, keeping house, born Ohio; Elisabeth, 50, dau, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Md.; Mary S. Mead, 19, granddaughter, housekeeping, born Ohio, father born Ireland, mother born Ohio

Belmont Chronicle, March 26, 1885 - Mrs. Rebecca Bailey, relict of the late Hamilton Bailey, died at her home in Centerville on Monday from apoplexy, aged 59 years. Interment at Concord.

[NI06523] 1850 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Pultney Twp (roll 661), p. 224a, taken Sept. 9:
William Wiley, 54, farmer, born Pa.; Margaret, 40, born Ohio; Nelson, 24, farmer; Rebecca, 21; Elizabeth, 19; Robert, 17; John, 12; Mary, 10; Margaret, 5
On the next page, 224b, is the household of Rachel Wiley, 80, born Ireland, and Mary Sevington, 90, born Ireland. Could Rachel be William Wiley's mother?

1860 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Pultney Twp (roll 936), PO Bellair, p. 228a, taken July 16-17:
William Wiley, 64, farmer, value of personal estate: 85, born Pa.; Margaret, 55, born Pa.; Holmes, 36, born Ohio; Elizabeth, 29; (cont. on page 228b) Mary J. Wiley, 20; John, 25, farmer; Margaret, 17; Joseph Blair, 17; James Mead, 3 [he would be a grandson]

1870 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 1174), enumerated June 15, 1870 p. 29:
227/227 William Wiley, 70, farm laborer, born Penna.; Margaret, 63, keeping house, born Ohio; Holms, 44, farm laborer; Elisabeth, 40, assisting mother; James Mead, 13, works on farm; Mary S. [Mead], 10.

1880 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 995), p. 358a, taken June 9:
83/84 Baily, Rebecca A., 53, b OH, widowed, keeping house, father & mother b OH
dau Margaret, 25, b OH, married, housekeeper, father b VA, mother b OH
grandson Martin L. 12, b OH, father & mother b OH
84/85 Wiley, Margaret, 75, b OH, widowed, keeping house
dau Elisabeth, 50, b OH, single, father b OH, mother b MD - CONFLICT: was Margaret born in Ohio or Maryland?

I believe there is another William Wiley in Smith Twp during this time period. He was a son of Hans Wiley. This William Wiley was born March 1800 in Dunbar, Fayette Co PA, and died May 18, 1873. The 1850 census shows him living with his brother Henry and sister Margaret (house #2274). Henry was born May 7, 1807 in Glencoe, Richland Twp, Belmont Co, and died Mar 12, 1892, buried Warnock cem. Margaret was born July 1804 in Richland Twp, and died Dec 24, 1875. In 1800, Hans and Susanna Wiley with their five children (Joseph, Archibald, Elinor, John, and baby William) moved to Belmont Co OH, residing in Richland Twp until 1805. Then they entered, made improvements and settled on a part of section 6 in Smith Twp, where they lived during the remainder of their days.

1850 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 661), enumerated Sept. 28, 1850, p. 267A:
2301 James Wiley, 48, farmer, born Ohio; Mary, 32; William W., 10; John, 8; James Jr., 6; Isabella, 4; Sarah, 2; Margaret Hollowell, 14.
2302 Henry Wiley, 43, farmer, born Ohio; Margaret, 38; Alvorah (f), 4; Lucy, 2; William, 50, carpenter.
2303 Joseph Holmes, 73, farmer, born Ireland; Elisabeth, 55, born Ireland
Note: I find it odd that a man named Holmes lives next to these Wileys. Is it possible that William & Margaret's son Holms was named for him?

Hans Wiley was born 1760 in County Down, Ireland, and died May 26, 1835 in Smith Twp, Belmont Co OH. He married Susanna Irwin abt 1780 in Dunbar, Fayette Co PA. Tradition has it that Hans was an escapee from a British warship when he arrived in America in 1778 at Lewes, Delaware. See web page http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/i/l/James-R-Wiley-OH/GENE3-0002.html.

There is a notice in the Lancaster (PA) Journal, p. 554, of interest because it mentions another Wiley family coming from County Down in Ireland:
Nov. 14, 1801 - Information wanted: If a certain Robert Wiley, from near Loughbricklands, in the county of Down, in Ireland, who some time ago resided in Lancaster county, Penn., but who removed to some part of the state of Virginia, be now living, it is requested by an aged mother, his sister and brothers lately come into this country, that he will immediately write them the place of his abode, directing his letter to Elizabeth Wiley, care of James Scarhig, merchant, Baltimore.

[NI06524] Belmont Chronicle, July 31, 1884 - Mrs. Margaret Wiley, relict of William Wiley, died July 24 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Bailey, near Centerville OH; aged 79 years. She was a member of the Concord Church.

[NI06525] 1900 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Washington Twp, roll 1242, p. 274, taken June 15th:
Margaret Beckett, head, born July 1824, age 75, widowed, 10 children, 7 living, born Ohio, parents born Ohio, farmer

[NI06526] Joseph's obituary (from Rebecca Bond):
Belmont Chronicle, Dec. 8, 1881, page 3, Belmont Co OH, Editor and Proprieter W.A. Hunt
Jos. Beckett, a well-known citizen of the southern part of the county, died at his home in Centreville, on the 25th ult., from inflammation of the stomach, aged 62 years. His funeral took place on the following Saturday.

1850 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 661), enumerated Sept. 26, 1850, p. 261A:
2079 / 2206 Joseph Beckett, 30, laborer, born Ohio; Rebecca, 31, born Va.; Sarah, 9, born Ohio; William, 8; Eliza, 5; Rachel, 4; Rebecca, 2
Just before this household on the previous page: William Persons, 35, farmer, born Va.; Mary, 25, born Ohio; Albert, 4; William, 3; Geo. W., 1, Elisabeth, 9 - is it possible that Persons was supposed to be Perkins? (Daughter Rachel married William Perkins.)

1870 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 1174), PO Powhatan Point, p. 319A [written 17, stamped 319], enumerated June 15, 1870:
136 / 136 Joseph Becket, 54, farmer, born Ohio; Rebecca, 51, keeping house, born WV; Rachael W., 24, helps mother; Sintha A., 19, attending school; (cont. on next page) George M. Becket, 17, works on farm; John M., 15, works on farm; Alvaretta, 13, attending school; Mary O., 11, attending school

[NI06539] At the time of her father's death in 1894, according to a court document, Caroline Wade was living in Dupont, Putnam Co OH, as was her sister, Pauline Taylor. Putnam is on the other side of the state! But by the 1900 census, Caroline & Alonzo were in Stark Co OH.

[NI06541] At the time of her father's death, she was living in Dupont, Putnam Co OH, where her sister Caroline Wade was - this is the other side of the state!

The Taylor whom Pauline married may have been Melvin Taylor (b abt 1867) son of Noble & Nancy E. Taylor. They were in the household next to Allen Ramsay, whose son John married Vina Blair. (1900 OH Belmont Co Washington Twp p. 273 has Melvin Taylor age 33 md. to Flora L. age 27.)

[NI06542] 1900 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp, roll 1242, p. 155, taken June 15th:
John Beckett born Oct 1867, age 32, md. 9 yrs, farmer; Mary, wife, born Aug 1872, age 27, 2 children, 2 living; Ori A., son, born Mar 1892, age 8; Belma, dau, born Apr 1894, age 6

1910 OH census - Belmont Co, Bellaire p 99B: John E. Beckett, 42, listed next to Noble Taylor, 74 (father of the Taylor who married John's sister Pauline/Lena).

[NI06544] Posted by Jane Beckett (jbeckett@rcvideo.com) on August 02, 1998 at 14:02:13:
Sam Beckett was born in Belmont County Ohio in 1848. He migrated to Wetzel County WV around 1880. He married Mary Malissa Postlethwait with whom he had three children: Our ancester John Beckett, a daughter Matilda who married Hiriam Tharp and migrated to Oregon, and a son Joseph who moved to the Canton Ohio area of whom we find no trace after his leaving this area. Mary died in 1884 and Sam married Lutisha Woods of Greene County PA. They also had three children. Jennie moved to OK and married Lee Ford. Lula married three times-to Cynus Fisher, Samuel Batson, and Morgan Snyder. She lived in the Mannington-Fairmont area of WV. Bessie died at the age of 17. Any knowledge of Sam or Joseph would be appreciated.

In Reply to: Re: David Samuel Beckett posted by Gail Lillie Wenger on September 19, 1998 at 00:04:24:
As you can see from the reversal of the name and the discrepancy in the birthdate, this may or may not be the same person. Sam never mentioned his family to his children nor visited them after moving to Wetzel County. Mary M. Beckett's brother B. B. Postlethwait deeded property to his sister but not to Sam. Sam was not well liked by my husband's grandmother who only allowed him to visit when she had to. There are several law inquiries in the Wetzel County records over the children John and Joseph by the Postlethwaits. Joseph and Matilda left the area after they came of age and never returned. Information about his family from Belmont or Monroe County Ohio is missing from any of our records.

1880 West Virginia census - Wetzel Co, Center District, p. 45C:
Samuel Becket, 31, born OH, father & mother born OH, farmer
Mary M., wife, 35, born VA, father & mother born VA
Matilda, 3, born WV
John, 1, born WV

1900 West Virginia census - Wetzel Co, Grant District (roll 1775), p. 124a, taken June 30:
Samuel Becket born June 1844, age 55, md. 16 yrs, born Ohio, parents born Ohio, farmer
Lauticia, wife, born Nov 1853, age 46, born Penn., parents born Penn.
(cont. on p. 124b) John E., son, born Jan 1880, age 20, born W.Va., farmer
Lulu L., dau, born March 1885, age 15
Jennie B., dau, born Sep 1890, age 9
Bessie C., dau, born Sept 1893, age 6

Jul 17, 2000: Rhoda Miller remembers her family going to visit Lula Snyder in Metz WV when she was younger, but she did not know who Lula Snyder was and her brother Chick could not remember the visit. As I was reading the above notes to Rhoda, after "Lula married three time-to Cyrus Fisher, Samuel Batson and Morgan Snyder," suddenly Rhoda said "Lula Snyder! That's Lula Snyder!" Rhoda was quite pleased to finally figure out who Lula Snyder was - her mother's cousin, daughter of Samuel David Beckett.

West Virginia, 1863-1900 Marriage Index has a David Beckett who married Carrie Atkins in Wetzel Co Dec 25, 1888 -- could this be Samuel David Beckett?

[NI06547] 1900 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp, roll 1242, p. 157a, taken June 19th & 20th:
Thomas Beckett, born Sept 1841, age 58, widowed, born WV, father born Ohio, mother born WV, farmer; Martha A., dau, born Nov 1871, age 28, single, born WV; James T., son, born May 1873, age 27, single, born WV; Alva W., son, born Sept 1874, age 25, single, born WV; Mary E., dau, born Oct 1879, 20, single, born WV;
Catharine J. Ramsay, dau, born June 1870, age 30, md. 7 yrs, 3 children, 2 living, born WV; Dolores B., grand-dau, born Feb 1894, age 6, born Ohio; Marie E., grand-dau, born Aug 1896, age 3, born Ohio; Lillian, grand-dau, born Apr 1898, age 2, born Ohio

[NI06558] 1850 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Washington Twp, roll 661, p. 6a, enumerated Sept. 21, 1850:
75/75 Frederick Swan, 53, wheelwright, real estate: 550, born Md.; Sarah, 50, born Md.; Mary E., 14, born Md.; William S., 9, born Ohio; (p. 6b) Sarah Taylor, 11, born Ohio
John Becket (age 27) & Margaret A. (Swann) (age 24) are household 77.
Frederick and Sarah came from Maryland between 1836, when Mary was born, and 1841, when William was born.

1870 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Washington Twp (roll 1174), PO Powhatan Point, p. 33 (449B), enumerated July 23, 1870:
233/233 Frederick Swan, 75, retired farmer, value of real estate owned: 1750, value of personal estate: 300, born Maryland; Sarah, 69, keeping house, born Maryland; Jane Jestice, 10, at home
Their son William S. Swan is the next household, 234; their son-in-law and daughter, John T. & Margaret Beckett, are household 235, and grandson William T. Beckett is household 237.

[NI06562] 1790 census for Harford Co MD, Frederick Swan is listed with 3 males over 16, 1 male under 16, 4 females. Thomas Street (6-2-7, 7 slaves) (I assume this is Thomas Sr.), David Street (2-0-1, 3 slaves) and John Street (1-3-3, 3 slaves) live a few households away, and Thomas Street (2-4-3, 2 slaves) lives in the next household.

See Maryland Archives, Assessment of 1783:
Frederick Swan. HA Bush River Upper and Eden Hundred, p. 23. MSA S 1161-6-3; 1/4/5/49.

[NI06566] There is a tradition that three brothers - David, Thomas and John or William - came from the vicinity of London, England and landed near Baltimore. John or William went to Philadelphia, or farther north; David settled on the eastern shore of southern Maryland, spelling his name Street; Thomas, spelling his name Streett, settled in Harford County, Maryland, and took out a patent for a 700-acre tract called "Streett's Happy Hunting Ground" and "Street's Pleasant Hills" near the Rocks of Deer Creek. In 1774 he was residing there. (The Streett Genealogy by Mrs. Mary G. Streett, published 1895, Exeter NH, p. 395)
He was married twice; the first wife was May Fox and his second, Sarah Cox, was said to be of Welsh descent and survived him. Col. John Streett recorded in his family Bible the death of his father, Thomas Streett, on June 16, 1822.
Thomas Streett engaged in farming but retained his English taste for hunting and frequently entered in the chase with horse and hound. He was a strict adherent to the established church and regularly attended his church 10 miles distant. (Baldwin and Street Families, p. 10)

[NI06570] See Maryland Archives, Assessment of 1783:
John Cox. Whitakers Delight, 100 acres. Notes: grist mill. HA Bush River Upper and Eden Hundred, p. 6.
MSA S 1161-6-3; 1/4/5/49.

John Cox must have been a Quaker. I wondered why they were married in Little Britain in Pennsylvania -- Little Britain is a Monthly Meeting: "Not until 1790 was Deer Creek attached to the Baltimore Quarter of the Yearly Meeting of Maryland. Before that time, it was a member of the Western Quarter of the Yearly Meeting of Pennsylvania. In 1819, Deer Creek Monthly belonged to the new Nottingham Quarterly, which included Nottingham and Little Britain Monthly Meetings." (Maryland State Archives, MSA SC 3109, Deer Creek Monthly Meeting Collection, 1760-1949)

[NI06577] 1840 OH Belmont Co Smith Twp, p 133a:
Vincen Wilkinson - 1 male 20-30, 1 female 20-30

1850 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp, enumerated Sept. 20, 1850, p. 251:
2038 / 2065 Vincent Wilkinson, 31, farmer, born Ohio; Sarah, 31, born Ohio; Jonah, 9; Philena, 7; Caroline, 4
2039 / 2065 Tho. Wilkinson, 59, farmer, value of real estate owned: 2000, born Pa.; Mary, 58, born Pa.; Lavina, 32, born Ohio

1860 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp, Sept. 7, 1860, p. 248?:
1748 / 1714 Vincent Wilkinson, 42, born Ohio, farmer; Ruth A., 34; Jonah, 19; Filena, 14; Caroline, 12; Sarah A. Jackson, 7; William M., 5; Mary A., 2; Elizabeth Loye, 51, born Ohio
NOTE: Elizabeth is in the household of her brother-in-law Vincent, who has remarried. They are right next to the household of William & Caroline Beckett.
1745 / 1711 Thomas Wilkinson, 69, born NJ, farmer; Mary Ann, 69; Lovina, 48; Philena, 14; Caroline, 12; Mary M., 18, domestic
NOTE: I think Philena and Caroline are Vincent & Sarah's daughters; they were listed both here with their grandparents and with their father and step-mother.

1870 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 1174), enumerated June 15, 1870, p. 4:
29 / 33 Vincent Wilkinson, 56, farm laborer; Ruth A., 46; Charles A., 11
NOTE: In between households of Abner Wilkinson, age 27, and Elihu Wilkinson, age 42.
NOTE: Philena is in the household of her aunt and uncle, John & Catharine (Beckett) Weekley. She is listed as 24 years old, invalid.
NOTE: Caroline Wilkinson is in the household of Hiram & Elisabeth McGaughey. She is listed as age 22, domestic servant.

1880 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Goshen Twp (roll 994), p. 41D:
117 / 117 Vincent Wilkison, 62; Ruth A., 55; Alexander K., 25, son-in-law; Mary J., 27, step-daughter (Ruth's daughter?); Lulu M., 5, daughter; Annie A., 11/12, daughter, born January
QUESTION: Who is Alexander? Is he a Wilkinson?
NOTE: Philena is in the household of John & Catharine Weekly, listed as age 30, servant, mother and father born OH.

There is a Joel Wilkinson in the 1860 Ohio census for Belmont Co, Smith Twp, p. 301a. He is 44, born Ohio, farmer, married to Margaret Bowles, 35, children: Zerish, 13, Noah, 11, Elwood, 8, Wilbert, 5, and Lize, 3. From ancestry.com: born May 30, 1817, died Sep 29, 1872, marriage licences Sep 30, 1846 to Margaret Carthina(?) Bowles born May 17, 1826 Chester Co PA. According to Nicki Fowler, Joel died in 1873 in Fulton Co IL. Zeresh V. born Aug 10, 1847; Noah Calhoun born Oct 3, 1849; Elwood Alvin born Nov 13, 1852; Wilbert born Dec 24, 1854; Lizzie born Mar 9, 1858; Ettie born Nov 27, 1860; Milo Clinton born May 15, 1863.

Is it possible that Joel is a brother of Vincent's? A brother of Abigail Wilkerson? If he was a brother of Abigail Wilkerson, then Joel Baker's name came from his mother's side of the family.

[NI06579] 1850 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Washington Twp, roll 661, p. 6a, taken Sept. 21:
Henry Weekly, 50, farmer, born Va.; Mary, 42, born Va.; William, 23, farmer, born Ohio; John W., 22, farmer; Rachel, 19; Elizabeth, 17; Umphrey, 15; Susannah, 12; Martin, 8; Catharine, 6, Sarah, 4; Mary A., 9/12

1860 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 937), PO Centerville, p. 318A, taken Sept. 14, 1860:
1843 Henry Weekley, 60, farmer, value of personal estate: 175, born Ohio; Mary, 52; Martin, 19; Catharine, 14; Sarah, 13; Maryann, 11
1844 Rachel Willis, 29, weaver, value of personal estate: 40; William W., 4; Mary E., 2; Sarah C., 6/12

1870 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 1174), PO Powhatan Point, p. 318A, enumerated June 13, 1870:
Henry Weekly, 69, farm laborer, born Maryland; Mary, 62, keeping house, born Maryland; Catharine, 24, helps mother, born Ohio; Sarah, 22, helps mother; Sarah C. Willis, 10, at home, born Ohio.

[NI06580] Her death is recorded in the Belmont Chronicle, Nov. 24, 1892 (abstraction): "Mrs. Weekley, the aged wife of John Weekley of near Concord, died of pneumonia. Interment at the old Scatterday burying ground."

[NI06581] John Weekley was born Feb. 13, 1813; reared a farmer, and obtained a common school education. April 23, 1835, he was married to Miss Catharine Beckett, who was born Jul. 11, 1813. By this union were 12 children, 4 sons and 8 daughters, six of whom are living. After his marriage he lived on a farm in Smith twp, remaining one year; then lived in Morrow county a few years. In 1856 he moved back to Smith twp, on a farm known as the Byron farm, located on section 16. He purchased it in 1866, and still resides thereon. He and his wife are members of the Centreville M.E. church. (History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio, J.A. Caldwell 1880; Chap. XXI: History of the Towns and Townships of Belmont County, p 401)

1840 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Washington Twp, p 49:
1 male 30-40 (John)
3 females under 5 (Sarah, Eliza, Rachel)
1 female 30-40 (Catharine)

1850 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Goshen Twp:
955 / 971 John Weekley, 35, born OH, farmer; Catherine, 35, born OH; Sarah A., 13; Eliza J., 11; Rachel A., 9; Mary C., 7; Thomas T., 5; John W., 3; James, 3/12

1860 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 937), PO Centerville, p. 315B, taken Sept. 12, 1860:
John Weekly, 47, farmer, value of personal estate: 75, born Ohio; Catharine, 44; Sarah A., 22; Eliza J., 21; Rachel A., 20; Mary E., 18; James W., 10; Catharine J., 5

1870 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 1174), enumerated June 15, 1870, p 17 (319):
133 / 133 John Weekly, 57, farm laborer, born Ohio; Catharine, 56. keeping house; James W., 20, works on farm; Josephine C. [Catharine Jo], 6, helps mother; Philena Wilkinson, 24, invalid (their neice, daughter of Vincent & Sarah Beckett Wilkinson]

1880 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp, p 367C:
262 / 267 John Weekly, 67, born OH, farmer, mother born E.Va. father born OH; Catherine, 66; Josephine, 22; Lena Wilkison, 30, servant, mother & father born OH

[NI06584] I don't believe this is the Samuel who married Berthuleah Ritts in 1836. I think the Samuel who married Berthuleah was actually a son of John Beckett and Hannah Potts, based on the following marriage records:
DEVOLL, Jeptha & BECKET, Mary both of Goshen Twp on 14 Feb 1828 by Thomas R. Runcle; vo-Saml. Becket & William Coffee; pg 174.
RIGGS, Sylvester & ROBISON, Margaret both of Smith Twp on (dt-ng) by William Kinney; license issued 25 Apr 1835; return dated 08 Jun 1835; vo-William Becket; pg 75.
BECKET, Samuel & RITTS, Barthulea on 07 May 1836 by John W. Calvert JP; vo-his father & Silvester Riggs; pg 217.

Our Samuel would have been about 7 years old and could not possibly have been the voucher. So we know there is another Samuel Beckett in this area in 1828. I have assigned him to the family of John & Hannah Potts based on his appearance as voucher in the marriage record for Mary Becket. And he would have been of a better age to marry Berthuleah in 1836; our Samuel would have been about 15 - a few years too young.

[NI06587] From Nola Rains, Decatur IN, email: thunderstruck@parlorcity.com:
I'm trying to help my boss find information about her family as she doesn't know how to go about doing genealogy research. ... I will ask her tomorrow and see if she knows anymore about Alonzo and Caroline. If she doesn't, perhaps her brother will. If she has any information, I'll send it to you right away.
I believe she told me that Alonzo and Caroline Beckett Wade had a daughter named Erma Verdella (she went by Della) who married a Francis (or Frank) Crowl. I think these were my boss' grandparents. My boss' name is Erma Rohrer. She is a United Methodist minister and is from the Canton, Ohio area. She is married to Hugh Rohrer, also a U.M. minister, and also from the same area in Ohio. They currently pastor churches in the Hoagland and Harlan, Indiana area. She was named for her grandmother, Erma Verdella. I'll try to find time to ask her about her people tomorrow. It may be a few days before I get back with you but I'll see what she knows about her people
and will let you know.
My boss has a vague memory of Alonzo who was her great-grandfather. We are still hunting his burial place. We know that they lived in Stark Co., Ohio and that's where he died but there doesn't seem to be any cemetery records for him. My boss thinks perhaps he was taken back to Belmont Co. for burial. When we find him, I'll let you know.
My boss is positive the family lived in Stark Co., Ohio. All her family lived there, and many still do. I emailed a lady for a look-up for Alonzo in the Stark Co. cemetery records - she found an Alonzo, but it was Alonzo Ford Wade, son of the original Alonzo. However, my boss remembers very plainly of going to her great-grandparents home in Stark Co. She said Alonzo was ill and she remembers being told to be quiet as "Grandpa was sick". She said she can still see him lying in a big old iron-frame bed. Said he was a big man, quite tall for that era. She thinks that perhaps Alonzo and Caroline were taken back to Belmont Co. for burial. I have an email query out for a look-up on this.

1880 West Virginia census - Wetzel Co, Proctor (roll 1415), p. 75A, taken June 18:
Alonzo N. Wade, 26, farmer, born OH, father born VA, mother born OH
Elizabeth C. Wade, wife, 22, born OH, father born OH, mother born MD
Erma V., dau, 2, born WV
Delora A., dau, 8M, born WV
Wm. M. Taylor, 26, farm labor, born OH, parents born OH
next household (I'm assuming these are Alonzo's parents):
Thos. S. Wade, 58, farmer, born VA, parents born VA
Elsa A., wife, 47, born OH, father born OH, mother born PA
Randolph H., son, 29, farm labor, born OH
Miles G., nephew, 11, farm labor, born WV

1900 OH Stark Co, Canton, Precinct A, p. 215a - their nephew Joseph W. Beckett (Sam's son) is listed in their household, as are their daughter Olive and son-in-law William Leebaugh and their baby girl Nina D. Crowl (age 7/12). Per this record, Alonzo was born in Ohio. Just two households away was their daughter Erma who marred Frank Crowl.
421 Jansen Court: Wade, Alonzo N., Head, b Apr 1854 age 46, md. 22 yrs, b OH, father b MD, mother b OH; Insurance agent
wife Elizabeth E. b Mar 1858 age 42, 5 children 4 living; b OH, father b OH, mother b MD
son Alonzo F. b Apr 1886 OH, age 14
son Ivan H. b Dec 1898 OH, age 1
Beckett, Joseph W., nephew, b May 1881, age 19, b WV, father b OH mother b WV, day laborer railroad
Leebaugh, William A., son-in-law, b Apr 1874 age 26, md. 2 yrs; b OH parents b OH; day laborer railroad
dau Olive M. b Oct 1881 WV, age 18, 1 child
grand-dau Nina D. b Oct 1899 age 7/12
424 Jansen Court: Crowl, Frank, Head, b July 1870 age 29, md. 8 yrs, b OH, father b PA, mother b OH; day laborer railroad
wife Erma V. b Dec 1877 age 22, 3 children, b WV parents b OH
(next page) Crowl, Millard B., son, b Sept 1892 age 7
son Lawrence L. b May 1897 age 3
son Clifford F. b Oct 1899 age 7/12
Leebaugh, George E., boarder, b Oct 1879 age 20, b Oh parents b OH; day laborer railroad
Frey, Jamie, boarder, b Oct 1882 age 17, b OH parents b OH; day laborer railroad

There is a William Crowl, age 35, at 414 Jansen Court, probably Frank's brother.

[NI06588] 1880 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 995), p. 356a, taken June 7:
(in the household next to her sister Mary "Kate" & Joseph Blair)
Alexander Howell, 27, farming, born Ohio; Anna, 20, wife, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Md.; Sarah M., 10/12, born July, dau

[NI06591] 1910 OH census - Belmont Co, Bellaire (roll 1156) p 101A.

[NI06596] Social Security Records list an Ethel Klaas b Jan 1, 1909 d Jul 1971 in Florissant MO (issue state: MO). Could this be Ethel?
Also lists a John Klaas b May 12, 1907 d May 1978 in Bellaire OH (issue state: WV). This is most likely Ethel's husband.

[NI06609] Louis Boss's children were born in Brooklyn, came to Bellaire about 1925.

[NI06611] In the 1900 Ohio census, James & Bertha Boggs and family (Ernest and William) are in Cuyahoga Co, Cleveland Twp, Cleveland City (roll 1252, Book 2, p. 283). Aunt Bert's sister Minnie, age 20, is living with them. They are at 117 Lawrence Street, R1.

[NI06612] In 1900, Rebecca is the head of household (1900 OH census - Belmont Co - Smith Twp, Roll 1242, Book 1, p. 163), with her sons Clyde, age 24, and Howard L., age 22, living with her.

[NI06635] 1880 Ohio census - Nobel Co, Sharon Twp, taken June 10, 1880

[NI06640] 1860 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 937), PO Centerville, p. 318A, taken Sept. 14, 1860:
1843 Henry Weekley, 60, farmer, value of personal estate: 175, born Ohio; Mary, 52; Martin, 19; Catharine, 14; Sarah, 13; Maryann, 11
1844 Rachel Willis, 29, weaver, value of personal estate: 40; William W., 4; Mary E., 2; Sarah C., 6/12

1870 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Washington Twp, roll 1174, p. 449a, taken July 22nd:
Rachael Willis, 38, keeping house; Susan Biles, 31, helping sister; Joseph H., 11; Martha J., 11; Ithamer, 9; John M., 7; Lucy E., 4; Harry T. Willis, 4

Where is her husband John Willis in 1860 and 1870?

[NI06642] 1860 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 937), PO Centerville, p. 319B, taken Sept. 15, 1860:
Humphrey B. Weekly, 25, laborer, value of personal estate: 40, born Ohio; Nancy M., 30; Henry A., 3; John W., 1

1870 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 1174), PO Powhatan Point, p. 318A, enumerated June 13, 1870:
Umphrey B. Weekly, 37, farm laborer, born Ohio; Nancy M., 29, keeping house, born Penna.; Henry A., 12; John W., 11; Elsie A., 8; Eliza J., 7; George M., 5 [the first five children are listed as attending school]; William M., 3; Mary, 1.

1880 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 995), p. 354b, taken June 3 & 4:
Humphrey B. Weekly, 45, farmer, born Ohio; Nancy M., 39, wife, born Penn.; Henry A., 22, son, farmer, born Ohio; J.W., 20, son; Alez A., 19, dau; William, 14, son, farmer; Mary E., 12, dau; Eliza J., 17, dau; Hester M., 10, dau; James H., 8, son; Joshua M., 6, son; Luella N., 3, dau; Thomas J., 11/12, born June, son

[NI06646] I think this is the Sarah Weekly, age 31, listed as a servant in the household of John & Margaret Beckett in the 1880 Washington Twp, Belmont Co OH census.

[NI06648] 1870 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Richland Twp (roll 1174), p. 260a, taken June 9:
Levi Willis, 31, coal miner, born Ohio; Mary, 20; Alvina L., 2; William H., 2/12

1880 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 995), p. 361a, taken June 14:
Levi W. Willis, 41, mail carrier, born Ohio, parents born Md.
Susannah, 40, wife, born Ohio, father born Md., mother born Va.
Alfred L., 2, son
Orpha, 3/12, born Feb, dau
Joseph H. Biles, 21, stepson, farmer
Martha Jane, 20, stepdau
Ithamer, 19, stepson, farmer
John M., 17, stepson, farmer
Lacy E., 14, stepdau
Wm H. Willis, 10, son
Minnie, 8, dau
Edward, 6, son
Mary Weekly, 72, mother-in-law, born Va., parents born Va.
Henry, 20(?0, born Ohio

1900 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Washington Twp, roll 1242, p. 273a, taken June 14th & 16th:
Levi W. Willis, born Mar 1837, age 63, md. 23 yrs, born Ohio, parents born Maryland
Susan, wife, born Aug 1838, age 61, md. 23 yrs, 3 children, 3 living, born Ohio, father born Virginia, mother born Maryland
Orpha, dau, born Feb 1880, age 20
Opal E., dau, born May 1884, age 16

Did Levi marry Susannah Weekley? She's the one born 1838, but I have that Susannah married John Biles. (Just a household away from Levi and Susan Willis is John Biles born Sep 1863, age 36, and his wife Isabella born Dec 1871, age 28, md. 9 yrs, 3 children: son Thomas born June 1893, son Noel born Sep 1896, dau Lona L. born Sept 1899.)

1920 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Washington Twp (roll 1350), taken Jan. 9, 1920, p. 101a:
Levi W. Willis, 82, widowed, born Ohio, father born Maryland, mother born Ireland, no occupation
Opal, daughter, 35, single, born Ohio

[NI06649] This may be the John Woodburn whom Sarah Weekley married, since she married him in 1881, or it could be his son.
1870 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Washington Twp, roll 1174, p. 449a, taken July 22nd:
John Woodburn, 69, farmer, born Ohio; Martha, 58, born PA; Rose A., 27; Thomas W., 24; James G., 17; Martha J., 12

[NI06650] 1880 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Washington Twp, p. 478A:
Abram Penrose, 37, farmer, born OH, parents born MD; Catharine, wife, 36, born OH, parents born MD; Luther D., son, 3, born OH; mary E., dau, 1

1900 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Washington Twp, roll 1242, p. 273a, taken June 14th & 16th:
Abram Penrose born Oct 1841, age 58, md. 25 yrs, farm laborer; Catherine, wife, born May 1845, age 55, md. 25 yrs, 5 children all living; son Luther D. born May 1877, age 23; dau Maggie born Feb 1881, age 19; dau Dessa born Sep 1886, age 13

His parents could be Ephram & Elizabeth Penrose, in the 1850 Ohio census for Belmont Co, York Twp, p. 42b. Ephram was 28, Elizabeth 30, son Abraham 6.

[NI06654] 1880 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Washington Twp, p. 477C:
John H. Willis, 50, farmer, born PA, parents born MD; Rachel, 49, born OH, father born VA, mother born MD; William W., son, 23, laborer; Henry T., son, 14

1900 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Washington Twp, roll 1242, p. 274, taken June 15th:
John Willis, born Apr 1830, age 70, md. 45 yrs, born Ohio, father born Maryland, mother born Ireland; Rachel, wife, born Oct 1830, age 69, 4 children, 4 living, born Ohio, father born Maryland, mother born Ohio
next household: George Daugherty, born Feb 1855, age 45, md. 22 yrs, born Ohio, farmer; Mary, wife, born Apr 1858, age 42, 3 children, 3 living; Emma, dau, born June 1880, age 19; Lauren, son, born Apr 1883, age 17; Delbert, son, born Sep 1889, age 10
I'm guessing that John & Rachel's daughter Mary married George Daugherty.

[NI06659] Drafted from Bedford Co. PA, for Revolutionary Service Jan. 10, 1777. He served as a Private in the Bedford County Militia, under Captain Fisher and Colonel Piper. (source: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/w/h/e/Lon-Wheeler/GENE18-0006.html#CHILD12)

Bailey-Britton book, p. 116, the author says there were two Joseph Baileys, cousins, both married a Hannah (Hannah Newby, Hannah Fox), and they lived in the same community. As evidence that the Joseph Bailey who married Hannah Fox is a son of Carr, the author cites a deed, Bk 16 p 240, Oct. 5, 1805 between Joseph Bailey and Hannah (Fox) his wife, Minter Bailey and Nancy his wife, John Tomlin and Elizabeth (Betty Bailey) his wife, John Bailey and Francis (Jones) his wife, as the devisees and representatives of Carr Bailey decd.

1850 census Taylor Co WV
Dwell-614, family #619
Joseph Bailey, age 90, farmer, value of real estate 1,200, born MD
Letitia, age 66
Washington Price, age 25

next to Joseph is:
Dwell-615, family #619
Hamilton Bailey, age 27, farmer, value of real estate 1,000, born VA
Sarah, age 56
Eleanor, age 17

Will - Taylor Co WV dated Aug 1849
Lists wife Letitia, sons and daughters: John Bailey, Nancy Dillion, the son of Joseph Bailey, dec.; the heirs of Stephen Bailey, dec.; Rachel Powell, Eleanor Powell, George Bailey, Joel Bailey and Sarah Findley--to my youngest son, William Bailey.

CONFLICT: Donna Beers says Joseph Sr. m2 Letitia ? after 1832. She was born 1784 in Virginia. She says Joseph Jr. m2 Lettitia Taylor bef. 1807. She was born Sep 23, 1783 in Bucks Co PA. This may be the same Letitia - which Joseph did she marry? Apparently she was first married to Thomas Price.

Pension application: under Baley, made July 12, 1835 in Harrison Co VA.
DAR Patriot Index: Joseph Baley
DAR Lineage Book V.150, p. 93 #149290

[NI06660] 1880 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 995), p. 365b, taken June 18:
Sarah A. Helpbringer, 42, widow, born Ohio; Mary Irene, 12, dau; Emma A., 10, dau; John W., 7, son

[NI06663] WFT vol 28 #1972 has Mary Ellen Weekly b 1848 as a daughter of John Weekly and Catherine Beckett.

[NI06667] 1880 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 995), p. 358a, taken June 9:
James Weekly, 30, farmer, born Ohio; Rachel C., 21, wife, born Ohio; Thomas H., 3, son; Isoletta(?), 1, dau

[NI06695] 1880 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Washington Twp (roll 995), p. 471C:
William Perkins, 30, farmer, born OH; nancy, wife, 34; Alvin L., 7; Victor Pattie, 6

[NI06707] 1920 OH census - Stark Co, Canton, Ward 3 Precinct B, roll T625_1434, ED 37, p. 9A:
(213) Laurence Crowl, age 22
wife Flossie age 24
son Lowell age 3-10/12
dau Wilma age 1-11/12
(214) Charles Earl Haught, age 25, b WV father b OH mother b WV
wife Velma age 26
dau Helen age 6
son Dale age 2-6/12

[NI06708] 1880 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 995), p. 356a, taken June 7:
Joseph Blair, 27, R.R. laborer, born W.Va., father born Ohio?; Mary, 29, wife, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Md.; David A., 6, son; Malvina, 7/12, born Oct, dau

1910 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Washington Twp, ED 52 (image 6 of 31):
(59) John C. Ramsay, age 30, md 6 yrs, b OH
wife Vina age 30
(60) Joseph Blair, 58, md 38 yrs
wife Mary C. age 54, 4 children 2 living
(61) Alvan Blair, age 36, md 11 yrs
wife Rebecca age 31, 2 children 1 living
dau Lola age 10

1920 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Washington Twp (roll 1350), Armstrongs Precinct, taken Jan. 8, 1920, p. 100b:
54/55 Alvin Blair, head, 49, born Ohio, father born WV, mother born Ohio, occ: railroad foreman
Rebeca, wife, 44, born Ohio, parents born Ohio
Lola A., daughter, 20, single
(55/56 - Larence F. Gordon, 50, and wife Mary, 47)
56/57 Joseph B. Blair, head, 68, born WV, father born Ohio, mother born WV, occ: farmer - general farm
Mary C., wife, 69, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Maryland
John Ramsay, head, 40, born Ohio, parents born Ohio, occ: farm laborer
Melvina, wife, 40, born Ohio, father born WV, mother born Ohio

[NI06744] Dad says Jim Boggs worked on the Manhattan Project.

[NI06754] David's tree is on WFT vol 28 #1972.

[NI06757] Ginger and Gary lived in Bloomfield OH (near Warren) and both of their children were born in Warren. They now live in Sugar Hill GA. (Feb. 17, 2000 letter from Beverly Luscher)

[NI06758] Current address: John & Beverly Luscher, 413 Maxwell Ave., Steubenville OH 43952-2515, 704-282-2542.

[NI06764] Lima News, Monday, Jan. 19, 1976 -- Paul Marvin Heath
Paul Marvin Heath, 81, of 539 Cortlandt, died at 4 a.m. Sunday in St. Rita's Hospital. He was born Sept. 25, 1894, in Allen County. His wife, the former Vivian Aspinall, died March 25, 1969. He was a retired engineer after 50 years with the Pennsylvania Railroad, an Army veteran of World War I, a master mason of the Garrett Wykoff Lodge 585 F&AM, 32nd degree mason and a member of International Brotherhood of Engineers.
Heath is survived by several nieces and nephews.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Siferd Westwood Chapel, Rev. Roger Meredith officiating, with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 9 tonight and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.

[NI06771] 1850 PA census - Berks Co, Brecknock Twp (roll 754) p. 382:
Jacob Zerbe Jr., age 38, carpenter, 1000; Keziah Zerbe, 39; Mary A. Zerbe, 5; Susan Zerbe, 4; Sarah Zerbe, 1.

1860 PA census - Berks Co, Brecknock Twp (roll 1075), p. 127 (image 13 of 22), taken June 22:
Jacob Zerbe, 39, carpenter, value of real estate: 1,500, value of personal property: 863; Mary, 40; Sarah, 12; Catherine, 9; Sarah, 7; Elizabeth, 5; John, 2. Amanda isn't listed -- maybe she died in 1860 before the census was taken, rather than 1863 (info from Ruth Follette).

1870 PA census - Berks Co, Brecknock Twp (roll 1305), p. 119b, taken June 30:
Jacob Zerbe, 48, farmer; Cassy, 49; Sarah, 21; Cassy, 18; Eliza, 16; Henry, 5
I think this is their daughter Cassy again on p. 124b:
139/ 150 - John Gebhard, 64, farmer; Susanna, 61; John, 25, laborer; Daniel, 23, laborer; Catherine, 15; Cassy Zerbe, 18, domestic servant; (151) Catherine Gebhard, 82, house keeper; Catherine Gebhard, 56, house keeper

1880 PA census - Berks Co, Cumru Twp (roll 1099), p. 176B, taken June 11:
Jacob Zerbe, 59, carpenter; wife Catherine, 60. Next household is Catherine's brother Richard Remp.

1900 PA census - Berks Co, Cumru Twp (roll 1376), p. 194, taken June 11:
Jacob Zerbe born Mar 1821 age 79, md. 60 yrs; wife Catharine born Mar 1820 age 80, 9 children, 3 living; Cora Kramer, granddau, born Aug 1881 age 18. Next household is Cassie's brother Richard Remp.

[NI06772] 1880 PA census - Lancaster Co, Brecknock Twp (roll 1140), p. 33B, taken June 22:
Joseph Zerbe [indexed Zeebe], 56, farmer; wife Susanna, 61; son Joseph, 20; dau Susanna, 17; son Samuel, 15

1900 PA census - Lancaster Co, Brecknock Twp (roll 1422), p. 16a, taken June 6:
Joseph Zerbe born Sept 1823 age 76, md. 50 yrs, farmer; wife Susan born Apr 1819 age 81, 0 children; Katie Eshelman, servant, born Feb 1885 age 15, house servant

[NI06775] It's possible that the John Hoffert in the 1870 PA census for Berks Co, Brecknock Twp (roll 1305), p. 119a, taken June 29, is a brother to Christina:
John Hoffert, 64, farmer; Sarah, 55; John, 20; Nelson, 18; Justina, 15; John Griffith, 10; Cassy, 12
This is the area where the Zerbes lived, as several of the names are those listed in the 1863 court petition after Jacob Zerbe died. Later in the census (p. 125a), there is the family of Moses Hoffert, 30 (household 159) (he married Sarah Mosser, age 32 in the 1870 census), then Elizabeth Hoffert, 84 (household 160) - Elizabeth could be Christina's mother.
(From ancestry.com:) Nelson Hoffert born April 25, 1851, md. Elizabeth Zerbe, children: Louisa Hoffert b. Apr 12, 1877, Debbie Agnes Hoffert b. Aug 20, 1884, John Jacob Hoffert b. Oct 10, 1887.

Same thing in 1860 PA census - Berks Co, Brecknock Twp (roll 1075), p. 127 (image 13 of 22), taken June 22:
John Hufford, 54, farmer; Sarah, 47; Catherine, 21; Susan, 15; John, 11; Nelson, 9; Catherine, 8; (next page) Justena, 6

variants: Huffert, Hufford, Hofferd

[NI06776] 1860 PA census - Berks Co, Cumru Twp (image 37 of 56):
Daniel White, 47, farmer; Susan, 44; Henry, 17; Susan, 11; Aaron, 2; Catharine, 14

1870 PA census - Berks Co, Cumru Twp (roll 1305), p. 190b (image 16 of 67), taken July 13:
Daniel White, 55, farmer; Susan, 53; Aaron, 21; Susan, 13

1880 PA census - Berks Co, Cumru Twp (roll 1099), p. 173C (image of ), taken June 8:
170/ 185 - Henry Z. White, 38, laborer; wife Elizabeth, 35; dau Hannah, 9; dau Lydia H., 6; son Howard H., 3; dau Lizzie H., 2/12
171/ 186 - Daniel White, 66, farming; wife Susanna, 64
Previous household is Samuel Messner, 31, and his wife Susanna, 23 - she is possibly Susanna White.

1900 PA census - Berks Co, Cumru Twp (roll 1376), Angelica, p. 186, taken June 2:
Susanna White born May 1817 age 83, widowed, 6 children, 4 living

[NI06777] 1860 PA census - Berks Co, Brecknock Twp (roll 1075), p. 128 (image 14 of 22), taken June 22:
Isaac Feterling, 45, farmer; Magdeline, 45; Samuel, 12; Matty, 10; Anna, 8; Elbina, 6; Catherine, 3
On p. 126, just above Jacob & Susan Zerbe , is Daniel Feterling, 49, farmer; Mary, 46; Sarah, 21; Samuel, 19; Uriah, 16; Daniel, 7; Susan, 5. It doesn't really look like Feterling - looks like Hiterling. Previous household on same page: Joseph Fiterling, 52, farmer; Elizabeth, 52; Henry, 13; Beneville Feterling, 26, laborer; Mary, 22; Emeline, 1.

[NI06778] 1850 PA census - Lancaster Co, East Cocalico Twp (roll 789), p. 347, taken Sept. 3 [indexed as Lansh]:
Jacob Laush, 46, farmer; Sarah, 38; Susannah, 18; Catharine, 16; Henry, 14; Sarah, 12; Jacob, 9; John Douerich, 7

1860 PA census - Lancaster Co, East Cocalico Twp (roll 1124), p. 245 (image 27 of 49), taken June 9:
Jacob Laush, 55, farmer; Sarah, 46; Jacob, 18; Solomon, 7; Maria Messner, 12, serving

[NI06779] 1860 PA census - Lancaster Co, East Cocalico Twp (roll 1124), p. 254 (image 36 of 49), taken June 13

[NI06781] 1850 PA census - Berks Co - Brecknock Twp (roll 754), p. 377

1860 PA census - Berks Co, Brecknock Twp (roll 1075), p. 127 (image 13 of 22), taken June 22 [right after Jacob & Susanna Zerbe's household]:
Benjamin Remp, age 73, farmer, value of real estate: 4,000; value of personal property: 848
next household is Elijah Remp, age 30 -- probably a grandson of Benjamin; then household of Jacob and Mary Zerbe (Mary Catharine "Cassie" Remp, dau. of Benjamin)

1870 PA census - Berks Co, Brecknock Twp (roll 1305), p. 119b, taken June 30:
55/ 61 Benjamin Remp, 83, retired farmer; Hannah Blankenbiler, 30, domestic servant; Anna, 9; Elizabeth, 7; Frances, 5
55/ 62 David (Blankenbiler?), 64, farmer; Elizabeth, 58; William, 33; Samuel, 23; Joseph, 14
Previous household is Benjamin's daughter Cassy and her husband Jacob Zerbe.

[NI06786] 1880 PA census - Berks Co, Brecknock Twp (roll 1099), p. 103D, taken June 7 & 8:
Joseph Bealer, 35, farmer; wife Mary, 35; son Samuel, 14, works on farm; dau Sarah E., 10; son Charles, 5; son John, 9/12, born Aug; Joseph Sen., 78, father, widowed, boarder

[NI06789] 1880 PA census - Berks Co, Brecknock Twp (roll 1099), p. 108B (image 14 of 20), taken June 22:
Samuel Geriley, 35, farmer; wife Sarah, 31; Henrietta Remp, 13, adopted; Henry Remp, 13, servant
Next household: Sarah Hertz, 69, widowed

[NI06797] 1880 PA census - Lancaster Co, Adamstown (roll 1140), p. 66A, taken June 16:
John Zerbe, 30, carpenter; wife Chest, 26; son J. Wallace, 6; dau Sallie, 4; son John J., 5/12 born Jan

[NI06798] This is probably the Jacob Zerbe, age 25, listed as a boarder in the household of George Fetter, 1880 OH Allen Co, Bath Twp, occ: house carpenter, b. Penn. He was a nephew of Samuel Clinton Zerbe, and was possibly apprenticing with Samuel.

1900 PA census - Lancaster Co, Brecknock Twp (roll 1422), p. 16, taken June 5:
Jacob Zerbe born Apr 1853 age 47, md. 10 yrs, farmer; wife Maria born Oct 1870 age 29, 5 children; dau Ellie M. born Sept 1890 age 9; dau Prudence E. born Mar 1892 age 8; son Roswyn M. born Mar 1894 age 6; dau Luella H. born Feb 1896 age 4; (cont. next page) son Solomon J. Zerbe born June 1898 age 1

[NI06800] 1880 PA census - Lancaster Co, Brecknock Twp (roll 1140), p. 34D, taken June 23:
Daniel Zerbe, 21, carpenter; wife Sarah, 21; dau Elisa, 3

1900 PA census - Lancaster Co, Brecknock Twp (roll 1422), p. 19a, taken June 11:
Daniel Zerbe born Aug 1857 age 42, md. 20 yrs, carpenter; wife Sarah born Jan 1858 age 42, 12 children, 11 living; son Harry born Feb 1884 age 16; son Martin born May 1886 age 14; dau Ellen born Mar 1887 age 13; son William born Mar 1889 age 11; dau Hallie born June 1891 age 8, dau Emma born Mar 1893 age 7; dau Carrie born Dec 1894 age 5; dau Nora born Sept 1896 age 3; son Howard born Nov 1898 age 1

[NI06801] 1900 PA census - Lancaster Co, Brecknock Twp (roll 1422), p. 17, taken June 7:
Joseph Zerbe born Aug 1859 age 40, md. 10 yrs, carpenter; wife Amanda born June 1869 age 30, 5 children, 4 living; (cont. on next page) son Raymond E. Zerbe born Feb 1891 age 9; dau Daisy M. born June 1893 age 6; dau Francis F. born Sept 1894 age 5; son Joseph P. born Mar 1897 age 3

[NI06803] 1900 PA census - Lancaster Co, Brecknock Twp (roll 1422), p. 17, taken June 7:
Samuel L. Zerbe born Apr 1865 age 35, md. 14 yrs, carpenter; wife Kate born Apr 1869 age 31, 4 children; son Phineas born Mar 1891 age 9; dau Elma (Etna?) born Aug 1892 age 7; dau Alice born Nov 1895 age 4; son Clarence born Apr 1898 age 2

[NI06804] Her parents may be Daniel & Susan Brendle in the 1880 PA census - Lancaster Co, Brecknock Twp (roll 1140), p. 34C, taken June 22:
Daniel Brendle, 62, farmer; wife Susan, 59
A brother may be Esiais, age 37 in the 1880 census, p. 34D. Or Harrison Brendle born Mar 1853.

[NI06806] In the 1870 PA census for Exeter Twp, Berks Co PA, PO Douglassville, taken July 11, Clement Kessler, 13, is in the household of William Sweitzer, 65, retired farmer, and his wife Sarah, 60, and Sarah, 16. Maybe Clement's mother was a Sweitzer.

1880 PA census - Berks Co, Exeter (roll 1099), p. 249A, taken June 7:
Clemet Kessler, 24, carpenter; wife Lydia, 24; dau Alice, 1

[NI06813] 1900 PA census - Lancaster Co, Brecknock Twp (roll 1422), p. 16a, taken June 6:
John Frankhouser born June 1862 age 37, md. 18 yrs, farmer; wife Susan born Jan 1863 age 37, 7 children; dau Cora born Feb 1885 age 15; dau Annie born Sept 1886 age 13; dau Francis born Feb 1889 age 11; dau Emma born Feb 1891 age 9; dau Carrie born Feb 1893 age 7; son John born Mar 1895 age 5; dau Gertrude born May 1899 age 1

[NI06814] 1880 PA census - Lancaster Co, Brecknock Twp (roll 1140), p. 28D, taken June 14:
Peter [indexed Porter] Frankhouser, 40, farm laborer; wife Elisabeth, 35; son Harrison, 12; dau Eliza, 9; son Harvey, 6

[NI06818] 1880 PA census - Lancaster Co, East Cocalico Twp (roll 1140), p. 51D, taken June 17:
Abraham Trostle, 63, widowed, laborer - same page as daughter Mary & Isaac Zerbe

[NI06821] 1880 PA census - Lancaster Co, East Cocalico Twp (roll 1140), p. 36B, taken June 1:
Abraham Zerbe, 24, carpenter; wife Amanda, 18; dau Mahala, 3; dau Agnes, 2; son Emerick born Sept 1879

1900 PA census - Lancaster Co, Brecknock Twp (roll 1422), p. 21, taken June 12:
Abraham Zerbe born Sept 1855 age 44, md. 22 yrs, farmer; wife Amanda born Feb 1858 age 41, 5 children; dau Agnes born June 1878 age 21; son Emrick born Aug 1879 age 20; son Abraham born June 1890 age 9; dau Lily born Feb 1893 age 7

[NI06822] 1900 PA census - Lancaster Co, Brecknock Twp (roll 1422), p. 30b, taken June 26:
William Zerbe born July 1857 age 42, md. 21 yrs, farmer; wife Ellen born June 1857 age 42, 11 children, 9 living; son Harvey born Nov 1878 age 21, carpenter; son Theodore born Feb 1881 age 19; dau Mary born Sept 1883 age 16; son John born Mar 1887 age 13; son Charles born Feb 1892 age 8; son Elmer born Apr 1893 age 7; son Howard born July 1894 age 5; dau Emma born Mar 1897 age 3; son Luther born July 1899 age 10/12

[NI06823] 1880 PA census - Lancaster Co, East Cocalico Twp (roll 1140), p. 51C, taken June 17:
Henry Lesher, 63, farmer; wife Rebecca, 46; son George, 14, laborer; dau Mary,16; dau Ida, 10; son Augustus, 6; Isaac Zerbe, 20, servant, md. during current year

1900 PA census - Lancaster Co, East Cocalico (roll 1423), p. 302, taken June 5:
Isaac Zerbe born Oct 1859 age 40, md. 20 yrs, farmer; wife Annie born July 1860 age 39, 2 children; son Paul born Jan 1889 age 11, farm laborer; Ruben B. Fry, father-in-law, born May 1833 age 67, md. 42 yrs; Kate, mother-in-law, born Oct 1837 age 62, 2 children, 1 living

[NI06826] 1900 PA census - Lancaster Co, Brecknock Twp (roll 1422), p. 18, taken June 8:
Samuel T. Zerbe born June 1868 age 31, md. 11 yrs, farmer; wife Amanda born Jan 1867 age 33, 4 children, 3 living; son Martin born Apr 1889 age 10; son Henry born Dec 1891 age 8; dau Mabel born Sept 1893 age 6; Solomon Coldren, servant, born Feb 1879 age 21

[NI06828] 1880 PA census - Lancaster Co, Voganville (roll 1140), p. 195C, taken June 17:
Henry Siverling, 32, laborer; wife Sarah, 28; dau Kate, 8; dau Ida, 4; dau Lizzie, 2; dau Annie born Dec 1879
Next household is Henry's brother Daniel, age 25.

[NI06832] 1910 OH census - Allen Co, Jackson Twp (image 13):
Robert Watt age 27, md 5 yrs
wife Lena A. age 24, 2 children 1 living
dau Sarah M. age 1/12
There were at least two other Robert Watts in Jackson Twp in this census.

[NI06840] His descendant, Rev. Dr. Mark Houshower, was dean of Bluffton College and now pastors Emmanuel U.C.C., RFD Bluffton. (DJ)

1880 PA census - Berks Co, Brecknock Twp (roll 1099), p. 109C, taken June 27:
Jefferson Hoshauor, 17, servant, in household of Isaac Kramer, 57, farmer; wife Elizabeth, 46; dau Emma B., 17; dau Sally E., 14; dau Kasie A., 11; son Isaac A., 8

[NI06841] 1870 PA census - Berks Co, Brecknock Twp (roll 1305), p. 122b (image 14 of 23), taken July 2:
Jacob Hoshauer, 43, laborer; Henrietta, 33; Lucetta 9, Jefferson 6, Jacob 4

[NI06845] 1900 PA census - Lancaster Co, Brecknock Twp (roll 1422), p. 18, taken June 8:
Michael Weinhold born Nov 1832 age 67, md. 40 yrs, farmer; wife Louisa born June 1837 age 62, 7 children, 4 living; son Martin born Oct 1870 age 29, widowed, pumpmaker; Harry, grandson, born Aug 1892 age 7; Charles, grandson, born Feb 1898 age 2

[NI06849] From Dick Jordan: Margaret was for years an elevator operator in the National Bank Building, 43-53 Public Square, Lima, where Dick worked for Dun & Bradstreet in that building.

[NI06857] Rev War - Capt. Rheim's Company. Name is listed as Peter Switzel. Also in this company: George Grumling [Gramling], John Zerben [Zerbe].

Schweitzer genforum post by Richard K. Konkel, May 10, 2002:
There is some additional information on Peter Schweitzer who died in 1798 in Brecknock Township, Berks County, PA. I believe that he is the son of an Andreas Schweitzer who died about 1772 in neighboring Brecknock Township, Lancaster County. Andreas Schweitzer left a German language will. He must have been a widower, as no wife is named. He names sons Peter, Melchior and Frederick (there may be others I am doing this from memory).
Peter's wife was Elisabeth Hoschar, not Heffelfinger. Her German tombstone still stands in the church yard of Alleghenyville Lutheran Church in Brecknock Township. The stone reads "Elisabeth Schweitzer, nee Hoschauer, wife of Peter Schweitzer, born March 1741, died 15 Dec 1838 age 97 years."
Elisabeth was the daughter of Johann Theobald Hoschar and wife Anna Barbara Wieder who emigrated from Altwiller, Sarre-Union, Lorraine, France in 1749 on the Ship Phoenix. Details of their family are given in Annette Kunselman Burgert's "Eighteenth Century Emigrants from the Northern Alsace to America."
I descend from Peter Schweitzer and Elisabeth Hoschar's daughter Elizabeth who married George Weidner.

[NI06858] Adam Gramlin appears on a list of persons living in Pa. placed on the pension rolls under an act of Congress dated Mar 18, 1818.

His name may have been George Adam Gramling - 28 Mar 1780 Adam Gramling baptised, son of Gorg & Elisabeth, dau. of Joh. Servi or Zerbe. There is a George Gramling located in Hamburg Twp, Berks Co in the 1830 census.

Military: As a resident of Berks Co, he enlisted Jul 4, 1776 as a private in Capt. Ludwig's company, Col. Haller's Regt. of the Flying Camp and served in battles of Long Island and White Plains; discharged Jan 5, 1777. In spring 1778, enlisted and served one year in Capt. Meng's Co., Col. Benjamin Flower's Regt of Artillery Artificers; discharged Apr 3, 1779. (Gramling-Hornberger Genealogy, by Helen Harpham Riesterer, Lucille Samsel Stowell, 1983, p. 4)

[NI06878] 1850 PA census - Berks Co - Brecknock Twp (roll 754), p. 377b

[NI06879] 1900 OH census - Allen Co - Jackson Twp (roll 1236) p. 78:
165 / 173 Elija Helser b Oct 1815 age 84, md 59 yrs, b OH, parents b VA; farmer
wife Eliza b Nov 1822 age 77, 9 children 5 living; b OH, parents b VA
(165) / 174 George Helser b Oct 1866 age 33, md 9 yrs; b OH, parents b OH; farmer
wife Verda b Apr 1870 age 30, 0 children, b OH, parents b OH

167 / 176 Louis Helser b Apr 1874 age 26, md 1 yr; b OH, parents b OH; farmer
wife Ethel b Jan 1878 age 22, 1 child; b OH, parents b OH

[NI06901] 1910 OH census - Allen Co, Jackson Twp, ED 8 (image 12):
Gilb J Helser age 64, md 44 yrs, b OH parents b OH
wife Sarah age 66, 3 children 2 living
son Charles age 42, single
There are a number of Long families in this area - probably related to Sarah.

[NI06902] Rev War - Capt. Rheim's Company. Name is listed as John Zerben. Peter Switzel. Also in this company: George Grumling [Gramling], Peter Switzel [Schweitzer].

From Blue Book, p. 288: John Zerbe, of Cumru Township. John Zerbe (John the m., Lorentz) b. bet. 1735 and '38; wf., Catharine. He died during 1805, his will being probated April 8, 1805. (There are no death records in the Angelica church before 1850.) John Zerbe and wf. Catharine and brother Jonathan and sister Susanna, single, came to Cumru Township about 1760 and took up land about eight miles from Reading, on the Lancaster road, several miles from the Lancaster County line, on Allegheny Creek, near the line now dividing Cumru and Brecknock Townships. (It will be noted that there are three millers named John Zerbe, of the second, third and fourth generations.)
John and Jonathan Zerbe bought land in Cumru Township, March 4, 1764 (Deed Book 7, p. 4, Berks County). April 1, 1777, Jonathan Zerbe deeded 50 acres of land to John Zerbe; March 18, 1777, John and Jonathan Zerbe sold the land, 210 acres and allowances, to George Plankenbiller (Deed Book 7, p. 5).
George(1) Kohl m. Eva, da. of John Zerbe; he kept the Angelica hotel and here John Zerbe and wife died. John Zerbe, a miller, built the old mill, part of which is still standing near the addition built by George(2) Kohl.
The children of John and Catharine Zerbe were: Eva, wf. of George Kohl; Jacob, John, David, Elizabeth, Anna Maria, b. January 12, 1783; Susanna Christina, b. March 25, 1776.
The heirs are mentioned in his will. (Abstract of Berks County Wills, Vol. 2, 1798-1825, Gen. Soc., Phila.)

Zerbe, John, Cumru. Aug 31, 1801 - Apr 8, 1805. Provides for wife Catharine. Plantation in Cumru, 99 acres, to be sold and children inherit equally. Mentions children of son John deceased and dau. Elizabeth deceased, others not named. Exrs: Wife Catharine and son Jacob. Wits: John Bear and Daniel Greiner.

[NI06910] History of Perry County (Thorn Township), p 423:
He was brought up on a farm, and came to this township soon after his marriage, where he remained 1- 1/2 years, and then went to Indiana and remained about 13-1/2 years in Huntington and Kosciusko counties. At the end of this time he again returned to this township, where he has resided since.

[NI06913] http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/m/e/r/Trish--Merow/GENE1-0012.html - says Elizabeth Pye was the daughter of Anthony Pye and Elizabeth Tretheway, born abt 1559.

[NI06920] Thomas Burgess was enrolled to bear arms in 1643, when he was about 16 years old. He served as town constable in 1654. He subscribed to repair the meetinghouse, and to support the minister in 1657. In 1661 he left Plymouth Colony and moved to Newport. He was admitted as a freeman in the Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, and served as grand juror in 1667. (http://opus.autoroute.net/~cfoisy/book.htm#7580)

[NI06980] Thomas Prence arrived at Plymouth on Nov. 21, 1621 on the ship "Fortune." He was later Governor of Plymouth Colony.

[NI07040] Shaw's data from Savage: Dictionary of New England, and Windsor: History of Duxbury MA.

[NI07050] Robert Hicks arrived at Plymouth Nov. 9, 1621 (just a few weeks after the first Thanksgiving) on the ship "Fortune." His wife and children arrived two years later on the ship "Anne."

from http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/t/a/t/Nettie--Tatum/GENE0001-0019.html:
sources: Pope's Pioneers of Massachusetts, Plymouth Colony - Its History and People 1620-1691, R.G. Rider - The American Genealogist, vol 54 pp 31-34.

Included in Robert Hicks' will were Margaret (wife), Samuel (son), Ephraim (son), John Bangs (grandson), John Watson, and a number of friends in the Plymouth community.

http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/p/a/y/Thomas-C-Payne/GENE4-0013.html:
Notes for Robert Hicks:
Mr. Hicks was a fellmonger (dealer in hides and leather) in Plymouth, became a merchant there.

[NI07051] from http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/t/a/t/Nettie--Tatum/GENE0001-0019.html:
Margaret arrived at Plymouth on the "Anne"; accompanying her were: Samuel (son), Lydia Doane (daughter-in-law), and Thomas Hicks (brother-in-law).

July 8, 1655, the widow Margaret Hicks of Plymouth named her Samuel (son), Lydia Hicks (daughter-in-law) and their seven children, John Bangs (grandson), the children of Phebe Watson (daughter-then deceased) as heirs.

[NI07075] This is possibly a brother to our Nancy Emerson born 1782. Thomas's son names a son Levi.

[NI07124] Erma Raines (thunderstruck@parlorcity.com) is researching this line for her boss.

[NI07125] Only one Frank Crowl comes up on the familysearch site 1880 census index. I think it's the right one - remember that the 1894 proceedings for John T. Beckett puts Caroline Wade in Dupont OH.
1880 Ohio census - Putnam Co, Dupont, p. 331B:
Henry Crowl, 45, blacksmith, born OH, father born PA, mother born OH
Rebecca, wife, 40, born OH, parents born NY
Sylvinia, dau, 22, born OH, at home; Ida R., dau, 20, at home; Lewis, son, 17, laborer; William, son, 15, at school; Frank, son, 10, at school; Stella, dau, 8, at school; Bertha, dau, 3, at home

[NI07147] I haven't conclusively shown a relationship between John Tyler and Rachel. Rachel was born about 1788. There is a record of the marriage of John Tyler and Catharine Harrison in Maryland Marriages 1778-1800 (F180.B383), p 233, Frederick Co: Dr. John Tyler m Apr 18, 1787 Catharine Harrison. This was taken from Frederick County Marriage Licenses, 1778-1800, copied from the originals at the courthouse, and published in the DAR Magazine, vol 85.

In 1790 (1790 Maryland census, p 68), Dr. John Tyler had in his household 1 male (himself), 3 females (his wife and 2 daughters?), and 4 slaves. There is also in Frederick Co. (p 69) William Beckett with 2 males (himself and a son over 16 years), 3 sons under 16 years, and 3 females (his wife and 2 daughters). I believe this William is Humphrey's father.

So we have a marriage record of John Tyler and Catharine Harrison in 1787 in Frederick MD, and in 1790 John Tyler is listed with his wife and 2 daughters (that's my assumption), one of whom could be Rachel. John and Catharine are buried in the cemetery at All Saint's Protestant Episcopal Church in Frederick. I have been unable as yet to find a birth record for Rachel or her sister.

John Tyler was born in Prince George's Co MD. He came to Fredericktown prior to 1798 and established a medical practice there. In 1798 his younger brother William moved to Fredericktown and, after finishing his education, studied medicine under his brother. There is a paragraph on Dr. John Tyler in the History of Frederick County MD, p 563, which closes with "he died unmarried." This is obviously an error, as the death date given is the same as that of Dr. John Tyler in the All Saint's Parish records, which records also contain the death of Catharine Tyler, wife of Dr. John Tyler. [include paragraph] According to this history, he was the first oculist in America.

His tombstone is inscribed: "To the memory of John Tyler, a distinguished Physician and Surgeon, who was born on the 29th of June 1763 and died Oct 15, 1841." Catharine's inscription: "Catharine Contee, wife of Dr. John Tyler died Sep 17, 1831 aged 61 years. This tribute to worth and virtue is erected by her affectionate and afflicted husband."

Not sure about this Contee - marriage record says Catharine Harrison. But there was a Contee in PG Co:
Surnames: BROOKE, CONTEE, SNOWDEN
Researcher: Barbara Prestridge
Email: webmaster@prestridge.com
Personal Web Page: http://www.prestridge.com/gene/
Date posted: Sunday, September 27, 1998
Looking for others researching Alexander CONTEE, b 1693 in Barnstable, Eng, d 1740 in Prince George Co., MD. He married Jane BROOKE. Their son, John CONTEE m Margaret SNOWDEN and had a dau Elizabeth who m James KEITH, Jr. in Virginia.

[NI07148] Her tombstone is inscribed: "Catharine Contee, wife of Dr. John Tyler died Sep 17, 1831 aged 61 years. This tribute to worth and virtue is erected by her affectionate and afflicted husband."

[NI07153] In 1880, Dan's nephew Jesse B. Hadsell, age 10, is in their household. Jesse's father Lemuel died in 1876 and his mother died in 1877. His sister Lucy O. is listed in the household of their father's uncle, George M. Hadsell.

1860 census for Bath Twp, Allen Co OH, p. 410: Dan Hadsell, 25, farmer, value of real estate: 1500, value of personal property: 430; Catharine, 26; Joseph, 4; Mary, 4. Dan is listed near his brother Lemuel.

1870 census for Bath Twp, Allen Co OH, p. 316: Dan Hadsell, 35; Catharine, 36; Milo J., 14; Mary J., 12; Laura J., 9; Idella D., 7; Delbert O., 3. In 1870, Dan is listed on the same page as his brother Lemuel and his uncle George.

[NI07154] Other children might be Allie M. (dau), b abt 1868, and Ira L. b abt 1861. They are listed as niece and nephew in the household of Isaac E. Thair and his wife Martha M.

1860 census for Bath Twp, Allen Co OH, p. 410: L. Hadsell, 23, farmer, value of real estate: 2500, value of personal property: 340; Margaret, 20; Clara, 2; A., 5/12. Lemuel is listed near his brother Dan.

1870 census for Bath Twp, Allen Co OH, p. 316: Lemuel Hadsell, 32, born Mass.; Margaret, 31; Classy W., 12; Arba S., 10; Ira C., 8; Frances C., 5; Alla M., 2; Jessie, 8/12. In 1870, Lemuel is listed on the same page as his brother Dan and his uncle George.

[NI07177] Dr. Enoch Root was a Captain in the Revolutionary War. Lydiam his 6th daughter, married Daniel Hadsell and all their descendants are eligible for membership in the DAR and SAR. (Hadsell-Hodsoll p. 160)

[NI07178] WFT vol. 70 #544 has a Hannah Cory b. Jan 29, 1735/36 Plainfield, Windham Co CT, md Sep 17, 1754 Plainfield, Windham CT Oliver Kingsbury b. Sep 2, 1732 Plainfield, Windham CT d. Nov 27, 1760 Hartford CT. Hannah is daughter of Joseph & Jerusha Cory. Is it possible this Hannah Cory m2 Enoch Root?

[NI07203] Inventory of Caleb Sr's estate is in the Early Connecticut Probate Records, volume 2, pages 281-282.

[NI07205] John was in the 1670 cenus for Connecticut, freeman, 1669.

[NI07206] Mary Kilbourne came over on the ship Increase in 1635.

[NI07214] Was noted as a giant in Farmington CT; was 6 feet 6 inches tall, a runner and wrestler; was never outrun except once by an Indian. Fought in the Indian War.

[NI07216] The town of Badby, the home of John Roote in North Hamptonshire, England, was a village of 86 houses, exclusive of innships, the courthouse, Roots-house, and Burchill-house. At the time that John and Thomas Roote of Hartford and North Hamptonshire emigrated from Badby, Charles I was King of
England. This was the time that the civil war was brewing in England -- about 1637.

[NI07238] 1820 Ohio census, Tuscarawas Co, Warren Twp, p. 171:
George Moringer: 3 males <10, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 26-44; 3 females <10, 3 females 10-15, 1 female 26-44.

George Monninger appears on the 1816 tax list. The original proprietor of his land was Daniel Shuster.

[NI07244] 1820 Ohio census, Tuscarawas Co, Warren Twp, p. 170:
Henry Mackaman: 2 males <10, 1 male 10-15, (1 male 16-18), 1 male 16-25, 1 male 26-44; 3 females under 10, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 16-25, 1 female 26-44.
Adam Mackaman (p. 171): 1 male 16-25, 1 male 26-44; 1 female 10-15, 1 female 26-44.

[NI07246] 1820 Ohio census, Tuscarawas Co, Warren Twp, p. 171:
George Trussel: 4 males <10, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 26-44, 2 females 10-15, 1 female 26-44.
Henry Trussel: 3 males <10, 1 male 26-44, 3 females <10, 2 females 10-15, 1 female 45>

I would guess Henry and George are brothers. George Tressel also appears on the 1816 tax list.

[NI07248] 1820 Ohio census, Tuscarawas Co, Warren Twp, p. 171:
Adam Mackaman: 1 male 16-25, 1 male 26-44; 1 female 10-15, 1 female 26-44.
Henry Mackaman (p. 170): 2 males <10, 1 male 10-15, (1 male 16-18), 1 male 16-25, 1 male 26-44; 3 females under 10, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 16-25, 1 female 26-44.

[NI07254] In the History of Hardin County, Liberty Twp pioneers: Samuel Wingate, 1838. Elizabeth (Wingate) and her husband John Shuster are also listed, 1834. I am assuming Samuel and Elizabeth are siblings.

[NI07255] Shuster GenForum says she married Charles W. Goucher in 1855.

[NI07256] In 1900 John and his second wife Sarah were living in Jackson Twp, Allen Co OH (1900 OH census - Allen Co, Jackson Twp p. 80). According to the census, John's father was born in Penn. and his mother in Delaware.

[NI07263] 1850 OH Perry Co - Thorn Twp, Oct 1850
Jacob Hesler ... age 30 ... b OH (abt 1820) ... carpenter
Nancy ... 23
Lucinda ... 4
Leonard ... 2/12 ... b Aug 1850
Jacob Leckrone ... 16 ... carpenter

David (age 25) & Sarah Leckrone lived in the next household.

David Leckrone is probably Daniel Leckrone, b Feb 14, 1827 d 1908 Perry Co OH, m Mar 18, 1847 Sarah Shrider 1828-1902. Daniel was a son of John Leckrone and his second wife Nancy Mumma. A daughter of John Leckrone by his first marriage was Catharine who married Jacob's brother Solomon Helser. Jacob Leckrone, in the household of Jacob and Lucinda, above, was born June 1, 1833, a son of John Leckrone by his third wife Nancy Franks. (source: Genealogy of the George Muma Family, Westmoreland Co PA, p. 156)

NOTE: John and Nancy (Mumma) Leckrone had a daughter Nancy born June 29, 1828. Was Jacob's wife actually Nancy Leckrone? I don't think so, as the marriage record is for Jacob Helser and Nancy Eversole, and the Perry County history says she was an Eversole. I include this note as a possibility that Nancy Leckrone married first an Eversole who died young and then married Jacob Helser.

[NI07264] "History of Fairfield and Perry Counties, Ohio" (1883) - http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~tfisher/fairfield_perry_history.htm:
Her father is not John Eversole b 1808 but possibly another son of Peter Eversole, a native of Lancaster Co PA who emigrated to Ohio a few years prior to the birth of his son John. Peter came to Hopewell Twp, Perry County when John was six years old, and settled on sections one and twelve in 1814. ... Peter died at the age of 87, his wife having preceded him to the land of rest at the age of 69 years. They were German Baptists in belief.

There is a Nancy A. Helser in the Ohio Death Certificate Index, Perry Co, died 11-1-1915, Vol. 1786 Cert. #62507.

[NI07266] 1870 Pennsylvania census - Crawford Co, Beaver Twp (roll 1330), PO Conneautville, p. 25A, enumerated July 19, 1870:
Andrew Graham, 40, farmer, value of real estate: 3000, of personal estate: 1000, born Penna.
Ann Eliza, 35, keeping house, born New York
Sarah A., 12, attending school, born Penna.
(cont. on next page, 25B) Albert, 10
Rosa B., 8
Wilbert, 6
John F., 3
Grant, 2/12

1880 Pennsylvania census - Crawford Co, Conneaut Twp, Village of Pennline, enumerated July 2, 1880, p. 32, dwelling 362:
Andrew Graham age 51, blacksmith, born [abt 1829] PA, father & mother born PA
Anelisa (?) age 45, born [abt 1835] NY, father & mother born NY
Albert H. age 20 [b abt 1860]
Wilbert H. age 16 [b abt 1864]
J----- [couldn't make out] age 10 (son) [b abt 1870]
Truman age 7 [b abt 1873]
Emma age 5 [b abt 1875]

I have been unable to find out anything about this family other than what I have found in census records. Need to pay a visit to Pennline and see if I can't find where Andrew and Anelisa are buried.

[NI07270] In the 1880 census, the name looked like J---- Graham, age 10 - I couldn't make out the name. In the 1900 census there is a Grant G. Graham, b Mar 1870, several households from James & Emma (Graham) Lillie. I am making the guess that this is the son of Andrew & Anelisa.

1900 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Conneaut Twp (roll 1238), p. 207, taken June 9:
Grant G. Graham born Mar 1870 age 30, md. 6 yrs, born Penn, parents born Penn, occ: day laborer; wife Nellie A. born Mar 1869 age 31, md. 6 yrs, 1 child, born Ohio, parents born Ohio; son Oakley H. born Sept 1896 age 3, born Ohio

[NI07271] 1900 OH census - Ashtabula Co, Dorset (roll 1238) bk 2 p 39 - there is writing over the name, but it looks like Truman. He was born Sep 1872 in PA, father born PA, mother b NY, so that all fits with the info in the 1880 census. I can't quite read the names of the two daughters - looks like Glenda and Lula but I could be mistaken.

SSDI has a Truman Graham b Feb 7, 1910 d Apr 1974 Erie PA - might this be a son of Truman & Emma?

[NI07272] Perry County OH Will Abstracts 1818-1851: Helser, David. Dated March 9, 1835 (proved April 18, 1835). Wife not named. Children: John, Elizabeth, Margaret, David, Sally, George, Solomon, Samuel, Jacob. Exec: John & Daniel Helser Jr. Wit: William Karr, Daniel Helser & Adam Fisher. (in German)

[NI07285] LDS IGI submitter: William H. Gross, 1011 James Lane, Fallon NV 89406, microfilm: 1394244, submission: F83-055541.

[NI07289] Per letter from Aunt Opal, July 3, 2000: [Rachel] died May 5, 1927 just 7 months after Grandpa. She had two daughters, I'm told. Marie Ream (cousin) told at the LaRue luncheon that the day Grandpa [William Albert LaRue] died, her two daughters took her and all the furniture in the house and moved her to the one daughter's house in Kenton. She died there and was buried there in Kenton, Oh., Hardin County. One daughter, Mary A. Nelson, was Administrator of her estate.

1900 Ohio census, Hardin Co, Pleasant Twp, Kenton, p. 123a - Rachel King is listed by herself, b. Nov 1846, age 53, widowed, 4 children. Where are her children?

[NI07308] 1900 Ohio census, Allen Co, Jackson Twp, roll 1236, p. 84:
Melville Scoles b Oct 1855 age 44, md 21 yrs; b OH, parents b OH; farmer
wife Miranda b Apr 1861 age 39, 9 children 8 living; b OH, parents b OH
dau Cloe b Sep 1881 age 18
son Ray b Sep 1884 age 15
son Luke b Aug 1887 age 12
dau Dottie b Sept 1890 age 9
dau Ruth b May 1893 age 7
dau Neoma b Sept 1895 age 4
dau Silvia b Apr 1898 age 2

1910 Ohio census, Allen Co, Jackson Twp, ED 8 (image 9) - lists Harvey age 9 and Helen age 9. I'm assuming they're twins.

[NI07369] In the 1850 VA census for Rockbridge Co, Northeast District, p. 397, Benjamin and Jane Larew are listed with Adaline Best, 34, Sarah E. (Best?), 10, Jacob L. (Best?), 7, and William A. Larew, 21. I'm guessing that Adaline is a daughter of Sally Larew, Benjamin's sister, and John Best. Are the children Adaline's? Was she unmarried?

Adaline is also enumerated in Augusta Co, 2nd District, p. 318 (end of the page).

[NI07374] Helen Silvey's site says this Jacob Larew died in 1836 in Augusta Co VA. But there is a Jacob Larew, age 57, in Rockbridge Co VA in the 1850 census. He is listed 10 pages from Benjamin Larew. I believe the Jacob in the census must be Benjamin's brother Jacob.

[NI07381] The name is given as Standlee in Abraham Larew's will. It was probably spelled Standley as well.

[NI07393] Joe LaRue of Laneville TX has Lela born Jan 23, 1899 in Ohio, died Apr 22, 1990. If her parents were married in Kansas June 25, 1899, it's unlikely she was born in Ohio. Also, SSDI shows this Lela Devine with SS# issued in WV. More likely Lela daughter of Smith was born Apr 28, 1905 died Nov 1976 Oklahoma City OK. Her SS# was issued in OK.

[NI07396] Is there another Herbert Smith LaRue?

1930 Nebraska census - Douglas Co, Omaha City, ED 1, p. 12A:
Herbert S. LaRue, brother-in-law, 26, born Nebraska, father born Nebraska, mother born Missouri;
Lunav D., brother-in-law, 19, born Nebraska, father born Nebraska, mother born Missouri;
(from bottom of previous page) Wayne C. Garsette(?), 32, born Iowa, occ: insurance auditor;
wife Bessie L., 23, born Nebraska, father born Nebraska, mother born Missouri

[NI07405] Picture in The Lima News, undated (my guess is 1952): Five generations -- The occasion of the recent commencement of Harrod high school brought together this five-generation group in the family of Mrs. Margaret Anspach. First row left to right are seen Mrs. Mayme Beall, 66, Harrod; Mrs. Margaret Anspach, 84, Harrod, who is holding Roger Dale Hunnaman, 5 months, Alger. Standing are Mrs. Janet Hunnaman, 18, Alger, left, and Mrs. Katherine Poleni, 37, Detroit, Mich.

The 1870 census gives Mary M. Zerbe, age 6, so she would have been born about 1864. 1900 census says she was born March 1869, age 31. If she was 84 when the above picture was taken, the March 1869 date would seem to be more accurate. But how could they say she was 6 in the 1870 census? Was she fudging on her age? (glw, 7/2002)

[NI07407] 1920 OH census - Allen Co, Lima, 2nd Ward, roll T625_1345, p. 13A, ED 22:
John C. Zerbe, age 45, b OH, parents b PA
wife Alice, age 38, b Virginia, parents b NC
son George age 15
son Ralph age 13
dau Treva age 10
dau Bonnie age 8
dau Mary age 6
dau Ruth age 4
dau Clara age 1
Next household is John's sister Clara and her husband Fred Smith, on Burch Ave.

1930 OH census - Allen Co, Ottawa Twp, Lima, District 19 (image 40 of 46) - still on Burch Avenue, and Fred and Clara Smith are listed 3 households away.

[NI07408] Wingate GenForum post - James S. Moore on Nov 9, 1998:
Two brothers, Joseph and Smith Wingate, came from near Wilmington DE to KY in about 1803, Joseph settling in Lexington and Smith in Franklin County, where he died shortly after his arrival.
Smith married Susanna Capes (Delaware?) and they had a daughter and four sons:
Thomas S. m. Betsy Wooldridge
Cyrus m Millie Spicer
Isaac m Jane Sneed
Henry m Penelope Hart Anderson

Due to the similarity of names (Cyrus, Isaac, Henry), Smith and Joseph could possibly be brothers of Henry. Henry's son Isaac named a son Cyrus. Smith is a name that comes up later in the Shuster family and the LaRue family.

I've added some children - Cyrus, Catherine, Eli C. - based on their marriages in Tuscarawas Co OH in the 1820s. If they are not Henry's children, then it's possible Henry has a brother with him in Tuscarawas County. There is an Elizabeth Wingate who married Morgan Toland Feb 24, 1829, so she was born abt 1809. She doesn't fit in Henry's family - which leads to the possibility of another Wingate family in Tuscarawas County.

1820 Ohio census, Tuscarawas Co, Warren Twp, p. 171:
Henry Wingate, 2 males under 10, 3 males 16-25, 1 male 45> - no females, indicating Henry's wife died by this time.
Isaac Wingate, 1 male under 10, 1 male 26-45, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 16-25

Resident Proprietors Lands in Tuscarawas County charged with taxes for the year 1816 does not list Henry Wingate, yet two of his children were married in Tuscarawas County in 1818. It's possible he came to the county in 1817.

[NI07410] Some of the first members of the Dunker church in Madison Twp, Perry Co OH.

[NI07412] (Sharon Phelps) Notes for ABRAHAM EVERSOLE:
Probably descendent of Jost (Joseph) Eversole of Swiss-German descent, who arrived at Philadelphia on the "Robert and Alice" on Sept. 3, 1739 and settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It is unknown exactly how Abraham was related to Peter Eversole, husband of Mary's sister Catherine, but it is likely that they were brothers or cousins. The EVERSOHL FAMILY IN AMERICA, 1729-1937 by Roy G. Eversole and Mrs. F.H. Eversole, Jr. may shed more light on their relationship and heritage. (Jack Lines)

Notes on Peter Eversole - Peter was born in Maryland, his wife born in Virginia. (20) Peter's wife died at the age of 69, appr. 1835 (21). He emigrated to Ohio from Lancaster Co PA before son John was born in 1808. John was born on Baldwin's Run, Fairfield Co OH. Peter came to Hopewell Twp in 1814 and purchased the west half of section 1 and the NW quarter of section 12 (22). (Perry County, Ohio Hopewell and Madison Township Cemeteries vol. 2 p 12)
References, p 14:
20. In 1850 census, Peter Eversole says he was born in PA and in History of Perry Co OH p 399 he is reported as a native of Lancaster PA. In 1880 census his son John says he was born in MD.
21. In the following reference, Peter's wife is said to have preceded him in death at age 69. We assume she was born in approximately the same year as Peter.
22. History of Perry County, Ohio, E.H. Colburn, A.A. Graham, pp 399-400.

[NI07413] (Sharon Phelps) According to Jack Lines, Catherine was probably married by the time her husband bought 199 acres of land on Patterson's Creek, Hampshire VA from her father (Balser) on March 24, 1794, and for sure was married by July 15, 1795 when a deed was recorded showing land being sold. It is unknown of what occurred between 1795 and 1814 when there is evidence that she and husband settled on land, sections 1 and 12 of the Hopewell Township, Perry Co. Ohio. On September 20, 1815, the land office in Washington DC confirms her husband's purchase of the NW 1/4 of section 12, T. 17, R 16 of the "Lands of the United States in the Territory Northwest of the Ohio and above the mouth of the Kentucky River." (Perry Co OH Deeds, S:245)

[NI07415] 1870 Ohio - Allen Co, Village of Lafayette, Jun 4, 1870
206/209 ... Helser/Elijah ... 54 ... farmer ... b OH
Eliza ... 46
Lemuel L. ... 19
Daniel A. ... 16
Sarah A. ... 13
Lovina ... 10
George E. ... 6
Eliza J. ... 2
Troxel, Charles ... 16 ... farm laborer

In the household next to them is his son James G. Helser (22), wife Sarah (24), sons Charles (2) and Thomas (11/12).

1900 OH census - Allen Co - Jackson Twp (roll 1236) p. 78:
163 / 171 Osborn Helser b Dec 1855 age 44, md 19 yrs; b OH, parents b OH; farmer
wife Ella b May 1862 age 38, 2 children; b OH, parents b OH
son Clyde b Oct 1881 age 18
dau Glenna b Jun 1886 age 14
164 / 172 Thomas L. Helser b May 1864 age 36, md 13 yrs, b OH, parents b OH; farmer
wife Sarah J. b Nov 1864 age 35, 4 children 3 living, b OH, parents b PA
son Paul J. b Sept 1890 age 9
dau Ruth b Feb 1893 age 7
son Howard B. b Feb 1898 age 2
165 / 173 Elija Helser b Oct 1815 age 84, md 59 yrs, b OH, parents b VA; farmer
wife Eliza b Nov 1822 age 77, 9 children 5 living; b OH, parents b VA
(165) / 174 George Helser b Oct 1866 age 33, md 9 yrs; b OH, parents b OH; farmer
wife Verda b Apr 1870 age 30, 0 children, b OH, parents b OH

167 / 176 Louis Helser b Apr 1874 age 26, md 1 yr; b OH, parents b OH; farmer
wife Ethel b Jan 1878 age 22, 1 child; b OH, parents b OH
Nelson C. Robinson, servant, b Sept 1882 age 17

[NI07422] 1900 OH census - Allen Co, Jackson Twp, p. 75:
Lemuel Eversole b Oct 1829 age 70, md 45 yrs, b OH father & mother b OH; occ: farmer
wife Sarah b July 1837 age 62, md 42 yrs (Lemuel must have had a 1st wife), 11 children 9 living, b OH father & mother b OH
son Ralph b Oct 1881 age 18 b OH, farm laborer
Stella Wollett, servant, b Feb 1882 age 18 b OH

Earlier on the page, probably a son of Lemuel & Sarah (Elva C., below?):
Eversole, Elsu(?) b June 1861 age 38 md 16 yrs, b OH father & mother b OH, Farmer
wife Jennie b Sep 1864 age 35 5 children, b OH father & mother b OH
dau Carrie b June 1884 age 15 b OH
dau Gertrude b July 1886 age 13 b OH
dau Hazel b Sep 1888 age 11 b OH
son Donald b Oct 1890 age 9 b VA
son Wesley b Apr 1893 age 7 b OH

Biographies of Allen County, Ohio residents (http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohallen/lemuel.htm):
Lemuel Eversole, a prominent agriculturist of Jackson township, residing on his farm in section 28, represents the sturdy, independent spirit of our American manhood which has overcome all obstacles encountered in the highways of life and has made our people honored and respected among the nations of the world. Left an orphan in early childhood, he has worked his way, unaided, to an independent position. He is one of the large land-owners of Allen County, having 360 acres of well improved land, upon which he makes his home. Mr. Eversole was born October 30, 1829, in Perry County, Ohio, and is a son of Peter and Rebecca (Snyder) Eversole, being one of seven children that grew to adult years, viz.: Eliza, Catherine, Francis, Nancy, Lemuel, Rebecca and Daniel.
When our subject was a child of two years, his parents moved to Sandusky County where they died four years later, in 1835, within a month of each other. Left alone in the world, Lemuel was taken into the home of his uncle, John Eversole, of Perry County, where he remained until he was 17. Educational opportunities were meager and consisted of a short term schooling each winter. He was apprenticed to learn the carpenter's trade, and for the three years thus engaged was given his clothes and $30. Within three months after his time had expired, he was on his way to California to seek his fortune in the gold fields. During the two years spent in mining and gold-washing, he did not make a fortune and decided to return to his native State. In the spring of 1852 he come to Allen County where he purchased a tract of wild land and secured work for the winter in the cabinet-shop of Musser & Winn, of Lima. For another six years he worked at his trade in the eastern part of the county, living frugally and saving his earnings so that he was able, by selling his first purchase, to buy his present property. In 1872 he built a large, substantial bank barn, and three years later his pleasant brick home, one of the most attractive in the county.
He was married July 8, 1855, to Sarah Nash, who was born July 11, 1837, and was a daughter of Thomas and Rebecca (Akins) Nash, early settlers of this county. They were the parents of 12 children, viz.: George W., Eliza J., wife of L. B. Harrod; Frank J., John E., Charles A., Elva C., Daniel B., Nettie B., Lemuel N., Aura D., Ralph and a child that died in infancy. Mr. Eversole is a member of the Christian Church. He is a Repubican and a veteran of the Civil War, having enlisted as a 100 day man in May, 1864, in Company A, 151st Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., under Captain King, of Delphos, with the rank of 2nd corporal. Mr. Eversole is a prominent Odd Fellow. He has served as township trustee and on the School Board and has never failed to put his shoulder to the wheel when the voice of duty called him.

[NI07424] Copied from "History of Allen County" 1885, Monroe Township, p. 665/666:
DANIEL EVERSOLE, farmer, P.O. Columbus Grove, Putnam County, was born April 14, 1833, in Sandusky County, Ohio, son of Peter and Rebecca (Snyder) Eversole, natives of Perry County, Ohio, former a son of Peter and Nancy (Shelborn) Eversole; latter a daughter of Daniel Snyder. They had seven children: Eliza (wife of Elijah Helser, in Jackson Township, this county), Catherine (widow of John McCarthy, in Perry County, Ohio, with her family), Frances (wife of Henry Hersey, farmer in Noble County, Ind.), Nancy (deceased wife of Jacob Helser, also deceased, in Perry County, Ohio), Rebecca (wife of William Wolf in Fairfield County, Ohio), Lemuel (farmer in Jackson Township, this county), and Daniel. The parents dying when our subject was about three years of age, he was then taken back to his native county, where his uncle raised him, and for whom he worked, receiving through him a very meager education. At sixteen years of age Mr. Eversole was bound out for three years to learn blacksmithing, having two weeks each harvest in which he could work in order to earn spending money for the whole year. At nineteen years of age he went to Sandusky County, Ohio, where he followed his trade several years. In 1858 he moved to a piece of land where there was a small clearing. On January 10, 1857, Mr. Eversole was married to Malvina Tompkins, who was born November 25, 1837, near Lima, Ohio, daughter of Abel and Elizabeth (Heindel) Tompkins, who arrived at Lima, from Marion County, Ohio, on election day of President Jackson's second term. They had twelve children, eight of whom died in infancy. Those living are William H. (married in August, 1879, to Jane Searfoss, by whom he has two children, Earl and Charles), Francis M. (married in February, 1880, to Sadie Allen of Putnam County, Ohio, by whom he has one child, Mary M.), John H. and Walter H. William H. and Francis M. are farming along with their father. Mr. Eversole came to his present home in March 1866, where he has accumulated a large and well-kept farm of 320 acres. Mrs. Eversole's parents are still living, the father born March 14, 1799, the mother October 15, 1801. Of their fourteen children, two are living: Mrs. Eversole and Eleanor (wife of Theophilus Raines, by whom she has a family of five children). Mr. Eversole is a man of enterprise and prominence among people of the township in which he lives, having been chosen to fill the offices of trustee and treasurer, which latter he now holds. He was a member of Company D, One Hundred and Fifty-first Regiment Ohio National Guards, doing duty at Washington, D.C., resisting Gen. Early's attack on that city. He takes much interest in educational and religious matters. In politics he is a Republican. He and his family are members of the Christian Church.

[NI07428] History of Perry County, Biographical Sketches, pp 399-400:
EVERSOLE, John, farmer, Mount Perry post office; born in 1808, on Baldwin's run, Fairfield Co OH, son of Peter, a native of Lancaster Co PA, who emigrated to Ohio a few years prior to the birth of his son John. Peter came to Hopewell Twp, Perry Co, when John was six years old, and settled on sections one and twelve, in 1814. John has therefore lived longer on one farm than any other citizen of Hopewell Twp, except perhaps John Fullerton. He found near his new home only the wild beasts, but further away were the families of Plank, Schofield, Nye, Reichley, averaging perhaps one cabin to a section of land. Peter Eversole left a Bible to his son that is now 150 years old. It is printed in German, and is nearly two feet long by one foot in width, and about eight inches in thickness. He died at the age of 87, his wife having preceded him to the land of rest at the age of 79 years. They were German Baptists in belief. John was married at the age of 24 to Miss Jane Spencer, a daughter of Thomas, who was a brother of William Spencer, Sr., and uncle of William Jr., now the father of Henry Spencer of Reading twp. Thomas King, afterwards the first Representative of Perry county, was married to a sister of Thomas Spencer, and his wife, who reared a family of other people's children, chiefly because she was affectionate and benevolent, and partly because she had no children of her own, was the aunt of Mrs. Eversole. The children of John Eversole and his wife Jane Spencer were five living and two dead, Sarah Ellen at the age of 14 and George when an infant. Those living are Louisa, wife of William Williams III [married Feb 14, 1856], deceased, and now the wife of Mr. Van Fossen of Zanesville; John [S.], husband of Emma Cochrell, merchant; David [b Mar 16, 1838 d Sep 20, 1921], farmer, husband of Mary [married Mar 31, 1861, d Mar 26, 1886 Hopewell Twp], daughter of Abraham Bowser [David m2 1887 in Muskingum Co OH, Elizabeth Jane Lyle]; Peter [W., b Jul 27, 1849 Hopewell Twp d Sep 28, 1895 Perry Co], farmer, husband of Matilda [married Nov 10, 1871 Perry Co], sister of Samuel Cochran; and Emma Jane, wife of Frank Johnson, farmer, son of Harvey; all of whom have the post office address Mount Perry, Ohio. The mother of Mrs. Eversole was Margaret Spencer, who made herself useful as a midwife over 25 years, mounting her horse day or night , in storm or sunshine, asserting the right of her sex to that office, and died much regretted at the age of 65. William Spencer Sr. was a Universalist in belief, a faith that still lingers in the Spencer family. John Eversole and his wife are of the Christian Church. They are both readers of sacred books and patronize learning and the means of knowledge.

[NI07430] Sharon Shellhorn Phelps (glphelps@msn.com): I am currently concentrating my research on the Shellhorn Family line; the first known relative is Balser Shellhorn who apparently arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1751 as he took the oath of alligiance to that state on 9/25/1751. His name at that time was given as Johann Balthas Schoelhorn probably from Germany. Family stories spell his descendents name most commonly as Shellhorn (earlier records interchange spelling with Shelhorn). Balser married Mary Amweg around 1760's and owned land in Lancaster County, PA; later moving to an area near Oldtown, MD and owning a considerable amount of land in that region. His children were: John b. abt 1761(my line), Barbara, Catherine, and Mary. John and Balser both moved to MD and John's children were all born near Oldtown, MD...

Per notes from "Shelhorn Genealogy" by Jack M. Lines; Johann Balthas Schoelhorn (hereafter named Balser Shellhorn unless quoting a source with another spelling) arrived and took the Pennsylvania oath of Allegiance 11 days after Matthias Shelhorn. He arrived in Philadelphia on the "Phoenix" (assume that this is the name of the ship) on 9/25/1751. There is a family legend that two Shelhorn relatives set out from Germany together, fell out and broke contact with each other. Both descendents of Lewis and John Shellhorn's family have this tradition. Note states that the Shellhorn's may have come from Saxony or Hanover, Germany.

Some difficulty arises from the variances in the spelling of Balser's given and surname: It appears as Balshor, Baltzer, Balser, Balsor, and Balsaw; and his surname as-Shellhorn, Shellhorne, Shalhorn, Shelhorn, Shelborn, Shoelhorn and Sheelhorn. Only one document survives which he actually signed; his will. There his name is signed Balser Sheelhorn; the attorney spelled it Balser Shellhorn according to Jack Lines' history (the spelling I will continue to use in my recorded genealogical family record of the Shellhorn's).

LAND HOLDINGS:
Balser settled in Rapho Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania probably before his marriage to the daughter of an earlier settler in the county and definitely by 1761 when he bought 204 acres of land that probably now lies in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (John Lines History p.333) Per county records, Balser bought land on May 11, 1761 (abt ten yrs after arriving). He was probably a bachelor when he arrived but married Mary Amweg, daughter of John Martin Amweg. John Amweg arrived in America from Germany on 9/26/1737 and received a land patent in Lancaster Co. in 1748. Balser by 1771 had acquired 380 acres of land; buying 140 from the estate of his father-in-law in 1769 and 37 from Jacob Segrist in 1770 (Lancaster Co. PA, deeds,C-169:258; per John Lines) From the few tax records available, it seems that sometime between 1773 and 1779, Balser rid himself of the first 204 acres; perhaps giving them to his son, John, but no record has been found (John Lines History p. 333). According to John Lines, the tax records show that his was also a distiller in addition to being a farmer.

One reason for the lack of records on Balser and Matthias during the first 8 - 10 years in America may be that they indentured themselves to pay for their passage. If they were indentured this also may explain the lack of contact between the two.

After serving in the Revolutionary War (more details under "facts"), Balser apparently decided to leave Pennsylvania. On Feb. 5, 1787 sold 177 acres of land purchased in 1769 and 1770 (Lancaster Co. PA Deeds, FF:324-Jack Lines) and he bought 332 acres of land on Patterson's Creek in Hampshire Co. VA just across the Potomac from Maryland (Hampshire Co. Va. Deeds, 7-152-Jack Lines). Per Jack, it is not clear if he moved to this land or that adjacent to it which he had received as a patent from the state of Virginia. (Ibid, 9:503, 505, 530-Jack Lines). On October 25, 1788, he bought "Hard Bargain," piece of land between Old Town and Fort Cumberland, in Washington (now Allegany) County MD. He was listed as resident of Washington County, then in deeds after 1788, he is listed as a resident of Allegany County MD. It is felt that he owned large quantities of land; his will also mentions 162 acres called "Bad Luck" on Martin's Run that mostly became railroad and canal right-of-way by 1895. He apparently sold land to his son and sons-in-law on time (with easy payments), therefore, his estate was still open on May 18, 1829. (Jack Lines)

Notes from Robert & Jenelle Flocke state that Balser and his son John's wills are the oldest wills actually on file in Allegany County. In his will he left 25 pounds to "the religious society called Quakers." Balser left Christian Halderman (Haldeman), his son-in-law, a 162-acre tract called Bad Luck along Martin's Run. Christian was to move to and live on the land to get it. He also left his wife Mary "all my household and kitchen furniture, my horse, saddle and bridle, one milk cow to be chosen from among my stock of cattle by herself, 50 pounds of currency money in cash." He instructed his executor, son John, to collect all debts owed to the estate and to pay Mary on a prescribed date each year for the rest of her life. (Bob Flocke's notes 6/28/1981)

Military service: October 28, 1778, Revolutionary War; Priv 4th Class, Capt Patrick Hayes Co, 8th Co, 3rd Dtn, Lancaster Co Militia.

[NI07440] He arrived on the ship "Robert & Alice" on Sep 3, 1739. He warranted 200 acres Apr 23, 1740 in Rapho Twp, Lancaster Co PA. His land was divided up among his heirs as early as 1758. He died by 1747. His widow was taxed at Rapho in 1751. He was married to Catherine, who was dead by 1758. The signers on his bond were John Ebersole, Jacob Schneider (his neighbor and probably the 1739 immigrant from Friedelsheim and dead by 1758) and Jacob Rohrer (dead by 1758, he signed bond "IR"). In 1763 his land was patented by his children as follows: John, Peter, Elizabeth wife of Christian Martin, Mary, deceased, wife of Christian Aycker, Catherine, Anna Elizabeth and Barbara. (Emigrants/Davis p 123)

[NI07441] Martin Amweg is on the list for September 26, 1737 The St. Andrew Galley from Rotterdam, Netherland, but last from Cowes, England, arrived at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

[NI07447] From http://www.ddc.com/~decoy/gen64.htm#l66:
Daniel was born in Berkeley County VA 11-5-1772. In 1864 Berkeley County was part of the mountainous region of northwestern Virginia that broke away from the Confederacy during the Civil War to become the state of West Virginia. Early census records from the state of Ohio show that Mary was born in Maryland around 1781. Daniel's parents where Jacob Snider and Margaret Studebaker. The region of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia that Daniel was born in was settled by predominantly German settlers. His religious affiliation was with the German Reformed Church, and it is probable that his paternal and maternal lineage where both of a Germanic nature. Mary's father's name was John Herschberger and her mother's was Rebecca (maiden name unknown). With a name like Herschberger it should be obvious that Mary was of German descent. The area that Daniel was from was bordered by Maryland separated by the Potomac River. It is probable that the couple met each other because of a close geographical proximity, and a mututal involvement of their families in the German Reformed Church. Daniel was a Reverend in the German Reformed Church and traveled as a circuit preacher most of his life.

Sometime before 1798 the couple made their home in Bedford Co., PA. The first seven of their fifteen children where born there. The first seven (in order of age) were: Rebecca, George N., Jacob, Mary, Catherine and Susan (twins), and Adam. Between Adam's birth 3-3-1805 and November of 1806 the family migrated to Thorn Twp., Perry Co., Ohio as their last 8 children where born there. The last eight (in order of age) were: John Henry, Elizabeth and Daniel O. (twins), Samuel and Solomon D. (twins), Joseph, Sarah and Frances.

Mary died sometime between 1818 and 1828 (probably around 1825). She was buried in Perry Co., OH. Daniel remarried a woman named Parkinson and had three children: David, Percy and Eli. Daniel died 1866 at the age of 96 and was buried in Perry Co., OH.

Daniel Snider was one of the first settlers of Thorn Twp., Perry Co. OH.

History of Perry County (Thorn Township), p 318:
Many Dunkers, or German Baptists, were among the earliest pioneers of Thorn, and religious worship was held at private houses at a very early day, no doubt previous to 1810. Daniel Snider was a preacher and leader, and services were often held at his house. Snider also preached in Fairfield, Muskingum and other counties, and was widely known, and everywhere venerated by the brethren of the denomination to which he belonged. He died at the age of 93, universally esteemed.

From Biographies of Allen County, Ohio residents, under Solomon D. Snider:
The grandfather of our subject was born in Pennsylvania, whence he came to Ohio, entering land in Perry County, where he died March 3, 1866, at the age of 93 years, 7 months and a few days. He was a Whig, while his son and grandson (our subject) became Democrats. He took an active part in reform work and was a leader in the German Baptist or Dunkard Church, being one of the preachers of that body and holding services in his house and barn until they were able to build a house of worship.

[NI07466] From Biographies of Allen County, Ohio residents, under Solomon D. Snider:
Daniel Snider, the father of our subject, was born in Thorn Township, Perry County, Ohio, June 28, 1808. During his younger days he engaged in teaching school, and afterwards bought a farm of 180 acres in Perry County, where he devoted his time to agriculture until his death November 3, 1861. He was a member of the Lutheran Church. He was married to Mary Greenawalt, who was born in Hocking County, Ohio, in 1811 and died in Perry County, March 6, 1895, at the age of 83 years, 3 months and 20 days. Her parents, Mathias and Mary (Coon) Greenawalt, came to this State from Maryland, and were of German descent. She was the mother of the following children, viz.: Lucinda (Boyer), deceased; John Henry, who resides on the homestead in Perry County; Mary Katharine (Clum), deceased; Solomon D.; Sarah Elizabeth (Anspach), of Jackson township; and Eliza Ann (Humberger), deceased.

[NI07483] Jacob is believed to be the son of Christian Snider, who was among three Sniders (Jacob, Mathias and Christian) who arrived in Philadelphia on the Ship ALLEN in September 1729 and settled in Earl Twp, Lancaster Co PA. On board this ship was a large group of German Baptists, led by Alexander Mack, one the of the founders of the German Baptists or Brethren, who had fled Germany where they had been persecuted by both the Protestants and Catholics.

It appears that Jacob's father and his family settled in that part of Frederick Co MD which later became Washington County and near what is now Hagerstown MD. In 1767 a Jacob "Shnyder" ( the family name was likely spelled "Schneider" in German), Michael Miller, Conrad Fox, Simon Stuckey and Philip Jacob Miller appear together on 10 Apr 1767 in Lancaster County to take the Oath of Affirmation and stated that they were all of Frederick County, MD (Pennsylvania Archives, 2nd Series, Vol. 2,467). According to Stuckey genealogy, the above Simon Stuckey¹s son, Simon Stuckey III, married Jacob Snider¹ s daughter Margaret. This theory on Jacob Snider's location is further reinforced by the fact that Simon Stuckey II lived and died in Frederick Co MD near Hagerstown. Furthermore, Jacob's daughter Mary married Jacob Studebaker, whose father Peter Studebaker lived and died near what is now Hagerstown, Washington Co MD. It is known also that Jacob Studebaker and his wife Mary Snider moved from Washington Co MD to Bedford Co PA in 1782.

By 1770 Jacob and his family had settled in Berkeley Co VA (now WV). Jacob owned 238 acres of land on Back Creek which was purchase in three parcels. The certificate of deed for the first parcel of 140 acres was received from Lord Fairfax on 17 Feb 1773. The certificate of deed for the second parcel containing 44 acres was made out on 5 Oct 1770 and dated 26 May 1789. The third parcel of 54 acres was made out on 3 April 1779 and deeded on 13 Nov 1787.

Jacob operated a grist mill on the Back Creek property, near the area known today as Swinging Bridge, east of Jones Spring. The 1809 Charles Varle map shows a grist mill on the Snider land indicating that the mill was built earlier than 1809. When Jacob died in 1790, he willed that his son Abraham should receive the land when the youngest son arrives at age. Abraham died in 1845 and willed that his property, both real and personal, be sold and the mill property was sold to Robert Penery. The mill was destroyed by a flood in 1889, the same year of the famous Johnstown flood.

Jacob Snider' will was written on 28 Nov 1787 and probated on 15 June 1790 in Martinsburg, Berkeley Co VA. Based upon a gravestone inscription located on Jacob's land, it is believed that Jacob died on 3 Mar 1731 or 1732. Jacob's will names only his wife Margaret and his sons Jacob, John, Abraham, David, Joseph, Daniel and William. The daughters are not named but court proceedings later identify some of them. After Jacob's death, his widow Margaret moved to West Providence Twp, Bedford Co PA where she is listed as paying taxes until 1812 and deceased at the time of 1813 tax collection. Jacob's son Abraham and daughter Hannah, who married Jacob Riner, were the only two of Jacob's children that remained in Berkeley Co VA. Jacob's other older sons (Jacob Jr., John, David and Joseph) were each willed land that Jacob owned in Bedford Co PA. The younger sons (Daniel, George and William) did not receive any land but they shared equally in the estate.
http://www.infinet.com/~wkfisher/Snider.html

[NI07515] Index of wills and intestate records of Lancaster PA: Ebersole, John 1770, Book Y, Vol 2, pg 123.

He received a patent for land in Rapho in 1760. He died between March and April of 1770. His wife was Salome. She died between 1790 and 1794 in Rapho Twp. The executor of her estate was her son-in-law Christian Brand. He was taxed at Rapho from 1751 to 1769. (Emigrants/Davis p 123)

[NI07530] He was a Mennonite living at Friedelsheim , Germany in 1699 and 1708. In 1708 he was called a brother of Benedict Ebersole. (Emigrants/Davis p 123)

[NI07531] He was probably one of the Anabaptists who was expelled from Switzerland in 1671. He was living at Friedelsheim, Germany in 1677 when he took out a lease for nine years. (Emigrants/Davis p 123)

Davis in vol. 2 p 114 that Jost son of Hans b 1602 "may have been" this Jost.

[NI07538] 1920 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Pierpont Twp, p. 4B (image 6 of 11):
Charley Dain, head, 47, born PA, father born Vermont, mother born OH; farmer
Laura Therese, wife, 45, born OH, father born OH, mother born Virginia
Donald Roscoe, son, 18, born OH
Wesley Kay, son, 15, born PA
Myron Jerome, son, 11, born OH
Wibirt Cook, son, 6, born OH

1930 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Pierpont Twp, Pierpont, p. 7B (image 14 of 15):
Charley Dain, head, owns, value of home: $3250, age 57, married at age 22, born PA, father born MA, mother born OH; dairy farmer
Laura, wife, age 55, married at age 19, born OH, father born OH, mother born NY
Wesley, son, 25, born PA
Wibirt, son, 16, born OH

[NI07541] The name Eliza Robinson came from an ancestry.com site. She was probably Ira's first wife.

1860 PA census - Erie Co, Conneaut Twp (roll 1107), p. 85, taken Sept 22:
Ira Marcy, 33, farmer, born Ohio; Eliza A., 29, born NY; Ida, 7, born Pa; Frank, 4; Harry, 1

1870 PA census - Erie Co, Conneaut Twp (roll 1339), p. 148b, taken July 29:
Ira Marcy, 43, farmer, born Ohio; Maryette, 36, born Ohio; Ida, 17, school teacher, born Pa; Frank, 14, born Pa; Harry, 11, born Pa; Josie, 6, born Pa; Carl, 3, born Pa; Eva Howard, 12, born Ohio; Minnie, 9, born Ohio

1880 PA census - Erie Co, Conneaut Twp (roll 1127), p. 82B, taken June 1 & 2:
Ira Marcy, 53, farmer, born Ohio, parents born Vt; wife Maryette, 46, born Ohio, parents born NY; son Carl, 12, born Pa; Eva Howard, step-dau, 22, born Ohio, parents born Ohio; Minnie [Howard], step-dau, 19, teacher

From an old farm book with articles ranging in date from 1898 to 1912 or so.
WELL KNOWN CHERRY HILL RESIDENT TAKEN BY PARALYTIC STROKE - 82 YEARS OLD.
The funeral of Ira Marcy, who died Tuesday morning at his home in Cherry Hill, will be held from the home at 2 o'clock Thursday, eastern standard time. Rev. Mr. Hammond will officiate and interment will be made at East Springfield.
Mr. Marcy was one of the best known residents of this section, where he had resided for years. He was 82 years of age. Death was caused by a paralytic stroke, which he suffered about six weeks since. Surviving him are three sons, Frank and Harry, of Ashland, Neb., and Carl, of Cherry Hill, a daughter, Mrs. Joseph Massey, of Northfield, Minn., and a sister, Mrs. Harriet Selden, of Erie.

Although this Ira Marcy is not the father of Ira Marcy (father of Charles Lee Marcy), I am leaving him on the database for now because he was in the Ashtabula Co OH-Crawford Co PA area.

[NI07554] 1850 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Monroe (roll 659), p. 289a:
John Scribner, 48, farmer, born NY; Rosetta, 20, born Ohio, Jenett, 20 {twins}; Sarah, 16; Eveline, 14; Lodema, 10; Harriet, 2

[NI07587] 1920 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Pierpont Twp, p. 7A (image 10 of 11):
Charles Lamson, 70, born OH, father born NY, mother born OH
Rosaline, 66, born OH, parents born NY
Melvin Arthur, grandson, 18
Their daughter Cora Hill and several other children are listed on this page.

[NI07598] CHARLES E. MORRISON, PIERPONT CITIZEN, DEAD
Deceased Was Well Known Throughout The Township and Was A Public Spirited Resident.
Charles E. Morrison an aged and respected citizen of Pierpont died at his home on the state line Thurs-day afternoon at three o'clock. The deceased was well known throughout the township and county and in his younger days manifested much public spirit and was active in the affairs of the township. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Alta Marcy, of Pierpont, and quite a number of grandchidren, with one of whom, Mr. Charles Marcy, he had made his home in his declining years on the old home farm, where he spent nearly the whole of his long life. Mrs. Mabel Watterman of this city is a grand-daughter and H. M. Morrison and W. S. Montgomery are nephews of the deceased.
Funeral services will be held from the house at 1 o'clock standard Saturday afternoon and interment will be made in the Pierpont cemetery.

[NI07601] Betsy Kendall was Henry's fourth wife. He married first abt 1797 in Frederick Co MD, Betsy Dupuy (one child: Henry Dupuy Ball); second, abt 1801 in Bedford Co PA, Hannah Devore (nine children); third, abt 1826 in maybe Erie Co PA, Nancy Bisbee Jones (one child: Chauncey Witlesy Bisbee Ball); fourth, Jan 30, 1837 in Erie Co PA, Betsy Kendall (one child: Nancy Jane Ball).

[NI07639] Possibly married first Ann Foreman Jun 9, 1840 Perry Co OH (Family Archive #400)

[NI07650] 1900 OH census - Allen Co - Jackson Twp (roll 1236) p. 78:
163 / 171 Osborn Helser b Dec 1855 age 44, md 19 yrs; b OH, parents b OH; farmer
wife Ella b May 1862 age 38, 2 children; b OH, parents b OH
son Clyde b Oct 1881 age 18
dau Glenna b Jun 1886 age 14
164 / 172 Thomas L. Helser b May 1864 age 36, md 13 yrs, b OH, parents b OH; farmer
wife Sarah J. b Nov 1864 age 35, 4 children 3 living, b OH, parents b PA
son Paul J. b Sept 1890 age 9
dau Ruth b Feb 1893 age 7
son Howard B. b Feb 1898 age 2
165 / 173 Elija Helser b Oct 1815 age 84, md 59 yrs, b OH, parents b VA; farmer
wife Eliza b Nov 1822 age 77, 9 children 5 living; b OH, parents b VA
(165) / 174 George Helser b Oct 1866 age 33, md 9 yrs; b OH, parents b OH; farmer
wife Verda b Apr 1870 age 30, 0 children, b OH, parents b OH

167 / 176 Louis Helser b Apr 1874 age 26, md 1 yr; b OH, parents b OH; farmer
wife Ethel b Jan 1878 age 22, 1 child; b OH, parents b OH

[NI07651] 1900 Ohio census - Allen Co, Jackson Twp, Lafayette Village, p. 73a:
Lemuel Helser b Sept 1850 age 49, md 18 yrs; b OH father b OH mother b VA; occ: creamery manager
wife Esther b Dec 1857 age 42, 0 children; b MI father b VT mother b OH
niece Effie Isham b Apr 1887 age 13, b Nebraska father b OH mother b Missouri
servant Effie Hall b Sept 1879 age 20 b OH parents b OH

[NI07654] Is Samuel Helser a son of David or of John?

[NI07657] It would seem that Mary Ann Lechrone should fall in the family of John Leckrone. Is it possible she is the Nancy Leckrone born June 26, 1828, daughter of John and Nancy (Mumma) Leckrone? Nancy was a nickname for Ann.

[NI07662] This may be the John Hersberger in the 1790 census for Bedford County PA, 1 male over 16, 6 males under 16 and 4 females. According to Nancye Herrold (Hershberger GenForum), this is the one. He moved into Snake Spring Valley, Bedford Co. PA from Lancaster Co. PA during 1797. She found this out from the land deed. But they must have moved to Bedford Co by 1790, since they are there for the census.

[NI07665] PETER STUDEBAKER was baptized 16 Oct 1695 in Solingen, Germany and died before 8 Jun 1754 in Frederick Co (later Washington Co) MD. He married Anna Margaretha Aschauer on 24 Mar 1725 in Solingen, Germany, from another family of cutlers in Solingen. Anna Margaretha died after 1737 and before 1749. Peter then married SUSANNA ________ probably about 1740; Susanna died around 1753.

Peter had at least 16 children, but only nine lived to maturity. Eight of the children were by Anna Margaretha and another eight by Susanna. The youngest child by Susanna was Jacob, born around 1752, who is our direct ancestor. Peter first settled for a short time near Germantown PA, but around 1738 moved with his family to the Conogocheaque and Hagarstown area, which was then a part of the back country of Prince George's County, MD. Peter was active in affairs of that area and bought and sold at various times substantial acres of land. Jonathan Hagar, the founder of Hagarstown, served as Administer of Peter Studebaker's Estate at the time of his death. (http://www.infinet.com/~wkfisher/Studebaker.html)

[NI07668] JOHANNES STAUDENBECKER was baptized in 1662, married to CATHERINE RAW in 1692, and was buried in 1728. Catherine Raw was born in 1670 and was buried in 1712. Among the children born to Johannes and Catherine were three sons, all of whom immigrated to America. Johannes, the youngest, was baptized in 1712 and was thought to have immigrated to America in 1732; however, no record has been found of him if he did arrive in America. Peter, baptized in 1695, and Clemens, baptized in 1701, immigrated to America in 1736, along with a cousin, Johann Heinrich. All of the over 250,000 Studebakers in America in modern times are reputed to be descended from these three immigrants. Peter is the direct ancestor of our branch of the family and Clemens (Clement) is the direct ancestor of the more famous branch which manufactured wagons and automobiles.

Peter, age 38, Clement, age 36. and Heinrich, age 29, along with their wives and some children, were imported in the ship HARLE, from Rotterdam, and arrived in the port of Philadelphia on September 1, 1736.

Mr. Emmert Studebaker of Tipp City, Ohio has a letter in his possession, dated September 16, 1737, written by Peter and Clement Studebaker to their relatives back in Germany. This fact indicates persons of some social and intellectual achievement; relatively few people in those days could read or write. An English translation of this letter is contained in STUDEBAKER FAMILY IN AMERICA, published by the Studebaker Family National Association, 6555 South State Route 202, Tipp City, Ohio 45371, and copyrighted in 1976. All of the preceding information and much of that following on the early Studebakers was taken from this publication. Much, much more about the Studebakers is contained in this book , a copy of which is owned by Keith Fisher.
(http://www.infinet.com/~wkfisher/Studebaker.html)

[NI07671] The earliest certain record of the Studebaker family relates to a "Staudtenbecker" born in 1570 in a district now in Germany called "Remscheid," located about five miles east of Solingen. Solingen, the old blade-city, known to be the European "home town" of the Studebaker family, is located about 14 miles (30 kilometers) northeast of the Rhine River city of Cologne. From the earliest times this community had been devoted almost entirely to the single trade of ironworking. In the 1960's an ancient smelter was discovered in a nearby forest, which was estimated to be 2,500 years old. For at least five generations in Germany, the Studebakers followed the metal working trade and belonged to a guild in which membership was restricted to certain families and trade secrets, such as forging techniques, tempering or heat treating of cutting tools, were carefully guarded.
(http://www.infinet.com/~wkfisher/Studebaker.html)

[NI07683] I saw your name on the Allen Co. site. I am also researching Zerbe name. My gr-gr-great grandmother was Magdalena "Maggie" D. Zerbe b. Dec 1872 in Shelby Co. She married George Wm. Richter Feb. 28 1892 in Shelby Co. Maggie's parents were Michael Zerbe (b. May 2 1832 in PA d. Dec 13 1913 in Shelby Co.) and Mary Swickard/Snyder (She was married to Henry Swickard before she married Zerbe.) b. Mar 12 1840 in Shelby Co. d. Feb 5 1923 in Shelby Co. I know Michael's father to be David and his mother to possibly be Elizabeth. I believe they were from Berks Co. PA.

I hope some of this may be familiar to you. The connection to Allen Co. is Maggie. She moved there in 1908 after her husband died. Maggie had 3 sisters: Estella, Manda and Alice and possibly other siblings. I am happy to share all my Zerbe information with you.

Joan McElfresh Leonard
leonard.4@osu.edu
www.yorksys.com/genealogy

[NI07686] 1870 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Washington Twp (roll 1174), PO Powhatan Point, p. 33 (449B), enumerated July 23, 1870:
William S. Swan, 28, farmer, value of personal estate: 700, born Ohio; Elisabeth, 27, keeping house, born Ohio; Nevada M., 6, at home; Philena, 4, at home; Lorenzo, 1, at home.

1880 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Washington Twp (roll 995), p. 477C:
241/245 Sarah Swann, 80, born Maryland, keeping house, father & mother born MD
242/245 W.S. Swann, 39, born Ohio, farmer, father & mother born MD; Elisabeth, 40, born Ohio, father & mother born OH; Nevada M., 15, Philena, 13; Charles L., 11; Sarah E., 8; Martha B., 5; George, 3.

[NI07688] 1860 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 937), PO Centerville, p. 319b, taken Sept. 15, 1860:
Robert Wiley, 27, laborer, value of personal estate: 40, born Ohio; Mrs, 29; Miss, 2; (cont. on page 320b - pages are out of order) Infant Wiley, 3/12

1870 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 1174), PO Powhatan Point, p. 318B, enumerated June 14, 1870:
Robert V. Wiley, 37, farm laborer, born Ohio; (cont. on next page) Mary E. Willey, 39, keeping house, born Ohio; Emma L. 12; James W., 10; Elisabeth A., 8; Maggie A., 5 [all attending school]; Minnesota, 3.

1880 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 995), p. 355a, taken June 4:
Robert Wiley, 48, constable, born Ohio; Mary E., 50, wife, born Virginia; Laura A., 22, dau, born Ohio; Elisabeth A., 18, dau; Minnie, 13, dau

[NI07692] LYDIA PALMER was born 1832 ? in Monroe Co OH. (1880 census gives her age as 48, but I think this is in error.) 1850 census for Sunsbury Twp, Monroe Co lists her in the household of JOHN PITTMAN (age 30) and Margaret (age 27); Lydia is 13. Her father might be JOHN PALMER who is listed in the 1840 Sunsbury census next to PETER PALMER. Peter Palmer (b Jul 31, 1789) has 1 male age 10-15, 1 male age 20-30, 1 male 50-60, 1 female 15-20 and 1 female 40-50 (his wife Mary Winland, b 1792). John Palmer has 1 male under 5, 1 male 5-10, 1 male 20-30 (so he was born 1810-1820), 1 female under 5 (possibly Lydia), 1 female 20-30. Other Palmers listed in the 1840 Sunsbury census: William Palmer with 1 male under 5, 1 male 20-30, 1 female 20-30; Ruth Palmer, 1 female 60-70 (this is Ruth Truax who married John Palmer).

Other Palmers probably related to this family: Margaret PALMER b 1820 OH married Benjamin PITTMAN b 1824 OH, son of Jonathan PITTMAN & Mary VAN SKIKES. John PALMER b Mar 27, 1775 married Sarah PITTMAN b 1801, dau of Obadiah PITTMAN and Bethemia TRUAX. (Are these Johns the same person, married twice?)

In the 1920 OH census for Allen Co, Lima, there is a Lydia Baker listed in the household of Ray (age 32) and Gladys (age 23) McPherson. Lydia is 85 years old, widowed, and it says [looks like] "grand widow." (roll T625_1345, p. 6B, ED 46)

1830 Ohio census - Monroe Co, Sunsbury Twp, p. 99a (lots of Pittmans and Truaxes on these pages):
Gideon C.F. Palmer - 1 male under 5, 1 male 20-30, 1 female 15-20
Peter Palmer - 1 male under 5, 1 male 10-15, 2 males 15-20, 1 male 30-40, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 30-40
p. 101a: Richard Palmer - 1 male under 5, 2 males 5-10, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 20-30, 1 female 20-30
John Palmer - 1 male 20-30
John Palmer - 1 male 5-10, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 50-60, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 50-60

1840 Ohio census - Monroe Co, Sunberry Twp:
p. 29a - William Palmer - 1 male under 5, 1 male 20-30, 1 female 20-30
p. 31a - Reith(?) Palmer - 1 male 40-50, 1 female 60-70
p. 33a - Peter Palmer - 1 male 10-15, 1 male 20-30, 1 male 50-60, 1 female 15-20, 1 female 40-50
*John Palmer - 1 male under 5, 1 male 5-10, 1 male 20-30, 1 female under 5, 1 female 20-30

[NI07693] Is this the Frank Baker who died 5-31-1923 Belmont Co? (vol. 4207 death cert. #41417)

In 1900 he was listed as a boarder in the household of Eli and Anna Frost in Wayne Twp, Belmont Co OH. Eli is a farmer.
1900 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Wayne Twp (roll 1242), taken June 25, 1900, p. 293a:
Frank S. Baker, boarder, b. Aug 1866, age 33, widowed, born Ohio, parents born Ohio, occ: wood chopper

1910 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Warren Twp, Barnesville village (roll 1157), taken April 27, 1910, p. 228B:
Frank S. Baker, 42, M2 (second marriage) for 8 yrs, born Ohio, parents born Ohio, occ: laborer, car foundry
Dessie L., 28, 3 children 3 living, born Ohio, parents born Ohio
Charles W.(or V?), son, 7
Anne B., daughter, 4
Perrin O., son, 1-7/12

1920 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Warren Twp, Barnesville Village (roll 1350), taken Jan. 12, 1920, p. 95a:
Frank Baker, 52, born Ohio, occ: laborer, cigar company
Dessie, wife, 38, born Ohio
Charles, son, 17, occ: bunch maker, cigar company
Annie, daughter, 14
Pearen, son, 11
George, son, 4
Next household is that of Art Palmer, age 30, and his family - could Art be related to Frank's mother Lydia?

[NI07698] There is a Loney Baker who died in Belmont Co 3-1-1923 (vol. 4106 death cert. 16074).

Could this be Alonzo Baker?

[NI07716] Johann Philipp Zerbe was known as Philipp or Phillip and known spellings for his last name include Zerwe, Zerbst, Zirbe, Zerber, and Serven.

From WFT Volume 4, Tree #4174
Article by Henry Z. Jones, Jr. entitled "Finding the Ancestral Home of a Palatine Forefather: The Case of Martin Zerbe," published in The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine:

"...A 'Phillip Zerber' was found on the original Rotterdam Lists near Martin and also on the London Lists ("Phillip Zerbst, 25, Lutheran, Figure maker"). It was noted that the Kocherthal records show a "Johann Philipp Zerb of Kettenbach, commune of Munster" who was married to a "Maria Catharina Steiber of the commune of Hachenburg" on 9 Jul 1710. Maps showed that Kettenbach was north of Wiesbaden, near a town of Munster and but a few miles away from Eppstein..."

See notes of brother Johann Martin.

From WFT Volume 6, Tree # 4527: Phillip may also have been known as Philip Serven, married to Katrina Stypers [this is a variant of Maria Catharina Steibers] (who died 9 Aug 1768), resided in Commune of Munster in Holland; child Johan Jeurrien Serven born 23 Dec 1717 [this is Johann George]

Palatine Families of New York, Hank Jones:
Philipp Zerbe made his first appearance on the Hunter Lists 4 August 1710 with 2 pers. over 10 yrs. The household was registered with 2 over 10 yrs. and 1 under 10 on 24 June 1712. Jno. Phill Zerbe of Annsberg was a soldier in 1711 (Palatine Volunteers To Canada). philip Serves was in Captyn Cornelis Haring's Company of Orange Co. Militia 25 Oct 1715 (Report of the State Historiam, Vol. I, p 480). He sponsored Reinhard Haus at Hackinsack in 1722 (NY City Lutheran Chbk). Maria Catharina, wid/o Philipp Zerbe, md. 10 March 1723 Jan Perry (NY City Ref. Chbk).

[NI07718] Rottcher or Rottermell.

[NI07723] This compiler had originally entered Susanna Gruber but after seeing no last name given on p.198 of the Blue Book, the original source (if any) could not be found.

[NI07731] [Zerbe to merge.FTW]

(Johann) Georg was also known as: Johann Jeurrien, John Yeury and Uri and known spellings for his last name were Zerbe, Servey, Serven and Servis.

[NI07757] [Zerbe to merge.FTW]

There is a biography starting on p.250 in the Schuylkill Blue Book. He was at the center of the "Tulpehocken Confusion" at Zion's church, Stouchsburg (apparently between Moravian and Orthodox Lutherans).

[NI07759] The Palatine Families of New York, Hank Jones, p 1137:
Johann Jacob Zerbe was confirmed 23 March 1712 at at Queensburg (West Camp Luthern Chbk). Johan Jacob Server was naturalized 17 Jan 1715/16 (Albany Nats). Jacob Zerben and his wife Maria Catharina were listed next to Martin Zerber (and two names from Heinrich Winter) at Wormsdorff ca. 1716/17 (Simmendinger Register). Jacob Server was a Palatine Debtor in 1722 (Livingston Debt Lists). He was on the Tulpehocken Church lists of 1743. The will of Jacob Zerbe of Bethel was dated 13 Aug 1776 and probated 19 March 1782 (Berks Co. Will Bk A, p 40). Johann Jacob married Maria Catharina (probably Winter - HJ).

[NI07760] Record of her found in World Family Tree Vol. 1 or 2.

[NI07769] [Zerbe to merge.FTW]

Also known as: Velten Van Hoesen and Valentin Von Huss

[NI07770] This is the man whose signature on an early document was mistakenly interpreted as Lorentz Zerbe. The signature has been printed (as I recall seeing in various places) as Torritine Serbo and Loritine Serbo. From what I have seen of early script, I can see how the "M" could have been misread. Unfortunately, early publications of this list (a petition for a road, I believe) did not take into account the registers and ship lists, and the name went into the history books as Lorentz Zerbe. Each new Zerbe descendant/researcher comes upon this dilemma: was it Lorentz or Martin? The source of the name Lorentz was singularly the signature on this petition. Hank Jones has thoroughly researched the registers and lists available to us and concludes that "Lorentz" was in fact Martin. Those interested should look up his article referenced below.

In 1709, Johann Martin Zerbe, a Huguenot, with his own family, and his brother, Johann Philip Zerbe, were part of the Palatine migration from Rotterdam, Netherlands. They camped near London, England, then sailed for New York on Christmas Eve, 1709, the Fourth Party (among the Palatinates on ten ships which left London Dec 24, 1709). They arrived in New York in June13, 1710, eighteen months since they had embarked from Rotterdam and even longer since they had left Kettenbach. They settled in Livingston Manor (Columbia) and the Schoharie Valley of New York.

Martin and Philip both joined the expedition against Quebec, Canada, July 26, 1711 in Queen Anne's War as volunteers from Annesburg (NY, one of the naval stores' settlements).

The lands in New York were not legally secured and the 33 Palatine families, guided by friendly Indians, in 1723, set out for Pennsylvania. They came to the Tulpehocken region with the 33 families that had settled in the Schoharie Valley in 1713, coming overland to this state in 1723 from NY. Settled in 1723 on Fells Manor, Chester County, now Host's Post Office, Berks County.

[Apparently they did not move to Schoharie, as Ulrich Simmendinger's Register in 1717 lists Martin and wife with four children at Wormsdorff; Wormsdorff is the village of Annsbury in the East Camp on the land purchased from Robert Livingston for the naval stores project. Lutheran Pastor Joshua Kocherthal ministered to the family and specifically records that Anna Elizabeth received communion at Queensburg in Livingston Manor 25 Oct 1713.]

Martin Zerbe was one of the fifteen signers for the land in the William Penn grant. In 1732 they were able to get clear titles to the land. Martin Zerbe settled on the tract of Fell's Manor along Tulpehocken Creek crossing a run called Martin Sharva's Run, in Chester County, now Host's Post Office, Berks County PA, and known as "Schaffner's." Fell's Manor was transferred from Chester County to Lancaster County, 1729. This land is also known as the Muhlbach (Mill Creek). Martin Zerbe was a signer to a petition to build a road from the Lutheran Church in Tulpehocken, Stouchsburg, to the Quaker Meeting House in Oley Township. John Zerbe was a signer for Christ Church, 1743. The death records of Christ Lutheran Church, Stouchburg, lists Mrs. Anna Elizabeth Zerbe, wife of Martin Zerbe, July 22, 1750. The Zerbes were Lutheran vine dressers and husbandmen, millers, and fruit culturists.

Article by Henry Z. Jones, Jr. entitled "Finding the Ancestral Home of a Palatine Forefather: The Case of Martin Zerbe," published in The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, Vol. XXIX, No. 2, pp 129-132:

"...The original, mss. Rotterdam [Embarkation] Lists (unlike published versions such as in Knittle) were broken down into the individual shiploads of immigrants within each "party." Martin Zerbe was listed near Georg Volpert Schmidt, Nicholas Michel and Henrich Bartel not only on one of the small ships sailing from Rotterdam in the 4th party ("Johann Martin Zerber & Wife, 4 children"), but also near them in the 4th arrivals encamped at London ("Martin Zerbst, 34, and wife, sons aged 11, 8, 4, and 2, Lutheran, Husbandman and Vine dresser"). Schmidt, Michel and Bartel all settled in New York: Bartel's home was named in Kocherthal as "Epstein, Duchy of Darmstadt," which is Eppstein, an area near Wiesbaden."

"...A 'Phillip Zerber' was found on the original Rotterdam Lists near Martin and also on the London Lists ("Phillip Zerbst, 25, Lutheran, Figure maker"). It was noted that the Kocherthal records [records in the USA showing early immigrants] show a "Johann Philipp Zerb of Kettenbach, commune of Minster" who was married to a "Maria Catharina Steiber of the commune of Hachenburg" on 9 Jul 1710. Maps showed that Kettenbach was north of Wiesbaden, near a town of Munster and but a few miles away from Eppstein. To cement the Bartel-Zerbe connection begun in Germany, Henrich Bartel appears near Martin Zerbe in the unalphabetized Hunter Subsistence Lists, and one "Maria Margaretha Barthel" sponsored Martin Zerbe's daughter baptized in 1715 by Rev. Kocherthal. Neighbors remained neighbors, even surviving a trip across the ocean."

"...That the ages of Martin Zerbe and his brother Johann Philipp Zerbe [on the Kettenbach church records] should be slightly different from those given on the London Lists is not surprising: the London Lists were somewhat erratic, sometimes agreeing to the month with German church books, ages given in lists of Palatines remaining in New York City in 1710-11, and American burial records, and other times being off by as much as thirteen years."

"Johann Martin Zirbe was confirmed at Kettenbach in 1682. He is listed as a communicant there in 1686, 1687, 1690, 1692, and 1693. On 11 Feb 1697 the marriage of Johan Martin Zirben to Anna Elisabeth, daughter of the late Johannes Jungel from the oil mill, was recorded."

Also from Hank Jones:
"...The Rotterdam and London Lists show Martin Zerbe emigrating with four children, while the Kettenbach church books record six children being baptized, with one buried. The burial of the missing child probably went unrecorded at Kettenbach, as my investigator there reported that the Kettenbach church books, 1643-1765, were 'very defective with gaps in the records'."

"Martin Zerbe was enrolled on the Hunter Subsistence Lists for the period 1710-1712. He was 'of Annsberg' when a Palatine volunteer in the Canadian expedition of 1711. 'Marte Server' was naturalized at Albany on 17 Jan 1715/16. The Simmendinger Register, published in 1717 but actually drawn up as early as late 1715, calls him of Wormsdorff with four children and wife Maria Catharine: it seems that Simmendinger erred in Martin's wife's name being Maria Catharine and probably mixed her up with his son Jacob Zerbe's wife of the same name. He appears on several of the "Palatine Debtors Lists" found in the Livingston Papers, the last entry being in February 1722 after which Martin Zerbe and his family removed to Tulpehocken. Anna Elizabeth Zerbe, wife of Martin, died 22 Jul 1750, according to the Records of Christ Lutheran Church, Stouchsburg, Pa."

[NI07771] Fragmented records of the Zirbe/Zerbe family begin in Kettenbach, Germany in 1643. It is legendary (sic) that the family is of French origin, being natives of France and moving from Lorraine to Switzerland, and later to the Palatine after the Edict of Nantes was revoked.

http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/i/m/Karen-L-Simpkins/GENE2-0001.html
From article by Henry Z. Jones, Jr., entitled "Finding the Ancestral Home of a Palatine Forefather: The Case of Martin Zerbe," published in The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine:

"...Martin Zirbe(n) was the earliest direct ancestor of the immigrant found at Kettenbach. This Martin Senior was buried there on 8 Mar 1694; his wife Anna Elisabetha or Elbet survived him, as the records show she was buried at Kettenbach on 8 Jan 1703..."

Other spellings include Zerbe, Zerwe and more.

[NI07772] There is considerable biography on George in Schuylkill Co. Blue Book starting on p. 207. Lived at Host's Post Office 1723-1782.
Check Christ's church records for family info.

[NI07774] There is some biography on him on p. 204 of the Blue Book. It lists his children but doesn't say which wife was the mother. Since Elizabeth Maria died about 1749 and he was 60 then, it is assumed that all children were hers.

[NI07813] Schuylkill Blue Book says 1790 census shows him with 7 children and lived in Pinegrove Twp. and later returned to Berks Co. All children migrated west. Came over the Blue Mountain about 1780 and settled in Pinegrove, the locality afterward included in Manheim.

1790 census shows he has 7 children.

[NI07814] Schuylkill Blue Book has considerable information about John George starting on p 217. Birth date of Apr 24, 1750 must be in error, as his sister Maria Catharina was born June 5, 1750.

[NI07849] From Biographies of Allen County, Ohio residents, under Samuel O. Ridenour:
The Ridenour family is of German extraction and was established in America by Lewis Ridenour, the great-grandfather of our subject. He came to the Colonies prior to the American Revolution and assisted the Patriot Army in the capacity of a teamster. He first settled in Virginia, whence he removed to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and there engaged in farming until 1803, when he migrated to Ohio. He settled in Perry County, being accompanied by his wife and 10 children. He had seven sons and three daughters. His sons, all of whom served in the war of 1812, were as follows: Mathias, David, John, Jacob, Lewis, Isaac and Martin. Of these, David, John and Isaac came to Allen County and all settled in Perry township. David never married, but John and Isaac both reared families and their descendants to-day are numbered with the most prominent and reliable citizens of their various communities.

[NI07853] Served in the War of 1812.

1850 Ohio census, Allen Co, Jackson Twp p 296b
496 - Isaac Wingate, age 58, farmer, born Delaware; Walis, 21, born Ohio; Nancy, 19
497 - Nicholas Wingate, 30, born Ohio; Ellen, 19; William, 1/12
498 - Cyrus Wingate, 23, born Ohio; Mary, 19

Ward Cem., old section, gives his name as Isaac B. (I had Isaac R.) which makes more sense since his mother was Beddles. Says his wife Ursula was his second wife.

[NI07854] 1790 PA Heads of Families, p 285 in York County (Huntington, Manallen, Manheim and Tyrone Twps) lists Nicholas Shuster with 1 female (probably his wife). I think this is Margarat's father.

[NI07857] Ludiwick Mahaman is listed in the 1790 PA census in Bedford County, 1 male over 16, 4 males under 16, 5 females. I am guessing that this is the father of the two Maughiman men who married Shusters. There was no other name at all similar to Maughiman in the 1790 census.

[NI07875] Reasons this is not Susanna daughter of Johanne George Henninger and Catherine Levan (information on these Henningers comes from the Chiocchi Database, http://pages.prodigy.net/janetch/family.htm): (1) Susanna is named first in her mother's will, which would indicate she may be the eldest. The third mentioned, Christian, was born in 1767. (2) Susanna would have been married to Jacob Zerbe by the time of her mother's will, and so would have been named as Susanna Zerbe, her married name, as her married sisters were named.

[NI07919] 1930 Ohio census - Hardin Co, Liberty Twp, Ada, ED 19 (image 11 of 23):
Arthur Pugh, Head, rents, $23, age 33, md at age 21, barber; wife Genevieve, 32, md at age 20; dau Rosamond, 10, dau Marian, 5

Lima News, Aug. 25, 1960 -- Arthur B. (Jack) Pugh
Arthur B. (Jack) Pugh, 63, of Beaverdam, a retired barber, died Monday evening at his home of a heart attack. A veteran of World Ward I, he had served as a member of the school board at Beaverdam and was a member of the Methodist church. He belonged to the Hog Creek Game club. He was born Dec. 7, 1896 to George and Sadie Pugh and in 1918 he married Genevieve Arnold. She survives with two daughters, Mrs. Rosamond Marshall, Rt. 2, Columbus Grove, and Mrs. Marion Blakeman ... [cut off]

[NI07923] Joseph C. Wollet, age 23 (b abt 1857), son of Daniel & Annie Wollet. A now defunct Family TreeMaker family site contained the information that the Wollet who married (?) Amanda Zerbe was Joseph C. Wollet.

Daniel Wollet appears in the 1860 census for Bath Twp, Allen Co OH, p. 409: D. Woolet, 55, farmer; Mary, 21; John, 17; Joseph, 5; Mary, 2; Lydia 5/12. In the 1850 census for same, p. 256: Daniel Woolet, 43, farmer; Hannah, 50; Moses, 15; Nancy, 13; Daniel, 11; John, 7.

NOTE: Look for marriage record for Amanda and Joseph. It's possible they were not married, but Aunt Opal thinks they were.

1930 Ohio census, Allen Co, Lima City, District 17 (image 4 of 22), there is a Joseph Wollet, age 73, married at age 32 (abt 1889), b. OH, parents b. OH, occ: janitor, shoe sole company; Hettie, wife, age 78, married at age 37, b. PA, parents b. PA.

[NI07944] 1930 OH census - Hardin Co, Washington Twp (image 21 of 23, Dola), bottom of page - Harry Ralph Frederick et al. Gerald and Audrey Hunt are next door.

Lima News, 1974? -- Harry R. Frederick
Dola -- Harry R. Frederick, 88 of here, a retired Penn Central employe, died 6 a.m. Saturday in Hardin County Home after a long illness. Born Dec. 21, 1885 in Lafayette, he was the son of Elijah [Henry Elijah] and Anna [Mary Anna] Hefner Frederick. He was married to the former Hazel Heath and she died April 8, 1969.
Survivors include five daughters, Mrs. Gerald (Audrey) Hunt, 460 S. Nixon, Lima; Mrs. Paul (Thelma) Sherman, Kenton; Mrs. Lloyd (Maxine) Williams, Marion; Mrs. Morris (Betty) Amstutz, Kenton; and Mrs. John (Janice) Mankey, Rt. 1 Ada; five sons, Charles of Hastings, Mich., William of North Canton, Robert S. of Rt. 1, Dunkirk, Gene of Rt. 1, Dola, and William F. Kayler of Dola; 18 grandchildren and 15 geat-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Effie Watt, Partstown, Pa., and Mrs. Leah Turbin of Piqua.
He was a member of the Penn Central Veterans Railroad Assn. and Dola Presbyterian Church.
Services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday in Hanson Funeral Home, Ada, with Rev. Aubrey R. Hancock officiating. Burial will be in Dola Cemetery. Friends may call from 7-9 p.m. today and 2-4 to 7-9 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.

Lima News, July 23, 1958 -- Former Railroad Worker Constructs, Collects Toys, with picture captioned "Ralph Frederick and Toys"
Dola -- Ralph Frederick of Dola, a retired Pennsylvania railroad employee, spends his leisure hours creating handmade toys for his grandchildren and for his own collection.
Frederick began producing these carefully made toys several years ago in order to fill in spare time. He precision-makes each part and when making miniature horses and wagons he carves each tiny wheel spoke and assembles every harness with small strips of leather. He agrees that it often proves difficult to form a six-horse hitch or to paint the intricate parts of the wagon but the finished product is a sufficient reward for his efforts.
Gardening and fishing also belong to Frederick's hobby list but toy making dominates in the winter because of weather conditions. The experienced railroader had been with the Pennsylvania Railroad since 1905 and continued until 1953. At the age of 21 Frederick was made track foreman. He recalls helping to install and , in recent years, helping to tear out the track pans at Dola. (The pans permitted trains to pick up water on the run and when they and the coal docks were still in use numerous trains passed through Dola in just a day's time.)
Frederick is 72 and has been married to his wife Hazel for 48 years, the same amount of time he was with the railroad company. Both have lifetime passes on the railroad but as yet have not found time to use them. The couple has thirteen children: Mrs. Audrey Hunt, Lima; Mrs. Thelma Sherman, Kenton; Mrs. Maxine Williams, Marion; Charles Frederick, Hastings, Mich.; William Frederick, Mt. Vernon; Robert Frederick, Dunkirk; Mrs. Bette Amstutz, Kenton; Mrs. Janice Mankey, Ada; William Kahler, Dola; and Gene Frederick, Dola.

[NI07945] Lima News, either Wednesday, Dec. 1, 1999 or Thursday, Dec. 2, 1999 -- Lima
Audrey M. Hunt, 93, died at 9:20 p.m. Nov. 30, 1999, at Hardin Memorial Hospital, Kenton. She was born Nov. 28, 1906, in Lafayette to H.R. and Hazel Heath Frederick. On Dec. 24, 1925, she married Gerald W. Hunt, who died Oct. 20, 1993. [Sept. 1984 article gives their correct marriage date, Dec. 24, 1924 -- they were celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary.]
Mrs. Hunt had been a coach designer at Super Coach, Sheller Globe Division, and had worked as a nurses aide at Lima Memorial Hospital. She was a member of Dola Presbyterian Church, Dola, and was a member of the Trinity Chapter of Order of Eastern Star. She attended Dola High School.
Survivors include two brothers, William (Ruth) Frederick of North Canton and Bob (Mary) Frederick of Dunkirk; two sisters, Maxine Williams of Fairborn and Betty Amstutz of Kenton; and care giver, Opal Harvey of Harrod. She was preceded in death by three brothers, Charles and Gene Frederick and William Kahler; three sisters, Thelma Sherman, Janice Mankey and infant Patricia Frederick.
Services will begin at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Hanson-Neely Funeral Home, Ada. Thomas Gossel will officiate. Burial will be in Dola Cemetery, Dola. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday and until time of services Saturday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Dola Presbyterian Church.

[NI07946] Funeral home card: In memory of Charles Wesley Frederick, born Dec. 18, 1908, died Sept. 30, 1998; services: graveside services Saturday, Oct. 3, 1998 at 2:30 p.m., Dola Cemetery, Dola, Ohio; arrangements by Girrbach Funeral Home, Hastings, Michigan.

[NI07947] Lima News, Wednesday, March 19 1997 -- Kenton
Thelma R. Sherman, 86, died at 1:20 p.m. March 18, 1997, at Hardin Memorial Hospital, Kenton. She was born Oct. 9, 1910, in Dola to Ralph and Hazel Heath Frederick. On Dec. 24, 1935, she married Paul W. Sherman, who died Dec. 16, 1965.
Mrs. Sherman was a homemaker. She was a sales clerk at Kraus Jewelry Store for several years. She was a 1927 graduate of Dola High School. She was a member of Epworth United Methodist Church, Kenton, and its Women's Circle.
Survivors include three brothers, Charles Frederick of Hastings, Mich., William Frederick of North Canton and Robert Frederick of Dunkirk; and three sisters, Audrey Hunt of Lima, Maxine Williams of Marion and Betty Amstutz of Kenton. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Bill Kahler and Gene Frederick; and a sister, Janice Mankey.
Services will begin at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Schindewolf-Stevens-Stout Funeral Home, Kenton. The Rev. Nancy Goulet will officiate. Burial will be in Dola Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Epworth United Methodist Church, Kenton.

[NI07951] Betty Amstutz, 825 Lick Street, Kenton OH 43326-2233, 419-673-8268.

[NI07952] Lima News, Friday, Nov. 24, 1989 -- Janice M. Mankey
Ada -- Janice M. Mankey, 64, of here, died at 9:07 p.m. Wednesday at her residence.
She was born on March 20, 1925 in Dola, the daughter of Ralph and Hazel Heath Frederick. She married John (Bud) Mankey on Sept. 27, 1946, and he survives.
Mrs. Mankey was a homemaker and a member of the Women of the Moose Lodge in Kenton, the Forest VFW Post 1182 auxiliary, and the Lima American Legion Auxiliary.
Also surviving are three sons, Steve Mankey and Mike Mankey, both of Ada, and John Mankey of St. Augustine Beach, Fla.; one daughter, Mrs. John (Pat) Allen of Kenton; seven grandchildren; one stepgrandson; four brothers, Charles Frederick of Hastings, Mich., Bill Frederick of North Canton, and Robert Frederick and Gene Frederick, both of Dunkirk; four sisters, Mrs. Gerald (Audrey) Hunt of Lima, Mrs. Thelma Sherman of Kenton, Mrs. Betty Amstutz of Kenton and Mrs. Maxine Williams of Marion.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Hanson-Neely Funeral Home, Ada, the Rev. Tom Dearth officiating. Burial will be in Dola Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today and 3 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday and until the time of services Sunday.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Hardin County Hospice in care of Sue Alger at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Kenton or the Hardin County chapter of the American Cancer Society.

[NI07953] Lima News, Sunday, July 18, 1993 -- Dola
Gene "Butch" H. Frederick, 62, died at 9:06 a.m. July 17, 1993, at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Kenton. He was born Jan. 13, 1931, in Hardin County, to H. Ralph and Hazel C. (Heath) Frederick. He married Velma D. Smith on April 13, 1952, and she survives in rural Dola.
Mr. Frederick was retired from Rockwell International Inc. of Kenton after 43 years of service. He was a member of Eagle Creek Church of the Brethren.
Other survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Donald (Karen) McDaniel of Forest and Mrs. Thomas (Sharon) Purdy of Dola; three brothers, Charles Frederick of Hastings, Mich., Bill Frederick of North Canton and Robert Frederick of Dunkirk; four sisters, Mrs. Gerald (Audrey) Hunt of Lima, Mrs. Thelma Sherman and Mrs. Betty Amstutz, both of Kenton, and Mrs. Maxine Williams of Marion; and five grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a brother, Bill Kahler; a sister, Janice Mankey; and a grandson.
Services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Hanson-Neely Funeral Home in Ada. Rev. Tom Dearth will officiate. Burial will follow in Dola Cemetery, Dola. Friends may call from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Eagle Creek Church of the Brethren.

[NI07954] Ralph Junior Frederick was raised by William and (Bertha) Moda Kahler (pronounced Kayler) and changed his name to William Frederick Kahler. In the 1930 census he is still in his parents' household, listed as Ralph J. Frederick, age 3.

Lima News, Sunday, Feb. 21, 1982 -- William F. Kahler
Dunkirk -- William F. Kahler, 55, died at 5:06 a.m. Saturday in Hardin Memorial Hospital. He was born in Dola on April 27, 1926, the son of Ralph and Hazel Heath Frederick. He was raised by William and Moda Kahler. On May 8, 1948, he married Betty Richardson, who survives in Dola.
Mr. Kahler was a retired employee of the Rockwell Corporation in Kenton and was a member of the Elks Lodge 157 in Kenton and the Federal Order of Police Associates in Kenton.
Survivors also include one daughter, Teresa Kahler of Toledo; one son, Jerry Kahler of Whitehouse; one grandchild; five sisters, Mrs. Gerald (Audrey) Hunt of Lima, Mrs. Lloyd (Maxine) Williams of Marion, Mrs. John (Janice) Mankey Jr. of Ada, and Mrs. Thelma Sherman and Mrs. Bette Amstutz, both of Kenton; and four brothers, Charles Frederick of Hastings, Mich., William Frederick of North Canton, Robert Frederick of Dunkirk, and Gene Frederick of Dola.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Price Funeral Home here with burial in Dola Cemetery. Friends may call anytime Monday and until the time of servicesTuesday at the funeral home.

Funeral home card: Wm. "Archie" Kahler, born April 27, 1926, died Feb. 20, 1982; Rev. A. R. Hancock officiating.

[NI07955] 1930 OH census - Allen Co, Jackson Twp, Lafayette, Jefferson Street:
Carter H. Blunden age 31, father born England, garage mechanic; Helen M. age 31, mother b Pennsylvania; Jack B. age 8; Justin E. age 3.

Lima News, Sunday, Oct, 21, 1990 -- Carter H. Blunden
Lafayette -- Carter H. Blunden, 92, of here, died at 3 p.m. Saturday at Lima Memorial Hospital.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Congregational Christian Church, Lafayette, Rev. Robert Brown officiating. Burial will be in Lafayette Cemetery. Friends may call 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at Lewis Memorial Chapel of Chiles and Sons-Laman. Memorial contributions may be made to Congregational Christian Church Building Fund.

Lima News, Monday, Oct. 22, 1990 -- Carter H. Blunden
Lafayette -- Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Congregational Christian Church, Lafayette, for Carter H. Blunden, 92, of here. He died at 3 p.m. Saturday at Lima Memorial Hospital. He was born Oct. 11, 1898, in Columbus Grove, the son of Edwin and Ida Carter Blunden. On Nov. 30, 1918, he married Mary Helen Heath, who died May 24, 1977.
Mr. Blunden retired in 1965 from Ex-Cell-O Corp. and was a self-employed machinist and mechanic. He was a member of Congregational Christian Church, Lafayette.
Survivors include two sons, Carter J. Blunden of Lima and Rev. Larry H. Blunden of Columbus; and two grandchildren.
Rev. Robert Brown will officiate services. Burial will be in Lafayette Cemetery. Friends may call until 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the Lewis Memorial Chapel of Chiles and Sons-Laman Funeral Home, and one hour prior to services Tuesday at the church. Memorial contributions may be made to the Congregational Christian Church Building Fund.

[NI07956] Undated picture in the Lima News, Nov. 1944: Killed in action -- Memorial services for Jack V. Blunden Mo. M. M. 1-c, above, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carter Blunden, Lafayette, killed in action in the Philippines Nov. 13, have been held in Lafayette Congregational church, Lafayette, it was announced Saturday.

Lima News article, undated -- Reburial Rites For Veteran Set, Jack V. Blunden Funeral Sunday
Lafayette, Sept. 15 -- Reburial rites for Jack Vernon Blunden, 22, motor machinist mate 1c, U.S.N., son of Mr. and Mrs. Carter H. Blunden, Lafayette, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Congregational Christian church here.
The body of the veteran will arrive in Ada at 1:50 p.m. Friday, and will be removed to the Lantz and Cretors funeral home, Ada, where it will remain until time for services.
Jack was killed Nov. 12, 1944, in the battle of Leyte, P. I. [Philippine Islands] He enlisted in the Navy Jan. 1, 1942, and completed almost three years of service in Australia, New Guinea and the South Pacific area. He later was assigned to duty aboard the repair ship Achilles, and took part in the Philippine campaign where he was killed in the explosion of a Japanese suicide plane during an aerial attack on a U.S. ship.
Prior to enlistment he was employed by the Superior CoachCorp., Lima. He was an active member of Lafayette Congregational Christian church, and was graduated from Lafayette high school in 1940.
Surviving are his parents and two brothers, Carter J. and Larry, both at home. Arrangements for the Sunday services are in charge of Lantz and Cretors funeral home. The Rev. S. A. Boeugher will officiate, and memorial music will be furnished by the Lafayette quartet. Burial will be in Lafayette cemetery, where graveside rites will be conducted by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Lima.

[NI07957] Justin Blunden, 2830 Trinidad Way, Palmetta FL 34221-3457, 941-723-2368.

Justin marrried first ? Roeder, divorced, then he married Eleanor, they divorced, she married ? Everett. (She appears as Eleanor Everett in the obituary of her mother, Mildred "Betty" McCune, who died Oct. 22, 1994.)

[NI07958] Rev. Larry Blunden, 1041 Cornell Drive, Lima OH 45805-1623. Minister at one of the UCC Churches in Kenton OH.

1958 article in The Lima News: Lafayette Pastor Guest of Honor at Reception (with picture)
Lafayette -- The Rev. Larry Blunden, who plans to attend the Lancaster, Pa., seminary of the United Church of Christ, was honored at a reception recently in the Congregational Christian Church here. More than 125 persons attended the family night program for the Rev. Mr. Blunden, who is the first person from the congregation to enter the ministry.
A graduate of Bluffton Collegte, the Rev. Mr. Blunden received gifts from the church and Sunday School, as well as individual members of the church. George Cox was master of ceremonies for the program.
For the past year, he has served as director of youth work of the local church, and will hold the same position at the United Church of Christ in Reading, Pa., while he is studying at the Lancaster Seminary.

[NI07959] Lima News, Thursday, Oct. 21, 1993 -- Lima
Gerald W. Hunt, 92, died at 1 p.m. Oct. 20, 1993, at his home. He was born May 12, 1901, in Wanatah, Ind., to William H. and Sadie Thomas Hunt. On Dec. 25, 1924, he married Audrey Frederick, who survives.
Mr. Hunt was a signalman for the Penn-Central Railroad for 52 years in Lima, and was also a telegraph operator, retiring in 1967. He was a member of the Dola Presbyterian Church, was affiliated with United Travelers, was a 32nd degree Mason Scottish Rite, and was a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, Garrett Wykoff Lodge 585.
Survivors also include a sister, Hazel Deschamps of Wanatah, Ind. He was preceded in death by a sister, Goldie Hunt.
Services will begin at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Siferd Westwood Chapel. The Rev. Stan Chapin will officiate. Burial will be in Dola Cemetery, Dola. Friends may call 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Siferd Westwood Chapel. Memorial contributions may be made to Dola Presbyterian Church.

[NI07979] 1850 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Washington Twp, roll 661, p. 7b, taken Sept. 23:
Isaac Willis, 50, shoemaker, born Md.; Anne, 47, born Md.; Andrew, 26, laborer, born Md.; John H., 20, laborer, born Md.; Catharine, 21, born Pa.; Levi W., 11, born Ohio; Elizabeth E., 9; William J., 7

Is it possible Catharine, age 21, is John's first wife? She would have died by 1855 when he married Rachel Weekley.

[NI07987] May be the Harvey Brown in the SSDI b May 5, 1895 d Oct 1975 Toledo OH.

1930 Ohio census - Lucas County, Toledo, District 249, p. 217 (stamped):
George W. Brown, 37, Esther R., 35, June R., 6; Harvey E., brother, 34, Kenneth E., nephew, 8, Virginia E., niece, 7, Donald J., nephew, 5.

1920 Ohio census - Lucas County, Toledo:
Harvey Brown, 24; Bertha, 18, born Ohio, father & mother born Kansas

[NI07991] Also into Zerbe genealogy; lives in Toledo, where most of the Browns stayed. (DJ)

[NI07993] Looks just like his great-grandfather's brother George Brown (facially). (DJ)

[NI07995] Lima News, Feb. 18, 1958 -- Helen Arnett Baker
Services for Mrs. Helen Arnett Baker, 55, St. Petersburg, Fla., will be at 2:00 p.m. Friday from the Preston Funeral Home, Ada. Rev. A. Richard Teller will officiate, with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after Thursday noon. Mrs. Baker died Thursday evening. Services will be held Monday afternoon in St. Petersburg.
Born Dec. 26, 1902 in Alger, Mrs. Baker formerly resided in Ada and Lima. She was married to Robert W. Baker who survives. Also surviving are her mother, Mrs. Ida Arnett, Lima; brothers, Kenneth, Kenton, and Theodore, Chicago; half-brothers, Dave, West Mansfield, and Richard A., Columbus; half-sisters, Mrs. Richard Ruhlen and Mrs. Bobby Hommell, both of Kenton.
Mrs. Baker, a musician, operated a conservatory in St. Petersburg. She was a member of the Methodist Church.

[NI07997] Lima News, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 1998 -- Ada
Alice L. LaRue, 87, died at 5:27 p.m. Jan. 18, 1998, at her residence. She was born Oct. 7, 1910, in Hardin County to Harvey M. and Elizabeth Manley Cheney. On July 3, 1929, she married Donald E. LaRue, who died Feb. 4, 1980.
Mrs. LaRue was a homemaker. She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary.
Survivors include a daughter, Stella LaRue of Ada; and several nephews and nieces. She was preceded in death by five brothers and three sisters.
Graveside services will begin at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Memorial Park Cemetery. The Rev. William Croy will officiate. Friends may call from 9 to 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Lewis Chapel of Chiles & Sons-Laman Funeral Homes. Memorial contributions may be made to the Ada Visiting Nurses.

[NI07999] Lima News (no date, but Aunt Opal wrote "Nov. 13, 1987" which was date of death) -- Elsie C. LaRue
Ada -- Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Hanson-Neely Funeral Home, Ada, for Elsie C. LaRue, 86, of here. She died at 12:36 a.m. Friday at Community Nursing Center, Marion. She was born Dec. 19, 1900, in Putnam County, the daughter of Martin Wesley and Elizabeth Chamberlin Closson. On May 24, 1919, she married Roscoe E. LaRue, who died Sept. 27, 1972.
Mrs. LaRue was a homemaker. She was a member of County Line Church of the Brethren, Ada Senior Citizens, Veterans of World War I Women's Auxiliary, American Legion Women's Auxiliary, and Home Extension Club, Lima.
Survivors include a son, Martin LaRue of Harrodsburg, Ky.; six daughters, Evelyn Lyle of Ruskin, Fla., Mrs. Earl (Clara) Bohn and Mrs. Joseph (Helen) Sprague, both of Lima, Mrs. Charles (Agnes) Slocum of Marion, Mrs. Don (Patricia) Dalrymple of Pandora, and Betty Reynolds of Columbus; 25 grandchildren; 56 great-grandchildren; a great-great-granddaughter; six stepgrandchildren; 19 stepgreat-grandchildren; and 12 stepgreat-great-grandchildren.
Pastor David Thompson will officiate. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery, Ada. Friends may call 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday and until time of services Monday at the funeral home. American Legion memorial services will be at 8 p.m. Sunday. Memorials may be made to Ada Senior Citizens.

[NI08006] He may be the Charles Slocum in the SSDI b Jun 9, 1913 d May 1975, issue state OH.

[NI08009] Lima News (no date) -- Westerville
Betty F. LaRue Reynolds, 61, died at 2 a.m. July 18, 1995, in Kobacker Hospice at Riverside Hospital, Columbus.
She was born Nov. 19, 1933, in Hardin County to Roscoe and Elsie Closson LaRue Ellsworth.
She was previously married to William Reynolds, who survives in Mount Gilead.
She was a caseworker for the Franklin County Department of Human Services. She was a member of Christ the King Lutheran Church, Columbus.
Survivors also include a son, Gregory Allen (Debbie) Zachariah of Hebron; two daughters, Deborah Kay (Brent) Brown of Worthington and Brenda Lee Zachariah of Westerville; a brother, Martin LaRue of Kentucky; five sisters, Evelyn Lyle of Florida, Clara Bohn and Helen Sprague. both of Lima, Agnes Slocum of Lakeview and Pat Dalrymple of Pandora; and seven grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a sister, Elsie Zimmerman.
Services will begin at 11 a.m. Monday at Hanson-Neely Funeral Home, Ada. The Rev. Jesse McLeod will officiate. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery, Ada.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday and 10 to 11 a.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice at Riverside, 3595 Olentangy River Road, Columbus 43214.

[NI08010] This could be the L. Zachariah in the SSDI b Sep 11, 1932 d Mar 1991 issue state CA.

[NI08015] 1930 Ohio census - Hardin Co, Liberty Twp, Ada, ED 19, p. 5A (image 9 of 23) (indexed Firestine):
Charles Firestone, Head, owns, $1400, age 33, md at age 23, born OH, driver, coal yard; wife Wava, 33, md at age 22; nephew John, 10.

Also in Ada, p. 8A, there is a Sarah J. Firestone, age 59, widowed, born OH, father born PA, mother born OH. She is Charles' mother, and Ford A. Firestone, age 36, same page, is probably his brother.

[NI08016] Lima News, Monday, Nov. 9, 1981 -- Robert W. LaRue
Ada -- Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Hanson-Neely Funeral Home, Ada, for Robert W. LaRue, 66. He was dead on arrival at 5:19 p.m. Saturday at Lima Memorial Hospital.
He was born July 19, 1915, in Ada. His mother, Wava Firestone, survives in Ada. On Jan. 25, 1936, he married Gertrude Robolte, who also survives.
Mr. LaRue retired after 30 years as a custodian and transportation supervisor for Ada. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church.
Survivors also include a son, Robert (Butch) LaRue of Ada; two daughters, Norma Preston of Alger and Mrs. Robert (Shirley) Erwin of Dunkirk; six grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
Rev. Robert G. Wood will officiate for the services. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery, Ada.
Friends may call until 5 and from 7 to 9 today and until time of services Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association.

[NI08017] 1930 Ohio census - Butler Co, Oxford Twp, ED 45, p. 23A (image 45 of 53):
Hugh McGonigal, Head, rents, $35, age 25, md at age 19, born OH, parents born OH; electrician; wife Helen, 24, md at age 18, born OH; son John E., 5

[NI08018] 1930 Ohio census - Hancock Co, Marion Twp, ED 27, p. 3A (image 5 of 20):
Orville Cook, Head, 22, md at age 20, born IL, parents born IL; farm laborer; wife Evalyn, 19, md at age 17, born OH, parents born OH; son Allen Jr., 1-6/12

[NI08028] Lima News (no date, but probably June 1995) -- 95th Birthday -- Mary Augsburger
Mary M. Augsburger of Lima will celebrate her 95th birthday with an open house for friends and family from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday in the Family Life Center at Lima Community Church of the Nazarene, 2945 N. Cole St.
Augsburger was born July 4, 1900. She married Robert P. Augsburger, who died in 1973. She has three daughters, one deceased; and three grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
She is a retired executive housekeeper from Lima Memorial Hospital. She enjoys church activities, family and friends, and keeps busy crocheting for others.

Lima -- Mary M. Augsburger, 99, died 11:30 p.m. Oct. 31, 1999, at Lima Memorial Hospital. She was born July 4, 1900, in Lima, to Cleveland and Louella Taflinger Settlemire. Shemarried Robert P. Augsburger, who died April 15, 1973.
Mrs. Augsburger retired in 1965 as an executive housekeeper at Lima Memorial Hospital. She was a member of the Lima Community Church of the Nazarene, and was an honorary member of the South High School Class of 1938.
Surviving are two daughters, June M. Augsburger of Lima and Bettye (Bob) Johnson of New Knoxville; three grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Marymartha Miller; three brothers and three sisters.

[NI08034] Lima News, Thursday, Jan. 12, 1989 -- Naomi D. LaRue
Naomi Downing LaRue, 82, of Lima, died at 11:15 a.m. Wednesday at the residence of her son. She was born Jan. 28, 1906, in Allen County, the daughter of John R. and Lavina Miller Downing. On June 27, 1925, she married Harold C. LaRue who survives.
Mrs. LaRue was a homemaker. She was a member of Bluelick United Methodist Church where she was a member and president of the church board and had taught Bible school for many years. She was a member of Grandmothers Club and served as a volunteer for the Allen County Cancer Society.
Survivors also include three sons, Walter LaRue, James L. LaRue, both of Lima, and William H. LaRue of Benton Ridge; 14 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Bluelick United Methodist Church, Pastor Judith F. Shuck officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at Lewis Memorial Chapel of Chiles and Sons-Laman Funeral Homes, and one hour prior to services at the church. Memorial contributions may be made to the church building fund.

[NI08036] Lima News, Sunday, December 19, 1993 -- Lima
George W. Warner, 78, died at 3:30 a.m. Dec 18, 1993, at Veterans Hospital in Dayton. He was born Jan. 8, 1915, in Allen County, to John and Zoe Warner. On June 17, 1985, he married Bessie Gibson, who survives.
Mr. Warner was retired from Neon Products, Inc. He was a member of Southside Christian Church, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Lodge 54, the Senior Citizens, and was a charter member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1275.
Survivors also include three brothers, Carl Warner of Beaverdam, and Olin Warner and Paul Warner, both of Dayton.
Services will begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Siferd Westwood Chapel. The Rev. Doug Adams will officiate. Entombment will be in Memorial Park Mausoleum. Friends may call 6 to 8 p.m. Monday and 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

[NI08037] Mendon -- David B. Esmonde Sr., 80, of Orange Manor Park West, Winterhaven, Fla., and Mendon, died at 11 a.m. March 14, 1995, at his home in Florida. He was born Oct. 11, 1914, in Lafayette, to John Daily and Nellie VanMeter Esmonde. On June 26, 1935, he married Anna LaRue, who survives.
Mr. Esmonde was the owner and operator of Dave's Market in Mendon from 1945 to 1962, and also was a salesman for Midland Grocery Co., Buchy Meats and Rager Meats. He was a member of the Ross Church of the Brethren, where he was a Sunday School teacher. He was a former member of the Mendon Union School Board.
Survivors also include four sons, David B. (Ruth) Esmonde Jr. of Mendon, Ken M. (Chloe) Esmonde of Celina, Neil B. (Jinny) Esmonde of Adamsville, Pa., and Jon D. (Alona) Esmonde of San Antonio; two daughters, Melanie (Max) Hesse of Mendon and Karen (Ed) Diller of Cincinnati; two brothers, Norman Esmonde and Leonard Esmonde, both of Lima; two sisters, Norene Obenour of Lafayette and Betty Gossard of Lima; and 18 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Rosalyn Esmonde.
Services will begin at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Ross Church of the Brethren, Mendon. The Rev. Glenn Masser will officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Lima. Friends may call 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday and 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at W.H. Dick and Sons Funeral Homes, Mendon, and an hour before services Saturday at the church. Memorial contributions may be made to Mercer County Hospice, Mercer County Cancer Society or Ross Church of the Brethren in Mendon.

[NI08038] Lima News, Oct. 21, 1992 -- L. Ruth LaRue
Bluffton. L. Ruth LaRue, 90, died early Wednesday morning at the Mennonite Memorial Home in Bluffton.
She was born Aug. 16, 1902, in Bluffton, the daughter of Elias and Mary Hochstettler Stettler. She married Olan J. LaRue, who preceded her in death.
Mrs. LaRue was a homemaker. She was a member of the Mansfield First United Methodist Church and the women's group of the church. She was a former member of the Mansfield Nature Club and the Too Young to Quit Social Club. She was a resident of the Mansfield area for more than 55 years before returning to Bluffton in 1989.
Survivors include one brother, Ira Stettler of McAllen, Texas; and several nieces and nephews.
She was also preceded in death by two sisters and five brothers.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Finefrock Funeral Home, 350 Marion Avenue, Mansfield, Rev. Jack C. Yeager officiating. Burial will be in Mansfield Memorial Park.
Friends may call until 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Mansfield First United Methodist Church.

[NI08040] Lima News (no date) -- Lima
Mary LaRue, 84, died at 1 p.m. Jan. 2, 1994, at Lima Memorial Hospital. She was born Feb. 17, 1909, in Lima, to John and Ollie Gibbs Leuenberger. She married Ralph LaRue, who died July 16, 1979.
Mrs. LaRue was a homemaker. She was a member of the Sugar Creek Church of the Brethren.
Survivors include four daughters, Karen Brewington of Madiera, Calif., Sandra Bridges of Covington, and Jeanne LaRue and Joan Dibble, both of Lima; a sister, Pauline Leuenberger of Lima; and 10 grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, Kenneth David LaRue, and a brother, Marion Leuenberger.
Services will begin at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Lewis Memorial Chapel of Chiles and Sons-Laman Funeral Homes. The Rev. Geoffrey Bermosk will officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call two hours before services Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Sugar Creek Church of the Brethren or WTGN Radio.

[NI08043] Lima News (no date)
Bluffton -- Russell A. Ream, 82, died at 9:35 a.m. May 31, 1993, at Richland Manor, near Beaverdam.
He was born April 17, 1911, in Orange Township, Hancock County, to Harry and Effie Griffith Ream. On Aug. 1, 1932, he married Marie LaRue, who survives.
Mr. Ream was a farmer, a driver for Page Dairy for 20 years, and also had worked for the state highway department.
He was a member of Riley Creek Baptist Church in Bluffton.
Survivors also include two sons, Larry R. Ream and Ronald O. Ream, both of Findlay; two daughters, Betty J. Basinger of Loudenville and Mrs. Harold (Nancy L.) Weidman of Bluffton; a brother, Harry G. Ream of Jenera; and 13 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Claude Ream.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Riley Creek Baptist Church, Bluffton. The Rev. David Cass will officiate. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery, Bluffton.
Friends may call 7 to 9 p.m. today and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Bluffton Chapel of Chiles and Sons-Laman Funeral Homes.
Memorial contributions may be made to Riley Creek Baptist Church.

[NI08044] Lima News (no date, but Aunt Opal wrote "died July 27, 1992") -- Leona Pearl LaRue
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Siferd Westwood Chapel for Leona Pearl LaRue, 76, of Lima. She died at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Lima Memorial Hospital.
She was born Sept. 24, 1915, in Lima, the daughter of Otto and Mary Boyer Kinkle. On Nov. 10, 1935, she married George LaRue, who survives in Lima.
Mrs. LaRue was a homemaker. She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church.
Survivors also include three sons, Phillip Kent LaRue of Redwood, Calif., Dennis LaRue of Lima and Gary LaRue of Crestview, Fla.; a daughter, Mrs. Karen Moyer of Lima; 12 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and five brothers, Russell Kinkle, Kenneth Kinkle, Lester Kinkle and Harold Kinkle, all of Lima, and Don Kinkle of Charleston, S.C.
She was preceded in death by a brother, Paul Kinkle.
Rev. John Medaugh will officate for services. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Friends may call 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

[NI08052] Lima News, May 31, 2002
Bluffton -- Cora J. Younkman, 92, of Westlake, formerly of Bluffton and Cincinnati, died May 30, 2002 at her residence. She was born Jan. 23, 1910, in Pandora to William and Zelma Amstutz Lugibihl, who preceded her in death. In 1929, she married Daniel Younkman, who died in 1981.
Mrs. Younkman was a homemaker and had been a part-time school teacher. She was a member of Faith United Church of Christ, Mount Washington, and attended St. Peter United Church of Christ, Amherst. She enjoyed reading and watching patriotic programs. She was a giving person and one who was always in contact with family and friends.
Survivors include four daughters, Phyllis Clark of Avon Lake, Marilyn (Gerald) Hill of Lakewood, Carolyn Potts of North Olmstead and Linda (Keith) Mohn of Youngstown; a brother, Norman Lugibihl of Downey, Calif.; two sisters, Marie Zerbe of Toledo and Elva Montgomery of Torrance, Calif.; and 18 grandchildren, 43 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Frank and Wayne Lugibihl; and two sisters, Treva Catherine Lugibihl and Dorothy Musser.

[NI08059] The Lima News, Friday, Feb. 19, 1988, p. B5 -- 90th birthday Feb. 20th
Edith Thelma LaRue Core will celebrate her 90th birthday Saturday. She is formerly of the Columbus Grove area and is the widow of Glen Core.
Edith and Glen were farmers near Columbus Grove until 1946, when they purchased a farm north of Belle Center at 18373 County Road 85, where she still resides.
She is the mother of Nolan and James Core of Lima, Jack Core of Bellefontaine, Glen Core of Muskegon, Mich., and Richard Core of Cottonwood, Ariz.

Lima News (no date, but Aunt Opal wrote "died Apr. 1, 1993")
Kenton -- Edith Thelma Core, 95, of the Hardin County Home, Kenton, died at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Hardin Memorial Hospital.
She was born Feb. 20, 1898, in Lima, to Calvin and Cora Bertha McKee LaRue. On Sept. 27, 1919, she married Glen Core, who died Oct. 18, 1965.
Mrs. Core was a homemaker. She was a member of Mount Zion United Methodist Church, long active in the Hardin Memorial Hospital Guild, and a member of the Harmony Club.
Survivors include five sons, Nolan Core of Lima, Glen Core of Muskegon, Mich., James Core of Cairo, Richard Core of Cottonwood, Ariz., and Jack Core of Bellefontaine; a sister, Edna Bishop of St. Johns, Mich.; 19 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Rose Funeral Home, Belle Center. Rev. Mark Babb will officiate. Burial will follow at 3:30 p.m. in Truro Cemetery, Columbus Grove.
Friends may call 3 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.

[NI08077] Listed in the 1850 Census, Harrison Co OH, Washington Twp, p. 425.

[NI08079] Tombstone says Percila Zerbe, 1842-1923.

[NI08080] 1900 OH census - Allen Co, Bath Twp p. 40 - Frederick Smith is a boarder in the household of Joseph & Henrietta Driver; b Oct 1866, age 33, married 10 yrs, b PA, father & mother b PA, driller in oil field. This is just a page away from Clara's father Sam (p. 41) and his second wife Priscilla. This is probably not the right Fred Smith, however, since the 1920 census (below) says he was born in Ohio about 1871.

1910 OH census - Allen Co, Lima:
Fred Smith age 39; wife Clara age 34, son Walter age 17, dau Edith age 16, dau Margaret age 12, dau Catherine age 7.

1920 OH census - Allen Co, Lima, roll T625_1345, p. 13A, ED 22:
Fred N. Smith, age 49, b OH, parents b Germany
wife Clara, age 40 [did she fudge on her age?], b OH, parents b PA
dau Edith age 26
dau Katherine age 16
dau Louise age 8
Fred and Clara are next to Clara's brother John, on Burch Ave.

1930 OH census - Allen Co, Ottawa Twp, Lima, District 19 (image 40 of 46) - Fred and Clara Smith, just a few houses from her brother John C. Zerbe.

[NI08081] 1930 Ohio census - Lucas County, Toledo, District 249, p. 217 (stamped):
George W. Brown, 37, Esther R., 35, June R., 6; Harvey E., brother, 34, Kenneth E., nephew, 8, Virginia E., niece, 7, Donald J., nephew, 5.

[NI08083] Imm. 1869

[NI08087] 1900 OH census - Allen Co, Lima City ward 1, roll 1236 book 1 p. 165a:
689 North Jackson Street -
Jesse C. Saunders b Dec 1860 age 39, md 12 yrs; b OH parents b OH; occ: conductor R.R.
wife Emma b Feb 1868 age 32, 4 children; b OH parents b OH
dau Mary b Apr 1889 age 11 b OH
son Howard b July 1892 age 7 b OH
[cont. on p. 166] dau Rutha b Dec 1894 age 5
son Robert b Mar 1898 age 2

Jesse and Emma live on North Jackson Street in Lima, not too far from Emma's mother and her brother John, who are listed at 717 North Jackson Street.

1930 Ohio census - Allen Co, Lima, District 20 (image 44 of 63):
Jesse C. Saunders, head, age 65, married at 22, occ: conducter, railroad
Emma L., wife, age 66, married at 23, b. OH, parents b. PA
(next page) Bessie E., daughter, age 27, single, occ: custodian, bank
Margaret J., daughter, age 25, single, occ: operator, telephone

[NI08088] 1900 Ohio census - Allen Co, Shawnee Twp, roll 1236 book 2 p. 185a:
Bert Ansbaugh b Jan 1868 age 32, md 15 yrs; b OH parents b OH; no occupation given
wife Mary M. b Mar 1869 age 31, b OH parents b PA
dau Mayme V. b Mar 1886 age 14 b OH

1920 Ohio census - Allen Co, Ottawa Twp, Lima City, taken Jan. 12, 1920
Albert Ansbaugh, 54, born Ohio, parents born Ohio, track laborer - steam road; Margaret, 45, born Ohio, parents born Pennsylvania

1930 Ohio census - Allen Co, Auglaize Twp, Harrod village, taken April 10, 1930, p. 265, on 2nd Street
Bert Anspach, age 64, md. at age 23, laborer - general labor
Margaret, wife, age 63, md. at age 22
Their daughter Mayme is listed two pages previous, lives on Oak Street.

[NI08089] 1900 OH census - Allen Co, Lima City ward 4 (roll 1236, book 1), p. 257:
722 Linden Street
Geo. M. Willower, b Mar 1872, age 28, md 6 yrs; b OH, father b OH, mother b PA; occ: moulder
wife Anna E., b Mar 1872, age 28, 2 children; b OH, parents b OH
dau Catherine M., b July 1895, age 4
dau Marcella, b Oct 1897, age 2
servant Grace M. Fry, b Nov 1883, age 16, b PA, parents b PA

[NI08090] Lima News, Friday, Dec. [5, 12, 19 or 26], 1975 -- Mary E. Armstrong
Mary E. Armstrong, 86, died at 10:30 p.m.Wednesday [Dec. 3, 10, 17 or 24] at Springview Nursing Home following a lengthy illness. Born in Lima, April 11, 1889, she was a daughter of the late Jessie and Emma Zerbe Saunders. Her husband, Fred Armstrong, died in 1922.
A retired employe of the Lima Telephone Co., she was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church and the Lima Chapter of Lima Telephone Pioneers.
Surviving are three sons, Donald E. of Elida, Robert of Lakeview, and Richard of Columbus Grove; two sisters, Mrs. Margaret DeVou of Dayton and Mrs. Ruth Cotner of Fairview Park; and six grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Chiles and Sons-Laman West Wayne Street Chapel, Rev. Don Bridinger officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 tonight.

[NI08092] Lima News, Feb. 15, 1958 -- Bessie C. Crockett
Bessie C. Crockett, 55, 2280 June Drive, died at midnight at St. Rita's Hospital, where she had been a patient one day. She had been ill for some time. Survivors include her husband, Charles H. Jr.; two sons, Charles H. III, R.D. 4, Richard H., at home; three sisters, Mrs. Mary Armstrong, 621 St. Clair; Mrs. Ruth Cotner, Lakewood, and Mrs. Margaret deVou, Cohasset, Mass.
Mrs. Crockett was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church, the Adolphus Club, and the Add-A-Stitch Club.
Services will be at Chiles and Son Chapel at 10:30 a.m. Friday with Rev. John Berger officiating. Burial will be at Woodlawn Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today.

[NI08094] Lima News, Monday, Nov. 24, 1986 -- Margaret J. deVou
Margaret J. deVou, 81, of Kettering, formerly of Lima, died at 6:08 a.m. Saturday at Kettering Memorial Hospital. She was born Feb. 23, 1905, in Toledo, the daughter of Jesse C. and Emma Louisa Zerbe Saunders. She married James Laird deVou, who died Oct. 9, 1962.
Mrs. deVou was a homemaker. She was a member of Fairmont Presbyterian Church in Kettering and a former member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Lima.
Survivors include nieces and nephews.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Chiles and Sons-Laman Chapel of Memories, 1170 Shawnee Road, Rev. Theodore Dockter officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery. Friends may call from 10:30 a.m. until time of services Tuesday at the funeral home.

[NI08096] Lima News, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 1988 -- Deaths -- Charles H. Crockett Jr.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Chiles and Sons-Laman Chapel of Memories for Charles H. Crockett Jr., 90, of Lima. He died at 8 p.m. Sunday at Boca Raton Community Hospital, Boca Raton, Fla. He was born Dec. 4, 1897, in Lima, the son of Charles H. and Emmaline Stines Crockett Sr. His first wife, Bessie C. Crockett, died Feb. 19, 1958. He recently married Donna Hall Walther, who survives.
Mr. Crockett was president and owner of Oriental Rug Co. in Lima. He was a member of Garrett Wykoff Lodge 585 Free and Accepted Masons, Scottish Rite Valley of Dayton, Antioch Shrine of Dayton, Lima Shrine, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks 54, El Karan Grotto, Shawnee Country Club, the YMCA and Christ Church Episcopal. He served as royal jester with the Antioch Shrine and was a member of the Kiwanis Club, where he served as its orchestra pianist for 53 years.
Survivors also include two sons, Charles H. Crockett III of Delray Beach, Fla., and Richard H. Crockett of Lima; and four grandsons.
Rev. Robert Quick will officiate services. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery. Friends may call until 4 and 7 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the YMCA.

Undated article from The Lima News (1959?): Son Like Father Directs Enterprising Business, by Bob Pendergast (with picture of Charles Crockett III captioned "Business Across the U.S. for Lima's Charles Crockett III)
The Crocketts of Lima, kin of frontiersman Davy Crockett, have followed the path of their forebear in at least one respect -- they remain "deep in the hearts of their countrymen," or rather countrywomen, in the Lima family's case.
It was in 1923 that Charles Crockett loaned his son, Charles Jr., the necessary cash to establish his own business. The father-son sponsored business continued from that date on and in 1954 it fathered a second father-son business.
The Oriental Rug Co. was born in a small building on Wayne street, its purpose to weave and sell rugs and carpets. The process was for the purchaser to send to Oriental Rug old rags and carpets ... Oriental's workers would then reprocess the material and weave a new and striking rug or carpet for the customer.
This business, begun in 1923, grew in size and stature and today functions as a supplier of rug-making equipment and rug and carpet yarns and material. Rug manufacturing was discontinued six years ago.
In 1954 Charles Jr. opened the purse strings and sponsored a new division of the corporation for his son Charles III. Charles III and his wife operate House of Gifts ... now a division of the parent organization.
House of Gifts, like Oriental Rugs, is a fascinating and unusual business. Both businesses list customers who live far distant from Limaland. The parent organization has customers in all 48 states, Canada, and several foreign countries.
The original business grew beyond the bounds of the Wayne Street location and was moved into its present quarters on Union street in 1925. It was incorporated in 1928.
Richard Waters has been one of the oldest and most faithful employees of Oriental Rugs Inc. He is the company's general manager and has held that position for almost all the 25 years with the company.
House of Gifts has a branch operation at Livonia, Michigan and employs 1500 salesladies in nine states. More than 150 of these ladies gathered in Lima yesterday for their annual convention. The session was a lively affair, being topped off by a barbecue at Springbrook Gardens.
The item which House of Gifts revolves around takes us to the modern way of performing an ancient art known as embroidery. Instead of needle and thread and gifted hand, today's hobbyist finds the printed material is embroidered with color, all the myriad hues of the rainbow, a all come from a specially constructed stylus.
It functions much on the order of a ball point pen and places color-fast dyes just where and in what quantity the crafts-woman wants.
It's a remarkable new development in the do-it-yourself field, the brain child of a former DuPont engineer. He developed his idea, set up a company, sold out to the Edison Company, and they in turn made the company available to the employees ... so today, the Tri Chem Co. of West Orange, N.J., is wholly employee owned. It sells products to the House of Gifts.
The color pen permits a hobbyist to follow set patterns of designs or to use his initiative to the inth degree. You can use the colors on most any material, wood, glass or metal -- even on paper or plastic.
Thus it is that here in Limaland we have two father-son-sponsored businesses that involve two fathers and two sons yet only three people, since the late Charles Crockett never went into the business.
If it's confusing, don't pay any heed. After all, what we started to say was that the Crocketts of Lima are operators of ... business that revolves ... series of unique ... (bottom right corner cut off)

[NI08123] Dick Jordan says that Helen Zerbe Moore, in her last year, let him make photocopies with maximum detail of much elderly Zerbe information.

[NI08134] Rowena A. Carnes, age 85, formerly of 290th St., died November 16, 1990 in Plaza Care Center after a 2 year illness. She was an inspector for the former Electric Autolite Company 28 years, retiring in 1960.
Survived by sons, Robert R., Toledo, and Donald F., Laredo, TX; 5 grandchildren; 1 brother, Lester Zerbe; sisters, Mrs. Esther Burkheart and Mrs. Annabelle Fuelling, all of Toledo.
Visitation will be Sunday 7-9 PM and Monday 4-9 PM in David R. Jasin Funeral Home, 5300 Summit St. at 126th St. Funeral Services will be Tuesday at 1 PM in the Metropolitan Community Church-Good Samaritan Parish, 720 W. Delaware Ave. Friends will be received at the church, 11-1 PM, Tuesday. Rev. Paul Turner, officiating. Interment Ottawa Hills Cemetery.

[NI08144] USMA West Point graduate. (DJ)

[NI08147] Abstracts of Berks County PA Wills 1800-1825, p. 225: Schweitzer, Peter, Brecknock. Oct 22, 1824. Adm. John and Peter, sons.

[NI08170] Tombstone says Ursilla Wingate, wife of I.P. Wingate, died Aug. 30, 1819.

[NI08173] Familysearch.org: submitters: Stephen Earle Crain, 2605 SW 67th St, Oklahoma City OK 73159, submission: AF83-022491; Max W. Blosser, 416 E. Sycamore St, Columbus Grove OH 45830, submission: AF83-102132.

I originally had John C. Wingate in the family of Samuel Berton Wingate and Sarah Tressel, but there is a conflict between his birth year (1818) and their marriage date (1824). I think it is more likely he was the eldest son of Isaac Wingate and Ursula Crist. (6/2001)

[NI08175] 1870 Ohio census - Allen Co, Richland Twp (roll 1168), PO Beaverdam, taken July 9, 1870, p. 517a:
Isaac E. Wingate, 23, farm laborer, born Ohio
Mahala, 22, born Ohio

1900 OH census - Allen Co, Jackson Twp (roll 1236) p. 84-84a:
Isaac Wingate b July 1847 age 52, md 18 yrs; b OH, parents b OH; farmer
[p. 84a] wife Jane b Apr 1848 age 52, 6 children 4 living
son Richard b Jan 1874 age 26
son Lee b Sept 1883 age 16
son Lenard b Sept 1886 age 13

[NI08216] French & Indian War Records from 1755 to 1762 lists this James Hadsell serving on active duty as follows: on the rolls of the Connecticut men; in the campaign of 1757 he served with the men from Farmington, in Capt. Pettibone's Co., at Fort Edwards in Allarrman for 17 days; in the campaign of 1758 he enlisted 4-18-1758 and served to 11-14-1758 in the 10th Co., 1st Reg. under Capt. Lee; in the campaign of 1760 he served in the 7th Co., 2nd Reg. under Capt. Lewis.
Copper was discovered in the 18th century, through green-colored water flowing from a spring on the farm of this James Hadsell. The following quotation is from an old history of Bristol, Conn., entitled "In Olden Times" at New Cambridge as it was first called, describing a picture of James Hadsell's place:
"Outside the Skibbereen bars or entrance to the copper mine the road turns to the south for a short distance. At the bend facing the east, the last of the three larger houses built by James Hadsell and his son James Jr. stood for many years." On page 228 is a map locating Hadsell's Copper Shop, with the notation, "Blacksmith Hadsell worked the mine smelting the oard in his forge," and also locating "James Hadsell's Sr. place."
The will of this James Hadsell was probated at Bristol 9-9-1805. The following quotations from it are interesting:
"In the name of God, Amen. I, James Hadsell of Bristol in the County of Hartford, Conn., although laboring at present under some indisposition of body, yet being of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding, through the mercy of God, do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following:
"First and principally I resign my soul with the utmost humility into the hand of Almighty God, my creator, humbly hoping for a blessed immortality through the merits and mediation of my blessed Savior and Redeemer Jesus Christ; and my body I desire may be decently buried at the descretion of my executors, that I shall in this testament hereafter name; and as for such temporal estate as the Lord in his great goodness and mercy hath entrusted me to be the steward of:
"I give and bequith to my dear and beloved wife Hulda, the use and improvements of one-third part of my estate I die possessed of, during her natural life." The rest he distributes to the following named children: "To my daughters, Ruth, Mary, Hulda and Rebeckah, I also give and bequith to James and my other five sons, John, Mark, Ira, Luke and Dan the remainder of my estate."
Mark and Ira are appointed executors, and an inventory includes, "The Dwelling House, Oxen, Cows, Sheep, Shotgun, Saddle Bags, The Blacksmith Shop, and the farm." (Hadsell-Hodsoll pp 128-130)
James Hadsell's last will was posted on Hadsell genforum Sep 6, 2000 by Wendy (millerw@clark.net), including: To my son James seventeen dollars, to my daughter Mary thirty three dollars. Distribution of the Estate lists Huldah, Mark and Ira as Executors and a Lydia Hadsell as a witness.

[NI08217] LDS submitters: Cecil H. Royce, 3645 Park Blvd, San Diego CA 92103-4596, submission AF91-102858; Kenward H. McKinney, PO Box 984, Price UT 84501, submission AF96-114752.

[NI08219] 4 TIMOTHY2 WILCOXSON (William1) was born about 1637. Winthrop, in 1660, called him of Stratford, aged twenty-three, and mentioned that his mother was the wife of William Hayden of Windsor. In 1658 he called him aged twenty. He was a deacon in the church at Stratford. He married, December 28, 1664, Johanna, daughter of John Birdsey, Senior, of Stratford. She died in August, 1713. He died at Stratford, January 13, 1713, the record adding, "Apparently the date should be 1710-1." The inventory of his estate is dated February 9, 1710-1. A record dated October 7, 1713, shows that his widow, Johanna, had died without completing the administration of her husband's estate, and Robert Walker and Joseph Hawley were appointed administrators. The will of Johanna, widow of Timothy Wilcoxson, dated August 4, 1713, names grandchild, Phebe Fairchild, the daughter of the testatrix's son-in-law, Joseph Fairchild, "late of Stratford dec'd;" granddaughter, Sarah Fairchild; daughters (not named); and gives residue to children of Joseph Fairchild and Joanna, his wife, both deceased. (Wilcoxson-Wilcox, Webb and Meigs Families p. 23)

[NI08224] There were many sailors in the Hodsoll family, both in England and America. James Hodsoll (1669-1709), Commander of his Majesty's ship the Squirrel, was the son of a Capt. John Hodsoll of Ash, Kent. In the will of James Hodsoll is the following: "Unto my nephew James Hodsoll, son of my nrother William, deceased, I give all such wages and table money as shall be due him for the time he shall be with me as a volunteer on her Majesty's ship, Squirrel, aforesaid." This will was probated March 18, 1710, and this young man, James, undoubtedly shows up in New London, Connecticut, in 1721, and becomes the father of the James, James, James Hadsell, so prolific in America. This Captain James returns to England and either is lost at sea or dies. (Hadsell-Hodsoll p. 28)
The land records show this James Hodsoll buying and selling many parcels of land in New London, Saybrook and Killingsworth [CT]. On January 1, 1736 he sold for 172 pounds current money all his land and "mansion house thereon" in New London to Joshua Hempstead, and this is the last record we have found anywhere of this James Hodsoll. Tradition handed down related that he went to England in that year to settle an estate, and was lost at sea. So firmly was this believed that almost a hundred years later his descendants made efforts to find his inheritance. (Ibid, pp 127-128)

[NI08235] Josiah Churchill emigrated to America from England ca. 1635-1638 and settled at Wethersfield CT.

[NI08256] ROBERT b. ca 1600 England m1 wife unknown - possible LETTICE (d. ca 1633) m2 Jun 4, 1634 Mary Sims at Martock, Somerset, England - not proven; ww Sep 22, 1676 New London Co CT. Robert was an early settler of Stratford CT with land recorded as early as 1658. He served as constable of New London in 1660 and represented New London at the General Court in 1661. Records indicate that after his death, his wife Mary and 4 of his 5 sons removed to Wallingford CT. Robert may have had only one wife (Mary); the other wife has not been proven nor has it been proven that Mary was the Mary Sims listed above. (Royce Family, http://home.cdsnet.net/~beckler/ct6.htm)

[NI08265] John arrived New Haven, Conn., Jan. 4, 1643 from England, moved to Stratford in 1660 with Richard Beach (probably his brother) and purchased land May 21, 1660. He took up land in Wallingford, Conn. His family resided in Stratford until 1670.

[NI08269] The Descendants of Thomas Beach of Milford, Connecticut
Call Number: CS71.B38
This book contains the record of the descendants of Thomas Beach, who settled in Milford, Connecticut.
Bibliographic Information: Beach, Mary E. The Descendants of Thomas Beach of Milford Connecticut. The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company. Hartford 1912.

[NI08275] WILLIAM b. ca 1601 St. Albans, Hertford, England m. ca 1632 MARGARET BEARDSLEY (b. 1611 England) (she m. 2nd 1665 William Hayden), ww. May 29, 1651 wp. Jun 16, 1652 Stratford, Fairfield CT. William sailed from London, England on Apr 2, 1635/6 in the ship 'PLANTER' with his wife Margaret (age 24) and his son John (age 2). They arrived May 26, 1635/6 at Concord, in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He became a freeman that same year. He removed to Stratford CT and was listed as a linen-weaver in 1639. In 1647 he was made Deputy to the Connecticut Legislature.

We know William died in 1652 because there is record of the inventory of his will on June 16, 1652.

See "A Preliminary Report on the Descendants of William Wilcoxson" by Thomas Wilcox.

WILLIAM WILCOXSON, of Stratford, Connecticut, was born at St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, in 1601. On April 2, 1635-6, he sailed from London on the ship, "Planter," with his wife, Margaret, aged twenty-four, and their son, John, aged two, arriving at Concord, in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, May 26, and the same year became a freeman of the Colony. He removed to Stratford in 1639, and was a Deputy from that town to the Connecticut Legislature, which met at Hartford, in 1647. His will, dated May 29, 1651, named his wife, Margaret; his eldest son; "the rest of my sons;" his daughters; and bequeathed forty pounds to the church at Concord. It named as overseers for the distribution of his estate, Adam Blackman, Thomas Thornton, Philip Grove and William Beardsley. The inventory was dated June 16, 1652.

William Wilcoxson died at Stratford in 1652. His widow, Margaret, married William Hayden of Windsor, Connecticut. An agreement made by his children and heirs was dated October 22, 1668, the heirs being as follows: the widow, Margaret, "now Hayden;" Henry and Elizabeth Stiles; Daniel and Hannah Hayden; John and Sarah Meigs; and John, Joseph, Phebe, Timothy, Johanna, Samuel and "Obadias" (Obadiah) Wilcoxson. (Wilcoxson-Wilcox, Webb and Meigs Families pp 17-18)

[NI08295] CD #350, The Complete Book of Emigrants:
6 April 1635. Passengers embarked at Southampton in the James of London, Mr. William Cooper, bound for New England: ... John Knight of Romsey, tailor; Richard Knight of Romsey, tailor ... (PRO: C01/8/p 183)

[NI08297] Ebenezer is in the 1790 census for Connecticut; by 1800 he is in Vermont.

1800 Vermont - Rutland Co, Wells - p.125 - Butts, Eben. - 2 males 10-16 (Festus, 11), 1 male 16-26 (Nathan, 19), Rufus, 17), 1 male 45 & Older (Ebenezer, 53), 1 female 10-16 (Sally, 9), 1 female 45 & Older (Prudence, 52). The families of Joseph Lillie and Benjamin Lillie are listed on p. 127.

History of Rutland Co VT Part Two, H.P. Smith and W.S. Rann, p. 849 - Town of Wells - Ebenezer Butts, from Canterbury, Conn., came here about 1787 and settled on "Butts Hill" where William Cooper now lives; he was the first settler in that part and had a family of seven children.

Wells is situated in the southwestern part of the county, and bounded on the north by Poultney and Middletown; on the east by Tinmouth and Middletown; on the south by Pawlet, and on the west by Washington county, N.Y. (p. 848)

[NI08299] Samuel and Letitia both died of consumption and are buried at Ridge cemetery east of Harrod.

[NI08322] 1850 PA census - Crawford Co, Pine Twp, roll 770, p 193.

[NI08324] 1870 Pennsylvania census - Crawford Co, Pine Twp (roll 1330), PO Linesville, p. 378B, enumerated July 1, 1870:
51 / 52 James Graham, 40, farmer, value of personal estate: 200, born Pa.; Philena, 37, keeping house, born Ohio; Alice, 16, born Pa.; Harriet, 14; Nancy, 11; Hubert, 6; David, 2; Mary, 1/12
52 / 53 George Graham, 48, farmer, value of real estate: 2500, of personal estate: 1500, born Pa,; Jane, 44, keeping house, born NY; Caroline, 14, born Pa.; Shelden, 6; Laura, 3

[NI08351] In the 1850 Ohio census, Elizabeth (age 42, born in Maryland) and Jacob Loy were living in Sudsbury Twp, Monroe Co. In the 1860 census, Elizabeth Loy (age 51, born in Maryland) was living with the family of Vincent Wilkinson in Smith Twp, Belmont Co.

[NI08352] In the 1850 OH census for Monroe Co, Sunsberry Twp, 28 Nov 1850, p 466.

[NI08356] 1860 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp, Jacobsburg (roll 937), p. 311b, taken Sept. 10:
E.W. Loy, 24, teacher-community school, personal estate: $100, born Ohio; Rebecca J., 22

[NI08358] Elizabeth Loy is listed in the household of William Phillips in the 1860 Belmont Co census. She would have been born about 1837, so I am putting her in this family as a daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth. Will try to find something more conclusive.
1860 OH census - Belmont Co, p 258, Smith Twp, 12 Sep 1860
1812 / 1777 William Phillips ... 60 ... farmer ... b VA
Catharine ... 60 ... b OH
Nancy ... 19 ... b OH
Mary C.C. DeLong ... 13
Deborah Phillips ... 8
Elizabeth Loy ... 23 ... domestic ... b OH
William Porter ... 9
G. Washington Jefferies ... 26 ... farm labourer ... b OH

[NI08360] In 1860, John Loy is working on the farm of John T. & Margaret (Swann) Beckett. He is listed as an idiot. In 1870, he is enumerated with the Belmont County Infirmary in Richland Twp, age 25, b OH, idiot.

[NI08369] For now, this is a guess that John Palmer born 1810-1815 is the son of John Palmer and Ruth Truax. We do know that Lydia Palmer and her siblings Jacob and Ruth are listed as heirs in the Truax-Pittman records. That would indicate that Lydia is a granddaughter of John & Ruth rather than of Peter Palmer and Mary Winland, for whom I've found no connection to the Pittmans or Truaxes. Monroe County, Ohio books (found at the DAR Library) contain summaries of legal proceedings involving, I believe, the contesting of a will. I am in the process of making a complete search of these records and untangling the family relations contained therein by comparing the names to existing Truax and Pittman records.

For now, I am including in my genealogy a lineage on my father's side back to Philippe duTrieux who married Sarah LaRue, sister to Peter LaRue who is my mother's ancestor. I have not completed my search of the Monroe County books, so I can't claim this lineage with certainty. Based on my findings so far, I think it's a strong possibility that Lydia Palmer was a descendant of Philippe and Sarah (LaRue) duTrieux.

[NI08370] Not yet proven that Peter Palmer is father of John Palmer. Peter Palmer was early in Center Twp (see below) and is listed near Lydia Palmer in the 1850 census for Sunsberry [sic] Twp. But there is a John Palmer who was among the early settlers of Sunsbury Twp, and a David Palmer was one of the first officers of Sunsbury Twp.

1820 census for Monroe Co, David Palmer is living near Benjamin Truax, Jacob Pittman, Joseph Pittman, Elias Pittman, Catherine Truax, Abram Truax, Jacob Truax, William Pittman, Elias Pittman, John Palmer, and Samuel Truax. David is 26-45, John is 45+. On the previous page is John Truax, Samuel Truax, William Pittman, and Jacob Truax. Another John Palmer (45+ with one male 16-26) is on another page with Richard Truax, Samuel Truax, Philip Truax, Bethena Pittman, Elias Pittman, and Jacob Pittman.

Center Township - The points at which the first settlements in this Township were made cannot be ascertained. The first settlement is believed to have been made on Sunfish Creek by John Baker. It is believed he settled on the farm owned so long afterward by Isaac Barrett and later owned by Hayes Burkhead. Several improvements were made between the years 1805 and 1812. These improvements were made by John Baker, John Winland, Levin Okey, Peter Palmer and other settlers such as Elias and Joseph Jeffries, Jessie and Abraham Jackson, William Griffith, and Martin Baker.

Sunsbury Township was organized on June 24, 1819. It lies on a high ridge dividing the waters of Captina Creek on the North and Sunfish Creek on the South. The following were among the first settlers of Sunsbury Township: Abner Barrett; John Linn; Citizen Beall; George Stewart; Robert Wilson; John Nelson; George Decker; John Palmer; Elias Pitman; Samuel Mellott; Henry Smith; Samuel Starr; Noah Stewart; Jesse Morris; and the Trembly family.

1820 OH census for Monroe Co:
Peter Palmer - 2 males under 10, 1 male 26-45, 1 female under 10, 1 female 10-16, 1 female 16-26; 1 in agriculture.
Right next to Mary's father, Jacob Winland.

1850 OH census for Monroe Co, Sunsberry Twp, p 456 (book), 21 Nov 1850:
Peter Palmer ... 62 ... farmer ... $2000 ... b Va
Mary ... age 59 ... b Va
Jacob ... 33 ... b Oh
Elizabeth ... 16 ... b Oh
* It's possible that Elizabeth is not a daughter of Peter and Mary but the daughter of another son.

1860 OH census for Monroe Co, Sunsberry Twp, Beallsville, p 175 (book), 18 Jul 1860 (census sheet 103 p 33):
248 / 248 Parmer, Jacob ... 42 ... b Oh
Barthenia ... 26
Peter ... 1
Tidemore, Merinora ... 10
249 / 249 Parmer, Peter ... 71 ... b Pa
Mary ... 65 ... b Pa
250 / 250 Parmer, William ... 31 ... b Oh
Margaret ... 27
Anne J. ... 12
Mary E. ... 8
Sarah E. ... 6
Gulia A. ... 3
Martha ... 5/12

[NI08381] 1850 PA census, Berks Co, Cumru Twp, roll 754, p. 336a: Adam Gramling, 69, 500, b PA; Sarah Danner, 19; Isabella Zorns(?), 3; Catharine Moyer(?), 44.

[NI08386] (Written Dec. 2, 1870) In the name of God Amen, I Peter Gromling of the County of Berks and State of Pennsylvania, yeoman being weak in body and of a sound mind, memory and understanding, but considering the uncertainty of this transitory life do make and publish this my Last Will and Testament, in manner following to wit.
First, it is my Will and I do order that all my just debts and funeral expenses be duly paid and satisfied, as soon as conveniently can be, after my decease,
Item, I give and bequeath unto my friend Jacob Totero my plantation containing 66 acres more or less, with all the improvements thereon erected, also 7 acres more or less of woodland adjoining land of Daniel Aulenbach, Daniel White, Jacob Zarba and others, all in Cumru Township said County. About 4 acres of the aforesaid 7 acres joins George Yocum and John Moyer.
Item, I give and bequeath unto the said Jacob Totero all my personal property and the said Jacob Totero must pay out of said real and personal property the sum of $2,000 in manner following to wit: $1,000 to the Treasury of the Christ Church near Yocums Forge, in $50 payments, that is, he said Jacob Totero shall have 20 years time to pay said thousand dollars to said church. That is $50 on the first day of January after my decease and so on every year on the first day of January during said 20 years and one thousand of the aforesaid $2,000 the said Jacob Totero must pay out one year after my decease to the following persons, to wit:
Item, I give and bequeath unto Peter Gromling Miller, a son of Isaac Miller, the sum of $200;
Item, I give and bequeath unto Peter Gromling, son of Isaac Gromling, residing in the State of Indiana, the sum of $200;
Item, I give and bequeath unto Samuel Zarba in the State of Ohio in Allen County the sum of $100;
Item, I give and bequeath unto Mary wife of said Samuel Zarbas the sum of $100;
Item, I give and bequeath unto Henry Hornberger son of Benjamin Hornberger residing in Waterloo City, [Dekalb] County, State of Indiana, the sum of $100;
Item, I give and bequeath unto Anna Saler wife of Israel Saler residing in Lancaster County Pa. the sum of $100;
Item, I give and bequeath unto Joseph Moyer son of George Moyer residing in the City of Philadelphia Pa. the sum of $100;
Item, I give and bequeath unto George P. Ammon residing in Indiana the sum of $100, and if in case the said George P. Ammon will not call for the said legacy inside of 10 years there the said $100 to be and remain in the said Jacob Totero, forever.
And lastly, I nominate, constitute and appoint my friend John Gougler to be the executor of this my will, hereby revoking all other wills, legacies and bequests, by me heretofore made and declaring this and no other, to be my last Will and Testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the second day of December, one thousand eight hundred and seventy.

Signed, sealed amd declared by the said Testator as his last Will and Testament, in the presence of us,
Dr. S. G. Mengle } Peter Gromling
John Gougler }
Contained in the estate file for Peter Gramling at the Berks County Courthouse, Reading PA.

1850 PA census, Berks Co, Cumru Twp, roll 754, p. 333a: Peter Gramling, 51, farmer, 3500, b PA; Susan Gramling, 48; Rebecca Weitknecht(?), 13 [1870 census - Waitkneight].

Peter's friend Jacob Totero is likely the one listed on p. 384 of the 1850 PA census for Brecknock Twp, Berks Co: Jacob Toteroh, 40, farmer; Adam Toteroh, 14; Susan Toteroh, 10; Elisabeth Toteroh, 9; Susan Zerbe, 42.

1860 PA census - Berks Co, Cumru Twp (image 51 of 56):
Peter Grambling, age 61, farmer; Susan, 59; Ellbina, 17, housework; Jacob Tuderow, 30, farmer; Rebecca, 23; Howard N., 2

1870 PA census - Berks Co, Cumru Twp (roll 1305), p. 190a (image 15 of 67), taken June 13:
Jacob Tothroh, 40, farmer; Rebecca, 32; Howard, 12; Susanna, 7; Roseanne, 6; Kate, 1; Peter Gramling, 71, retired farmer

[NI08388] Isaac and Mary came to Ohio between 1835, when son John was born in PA, and 1839, when son William was born in Ohio.

Isaac and Mary moved from Berks Co to Stark Co OH, Tuscarawas Twp, betw 1836-1839, removing to DeKalb Co IN abt 1849 when he settled on a track of unimproved land in the southwest quarter of Sec. 4, Smithfield Twp, which he improved and made his home until his death. (History of DeKalb County) (Gramling-Hornberger Genealogy p. 11)

Stark County, where Isaac and Mary Gramling brought their young family of Henry, Susan, Richard, Peter and John about 1837-1838 was a beautifully wooded, hilly area in the northern part of the Tuscarawas Valley where they lived for about 10 years...

For undisclosed reasons but probably because Isaac was a farmer and preferred a less industrial location, the family moved on to DeKalb Co about 1849, with the older and new Ohio-born children: William, Mary Ann and Franklin. Henry, having recently married, remained in Ohio and joined the family in DeKalb County the following year, as did Isaac Hornberger, Mary's brother.

1850 Indiana census - DeKalb Co, Smithfield Twp, roll 142 p 221
Isaac Grambling, age 45, farmer, b PA
Mary age 42 b PA
Susan age 22 b PA
Richard age 19 b PA
Peter age 17 b PA
John age 15 b PA
William age 11 b OH
Mary Ann age 9 b OH
Franklin age 9/12 b OH

[NI08393] Look at Adam Gramling's will records - doesn't it say Elizabeth Miller is the daughter of his deceased daughter Catherine?

[NI08394] 1860 PA census - Berks Co, Brecknock Twp (roll 1075), p. 126 (image 12 of 22), taken June 22:
Peter Miller, 35, farmer; Elizabeth, 45; Priscilla, 13; John, 9
Previous household is Daniel Miller, 42 [probably Peter's brother]; Catherine, 45; William, 16; Daniel, 14; Abraham, 8; Sarah, 6; Caroline, 19, housework; Joseph, 4; Elias, 1

1870 PA census - Berks Co, Cumru Twp (roll 1305), p. 210b (image 56 of 67), taken July 26:
Peter Miller, 46, laborer; Elisabeth, 56; Frank, 22; John, 19; Priscilla, 21; Albert, 2

[NI08404] Ohio Counties, Disk 5: Stark County, Tuscarawas Twp, Biographical Sketches pp. 800-801
Emanuel Hornberger, farmer, P.O. Massillon, is a native of Lancaster Co., Penn., born Oct 15, 1812, son of John Hornberger and Leah Ramp. Emanuel came West to this township in 1837, his father having preceded him two years, locating on the land now owned by the subject of this sketch, which was purchased of David Gaff, who obtained it direct from the Government; said farm consisted of 80 acres. To John Hornberger were born Benjamin, now deceased; Polly, who resides in Indiana, the wife of Isaac Gramling; Elizabeth, deceased, was the wife of Mr. Boon; Susan, married John Lichley, now of Sandusky County; John, now deceased; Isaac, now resides in DeKalb Co, Ind.

Emanuel has remained on the homestead farm since his first occupancy, and has, by diligence and economy, increased his first possessions until he now has, in all, 278 acres of land. His father died in 1851. Mr. Hornberger was married, in 1837, to Annie Hurdman, a native of Lancaster County, who was a daughter of Theophilus Hurdman.

[NI08405] Is this the John Hornberger in the 1880 census for Dearborn IN?
reel 272, p 119, date 6/11: Hornberger, John, age 30, wife Sophia, 26, children Emma, 8, John, 5, Mena, 2.

[NI08407] In 1850, Isaac is a farmer in Tuscarawas Twp, Stark Co OH (p 175b of census), where his father died just a few months previous, in June of 1850.

[NI08410] Rev War - Capt. Rheim's Company. Name is listed as George Grumling. Also in this company: Peter Switzel [Schweitzer], John Zerben [Zerbe].

George Gramling first appears on the tax lists for Pine Grove Twp in 1785.

From "Sower's Newspaper," Nov. 26, 1757: George Graomeling, from Sennfield, near Adelsheim [Wurttemberg], arrived five years ago. His brother Jacob came in another ship, arriving in Maryland. George who lived in Slippacl. at Welker's mill, seeks information about Jacob. (Gramling-Hornberger Genealogy, p. 5)

[NI08413] 1900 OH census - Allen Co, Jackson Twp, Lafayette Village, roll 1236, p. 71a:
Curtis Bierly b July 1873 age 26, md 0 yrs; occ: driller (oil well); wife Elsie b Aug 1882 age 17

[NI08414] 1880 Ohio census - Allen Co, Lafayette, p. 409:
William Cloore, 37, carpenter, born Ohio, parents born Ohio; wife Hannah, 37, born OH; dau Bell, 17; son Bertie, 9. (same page as Mary Hadsell Heath and her son Daniel, who Belle later marries)

[NI08421] Joseph BAILEY Will 9 page 331
Will Written 27 February 1826
Will Proved 27 March 1826
In the name of God. Amen. I Joseph BAILEY of Fauquier County being weak in body but of sound mind, do make this my last will. To wit. I give to my sons Washington and Henry the land now in their possession to be equally divided between the two, so that each may have their present situation on said land. I also give to my son Washington negro Hardy and to my son Henry negro George. I give to my son Carr the land whereon I now live, negro Jack a so nel horse about five years old which he calls his riding horse, one buffaloe cow one pied yearling ten head of sheep and a good bed and furniture. I give to my Daughter Mary wife of Samuel Tomlin negro Celia which said negor is intended to be alone for the use of her my last named child and for her children forever. I give to my daughter Matilda wife, of Joseph T. Minter, negroes Manuel and Sharick which said negroes is intended to be alone for the use of her my last named child and her children forever. I give to my Daughter Sinah negroes Jane and Peter, a good bed and furniture a good cow and calf, and a bay colt not about five years old. I give to my daughter Sarah, widow of Frances Gordon deceased negroes Lucy and Mary a good bed and furniture, a good cow and calf and sorrell colt about five years old. I give to Mary Waddle daughter to my deceased daughter Malinda Waddle two hundred dollars which is now reserved in the hands of Mrs McNish Cowles for that special purpose. Negros Gabriel, Hannah and Milley I wish sold on nine moths credit and the proceeds equally divided between my children Washington, Henry, Carr, Matilda, Sinah and Sarah and the share of Matilda to be as before divided exclusively assured to the use of her and her children only. All the balance of my property not herein divided between my seven living children. Washington, Henry, Carr, Mary, Malinda, Senah and Sarah and the shares of Mary and Matilda reserved to them only before named. My sons Washington and Henry hereby appointed my executors given under my hand and seal 27 Feb 1826.

Joseph Bailey (Seal)
Teste
Eppa Hunton
Armstead Utterback
John Tomlin Jun

At a court held in Fauquier County on the 27th of March 1826 proved by the oath of the three witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. And on the motion of Washington Bailey and Henry Bailey the executors therein named. Who made oath thereto and together with Carr Bailey Jr and Joseph T Minter their securities entered into and acknowledged bond in the penalty of three thousand dollars conditioned as the law directs. Certificate is granted them for obtaining probate thereof in due form.

Test A W Smith, Clerk

[NI08431] In a book, Fauquier County, Virginia 1759-1959 one page lists Carr Bailey as a Revolutionary War Soldier. (source: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/w/h/e/Lon-Wheeler/GENE18-0004.html)

Will of Carr Bailey
Will Book 1 page 181 Fauquier County, Virginia
In the Name of God Amen:
I Carr Bailey of the County of Fauquier, being sick and weak but in perfect sense and memory do make this my last will and testament in manner following Imprimis: I commend my soul to Almighty God hoping through the merits of my Blessed Saviour to receive a happy resurrection and as to what worldly estate I am possessed of I give and dispose thereof in the following manner to wit:
I give and devise to my loving wife, Mary Bailey my whole estate real and personal during her widowhood, and after her marriage or demise my desire is that my land be sold and the money arising there from be divided among all my children or such of them as shall still be living.
Item: I give and bequeath to my son James (after the marriage or decease of his mother) one negro boy named Solomon to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I give to my son Joseph (after the marriage or decease of his mother) one negro boy named Daniel to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I give and devise to my daughter Betty (after the marriage or decease of her mother) one negro girl named Lucy and her increase to her and her heirs forever.
Item: I give to my son Carr (after the marriage or deceased of his mother) one negro boy named Tom to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I give and devise to my son Minter (after the marriage or decease of his mother) one negro boy named Baccus to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I give and devise to my son William (after the marriage or deceased of his mother)one negro woman named Sarah and her increase to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I give and devise to my son John (after the marriage or decease of his mother) one negro girl named Dursley to him and his heirs forever.
Item: It is my will and desire that my children shall be maintained out of the profit of my estate and also after the marriage or deceased of my said wife my whole estate that shall be then left be equally divided among all my children or such of them living, an as the boy Solomon before devised to my son James is sickly my will and desire is that in case the said negro should die before the said division of my estate in that case I give and desire to my said son James one negro man named Bob to him and his heirs forever. And lastly I hereby appoint my wife Mary executrix and my friend George Rogers and Joseph Minter Junior executors to this my last will and testament hereby revoking all other wills by me heretofore made. In witness where of I have here unto set my hand and seal this sixth day of October 1770.

X (his mark)

Carr Bailey
At a court held for Fauquier County the 28th day of May 1771 -- this will was proven by the oath of William Hampton and Charles Morehead witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded and on the motions of Mary Bailey and Joseph Minter Junior who made oath and acknowledged bond as the law directs certificate is granted them for obtaining a probate there of in due form and George Rogers the other executor therein named refused to take upon him the further of the execution thereof.

Teste: H Brooks, C.C.

[NI08449] John BAILEY Will Book 1 pages 381 and 382
Will Written 8 September 1778 Will Proved 8 September 1779

In the name of God Amen I John BAILEY of the county of Fauquier being at this time of perfect mind and memory thanks be to almighty Being for his name. I first resign my body to the dust from whence I was taken in hopes of having everlasting felicity with Christ my Savior and what worldly effects that God has pleased to bless me with. I do give and bequeath as followeth. Viz I do give and bequeath to my son Wright Bailey the land that I now live on and all my personal estate. I do constitute and appoint Charles Morehead and Turner Morehead executors of this my last Will and testament and in witness where of I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 8th day of September one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight . Sealed and Delivered
Charles Morehead
Turner Morehead
Mary Morehead
Proved 27 September 1779 by the oaths of Charles Morehead and Mary Morehead. Turner Morehead granted certificate for obtaining a probate thereof.

[NI08455] His will mentions sons James and Stephen Bailey and son-in-law, Edward Young. Will was dated June 11, 1729 and probated June 30, 1736. (source: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/w/h/e/Lon-Wheeler/GENE18-0002.html)

[NI08457] Westmoreland County, Virginia Will Book page 124-125, Stephen Bailey made his Will in Westmoreland County, as follows:
In the name of God Amen. I Stephen Bailey of the parish of Cople, being sick and weak in body, but of sound and perfect memory do make, constitute and appoint this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following,
Imprimis I commit my soul to God, that gave it hoping through the Merits and Satisfaction only of my dear Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to obtain the forgiveness of my sins and a blessed resurrection to everlasting life, and my body to be buried at the discression of my Executors hereafter named and as for what worldly estate, the Lord hath been pleased to Lend me I give and bequeath as followeth, after my Debts and Funeral paid,
Item. I give unto my son John Bailey all that tract of land in the forrest by estimation fifty acres, be it more or less with all houses fences and appurtenances thereunto belonging to him and his heirs forever.
Item. I give unto my son William Bailey all that tract of land where on I now live with all houses, orchards, and appurtenances thereto belonging, to him and his heirs males of his body begotten forever, and for want of such heirs males then it is my will that the said Land and all the appurtenances be and remain to my son John Baily and his heirs males forever.
Item. I give unto Anne Smith my daughter, one small Iron Pot and a wearever pann and my gray mare, branded S.B. to her and her heirs forever.
Item. I give unto Ann Bailey daughter of Stephen Bailey, deceased, one heifer called Doll, and all her female increase, the said heifer to be and remain in the hands of John Bailey and delivered with all the female increase to the said Anne at 16 years of age or day of marriage which first happens and the male increase to John Bailey for his trouble; but in case the said Anne die before the said Time, then the said Heifer and Increase to be divided among John Bailey's children.
Item: I give unto Mary Walker daughter of William Walker deceased one heifer named Moll and all her increase to her and her heirs or assigns forever to be delivered to her immediately after my death.
Item. I give unto my daughter Mary Smith one shilling.
Item. I give unto my son John Bailey, Anne Smith and William Bailey all the residue of my personal Estate whatsover, to be equally divided amongst them at their own discression immediately after my decease,
Lastly I make constitute and appoint my loving sons John Bailey and William Bailey Exors. of this my last Will and Testament.
In witness whereof this my last will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seal the 8th day of December 1696. Sealed and published in presence of us Stephen Baly (Seal) Henry Rosse Samll Damanville Thomas Bee. Westmoreland set. At a court held for the county the 23 day of February 1697. The Last Will and Testament of Stephen Baily proved by the Oath of the witnesses thereto subscribed and a probate there of granted to John Bailey and William Bailey the Executors therein named, and or to be Recorded. Recorded Deed Book No 2 at page 129.

[NI08462] Will dated Aug. 28, 1748 and probated Jan. 31, 1749. Gave Granddaughter Ann Wood her aunt Mary Baley's wearing apparel; Cousin James Baley; daughter Elizabeth Davis; nephew James Baley and his son William Baley. (source: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/w/h/e/Lon-Wheeler/GENE18-0002.html)

[NI08497] CD #350, Complete Book of Emigrants: 20 Nov 1644. Copy of County Court Record of Wethersfield, Conn. relating to the distribution of the estate of Nathaniel Foot of Wethersfield lately deceased. (PRO: PC1/48)

[NI08629] 1830 Ohio census - Monroe Co, Center Twp, p. 139a:
Martin Baker - 1 male under 5, 1 male 5-10, 2 males 10-15, 1 male 15-20, 1 male 40-50, 1 female under 5, 1 female 15-20, 1 female 30-40

[NI08632] 1870 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Washington Twp, roll 1174, p. 444a, taken July 16th:
Benjamin Baker, 68, farm laborer, born Ohio, in the household of Michael and Mercy Danford

[NI08673] Bedford County PA Will Book 1 p 247:
Jacob Trewex Sr., Belfast, dated 2-24-1803 proven 10-27-1807. Names wife Ruth and nine children.

[NI08717] Thomas is mentioned in his brother John's will; also in that of Miles Merwin. (Descendants of Thomas Beach, p 4)

[NI08772] In the 1900 OH census for Allen Co, Jackson Twp, Nicholas is listed in the household of his son Phillip (p. 88a-89). His son John is also listed on this page.

[NI08787] History of Rutland Co VT Part Two, H.P. Smith and W.S. Rann, p 661 - Town of Middleton - Rufus Butts was a useful member of the community. He was born in Wells and came to Middletown before he reached his majority. He possessed great natural mechanical genius, and made many early farm implements. He removed to Cambridge, Vt., and died there.

[NI08797] Elizabeth was living in 1613 when she was mentioned in her mother's estate records; no further record found.

[NI08845] WFT vol 13 #990 lists first child of William Cecil and Mildred Cooke as Margaret Coke b abt 1545. Maybe she was born out of wedlock?

[NI08869] Malcolm was Anna Laurie's son, raised by grandparents.

[NI08870] 1850 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp, enumerated Sept. 25, 1850, p. 260A:
2195 - Jno Mobely, 59, farmer, value of real estate: 2000, born Md.; Lucinda, 59, born Md.; Rebecca, 30, born Ohio; Lucinda, 26
2196 - John Mobly Jr., 28, farmer, born Ohio; Mary, 21; Elisabeth, 2; Catherine, 10/12
2197 - Robert Street, 47, farmer, value of real estate: 3000, born Md.; Elisabeth, born Md.; Elisabeth, 17, born Ohio; Sarena, 13

1860 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 937), PO Centerville, p. 318A, taken Sept. 14, 1860:
John Mobley, 69, farmer, born Mo; Lucinda, 69, born " ; (cont. on page 318b) Lucinda Mobley, 31, born Ohio; Elizabeth L., 12; (next household) Rezin Mobley, 48, farmer, born Mo.; Julia A., 45, born " ; John W., 20, born Ohio; Elisha A., 10; Henrietta, 16; William K or H, 13; Lucy C., 11

1860 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp, Jacobsburg (roll 937), p. 312b, taken Sept. 11:
John Mobley, Jr., 37, farmer, personal estate: 50, born Ohio; Mary Ann, 33; Elizabeth, 12; Catharine J., 9; Sarah L., 7; Robert, 6; John N., 5; Nancy E., 4; William A., 3; Joshua, 1

[NI08872] 1850 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp, enumerated Sept. 25, 1850, p. 260A:
Robert Street, 47, farmer, value of real estate owned: 3000, born md.; Elisabeth, 45, born Md.; Elisabeth, 17, born Ohio; Sarena, 13
Next household is their daughter Hannah and husband James McGary.

1860 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp, Jacobsburg (roll 937), p. 312b, taken Sept. 11:
(1766) Robert Street, 55, farmer, personal estate: 100, born Md.; Elizabeth, 50, born Md.
(1767) Cyrus McGaughy, 47, personal estate: 100, born Md.; Hannah, 47, born Md.; Eliza J., 22, born Ohio; Sarah A., 14; Thomas, 10; Mary L., 6

[NI08873] In the 1880 Ohio census for Smith Twp, Belmont Co, Elisabeth Street, 75, b MD, is living in the household of son-in-law Elisha Lucas, 43, and daughter Elisabeth, 46.

[NI08885] Carl's tree is on WFT vol 28 #1846.

[NI09010] From Richard Warren Davis in vol. II of "Emigrants, Refugees and Prisoners," pp. 206-207: Jacob Hershberger, b. c 1698, probably Alsace. He died in 1762 in Cocolico twp, Lancaster Co PA. He wrote his will 3 Nov 1762 and it was proved 20 Dec 1762 [Will A-251, Lancaster]. He was married to Catherina. He left money to the poor of his congregation to be distributed by Abraham Brubaker and John Tschantz, both Mennonite. The executors of his estate were his "loving friends" Jacob Erb and Abraham Brubaker. He bought land in Cocalico twp on 18 Nov 1736 from John White [Deed K-8, Lancaster]. He bought more land 7 Sep 1748 from Maria Katherina Ensminger [Deed A-108, Lancaster]. In a deed his children are listed in this order: Jacob, John, Joseph, Abraham, Isaac, Christian, Christina wife of Daniel Reasor, and Anna wife of Jacob Hoover. He was taxed at Cocalico in 1751. He is probably the Mennonite Jacob Hersberger who was a weaver living at Boehl in the Pfalz in 1724 [Palatine Mennonite Census Lists, 1664-1793, by Hermann and Gertrud Guth, p. 27: Hans Jakob Hirschberger, well-to-do linen weaver, listed in Boehl]. In the 1756 tax rate for Cocalico he was called a weaver. He came to Pennsylvania between 1724 and 1736. He probably arrived about 1726.

Emigrants vol. I p. 49, 1726: Jacob Eshbarger, who Davis suggests might be Eshbacher, could be our Jacob Hershberger. He was listed in the 1727 Lancaster PA (then Conestoga Twp, Chester Co) tax record.

[NI09046] Immigrated in 1637 from Sheffield, England; a founder of Norwich CT in 1660.

[NI09154] Moved west to Ohio about 1840.

1850 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Monroe (roll 659), p. 294b, taken Aug. 14:
128 / 143 - Joseph Rathbun Jr., 37, farmer, born NY; Sarah O., 33, born Ohio; Olivia, 13; Francis M., 12; Charles D., 8; Persons J., 6; Electa A., 4; Harriet D., 2; (144) Joseph Rathbun, 87, [no occupation], born R.I.; Olivia, 78, born Conn

[NI09174] Judge Paine married 2nd Mrs. Elizabeth Eairs of Boston.

[NI09183] 1900 OH census - Ashtabula Co, Conneaut Twp, Roll 1238 Book 1, p. 202a - Lilly, Diantha, born April 1828, age 72, widow, 4 children 2 living, born Ohio, parents born New York; next to son Alvah E. Lilly [he is indexed as Aldrich Lilly], born Apr 1855, age 45, md. 19 yrs, born Ohio, father born New York, day laborer; and his wife Mary A., born July 1860, age 39, no children, born PA, parents born Germany.

Iva Belle Lillie is boarding just a few households away in the household of David & Harriet Pollock. (Iva is 4th cousin to Alvah.) Burt L. Scribner is also in this household - doesn't say what relation he is to the head.

[NI09221] Marvin was named after James Marvin, whom his grandmother Polly Bill married after his grandfather Elihu Burrington died.

Marvin's family lived in Cattarus Co. NY as of the 1850 census, when Marvin was 13. They later moved to Kent Co. MI.

Marvin volunteered in the Union Army Jan. 4, 1864 at Grand Rapids MI for 3 years. By June 1864 he was in action and wounded at Lays Ferry GA. He was hospitalized near Reseca GA and in August 1864 moved to a hospital in Murfreesboro. He was discharged at Murfreesboro because of serious back and elbow injuries.

Marvin liked the territory around Murfreesboro so much that in 1884 he moved his family to Henry Co. (TN). Moving along with them was his good friend Albert Nathaniel Cameron and his family. They used covered wagons for travelling across country. Marvin bought farms for his entire family between Reynoldsburg Road and VanDyke Station. He built Eureka School on his farm; it was called Yankee school by native-born Tennesseans.
(source: Martha Key Ramey, great granddaughter of Marvin Burrington Lillie)

[NI09225] Michigan Death Index
LILLIE, CHESTER A
Date of death: 5-Oct-1871
Ledger Page: 321
Record Number: 915
Place of death: Oakfield Mich
County of Death: Kent
Sex: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Age: 44 years 26 days
Cause of Death: Chill Fever
Birthplace: New York
Occupation: Merchant
Father's Name: Lillie, Chester
Father's Residence: Mich
Mother's Name: Lillie, Famey
Mother's Residence: Mich
Date of record: 1-Jun-1872

[NI09279] Nov 30, 1785 - Jan 17, 1786, Frederick Himinger is a witness to the will of Charles Hornberger, Brecknock.

HUMMINGER, FREDERICK, Brecknock. Sep 9, 1797 - Dec 22, 1819. Provides for wife Christina. Children: Frederick, Jacob, John. Adm. son Frederick. Wit: Michael SCHLAUCH and Christopher SCHNEIDER. (Berks Co. Will Abstracts 1800-1825, p. 247)

In the 1800 census for Berks Co, p. 568, Frederich Heminger - 0 1 0 1 1 - 0 0 1 1 0 0 0:
1 male 10-16 (b. betw 1784-1790), 1 male 26-45 (b. betw 1755-1774), 1 male 45+ (b. bef 1755); 1 female 16-26 (b. betw 1774-1784), 1 female 26-45 (b. betw 1755-1774).

Also in Berks Co in the 1800 census, on p. 548, are Frederick Heninger and George Heninger. These are sons of Johann George Henninger and Catharine Levan.

[NI09285] HENNINGER, Frederick, Brecknock. June 20, 1825 - July 2, 1825. Provides for wife Elizabeth all estate for life. Exr: Friend Daniel BERLOT, until son Jacob or son John arrive at the age of 21, when he or they shall take executorship. Wit: Christian SCHNEIDER and Jacob KEMP [Remp?]. (Berks Co. Will Abstracts 1800-1825, p. 263)

[NI09290] John Carl Hornberger and Hans Bartel Hornberger arrived in Philadelphia (?) on the ship "Alexander and Anne," Sep 5, 1730.

[NI09296] 1860 PA census - Berks Co, Brecknock Twp (image 6 of 22):
Jacob Henninger, 40, farmer; Catharine, 30; Mary A., 9; John, 7; Elizabeth, 3

1870 PA census - Berks Co, Brecknock Twp (roll 1305), p. 118b, taken June 29:
Jacob Hemminger, 51, farmer; Catherine, 41; Mary A., 20; John, 18; Elizabeth, 15; Caroline, 11

1880 PA census - Berks Co, Brecknock Twp (roll 1099), p. 108B, taken June 22:
Jacob Hemminger, 60, farmer; wife Catharine, 49; dau Caroline, 19; son Jacob, 9; Augustus Reasor, 20, servant

[NI09346] This is from a GenForum post I saw when I searched for Lotilla Woods. The dates match up - Lotilla would have been born about 1839.

[NI09376] Friderich Schäffer appears on the Hunter Lists Jul 4, 1710 with 2 persons over 10 yrs of age.
On these rolls dated Aug 4, 1710, he was recorded next to Sebstian Fischer, also an early settler at Tulpehocken, who originated near Niederkirchen and Enkenbach. The family showed 2 persons over 10 and 1 person under 10.
N.Y. Col. Mss. Vol. 55 (Mar 25, 1712), p 20 note that one barrel of beer was given to Frider. Schäffer at Queensbery Mar 8, 1711.
Fred. Schaffer of Queensbury was a soldier in 1711 (Palatine Volunteers to Canada).
Frederick Scheffer was naturalized Oct 11, 1715 (Albany Nats.).
He and his wife sponsored Georg Dachstetter at Schoharie in 1717 (West Camp Luth. Chbk.).
Frederick Schaffer came to the Tulpehocken region after May 13, 1723 but before 1725 (1723-1973 Anniversary Magazine of the Tulpehocken, p 53).
Reed's Chbk. notes that at Holy Communion Jun 2, 1745, 22 persons participated, particularly also Johannes Schäfer and his father Friedrich Schäffer.
The estate of a Fred'k Sheffer was probated in 1766 (Berks Co. Administrations 2: 153).
(source: Palatine Families of New York, pp 814-815)

[NI09404] Dick Jordan's "Auntie Bee"

[NI09405] Dick Jordan's "Aunt Marcie."

Lima News, Saturday, Aug. 10, 1996 -- Bluffton
Marcella E. Strowger, 98, formerly of Lima and Bluffton, died at 2:50 a.m., Aug. 9, 1996 at Hilty Memorial Home, Pandora. She was born Oct. 7, 1897, in Lima to George M. and Annette Zerbe Willauer. She married Arthur George MacConachie Strowger, who preceded her in death.
Mrs. Strowger retired as a clerk at Lima Telephone and Telegraph Co., Lima. She worked at Bell Telephone Co., Toledo and Zanesville, and Pacific Bell Telephone Co., Portland. She was a volunteer Braille music transcriber for many years. She was a member of St. John United Church of Christ, Bluffton, and was a former member of the Grace United Church of Christ, Toledo. She was a 1915 graduate of Lima High School, one of the oldest living graduates.
Survivors include two stepsons, Alan Strowger of Toledo and Kenneth Strowger of Phoenix; a stepdaughter, Dorothy (Kenneth) Webb of Phoenix; a sister, Betty Goetz of Riga, Mich; several stepgrandchildren and step great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by three sisters, Lenore Jordan, Marie Down and Pauline Dunlap.
Memorial services will begin at noon Sunday at St. John United Church of Christ, Bluffton. Her nephew, the Rev. Charles H. Jordan, will officiate. Burial will be in Toledo Memorial Park at a later date. Friends may call before services Sunday at the church. Memorial contributions may be made to the St. John's United Church of Christ, Bluffton. Arrangements are by the Bluffton Chapel of Chiles and Sons-Laman Funeral Homes.

[NI09406] Lima News, Tuesday, March 9, 1993 -- Pauline L. Dunlap
Bluffton -- Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Bluffton Chapel of Chiles and Sons-Laman Funeral Homes for Pauline L. Dunlap, 92. She died at 1:40 a.m. Monday at the Hilty Memorial Home, in Pandora. She was born June 25, 1900, in Lima to George and Annette Zerbe Willauer. On Jan. 12, 1928, she married Harvey J. Dunlap, who died Dec. 21, 1966.
Mrs. Dunlap was formerly emplyed by Ohio Bell Telephone Co. and was a payroll clerk for Brown Avenue Transportation Co., both in Toledo. She was a member of St. John's United Church of Christ in Bluffton and the Fidelis Class of the Church. She lived in Toledo for over 50 years, where she was a member of the Grace United Church of Christ. She moved to Bluffton in 1971.
Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Marcella Strowger of Pandora and Mrs. Betty Goetz of Riga, Mich. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Marie K. Down and Lenore L. Jordan.
Rev. Rodney Slessor will officiate for the services. Burial will follow at 3 p.m. Thursday in Toledo Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to St. John's United Church of Christ, Toledo, or to the Hilty Memorial Home, Pandora.

[NI09407] Lima News, probably Wednesday, Feb. 19, 1975 -- Lenora L. Jordan
Bluffton -- Lenora L. Jordan, 72, was dead on arrival at 1:15 p.m. Tuesday at Bluffton Hospital. She had been in failing health for the past five months. She was born March 14, 1902, in Allen County, the daughter of George and Annette (Zerbe) Willauer. In 1940, she married James T. Jordan Sr. and he survives.
Also surviving are four sons, Richard Henry Jordan of here, James Thomas Jordan Jr. of Baltimore, Md., Walter Phillip Jordan of Euclid and Rev. Charles Harvey Jordan of Akron; two daughters, Mrs. Harvey (Sally Annette) Jones of Marshall, Minn. and Mrs. Craig (Carol Louise) Edwards of Mansfield; nine grandchildren; and three sisters, Mrs. Arthur (Marcella) Strowger and Mrs. Harvey (Pauline) Dunlap, both of Bluffton, and Mrs. Edward (Betty) Goetz of Riga, Mich.
She was a past matron of the Bluffton Chapter No. 380, Order of Eastern Star and a member of the St. John's United Church of Christ.
Friends may call after 7 tonight at Basinger Funeral Home where arrangements are incomplete.

The Lima News, undated article (1957?), "Young Bluffton Quintet Interested in Science" by Pat Collar, with picture captioned "A lot of studying -- When it's homework time each evening at the James Jordan home in Bluffton, five Jordan youths pick up books relating to science and start studying. Doing some serious reading are, left to right, Sallie, Walter, Carol, Charles and James Jordan."
Bluffton -- Five budding young high school scientists dig into their homework each evening in the collegiate town of Bluffton. Sallie, James, Carol, Charles and Walter, children of Mr. and Mrs. James Jordan, 167 Riley, Bluffton, are students at Bluffton High School. Sallie is a senior, James Jr., a junior and Carol, Charles and Walter, the triplets, are sophomores.
Sallie is taking her fourth year of science at school. This year she is studying physics. She would like to be a laboratory chemist someday. The testing of soil appeals to her.
James Jr. is studying chemistry. He has set his sights on being a research chemist.
The triplets, who are anything but carbon copies, are planning toward futures in medicine and engineering. Carol hopes to become a doctor, perhaps a psychiatrist. Walter is looking toward a career in aeronautical engineering. Charles, who is the least certain of the five as to his career, is thinking about the field of engineering. The triplets are members of the biology class at Bluffton High School this year.
Proud of Family -- Mrs. Jordan beams with pride as she talks about her industrious family. Her children's interest in the field of science can no doubt be accredited to her careful guidance. She relates that she too had an interest in science as a youngster.
When the five Jordan youths were just beginning their explorations into the wide open spaces of the field of science, they used home chemistry sets. Now they stay after school to practice their experiments.
Although the Jordans' prodigies are deeply interested in science they are by no means preoccupied by it. They live well rounded lives and are a benefit to the community in many ways. Both Sallie and Carol are members of the Girls Athletic Association and the Tri-Hi-Y. Sallie has been selected as a delegate to the model legislature April 19-21 at Columbus by the Tri-Hi-Y. She is also a member of the Library Club.
Scout Members -- Carol is a Senior Girl Scout and is a member of the senior planning board of Fort Amanda Council. She helps at the Bluffton hospital as a part of her Girl Scout service work.
James Jr. is an Eagle Scout and is president of the Boy Scout Explorer Post. He is the center on the Bluffton football team and also plays on the basketball team. All three boys are members of the Explorer Scouts.
Sallie, Carol, Walter and Charles are members of the high school chorus.
Presently, all five are working on science projects to take to Bowling Green State University for "science day."
James Jordan Sr. owns and operates the Jordan Repair Service to provide for his family. He sells and services welding equipment. Mrs. Jordan does the office work in addition to making a home for the busy family. The entire family attends the E and R United Church of Christ and all five of the Jordan youths sing in the choir and belong to the Youth Fellowship.

[NI09413] Born Richard Henry Gremling, name changed by Probate Court of Allen County to Jordan ca 1956.

[NI09416] Lima News, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 1957 - Relaxed Home Life Aids Bluffton's Only Triplets, by Mrs. Carl Smucker, Lima Citizen Correspondent, with picture captioned "Scouts Walter, Charles and Carol Happy Trio"
Bluffton -- Bluffton's only set of triplets, Carol, Walter and Charles Jordan, are having the good fortune of growing up in a home with a relaxed atmosphere where each member of the family is encouraged to follow his own hobbies and interests.
These three busy teenagers, 14-1/2 years of age and freshmen in Bluffton High School, keep up a fast pace, each carrying five subjects in school and keeping up with scouting and church activities.
Since so many of the every day activities of the Jordan triplets send each one going his own separate way, the family plans projects on Saturdays and Sundays to keep the family group together. Last Saturday, Carol, Walter and Charles each planted a little bush at the edge of the large Jordan lot on Riley St. Large holes had to be dug for this project, which should prove to be a lasting one in the lives of these young people.
The three are very active in Scouting. Carol, a member of Bluffton's first Senior Girl Scout troop, has been one of the girls who has done volunteer work in the local hospital this past summer. This may have been one of the factors which has made Carol, at this point, decide she would like to be a doctor.
The Jordan family moved to Bluffton when Carol was in the second grade and it was the first year the village had established its Girl Scouting activities.
Walter and Charles are both Star Boy Scouts and have only a few merit badges remaining until they will become Life Scouts. They have had their share of hikes to "fox hill," and overnight camp-outs in both summer and winter. Another very difficult task was the cycling merit badge which involves a number of short biking trips and then one long one.
The natural inclination of the three Jordans is towards science, each being intensely interested in experiments of various sorts. In trying to determine what has brought about the scientific inclinations, Mrs. Jordan was quite sure that it must have come from her "side of the house," but immediately several of the children pointed out that on the Jordan side there are doctors and chemists too. Mrs. Jordan was a Willauer and was born in Lima.
The Bluffton High School honor roll usually names Walter, Carol and Charles during each six weeks period as well as James Jordan, a brother who is a sophomore and Sallie, older sister who is a junior. An older brother, Richard, is in the military police branch of the service at Ft. Gordon, Ga.
The family goes to the Evangelical and Reformed Church where the young people assume active rolls in the youth groups.
Jordan is owner and manager of a welding equipment shop which serves northwestern Ohio both in selling welding equipment and in repairing it. His wife is the secretary and bookkeeper, which makes the business strictly a "family affair."
Mrs. Jordan says laughingly that her hobby is "raising children." The Jordans already had a one-year-old son, a two -year-old daughter and an eight-year-old son when the triplets arrived on the scene. She has always been very eager for the children to have a good education.
When the triplets were a year old the family moved to Riga, Mich. They began first grade in a school where the first four grades were together and the last four in another room in a more or less "country school" setup. Mrs. Jordan feels that there are many values ... [article cut off]

[NI09435] In the 1920 OH census for Richland Co, Sharon Twp (roll T625_1430, p. 8B, ED 220), Richard Gremling, age 25, is listed as a roomer in the household of Andrew & Francis Adams.

SSDI, Gremlings in northwestern Ohio area:
Arlene Gremling b Mar 26, 1935 d Oct 29, 1991 (no death state or lkr given)
Bessie Gremling b July 16, 1893 d Mar 1989 lkr Lima OH
Charles Gremling b Oct 11, 1892 d July 1974 lkr Angola IN
Donovan Gremling b Oct 15, 1906 d Oct 1980 lkr Shelby OH
Eleanor Gremling b Sep 28, 1904 d Dec 1968 lkr Crestline OH
Gertrude Gremling b Nov 9, 1896 d Apr 1984 lkr Mansfield OH
John Gremling b May 17, 1896 d June 1983 lkr Lima OH
Joseph Gremling b Feb 27, 1887 d Apr 1966 lkr Lima OH
Julianne Gremling b Apr 19, 1932 d Oct 15, 1996 lkr Mansfield OH
Marie Gremling b Feb 19, 1909 d Nov 1978 Toledo OH (last payment location)
Pearl Gremling b May 10, 1904 d Jan 1986 lkr Shelby OH
Raymond Gremling b Nov 26, 1919 d May 18, 1991 (no death state or lkr given)
Richard Gremling b May 24, 1917 d July 19, 1996 lkr Lehighton PA
Robert Gremling b Nov 2, 1924 d Apr 11, 1995 lkr Nampa ID
Stella Gremling b Aug 25, 1896 d Oct 6, 1893 lkr Spencerville OH
William Gremling b Feb 16, 1885 d Dec 1963 OH (no lkr given)

[NI09438] Address: 3378 Summit Turf Ln, Snellville GA 30078-3533, phone : 770-978-1217.

[NI09453] He moved with his father to Orwell, Vt., thence to Nassau, N.Y. where he married and settled in Troy, N.Y., where his son was born. He enlisted in the War of 1812 and died at Baltimore. Since Jerusha was born in 1814, this is probably not her father.

[NI09483] 1900 OH census - Allen Co - Jackson Twp (roll 1236) p. 78:
171 / 180 Ada Shuster b Feb 1867 age 33, md 10 yrs; b OH, father b OH, mother b PA; farmer
wife Nora b Oct 1863 age 36, 1 child; b OH, parents b Ireland
son Ralph b Oct 1893 age 6
(171) / 181 Michael Flynn b Sep 1817 age 82, widowed, b Ireland, parents b Ireland, imm. 1841; farmer
dau Maggie b Nov 1867 age 32, single

[NI09487] William McCreery, farmer, PO Ada, was born Dec 12, 1824, in Carroll County, Ohio, and is the son of Thomas and Christina (Shuster) McCreery. His father, of Irish descentm was a native of Virginia, and came to Carroll County in 1811. His mother was of German lineage and a native of Pennsylvania. ... In 1847 he married Catharine Wingate, a daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Tressel) Wingate, both of English descent. (History of Hardin County, p. 1013)

[NI09501] I am including this William in my Beckett lineage as possibly Humphrey's father. It is believed that Humphrey was a descendant of William & Sarah (Jennings) Beckett who settled in Gloucester Co NJ. If William and Sarah were married in 1734, it is more likely that Humphrey (born 1782) was their grandson rather than their son. Irving Pierce (I.P.) Beckett in 1949 wrote a family book claiming that William and Sarah had four sons, Josiah, John, Peter and William. Their son William supposedly had a son William who married Rachel. From what I have seen (census records, tombstone, children's marriage records), the William who married Rachel went by the name of Humphrey.

There was a William Beckett in Frederick Co MD, who was listed in the 1790 census, also placed in Frederick Co in 1778, Maryland Oaths of Fidelity. I have not been able to find out anything further about this William. It is possible he is the missing link between Humphrey and William & Sarah, and so I have included him for the time being.

William Beckett, 1790 census, Frederick Co MD, 2-3-3: 2 males over 16, 3 males under 16, 3 females. My rough estimate is that William was born about 1745-1750.

[NI09519] 1900 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Washington Twp, roll 1242, p. 273a, taken June 14th & 16th:
Alvin Blair, born Apr 1882, age 28, md. 1 yr, born Ohio, father born WV, mother born Ohio, R.R. laborer; Rebecca, wife, born Mar 1878, age 22, 1 child, born Ohio, parents born Ohio; Lola, dau, born Sep 1849, age 8/12

[NI09522] 1880 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 995), p. 355b, taken June 5:
(38/39) Allen Ramsay, 26, farmer, born Ohio, parents born Penn.; Mary E., 26, wife, born Ohio; Sarah E., 5, dau; John, 2, son; Cora B., 1, dau; Rena A., 1, dau
(39/40) Noble Taylor, 45, farmer, born Ohio; Nancy E., 39, wife; Sarah L., 16, dau; Melven, 13, son

[NI09525] 1880 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 995), p. 358b, taken June 10:
Elisha Lucas, 43, farmer, born Ohio, father born Md., mother born Ohio; Elisabeth, 46, wife, born Ohio, parents born Md.; Dorethy, 20, dau; Louisa W., 9; Elisabeth Street, 75, mother-in-law, born Md.

[NI09526] 1880 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 995), p. 363b, taken June 15:
(194) James R. Douglass, 35, laborer, born Ohio, parents born Ohio; Eliza Jane, 30, wife; Robert A., 13; Mary Florence, 11; Susan C.E., 10; Sarah Jane, 8; Josiah P., 6; Nora A., 1; Cassandra Thurston, 79, mother-in-law of Thomas Rowles [head of previous household], born Penn., parents born md.
(195) Robert Douglass, 69, born Penn., parents born Md.; Susanah, 75, wife, born Penn., parents born Penn.; Mary A., 40, dau, born Ohio; Mary V., 23, granddau; Sterling, 21, grandson;
Hart, ?hora, 22, granddau; ?ffie V., 1, g.g.dau

1910 OH census - Belmont Co, Bellaire (roll 1156) p 101B, near his daughter Nora and Charles M. Beckett.

[NI09533] 1880 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp, p. 369D (10 households from Joseph Boggs):
James M. Hays, 33; Charlotte, 20 [must be 2nd wife]; Alice W., 9; Harry J.L., 5/30 (born May)

[NI09615] 1900 OH census - Allen Co, Jackson Twp, Lafayette Village, roll 1236 book 1 p. 73a - John Helser [info on Amelia and one other line is not readable]

[NI09617] 1900 OH census - Allen Co - Jackson Twp (roll 1236) p. 78:
Thomas L. Helser b May 1864 age 36, md 13 yrs, b OH, parents b OH; farmer
wife Sarah J. b Nov 1864 age 35, 4 children 3 living, b OH, parents b PA
son Paul J. b Sept 1890 age 9
dau Ruth b Feb 1893 age 7
son Howard B. b Feb 1898 age 2
(listed after Osborn & Ella Helser, and before Elija & Eliza Helser, George & Verda Helser)

1910 OH census - Allen Co, Jackson Twp, ED 8 (image 14):
LeRoy T. Helser age 46, md 23 yrs
wife Jenny S. age 45, 6 children 5 living, b OH father b PA mother b OH
son Paul J. age 19
dau Ruth age 17
son Howard B. age 12
dau Lois age 9
dau Sarah age 3

[NI09623] 1900 OH census - Allen Co - Jackson Twp (roll 1236) p. 78:
165 / 173 Elija Helser b Oct 1815 age 84, md 59 yrs, b OH, parents b VA; farmer
wife Eliza b Nov 1822 age 77, 9 children 5 living; b OH, parents b VA
(165) / 174 George Helser b Oct 1866 age 33, md 9 yrs; b OH, parents b OH; farmer
wife Verda b Apr 1870 age 30, 0 children, b OH, parents b OH

167 / 176 Louis Helser b Apr 1874 age 26, md 1 yr; b OH, parents b OH; farmer
wife Ethel b Jan 1878 age 22, 1 child; b OH, parents b OH

[NI09710] Don't know where I got the name Joshua Miles Weekley from - should be Biles, if that was his mother's maiden name. Rhoda Miller has his name as Samuel Joshua Weekley.

[NI09728] http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/cherokee/1904/bios/laruetp.html:
T. P. LaRUE, president of the First National Bank of Columbus, and one of the leading capitalists of Cherokee County, was born in 1844 in Morrow Country, Ohio, and is a son of Aaron LaRue.

The LaRue family is of French extraction and the American branch was instituted by Huguenot refugees who became prominent in the State of Virginia and, later, in Ohio. Aaron LaRue was born in Virginia in 1800, and died in Iowa in 1885. He took his family to Iowa in 1856, and settled on a farm in the vicinity of Vinton, in Benton County.

T. P. LaRue was reared on his father's farm in Iowa. He possessed the business capacity which led him to invest his small capital to the best advantage, and to turn it over until he had secured enough to establish himself in a private banking business. This he accomplished in 1877 with means he had earned himself, for Mr. LaRue is an example of a self-made man. He continued in the private banking business at Scranton, Iowa, until 1886, when he moved to Cherokee County, Kansas, subsequently purchasing the Columbus Bank, a private institution, of which Jarvis, Conklin & Company, were the owners. This bank which was founded in 1882 by Dwight & Schott, had been disposed of to Jarvis, Conklin & Company, and was sold to Mr. LaRue in the fall of 1887.

In 1902 the institution became the First National Bank of Columbus, which is capitalized at $50,000, and has about $5,000 in undivided profits. Mr, LaRue is now in active charge of the bank as its president, and the other officers are,—Isaac Wright, vice-president; H. A. LaRue, cashier; and A. M. Albin, assistant cashier. The success of the institution has been assured ever since Mr. LaRue took charge, and the business has continued to expand until now it is rated, not only as one of the safest, but also as one of the most important financial concerns of the State.

When Mr. LaRue came to Cherokee County, he brought considerable capital with him, which, under his good management, has many times increased. He owns between 4,000 and 5,000 acres of land in Cherokee County and is the largest tax payer. He also hes property located in other states, and owns stock in several other banks. His farming land he rents, devoting the greater part of hes time to the management of his numerous investments.

Mr. LaRue married Elizabeth Hutton, who was born in Ohio, and taken to Iowa when a child by her parents. Six children were born to them, four in Iowa, and two (twins) in Kansas. Mrs LaRue and the younger children are enjoying the comforts of the beautiful winter home at Los Angeles, California.

During the Civil War, Mr. LaRue served for 18 months as a non- commissioned officer in Company G, 2nd Reg., Iowa Vol. Inf., and saw active service during his time, but returned uninjured. Politically, he has always been a strong supporter of the Republican party, but has never accepted preferment of any kind. Fraternally, he is a Royal Arch Mason, and belongs also to the Grand Army of the Republic. In religious views, he favors Catholic institutions.

Without doubt, Mr. LaRue is one of the most widely known men in business and financial circles in this section of Kansas, and he fills a prominent position as the president of oldest banking institution in Cherokee County.

[NI09765] 1850 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 661), enumerated Sept. 30, 1850, p. 268B:
James Phillips, 45, farmer, born Va.; Hannah, 29, born Ohio; Lambert, 13; James Jr., 11; Samuel T. Irwin, laborer

This is probably a son of James & Martha Phillips. Martha's parents, Isaac & Anne Lash, are listed on the same page.
1870 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 1174), PO Powhatan Point, p. 319B, enumerated June 15, 1870:
James M. Phillips, 31, farm laborer, born Ohio; Mary, 33, keeping house; Laura M., 7, attending school; Tennessee E., 5, attending school; James A., 3, at home; William, 1, at home

[NI09767] 1850 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp, enumerated Sept. 20, 1850, p. 252B:
2063 / 2090 Isaac Lash, 50, farmer, value of real estate owned: 2200, born Ohio; Ann, 49, born Pa.; Mary, 23; John, 22, farmer; Elisabeth, 20; (cont. on next page, 253A) Hannah Lash, 17; William, 14; Joseph, 12; Amanda, 10; James, 7; Martha, 5
2065 / 2092 John Lash, 24, farmer, born Ohio; Ann, 20; Lusia, 1
Ann's brother, William Oglebee, and his wife Sarah, both 53, are listed on the next page; also James Oglbee, age 63, and John Oglebee, 54.


1870 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 1174), PO Powhatan Point, p. 319B, enumerated June 15, 1870:
Isaac Lash, 71, farmer, born Ohio; Anne S., 68, keeping house, born Penna.; Mary A., 40, assisting mother; Lizzie, 21, assisting mother

Anne's brother, William Ogilbee, and his wife Sarah, both 74, both born Penna., are also listed on this page.

[NI09770] 1850 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp, enumerated Sept. 25, 1850, p. 260A:
James McGary, 22, farmer, value of real estate owned: 800, born Ohio; Hannah, 23; Elisabeth, 6/12

[NI09774] WFT vol. 10 #2371 is Kathryn's tree.

[NI09778] Were Gary and Judy children of Walter's by his first marriage, or children of his 2nd wife Shirley by her first marriage?

[NI09836] 1900 OH census - Allen Co, Lima City ward 1, roll 1236 book 1 p. 165a:
637 North Jackson Street - Mary A. Wingate, head, b Sep 1832, age 67, widowed, 7 children 4 living; b OH, parents b OH; occ: housekeeper
son William b Sep 1850, age 49, widowed, occ: carpenter
grandchild Frank b Aug 1887, age 12

[NI09843] This might be Eliza Wingate - the marriage record said Nancy. Date is same date brother Cyrus was married.

[NI09860] The families of Frank Custer and his sister Enza married to Alex McWilliams are next to each other in the 1900 census for Lima, Allen Co OH (roll 1236, p. 107).

1920 OH census lists Susie Custer, age 51, widowed, with her son Glenn Jr, age 24. Was Frank's full name Glenn Franklin or Glenn Francis or something like that?

[NI09866] 1920 Ohio census - Allen Co, Lima City, roll 1345, p. 5A:
Alva B. McWilliams, 66, widowed, born OH, parents born OH
Mary Chipp, housekeeper, 71, widowed, born OH

[NI09956] It's possible this is the Jacob Doutrich in the 1870 PA census for Berks Co, 9th Ward Reading (roll 1307), p. 190b, taken July 20:
Jacob Doutrich, 31, carpenter; Emilie, 29; James, 7; Euginnia, 5; Aaron, 2
1880 PA census - Berks Co, Reading (roll 1102), p. 304B:
Jacob M. Dautrich, 42, carpenter; wife Amelia S., 38; son James K., 17, laborer in rope works; son Eugene K., 14; son Aaron K., 12; son David K., 7 - I would guess that Amelia's maiden name starts with a K!

[NI09958] 1870 PA census - Berks Co, Cumru Twp (roll 1305), p. 194b (image 24 of 67), taken July 15:
John Douderick, 25, laborer; Margaretta, 17; Roseanna, 9/12
Previous household is John Keller, 59, teamster, and his wife Margaretta, 49, children Hannah, 12, and William, 9. This is probably John's wife Margaretta's family.

[NI09959] 1860 PA census - Berks Co, Cumru Twp (image 35 of 56):
Rebecca Hoster, age 58, widow; Louisa, 27; Jacob, 21; Lydia, 20; Samuel, 17

1870 PA census - Berks Co, Cumru Twp (roll 1305), p. 183b (image 2 of 67), taken July 6:
Samuel Hoster, 26, farmer; Kate, 27; Ellen, 7

1880 PA census - Berks Co, Bethel Twp (roll 1099), p. 89C (image 23 of 48), taken June 15:
Samuel Hoster, 37, farmer; wife Catharine, 37; dau Ellen R., 17; son Samuel E., 7

[NI09987] Richard left Summit very early in 1900 and, other than a few years between 1910-1916, when he worked for Auburn Auto and lived there, he was in DeKalb Co very seldom having lived in Cleveland and then back to Phila. and then to Elkton. He died in Elkton MD, where he lived with his daughter. (Gramling-Hornberger Genealogy p. 31)

[NI10013] There's an A.M. Barber in Summit County in 1900. He was born Aug 1861, age 38, single, born in Ireland, imm 1880.

[NI10026] Doug & Susan Frederick, 15026 Co. Rd. 64, Forest OH 45843.

[NI10028] From Hardin County OH Biographical Sketches p. 862:
Homer P. Stevenson, farmer, P.O. Silver Creek, was born in Greene County OH, May 31, 1816. He is a son of William and Margaret (Hillis) Stevenson, natives of Virginia. His father's parents removed to Tennessee. His father came, in 1800, to Xenia, Ohio, and afterward settled on a purchase of land of 100 acres on the Little Miami. He was among the earliest pioneers and was County Assessor for one term and Justice of the Peace. He served in the War of 1812, and died in Dec. 1826; his wife died of cholera in 1848.
Homer is next to the youngest of five children, and was reared on a farm until 17 years of age. In 1829, 1830 and 1833, he came to this county, remaining about two months each time, and returned in 1835 and resided here until 1840, working for his brother Samuel. He bought 80 acres of woodland in 1842, and settled on it in 1844. He erected a log cabin, and lived in it until 1862, when he built his present house. He aided in the building of the schoolhouse in District No. 3. He has since purchased 70 acres of land, and has cleared and improved his whole farm. He married, Nov. 26, 1840, Miss Mary A., daughter of Daniel Hullinger. To this union there are nine children, six living, viz. Lewis M., Rachel H. (wife of Leander King), Elizabeth (wife of Albert Ranney), Perry H., David P., and Maggie; Bartley E., Presten W. and James U. are deceased.
Bartley E. enlisted July 28, 1861 in Company D, 34th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He served in the Army of West Virginia and veteranized. He was killed at the Battle of Winchester Sept. 19, 1864.
Lewis M. enlisted in Nov. 1861 in Company ----, 82nd O.V.I. He was wounded at the second battle of Bull Run, and afterward discharged through disability.
Mr. Stevenson is a Republican in politics. He was Township Trustee for one year, and has served 27 years as Justice of the Peace, and was re-elected to that office April 2, 1883.

1900 OH census - Hardin Co, Taylor Creek Twp, p. 312 - Homer's father was born in Virginia, his mother in PA; Mary Ann's father was born PA, her mother in Ohio.

[NI10071] Debra emailed me (6/28/2000, dac7106@altavista.com) after I responded to a genforum query about information on the northwestern Ohio Zerbes. She wrote: "I grew up in Toledo. Left there at 17, I live in Washington State. But have lived in almost half of the country. I have 7 children. 4 boys and 3 girls. I just started to get interest in the family a few years ago. But the only two that are left of my great grandparents children are Annabell and Lester He doesn't have the memory and Annabell I was not able to see while in Toledo."

[NI10114] 1930 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Mead Twp (roll , ED 13, taken April 16, 1930, p. 103:
John Baker, 46, md. at age 26, born Ohio, parents born Ohio
Pleasant, wife, 40, md, at age 20, born WV, parents born WV, occ: laborer, road construction
Floyd, son, 16
Vivian, daughter, 14
Jessie, son, 12
Delsie, daughter, 9

[NI10270] 1880 West Virginia census - Wetzel Co, Center District, p. 45C:
Emanuel Postle, 68, born PA, parents born PA, farmer
Elizebeth, wife, 73, born PA, parents born PA
Levi, grandson, 12, born WV, parents born VA, laborer
Solomon, 8, born WV, parents born VA
>They are in the household just before Sam Beckett's.

Peter Postlethwait Farm Cemetery, Center District, Wetzel Co WV:
Going East on Rt 7 just past Wileyville, turn left onto Greathouse Hill road (7/8). Go about 4 miles and turn right onto White Run. Go about 1/4 mile to a small clearing on the right where the Peter Postlethwait home once stood. Walk through the clearing and up on the ridge to another meadow. The cemetery is on top of the ridge.

[NI10272] According to Jane Beckett (jbeckett@rcvideo.com), Matilda went to Oregon but some of her grandchildren moved back to Ohio.

[NI10273] 1900 West Virginia census - Wetzel Co, Grant District (roll 1775), p. 91, taken June 27:
Hyram Tharp, born June 1866, age 33, md. 6 yrs, born W.Va., father born W.Va., mother born E.Va.
Margaret, wife, born June 1878, age 22, 4 children, 3 living
Hazel O., son, born March 1896, age 4
William, son, born March 1898, age 2
Louis, son, born Jan 1900, age 5/12
(cont. on p. 91a) Ella Mason, boarder, born Oct 1878, age 21
Ella M., dau, born May 1897, age 3

1920 Oregon census - Malheur Co, Fair Twp, roll T625_1497, ED 122, p. 2B - Hiram J. Tharp and family.

[NI10274] Per Jane Beckett, Nov 12, 1998: John married Dorcas Mayfield and they had three boys-Encil, Asa, and Cleveland. Encil is my husband's father. We are unable to trace Joseph Beckett, John's brother, and would like any information on him. He moved to Stark Co. Ohio as far as we know. Matilda and Hiram Tharp moved to Oregon, and John lived on the homeplace in Wetzel County - Fallen Timber Ridge or Hickory Knob.

http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvwetzel/grant/allen_cemetery.htm - Allen Cem. has a Nettie V. Beckett b 1901 d 1940. John & Dorcas and son Asa are buried here, so this may be a daughter of John & Dorcas, or wife of Asa.

Per Angela Beckett McKeen [angelamckeen@excite.com], June 25, 2002, responding to my query about Encil on a Wetzel County (WV) message board (ancestry.com):
My Pap, Encil Berle Beckett, was born April 22, 1910 in Michigan, I believe. He was the son of John Emanuel Beckett (b. 31 Jan 1880; d. Jan 1973) and Dorcas Elizabeth Mayfield. Encil married Helen Kathleen Showalter and they had three children: Donald Keith Beckett, David Robert Beckett (my dad), and Susan Dale Beckett Allen. Pap died on February 20, 1985. Gram (Helen Showalter Beckett) died on May 10, 1999.
Uncle Asa (everyone pronounced Acie) Roman Beckett was a brother of Encil and Cleve's. He was born on July 5, 1907 and died in 1937.
Uncle Cleve also died young as the result of an automobile accident in Gobles, Michigan, though I don't know the date.

1910 West Virginia census - Wetzel Co, Grant District (roll 1699), p. 202B, taken May 20:
John E. Beckett, 30, md. 3 yrs, born W.Va., father born Ohio, mother born W.Va.; Dorcas, L., wife, born W.Va.; Asa R., son, 2; Ruth N. Mayfield, servant, 17

[NI10279] According to Jane Beckett, Joseph moved to Stark Co OH, but they have been unable to find information on him.
In 1900 he was listed in the household of his uncle and aunt, Alonzo and Elizabeth (Caroline) (Beckett) Wade, in Canton Precinct 4.

[NI10280] Moved to Oklahoma.

[NI10292] 1920 OH census - Stark Co, Canton, Ward 3 Precinct B, roll T625_1434, ED 37, p. 9A:
(213) Laurence Crowl, age 22
wife Flossie age 24
son Lowell age 3-10/12
dau Wilma age 1-11/12
(214) Charles Earl Haught, age 25, b WV father b OH mother b WV
wife Velma age 26
dau Helen age 6
son Dale age 2-6/12

[NI10307] Possibly Della M. Workman, age 6 in the 1930 Belmont Co OH census, Washington Twp, p. 2901, daughter of John A. (55 - born abt 1874 WV) and Letta (44 - born abt 1885) Workman.

[NI10332] 1920 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Washington Twp (roll 1350), Alledonia Precinct, taken Jan. 24, 1920, p. 108b:
Charles C. Perkins, head, 24, born Ohio, occ: farmer - general farm
Nora M., wife, 23, born Ohio
James C., son, 1-3/12
Laura E. Bicket, sister-in-law, 15

[NI10352] 9/2001 Yahoo People Search: 55430 Belmont Ridge Rd, Beallsville OH 43716-9654, 740-926-1595.

[NI10378] 1910 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Washington Twp (roll 156), taken May 10, 1910, p. 282A:
243 / 259 Isaac Baker Sr., head, 63, widowed, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Virginia, occ: farmer
Jason, son, 21, single, born Ohio, occ: laborer, odd jobs
Deborah, mother, 80, widowed, 14 children 3 living, born Virginia, parents born Virginia
Elizabeth Lucas, sister-in-law, 52, single, born Ohio
Wilbert [Lucas], boarder, 22, single, born Ohio
244 / 260 Isaac Baker Jr., head, 30, md. 4 yrs, born Ohio, occ: farmer, general farm
Clara, wife, 21, 2 children, born Ohio
Mildred P., daughter, 4
Lillian M., daughter, 2/12

1920 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Washington Twp (roll 1350), Armstrongs Precinct, taken Jan. 3, 1920, p. 98b
26 / 27 Isaac Baker, head, 40, born Ohio, farmer - general farm
Clara, wife, 31, born Ohio
(next page, 99a) Mildred P., daughter, 13
Hazel R., daughter, 11
Bessie H., daughter, 8
Chester H., son, 6
Alice I., daughter, 4-7/12
Laura E., daughter, 2-10/12
Edna E., daughter, 1-3/12
Hannah Pugh, boarder, 80, widowed, born Ohio, parents born Germany

His father Isaac is listed at the end of Armstrongs Precinct, p. 104b, taken Jan. 15, 1920:
Isaac Baker, head, 73, widowed, born Ohio, parents born Ohio, occ: farm laborer - general farm
Elizabeth Lucas, sister, 61, widowed, born Ohio, parents born Ohio
Wilber [Lucas], nephew, 33, single

1930 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Washington Twp, ED 61, taken May 1, 1930, p. 10:
215 / 218 Isaac L. Baker, head, 52, born Ohio, parents born Ohio, occ: farmer, general farm
Clara, wife, 41
Chester H., son, 17
Allice I., daughter, 14
Laura E., daughter, 13
Edna E., daughter, 11
Martha E., daughter, 9
216 / 219 Isaa Baker, head, 83, widowed, born Ohio, parents born Ohio
Elizabeth A. Lucas, sister-in-law, 76, single, born Ohio

[NI10379] Don't know where I got that she was Clara Perkins, but the dates are 10 years off.

[NI10391] SOURCE: Daily Jeffersonian, Cambridge, Ohio, October 2001, COURTESY POST ONLY
BETHESDA - James C. Perkins, 82, of Beallsville, died Sunday (Oct. 14, 2001) at Park Health Care Center, St. Clairsville. He was born Oct. 15, 1918, in Belmont, son of the late Charles and Nora (Beckett) Perkins.
Mr. Perkins was a member of Beallsville First Christian Church. He retired from Ormet Corp. following 25 years of service. He was also a retired farmer and for a time he served as Beallsville Village street commissioner. He was preceded in death by a sister, Edna Burkhart. He leaves his wife of 63 years, Marie (McFarland) Perkins; four daughters, Mrs. Stanley (Wanda) Jarrett of Beallsville, Mrs. Lewis (Jean) Wharton of Urbana, Mrs. Don (Vera) White of Bethesda and Wilda Perkins of Beallsville; a son, Lowell (Lisa) Perkins of St. Clairsville; 11 grandchildren, Theresa Edmondson of Jacobsburg, Paula Kuthy of Kimbolton, Julie Mellinger of Centerville, Lisa Swallie of Belmont, Kasi Deppen of Urbana, Kala and Larissa Perkins of St. Clairsville, Kevin Jarrett of Newark, Rick and Terry Jarrett of Beallsville and Jon Perkins of St. Clairsville; 13 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Virginia LaFaber of Beallsville.

[NI10406] It's possible that this Catharine is a sister to our Rachel Tyler Beckett - need to confirm.

[NI10408] 1870 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Washington Twp, roll 1174, p. 450a, taken July 25nd:
245 - Aaron Ramsey, 26, farmer, born Ohio; Eliza J., 29, keeping house; Elwood, 3; Arville, 2; Mary E. Willis, 12, at school; Joseph Jackson, 14, farm laborer
246 - Abraham Ramsey, 33, farmer, born Ohio; Rachael A., 25, keeping house; Ulysses S.G., 5; Mary J., 1

1880 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Washington Twp, p. 477D:
Abraham Ramsey, 43, farmer, born OH, parents born PA; Amanda, wife, 39, born OH; Mary J., dau, 10; John A., son, 9; Sarah C., dau, 8; Ellen J., dau, 7; Amanda E., dau, 6; James A., son, 3; Flora W., dau, 1; Ulysses G., son, 15

[NI10409] 1850 Ohio census - Belmont Co, York Twp (roll 661), p. 42a, taken Sept. 10:
David Ramsay, 40, labour, born Penn.; Margarett, 35, born Ohio; (p. 42b) Nancy Ramsay, 12; John, 10; David, 8; Elizabeth, 6; Jane, 4; Sarah, 1

[NI10411] BIOGRAPHY: Vera Bagent
Subject: Ramsay's in Washington Co., PA
Message: Thomas Ramsay a native of Scotland or Ireland born May 2, 1768 came to America about 1789 close to the age of 18. He came from County Tyrone, Ireland where it is said his family owned a large linen manufacturing business. Thomas settled in Washington Co., PA where he married Eleanor Falconer,b. May 22, 1777 in Washington Co.,PA, dau of Samuel and Elizabeth (Newkirk) Falconer. Thomas and Eleanor had eleven children all born in Washington Co., PA. Thomas was a wealthy farmer and owned considerable property in Washington Co., through some mishap, perhaps trusting the wrong people, he lost most of his property. In 1818 he took his family in the middle of the night and fled to Ohio where he lived the rest of his life. Thomas died July 10, 1839 in Belmont Co., Ohio, his wife Eleanor died Oct 15, 1841 in Belmont Co., Ohio. The family prospered in Ohio, many of his descendants still live in the same area.

[NI10415] 1870 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Washington Twp, roll 1174, p. 450a, taken July 25nd:
245 - Aaron Ramsey, 26, farmer, born Ohio; Eliza J., 29, keeping house; Elwood, 3; Arville, 2; Mary E. Willis, 12, at school; Joseph Jackson, 14, farm laborer
246 - Abraham Ramsey, 33, farmer, born Ohio; Rachael A., 25, keeping house; Ulysses S.G., 5; Mary J., 1

1880 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Washington Twp, p. 478A:
Aaron Ramsey, 35, farmer, born OH, parents born PA; Eliza J., 39, born OH; Elwood, son, 13; Orvil, son, 12; Aaron, son, 7; Mary E., dau, 5

[NI10416] 1870 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp, roll 1174, p. 325a, taken June 23rd:
Joshua Helplinger, 35, works in grist mill, born Virginia; Sarah A., 32, keeping house, born Ohio; Mary I., 2; Infant, 4/12
John Helplinger, 61, miller, born Virginia; Tamson, 61, keeping house, born Virginia; Rebecca, 31, school teacher, born Ohio; Clarissa V., 26, school teacher; Peter, 24, works on farm; Sarah A., 18, assisting mother; Clarissa Wolf, 97, infirm, born Virginia

[NI10417] 1860 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Mead Twp (roll 937), p. 454b, taken Aug. 2:
James Scales(?), 47, farmer, born Ohio; Allen Ramsey, 49, farmer, real estate: 14,000, personal estate: 1800, born Penn.; Mary Ramsey, 45, born England; Elisabeth Ramsey, 22, born Ohio; Thomas Ramsey, 21, farm laborer; Nancy Ramsey, 18(?); William Ramsey, 16; George Ramsey, 14; Ellen Ramsey, 12; Emma Ramsey, 10; Martha Ramsey, 8; Louise Ramsey, 6; John Gibles(?), 60, born Penn.

[NI10421] This could be James A. Muster or John E. Muster or Robert A. Muster. They are sons of Alex & Catharine Muster:
1880 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Washington Twp, p. 478B:
Alex F. Muster, 27, farmer, born OH, father born Germany, mother born OH; Catharine J., wife, 27, born OH, parents born Germany; Robert A., son, 4; John E., 2; Amilia M., dau, 1; James A., 7M

[NI10433] 1860 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Mead Twp, roll 937, PO Bellaire, p. 450a, taken July 31, 1860:
Sollomon Workman, 30, farmer, born Ohio; Dorcas, 27; Mary, 10; Samuel, 8; John, 5; Bruce, 3; Finley, 3/12
Clem and Caroline Ambler are earlier on the page - these may be Dorcas's parents.

[NI10437] 1870 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Sheffield Twp (roll 1170), PO Amboy, p. 366A, enumerated July 25, 1870:
Lyman M. Farr, 38, proprieter of sawmill, value of real estate: 2000, of personal estate: 500, born Vermont; Mary J., 34, born Ohio; John, 12; Henry, 10; Willie, 7; Jessie (f), 2

[NI10438] 1830 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 127), p. 377a:
Thomas Wilkinson - 2 males 5-10, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 15-20, 1 male 30-40, 1 female under 5, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 30-40

1850 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 661), enumerated Sept. 20, 1850, p. 251:
2038 / 2065 Vincent Wilkinson, 31, farmer, born Ohio; Sarah, 31, born Ohio; Jonah, 9; Philena, 7; Caroline, 4
2039 / 2065 Tho. Wilkinson, 59, farmer, value of real estate owned: 2000, born Pa.; Mary, 58, born Pa.; Lavina, 32, born Ohio

1860 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp, Sept. 7, 1860, p. 248?:
1748 / 1714 Vincent Wilkinson, 42, born Ohio, farmer; Ruth A., 34; Jonah, 19; Filena, 14; Caroline, 12; Sarah A. Jackson, 7; William M., 5; Mary A., 2; Elizabeth Loye, 51, born Ohio
NOTE: Elizabeth is in the household of her brother-in-law Vincent, who has remarried. They are right next to the household of William & Caroline Beckett.
1745 / 1711 Thomas Wilkinson, 69, born NJ, farmer; Mary Ann, 69; Lovina, 48; Philena, 14; Caroline, 12; Mary M., 18, domestic
NOTE: Philena and Caroline are Vincent & Sarah's daughters; they were listed both here with their grandparents and with their father and step-mother.

[NI10446] 1870 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 1174), PO Powhatan Point, p. 325B, enumerated June 24, 1870:
Noble Taylor, 33, farm laborer, born Ohio; Nancy C., 29, keeping house, born Ohio; Sarah L., 6, at home; Melvin, 3, at home; Isabelle, 15, domestic servant

1880 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 995), p. 355b, taken June 5:
(38/39) Allen Ramsay, 26, farmer, born Ohio, parents born Penn.; Mary E., 26, wife, born Ohio; Sarah E., 5, dau; John, 2, son; Cora B., 1, dau; Rena A., 1, dau
(39/40) Noble Taylor, 45, farmer, born Ohio; Nancy E., 39, wife; Sarah L., 16, dau; Melven, 13, son

[NI10571] 1880 West Virginia census - Whetzel Co, Proctor District (roll 1415), p. 75a, taken June 18:
Obadiah Pitman, 44, farmer, born Ohio, parents born Pa.; Ruth, 42, wife, born Ohio, father born Maryland, mother born Jersey; Malinda M., 11, dau, born Ohio; Sarah A., 9, dau; Debra L., 7, dau; Benj.(?) Jacob, 5, son; Laura F., 4, dau

[NI10586] Her father may be Jesse Justice, age 46 in the 1850 Ohio census for Belmont Co, Washington Twp, p. 1a. Jesse was born in Md., his wife Sarah, 36, born Pa. They have a daughter Ruth but her age is given as 14.

[NI10597] The Huguenots or The Early French in New Jersey, p. 18: "Jacob Trieux (Trewax, Truax) bought land in Monmouth County in 1676. He was born in New Amsterdam 7 December 1645. It is supposed that Jacob was of the family of Philip du Trieux, court messenger, who settled in New Amsterdam in 1623. A son Isaac went up the Hudson toward Schenectady."

[NI10621] Great-grandmother of Michelle Smith, Powell OH, linksmi@columbus.rr.com.

[NI10622] 1920 OH census - Stark Co, Canton, Ward 5, roll T625_1435, ED 51, p. 11B:
1715 Park Ave SW
(65) Clifford Crowl, age 20 b OH
wife Jeneva(?) age 18 b NC
son LeRoy age 1-4/12 b OH
(66) Ivan Wade, age 21, b OH
wife Ada, age 20, b NC

[NI10626] 1920 OH census - Stark Co, Canton, Ward 5, roll T625_1435, ED 51, p. 11B:
1715 Park Ave SW
(65) Clifford Crowl, age 20 b OH
wife Jeneva(?) age 18 b NC
son LeRoy age 1-4/12 b OH
(66) Ivan Wade, age 21, b OH
wife Ada, age 20, b NC

[NI10633] His surname appears as Wilcox in some records, and his descendants used the shortened form of the name.

[NI10759] Came to Ohio during the Civil War, and to near Lima in 1875. Brethren. Farmers.

Herald of Truth - Oct. 15, 1896, pp 318-319 Obituaries:
BEERY.-John Henry Beery was born in Rockingham Co., Va., Aug. 20, 1831 and died near Lima, Ohio, Sept. 11, 1896, aged 65 years and 22 days. He was married to Delilah Niswander, who with one son and daughter now mourn the loss of a kind and devoted husband and father. Two sons, who died in infancy, have preceded him to the better land. He united with the church about forty years ago and died with a firm faith in the promises of Christ.

[NI10761] Brethren. Farmer, RFD #3, Lima, Ohio.

http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohallen/9_8_022.htm:
NEWTON C. BEERY, one of the trustees of German township, and one of the county's substantial farmers and representative men, was born in Rockingham County, Virginia, January 7, 1854, and is a son of John H. and Delilah (Niswander) Beery.
The father of Mr. Beery was born in Virginia, August 20, 1831, came to Allen County and settled in German township. He died September 11, 1896, and is buried in Sugar Creek cemetery. He married Delilah Niswander, who was born near Edom, Rockingham County, Virginia, May 5, 1830, and died November 23, 1904. She was a daughter of Christian and Susan Niswander. Her last years were spent with her son, Newton C. The children of John H. and Delilah Beery were: Lydia E., born March 23, 1857; Isaac N., born August 10, 1860, who died December 2, 1863; Benjamin F., born November 2, 1863 who died January 5, 1864; and Newton C.
Newton C. Beery was reared and educated in Rockingham County, Virginia, where he remained until the spring of 1875, when he came to his present farm, on which his father settled. He has continued to reside here ever since and is considered one of the township's foremost agriculturists. On September 5, 1878, Elizabeth Herzog became our subject' s wife. Mrs. Beery is a native of Pennsylvania, born February 20, 1858.
To Mr. Beery and wife have been born these children: George W., born near Lima, Ohio, September 20 1879, who married Minnie Irvin December 25, 1901 and has two children Irvin, born November 16, 1902, and Edith E., born January 18, 1904; Minerva, born July 5, 1881, who died August 23, 1881; Cora E., born July 15, 1885, who is a professional nurse; Isaac, born March 1, 188; Ephraim, born July 24, 1890; and Lydia E., born May 12, 1893.
Mr. Beery is a prominent member of the Dunkard Church. He is a stanch Democrat, and in 1899 was elected trustee of German township. The duties of this office were performed with the integrity which marks the character of Mr. Beery, and makes him a man honored and esteemed by his neighbors.

[NI10764] Brethren. Farmer, Beaverdam, Allen Co., Ohio.

In 1900 he is living with his aunt and uncle, Ammi and Lydia Beery Miller, and his grandmother Delilah, in Jackson Twp, Allen Co (roll 1236 book 1 p. 87). They are right next to David Driver, whose son Jacob W. Driver is, I believe, the J. William Driver father of Paul Solomon Driver who married Gladys Mildred LaRue.
The next household is Noah and Addie Cool. Listed in this household is Idella N. Driver, servant, b Nov 1869, age 30, b Ohio parents b VA; and John Spitzer, b Feb 1876, age 24, b VA. (I include this information in case John Spitzer is somehow related to Carl Beery, whose born name Aunt Hope told me was Schmitzer.)

1910 OH census - Allen Co, Bath Twp, ED 4:
Delmer Beery age 27, md 1 yr, b OH father b VA mother b PA
wife Carrie J. age 24, 0 children
brother Isaac Beery age 22, single

1920 OH census - Allen Co, Richland Twp, p. 3A:
Delmer Beery, 36; wife Carrie J., 34; dau Cyntha E., 8

1930 NY census, St. Lawrence Co, Ogdensburg, Dist. 94, taken April 11, 1930, page stamped 221:
Delmer Beery, 47, married at age 25, b. OH, father b. Penn, mother b. Virginia
wife Carrie, 44, married at age 22, b. OH, parents b. OH
dau Elizabeth, 18
son Carl, 7
son Delmer Jr., 1, b. Penn.
They are listed directly after George W. and Beulah LaRue, both age 25, married 4 years, their son George Jr., and George's brother Joseph L., age 18. George and Joseph were born in Canada (French), as were their parents; Beulah was born in NY. As far as I can tell, these LaRues are not related to us, at least not closely! Isn't it odd that the Beerys would live next to LaRues in New York!

[NI10779] According to the 1900 Ohio census, Lillie's father was born in Pennsylvania, her mother in West Virginia.

[NI10812] 1860 census had N.W. Zerbe, male, age ? Cemetery record says May.

[NI10889] There is a John Hemminger d. 5-21-1871, age 68y 10m 17d (born in 1802) buried at Lutheran Brick Church, Frankford Twp, Cumberland Co, PA. Also buried there:
Hemminger, Martha d. 12-13-1893, age 78y 4m
Hemminger, Sue M. d. 1-31-1899, age 60y 2m 17d
Hemminger, Maria C. d. 2-25-1875, age 30y 7m 5d, w/o J. D. Hemminger
Hemminger, Sallie B. d. 6-12-1871, age 2y, ch/o J. D. & M. C. Hemminger
Hemminger, Clara Maria d. 4-16-1875, age 1m 26d, ch/o J. D. & M. C. Hemminger

[NI10893] There is a Jacob Hemminger buried at Newville Cemetery, Newton Twp., Cumberland Co. PA.
Hemminger, Jacob d. 2-27-1898, b. 3-16-1810
Hemminger, Mary d. 12-7-1857, b. 2-23-1823, w/o Jacob Hemminger
Hemminger, Susan d. 2-28-1898, b. 6-6-1846, d/o Jacob & Mary Hemminger

[NI10896] Herald of Trith - January 15, 1894 - pp 29-31 Obituaries:
HEMMINGER.-On the 13th of December, 1893, near Newville, Mifflin Twp., Cumb'd Co., Pa., of La Grippe, Martha Hemminger, maiden name, Burkhart, widow of John Hemminger, aged 78 years and 4 months. She leaves one son and two daughters and nine grandchildren to mourn her departure. She longed for many years to be with Jesus. Her departure occurred in the morning. Funeral services by Pre. Metzger from Blossersville.

[NI10899] 1850 PA census - Berks Co - Brecknock Twp (roll 754), p. 377

[NI10900] 1860 PA census - Berks Co, Cumru Twp (image 36 of 56) - Richard Remp, age 34, farmer; Susan, 34; Henry, 13; Sarah, 11; Mary A., 9; Catharine, 7; Elizabeth, 3; Charles, 3/12

1870 PA census - Berks Co, Cumru Twp (roll 1305), p. 191a (image 17 of 67), taken July 13:
Richard Remp, 46, farmer; Susan, 45; Sarah, 21; Mary, 19; Cassia, 17; Charles, 9; Amanda, 7; Albert, 5; Owen, 2

1880 PA census - Berks Co, Cumru Twp (roll 1099), p. 176B, taken June 11:
Richard Remp, 56, farming; wife Susan, 54; son Charles, 19; dau Emma, 17; son Albert, 14
Previous household is Richard's sister Catherine and her husband Jacob Zerbe.

1900 PA census - Berks Co, Cumru Twp (roll 1376), p. 194, taken June 11:
Richard Remp born May 1824 age 76, md. 50 yrs, yeoman; wife Susanna born Jan 1826 age 74, 8 children, 6 living
Previous household is Richard's sister Catherine and her husband Jacob Zerbe.

[NI10903] 1880 PA census - Lancaster Co, Brecknock Twp (roll 1140), p. 34D, taken June 23:
Levi Trostle, 45, farm laborer; wife Ann, 50; son Levi, 10; son William, 21, works in hat factory; son Ellmar, 18, works in hat factory

[NI10905] 1870 PA census - Berks Co, Brecknock Twp (roll 1305), p. 119a, taken June 29:
Jacob Trostel, 33, mason; Anna, 30; Mary, 9; Matty, 6; Anna, 5; Joseph, 3; Catherine, 1/12

[NI10907] 1850 PA census - Berks Co - Brecknock Twp (roll 754), p. 380:
Jacob Remp; Magdalena; Benjamin, 9; Mary, 5

1860 PA census - Berks Co, Brecknock Twp (roll 1075), p. 128 (image 14 of 22), taken June 22:
Jacob Remp, age 44, farmer; real estate value: 1,500, personal property value: 625; Magdalena, 44; Benjamin, 17; Mary, 13

1870 PA census - Berks Co, Brecknock Twp (roll 1305), p. 119a, taken June 29:
Jacob Remp, 52, farmer; Magdalena, 52; Lolla Fox(?), 17

[NI10953] 1930 Ohio census - Allen Co, Auglaize Twp, Harrod Village
Mayme Beall, Head, age 44
dau Katherine age 15
son Robert age 13
son Ralph age 12
son Paul age 10
dau Betty age 8
Mayme's parents, Bert and Margaret Anspach, are listed two pages later.

[NI10959] Lima News, Monday, Nov. 16, 1981 -- Ruth Scoles
Bluffton -- Ruth Scoles, 88, formerly of Lima, died at 3:45 a.m. Sunday at Memorial Nursing Home in Bluffton. She was born May 21, 1893, in Jackson Township, Allen County, the daughter of Melville W. and Miranda LaRue Scoles. Miss Scoles was a member of Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church, near Bluffton. Survivors include a brother, Harry B. Scoles of Mansfield. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Paul Diller and Son Chapel, Rev. Sue Ellen Miller officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call anytime today and until time of services Tuesday at the funeral home.

Funeral home card gives date of death: Nov. 15, 1981.

[NI10964] 1920 Ohio census - Allen Co, Richland Twp, ED 56, p. 5B (p. 10 of 39):
Lee Wingate, 36; wife Rhoda, 33; dau Thelma, 4.

[NI10965] 1920 Ohio census - Allen Co, Richland Twp, ED 56, p. 5B (p. 10 of 39):
Leonard Wingate, 33; wife Opal, 30; dau Juanita, 5; son Paul, 3; father Isaac, 72; Mildred Hodge, servant, 15.

[NI10966] 1880 Ohio census - Allen Co, Jackson Twp, p. 417B:
174 / 181 John Scoles, 55, farmer, born OH, parents born MD; wife Margaret, 51, born OH, parents born MD; dau Armeda(?) E., 15; son Emmett, 13; son Norval, 6
175 / 182 Melville W. Scoles, 24, farmer, born OH; wife Miranda, 19

1900 Ohio census - Allen Co, Jackson Twp (roll 1236), p. 84a:
295 / 307 John Scoles b Sept 1824 age 75, md 53 yrs, b OH, parents b MD; farmer
wife Margaret b Nov 1828 age 71, 8 children 7 living, b OH, parents b MD
296 / 308 Norval Scoles b July 1873 age 26, md 6 yrs; farmer
wife Blanche b Jan 1875 age 25, 4 children 3 living
dau Mable b Dec 1895 age 4
dau Solome b Dec 1897 age 2
son Clayton b Feb 1900

[NI10986] Nancy Mumma was the second of three wives of John Leckrone.

[NI11009] Possibly a daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Helser) Shrider.

[NI11010] Possibly a daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Helser) Shrider.

[NI11011] Possibly a daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Helser) Shrider.

[NI11023] Name from Atlantic Co NJ bible records Vol 2. Have since come into possession of copies of the original bible pages. These were obtained from Robert Bartlett of West Virginia.
The children of John Beckett were obtained from an affidavit, copy in my possession, of one Alice Homan, relationship to John is unknown. There is also an affidavit from one Mary Casperson attesting to the same. The Casperson statement also says that the house of John Beckett burned with all of his household goods. This was apparently the reason for the affidavits.
Another affidavit from one Marmaduke Beckley states that he personally knows Rachael McNeil daughter of Neil McNeil and wife of John Beckett. Another affidavit from one Jesse Richards affirms that William and Archibald Beckett are the sons of John Beckett and Rachael his wife. Another from one Casiah Mulaker affirming that Margaret Bartlett wife of David Bartlett and daughter of Henry Jones and Mary his wife, daughter of John and Rachael Beckett. (information comes from Wayne D. Mower, 19 Ruby Dr., Claymont DE 19703-1420)

[NI11024] Guardian for Peter's children when he died was James Stratton.
Peter lived in Gloucester Co., NJ. Estate procedings dated 19 June 1798, probated 1 Apr 1796 Woolwich Twp. Estate listed in 1st series Vol. 37, new Jersey Archives. Probate listed in LIB. 36 P222 File 2021H, son John listed in LIB. 38 P47 File 2152 H.

[NI11037] Zadock appears in the 1850 PA census for Erie Co, Springfield Twp (roll 778), p. 444b. Indexed as Silly, Zadoch.

Can't quite make out children's names: looks like Valories (male), 4, Harculius (male), 2, Vandorn (male), 1. Children born in Ohio.

WFT vol. 55 #2705 says Zadock and Elvira had 9 children.

[NI11043] Possibly Harold Graham b Sep 2, 1896 d Jan 7, 1989 Sun City AZ. Issue state PA.

[NI11045] 1900 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Washington Twp, roll 1242, p. 270, taken June 11th & 12th:
Ozman Caldwell, born Dec 1857, age 42, md. 8 yrs, born Ohio, father born PA, mother born OH, farmer; Marilda, wife, born Dec 1865, age 34, 4 children, 4, living; Estella L., dau, born Apr 1892, age 8; Newell H., son, born Feb 1894, age 6; Everett E., son, born Dec 1895, age 4; Lona, dau, born Apr 1897, age 3

[NI11047] 1910 Ohio census Miracode index - Belmont Co:
Miles E. Perkins, 34, wife Lucy V., 40, dau Clara L., 10, son Robert N., 8

1920 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Washington Twp (roll 1350), taken Jan. 9, 1920, p. 101a:
Miles E. Perkins, head, 43, born Ohio, parents born Ohio, occ: salesman, general store
Lydia B., wife, 49, born Ohio, parents born Ohio
Clara L., daughter, 20
Robert N., son, 18
They live next to Alva and Opal Lowther, whose son Lloyd married Fay Beckett.

1930 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Washington Twp:
Miles E. Perkins, 54, widowed, salesman in general store; Clara L., dau, 30

[NI11081] 1900 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 1242), p. 155a, taken June 15 & 16:
Delbert Ault born Mar 1875, age 25, , md. 2 yrs, farm laborer; (cont. on page 156) Ethel M., wife, born Jan 1876, age 24

[NI11085] 1900 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 1242), p. 155a, taken June 15 & 16:
Henry Weekly born May 1858, age 42, md. 17 yrs; Ann, wife, born July 1857, age 42, 5 children, 3 living; Pearl, dau, born April 1887, age 13; May, dau, born Aug 1891, age 8; Bertha, dau, born June 1895, age 4

[NI11089] 1870 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 1174), p. 318a, taken June 13:
William Jarrett, 27, farmer, born Ohio; Mahalah J., 18; Chalmer, 10/12

1880 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 995), p. 361b, taken June 14:
Sarah Jarrett, 67, keeping house, born Ohio, parents born Pa.; William, 37, son, farmer, born Ohio; John ?., 9, grandson; Robert H., 7; Emery G., 5; William D. Mathews, 22, grandson; Barbara Lee, 86, sister, housekeeper, born Pa., father born Ohio, mother born Md.

This indicates that William was married before he married Elsia Weekley.

[NI11091] 1900 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 1242), p. 157, taken June 19:
William Weekley born Aug 1868, age 31, md. 3 yrs, B&O roadman; Mary C., wife, born May 1877, age 23; Ethel L., dau, born April 1989, age 2; Martin L., son, born June 1899, age 1/12

[NI11111] I'm not positive this is the William Jackson married to Ruth who later married Vincent Wilkinson. The ages don't quite match, and none of the children are in Vincent's household in 1860.

1850 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp, roll 661, p. 255b, taken Sept 23, 1850:
William Jackson, 37, carpenter, born Pa.; Ruth, 27, born Ohio; Martha, 8; Mary, 6; Thomas, 4; Rebecca, 9/12

[NI11127] 1850 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Monroe (roll 659), p. 303b (image 36 of 38), taken Aug. 20:
Horace Searls, 32, farmer, born Canada; Marsella, 28, born Ohio; Corydon, 6 (male) [is this Coralinn?]; Abigail R.C., 4 [or is this Coralinn?]; David M., 2; Edward Scribner, 62, born Maine

[NI11128] 1900 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Pierpont Twp (roll 1238), p. 200 (bottom of page):
Marcella L. Searls, head, born March 1823, age 77, born Ohio, parents born Vermont

[NI11136] This is possibly Alphonzo Cory. He was age 12 in the 1870 census for Crawford Co PA, N. Shenango (roll 1330, p. 342B), parents were Lyman and Eveline Cory.

[NI11171] I'm guessing that the Mary Wingate who married John LaRue is the same as Mary E. Wingate b. abt 1854, daughter of John C. Wingate and Lucinda Alford. In an 1880 map of Jackson Twp, John C. Wingate's property is adjacent to L.L. LaRue's property.

[NI11172] 1900 Ohio census - Jackson Twp, Allen Co, roll 1236, p. 85a:
Joseph Wingate, Head, b. April 1858, age 42, widowed, b. OH, parents b. OH; farmer, owns farm
Carl D., son, b. Dec 1879, age 20, single; farm laborer
Flossie, daughter, b. Oct 1891, age 8; at school
Nellie D., daughter, b. March 1894, age 6
Lucinda, mother, b. Dec 1823, age 76, widowed, 7 children, 6 living; b. OH, parents b. OH
Sonner, Pearl, servant, b. April 1884, age 16 (her parents live next door)

1910 OH census - Allen Co, Jackson Twp (bottom of 2nd to last page and last page):
Joseph S. Wingate age 53, widowed; farmer
son Carl A. Wingate age 30, md 8 yrs
daughter-in-law Sadie L. age 31
dau Flossie M. age 18
dau Nellie D. age 16
mother Lucinda age 87

1930 OH census - Allen Co, Jackson Twp - Joseph S. Wingate, age 72, is listed in the household of his son Carl A. Wingate, age 50.

[NI11203] http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohallen/snyder.htm (Allen Co OH website):
Ambrose Snyder has always resided in Jackson township, where he was born October 8, 1853, and where he is engaged in operating a farm of 120 acres, located in sections 14 and 24. He is the son of William and Elizabeth (Matthias) Snyder, and the grandson of Adam Snyder, a native of Pennsylvania, who was still a young man and unmarried when he came to Perry County, Ohio. There he was married and lived until about 1834, when he came to Allen County and entered seven or eight hundred acres of land. His children were William, Rebecca, John, Sarah, Mary, Leonard, Susanna, and Nancy.
William Snyder was born in Perry County, Ohio, November 19, 1828, and has always been engaged in farming. He married Elizabeth Matthias who was born in the same county as he in 1830. They are well-known residents of Allen County, residing on a farm of 80 acres adjoining that of our subject. They are members of the Reformed Church and honorable, upright people. Their children are Leonard, of Paulding County, Ohio; Ambrose; Samuel, of Hardin County, Ohio; and Jacob, of Michigan. The maternal grandparents of our subject were Samuel and Elizabeth Matthias, who resided in Allen County during their later years.
Ambrose Snyder was married in 1875 to Amelia A. Shrider, who was born in Jackson Township, Allen Couty, Ohio, in 1857, and is a daughter of George and Mary Jane (Clum) Shrider, formerly of Perry County. Eight children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Snyder, viz: Lulu, wife of James Zerbe; Pearl, wife of Ira Grant; Alice; Lorum; Clyde; Guy; Oscar and Paul. They also have three grandchildren. The family are pleasantly located in one of the attractive homes of the township, the result of their industry and thrift. They are members of the Lutheran Church, of which Mr. Snyder was formerly deacon, and is at present trustee. In politics he is a Democrat.

[NI11206] Biographies of Allen County, Ohio residents (http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohallen/eversole.htm):
John Elsworth Eversole, a director of the Allen County Infirmary, is a resident of section 28, Jackson township, where he owns and cultivates 80 acres of land. He was born on this farm June 2, 1862, and is a son of Lemuel and Sarah (Nash) Eversole, who reside on the adjoining farm. He is the fourth in a family of 12 children, eight of whom are living.
Mr. Eversole was brought up on the farm, and at the age of 18 learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed until about 12 years ago, when he went to Dinwiddie County, Virginia. While there he worked at his trade the first year and spent the second in farming. He then returned to Allen County and purchased from his father the 80-acre tract upon which he now resides and which is a well-improved farm. Mr. Eversole was married in1883 to Jennie Hefner, daughter of Jacob and Christna ( Holman) Hefner, whose sketch and portraits appear elsewhere in this work. Mr. and Mrs. Eversole have six children, namely: Carrie Ethel; Mary Gertrude; Hazel Florence; Donald Virginia; John Wesley; and Arvard Carl. Donald Virginia was born in the State of Virginia. Mr. Eversole is a member of the Christian Church of LaFayette; and of Jackson Lodge, No. 846, I. O. O. F. and Lima Encampment. He is a Republican in politics. Since his election as a director of the County Infirmary, he has devoted the greater part of his time to his official duties, as he believes in doing thoroughly whatever work he undertakes.

1930 OH census - Allen Co, Jackson Twp - John E. & Jennie Eversole; their son Donald V. Eversole is listed two household before them.

[NI11296] LITTLE DAUGHTER OF FORMER RESIDENT DEAD
Mrs. F. L. Horton received a letter yesterday from her mother, Mrs. D. L. Lillie from Moscow, Idaho, announcing the death of the five months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph D. Lillie, the former a brother of Mrs. Horton. The bereaved parents, until three years ago, were residents of Conneaut and have a wide circle of friends here, who will be grieved to learn of their sorrow.
Mr. and Mrs. Lillie since they left here have been residents of North Yakima, Wash., and were enroute to Moscow, Idaho, when the little one was taken ill. Medical attendance was secured, but life lasted only a few hours after the first symptoms were noticed. Burial was made April 2nd in Moscow. Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Lillie who have been in North Yakima for the past year, and had started home when the news of the death reached them, are now in Moscow.
(from an old farm book of newspaper clippings, dates ranging from 1898 to 1912 or so)

[NI11298] DIED IN WASHINGTON
Mrs. Ralph Lillie, formerly Miss Margaret Smith of this city, passed away Saturday afternoon in Anatone, Wash. Mrs. Lillie had been ill for several weeks, but the exact cause of her death is not known to local relatives.
Mrs. Lillie is survived by her husband and a son, aged two years. Mrs. M. Allen of North Conneaut is a sister. Mr. Lillie's parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. Lillie, started this morning for Anatone.

[NI11300] MRS. JANE BREWSTER, AGED 74, PASSED AWAY TODAY FROM THE EFFECTS OF A STROKE.
Mrs. James Brewster of Clark Corners passed to the beyond Saturday morning at the age of 74 years. Ten weeks ago she was subject to a stroke of apoplexy and has steadily failed since. She had always been a resident of the vicinity where she died. Three daughters survive: Mrs. Arthur Blood of the State Line, Mrs. F. M. Lillie, of Clark Corners, and Mrs. Lin Huston, also of Clark Corners. An adopted son, Erwin Coyle, who lived with the deceased on the farm also survives. The funeral will be held at the late home, Monday at 9 o'clock Rev. Mr. Barnes of North Conneaut officiating. (newspaper clipping from the farm book of Alice Estelle Garlock Harvey)

[NI11321] 1880 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Pierpont Twp (roll 992), p. 552C, taken June 2:
Ira A. Marcy, 28, box & shingle manufacturer, born Penn, father born NY, mother born Vermont; wife Alta M., 20, born Ohio; son Charles Lee, 2; dau Gertrude F., 9/12 (born Sep)

1900 OH census - Ashtabula Co, Pierpont Twp, Roll 1238 Book 2, p. 211:
Ira A. Marcy born Oct 1851 age 48, md. 23 yrs, born PA, father born VT, mother born NY, occ: farmer
Alta M., born Nov 1859 age 40, 6 children 5 living, born Ohio, parents born Ohio
Charles L. born Mar 1878 age 22 b OH
Nora A. born Apr 1882 age 18
Les L. (son) born Sep 1883 age 16
Mabel C. born Dec 1885 age 14

[NI11322] 1930 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Pierpont Twp, Pierpont, p. 2 of 15 (Main Street):
Alta Marcy, head, owns, value of home: $2000, age 70, widowed, married at age 18, born Ohio, parents born Ohio.
Alta is living next to the sister - Blanche (Lillie) Leonard - of her daughter-in-law Iva Belle (Lillie).

Alta was the daughter of Charles E. Morrison (born Jan. 21, 1827 Geneva OH) and Sarah M. Turner, who were married Nov. 24, 1852.

[NI11330] AnjaLyn@aol.com - email dated 8/23/2001:
Alonzo Neff Wade was my g-g grandfather. Alonzo and Elizabeth Caroline (Beckett) had a son named Ivan Beckett Wade B-15 Dec.1898 D-May 1974, who married Ada M. Braswell 16 Nov 1917. They had a son Alonzo Zane Wade who married Maxime L. Burfield their son is Jeffrey Zane Wade, my father. I hope this will help you. And if you have any info my direction, please pass it my way. Thank you in advance. Sincerely, Angela Wade, Massillon, Ohio.

[NI11352] I have this woman on my database because she wrote a letter to Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Baker, my great-grandparents, in 1904. I'm trying to find out how she knew them and if she is related to them.

Marilda died in Saybrook, Ohio, which was another puzzle, since that's another part of the state entirely! William H. Stauffer, a great-grandson of Marilda's, explained this: My grandmother Daisy Kelly who was married to Fredrick Stauffer took care of Marilda in her last days of sickness where she died in 1918 in Saybrook." (William is a 1957 graduate of Ashtabula High School.) Glenna Coffey says she was buried in Columbus Grove, which is just above Lima in Putnam County (other side of the state).

[NI11354] 1920 Ohio census - Richland Co, Plymouth Twp, ED 216, p. 5A:
Thurman R. Ford, Head, 31,
Alice D., wife, 26
Minnie Gary, mother-in-law, 52, widowed
Grace M. Woodruff, sister-in-law, 30, divorced

1930 Ohio census - Richland Co, Plymouth Twp, ED #33, p. 2A (image 3 of 17):
Thurman R. Ford, Head, owns, value of home: $1500, age 41, md. at age 25, occ: proprieter, repair shop
Alice D., wife, 37, md. at age 20
Thurman R., Jr., son, 5
Ruth, dau, 1-7/12
Minnie Gary, mother-in-law, 63, widowed

[NI11360] 1910 Ohio census (Miracode index) - Lake Co:
Walter E. Stauffer, Head, 29, born IL
wife Mary P., 28, born OH
dau Edith I., 6, born OH
dau Mildred M., 4
half brother Joseph G. Ford, 14, born OH

1930 OH census - Lake Co, Painesville Twp, p. 1B (image 2 of 61):
Walter E. Stauffer, Head, owns, value of home: 10,000, age 49, married at age 21, born Illinois, father born PA, mother born OH; occ: [looks like] inspector, railroad
Mary P., wife, age 47, age 20 at marriage, born OH, parents born OH
Mildred M., daughter, 24, single

[NI11361] In 1930, Florence was Florence Sissinger, employed as a housekeeper in the home of George Frazee. Her son Charles and his wife boarded here also. Harry Yohn is listed on this page, which is why I believe he may be the Yahn who Florence later married (William Stauffer told me she later married a Yahn).

1930 Ohio census - Richland Co, Sharon Twp, Shelby City, p. 9A (image 17 of 34):
George W. Frazee, Head, age 48, single
Florence Sissinger, Housekeeper [crossed out], Servant, age 47, divorced
Charles R. Blosser, Boarder, age 23
Cordelia, Boarder, age 23
Burton Grafmiller, Roomer, age 59, married at age 26
Katherine M. Watsel[?], Roomer, age 24, divorced

[NI11362] 1910 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Mead Twp, ED #8, p. 378 (image 23 of 50), taken April 20, 1910:
Fred Staufer, Head, age 24, md. 3 yrs, b. IL, father b. PA, mother b. OH; occ: [can't make out], casket factory
Daisy, wife, 22, b. OH, parents b. OH
Zelma, dau, 2
William, son, 6/12
On ancestry.com, indexed as Fred Stanfer for the 1910 census miracode index.

1930 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Saybrook Twp, p. 8A (image 15 of 22), North Bend Road:
Fred J. Stauffer, Head, owns, value of home: $7000, age 44, married at age 21, born Kansas, father born PA, mother born OH; laborer, basket shop
Daisy B., wife, 42, married at age 18, born Ohio, parents born OH
Walter R., son, 15, born OH
Elmer F., son, 13, born OH

[NI11364] 1930 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Washington Twp, District 61

[NI11367] 1860 Ohio census - Franklin Co, Madison Twp, roll 962, p. 231:
Frederick F. Meyers, 24, laborer, value of personal estate: 50, born Ohio
Martha, 20, wife, born Ohio
Marinda, 2
John, 1

1870 Ohio census - Franklin Co, Brown Twp, roll 1200, Post Office: Columbus, p. 33b, taken July 30, 1870:
Fredrick Myers, 36, farm laborer, value of personal estate: 1000, born Ohio
Martha, 26, keeping house, born Ohio
Matilda, 12
Nancy, 39
Elizabeth, 5
Mary J., 3

1900 Ohio census - Franklin Co, Prairie Twp, Roll 1270, Book 1, p. 233:
Fredrick H. Myers, Head, b Oct 1834, age 65, md 43 yrs, b OH, father b OH, mother b Ireland, [no occupation listed]
Marthy, wife, b Aug 1839, age 60, 9 children 7 living, born OH, father born MD, mother born OH
Chauncy O., son, b Mar 1876, age 24, born OH
Olive, d-in-law, b Jul 1877, age 22, born OH, father born OH, mother born VA

1900 Ohio census - Franklin Co, Prairie Twp, Roll 1270, Book 1, p. 238a:
Fred F.J. Myers, Head, b Mar 1873, age 27, md 5 yrs, born OH, parents born OH; occ: farmer
Ethel F., wife, b Feb 1875, age 25, 1 child, born OH, father born OH, mother born unknown
Gary B., son, b Dec 1895, age 4

In the 1910 OH census for Franklin Co, Frederick, age 76, is listed in the household of his son Chancey, age 34.

[NI11372] In 1930 Sophronia is living with her daughter Sarah (Clevenger?) in Putnam Co, Union Twp, Kalida Village. Sophronia is 96, widowed; Sarah is 66, widowed.

[NI11379] Lewis, or Ludwig, was raised by Johannes Seitz, b. Jan. 10, 1740 in Germany, d. April 1793 in York Co PA, and Anna Catherina Rueb, b. Oct. 21, 1741 in Germany, d. Feb. 20, 1820 in York Co PA. They were married May 8, 1764 in Germany. Church records indicate the couple left for America eight days after their marriage (on May 16, 1764). Johannes and Catherine took with them Ludwig, who was probably the 17-month-old son of an unmarried first cousin of Johannes. Ludwig was raised as their oldest child and later went by the name of Lewis. He is believed to be the son of Dorothea Welck and Johan Phillip von Gemmimgen of Babstatt, Germany.

From the Seitz genforum, Aug 16, 1999, posted by Joe & Rebecca (Seitz) McKee:
The passing of Rev. Lewis Seitz, pastor or Elder of the Pleasant Run Primitive Baptist Church near Lancaster, Ohio, was noted in the Washington (PA) Examiner of 17 May, 1823. The paper noted that the Rev. Seitz died in the city of Washington PA, at the home of John Schaeffer on Saturday 10 May 1823 of " bilious pleurisy ", (pneumonia?). Rev. Seitz, aged 56 years, was returning home from a journey eastward.
We found the notice in the following compilation, held at the Allen County Public Library in Ft. Wayne, IN. Examiner Records, Marriages and Deaths, 1796-1868, Washington, Penna. Duplicated by Citizens Library, Washington, Pa. from the Original Through the Courtesy of Washington County Historical Society and Dr. Raymond Bell. 1975, Vol. 1, p. 49.
Rev. Seitz performed a marriage in Fairfield county on 23 March 1823, before his trip eastward, and his heirs filed for administration of his estate on 21 May 1823.

http://www.chartiers.com/pages/articles/seitz.html
Biography of Lewis Seitz (Sites), 1764-ca1824
The following was written and submitted by Caral Mechling Bennett of Arlington,VA for inclusion at the Genealogy in Washington Co., PA web site in January 1998.
Circa 1822, the Rev. Lewis SEITZ, leaving his wife and family at home, left on a horseback trip to Rockingham County, VA and York County, PA, preaching at different Baptist churches en route, and visiting his old home and relatives.
While returning to Ohio, it is said that he was taken ill at Washington PA -- which trail he would have taken through the mountains -- where he died and was buried. The only record which we have of this event, written circa 1915-20, in the flowery style of the day, is by descendant, Rev. Edward Seitz SHUMAKER: "With these sweet memories to cheer him, Lewis started on his homeward journey, still preaching as he went, but God had other plans for His servant, for in Washington, PA, Lewis sickened, and in the land of strangers, perhaps alone with God -- God took him to be with Him. We do not know the date of his death neither do we know of his burial place, and it is quite probable that his grave is unmarked, as he slumbers in that strange land, awaiting the resurrection of the just."
Found in Fairfield Co., Ohio, is the probate records, dated 21 May 1823: "...Daniel SITES and John HITE shall well, truly, faithfully and impartially administer the goods, chattels, and personal estate of Lewis SITES late of the county aforesaid, deceased..."
Lewis may have owned land in Washington County, however no description of this land has been found to date, nor record of disposal, at his death. No connection with Washington County, PA is known for Lewis. He was born in Germany, raised in York County PA, moved to the Shenandoah Valley of VA, then left for religious reasons (slavery issue) for Fairfield County, OH. Why he would have had land in Washington County, is yet another mystery to solve.
Key clues to locating Lewis' grave, or mention in some church records, may be: Baptist faith, and land records.
In case this name, Lewis SEITZ/SITES, happens to appear in some illusive record, this descendant would certainly be overjoyed at hearing the news!

[NI11396] 1930 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Mead Twp, Dist. 13 (image 16 of 47):
Carl McMillen, Head, age 44, married at age 23, b. OH, parents b. OH; dairy farmer
Sarah, wife, 43, married at age 22, b. OH, parents b. OH
Mary, daughter, 15
Dary(?) Dean, sister, 37, divorced
Elizabeth [Dean], niece, 7

[NI11399] Fred F.J. Myers - 1900 Ohio census - Franklin Co, Prairie Twp Roll 1270 Book 1 p 238 (Fred's parents are on p. 233):
b Mar 1873 age 27, md 5 yrs, b Ohio parents b OH; wife Ethel F. b Feb 1875 age 25, 1 child, b OH father b OH mother b Unknown; Gary B. b Dec 1895 age 4

[NI11401] In 1930, Charles and his wife boarded in the home of George Frazee where his mother, now Florence Sissinger, worked as a housekeeper.

1930 Ohio census - Richland Co, Sharon Twp, Shelby City, p. 9A (image 17 of 34):
George W. Frazee, Head, age 48, single
Florence Sissinger, Housekeeper [crossed out], Servant, age 47, divorced
Charles R. Blosser, Boarder, age 23
Cordelia, Boarder, age 23
Burton Grafmiller, Roomer, age 59, married at age 26
Katherine M. Watsel[?], Roomer, age 24, divorced

[NI11405] 1910 OH census - Franklin Co:
Chancey Myers, 34, b. OH; wife Ollie, 33, b. OH; son Elton, 9; son Envist, 7; dau Martha, 5; father Frederick F., 76, b. OH; son Earl Kegg, 21, b. OH

[NI11419] Age 14 in 1850 Ohio census for Tuscarawas Co, Wayne Twp.

[NI11456] In the 1850 PA census for Erie Co, Waterford Twp (roll 778), p. 299b. Indexed as Silly, Trumman.

[NI11671] Lima News, Oct. 24, 1985 -- Word has been received of the death Tuesday in Lancaster, Calif. of former Cridersville resident Carl E. Snider, 64, of Quartz Hill, Calif. He is survived by his mother, Ethel Hapner of Cridersville; his wife, Kathryn LaRue Snider; a son; two daughters; six grandchildren; a brother, Glen (Buck) Snider of Cridersville; and a sister, Mrs. Chester (Katharyn) Stevely of Wapakoneta. Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Friday at Halley-Olson Funeral Home, Lancaster, Calif., with burial in Joshua Memorial Park Cemetery, Lancaster. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society and the American Lung Association.

[NI11673] 1850 PA census - Crawford Co, Bloomfield Twp p. 410 has Benjamin (age 48) & Sareptha (age 28) Shreve. A few pages later (412 or 413) is Enoch Sargent (age 70) and an Enoch Sargent Jr. Enoch is probably Sarepta's father.

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/d/i/l/Linda-J-Dill-PA/GENE7-0008.html -
Enoch Sargent b. July 4, 1775 Williamstown MA died 1871 Rockdale Twp, Crawford Co PA, son of Timothy Chase Sargent and Ann Horton.
Enoch m1 Abigail Chase born Dec 5, 1774 Sutton MA died bef 1813 Pittsfield VT. Enoch m2 Pruda Bugbee.
Cerepta Sargent is listed as the 10th child of Enoch and Abigail.

[NI11688] 1930 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Pierpont Twp, Pierpont, p. 11 of 15:
Butler Wright, head, owns, value of home: $5000, age 30, married at age 24, born OH, father born OH, mother born PA; farmer
Marilla, wife, age 24, married at age 18, born OH, parents born PA; saleslady, magazines
Merton D., son, 4-3/12
(cont'd on p. 12 of 15) Eber Wright, son, 3-5/12
Marshall, son, 1-11/12

[NI11689] From a conversation with my dad, Sat., March 9, 2002: They were going to calling hours Sunday afternoon for Marilla Wright. She was 96, lived in Pierpont. She was in my grandmother Vera's sewing circle. A son Bruce Wright married a Dain. (Obit says he is of Natick, Mass.) Another son Merton Wright was in (dad's brother) Raymond's class. Marilla's dad was Doc Wright - George W. Wright. Dad thinks they are related to the Lillies somehow. (He later said he was thinking of Aunt Lurie (Lura Inez Leonard) married to Floyd Leroy Lewis. Their son Wade Lewis used to come to the Lillie reunion.)

Also in Grandma's sewing club: Leah Parch (sp?) who died last fall, and Leonard Lillie's mother (Belle).

Obituary from the Star Beacon (Ashtabula OH), March 9, 2002:
Marilla Lewis Wright
PIERPONT TOWNSHIP - Marilla Lewis Wright, 96, of Route 167, of Pierpont Township, died Thursday, March 7, 2002, at UHHS Brown Memorial Hospital, Conneaut, following a short illness.
She was born Oct. 6, 1905, in Pierpont, the daughter of George W. Lewis M.D. and Nancy Rebecca McArthur and was a lifelong resident of Pierpont Township.
Mrs. Wright attended Pierpont Schools for 11 years and graduated from Andover High School Class of 1924. She also attended Ohio State University in Columbus.
She was employed in magazine sales in the 1920s, life insurance sales in the 1930-40s, and in the 1950s, she worked with her father in his pharmaceutical and medical practice. In the 1960-70s, was in sales and management with World Book Encyclopedia Co.
A member of Pierpont Presbyterian Church since 1922, she served as a Sunday School teacher, Deacones, and was active in Women's Circle and mission projects. Mrs. Wright was P.T.A. president and program chairman, a member of the Order of the Eastern Star Orion Chapter 12 of Kingsville for more than 50 years, Pierpont Coronet band in 1920, and the Mending Club with special friends since the 1930s, and Pierpont Grange for 70 years.
She enjoyed reading, flower gardening and local history.
Survivors include three sons, Eber L. of Pierpont, Marshall of Gibson, Pa., and Bruce of Natick, Mass.; two daughters, Nancy Ring of Kingsville and Marcia Schulte of Sarasota, Fla.; 21 grandchildren, and 37 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Cyrus Butler Wright in 1986; two sons, James and Merton; five brothers, Eber, Myron, Kermit, Keith and Arthur Lewis, and a sister, Methyl Richards Curtis.
Service will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Pierpont Presbyterian Church, 71 Route 7, Pierpont, with the Rev. Ed Diehl officiating. Burial will follow in Evergreen Cemetery in Pierpont.
Calling hours will be from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the Childs and Williams Funeral Home, 96 Route 7, Pierpont.
Memorials may be made to Pierpont Presbyterian Church Deacons Fund. Envelopes will be at the funeral home and church.

[NI11690] 1900 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Pierpont Twp, roll 1238 book 2 p 199a:
George W. Lewis b Sep 1870 age 29
Nannie R. b Aug 1872 age 27
dau Methyl b Aug 1896 age 3
son Eber H. b Nov 1898 age 1
They were two houses away from Joseph and Miranda Lillie. George's occupation is listed as physician; he was known as "Doc Lewis." Their daughter Marilla was in my grandmother's (Vera Baker Lillie) sewing circle.

1930 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Pierpont Twp, Pierpont, p. 1 of 15 (Main Street):
George W. Lewis, head, owns, value of home: $2000, age 59, married at age 22, born PA, parents born PA; medical physician, home office
Nannie, wife, age 57, married at age 20, born PA, parents born PA
Kermit P., son, age 20
Keith B., son, age 17

[NI11694] 1930 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Pierpont Twp, Pierpont, p. 1 of 15:
(Main Street)
Cyrus Wright, head, owns, value of home: $1500, age 71, married at age 25, born OH, parents born OH
Anna, wife, age 67, married at age 21, born Pennsylvania, father born Vermont, mother born Ohio

1870 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Pierpont Twp (roll 1170), PO Jefferson, p. 310B, enumerated June 29, 1870:
E.D. Wright, 44, farmer, born Ohio; Phebe, 45, keeping house; Leney (m), 19; Laura, 17; (cont. on p. 311A) Cyrus Wright, 12; Milly, 10; Lila, 8; Silas, 4; Clyde, 2/12.

[NI11709] 1850 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 661), enumerated Sept. 28, 1850, p. 267A:
Christianna Ault, 77, born NY; Daniel, 29 (or 39?), miller, born Pa.

[NI11712] 1850 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp, enumerated Sept. 24, 1850, p. 256B:
Andrew F. Ault, 44, farmer, value of real estate owned: 1400, born Ohio; Catherine, 40; Elisabeth, 16; Thersa, 13; Christopher, 12; Martin, 9; Joseph, 7; Mary, 6; Frances M. (m), 4; Alvina (f), 3; Margaret, 2; Martha, 4/12

[NI11723] 1850 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 661), enumerated Sept. 28, 1850, p. 267B:
John Piper, 46, farmer, born Pa.; Abagail, 40, born Ohio; Zenis (m), 19, farmer; Joseph Ault, 3; (cont. on next page, 268A) William Piper, 18, farmer; Martha, 17; Lucinda, 15; Martha, 14; Elisabeth, 12; Leah, 10; John Jr., 9; Wilson, 7; Nathaniel, 5; Mary, 3; Joseph, 7/12

[NI11820] Lima -- Rebecca Joan Driver Youngblood, 51, died Sunday, April 17, 1994, at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. She was born Sept. 16, 1942 in Lima, to Paul and Gladys LaRue Driver. Her mother, Mrs. Delmar (Gladys) McCool, survives in Lima. Ms. Youngblood was a teacher.
Survivors include two brothers, Lynn Driver of Bellbrook and Steve Driver of Lima; and a sister, Mrs. Lugh (Caroline) Dixon of Graun, Mich.
Services will begin at 1 p.m. Friday at the Power of Praise Church of God in Hazel Park, Mich. Services will follow at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Pleasant View Church, near Bluffton. The Revs. John Mummert and Doug Adams will officiate. Burial will be in Lewis Grove Cemetery. Friends may call until 9 p.m. tonight at the Ashley-Scott Funeral Home, Hazel Park, Mich. Memorial contributions may be made to the Heart Transplant Emergency Fund at the Henry Ford Hospital, 2799 W. Grand Blvd., Detroit 48202; or Children's Hospital of Michigan Hydrocephalus Research/Support Group in care of Neurosurgery Group, Attn: Mary Decker, 3901 Beaubien, Detroit 48201. Local arrangements are under the direction of Siferd Westwood Chapel.

[NI11841] Lima News (no date) -- Death notice
Word has been received of the death Dec. 31, 1991, in Redlands, Calif., of former Cridersville resident Keith Alan Snider, 47. Among survivors are his mother, Kathryn Snider of Quartz Hill, Calif.; his wife, Diane Snider; one son; one daughter; and two sisters. No services were held. Memorial contributions may be made to Redlands Community Hospital Foundation Hospice, 350 Terricina Blvd., Box 391, Redlands, Calif., 92373 or to the American Cancer Society.

[NI11899] Celina -- Ken M. Esmonde, 56, died at 11:02 p.m. Oct. 12, 1996, following an automobile accident on state Route 274 in New Bremen. He was born Oct. 8, 1940, in Lima to David and Anna LaRue Esmonde Sr. His mother survives in Mendon. On March 11, 1961, he married Chloe Brown, who died in the same accident.
Mr. Esmonde was former owner of Orchard Tree Restaurant in Celina and Van Wert. He was co-owner of Century 21 Master Key Realty, Celina. He was a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Celina, and its choir. He was a member of the MED Foundation at Coldwater Community Hospital, Celina Masonic Lodge and Woods Golf Club. He was recently certified as a licensed golf instructor. He was a graduate of Mendon Union High School.
Survivors include four daughters, Karri (James) Gray, Kendra (Brian) Stetler and Kate (Brad) Laffin, all of Celina, and Kim (Dana) Kugel of Angola, Ind.; three brothers, David Esmonde Jr. of Atlanta, Neil Esmonde of Charlotte, N.C., and Jon Esmonde of San Antonio; two sisters, Melanie Hesse of Mendon and Karen Diller of Cincinnati; and 11 grandchildren.
A son, Kenny Esmonde II, also died in the accident.
Services will begin at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Celina. The Rev. Linden Damschroder will officiate. Burial will be in North Grove Cemetery, Celina. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. today at the church. Memorial contributions may be made to a fund for the children of Kenny Esmonde II. Lehman Funeral Home, Celina, is handling arrangements.

[NI11900] Celina -- Chloe Ann Esmonde, 55, died at 8:33 p.m. Oct. 12, 1996, in an automobile accident in New Bremen. She was born Sept. 26, 1941, to Emery and Helen Nelson Brown. Her mother, Helen Dorsey, survives in Celina. On March 11, 1961, she married Ken Esmonde, who died following the accident.
Mrs. Esmonde was owner and broker of Century 21 Master Key Realty, Celina. She was a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church and Phi Beta Psi Sorority. She was a member of the MED Foundation at Coldwater Community Hospital, and was a representative of the Jerry Lewis Telethon. She was a member of the Children's Miracle Network, and the local, state and national boards of realtors. She was a graduate of Celina Senior High School.
Survivors also include four daughters, Karri (James) Gray, Kendra (Brian) Stetler and Kate (Brad) Laffin, all of Celina, and Kim (Dana) Kugel of Angola, Ind.; two brothers, Larry Brown of Van Wert and Ned Brown of Bloomington, Ind.; two sisters, Joan Sams and Margie Sherrill, both of Celina; and 11 grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her stepfather, Dr. William Dorsey.
Services will begin at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Celina, The Rev. Linden Damschroder will officiate. Burial will be in North Grove Cemetery, Celina. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. today at the church. Memorial contributions may be made to a fund for the children of Kenny Esmonde II. Lehman Funeral Home, Celina, is handling arrangements.

[NI11901] Celina -- Ken M. Esmonde II, 34, died at 8:33 p.m. Oct. 12, 1996, in an automobile accident in New Bremen. He was born Feb. 28, 1962, in Celina to Ken and Chloe Brown Esmonde. On Oct. 9, 1982, he married Carol Ann Weaver Esmonde, who survives.
Mr. Esmonde worked at Fleetwood Service Center, Decatur, Ind. He was a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church.
Survivors also include two sons, Josh Esmonde and Jarid Esmonde, both at home; a daughter, Andrea Esmonde, at home; four sisters, Karri Gray, Kendra Stetler and Kate Laffin, all of Celina, and Kim Kugel of Angola, Ind.
Services will begin at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Celina. The Rev. Linden Damschroder will officiate. Burial will be in North Grove Cemetery, Celina. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. today at the church. Memorial contributions may be made to a fund for the children of Kenny Esmonde II. Lehman Funeral Home, Celina, is handling arrangements.

[NI11930] 1900 Ohio census, Richland Co, Shelby, Sharon Twp, roll 1317 book 1 p. 136a:
Henry Gremling b Oct 1874 age 25, md 1 yr; b OH parents b OH; occ: factory work; rents house
wife Mary [Blanchard] b Oct 1877 age 22, 1 child; b OH father b French Canada mother b OH
son Richard H.C. b Aug 1899 age 9/12 b OH
brother Dominick b Aug 1881 age 18, single
sister-in-law Anna Blanchard b Jul 1882 age 18, single

I think Henry's brother Dominick is the Nicholas Gremling in the 1920 OH census for Richland Co, Sharon Twp (roll T625_1430, p. 3A, ED 221):
Nicholas Gremling, age 38, wife Anna age 37 (b OH, father b Canada, mother b OH), son Donovan age 13, dau Mary M. age 9, 2 daughters [whose names I can't make out].
I believe Nicholas's wife is Anna Blanchard.

[NI11956] Funeral home card: In memory of Suzanne S. Williams, born May 16, 1934 Marion, Ohio; died Feb. 7, 2001 Fairborn, Ohio; service: 11:00 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 17, 2001, Rona Hills Missionary Church, 1082 Rona Parkway Drive, Fairborn OH; officiating: Pastor Joe Wenger, Rev. Marvin Wiseman; arrangements by Burcham Funeral Home, 119 E. Main Street, Fairborn, Ohio.

[NI11962] Lima News, possibly Thursday, March 16, 1995 -- Lima
Raymond Samuel Zerbe, 68, of Summerville, S.C., died March 13, 1995, in a Charleston, S.C., hospital. He was born May 16, 1926, in Lima to John and Alice Harris Zerbe. He married Emma M. Hackworth, who survives.
Mr. Zerbe was educated in Ohio schools and was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. He was a U.S. Navy veteran.
Survivors also include a son, John Daniel Zerbe of Tucson, Ariz., a daughter, Paula A. Zerbe of Summerville, S.C.; and three grandchildren.
Services will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Summerville, S.C. Burial will be in Dorchester Memory Gardens, Summerville. Friends may call 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at the James A. Dyal Funeral Home, Summerville, S.C.

[NI11966] Lima News, Monday, Nov. 25, 1991 -- Ralph C. Zerbe, Sr.
Lafayette -- Ralph C. Zerbe Sr., 85, of here, died at 7 a.m. Sunday at his residence. He was born Sept. 28, 1906, in Lima, the son of John and Alice Harris Zerbe. On Nov. 12, 1930. he married Opal Shepherd, who survives.
Mr. Zerbe was the owner of Zerbe's Paint and Wallpaper. He was a member of Lafayette Congregational Christian Church and the Republican Party.
Other survivors include one son, Ralph C. Zerbe Jr. of Lima; one daughter, Mrs. William (Shirley) Roeder of Lima; 11 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; one brother, Raymond Zerbe of Summersville, S.C.; and two sisters, Mary Craig of Lima, and Bonnie Skinner of Marysville, Wash.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Lewis Memorial Chapel of Chiles and Sons-Laman Funeral Homes, with Rev. Robert Brown officiating. Burial will be in Lafayette Cemetery. Friends may call 6 to 8 p.m. today and 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Lafayette Congregational Christian Church.

[NI11967] Lima News, Monday, April 9, 2001 -- Lima
Opal Mae Zerbe, 87, died at 7:32 a.m. April 8, 2001, at her daughter's residence. She was born June 21, 1913, in Celina to Jess and Grace Chambers Shepherd. On Nov. 12, 1930, she married Ralph C. Zerbe Sr., who died Nov. 24, 1991.
Mrs. Zerbe owned Country Side Stitch and Sew. She had worked with her husband at Zerbe Paint and Wallpaper Store. She was a member of Lafayette Congregational Christian Church, Women's Fellowship, Federation of Women Club and the Allen County Republican Party. She was past president of the the Women's Republican Club. She was a former member and past president of Business and Professional Women, West Central Ohio Quilt Guild, Crafty Quilters Club, and Town and Country Quilt Club. She was a former member of Jackson Grange and Tri-County Doll Club of Ohio.
Survivors include a son, Ralph C. (special friend Mary Jane) Zerbe Jr. of Lima; a daughter, Shirley (William) Roeder of Lima; a sister, Arbula "Billie" Greeno [husband Dorsey Greeno, from funeral home card] of Findlay; nephew and caregiver Terry Lowe of Lima; 11 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren.
Services will begin at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Chiles & Sons-Laman Funeral Homes, Lewis Chapel. The Rev. Robert Brown will officiate. Burial will be in Lafayette Cemetery. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today and 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Lafayette Congregational Christian Church or to the donor's choice.

[NI11971] Lima News, Sunday, May 15, 1994 -- Lima
Mary Lou Craig, 80, died at 9 a.m. May 14, 1994, at Lima Manor Nursing Home. She was born June 4, 1913, in Allen County to John C. and Alice R. Harris Zerbe.
Mrs. Craig retired from Zerbe Paint and Wallpaper and she had also worked for the DWG Cigar Factory.
Survivors include a son, Richard Craig of Lafayette; two daughters, Mrs. Dale (Ellen) Joseph of Elida and Mrs. David (Kathleen) Post of Singapore; a brother, Raymond Zerbe of Charleston, S.C.; 35 grandchildren and 36 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two daughters, Alice Hux and Jeanne Smith; three brothers, Ralph Zerbe, Robert Zerbe and Franklin Zerbe; and three sisters, Juanita Lowe, Ruth Stalter and Treva Dean.
Services will begin at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the West Wayne Street Chapel of Chiles and Sons-Laman Funeral Homes. The Rev. Geoffrey Bermosk will officiate. Burial will be in Sugar Creek Cemetery. Friends may call 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Lima Area Parkinson's Support Group, in care of Elmer Seifert, 1851 Wendell Ave., Lima 45805.

[NI11977] 1920 OH census, Allen Co, Jackson Twp, ED #7, p. 2A (3 of 20 on ancestry):
Edwin J. Blunden, 65, b. Penn., father & mother b. England; wife Mary I., 55, b. OH, father b. Virginia, mother b. OH; son Preston J., 24; son Carter H., 21; dau Leona, 18.

[NI11981] 1900 OH census - Allen Co, Jackson Twp p. 78:
Elijah Frederick b Apr 1853 age 47, b OH parents b OH; occ: farmer
wife Mary L. b Mar 1863 age 37, md 16 yrs, 6 children
son Ralph H. b Dec 1885 age 14
son Walter O. b Oct 1887 age 12
son Eva? b Mar 1890 age 10
[p. 78a] dau Effie b Mar 1890 age 10
dau Lea? P. b June 1894 age 6
son William C. b Mar 1900 age 3/12

[NI11986] Lima News, Friday, Oct. (5, 12, 19 or 26), 1979 -- George F. Zerbe
George Franklin Zerbe, 75, formerly of 126 S. Scott St., died at 8:25 p.m. Wednesday in Lima Memorial Hospital following an extended illness. He was born June 24, 1904, in Lima to John C. and Alice Orena Harris Zerbe. He married Pauline Nelson, who died in 1958.
Mr. Zerbe was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church.
Survivors included one son, Joseph E. Zerbe of 2840 Plymouth Drive; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; two brothers, Ralph Zerbe of 1212 McClure Road and Raymond Zerbe of Tucson, Ariz.; three sisters, Mrs. Mark (Bonnie) Skinner of Marysville, Wash., Mary Craig of New Hampshire, and Mrs. Raymond (Juanita) Lowe of Belle Center.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Hogenkamp-Murphy Funeral Home, Rev. Don R. Bridinger officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today.

[NI11999] Lima News, Thursday, April 2, 1981 -- Richard H. Armstrong
Beaverdam -- Richard H. Armstrong, 89, died at 2:30 a.m. today at St. Rita's Medical Center. He was born Nov. 10, 1911, in Allen County, the son of Fred and Mary Saunders Armstrong. He married Phoebe Tschuey, who survives.
Mr. Armstrong was a retired state highway garage employee. He attended St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lima.
Survivors also include a daughter, Phoebe Brilley of Clumbus Grove; a son, Richard Armstrong of Dayton; four grandchildren; and two brothers, Robert Armstrong of Houghton Lake, Mich. and Donald Armstrong of Elida.
Arrangements are incomplete at Hartman Sons Funeral Home, Columbus Grove.

[NI12000] Lima News, Saturday, Feb. 22, 1997 -- Cridersville
Martha Cretoria Hefner, 93, died at 3:23 a.m. Feb. 21, 1997, at Lost Creek Care Center. She was born April 16, 1903, in Allen County to Jacob E. and Ida Belle Chiles Fetter. On June 23, 1923, she married Charley Hefner, who died April 14, 1960.
Mrs. Hefner was a homemaker. She had been a cook at the Allen County Home and Richland Manor. She was an aide at Lima Convalescent Home and provided home care. She operated the family farm for several years after the death of her husband. She was a member of Union Chapel Missionary Church, its Missionary Women's Group and taught Sunday School. She was a member of Perry Center Grange, and was well known for baking pies and noodles for the grange at the Allen County Fair.
Survivors include a son, Rev. Joseph L. Hefner of Kenton; four daughters, Eulalie DeLong, Barbara J. (Roy) Bowersock and Lois Ann (Frank) Warren, all of Lima, and Ida Cathryn (the Rev. Larry) Blunden of Fostoria; two brothers, Thomas Fetter and James Fetter, both of Lima; two sisters, Lucille Augsburger of Bluffton and Alice Prichard of Centreville, Mich.; 16 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a daughter, Phyllis Ruth Barnt; four brothers, Louis, George, Paul and Russell Fetter; and three sisters, LaVonne Bonnie and Cathryn Fetter and Henrietta Fett.
Services will begin at 10 a.m. Monday at Union Chapel Missionary Church. The Revs. Jeff Gerig and Mark Bayliff will officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the Lewis Memorial Chapel of Chiles and Sons-Laman Funeral Homes. Memorial contributions may be made to Union Chapel Missionary Church.

[NI12001] 1930 OH census - Allen Co, Perry Twp (image 3 of 31) - Charlie & Cretoria Hefner

[NI12002] His father was born in Germany, according to the 1930 Ohio census (Jim Fetter, Allen Co, Bath Twp). Ida Belle must have been his second wife, as they were married in 1902. Jacob (Jim?) was married when he was 21, in 1888.

[NI12007] Lima News, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 1985 -- Charles Harold Fuerst
Former Lima resident Charles Harold Fuerst, 79, died Monday at Mary Rutan Hospital, Bellefontaine. He was born in Lima July 21, 1905, the son of Anthony and Mayme Ansbaugh Fuerst. In 1926, he married Harriet Skelly, who died in 1981.
Mr. Fuerst and his wife were owners and operators of the Lima Roller Rink. He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, aerie 3615 of Indian Lake.
Survivors include two sons, Richard Fuerst, Anchorage, Alaska; Roger Fuerst, Canton, Mich.; two daughters, Mrs. Marvin (Nancy Lou) Brademeyer, Lakeview, Mrs. Roger (Phyllis) Gross, Cridersville; three brothers, Ralph Beall, Norristown, Pa., Paul Beall, Robert Beall, both of Lima; two sisters, Mrs. Art (Kathryn) Polini, Mrs. Roger (Betty) States, both of Lima; 18 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Lewis Memorial Chapel of Chiles and Sons-Laman Funeral Home, Rev. Willard Thomas officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday.

Additional information from funeral home card: died Feb. 4, 1985, age 79 years, 6 months, 13 days.

[NI12009] 1920 OH census - Allen Co, Lima, roll T625_1345, ED 46, p. 3B:
Grover C. Beall, age 32, b Illinois parents b Illinois
wife Mayme, age 33, b Ohio
dau Katherine C., age 5
son Lloyd R., age 3-3/12
son Ralph G., age 1-5/12
step-son Harold C. Fuerst, age 14
step-dau Buenell, age 13

[NI12010] Harrod High School Class of 1939

[NI12011] Funeral home card: Bette Lucille Beall, Jan. 29, 1921 - May 18, 1989; wife of Paul Eugene Beall, mother of Mrs. David (Paula) Ruppert and Mrs. Donald (Anita) Jolley, sister of Clifford Hubbell; grandmother of David Shawn Ruppert, Stephen Wayne Ruppert, Michael Shane Ruppert, Beth Anne Ruppert, Donald Jolley, David Jolley; funeral services: 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 22, 1989, Siferd Westwood Chapel, Rev. Gust Wuorinen officiating; burial: Memorial Park Cemetery; Siferd Funeral Homes, Lima, Ohio.

[NI12016] Harrod High School Class of 1940

[NI12018] Harrod High School Class of 1937

Lima News, probably Tuesday, May (6, 13, 20 or 27), 1986 -- Death Notices
Word has been received of the death Sunday [May 4, 11, 18 or 25] in West Norristown, Pa., of former Lima resident Ralph E. Beall, 67. Among survivors are his wife, Grace DeGregorio; three sons; two daughters; nine grandchildren; two brothers, Paul Beall and Robert Beall of Lima; and two sisters, Katherine Polini and Bettie States, both of Lima. Services and burial will be at 9 a.m. Wednesday under the direction of Caramenico Funeral Home in Norristown, Pa.

[NI12019] Harrod High School Class of 1937

[NI12021] This may be the William Markley in the SSDI b May 17, 1912 d Mar 1981 last known residence Austin TX.

[NI12022] Funeral home card: Nolan L. Markley, Nov. 19, 1933 - Oct. 26, 1997; son and stepson of William C. Markley (deceased), Mary Katherine (Beal) & Arthur R. Poleni; brother of Janet Hunnaman, Phyllis Gross (deceased); husband of Audrey Markley (deceased); stepfather of Terry Paulling, Renee Caputo, Thonda Webb, Diana Crites; nephew of Paul "Lefty" Beall, Bettie States, Ralph Beall (deceased), Robert Beall (deceased), Harold Fuerst (deceased); funeral service: Thursday, Oct. 29, 1997 at 2:00 p.m., Chamberlain-Huckeriede Funeral Home, Rev. Dottie Kaiser officiating; interment: Memorial Park Mausoleum.

[NI12029] Lima News, possibly Tuesday, Dec. 22, 1998 -- Lima
Richard H. Crockett, 54, formerly of Lima, died at 1:30 a.m. Dec. 21, 1998, at his residence in Lakes of Melbourne, Fla. He was born March 8, 1944, in Lima to Charles H. and Bessie C. Saunders Crockett.
Mr. Crockett worked at Oriental Rug Co.
Survivors include a brother, Charles H. (Shirley) Crockett III of Lakes of Melbourne, Fla.; four nephews, Charles Crockett IV of Lima, Christopher Crockett of Melbourne, Fla., Timothy Crockett of Houston, Texas, and Joseph Crockett of Delray Beach, Fla.
Services will begin at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Shawnee Chapel of Chiles & Sons-Laman Funeral Homes. The Rev. Welsey Runk will officiate. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Lima YMCA.

[NI12032] 1900 OH census - Allen Co, Lima City B Precinct (roll 1236) book 2, p. 85
Charles Crockett b July [no year, no age given], md 3 yrs, b Mass., parents b Maine; machinist - R/R/ shops
wife Emma M. b Aug 1868 age 31 b OH, parents b OH
son Charles H. Crockett b Dec 1897 age 2

[NI12036] 1900 Ohio census - Putnam Co, Blanchard (Gilboa), roll 1315 book 2 p. 13 - Wesley & May E. Clossen.

1930 Ohio census - Hardin Co, Liberty Twp, ED 21, p. 7B (image 15 of 23):
Wesley Closson, Head, rents, age 53, md at age 23, born OH, parents born OH, farmer; wife Elizabeth, 50, md at age 21, born OH, father born OH, mother born Germany

[NI12039] Lima News, Jan. 7, 2001
Lima -- Joseph A. Sprague, 83, died at 7:53 p.m. Jan. 5, 2001 at Lima Memorial Hospital. He was born March 29, 1917 to Clarence and Bessie M. Sifert Sprague. He married Gladys M. Thomas Sprague, who died in 1978. On March 16, 1979, he married Helen M. LaRue, who survives.
Mr. Sprague was a mechanic for Otis Wright & Sons Trucking, retiring in 1986. He was previously emplyed by National Transit. He attended Elm Street Church of the Brethren.
Survivors also include four sons, Oliver L. Sprague and Joe A. (Diana) Sprague Jr., both of Lima, Jerry L. (Lori) Sprague of Uniopolis and Rick D. (Sue) Sprague of Hemet, Calif.; four daughters, Lynette A. (Jim) Horton of Seffner, Fla., Sandra K. (Paul) Pierson, Cheryl A. (Greg) Mault and Lisa R. (Jerry) Houx, all of Lima; 21 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Oliver and Herbert Spargue; and two sisters, Goldie Duling and Elmira Few.

[NI12042] 1900 OH census - Allen Co, Lima City p. 166 - 697 North Jackson Street:
John Vogelsanger Oct 1865, age 34, md 4 yrs; b. Switzerland, parents b. Switzerland; imm. 1885; occ: butcher
wife Malinda b Jan 1860, age 40, 7 children; b. Ohio, parents b. Kentucky
step-son Earnest Hadsell b June 1879 age 21, occ: printer
step-dau Pearl b Dec 1880 age 19, occ: cigar maker
step-son Carl b Oct 1882 age 17, occ: cigar maker
step-son Elsworth b Feb 1885 age 15, occ: laborer, paper mills
step-son Anson b Aug 1889 age 10
step-dau Tressie b July 1891 age 8
son Albert Vogelsanger b Jan 1897 age 3

[NI12052] 1880 Ohio census - Allen Co, Bath Twp, roll 990, p. 397A:
Mathew Barber, 61, born PA, farming, father born Ireland, mother born Virginia; Sarah E., wife, 45, born OH, father born VA, mother born PA; James B., son, 22, works on farm; Sarah J., dau, 25; John G., son, 16, works on farm; Ada M., dau, 7; George C., son, 6; Milan A., son, 5; Eddie C. Hipkins, stepson, 12, works on farm, father born MD, mother born OH

[NI12053] 1920 Ohio census - Wood Co, Lake Twp, roll T625_1449, ED 158, p. 8B:
Henry M. Bahnsen, age 36
wife Ella M. age 35
dau Henrietta R. age 6
son Robert W. age 3-4/12
Harold Lusher, hired man, age 14

1930 Ohio census - Wood Co, Lake Twp, taken May 2, 1930, p. 704:
Henry M. Bahnsen, 45, md. at age 22, born Ohio, parents born Germany, merchant - general store
Mary Ella, wife, 44, md. at age 21
Henrietta Ruth, dau, 16
Robert William, son, 13
Listed a household above them (one household in between) is Hans S. Bahnsen, age 75, md. at age 29, born Germany, and his wife Emma, age 70, md. at age 24, born Germany, both immigrated 1874.

[NI12054] 1900 OH census - Wood Co, Lake Twp, roll 1333 book 1 p. 198:
Bahne Bahnsen b Jan 1852 age 48, md 23 yrs; b Germany parents b Germany; imm 1872; occ: merchant, general store
wife Wilhelmina b May 1854 age 46, 10 children 6 living; imm 1875
son Henry b Dec 1883 age 16 b OH
son John b Dec 1886 age 13
son Christie b May 1893 age 7 [from SSDI: Christophe Bahnsen b May 31, 1893 d May 1979 Toledo OH]
son Karl b Sep 1895 age 4

William Bahnsen b May 1878 age 22, md 0 yrs
wife Emma b Feb 1882 age 18

Arrived Sep 24, 1872 on the ship Thuringia, age 20, country Germany, from Germans to America 1850-1874.

[NI12056] 1920 Ohio census - Lucas Co, Toledo City, p. 23a, taken Jan. 22, 1920:
William C. Bahnsen, 41, born Ohio, parents born Germany, proprieter - grocery store
Emma, wife, 37
Alton, son, 18, delivery boy - grocery retail
Wilhelmina, dau, 8
Christopher J., brother, 26, single
Clara Brown, sister-in-law, 30, single

1930 Ohio census - Lucas Co, Toledo City, Ward 20, taken April 9, 1930, p. 234:
William Bahnsen, 51, md. at age 21, born Ohio, parents born Germany, manager - gas station; Emma, wife, md. at age 17, born Ohio; Wilma, daughter, 18

[NI12063] Ruth Harpel, 3228 Latcha Rd, Stony Ridge OH 43463, 419-837-5806.

[NI12065] 1930 OH census - Allen Co, Jackson Twp - Elza D. Hall.

[NI12100] Possibly born Oct 27, 1909 died Jan 1980, last known residence: Holland OH.

[NI12112] Lima News (no date, but Aunt Opal wrote "died 2-12-91")
Ada -- Gertrude M. LaRue, 77, of here, died at 3:25 a.m. today at Lost Creek Care Center, Lima. She was born July 18, 1913, in Ada, the daughter of George Arthur and Bertha Turner Robenolte. On Jan. 25, 1936, she married Robert W. LaRue, who died Nov. 7, 1981.
Mrs. LaRue was lunch room manager from 1953 to 1956 at Ada Exempted Village School. From 1959 to 1973, she was elementary school secretary from which she retired. She was a member of First Baptist Church.
Survivors include one son, Robert M. (Butch) LaRue of Ada; two daughters, Mrs. Craig (Norma) Rex of Harrod and Mrs. Robert (Shirley) Erwin of Dunkirk; six grandchildren; six step-grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Kathleen Earnest of Lima.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Hanson-Neely Funeral Home, Ada, Rev. Robert Cassady officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery, Ada. Friends may call 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday and until time of services Friday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church Building Fund, Ada, or the American Cancer Society.

[NI12117] SSDI: Daniel Preston born Feb 26, 1936 died Dec 2, 1988, last known residence Chicago IL.

[NI12127] Lima -- Linda Lee Tremain Long, 53, of Upper Sandusky, formerly of Lima, died at 3:55 p.m. March 14, 2001, at Mount Carmel West Hospital, Columbus. She was born June 7, 1947, in Lima to Agnes LaRue Slocum, who survives in Indian Lake. Her stepfather, Charles Slocum, survives in Caledonia. On July 29, 1972, she married Ronald L. Long, Sr., who survives.
Mrs. Long was a homemaker. She was a member of Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 3615, Indian Lake. She was a 1966 graduate of Harding High School, Marion.
Survivors also include four sons, Jonathan M. (Cynthia) Hobson of Nashville, Tenn., Brian C. Hobson and Ronald L. Long Jr., both of Upper Sandusky, and Robert G. (Teresa) Long of Marion; a brother, Jeffory Tremain of Marion; a sister, Sandra D. Marek of Florida; and two granddaughters.
Services will begin at 1 p.m. Monday at Boyd Funeral Home, Marion. The Rev. Derik Hines will officiate. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the family.

[NI12187] Lima News (no date, but Aunt Opal wrote "died Feb. 19, 1993") -- Richard O. Arnold
Beaverdam -- Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Bluffton Chapel of Chiles and Sons-Laman Funeral Homes for Richard O. Arnold, 70, of Brandon, Fla. and formerly of Beaverdam.
He died at 10 a.m. Friday at the Humana Hospital in Brandon.
Mr. Arnold was born May 1, 1922, in Allen County, the son of Gail T. and Fairy G. Bassett.
A certified kitchen designer, Mr. Arnold owned and operated The Cabinet Man Company in Brandon. A veteran of World War II, he served with the U.S. Army and retired as a lieutenant colonel from the Ohio National Guard.
Mr. Arnold was a member of the Beaverdam United Methodist Church.
Surviving are two sons, Tom L. Arnold of Raleigh, N.C. and Richard D. Arnold Jr. of Cridersville; a daughter, Mrs. Charles (Janice) Amstutz of Brighton, Mich.; and eight grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Wade Arnold.
The Rev. Michael Downey will officiate services. Burial will follow in the Woodland Cemetery in Beaverdam, where military rites will be held.
Friends may call 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Beaverdam United Methodist Church.

[NI12207] Lima News, probably in 1958 -- June Augsburger Finds ... Collecting Hankies Hobby And Aid To Health, with picture captioned "Handkerchief collector Miss June Augsburger, 1723 Homeward Ave., is seen amidst the 650 items in her collection. June, who has been in ill health for many years, started her hobby in 1943."
There's probably not a woman anywhere who hasn't at one birthday or another received a handkerchief as a gift. But very few anywhere in the world can boast of receiving 650 of them--all as gifts.
That's part of the story behind the imposing hanky array in the accompanying photo of Miss June Augsburger, 1723 Homeward Ave., as of today--she received two in the mail this morning--has been given 650 of the dainty squares from as many friends, relatives, acquaintances, even strangers.
"I started my collection in 1943," June said. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Augsburger, happened on a handkerchief as a Christmas gift. "The following holidays, such as Easter, Valentine's Day, etc., I received other hankies," she added. Finally in 1945 June decided to make collecting the squares her hobby. Actually, the handkerchiefs have worked as wonderful physical and mental therapy for June, who has been in ill health for the past 23 years--ever since she suffered a back injury while in school. For periods where she must remain indoors or for the long days in hospital beds, June works on her collections. Each of the handkerchiefs is a story which she has recorded in a special notebook.
"My collection includes hankies from every state of the Union and from Washington, D.C. Pictures of famous buildings of the states are imprinted on them, she said. "I have received handkerchiefs from 28 countries of the world. While at Henry Ford Hospital, I was treated by a Brazilian physician who sent me one upon his return to Brazil," June said. One of her school friend's mother, a native of Germany, mailed June a hanky from there while there on a visit. A Van Wert friend's friend sent her a lovely hanky from Bethleham, Jerusalem, and a Fort Jennings school teacher's cousin in England sent June a hanky imprinted with the Queen's crest. U.S. Servicemen in Ireland, Japan, Hawaii, Korea, Iceland, Belgian and France have remembered June with handmade squares, delicately embroidered, crocheted and tatted.
Cotton, pongee, linen, silk, lace and nylon, in every color imaginable--all are included in her collection. June particularly is fond of the foreign handkerchiefs with hand-rolled hems. She also treasures the handkerchiefs presented her by her two-year-old niece, Lynne Faunce, and her 87-year-old grandmother, Mrs. Louella Miller.
Oddly enough, June has never used any of the 650. And they've never been laundered. When the hankies are not on display, June packs them in boxes, careful to maintain their original crease.

[NI12209] Lima News (no date) -- Harold H. Gruebmeyer
New Knoxville -- Harold H. Gruebmeyer, 71, of here, died at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at his residence.
He was born Feb. 25, 1919, in Shelby County, the son of Henry and Leona May Gruebmeyer. On Feb. 22, 1941, he married Bettye Rose Augsburger, who survives.
Mr. Gruebmeyer retired in 1982 after 41 years as a tool and die maker for Westinghouse Electric Corp. He was a member of First United Church of Christ , Masonic Lodge 706, Lima, Eagles Aerie 691, Wapakoneta, and a social member of VFW and American Legion, both in Wapakoneta, and American Legion, New Knoxville. He was a member of the Loyal Order of Moose, Celina, Brands Lake, Wapakoneta, and Moulton Gun Club.
Other survivors include one son, Jody H. Gruebmeyer of Wapakoneta; one grandchild; one brother, Virgil Gruebmeyer of New Knoxville; and two sisters, Virginia Heidt of Lima, and Irene Seitz of Wapakoneta.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Hogenkamp Funeral Home, with Rev. Nathan Wierwille officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Friends may call 7 to 9 p.m. today and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. An Eagles service will be held at 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

[NI12239] Lima News, Saturday, Nov. 14, 1981 -- Sylvia M. Scoles
Pandora -- Sylvia M. Scoles, 87, died at her home at 1:45 p.m. Friday. She was born in Hancock County on Aug. 6, 1894, the daughter of John and Mary Barkmier Wilkins. On Aug. 9, 1919, she married Luke Scoles who died July 26, 1974. Mrs. Scoles was a homemaker.
Survivors include a son, Walter Scoles of Pandora; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; four sisters, Treva Bartley of Toledo, Mildred Hanna of Findlay, Mrs. Robert (Glada) Basinger of Pandora, Mrs. Boyd (Phoebe) Clapper of Ada; two brothers, Waldo Wilkins of Bluffton and John Wilkins of Forest.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Paul Diller and Son Chapel, Bluffton. Burial will be in Clymer Cemetery.
Friends may call after 1 p.m. today and until time of services Sunday.

[NI12244] Lima News, July 13, 2001
Columbus Grove -- Glen C. Core, 75 of Muskegon, Mich., formerly of Columbus Grove, died June 20, 2001, at his residence. He was born June 14, 1926, in Columbus Grove to Glen J. and Edith LaRue Core. On Aug. 28, 1948, he married Dollie Bridenbaugh, who survives.
Mr. Core had been a math teacher for 35 years, retiring in 1984 from North Muskegon schools, where he taught for 30 years. He was a member of the Holton American Legion, the Michigan and National education associations, the Michigan Association of Retired School Personnel and the National Wildlife and Turkey Federation. He was a graduate of the University of Michigan and Colorado College, earning a bachelor's and two master's degrees. He was a Navy veteran of World War II.
Survivors also include two sons, Gary (Beth) Core of DuBois, Pa., and Larry (Kay) Core of Alexandria, Va.; a daughter, Karen Core of Baltimore; four brothers, Nolan Core and James Core, both of Lima, Jack Core of Bellefontaine and Richard Core of Cottonwood, Ariz.; and five grandchildren, two stepgrandchildren, two great-granddaughters and a stepgreat-grandson.
Services were held June 22 at Clock Funeral Home, Muskegon, Mich. Burial was in Whipple Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Glen C. Core Math Scholarship.

[NI12246] Lima News, Jan. 27, 1988, p. A4 -- Deaths
Larry Lee Michael, 53, of Lima, died at noon Tuesday at his residence.
He was born Sept. 7, 1934, in Allen County, the son of Donald W. and Beulah M. Younkman Michael. His mother, Beulah M. Amstutz, survives in Lima. In June, 1973, he married Nancy Shasteen, who survives.
Mr. Michael was a teacher and head basketball coach at Ohio Northern University from 1960-1972. From 1972-1976 he was a real estate salesman, and from 1976-1986 he owned Michael Construction Inc. He was also assistant athletic director at Lima YMCA. He received a bachelor's degree in 1957 from ONU where he lettered in football, basketball and baseball. He received a master's degree from Bowling Green State University in 1964.
He was a member of Beaverdam United Methodist Church, Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity, ONU Alumni, "N" Men Association and the Hunter Sailing Association. He was also an Army veteran.
Survivors include two sons, Ty Michael of Ada and Tad Michael of Troy, N.Y.
Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Siferd Westwood Chapel, Rev. William Croy officiating. The cremated remains will be taken to MacGregor Bay on Lake Huron at a later date.
There will be no visitation.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Ohio Northern University Hetrick Memorial Library or to a charity of the donor's choice.

[NI12253] Lima News (no date) -- Pandora
Terry L. Scoles, 40, died Sunday, Oct. 24, 1993, at Virginia Beach General Hospital, Virginia Beach, Va. He was born May 31, 1953, in Bluffton to Walter and Freda Thomas Scoles. His father survives in Pandora.
Mr. Scoles was retired from the Navy and also was a trapper. He was a life member of the Disabled American Veterans of Findlay, and a member of the Pandora American Legion, the National Rifle Association, the Virginia Trappers Association, the National Trappers Association and the Virginia State Revolver and Rifle Association. He also was a member of the Bass Anglers, National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association, Fur Takers of America and the Water Conservation Society.
While in the Navy he served on the USS California. He attended Pandora-Gilboa High School and graduated from Allen East High School. He held degrees in biology, botany, anthropology and chemistry from Longwood College, Farmville, Va., and Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Va., and was a member of Phi Kappa Phi honor society.
Survivors also include a sister, Shirley Ballinger of Pandora; and a half-brother, Benjamin Scoles of Meherrin, Va.
Services will begin at 11 a.m. Monday at the Bluffton Chapel of Chiles and Sons-Laman Funeral Homes. The Rev. Donald Riker will officiate. Friends may call 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Terry Scoles Scholarship Fund, Longwood College, Farmville, Va., or the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action.

[NI12256] The Lima News, undated article (probably 1960)
Dayton -- Karen LaRue, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph D. LaRue, Rt. 2, Lafayette ... are members of the graduating class of the Miami Valley Hospital School of Nursing, Dayton.

Karen lives in California.

[NI12257] Lives in Covington OH.

[NI12259] Has two girls, grown and out of the house. Working for an insurance company, moved with the company to Michigan. (8/2002)

[NI12270] Lima News (no date) -- Mae Benson
Services for Mrs. Mae Benson, 65, of Holbrook, Ariz., were to be this afternoon in Holbrook Episcopal Church. Burial was to be in Holbrook.
Mrs. Benson died Oct. 9 in a Holbrook hospital where she had been a patient for the past several weeks. Born July 23, 1903, in Jackson Township, she was a daughter of M. W. and Miranda LaRue Scoles of Rt. 1, Bluffton.
Surviving are two sisters, Miss Ruth Scoles of Lima and Mrs. W. H. Peacock Sr. of Thomaston, Ga.; and three brothers, Ray of rural Bluffton, Luke of rural Pandora, and Harry of Mansfield.
She was a graduate of Lima Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, and served as public school nurse in Holbrook for many years, retiring in July of this year.

[NI12274] 1920 Ohio census - Paulding Co, Paulding Twp, ED 90, p. 6B:
Otto Kinkle, 28; wife Mary E., 25; son Russel G., 7; dau Leona P., 4; son Otto P., 3

1930 Ohio census - Allen Co, Lima Twp, ED 31, p. 1B:
Otto Kinkle, 37; wife Mary, 35; son Russell, 17; dau Leona, 14; son Paul, 12; son Kenneth, 10; son Harold, 8; son Lester, 5; son Donald, 1.

[NI12281] 1930 Ohio census - Hardin Co, Liberty Twp, Ada, ED 19 (image 8 of 23):
George A. Robnolte, Head, owns, $1200, age 46, md at age 22, born OH, parents born OH, carpenter; wife Bertha, 47, md at age 23; dau Gertrude, 16; dau Kathleen, 9; brother Kenneth, 22

[NI12285] 1930 OH census - Allen Co, Richland Twp.

[NI12330] Lima News, Saturday or Sunday, 1973? -- Edith E. Heath
Edith Elizabeth Heath, 62, of 4670 Ada Rd., died at 3:30 p.m. Friday in Lima Memorial Hospital. Born June 16, 1911, in Lima, she was the daughter of Earl C. and Elizabeth Moor Heath.
Surviving are three sisters, Mrs. Bess Ebner with whom she lived, Mrs. Graydon (Mildred) McCormick of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Mrs. Harley (Wilma) Pence of No. 11 Rupert Court; and a brother, Eugene of 322 N. Jameson.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Siferd Westwood Chapel, Rev. Willard Thomas officiating, with burial in Ward Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 tonight.

[NI12343] 1880 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Pierpont Twp (roll 992), p. 555a, taken June 8:
Moses W. Brockway, 30, farmer, born Ohio, father born Conn, mother born Ohio; wife Mary S., 22, born Penn, father born Ohio, mother born Penn; dau Edna M., 1

1870 Ohio census - Trumbull Co, Hartford (roll 1271), p. 157b, taken July 26:
Timothy Brockway, 64, farmer, born NY; Frances, 62, born Ohio; Linda, 26; Moses, 23, works on farm; Renel(Russel?), 18, works on farm
W.G. Brockway, 28, farmer; Zillah, 63, keeps house; Harriet, 32, housekeeper; Max Traber, 15, attends school
A.M. Brockway, 57, farmer, born Ohio; Pam, 53, born NY; Alice B., 25, works at dressmaking; Abbie S., 22, without occupation; Ferris W., 19, works on farm; Abner M., 15, works on farm

[NI12349] 1920 OH census - Ashtabula Co, Orwell Twp, roll T625_1346, p. 1A, ED 46:
(4) Chas. E. Meredith, age 53, b Nova Scotia, parents b England; merchant, hardware store
wife Lillie, 42, b Ohio, father b England, mother b Ohio
dau Harriette H., 19, b Ohio
son Chas., 17
son Eugene, 14
son Kenneth, 11
dau Charlotte, 5
(5) Paul Meredith, 21, b OH; mechanic
wife Pauline, 23, b Ohio
dau Harriette 1

[NI12366] 1920 Ohio census - Allen Co, Ottawa Twp, ED 33, p. 1B (p. 2 of 24):
Kenneth Wingate, 32; wife Clara, 32; son Gerald L???, 12

[NI12369] 1920 Ohio census - Allen Co, Jackson Twp, ED 7, p. 1B

[NI12378] 1870 Ohio census - Allen Co, Richland Twp (roll 1168), PO Beaverdam, taken July 9, 1870, p. 517b:
Lewis Augsburger, 32, farm laborer, value of real estate owned: 2400, of personal estate: 200, born Switzerland
Lewis is in the household of William Copas, 27, farmer, and his wife Rosilla, 26. His children with Margaret Wise must be in other households - they are not with their father. Elis Augsburger, age 6, is in the household of Jacob (age 56) & Annie (age 56) Shifferly. Emma Augsburger, age 8, is next door in the household of Andrew (age 58) & Elisabeth (age 56) Shifferly (p. 519a).
Elizabeth Hammel, who Lewis will marry as his 3rd wife, is a domestic servant in the household of James R. and Elizabeth Belch, just one household away from where Lewis is.

1880 Ohio census - Allen Co, Richland Twp, Bluffton, p. 374D:
Lewis Augsburger, 45, farmer, born Switzerland, parents born Switz
wife Mary, 39, born Ohio, can't make out where father was born, mother born PA
son Henry, 18, born Ohio, parents born Switz
dau Emma(?), 17, born Ohio, father born Switz, mother born Ohio
Abraham, 73, father, born Switzerland
*half-brother John, 5, born Ohio, father born Switzerland, mother born Ohio
half-brother Edward, 6
half-brother Peter, 15
half-brother Noah, 14
half-brother Daniel, 13
half-sister Emma, 10

1910 Ohio census - Allen Co, Richland Twp (roll 1150), taken April 22 & 23, 1910, p. 181A:
Lewis Augsburger, 74, M4, md. 22 yrs, born Switz German, parents born same, imm. 1848, farmer
Celina, wife, 46, M1, md. 22 yrs, 8 children 8 living, born Ohio, parents born Ohio
Charlie E., son, 20
Herman W., son, 19
Goldie M., daughter, 18
Sylvia V., daughter, 16
Hazel B., daughter, 14
Elmer R., son, 12
Albert C., son, 10
Jessie H., son, 8

[NI12380] 1870 Ohio census - Allen Co, Richland Twp (roll 1168), PO Beaverdam, taken July 9, 1870, p. 516a:
David Hamilton, 34, carpenter, born Ohio; Mary J., 34, keeping house, born New Jersey; William, 13; Thomas, 12; John, 11; Sarah J., 9; Jonathan, 8; Roxana, 6; *Celina, 5; Joseph, 2; Sylvester, 5/12

[NI12394] 1880 West Virginia census - Wetzel Co, Grant District, p. 124D:
Hyram Tharp, 56, born VA, parents born VA, lumberman; Christian [Christiana?], 51, born VA, parents born PA; John T., son, 29, born VA, wk-lumber; Drisilla, dau, 21, born VA; Rebecca, 15, born WV; Hyram, 11, born WV, wk-sawmill; Fanny B., 10, born WV

[NI12396] Most of the information on the Tharp family is from Darrel's database on ancestry.com. Email: darrel65@home.com

[NI12527] 1910 PA census - Allegheny Co, Pittsburgh, ED #0544 -
John H. Meier, 48, b Germany; wife Willielmina, 38, b PA; [children all born PA] dau Edna C., 18; son Wm J.H., 15; dau Marie R., 12; son John W., 6; dau Katherine M., 4; dau Freida, 1.

1920 PA census - Allegheny Co, Pittsburgh, roll T625_1523, ED #634, taken Jan. 6, 1920, supervisor's district: 24, ward 19, Boggs Avenue -
John H. Meier, 57, imm. 1884, b Switzerland, language German, parents b Switzerland, language German, occ: tailor
wife Wilhelmina, 47, b PA, parents b Germany
son William J.H., 25, occ: salesman
dau Marie R., 21, occ: clerk
son John Henry, 16, occ: apprentice
dau Cathryn M., 13
dau Freida M., 11
dau Anna V., 7

[NI12539] 1920 Michigan census - Bay Co, Pincoming Twp, ED #98, bottom of page:
Albert Brancheau, 54, b. MI, parents b. MI
Ellen, 54, b. Canada, imm. 1886, language: French, parents b. Canada
(top of next page) son Leo, 21, b. MI

[NI12542] Died of Lung Cancer. He was an engineer on for B&O Railroad. Member of the Eagles Lodge and the Brotherhood of Locomotive and Enginemen. (Richard B. Erickson FTM user home page]

[NI12552] Lima News, Tuesday, June 15, 1993 -- Lima
D. Leo Watkins -- Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Siferd Westwood Chapel, for D. Leo Watkins, 73, of Columbus, formerly of Lima. He died at 2:40 a.m. June 13, 1993, at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus. He was born Dec. 9, 1919, in Belle Center, to Arby and Lois Levan Watkins. He married Virginia Lee, who survives.
Mr. Watkins was a retired manufacturing manager for Ledex Inc. Bramco Division of Vandalia. He was a member of the National Association of Purchasing Agents, Miami Valley Management Club, I.O.O.F. No. 783 of Lima, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of Piqua and Grace Brethren Church of Columbus. He was a World War II Army Airborne veteran.
Survivors include a son, Steven C. Watkins of Westerville; and two grandchildren.
Rev. Rick Nuzum will officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call until 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Right Start Ministries, P.O. Box 437, Worthington, 43085.

Funeral home card: D. Leo Watkins, Dec. 9, 1919 - June 13, 1993, husband of Virginia (Lee) Watkins, father and father-in-law of Steven C. and Kay Watkins, grandfather of Craig Watkins, Andrew Watkins, brother-in-law of Helen Lee; service: 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 16, 1993, Siferd Westwood Chapel, Lima, Ohio, Rev. Rick Nuzum officiating; interment: Memorial Park Cemetery, Lima, Ohio; Siferd Funeral Homes.

[NI12557] Lima News, Friday, Nov. 19, 1993 -- Cridersville
Beatrice Rumbaugh, 81, died at 5:20 a.m. Nov. 18, 1993, at Lima Memorial Hospital. She was born Feb. 4, 1912, in Allen County, to Elza and Mabel McClure Hall. On June 27, 1931, she married Herold R. Rumbaugh, who died Feb. 11, 1971. Mrs. Rumbaugh was a dietician with St. Rita's Medical Center. She was a member of Calvary United Methodist Church of Cridersville.
Survivors include a son, Gary Rumbaugh of Cridersville; a daughter, Avonelle McMath of Dayton; a brother, Basil Hall of Elida; a sister, Mary Louise LaRue of Elida; and four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a sister, Evelyn Weaver.
Services will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Lewis Memorial Chapel of CHiles and Sons-Laman Funeral Homes. The Rev. Max Jackson will officiate. Burial will be in Ward Cemetery. Friends may call 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Calvary United Methodist Church or to the West Central Ohio Kidney Foundation.

Funeral home card gives her full name: Clara Beatrice Rumbaugh.

[NI12560] Lima News, Sunday, June 21, 1998 -- Lima
Terry Lynn Weber Hall, 46, of Lawrenceville, Ga., formerly of Lima, died at 9:25 a.m. June 20, 1998, at her home following a lengthy illness.
She was born April 20, 1952, in Lima to Malcolm F. and T. Maxine Brewer Weber. Her mother survives in Lima. On Sept. 4, 1976, she married Douglas Hall, formerly of Elida, who survives.
Mrs. Hall was formerly employed at Artex Hobby Products Inc. in Lima, Frito Lay Inc. in Atlanta and more recently, the Georgia State Soccer Association.
She was a 1970 graduate of Bath High School. She was an avid soccer fan and volunteer for the local high school team and Brookwood Soccer Association.
Survivors also include two daughters, Jessica L. Hall and Megan R. Hall, both at home; two sisters, Meredith McCluer of Lima and Mary Long of Springfield, Mo.
Services will begin at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Tom M. Wages Funeral Home's Snellville Chapel, 3705 Highway 78 W., Snellville, Ga. The Rev. Charles Parrish will officiate. Burial will be in Gwinnett Memorial Park, Lawrenceville, Ga.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and one hour before services at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Peachtree Hospice Green Team, 3600 DeKalb Technology Parkway, Atlanta, Ga. 30340; the Brookwood Soccer Association Inc., P.O. Box 1413, Snellville, Ga. 30078; or the Georgia State Soccer Association, 3684 B-1 Stewart Road, Atlanta, Ga. 30340.

[NI12565] Lima News, Monday, January 10, 1994 -- Lima
Zitella L. Muleski Conkle, 78, died 10 a.m. Jan. 8, 1994, at her residence. She was born Jan. 26, 1915, in Lima, to Albert S. and Martha McPheron Shinaberry. On Sept. 22, 1933, she married Stanley Muleski, who died July 20, 1968. On April 14, 1975, she married Russell Conkle, who survives.
Mrs. Conkle retired from Sue-Bee Honey, where she had been an office manager. She was a member of St. Charles Catholic Church.
Survivors also include a son, Bernard Muleski of Cridersville; a daughter, Mrs. Robert (Janet) Hawk of New Stanton, Pa.; and two stepdaughters, Mary Kay Smith of Lima and Mrs. John (Patsy) Weber of Fort Wayne, Ind.; two sisters, Mrs. Gladys Hollenback of Lima and Mrs. Doris Keltner of Delaware; and 12 grandchildren and five stepgrandchildren.
Services will begin at 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Charles Catholic Church. The Rev. David Ross will officiate. Burial will be in Gethsemani Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Shawnee Chapel of Chiles and Sons-Laman Funeral Home.

[NI12569] 1930 Ohio census - Allen Co, Lima City, Third Ward, District 24, taken April 2:
Della Erwin, wife-H, 47, md. at age 16, born OH, parents born OH; Gail, son, 17; Boyd, son, 7; Lennie, Head, 53, md. at age 21, born Alabama, parents born United States, occ: sugar curer; [Nova or Neva?] Conkle, dau, 24, md. at age 24; Russell, son-in-law, 21, md. at age 21 [so they were recently married], occ: sausage maker

[NI12572] Lima News, Monday, March 31, 1998 -- Elida
E. Basil Hall, 71, died at 8:57 p.m. March 27, 1998, at his residence. He was born March 21, 1927, in Allen County, to Elza D. and C. Mabel McClure Hall. On Dec. 24, 1945, he married Frances McNett, who survives in Elida.
Mr. Hall worked at the Lima BP/Sohio Refinery for 37 years and retired in 1986. He was a 1945 graduate of Lafayette-Jackson High School. He was an Army veteran of World War II in the Medical Corps. He was a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Elida, where he was past trustee and served on the Pastor-Parish Relations Committee and sang with the chancel choir. He was a member of the Oil Workers union Local 7-624, the BP Action Committee, Sohio/BP Quarter Century Club and was a retired volunteer for Elida Fire Department. He also was a member of the Elida Village Tree Commission.
Survivors also include a son, Douglas B. (Terry) Hall of Atlanta; two daughters, Lois Cook of Elida and Pamela Kruse of Delphos; a sister, Mary LaRue of Elida; and five grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two sisters, Beatrice Rumbaugh and Evelyn Weaver.
Services will begin at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Elida. The Revs. Terry Heck and Eric McGlade will officiate. Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery, Elida, where a graveside memorial services will be conducted by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1275.
Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today and from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Chamberlain-Huckeriede Funeral Home and one hour prior to the services Wednesday at the church. Memorial contributions may be made to the St. Paul's United Methodist Church, St. Rita's Hospice or Elida Fire and Rescue.

[NI12588] Postcard dated May 6, 1914, addressed to Mrs. Ethel LaRue, Lafayette, Ohio, "Master Harold Eugene Watt, age 6 mos., Eve"

[NI12598] Delphos -- Rosabelle Kiggins, 81, of here, died at 12:25 p.m. Saturday at Delphos Memorial Nursing Home. She was born March 18, 1909 in Kossuth, the daughter of David and Lula LeRue Klinger. On May 30, 1929, she married Fredrick G. Kiggins, who died in 1972.
Mrs. Kiggins was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church and its Faith Hope Bible Class. She was also a member of the Order of Eastern Stars Chapter 26, where she was a past worthy matron.
Survivors include two sons, David Kiggins of Delphos and Raymond Kiggins of Tacoma, Wash.; two daughters, Patricia Fetzer of Lima and Joyce Kiggins of Delphos; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Arrangements are incomplete at Harter and Son Funeral Home, Delphos. [written: Died Nov. 3, 1990]

[NI12608] 1910 Ohio census - Allen Co, Lima City, ED 34:
G.C. Settlemire, 40; wife Luella, 40, born VA; dau Hazel M., 18; son Virgil L., 13; dau Mary M., 9; son Leroy, 7; son Robert A., 5

[NI12638] Harrod High School Class of 1960

[NI12641] Lima News? - Sept. 1979 -- Robert C. Zerbe
Sidney -- Robert C. Zerbe, 56, died in Fremont Friday morning following an apparent heart attack. He was a welder and pipefitter for Tilton Construction in Lima and a member of the Plumbers and Pipefitters Local in Lima.
Survivors include his wife, the former Helen Miller; three sons, Robert Zerbe of Miami Beach, Fla., Jeryle Ray Zerbe of Gulf Breeze, Fla., and Lane Zerbe, at home; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Allen (Vickie) Hetrick of Versailles; a stepson, David Bennett of Sudney; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; three brothers, George Zerbe and Ralph Zerbe, both of Lima, and Raymond Zerbe of Tucson, Ariz.; and three sisters, Mrs. Mark (Bonnie) Skinner of Marysville, Wash., Mary Craig of New Hampshire and Juanita Lowe of Belle Center.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Cromes Funeral Home. Burial will be in Shelby Memory Gardens. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.

[NI12650] 1900 OH census - Putnam Co - Pleasant Twp (roll 1316) p. 235a:
Cregg Core, Head, b Nov 1870 age 29, md 9 yrs, b OH, father b WV, mother b OH, farmer
wife Maggie b Mar 1874 age 26, 3 children, b OH, parents b OH
[p. 236] dau Hazel F. b July 1892 age 7
son John b July 1894 age 5
son Glen J. b Sep 1896 age 3

Cregg's parents are John and Violetta Core, listed just above him:
John Core, Head, b July 1843 age 56, md 32 yrs, b WV, parents b WV, farmer
wife Violetta b July 1848(?) age 51(?), 8 children 7 living; b OH, parents b OH
dau Elizabeth b Dec 1876 age 24
son David W. b Nov 1878 age 21
dau Rosa L. b Oct 1881 age 18
dau Bessie D. b Mar 1887 age 12

[NI12652] 1900 OH census - Putnam Co - Pleasant Twp (roll 1316) p. 231:
Charles C. Core, Head, b Feb 1869 age 31, md 2 yrs, b OH, parents b Virginia, farmer
wife Emma b Apr 1880 age 20, 2 children, b OH, parents b OH
son Russell b April 1899 age 1
[p. 231a] dau Vera L. Core b Apr 1900

Is Charles a son of John and Violetta Core?

[NI12658] Biographies of Allen County, Ohio residents:
JACOB HEFNER, who is one of the most extensive agriculturists of this county, owning 365 acres of land in sections 19, 20, 21 and 22, Jackson township, was born in Ross County, this State, April 22, 1832. His parents were Isaac and Mary (May) Hefner, both natives of Pennsylvania, where the former was born in 1809, and the latter in 1807. They were of Pennsylvania-Dutch ancestry.
When a young man, Isaac Hefner accompanied his parents to Ross County, Ohio, making the journey overland by wagon. There he married and lived until 1840, when with his wife and family, he came to Allen County. Here he entered 80 acres of land from the government, and began to buy and feed cattle, which were disposed of at a good price, the proceeds going to buy more cheap land. Thus, in time, he became one of the largest land-owners of this county, owning eventually about 1,800 acres. Large tracts of this land were cleared by him and his sons. He was a Democrat in politics, and in religion a member of the Reformed Church, donating timber and land for the first log church built here and lending substantial aid toward the erection of the present brick edifice. The land used by the church as a cemetery was also given by him. He passed away in 1884, at the age of 75 years. His wife died in 1901, at the advanced age of 94. The children were: Jacob; Harrison, whose sketch may be found in this book; Amos, of Auglaize Township; Clarissa, who married Jacob Mowery; David; John; and Albert.
Jacob Hefner was reared to farm life and lived at home until his marriage, when he moved into the log cabin which stood on his present farm, at that time the property of his father. Here he applied himself to farming and stock raising, and soon had his property cleared and in a high state of cultivation. His residence is of brick and one of the most attractive in the vicinity, while the large barns and other outbuildings bespeak the prosperous farmer.
Mr. Hefner was married December 2, 1855, to Christina Holman, who was born near Delaware, Ohio, September 18, 1838, and died September 10, 1898. She was a daughter of William and Sarah (Frederick) Holman. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Hefner are as follows: Isaac, born March 25, 1858, a resident of Lima; Mary, born April 7, 1860, the wife of Marion Watt; William, born February 23, 1862, living in Lima; Jennie, born September 12, 1864, wife of John E. Eversole; Amos, born February 16, 1867; Walter, born July 6, 1869; Olive, born August 14, 1872, and deceased December 8, 1874; Clara, born October 19, 1875, wife of C. C. Arnold; Daisy, born June 17, 1878, who married E. N. Hall, and lives in the Indian Territory; and Marion, born July 5, 1881, who married Bessie Kidd and resides on the farm with his father. Mr. Hefner has always affiliated with the Democratic Party, and at one time served as township trustee. He is a member of the Reformed Church. Portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Hefner accompany this sketch.

[NI12659] Biographies of Allen County, Ohio residents (under Harison Hefner):
When a young man Isaac Hefner located in Ross County with his parents being among its first white settlers. There he married Mary May. When he came to Allen County with his wife and children in 1840, he was a poor man, and could neither read nor write; but he possessed a shrewd business sense which enabled him to see and take advantage of the opportunities offered and which placed him among the leading men of his time and section. On coming to this county, he entered 80 acres of land from the government and dealt extensively in cattle. He added to his acreage from time to time until he became a very large land owner. He possessed at the time of his death about 1800 acres all of the land being in Bath and Jackson townships. He was a Democrat, but did not take an active part in politics. He was a member and liberal supporter of the Reformed Church, furnishing the timber for the erection of the first log church which was built. Later he donated the land when the present edifice was erected for both church and cemetery, and contributed to the building fund for the brick church. He passed away in 1884 at the age of 75 years. His wife survived him many years, dying in 1901 at the advanced age of 94 years. Two of their nine children died in infancy. The seven who grew to maturity and are still living are as follows: Jacob, of Jackson township, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this work; Harison; Amos, of Auglaize township; Clarissa, wife of Jacob Mowery, of Bath township; David, of Bath township; and John and Albert, of Jackson township.

[NI12672] 1900 OH census - Allen Co, Jackson Twp (roll 1236), p. 79

[NI12673] Biographies of Allen County, Ohio residents:
Solomon D. Snider was born in Thorn township, Perry County, Ohio, April 30, 1842, and came to Allen County in the spring of 1865 when he bought 80 acres of land in section 25, Jackson township, took possession in April of that year, and has lived upon it ever since. His parents were Daniel and Mary (Greenawalt) Snider and his grandfather was also named Daniel Snider.
The grandfather of our subject was born in Pennsylvania, whence he came to Ohio, entering land in Perry County, where he died March 3, 1866, at the age of 93 years, 7 months and a few days. He was a Whig, while his son and grandson (our subject) became Democrats. He took an active part in reform work and was a leader in the German Baptist or Dunkard Church, being one of the preachers of that body and holding services in his house and barn until they were able to build a house of worship.
Daniel Snider, the father of our subject, was born in Thorn Township, Perry County, Ohio, June 28, 1808. During his younger days he engaged in teaching school, and afterwards bought a farm of 180 acres in Perry County, where he devoted his time to agriculture until his death November 3, 1861. He was a member of the Lutheran Church. He was married to Mary Greenawalt, who was born in Hocking County, Ohio, in 1811 and died in Perry County, March 6, 1895, at the age of 83 years, 3 months and 20 days. Her parents, Mathias and Mary (Coon) Greenawalt, came to this State from Maryland, and were of German descent. She was the mother of the following children, viz.: Lucinda (Boyer), deceased; John Henry, who resides on the homestead in Perry County; Mary Katharine (Clum), deceased; Solomon D.; Sarah Elizabeth (Anspach), of Jackson township; and Eliza Ann (Humberger), deceased.
Solomon D. Snider was reared in his native county where he was married August 31,1863, to Katharine Zartman. She was a daughter of Henry and Mary (Swinehart) Zartman, of Perry County, and was born February 18, 1844. She died May 4, 1902, leaving two children, Mary Aretta, wife of R. C. Klingler; and Clarence Franklin, both of Hardin County. Mr. Snider came here with his wife and one child at once set about improving his new home. He erected buildings, planted an orchard and made many other improvements from which he is to-day reaping the benefits. He has been an industrious, frugal man and in addition to caring for his farm fan a threshing machine for some time. He has been assessor three times and made a most efficient officer. He is a member of the Lutheran Church and served as deacon and elder for many years.

[NI12685] Ancestry (Dearth Family) site has a Walter L. Anspach b. 1881 d. 1953, md. Iva C. Berry b. 1887, children: Oscar Leroy Anspach (b. June 19, 1920 Allen Co), Warren Anspach, Evelyn Anspach and Mary Alice Anspach. No parents given for Walter.

[NI12686] Ancestry site (Dearth Family) says she is daughter of John C. & Elsie Anspach - check census records.

[NI12899] 1870 PA census - Berks Co, Brecknock Twp (roll 1305), p. 121b, taken July 1:
Richard Ziemer, 38, laborer; Eliza, 34; Amanda, 11; Elizabeth, 7; Venus, 8 (m); Richard, 4; Heber, 2

1880 PA census - Berks Co, Brecknock Twp (roll 1099), p. 111D, taken June 30:
Richard Ziemer, 44, farmer; wife Eliza, 44; son Heber, 12; dau Christina, 7; son Henry, 4

[NI12905] 1870 PA census - Berks Co, Brecknock Twp (roll 1305), p. 122a, taken July 1:
97/ 104 John Schweitzer, 66, farmer; Elizabeth, 67; Obadiah, 26, laborer;
98/ 105 Augustus [Schweitzer], 30, farmer; Maria, 24; Mary, 6/12; Lydia Haldeman, 15, domestic servant

[NI12939] 1880 PA census - Berks Co, Cumru Twp (roll 1099), p. 173C (image of ), taken July 13:
170/ 185 - Henry Z. White, 38, laborer; wife Elizabeth, 35; dau Hannah, 9; dau Lydia H., 6; son Howard H., 3; dau Lizzie H., 2/12
171/ 186 - Daniel White, 66, farming; wife Susanna, 64

1900 PA census - Berks Co, Cumru Twp (roll 1376), p. 192, taken June 8:
142 - Fa???? White, born May 1848 age 52, widowed, 9 children, 6 living; dau Lizzie born Jan 1884 age 16
143 - Daniel H. White born July 1868 age 31, md. 3 yrs, day laborer; wife Laura born June 1872 age 27, 2 children, 1 living; dau Edna born Aug 1897 age 2
144 - Henry Z. White born May 1842 age 58, md. 34 yrs, day laborer; wife Elizabeth born July 1844 age 55, 9 children, 6 living; dau Lizzie born Mar 1880 age 20, seamstress; dau Alice born Feb 1887 age 13

[NI12978] The Grand Rapids Herald, August 27, 1932, p. 3:
Earl Lillie, age 46 years, passed away at the home of his uncle, Clyde Lillie, 1928 Madison ave., Friday morning. He leaves, besides the widow, his father, Truman Lillie of Coopersville, and a number of relatives. The body was removed to the Van Allsburg funeral home at Coopersville, where funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial in Coopersville cemetery.

[NI12996] 1900 Ohio census - Allen Co, Richland Twp (roll 1236), taken June 13, 1900, p. 145a:
Peter Amstutz, b. Sept 1871, age 28, md. 6 yrs, born Ohio, parents born Ohio, occ: farmer
Rosa, wife, b. Aug 1874, age 25, md. 6 yrs, 2 children, born Ohio, parents born Ohio
Walter, son, b. May 1895, age 5
Harold, son, b. March 1900, age 3/12
Joseph and Mary Amstutz are on p. 145-145a - may be Peter's parents. Joseph b. Sep 1844, age 56, md. 30 yrs, born Ohio, parents born France; Mary b. Jan. 1852, age 48, 6 children, born Ohio, parents born Switzerland (Ger)
Joseph Amstutz born Sep 19, 1844, son of Peter Amstutz born April 11, 1815, died June 5, 1882, and Barbara Schloneger, born June 17, 1817 in Montbeliard, France, died April 11, 1903 in Grabill IN. Married May 1, 1842 in Stark Co OH.

1910 Ohio census - Allen Co, Richland Twp (roll 1150), taken April 23 & 25, 1910, p. 181B:
Peter W. Amstutz, 38, md. 16 yrs, born Ohio, parents born Ohio
Rosa D., wife, 35, 2 children, born Ohio, parents born Ohio
Walter W., son, 14
Herald J., son, 10

1920 Ohio census - Allen Co, Richland Twp (roll 1344), ED 232, taken Jan. 19 & 20, 1920, p. 194B:
Peter W. Amstutz, 48; Rosa, wife, 45; Carl, son, 7; Evelyn J., daughter, 2-2/12

1930 Ohio census - Allen Co, Richland Twp, taken April 17, 1930, ED 39, p. 45:
Peter W. Amstutz, 58; Rosa, wife, 55; Carl, son, 17; Evelyn, daughter, 13

[NI12999] Her grandfather was Lorance Fisher, b. abt 1853 in Ohio (56 in the 1910 census, his wife Mary was 65, so b. abt 1844).

[NI13000] His father was born in Switzerland, his mother in France.

[NI13016] 1930 OH census - Union Co, Leesburg Twp, Dist. 11:
Elton Myers, 29, married 5 yrs; wife Mary, 27; son James, 2; dau Rose M., 2/12

[NI13018] 1820 - Springhill Twp, Fayette Co PA, last taxed at Springhill Twp in 1829
1830 - Rush Twp, Fairfield Co OH
1850 - Hocking Co OH

[NI13029] Military: Aug 1862-Jul 1865 Civil War-Co B, 118th Regt - OVI - entered as a private, left as a private.

Information on Thomas and his three marriages comes from the book "William Peter Wetherill - Ancestors & Descendants - Pioneer of Ohio" by Leallah Franklin (Gateway Press Inc., Baltimore, MD copyright 1988).

[NI13132] His parents were John F. Firestone, born 1832 Ohio, died Mar 18, 1913, and Matilda Jane Stull, born 1853 Ohio (married Feb 27, 1876 Hardin Co OH).

[NI13140] Davis's first Emigrants book said that Barbara Wissler daughter of Heinrich Wissler was probably the Barbara Wisler who married Martin Amweg. In his most recent publication (internet site), he gives another Barbara, [?] daughter of Benedict, as the one who married Martin Amweg (? indicates a tentative, unconfirmed relationship). Barbara and her [?] brother Heinrich arrived in Philadelphia on the ship St. Andrew in 1737 with Martin Amweg.

Davis does not have Benedict Wissler connected to Ulrich Wissler's family. Ulrich was the tentative common ancestor for Phil and me - that's no longer the case, unless and until Davis makes a connection between the Benedict and Ulrich. (March 2003)

[NI13145] FLOREN SCRIBNER, 55, DEAD AT MONROE CENTER
Floren Scribner, aged, 55, of Monroe Center, died at his home at 12:30 this morning from the effects of an apoplectic stroke which he suffered a few days ago. He is survived by his wife, one sister, Mrs. William Onion of Conneaut, and two brothers, Thomas of Monroe and William of Erie.
The funeral will be held Monday at one o'clock, sun time, from the late home. Rev. R. E. Benjamin will conduct the services and interment will be made at Kelloggsville.

The funeral of Floren E. Scribner, who died March 13th, was held from his late home Monday at 1 o'clock and was largely attended. Friends from Conneaut, Ashtabula, and Cleveland were present.
Mr. Scribner was the second son of a family of five: Two brothers - Thomas of Monroe and William of Erie - and one sister Mrs. Wm. Onion of Conneaut, remain, the youngest sister, Mina, having died when a child.
Born August 3, 1858, at the family home, two miles south and one mile east of the center, Mr. Scribner spent the greater part of his life and for a number of years tenderly cared for his mother. On December 10th, 1894, he was married to Elva Moon Lillie at the home of Fred Brewster, Esq., in East Monroe. For the past thirteen years Mr. and Mrs. Scribner have lived with the latter's mother Mrs. C. A. Moon, between Bushnell and this place.
The community has lost a good citizen, whose kindly face and genial hospitality will be missed by many friends and neighbors. Rev. R. E. Benjamin spoke words of comfort to the widow, sister and brothers. Many floral tributes gave silent testimony of respect. Interment was made at Kelloggsville.
Mrs. Elva Scribner wishes to thank all the friends and neighbors who so kindly assisted her during the illness and death of her husband.

[NI13152] Willis was a preacher, cooper and farmer. He organized the United Brethren Church at Hickernell's Corners, Crawford Co., PA. in 1850 and owned property in Beaver Township, Crawford Co., PA on the border with Ohio. Although in later years he is listed as a cooper in the county directory for Ashtabula Co., Ohio. (Carole Kiernan)

[NI13154] 1930 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Pierpont Twp:
Almon Dain, 68, md 1st age 32, b PA, father b VT, mother b PA
Lura, wife, 65, md 1st age 19, b PA, father b VT, mother b PA
Bernice, dau, 26

[NI13167] Need to confirm with Glenna if this was the Yohn who her mother Florence later married. He is on the same page as Florence [now Sissinger] and her son Charles R. Blosser.

1930 Ohio census - Richland Co, Sharon Twp, Shelby City, p. 9A (image 17 of 34):
Harry S. Yohn, head, 58, married at age 20, born PA, parents born PA; painter, bicycle factory
Ada M., wife, 56, married at age 18, born PA, parents born PA
Freda J. William, dau, 23, married at age 20
Charles A. William, son-in-law, 26, married at age 23
June S., granddaughter, 3

[NI13171] 1860 Ohio census - Franklin Twp, Madison Twp (roll 962), Post Office: Groveport, p. 193, taken June 22, 1860:
119 - Joseph Myers, 56, laborer, value of personal estate: 100, born Virginia
Elizabeth, 51, wife, born Ireland
Sarah Ann Dildine, 31, born Ohio
Henry Joseph " , 9
Mary Ellen " , 7
Elisha H. " , 2
Margaret Jane Myers, 12
120 - Wm John Blakely, 30, brick moulder, value of real estate: 400, of personal estate: 40, born Ohio
Cordelia J., 29, wife
Martha A., 10
George Henry, 8
Lewis Breck, 4
Sarah A., 1

[NI13176] 1930 Ohio census - Richland Co, Sharon Twp, p. 3A (image 5 of 22):
Chauncey Tullis, Head, age 24, md 2 yrs
Beatrice, wife, age 25
Robert, son, age 1
Herbert, son, age 2/12

[NI13178] Alvin's parents were David and Carrie Sissinger. David was born March 1842 in Ohio, his parents were born in Germany. Carrie was born July 1842 in New York, where both her parents were born. In 1900, David and Carrie had been married 36 years and had two children, both living. Alvin and Lottie also had a son John born Feb. 1890. (1900 Ohio census for Richland Co, Plymouth Twp, p. 74a)

[NI13186] 1930 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Plymouth Twp, District 51 (image 1 of 19):
Henry H. Nemitz, 37, born PA; wife Mary J., 31, born OH; son Frederick W., 14; dau Elsie A., 12; dau Barbara A., 8; son Henery H., 5; son Eugene H., 3-10/12; son George E., 6/12.

Ancestry message boards: from M. Baden (she is a granddaughter of Eileen Lillie and Frederick Nemitz), 7-26-2000: Do you have any information on Henry Herman Nemitz b. 10-31-1893, OH? His father was John Augusta Nemitz, b. 1859 in Neu Stettine, Germany; d. 1930, Sheffield Twp., Ashtabula Co., OH.

[NI13188] 1930 Ohio census - Ashtabula Co, Kingsville Twp, District 41 (image 7 of 21):
John Allcock, Head, 46, born OH, parents born OH
wife Grace D., 44, born OH, father born NY, mother born OH
dau Lucille, 24
dau Lillian, 23
dau Lorna, 21
dau Leona, 16
son J. Arden, 13
Edith V. Cheney, aunt, 65, widowed, born OH, father born NY, mother born OH

[NI13197] 1850 Ohio census - Allen Co, Richland Twp (roll 657), taken Sept 1850, p. 364b:
Abraham Axbarger, 35, value of real estate owned: 700, born Germany
Mariah, 35, born Germany
Lewis A., 14, born Germany
Aaron, 4, born Ohio
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p. 360b: Elisabeth Ogberger, 15, born Ohio
in the household of David & Fanny Stiner, both age 25, both born Ohio

p. 362a: Lydia Oxbarger, 13, born Ohio
in the household of (p. 361b) Christian Stiner, 36, farmer, born France and his wife Barbara, 29, born Germany

p. 365b: John Oxberger, 49, laborer, born Germany
in the household of John Devert(?), 49, farmer, born Germany, and his wife Christina, 37, born Penn.

p. 368a: Moses Oxberger, 13, born Ohio
in the household of (p. 367b) Michael Nieswander, 27, farmer, born Germany, and his wife Frana, 25, born Germany, also Michael's father (or grandfather?) Michael Nieswander, age 72, born Germany
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1860 Ohio census - Allen Co, Richland Twp (roll 929), PO Beaverdam, taken July 1860, p. 433a:
A. Oxbarger, 44, farmer, real estate: 4200, personal estate: 370, born Switzerland
Lewis, 24, born Switzerland
M, 25 (f), born Switzerland
C, 2 (f), born Ohio
S, 1 (f)
AA(?), 17 (f), born Switzerland
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p. 424a: P. Auxburger, 49, farmer, real estate: 2000, personal estate: 275, born Switzerland
E(?), 46 (f), born Switzerland
E(?), 17 (f), domestic, born Switzerland
M A, 16 (f), domestic, born Switzerland
F, 13 (m), born Switzerland
H, 10 (m), born Switzerland
C, 6 (m), born Ohio
A, 3 (m),
M(?), 1 (m)
Note: This looks like Elizabeth Augsburger's family, see below in 1870 census.

p. 438a: J Agstburger, 25, farmer, real estate: 2000, personal estate: 400, born Ohio
B, 26 (f), born Ohio
E, 2 (f), born Ohio
Wm Long, 17, born Switzerland

p. 441a: A Auxbarger, 50, day laborer, born Baden
in the household of J G Massinger, 58, farmer, born Baden

p. 441b: John Oxbarger, 54, farmer, real estate: 2000, personal estate: 612, born Switzerland
M, 22 (m), born Ohio
L, 20 (f), born Ohio
B, 16 (m)
A, 14 (m)
H Pauliner, 4 (m)
M Oxbarger, 2 (f)

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1870 Ohio census - Allen Co, Richland Twp (roll 1168), PO Beaverdam, taken July 11, 1870, p. 518b:
Abraham Augsburger, 64, farmer, value of real estate owned: 1200, of personal estate: 400, born Switzerland
Barbery, 33, born Switzerland
Peter, 6; Noah, 4; Daniel, 2 - all born Ohio
The next household is that of John Lichty, 72, farmer, born Switzerland, his wife Barbery, 65, born Switzerland, and [I assume] their son Christian, 40, farm laborer, born Switzerland. I'm going to guess this is Barbara's family.
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Other Augsburgers in Richland Twp, Allen Co OH in the 1870 census:
p. 503a: Moses Augsburger [Augstberger], 32, farmer, born Ohio
Fanny, 28, keeping house, born Ohio
John, 5; Mary A., 3; (cont. on next page, 503b) Samuel, 1
Simon Herr, 19, farm laborer
Adah(?) E. Amstutz (f), 9, at home
Fanny Lugabeil, 74, retired, born Switzerland

p. 510a: John B. Augsburger, 35, farmer, born Ohio
Barbary, 36, keeping house, born Ohio
Elisabeth, 11; John, 6; Mary, 5; Lydia, 3; Magdalena, 1

p. 510b: Benj. Augsburger, 26, farm laborer, born Ohio
and Henry, 9, at home, born Ohio [I think Henry is Lewis's son, but who is Benjamin? possibly Lewis's brother?]
in the household of John Lugabeel, 62, farmer, born France, his son Emanuel, 28, farmer, born Ohio, Emanuel's wife Elisabeth, 26, and their son Albert, 1

p. 513a: Lydia Augsburger, 4, at home, born Ohio
in the household of A.B. Jenning(?), 36, carpenter, born Ohio, and his wife Rachel E., 25, born Ohio

p. 513b: Aaron Augsburger, 23, farm laborer, born Ohio
in the household of Mathias Baderstcher, 35, farmer, born Switzerland, and his wife Lydia, 31, born Ohio
Note: This page is out of order. Aaron is in household 135 / 136 continuing from the previous page, but this household is on p. 511b.

p. 515b: Alexander Augsburger, 64, farm laborer, born Switzerland
in the household of John Masinger, 68, farmer, born Baden

p. 522a: Elisabeth Augsburger, 59, keeping house, real estate: 2000, personal estate: 500, born Switzerland
Frederick, 23, carpenter, born Switzerland
Henry, 20, farm laborer, born Switzerland
Charles, 15, born Ohio
Armid(?) 13, farm laborer
Mary, 11, at home
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1880 Ohio census - Allen Co, Richland Twp, Bluffton, p. 374D:
Lewis Augsburger, 45, farmer, born Switzerland, parents born Switz
wife Mary, 39, born Ohio, can't make out where father was born, mother born PA
son Henry, 18, born Ohio, parents born Switz
dau Emma(?), 17, born Ohio, father born Switz, mother born Ohio
*Abraham, 73, father, born Switzerland
half-brother John, 5, born Ohio, father born Switzerland, mother born Ohio
half-brother Edward, 6
half-brother Peter, 15
half-brother Noah, 14
half-brother Daniel, 13
half-sister Emma, 10

[NI13199] 1880 Ohio census - Allen Co, Jackson Twp, p. 417A:
John Downard, 34, farmer, born Penn, parents born Penn; wife Catharine E., 28, born Penn, parents born Penn; son Franklin A., 9, born OH; dau Clara A., 8; dau Lulu Bell, 1.

[NI13221] 1870 Ohio census - Allen Co, Jackson Twp (roll 1168), PO Beaverdam, taken June 4, 1870, p. 353a:
Solomon Arnold, 26, farmer, born Ohio; Sarah E., 26; Thomas H., 3; Emmit B., 1
(They are right before the household of Samuel and Mary Zerbe.)

1880 Ohio census - Allen Co, Jackson Twp, p. 418D:
Arnold, S.H., 36, farmer, born Ohio, parents born Ohio; wife Sarah E., 36, born Ohio, parents born Penn; son Thomas, 13; son Emmit B., 12; son William A., 10; son Joseph F., 8; son Cary, 5.

1900 Ohio census - Allen Co, Jackson Twp (roll 1236), taken June 20, 1900, p. 85a:
318/332 Cade Arnold, head, b. Sept 1874, age 25, md. 7 yrs, born Ohio, occ: farmer
Clara, wife, b. Oct 1875, age 24, md. 7 yrs, 3 children, born Ohio, parents born Ohio
Rolla, son, b. July 1893, age 6
Walter, son, b. Apr 1896, age 4
Wilbur, son, b. Apr 1899, age 1
319/333 Solomon Arnold, head, b. Aug 1843, age 56, md. 34 yrs; b. Ohio, parents b. Ohio, occ: farmer, owns farm
Emaline, wife, b. Aug 1843, age 56, 6 children, 5 living, b. Ohio, parents b. Penn.
320/334 Joseph Arnold, head, b. July 1872, age 27, born Ohio, occ: laborer
Dile, wife, b. Oct 1875, age 24, born Ohio, parents born Ohio

[NI13226] 1920 Ohio census - Allen Co, Richland Twp (roll 1344), Beaverdam village, taken Jan. 2, 1920, p. 188b:
Peter Augsburger, 55, born Ohio, parents born Switzerland (German)
Rosena, wife, 63, born Ohio, parents born Switzerland (German)

[NI13232] Harrod High School Class of 1938

[NI13235] 1930 Ohio census - Allen Co, Lima Twp, ED 25, p. 21B:
Martin J. Wingate, 33, married at age 25; wife Freda E., 30, married at age 22; dau Beatrice A., 7; dau Edna J., 4-6/12; son Martin Jr., 3-2/12

[NI13238] 1920 Ohio census - Allen Co, Auglaize Twp, ED 4, p. 3A (p. 5 of 21):
Alvin O. Wingate, 27; wife Dorothy, 23; son Dorance A., 5; son Donald Edward, 3-5/12; son Dwight M., 1-11/12

1930 Ohio census - Allen Co, Auglaize Twp, Harrod village, taken April 3, 1930, p. 262:
Dorothy Wingate, head, 33, widowed, md. at age 16; Dorance, son, 15; Donald, son, 13; Fay, dau, 8

[NI13240] Harrod High School Class of 1932

[NI13241] Harrod High School Class of 1934

[NI13242] Harrod High School Class of 1940

[NI13253] 1920 Montana census - Cascade Co, Betts Twp, ED 44, p. 5A:
Wellington Gates, 50; wife Nora L., 46; dau Marie L., 11; dau Lillian L., 9; dau Jessie N., 7.

1930 Montana census - Cascade Co, Betts Twp, ED 43, p. 1A:
Wellington Gates, 60, born Minnesota, father born Wisconsin, mother born Penn.; wife Nora, 56, born Ohio, father born Nebraska, mother born Ohio; dau Lilian, 20, born Montana; dau Jessie, 18, born Montana.

[NI13259] 1930 Montana census - Cascade Co, Eden Twp, ED 102, p. 1A:
Elmer W. Barker, 48, born Wisconsin, parents born Wisconsin, farmer; Vivian B., 35, born Nebraska, father born England, mother born Ohio; dau Muriel F., 14, born Montana; dau Violet H., 11, dau Thelma O., 9; son Erwin E., 7; son Kenneth L., 3-2/12

[NI13261] 1930 Montana census - Cascade Co, Great Falls Twp, ED 10, p. 20A:
Victor Ario, 58, born Austria, imm. 1890, occ: manager, harness & saddlery; wife Julia, 52, born Germany, imm. 1893; Axel Peterson, roomer, 52, born Sweden.

[NI13282] 1920 South Dakota census - Turner Co, Dolton Twp, ED 233, p. 13B (Jan. 8, 1920):
William Zerbe, 26, laborer, born Russia - he must have married after the census was taken.

1930 Montana census - Valley Co, Lustre Twp, ED 34, p. 4B (April 1930):
William Zerbe, 36, md. at age 26, born Poland, language: German, imm. 1913, farmer; wife Mary, 36, md. at age 25, born Russia, imm. 1916; dau Lydia, 8, born Montana; son Ludwig, 7; son Bennie, 3-10/12; son Paul, 1/12.

On the next page, Suzanne Redekopp, 59, widowed, born Russia, imm. 1916; son John, 22, born Russia; son Abe, 19, born Russia; son Henry, 17, born Germany, all imm. 1916.

Information from Ward Zerbe: Willem came over with his two brothers (all single) and settled in South Dakota where they had some relatives. I know Willem was drafted in WWI but served on a logistics farm in Iowa. He got his citizenship right away and was able to homestead in Montana. One brother came to Montana as well and the third went to Oregon.

Ellis Island records:
Name: Zerbe, Wilhelm
Ethnicity: Russia, German
Place of Residence: Obozy, Russia
Date of Arrival: Feb 24, 1913
Age on Arrival: 19y [b. c1893]
Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm
Port of Departure: Bremen, Germany
Going to see a relative or friend, he lists Ferdinand Zerbe, Dolton SD, brother.

[NI13285] Ferdinand came from Russia-Poland. SSDI: issue state MT, last known residence Marion SD 57043.

1920 South Dakota census - Hutchinson Co, Silver Lake Twp, ED 107, p. 1A (Jan. 2, 1920):
Ferdinand Zerbe, 27, imm. 1910, born Russia, farmer; wife Susie, 23, born S. Dakota, parents born Russia; son Albert, 11/12.

1930 Montana census - Roosevelt Co, School District 45, ED 27, p. 8A:
Ferdinand Zerbe, 38, md. at age 25, born Poland, imm. 1910, farming; wife Susie, 34, md. at age 21, born So. Dakota, parents born (un for unknown is crossed out and US written in); son Adolph, 7; son Donald, 3.

[NI13287] 1920 South Dakota census - Turner Co, Dolton Twp, ED 233, p. 7B (Jan. 20, 1920):
Henry L. Zerbe, 24, imm. 1913, born Russia, occ: automobile repair shop; wife Bertha, 19, born S. Dak., parents born Bohemia.

1930 South Dakota census - Turner Co, Dolton Twp, ED 8, p. 1B (March 8, 1930):
Henry L. Zerbe, 34, md. at age 24, born Poland, imm. 1913, auto repairer - garage; wife Bertha, 29, md. at age 19, born South Dakota, parents born Austria; dau Ethel, 9, born South Dakota.

Ellis Island records:
Name: Zerbe, Heinrich
Ethnicity: Russia, German
Place of Residence: Obozy, Russia
Date of Arrival: Feb 24, 1913
Age on Arrival: 17y [b. c1895]
Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm
Port of Departure: Bremen, Germany
Going to see a relative or friend, he lists Ferdinand Zerbe, Dolton SD, brother.

[NI13293] I'm guessing that this is the right Vera:
1930 Nebraska census - Hayes Co, High Ridge Twp, ED 11, p. 1B (April 12, 1930):
McGillivary, George A., 40, born South Dakota, father born Scotland, mother born Canada-England, farmer; wife Mattie, 33, born Nebraska, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Missouri; dau Vera, 9, born SD, dau Edith, 8, born SD; son David, 5, born Nebraska; son Donald, 4-0/12, son Dean, 4-0/12, born Nebraska.

[NI13303] 1920 South Dakota census - Turner Co, Dolton Twp, ED 233, p. 10B (Jan. 5, 1920):
John J. Jantzen, 27, imm. either 1898 or 1918 (can't make it out), born Russia, farmer; wife Margareth, 27, born Nebraska, parents born Russia; Bernhard Epp, brother-in-law, 25, born Nebraska, parents born Russia, farmer.

1930 South Dakota census - Turner Co, Dolton Twp, ED 9, p. 2A (April 3, 1930):
Bernard Epp, 35, md. at age 25, born Nebraska, parents born Russia; wife Margaret, 32, md. at age 22, born South Dakota, father born Russia, mother born Poland; son Walter, 8; dau Wilma, 4; son Willard, 2.

[NI13320] There is a Ferdinand Zerbe, age 68, in the 1930 census for Chicago, Cook Co IL (ED 120, p. 2B). He is a roomer in the household of John J. Jasnoch, 67, born Germany-West Prussia, and his wife Martha, 63, born Germany-Berlin, who immigrated in 1884. Ferdinand was born in Schleswig-Holstein, immigrated in 1884, occupation listed as gardner.

[NI13340] Theobald (pronounced--Dewald) -- Johann Theobald Hascher came to America with his wife and 6 children in Sept. 15, 1749 aboard the ship Phoenix. ( Strassburger-Vol 1 Page 407) Johann bought land in Brecknock twp, Lancaster Co. PA and died there no later than April 1785.
1750 tax records indicate Theobald Hoshar bought in 1750. In 1751 his name is listed as Dewald Hasshor. It also lists a Peter Hoshar as the Head.
Abstracts of Berks Co.PA. WILLS> Theobald Hoshour, Feb. 10, 1785 (B.4/22/1785) ex- Jacob Sneider & Adam Beame, Brecknock Twp. Children; Peter, Henry, Catharine, Margaret, Elizabeth, Frederick & Barbara, wife of Michael Stoltz. Source: LCHS.
Occupation: Wheelwright in Altwiller, France.
Source: Berks Co. Genealogy Society Family Group Sheets, supplied by Florence Palsgrove.

Joh. Theobald Hochar, from Altweiller, son of Paulus Hochar, citizen there, married Oct. 12, 1724 to Anna Barbara, dr. of Heinrich Wieder, also citizen at Altweiller. Source: Diedendorf Reformed Church records.

[NI13346] 1860 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 937), PO Centerville, p. 302b, enumerated Sept. 6, 1860:
William Porterfield, 44, farmer, value of personal estate: 100, born Ohio; Susan, 36; Margaret, 17; Albert, 14; Seldon, 12; Eliza J., 9; John J., 3

1880 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 995), p. 360b, taken June 12:
Wm. Porterfield, 64, farmer, born Ohio, father born Ireland, mother born Penn.; Susan, 57, wife, born Ohio, parents born Penn.

[NI13348] Look up in Belmont Co marriages: a Smith and an Esther marrying before 1825.

Christian Baker married Mary Chreichbaum, Aug. 25, 1783, Frederick Co MD - could be Christian's father.

1820 Maryland census - Frederick Co, Election District 4 (roll 43), p. 176:
Christian Baker, 1-0-0-1 2-1-1-0-2
(Thomas Draper is in between)
Coonrad Licklighter, 2-0-0-0 1-0-1-0-0
(see below for other Bakers in Frederick Co in 1820)

1840 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp, roll 378, p. 138a:
Christian Baker - 3 males 20-30, 1 male 40-50, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 40-50
Conrad Lickliter - 2 males under 5, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 15-20, 1 male 50-60, 1 female under 5, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 40-50

1850 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp, roll 661, p. 254b, taken Sept 23, 1850:
2123 - Christian Baker, 64, farmer, value of real estate owned: 1000, born Md.; Rhoda, 50, born Md.
2124 - Conrad Lickliter, 63, farmer, value of real estate owned: 2000, born Md.; Amy, 47, born Pa.; Ruth, 14, born Ohio; (cont. on page 255a) Christian Lickliter, 12; Ezra, 10, Steel S., 8; Martha, 6; Andrew, 4
2125 - Geo. W. Lickliter, 24, farmer, born Ohio; Catherine, 24

Ezekiel and Sarah A. Smith are found in the 1850 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Goshen Twp (roll 661), p. 435B, taken Aug. 23, 1850:
1062 Esther Smith, 50, value of personal estate owned: 1100, born Pa.; Isaac, 21, farmer, born Ohio; Aaron, 18, farmer
1063 Ezekiel R. Smith, 25, farmer, born Ohio; Sarah A., 26, born Ohio
1064 William Baker, 30, farmer, born Md.; (cont. on next page, 436A) Rebecca Baker, 23, born Ohio; Sarah Annah, 3; Rhoda, 1
1065 John H. Price, 58, farmer, born Md.; Rachel, 54, born Md.
* 1066 Benjamin Baker, 62, farmer, born Md.; Abby, 35, born Ohio; Joel, 17, farmer; Rachel, 14; Rebecca, 12; John, 10; Perry, 6; Nelson, 5; Alberta(?) (f), 1

1860 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 937), PO Centerville, p. 302B, enumerated Sept. 6, 1860:
1663 / 1619 Christian Baker, 64, farmer, value of real estate: 1000, of personal estate: 50, born MD (it kind of looks like NC but I'm pretty sure it's Maryland)
Sarah A. Smith, 36, born Ohio
Hester A. Smith, 9
Mary J. Smith, 5
[Sarah Ann Baker md. Ezekiel Smith on Nov. 15, 1849. Belmont County Marriages, Book 7, 1844-1849, p. 421: Smith, Ezekiel & Baker, Sarah Ann on 15 Nov 1849 by John Twinum JP; vo-William Baker. Probably Ezekiel died by 1860.]
1664 / 1620 (next household) Joel Baker, 25; Lydia, 24; George R., 1

I'm not sure if this is the same Christian Baker as above. It's the right area - Smith Twp - but different people in the household.
1870 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 1173), PO Powhatan Point, p. 315A, enumerated June 8, 1870:
Christian Baker, 73, farmer, value of real estate: 1000, of personal estate: 300, born Maryland
Rachael E., 46, keeping house, born Ohio
Elisabeth, 8, attending school
William Barnes, 23, works on farm
Mary E., 19, helps mother-in-law
Isaac F., 20, farm laborer
Mary E., 15, helps mother

Marriage Index: Maryland, 1655-1850: Christian Baker md. Margaretta Everist July 23, 1822, Harford Co MD.
Christian Baker md. Elizabeth Lechleiter March 28, 1820, Frederick Co MD.

There is a Christian Baker in the 1850 Ohio census followed by Conrad Lichliter:
1850 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp, enumerated Sept. 23, 1850, p. 254B:
2096 / 2123 Christian Baker, 64, farmer, value of real estate owned: 1000, born Md.; Rhoda, 50, born Md.
2097 / 2124 Conrad Lichliter, 63, farmer, value of real estate owned: 2000, born Md; Amy, 47, born Pa.; Ruth, 16, born Ohio; (cont. on next page, 255A) Christian Lichliter, 12; Ezra, 10; Steel S., 8; Martha, 6; Andrew, 4.
Conrad Lichliter was born Jul 20, 1787 in Frederick MD, died Feb 29, 1851 Belmont Co OH. He md. 1st Alice "Ally" Patterson, Dec. 24, 1812 in Frederick MD. She was born Aug 10, 1792, died Jul 23, 1833 in Belmont Co. Conrad md. 2nd Amy Wilkinson, Jan. 7, 1835 Belmont Co. She was born 1803 in PA. Children were Ruth born Dec 24, 1835; Christian Baker Lechliter born Dec 29, 1836; Azariah born Oct 3, 1838; Nathaniel Steel born Dec 29, 1840; Martha Rebecca born Aug 15, 1842; Andrew Jackson born Aug 15, 1845.
The Ancestry database (Gregory Shoults) doesn't have anything further on the Christian Baker who married Elizabeth Lechliter, but this 1850 census record is clearly the Maryland Christian Baker. Elizabeth may have died by 1850 and Christian remarried Rhoda. (Is it possible Elizabeth Lechliter's name was Rhoda Elizabeth?) Note: William Baker born abt 1820 (in the 1850 census, above) named a daughter Rhoda. That indicates a connection between Christian and William. William is the voucher for Sarah's marriage to Ezekiel Smith - it's possible that Sarah and William were siblings, children of Christian's, and that Joel was a nephew. 1850 census says William was born in Maryland, Sarah in Ohio, so the family would have immigrated between 1820 and 1824.

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1790 Maryland, Frederick Co:
p. 156 - Henry Baker
p. 164 - Frederick Baker 1-1-2
p. 165 - John Baker 1-2-5, Joseph Baker 1-1-2, John Baker 1-2-2, Samuel Baker 1-5-5
p. 183 - Francis Baker 1-1-3
p. 191 - John Baker 4-4-12
p. 199 - Frederick Baker 1, Henry Baker 1-2-4
p. 217 - Conrad Baker 2-2-2
p. 238 - Christian Baker 4-2-3, Peter Baker 1-1-1
p. 240 - Adam Baker 1-3-3, Martin Baker 1-2-5
p. 261 - Henry Baker 1-2-4
Conrad and George Licklider are on p. 203, Peter Licklider on p. 204

1800 Maryland, Frederick Co:
p. 112 3-Dist. - Adam Baker 0-1-2-0-1 3-1-0-0-1
p. 113 3-Dist. - Conrad Baker 2-0-0-0-1 2-1-0-1-0
p. 140 Buckeystown 1-Dist. - Larkin Baker 1-0-1-0-0 0-1-1
p. 141 " " - Thomas Baker 0-1-4-0-1 0-1-1-0-1
p. 142 Buckeystown 1-Dist. - John Baker 0-0-0-0-1
p. 157 Fredericktown 2-Dist. - Frederick Baker 0-0-0-1-1 2-0-1-0-1
p. 160 Fredericktown 2-Dist. - Conrad Baker 0-0-0-1-1 0-0-1-1
p. 166 Emmitsburh 4-Dist. - Henry Baker 0-1-0-0-1 2-2-0-1
p. 171 Emmitsburg 4-Dist. - Samuel Baker 0-0-1-0-0 1-0-1
Christian Baker 2-0-0-0-1 1-0-1-1
p. 197 Westminster 6-Dist. - John Baker 0-0-2-0-1 0-1-1-1
p. 206 Libertytown 7-Dist. - Henry Baker 0-0-1-1-1 0-0-1-0-1
p. 210 " " - Henry Baker 0-0-1-0-0 0-0-1
p. 218 Libertytown 7-Dist. - Joseph Baker 0-0-1-1-0-0 1-1-0-1-0-0
Addam Baker 0-0-0-1-0-0 2-0-0-1
p. 226 Libertytown 7-Dist. - John Baker 1-2-0-0-1 2-0-0-1-1
Conrad Lickliter is on p. 178 Emmitsburg 4-Dist., George Lechliter on p. 148 Fredericktown 2-Dist.

1820 Frederick Co MD census (roll 43)
3-Dist., p. 146 - Phillip Baker
8-Dist., p. 222 - Adam Baker, p. 223 - William Baker, p. 239 - Bazil Baker, Brook Baker, p. 240 - Nathan Baker, p. 241 - Adam Baker, p. 244 - Frederick Baker
9-Dist., p. 83 - William Werten Baker, p. 85 - Abednego Baker, p. 86 - Dorsey Baker, Thomas Baker, p. 87 - Silvester Baker, p. 88 - John Baker

[NI13353] This one:
1850 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp, enumerated Sept. 20, 1850, p. 251B:
Elisha Lucas, 50, farmer, value of real estate owned: 2500, born Md.; Hannah, 45, born Oh.; John 25, farmer; William 21, farmer; Mary, 16; Elisha Jr., 12; (cont. on next page, 252A) Mary Lucas, 3

Not this one:
1850 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp, enumerated Sept. 25, 1850, p. 259A:
Elisha H. Lucas, 50, farmer, value of real estate owned: 7000, born Pa.; Susannah, 50, born Pa.; Samuel, 20, farmer, born Ohio; Philip, 20, farmer; Andrew, 19, farmer; Susannah, 18; John, 15; Elisha Jr., 13; Josephus, 7; Ann, 4

[NI13356] 1850 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp (roll 661), enumerated Sept. 26, 1850, p. 263A:
Jesse Taylor, 60, farmer, born Pa.; Nancy, 53, born Ohio; Jesse Jr., farmer; Julia Ann, 19; Elisabeth, 17; Noble, 15

[NI13358] Maryland marriage records:
Benjamin Baker and Catherine Maccubbin - Baltimore Co MD, Feb. 18, 1815
Benjamin Baker and Elizabeth Lefever - Frederick Co MD, March 7, 1820

I'm not sure which Benjamin Baker is in the 1830 census - it could be Benjamin who married Sarah Winland.
1830 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Richland Twp, roll 127:
p. 233a: Benjamin Baker - 1 male under 5, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 30-40, 1 female under 5, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 20-30
p. 239a: Aaron Baker - 1 male 5-10, 2 males 15-20, 1 male 40-50, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 15-20, 1 female 40-50
p. 240a: William Wilkinson - 1 male under 5, 1 male 20-30, 2 females under 5, 4 females 5-10, 1 female 20-30
p. 242a: Robinson Baker - 1 male 10-15, 1 male 30-40, 1 female 15-20, 1 female 20-30
p. 243a: John Wilkison - 1 male 15-20, 1 male 70-80, 1 female under 5, 1 female 15-20, 3 females 20-30, 1 female 60-70

1840 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Smith Twp, roll 378, p. 134a:
Benjamin Baker - 1 male under 5, 1 male 40-50, 2 females under 5, 1 female 20-30, 1 female 30-40

1850 Ohio census - Belmont Co, Goshen Twp (roll 661), p. 435B, taken Aug. 23, 1850:
1062 - Esther Smith, 50, value of personal estate owned: 1100, born Pa.; Isaac, 21, farmer, born Ohio; Aaron, 18, farmer
1063 - Ezekiel R. Smith, 25, farmer, born Ohio; Sarah A. [Baker], 26, born Ohio
1064 - William Baker, 30, farmer, born Md.; (cont. on next page, 436A) Rebecca Baker, 23, born Ohio; Sarah Annah, 3; Rhoda, 1
1065 - John H. Price, 58, farmer, born Md.; Rachel, 54, born Md.
* 1066 - Benjamin Baker, 62, farmer, born Md.; Abby, 35, born Ohio; Joel, 17, farmer; Rachel, 14; Rebecca, 12; John, 10; Perry, 6; Nelson, 5; Albert(?) (f), 1

John Hussey Price born Mar 19, 1792 Gunpowder MM, Baltimore MD, died Jan 6, 1879 Goshen Twp, Belmont Co OH, m1 May 13, 1813 in Baltimore MD, Rachel Jean. John was the son of Daniel Price and Elizabeth Hussey. No relation to the Bakers, but the fact that he was born in Baltimore may be an indication that Benjamin Baker also came from Baltimore. The Hussey family was involved with the Quakers.

1860 Indiana census - Brown Co, Washington Twp (roll 246), PO Nashville & Mt. Liberty, taken June 28, 1860, p. 62:
(434) Benjamin Baker, 69, real estate: 400, personal estate: 100, born Maryland; Abigail, 50, born Ohio; Albert R. , 11; Malind F., 8 (f) [Millard]; Thomas E., 6
(435) Simpson Shrock, 25, personal estate: 50, born Penn.; Rachel, 24, born Ohio; William, 5, born Ohio; John, 3, born Ind.
I'm fairly sure Rachel Shrock is Benjamin's daughter. They would have moved to Indiana about 1856, since William was born in Ohio but John was born in Indiana.
Their son Nelson is in Brown Co, Jackson Twp, p. 146:
John Headly, 47, born Va.; Mary, 44, born Va.; Sarah, 15, born Ohio; Nelson Baker, 14, born Ohio

By 1870, it seems all his sons but Joel are in Indiana, Brown and Bartholomew Counties.

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1830 Ohio census - Belmont Co, York Twp, p. 300a:
Finley Baker - 2 males under 5, 1 male 30-40, 2 females 5-10, 1 female 20-30
[Finley Baker born abt 1798 Jefferson Co OH s/o Joseph Baker and Mary Finley. Joseph was a son of Capt. John Baker. Finley's brothers were Joseph Baker, John Baker born abt 1814 Jefferson Co OH, Samuel Baker born abt 1816 Jefferson Co OH, and James Baker born Apr 4, 1820 died June 30, 1881 - more on this Baker family in gendex]
Joseph Baker - 1 male 5-10, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 15-20, 1 male 60-70, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 15-20, 1 female 40-50
Josiah Palmer - 1 male under 5, 1 male 20-30, 1 female 20-30
p. 303a: James Baker - 1 male under 5, 1 male 20-30, 2 females under 5, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 20-30

Monroe Co, Center Twp, p. 144a:
Joseph Baker - 1 male under 5, 1 male 20-30, 1 female 15-20

[NI13359] I think Wilkerson may be Wilkinson, as there are a number of Wilkinson families in Smith Twp but no Wilkersons. I think it's possible that Abigail is a daughter of Thomas Wilkinson and sister of Vincent Wilkinson who married Sarah Beckett. In the 1830 census, p. 377a, there is one female 10-15 in the household of Thomas Wilkinson, also one female 10-15 in the household of John Wilkinson, same page. Joel Wilkinson, p. 373a, also has one female age 10-15.

[NI13361] Rebecca E. Baker md. Isaiah Stump, July 17, 1859, Brown IN