QUARTERLY NEWSLETIER OF THE ASHLAND COUNTY CHAPTER OHIO GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY The Pastfinder * VOLUME 13 ISSUE 1 FEBRUARY 1994 * PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE A great icebreaker for family gatherings, is a collection of old pictures. This stirs many memories for the older generation. It also gives you a chance to collect more family information. As Mary Beebe said at the FFOAC Banquet, "Only God & Genealogists can create a tree." This quote was brought home to me recently as I tried to create a visual family tree for the Heif(f)ner Holiday Happening. Without the help of many family members, personal interviews and lots of leg work; this would be an impossible task. One thing for sure; it showed me how disorganized I am. Hope- fully the Chapter's informal meetings for January & February will be of assis- tance. Also, Torn Neel, is working on some interesting educational programs for the corning year (see back page). As a new genealogist, I am really looking forward to the corning year and programs. To our 300 plus members; with your help & suggestions, this will be a suc- cessful year. Volunteering for any task can be very rewarding & educational. Ellen Moritz Kauffman, President FFOAC Ted M. COLE: Benjamin Cole 1840 Vermillion, Martha LATIMER Cole 1826 Mifflin, John Cole 1840 Vermillion, James Latimer 1826 Mifflin, Elizabeth TRAVIS Latimer 1826 Mifflin. Emily Marie MILLER: Elizabeth BRANDEBERRY LAUGHERY 1836 Orange, John Laughery 1836 Orange, Israel Laughery 1836 Orange, Almira HARTMAN Laughery 1844 Ashland County, Mary Hartman 1844 Ashland County, John Laugh- ery 1826 Jackson, Martha Laughery 1829 Jackson, John Hartman 1850 Orange, David Hartman 1850 Orange, Mary Hartman 1850 Orange. Bowie Miller MAY: Bradford Alan, Mark frey Joseph Miller: John Hartman Orange, Mary Hartman 1850 Orange. Virginia A. STARl(S: Sophia HETTINGER l(OSHT 1838 Montgomery, Phillip Kosht 1838 Montgomery, Catherine SMITH Kosht 1838 Montgomery. Virginia Douglas, Molly Elizabeth & Jef- 1850 Orange, David Hartman 1850 George H. SWAIN: Wilson S. MURRAY 1845, Campbell Murray 1850, Matilda FAST Mur- ray 1845, Jacob Fast 1850, Christian Fast 1815 - all Orange; David ALLENBAUGH 1850, Jacob RUSH 1840, Hezekiah MORRIS 1831, Mary M. Morris 1850, Albert Morris 1850, Margaret Allenbaugh 1850, Jacob E. Swain 1830, James Swain 1830, Julian LYBARGER Swain 1830, Jacob EMERICl( 1850, Sarah Emerick 1850 & Sarah Emerick Swain 1850 - all Lake; Almira CHESROWN Morris 1850, Lewis Chesrown 1850, Elizabaeth (continued page 3)
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QUARTERLY NEWSLETIEROF
THE ASHLAND COUNTY CHAPTEROHIO GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
The Pastfinder
* VOLUME 13 ISSUE 1 FEBRUARY 1994 *PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
A great icebreaker for family gatherings, is a collection of old pictures.This stirs many memories for the older generation. It also gives you a chanceto collect more family information.
As Mary Beebe said at the FFOAC Banquet, "Only God & Genealogists can createa tree." This quote was brought home to me recently as I tried to create avisual family tree for the Heif(f)ner Holiday Happening. Without the help ofmany family members, personal interviews and lots of leg work; this would be animpossible task. One thing for sure; it showed me how disorganized I am. Hope-fully the Chapter's informal meetings for January & February will be of assis-tance.
Also, Torn Neel, is working on some interesting educational programs for thecorning year (see back page). As a new genealogist, I am really looking forwardto the corning year and programs.
To our 300 plus members; with your help & suggestions, this will be a suc-cessful year. Volunteering for any task can be very rewarding & educational.
Ellen Moritz Kauffman, President
FFOACTed M. COLE: Benjamin Cole 1840 Vermillion, Martha LATIMER Cole 1826 Mifflin,
John Cole 1840 Vermillion, James Latimer 1826 Mifflin, ElizabethTRAVIS Latimer 1826 Mifflin.
Emily Marie MILLER: Elizabeth BRANDEBERRY LAUGHERY 1836 Orange, John Laughery1836 Orange, Israel Laughery 1836 Orange, Almira HARTMAN Laughery1844 Ashland County, Mary Hartman 1844 Ashland County, John Laugh-ery 1826 Jackson, Martha Laughery 1829 Jackson, John Hartman 1850Orange, David Hartman 1850 Orange, Mary Hartman 1850 Orange.
Bowie Miller MAY: Bradford Alan, Markfrey Joseph Miller: John HartmanOrange, Mary Hartman 1850 Orange.
Virginia A. STARl(S: Sophia HETTINGER l(OSHT 1838 Montgomery, Phillip Kosht 1838Montgomery, Catherine SMITH Kosht 1838 Montgomery.
Virginia Douglas, Molly Elizabeth & Jef-1850 Orange, David Hartman 1850
George H. SWAIN: Wilson S. MURRAY 1845, Campbell Murray 1850, Matilda FAST Mur-ray 1845, Jacob Fast 1850, Christian Fast 1815 - all Orange; DavidALLENBAUGH 1850, Jacob RUSH 1840, Hezekiah MORRIS 1831, Mary M.Morris 1850, Albert Morris 1850, Margaret Allenbaugh 1850, JacobE. Swain 1830, James Swain 1830, Julian LYBARGER Swain 1830, JacobEMERICl( 1850, Sarah Emerick 1850 & Sarah Emerick Swain 1850 - allLake; Almira CHESROWN Morris 1850, Lewis Chesrown 1850, Elizabaeth
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JOURNAL 5, COMMON PLEAS COURT
Continued from THE PASTFINDER, Volume 12, Issue 4, November 1993, page 43.
Jonas STOBER vs Jacob Stober etal, partition, 1/9 each to John Stober, JacobStober, Susannah RINEHOUR, Magdalene GERHART intermarried with Peter, Eliza-beth GERRET intermarried with George, to children of George Stober deceasedwhose names & residences are unknown, to children & heirs of Samuel Stoberwhose names & residences are unknown, to Samuel SALSGAVER relict of CatharineSalsgaver, to Jonas Stober, Case 72, page 117, 20 Aug 1856.
Jacob BECK & wife vs Jacob S. Beck etal, partition cont., Case 96, 21 Aug 1856,page 118.
State of OH vs Nicholas S. SAMPSELL, indictment for perjury, not guilty plea,jury found him not guilty, Case 2, 21 Aug 1858, page 119.
Citizenship: Wm. MILLER, Wm. COPPINGS, Alex. STRATTON & James McGRATH nativesof Great Britain; John GEIER, Charles SMIDT, Christian FRANTZ, Geo. WAGONER,John PORTZ & Israel REMPP natives of Germany, all free white males over 21years of age, 22 Aug 1856, page 120.
State of OH vs John R. GRUBB, indictment for selling lottery tickets, release onown recognizance, Case 3, 22 Aug 1856, page 120.
Spencer J. WRIGHT & Sarah M.C. his wife vs John LANG etal, partition, sale ord-ered, 1/4 each to Spencer J. & Sarah M.C. Wright, Martha Grace Lang, JohnLang & George Lang, Case 59, 22 Aug 1856, page 121.
Samuel GRINER & wife vs Joseph Griner & others, partition ordered, Case 74, 22Aug 1856, page 122.
Mary WEBSTER vs Elijah ORAM etal, partition for dower, cont., Case 116, 22 Aug1856, page 125.
Elizabeth EMPIE vs Edwin P. Empie, divorce, gross neglect of duty, absent morethan 3y, divorce granted, name restored to Elizabeth BUTLIN, Case 120, 22Aug 1856, page 125.
Elizabeth MILLER vs Henry Miller, petiton for divorce, extreme cruelty, divorcegranted, name restored to Elizabeth METZ, Case 94, 22 Aug 1856, page 131.
Citizenship: Edward Henry Theadore WOELER, John KRILING, P~ter HIPP, Martin HO-OVER, George Frederick HEISLER, Anthony DEARINGER natives of Germany; AdamBECK, & John SIMMONS natives of France; Simon BOLY & John ESHELMAN natives ofSwitzerland; and David FURNISH native of England, all free white males over21 years, 25 Aug 1856, p-age 132.
Mary SOULES vs Stephen Soules, divorce, absent for more than 3y, name restoredto Mary WAGONER, Case 105, 22 Aug 1856, page 133.
Michael HOMAN vs Lydia Homan, divorce, adultry & "delivered of a bastard child &that one Christian FUNKENSTEIN was the father of the child", petitioner leftstate of Ohio 1 Apr 1854 & on 15 July 1855 defendant delivered said child,divorce granted, custody of Michael & Lydia's children to petitioner, Case114,25 Mar 1856, page 134.
Solomon GREEN & wife Margaret vs Loyd ~DA etal, partition, 1/16 part to: Solomon& Margaret Green, Mary ~DA widow of Jonathan dec'd, Loyd Ada, Wm. Ada, MarthaAda, Rosanna Ada, Susannah Ada, James Ada, Nancy Ada, Robert Ada, John Ada,Joshua Ada, Nathaniel Ada, Jackson Ada, WM. BARR & wife Catharine, John ROW-LAND & wife Cassena, Case 84, 26 Aug 1856, page 136.
Mary MAPES vs Charles M. KING, "bastardy", found to be father of child, 26 Aug1856, Case 146, page 140.
Mary SHRIVER vs Simon COATS, "bastardy", cont., Case 147, 26 Aug 1856, page 140.E.S. MURRAY admr vs W.S. Murray, partition, cont., Case 5, 26 Aug 1856, pg. 143.Rhoda WILLIAMS guardian vs her said ward, petition to sell land, cont., Case 6,
26 Aug 1856, page 143.State of OH vs Jno. R. GRUBB, indictment for selling lottery ticket, deft. re-
leased, Case 3,26 Aug 1856, page 146.State of OH vs John PORTER, indictment for assault & battery, cont., Case 4, 26
Aug 1856, page 146.Hannah S. MYERS vs John FRY Jr., "bastardy", settled, dismissed, Case 71, 26 Aug
1856, page 146.Luther CRALL & Co. vs Matilda MILLER etal, partition, 1/3 as
Miller, Luther Crall & Co. 1/5, Mary E. ARNDT intermarriedMiller, Maria M. Miller & Malissa G. Miller each 1/5, Casepage 152.
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dower to Matildawith Wm. B., John125, 26 Aug 1856,
FEB 1994
VERMILLION TOWNSHIP
A list of the names of those who have died in Ashland County, and other places,who once lived here; since our last annual meeting 16 Aug 1888. According tothe rules and regulations of the Ashland County Pioneer and Historical Society;and reported by townships. This was found in the ASHLAND GAZETTE newspaper, 13Sept and 20 Sept 1889 issues.
William CRAIG died near Hayesville on Monday, 15 Oct 1888, aged 76 years. He wasthe father of ten children all living, was born in Alleghany Co. Pa., 28 Sept1812.
Mrs. Mary (or Polly) ECHELBERGER died on Wednesday 17 Oct 1888, aged 81 years.She was a very nice old lady and the mother of seven children, was buried atHayesville. Rev. HOUCK conducted the services. She came to Ohio at an earlyday.
Henry PURDY came to his death by drinking 2 oz. tinct.day morning 3 Nov 1888, aged 55 years.
Miss Matilda STARKEY was born 25 Feb 1813 in Juniatta Co. Pa., came to Hayesvil-le in 1836 and died 28 Mar 1888, aged 75ylm3d.
Robert CARPENTER was born in Trumbull County, 4 Oct 1811, died 20 Feb 1889, aged77y4m16d, came to Vermillion township in his childhood with his parents andon 22 Mar married Miss Mary FRIEND, was the father of 12 children, 10 of whomare living, had 37 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren, was a member ofthe Hammond M.E. Church.
George EIGHINGER was born in Lancaster County, Pa., 5 Mar 1821, came to AshlandCounty when 3 years of age and resided here ever since. Died 13 Feb 1889,aged 69yllm8d; was the father of 11 children, 3 boys and 8 girls, had nograndchildren; was a member of the Lutheran church; had been a Democrat, butof late voted the Prohibition ticket.
Mrs. Lydia McCLELLEN was born in Pa., 11 Feb 1800. Came to Ohioin Hayesville 31 Jan 1889, aged 88yllm20d. Was the mother (of)
Abraham ARMENTROUT was born in Rockingham Co., Va., 15 Dec 1797.at an early day, died 7 Jan 1889, aged 91y23d.
Abraham STEPHENS died in Vermillion township 9 Apr 1889, aged 84y.Mrs. Elizabeth RYLAND wife of Daniel BLACK was born in Vermillion township, and
died near Mansfield 15 Mar 1889, aged 70y5m.Miss Almira Ellen HOUGH was born in Ashland 0., 12 Sept 1842, died 15 Dec 1889,
aged 46y3m2d.Matthias ZIMMERMAN was born in Maryland, 17 Nov 1799.
died in Hayesville, 23 Jan 1889, aged 89ylm22d.Graveyard on the ~th.
Mrs. Rosana SMITH, wife of Daniel Smith,aged 65y5m.
Benjamin SMALLEY died 21 Aug 1889, aged 82ylOm26d. Mr. Smalley was born in Jef-ferson County O. 25 Sept 1806. Came with his parents to Ashland, then WayneCounty, in 1814. He was one of a family of 14 children, 10 sons and 4 daugh-ters of whom but 3 are living: Richard, Abraham & Jacob. Mr. Smalley mar-ried Miss Mary SMITH 12 Apr 1836. A family of 7 children were born to them,3 sons & 4 daughters of whom but one survives, viz: A.T. Smalley. He livedon the farm where he died for 55 years, and in Ashland County 75 years, wasburied in Eckley Cemetery in sight of where he lived so many years.
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FFOAC - continued from front page:Chesrown 1850, Jacob Lybarger 1849, Samuel JACKSON 1844, ElizabethSPANGLER Jackson 1844, Henry Jackson 1850, John Emerick 1850 &
Hannah Jackson SPAFFORD 1850, all Mohican; Harrison Spafford 1850,Henry Spafford 1850 & Ruth FINDLAY Spafford 1850 - all Vermillion;John ORWIG 1842 Ashland County.
Congratulations to those FFOAC individualsAshland County before 1851. Thomas S. Neel,
who proved theirFFOAC Chairman.
ancestors were in
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LAKE TOWNSHIP 1850 AGRICULTURE CENSUS
Lake Township begins on page 173 of Microcopy Number Tl169, RollI. The followingACRES OF LAND IMPROVED; (3) ACRES OF LAND UNIMPROVED; (4) CASH VALUE OF FARM; (5)listed in this column); (8) MILCH COWS; (9) WORKING OXEN; (10) OTHER CATTLE; (11)RYE; (16) BUSHELS OF INDIAN CORN; (17) BUSHELS OF OATS: (18) LBS OF RICE (nothingGINNED COTTON, BALES OF 400 LBS EACH (nothing listed in this column); (21) LBS OFIRISH POT AT,OES ; (24 ) BUS HELS 0F SWEE T POT ATOE S (n0 thin g 1istedin this co 1urnn ); (25 )VALUE OF ORCHARD PRODUCTS IN DOLLARS; (28) GALLONS OF WINE (nothing listed in this(30) LBS OF BUTTER; (31) LBS OF CHEESE; (32) TONS OF HAY; (33) BUSHELS OFin this column); (36) TONS OF DEW ROTTED HEMP (nothing listed in this column);(39) BUSHELS OF FLAXSEED; (40) LBS OF SILK COCOONS (nothing listed in this column);this column); (43) GALLONS OF MOLASSES; (44) LBS OF BEESWAX AND HONEY; (45)
_1_ _2 3 4_, 5_ 6
1 - SUMNER C.C.2 - MILLER George3 - DAVIS Mary4 - RINEHART W.H.5 - MURDOCK A.6 - HARNER M.7 - PLANTS John8 - LONG John9 - HILL Robert
columns appear in this census: (1) NAME OF OWNER, AGENT OR MANAGER OF THE FARM; (2 )VALUE OF FARMING IMPLEMENTS AND MACHINERY; (6) HORSES; (7) ASSES AND MULES (nothingSHEEP; (12 ) SWINE; (13 ) VALUE OF LIVE STOCK; (14 ) BUSHELS OF WHEAT; (15 ) BUSHELS OFlisted in t.h I s column) ; (19) LBS OF TOBACCO (nothing listed in this column) ; (20)WOOL; (22) BUSHELS OF PEAS AND BEANS (nothing listed in this column); (23 ) BUSHELS OFBUSHELS OF BARLEY (nothing listed in this column) ; (26) BUSHELS OF BUCKWHEAT; (27)column); (29) VALUE OF PRODUCE OF MARKET GARDENS (nothing listed in this column);CLOVER SEED; (34) BUSHELS OF OTHER GRASS SEEDS; (35 ) LBS OF HOPS (nothing liste'd(37) TONS OF WATER ROTTED HEMP (nothing listed in this column); (38 ) LBS OF FLAX;(41 ) LBS OF MAPLE SUGAR; (42) HHDS. OF 1,000 LBS OF CANE SUGAR (nothing listed inVALUE OF HOME-MADE MANUFACTURES; (46) VALUE OF ANIMALS SLAUGHTERED. Ending l'June 1850.
Editor's note: The agriculture enumeration of Lake Township began on the 2nd day of
1825 HANOVER TOWNSHIP CHATTELS
From the microfilm copy of Richland County, Ohio Tax Duplicates, 1819 - 1827 atthe O.G.S. Library in Mansfield, Ohio. C - Cattle and H - Horses
OWNERS NAMES C H OWNERS NAEMS C H
ANDERSON John 3 2 McCOY John C 3 2ASKEW Isaac 2 MITCHELL William 3AYRES Isaac 1 MADDISON James 2 1BURWELL William 4 1 NEPTUNE John 2 1BURWELL John 4 2 PALMER James 5 1BULL George W. 5 1 PALMER Matthew 2 1BURK John 1 PELL Gilbert 2BUTLER Stephen 3 POLIN Peter 2 2BULL Thomas J. 1 3 PALMER Thomas 2 2
Merchant Capital $1,500 RIBLET Henry 2 1CARROLL Jacob 1 1 RENO John 2 1DAVIDSON George 2 2 Merchant Capital $600GARRETT Samuel 1 1 STRONG Abel 4 1HIBBERT Edward 3 SMITH Carles 1 1HENDRISE Samuel 1 1 SPAFFORD Henry 2KAY William 1 1 SNIDER George 3 2McMILLIAM William 1 1 SIMPSON Jesse 6MARVIN Ruth 4 2 SHEAR Thomas 2 1MAPES Mark 4 WINTER Abner 2 1McINTERE Archibald 2 1
Member Lois Wheeler of Cleveland Hts OH donated the following: Masonic, AshlandLodge No. 151, 1854, Master Masons: William VANTILBURGH, Moses LATTA, Sage KEL-LOGG, Wells KELLOGG, B.B. CLARK, Uriah DRUM, D.S. SAMPSELL, Charles RILY, JosephM. CUTCHENk, (blank) SPAFFRD, (blank) PHILIPS. They were listed as being withinthe jurisdiction of thislodge, but not members of any lodge. The photocopyappears to have come from a Lodge account book. By the way - we now have a copyof "100 YEARS FREEMASONRY, ASHLAND LODGE NO. 151, 1847-1947, donated by memberDavid H. Fike - THANK YOU LOIS & DAVE!
Donated by member Bill Dudte of Knob Noster MO: page 790, 1881 History of John-son Co MO; Wm, HARVEY, farmer, PO Knobnoster MO, b Ashland Co OH 20 July 1840,father native of PA, mother born OH, Wm. reared & educated in native county, at-tended Hayesville institute for several years, then entered army, 3 mos callfirst, then enlisted 1862 in Co H 15th OH Inf, participated in several battles,1864 returned to Ashland Co, 1868 to MO on present farm of 280a, married 1871Eva FRIDLEY d/o Jacob, two children: Elsie H. & John, has held office of schooldirector.
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SMALLEY
This information was sent to Earl TRACY of Virginia Beach VA by Judy DONALD inApril of 1991. Nancy, "Nannie", stated she was 74 when this information waswritten and she was born in 1848, so the year this information was written was1922. Nancy is a sister of Mary Ellen Smalley Tracy. Submitted by member EarlTracy, with permission to print.
I have been asked to write a history of the Smalley family. I cannot go be-yond grandfather and grandmother, whose .maiden name was EMMONS. Grandfatherdied before I was born. I remember of grandmother being at our house once, af-ter we moved to Crawford, and she was then about ninety. She was small but ac-tive and full of life. They raised a large family but their house was alwaysopen to visitors of which there were a plenty in those days. The names of theirsons were Abraham, Isaic, Jacob, Joshua, Benjamin, John, Richard, Mathias, andHenry. I know nothing of the four sisters except that they married men by thenames of MILLER, VAN TILLBURG, SMILEY, and ARMSTRONG.
Our mother, Elizabeth, or Betsey, SMITH was born in Ashland County, Ohio onFebruary 4, 1820. Her mother was Lydia PITTENGER. Her father, John Smith, wasof Irish decent, a man well educated for his time. He held some offices and al-ways kept a diary of all important events. He had quite a library for which Iwould give many dollars if I could now possess. They were very strict Presby-terians. The Sabbath day was surely a sacred day then, always going to church,but a day in which no warm meals were cooked.
We are descendants of Isaic Smalley, who was born in Ashland County in Novem-ber,1807. Father and mother were married May 2,1837, the ceremony being per-formed by Thomas BEER.
To this union seventeen children were born. Some died in infancy, otherswhile very young. Seven lived to attain the age of man and womanhood, fourgirls and three boys. Allen, the eldest married Ellen BURK, now both deceased.Two children, four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren survive. Mat mar-ried Hattie BENSON, both are buried in Chesaw, Washington. Three children andfour grandchildren are left. Catherine married Elijah EMERSON, both have passedthe great divide, leaving five children, eighteen grandchildren, and fifteengreat-grandchildren. Lily married Bob ROSENDALE, both have passed over theriver, leaving to mourn their loss - three children and six grandchildren. Mary,who is with us, married John TRACY, has eight children and five grandchildren.Ben married Katie BURK. I am happy to say their family is still unbroken andthey are blessed (with) one daughter and two grandchildren. Nannie, who you canall see still has some life, although seventy-four, married William BLISS, whopassed away many years ago. Three children and fourteen grandchildren survive.-So all have answered the last roll call except our big fat baby Bennie as weused to call him, Mary, and myself. After mother died, father married RebeccaRUMPLE, and three more children were added to the list. Our two brothers Willand Jacob are still with us and bid fair for a long and prosperous life.
Times have surely changed since our parents were married. Then they sewed,schutched, spun, and wove flax; carded, spun, and wove wool; which was made intoclothing, blankets, and cover-lids. They knit all of their stockings and everystitch was made by hand. I have often heard the old folks tell of how peoplethought themselves well off if they possessed a crane, which was a piece of ironwith a hook on each hung in the fireplace. It could be used adjusted to suitthe fire, which might be lower or higher. An iron kettle was hung on this inwhich was cooked the meat, potatoes, and other vegetables. Fruits and vegeta-bles were dried, as canning was then unknown. In those days a bride would havebeen disgraced had she not possessed several linen sheets, pillow-cases, towels,and a couple feather-beds, plus many of the useful things to commence housekeep-ing with. Of course, the groom was well prepared to meet the necessary expenses.They lived frugal, industrial, contented lives and unless some very unforeseenevent occurred they were all well prepared to take care of themselves throughsickness and old age.
The old Smalley family is like the tree planted by the still waters.them farmers, not straining every nerve for more wealth and to gettheir neighbors, but thankful and satisfied with the blessing they didremember many times father would tell us in his kind way, how wrong
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enjoy.it was
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ofofI
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complain when we came to the table. We should eat andenough. No tramp, peddler, or stranger that ever cameto eat at the table if he happened along at meal time.sad while looking over the old records and this verse
Time speeds away, away, away,Another hour, another day,Another month, another year,Drops like leaflets dying,Drops like the life blood from our hearts,Drops like the rose bloom from our hearts,
Then came the vision of the present and the future. Many of (the) branchesare falling, the leaves are dropping, yet the family is growing, spreading outlike the green bay-tree. We hear from them from many different states, occupy-ing all stations of life, teacher, lawyers, doctors, but I am happy to say thegreater numb~r follow their original occupation, tillers of the soil, for as youknow it is the farmer who feeds the world. But other vocations are very neces-sary, and I would say to these young folks gathered here today, descendants ofthe old Smalley family, that no excellence is attained without great labor. Letus take Christ as our example, who worked at the carpenter trade, who was obedi-ent to his parents for thirty years before he considered himself prepared tocommence his public ministry. Trials, troubles, and discouragements will besetyou in every walk of life but be prepared to meet and overcome them.
Then if thorns do grow or roses bloom,It cannot be prevented.So always make the best of lifeAnd smile and be contented.
be thankful that we hadbut that he was invited
It made me feel a littlecame into mind:
Mr. Tracy also sent afuneral. She died 25file at the library.
list of those who attended from a distance, Nannie Bliss'Dec 1931. The list will be placed in the Smalley family
The following article,RESEARCH, written andof Sun City West AZ.
A MURDER MYSTERY INdonated (permission to
THE MIDDLEpublish) by
OF MY r,ENEALOGICALJames Wilbur Jacobs
There it was, the tall squared stone slab marking the grave of a hoped-fornew-found relative. Standing there in a light drizzling rain in the cemeteryjust outside of Nankin in Orange Township of Ashland County, I could barely makeout its inscription that read: "Clarinda VANTILBURG; dlo E. & J.; July 4, 1851;10y3m2d. " Somehow, the stone seemed to stand apart from the others, as if theyshunned the last resting place of the innocent victim that it marked.
Then my eye caught sight of another stone standing a few plots away. It tooseemed sad and lonely. I wrote down its inscription: "Emmons Vantilburgh; d.July 13, 1847; 32y6m".
"That's strange," I thought. Why are these two graves so far apart, ifEmmons was Clarinda's father?
I had made a deliberate effort to seek out Clarinda I s grave because I hadbeen searching for clues to my pioneering Vantilburg forefathers and their de-scendents who had helped to settle Ashland and Richland counties in the early1800s. Then one day in the library of the Ashland Chapter of the Ohio Genea-logical Society I came across Clarinda's tragic story in the "History of AshlandCounty, Ohio" by A.J. Baughman, published in 1909. The article, titled "TheSteingraver Case," was a heartbreaking one. It told how on July 4,1851, theVantilburg family went to Perrysburg in Ashland County to attend a Sunday Schoolcelebration, leaving their 10-year old blind daughter, Clarinda, at home. Whilethey were gone, their farm hand, Charles STEINGRAVER, allegedly killed her whileattempting to rape her.
While Steingraver maintained his innocence, in September 1851, the grand juryordered that he stand trial. The murder trial, the first in newly-establishedAshland County, attracted a great deal of attention and aroused the morbidcuriosity of many people. After the jury found him guilty in the £irst degree,the court sentenced him to be hanged on January 30, 1852. An estimated 8,000 to
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12,000 persons saw the noose placed over his head. At the last moment CharlesSteingraver said, "Sheriff, I am innocent." Then the trap door was sprung.
Being on a genealogical quest, I was surprised to discover that the names ofClarinda's parents were not mentioned in this article. So I decided to checkout the newspapers of the day. That is when I ran into my first stumblingblock. There are no copies or microfilms of Ashland or Richland County news-papers for the years 1851 and 1852!
You guessed it, I next tried the index to the 1850 Ohio Census. You know,its the first one that lists the names of parents and their children. But noneof the Vantilburgs listed in Ashland County had a daughter named Clarinda!
Perhaps I should have given up. But the old genealogy curiosity bug hadbitten me by this time. I pleaded my case to Thomas S. Neel, manager of theOhio Genealogical Society in Mansfield. He told me to contact Josiah L. Mason,an attorney and a fine genealogist in Ashland. Joe's reply was straight to thepoint. "You are in luck, I think I've found what you are looking for." It wasa page from the "Genealogical Abstracts of Will Book I, Ashland County, Ohio."In his 1847 will, Emmons Vantilburg had named his wife as Margaret and hisbrothers as John and Isaac, but made no mention of a Clarinda. However, Masonrecognized the discrepancy here because Clarinda's gravestone said she was thedaughter of "E. and J. Vnntilburg." "Could Emmons have been married before?"Joe opined.
So I checked the book on early Ashland County marriages. Aha!a Margaret A. Vantilburg marrying an Isaac Vantilburg in 1852.Emmon's death, and I now knew that he had a brother named Isaac!
Then I turned to the one source that many genealogists overlook, their publiclibraries. This time Karen Furlong in the John Sherman Room of the Mansfield/Richland County Public Library did a fine bit of sleuthing and uncovered thecensus records of Isaac Vantilburg and his family living in Jackson Township ofAshland County, adjacent to Orange Township. Isaac had been missed in preparingthe index to the 1850 Ohio census. That was a new lesson learned! But there,big as life, was listed Isaac, his wife, Margaret, age 24, and their childrenSamuel, William, CLARINDA, and Elizabeth. Obviously, because of the date of hermarriage to Isaac, Margaret was not the mother of these children.
And so, the mystery unfolded. Emmons had married a woman whose first initialwas "J" and they had the four children. But "J" died after Elizabeth's birth in1845 and Emmons married Margaret A. Vantilburg soon afterwards. Then Emmonsdied in 1847 and Margaraet married his br oth e r , Isaac, in 1848 and they ra ds edthe chi 1d r en a s the i r 0 vr n , tho ugh ne i the r was the i r par en t . I t was the y whosuffered the grevious loss of a precious child, Clarinda.
Am I now satisfied? No! Now I am trying to find out who the mysterious lady"J" was and who w e r e the parents of Emmons, Issac: and John Vantilburg. Butthere is a moral here for genealogists: Never, never, never give up!
There I foundThat was after
MEMBERS THANK YOU FOR SENDING SUCH INTERESTING MATERIAL FOR YOUR NEWSLETTER!Several more articles have been received from others and will be published asthey were received. I hope you have enjoyed the 'bonus' pages - so much inter-e s nLnq material 'a must do' mentality overtook me; besides I had a 15% offprinting coupon to help defray the extra cost. Rita Bone Kopp, Editor
SAVE the two page insert for reference throughout the year. The salea listing of past newsletter articles are only printed once a year.material is published it will be noted in the newsletter.
items andAs new
Members Clare & Reta Selleck of Fletcher NC donated a picture of M.C. EDDY andwife. This was found by Selleck's daughter at Shermon's Antique Store in Port-land MI, Ionia County. If this is your family let us know and we will mail itto you. Please send $2.00 for postage. On the reverse: Marion Eddy b 14 Feb1854, d 8 Sept 1925; Sylvia GREGG Eddy b 1 Mar 1856, d Mar 1922; (they) camefrom Ashland Co OH with their parents.
THE PASTFINDER 14 FEB 1994
LANDISBERRY
LIKES
FUNKLEWIS
GARST
MASON
YOUNGMATHEWSSTONERWESSELANDERSONCOBLEEBERHART
LONGLANGSIMMONS
HILLDRAPER
VANTILBURGSMALLEYDENTLERWILEACKER
EAGLESHREFFLER
WACHTELRIDDLE
THE PASTFINDER
QUERIES1892 Richland Co IL, w/omarried 12 Jan 1832 Wayne
Susan Landis b Apr 1812 PA, d 19 OctJacob Berry b 5 July 1810 Centre Co PA,Co OH, seek any in for... Virgil PRINDLE, S06 N 8th, Kelso WA 98626 ...
Seek any info on Likes family of Ashland Co OH... Berniece KELLEY, 1252 Road T, Neosho Raphids KS 66864 ...
James Ecemetery,children:·..Daniel
Funk bact 1831 Jackson twp, dwife Olive E Lewis b Dec 1840 PA,Alexander 30 Apr 1860, Martha JuneFunk, 300 Grove Ave, Barrington IL
1902, buried Nankind 1920, buried same,
1866 & William 187060010 ...
John Adam Garst from Zweibricken Province, Luxumemberg, Bavaria 66 Nov 1820, arrived in NY where parents d from cholera, he & foursiblings to Bethleham PA, in 1836 he went to Jeromesville OH, 1840to Mohicanville & buri~d there, seek his intent papers...William GERST, 1065 Bedford Dr, Temperance MI 48182 ...
Jacob & wife Letisha Mason 1850 in Ashland Co, children: Horatio,Jacob, James, Issac & Maria, to Iowa & then KS, seek any info...Norma DeVANEY, 6815 Wardlow Rd, Long Beach CA 90808 ...
James M Young b 1815 VA s/o John C & Rebecca Mathews Young, d 15Oct 1893 Lake twp, married 22 Sept 1836 Wayne Co OH to Eliza Ston-er b 1816 PA d/o John, d 3 Sept 1879 Lake twp, children: LucindaCatharine c1837, w/o Tobias Wessel; Drusilla Jane 1838 w/o JoshuaN Anderson; Sylvanus 1841, Mary E 1842 w/o Henry Coble, Rebecca1847 w/o John M Eberhart, Sarah A 1848 w/o Truman Cross, Emma1850 & John 1856; Drusilla Jane married 30 Oct 1856 in Wayne Co OH& d 1923 in Whitley Co IN...Donna Anderson, 308 South Michigan, Plymouth IN 46563 ..
Seek info about Peter Long/Lang b 1804 Uhrweiler, Alsace, France,d 1893 Ashland Co OH; Peter, his mother & two sisters to Stark CoOH 1827; brother George, wife & 2 children followed in 1828; Peter& George to Ashland Co c1837; what happened to mother & sisters?;could they be the women that married Simmons brothers in Stark Co?·..Marisa BACK, 1104 N Howard St, Akron OH 44310 ...
Seek family of Dr George W Hill, he b 21 Apr 1823 Marshall Co VA,d 19 Oct 1884 probably OH, married Rebecca Draper 17 May 1850, sheformerly of Boston MA, children: Margaret Amanda, Ida Rena & WmDuane; fairly certain he was the older brother of Adam Hill...Howard Hill, 206 McHenry St, Vienna VA 22180 ...
Seek parents & siblings of Ardilla Vantilburg b 1817, marriedRichard Smalley Jr 9 Apr 1840. Also seek Bible of her son HenryClay Smalley b 1 Jan 1841 that was once offered for sale. Seekany info on John H Dentler & wife Catherine Wile married 22 Apr1859, children: George W, Alice & Nina were orphaned, George mar-ried Calista Keturah Acker, b 10 May 1859·..Geraldine COLE, RD 4 Box 261, Ashland OH 44805-9412 ...
Researching the Eagle, Shreffler & SPAFFORD families of Ashland Co... Marilyn Eagle, 25820 Jelloway Rd, Danville OH 43014.
Seek Wachtel family of Holmes & Fairfield Co OH; was Heinrick abrother or a son of Jorg of Germany who arrived in America 1750;was Jacob married before he married Eliz. Riddle?, tiwns b 1834Eliz. Ellen & John Rigdon Wachtel; where are Jacob & Eliz. buried?
..Estelene LAPINSKI, 12006 SE 270th St, Kent WA 98031-7838 ...
15 FEB 1994
CHAPTER NEWS* * MEETINGS * *
Meetings are held in the lower meetingroom of the Ashland Public Library 011
Clar~mont Ave. from ·7-9pm unless other-wise noted. The following topics arebeing lined-up for 1994 but have notbeen confirmed.
15 Mar - Maps & More19 Apr - Starting Genealogy on a Compu-
er17 May - NY Research21 Jun - Researching in Wash. DC19 Jul - Researching in Medina, Lorain
& Huron Counties16 Aug - Encapsulation/Preservation of
Your Research Material20 Sep - Using AGLL (American Genealog-
ical Lending Library)18 Oct - Dead People's Society15 Nov - FFOAC & Chapter Dinner20 Dec - No meeting17 Jan Informal Meeting to help each
other.21 Feb - Ditto
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* * LIBRARY * *
10 Feb - l-3pm Ruth Focker Volunteer19 Feb - 10-12 Vera Knowlton Volunteer24 Feb - 1-3 Volunteer needed
1 Mar - 7-9pm Elizabeth Miller Vol.10 Mar - 1-3 Kay & Gay Abrams Volunteer15 Mar - 6-6:45pm Rita Kopp Volunteer19 Mar - 10-12 Volunteer needed24 Mar - 1-3 Karen Bloodhart Volunteer
When planning your research trip tothis area, PLEASE try to make it when avolunteer is on duty. Also, contact usat least 2 months before your plannedtrip we might be able to give yousome pointers. Or better yet, why notplan your trip so you can attend one ofour meetings - WE WOULD LOVE TO MEETYOU.
Rita EditorBone x o p p ,
(HINT - Make your check out to Ashland Co OGS)IF SO YOUR DUES ARE DUE FOR 1994!
THE PASTFINDERASHLAND COUNTY CHAPTEROHIO GENEALOGICAL SOCIETYP.O. BOX 681ASHLAND OH 44805-0681