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The Pastfinder
QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER
OF
THE ASHLAND COUNTY CHAPTER
OHIO GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
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May 1986
Issue 2
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MESSAGE
First, I must give congratulations to Rita Kopp on her receipt of the Fellow's Award at
our April meeting.
Rita has been involved in nearly every chapter project and has held nearly
every office in her fifteen years with the group.
Summers are made for visiting courthouses and cemeteries, so saith your president!
In
lieu of a President's Message this quarter, I will throw in two helpful hints to aid you in
your visits to the aforementioned locations.
When you visit an old cemetery, take along a sturdy metal rod with a point on it and a
small "digger" with you. Many of the old fallen stones have sunk below the surface and are
covered with just a few inches of soil and grasses.
If your ancestor is buried in the old part
of the cemetery, poke that rod every foot or so around his grave in all directions.
Sometimes
you will find the abode of that long lost ancestor or that infant child that you did not know
about before.
Did your ancestors live in Ashland County prior to 1846? Those from Clearcreek, Orange,
Milton, Montgomery, Mifflin, Vermillion, Green, and Hanover Townships will find records at the
Richland County Courthouse, 50 Park Ave. East, Ma.nsfield OH 44902. Copies of most probate
records for Richland County are also found on microfilm at the Ohio Genealogical Society, P.O.
Box 2625, Mansfield OH 44906.
Those from Jackson, perry, Mohican, and Lake Townships will be
recorded at the Wayne County Courthouse, Liberty & Market Streets, Wooster OH 44691. Those
from Ruggles Township will have to secure records from the Huron County Courthouse, E. Main
St., Norwalk OH 44857. And those with ancestors in Troy and Sullivan Townships need to write
the Lorain County Courthouse, 226 Middle Street, Elyria OH 44035.
perhaps some of our readers have some helpful hints that have aided them in their Ashlan4
County research, and-perhaps they could share them with us as well.
Thomas Stephen Neel, President
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Editor's Message
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At the April meeting election of officers was held with the outcome as follows:
Thomas Stephen Neel, President; Luttie Wolford, Vice-President; Recording Secretary - unfilled;
Treasurer, Ruth Fockler; Corresponding Secretary, Elizabeth Ewing; Librarian, Rita Kopp; Historian, Mary Burns; Trustee, Jim Midlam.
Would you like to help provide information to be printed in the PASTFINDER?
But you say,
"What can I do, living out of state?"
Have you thought about placing a Query, writing an
article about one of your ancestors of Ashland County, or perhaps yon have an Account Book,
diary, letters, etc. that deal with Ashland County people.
Send copies along to us! Have
you thought about checking your county's history books for mention of people from Ashland
County and sending us a copy?
Perhaps on one of your visits to Ashland County you have completely read a cemetery.
We
have an on going project of updating, correcting, etc. the ASHLAND COUNTY, OHIO CEMETERIES,
read in the 1930s by the D.A.R. and reprinted with some new additions and corrections in 1979
(OUT OF PRINT).
Or perhaps you are planning a visit in the county and wish to read one of the
cemeteries - Let us know first - as some have already been completed .
. Remember, ANY 'scrap' of paper may contain information someone is hunting for! SHARE and
HELP your fellow researchers!
Rita Bone Kopp, Editor
Last article of the "Historical Reminiscence
Thursday,
of the Village of Polk"
30 January 1896, The Press
whom kept store after Bryan left.
The wareroom was also converted into a dwelling house
by J. C. Horn.
Adam Cover was one of the early
settlers
in Polk, living in the old Bryan house, a carpenter by trade.
He also WaS
a victim of the
'gold fever' of '49, making" the fourth one from
Polk to join the company at Rows.
But fortune
did not smile on him there. His wife struggled
bravely to support his little ones with
her
needles.
Being a seamstress,
she did a great
deal of sewing for Z. Greenwald,
of Ashland.
This ~as before the days of sewing machines,
and it meant toil early and late to earn a
scanty living for herself and children,
still
hoping her husband would return with enough
to
at least live comfortably,
which hope was not
realized,
so far as the future was concerned.
Beginning at the public square we now take
a promenade up North Main
street.
It was not
specked then with beautiful maples, but most of
the houses
stood in among
forest trees.
The
west side of Main street was built on the farm
owned by Mr. Mickey.
The first building on
the corner was a grocery store owned
and kept
by Jacob Smith,
and north of it was his dwelling house.
After a few years he sold out to
Thomas Smitb,
his brother,
who kept grocery a
few years, then enlarged the building and added
a stock of dry goods also, doing a successful
business
here for several years.
During the
war he sold out to By.ers & Menser,
and in a
year Byers
sold his interest again
to Smith.
Smith & Mentzer ran it until about 1867-68 when
they sold to J. P. Smith, who in time sold to
Wm. Lash, of Ashland,
in 1870. Two years ago
Mr. Lash died,
leaving the business
in the
hands of his son, C. F. Lash, our present merchant, Mr. Lash enlarged and remodeled
both
the store room and dwelling house,
making at
present a fine looking corner.
In 1850 there was but one other
dwelling
house on this side of the street, which was
built and occupied at that time by Martin Wolf.
The next owner was Chas. Finel.
He sold it to
Joseph Zeigler,
now of Congress,
and for several years he was our village blacksmith.
A few years later another house was built
by Jacob Byers,
better known
in the neighborhood as 'Blind Jake,'
the pedler.
He is long
since dead, but his wife still lives with her
son William
at Yale, Ohio, and is 104 years
old.
Calvin Bryan was the next owner.
Here he
died 15 years ago. His widow still lives there,
but the old house
has made room
for a better
one. Mrs. Bryan has lived in Polk for 36 years.
In later years other buildings went up, scattered along, few and far between.
Polk can truly be called a rural town, as
it is not built compactly
- but fully one-half
of the people own from one to five and even to
ten acres
of ground.
A gentleman
passing
through our village a few years ago made the
remark,
'that he thought
the citizens of Polk
must all be farmers,
as there were small farms
lying in between the houses.'
NOw, on the east side of this street the
first four houses from the square were built by
John Bryan.
First a storeroom, wareroom,
and
small dwelling
house;
afterward
he built
a
larger and more commodious house on the site of
the one now owned by J. S. Kauffman, Jr.
This
house of Bryan's was occupied by John Ruffcorn
and afterwards
by his brother
Hiram, both of
THE PASTF INDER
In 1869 John Kauffman, Sr., began housekeeping
in this same old house, but in a few years
bought out Jos. Zeigler and moved
across the
street and from that time until the present has
lived there, with the exception of the time he
spent in the army, and has been our
faithful
village smithy for 36 years.
Week in, week out, from morn 'till
night,
You can hear his bellows blow,
You can hear him swing his heavy
sledge
With measured heat and slow.
The next house on the east s~de is a brick
one, being built by Christian Reeb, of Ashlan2,
and sold to Hiram Raker, who is still living in
it.
"There were no other houses between that
and the church
for several years and at present there is but one, belonging to Mrs. Margaret Lash, but at present unoccupied.
The house
built by J. C. Horn adjo~ning Mr. Raker's burned down last spring.
It is said that every score of years marks
an epoch in the history of nations.
The same
might be said of towns and villages.
The first
houses were built here about 1840, and in 1860
our present system of railroad was built.
And
from that time Polk began to enlarge her borders,
spreading out north and west,
as far as
the depot west, and as far as the railroad
crossing
north.
From this time we began to
hold our heads up, looking with pity on our
neighboring
villages that could have no railroad.
But our pride was all laid low in the
dust the following year, when the dark war
cloud which had been hanging over our nation
burst with terrific force in the bombardment of
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Many,
very many of those mentioned
in
these sketches have long since gone the way of
all the earth.
Others have removed to distant
lands, and today we can count upon our fingers
the old schoolmasters
that are left with us to
rehearse bygone days.
If we have made any mistakes we hope they will be overlooked
as we
'have written entirely from memory, and while it
has been refreshed we hope the reader
has at
least in a measure
been entertained.
When we
started to write these sketches it was not our
intention
to write of the present
history of
our village.
We leave
that for some
future
historian, who may be perhaps one of the little
'tots' who run our streets to and from school
today as we did 40 years ago.
Very respectfully"
Mrs. M. J. Plice
Fort Sumter, which struck terror to hearts
and
homes of this nation and our village as well.
And when the country's call was heard for volunteers there were brave hearts in our town who
responded,
and 20 from our village
enrolled
their names at different times during the war
as eager and willing to give, if need be, their
lives to defend the old flag of our union.
We
will give the names of these men and boys,
for
some of them were boys in their teens:
Wm.
Spencer, Hiram Raker, B. F. Cooper, Wm. Zimmerman, Stephen Ritchey,
Jacob Barrick,
Solomon
Barrick,
Peter Royer, George
Cover,
George
Mitchelson,
H. H. Owens,
Levi Owens,
Milton
OWens, Henry Burge, Jacob Newcomer, Adam Cover,
Jacob Buzzard,
Samuel Buzzard,
John Kauffman,
and Wm. Byers.
These were all from our village
besides many
from the immediate
vicinity
around.
These all lived to come back
except
Wm. Zimmerman,
Stephen
Ritchey,
Jacob
and
Samuel Buzzard.
In 1872 our village was incorporated and
the same year
the Presbyterian
church was
built, making at present three churches.
We said at the beginning of these sketches
that Polk was always considered a very healthy
place.
We will prove it by saying that in the
last 50 years
there have been
located here at
different
times 17 physicians.
None of them
died here,
and none ever went away rich with
one exception,
and he was rich when he came,
making an average of a little
less than three
years per capita.
The first doctor
we recollect of here was Dr. Ball, whom we learned recently is yet living in Wisconsin.
Next following in succession
Dr. Briggs,
Campbell,
Ransom, Knoulke, Wolf, Smith, Paxton, Griffeth,
McDonald, Clark, Travis,
Bucher, Stinson, Rumbaugh, McCarty, Reinhart.
6 February
"Several mistakes
occurred in illY article
last week.
The most
important
was: Thomas
Smith sold his store in 1867-8
to "J. P.
Stamets"
instead of to J. P. Smith."
The
house John Kauffman Sr., now lives in was once
owned by
"Chas. Firrel"
instead of "Chas. Finel."
"Can count on our fingers the old school
mates", instead of "masters".
Mrs. M. J. Plice"
(Concluded)
Dr. Paxton was a mysterious character.
He
came here from nobody knew where.
A man just
middle age, a splendid physician,
rich and a
achelor (or, at least he claimed to be).
He
bought a farm and lived there all alone for a
few years,
sold it again and suddenly
disappeared - left for - nobody knew where.
His accomplishment
was fine horsemanship,
intemperance and profanity
his failings.
He was in
fact eccentricity personified.
Our first shoemaker was Mr. OWens.
He was
a veteran of the war of 1812, and the father of
Nathan OWens, who kept the hotel here in 1851;
also of H. K. OWens, a present resident of this
place.
Jacob Barrick
and Robert McGill were
also shoemakers
who did good service in their
time.
Merchants who kept in the hotel store room
were as follows:
Ames & Drayton, David Cooper,
John S. White,
Smith & Brown,
Kiplinger & Albright,
Ruffcorn
& Albright,
and J. M. Lee,
down on the corner.
THE PASTFINDER
1896
ASHLAND,
ASHLAND COUNTY,
WISCONSIN
Thanks goes out to our member Mrs. Avis R Olson
of Ashland WI. for the information on her home
town.
Ashland Wi. was named after the home of
Henry Clay by Martin Beaser
an admirer of the
Kentuckian.
In 1854 both LaPointe Co. in the
north and Richland Co. in the south were viaing
for a Post Office to be called Ashland. In Mar.
of 1860 Ashland Co. was formed from a part of
LaPointe Co. and the Post Office of Ashland became official the 30 June 1860.
Previous
to
this it had been called Whittlesey
from Asaph
Whittlesey
who had settled
there in July of
1854.
Mrs. Olson also noted that in the 1800s
there was an Ashland in Muskegon Co. Mi.
May
we hear from you members in Michigan?
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Death notices from the
ASHLAND TH1ES, contined.
James LATTIMER, 3 Feb., Ballards
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Lewis W. MILLER,
Hospital in LA.
1863
Mar.
23,
Floating
Benj. MORGAN, Feb. 20, Ballards
9 Apr
Died in Lake Township,
Ashland Co.,
OH, Mar. 12, Simon MOATS
92 years.
Emigrated from Frankling Co. in 1825.
He was the father of 14 children.
HOsp.
Franklin McMASTER, Mar. 3, in camp at
Young's Point of chronic diarrhea.
John J. RODENHABER,
at McClemand LA.'
Died the 8th inst. Fletcher,
son of
J.A.J.F. and Harriet MILLER, 2 years,
2 months, 24 days.
16 Apr
Hasp
Mar.
25
Henry RHODES, Jan. 22, on
Jesse K. Belle in LA.
Isaac CLAYBURG died the 13th inst. at
83 years of age. He was a native of
Dusseldorf Prussia and a resident
of
Ashland Co. since 1827.
in
camp
board
the
William S. SHAMBAUGH, Feb. 24 at Ballards Hospital in LA.
Henry SHAMBAUGH, Feb 2nd, Hospital
St. Louis MO of Chronic Dysentery.
in
List of Deaths from Co. C 120th Regt:
Thomas J. ARMSTRONG,
1st Lt.,
5th, Young's Point LA, Typhoid.
James WILSON, Feb.
11,
at Young's Point LA.
camp
at
camp
at
Samuel HARLAN, 3rd Sergt.,
Ballards Farm Hospital.
Mar.
Feb. 5th,
in
Samuel WEIRICH, Mar. 19, in
McClernand of Typhoid Fever.
William J. HUSTER, 1st Corp. Jan. 12,
Ark Post, Akr., Typhoid Fever.
Company F:
Dan'l LAIR, Jan. 12, Chronic
George GUNTHER,
3rd Corp., Feb. 8th,
Ballards Hospital, LA.
Diarrhea
Sam'l FORMAN, Jan. 14 of Measels.
Samuel BUDD, 4th Corp, Mar. 15th Hospital at Paducah KY.
Wm. STAMITS, Jan. 26, Typhoid Fever.
Wm. DOW, Jan. 23, Typhoid Fever.
Privates:
Chas. DORLAND, Jan. 29, Measels.
William BUDD, Mar, Memphis TN.
Wm. J. MARTIN, Jan. 3D, Measels.
John R. BUCKLEY, Jan 28, St. Louis.
Martin GARDNER, Feb. 4, Measels.
Jonathan
BLACK, Jan, Hospital Memphis
Thomas H. SLOAN, Feb. 5, Lung Fever.
Michael M.J. BITNER (?), March 5th in
camp, Young's Point LA of Chronic Diarrhea.
Marion VANARMAN, Mar. 5, Typhoid.
E. HETTINGER, Feb. 24, Lung Fever.
John W. COLE, Mar. 3rd,
Young's Point.
in
camp
at
James R. McCALEB, Mar. 16, Diarrhea.
Stephen DAVIS, Jan. 11, killed in action, Ark Post.
Morgan REESE, Mar. 16, Diarrhea.
John GABLE, Mar. 23, Camp Fever.
David GIFFIN, Dec. 6 '62, at home
Typhoid Fever.
of
Wm. BROWN, killed in battle, Ark.
Henry HARPSTER, Oct. 31 '62, at
of Chronic Diarrhea.
home
Died in Hayesville Wadie son of David
and Kate A. DEHART, 2 yrs, 1 month.
William R. JONES, Mar. 3rd, in
at Young's Point LA of diarrhea.
camp
Died on the 11th inst., Mrs. Amaryllis SMITH, wife of Samuel SMITH Esq.,
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63 yrs, 8 mos, 22 days.
Resident of
Ashland since 1837, family of six
children.
23 Apr
30 Apr
John MILLER of Orange Twp. died near
Vicksburg about the 1st inst.
.The
brother of Denton Miller
fell at the
battle of Chickasaw Bluffs near Vicksburg.
Died 19th inst.,
years, 17 days.
Robert HAGERTY,
Died in Ashland
lhe 27th inst., Mrs.
Mary DESENBERG,
67 years, 5 months,
11 days.
Married first to Mr. Henry
WELTY. Married 1829 to Mr. Peter Desenberg and had been widowed the last
14 years.
Had eight children.
8 Oct
Abner B. COFFIN, son of James B. Coffin was killed at Fo~t Scott, Ark, on
the 17th of last month.
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Died near Ashland May 9th, Miss Caroline JACKSON, 24 years.
Sergeant
Oliver" EVANS was wounded
Sept. 19th in the battle of Ch.i:ckamauga and died in the hospital Sept.
22nd.
Alexander MASTERS of Clearcreek Twp.
died after being wounded in the battle of Chickasaw Bluffs.
Died at New Pittsburg, Oct. 13, Jacob
son of Isaac WILL, "17 years, 7 months
& 12 days.
21 May
States James J. BEER did not die.
Died at Rows burg , Oct. 11th, John ONSTOTT, 22 years.
28 May
States James J. BEER did die.
14 May
22 Oct
29 Oct
The son of Mr. H. D. RUTH formerly a
resident of Ashland, recently of Newville, Richland County, died.
Edward MOORE
died at the
firmary the 25th instant
Fever.
Sergt. Silas GOULD accidentally shot
himself
on the 19th inst. at Camp
Stanley, TN., Buried in Sullivan
r
11 June
18 June
9 July
Capt. John SLOAN,
the Miller House.
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Son of Greenberry CRAWFORD
of Clearcreek Twp., died at Crestline returning from hospital at Vicksburg.
5 Nov
James JACOBS of Wooster died the 30th
inst.
12 Nov
Died of Typhoid Fever at Clarksville,
TN., June 19, Levi STROCK, son of
Joseph Strock of Jeromeville.
10 Sept
Joseph
RISSER died at Port
LA. on the 7th ult.
died at
Died on Wednesday,
Oct. 21st of Diptheria,
Rebecca Florence
SHOPBELL 7
years, 6 days.
Died Capt. John K. ZIEGLER, born Nov.
28th, 1827, Franklin Co., PA. In 1836
moved to Westmoreland Co. with his
parents, 1846 his father moved to
Ashland County.
He married in Westmoreland
Co. Miss Rebecca
SIMPSON,
daughter of the late William Simpson.
Located in Perrysville,
Ohio.
Died
Nov. 19, 1863 in the Battle of Chickamauga.
HUDSON,
24 Sept
Rev. Jacob FRY of the Lutheran Church
died.
1 Oct
Died Sept. 24th, Mrs. L.A. HENDERSON,
55 years, 17 days.
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23 years,
Died on Monday, Oct. 26th, Mary Jane
SHOPBELL of the same disease, 13 yrs,
1 mo., 12 days.
Died in Ashland,
July 1, Alice Ann
DESSENBERG, daughter of M. M. & S. A.
Dessenburg, 1 year, 23 days.
Died June 24, Margaret Ann, daughter
of J.G. & Sarah BROWN, 31 yrs, 5 mos,
24 days.
County Inof Typhoid
Hiram H. RICHARDS, 16 years, 9 months
died in the hospital at Louisville
KY.
Died at Clarksville,
TN., May 28 of
Typhoid Fever,
John SATTLER son of
Jacob Sattler, 22 years.
16 July
Two daughters of Daniel SHOPBELL died
of Diphtheria.
Killed at Chickamauga Solomon WHISLER
of Fostoria, a brother-in-law of John
STOVE.
Was once a resident of Ashland County marrying here in 1853 to
the daughter of Mr. John Stove.
19 Nov
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Died ~
NOv., at Lodi,
Medina County
May 1986
Ohio of Interic fever,
EV8I<E'[HI',
aged 40 years.
10 Dec
of the late Mrs. L. A. HENDERSON,
years, 9 months.
Dr. Chas. W.
Died at the residence
of her parents
in Ashland,
Dec. 6 of Pulmonary Consumption l1iss Hary R. WASSON, 14 yrs,
5 months.
24 Dec
31 Dec
17 Dec
Died on the 10th instant at the residence of her son, Hon. Charles K. DEMING, Mrs. Elizabeth Deming 84 years.
Died on the 16th instant at his residence in Mansfield of Dropsy of chest
Dr. George T. MYERS, 37 years.
Died Dec. 5 in Montgomery
Township,
Mr. Henry VAWrILBURG
84 yrs, 11 mas,
29 days.
"Obituary" Mrs. Sarah McCLAIN
ther information).
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Died 20th Nov. Mrs. Lydia BASS mother
Died on the 21st of Nov. of Consumption Mrs. Rexena COON, 63 yrs, 3 mas,
21 days.
(to be continued)
Ashland County, Ohio, Common pleas Court, Journal 2, with added notes that mayor
same person/so
may not be the
PATERNITY
Pg. 139, 2 Apr 1850, Nancy LOVELACE vs John BRUBAKER, settled (Ashland County OH Marriage Record;
Vol. 1 - pg. 278, John Brubaker & Keziah GUTHRIE 30 Jan 1850; and Vol. 2 pg. 359, John Brubaker & Elizabeth ROWLAND 25 Jan 1857)
Pg. 139, 2 Apr 1850, Catharine SMYSER vs Solomon CONSER, settled (Ashland County OH Marriage Record;
Vol. 1 - pg. 238, Solomon HOUSER & Katharine SMYZER, applied 27 July 1849 but
no marriage date is given)
Pg. 144, 4 Apr 1850, Ann Eliza LEINARD vs John A. McCURDY, cant.; also pg. 267, 6 July 1850, cant.;
also pg. 367, 22 Oct 1850, he found to be the father & is to pay $500 to Ann
(Ashland Co OH Marriage Record, Vol. 1 - pg. 218, John McCURDY & Christena
GOON, 26 Apr 1849)
Pg. 378, 23 Oct 1850, Ann Caroline YARICK vs Levi HAN, cant.
Pg. 378, 23 Oct 1850, Emily Jane KOONS vs Morrow DAVIS, he was found to be the father of-the child
and was to pay her $250
Pg. 441, 26 Nav 1850, Evaline STIER vs
WID.
SEATON, dismissed
INSANITY
Pg. 81, 19 Oct 1849, "In the matter of the insanity of Crazy Sam", Crazy Sam of Perry Twp., no property, not dangerous, conveyed to Ohio Lunatic Asylum
Pg. 94, 25 Mar 1850, Lunacy of Adaline BEER of perry Twp., found to be idiot, not dangerous, permitted to go at large, property valued at $500 (Guardianship Journal 2, pg. 98
& 101, 26 Mar 1850, Thomas Beer appointed guardian of Adaline Beer, 15 yrs.,
lunatic, bond $500, bail by Richard & WID. Beer)
Pg. 98, 25 Mar 1850, Thomas Beer appointed guardian of Adaline Beer a lunatic, 15 yrs old, bail of
$200 by Richard & WID. Beer (note: all this was crossed out)
Pg. 101, 26 Mar 1850, Thomas Beer appointed guardian of Adaline, bond $500, bail by Richard &
Beer
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Henry Young b. Alegania Co. PA; polly Young b. PA; married 9 Sept 1817, Bever Co PA; Polly d. 13 May '60 Richland Co
OH; Eliza Jane Young b. 18 July 1818 Bever Co PA & married 9 May 1839 in Richland Co OH; William Young b. 14 May 1821
Richland Co OH and married in Richland Co OH; Dorcas Young b. 17 Dec 1824 Richland Co OH & married 8 May 1845 in Richland Co OH; John Savier Young b. 12 Mar 1827 in Richland CO OH; and Hulda Young b. 1 Nov 1831 in Richland Co OH & d.
15 Dec 1832 in Richland Co OH.
BUCHANAN FAMILY
Buchanan
family information
found at an auction by Nona Myers and donated to the Ashland Chapter.
William Buchanan married April 10th 1838 to Rebecca PLUMMER.
William Perry Buchanan born March
8th 1845; Samuel Homer born September 28th 1846; Jane Hortense Buchanan born April 6th 1849;
Robert Plummer Buchanan born August 10th 1851; Franklin Pierce Buchanan born April 21st 1853;
Icedora Delphene Buchanan born March 15th 1859; William Perry Buchanan died August 28th 1847;
Samuel Homer Buchanan died February 26th 1852; Icedora Delphene Buchanan died October 7th 1863;
Jerry Osken Fleming Buchanan born December 29th 1859; I. D. Buchanan, daughter of.W. & .R. Buchanan, died Oct. the 7th 1863, aged 4 y, 6m, 22 days. This information was written on lined rag
paper, in ink and pencil, and by (it appears) two different people.
Two sheets of paper were
used (about 5"x7~"), folded in half and sewn in the center with cotton thread.
WIn. Buchanan born in Washington Co. Penn. Oct. 2, 1811, died at his residence in Albion Aug. 29
1892, aged 80 years, 10 mo and 27 days. He lived the first years of his life in Penn., there
married Rebecca Plummer Apr. 10 - 1838 - and in the fall of 43 they moved to Albion, Ohio. Remained here 2 years, then moved to Sullivan Township, where they (unreadable word) and untill
1856 when they returned to Albion where he remained untill death relieved him of his suffering.
To them were born 6 children, 3 of whom preceded him to the spirit world and the remaining 3
are left to morn his loss. His wife, Rebecca, also preceded him to the spirit world 24 years.
Then Sept. 7th '69, he was again married to Susan E. SMITH and to them were born 2 children.
Grandchildren, 6 are dead. This information was written in pencil on lined rag paper.
An Assessor's Certified Copy of Re-appraisement of Real Estate, 1890. Name, William Buchanan;
Range 15, Twp. 23; Description, NW corner NW ~; Arable and Plow Land, No. of Acres, Sa; Uncultivated and Wood, No. of Acres, 2a; Total, 7a; Value per Acre, Excluding Buildings, $25; Total
Value of Land Excluding Buildings, $1750; Value of Road, $13; Total Value of Land Excluding
Buildings and Road, $1737; Total $1737; 12 April 1890, Henry SWITZER Assessor, Ashland County, o.
A Family Bible was sold at Sarah EKEY's sale in May of 1985. The following information was
copied from this Bible by Nona Myers:
WIn.,Perry Buchanan b. March 8, 1845; Samuel H. Buchanan
b. Sept 28, 1846, died Feb. 26, 1852, 5 yrs, 4 mos, 28 days; Jane Hortense Buchanan b. April ·6,
1849; Robert Plummer Buchanan b. Aug. 10, 1851; Franklin Pierce Buchanan b. April 21, 1853;
Icedora Delphene Buchanan b. March 15, 1859, died 1863, 4 yrs, 6 mos, 22 days; Alfred Wiley
Buchanan b. Jan. 5, 1873; David LeClair Buchanan b. March 16, 1878, died April 6, 1855, 12:02,
74 yrs, 3 mos, 25 days; WIn. Buchanan b. Oct. 2, 1877; WIn. d. Aug. 27, 1892, 80 yrs, 10 mos,
27 days; Wm. P. d. Aug. 28, 1847, 2 yrs, 5 mos, 20 days; Rebecca Plummer b. June 3, 1815, d.
April 13, 1868, 52 yrs, 10 mos, 10 days.
SATTLER FAMILY
Mrs. Myers also donated the following information on the Sattler family.
This too was found at
an auction, but .the location is unknown at this time. This information was all in one handwriting, except that information appearing in () was in a different writing.
Johanne Ludwig SATTLER born Jan. II, 1786 in Frinkenbach, Platz, Germany.
Married Catherine
KLINGENSMITH, born Oct. 12, 1785. Moved to Gulheim, Germany.
Four children: Lewis 18--(1811),
Philip 1813, Jacob 1817, and Mary 1820.
Lewis, Philip and Jacob came to America in 1840. Parents came later and all settled in Lancaster Co., pennslyvania.
Descendants of philip Sattler
live around Ashland, also those of Mary VESPER (Michael Vesper married Mary Sattler, daughter of
Lewis Sattler, Orange Twp., pg 345 History of Ashland Co., OH). The facts of Jacob are - Jacob
Ludwig married Elizabeth STEINHEISER in June 13, 1843 in Strasburg PA. Ceremony performed by
Samuel TRUMBOUER a Lutheran minister in Leacock Township, Lancaster Co., PA. Jacob had thirteen
children,S
born in Lancaster Co.; Johann 1841 a soldier in Union Army, died (22 years); George
1844-1930 (86 years, married Lena SUNKEL, Dr. in Mansfield, Carl & Ann); Twin sons died in infancy;
Jacob 1846-1876; 4 boys, 4 girls born in Ohio; Conrod 1852-1925 (71 years old; Aaron 1855 (died
out west); Lewis (Ludwick Fredrick 1857); Jonas 1862-1933 (71 ·years old, wife Emma Baney, children
Russel, Harold, Ray); Maria 1848-1851 (3 years old); Catharina 1850-1852 (2 years old), Letitia
1860, only one living (married Clell Sales); and Jonatti 1865-1925 (60 years, married Walter Baney
children Howard, Stanley & Florence).
(This information was also on the same paper but because
it was written in the margin I could not tell who it belonged to: daughter Dora, Harris wife Fern,
lived Mt. Vernon, daughter Bess married Cloyd Vanasdal1).
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THE WILLIAMS FAMILY
Here Lies The Body of Elizabeth, wife of Isaac
Williams Sr., departed this life 21st of May 1797
Aged 50 years.
Her virtue and charity to all but
particularly to the afflicted and distressed prisoners can never be forgotten.
The inscription, worn and dimmed by the years, yet easily discernible, is to be found on what
is believed to be the oldest tombstone in this county.
It is to be found on a laurel oak-studded
knoll in the Sandusky river bottoms in a little abandoned family cemetery.
"What a fine, noble
woman sHe must have been to leave behind her a memory such as this epitaph implies.", source, MAN
IN THE STREET.
This is the ancestor believed to have been the daughter of the Chief Half King, and the earliest wife we have found for Isaac Williams Sr., so she must have been Abraham Williams mother, we
know his father was Isaac Williams Sr.
The Williams family was researched and the report was that they were in Wale~ as early as 847
and were Royalty in England in the time of King Henry 8th. According to the researcher Isaac Williams Sr. was a descendant of Robert Williams who came to the east coast in 1615 on the ship Rose.
How, or where, Isaac Sr. was captured isn't known but the family tells there is a book that lists
him as an Indian captive.
That his first wife was an Indian is a fact as his sons, Abraham and
Isaac Jr., were half blood Indians of the Wyandotte tribe.
Isaac Sr. ~as a partner to Angus McIntosh, of Detroit, Mich., in a chain of early trading
posts.
He was the same McIntosh who bought Margaret Castleman when she was stolen with her sister,
my Mary Castleman.
The trading post of Isaac Williams Sr. was at Lower Sandusky, now Fremont, Ohio.
In the book, HELD CAPTIVE BY INDIANS, edited by Richard VanDerBeets, on page 294 I find: "Williams
was a stout, bony, muscular, and fearless man. At the trading post a Wyandotte Indian said something that was offensive to Williams and a quarrel ensued.
Williams took down from the shelf of
the store two scalping-knives, laid them on the counter and offered the Indian his choice. Williams
challenged the Indian to combat with the weapons, the strength and courage of Williams was so well
known the Indian would not venture the contest and soon retired."
That was my Grandpa!
Both Abraham and Isaac Jr. were very active in bringing about the peace and in helping Col~
Wayne in the Greenville Treaty in 1795. They say both brothers signed the treaty but I haven't
seen the one where my Abraham signed but Isaac Jr. is about the 3rd one down to sign. A report to
Col. Wayne in 1794 from my Abraham was the proof of his age and where he was born, White Womans
Creek, that gave me the earliest ever proved ancestor in First Families of Ohio. I am sure they
were rough as they had to be to live in those times but they did help bring peace.
My late husband,
Hext Rose, enjoyed very much reading what I had written about my Williams ancestors, he liked it
much better than when they were all more calm!
When the Wyandottes were removed to Kansas part of the Williams family came with them but most
of the family of Isaac Jr. stayed in Ohio and are now around Fremont, Ohio.
There are many interesting things about the Williams family that would take too long to write about now. If I ever get
my book finished I will cover more about my family in it.
'I'he
beloved "l1other Solomon", of the John Stewart Mission at Upper Sandusky, was a descendant
of the family.
My Abraham Williams must have been married before he married Mary Castleman as he had two sons
I know of, one was Abraham Jr. in a treaty, the other one was Daniel who married Mary Big River.
Mary died very early.
There was an Abraham Williams on the muster roll of the Wyandottes who left
Ohio, I haven't been able to find out if he was the son or a grandson of Abraham Sr. of course,
Sally Williams Journeycake, was a quarter blood Wyandotte Indian from Abraham.
I find her on the
Delaware Indian rolls, but not on the Wyandotte roll. She not only took her husband's name but his
tribe.
I believe you all know my ancestors very well from the three articles.
I admit I enjoy my
ancestors very much, they are so interesting and they were so elusive I felt like I certainly earned the right to say "Listen here, Grandpas and Grandmas, you have given me enough trouble finding
you so let me brag just a little about you."
Let me explain why we believe Elizabeth Williams was Chief Half King's daughter.
He had sons
Scotash etc., Big Foot, Duenquot etc., and Cherokee Boy was his adopted son.
Isaac Williams Jr. was spoken of the nephew of Duenquot etc., and in Cherokee Boy's Will he
willed his land to two with Indian names, one was Isaac Williams Jr. and we don't know who the other
one was, but Isaac Jr. was called "his nearest kin".
It all makes us sure that Elizabeth was sister
to these sons of Chief Half King. There were probably more childern that we haven't proven yet.
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In Indian research a person has to go many ways to prove the relationship.
The Indians did
change their names, especially the men after they were grown.
They, also, went to live with the
wife's family after they were married.
The divorce was a simple thing, although they didn't divorce often if they had children.
A wife put her husbands hunting and fishing hear outside .the
house, or wigwam, and if the husband saw that he knew he was no longer welcome with his wife and
children.
He went back to the clan of his own family and the wigwam and children became the mothers.
In the cemetery on the banks of the Sandusky river there were about one hundred graves of early
settlers, I believe it was on or near Negro Point which was the Williams' reservation.
The stones
h~d been swept down by the ebb and flow of the Sandusky in flood stage, many were even washed away,
especially after the flood of 1913, I believe that is the right date. Although this cemetery is in
Wyandot county I think it is interesting and hope you will enjoy it.
May the Great Spirit watch over each of you and give you safe journeys wherever you may go.
My friends, farwell for now.
Footnote from the Editor: I recently heard from Helen that she had another great find. One of our
members, Maxine Kinton of Mansfield, found an ·interview between Mary Castleman and L. Draper that
took place in 1863. Helen states, "It was wonderful to be able to read my Mary's own words of her
capture by the Indians, her life among the Indians and her escape in 1800. She answered so many
questions that I had wondered about and had never found the proof before."
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REPUBLICAN ADVOCATE, Thursday, 8 June 1837, Wayne CO OH newspaper, microfilm located at the
Wayne County Public Library in Wooster, Ohio: Died on Saturday last, the 9th instant, in
Mohecan township, Mrs. Catharine MILLER, wife of Mr. Adam Miller.
ASHLAND TIMES, 10 Nov 1859, John FINLEY of Lake Township, house burned on the 4th instant.
ASHLAND TIMES, 8 Dee 1859, I. R. GOODFELLOW
his store burned.
of Genesee IL, formerly of Ashland County, had
ASHLAND TIMES, 5 Jan 1869, John H. McCOMBS had a fire in his residence Monday; and - Jacob
GARN of Jeromesville was testifying for 'Scandinavian Blood pills and Blood Purifer'.
ASHLAND TIMES, 19 Jan 1860, Isaac ROOP, formerly of Ashland County, a Gov. of Nevada Territory.
QUERIES
KERNAHAN
KARNAHAN
SNEAR
Seeking father of William KARNAHAN of HanoverTwp,
Ashland Co OH; b 1802?; wife
Mary SNEAR; possible SOIl William P. KERNAHAN b c1835; some claim William KERNAHAN of vermillion Twp, Ashland Co OH was the father of the above William KARNAHAN of Hanover Twp?
...Mrs. Betty L. Bruno, 16934 Mooncrest Dr., Encino CA 91436 ...
McGUIRE
MEANOR
THOMPSON
DAGON
Seek information and will share info. on the following: Samuel McGUIRE b c1796
PA, d 11 July 1853, wife Martha d 25 Mar 1847, children: John mar'd Margaret
MEANOR, George mar'd Eliza THOMPSON, Mary, William, Sylvanus Clinton mar'd
Phoebe DAGON, and James
...Doris Messner, 1193 West Arndale Rd., Stow OH 44224 ..•
KINNEY
WILLIAMS
PEARCE
DEHAVEN
CHAMBERS
Would like to correspond and exchange records with anyone researching following
descendants of Louis KINNEY b 5 Jan 1762, mar'd Mary B. WILLIAMS, parents of 10
children; one being Arron KINNEY b 16 Jan 1772, mar'd Mary PEARCE DEHAVEN, parents of 7 children; one being Nancy KINNEY b 10 Dee 1792, wlo John J. CHAMBERS
b 18 Feb 1781, parents of 6 children; one being Aaron Kinney CHAMBERS b 5 Dec
1811 Allegheny Co PA; need parents of John J. CHAMBERS
...Mrs. Harley W. Dauma, P.O. Box 123, Little York IL 61453 ...
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May 1986
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QUE
R I E S
McGUIRE
Seek any info. on the McGUIRE families who originally came from Ireland, settled in
TAYLOR
PA and at least some of them were in OH by 1840s. Francis & Katherine McGUIREs childPRIEST
ren: Thomas & wife Sarah TAYLOR, Margaret w/o William PRIEST, Leticia w/o Jacob CHURCHCHURCHMAN
MAN, Hugh & wife July/Julie Ann (?), Mary w/o Joseph Wiley MARTIN, and Benjamin & wife
MARTIN
Rachel GLADDEN.
Francis' brothers were John and Robert.
Also seeking other members of
GLADDEN.
the MARTIN families: COVERT, COULTER, CRISWELL, BUDD (Orlin & Mahalia BUDD McGUIRE) and
COVERT/BUDD
Nancy CRISWELL w/o Elsey/Elza McGUIRE.
COULTER/CRISWELL ...Dorothy H. Dill, 7024 S.E. Sherrett, Portland OR 97206 ...
BAUM
BECHTEL
MERCER
DEAVER
Adam BAUM b c1775? PA?, married Sussana (?) c1794? PA, d c1814 Lancaster Co PA; Susanna
(?) b 18 July 1775? PA, d 28 Sept 1857 Ashland Co OH; children: John of age in 1815,
Peter b c1797-9, Elizabeth b c1800, Samuel b c1804, Jacob b c1805, Magdalena b 8 June
1807 Lancaster Co PA & married Joseph K BECHTEL 6 June 1833 in Richland Co OH& d 27 Jan
1889 Concordia KS, Adam - youngest?
Susanna widowed moved to Richland Co OH c1824, she
is buried at the German Reformed & Luth. Church Cemetery/Ohl Cemete~y in Milton Twp.,
Ashland Co Oll. Jackson N. MERCER b 19 Jan 1816 Jackson Co Oll~married Jane DEAVER c1839
in Richland Co Oll, d 20 Aug 1851 in Ashland Co Oll. Jane DEAVER b 23 Jan 1818 VA & d 13
July 1902 Ashland Co Oll, her parents?
...Mary Jo Powers, 755 So. Glencoe, Denver CO 80222 ...
MILLER
M"cCUEN
McEWEN
Lydia Ann MILLER b 25 July 1833, possibly Ashland Co OH, married John Adams McCUEN/
HcEWEN 8 l\ug 1850 Oll. Their first child Margaret Ann b 4 Mar 1852 OH, 2nd child
William Henry b 27 Dec 1854 OH, 10 more born in Iowa after 1856. We use to receive
an invitation to a MILLER family get together, but can't remember where .
...Mrs. Robert E. Lester, R. #2 - Box 259, Prairie City, Iowa 50228 ...
ADY
MONTPIER
Seek the parents and siblings of James ADY who married Margaret MONTPIER 7 Dec 1841.
They were married by E. Ingmond J.P. of Mohican Twp. In 1850 Margaret ADY lived in
Montgomery 'rwpwith 3 MONTPIERs, same Margaret?
Where's James ADY?
...Ada E. Lewis, 1606 W. North St., Springfield Oll 45504 ...
TOPPING
RICE
William TOPPING 1813-1851, buried llaustetter Cemetery in Delphi OH; Anna RICE TOPPING
1817-1855, buried Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Crawford Co OH; children: David b 1839 & d
pre 1850 & prObably buried at Ruggles Oll and Matilda b 1843 & d pre 1850 & may also be
buried at Ruggles Oll.
... Ethel Toppings llote, 1198 Royal Glen Dr., #121C, Glen Ellyn IL 60137 ...
ALLISON
PARKER
John B. ALLISON b Indiana Co PA 9 May 1810 & d 1 Apr 1891 in Montcalm Co MI, married
10 Sept 1848 at perrysburg OH to Maria PARKER. Maria b 11 July 1823 Aurora, Erie Co NY;
both were teachers in Ashland Co. Three children were b in Ashland Co then the family
moved to Montcalm Co MI in 1860 to homestead in Bloomer Twp. John B had a brother Rev.
Jam~s V. ALLISON of Chester Co PA, IL & KS; possibly another brother called Jake. Seek
parents names & any other info .
...Ruth Z. Lewis, 3800 Glasgow Dr., Lansing MI 48910 ...
ROYD
JOHNSON
JOHNSTON
KELSEY
Seek info & desc. of Robert BOYD b 1822, Ann JOHNSON/JOHNSTON BOYD b 1826, Henrietta b
1851 w/o George KELSEY, Mary J. b 1853, Samuel C. b 1856, and Frank b 1863; lived
perrysville, Green Twp, Ashland Co Oll.
...Margaret Hunt, 111 Woodside Lane, Rogers AR 72756 ...
NELSON
HUBBARD
GOOD
PAYNE
Seek info and/or family of Kitty C. NELSON b 30 May 1864 Ashland Co OH; her father was
Benj. NELSON also b in Ashland Co & her mother was the former Margaret GOOD of NJ'; Kitty
married Atwell L. HUBBARD 15 Feb 1887 & d in Perry Twp, Stark Co OH 25 Feb 1946; who
were her siblings?
Her children were under the impression that her maiden name was PAYNE
& she had been adopted by the NELSON family. Seek any help .
...Thomas Carl Martinet Sr., Almond Rt. Box 96 A, Locust Grove Ark 72550 ...
SLOAN
Seek to locate heirs of siblings of Thos. H. SLOAN whose death was given in the last
PASTFINDER.
He was the s/o David SLOAN of Wooster, Wayne Co OH. Seek any info .
...Mrs. 11. Carmichael, 1307 Avondale, Sweetwater TX 79556 ...
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