Ohio, USA and Nova Scotia, Canada
&
Related Family Lines
by Richard E. Harrington
Published: 15 November 2016
Copyright: 15 November 2016
The “Harrington
Family” book chronicles several of the oldest family lines in Ohio. Many of
these pioneering families arrived before Ohio was a state. We are proud of
these ancestors and hope that they would be proud of the several hundred
descendants they have propagated. We hope you enjoy the book. Please feel free
to copy any parts of the book that you like. Please give credit where it is
due. This website-version is structured so that you can copy it to a CD or
similar media, if you like. CDs or similar media make great gifts.
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Much work has gone into the making of
this book. In almost every branch of the family some person or people have
donated time and effort to provide information and photographs that added
leaves to our family tree. I am deeply indebted to all who helped me collect
and interpret material for this book. I am also grateful for the opportunity to
meet so many relatives, some for the very first time. Thank you.
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Harrington Family of Ohio, USA
& Nova Scotia, Canada
and
Related Family Lines
This is one in a series of
family history books written to describe the genealogy of the author’s
Harrington and related families. Books in this series include:
- An Odyssey in Time – The Young/Jung
Family – January 2000
- Jackson Family of Monroe County,
Ohio – January 2014
- Wolfe Family of Pickaway and Ross
Counties, Ohio – December 2014
- The Summers-Greene Family Tree –
April 2016
- Harrington Family History of Ohio and Nova Scotia – November 2016
Author and Publisher: The author, Richard E. Harrington, is the son
of Ira Edward and Audra Lavada Young-Harrington; all were born in Ohio and
lived in Pickaway County, Ohio most of their lives. Except for short periods of
time when he worked elsewhere, Ira, who was born in Pickaway County, spent his
life there. Several other members of the Harrington and extended family
provided valuable input for this book.
Copyright: Under U.S. copyright law, the author of any
copyrightable material is automatically granted a permanent copyright. For this
book the copyright became effective on 15 November 2016. All rights are
reserved.
The computer program, “Family
Tree Maker,” was used for data storage and organization during the research and
writing phases of this work. The Family Tree Maker book-writing feature was
also used to help organize parts of this book.
While most of the material used in this book was gathered by personal
research, credit is due to Ancestry.com for making available resources such as
online U.S. Federal Census and other documents that otherwise would have
involved considerable travel and research.
Richard E. Harrington
9517 Mount Vernon Landing
Alexandria, Virginia, USA
22309-3222
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The
story of our Harrington family begins almost entirely in several countries of
Western Europe. This conclusion which can be based on the results of
genealogical family research data is also supported by analysis of the author’s
DNA. So it is not surprising to find deep German and English roots in our
parade of ancestors.
The Irish
surname of Harrington was a relatively recent addition to the family dating
back to the early 1800s when the immigrant, Thomas Harrington, married into the
English family of Webb and Rushton. The author’s father, Ira E. Harrington, was
proud of his Irish heritage and frequently bragged of being nicknamed
“Irishman.” Ironically, he was far more German than Irish. His
Valentine-grandfather and Bolinger-grandmother were almost pure German having
been born from lines of German speaking immigrants. His mother was similarly
German also deriving from German speaking settlers in the Hocking Valley in
Ohio. Ira’s claim to an Irish background came through his father, William Alvin
Harrington, whose father was half Irish and half English. Unfortunately, Ira
knew very little about his lineage and one major piece of his limited data, in
retrospect, was incorrect. He claimed that his grandmother-Pence was half Dutch
and half English based on family lore that they were “Dutch-English.” In
reality, they were Deutsch, for German, with probably a little English from his
grandmother-Lockwood. I am glad that Ira never learned the truth of his lineage
because being Irish was a source of pride and so important to him.
The
author’s German linage was further reinforced by my mother’s line that was
about half German and half English. The results of all the ethnic mixing which
is so typical of citizens of the United States can be found in the author’s DNA
chart on page 540 of this book. What is a little surprising is the relatively large
(16%) Scandinavian component as compared with the much smaller (6%) Irish
component. Ireland was repeatedly invaded and partly settled by the Vikings
over its history. The large Scandinavian component could suggest that our Irish
line, known to us as being from the Harrington family line, could have been
more Viking than Irish. This 6% Irish as compared with 16% Scandinavian further
undermines Ira’s claim to an Irish lineage. But, I suspect that Ira would have
been equally proud to learn that he carried a significant fraction of Viking
blood.
As might
be expected, the ethnic blending continues in the descendants of these
ancestors, to a point that it becomes very difficult to predict their
ethnicity. One of the advantages of a DNA analysis is that it provides a direct
measure of the mix, obviating the need to try to predict it from ancestral
data.
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This book is primarily designed to tell
the story of the Harrington family that lives in Ohio, USA and Nova Scotia,
Canada. Hopefully, it also captures some of the drama, success and failures of
the Harrington and related families.
The book has three major sections. The
first section is a narrative-based “Story” of about 98 pages that begins with
an overview of some of the main events in our ancestral history. This story
also includes a spot-light on many of the members of the family whom the author
either knew personally or had information provided by others. It also includes
some information and stories that could be deduced from historical documents
and records. In all these cases, an effort has been made to identify the source
and in no instances has any of the material been fictionalized.
The second section of this book is a
collection of Records, Data, and Notes that provide details on each family
member. This section is the product of extensive research collected over about
20-years from many sources such as private communications; county, state and
federal records; documents such as letters and private photograph collections.
The third section of this book is an
extensive Photo Album of over 200-pages containing nearly 1,000 photos. An
attempt was made to provide photos of as many family members as possible. The
album has its own page numbering system and index that are located at the end
of the book. Click on the Album Index in the in the Table of contents (TOC) on
the next page below (Page vi) (or, click here),
then click on the highlighted page number to see a photo of the person.
A number of features are also included
in the book in support of its three major sections. One of these is an overall
index for the book that is found at the end of the Records, Data and Notes
section on page
544. In addition, there is an
independent index for the photo album located at the end of the album. This
Album Index is cross-referenced to the Story and the Records, Data and Notes
sections of the book. Also, located at key points in the Story and the Records,
Data and Notes are references to individuals found in the Album. These are
identified by the blue color-coded symbol, “Photos
in Album, Pages:” followed by the page-numbers
within the album on which the picture can be found. Finally, a Table of
Contents found on pages iv-viii helps the reader locate and navigate all of the
major parts of the book and the supporting sections, therein. Note that the
indices of the Story and the Records, Data and Notes in the book that follows
as well as the Album are organized two ways. Each index is presented as
page-number sequence and as an alphabetical index.
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Story
of the Harrington Family
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Hello relatives and friends. I would like to tell you what I
have learned about our large Harrington and Related families. The “Story” that
follows includes both our ancestors and descendants. I hope you find our
Harrington Family Story interesting.
In July of 2016, on my way
home to Alexandria, Virginia from Ohio, I was listening to the local Public
Broadcasting System (PBS) radio station when an author, Jenny Hollowell, read one
of her recent creations; a poem titled, “The History of Everything, Including
You.” In the first four paragraphs of her poem she succinctly describes about
14-billion years of history, to arrive at where this book begins. This abstract
poem speaks of a period in which there are no records and hints at how
insignificant our human history is compared to the history of the Universe; a
history for which we can only guess. The next 4-paragraphs are those of Jenny
Hollowell from her poem, “The History of Everything, Including You.”.
“First there was god, or gods, or nothing. Then synthesis,
space, the expansion, explosions, implosions, particles, objects, combustion,
and fusion. Out of the chaos came order, stars were born and shone and died.
Planets rolled across their galaxies on invisible ellipses and the elements
combined and became.
Life evolved or was created. Cells trembled, and divided, and
gasped and found dry land. Soon they grew legs, and fins, and hands, and
antenna, and mouths, and ears, and wings, and eyes. Eyes that opened wide to
take all of it in, the creeping, growing, soaring, swimming, crawling,
stampeding universe.
Eyes opened and closed and opened again, we called it blinking.
Above us shone a star that we called the sun. And we called the ground the
earth. So we named everything including ourselves. We were man and woman and
when we got lonely we figured out a way to make more of us. We called it sex,
and most people enjoyed it. We fell in love. We talked about god and banged
stones together, made sparks and called them fire, we got warmer and the food
got better.
We got married, we had some children, they cried, and crawled,
and grew. One dissected flowers, sometimes eating the petals. Another liked to
chase squirrels. We fought wars over money, and honor, and women. We starved
ourselves, we hired prostitutes, we purified our water. We compromised,
decorated, and became esoteric. One of us stopped breathing and turned blue.
Then others. First we covered them with leaves and then we buried them in the
ground. We remembered them. We forgot them. We aged.”
This brings us to the era and purpose of this book. This “Harrington
Family” book is a search for our Harrington
family line and its history and the several historical family lines from which
they sprang. The “focus” of a family history book such as this is the family
where all of the ancestral lines converge to a single person and from which all
of the descending progeny derives. The focus of this book is my grandfather,
William Alvin Harrington (1866-1951) and my grandmother, Sarah Elizabeth
Pence-Harrington (1872-1948).
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The book begins with the pedigree of William
Alvin Harrington and his wife, Sarah Elizabeth Pence-Harrington. The pedigree
of these two ancestors is best captured as the pedigree of one of their
children. I have chosen the pedigree of my father, Ira E. Harrington
(1899-1983). The story finishes with the ever growing population of William
Alvin Harrington and Sarah Elizabeth Pence-Harrington descendants. At the
pedigree level, eight family lines are explored. At the descendent levels,
every branch for which data for individuals could be found has been included.
Many other family lines have contributed to our family history, leaving many
more to be explored by future researchers.
The Harrington surname is actually a
fairly recent addition to our family. Great, great grandfather Thomas
Harrington appeared on the scene from Ireland in about 1841, 175-years ago.
This date which is well documented is fairly recent compared to the oldest
ancestor in our Drum (Dromm) line, Nickel Dromm, who was born over 400-years
ago.
Ahh, but I get ahead of my story. You see, I am not
a professional story teller. By profession I am an engineer. So let me start by
calling your attention to the family tree chart below. This is a picture that
displays some of the major, continuous family lines that make up our Harrington
family. Each of the eight family lines was selected for research because it
connects directly to one of my great grandparents. At the right side of this
chart you will find my father, Ira Harrington, the son of the focus of this
book, and me, the author of this book. On the left side of this chart, which is
going back in time, are the names of the ancestral families we will explore.
These are the ancestral lines that made the stories that follow, possible. The
reader can return to this chart at any time if additional orientation is
needed.
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Harrington Ancestral Family Chart
Let’s begin with two ancestral lines, the Webb and Rushton
families, who preceded the arrival of our ancestor, Thomas Harrington, to North
America by about 150-years.
In the year 1700 the colonies of
England, France and Spain in the Americas were still being defined and settled.
The major colonies and population on the continent were English. Only 11 of the
13 colonies that later revolted from England were in existence. The colonies of
the different countries were at war with each other and some were allied with
the Indian tribes that lived in the areas they occupied. It was not the best of
time to be an American, but then, except for the Indians, there were no
Americans. These pioneers, including both the Rushton and Webb families were
colonial citizens of England and subjects of the King of England who originally
settled in what is now the United States.
In
about 1700 the Rushton family lived in the colony of New York. The Webb family
lived in Connecticut. As years passed, both families became aware of the unrest
that was beginning to stir among citizens of the colonies toward the authority
of the British Crown. However, the main concern for their security was from
attacks by non-English colonies such as the French to their north and the
threat of Indian attack. It would be another 50 years and another generation in
each family before the threat of cessation became real; a threat that no doubt
troubled both families. Both families were comfortable being English subjects
and were English Loyalists. By the 1760s and 1770s, as the 1776 date of the
Declaration of Independence approached, both families were among many who moved
to Nova Scotia rather than join the fight against England.
Both
families settled in Westchester Township, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia not
far from where the village of Parrsboro is now located. The move to Nova Scotia
reduced much of the civil strife caused by American rebels agitating for
independence from England. This strife included the rustling of their livestock
to be sold to the British and other injustices. Their move was not the end of
hostilities, however. American vigilante vessels continued to prey on Nova
Scotia commerce and even raided coastal villages in Nova Scotia. The northern
lands around Minas Bay where the Rushton and Webb families had settled were
more secure because they were more difficult for the vigilantes to reach. This
may have been a factor in the selection of many of the British Loyalists’ new
homes.
Two generations after immigrating to
Westchester Township, Jane Sarah Rushton (1784-1869) and Samuel James Webb
(1785-1828) who were neighbors married in October 1802 bringing our two
ancestral families together. They became the parents of Mary Webb who married
the Irish blacksmith, Thomas Harrington (his date of birth and death are
unknown). Thus, our Irish Harrington line was
linked to the English Rushton and Webb family lines. Outline Descendent lists
of the Webb and Rushton families can be found on pages 252 and 262,
respectively.
Thomas
and Mary Webb-Harrington, my 2nd great grandparents, had three sons; Harris D.
Harrington (1842-1916), Charles William Harrington (1844-1904), and John Webb
Harrington (1846- ?). Their middle son, Charles William Harrington, will be the
ancestor that we will closely follow in this story, although, all of the
available data for the other two sons are included in this book. Ironically, we
lose track of Thomas Harrington after 1846. Carla J. Summer’s voluminous family
tree of the Rushton family gives the date of marriage of Tomas and Mary Webb
Harrington as 27 Oct 1841. No records are available that provide Thomas’ age.
However, a record of Thomas’ final days and death may have been found. Thomas
Harrington and his sons are included on the Outline Descendent lists of the
Rushton and Webb on pages 252 and 262.
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At this point, I need to tell you how we came to
know about our two ancestors, Thomas and his son, Charles William Harrington
and Mary Webb’s ancestral line.
The Role of DNA
in Unwinding Our Harrington Story
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When
I began the research of our Harrington line, I immediately encountered a
genealogical “brick wall.” I had started my research in the mid-1990s after all
of my Harrington ancestors had died so I was unable to interview any Harrington
uncles or aunts. As it turned out, it probably would not have been useful if I
had. Fortunately, years earlier, my dad, Ira Harrington, had told me about a
few clues that had been passed from his grandmother, Sarah Jane Valentine,
relating to his grandfather. The clues were as follows: 1) the name of the father of her Sarah
Jane’s son, William Alvin Harrington, was Charles William Harrington. 2)
Charles was of Irish descent and 3) had been born in Nova Scotia, Canada. 4)
Charles had arrived in Kansas, USA on a cattle boat and 5) had given their son
his middle name, William. Ira’s main message, however, was that except for the
clues from his grandmother, nothing else was known about his grandfather.
My
search for the Harrington line began in the mid-1990s and, as my father had
told me, I could find no information that would help me identify his
grandfather, Charles William Harrington. So after satisfying myself that Ira
was right about the chances of success in finding Charles William Harrington, I
turned my attention to researching the Harrington line from my grandfather,
William Alvin Harrington, to the present. I also researched the Valentine
family line of which Sarah Jane Valentine, Ira’s grandmother and partner of
Charles William Harrington, was a member. The Valentine family research led me
back to Charles William Harrington and his visit to Kansas in 1965. So, in 2012
I made a trip to Kansas where my grandfather, William Alvin Harrington, was
conceived and born. After 2-weeks of extensive and thorough research, I found
no significant new leads to Charles William Harrington.
It
was not until I had my DNA analyzed by Ancestry-DNA that my quest began to bear
fruit. Ancestry-DNA is a branch of the organization, Ancestry.com, the
genealogical research arm of the Mormon Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints. My first clue came in an e-mail from Ancestry-DNA advising me of a DNA
match with another Ancestry-member named Linda McNeil. Linda e-mailed me that
she did not know the source of our DNA match but since my name was Harrington,
she speculated that it might be from the several Harrington members in her
family tree from Nova Scotia. Subsequent research on her suggestion persuaded
me that the Harrington’s in her family tree could be the source of the DNA
match. I made a trip to Nova Scotia with my wife in the summer of 2013 to
further research this possibility. In Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, we found a wealth
of Harrington information and descendants. Confirmation of the clues that had
been passed down from Sarah Jane Valentine seemed to point to Charles William
Harrington being my long-sought-after great grandfather. We found records that
identified Charles’s father as Thomas Harrington and his mother as Mary Webb.
We also found a detailed family tree of the Webb family. We gathered as much
information on the Nova Scotia Harrington line as possible and met with many of
the descendants of Charles who are living there. We even visited the graves of
Charles, his Nova Scotia wife, Caroline Couch Willigar and many of his
descendants.
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I have called
this DNA match, my “Nova Scotia DNA match”; a term that is used later in this story
to distinguish it from a second Harrington or Herington match that I call my
“Leavenworth, Kansas DNA match.” In spite of our apparent success, however, our
trip to Nova Scotia did not yield information that would prove, beyond a doubt,
that Charles William Harrington was my correct great grandfather. While it
seemed highly likely that he was, it was still possible that the DNA match
could have been with another related surname such as Webb or Rushton.
On 16 November 2014, I received another
e-mail from Ancestry-DNA announcing their new “DNA Circles” project. This
feature of their service involves identifying Ancestry-members whose DNA and/or
family tree, show a match with a common ancestor. The name given to such a
Circle is the name of the common ancestor of the Circle members. Within days,
Ancestry-DNA identified two Circles that were in my Nova Scotia family line.
They were Jane Sarah Rushton (1784-1869) and Samuel James Webb (1785-1828) the
parents of Mary Webb-Harrington, wife of
Thomas Harrington. These Webb and Rushton Circles
confirmed the possibility that my DNA match with Linda McNeil could be from another related
surname, since Linda also shares the Webb and Rushton ancestors with me.
Further, DNA results from any of the living Nova Scotian descendants whom we
had met on our trip to Nova Scotia would be similarly compromised since they
also share the Webb and Rushton DNA. The only way to prove my Harrington
linkage with Charles William and his father, Thomas Harrington, would be to
find a DNA match with another Harrington descendant who was independent of the
Webb and Rushton family. Finding such a match would seem to be highly unlikely,
but it happened.
In January of 2016, my Ancestry-DNA account showed a new Circle
that had been named the “Eliza
Anne Herington Circle.” This DNA match was with a person who was known by the pseudonym “J.M.” and was administered by
Sharon Ann Balts-Stauffer. The “J.M.” DNA match was identified as being a
possible 2nd - 3rd cousin and the confidence level was rated by Ancestry-DNA as
“Extremely High.” The J.M. pseudonym turned out to be Jennie Marie Mygatt
(1919-living), daughter of James Franklin “Frank” Mygatt (1868-1956). Sharon
Ann Balts-Stauffer is the daughter-in-law of Jennie Marie Mygatt. Sharon’s
husband, Donald "Don" Stauffer is the son of Jennie Marie Mygatt and
as might be expected, Donald "Don" Stauffer’s DNA also matches mine.
James Franklin “Frank” Mygatt’s mother was Eliza Anna Herington (1835-1895),
daughter of Charles Herington (about 1807-about 1840), an immigrant to America.
Charles Herington (about 1807-about 1840) was the son of a fisherman known only
as “Dutch” Charley Harrington.
Let
me interrupt this story to add a couple of clarifications. First, as was
typical in documents of our ancestors’, names such as Harrington were
frequently spelled in different ways. Harrington can be found spelled as
Harrington, Harington, Herington, Herrington and probably other ways that I
have not yet encountered. Multiple variations are frequently found in a single
document. This is probably done deliberately, to assure that the author
intended the same name/person to be understood regardless of the spelling
variant used. The Mygatt document is an example in which Harrington is spelled
using a number of variants.
The
second point of clarification is a caution to the reader about the two names;
Anna Eliza Herington and Eliza Ann Herington. Anna Eliza Herington was the name
of the wife of the immigrant, Charles Herington who was the son of a fisherman known
only as “Dutch” Charley Harrington. Eliza Ann Herington was Anna Eliza
Herington’s daughter who, in the Mygatt document, was claimed to be born in
America. I know that you, dear reader, would figure this out, but the
similarity in names can make some of the
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following text,
a bit tricky. I finally learned to simply use the first name of each woman;
namely, Anna and Eliza, and that seemed to fix the problem.
So,
back to the story of the second Harrington DNA match. Sharon Balts-Stauffer
made me aware of and provided a copy of a family history document authored by
James Franklin “Frank” Mygatt (1868-1956). Sharon Balts-Stauffer believes the
document was transcribed by Frank Mygatt’s neice, Mary Going Kelso, in Tulsa,
Oklahoma in the period 1953-1956. By the way, Mary Going Kelso was another of
the people with whom my DNA matched. The full text of this document by James
Franklin “Frank” Mygatt (1868-1956) can be found in its entry in this book on
page 536 and should be read and understood as the basis of conclusions that
follow.
This
Mygatt document seems to support the argument that two related ancestors of our
Harrington family may have come to the new world about the same time and that one,
Thomas Harrington immigrated to Nova Scotia while the other, Charles Harrington
(about 1807-about 1840), initially located in western New York state on Lake
Erie. If there were two Harrington brothers or cousins in America, it is likely
that they would have known about the other’s presence and communicated it to
family members. The most important evidence, of course, is that the DNA matches
from each scenario are with my DNA, the author of this book, Richard E.
Harrington (1931-living).
As noted earlier I have called my DNA
matches with descendants of Charles Herington (about 1807-about 1840), my
“Leavenworth, Kansas DNA matches” to distinguish them from the Nova Scotia DNA
match with Linda McNeil.
The Leavenworth,
Kansas DNA Matches Story
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The story of the Harrington family in America
according to the James Franklin “Frank” Mygatt (1868-1956) document, hereafter
referred to as the Mygatt document, is as follows:
“Dutch” Charley was a fisherman from
Holland. This may be true but other data argue that the family may have
originated from Ireland. Either point of origin is possible since under the
heel of English rule, Ireland, in the late 1700s and early 1800s, was in a
desperate economic condition. Holland had developed a successful, world-class
fishing fleet and enjoyed a thriving fishing industry. Ireland, on the other
hand, did not begin to promote their fishing industry until the early 1800s.
So, it is likely that Irish fisherman would have looked to the established
Holland fishing industry as a more profitable place to apply their trade.
Whether the early Harrington clan was
from Holland or Ireland is of little importance to our story. It is clear that
they were accomplished seamen. The Mygatt document has Charles Herington, Jr.
(about 1807- about 1840), son of “Dutch” Charley Harrington, going to sea in
his teens and soon establishing himself as a knowledgeable seaman. He allied
himself with the fur trading industry in the new world and, in the early 1800s,
made several crossings of the Atlantic Ocean between Europe and the Americas.
His work was almost certainly as a sailor, which was what he had been trained
to do. Since he was saving his money to move his wife, Anna E. Herington to
America, it seems obvious that he was not paying for his several Atlantic Ocean
crossings. It also seems clear that his alliance with the fur trading industry
was probably as a sailor in the industry’s fleet of ships that crossed the
Atlantic regularly, transporting furs from the new world to their main markets
in Europe. At that time, the fur trading industry was the most profitable
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and
best paying employer in the world.
According to the Mygatt document, Charles
Herington, Jr. moved with his wife, Anna Eliza Coopper-Herington and her
brother, John Coopper, to America, landing at Hoboken, New Jersey on 5 March
1835. At this time Charles Herington, Jr. and his wife, Anna E.
Coopper-Herington
had a 3-year old son, Charles Herington, 3rd. Within a few days of their
arrival in Hoboken, they added a daughter, Eliza Ann Harrington (9 Feb 1835 - 1
Jan 1895).
[Note the24-day
difference between the date of birth of Eliza Ann, 9 February 1835, and the
date arrival of the family in New Jersy, 5 March 1835. The Mygatt document
states that Eliza was born the day following their arrival in America. It could
suggest that she was born aboard ship and her parents declared her born the day
after their arrival so that she would be an American citizen.]
Charles Herington, Jr., his wife, Anna
E. Coopper-Herington, their two children, and Anna’s brother, John Coopper
settled in western New York on the Great Lakes. Charles Herington, Jr.
continued to work for the fur trading industry. At this point the Mygatt
document states that Charles Herington, Jr. was killed by Indians in northwest
Wisconsin. The Mygatt document also says that sometime in the 1840s, Anna Eliza
Coopper-Harington and John Coopper moved to Milwaukee, and settled in Oshkosh,
Wisconsin where they lived for several years. [This move was likely made
before Charles was killed by the Indians.] Then in 1849 or early 1850s Anna
E. Coopper-Harington & John Cooper moved to Leavenworth, Kansas. The Mygatt
document does not mention Anna E. Coopper-Herington and John Cooper again. This
could indicate that they stayed in the Leavenworth, Kansas area or that their
future travels simply were not considered important to the Mygatt story.
The
Mygatt document continues to track Eliza Ann Harrington (9 Feb 1835 - 1 Jan
1895) through 2-marriages and to Leavenworth, Kansas between about 1861 and
1865, as the wife of James G. Mygatt. James G. Mygatt was in the Army in the
Civil War and was stationed at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. After retirement from
the Army, Eliza A. Harrington-Mygatt and James G. Mygatt moved to Clay County,
Kansas, a distance of about 120 miles west of Leavenworth, Kansas and close to
Fort Riley, Kansas. It was from Eliza Ann Harrington-Mygatt, the daughter of
the immigrant, Charles Herington, Jr., that the Harrington DNA was passed on to
several descendants, including me, that now register the DNA matches among us.
Significance of
a Second DNA Match to Our Harrington Family
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Keep
in mind that we are dealing with two separate sources of Harrington DNA. The
first Harrington DNA match is from the descendants of Charles William
Harrington in Nova Scotia. This is the source that I have called the “Nova
Scotia DNA match.” The second source is the DNA of the Herington line that
originated from “Dutch” Herington, whom we have just discussed and is detailed
in the Mygatt document. This DNA was channeled through Charles Herington, Jr.
to his daughter, Eliza Ann Harrington (9 Feb 1835 - 1 Jan 1895), and on to
several Ancestry-DNA members, including me. This is the source that I have
called the “Leavenworth, Kansas DNA match.” These are clearly two independent
sources of Harrington DNA that match my own DNA.
At the time of this writing, I have two
independent Harrington DNA matches from widely separated geographical sources.
Now, let’s look at the Nova Scotia Harrington
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DNA
and its possible connection with the Harrington DNA from families who descended
from the Leavenworth, Kansas match in the paragraphs above. Our Thomas
Harrington first appears in the Nova Scotia records in 1841 when he married
Mary Webb (1810-after 1871). He appears later in the records of the births of
his three sons; Harris D. Harrington in 1842, Charles William Harrington in
1844 and John Webb Harrington in 1846. Thomas’ name appears in miscellaneous
records of his descendants but not in a way that establishes his presence. For
example, he is identified on marriage license of his children. Thomas sort of
breezes onto the scene in 1841 and disappears sometime after the birth of his
sons; after 1846. No records have been found of Thomas’ birth or his arrival in
Nova Scotia other than a note on his marriage license to Mary Webb that he was
from County Cork, Ireland. Yet, today we find strong DNA matches with both the
Nova Scotia and Leavenworth, Kansas Harrington’s. How could this be?
At
least three possibilities come to mind. The first is that the DNA data are
wrong or misleading. I reject this possibility on the basis that there are far
too many DNA matches in both locations (Kansas and Nova Scotia) and too many
match-ups of information such as the clues from Sarah Jane Valentine and
subsequent data found in my Nova Scotia trip that match the clues.
A second and more
probable possibility is that Thomas Harrington had at least one more Harrington
relative in America. That relative would likely have been a brother or cousin
and he appears to have been Charles Herington, Jr., son of “Dutch” Charles in
the Mygatt document.
A
third possibility is that Charles Herington, Jr. and Thomas Harrington was the
same person. This could be possible since Charles Herington, Jr. supposedly was
killed by Indians in the 1840. The Mygatt documents states that sometime in the
1840s, the wife of Charles Herington, Jr. and her brother, John Cooper moved to
Oshkosh, Wisconsin and in 1849 or early 1850s moved to Leavenworth, Kansas. It
is possible the story that Frank Mygatt knew about his grandfather, Charles
Herington, Jr., having been killed by the Indians, could have been a
cover-story to hide the separation of Charles and Anna Herington. Charles
Herington, Jr. could have later changed his given name to Thomas and married to
Mary Webb. The timing of such a scenario fits. On 27 October, 1841, Thomas
Harrington married Mary Webb. Thomas Harrington and Mary Webb may have met in
Nova Scotia on one of his many trips while working for the fur trading company.
But, this version seems a little far-fetched and there is no data to support
it. In the end the likelihood that two closely related Harrington siblings or
cousins account for the two separate sources of Harrington DNA matches and seems
more probable.
It
doesn’t really matter to our Harrington story, whether Charles Herington, Jr.,
son of “Dutch” Herington, and Thomas Harrington, parent of Charles William
Harrington was the same person or that they were brothers or cousins. Of course
it would be nice to know. But the DNA matches prove that at the very least,
both were related to me, the author of this book. The DNA matches of several
Charles Herington, Jr. descendants with my DNA are fortuitous because they are
free of any known prior connection with the Webb or Rushton families in Nova
Scotia. So, these matches with my DNA resolve the issue of whether the DNA
matches with the Nova Scotia descendants of Thomas Harrington were true matches
with my Harrington line or were simply matches with the Webb and Rushton
parents of Thomas Harrington’s wife, Mary Webb. It isn’t even important that we
know which DNA resulted in the Nova Scotia matches, since Thomas and Mary Webb
are known to have been married and known to have been the parents of Charles
William Harrington. Most likely both family’s DNA are involved in the match.
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The bridge between our Nova Scotian ancestors of the
Harrington, Webb and Rushton families and the descending Ohio Harrington clan
was my great grandmother, Sarah Jane Valentine. The Valentine line is quite
possibly the next most significant line in our Harrington story. Our Valentine line
in America began with the German immigrant, Johan George Valentine (1715-1783),
my 5th great grandfather. George was born in Mutterstadt, (near Ludwigshaften),
Palatinate, Germany. He sailed for America as a young man of 34-years, arriving
in Philadelphia in September 1749. He married Margaretha Matthis in 1752. In
August 1755 George’s son, Johan Henry Valentine (1755-1838), my 4th great
grandfather was born. George eventually established his final homestead in
Maryland where he died and is buried on his Maryland estate.
Farming is a very labor-intensive occupation. So
farmers with large families, especially those with male family members, had an
advantage in terms of building wealth. It also had a major down-side in terms
of how to manage the inheritance of the parent’s farm. Families with a large
number of children were faced with the problem of subdividing the farm into
smaller acreages that were no longer as profitable and sometimes too small to
support a new family. An alternate extreme was to will the farm to one child
and leave the others on their own to find a farm to support their new families.
While other options were available for dividing inheritances equitably, the
results nearly always resulted in the children, many of whom had significantly
contributed to the family wealth and property being divided, receiving a
reduced share. One of the results of this practice was to cause families to
move to new, unoccupied land. In the early years of the United States, that
meant moving West. This also gave rise to the saying attributed to Horace
Greeley in 1865, “Go west, young man, go west and grow up with the country.”
George Valentine (1715-1783) apparently handled this problem by giving each of
his sons a quarter of his farm. George’s son, Henry Valentine (1755-1838),
handled it by selling his farm in 1829 to two of his four sons, Joseph
Valentine (1795-1863) and Joshua Valentine (1798-1870).
Henry
Valentine (1755-1838), the second son of his immigrant father, George
Valentine, was my 4th great grandfather. At the age of 22 he was a drummer in
the Revolutionary War’s 37th Battalion, 4th Company of the Maryland Militia. He
married Elizabeth Barbara Friess on 21 Sep 1779 and soon started his family of
at least 5 girls and 4 boys. All 5 girls were born before the first boy was
born. In 1807 he moved to Pickaway County, Ohio where he died 21 October 1838
at the home of his son, Joshua, my 3rd great grandfather. Henry is buried in
the Zion Church Cemetery in Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio.
Joshua Valentine (1798-1870) remained on
the farm he had bought from his father, Henry Valentine (1755-1838), for the
remainder of his life. On 29 Jul 1817 he married Margaret Drum (1799-1867),
with whom he had at least 9 children; 6 males and 3 females. Joshua and
Margaret’s third child was Levi J. Valentine (1824-1893), the father of Sarah
Jane Valentine who was the mother of William Alvin Harrington (1866-1951), the
patriarch of our Ohio Harrington clan. The only photograph of Sarah Jane
Valentine-Anderson is on page 2 in the Album at the end of this book. In this
picture Sarah Jane is the oldest of 4-generations.
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We will return to the Valentine story on
page 13, but let me interrupt their story briefly to relate an important story
about our Drum ancestors. An Outline Descendant list of this family can be
found on page 342. Incidentally, the Drum name is a good example of a name that
has experienced many variations in spelling over the years. It can be found
spelled Trumm, Trum, Trump, Dromm, Drom, Drumm and Drum in the historical
literature; sometimes with two or more spellings in the same document.
The
Drum family had plenty of excitement of its own. The family line was from
Germany. Our immigrant ancestor to America was Johan Adam Drumm who was born 9
December 1705. He married Maria Gertraud Bier on 22 Jan 1733 in Ulmet, Bayern,
Germany. Four years later they emigrated to America and arrived in
Philadelphia, PA on 29 August 1737 aboard a ship named the “Samuel.” Johan Adam
Drumm was murdered by Indians in his home on 22 June 1757. The details of this
murder can be found as a newspaper article prepared from a military report of the
event.
The
story that follows is of the Johan Adam Drumm family as written by Lewis W.
Donar and edited by Brendan D. Strasser. It appeared in the newsletter of the
Albany Township Historical Society, Spring 1998.
THE JOHAN ADAM
DRUMM FAMILY MURDERS
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Johan
Adam Drumm, son of Johan Christian and Anna Elisabeth (Doll) Drumm, was born
and raised in Ulmet, Germany, a town in the Palatinate, known as the Pfalz. His
exact birth date is unknown, but his christening took place on 9 December 1705
in Ulmet. On 22 January 1733 he was married to Gertraud (Maria Gertrude) Bier,
daughter of Peter and Ann Catharine Bier of Ulmet. John Adam and Gertraud
became the parents of a son, Johan Christian, born in Ulmet and christened on
17 April 1735, and of whom nothing more is known. He does not appear on ship
immigration records and in 1775 documents concerning ownership of the deceased
Adam's Albany Township land. George Drumm, Christian's brother, is listed as
Adam's sole living heir.
At age 31, Johan
Adam Drumm and his wife, Gertraud, arrived in the New World aboard the ship
"Samuel", on 29 August 1737. (Johan Christian Doll and Johan Peter
Doll were also on board, but any relationship to the mother of Johan Adam has
not yet been established.) On the following day, 30 August, Adam appeared at
the courthouse in Philadelphia, Pa., to sign the necessary qualification
papers, one being the swearing of allegiance to the King of England, George II,
and the other a pledge to abide by the laws of the province of Pennsylvania.
Being able to write, he signed both by his own hand.
Adam
established himself as a land owner in Albany Township, Berks County, Pa., by warrant
dated 20 January 1736 for a tract containing 205 acres. In the year 1738, a
son, George, was born; his exact birth date is unknown. On 4 November, 1741, it
is noted on a draft of a tract of land drawn in favor of Andreas Hagenbuch that
Adam Drum was already, in possession of the neighboring tract. The Drumm tract
adjoined the Hagenbuch tract on the northwest, between it and the tree line of
the Blue Mountain.
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Keeping this in
mind, we turn now to another tract of land eight-tenths of a mile farther to
the West. This tract is identified on a draft of "The great road of
Catawissey to Philadelphia" drawn in February 1752, along which is noted
the course and distance of a short stretch of this road, East, 43 perches
[about 710 feet], "Along the land of Adam Trum." Evidence exists that
at some time between 1741 and 1752, Adam sold his initial tract to Frantz and
Martin Bailey and took residence on his second purchase. At a much later time,
the first purchase was in the possession of Mr. Clifford Lutz, the second the
farm of Mr. Oskar Dietrich. It must be assumed that the Drumm family was living
on this second plantation when the following events occurred.
It
was evidently a hot Wednesday afternoon with thunderstorms threatening. At that
time of day the family quite probably was gathered for the evening meal when
suddenly two things took place almost simultaneously. A thunderstorm of major
proportion broke over the countryside, and the Drumm family was brutally
attacked by Indians. The date was 22 June 1757.
In a letter
written on 25 June 1757 to David Schulrz of Hanover Township, Berks County,
Pa., James Reed of Reading, Pa., gives the following account of this attack:
"Last
night Jacob Levan came to see me, and showed me a letter of the 22d inst. From
Lieutenant Engle by which he advised Mr. Levan of the murder of one Adam Trump
(an alternate spelling of "Drumm) in Allemangel, by Indians that evening,
and that they had taken Trump's wife and his son, a lad of nineteen years old,
prisoners; but the woman escaped, though, upon her flying, she was closely
pursued by one of the Indians (of which there were seven), that he threw his
tomahawk at her, and cut her badly ill the neck, but 'tis hoped not
dangerously. This murder happened in as great a thunderstorm as has happened
for twenty years past: which extended itself over a great part of this and
Northampton Counties--for I found much mischief done, as I came from Easton,
Northampton County, to this place, the length of fifty two miles, the day
before yesterday, and which I hear has broken down the dams of seven forges,
and six gristmills, on Maxatany creek, chiefly in this county; the rest in
Philadelphia County. I almost forgot to mention (but am so hurried just now,
'tis no wonder) that the Indians, after scalping Adam Trump, left a knife, and
a halpert, or spear, fixed to a pole in his body."
Adam
Trump was dead, his wife was badly wounded and his son, George, was a captive
of the Indians who having stolen, a quantity of liquor out of the house, moved
westward and arrived at a hill (today known as Hawk Mountain). The consumption
of liquor was having its effect on the Indians, for they began to make much
noise and dance around in the road. As they ascended the hill, things were in
such a state that at an opportune time, George made his escape by running down
the other side of the hill. [This writer is familiar with this stretch of road
in its unimproved state and can appreciate the effort made by George in
descending this water-soaked ground road in the dark of night; having descended
the mountain, he immediately had the Schuylkill river to cross and then a great
deal of travel in a very hilly countryside to get to his destination at Fort
Lebanon.]
Captain Jacob
Morgan, the commander of Fort Lebanon, which was located several miles west
from where George Drumm made his escape, wrote in his daily journal for 24 June
1757: "Yesterday morning about 8 of the clock, the son of one Adam Drumm,
(whom the Indians had killed the night before in Allemingle [sic] and took his
son
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captive) found
an opportunity to make his escape and came to this Fort. He informed me that the
Indians (8 in number) had got a quantity of liquor out of his father's house
and came to a hill about 7 miles from this Fort, where they got to dancing, and
made themselves drunk he took the opportunity and escaped to the Fort. An
Indian followed him near a mile and a half whom our men tracked; so as soon as
the young man came I sent out a party to the place where the man left them, but
when they came there they only found an old pair of mogasins and a deer skin
whom they had left, but the Indians were fled; they tract't them as far as they
could but night coming, were obligated to return home. I have this day sent out
a party to intercept them in the way to the gap of the second mountain. (where
Schuylkill [this should read: Swatara Creek] comes through) being the place
which I found they often retreat back; the men will range about 2 days."
George
returned to his home and continued operation of the plantation; however,
nothing further has been learned about his mother. On 16 October 1757, we find
that George Trumm and Elisabeth Hem, single, witness the baptism of Elisabeth
Scherff, daughter of Christoph and Christina Scherff, four years before the
erection in 1760-61 of the first New Bethel (or Corner) Church in Albany
Township.
Sometime in late 1759, George married
Maria Catharina Strasser, daughter of Johann Nicolaus and Maria Catharine
Strasser of Albany Township; also in 1759, we find George on the Albany
Township tax list.
On the 17 July
1760, George Trumm and Maria Catharina witnessed the baptism of Maria Catharina
Schwenck, daughter of Hans Nicolaus and Maria Barbara Schwenck. Also in 1760,
during the construction of the New Bethel Church, George contributed 1 pound in
cash money, 13 days of hand labor, and 3 days of hauling with a team of horses.
George and Catharina's first child was born on 22 August 1760 and was baptized
5 weeks later on 18 September 1760, with the name of Johann Henrich. Elisabeth
Strasser was one of the sponsors, though as Elisabeth was the name of both
Catharine's mother and one of her sisters, which one served as sponsor is
unknown.
Other children were Anna Maria, born 13
July 1763; Maria Catharina, born 19 March 1766; Eva Barbara, born 26 September
1767; Johan George, born 6 April 1773 Johannes, born 11 June 1778; and Charles
born 1780.
The Drum family is unique in our family history for
two reasons. First, a descendant of Adam Drum’s brother, Johann Simon Drum (8
Sep 1689 - ?), emigrated south from Pennsylvania and settled in Graysville,
Monroe County, Ohio, the county of birth and the home for the first 22 years of
my mother, Audra L. Young’s (1907-1990), life. Audra was not related to the
Drum line but her father, William E. Young, did business with the Drum family
at their store in Woodsfield, Ohio. An irony of the Drum family’s presence in
Woodsfield is that Audra would one day marry into and become part of our
Harrington family. This is a family relationship that she never knew. Second,
the son
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of Adam Drum who
was murdered in 1757 by the Indians, George Adam Drum, was taken prisoner by
the Indians but managed to escape. George’s granddaughter, Margaret Drum
(1799-1867) subsequently married Joshua Valentine in Pickaway County, Ohio, and
became the parent of Levi J. Valentine, father of Sarah Jane Valentine
(1848-1933) and his 21 other children. Levi had 12 children with his first
wife, Mary Bolinger, and 10 with his second wife, Emily Jane Walker. Sarah Jane
Valentine was the partner in Kansas of, Charles William Harrington, - the two
were my great grandparents. With that, we have completed the introduction of
the six major family lines leading up to my grandfather, William Alvin
Harrington. At this point let’s follow Sarah Jane Valentine to her meeting with
Charles William Harrington in Kansas.
The Saga of
Sarah Jane Valentine
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We
resume the story of Sarah Jane Valentine that we left briefly on page 9 for the
introduction of the Drum family line and Margaret Drum, Sarah Jane Valentine’s
grandmother. Joshua and Margaret Drum-Valentine’s had nine children; six were
male. Sarah Jane Valentine’s parents were Levi J. Valentine (1824-1893), the
son of Joshua and Margaret Drum-Valentine, and Mary Bolinger (about 1825-1867),
Levi’s wife from the Benjamin and Elizabeth Leist-Bolinger family. The
Valentine and Bolinger families were neighboring farmers in Washington
Township, Pickaway County, Ohio. In those days of limited transportation almost
all of the non-city dwellers were farmers or farm laborers and it was common
that a mate would be selected from a family that lived nearby. That is how Levi
J. Valentine and Mary Bolinger met and were married on 31 Jul 1845. Sarah Jane
Valentine was born to Levi J. and Mary Bolinger-Valentine on 28 June 1848 as
the 3rd child and first girl in their family that would eventually number 12
children.
In
1850 the U.S. Federal Census enumerated the young family on land that Levi had
bought from his father-in-law, Benjamin Bolinger, in Adam Twp., Seneca County,
Ohio. For Sarah Jane Valentine this would be the first move of many that would
take her 18-years and across 5 states into Brown County, Kansas Territory and
finally back to Pickaway County, Ohio. The Levi Valentine family would leave
Pickaway County Ohio with 3 children and arrive in Kansas with 8 children, two
being a pair of twins. An Outline Descendant list of the Valentine family can
be found on page 276.
Levi and his family may
have lived on the Seneca County, Ohio property for two or three years. But by
1854 they had moved on to Pike County, Illinois where four more of their
children were born: George W., on 26 Feb. 1854; Almira about 1856; and twins
Sylvanus and Sylvester on 5 Nov. 1857. In about 1858 the Valentine family made
their move to Brown County, Kansas. At this point, national events began to
play a major role in their lives. Kansas was still a Territory in 1860 moving
toward statehood in January
1861. New states
like Kansas entering the United States had the option of choosing if they would
be a slave-state or free-state. With the Civil War at hand, the outside
pressure from neighboring states such as Missouri was mounting for Kansas to
elect to become a slave-state. Only 2 years earlier, John Brown, the
abolitionist, had conducted armed insurrection in the Kansas Territory in an
effort to overthrow slavery in the United States. Although John Brown had moved
east with his insurrection, his legacy of killings continued, causing Kansas to
become known as Bleeding Kansas. In the early 1860s the Kansas territory that
the Valentine family had selected as their new home was politically an unstable
territory
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Ironically,
Kansas was also a major producer of food products during the Civil War. Kansas
was the end of many of the cattle drives that provided food for the Union Army.
Early in the 1860s the Union Army had cleared the Mississippi and Missouri
rivers of Confederate control and they were being used as major Union shipping
routes during the Civil War. With most of the Union Navy engaged in military
operations against the South, much of the food and undoubtedly other materials
were being transported by ships of foreign registry. This was likely why ships
from Nova Scotia were operating on the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers that
provided the opportunity for Charles William Harrington to visit Kansas on a
cattle boat. Also, as previously noted on pages 6 and 7, Charles probably knew
that he had two related families, Anna Eliza and Eliza Ann Harrington living in
the Fort Leavenworth, Kansas area.
Sarah Jane Valentine had turned 17-years
old the summer of 1865. It is likely that she had left her parents’ family to
go to the community near Fort Leavenworth where there were plenty of jobs for
pay and a more active social life . This seems to be a reasonable speculation
considering that she became pregnant by Charles William Harrington (1844-1904)
that year.
Such
an event would seem unlikely if she were still living in Brown County, Kansas,
which was far from the river where Charles, a sailor, would have been working.
Years later, Sarah Jane told her son, William Alvin Harrington, that he had
been born in Kickapoo, Kansas. The town of Kickapoo, Kansas was located about
2-miles north of Fort Leavenworth near the Missouri River. The town derives its
name from the Kickapoo Indian tribe that in 2016 still has a reservation a few
miles from Fort Leavenworth. Mary Bolinger-Valentine, Sarah Jane’s mother,
became pregnant with her 12th and last child about a month before Sarah Jane’s
son, William Alvin Harrington, was born. Sarah Jane’s mother, Mary
Bolinger-Valentine, died in 1867 quite possibly as a consequence of child
birth.
We can only guess at the events
surrounding this tumultuous period for the Valentine family. The next event on
the family time-line was the 21 May 1868 marriage of Sarah Jane’s father to
Emily Jane Walker. In 1868 Emily was a young woman of about 28-years old, 15-years
younger than Sarah Jane’s mother and 8-years older than Sarah Jane. Emily had
been with the Valentine family since before 1860 but after 1850. Her role may
have been to help Sarah Jane’s mother, Mary Bolinger-Valentine, care for the
large and ever-growing Valentine family. Levi and Emily Jane Walker-Valentine’s
first child, in their family of 10 children, was Henry C. Valentine
(1868-1882). He was born in Liberty Township, Clay County, Missouri. This
indicates that within a very few months following the death of his wife, Mary
Bolinger-Valentine, Levi remarried and moved a few miles east, across the
Missouri River, from Kansas to Missouri.
The details about what really happened in the Levi
Valentine family in Kansas in the years following the Civil War are lost to
history. The events in Kansas that followed the birth of Sarah Jane Valentine’s
son, William Alvin Harrington (10 June 1866), the birth of her sister, Nora
Ellen Valentine (22 February 1867), the death of Sarah Jane’s mother, Mary
Bolinger (probably shortly after 22 February 1867) and events in Ohio that
included the deaths of both grandmothers, Joshua’s wife, Margaret
Drum-Valentine (12 Feb 1867) and Benjamin Bolinger’s wife, Elizabeth
Leist-Bolinger (1 Feb 1868) must have been shattering to the orderly structure
of all of the families involved. Levi was left with these losses and a
house-full of children ranging from ages 20, Sarah Jane Valentine, to less than
a year old, Nora Ellen Valentine. It appears however, that Levi’s guidance
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was there to try
to optimize the situation. My guess is that Levi may have suggested to Sarah
Jane the possibility of her returning to Pickaway County, Ohio with her son,
William Alvin Harrington, her new sister, Nora Ellen Valentine, and possibly
her younger brother, George Valentine who was about 13 years old. Levi most
likely would have contacted his father, Joshua Valentine, to explore the idea
with him. Joshua apparently agreed because in the Federal Census of 1870 we
find Sarah Valentine keeping house for William H. Anderson who had been reared
by her grandparents, Joshua and Margaret Drum-Valentine. Joshua Valentine died
on 1 June 1870 and the census for the area that included Joshua’s, Ben
Bolinger’s, and William Anderson’s farms was enumerated on 3 June 1870, about
the time of Joshua’s funeral.
Sarah Jane Valentine and her charges
returned to Pickaway County, Ohio sometime between about March 1867 and late
1869. Considering the age of her son, William Alvin Harrington who was only
1-year old in the summer 1867, and her baby sister, Nora Ellen Valentine, who
was only 2 or 3-months old, she most likely would have made the trip in the
Summer of 1868 or, more likely, 1869. She would have likely traveled by train
as the head of her group of four and could have lodged with her grandfather,
Joshua Valentine. Her grandmother, Margaret Drum-Valentine, had died on 12 Feb
1867, just 10 days before her granddaughter, Nora Ellen Valentine, was born in
Kansas.
By
1870, Sarah Jane Valentine was enumerated in the house of William H. Anderson
that was near her grandfather, Joshua Valentine’s house. She probably arrived
in time for Joshua Valentine to meet his great grandson, William Alvin
Harrington; his granddaughter, Nora Ellen Valentine; and grandson, George W.
Valentine. Joshua died 1 June 1870 at the age of 71-years.
William
H. Anderson has been a very visible character in the Valentine saga but he has
also been very hard for me to trace. He was born 17 March 1937 and first appears
in the records in the household of Sara Jane Valentine’s grandparents, Joshua
and Margaret Drum-Valentine, in the 1850 Federal Census for Pickaway County,
Ohio. He may have been enumerated in Joshua and Margaret’s household in the
1840 census when he would have been 3-years old, but since that census only
names the head of the household and the number the other household members, we
cannot know for sure. Nevertheless, he is definitely named in the 1850 and 1860
censes as a member of Joshua’s household. As noted above, William Anderson, age
32, was enumerated in the 1870 Federal Census as the head of his own household
that included Sarah Jane Valentine, age 22, and David Stout age 14. William
Anderson’s enumeration in the 1870 U.S. Federal Census immediately follows that
of Joshua Valentine.
I
have speculated that William H. Anderson was the son of Elizabeth Valentine
(1820-1889), daughter of Joshua and Margaret Drum-Valentine and an unknown
Anderson. This speculation is based only on circumstantial evidence; there is
no direct data to support it. Several Anderson families lived nearby, according
to the 1830 Federal census, who could have fathered William in June of 1836
when Elizabeth Valentine was 16-years old. I have not been able to find any
birth or parental records for William except for the fact that he was reared by
Joshua Valentine from a young age. There are no records to suggest that William
had been previously married. Also, in his will, William included Samuel
Ressler, the son of Elizabeth Valentine. If this speculation is correct,
William Anderson and Sarah Jane Valentine would have been 1st cousins. This
could explain why a Pickaway County, Ohio application for a marriage license
dated 9 October 1869 that bore the names of Sarah Jane Herrington and William
H. Anderson was never used.
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This
date, 9 October 1869, could have been about the time that Sarah Jane might have
come from Kansas to Pickaway County, Ohio but earlier in the summer. It could
also explain why the actual marriage of William H. Anderson and Sarah Jane
Valentine took place in Kenton, Kenton County, Kentucky on 4 November 1872,
3-years after the 9 October 1869 application was issued and after the death of
their grandfather, Joshua Valentine.
William H. Anderson and Sarah Jane
Valentine-Anderson never had children of their own. Sarah Jane reared her son,
William Alvin Harrington, her sister, Nora E. Valentine, and her brother,
George W. L. Valentine in the household of William H. Anderson. William
Harrington, Nora E. Valentine, and George W. Valentine were 14, 13, and 26
years old respectively at the time of the 1880 Federal census. Additional
details are available about the life of Sarah Jane Valentine Anderson in the
notes for Sarah Jane Valentine in this book on page 313.
Nora E. Valentine married Charles P.
Ramsey on 31 Dec 1889 in Pickaway County, Ohio when she was 22-years old.
Sometime over the next 10 years, Nora and Charles Ramsey moved to Kansas near
where several of Nora Valentine’s siblings remained. Charles died in 1924 in
Independence, Missouri at the age of 60-years. Nora continued to live in
Independence until her death in February of 1949 at the age of 82-years. She
apparently never remarried and had no children.
George
Washington L. Valentine married Sarah "Sallie" Elizabeth Stroop on 9
Jan 1881 in Pickaway County, Ohio. George and Sarah Valentine, also, returned
to Kansas. Sallie died in 1903 and George died in 1932. The couple are known to
have had at least 3 children. Their names are unknown.
William
“Bill” Alvin Harrington grew up on his step-father, William H. Anderson’s farm
in Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio. On 2 November 1890 Bill
Harrington married Sarah Elizabeth Pence, daughter of Josiah and Sarah Jane
Lockwood-Pence from Hocking County, Ohio. An Outline Descendant list of the
Pence family can be found on page 395. Nine children including my father, Ira
Edward Harrington, were born to my grandparents. Each of these children is
described in the text of this book in some detail. All are deceased. Five of
the nine children of William and Sarah Elizabeth Pence Harrington had a total
of 19 offspring. Only one of the 19, Richard E. Harrington, the author of this
book is still living.
Sarah Jane’s husband,
William H. Anderson, was born 17 March 1837 and died 4 October 1906. William
was 35-years and 8-months old when he and Sarah Jane Valentine married on 4
November 1872. Sarah Jane was 24-years and 5-months old, making William
11-years and 3-months her senior. In September (estimated), 1906, Sarah Jane
and William Anderson went to Independence, Missouri where they visited with
Sarah's sister, Nora E.
Valentine
Ramsey. While there, on October 4, 1906, William H. Anderson died suddenly. He
was 69-years and 7-months old. His body was embalmed in Independence, MO and
transported back to Ohio. He arrived on Saturday evening and funeral services
were held Sunday morning. He was buried at St. Paul's Church in Washington
Township, Pickaway County, Ohio.
One
of the 19 descendants of William Alvin Harrington was Ira Harrington’s first
daughter and my half-sister, June Lucille Harrington. June was 2-weeks short of
her 13th birthday when her great grandmother, Sarah Jane Valentine-Anderson,
died on 15 May 1933. June had just completed the 7th grade of middle school and
remembered Sarah Jane Valentine-Anderson well. June described Sarah Jane as a
feisty little lady who was financially well off and traveled frequently,
visiting members of her Valentine family in Kansas and her son in Circleville,
Ohio. Census records indicate that after the death of her husband, William H.
Anderson, on 4 October 1906, Sarah Jane continued to make
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Circleville,
Ohio her permanent home. Sometime before the 1930 Federal Census, Sarah Jane
liquidated her Circleville assets which she donated to the Circleville, Ward 3,
Home and Hospital on West Ohio Street, Circleville Township, Pickaway County,
Ohio in exchange for her board and keep for the remainder of her life. She died
just a month before her 85th birthday, apparently suffering from some degree of
dementia. Her only son, William Alvin Harrington, would have been 67-years old
at the time of her death. He also died at age 85-years old, just 2-months older
than his mother. Sarah Jane Valentine-Anderson, our Pioneer great grandmother,
is buried beside her husband of 34-years, William H. Anderson, in the Saint
Pauls Evangelical Church Cemetery, Pickaway County, Ohio.
The Harrington
Line in Nova Scotia
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Meanwhile
in 1865 or 1866 Charles William Harrington returned to Nova Scotia, quite
possibly on the same cattle boat on which he arrived in Kansas. On 23 Feb 1867
in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Charles William married Caroline Couch Willigar.
Ironically, Charles and Caroline’s wedding date was one day after Sarah Jane
Valentine’s mother gave birth to her 12th child, Nora Ellen Valentine. His
marriage to Caroline Couch Willigar was 8-months after the birth of William
Alvin Harrington to Sarah Jane Valentine.
Charles
was a seaman his entire career. The few records that we have marking his
mariner status, began with his trip to Kansas in 1865 where he met Sarah Jane
Valentine and initiated our Ohio Harrington family. Records exist of his
children’s marriages that show him as a seaman, sailor or mariner. The 1880
U.S. Federal Census reported that Charles William Harrington was being
incarcerated in the Deer Island facility at Boston, Massachusetts for an
unnamed offense. Charles would have been 35 years old at that time and was
still listed as a sailor. It was not until sometime before the marriage of his
daughter, Edith Harrington, to Mayford Phinney on 27 August 1903 that Charles became
a Sea Captain. He died in 1904 so he did not enjoy his new rank for long.
Over
the 24-years of Charles and Caroline’s marriage they had 11 children who in
turn begat at least 41 grandchildren. All of the 11 children of Charles and
Caroline and most of their 41 grandchildren were deceased by 2016, the year
this book was published. Charles William Harrington died on 20 August 1904 at
the fairly young age of 60-years. His wife, Caroline, lived another 21-years to
the age of 75-years. An Outline Descendant list of the Charles William
Harrington family can be found on page 122.
In the summer of 2013 my wife, Margaret
Stasikowski, and I went to Nova Scotia in search of our Harrington family and
their descendants. There we met many of the descendants of the 41 grandchildren
of Charles and Caroline Harrington. Photos and information regarding some of
these cousins are included in the album at the back of this book. We plan a
return trip to Nova Scotia to expand our knowledge of our Harrington kin there
and meet many more descendants of the Harrington clan. This is an ongoing
project, however, that may require an update to this book in the future.
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The last, but not the least of the 8
family lines of ancestors included in this book is the Pence family. There are
many more than 8 family lines of ancestors that make up our Harrington family,
of course. The number is certainly dozens, if not hundreds. But because of the
way our European culture names people, the maiden name of the maternal member
of a family frequently becomes lost to history within a couple, or so,
generations. This is the main reason that family surnames of male member of the
family, like Harrington, Valentine, Pence, etc. can be traced over many
generations but maiden names frequently and all too easily become lost.
The first record that I
have found of the Pence family in the Hocking Valley appears in a book titled
“Hocking Valley, Ohio - together with sketches of its cities, villages and
townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history,
portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of representative citizens” [Wow!
What a title!] published by the Chicago:
Inter-State
Publishing Co., 1883. On page 814 of this volume, Christian Westenhaver, a
resident of Maryland, is identified as the first permanent settler in what was
to become Hocking and Vinton Counties. “Mr. Westenhaver settled on his place in
March, 1798, and he was followed the next two months by John Pence and Conrad
Brian, brothers-in-law, locating their families in a log cabin … John Pence
took … eighty acres, since known as Braggtown …” Ohio did not become a state
until 1803 and Hocking County, Ohio was established in 1818 so the Pence family
line was among the pioneers that helped tame and settle what would eventually
become what is now known as Ohio.
According
to the book titled, “Hocking Valley, Ohio” [the one with the paragraph-long
title] and the research of Richard Allen Pence (1932-2009), a
self-proclaimed genealogist of his Pence ancestry, the Pence family had
arrived in Hocking County, Ohio in the waning years of the 1790s. The early
years of the 1800s saw new families move into the area that soon claimed the
available real estate. Richard Allen Pence traced our Hocking County line back
to Hans Martin Bentz (1631-1726). Of interest to me is the observation that
Hans Martin was born exactly 300-years before my own birth year.
Beginning
with Hans Martin Bentz, the Pence descendants continue as listed below. The
first two in the list, Hans Martin and Johannes Bentz, did not immigrate to
America but were born and died in Germany.
1.
Hans
Martin Bentz (1631-1726) and wife, Helene Margarethe Kern (1644-1688)
2.
Johannes
Bentz (1675-1746) and wife, Susannah ? (1680-1748)
3.
Johann
Georg Bentz (1697-1778) and his wife, Anna Barbara Bullinger (1698- ?)
4.
Jacob
Johann Ludwig Pence (1727-1778) and his wife, Barbara (unknown)
5.
George
Frederic (Bens) Pence (1752-1835 and his wife, Mary (unknown surname)
6.
George
Frederick Pence (1775-1840) and his wife, Mary Harp (1785-1840)
7.
Peter
Pence (1816-1912) and his wife, Sarah Ann Hart (1814- ?)
8.
Josiah
Pence (1846-1912) and his wife, Sarah Jane Lockwood (1850-1926)
9.
Sarah
Elizabeth Pence (1872-1948) and her husband, William Alvin Harrington
(1866-1951) For the record it should be noted that the identification of
ancestors 1 thru 5 above come
from
the data of Richard Allen Pence whose work has proven fairly reliable. I have
researched and confirmed the data for ancestors 6 through 9, however.
Additional information provided by Richard Allen Pence includes the following:
Johann Georg Bentz (number 3 in the
above list), his wife and at least four of his sons, Ludwig or Lewis, Jacob,
Adam, and Henry, emigrated from Germany arriving in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
on 15 September 1749 aboard the ship Phoenix. Our lineage continues through
their son, Jacob Johann Ludwig Pence (1727-1778), who was born in
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Germany
before 14 December 1727, his date of baptism. Jacob received a grant of land of
262 acres from Lord Fairfax on 20 August 1866 near the Little Hawksbill Creek
in Shenandoah County, Virginia which is now Page County. Jacob married Barbara
(unknown surname) and had at least nine children, one of whom was our ancestor,
George Frederic (Bens) Pence (1752-1835). George Frederic (Bens) Pence and his
wife, Mary (unknown surname) were the parents of George Frederick Pence
(1775-1840), my 3rd great grandfather.
Richard
Allen Pence’s research was conducted in the late 1900s, a couple of decades
before my own, when genealogical data was much more difficult to access.
Richard Allen Pence observed that other members of the Pence family also
arrived in the Hocking Valley area in the late 1790s. He states, “FREDERICK
PENCE, possible brother to John, was in what is now Hocking County, Ohio in
1800 according to a county history. He perhaps is the Frederick Pence who
married Mary Harp (or Hart) 1 Jun 1804 in Fairfield County, Ohio. John and
Frederick Pence paid taxes in Berne Twp, Fairfield Co in 1806, and a Jacob
Pence was a taxpayer in Greenfield Township, Fairfield County in 1806.” I have
been able to confirm that George Frederick Pence (1775-1840) was my 3rd great
grandfather, which appears to support Richard Allen Pence’s conclusion above.
Our Pence family lineage
continues with Frederick Pence (1775-1840), also identified as George Frederick
Pence, and his descendants. Frederick and his wife, Mary Harp (1785-1840), whom
he had married on 1 June 1804 in Franklin County, Ohio, had at least 7
children: Martin, born in 1806; John, born in 1809; George,
born about 1810; Peter born about 1816; (George)
Washington, born 20 July
1818; Elizabeth “Betsy,” born 21 April 1819; and Martha, born
1824. All of these children were born in Ohio.
Martin Pence (1806-1876) appears to have
been, at least, a part-time farmer. By 1833, Martin, then 27 years old, began a
career in the buying and selling of real estate – an early realtor without all
the middle-men and big organizations of today’s real estate industry. By 1837
he had sold over a dozen properties, most of them within Washington Township,
Hocking County, where he lived. His primary access to property that he offered
for sale was “cancelled” or defaulted purchases from the Federal and State Land
Offices. This was likely land that had been granted to military personnel who
had fought in one of the early American wars but decided not to struggle with
the hilly land found in the Hocking Valley.
In
1837 Martin’s younger brother and our ancestor, Peter Pence (1816-1912), then 21
years of age, entered the real estate business. These two sons of Frederick
Pence, Martin and Peter, sold dozens of properties during their career. During
this period they frequently involved other members of their family. An example
was Josiah Pence (1846-1912), son of Peter Pence, both members of our Pence
family line. On 13 December 1883, Josiah Pence purchased property from a
citizen. A day later, on 14 December 1883, he re-sold the same property to his
father, Peter Pence. This kind of transaction was repeated between other
members of the Pence family with some frequency.
This process of buying cancelled or defaulted
properties from the Federal and State Land Office was perfectly legal and
above-board. It indicates that these Pence realtors had access to money enough
to invest in the property. All of the sales may not have been harmonious,
however. A record in Hocking County dated 24 Apr 1851 stated: "At my
instance, an attachment was this day issued by Samuel Sultz, a justice of the
peace of Washington Twp., Hocking County, Ohio, against the property and
effects of Martin
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Pence,
an absconding debtor. Dated this 12th day of April A.D. 1851. Thomas
Lytle." In 1850 Martin and his family were already in Jefferson Twp, Wells
County, Indiana. They were also there in 1860, but enumerated under the name
Pentz. They were in Bushnell Twp., Montcalm County, Michigan, in 1860.
Hocking County is a beautiful but hilly
and somewhat hostile area. It is in the line that the pre-historic glacier of
about 12,000 years ago, advanced before it stalled and melted. It lies south of
Fairfield County and east of Pickaway County which are both flat, fertile farm
lands, planed-off by the advancing glacier. Because of its hilly and rolling
terrain, crop farming in Hocking County is difficult. Most farms were
subsistence farms. Lumbering may have been an attraction to the earliest
settlers but once the timber had been cut and lacking any other industry, most
inhabitants could only subsistence-farm or move to more productive areas. Over
a period of almost 100-years and 3 or 4 generations, “move” is what our Pence
family chose to do.
The
families of Peter Pence (my 2nd great grandfather) and his son Josiah Pence (my
great grandfather) moved to Circleville, Ohio around the turn of the 20th
century. Ohio Route #56 is almost a direct connecting route from Circleville to
the area where these Pence families lived in Hocking County, Ohio, a distance
of about 25 to 30 miles. It is not clear who moved first. Birth records of
William Alvin Harrington’s children indicate that he had initially settled in
Hocking County after his marriage to Sarah Elizabeth Pence on 2 November 1890.
The birth place of their first two children is not known. But, the birthplace
of their third child, Ruth Imo Harrington, on 27 July 1895 was Hocking County.
Their 4th through 8th children were born in Pickaway County, Ohio. Census
records show that the Josiah Pence and William Harrington families were in
Circleville in the year 1900. Peter Pence’s death record indicates that he died
in Circleville in 1912. In 1900 Josiah and Peter Pence would have been 54, and
84-years old, respectively.
Peter Pence’s families were not the only Pence
families to abandon Hocking County at the turn of the century. Several of the
families of Peter Pence’s brother, John Pence, also left Hocking County about
the same time with most of them moving to Circleville, Ohio. The result was a
virtual flood of Pence immigrants into Circleville in the opening years of the
20th century. One-hundred years later, the 2001 Circleville telephone book
still recorded 8-Pence names. This probably means that there were about 16
direct Pence descendant families still living in Circleville, Ohio, if we
assume that the Pence females were equal in number to the males. Many of the
descendants of these Circleville-Pence families migrated to Columbus, Ohio over
the years; many went elsewhere. One of the DNA matches to my DNA analysis was
Rita Pence, a resident of Columbus, Ohio, with whom I have collaborated in my
Pence-genealogy research.
A
half-second Pence-cousin, once removed, named Emma Mae Pence-Hill was
tragically removed from the Circleville-Pence population when on 9 October 1967
she was shot and killed by her husband, William Allen Hill. Emma Mae Pence had
eight children with her murdering husband. After her death, her children who
had not reached the age of personal accountability were made wards of the State
of Ohio. Her husband was convicted and sentenced to prison for life.
Sarah Elizabeth Pence, daughter of Josiah and Sarah
Jane Lockwood-Pence, was the author’s grandmother. Lizzie, as she preferred to
be called, was born in Hocking County, Ohio on 29 April 1872 and moved to Pickaway
County, Ohio after she married William Alvin Harrington on 02 Nov 1890. She
died in Circleville, Ohio on 19 January 1948. Lizzie is further
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Descendants of Our
Ohio Harrington Line
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The section that follows begins with the
couple whom we have identified as our focus couple, my grandparents, William Alvin
and Sarah Elizabeth Pence-Harrington. It then addresses all the known
descendants of that couple who owe their origins to their Ohio, USA branch.
Being part of the Ohio branch of Harrington descendants, I am most familiar
with those relatives. I have tried to make this section as complete as possible
in terms of including all known members of William and Sarah Elizabeth
Harrington descendants. Unfortunately, there are some whom I did not know. As a
result, the details about these people are uneven in comparison to those I knew
well. In particular, I regret the brief discussion of many of the very recent
additions. My hope is that some family historians will craft books of their own
to supplement this offering.
So,
let’s begin with the couple whom we have identified as our focus couple,
William Alvin and Sarah Elizabeth Pence-Harrington. Where it appears that
people have been skipped, it is most likely because I had no information about
them.
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William
(Bill) Alvin Harrington was the son of Sarah Jane Valentine and Charles William
Herrington. The earlier spellings of the Harrington surname included Herington,
Herrington and all three are found in the historical records. Bill Alvin's
children used "Harrington," so, that is the spelling that will be
used here.
Little
is known of Bill Alvin Harrington's youth and early family life. He claimed
that he was born in Kickapoo, Kansas, a claim that almost certainly would have
been based on information that he received from his mother. But the period
between his birth on 10 June 1866 and the 1880 Federal Census when he appears
as a 14-year-old son in the William H. and Sarah Jane Valentine-Anderson
household of his mother is a blank. His whereabouts during this period can be
assumed from the whereabouts of his mother, Sarah Jane Valentine, beginning on
page 15.
It is not known whether
Bill Harrington finished high school. It is doubtful that he did although he
was literate in reading, writing and arithmetic. It was common practice in
American farming families of the period that children would drop out of school
after their 6th or 8th grade of school to work on the farm. This is likely what
William Alvin Harrington did. However, the 1880 U.S. Federal Census shows him
still in school. So, he at least went as far as the 8th grade. At the age of 24
years Bill married Sarah Elizabeth Pence on November 2, 1890 in
Hocking County,
Ohio. Eleven months and a few days later, Bill and Lizzie had their first of
nine children. The baby was named Nellie Mae Harrington and would be the first
of 4-girls and 5-boys. All 9-children lived to adulthood and except for Easter
Marie Harrington-Thompson who died at the age of 28, all lived relatively long
lives.
Bill and Lizzie's children, as adults,
enjoyed each other's company and would get together fairly frequently to play
cards, share meals, cook sweetcorn, make ice cream, drink beer, and tell
stories of their life experiences. Grandpa Bill was a frequent participant in
these get-togethers. He always came by himself - Lizzie never joined in except
when someone visited her house. Bill did not contribute much to the
story-telling but was a frequent subject of some of the stories. His children
agreed that he was a
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no-nonsense,
authoritarian parent and was quite capable of backing up his authority with
corporal punishment, if needed. Each of his progeny had tales to tell of his
discipline. My father, Ira, once told of coaxing his dad into sparing with him
using boxing gloves. Ira was of an age that he was pretty sure that he could
whip his dad in a boxing match. During the course of the match, Ira landed a
solid blow on his dad's nose. The result was that it made his dad angry and he
was going to take off the gloves and give Ira a good thrashing. But the boxing
gloves were laced-on and he could not use his hand to grab and hold Ira. His
solution was to put his gloved hand between his knees and rip the glove off
tearing the boxing gloves and breaking the lacings in the process. While his
dad was freeing himself of the gloves, Ira climbed the fence and escaped. Bill
recovered from his sore nose and hot temper and reestablished his composure
before Ira could return home.
Throughout his life, Bill would collect
his weekly pay and on his way home from work, go to the store and buy the groceries.
Lizzie seldom went to the store or handled money. One can speculate that there
was some conversation with his wife as to what to buy, but he otherwise
controlled the menu for the table.
Bill Alvin Harrington was a laborer.
Census records list him as initially being a farmer, farm laborer, and general
laborer. He worked in construction, poured and finished concrete, built fences,
worked at the canning factory, worked on truck farms and about anything that
would earn a few dollars. He was a hard worker giving full value for his pay.
He finished his career as a janitor, laborer and handy man working many years
for the Ohio Electric Power and Lighting Company just south of Columbus, Ohio.
He finally retired at the age of 72 with a pension from that Company. The Ohio
Electric Power and Lighting Company is still an operating plant of the American
Electric Power Company (AEP).
Bill was well liked by all who knew him.
Unlike his wife who was usually secluded and largely antisocial, Bill was
forthcoming and pleasant. He loved to play cards and would seldom pass up a
game. He liked to gamble at cards but never for high stakes. Usually he played
for a nickel or dime; a quarter a hand was about his limit.
John
Greene, Jr. son of John and Esther Mae Eblin-Greene and Grandpa Bill's great
grandson recalls: "When we lived on the south end of Frankin County in old
Marion Township from 1941 to 1949 grandfather Bill Harrington would come to
visit us. He would ride the Greyhound bus from Circleville to the south side of
Columbus. He would then walk the short distance from High Street to our house
(about a 1/4 mile). That weekend there wasn't much sleeping. It was an
all-night poker party. I remember his pointer finger had a heavy deformed
finger nail, and he would thump it on the table when he wanted to make a point.
When he came, he always brought along his bottle of Four Roses."
Bill
Harrington’s deformed fingernail was on the index finger of his right hand. It
was the result of an auto-accident. He was driving a model-A Ford and bumped
into the back of a similar vehicle. Neither car was damaged but the
front-bumper of Bill's car went over the back-bumper of the other car. He got
hold of the bumper of his car and raised it a little and it slid off. The tip
of his finger was between the sliding bumpers and it sheared off the end of his
finger. It just cut off the tip leaving the 'root' of the nail so that it
continued to grow but as a thick, deformed nail that he kept well-trimmed to
look a bit like a talon of a bird.
Grandpa Bill Harrington lived about a
dozen years after he retired at the age of 72. At 72 he was pretty well worn
out but made good use of his retired years.
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He
liked to fish and, of course, play cards. The 1940 Federal Census enumerated
Bill and his wife, Lizzie, living with their son, Roy and Kathryn
Payne-Harrington. After Lizzie moved out of their home, Bill continued to make
his residence with his son, Roy and Kathryn Harrington, who lived on Main
Street on the far-east side of Circleville. He no longer drove a car. One of
his remaining pleasures was to walk the full length of Main Street to the
far-west side of Circleville - a distance of about a mile. The attraction on
West Main Street was a little bar named "Mary's." It was run by the
owner whose name was Mary. Weather-permitting, Grandpa Bill would make the walk
once a day. At Mary's he was well known. He knew and liked all the patrons - it
was a comfortable, fun place to be and he felt at home. Moreover, Mary was a
good friend and although she was a couple of decades younger than Bill, she
gave him a lot of attention calling him her 'boyfriend' and other endearing
names. Bill enjoyed the attention. Undoubtedly, it was attention that he had
not received for a long, long time at home, if ever. It filled a need of being
liked and needed. Bill, at the age of about 80-years, misread Mary's interest
and decided to propose marriage to her. He bought her a nice engagement ring
and prepared to make his 2nd proposal of marriage in his life. As his plan
matured, he took some of his children into his confidence. Their vision and
advice was more conservative than Bill's had become and they advised him
against his plan. Being the stubborn old cuss that he was, he did not take
their advice and proceeded with his proposal. The discussions with his kids and
their advice, however, probably helped soften the blow when Mary rejected his
proposal of marriage. Bill continued his daily walk, though. Perhaps he found
the beer was as important as Mary.
Grandpa Bill returned from his daily
walk about 3:00 p.m. on July 24, 1951. He always took his supper with Roy and
Kathryn and would usually help Kathryn prepare it if he could. On this day, he
told Kathryn that he was not feeling good and thought he would lie down on his
bed and rest a little. When Kathryn went to call him for dinner she found him
dead. At the age of 85, Grandpa Bill had finally worn out.
William
Alvin Harrington never owned his own home. He always rented and was therefore
relatively mobile. In the course of his life he moved many times remaining in
the same house just a few years.
The author’s mother, Audra L. Young
Harrington, frequently remarked how much she liked her father-in-law, Bill
Alvin Harrington. Audra first met her future father-in-law when he was about
62-years old. Audra was taken aback by the brash, boisterous, and unpolished
nature of some of his children, but, in contrast the man she knew as her father-in-law,
Bill Harrington, was a soft-spoken, real gentleman. The author, Audra’s son,
first remembers his grandfather a decade or so later and confirms Audra’s
description of him.
Sarah
Elizabeth Pence (29 Apr 1872 - 19 Jan 1948) Click here to return to the Table of Contents
Sarah Elizabeth Pence apparently did not
prefer to be called by her first name, Sarah. In almost every record where she
could control her preferred name such as the U.S. Federal Census records, she
went by her middle name, Elizabeth, or more commonly Lizzie or Eliza. This
could have been a preference developed in childhood to avoid conflicting with
her mother whose name was Sarah Jane Lockwood-Pence.
Lizzie was a nice but private person who did not
socialize much with others. She rarely hosted events in her home, even with
members of her own family. She was very much the opposite of her husband, Bill
Harrington, who was social and friendly. During her entire life, except for the
last 3 or 4-years, Lizzie had the burden of caring for
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children. As her own
children left the nest it was almost immediately filled by grandchildren. Lizzie
spent her entire life in a hand-to-mouth economic environment that was near
poverty which also probably discouraged her socially. Yet, she was kind. I
recall visiting her at Christmas time and she always gave her grandchildren a
white paper bag of hard-tack candy and an orange. I recall spending the night
at her house while our parents went to a late night social event. She pushed
two comfortable chairs together to make a bed for my brother, Bill, who was
about 3-years old, while I slept on a couch. Bill was not ready to go to bed
but Lizzie insisted telling him that if he didn’t be good, the Boogy Man would
get him. Unconvinced, Bill retorted that the Boogy Man would get her which made
Lizzie smile. Years later, my half-sister, June Lucille Harrington, who was
being reared by her grandparents remarked, that was one of the few times that
she ever saw our grandmother smile.
Lizzie
was fairly religious and belonged to one of the more liberal Christian churches
in Circleville that included some physical participation by the congregation in
their services such as shouting and occasional marching about if the spirit
struck them. Toward the end of her life, she asserted that she saw snakes
crawling around the chair where her husband sat. About 3-years before she died,
she moved out from her home and rented a place of her own. She died on 19
January 1948 and was buried in Hitler Cemetery located about 3-miles from
Circleville.
Nellie
Mae Harrington (1892-1975) Click here to return to the Table of Contents
+ William Ottis
Zwicker (1884-1946)
Nellie
Mae Harrington (1891-1975) was the first child to William “Bill” Alvin and
Sarah Elizabeth Pence-Harrington. Her marriage application states that she was born
in Circleville Ohio. Nell was a hard, independent lady with fixed ideas that
favored her and sometimes offended others. In many ways she had a similar
personality to her mother, Lizzie, except that it was more aggressive. Being
the oldest child in a family that grew rapidly, she had a major role in raising
her younger siblings. A family story was told that involved her younger
brother, Ira, my father. When she was about 12 years old, her mother was
working as a gleaner in a bean or pea field. Nellie was charged with keeping an
eye on her siblings and possibly also helping with the gleaning. Ira was
approaching 2-years old and wondered onto the nearby rail road track that
bounded one side of the field. He was rescued from being run over by a brakeman
who made his way to the cow-catcher and snatching him a second before the train
hit him. This was one of the “near miss” events for Ira that would have
drastically changed the nature of this book. Nellie escaped the family early
and married young. Her marriage ended in divorce and there is no evidence that
I could find that she ever married again.
Family lore was that Nellie Mae Harrington never
married. She was referred to as the old-maid of the family. But, from the
Pickaway County, Ohio, Marriage Book number 14, page 459 – I found a marriage
on 20 November 1909 of Nellie Mae Harrington, born 14 October 1891 in
Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio, to, William Ottis Zwicker, born 22 February
1884 in Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio. Their marriage was performed by
D.H. Jemison, pastor of the M.E. Church, in Circleville, Ohio. Nellie Mae
Harrington’s gave her residence as Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio. Her
occupation was left blank. Her father was William Harrington and her mother was
Sarah Pence. William Ottis Zwicker’s residence was Circleville, Ohio. His
occupation was carpet weaver. His father was George Zwicker and his mother was
Fannie Francis.
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Both
William and Nellie claimed that they had not been previously married.
My earliest recollection of Nell was
when she was about 55-years old. She was a woman of average build, perhaps
5’-6” tall, slim, weighing perhaps 120 pounds, red thinning hair, and almost
always well dressed. She was independent and somewhat arrogant. In retrospect
she may have suffered from an inferiority or insecurity complex that she tried
to hide.
Nellie lived and worked in Columbus,
Ohio for much of her life. Early-on she lived with one or more of her siblings
who had also moved to Columbus to work. By the time I knew her, she visited
other members of the family, infrequently. When she did, she made clear that
she did not like children, an impression that no-doubt colored my opinion of
her, even yet, since I was a child when most of my memories of her were formed.
Most
of the stories told about Nellie usually reflect her controlling and frequently
disagreeable personality. In about the 1960s, her younger brother, Roy William
Harrington, divorced his wife, Kathryn and moved into his own apartment in Circleville.
Nell moved into his apartment with his permission. Shortly after moving-in, she
took charge of the apartment which included re-arranged Roy’s furniture to her
liking. This was typical of Nell but was not an arrangement that Roy could
approve. Roy soon asked her to leave.
The
latter years of her life were spent in Circleville, the town of her birth.
There she was a resident in an assisted living facility and later a nursing
home not far from where Ira’s son and my brother, William “Bill” Young Harrington,
lived. Bill’s wife had baked a pie and had their son, also named William
“Billy” Young Harrington, Jr., deliver a piece to Nellie. Nellie accepted the
offering without a “Thank You.” Instead, she sent the message back to Bill,
“Next time don’t send your brat. Bring it yourself.” Perhaps the message got
garbled by the carrier, but it was typical of Nellie.
Charles
Ray Harrington (1893-1966) Click here to return to the
Table of Contents
+
Florence Prichard Still-born child
+
Bertha (Betty) Arbelle Kimmerling (1891-?)
+
Esther Spetnagle
+
Grace Harlor
Charles Raymond (Ray) Harrington
(1893-1966) was the second child and the oldest son of William (Bill) Alvin and
Sarah Elizabeth Pence-Harrington. He was short, about 5’-5” and when I knew him
at about age 53 he was bald except for a rim of remaining hair. He was a little
over-weight; perhaps 220-230 pounds. Ray was one of only three children of Bill
and Lizzie Harrington who owned real estate property. The other two children to
own real estate were my father, Ira, and his youngest brother, Fred Harrington.
I recall visiting Ray with my dad, Ira, once when Ray lived in Canal
Winchester, Ohio. He lived in a cute single-story house with a well-manicured
lawn. I believe that by then his wife was Grace Harlor, a school teacher. Grace
would have been Ray’s 4th wife. Ray had no living children. His 1st wife,
Florence Prichard, had a stillborn child, the only child that Ray was known to
have sired.
From
the Pickaway County, Ohio, Marriage Book number 15, page 415 – I found a
Marriage on 25 November 1914 of Charles Ray Harrington, born 17 September 1892
in Pickaway County, Ohio, to, Bertha A. Kemmerling, born 6 December 1891 in
Ashville, Pickaway County, Ohio. Their marriage was performed by Rev. P.E.
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Wright, Ashville, Ohio; no church
affiliation was given. Bertha A. Kemmerling’s residence was Ashville, Pickaway County,
Ohio. Her occupation was Telephone Operator. Her father was William Kemmerling
and her mother was Ella Cupper. Charles Ray Harrington’s residence was
Circleville, Ohio. His occupation was laborer. His father was William
Harrington and his mother was Lizzie Pence. Both Charles and Bertha claimed
that they had not been previously married.
Ray had only a limited education,
perhaps 8th grade, and had chosen to go into the automobile maintenance
business as a mechanic working at a garage. Unlike most of his Harrington
siblings, Ray apparently discovered early in life that cultivating manners and
some culture would get him ahead in life faster than the loud, boisterous
personality of some of his younger siblings. As he grew older, his personality
began to pay off in his career. He moved from the dirty-fingernail work of the
mechanic to the parts department and eventually to a mid-level management
position. Ray even passed the gentleman-test of my mother, Audra L.
Young-Harrington, who had a good feel for such things and generally did not
like the manners of some of the Harrington family.
Ray liked his beer. However, I have
never seen him drunk or boisterous. Ira told me the story of going somewhere
with Ray in Ira’s 1920-ish model Ford. Ira was driving. Ray was his passenger.
Both had been drinking and Ray had fixed himself a mixed drink for the road.
Ray was holding his drink by the upper lip of the glass but between his knees
and as they drove along, Ray went to sleep. They drove for several miles over rough
roads with Ray holding his drink near the top of the glass suspending the
weight of the glass below his fingers. His hand formed a gimbal that minimized
the movement of the glass and contents so it did not spill a drop. Upon
arriving at their destination, Ira stopped the car while Ray slept on. Ira
called to Ray that they had arrived, upon which Ray awoke, startled and jumped;
spilling the full contents of the drink in his lap.
Ray lived to be 72–years old. He died on
16 Mar 1966, just 3-months and 4-days short of the 100th birthday of his
father. Ray was married to Grace Harlor when he died. He is buried in Union
Grove Cemetery Canal Winchester, Franklin County, Ohio.
Ruth
Imo Harrington (27 Jul 1895- 17 Sep 1965) Click here to return to the Table of Contents
+
George Henry Purcell (25 Dec 1892- 06
Feb 1968)
George William Purcell (07 Apr 1912- 31
Jul 2002)
Nancy
Jean Purcell (15
Jul 1939 – living)
+
Hurshel Scott Heeter (28 Jul 1896- 28
Feb 1932)
+
Carlton Pearl Pennell (07 Jun 1892- 01
Mar 1951)
Roger Carlton Pennell (02 Mar 1930- 10
Dec 1981)
John Carlton
Pennell (1949-
?)
Deborah Jo
Pennell (06
Oct 1950- ?)
Norma J. Pennell
(27
Dec 1952- ?)
David E. Pennell
(26
Dec 1957- ?)
Ruth Ann Pennell
(30
Apr 1964- ?)
William Pennell (unknown-- ?)
+
Sterling Umphenour (Aug 1898-Dec
1976)
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Ruth Imo Harrington (1895-1965) was the
third sibling in Bill and Lizzie Pence-Harrington’s family. She was the opposite
from her sister Nellie. She was short, personable, congenial, slightly plump
but a good figure for her age. She was a people-person and judging from her
looks when I first knew her at about age 45-years, she must have been a
beautiful younger woman. She had a good work ethic and was working as a
housekeeper for a family when she was 15-years old.
Ruth first married George Henry Purcell
(1892-1968) on 5 December 1911 and had her oldest son, George William Purcell,
who became a local radio star. On the Marriage License Application for George
H. Purcell and Ruth Harrington, Ruth gave Hocking Co. Ohio as her place of
birth. I was able to confirm Hocking County, Ohio as her place of birth from
the birth record book in the Hocking County.
Her second marriage to Hurshel Scott
Heeter dated 3 February 1918 lasted only a few years – perhaps about 3-years.
She was still married to Heeter on January 1920 when the U.S. Federal Census
was taken. This census showed that Hurshel Heeter was a farm laborer who had a
7-year old son. By 1922, Ruth was living in Columbus, Ohio sharing an apartment
with her siblings, Nellie and Ira Harrington. Interestingly, on the Marriage
License Application for Hurshel S. Heeter and Ruth Harrington-Purcell (03 Feb
1918), Ruth gave Vinton Co. Ohio as her place of birth. However, the Hocking
County birth records confirm that her birth was in Hocking County. It is not so
important that she gave her place of birth as Hocking County on her first
marriage application and Vinton County on her second marriage application since
these are neighboring counties. It is important that her place of birth was
confirmed as Hocking County because it helps date when her parents moved from
the Hocking Valley to Pickaway County, Ohio because their next child, Viola
Grace Harrington was born in Pickaway County on 29 Aug 1897. So they must have
moved between 1895 and 1897. I have chosen to date the move about 1896.
Ruth’s third marriage was to Carlton
Pennell on 05 Apr 1924 with whom she had her second and last son, Roger Carlton
Pennell. Carlton was 2-years and 10-months Ruth’s senior. He was a plumber who
owned his own plumbing company. Ruth assisted with the management of the
company’s accounts. His company was one of the many businesses that failed
during the Great Depression.
In early 1932, in the depths of the
Great Depression, Ruth and her family, and Ira and his new wife, Audra Young
Harrington and their new son, Richard Harrington, headed for Florida. Their
plan was to build a fishing boat, fish, and sell their catch to the food
market. They figured that the food market would somehow be immune from the
national depression that gripped the economy. Their plan worked reasonably well
except for being able to sell their catch to the food market. They soon
discovered that the price being paid for fish was so low that it would not pay
for the price of fuel for their fishing boat.
Concern
over the economics of the venture was soon overtaken by the sudden death of
Easter Marie Harrington-Thompson on 25 July 1932. This was an unexpected shock
to Ira and Ruth since Easter was their baby sister. The Ira Harrington family
drove back to Ohio for Easter’s funeral in a marathon, non-stop except to
refuel, run of 21-hours. Following the funeral, the Ira Harrington family
remained in Ohio. Ruth and Carlton’s marriage ended after 26-years with the
death of Carlton who succumbed to cancer on 01 March of 1951.
After 10-years as a widow, Ruth's fourth
and final marriage was to Sterling Umphenour in 1961, a retired Army Officer
listed as a Lieutenant.
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Their marriage lasted four and a half years and was
ended by Ruth’s death at the age of 70-years on 17 September 1965. She is
buried in Alexandria National Cemetery, Louisiana.
George
William Purcell (07 Apr 1912 - 31 Jul 2002) Click here to return to the Table of Contents
George William Pence was the son of
George Henry Purcell (25 Dec 1892 - 06 Feb 1968) and Ruth Imo
Harrington-Purcell who had married on 05 Dec 1911 in Circleville, Ohio. George
William Purcell's daughter, Nancy Jean Purcell-Griffin-Howard, wrote that
George rode a freight train to California when he was in his teens. He was part
of the Carlton, Ruth and Rodger Pennell family who moved to Florida in early
1932 to start an aborted fishing business. Later, (sometime after 1932) he
started singing on the radio in Columbus, Ohio. This was about the same time
that Bing Crosby began his radio career. As a singer, George went from
1-night-a-week appearances to full week appearances. Nancy wrote that he was a
handsome, curly haired singer with a big ego. George also became a champion
heavy weight boxer in Columbus, Ohio. George married Wilma Ann Maurer (12 Sep
1912 - 21 Nov 1997) on 09 Jun 1934 and their daughter, Nancy Jean Purcell was
born on 15 Jul 1939. Later, he became a master plumber and had his own plumbing
shop.
On 5 January 1942, Nancy's grandfather,
Ferdinand Maurer (10 Mar 1872 - 05 Jan 1942), died and her family moved to
Dover, Ohio to take care of her grandmother and the farm. They remained on the
family farm until Nancy's grandmother, Pearl Florence Hawk-Maurer died on 27
August 1949. George had been a heavy smoker and quit but suffered from
bronchitis every winter. After Pearl's death, the family moved to Phoenix,
Arizona for her father’s health. Their stayed in Phoenix was about 2-years
before they moved on to El Cajon, California where George became head of
maintenance for the 11th Naval District. Wilma played piano for Sunday School
at the Seventh Day Adventist Church where George became head Deacon. George and
Wilma lived in El Cajon, California until they both died.
Although
I had lived with George and his family for a few months in Florida, during the formation
of the fishing business during the depression, I was too young to remember him.
I visited and talked with George Purcell on 5 May 2000. His wife, Wilma, had
died two and a half earlier. He was 88 years old and lived by himself in a
trailer court. He seemed to be very sharp, although he had a little difficulty
remembering the names of the Pence family. He verified information provided by
June Harrington-Franklin-Walters that one of Grandma, Sarah Elizabeth Pence
Harrington's, brothers lived in Valporaso, Indiana. A couple of years later,
George passed away on 31 Jul 2002.
Nancy
Jean Purcell (15 Jul 1939 -
living) Click here to return to the Table of Contents
+
Larry Lee Griffin (27
Apr 1936 - 16 Apr 2004)
Rebecca Lee
Griffin (27
Jan 1959 – living) +
Rob ? Dahlan (? - ?) deceased
Krista Jean Dahlan (23 Jan 1989 –
living) (twin*)
+ Joshua David Martinez (7 Nov 1986 –
living)
Kierra Jean
Martinez (21
June 2010 – living)
Khloe Ann
Martinez (6
Oct 2011 – living)
Griffin Howard Martinez (25 Feb 2016
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Candice Deserah
Dahlan (23
Jan 1989 – living) (twin*)
+ Damien Baldrich (? - ?)
Lillian
Belle Baldrich (24
Aug 2006 – living)
+
Garret Eugene Maxwell (7 Nov 1986 – living)
Jackson Rae Maxwell (20 Sep 2010 –
living)
Deserah
Louise Maxwell (15
Apr 2016 – living) +
Thomas
Scott Neal (?
- ?)
Thomas Nathan
Neal (29
July 1986 – living)
Melissa ? (29 July 1984 –
living)
Alyssa Nicole Cook (19 Nov 2000 - living)
Thomas James Neal (25 Aug 2013 -
living)
Emilee
Elizabeth Neal (25
Dec 2014 - living)
James
William Griffin (29
Jul 1961 – living)
+ Mary Elizabeth Tompkins (? – living)
Seth Micheal Tompkins (7 June 1989 –
living)
+ Zoey Isabel ? (4 Feb 1994 -
living)
Sterling Micheal
Tompkins (15
Mar 2012 – living)
Melony Louise
Tompkins (?
– living)
William “Billy” Charles Tompkins (? – living)
+ Andrea "Drea" ? ? (24 Sept 1982 –
living)
Kimber Elise
Tompkins (10
Sept 2013 – living)
Barrett William
Tompkins (04
May 2015 – living)
Christopher
James Griffin (?
– living)
Anthony “Tony”
James Lee Griffin (?
– living)
Rachel Jean Griffin (08 May 1961 –
living)
+
David ? Haston (13 April 1956 – living)
+
Benjamin Martin Howard (22 Jul 1930 -
living)
Nancy Jean Purcell was the only child of
George and Wilma Ann Maurer-Purcell. In high school, Nancy was a model for a
store. By about 1951 she had moved to California with her parents. On 05 Oct
1957 at the age of 18-years and 4-months Nancy married Larry Lee Griffin, a
policeman. The couple had three children and grandchildren as listed above.
Nancy’s children were Rebecca (Becky) Lee Griffin-Neal, an X-ray technician;
James William Griffin, a nurse; and Rachel Jean Griffin, a payroll clerk. Jim
located in Idaho north of Lake Coeur d'Alene. Rachel never had children.
Nancy earned her master’s degree and was
an elementary school teacher for 27 years. She was active in her United Methodist
Church. She sang in the First Methodist Church choirs for 10 years.
On 28 Dec 1985 Nancy married Benjamin Martin Howard
(22 Jul 1930 - living), her current husband. Ben served in the U.S. Navy in the
Korean War - 1950. He has two master’s degrees; one in Education and one in
Industrial Technology. He worked overseas for General Atomics for the peaceful
use of atomic energy. He also acted in Hollywood for a year. Ben completed his
varied career by teaching high school for 30-years. Nancy and Ben have traveled
to Europe 9 times. They cruised to Mexico and Hawaii with friends. On their
21st anniversary they took a 3-week cruise to Florida, Portugal, Bermuda,
Ireland, France and London, England.
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They
travel to visit their descendants, see new great grandchildren and attend
weddings.
Roger
Carlton Pennell (02 Mar 1930 - 10 Dec 1981) Click here to return to the Table of Contents
+
Bonnie Louise Chrysler (11 July 1929 – 02 June 1992)
John
Carlton Pennell (20
Jan 1949 – unknown)
+
Kathleen Edith McHarry (1947 - unknown)
Roger
Carlton Pennell (1975
- unknown)
+
Wetonia Ann Boehringer (21 Mar 1976 - unk)
Madison
Grace Pennell (2000-living)
Guage
Carlton Pennell (2003-living)
Mathew J. Pennell (1977 - unknown)
Deborah Jo
Pennell (06
Oct 1950 – unknown)
Norma J. Pennell
(27
Dec 1952 – unknown)
+ David T. Gibson (about 1950-?)
+
unknown spouse (unknown-?)
+
Michael A. Eisel (about
1951-?)
Minor
Child (no
further information)
David
E. Pennell (26
Dec 1957 – unknown)
+ Belinda R. Angles (unknown- ?)
Ruth Ann Pennell (30 Apr 1964 –
unknown)
William Pennell (unknown- ?)
+ Pat (unknown- ?)
Roger Carlton Pennell was the only child
in the family of Ruth Imo Harrington-Purcell-Pennell. He was Ruth’s second
child, the first being George William Purcell. Roger was about 1-year and 10
months old when the Carlton Pennell and Ira Harrington families went to Florida
to start a fishing business as a hedge to the worsening Great Depression of the
late 1920s and 1930s. That effort was short-lived due to the death of Ira and
Ruth’s sister, Easter Marie Harrington-Thompson on 25 July 1932. After Easter’s
funeral, with Ira’s wife, Audra Lavada Young-Harrington, pregnant with my
brother, William Young Harrington, both families went their separate ways. I
saw the Carlton and Ruth Pennell family only sporadically over the following
years on family visits. After Roger and I graduated from high school, I saw
them not at all.
I
recall one visit by the Pennell family to our house in about 1946 that could
well be the last time I saw Roger. At that time I was the proud owner of a
single-cylinder, Maytag gasoline engine that had been the power source for my mother’s
washing machine before we had electricity. Roger wanted the motor and I wanted
the crystal-set radio that he had. We traded and were both happy.
On
9 July 1948 Roger enlisted in the Army and was released a year later on 18 Oct
1949. Roger married Bonnie Louise Chrysler (11 Jul 1929 - 02 Jun 1992) of
Columbus, Ohio about 1948 and had 6 children over the next 14 years. Roger
became a welder and lived in Columbus, Ohio most of his life. He eventually
moved to near Lancaster, Ohio. On 10 Dec 1981 he died of a stroke at the Mount
Carmel East Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. Roger’s cousin, June
Harrington-Franklin-Walters, related the following story of Roger’s death:
"Roger came home from work one day [09 December 1981] and asked his wife
how long it would be before supper. She told him, "Oh, about an
hour."
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He
said he thought he would take a nap and laid down on the couch. His wife came
to wake him for supper and found him unconscious. He died of a stroke." [The
records indicate that Roger had a stroke on 9 December 1981 and died the next
day, 10 December 1981, in Mt. Carmel East Hospital, Columbus.]
From the obituary of Roger Carlton
Pennell, I have a complete listing of his children. His children and a couple
of his grandchildren are listed above. However, I have been unable to find any
of Roger and Bonnie’s children or get any more information about his family.
Viola “Olie” Grace Harrington (29 Aug 1897-12 Feb 1996) Click here to return to the Table of Contents
+ William Allen
Eblin (17
Apr 1894-02 Sep 1948)
George William Eblin (08 Apr 1914-06
Dec 1980)
Leonard Leroy Eblin (08 May 1915-03
May 2002)
Esther Mae Eblin (17 Apr 1917-02
May 2001)
Roy Edward Eblin (13 May 1919-26
Jun 1981)
Viola
“Olie” Grace Harrington was the fourth of William (Bill) Alvin and Sarah
Elizabeth Pence-Harrington’s children. She was born on 29 August 1897 and went
by her nickname, Olie. Olie holds the record in the Harrington family for
having lived so long. She was 98 and one-half years old when she died on 12
February 1996. I did not know Olie or her husband, William Allen Eblin. Of her
children, I only met Leonard once in his barber shop in the 1970s and interviewed
him for this book in the late 1990s. I also interviewed Olie’s daughter, Esther
Mae Eblin-Greene, in the late 1990s.
I recall my dad, Ira Harrington, taking
my brother, William “Bill” Young Harrington, and me, Richard “Dick” Edward
Harrington, to the Circleville Ice Plant to buy ice, in the mid-1930s. On the
way, we stopped to visit his sister, Olie Harrington-Eblin, at her home. Bill
and Olie Harrington-Eblin lived on the road approaching the ice house that was
located close to and west of Circleville, Ohio. It was a short visit. About all
that I remember of the visit was that there were several older children at
their house who, in retrospect, were probably Olie and Bill Eblin’s children
listed above.
Olie
(Viola Grace) Harrington-Eblin and Bill (William Allen) Eblin divorced a few
years before Bill’s death in 1948. Olie lived another 48-years. She was an
accomplished cook working at the Weaver and Wells Restaurant, Pickaway Arms and
for the Pickaway County school system. Her last few years were spent in a
nursing home. She had lost her cognitive abilities prior to her death.
William
Allen Eblin (17 Apr 1894 - 02 Sep 1948) Click here to return to the
Table of Contents
The grandparents of William
“Bill” Allen Eblin were Lewis William Eblin (10 Jul 1836-11 Aug 1883) and Nancy
Terry (Mar 1826-1901). They were farmers living in Meigs County, Ohio. Lewis
William Eblin died in Meigs County. Nancy Terry eventually moved to
Circleville, Ohio and lived with her son, Martin Eblin and her daughter, Lizzie
Anna Eblin, until her death in 1901. Lizzie Anna Eblin (Dec 1876- 07 Mar 1948),
who went by Anna Eblin was born in Meigs County, Ohio, and was the mother of
William “Bill” Allen Eblin. The father of William A. Eblin is not clear. A
story attributed to Bill was that he was the illegitimate son of a Civil War
veteran. Since Anna Eblin
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had
no husband when Bill was born on 17 April 1894, she gave him her maiden name.
It is not clear where Bill Eblin was born. His mother, Anna Eblen, was in
Circleville before 20 September 1894 when she married Samuel Hessinger, which
was 5-months after Bill’s birth so Bill was likely born in Circleville and
Samuel Hessinger could have been his father. Samuel was definitely not a Civil
War veteran, however, since he was born between 1863 and 1874. At the time of
Bill’s birth in 1894 there were several Eblin and Hessinger families living in
Circleville, Ohio. Samuel and Anna Eblin-Hessinger divorced and on 3 November
1902 when her son, Bill Eblin was 8-years and 6-months old, Anna married Thomas
Thomas (Thomas Thomas is not a typo) who had been a boarder in the home of her
brother, Martin Eblin, and his family since before 1900. Bill Eblin appears on the
1900 Federal Census as “William Eblin.” On the 1910 Federal Census, he appears
as “William Thomas.” Bill’s WWI registration card and 1920 Federal Census lists
him as William “Bill” Allen Eblin.
Bill
Eblin’s mother, Anna, and her husband, Thomas, were both heavy in their latter
years. Today they would probably be considered obese.
Bill Eblin had a half-brother, George H.
“Fats” Thomas (Abt. 1907 – unknown) who was the son of his mother and her
second husband, Thomas Thomas. George’s nickname, Fats, came naturally to him
because of his weight. Bill’s grandson, John Edward Greene, Jr. remembered him
as follows: “I remember seeing Fats Thomas and was amazed at his size. While
visiting my grandfather I was shown the bed that Fats slept on and the sofa
that he used to sit on. I saw the Pontiac that he drove around Circleville. The
rear seat had been removed and the front seat was moved to the rear as far as
it would go to allow his large body to drive the car. I was told of his five
legged pig that he charged people to look at for some income. The only other
job that I know of he ever had was as bartender for the Eagles Club on east
Main street. The only other thing that I can remember and I have tried to
forget was the odor of the Thomas home. They were all rather large people and I
don't think they took bathing real seriously. I do remember walking around
their backyard. They had some poultry and other animals in their back yard for
use on the table.
I remember Fats Thomas’ weight of around
500 pounds and when he passed I was told that an extra-large casket had to be
purchased for him. Everyone in Circleville seemed to know him in earlier
times.”
John
continued, “I had a newspaper delivery route for
the old Columbus Citizen when I was about 10
years old [about 1945 and John lived in Marion Township near Columbus, Ohio].
One afternoon after the newspaper truck delivered my bundle of papers for me to
deliver and I had cut the wire that held the bundle together on the front page
of the Citizen was a picture of two young women, each standing in each leg of a
huge pair of pants. I was surprised to read that the pants belonged to Fats
Thomas of Circleville Ohio. The paper had featured Fats pants on the front of
their paper.”
William
“Bill” Allen Eblin and Viola “Olie” Grace Harrington married about 1913. By the
time the 1920 Federal Census was taken, all of their four children were born
and Bill was working at the Circleville Strawboard Co. as a machine tender. The
Strawboard Company made a course paper from wheat-straw. The company was later
bought by the Containers Corporation of America. Bill was always a good
provider. By 1930 he had secured a position with the Circleville Ice Plant
where he worked most of the rest of his life. Being the era before the powered
refrigerators became a required household-appliance, Bill managed the
distribution of ice to the city of Circleville, the
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transportation, and railroad industry. The Circleville
Ice Plant also provided jobs for Bill’s sons who ran ice delivery routes.
Bill
and Ole divorced a few years before Bill’s death. Bill liked his beer and in
the early summer of 1948, just a few months before he died, he was playing the
slot-machines in the Eagles Lodge in Circleville. He became angry with the
machines and pulled them over on himself, breaking both his legs. Bill’s
grandson, John Edward Greene, Jr. recalls going with his mother to visit Bill
Eblin after his accident with the slot-machines. He was living with Thomas and
Anna Eblin-Thomas at the time. He never fully recovered from the effects of
that incident. Bill died on 02 September 1948.
John Edward Greene, Jr., my 1st cousin,
once removed, was much closer to the Bill and Olie’s family since John’s
mother, Esther Mae Eblin-Greene, was their daughter. John shared some of his
memories of them. I include some of his stories here since they serve to better
describe that part of the family. John wrote, “I remember going to the Eblin
household at the Circleville Ice plant. My father and all of the Eblin
clan worked at the ice plant. My father worked in maintenance there and all of
my mother’s family worked delivering ice or in some capacity there. I remember
at a very young age going with Roy [Esther and Bill Eblin’s youngest son] up to
the barn where the horses were kept and him bringing the horses from the barn
and harnessing them to the ice wagons. I once went with Roy to the train
station on South Court Street to deliver ice to the refrigerator cars and to
the passenger trains. Also I remember my grandfather Bill and the family at
butchering time in the fall. I remember their killing the hogs with an old .22
caliber pistol that they had and the discussion among the family about where to
shoot the hogs for a quick kill. I really enjoyed that time at the Eblins.
Grandma Olie fixed pork and cracklings for us to eat after making lard. I
stayed with the Eblins overnight a few times and remember the big breakfasts
that Grandma Eblin fixed every morning on her wood burning stove. They had no
running water inside, but used a pitcher pump inside on the sink in cold
weather. Outside was another pump used in the summer time. I looked forward to
Saturday night at the Eblins. I sat with the family and we listened to the
Grand old opry on their radio. Then I went to sleep in their unheated bedroom.
Lots of other stories come to mind when I think of the visits to the Ice plant
home. I remember the summer kitchen where there was a kerosene stove used for
cooking. The wood stove, I was told, was much too hot for cooking in the
summer.
I remember the tumultuous
situation between my grandparents and their eventual breakup and divorce.
Alcohol was a major cause of trouble in the Eblin household. All but Leonard
misused alcohol.
Alcohol was eventually the demise of
Roy. After the war and his discharge from the Army, Roy married and later
divorced his wife June. June is still alive [as of, 2011] and lives in
Chillicothe Ohio. She married a deputy sheriff and is a widow now. Roy
developed cirrhosis and passed some time ago after a marriage and having a
child. Roy worked for Hill Distributing company as a sales-truck driver for
several years with access to large amounts of alcohol. I remember Roy as a
short tempered alcoholic who drank Wiedemann beer from sunrise to sunset every
day of his life. While driving his truck he would have a case of beer available
to him constantly. I was constantly concerned about his driving and drinking
and was amazed that he didn't kill someone with his truck driving around the
city of Columbus. George was also encumbered with the bane of alcoholism. When
not drinking, he had a wonderful personality, but alcohol drove him over the
edge.
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I remember staying with
the Eblins [Bill and Olie] when they owned the Cozy Corner bar on old Rt. 23
south of Circleville. The bar was more trouble and the end of their marriage.”
“I don't remember exactly when Grandma Olie Eblin moved in
with us, but she stayed for some time. Her
next move was to the home for the aged at Alum Crest on Alum creek drive where
she spent the rest of her life.”
George
William Eblin (08 Apr 1914 - 06 Dec 1980) Click here to return to the Table of Contents
George
was the first son of Bill and Olie Eblin. I have very little information about
George who was my 1st cousin. I recall hearing my parents describe him as
personable, but unable to “hold his liquor.” George was thought to be somewhat
mentally challenged. He apparently had a serious problem when he got drunk.
George was sentenced to prison a couple of times. John Edward Greene, Jr.,
George’s nephew, recalls that he was in the Ohio State Penitentiary for about a
year in 1944 or 1945. I do not know the exact crime on which he was sentenced.
But he went crazy when he was drunk. Both John Greene, Jr., and my parents told
me of an incident that happened in Chicago, Illinois in which he got drunk and
broke the window of a butcher shop to get at sausage that was hanging there.
When the police arrived, he was sitting on the curb in front of the butcher
shop eating sausage.
George’s
nephew, John Edward Greene, Jr. described him this way. “George Eblin, when not
drinking was a perfect example of kindness and good will. He would do anything
to help out the family. George for years exhibited what I would call mental
problems. As far as I know he never hurt anyone physically.
George was a hobo and
traveled the country on freight trains. One day he would show up at my parent’s
home, looking gaunt and dirty. Mom would feed him and offer him a bed and
shower. He would work around the house painting or whatever mom and dad wanted
done. He was like an angel with broken wings. Then, suddenly, when he was back
in good physical shape he would vanish in the middle of the night with a
toothbrush and a bar of soap. He would usually know where the cash was stored
in my parent’s home and I always thought mom intentionally would let him know
that there was some cash there for him. This happened so many times.
George was also a hopeless alcoholic. Cheap wine was his
weakness. When he was drinking I was always afraid that he would hurt me, my
brother, or mom and dad. One Christmas he was so drunk that he tore up our home
and fell into the Christmas tree. My brother and I cowered upstairs fearing the
worst and heard the commotion and turmoil going on downstairs. It was almost
more than I could take. This was just one instance of trouble that George would
bring to our lives.
One of his favorite places to drink was " Eberts"
tavern at the corner of south High street and Frank road. Someone there
offended him and he managed to make it home while in a drunken state. My father
kept a 16 gauge Remington pump gun in the stairway leading to our up stairs.
George was so drunk he could barely walk. He pushed the shotgun down into his
pants leg and started down the street headed to Eberts tavern. He said he was
going to take care of someone there.
I
panicked and decided it was time to stop him. I called the constable of Marion
Township. I knew the constable and went to school with his two sons. He
intervened and brought George and the shotgun home. If this happened today,
George would have probably been shot and killed. Back then [in] the community
where I lived, this act would not have been a big deal.
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George was in the
service for a while and was discharged because he had flat feet - a medical discharge,
I guess. He worked at Columbus Packing Co. and at Columbus Rendering Co.
George married a prostitute whom he met at a bar that was at the
corner of South High Street and Hanford Ave in Columbus, Ohio. I don’t remember
the name of George’s wife. Grandma Eblin was living with us at the time. He
brought his new wife to our home to live. I remember them sitting at our
kitchen table and Grandma Eblin lecturing them. It was kind of funny in a way.
The marriage did not last long. George's wife returned to her life as a
prostitute. It wasn't long before she was thrown from a speeding car by a group
of men she had taken up with at her tavern hangout.
George's next adventure
was his marriage to a woman named Louise. She had several children and they
were dirt poor. George and Louise had one child and I think it was a boy. They
lived in a shanty built of soda signs and scraps of wood.
I don't know exactly why George was sentenced to prison. I do
remember my mother and I going to the Ohio Penitentiary to visit him and take
him some personal items and tobacco. [John
believes
this may have been about 1944-1945.] He chewed tobacco.
I
remember his death and going to the funeral home. He was dressed as he lived – in
a white shirt and denim pants. I am not sure, but he may be buried in Greenlawn
Cemetery in Columbus.” [George’s records indicate he is
buried at Obetz
Cemetery, Obetz, Franklin County, Ohio]
Leonard
Leroy Eblin, Sr. (08 May 1915 -
03 May 2002) Click here to return to the Table of Contents
+ Ruth Kathryn
Eccard (07 Apr 1918 - 24 Aug 2001)
Leonard LeRoy
Eblin,
Jr. (27 Mar 1944 – living)
+ Virginia Mae Owens (22 Nov 1944
– living)
Tonja Renee
Eblin (22
Sep 1964 - before Aug 2005)
Aaron Travis
Eblin (23
Aug 1965 – living)
+
Deborah K Cook (1944
– living)
+ Connie S Litsey (11 Jun 1948 –
living)
Karen Sue Eblin (20 Feb 1951 –
living)
+
David Eugene Reichelderfer (20 Jun 1951- ?)
+
Ronald Lee Gaines (28
Oct 1938 - 1997)
Julie Nicole Gaines (22 Jan 1972 –
living)
Ronna Sue Gaines (27 May 1973 –
living)
Leslie Lee Gaines (25 Jun 1974 –
living)
Brian Michael Gaines (21 Sep 1975 –
living)
+
Rodric "Ric" Greider (15 Aug 1949 – living)
I
may have met Leonard Leroy Eblin when I was a child but did not remember him. I
met him again when I went to his barber shop for a haircut in the late 1950s.
My last contact with him was in his home in 1995 when he was 81-years old and I
was interviewing him as part of this genealogy project. Leonard and his wife
Ruth Kathryn Eccard-Eblin had a lovely home in the north side of Circleville,
living the good life of retired professionals. Ruth was a retired school
teacher. Leonard impressed me as a very serious, intelligent person who was
firmly in control of his life.
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In his mid-to-late teens he worked with
his father, Bill Eblin, at the Circleville Ice Plant and eventually had his own
ice delivery route that involved driving a horse-drawn delivery wagon around
Circleville. Leonard was married only once on 14 October 1941 to Miss Ruth
Eccard following his enlistment in the Army on 27 March 1941. They married in
the Lutheran Church in Circleville with George L. Troutman presiding. Leonard
was a medic in the Army during WWII. Leonard initially served under General
George Patton in the Africa Campaign of WWII. He was sent to Ireland for about
a year and then to Europe. He was in the second wave of D-day arriving on 7
June 1944, one day after the initial invasion on 6 June 1944. He was released
from military service on 11 August 1945 as a Sargent.
Leonard
and Ruth Eccard-Eblin had two children. Their oldest was Leonard LeRoy Eblin,
Jr. who was probably born in Circleville, Ohio. Leonard, Jr. was married
3-times. His three wives and two children are listed above. I did not know
Leonard Eblin, Jr. or his wives or descendants. However, I had a fairly
extensive e-mail exchange with his daughter, Tonja Renee Eblin, that covered
the last 4-years of her life.
Leonard
Leroy Eblin, Jr. (27 Mar 1944 –
living) Click here to return to the
Table of Contents
+ Virginia Mae
Owens (22 Nov 1944 – living)
Tonja Renee
Eblin (22
Sep 1964 – 4 July 2005)
Aaron Travis
Eblin (23
Aug 1965 – living)
+ Deborah K Cook
(1944
– living)
+ Connie S
Litsey (11
Jun 1948 – living)
Leonard Leroy Eblin, Jr. began his
career as a system analyst. He moved to Florida in the mid-1980 where he still
lives. In Florida he worked for the Baptist Hospital for a while but is now
retired. Leonard had no military service. Leonard had two children, Tonja Renee
and Aaron Travis Eblin. Tonja died 4 July 2005 and Aaron now lives in
California with his wife and three children.
Tonja Renee
Eblin
(22
Sep 1964 - 04 Jul 2005)
During my interview in 1995 with my 1st
cousin, Leonard Leroy Eblin, Sr., Tonja’s grandfather, he told me that Tonja
suffered from a congenital disease that rendered her an invalid. In our
subsequent e-mails Tonja referred to her condition apparently thinking that I
knew about it. When I finally asked her about it via e-mail on February 9,
2002, she referred me, to an excellent web site that described in detail the
condition of Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP). I had never heard of
it. The web site, http://www.ifopa.org/fopbook/index.htm, is an excellent
reference. In short, it is a very rare and painful condition in which the body
forms extra bone material inside muscles, tendons, ligaments, and other
connective tissue that blocks the function of these body-parts and joints.
There have only been a few hundred cases of this affliction known in the world.
Tonja was strong in her position that she did not want to be viewed as a
laboratory specimen and subject to research that she felt would be futile.
Tonja died on 4 July 2005. She would have been 41-years old on 22 September
2005.
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Karen
Sue Eblin
(20
Feb 1951 – living)
+
David Eugene Reichelderfer (20 Jun 1951 - ?)
+ Ronald Lee
Gaines (28
Oct 1938 - 1997)
Julie Nicole Gaines (22 Jan 1972 –
living)
+ Ronald Schwind (unknown-unknown)
Ronna Sue Gaines
(27
May 1973 – living)
+
Steven Thomas (unknown-unknown)
Kylan
Gaines (25
Jan 1992-living)
Elijah
Redmond (3
Jan 2001-unknown)
Leslie
Lee Gaines (25
Jun 1974 – living)
+ Brian Maynard (unknown-unknown)
Ashley Wittenmeier (20 Oct
1992-living)
Grace Maynard (02 Sep 2002-living)
Hunter Maynard (11 Apr
2008-living)
Brian Michael Gaines (21 Sep 1975 –
living)
+ Rheanna ?
Colin
Michael Gaines (27
Feb 2002-living)
+ Michele
Pettigrew (unknown-unknown)
Cameron Michael
Gaines (06
Jun 2013-living)
Benjamin Tucker Gaines
(25
Apr 2014-living)
+ Rodric "Ric" Greider
(15 Aug 1949 – living)
Karen Sue Eblin
completed her schooling through high school in Circleville, Ohio graduating in
1969. In 1997 she received her degree in nursing from the Columbus State
University in Columbus, Ohio. She is now a practicing RN.
Esther
Mae Eblin (17 Apr 1917 - 02 May 2001) Click here to return to the Table of Contents
+
John Edward Greene, Sr. (22 Feb 1914 – 05 Oct 1994)
John Edward Greene,
Jr. (31
Aug 1935 – living)
+ Carol Anna Summers (16 Dec 1936 –
living)
Richard
Allen Greene (01
Jul 1938 – living)
+ Mary George Lloyd (07 May 1938 -
02 Sep 2012)
Esther Mae Eblin was
the 3rd child and the only female in the family of Bill and Olie
Harrington-Eblin. She was born and grew to adulthood in Circleville, Ohio. She
met and married her husband John Edward Greene, Sr. on 26 Aug 1934 at the age
of 17-years and 4-months old. One year and 5-days later she had the first of
two children, John Edward Greene, Jr. Three years and 2-months later she added
her second son, Richard Allen Greene, to complete her family. John Greene, Sr.
and Esther lived in Circleville for several years. During about 1938 and 1939
of that period, John worked at the Circleville Ice Plant. From the job at the
ice plant, John became a pipe-fitter in Circleville. But, his wages were so low
that he applied and got a job at Fort Hayes as a high-pressure steam engineer. John
moved his family from Circleville, Ohio to Columbus, Ohio in 1941 to be closer
to his work. At the time of this move, Esther was 23-years old and her husband,
John was 26-years old. He was later transferred to the Army Depot in Columbus
from which he eventually retired. In 1949 the family moved to 1632 Moler Road,
Columbus. John and Esther bought an acre of land at that address and John built
a two-car,
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concrete block garage that the family
equipped with a bathroom and kitchen and moved into for 3 or 4-years. When
John, Jr. and Carol Summers-Greene married in 1953, they moved into the garage
area and John, Sr. and Esther moved into the new house that John, Sr. had
constructed. A few years later, John, Jr. and Carol built their own 3-bedroom
house with an attached garage.
John
Edward Greene, Sr. (22 Feb 1914 –
05 Oct 1994) Click here to return to the Table of Contents
John
Edward Greene, Sr. was the second son of Denny and Hazel Ora-Green both of
Circleville, Ohio. Historical records suggest that it was probably Hazel
Ora-Greene-Peters who changed the spelling of the Green family name to Greene.
This conclusion is based on the appearance of the Greene spelling of her
children’s name in the 1930 US Federal Census that was taken about 9-years
following her first husband, Denny Green’s death in 1921. Her oldest son,
Reynold Green, retained the spelling, Green, of his father’s name.
John
Edward Greene, Sr. was 7-years old when his father died so he was reared by his
mother, Hazel, and her second husband, Stanley B. Peters, whom she married 15
February 1922. Hazel had no children with Stanley Peters. On 26 Aug 1934 John
Greene, Sr. married my 1st cousin, Esther Mae Eblin, daughter of Bill and Olie
Harrington-Eblin. Esther was 17 and John was 21 years old when they married.
John Greene, Sr. started his career working at the Circleville Ice Plant with
his grandfather, Bill Eblin. He soon became a plumber in Circleville, then in
Columbus, Ohio. Within a few short years he took a position with the Army Depot
in Columbus, Ohio from which he eventually retired. John Edward Greene, Sr.
died at his home in Pickerington, Ohio on 05 Oct 1994 at the age of 80-years.
John
Edward Greene, Jr. (31 Aug 1935 –
living) Click here to return to the Table of Contents
+
Carol Anna Summers (16
Dec 1936 – living)
William Allen
Greene (25
July 1954 – living)
+ Cathy Barnette
(06
July 1956 – living)
Michael Todd
Greene (22
Aug 1955 – 4 Mar 1956)
Larry Edward
Greene (08
May 1957 – 10 Jun 1957)
James Charles Greene (14 Nov 1959 –
living)
+ Arlinda Del
Craig (1960
– living)
Deanna Mae
Greene (17
Nov ‘63 – living)
+ Johnny Jerald
Hammel (29 Sept 1961 – living)
David Allen
Greene (30 Oct 1964 – 23 Aug 1984)
John Edward Greene, Jr. was born 31
August 1935 in Circleville, Ohio, the son of John Edward Greene, Sr. and my 1st
cousin, Esther Mae Eblin-Greene who were also both born in Circleville, Ohio.
Like most families who lived through the Great Depression, the Eblin-Greene
family was very poor. John’s birth was described as a hard birth for both John
and his mother. John was born with a double hernia that required that he wear a
truss from the age of 2 to 9 years old, when he had corrective surgery. His
early physical issues and the corrective truss had a profound effect on John’s
early years. He was unable to do the physical things a normal child could do.
Bullying by his fellow students left emotional scars that took years to heal.
John Edward Greene, Jr. moved with his
family to Columbus, Ohio in 1941 when he was about 6-years old. After spending
his first year in a Columbus school, his family
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moved
to Marion Township where he enrolled in Fornof grade school. Bulling continued
at school. John graduated from Hamilton Township high school in 1953 having
received his full education in the Franklin County, Ohio school system. He
married his high school sweetheart, Carol Anna Summers, on 22 August 1953 just
9-days before he turned 18-years old. Carol who had been born in Columbus was
16-years and 8-months old. The young couple began housekeeping in a garage-home
recently vacated by John’s parents and started their family a year later with
the birth of their first son, William Allen Greene, on 25 July 1954.
John
Greene, Jr., went to work for Western Electric in the year 1958. He completed
the Western Electric Tool-and-Dye apprenticeship program, got his journeyman’s
card while still living in his father’s garage-apartment and became an employee
in the Western Electric Tool and Dye Department. Armed with a solid job and
some savings, John and Carol bought a 1.5 acre lot in Plain Township, Franklin
County, Ohio and set about to construct their new home. With the help of his
father and some hired home-building experts, he built a pre-fabricated home.
John did most of the electrical wiring, installed and finished the hardwood
floors, hung all of the doors, and did all of the painting. Finally, the job
was finished.
John and Carol Anna’s family eventually
numbered 6-children. Tragically, only half of them survived to adulthood. Their
second and third sons died within their first year of life and their youngest
son, David Allen Greene, was electrocuted at the age of 19-years while working
on a construction job.
John had a full 35-year career with
Western Electric, retiring in 1992.
Carol
Anna Summers-Greene worked for 5 1/2 years for
Plain Township Schools in New Albany, Ohio.
She retired with disability from the State of Ohio, Bureau of Workers
Compensation after 18 years of service.
John
and his wife, Carol Anna, were avid motorcycle buffs, taking many road trips
and seeing much of the USA. One such trip was to the Upper Peninsula of
Michigan where they fell in love with the area. They sold their motorcycle,
bought property and built a house where they lived for about 12-years. While there,
John suffered a stroke that limited his mobility for a while. Because of the
remoteness of the location and because medical facilities were sparse, they
decided to move back to central Ohio. In 2004, they moved to Johnstown, Ohio
near Columbus.
John Edward Greene, Jr. was a major
resource for the contemporary members of the Eblin family, in the writing of
this book, for which I am most grateful. One over-arching observation made by
John repeats itself several times throughout his contributions: “Alcohol was a
problem in the Eblin family. All of the Eblins suffered from alcoholism. My
grandparents divorced and fought like cats and dogs. Bill Eblin died as a
result of being drunk and pulling slot machines onto his legs and breaking
them. Roy drank a terrible amount and lost his liver function. George died
young. Leonard was the only one who was able to drink in a sensible manner. My
mother suffered with the same problem and made me and my brother's life
miserable at times. My father would have a couple of beers now and then, but
never was consumed with alcohol. As you probably know, both of my parents died
as a result of lung cancer from cigarettes that they used most of their lives.”
John Edward Greene, Jr. and his younger
brother, Richard Allen Greene, were the only two children of their parents,
John Edward Greene, Sr. and his wife, Esther May Eblin-Greene. In 2014 through
2016, the author of this book, Richard Harrington, helped organize and publish
a nearly 400-page family history of the Summers and Greene
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family titled, “The Summers-Greene
Family Tree.” That book had been initiated by Carol Anna Summers-Greene with
the help of her nephew, John Paul Rea, who together had collected considerable
information on Carol Anna’s family line. “The Summers-Greene Family Tree”
provides considerably more detail of their branch of our Greene family and even
more extensive history of Carol Anna Summer’s family. Copies of “The
Summers-Greene Family Tree” book can be found in the library of the Pickaway
County Historical and Genealogical Society in Circleville, Ohio.
Richard
Allen Greene (01 Jul 1938 – living) Click here to return to the Table of Contents
+
Mary George Lloyd (07
May 1938 - 02 Sep 2012)
John LeRoy
Greene (07
Jan 1961 – living)
+ Catherine Ann Schultz (17 May 1960 –
living)
Allison Rose Greene (30 Aug 1986 –
living)
Senneth Cheyenne Greene (23 Jan 1990 -
living)
+ Josh Smith
Richard Allen Greene, Jr. (11 Dec 1962 –
living)
+ Amee L. Rush (12 Aug 1968 -
living)
Shawntae Amanda Greene (12 Feb 1991 -
living)
+ (partner) Mason Truman
Scotlyn Truman
Brittany Lynn Greene (15 Aug 1993 -
living)
+ Alison Lynn Brower (15 Mar 1976 -
living)
Carson Olivia Greene (29 Jan 2004 -
living)
From an e-mail from Richard Greene dated June 13,
2001, "I go by Rich mostly. When I worked at AT&T a lot of
the people there called me Dick, but family and friends call me Rich."
Rich
Greene took his entire 12-years of schooling in the Franklin County School
System graduating in the spring of 1956. He started college in the fall of 1956
at The Ohio State University with the intention of pursuing a career in
Chemical Engineering. After one quarter he realized he did not want to invest
an additional 4-years in intensive schooling and dropped out of OSU to consider
his options. Rich married Mary George Lloyd on 9 August 1979 in Columbus, Ohio.
He went to work for Western Electric and rose in the ranks of the company from
maintenance, through design engineer, through senior engineer, and finally
became acting Chief of the Design Department. He retired from Western Electric
as senior engineer and Acting Chief of the Design Department in 1989. Upon
retirement Rich started his own company which he called, “Greene Engineering
Design.” Uncomfortable with all of the administrative issues of running a
company, he closed his business after about 2-years to go to work with Resinoid
Engineering Corporation which was owned by a friend and competitor. Richard
retired again in the year 2000 from Resinoid Engineering Corporation after
working there for about 8-years.
Also from Rich’s June 13, 2001 email: “Why I am
in Frazeysburg? I lived in Pickerington 35 or so years, and had always
planned to get out... perhaps a small farm, and somehow ended up here. [Rich
and Mary moved from Pickerington to their present home on Thanksgiving
Day in 1995.] I took early retirement from AT&T, did not like
retirement, so had my own business for a little bit, then went to work
for a company in Newark, and this location is
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handy
to Newark. Rich Greene" P.S. We actually are in Fallsburg, but post office
is Frazeysburg, OH.”
Roy
Edward Eblin (13 May 1919 - 26
Jun 1981) Click here to return to the Table of Contents
+ Dorothy June
Carr (unknown-?)
+ Becky (unknown- ?)
Terry
Eblin (31
Jul 1958-?)
Roy
Edward Eblin was the youngest child of William “Bill” and Olie
Harrington-Eblin. He was born in Circleville, Ohio. He grew up in his parent’s
house located near the Circleville Ice Plant where his father worked. When he
was 21-years old, he had an ice delivery route. In WWII, Roy enlisted in the
U.S. Army on 13 August 1942 and was released on 22 September 1945. He served as
an aircraft mechanic in the Pacific Theater. According to Carol Anna
Summers-Greene, Roy E. Eblin lived most of his adult life in Columbus, Ohio
except for his time in the military (enlistment date: 13 August 1942 – release
date: 22 Sep 1945). He first married Dorothy June Carr. John Greene, Jr. wrote,
“His wonderful wife June could not live
under the stress and rudeness that Roy displayed
while under the demon of alcohol. Even when not drinking, he was a stick of
dynamite just waiting to explode.” Roy
and June divorced. “Roy married again to a woman named Becky and they had a
daughter named Terry. Roy developed cirrhosis of the liver from the alcohol
consumption and died a very painful death.” Roy died in Columbus, Ohio on 26 June 1981 at the age of
62-years and 1-month. He was buried in Forest Cemetery in Circleville, Ohio.
Ira
Edward Harrington (28 Aug 1899 - 23 Nov 1983) Click here to return to the Table of Contents
+ Dortha Ellen Moore (21 Jul 1901 -
01 Oct 1997)
June Lucille Harrington (1 June 1920 -
28 Apr 2003)
+
Vivian “Lil” Redford (15
Jan 1900 - Aug 1975)
+
Audra Lavada Young (24
Jan 1907 - 8 Apr 1990)
Richard Edward Harrington (23 December
1931 – living)
William Young Harrington (17 Jun 1963 -
23 Feb 1986)
Patricia Sue Harrington (20 Jun 1936 -
28 Apr 2013)
It is true that we can never fully know our
parents. When we enter the family, our parent’s life is already about 20% to
30% over. Our grandparents' lives are already about 50% to 60% complete. Our
earliest concept of family is therefore made up of, us kids, middle-aged
people, old people, and, if there are great grandparents still living, very,
very old people. Each of these groups of people have their own characteristics,
their own history, life spans and their own attitudes and impacts on our own
life. If asked to describe any of these individuals, the only real description
we can give must be within the limits of our own experience with them. Our
description, however, would likely include historical events that have been
told to us by these individuals or by others. This we all take for granted and
seldom even think about how much we know and don’t know about our closest kin
until we attempt to describe an ancestor, a contemporary or a progeny. A result
is a time-based myopia that is one source of bias in a descriptive genealogy
such as this.
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In my own
immediate family, the earliest recollection of my parents began about
1936-1937. My dad, Ira Edward Harrington, was about 38-years of age; my mother,
Audra Lavada Young Harrington, was about 30-years old. Both sets of grandparents
were still living and in their 40s and 50s. Audra’s mother, Ola Hodge was
49-years old. One great grandparent who was still living, Mary Jane
Whitacre-Hodge, was in her mid-70s. So almost everything I describe in this
book that preceded 1938 had to be derived from records and stories that were
told to me.
I
am about to tell you of my father, Ira Edward Harrington, a guy whom I should
know very well. But, some of the most exciting parts of his life happened
before I was born. We are fortunate that among his many attributes, Ira was a
good story teller. Maybe his telling of his life-stories was motivated by the
knowledge that he would never write his own biography and he used the role of a
bard to communicate his history. Like a bard he repeated his stories with very
little variation, many times during the period we lived together.
In
the spring of 1977 my daughter, Pamela Anne Harrington, was in college and had
been given an assignment to write a paper. She decided to interview her
grandfather, Ira, for some of his many stories, as the basis for her academic
paper. She recorded the interview and transcribed several of his stories just
as he had told them. I recognized most of the stories as almost exact versions
that Ira had told many times to his children and others. These include the
stories of his first 40-years that began shortly after his birth in 1899.
Several of these stories have been repeated in this book just as Ira told them,
retaining Ira's unique vernacular. The stories that were transcribed from the
recorded audio in the exact vernacular used by Ira, are identified in this book
with an asterisk (*) and enclosed with quotation marks for easy identification
of the source. An attempt has been made to arrange the stories in chronological
order. Where I had information that would help date a story, it was placed in
that location in the chronological series. Several of the stories, however, do
not yield to a specific year. In those cases, they have been located in the
series where they appear to most likely fit.
For
me, these stories are an important part of this book. Collectively, they tell
the story of the life of a very special guy.
1902
This story is the first story that I can
recall of the very early life of my father, Ira Harrington. I consider it a
very important story in our family history because, but for a fraction of a
second, Ira and all of his descendants would not be here and this book would
not have been written. Also, as I assembled this book, I came to recognize
several such near-misses that could have had similar results. For this reason,
this story also appears in the discussion of my Aunt Nellie Mae Harrington.
When Nellie Mae
Harrington was about 12 years old, her mother was working as a gleaner in a
bean field that was bordered on one side by railroad tracks. Nellie was charged
with keeping an eye on her then 4-siblings and possibly also helping with the
gleaning. Ira was about 2-years old and probably bored and wondered onto the
nearby rail road track. Perhaps amazed by the on-coming train that was
approaching with its whistle screaming, and coming too rapidly to stop, Ira
stood transfixed on the track. He was rescued from being run over by a brakeman
who made his way to the cow-catcher and snatching him a second before the train
would have run him over. I shudder at the thought of what my history and the
history of our family would be if that brakeman had failed to connect with Ira
as he did.
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1910
Nellie
Mae Harrington married William Ottis Zwicker on 20 November 1909 so was not
enumerated with her parent’s family in the U.S. Federal Census of 1910.
However, the 1910 Federal Census provides the most complete listing of my dad’s
family, with Nellie Mae Harrington missing.
From the Federal Census of 1910 for
Circleville Township, Lancaster Pike, Pickaway Co., Ohio, enumerated 26 April
1910
Harrington,
William, Head, age 44, born in Kansas (father born in Wisconsin), occupation:
Concret (sic) worker, sidewalks;
Ella Harrington,
wife, age 37, born in Ohio;
Chas. Wm.
Harrington, son, age 17, born in Ohio, occupation: laborer, farm;
Ruth I. Harrington, dau., age 15, born in
Ohio, occupation: working out, (private family);
Viola Harrington, dau., age 13, born in Ohio;
Anna (sic - Ira) E. Harrington, dau., age 11,
born in Ohio;
Roy Wm. Harrington, son., age 9, born in Ohio;
Easter M. Harrington, dau., age 6, born
in Ohio; Lewis Harrington, son., age 4, born in Ohio;
Fred Harrington, son., age 11-mo., born
in Ohio
1912
Many
of the freight trains that hauled coal from Kentucky and southern Ohio came
through Circleville, Ohio from south to north. These trains used steam powered locomotive
engines that burned coal in their boilers to convert water into steam.
Periodically they needed to replace the water used during their trip. There was
a water tower located about 2-miles south of Circleville where the steam
engines stopped to replenish their water supply. Being long heavy coal trains,
they took several miles to get back up to speed for their continuing trip.
Also, there was a curve in the railroad tracks that caused the trains to
navigate around Circleville rather than going through the heart of town.
When
Ira was a boy, he and several other boys would walk along the railroad tracks
toward the water tower. They would board the slow moving train and as it
approached the south end of Circleville where they lived and they would kick
lumps of coal off the coal cars. Later they would pick up the coal in sacks and
take it home for fuel.
This
operation was pretty successful. The railroad was aware that they were doing it
and would sometimes have railroad-detectives posted to try to catch them. On
one occasion, one of Ira's friends put a lump of coal in their stove and it
blew up. It had been drilled and a dynamite cap had been placed in the hole.
This was done by the railroad-detectives as a deterrent to stealing coal.
1915
* Ira's stories began,
"Before I ever went to Florida or California, either one, we used to catch
a train here in Circleville and go to Portsmouth, Ohio and back, just like
that. Just for fun, when I was 15 years old. If my folks knew that I rode a
train when I was 15, I'd a had nothing to sit on!"
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1916
*
"Chet
Workman and I pert' near growed up together. Once when we was about 16 years
old, we were down here below town about - oh, a mile - and we were in a woods.
Well, we come to a rail fence that was around a cemetery, and beyond the
cemetary was bluegrass, so we figured on goin' up through there. So I throwed
my leg over the fence, to climb over and Chet; I'll never forget, there were
sheep in the cemetery, and he got one leg over the fence and the sheep started
to get up. Now they don't get up like a cow. When they get up, they raise up on
all fours. I don't know how they do it, I never watched them. But they just
raise up. We were about 30 feet away from them and I had my lantern, and he
seen 'em. I didn't see 'em myself 'til they raised up, and when they raised up
they pert' near scared Chet to death. He thought they were ghosts!"
*
"I was up to see Chet day before
yesterday. He's been a life-long friend. Tried and true. We run around together
about all our lives. We still run around together. He's 74.
*
"He's
a guy that, I don't care where you're at, what you're doin', or who you're
with, he keeps you laughin' all the time. Just naturally comical. It all had no
importance, nothin' didn't mean anything, yet we had a lot of fun. Fishin'
together, huntin' together, running' around together, went with girls together.
*
"One
of the funniest things that I can remember, he set me up a date one time, with a
girl that we knew. That was the horse and buggy days, so I rented a horse and
buggy and went and picked her up. We went for a mile and a half or two miles,
and I turned around and went straight back 'cause she stunk. She looked clean
enough, and was a nice enough lookin' girl, but she had that damn odor about
her when you don't take a bath. Her name was Claire Meyers. It's funny how I
can remember things back there and I can't remember something somebody told me
yesterday. Oh, I've had a lot of fun in my time."
1916-1917
* "When I
was about 16 or 17, this guy I knew had a big ol' upstairs, and they'd have
prizefighting up there. He'd give me five dollars to fight."
1917
Ira
grew to manhood as the Industrial Revolution was in full swing. Prohibition had
become the law of the land in 1920 and the world was hurdling toward World War
I. Ira had no formal career training and the hard manual-labor of his father
was looking less and less appealing to him. What he did find interesting was
the rapidly evolving automobile and motorized transportation industry. No doubt
this was further inspired by his older brother, Ray. Ray was 6-years Ira’s
senior who had launched a career as an automobile mechanic and was progressing
rapidly with the burgeoning industry. Ira described his passage into the
automotive business this way.
* "My first
mechanical experience was, I bought a motorcycle and I tinkered and worked 'til
I knew it, and I understood how a motorcycle and a gasoline engine operates. Then
I was working for a contractor here in town [Circleville, Ohio], and I had
experience with small gas engines, so I worked for him and I took care of his
cement mixers
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1918
As Ira became older, he began to travel
farther from home in search of work. His main mode of travel was hopping
freight trains. It was upon returning from such a job, when he was about 18
years old, that he was on his way back from Hog Island. He had been shoveling
sand for a Navy Yard. Hog Island is at the mouth of the Delaware River and he
was coming back by way of train. Because he hadn't eaten in about three days,
he was forced to do something that he had never done before - ask for food. He
finally decided to approach a woman's house to ask for a hand-out.
* "There
was a picket fence about three feet tall, and I was comin' back from Hog
Island. I went and asked her for something to eat. She said 'Well, wait a minute.'
So I waited. And I heard a dog's toenails hittin' the linoleum, so I took off
running' and she opened the door and a big ol' dog gets out and took to
running' me out the yard and down the street.
I went on down the street and here was a
boy about nine years old. I'll never forget this, I was really hungry. I hadn't
had much to eat in three days, and here come this boy out of this house. He had
a great big slice of homemade bread, all piled with butter and jelly, and he
wouldn't stand still and he wouldn't come close enough. I was going to take it
away from 'im. I says 'Hey boy, come here!' but he wouldn't come. It's kind of
funny now, but it wasn't funny then, when you're hungry, with no money, and
miles and miles from home."
"I never begged anything in my
life. I just couldn't beg. It just wasn't in me. I was walkin' down the
railroad track about that same time and I saw this piece of bread layin' in the
middle of the tracks. I looked at it and passed on. I was really hungry. I must
have walked, oh, maybe a mile, and I thought, 'Oh hell. Some conductor or
something throwed that off the train. It wouldn't be poisoned.' And I walked
clear back, and I looked at it and I just couldn't pick it up. I never got
nothing to eat until I hooked up with a fellow by the name of Brown. I'll never
forget him. He was a “muleskinner,” he drove mules. I run into him and we got
to talkin' and he says 'You look hungry.' 'I am hungry.' I says, 'I haven't
eaten for three days.' Well, we got to a little town and he went out to get me
something to eat and he sat down and ate three breakfasts. They'd take him in
and sit him down and give him something to eat, and they'd never give him
something to bring back to me. He finally run on to a woman. She was a middle
aged lady, and she gave him two big slices of bread. One covered with butter
and one covered with apple butter. That was the best I ever ate. You get real
hungry and take a piece of plain bread, and it will taste like cake."
1918
On
September 12, 1918, Ira registered for WWI draft at Circleville, Ohio. C. E.
Stout signed the registration card. Ira gave as his profession, Linesman for
the Citizen Telephone Co., Place of employment: N. Court St. Circleville,
Pickaway Co., Ohio. He gave as his permanent contact point: Elizabeth Sarah
Harrington , address: 6076 Mound St , Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio. He also gave
this same address as his own address. He gave his date of birth as Aug 28, 1898
and his age as 20.
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I
recall Ira telling this story about camping on an island that had formed in the
Scioto River, west of his hometown, Circleville, Ohio. Flood waters had carved
a new but shallow course that isolated a small piece of land from the river
bank creating the island. Ira and a friend pitched a tent on the island and
lived a life of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn for part of a year. They lived off the
land by hunting, fishing and eating young corn from a neighbor’s field. One day
they had prepared a large skillet of corn that they cut from the cob and fried
over an open fire. It was still early so they decided to run their trot-lines
before eating. The weather had been dry and the river level was low. When they
returned, they found that a herd of cattle had waded across the shallow stream
that isolated their island and helped themselves to the nice warm skillet of
sweet corn, licking the skillet clean. Supper was late that evening since it
was necessary to clean the camp site, wash the soiled dishes and prepare a new
skillet of corn. This camping adventure ran well into the winter, as the story
goes. As the winter came on, they banked the outside of their tent with folder
from a farmer's corn field that provided a good insulation from the weather. It
was so well insulated that they were able to warm the tent from the heat of a
lantern.
In telling this story, Ira indicated
that it was “me and another guy” who were on this camping expedition. He never
mentioned the name of the other guy. I have often wondered if the other guy
might have been Dortha Ellen Moore with whom he had his first child, June
Lucille Harrington, on 1 June 1920. As Ira’s son, I recognize that this would
fall in the category of things that was none of my business – but, I have often
wondered.
1919
Ira became the proud owner of an Indian
motorcycle. In the years that included 1919 there were only a few paved roads
and these did not include the gravel roads that served most rural residents and
farms. On one occasion, Ira was riding on a gravel road with a passenger seated
behind him. As he approached a place in the road where a ditch had been cut
across to install a tile and refilled leaving a bump, Ira, jokingly told his
passenger, said that the road was out ahead and he should jump off. The passenger
jumped off throwing the motorcycle out of control. Ira rode the vehicle off the
road and into a fence row where he broke-off three fence posts. Ira was knocked
unconscious. He remained in a coma for 8-days before waking up. This was one of
Ira's near-death events that had a happy ending and, by extension, made
possible the writing of this book.
1920
On 1 June 1920 Ira's first child, June
Lucille Harrington, was born. June's mother was Dortha Ellen Moore. Information
regarding this event is sparse and research has yielded little. Dortha
abandoned June to her father, Ira Harrington. Unable to provide June with a
home and without the experience or resources to care for a child, June lived
with and was reared by her grandparents, Bill and Lizzie Harrington, until she
graduated from high school. I have looked through the marriage license records
in Fairfield, Pickaway, Ross and Franklin Counties, and more recently,
Ancestry.com, for a record or Ira's marriage to Dortha Moore. I found none. I
have come to the conclusion that Ira and June’s mother, Dortha Moore, probably
were never married.
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1922
From
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Ira E. Herrington; Residence year 1922;
Address 417 E. Main, Columbus, OH; occupation: Auto Mech; Publication title:
Columbus, Ohio, City Directory, 1922 [living with Nell and Ruth (both waitress)
at 417 E. Main]
1923
On 14 July 1923 Ira Edward Harrington
and Vivian (Lil) Radford married.
1924
From
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Ira E. Harrington; Residence year 1924;
Address 678 Mohawk Av, Columbus, OH; occupation: Auto Mech, McClure-Nesbitt
Motor Co.; Publication title: Columbus, Ohio, City Directory, 1924
1924
Ira and Vivian went to Florida by way of
a Model-T Ford when he was 24 years old. This trip lasted at least 2-years
since Vivian and Ira Harrington are registered in the Tampa, Florida City
Directory in 1926 residing at 31 9th Ave, Tampa, Florida.
1924-1926
*
"In Tampa Florida, some boy, I don't remember his name, was crookeder than
hell, and he said I held him up! His older brother owned two or three filling
stations, and three times he robbed that filling station. He would go and stay
there while his brother went out to lunch or something, and three times he had
a 'hold up' while his brother was out to lunch. One of 'em was right next to
the shop where I worked, and he said that I held him up. They took me in for
questioning, and I stayed overnight in jail. There was all kind of proof that I
wasn't no ways near there at that time. He said that I had on a gray suit of
clothes, and I didn't own one. I had a brown suit and a white suit. In fact, I
was down at the Latin American Club. I had all kinds of alibis."
1924-1926
*
"Once, on the corner of 9th Avenue and Maryland, in Florida, I stopped in
a store. While there, I heard what sounded like a car backfiring. I went out
and there was this guy that shot a nigger. This guy wanted me to swear and I
wasn't even there. I was in a drugstore, and while I was in the drugstore, he
shot 'im. And I went out, and the nigger was lyin' there bleedin' and that guy
kicked a half a brick over to the side of the nigger and he wanted me to say I
saw it and that the nigger was goin' to hit him with the brick. I said I don't
want a damn thing to do with it. I didn't see it and I don't want nothin' to do
with it; got in the company car and just went on about my business."
U.S. City
Directories, 1821-1989 about Vivian Harrington
Name: Vivian
Harrington
Gender: Female
Residence Year: 1926
Street address:
1031 9th Av
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Residence
Place: Tampa, Florida, USA
Spouse: Ira
Harrington [vocation: mechanic]
Publication
Title: Tampa, Florida, City Directory, 1926
1927
Ira ran over a
little girl with his auto breaking both of her legs. He was exiting an alley in
Columbus, Ohio where he lived and she ran across the alley from the obscured
front of a building in front of his car. No charges were filed against Ira. He
paid for the little girl’s medical treatment and visited her while she was in
the hospital.
1929
Pam
wrote, "When Ira was 29 years old, my grandfather took another trip. This
went to California with his brother Lou. They took another Model-T Ford and set
out for more adventures - which they found. They had a few problems with the
Ford, though. In Arizona, the top of the car caught fire because of the wood
support rubbing against the metal hood. Because they were in the desert, there
wasn't any water to put it out with. How it was finally quenched will have to
be passed down from generation-to-generation by word of mouth. After this
happened they wrecked the Ford, and since they were low on money, instead of
paying to have it fixed, they sold it, and came back by way of a train. Not the
conventional way, mind you, they hopped freight trains. This wasn't a new form
of transportation to them, although the experiences they had were.
1929?
* "Another time, comin' back from
Calfornia, I got to Texas, Sante Fe, and this railroad detective was puttin'
everybody off the train, to keep 'em from ridin' and this detective caught up
with me. I wasn't on the train, 'cause the train had stopped, and you better
get off the train and get hidin' while you were stopped. So I got off the train
and this detective caught me. He talked to me a little bit, I wasn't really a
bum, see, I had some money and was dressed pretty good, so he talked to me a
little bit. I told him where I was from and everything and he said, 'I believe you.'
Then he said, you see that straight embankment down there? There's a road that
goes across that and the train has to go upgrade. Now you start walkin', and
when the train pulls out you get on it and get in the box car and shut the
door.' So I did. There was another feller in there, a young guy from Texas, so
I got in there and here was this guy. He was about, oh, I'd say 20 years old,
but he was great big. Well I told him that the man said that if we keep the
door shut, we could go on through. Well, we come to another town and made a
stop, for somethin' and when we started to pull out, these two spicks got on,
Mexicans. They were maybe between 20 and 25, they pulled in the rope and jumped
in. So, that was pretty wild country through there. After we got out a piece,
they throwed the door wide open and one sat on one side and one sat on the
other. I tried to tell 'em that the man said that if we'd shut the door we
could ride. They'd say 'no speak.' They didn't know English too well, and in
order to get to ride, I insisted that they get back and shut the door. Well,
they didn't like that and one pulled out a switchblade about six inches long
and started to clean his fingernails.
So I got the
other guy to come back to the other side of the car, and I sat down and he sat
down along side of me. I asked him where he was goin' and everything, and he
told me, but anyhow, I said 'We got to get rid of them if we want to ride this
train clear through.
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"'What'd ya want to do?', he says,
'"Well,
we can talk to 'em a little bit, and you get on one side and I'll get on the
other . . .' "When the train got to rollin' real good, we just put our
foot in their backs and kicked
them onto the
ground. They just rolled like balls! For the next two days I bought papers
whenever we stopped in a town, to see if there was any account of them. I never
heard anything. I don't think they were hurt, just a little scratched up.
1929?
*
"Lou and I got separated on the way back, in Alburquerque, New Mexico. I didn't
know where he was, but I knew he was on his way home. This was in Joliet,
Illinois. I was ridin' on top of the merchandise in a box car, and we pulled in
to Joliet. Well, I had to get off the train, so when it come to a stop, I
looked both ways, and here come guys with lanterns, that was after dark, and
here come a guy walkin' over top. They was lookin' for guys like me. And there
was only one thing for me to do, make a dash for it. And I did. There was an
old cabin set back off the railroad and I just went around that ol' cabin, it
was all overgrown with weeds, kind of swampy down there, there was burdock and
grass. I just made a dive around that house and went back in there quite a
ways, crawlin' in the grass and big ol' burdock. They stomped all around me
with their flashlights, they saw me run that way, and here they come with
flashlights. One guy pert' near stepped on me. They give up, and I figured that
was a pretty good place to spend the night, so I just stayed there. The next
morning, shortly after daylight I woke up. I didn't dare to go back on them
rails, because they'd be watchin' for me, so I started the other way, and come
up to a big stone wall. I crawled up it, and looked right down in the back of a
prison. I was out side of the prison. I went out to the trough where they
watered the mules and washed my face and hands. There was a great big guard
there and he come over and talked to me. He asked me where I was headed for and
I told him. He said, 'Do you know where you're at?'
"I said, 'No.'
"You're in
Joliet, Illinois. You're in the penitentiary. You're in the yard!' "I
said, That's rough, ain't it?'
"I
don't know whether to open that gate there and put you over in the penitentiary
yard or let you go.'
"'Well,' I
said, 'I haven't committed no crime, and I haven't offended you have I?'
"'No.'
"'Well,
then, I can't see no sense in putting me over in the prison yard.' "'Well,
" he says, 'I guess I can't either."
"The prison gate where I went out
was about a quarter of a mile out towards the street. He walked out to the gate
with me. We just got out the gate and here come the city patrol. They didn't
have cruisers then, they all walked on foot. We stood there and talked a little
bit, and he said, 'Here's a guy that wandered in the back end this morning
here. I'm going to turn him over to you.'
"The
policeman asked, 'What did he do?' "'Oh, I don't know what he's done.'
"They was kiddin' me, you see.
"So the patrolman said, 'Well we're
pretty well filled up down there, I think I'll let 'im go.'
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So
he told me where a hobo jungle was. A hobo jungle is where a bunch of hobos
concentrate and cook and sleep and tell lies. Before I got there I went to a
bakery and got some sweet rolls and, oh, a little ham I guess. There were ten
or twelve guys there, with a big ol' lard can over a fire cookin', and I had
this stuff to eat, and here comes another'n, says 'what you got?' and I give it
to 'im and he tears the bread all up and tossed it in there and took the balony
or whatever it was, cut it up and throws it in the can. They call it
scumgullion. Everybody ate some. I had a little money, $60 or $70 and I was
afraid to go to sleep, or stay there after dark 'cause those guys would cut
your throat for a dime. So about an hour before dark I walked out through the
jungle to a hill. I knew the steepness of the grade would slow the train down,
so I sat down there in the grass agin' a tree and went to sleep until I heard a
train whistle."
1929?
*
"In New Mexico I stopped once and got some ham and eggs. The girl there
was baitin' me or something, I don't know. She told the railroad detective to
watch me." (He was referring to the waitress.) "He was a nasty ol'
guy. Three days before that he had shot a 15 year old boy in the back. I went
out and stayed away from the railroad until dark. When it got dark I knew that
nobody could see which direction I was goin' or anything, but I had to walk out
about a mile away from that town, then circle back to get to the railroad.
That's when the guy got me. There was a light in the station, and I could see
'im bobbin' back and forth in that light comin' in my direction, so I got off
the railroad, back onto the highway, He tried to get me back on the railroad so
that he could arrest me. He pulled a gun and told me to get back down on the
tracks. I said, 'If you're the kind of man that would shoot another man for
nothin', than you go ahead.'
"He said,
'Where are you from?' "Ohio', I told him.
"Well,
you're going to learn something, 'cause down here, we shoot first and
investigate later.'
"Well,
you go ahead and shoot, 'cause I ain't gettin' down on no damn railroad. I'm up
here on a public highway, and it ain't any of your business.'
"I
watched him out of sight, and started walkin' on the highway. I figured that
the highway would come back to the railroad somehow 'cause it was kind of
curving towards the railroad, I must have walked a mile, and sure enough it
did. The road went under the railroad, so I got up against the buttress there,
and later, it was just breakin' day when a train come along. Goodbye! I was
gone.
1930
From
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Ira Harrington; Residence year 1930;
Address 1159 E. Fulton, Columbus, OH; occupation: Mech; Publication title:
Columbus, Ohio, City Directory, 1930
From the 1930 Federal Census for
Columbus, Ward 4, Block 203, Franklin County, Ohio; Fulton Street; enumerated 4
April 1930 [all members of this house were born in Ohio; both of Katherine Loos
parents were born in Germany; father: Alsace-Lorraine; mother: Bavaria,
Germany]
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Katherine Loos,
head, age 58, occupation: none
William Loos, son, age 38, occupation:
city Salesman, machine Wipers
Marjorie Loos, dau., age 13
Jean Loos, dau, age 12
Isabelle Loos, dau., age 6
Robert Loos, son, age 4
Ira Harington, lodger, age 30,
occupation: none
1930
While lead-mechanic at a garage in
Columbus, Ohio (it could have been the McClure-Nesbitt Motor Co.) Ira was asked
to start an old Dussenberg automobile that had been taken in on trade. The
Dussenberg was an American-made luxury automobile made in Des Moines, Iowa
between 1917-1937. Although several mechanics had worked on it, it would not
start. Ira was too busy to get to it for several weeks. Finally Ira told
Jimmie, the garage handyman, to pull the car out on the floor. It had a magneto
spark source. Ira dropped the pan so he could see the position of the pistons
and synchronized the spark with the firing order of the cylinders. He put the
pan back on and had Jimmie put oil in it and give it a crank. It fired on the
first pull and ran well.
Another
‘Ira’ story was about a customer who bought a new car. He was Italian and spoke
only broken English. He was particularly careful with it and drove it very
slowly. He would not use the high speed gear on the car. One day he brought the
car in for repairs having been hit on the side in an intersection. Ira told him
that he was hit because he was driving too slow. Ira pointed out that if he
were going faster, he would have been well out of the intersection by the time
the other car came along. The customer speeded up. Sometime later, he brought
his car in again. Again it was hit in an intersection. He was furious with Ira.
He complained that if he had not been driving faster, he would not have been
even close to the intersection when the other car was there.
1931
On
24 February 1931, Ira E. Harrington and Audra Lavada Young Hines married in the
Trinity Lutheran church in Circleville. They had met in Columbus, Ohio where
Ira and Audra were each renting rooms from the sister of Audra's
brother-in-law. Audra had lost her husband, Lawrence Hines, about 2-years
before and was enrolled in a beautician school. Ira was working as a mechanic
at a new-car dealership near by. Soon after their marriage, they moved to a
shared facilities with the family of Ira's older sister, Carlton and Ruth Imo
Harrington Pennell. The Great Depression was raging and the Country's economic
system was on the rocks. Richard E. Harrington, the author of this book, was
born on 23 December 1931 in St. Frances Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.
1931
From U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989:
Ira E. Harrington (Audrey L.); Residence year 1931; Address 1288
E. Engler, Columbus, OH; occupation: Mech, McClure-Nesbitt Motor Co.; Publication
title: Columbus, Ohio, City Directory, 1931 [Ruth I. & Carlton P. Pennell
are also listed at this 1288 E. Engler address]
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1932
Audra
L. Harrington, Ira E. Harrington, with their new son, Richard E. Harrington;
and Ruth I. Harrington-Pennell, Carlton P. Pennell, with their sons, Roger Pennell,
and George W. Purcell, went to Miami, Florida in early 1932 where they
constructed a boat and began a commercial fishing business. The new business
was financed with money that Audra had from a life insurance policy from her
departed husband, Lawrence Hines. The venture was cut short and they all
returned to Circleville, Ohio about July 26, 1932 to attend the funeral of
Easter Marie Harrington-Ward, youngest sister of Ira and Ruth. They did not go
back to Florida.
1933
Ira
told a story about him and a friend going gigging for frogs. They had finished
gigging and returned to the friends Model-A Ford when they discovered that were
being pursued by the game warden. Ira had a Model-A Ford just like the friend's
car in which they were being chased. They outran the game warden and Ira was
dropped off at his home. His friend drove on just seconds ahead of the game
warden arriving at Ira's house. Ira ran into the house, closed the door and
waited in the dark, looking out the window. The game warden drove up, felt the
radiator of Ira's car and found it cold. The game warden drove away.
1934
In about 1934 Ira and Audra decided to
buy a house with a little acreage in the country near Circleville, Ohio. The
Great Depression was in full control of the National economy and work was hard
to find and uncertain. Property with a little acreage would provide shelter and
land to raise sufficient food to provide for the family. They had no money to
buy their dream, however, and decided to borrow it from Audra's father, Will
Young. Upon request, Audra's father took a shoe box from under his bed full of
government bonds that he had bought from income from oil wells on his property.
He removed enough bonds for the $600 loan, cashed them and provided the money.
1936
In
1936 the Great Depression still gripped the Nation. Ira was working at about
any job he could find. At the suggestion of a friend, Carl Dutro, he agreed to
try selling Watkins Products. This involved using his own car and peddling the
Watkins-brand of products house-to-house. The product line was very large and
included some staple foods, Watkins Liniment, Watkins Salve, Watkins Salt and
Pepper, brushes, sponges, soap, and many more products. Sales were on
commission. As a promotion, the Watkins agency gave away song books and other
paper products. Ira was never a good salesman and hated the job. He soon
decided that he wasn't making any money at it and stopped.
1937
Shortly
after giving up on selling Watkins Products, Ira and his youngest brother, Fred
Harrington, who was 9-years his junior, went into the hog-butchering business.
They would go the stock market and buy one or more pigs. Ira had a trailer that
he used for hauling pigs and all of the equipment for butchering. Ira and Fred
would kill the pig, scald it, scrape off the hair, butcher it and prepare the
meat for sale. Audra helped with the preparation and wrapping of the meat
products. Ira and Fred would then peddle it around
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the country side and sell it. It was a
lot of work -- butchering is no easy job. Uncle Fred had no investment in the
business except for his labor. He was a good peddler, however, and outsold Ira.
The business went on the rocks when Ira discovered that Fred was making sales
and keeping the money. Fred also went back to customers who had bought on
credit, collected the outstanding credit and kept the money.
1938
With
the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt, several programs were undertaken to try to
pull the country out of the depression. One was the Works Progress
Administration (WPA). This was largely a make-work program that did public work
on a wide range of infrastructure, cultural and art activities. One such
activity was the repair and painting of bridges. Ira applied to and was hired
by the WPA. His job was to help paint bridges. He didn't particularly like the
work but it was a job. Before long he became a specialist at painting the
reflective stripes on bridges. He worked for the WPA until he could find a job
more to his liking.
From
the 1940 Federal Census for Pickaway Township, Pickaway County,
Ohio; Dresbach road through county line enumerated 19 April 1940 by Fred
Dudleson [all members of household born in Ohio]
Ira Harrington,
head, age 40, occupation: mechanic, auto mechanic
Audra
Harrington, wife, age 32
Richard Harrington, son, age 8
William
Harrington, son, age 7
Patricia
Sue Harrington, dau., age 3
1940
This
potentially lethal accident occurred on the return trip home from a visit to
Audra's parents, Will and Ole Young. Ira was driving his Model-A Ford sedan.
Ira's father, William “Bill” Alvin Harrington, was along for the visit. It had
been raining and the road was wet. As we crested a small hill and were
descending on the other side, Ira applied his breaks and the car went into a
spin. It slid making a complete 360 degree spin but remaining on the paved road
and came to a stop pointed in the same direction that we had been traveling.
Not much was said at the time of the event. Later both Audra and Ira commented
that their passenger, Ira's dad - Bill Harrington, who was riding in the front
seat between them, turned as white as a sheet. The Harrington kids, myself
included, were riding in the back seat, fully enjoying the maneuver.
1941
With
World War II raging, American Industry was gearing up for maximum war materials
production. The draft had syphoned much of the man-power needed for the
building of the war machine and its operation. The older men and the women of
the Nation had to fill in the gap left by the military. Ira joined the
operation by helping construct new manufacturing plants in Marion and Ravenna,
Ohio. This required that he rent a room for over-night during the work-week and
commute home for the weekend.
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1943
Ira Harrington was in the hospital with
pneumonia in the spring of 1943. This date is fixed by June coming from Indianapolis
for a visit and was pregnant with her only son, Bobbie Franklin. Ira had been
painting the eve-spouts on the farm-house while standing on a ladder that
reached to the 2nd story. He was using an aluminized, oil-based paint to
protect the iron-based eves. Ira complained of the harsh smell of the paint
solvent. Whether the solvent was exacerbating an existing condition or was
causing it, was unclear. Whatever the case, the condition soon turned into
pneumonia. Ira was never one to take more than home-remedies but he eventually
agreed to seek medical help. He went to Dr. Black who was an old physician who
practiced in Circleville. Dr. Black prescribed two placebos; a sugar pill and a
charcoal pill. Ira did not benefit from either and soon became delirious and
uncontrollable. At the insistence of his wife, Audra, the doctor was changed to
Dr. Vemont Kerns who immediately put Ira in the Berger Hospital and on
antibiotics. After 2 or 3 very troublesome days and nights during which a
neighbor, Roy Strawser, stayed throughout the night to keep Ira in bed and
under control, he began to improve. This turned out to be another of several
near-death experiences for Ira. Ira had been expected to die from this
pneumonia. Had he died, this book would have a significantly different ending.
1946
Ira
was the union steward when he worked for the Containers Corporation of America.
This role pitted him against management, a role that he enjoyed. He told a
story of saving a guy's job, who was nicknamed Shorty, that the management
wanted to fire. Ira said that he probably should have been fired, but it was
his job to keep it from happening.
1947
From
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Ira Harrington; Residence year 1947;
Address RD 1, Circleville, OH; phone: 1922; occupation: emp Container Corp;
Publication title: Circleville, Ohio, City Directory, 1947
1948
In 1948 Ira
decided to start his own business in the form of a welding shop. His work at
the Containers Corporation of America had given him ample experience welding
and plenty of opportunity at equipment and metal construction to qualify for
the work. His wife, Audra, however, was quite concerned that he may not be
qualified to manage the finances and administrative part of the business. She
volunteered to help provide administrative assistance and support. Ira opened
his business that he named "Harrington's Welding" in a moderate
sized, all wooden, two story building that he bought on Western Avenue near the
corner of Mound Street in Circleville, Ohio. The business thrived until he
retired in 1960. It was strictly a one-man shop that would not have supported
more than one family. His clients were largely farmers in the area for which he
did miscellaneous welding, re-shoeing or re-laying of plow points, building
farm wagons, etc. He did a small amount of welding and repair on automotive
equipment. A circus company regularly wintered at the Pickaway Fair Grounds
which kept him busy during the winter months building and repairing their
equipment. Ira bought the large, three-story, red brick house and lot on which
the shop was located. He sold the property in the country and moved into the
first floor of the red brick making his commute to his welding shop the short
walk of about 70-feet thru the back yard to the shop.
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1949
From
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Ira E, Harrington (Audra L); Residence year 1949;
Address RD 1, Circleville, OH; phone: 1922; (Harrington's Wldg Shop);
Publication title: Circleville, Ohio, City Directory, 1949
1949
From
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: (Ira E, Harrington) 216(r) W Mound; year 1949;
phone: 139; Publication title: Circleville, Ohio, City Directory, 1949 [second
1949 City Directory entry.]
1950
Ira and Audra's oldest son, R.E.
Harrington, left home in the autumn of 1949 to begin college at The Ohio State
University. Ira built a motor scooter for Dick to travel to classes. In 1952
Ira bought a new 1952 Ford sedan and gave Dick the old 1936 family Plymouth.
In
1950 with the help of his youngest son, William "Bill" Young
Harrington, Ira started construction on a small two bedroom house on the empty
lot beside the large red brick house. He and Audra moved into the new house
where they lived the remainder of their lives. Ira converted the large house
into three apartments that he rented. The third floor apartment was usually
empty because it had no toilet facilities. However, even that space was occasionally
rented as a sleeping room to a single renter. Rent from the red brick along
with social security was Ira and Audra's main source of income in their
retirement. Audra resumed working as a beautician after Ira's retirement, more
out of boredom than need. With the children gone, Ira and Audra slowly
prospered and their lives included travel and more recreational activities.
1952
From U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989:
Ira E. Harrington; Spouse: Audra L. Harrington; Residence year 1952;
Address: Circleville, OH; occupation: Wldg (welding); Publication title:
Circleville, Ohio, City Directory, 1952
1955
Ira vowed that he would retire at the
age of 60. His plan was to build a power-boat that he would take to Florida and
fish. He bought plans with patterns for the components to construct a 26-foot
long, 8-foot beam, power boat. During periods of slack business, he built his
boat in his welding shop. It was equipped with a converted 8-cylinder, Lincoln
automobile engine and transmission.
1959
From
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Ira E. Harrington (Audrey); Residence year 1959;
Address: 216 W. Mound, Circleville, OH; Publication title: Circleville, Ohio,
City Directory, 1959
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1960
Ira retired from the welding shop at age
60. He sold most of his equipment to a local Circleville, Ohio competitor who
had recently opened his own shop. Ira kept his service truck to pull his newly
completed boat. In the summer of 1960 he headed for Venice, Florida. He bought
a mobile home near Venice and launched his boat. Venice is on the western coast
of Florida about 90 miles south of St. Petersburg. A year or two before Ira
arrived in Florida, a periodic event of the Red Tide occurred which sickens and
kills many of the fish in the Gulf of Mexico unlucky enough to be in its path.
The result is a cessation of fishing for from a few months to a few years.
1961
Audra
rented their furnished house in Circleville to two school teachers and joined
Ira at Venice, Florida.
1962
By
the summer of 1962, Ira and Audra tired of Venice, Florida and decided to go
back home to Circleville, Ohio. On their return trip to Ohio they stopped for a
visit with the author, R.E. Harrington, who was living and working in
Pensacola, Florida. During that visit, Ira gave Dick the boat that they had
left in Venice. Dick moved the boat to a marina in Pensacola within about a
month. In 1963 the marina caught fire and burned all of the boats, including
the un-insured boat that Ira had built.
1965
After retiring at about age of 60, Ira
became bored. He built himself a small light weight fishing boats. A friend who
saw it wanted to buy it, so he sold it. He built another for himself and again
sold it to a friend. Before long, he was taking orders for his boats. He made
and sold perhaps a dozen boats. The project helped him get over his retirement
boredom but it, also, soon became boring. He made one more boat which he kept.
1972
About
1972, Ira, his oldest son, Dick, and Dick's two sons, Daniel and Gregory went
to Canada on a camping and fishing vacation.
1974
Ira
vowed that he would never fly. His claim was that if he were ever killed by an
airplane, it would have to fall on him. In the early 1970s, his oldest son,
R.E. Harrington, was working in Washington, D.C. Ira and Audra wanted to visit
but did not want to drive. Ira finely relented and took a plane to and from
Washington, D.C.
1980
Ira's health began
failing with obvious signs of dementia. He was diagnosed as having insufficient
oxygen to the brain because of decreased blood flow to that area, brought on by
hardening of the arteries. His doctors said that it was likely a product of
life-long smoking.
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1983
From the Ohio,
Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, & 1958-2007
NAME: |
Ira E
Harrington |
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BIRTH DATE: |
1899 |
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BIRTH PLACE: |
Ohio, |
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GENDER: |
Male |
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RACE: |
White |
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RESIDENCE
PLACE: |
Circleville,
Pickaway, Ohio, United States |
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DEATH DATE: |
23 Nov 1983 |
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HOSPITAL OF
DEATH: |
Home |
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DEATH LACE: |
Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio,
USA |
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CERTIFICATE: |
085377 |
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AGE AT DEATH: |
84 |
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CERTIFIER:
Physician
SOCIAL SECURITY
NUMBER: 288-01-4159
MARITAL
STATUS:Married
Mr. Ira
Harrington obituary:
Mr.
Ira E. Harrington, 84, 212 W. Mound St. died this morning at 3 a.m. at his residence.
Born August 28, 1899, in Circleville, he was the son of William A. and
Elizabeth Pence-Harrington.
He was the retired owner of Harrington
Welding Shop.
He was preceded in death by four
brothers and three sisters.
Survivors
include his wife, Audra Young Harrington; two sons, Richard E. Harrington of
Washington, D. C., and William Harrington of Circleville; two daughters,
Patricia Reynolds of Circleville and Mrs. Martin (June) Walters of Washington
(state of Washington); 13 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; one
sister, Ola Eblin of Columbus.
Graveside
memorial services will be held Friday at 2:30 PM in Forrest Cemetery
(Circleville, OH) with Pastor John Mittermaier officiating. Memorial
contributions may be made to Trinity Lutheran Church.
Ira was cremated and his ashes are
buried at the site of his and his wife's tombstone in Forest Cemetery,
Circleville, Ohio. When Ira's daughter, Patricia Sue Harrington Hutchinson
Reynolds died on 28 Apr 2013, she was buried in the grave of her father. Ira's
urn of ashes were removed and reburied in the same grave at her request.
Such
is the chronology of the life of Ira Edward Harrington as best it could be
described from public records, stories related by Ira about himself, and from
the author's memory. So, who then was Ira Edward Harrington? Was he a complex
or simple man? Was he wise or irresponsible? The following are the author's
personal assessment. As you read the following conclusions, keep in mind the
opening paragraphs. “It is true that we can never fully know our parents.”
Also, keep in mind that it is very difficult - almost impossible - for one to
assess a member of the family without significant bias. But, I will try to be
objective.
Ira
was a smart yet average man. Some terms that come to mind that apply to Ira, to
varying degrees, include: macho, confident, independent, proud, honest,
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courageous,
hard-working, mechanically inclined, intelligent, prejudice, self-centered,
loyal, a limited formal education and a temper. He enjoyed hunting, fishing,
dogs, hard work, mechanical challenges, his family, close friends, coon
hunting, and complements. His taste in foods was limited to basic foods. He did
not like fancy dishes, wine, mixed drinks, sandwich meats, carrots, or any wild
meats such as wild rabbit, squirrel, groundhog, etc.
As
with most people, I suspect, it is likely that the experiences of Ira in his
parental family were among the most important factors in forming who Ira E.
Harrington would be throughout his life. Some of the main factors include the
period in history when he lived, the size of his parental family, the poverty
of the family, the competition within the family, the role-models of the
extended family, the education level of his parents and himself, the priority
of education by his parents, and more. Many of these factors can be overcome or
reoriented in later life. In Ira's case some were, some were not.
The
lack of education of both of Ira's parents would have been a major factor in
his upbringing. It kept the family in poverty throughout Ira's formative years.
Life was hard. There was barely enough to eat and wear. Competition within the
family was keen. Etiquette and manners were subordinate to needs.
A
family trait within the members of Ira Harrington and his siblings was
competition with other siblings. This competition manifested itself in several
ways. One was an apparent need to brag about one's own accomplishments and the
need to minimize achievements of other siblings. While the siblings seemed to
enjoy getting together, each sibling seemed to display a need to brag about
their own accomplishments. It could bring about a boisterous level of
discussion and give the impression that each sibling was selfish and considered
their own story to be the most important in the gathering. In the case of Ira,
this attitude carried over into the home. Perhaps this observation is only an impression
of a child-member of the Ira Harrington family. But it was clear that Ira was
always right, always the decision-maker and disciplinarian, always the person
who controlled all aspects of the family. In reality, this was probably more a
reflection of how things were in his parent's home. It probably also reflected
the fact that while 'dad was the law,’ there was not much law. It was more an
environment in which the kids ran wild and free, without much guidance.
Another manifestation of being self-centered
was that almost all family activities involved things that interested Ira. Ira
was an outdoors man. Only bad weather and darkness kept him inside. Family
entertainment included hunting, fishing, and occasional camping trips. He liked
to work and always had a project in progress or in mind. He was talented,
cleaver, and good at almost everything he undertook. He took great pleasure in
his accomplishments. He was helpful to neighbors since it provided an
opportunity to demonstrate his ability to analyze a problem and demonstrate his
ability to solve it. He would frequently brag about accomplishments that he
experienced on his job. This talent served Ira well when he had his own welding
business.
Ira
took great pride in his ability to provide for himself and his family with
almost all of their material needs. It appeared to be the sense of
accomplishment that drove him. He had a need, a desire and a drive to be a
harvester. With the help of his wife and family, he raised most of his own
family's food. He was almost totally independent of the supermarket. The small
four acre subsistence farm provided most of the family needs. He hunted and
fished for food. He kept honey bees; planted, harvested and preserved a full
range of vegetables; raised and butchered his own meat; kept a milk cow; and
more. He also hunted and trapped for pelts for extra money. He made his own
electricity
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with
a home-made wind-charger that he built. He cut his own wood for fuel. He expanded
his house with used blocks and reclaimed lumber. He dug his own well, piped the
water into the kitchen where it was pumped with a hand pump into a concrete
sink that he built. He built his own house. He did most of this by himself,
without help other than members of his immediate family.
Ira had a deep dislike for politicians
and people in authority. He viewed politicians of any level to be one of the
main sources of problems that the Country faced. His dislike of constraints
extended to many of the laws and regulations he encountered. He was persuaded
in his views by the observation that he was born and lived much of his life
without many of the laws and regulations and felt that things ran well. He
could never acknowledge that the rise in population might need regulations and
rules to more smoothly govern the interaction and conduct of people. He saw all
such laws and regulations that inhabited his freedom only as they applied to
him. This was likely a manifestation of his early up-bringing.
Ira believed in God and religion but
distrusted organized religion. He used to say that he could go into the woods,
away from people and be closer to God than in any church. He viewed the church,
any church, as a human manipulation of religion for profit.
On most subjects, Ira had thought long
and hard and had developed his own views and theories of his world. If they
differed for others, he was willing to argue for them but seldom was he willing
to modify them. He had great confidence and faith in himself and believed that
he had an equal or better chance of being right as someone else. He was an
island of confidence and would quickly agree that his views might differ but
never agree that he was wrong.
Ira was a product of a dying - perhaps
now dead - survival culture. A culture when neighbor helped neighbor without
expecting pay or immediate return of the favor. He grew up in a time when
trading was common and payment in services and products one had to offer were
acceptable. Dad paid doctor bills with produce from the garden -- he didn't
have the money. He worked nights at the Containers Corporation of America and
would get out of bed during the day to repair a neighbor’s tractor. They in
turn would plow his garden or give him straw if he needed it. People seemed to
trust that in the longer run things would even out - no one would take or get
an advantage. Agreements didn't have to be detailed to the letter. Later in his
life this resulted in a number of misunderstandings and disagreements. An
example of such a contract was when he agreed to buy used concrete block from a
nearby church that was dismantling a block wall. Ira's understanding of the
agreement was that he could buy only the block that he needed for the
agreed-upon price. The church elder's understanding was that he would buy all
of the block and haul away that which he did not need. On another occasion he
bought hay from a farmer for cow feed. When the hay was delivered, it was a
beautiful, high-grade, alfalfa hay that came at a price that was 2 to 3 times
more expensive than he expected. Still another time, Ira agreed to clear-cut
wood on a neighbor's farm for the wood. Well into the job, the neighbor asked
Ira for his half of the wood; a part of the agreement that had not been
discussed. Fortunately, this kind of misunderstanding did not happen often.
Ira could be
very judgmental. He had a dislike for certain "kinds" of people
including sissies, homosexuals, cowards, effeminate men, and liars. He
distrusted politicians, lawyers, preachers, high-pressure salesmen and
saleswomen, advertisers, the wealthy, and people whom he thought were grossly
overpaid for the work they do, such as sports figures, movie stars, business
executives, etc.
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Love was a difficult emotion for Ira.
Love seemed to collide with his sense of macho and masculinity that he valued.
He considered the outward expression of love as effeminate and even sissy. Yet,
he clearly loved his wife, Audra, and his family. He could not apply the term
to his siblings or parents, but, he "liked" them. I never heard Ira
tell his wife that he loved her, although I’m sure that he did. He never told
his children he love them and seldom would cuddle with them. It was a word and
emotion that was somehow connected to his image of a sissy. It was important
that his sons not be sissies. Being a sissy meant that you didn't cry. And, you
didn't yield to non-masculine emotions like hugging or showing affection.
But Ira had all those emotions.
He just couldn't expose them. He clearly was proud of his children. He would
eagerly acknowledge or even raise the subject of certain attributes in his kids
that he admired such as talent on the basketball court, track and other sports,
honors won in school, going to college, Patty's attractiveness, and more. He
had fear for our safety or having had a near injury -- he would sometimes hide
his feelings with scolding or anger. In later years after I had left home, he
was clearly glad to see me return. Perhaps the closest he ever came to showing
affection was in an admonition at the end of a visit, "Don't stay away so
long."
Yet
in spite of Ira's hard exterior and the taboo of ever appearing to be a sissy, we
had some wonderful times. They mostly involved doing things together. More
times than not it was some work-related event; sometimes it involved hunting or
fishing or visiting the Old-Mans-Cave or visiting grandma and grandpa
Harrington or Young.
When it came to love, Ira had all the
emotions of any well-adjusted man. He just couldn't express them. He could not
allow himself to even try.
Ira
was 5-feet, 8-inches tall. He weighed 175 pounds all of his adult life with
little variation. He had a full head of hair throughout his life that over time
went from a brown/red to snow white. He always considered himself a red-head.
He always claimed Irish as his ethnicity. Ira was seldom sick during his life.
He periodically suffered from a strained back that at times made him bedfast.
His two most serious bouts with ill health were: 1) In about 1919 he was in an
8-day coma from head injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident, and 2) In 1943
he had a serious bout with pneumonia. As he approached the end of his life, around
1980, he began suffering from dementia. Over a period of about 3 years he was
reduced to a condition similar to a new-born baby. He died in his sleep at
home. Ira Edward Harrington was cremated and buried in Forest Cemetery in
Circleville, Ohio
Dortha
Ellen Moore (21 Jul 1901- 01 Oct 1997) Click here to return to the Table of Contents
The first partner of my father, Ira Harrington, for
whom we have a record was Dortha Ellen Moore. Dortha Moore was the mother of my
half-sister, June Lucille Harrington (1 Jun 1920- 28 Apr 2003). No record of a
marriage between Ira and Dortha has been found. Dortha was the daughter of a
carpenter, John William Moore (1859-1947) and his wife, Nettie Marlina
Rowland-Moore (1870-1956) who lived in Tarlton, Ohio. Dortha Moore was the
third child and the first girl in a family of four boys and two girls. The
Moore family-line had been in Tarlton, Ohio for at least 3-generations before
Dortha was born. In the 1910 Federal Census, Dortha was listed as being 8-years
old and the entire family was intact. By 1920 it appears that Dortha’s parental
family had broken up. Dortha’s father was remarried and was living with his son
in the family of his new wife, Laura. Dortha’s two younger brothers were in the
children’s home in eastern Lancaster, Ohio. In 1930, three members of the Moore
family were enumerated with Nettie
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Marlina
Moore listed as the head of the family. Dortha does not appear with her parental
family again. However, in the year 1919 she would have been with Ira Harrington
since she got pregnant about September of 1919 with her and Ira’s daughter,
June Lucille Harrington.
Dortha eventually
abandoned her daughter, June Harrington, and went on with her life. Her
daughter, June Harrington, was reared by her grandparents, Bill and Lizzie
Pence-Harrington in Circleville, Ohio. After her father, Ira Harrington,
married Vivian Radford, The couple moved to Florida taking June with them.
Dortha married 4-times, counting her relationship with Ira Harrington as a
marriage, which it probably was not. Her second relationship (probably her
first real marriage) was with Acy Clemon Keplar with whom she had two more
children, Ross Edward Kepler (5 Feb 1924 - 21 Dec 1984) and Lewis Calvin Kepler
(15 Dec 1925 - 19 Jul 1959). Both brothers married and had military service.
Ross divorced from his wife, Dorothy Ellen Tipton on 5 Aug 1963. At the time of
their divorce, they had 3 minor children. One of their sons was Lewis Edward
Keplar who married Diane Rose Tucker. The names of their other children are
unknown to me. Lewis was married to Ellen C. (maiden name unknown). According
to his death certificate, Lewis was in the military [U.S. Navy] in WWII and the
Korean War. Lewis C. Keplar died 19 July 1959 in Methodist Hospital, Gary,
Indiana of Bulbar Poliomyelitis (polio). He was 33 years old. His address at
the time of his death was 4428 Marquette St. East Gary, Indiana, USA. He was
buried 21 July 1959 at Ridge Lawn Cemetery, Gary Indiana.
Dortha apparently married a third time
to an unknown person. Her fourth and final marriage was to Charles Milar. The
date of their marriage is unknown. Charles Milar died in 1961. Dortha died on 1
October 1997 at the ripe old age of 96-years.
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+
Robert Paul Franklin, Sr. (27 May 1921 - 22 Nov 1997)
Robert
Paul Franklin, Jr. (9
Aug 1943 - living)
+ Thelma Jean Hillmer (14 Feb 1944 –
living)
Scott Alan
Franklin (26
Aug 1965 – living)
+ Kelly Hollshew
(unknown-living)
Amanda
Nicole Franklin (26
Apr 1999-living)
Julie
Marie Franklin (10
Nov 1967 - living)
+
David Patrick Moraine (05 May 1965 – living)
Benjamin
Paul Moraine (21
May 1988-living)
+
Courtney Church (unknown-
?)
Savannah Kay Moraine (21 Oct
2009-living)
Tanner Stone Moraine (02 Jan
2014-living)
Corey Scott Moraine (02 May
1991-living)
Megan
Melissa Moraine (02
Mar 1999-living)
Bailey
Marie Moraine (26
Apr 2001-living)
+ Martin Luther
Walters, Jr. (14
Jun 1920 - 11 May 1992)
June
Harrington was the daughter of Ira E. Harrington and Dortha Ellen Moore. She
“picked” her own first name by being born on the first day of June. Her young
parents, Ira and Dortha, were unable to care for her so June was reared by her
paternal grandparents, Bill and Lizzie Harrington, until she graduated from
Circleville High School in 1938. Almost immediately after graduation, she moved
to Columbus, Ohio where she worked for a few years. On 8 Aug 1942, she married
Robert “Bob” Paul
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Franklin
(27 May 1921 - 22 Nov 1997) who was soon to become a soldier in WWII. One year and
one day after their first marriage anniversary, June gave birth to her only
child. They named him after his father, Robert “Bobby” Paul Franklin, Jr.
June and Bob’s marriage failed in early
1950 resulting in divorce. June raised her son as a single mother in Columbus,
Ohio. She held several mid-level jobs that included secretary and apartment
building manager. After about 25-years, on 16 December 1979, June married
Martin “Marty” Luther Walters. She and Marty had been in the same class in
Circleville High School and were both in their Junior Class Play in 1937. They
lived several years in the state of Washington where Marty worked for a
contractor at the Columbia River Facility of the Department of Energy dealing
with the disposal of radioactive waste from the construction of the U.S. atomic
bombs. They next lived to Meadview, Arizona where they had moved to be in a
low-humidity climate to accommodate June’s worsening asthma. Marty died of
cancer on 11 May 1992 in the Desert Springs Hospital, Las Vegas, Nevada. After
Marty’s death, June moved to Henderson, Nevada to be closer to medical
facilities.
June
died on 28 Apr 2003 at her home in Henderson, Nevada. She was one month shy of
being 83-years old.
Robert
Paul Franklin, Jr. (09 Aug 1943 -
living) Click here to return to the Table of Contents
Robert
Paul Franklin, Jr. was born at the Berger Hospital in Circleville, Ohio just 19
days before the birthday of his great grandfather, Ira Harrington, who was 40-years
his senior. His mother, June Lucille Harrington-Franklin, had just turned
23-years old.
On 23 Jan 1965 Robert
married Thelma Jean Hillmer in Columbus, Ohio and began his family of two
children. Scott Alan Franklin was born on 26 Aug 1965 and Julie Marie Franklin
was born on 10 Nov 1967. Scott married Kelly Hollshew on 1 Nov 1998 and the
couple added Amanda Nicole Franklin 26 Apr 1999. Julie married David Patrick
Moraine on 8 Dec 1987 and had four children: Benjamin Paul Moraine born 21 May
1988, Corey Scott Moraine born 2 May 1991, Megan Melissa Moraine born 2 Mar
1999 and Bailey Marie Moraine born 26 Apr 2001. Of these four, only Benjamin
has expanded the line – so far. Benjamin married Courtney J.
Church on 10 Oct
2008 in Wichita, Texas and had two children: Savannah Kay Moraine born 21 Oct
2009 and Tanner Stone Moraine born 02 Jan 2014.
Robert
Franklin, Jr. recognized the emerging role of communication technology and
started his own business in the field. About a year and a half later, in 1984,
he took a partner, William E. Tittel. Business was good and he eventually sold
his share in the business and is now enjoying retirement.
Vivian
(Lil) Radford (15 Jan 1900 – Aug 1975) Click here to return to the Table of Contents
Ira Edward Harrington married Vivian U. Radford on
14 Jul 1923. Both Vivian and Ira had been involved in a romantic relationship
once before. Ira had a daughter, June Lucille Harrington, with Dortha Ellen
Moore. There is no evidence that Ira and Dortha ever married. In July 1923 June
was just over 3-years old and was living with Ira’s parents. Vivian had married
Frank O. Lenhart before 1920 but apparently had no children. Sometime after
their wedding, Ira and Vivian took June Lucille Harrington to Florida
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where they spent about
3-years. Part, if not all of that time, was spent in Tampa, Florida where Ira
worked as an automotive mechanic. A city directory for the year 1926 shows Ira
and Vivian still in Tampa. But by 1930 Vivian was back in Columbus living with
her parents.
Audra
Lavada Young (24 Jan 1907 - 8 Apr 1990) Click here to return to the Table of Contents
Audra’s first husband of only 9-months, Lawrence
William Hines (17 Aug 1904 - 27 May 1929), died on 27 May 1929 of a heart
ailment. Audra used part of Lawrence’s life insurance money to enroll in a
beautician school in Columbus, Ohio. She had taken a room in the home of the
sister of her brother-in-law, Freda Mary Weber-Landefeld. From there she would
commuted by streetcar to-and-from her school. Freda Landefeld’s husband, Alfred
J. Landefeld, had recently died on 11 Aug 1926 of consumption and Freda was
renting rooms in her home to make ends meet. Freda had two children, Loretta
Freda and Leverne Alfred Landefeld.
Ira
had returned to Columbus, Ohio from Tampa, Florida, probably before 1930. He
was enumerated in the 1930 U.S. Federal Census on 4 April 1930 as a lodger in the
home of a family named Loos. But, sometime after April 1930 he also rented a
room from Freda Landefeld. That is where my father and mother met. Ira Edward
Harrington and my mother, Audra Lavada Young-Hines, married in Circleville,
Ohio on 24 Feb 1931. I was their first child born 23 December 1931.
I
have not included further details about my mother, Audra Lavada
Young-Hines-Harrington, in this book because I have written a separate book on
that family line. Instead, I have gone directly to the branches of Ira and
Audra’s children and progeny.
Richard Edward Harrington (23 December 1931 – living) [The
author of this book]
+ Lois Anne
Wolfe (3
October 1931 - living) Click here to return to the
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Daniel Edward Harrington (15 Jan 1955 –
living)
Gregory Phillip Harrington (26 Jun 1957 -
living)
Pamela Anne Harrington (20 Jun 1958 -
living)
Margaret “Peggy”
Elaine Harrington (09
May 1960 - living)
Neil William
Harrington (17
Jun 1963 - living)
+ Margaret
Jadwiga Stasikowski (31
March 1948 - living)
Kyle
Ira Stasikowski Harrington (28 January – living)
Richard
"Dick" Edward Harrington, the first child born to Ira Edward and Audra
Lavada Young Harrington was born 23 December 1931 in Grant Hospital, Columbus,
Ohio. The Nation was in the grip of the Great Depression and the majority of
the western world's citizens were impacted in one way or other. For the Ira and
Audra Harrington family, it meant a move from Ohio to Miami, Florida where the
Ira Harrington family and his sister, Ruth Pennell’s, family decided to start
their own business catching and selling fish. About two months after Dick was
born, the families drove to Florida, built a fishing boat and went into
business. Audra found the move not to her liking and spent most of her time
caring for Dick in their new environment. While the new business was a success
up to the point of catching fish, there was almost no market for the product.
By June of 1932 it became obvious that the business was not making enough money
to support the two families.
On 26 July 1932 Ira and Ruth received
word that their baby sister, Easter Marie Harrington-Thompson, had died
suddenly and unexpectedly the previous day.
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Immediately
the Ira Harrington family set off in their Model-A Ford on a marathon, non-stop
(except to buy fuel) 21-hour drive from Miami, Florida to Circleville, Ohio to attend
Easter's funeral. Heartbroken and exhausted, they arrived in time for the
funeral. The Ira Harrington family never returned to Miami. And so began the
life of their first child, Richard E. Harrington.
On 10 March 1933, within 8-months of the
return of the Ira Harrington family to Circleville, Ohio a second son was born,
William Young Harrington. The economy was still grim and Ira's job was barely
breaking even. Ira and Audra decided to avoid the expense of rent by buying a
4-acre plot of land with a run-down brick house on it. They borrowed the total
purchase price of the property, $600, from Audra's parents who were farmers in
Monroe County, Ohio. The house provided a rent-free home while the land was
sufficient to provide most of their food from a large garden and sufficient
pasture for a cow and some pigs. Ira continued to work for a meager wage at the
Straw Board, a paper plant in Circleville, and supplemented the table by
hunting and fishing, both avocations which he loved.
The 4-acre farm proved to be Dick's home
for the next 13 years while he attended school from 1st through 12th grades at
Pickaway Township School. In 1949 after graduating from high school and working
the summer in his father's welding shop, Dick entered a 5-year, college of Chemical
Engineering program at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.
College
was never a priority in the Harrington family. In fact, it was never seriously
considered by any family members including Dick. Both the Ira Harrington and
Audra Young families descended from a long line of farmers where college was
not considered necessary or even beneficial. Being on the cusp of recovery from
the Great Depression, college was not economically possible. Dick describes his
path through college as an anomaly - almost an accident. He gives his high
school principal, Mr. John Hardin, all the credit for his going to college. As
graduation from high school approached, John Hardin asked Dick what he was
planning to do after graduation. Dick had no idea so John Hardin asked if he
ever considered going to college. He gave Dick an Ohio State University course
catalog and suggested he peruse it calling attention to the courses in chemical
engineering, an area where Dick had shown an interest in high school. Unknown
to Dick, John Hardin applied for a scholarship for him at The Ohio State
University. During the summer following high school graduation, John took Dick
to the University to register. John worked with the registrar's office to
secure a work-for-room situation with one of the professors at OSU.
Dick
was not strongly motivated to go to college. While the idea was enticing, it
was foreign. With no other option other than working for his father in his
welding shop business, Dick decided to try a quarter - maybe a year - studying
engineering classes with the idea that even one year of college might help land
a job as a draftsman. And so college began with the understanding that any
further progress would require that he earn enough money to pay for his own
tuition, room and board.
Being
still 17-years old when he graduated from high school and entered college, Dick
was still too young for the draft that was in effect from the World War II
military effort. By the following year, after turning 18-years old, the draft
was a real threat to interrupt completion of college. Dick joined the Naval
Reserves during his first year at The Ohio State University and in early 1950
signed up for the US Naval Reserve Officer's Training (NROTC) program. This
program required summer training at Newport, Road Island's Narragansett Naval
Training Center following the first year of college and a final training
session the year before graduation. Protection from the draft during college
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years,
however, was assured. Upon completion of a degree as a Chemical Engineer, the
contract required going onto active duty for 2-years.
In the sophomore year of the 5-year
Chemical Engineering program, Dick re-met a lovely young lady, Lois Anne Wolfe,
through her first cousin, Ronald Luther List. Lois was going to college at Ohio
University in Athens, Ohio. It was a re-meeting because Lois and Dick had both
gone to Pickaway Twp. School together, in the 1st-through-3rd grades. Lois was
studying to become a teacher at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. They dated for
well over a year and married on 25 September 1952. That year Lois changed
schools from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio to The Ohio State University in
Columbus, Ohio where she finished her degree in elementary teaching. The next
year she taught 2nd grade in the Westerville school system. Dick worked at Varo
Engineering Corp., a small civil engineering firm in Columbus, Ohio as a
draftsman until he graduated in the Autumn quarter of 1954. Dick was the first
college graduate in his Harrington family and to his knowledge, the second in
his extended family. His first cousin, Wayne Edward Weber graduated a year
earlier than Dick with a degree in accounting. Since undertaking this genealogy
research, other relatives have been found to have graduated from college, but
in subsequent years. On 15 January 1955 Dick and Lois's first son, Daniel
Edward Harrington, was born at the Ohio State University Hospital.
Dick's
first job was in Pensacola, Florida with the Chemstrand Corporation, a large
plant that made nylon for every conceivable end-use ranging from women's nylon
hose to heavy-duty truck tires and parachutes. It was a permanent job but one
to be soon interrupted to satisfy the terms of the NROTC program. In June of
1955 Dick reported to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii for duty aboard the USS Current,
ARS-22. Lois and Daniel soon moved to Pearl Harbor where they lived in housing
on a section of the base for Naval Officers. Dick lived with his family when
his ship was in Pearl Harbor but he was at sea about a third of the time. With
a long deployment to the Arctic Ocean coming up for the USS Current ARS-22,
Lois and Dan returned to Ohio where Gregory Philip Harrington was born on 26
June 1957. Following a 27-month tour of duty (May 1955 - August 1957), Dick and
his family returned to Pensacola, Florida where they lived for the next
6-years. While there, Pamela Ann Harrington was born in Pensacola on 20 June
1958, Margaret (Peggy) Elaine Harrington was born on 9 May 1960 and Neil
William Harrington was born on 17 June 1963.
In
December of 1963, bored with life in Pensacola and being away from the extended
family in Ohio, Dick accepted a job in Cincinnati, Ohio with the US Department of
Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) as a research engineer with the newly
formed research organization that later became the research arm of the newly
formed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). For the next 18-years the
family lived in several locations including Durham, N.C., Washington, D.C.,
back to Cincinnati, OH, and Ann Arbor, MI. In 1981 Dick changed agencies of the
US Government to the U.S. Department of Energy that had recently been formed in
1977. He initially went to work as Deputy Director of the Morgantown Energy
Technology Center (METC) in Morgantown, West Virginia. Two years later in 1983
he again returned to Washington, D.C. as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fossil
Fuels. After 4-years he retired from the government to start his own consulting
business. Dick finally retired permanently about 1992.
Dick and
Margaret (Margo) Stasikowski met when they worked in the US EPA. They married
on 31 May 1991.
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Since
1992 Dick has been working on family genealogy. He has written and published 5
genealogy books of family groups within his family. These include an initial
book on his mother’s Jung/Young family, a genealogy of the Jackson family, a
genealogy of his first wife’s Wolfe family and one on the Summers-Greene
family. This Harrington book is number 5.
Daniel Edward Harrington (15 January 1955 – living)
+ Sharon Louise
Desjardins (15
Nov 1953 - living)
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Daniel Edward Harrington was born 15
January 1955 in the Ohio State University Hospital in Columbus, OH. It was a
relatively easy birth his mother, Lois Wolfe-Harrington, would later say. As
her labor began, Dick drove Lois to the OSU Hospital just a few blocks from
their rented home. The hospital staff, anticipating a long labor, urged Dick to
go home. An hour later, Dick received a phone call reporting that he was the
father of a healthy baby boy. Such was the beginning of Daniel Edward
Harrington son to Lois Ann Wolfe Harrington, an elementary school teacher, and
Richard (Dick) Edward Harrington, a newly graduated student in chemical
engineering from The Ohio State University.
Within a few weeks, Daniel and his
mother joined Dick in Pensacola, FL where Dick had taken his first job as a
newly graduated chemical engineer. It was a short stay in Pensacola since Dick
would soon be ordered to report aboard a U.S. Naval ship in June 1955. Dan and
Lois lived with his grandparents, Russell and Mary Wolfe, for a few months
while Dick's ship was on maneuvers in the Arctic Ocean. Lois and Dan then
sailed from a naval base on the west coast of California to Pearl Harbor, Oahu,
Hawaii, the home base of Dick's ship. They lived in officers' quarters on base
at Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii. Daniel was 3-years old when he, his parents, and
his new baby brother, Gregory Philip Harrington, returned to Pensacola,
Florida. Dan completed kindergarten and first grade in Pensacola, transferring
in mid-year of the second grade to a school in Cincinnati, OH where the family
had moved in December of 1963. Dan's schooling was interrupted three more times
before he graduated from Fort Hunt High School, Alexandria, VA in 1973. He
enjoyed scouting and family camping trips while growing up.
College
was never a strong priority in the Harrington household. It was encouraged by
both his college-graduate parents but because of the modest income and the
relatively large family, college would have to be earned by the student. Dan
was motivated to go to college and registered at Old Dominion University in
Norfolk, Virginia. He worked as a house painter over one summer to get enough
money for tuition, room, board and buy a car. During one school year he worked
as a pizza delivery-man to pay the bills. Once when he was making a delivery to
a ship in the U.S. Navy shipyard, he left his car at the gangway to the
quarter-deck of the ship to deliver the pizza. When he returned, his car was
gone. The stolen car was recovered three days later with 100 additional miles
on the odometer, money and wallet still in the glove compartment, and pizzas
still in the delivery oven. Presumably some sailors had "borrowed"
his car for a round trip to Virginia Beach about 50 miles away.
In
addition to one year as a pizza delivery-man, he also worked as a wrecker
driver, attendant, grease monkey and shift supervisor for a garage near the
university.
Dan worked his way through college at Old Dominion
University earning a BS in Environmental Health in 1978 and a Masters in Business
Administration in 2006 from Averett University. His first job was at the
Newport News Shipbuilding in Norfolk, VA where he spent his entire working
career of 38 years. Starting as field industrial
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hygienist, Dan was promoted to health
and safety supervisor and health and safety manager. He attained professional
certification from the American Board of Industrial Hygiene as Certified
Industrial Hygienist in comprehensive practice. He married Sharon Louise
Desjardins in 1982. He and Sharon never had children but they had lots of cats
– maximum, four at one time.
Dan's
hobbies included music and playing the guitar and recording songs. He loved
fishing, traveling and technical stuff. He was a computer expert, strong in the
application of most of the operating systems and programs.
Dan
and Sharon lived in the Tidewater area of Virginia for all of their adult
lives. As of this writing they plan to build a new home and retire on the James
River near Smithfield, Virginia.
Gregory Phillip Harrington (26 Jun 1957 - living) Click here to return to the
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+
Sandra “Sandy” Redd Harrington (03 May 1952 - living)
Matthew Sterling Harrington (27 Apr 1983 -
living)
+ Branwen I.
Hardebeck-Durso (11
Mar ? - living)
Juniper Sarah Harrington (06 May
2013-living)
+ Griffin
Harrington
+ Leah Mancuso (06 Dec 1962 -
living)
Gregory
Phillip Harrington was born on 26 Jun 1957 in Berger Hospital in Circleville,
OH. His mother, Lois Ann Wolfe-Harrington, had returned with her older son,
Daniel Edward Harrington, from Hawaii a few weeks earlier. Gregory's father,
Richard "Dick" Edward Harrington, was somewhere on the Pacific Ocean
on active duty with the U.S. Navy and would soon be released from active duty
to resume their civilian life in Pensacola, Florida. Gregory was baptized on 18
August 1957 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Circleville, Ohio.
Greg
started to school in Pensacola but his first year was interrupted when the
family moved to Cincinnati, OH in December 1963. Like his siblings, he
experienced several additional disruptions to his schooling which included
schools near Raleigh, N.C. and Alexandria, VA. Greg graduated from Fort Hunt
School, Alexandria, VA in 1975.
College
was never a strong priority in the Harrington household. It was encouraged by
both his college-graduate parents but because of the modest income and the
relatively large family, college would have to be earned by the student.
Gregory was a very good high school student and worked his way through college
at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA where he graduated in
1979 with a High Honors degree in chemistry. He continued his education at the
Medical College of Virginia (MCV) at Richmond, VA. While in medical school at
MCV, he met and married Sandra Cornelia Redd who was working as a receptionist
at a medical doctor's office. On 27 April 1983 Sandra and Gregory had their
only child, Matthew Sterling Harrington. Gregory focused his graduate work
toward Interventional Radiology and upon completion of his schooling and
internship, he practiced as a Interventional Radiologist in the Boston,
Massachusetts area.
Dr.
Gregory and Sandy Redd Harrington divorced about 2009. Gregory married Leah
Mancuso on 3 July 2010 and continues to work in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Matthew Sterling
Harrington
(27
Apr 1983 - living) Click here to return to the
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+
Branwen I. Hardebeck-Durso (11 Mar ? - living)
Juniper Sarah Harrington
(06
May 2013 - living)
Griffin Harrington (about 15
September 2016 – living)
Matthew
Sterling Harrington was born 27 April 1983 in Newport News, Virginia. He
graduated in a science program and worked for Bell Laboratories for several
years. Matthew married Branwen I. Hardebeck-Durso on 18 Oct 2008 in Las Vegas,
Nevada. As of 2016, the couple has two children: Juniper Sarah Harrington born
6 May 2013 and Griffin Harrington born about 15 September 2016, both born in
Oregon.
Pamela Anne Harrington (20 Jun 1958 - living)
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+
John Edward Schwartz (06 Jan 1959 - living)
Richard James Schultz (14 Jun 1987 -
living)
Robert John Schultz (14 Mar 1991 -
living)
Jacquelyn Michelle Schwartz (19 Aug 1993 –
living)
Pamela Anne Harrington was born in Baptist
Hospital in Pensacola, Florida on 20 Jun 1958 to Richard Edward and Lois Anne
Wolfe- Harrington. She lived in Pensacola until shortly after her 5th birthday
when she moved with her parents to Cincinnati, Ohio where she began her
schooling. Like her siblings, her schooling was interrupted as the family moved
from Cincinnati, OH; to Raleigh, NC; to Washington, DC; back to Cincinnati, OH
and finally to Ann Arbor, MI as her father's job with the U.S. Government
changed locations.
Pam
graduated from Mount Vernon High School in Alexandria, VA in 1976 after
attending school at Fort Hunt from 1972-1974 in the same city. Upon graduation
from high school, she went to Miami University near Dayton, Ohio from 1976-78.
Pamela interrupted her college career in 1978 to spend 10-months in Scotland
with a group called “Youth With a Mission (YWAM).” Upon returning from Scotland
she transferred to Concordia University in Michigan because her family had
moved to Ann Arbor, MI during her absence. Pamela received an Associate degree
from Concordia in 1980 and dropped out of college when she married John
"Jack" Edward Schwartz on 08 Aug 1981 whom she had met at Concordia
University.
Pamela worked for nearly 6-years
following her marriage before she and Jack began their family. On 14 Jun 1987
their first child, Richard James Schwartz was born. Their second child, Robert
John Schwartz, was born on 14 Mar 1991 and their third child, Jacquelyn
Michelle Schwartz, was born on 19 August 1993 completing the John and Pamela
Harrington-Schwartz family.
As
her children grew and left the family, Pamela resumed her college career
earning an undergraduate degree in Business Administration and Leadership in
August 2009 from Concordia University in Michigan. She went on to earn a
Master's degree in Organizational Leadership and Administration in May 2011.
Pamela had been employed by Concordia University as she earned her
undergraduate and Master's degrees. After earning her degrees, she was retained
by Concordia University and became Director of Student Success and Retention.
In 2014 she relocated to Gloucester, VA and became Administrative Assistant at
Virginia Commonwealth University in the department of Family Medicine and
Population Health located in Richmond, VA.
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In mid-November
of 2002, Pamela’s oldest son, Richard James Schwartz, experienced an event that
could have well cost him his life. He was scheduled to go to Porcupine
Mountines, Michigan on a first deer-hunting trip with his dad, Jack. He ended
up not going on the trip because he was not feeling well. He began complaining
about pains in his shoulder on Saturday, thinking he may have pulled a muscle.
A trip to the doctor’s ended with a diagnosis of a collapsed left lung. Upon
closer examination, it was discovered that both lungs were collapsing. Had Rick
made the trip, he could have easily died. Rick survived the experience but not
before going through a very painful series of treatments that included
inserting tubes into his chest for the removal of air outside of his lungs and
for administering tetracycline, an irritant used to force his lungs to adhere
to his chest cavity walls to allow the lungs to function properly. The
treatment was terrible, and successful.
Rick
(he has gone by Rick, Richard, and Rich), who is 6-foot, 3-inches, met and
married a lovely young lady named Alaine Michelle Reichle Schwartz who is about
4-foot, 10-inches. At their wedding, Rick danced with his new bride while on
his knees which made them about nose-to-nose. Rick went to Concordia
University, Ann Arbor, Michigan and dropped out with only a couple of courses
to go for his degree. His wife, Alaine, also went to Concordia University, Ann
Arbor, Michigan and got her degree in Family Life. She is now a “Youth Pastor”
in Wisconsin, serving 4 separate congregations.
Pamela’s
second son, Robert John Schwartz, apparently got an extra serving of his
mother’s extraverted genes. He went to Concordia University, Chicago where he
got a degree in Kinesiology. He too married a lovely young lady named Lyndsey
Nicole Garlich whom he met at college. Lyndsey also has a degree in
Kinesiology.
Pamela’s
daughter, Jacquelyn “Jacqui” Michelle Schwartz, got her degree in Public
Relations and Journalism from Concordia, Nebraska. At the time of this writing,
Jacqui is still single and working in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Pamela and Jack divorced in 2015.
Margaret Elaine “Peggy”
Harrington
(09
May 1960 - living) Click here to return to the Table
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+
Michael Clark Poole (06 Jun 1958 - living)
Eryn Leigh Poole (25 May 1982 -
living)
+ David Michael Pluim (21 Dec 1981 -
living)
Tyler Styron Pluim (30 Sep 1998 -
living)
Tobin Kendall Pluim (11 Dec 2012 -
living)
Sophia
Marie Joy Pluim (26
Aug 2015 – living)
Morgan
Kendall Poole (20
May 1985 - living)
+ Michael Gatsky (partner)
(unknown - living)
Elliott Dmitri Poole-Boguch (07 Sep 2004 -
living)
+
Joshua Max Boguch (12
Mar 1985 - living)
Malcolm Ari
Boguch (06
Jul 2015 - living)
Emily Yan Li Poole (20 Sep 1998 -
living)
Margaret (Peggy) Elaine Harrington was
born 09 May 1960 in Pensacola, FL to Richard Edward and Lois Ann
Wolfe-Harrington. She lived in Pensacola 3-1/2 years, then moved with her
parents to Cincinnati, Ohio where she began her schooling. Like her siblings,
her schooling was interrupted as the family moved from Cincinnati, OH to
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Raleigh,
NC; to Washington, DC; back to Cincinnati, OH and finally to Ann Arbor, MI as her
father's job with the U.S. Government changed locations. Peggy graduated from
Dexter High School in Dexter, Michigan in 1978. She went to Sienna Heights
College for about one semester, then moved to Ann Arbor where she worked for
J.C. Penney for a while, then moved on to a job at a Total gas station. Her
first car was a VW Karmann Ghia. At the age of 20-years she met and married
Michael Clark Poole on 24 May 1980.
Peg
and Mike moved to Newport News, VA in March of 1981, then to Gloucester,
Virginia in 1983 where they bought their first house and started their family.
Their first daughter, Eryn Leigh Poole, was born 25 May 1982. On 20 May 1984
their second daughter, Morgan Kendall Poole, was born. While Morgan was the
last biological family member, she was not the last family member. On 29 July
1999 Mike and Peggy traveled to China and adopted a beautiful little girl,
Emily Yan Li Poole, from a State orphanage. At that time, China was enforcing a
one-child rule for its citizens. Combined with the cultural preference for
sons, Emily had been abandoned on the steps of a government building. She was
in good health and less than a year old. No records exist regarding her parents
or her age other than her given name, Yan Li. Emily was quickly integrated into
the Mike Poole family and soon earned a favorite position among her adopted
parents and two older sisters, Eryn and Morgan. The family soon gave Emily her
first name and kept her Chinese names as her middle name. They made their
best-estimate of Emily Yan Li Poole’s date of birthday as 20 September 1998.
They now celebrate both her "birthday" of 20 September and a
"Gotcha" day of 29 July.
As the family grew older, Peggy resumed
her education by attending Thomas Nelson Community College where she earned an
Associate degree in nursing in May 1990. She sat for her board-exams and became
a Registered Nurse the same year. Armed with her RN, Peggy worked in
Med-surgery, Telemetry, and Critical Care at Riverside Walter Reed Hospital in
Gloucester, VA for several years. In 1995 she worked in Riverside Walter Reed
Home Health where she became supervisor for about 7-years of a staff of over 20
home-health care nurses. She continued her advanced studies at the Virginia
Commonwealth University (VCU) and earned her Bachelors of Science in Nursing in
December 2012. In 2014 she returned to college full-time at VCU, while
retaining her job at Riverside Walter Reed as a part-time home-health nurse. At
VCU she studied to get her master’s degree in the area of Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
(ACNP). Upon graduation in May 2015 sit for and passed her ACNP boards. Peggy
was subsequently employed as a full time Acute Care Nurse Practitioner at
Riverside Walter Reed in Gloucester, VA.
On 29 November, Peggy was promoted to a position
of hospitalist at Riverside Walter Reed in Gloucester. VA. As a hospitalist she
was a permanent staff member of the hospital and with another nurse with a
similar position, provided full time staff coverage for the hospital as Nurse
Practitioner.
Eryn
Leigh Poole (25 May 1982 - living) Click here to return to the Table of Contents
+ David Michael
Pluim (21
Dec 1981 - living)
Tyler Styron
Pluim (30
Sep 1998 - living)
Tobin Kendall
Pluim (11
Dec 2012 - living)
Sophia Marie Joy Pluim (26 Aug 2015 –
living)
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Eryn
Leigh Pool is the oldest of Michael Clark and Margaret “Peggy” Elaine
Harrington-Poole's three children; all three are girls. Eryn was born 25 May
1982 at Mary Immaculate Hospital in Newport News, VA. She graduated from
Gloucester High School in the year 2000. In 2000 she started college at
Christopher Newport University and graduated in 2004 with a Bachelor of Arts
(BA) in English. Subsequently, she parlayed her BA in English into a teaching
certificate. On 11 May 2002 Eryn and David Michael Pluim married at the Union
Baptist Church in Bena, VA.
David
was born 21 Dec 1981 in Grants Pass, Oregon to Thomas Arthur and Rosalea Myrna
Adams Pluim. He too graduated from Gloucester High School in the year 2000. He
went to college at the College of William and Mary and in 2004 graduated with a
Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Mathematics, Operations Research.
On July 2009 Eryn and David adopted
Tyler Styron Pluim who was born on 30 Sep 1998. The Pluim family celebrates his
"Gotcha Day" on July 4th. Eryn and David’s second adopted child is
Tobin Kendall Pluim. By prior arrangement that preceded Tobin’s conception,
they adopted Tobin Kendall Pluim who was born to Eryn's sister, Morgan Kendall
Poole, on 11 December 2012 at St Mary's Hospital in Richmond, VA.
At
the date of publication of this book, David and Eryn Pluim are in the process
of making their third adoption. Her name is Sophia Marie Joy Pluim born 26 Aug
2015.
Morgan
Kendall Poole (20 May 1985 - living) Click here to return to the Table of
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+ Michael Gatsky
(partner)
(unknown - living)
Elliott Dmitri Poole-Boguch (07 Sep 2004 -
living)
+ Joshua Max
Boguch (12
Mar 1985 - living)
Malcolm Ari Boguch (06 Jul 2015 -
living)
Morgan Kendall Poole is the younger
daughter of Michael Clark and Margaret Elaine "Peggy" Poole. She was
born 20 May 1985 in the Mary Immaculate Hospital in Newport News, VA. In 2003
she graduated from Gloucester High School. In early 2004 she became pregnant
and on 7 Sep 2004 delivered her first son, Elliott Dmitri Poole. Subsequent to
Elliott's birth, Morgan elected to serve as surrogate mother for two in-vitro
propagated births. She attended Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) then
switched to Riverside School of Professional Nursing graduating in 2008 as a
Registered Nurse. Morgan elected to again become a surrogate mother on behalf
of her sister, Eryn. A son, Tobin Kendall Poole was born on 11 Dec 2012 at St.
Mary's Hospital in Richmond, Virginia from a combination of Morgan's egg and
sperm from a sperm-bank. Tobin is being reared by Morgan's sister, Eryn, and
Eryn’s husband David as their second adopted son. Morgan considers Tobin to be
Eryn and David's son and her nephew. She said, "I know they plan on
telling him (Tobin) his story, but I just consider him to be my nephew."
Morgan
married Dr. Joshua Max Boguch on 26 May 2013. They married in Virginia in
Shenandoah National Park along the Skyline Drive. On 6 July 2015 their son,
Malcolm Ari Boguch-Poole, was born at Meriter Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin.
Josh adopted Elliott Poole on 14 September 2016 changing his name to Elliott
Dmitri Boguch.
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Neil
William Harrington (17 Jun 1963 - living)
+ Donna Louise
Morgan (26
Oct 1960 – living)
+ Jana Marlene
Fenneken (19
Aug 1971 - living)
Neil William Harrington,
the youngest of 5-children of Richard E. and Lois Anne Wolfe Harrington, was
born 17 Jun 1963 in Pensacola, Florida.
Neil graduated from Dexter High School
in 1981 and started college the same year. This initial college career was
short-lived. He got a role in the outdoor staging of the play,
"Tecumseh," in Ohio. About the same time he became involved with the
Ohio Army National Guard. His college career resumed in the late 1980’s and has
continued since. His vocational accomplishments include:
- St. Philip’s
College: Certificate of Completion - Vocational Nursing - August 1990
- The Ohio State
University: Bachelor of Science in Agriculture - March 1994
- Columbus State
Community College: Associate of Applied Science in Nursing Technology - December
1996.
- DeVry
University: Associate of Applied Science in Health Information Technology –
February 2010.
- University of
Cincinnati: Bachelor of Science in Health Information Management
Administration – early 2016
Some of his
other activities include:
- U.S. Army
Commendation Medal - July 1991.
- Ohio Army
National Guard - Honorably Discharged with the rank of Sargent October 1993.
- He was baptized
by the Pastor of New Life Assembly of God, in Circleville, Ohio in
March 2014.
On 12 Sept 1998,
Neil married Donna Louise Morgan Lindner. They divorced in about 2013. On 7
September 2014 Neil married Jana Fenneken and resides in Circleville, Ohio.
+ Margaret Jadwiga Stasikowski (31
March 1948 - living) Click
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Kyle
Ira Stasikowski Harrington (28 Jan 1986 - living)
Margaret
Jadwiga Stasikowski was born in Ruda Slaska, Poland on 31 March 1948. At that time,
Poland was under the near-dictatorial control of the Union of Soviet Social
Republics (now Russia) and its Communist Government. Margaret’s parents,
Saturnin
Jerzy and Jadwiga Agata
Wrzesinska-Stasikowski had survived the brutal Nazi-Germany regime and
occupation after World War II. Life in Poland was difficult. The family left
for the United States in 1964 with some help of Margaret’s uncle who had come
to the United States in 1923. Within 2-years she had learned English, graduated
from high school, and was headed to college at The Ohio State University.
Margaret graduated from Ohio State
in 1969 with a
Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and again in 1971 with a Bachelor of
Science degree in Russian. She earned her Master of Science in Environmental
Science and Industrial Hygiene from the University of Cincinnati in 1973.
Margaret
worked briefly for the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union in Denver,
Colorado, then went on to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in
1974. It was there that I met Margaret working in the same EPA Office of
Research and Development in Washington, D.C. Margaret was fluent in English,
Polish, and Russian
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and
had some knowledge of French, and Spanish. Since much of my work involved
interaction with engineers and scientists from several of these countries,
Margaret’s linguistic and environmental technical knowledge almost assured that
our paths would cross.
Margaret worked at the EPA for over 30-years
retiring in October 2004 as Director of the Health Effects Division, Office of
Pesticides Program. Before retiring Margaret started to work on her Master’s
Degree in School Counseling at George Washington University and graduated in
2005. Margaret worked as a school counselor until 2012. Six months later she
joined College Access Fairfax a non-profit organization where she assumed a
position of Director Project Discovery Program, a program designed to help
students with career exploration and planning for post-high school education. .
She is currently Chair of the Board for Project Discovery. In 2013 she also
became an active Master Gardener in the County of Fairfax.
Kyle Ira Stasikowski Harrington(28 Jan
1986 - living) Click here to return to the
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Kyle
Ira Stasikowski Harrington was born to Richard Edward Harrington and Margaret
Jadwiga Stasikowski on 28 Jan 1986. Kyle was a bright independent child who
loved to learn new things. He started school at the Aquinas Montessori School
in Alexandria, VA at the age of 2 ½ -years. The Montessori approach to learning
suited his personality well. At age 5 he started to attend the class of 1st,
2nd and 3rd graders (in Montessori school students move at their own pace),
thus “skipping” what in a traditional school is called kindergarten. Kyle
continued at Aquinas through 7th grade. The year that Kyle was in 7th grade was
the only year that the 7th grade was offered at Aquinas Montessori school.
During 7th grade, Dick Harrington, his Dad, found a new profession. That year
he taught Algebra, Chemistry and Physics at the school. From Aquinas, Kyle went
to Burgundy Farm Country Day School for one year before entering Mount Vernon
High School. He selected the International Baccalaureate Diploma program,
graduating in 2003. Continuing with an independent learner track, Kyle selected
Hampshire College
in
Amherst, Massachusetts in the fall of 2003. He graduated in 2007 with a
Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science and Artificial Life. Kyle was accepted for
a fellowship program at Brandeis University Graduate School of Computer
Science, where he earned his Master of Arts and PhD in Computer Science with
specialization in Quantitative Biology. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the
Pathology Dept. of Harvard Medical School for two years.
Kyle is an
Assistant Professor at the University of Idaho, Virtual Technology and Design
beginning with the 2016 Autumn Semester.
William Young Harrington, Sr. (17 Jun 1963 -
23 Feb 1986) Click here to return to the
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+
Betty Joan Griffith (3 Oct 1932 - 12
Jan 1962)
Candice
Kay Harrington (30
Dec 1951 - living)
+
Phillis Ann Logan (9 Apr 1944 – living)
Angela "Angie" Lynn Harrington
(9
Nov 1963 - living)
William Young Harrington, Jr. (3 Nov 1965 -
living)
William "Bill" Young
Harrington was born 10 March 1933 at home in a house on East Mound Street in Circleville,
Ohio rented by his parents. Fifteen months and
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17-days
earlier, Bill's older brother, Dick, had been born on 23 December 1931 in
Columbus, Ohio. Both births came in the depth of the Great Depression when
unemployment was high and money was scarce. Shortly after Dick's birth, his
parents joined forces with the family of Aunt Ruth Imo Harrington-Pennell and
using money that Audra Young-Harrington, Dick and Bill's mother, had collected
from an insurance policy upon the death of her first husband, both families
headed for Miami, Florida. Their plan was to build a fishing boat and go into
the business of catching and selling fish for a living. The boat was built and
the fishing business begun. They caught fish but because of the high
competition from other fishermen, they made little money. In June of 1932,
Audra became pregnant with William (Bill) Young Harrington. A month later, Ira
and Ruth's baby sister, Easter Marie Harrington Thompson, died near
Circleville, Ohio. Ira, Audra and Dick immediately drove from Miami, Florida to
Circleville, Ohio, non-stop to attend the funeral. They never returned to
Florida and the fishing business. Audra's money was exhausted. Instead, they
remained in Circleville, Ohio where Bill was born 8-months later.
As a baby, Bill was small and required
more care and attention than had Dick. Nevertheless, Bill developed without
incident remaining somewhat slight for his age. He was a "toe-head"
with his hair remaining almost white throughout his early years. Initially, his
mother felt the need to be more protective of Bill, in part, because of his
slight physical size and his tendency to have more colds and a need for more
attention. As he developed, he grew stronger and healthier and the need for
extra care diminished. During his early formative years Bill developed a keenly
independent and competitive spirit that served him well the rest of his life.
The younger of the two brothers Bill was in strong competition with his older
brother. He was constantly driven to be equal to or better than his older
brother in nearly everything. Bill never accepted his younger age or smaller
size as a reason for not being able to do whatever Dick could do, so the competition
continued throughout their childhood. This spirit of competition was the root
cause of many quarrels.
One
of the attributes that Bill honed was avoiding his 'share' of work. Bill was
not lazy. Rather, it was part of the competition. There was always work to do
around the small subsistence farm such as working in the garden, hoeing corn,
picking wild blackberries, cleaning the animal shed, watering and feeding the
livestock, spreading animal manure on the garden, shoveling snow, etc., etc.
These tasks were usually assigned by their dad, Ira, as a collective effort;
"You boys clean the cow shed today." Bill was very intelligent and
cleaver and used these attributes to his advantage. Bill discovered early-on
that he could shirk his share of the work, knowing that failure to complete the
task would bring collective criticism or even punishment and that Dick would
pick up the slack rather than risk the punishment.
In
June of 1936 Patricia (Patty) Sue Harrington was born. After an uncertain
beginning in which she almost starved from lack of adequate nutrition, Patty
developed into a beautiful little toe-head who quickly learned to be
competitive with her older brothers and was usually successful in keeping them
on the defensive. Bill was better able to cope with this new challenge, perhaps
because of his own earlier experience.
Within
the Ira and Audra Harrington family there was never pressure to prepare the
children for a vocation or skills that might be useful to make a living as an
adult. In retrospect, this was probably because that was the way it was in the
families of both Ira and Audra and their parents before them. The children of
these families simply grew up with complete choice of how they would make it
through their lives. Morals were taught and education was prized as the only
guidelines. In this environment, Bill may have
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been
better prepared by his childhood experiences than his siblings. Through his intellect,
cunning and practice of maximizing his situation with a minimum of effort, he
better understood how to compete in an adult world than most. He was well liked
and while he used his experience and talents to his benefit, he was smart
enough to not exploit people. He was an expert at "reading" people
and successfully interacting with them. He was a hard worker at things he liked
or needed to do and was generally successful at any of his undertakings.
As
an adult Bill became fiercely independent. He was well built, fearless and
protective. He was not a bully and did not go around picking fights but would
not run from a fight. If he encountered a person or event that he thought might
constitute an affront, he would likely interpret it as an affront and seek
justice. His daughter, Candice, recalls such an event in which "... the
family was traveling in their car on Lancaster Pike when a car going the
opposite direction, blasted by with the horn blaring. This infuriated Bill so
he drove "like a bat out of hell", turned around, and hunted for the
guy - cussing all the way. He overtook the car and tore open his car door. He
was going to beat up this guy. Mother (Betty) was crying and begging Dad (Bill)
not to do it. We waited for the fight to start but all we saw was Dad popping
the hood and stuck his head under the hood. Dad then returned to the car and
explained the offender's horn was stuck and Dad helped him fix it."
On another occasion Bill was driving in
Circleville when he was passed by a car load of young men who were being rowdy
and shouting at people as they passed. The guy in the passenger seat shouted
something nasty as he passed Bill and called him a name and gave him 'the
finger.' Bill fell in behind the offending car with his car and followed them
at a close distance. Within a couple of intersections, both cars were stopped
by a red light. Bill alighted from his car, walked up to the driver side of the
car ahead, reached through the open window and seized the driver by the shirt
collar and pulled him until his head was almost outside the car window. Bill
proceeded to slap the driver's face several times. Throughout his slapping, the
driver protested that it was not he who called Bill the name, but his
passenger. Bill responded that he was the driver and was responsible for the
actions of his passengers. Bill returned to his car and proceeded on his way
after the traffic light changed.
Bill's earliest memories were formed
during a time when the Nation was recovering from a deep depression. Ira and
Audra had purchased a small farm (about 4 acres) and engaged in subsistence
farming which consisted of raising a large garden, having a milk cow, raising
chickens for eggs and meat and keeping a couple of hogs for meat. Audra canned
fruit and vegetables and Ira smoked meat for winter. Ira hunted rabbits,
squirrels and ground-hogs as game meat. The family never lacked for good food.
Bill was indoctrinated into a frugal life style that included 'living off the
land' as much as possible. As an adult he pursued a similar life-style with his
own family even though he always held a good job and embracing the role of a
"gatherer" was not necessary. By then, however, it was a sport. He
took pride in and enjoyed being able to harvest the many fruits of wild nature like
picking wild greens, mushrooms, game, dandelions, berries, wild fruits,
turtles, fish, etc. There is little doubt that he could have cared for his
family without the convenience of grocery stores or other commercial resources
if it became necessary. He took pride in laying-food-by for winter or possible
times of need.
Bill enjoyed having fun. He liked
fishing, hunting, camping - activities that frequently yielded game and
vegetables that he froze for later consumption. When someone
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came
by for a visit, Bill could usually impress them with a fare of frog-legs,
turtle soup, venison, or other exotic dish. On one occasion, his sister, Pat,
and her second husband, Harry Reynolds, came by for a visit. Bill had recently
dug a quantity of horseradish roots that he made into one of his favorite
condiments; ground, fresh, horseradish. Harry liked horseradish, too, and
during his visit, ate a lot of it. Harry became sick and almost died.
Apparently, Bill had mistakenly include a root of the poisonous polk-berry
plant in his concoction. Harry was the only person to suffer from the
experience, however.
William was talented at many things. His
curiosity and technical abilities led him to fearlessly tackle about any task
that caught his fancy. He was a good candidate for almost any career he might
choose. However, committing the time and drudgery of getting an advanced
education was not an option he would consider. He was impatient to grow up and
taste the adventures of adult life. On April 1951, he married early at the age
of 18-years and 1-month to Betty Joan Griffith, a co-worker at Kroger's grocery
store in Circleville, Ohio where Bill was Produce Manager. In the early years
of his marriage he worked as an automotive mechanic for the local Chevrolet
garage. He later went to work for DuPont at their recently constructed Mylar
plant near Circleville where he became proficient as a welder and mill wright.
He constructed his own, up-scale home in the Jefferson-Addition south of
Circleville. His life and the life of his family was on a sharp rise when
suddenly his wife, Betty, died on 12 January 1962 from a lung ailment leaving
Bill with his 10-year old daughter, Candice Kay Harrington, to care for.
After
a period of 14-months without his mate, Bill re-married on 11 March 1963, one
day after his birthday, to Phillis Ann Logan who was born 9 April 1944. Phillis
brought her 2½-year old daughter from a previous marriage, Brenda Sue Cave,
into the family. Soon two more children were born; Angie Lynn Harrington born 9
November 1964 and William Young Harrington Jr. born 3 November 1965. Bill and
Phillis began a program of buying distressed properties, fixing them up and
renting them. Bill left DuPont in the late 1960s to go to work for a company that
installed machinery under contract. This new job capitalized on his experience
as a mill-wright and caused him to travel to job sites with some frequency.
Bill's
daughter Candice, recalls, "One November (1980) Dad butchered 7 hogs in
the backyard at our house in Jefferson Addition, just south of Circleville,
Ohio. Jefferson-Addition was an up-scale residential community of new houses on
half-acre lots. Bill shot the hogs and gutted them in the back yard. Of course
the neighbors were upset. Dad placed a sawhorse in the front yard with a sign
saying, "Trespassers will be shot on sight". There was a gun placed
nearby. In a short time, a deputy sheriff showed up at the house. Dad and the
deputy talked, the gun was removed, and the butchering continued according to
plan. The meat was distributed among the members of the project. Bill smoked
the hams and other cuts of meat in a 'smoke-house' that he constructed in the
corner of his garage."
He was a risk taker but was careful not to over extend
himself. He enjoyed the excitement and challenge of competing and that included
competing with the law. He usually remained within arguably legal bounds but
enjoyed pushing-the-envelope. This included things like speed laws, wild game
laws, trespassing, making or buying moonshine, engaging in physical
altercations when he considered it necessary, and more. He considered such
things as the legal season for hunting to be secondary if he wanted to go
hunting. He would carefully weigh the risk of getting caught as part of any
decision to do whatever he was planning. Like his dad, Ira, he liked to gig
frogs and fish which he
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would do even though there was no legal season for
doing so. His first cousin, Gary Jackson, liked to tell the story about the
time Gary's parents and their children came to Circleville for a visit. Gary
was 10-years younger than Bill and the year was about 1963. Bill had a new,
white, large-finned DeSota that he wanted to show-off to Gary. So they went for
a ride and returned to Circleville about dusk. Bill was driving and was over
the speed limit when he entered Circleville. Within a few blocks after entering
town, he came to the attention of a policeman who sounded his siren and took
chase. Bill decided to outrun the police and began making some evasive
maneuvers down streets and alleys that he knew well. He finally pulled in
behind a hedge and stopped, commanding Gary to get down on the floor and stay
there until he told him he could get up. Gary, being about 20-years old at the
time, obeyed although he did not know why it was important for him to be out of
sight. After a few minutes, he was given the all-clear and they resumed their
trip home. Bill had successfully out-run and out-maneuvered the policeman.
While Bill was not an outlaw, he loved the thrill of living on the edge.
Sometime after 1963, Bill took
possession of the "Continental Club" on the northern side of
Circleville. It was a highly popular night club with a full liquor license. I
used to enjoy coming to Circleville from Cincinnati and working the bar for
Bill for free. He had a good crew of waitresses and appeared to have a large
clientele. The seating space was a bit too small as were the prices of drinks.
After a couple of years, Bill gave up the bar because it was not profitable.
That was Bill's only venture into the bar business.
In the early 1980s Bill was diagnosed with
lymphoma-cancer. He underwent multiple surgeries to remove sections of his
small intestines and endured long periods of radiation treatment. He eventually
succumbed to the disease on 23 Feb 1986. He was laid to rest in the Harrison
Township Cemetery, about a mile south of South Bloomfield, Pickaway County,
Ohio.
Betty
Joan Griffith (3 Oct 1932 - 12 Jan 1962) Click here to return to the Table of Contents
Candice Kay Harrington (30 Dec 1951 -
living)
On
10 March 1950, William “Bill” Young Harrington, the future husband of Betty Joan
Griffith, turned 17-years old. He was a Junior at Pickaway Township School and
would be for another couple of months. He had bought his first automobile, a
1932 Chevrolet sedan, for $50 from a neighbor, Neil Rhoads, who was his 6th
cousin, although neither cousin ever knew of the relationship which was
discovered decades later through family research done to prepare for the
writing of this book. Bill also applied for a job and was hired by the small
Kroger grocery store in Circleville. This provided him with a source of income
that enabled his transition from a high school kid into early adulthood.
Typical of most 17-year-old, almost-men, Bill was on top of his world! At
Kroger’s store, Bill progressed rapidly from basic market-store maintenance to
manager of the produce department.
Also
working at Kroger’s was Betty Joan Griffith, a cute young lady from Amanda,
Ohio who was about 7-months Bill’s senior. Betty and Bill soon became friends -
very good friends. They began dating and in March 1951, Betty became pregnant.
By then, Betty had become a frequent visitor at the Harrington house at 214 W.
Mound Street in Circleville, Ohio. Bill’s parents had sold their 4-acre farm
and bought the large red brick house on the corner of West Mound Street and
Western Avenue. Betty’s pregnancy shook Bill’s young, adult life. He decided
that he was not ready for marriage and fatherhood and began searching for
alternatives. He decided to run – to join the Navy and
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ignore his responsibility for his unplanned
adult life. Early April 1951 found Bill on a bus headed for San Diego where he
planned to enlist in the U.S. Navy. He had chosen San Diego as his place of
enlistment to try to assure that his basic training would be in that area as
opposed to the Great Lakes, Illinois boot camp which would have been where he
would have been assigned if he had enlisted in Columbus, Ohio. Fate again
intervened in Bill’s plans. On the bus-ride toward San Diego, he found a seat
beside a Chief Naval Officer who was highly decorated and sported several gold
chevrons on his sleeve signifying a long career of good conduct. During the
course of their ride the Chief engaged Bill in conversation and learned of his
plans. The Chief, being much older and wiser than Bill, advised him that his
plan was flawed and explained several reasons why. The Chief strongly suggested
that Bill go back to Ohio and marry Betty and make his wife and child a home.
He explained to Bill that in so doing he could avoid serious legal and
financial problems and if he still wished to join the Navy, he could still do
so. Bill abandoned his trip to San Diego at about the half-way point and took
the next bus back to Circleville. Bill and Betty eloped and were married in Indiana
in late April 1951. Their daughter, Candice Kay Harrington, was born on 30
December 1951.
Betty was the youngest daughter in a
large family of Griffiths who lived near Amanda, Ohio. She had one younger
sibling named James “Jimmy” William Griffith. Her father, Martin Emerson
Griffith (14 Oct 1891 - 30 Jul 1966) was a farmer who was both religious and a
hard disciplinarian. In the mid-1950s his house burned. By then most, if not
all, of his children had left home and started their own families. Martin called
a family meeting following the loss of his home and announced that he expected
his children to build their mother and him a new home and that they should
figure out a way to assume the cost of the construction. This story came to me
via his son-in-law, Bill Harrington, who felt that Martin’s expectations were
too high and that Betty and Bill were not able to afford the cost. I am unaware
of the outcome of this tragedy but I don’t believe that Betty and Bill bore any
of the financial burden for the replacement.
Betty
proved to be an admirable wife for Bill over the next 11-years. She was smart,
kind and gentle. She was an avid, capable worker and a good mother. Everyone
liked Betty. Their life was back on track and Betty and Bill made significant
progress over the next few years. Their finances flourished and they built a
lovely new home in the Jefferson subdivision south of Circleville. They began
buying distressed property, repairing and renting it. Betty took a job with the
local General Electric plant that manufactured an array of electrical products
from incandescent light bulbs to television screens. She didn’t like the work
but it helped pay the bills. Betty and Bill were back in control of their lives
again.
Betty
had a couple of apparently minor health issues. She was afflicted with a bowel
condition that required that she take laxatives daily to function properly. She
had also developed a serious smoking and coffee habit. Betty was seldom without
a cup of coffee and a cigarette in her hand.
On
13 January 1962 I responded to a knock on the door at my home in Pensacola,
Florida to find two members of the Sheriff’s Office standing there. They
brought the news that I should call my parents in Ohio about a death in the
immediate family. The family member was my brother’s wife, Betty Joan
Griffith-Harrington. I learned later that Betty had become ill while at work at
the GE plant. She was taken to Berger Hospital in Circleville, Ohio suffering
from a serious respiratory problem that was diagnosed as a rare form of Staphylococcus. She was placed in an oxygen-tent and
died 3-days later on 12 Jan 1962. Betty was buried in Forest Cemetery,
Circleville, Ohio.
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Candice
Kay Harrington (30 Dec 1951 - living) Click here to return to the
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+ Gediliah Alexander Dresbach, Jr. (12 Apr 1951 -
living)
Todd Robert
Dresbach-Featheringham (28 Feb 1971 - living)
+ Tracy Asher (25 May 1976 –
living)
Morgan
Elizabeth Featheringham (16 Aug 1995-living)
+ Elizabeth Ann
Hackler (17
Apr 1979 – living)
Kyle Raymond Featheringham (07 Oct
1997-living)
Kassidy
Arden Featheringham (10
Nov 1999-living)
Christopher
Michael Dresbach (20
Jun 1972 – living)
Gediliah
Alexander (Andy) Dresbach (23 May 1975 – living)
Elizabeth Ann
Dresbach (09
Oct 1976 – living)
+ Wesley Holbrook (unknown-living)
Laura Elizabeth Holbrook-Dresbach
(23
Feb 1994-living)
+ Jerry Clark (unknown-living)
Adeline Joy Clark (03 Feb
2016-living)
+ Jerry Elwood Tipton (14 Mar 1976 –
living)
Dylan Isiah Tipton (25 Jul
1997-living)
+ Taylor Certain (Dec
1997-living)
Isabell
Ann Tipton (26
Nov 2014-living)
Leah Jane Tipton (06 May
2001-living)
+ Thomas R
Karshner (about
1948 - unknown)
+ Lester “Les”
Ray Miller (20
Dec 1942 - 15 Jan 1998)
Candice “Candy” Kay Harrington had just
turned 11 years old and was in the 5th grade when her mother, Betty Joan
Griffith-Harrington, died. In retrospect, it is clear that her mother, Betty,
was the glue binding their family together. With her passing Bill Harrington,
now 29-years old, drifted back to the independent life he had pursued before
their marriage. More destructive, however, was that Candice had lost the most
important moral beacon in her life. Her grandmother tried to fill the vacancy
but her mother, her role-model, was gone, never to be replaced. Candy’s father,
Bill, remarried to Phillis Ann Logan-Cave on 11 March 1963, 15-months after
Betty’s death. Candy was 12-years and 3-months old when her father remarried.
Phillis was under 20-years old, just 6-years and 8-months older than Candy.
Phillis was an outsider to Candy’s family who, in addition to purporting to
replace Candy’s mother, also brought her own 2-year, 5-month old daughter,
Brenda Sue Cave, into the home. Eight months after Phillis and Bill’s wedding,
a new baby, Angela Lynn Harrington, was born.
While
this kind of turbulent sequence of events is not unknown within a family, it is
fortunately not common. For Candy, however, it must have been traumatic. In the
period of about 1-year, at the critical age of her early teens, she lost her
mother, lost much of the guidance of her father, lost her place as the only
child and “apple of her parent’s eye,” to become subject to what must have
seemed to Candy to be a proverbial “wicked” step-mother. For Candy, Phillis who
was very young and near Candy’s own age, could not be respected or accepted as
a replacement for her mother. In less than another year, Phyllis’s second child
was born relegating Candy to nearly that of a boarder
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in
her own home. Many kids rebel in their mid-to-late teens.
Usually these are rebellions based on gaining their own independence. In
Candy’s case she must have felt rejected by her family and found the “street” a
welcoming venue.
Candy became pregnant with her first
child, Todd, about May 1970 at age 19-years. Todd was born 28 February 1971.
Candy put Todd up for adoption. He was adopted and became Todd Robert
Featheringham.
She married Junior (Gedilah Alexander) Dresbach
6-months later, on 7 August 1971 and Mike was born on 20 June 1972. Candy and
Junior divorced 14 December 1973. Candy joined the U.S. Navy. About 6-months
after their divorce, Candy re-married Junior Dresbach on 28 May 1974. They
remained married for 6-years during which time her son, Andy, was born on 23
May 1975 and daughter, Beth, was born on 9 October 1976. Candy and Junior
divorced again on 8 May 1980.
Candy then married Tom R. Karshner on 4
July 1980. They divorced on 9 November 1981.
Candy
then married Lester “Les” Ray Miller on 9 July 1983 and they divorced 6 October
1989. They remarried on 13 September 1996 and Les died of cancer on 15 January
1998.
+ Phyllis Ann Logan (9 Apr 1944 – living) Click here to return to the
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Angela
"Angie" Lynn Harrington (9 Nov 1963 - living)
William
Young Harrington, Jr. (3 Nov 1965 - living)
After the death of his first wife, Betty Joan Griffith,
on 12 January 1962, Bill Harrington remarried to Phyllis Ann Logan-Cave on 11
Mar 1963. Phyllis brought her young daughter Brenda Sue Cave, age 2-years,
4-months, into the family. Within a few years, Bill and Phyllis embarked on a
program of buying distressed properties in the Circleville, Ohio area which
they renovated and rented to recover the purchase and maintenance cost. At the
time of Bill’s death in 1986, they owned several properties. Nine months after
Bill’s death, Phyllis remarried to Robert Bruce Marriott, a truck driver. They
married in Franklin County, Ohio. Phyllis sold the investment properties that
she had bought with Bill Harrington.
Angela "Angie" Lynn
Harrington
(9
Nov 1963 - living) Click
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+
James Keith Beglin, Jr. (11 Aug 1963 – living)
Raeanne Lynea Beglin (21 Jan 1985 –
living)
+ Jewel Songo (07 Jun 1983 –
living)
Jacob Keith
Beglin (25
Jul 1986 – living)
+
Ginny Kesselring (20
Sept 1987 - living)
Jacob Carter Beglin (09 Aug
2010-living)
Ella Marie Beglin (08 Jul
2012-living)
Martha Bethany Beglin (09 Oct 1990 –
living)
+ Jeff Brown (18 Mar 1989 –
living)
Zachary Logan Brown (18 Nov
2009-living)
Kree
Elizabeth Brown (18
Sep 2013-living)
Rachael
Elizabeth Beglin (04
Feb 1993 – living)
+ Allen Rae Demint II (23 Jun 1992 –
living)
Harley Rae Lynn Demint (18 Jun
2013-living)
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Chloe Elizabeth
Ann Demint (05
May 2016-living)
Samuel Robert Beglin (29 Aug 1995 –
living)
Sarah Kathryn Beglin (04 Jan 1998 –
living)
Timothy William Beglin (23 Dec 1999 –
living)
Emma Joy Beglin (29 Oct 2001 –
living)
Angela
Lynn Harrington, the daughter of William Young and Phillis Ann Logan-Harrington,
started school at Pickaway Elementary in 1970. Her junior-high years,
1976-1978, were spent at McDowell Exchange School and her high school years at
Logan Elm High School, 1978-1982, where she was in the Honor Society. In 1983
she went to Hocking College from which she graduated in 1984 with an associate
degree in Science of Nursing, LPN. After passing her nursing exams she became a
Registered Nurse. Angie continued her studies at Ohio University where she is
pursuing her education and will graduate in 2017 with a Bachelor’s of Science
in Nursing. Her specialties include Progressive Care Certified Nurse (PCCN) and
Pediatric Trauma Nurse – ACLS, PALS. Angie currently works at the Nationwide
Children’s Hospital in the Emergency Department.
On 30 June 1983 Angie married James Keith Beglin,
Jr., her high school sweetheart. James had completed his elementary school
years at the Laurelville Elementary School, then, followed the same route
through junior-high and high school as Angela. James was 1-year ahead of
Angela, however, graduating in 1981. He went into the U.S. Army in 1982 and
spent his entire tour of duty in Washington State at Fort Lewis. James
currently works at Diamond Innovations making synthetic diamonds.
Angie and James started
their family in 1984 with their first child, Raeanne Lynea Beglin, who was born
on 21 January 1985. Over the next 16-years their family has grown to the
8-children listed above.
William Young Harrington, Jr. (3 Nov 1965 -
living) Click here to return to the
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+ Elizabeth
Helen Greenlee (03
May 1970 – living)
Kayla Beth
Harrington (26
Dec 1990 – living)
Rebecca Ann
Harrington (12
Aug 1992 – living)
+
Andrew Randal Karst (21
Dec 1989 – living)
Adia
Elizabeth Karst (26
Mar 2012-living)
Gavin
Andrew Karst (28
Sep 2014-living)
+ Paige Pack (06 Jul 1967 –
living)
Jarred William Harrington (28 Sept 2001 -
living)
William “Bill” Young Harrington, Sr.’s
lymphoma-cancer was diagnosed at an advanced stage. His first surgery followed
shortly after the diagnosis and was in turn followed almost immediately with
radiation treatments. At the time of his diagnosis, Bill was constructing a new
garage at the rear of his home in Circleville. His work on that project was cut
short and he never recovered enough to finish the job. Bill and Phyllis’
daughter, Angie, had married and left home 3-years earlier. Bill’s wife,
Phyllis, remarried less than 10-months following Bill’s death. Although Bill
Jr. had turned 20-years old, he found it difficult to accept his new
step-father, Robert Bruce Marriott, as a substitute of his dead father. The
polarity reached a climax in a fist-fight in which his older and stronger
step-father thoroughly beat Bill Harrington, Jr. This was clearly an event that
could never have happened if Bill, Sr. were there to defend his son. After a
short period William “Bill” Young Harrington, Jr.’s became owner of his
parent’s house. William “Bill” Young Harrington, Jr. completed the construction
of the garage that his father had begun.
On 16 Jun 1990 Bill, Jr. married
Elizabeth Helen Greenlee and the couple had two daughters, Kayla Beth
Harrington born 26 Dec 1990 and Rebecca Ann Harrington
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born
12 Aug 1992. Bill and Elizabeth Helen Greenlee-Harrington divorced on 22 April
1997 and shared custody of their daughters.
Rebecca Ann Harrington married Andrew
Randal Karst on 12 July 2012. The couple had their first child, Adia Elizabeth
Karst, on 26 Mar 2012. Their second child, Gavin Andrew Karst, was born 28 Sep
2014.
Patricia Sue Harrington (20 Jun 1936 - 28 Apr 2013) Click here to return to the Table of Contents
+
Charles Richard Hutchinson (11 Sep 1933 - 30 May 2013)
Charles “Chuck”
Richard Hutchinson (3
Sep 1954 - living)
Cheryl Ann
Hutchinson (27
Sep 1955 - living)
Craig Patrick Hutchinson (26 Apr 1957 -
living)
In her last will and testament, Audra
Lavada Young Harrington left her small house and lot at 212 West Mound Street,
Circleville, Ohio to her only daughter, Patricia Sue
Harrington-Hutchinson-Reynolds. Audra explained to her only other living
progeny, Richard Edward Harrington, that the reason for this decision was to
assure that Patty would always have a home.
Audra
was always concerned about her daughter's welfare. It was the reason that Audra
remained in Circleville, Ohio following her husband, Ira Edward Harrington's, death
on November 23, 1983. She had wanted to move back to Monroe County, Ohio, the
county of her birth, but chose to remain in Circleville because of her concern
for Patty Sue, as she always called her, and Patty's daughter, Cheryl
Hutchinson.
Patricia Sue Harrington had been born at
home in the small brick farm house, 3 miles east of Circleville, Ohio on June
20, 1936. It was a relatively easy birth attended by Dr. Montgomery from
Circleville. The family was poor and subsequent follow-up visits to the doctor
occurred only in cases of emergency. Audra tried to nurse Patty but before long
it became clear that she was not getting enough nourishment. Patty nearly
starved before this diagnosis was made and she was switched to a blend of
diluted evaporated milk and Karo syrup. After the change of diet she thrived.
As
Patty grew she became a beautiful child with long blond hair that hung in
golden curls. As the youngest and only girl in the family, she was both spoiled
and the target of child-level torment from her two older brothers. Patty was
combative, however, and soon learned to use tools to help her level the playing
field. She took to screaming loud and long when things did not go her way. She
would bite her wrist until she left tooth-marks knowing that the extreme of
self-inflicted violence would cause her mother to become alarmed and that the
action would precipitate criticism on her siblings.
Perhaps
some of these early childhood actions were signals of things to come. As Patty
grew to school age she exhibited new characteristics. She was a below-average
performing student. She shunned her school work and the few chores that she was
assigned. Her choice of friends was usually from the bottom of her class. Her
attitude toward others and life in general became more critical, negative and
paranoid.
Patricia never finished high school. At the age 17
and a half years, she became pregnant with her first child and on 13 February
1954 she married her future child's father, Charles Richard Hutchinson in
Richmond, Indiana. Patty became a mother the following September with all the
responsibilities of parenthood. Two more children soon followed.
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all
the responsibilities of parenthood. Two more children soon followed.
Mentally,
Pat never developed much further. Her ambition appeared stalled. Her paranoia
seemed to deepen. She appeared to choose to live in a household of disarray and
dirt rather than exert the energy to organize and clean. Her marriage failed
and she found herself with the task of rearing 3 children. Patricia Sue and
Charles Richard Hutchinson divorced on 2 July 1969. Audra helped as much as she
could by making cloths for Patty and her children, giving her money, making
loans to Patty that were never repaid, giving her food, etc. Since such support
was an extension of the early care Patty had received as a child, it appeared
that Pat expected it and seldom if ever expressed appreciation for the
assistance.
Eventually,
Pat was forced to find work as an aid in a healthcare centers. During this
period she also learned how to access public welfare services. At the age of
38-years, while working as a nursing aid, she met and married Harry Reynolds, a
crude and abusive retired truck driver who was 28-years her senior. They
married on 19 November 1974. This marriage lasted only 3 or 4 years but, it
served to temporarily get Patty off welfare. Harry Reynolds died on 12 April
1993.
By the time her second marriage
dissolved, Pat with the assistance of Audra, was able to access welfare
sufficiently to maintain her lifestyle without working. Her daughter, Cheryl
Ann Hutchinson, qualified for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Pat was
able to draw Social Security.
Within a couple of weeks following
Audra's death on April 8, 1900, Pat Hutchinson and her daughter, Cheryl Ann
Hutchinson moved into Audra's vacated house at 212 W. Mound Street,
Circleville, Ohio. With no rent to pay, more money became available. Pat and
Cheryl became increasingly obese due to an increasingly sedate life style and
the consumption of copious quantities of soft drinks and fast-food. Pat
developed an increasingly independent attitude that manifest as hostility
toward neighbors and increased her paranoia. Her mood became darker and her
views became more negative. Her health began to fail likely accelerated by the
continued poor diet and the copious consumption of soft drinks.
Over
the 10 years following her mother's death, the only known maintenance to the house
on 212 W. Mound Street was the addition of a chain-link fence around the
property. In the early years of the new century the author and Pat's son, Craig
Hutchinson undertook major maintenance of the house to keep it in a livable
condition.
Both of her sons, Chuck and Craig, had left Pat's
home at the earliest opportunity. Cheryl, the middle child of the 3-children,
had a speech deficit that she never overcame, but she had an unusual memory and
ability with dates and numbers. She never fully matured and adopted a life
style that emulated her mother’s. Pat was psychologically abusive to Cheryl, a
situation that worsened as Pat became less able to care for herself and
depended more on Cheryl. Finally, a critical point was reached and Cheryl
became explosive and physical. Cheryl was removed from the home to live by
herself by the community social service. Pat and Cheryl overcame their conflict
and Cheryl visited her mother at Pat’s home. They never lived together again,
however.
Patricia continued to deteriorate
physically and mentally until she could no longer care for herself. Her son,
Craig, took her into his home where she stayed until her death on April 28,
2013. Patricia’s first husband, Charles Richard “Dick” Hutchinson developed
Alzheimer’s and died 30 May 2013, a month after Patricia’s death.
Patty Sue Harrington was hard to love
and she seemed to like it that way. But, we loved her, anyway. To my knowledge,
Patricia never received psychiatric attention
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or
treatment, a service that might have altered her life for the better. I recall
our half-sister, June Louise Harrington, once speculating that Patricia’s
problem might have been related to a problem with her birth. Patty had been
delivered at home by Dr. Montgomery, the family physician. Alternately, June
speculated, it might have been related to the short period of under nourishment
that she experienced shortly after her birth. I tend to discount both of these
speculations, but we will never know.
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Charles Richard Hutchinson, Jr. (3 Sep 1954 -
living)
+ Barbara Jean
Beaver (2
Jun 1956 - living)
Lindsey Audrea Hutchinson (21 Jan 1981 –
living)
+
Douglas Scott Yors (16
Oct 1974 – living)
Estella Audrea
Yors (12
Jan 2013-living)
Eli Jackson Yors
(27
Feb 2014-living)
Andrea Michelle
Hutchinson (27
Aug 1982 – living)
+ Philip Steven
Cranfill (19
May 1980 – living)
Philip Andrew “Drew” Cranfill (22 Sep
2002-living)
Zoe Audrea Cranfill (31 Aug
2003-living)
Addyson Mae “Addy” Cranfill (23 Apr
2010-living)
Charles Richard Hutchinson, Jr., born
1954, went by the nickname, Chuck. His father, also, Charles Richard
Hutchinson, born in 1933, used his middle name and went by the nickname, Dick.
I recall Chuck as a bright, capable young man who, like many kids of his age
and generation, considered himself more intelligent, capable, and ready to
out-smart the more mundane members of their world. His youth and minimally
functional home life probably contributed to his inflated self-esteem. He
seemed to enjoy pushing the limits of legality and by about 1974 found himself
in minor conflicts with the law. His final involvement found him sentenced to a
1-year residency in an Ohio Correctional Institution at Lancaster, Ohio. As
viewed through the lens of history, the sentence had at least two positive
outcomes. First, it gave Chuck time to mature in a secure and disciplined
environment in which he could reevaluate his priorities in life. Second, he was
given an unexpected and unwarranted gift of a stranger deciding that she would
communicate with him, essentially as a pen-pal. The stranger eventually became
his wife, Barbara “Barb” Jean Beaver-Hutchinson.
Barb became a nurse and deserves major
credit for the movement of her family into an economic and social level above
that from which her husband, Chuck, had known. The couple had two lovely
daughters for whom they provided both a higher education and opportunities for
their own families. Their oldest daughter, Lindsey Audrea Hutchinson, became a
lawyer while Andrea “Ande” became an accountant. Both married and have lovely
families.
Cheryl
Ann Hutchinson (27 Sep 1955 - living) Click here to return to the Table of Contents
Cheryl Ann
Hutchinson graduated from Circleville High School in May 1973. She lived with
her mother nearly full time until about the year 2000. After graduation, Cheryl
held several odd jobs such as with Mason’s Furniture in Circleville, the Work
Shelter in Circleville and a similar organization in Dexter, Michigan while
staying with Dick Harrington’s family in the late1970s. Cheryl never married.
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Craig Patrick Hutchinson (26 Apr 1957 - living) Click here to return to the Table of Contents
+ Kimberly
"Kim" Martin (28 Sep 1962 - living)
Marylynn Christine Hutchinson (18 Apr 1987 -
living)
+
Christopher Metcalf (31
Dec 1980-living)
Gracelynn Metcalf (23 Jul
2011-living)
Ellie Metcalf (07 Dec
2012-living)
+
Frank Mann (unknown-living)
Jacob Mann (11 March 2016)
Tabatha Ann Hutchinson (22 Oct 1988 –
living)
Carson Lloyd Freasure ( 21 September
2008 – living)
Lillie Ann Fields (20 October 2012
– living)
Cloe Mayfield (13 May 2016 –
living)
Upon graduation from high school in
Circleville, Ohio, Craig Patrick Hutchinson joined the U.S. Army and was
stationed in Texas, USA. While in the Army, he bought a motorcycle that he rode
home after his release from service. He married Kimberly “Kim” Martin about
1987. The couple had two lovely daughters, Marylynn Christine and Tabatha Ann
Hutchinson. Both daughters now have their own families.
Roy
William Harrington (14 Aug 1902 - 02 Jul 1975) Click here to return to the Table of Contents
+ Martha Kathryn
Payne (11
Feb 1906 - 01 Jul 1993)
Norma Jean Thompson (daughter of
Easter Marie
Harrington-Thompson, 23 Jun 1930 - 22
Feb 1994)
On
his 31 May 1924 marriage license application to the lovely Martha Kathryn Payne
(she went by Kathryn), Roy William Harrington gave his occupation as a truck
drive. Sometime over the next 6-years he became a lineman for the Electric
Light Company. Roy worked throughout his life for the same company and became a
supervisor for their Circleville operation. He retired from the same company
sometime after 1959. By then, he was divorced from Kathryn Payne-Harrington. He
retired to a cottage by the Muskingum River in or near Stockport, Morgan
County, Ohio where he lived with a woman named Mae - I don't know her surname.
They did not marry. Roy died while living at this location.
Roy
was a steady worker with a good work-ethic and was a good provider. He had no
children of his own. However when Easter Marie Harrington Thompson died on 25
July 1932, Roy and his wife, Kathryn, took Easter's 2-year, 1-month old
daughter, Norma Jean Thompson and raised her until she married Richard Gale
Binkley in about 1946. The 1940 U.S. Federal Census indicates that Roy and
Kathryn also had Roy's parents and nephew, Jack Harrington in their household.
Roy's parents lived with him for most of the decade of the 1940s with his
mother moving out in about 1946 and his father continuing to live with him
until he died on 24 July 1951.
Like
most of his siblings, Roy loved to fish and he was renowned within the family
for his fishing cabin that he built on Darby Creek a few miles west of
Circleville. It was a 2-room cabin with one bedroom that held 4-beds and a
kitchen-sitting room combination. There was also an attached storage shed that
had been built after the cabin
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was
completed. The cabin was located in a completely wooded area that provided
summer shade, about 50-yards up a slight rise from Darby Creek. In good weather
there could be someone vacationing there, and almost every weekend there would
be several members of Harrington families enjoying the facility. It was the
meeting place for Harrington’s for many years.
Within
the family, Roy had a unique talent for "calling square dances." He
was known for miles around as an excellent caller and was frequently solicited
to call regularly scheduled square dances which were popular in the 1940s and
1950s. He also called for special events such as dances held by lodges and
sometimes schools. I danced to many square dances that he called. It was an
excellent way to exercise and have fun.
The
Harrington clan of Circleville, Ohio liked their beer and mixed drinks. If
practice-makes-perfect in drinking, that could be why all of the family who
shared Harrington-DNA, that I knew, drank but seldom got drunk - tipsy,
sometimes, but never drunk. There was always beer at Roy's fishing cabin and
most family functions. This contributed to the vocal-volume of the more
boisterous family members.
Roy may have been one of the champions
of the family in his beer consumption. Most of this reputation was made toward
the end of his life, however. I was told that after he retired he would
replenish his beer supply on Saturday by returning seven 24-empty-bottle cases
and taking home 7-full cases of beer. Eventually, the alcohol burden on his
aging body took its toll. Roy died of sclerosis of the liver on 2 Jul 1975 at
the age of 73-years. He left his cottage on the Muskingum River and other
possessions to his house-partner, Mae, who sold them and moved to southern
Ohio. She too died within about a year after Roy's death.
Roy William Harrington had no biological
children of his own.
Martha
Kathryn Payne (11 Feb 1906 - 01 Jul 1993) Click here to return to the Table of Contents
Martha
Kathryn Payne-Harrington went by her middle name, Kathryn. She was born on 11
February 1906 in Ross County, Ohio, the daughter of a farm laborer. She was a
beautiful young lady when she was married on 31 May 1924 to Roy William
Harrington as can be seen on page 2 in the album. Kathryn was attractive
throughout her life. She was a good friend of my mother, Audra Harrington.
Kathryn and Roy took Easter’s 2-year old daughter, Norma Jean Thompson, when
Easter died on 25 July 1932 and raised her as their own. They did not adopt Norma
Jean, however. Norma Jean Thompson’s biographical sketch is on page 91. Kathryn
loved to dance and accompanied her husband to most of the square-dances that he
called. She became heavier as she aged, probably from lack of exercise. Kathryn
and Roy Harrington separated but I never found a divorce document. After their
separation Kathryn became the partner of Roy’s younger brother, Fred
Harrington. They never married but lived together until Fred died of cancer on
26 Sep 1975. Kathryn died on 1 July 1993 at the age of 87-years old.
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+ Ward Emitt
Thompson (04
Apr 1897 - 06 Jan 1977)
Raymond Alvin Thompson (31 Jan 1923 -
30 Apr 1988)
Robert Eugene Thompson (25 May 1924 -
13 Dec 1987)
Russell Emmitt Thompson (30 Dec. 1925
-18 June 1997)
Norma Jean Thompson (23 June 1930 -
15 Feb. 1994)
James Richard Thompson (19 Mar. 1932 -
12 May 2006)
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Easter Marie Harrington was born 31 Mar
1904 in Pickaway County, Ohio, the youngest daughter of Bill and Sarah
Elizabeth Pence-Harrington. She was only 16-years old when, on 28 Oct 1920 she
married Ward Emmitt Thompson a 23-year old farm boy from Hocking County, Ohio.
Ward was 7-years Easter’s senior with limited education. Easter bore her first
son at the age of 18 and had 4 more children by her 28th birthday. It was the
year 1932 and the Great Depression was in full swing. Ward Thompson, had only a
laborer’s job as a farm-hand and was already hard pressed to feed and care for
his wife and 5 children. By mid-July, Easter had confirmed that she was again
pregnant with her 6th child. At the time of her death, Easter’s youngest child,
James Richard Thompson, was only 4-months old. Easter died on 25 Jul 1932, four
months after her 28th birthday, from a botched attempted abortion. The
informant given on Easter’s death certificate was her husband, W. E. Thompson,
whose address was Groveport, Ohio.
When Easter died on 25 Jul 1932, my parents, Ira and
Audra Harrington, and the Ruth Harrington-Pennell family were in Miami,
Florida. I was only 7-months old and as a result I never knew Easter. My
parents packed a few things and drove non-stop for 21-hours back to
Circleville, Ohio to Easter’s funeral. They did not returned to Florida for
another 25-years.
Easter
Marie Harrington Thompson is buried beside her husband, Ward Thompson, in
Hitler-Ludwig Cemetery about 3 miles east of Circleville, Ohio.
Ward
Emitt Thompson (04 Apr 1897 - 06 Jan 1977) Click here to return to the Table of Contents
Ward Emit Thompson was the middle child
in a family of 9-children. He was born 4 April 1897 in Perry Township, Hocking
County, Ohio to Joseph F. and Mary Jane Davis-Thompson. Like many young people
of Ward’s generation, he quit school with only an 8th grade education to enter
the work force. Like his father, Joe Thompson, Ward probably hired out as a
farm hand which would be his profession for the rest of his life. On 3
September 1918, at the age of 18-years, Ward enlisted in the U.S. Army to fight
in World War I. However, on 11 November 1918 World War I ended and Ward was
Honorably Discharged on 15 December 1918. His total service time in the U.S.
Army was 3-months and 12 days. Unlike many other men who fought in that
terrible war, Ward was one lucky soldier. Twenty-two months following his
release from the Army, Ward married Easter Marie Harrington on 28 October 1920.
The first child for whom we find a record of birth was Raymond Alvin Thompson
who was born on 31 January 1923, 3-years and 3-months following Ward and
Easter’s marriage. Over the next 9-years, four more children were born, all my
1st cousins.
On 25 July 1932 Ward’s wife, Easter Marie
Harrington-Thompson died. She had given birth to her youngest son, James
Richard Thompson, just 4-months earlier on 19 March 1932. By late June or early
July, she had discovered that she was pregnant again which would have made her
next child just a year younger than James Richard Thompson. Barely able to
support their existing family, Easter decided to try an abortion. Perhaps this
was not her first abortion, but it cost her life on 25 July 1932. With the loss
of his wife, Ward’s family fractured. He was forced to place his two youngest
children with other families to foster.
The months following
Easter’s death would have been extremely difficult for Ward. Even with the
placement in foster homes of his two youngest children, Norma Jean and James
Richard, he was still left with three minor children to care for: Raymond
Alvin, 10-years and 6-months; Robert Eugene, 8-years and 2-months; and Russell
Emmitt, 6-years and 7-months old.
Eight
years later on the date of the 1940 U.S. Federal census, found on page 219 of
this book, Ward was married to a woman named Hazel who was about 14-years his
junior. His family in the 1940 Federal Census included his three sons from
Easter Harrington and a new child named Mary Thompson who was 10-years old.
Hazel turned out to be Hazel Marie Ogan-Shirkey-Peters-Thompson. Eight years
earlier, at the time of Easter’s death, Hazel would have been 21-years and
2-months old. She had married Beman Shirkey when she was 16-years old and in
1930 she had two children, Russell Shirkey who was 1-year and 4-months old and
Mary L. Shirkey, who was 2-months old. Sometime between 1930 and 1936 Hazel
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divorced Beman Shirkey and married George
Peters. The marriage to Peters did not last because on 14 November 1936 she
married Ward Thompson, giving her married name on the marriage application with
Ward, as Hazel Marie Peters.
It is tempting to speculate that the events in the
lives of Ward Thompson and Hazel Marie Ogen-Shirkey-Peters may have conspired
to solve both of their problems. Hazel may have divorced or otherwise separated
from George Peters about the same time that Ward was in need of someone to care
for his three minor sons. The arrangement may have been so successful that it
led to the marriage of Hazel and Ward on 14 November 1936. Ward and Hazel had
their youngest child, David M. Thompson about 1938. I have not been able to
find data about David Thompson except for a note that appears in the 1976
obituary of his mother, Hazel, that places him in Williamsport, Ohio. A second
note found in the 1977 obituary of his father, Ward, places David in
Millersport, Ohio near or at the address of his half-sister, Mary L.
Shirkey-French’s. The marriage of Ward and Hazel’s survived 40 years until the
death of Hazel on 4 October 1976 at the age of 65. Ward lived only 3-months
longer, dying on 6 January 1977 at the age of 79-years. Ward is buried beside
his first wife, Easter Marie Harrington-Thompson, in Hitler-Ludwig cemetery
about 2-miles east of Circleville, Ohio.
I pursued the story of what happened to
Ward Thompson after Easter Marie Harrington-Thompson’s death primarily to see
if, his children, my 1st cousins, had acquired any half-siblings from Ward’s
2nd wife, Hazel. By then I was working with the granddaughter of Ward Thompson
and Easter Marie Harrington-Thompson, Kate Marie Benzin, and decided to pursue
the two new names, Hazel and Mary Thompson from the 1940 U.S. Federal census
for their possible relationship to Kate. The result of my search answered the
question about whether there were additional half-siblings to my five 1st
cousins. It also lead to identifying yet another “small world” event of the
kind that seems to pop-up with some frequency in the area of genealogy
research. Here is what I found:
Hazel Marie Ogen was the daughter of
Fred and Mary J. Chandler-Ogan. The Ogan family had been in Ross County, Ohio
(Ross is the county just south of Pickaway County) for about 3-generations and
like most people in Ross County, they were farmers. Hazel Marie Ogan was born 1
June 1911, likely in Ross County, Ohio. She married Beaman (or Beman) L.
Shirkey on 25 June 1927 in Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio. She was 16-years
old and Beman was about 18-years old on the date of their marriage. The 1930
Federal Census enumerated Hazel at age 19 with her two children: Russell
Shirkey, and Mary L. Shirkey. In the 1940 Federal Census, Russell is enumerated
in the household of his grandfather, Fred Ogan, as Russell Ogan. Interestingly,
the 1930 census enumeration showed Hazel to be living just 5-houses away from
her parent’s house. Hazel and Beman Shirkey lived on Wolfe Road in Pickaway
County, Ohio while Fred Ogan lived on Logan Elm Road about a mile away.
I found a marriage record in the
Pickaway County Marriage Book #21 (1936-1937), page 52 that contained a
marriage application for Ward E. Thomson to Marie Peters who were married on 14
November 1936 by Emil S. Toensmeier, Minister of the Gospel, Circleville, Ohio.
Ward E. Thompson gave his age as 37 years on the 4th of April 1936. His
residence was Circleville, Ohio. His place of birth was Hocking County, Ohio.
He was a laborer. His father was Joseph Thompson and his mother was Mary Jane
Davis. He was listed as a widower. Marie Peters gave her age as 25 years on the
1st of June 1936. Her address was RFD, Kingston, Ohio. Her occupation was
Housework. Her father was Fred Ogan and her mother was Mary Chandler. She
stated that she had been married once before and her married name was Mrs.
George Peters. So, it appears that between 1930 and 1936, Hazel Ogen-Shirkey
may have divorced Beman Shirkey, and married and divorced George Peters, before
marrying Ward Emitt Thompson on 14 November 1936. I can only speculate that she
may have forgotten about the 1930 Federal Census, or her marriage to George
Peters may have been annulled and she did not count it as a 2nd marriage.
However, she brought her young 10-year old daughter named Mary L. (Shirkey or
Peters) to her marriage with Ward E. Thompson.
The reason for
calling this a “small world” event is the following: I went to the Pickaway
Township School from the 1st through the 12th grades. I recall that there was a
student in the grade ahead of me who was named Russell Ogan. I recall Russell
as a nice enough guy, and I think he was smart. This was the same Russell Ogan
who was born to Hazel Marie Ogan-Shirkey and was being reared by his
grandfather, Fred Ogan.
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Another personal but
unrelated note from my 3rd grade at Pickaway Township School is that the class
included three kids named Wolfe. Two were twins, Ned and Ted Wolfe. The third
was Lois Anne Wolfe, a 2nd cousin of Ned and Ted. The Wolfe Road where the Ogan
family lived had been named after the great grandfather of these Wolfe
students. Lois moved to Kingston, Ohio in Ross County at the end of the 3rd
grade. I did not see her again until we were in college in 1951. I married her
in 1952 and she is the mother of 5 of my 6 children.
Raymond
Alvin Thompson (31 Jan. 1923 - 30 Apr. 1988) Click here to return to the Table of Contents
Raymond Alvin Thompson was the
first-born child to Ward and Easter Thompson. We know very little about Raymond
Thompson except for what can be derived from his public records. His sister,
Norma Jean Thompson, who was reared by Roy William and Kathern Payne-Harrington,
knew essentially nothing about him. The 1940 U.S. Federal Census record shows
Raymond Alvin, age 17, and his two brothers, Robert Eugene, age 15, and Russell
Emmitt Thompson, age 14, still living with their father, Ward Emitt Thompson,
who by then had married Hazel Marie Ogan-Thompson. Raymond’s personal records
indicate that he and his wife lived most of their lives in Corpus Christi,
Texas where he died at the age of 65-years. The Corpus Christi, Texas city
directories list him as a truck driver for at least two trucking companies.
Raymond and his wife, Millie Faye Carren-Thompson may have had children but at
the time of this writing, there are no records to establish propagation.
Robert
Eugene Thompson (25 May 1924 - 13 December 1987) Click here to return to the Table of Contents
+ Catherine
Almeda Clark (05
Jan 1926 – living)
Catherine Marie Thompson-Benzin (2 December 1944
– living)
+ Clara Marie
Nisley (24
May 1931 - 26 Feb 1984)
Debra
Thompson (abt
1951 - ?)
Ward
Keith (Scooter) Thompson (14 Aug 1956 - 01 Nov 2011)
Kenny
L Thompson (abt.
1958 - 01 Jan 2014)
Kimberly Michelle Thompson (Dec 1958 - 09
Feb 1959)
Robert E. Thompson (? - ?)
Richard
E. Thompson (?
- ?)
+ Evelyn (surname
unknown) (?
- ?)
Ward
and Easter Harrington-Thompson’s second child was Robert Eugene Thompson. He
was born less than 16-months after his older brother, Raymond, was born. Robert
was 8-years and 2-months old when his mother died. After Easter’s death the two
youngest children of the family were placed with relatives to be reared. Robert
and his two brothers, Raymond and Russell remained with their father, Ward
Thompson.
Robert
Eugene Thompson’s story is primarily derived from the literature. The exception
is that through DNA analyses, I made contact with his daughter. So, the
remainder of Robert’s story is better told through the eyes of his daughter,
Catherine Marie Thompson-Benzin.
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Catherine “Kate” Marie
Thompson-Benzin (2
December 1944-living)
In about March of the year 2016,
Ancestry.com sent me the results of a person named Kate Marie Benzin who had
her DNA analyzed and was found to be a predicted 1st or 2nd cousin match to me.
I e-mailed Kate using the e-mail program provided by Ancestry.com. I received a
reply from Kate in which she said that she thought we might be related as 1st
cousins, once removed. So, we began an e-mail discussion and discovered that
Kate M. Benzin is the daughter of Robert Eugene Thompson who was the
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second son of my Aunt Easter Marie Harrington-Thompson. Kate was
able to fill in much of the story of Robert Thompson but knew very little about
his siblings. She confirmed that on 1 December 1941, six days before Japan’s attacked on Pearl Harbor, at the
age of 17-years and 6-months, her father had enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He was
sent to the Great Lakes Training Camp for indoctrination and training – better
known to Naval personnel as “boot-camp.” That was where Robert met Catherine
Almeda Clark whom he married on 16 December 1943 and with whom he had a
daughter on 2 December 1944 that they named Catherine Marie Thompson; Kate
Marie for short. Upon completing boot-camp the
family moved to San Diego where they lived for a while in the San Diego
Navy Housing facilities. Before long, Robert was
shipped-out aboard a ship that was engaged in fighting the Japanese who
occupied Indonesia.
Kate and her mom moved back to the Chicago area where the Clark
family had lived for about 3-generations. When the war was over and Robert was
released from the Navy on
26 May 1943, one year and eight months after
the surrender of Japan that ended WW-II in the Pacific, he returned to his family in the
Chicago area. They bought a small property south of Chicago and Robert built a
house. Apparently, things did not go well for the couple and within a year or
so, when Kate was about 4-years old, her parents separated. Kate and her mom
continued to live in their house and Robert returned to Ohio, near Columbus,
Ohio where his parents and younger siblings lived. Kate's mom began dating
after the separation and within about 4 or 5 years when she wanted to marry
John Louis Benzin she pushed for a divorce from Robert. John Louis Benzin who
was of German descent adopted Kate after his marriage to her mother in
September 1953 when Kate was about 9-years old. This accounts for Kate having
Benzin as her surname.
Kate became a school
teacher and taught for a few years. One day she got an offer to teach
"computer-operation" to a group in Indonesia. It was a 3-month job
that she took, largely for the trip and the experience. She liked Indonesia and
made it her new home. In Indonesia she took a job as a tour guide leading
tours, first, to the northeastern USA, then expanding to Europe and ending up
leading tours in Russia. She set up a branch of the company for which she was
working in Indonesia. She is now retired from the tour-guide business and
spends her time writing books and providing website consultation. She has
written 7 or 8-books which are available on Amazon.com under her name, Kate
Benzin. I watched a video on U-tube that she made about her experience when the
volcano, Mount Merapi, on the side of which she has a home, erupted in 2010.
From about the age of 4-years, Kate
had not seen her biological father until they met again on her 40th birthday on
2 December 1984. Robert looked her up and came to see her on one of her visits
to her mother's family in Chicago. Even at the age of 40-years, Kate said her
mother tried to discourage her from meeting her biological father. Kate
bypassed her mother and conferred with her grandmother for information about
her father who confirmed that he was a nice man and supported her decision to
meet with him. Kate said that she found him to be a very nice and warm person. In
1955 Robert remarried to Clara Marie Nisley
with whom he had seven children. He lived in Lancaster and Baltimore, Fairfield
County, Ohio and worked in the aircraft parts industry. He died on 13 Dec 1987
at his home in Baltimore, Ohio and is buried at Floral Hills Memory Gardens,
Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio.
Emmitt Russell Thompson (30 Dec. 1925 - 18 June 1997) Click here to return to the Table of Contents
The third child of Ward
and Easter Harrington-Thompson’s was Emmitt Russell Thompson, who was born in
the village of Millford Center, Union County, Ohio. As with his older two
siblings, he was born in rapid succession, just under 18-months from the birth
of his next-older brother, Robert Eugene Thompson. Our knowledge of the life of
Emmitt is limited. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy on 10 April 1943 at the age of
17-years and 7-months. He was released from the Navy on 17 February 1947.
Records show that his U.S. Social Security Number was issued in California, but
it could have been issued when he was in the U.S. Navy. From a conversation
with Emmitt’s sister, Norma Jean Thompson-Binkley, I was told that Emmitt lived
in Texas. According to Norma Jean, Emmitt had met and married a woman in Texas,
possibly of Mexican descent.
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Two
U.S. Public Records Indices, one for the year 1996, one year before his death –
the other undated, show his address to be PO Box 2123, Bandera, TX, 78003-2123
and 11042 Ctn Wd, Bandera, TX, 78003, respectively. Bandera is located in
east-central Bandera County. It is 47 miles (76 km) northwest of downtown San
Antonio, on the Medina River.
Norma
Jean Thompson (23 June 1930 -
15 Feb. 1994) Click here to return to the
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+ Richard Gale
Binkley (15
Sep 1924 - 19 Mar 2012)
Patrick Eugene Binkley (25 Jul 1948 -
?)
+ Marylin Minton (unknown - ?))
Derek Binkley (11 March 1976 -
?)
Christa Ann Binkley (20 Jun 1952 -
?)
+ Howard Lee McKenzie (unknown - ?)
Kristen Lee-Ann McKenzie (23 Jun 1984 -
?)
Matthew Scott Binkley (12 Jul 1957 -
living)
Norma Jean Thompson was the only child
of Ward and Easter Harrington-Thompson that I (Richard E. Harrington) really
knew. Norma Jean was 18-months, to-the-day, older than me. When her mother,
Easter Marie Harrington-Thompson, died on 25 July 1932, Norma Jean was 2-years
and 32-days old. With Easter’s death, the family of Ward and Easter Thompson
fractured. Ward’s vocation was as a farm-laborer with little or no job security
and made barely enough income to feed his family. Norma Jean and her baby
brother, James Richard Thompson, aged 4-months, were placed with other families
for rearing. Norma Jean was raised by her Uncle Roy William and Aunt Kathryn
Payne-Harrington in Circleville, Ohio who were unable to have a child of their
own. My family, Ira E. Harrington and the Roy W. Harrington family lived less
than 5-miles apart and socialized to a modest degree which brought me in
contact with Norma Jean on many occasions throughout our childhood. Norma Jean
was a bright, capable student. She was reared as the only child in her uncle’s
family and being slightly older than my siblings and me she frequently
exhibited a bit of a leadership role. She was a Circleville High School
cheerleader. She married Richard Gale Binkley about 1947 and had three
children. The family lived in Circleville, Ohio until after 1959 when they
moved to Florence, South Carolina where Richard started a new job. Sometime
before 1990, Richard Gale and Norma Jean Thompson-Binkley divorced and Norma Jean
moved back to Ohio. She lived with her foster mother, Martha Kathryn
Payne-Harrington, for a while and later moved to Tarlton, Ohio. She was in poor
health when she lived in Tarlton and died on 22 Feb 1994.
James
Richard Thompson (19 Mar. 1932 - 12 May 2006) Click here to return to the Table of Contents
James Richard Thompson must have been one confused
kid. He was 4-months old when his mother, Easter Marie Harrington-Thompson died
and he was passed to the Flowers family to be reared. It appears from the few
records that I have for him that he used the surname, Flowers, for much of his
life. Even on the Ohio record of his death on 12 May 2006, his “Father’s
surname” is given as Flowers. His Social Security Application and Claims Index,
1936-2007, however, lists him as James Richard Thompson and Flowers.
Lewis Josiah Harrington (21 Mar 1906 -12 Oct 1969) Click here to return to the Table of Contents
+ Thelma
Gertrude Allen (4
Sep 1908 - 01 Apr 1936)
Wanda Lou
Harrington (15
January 1925 - 27 April 1929)
Ruby Elizabeth
Harrington (16
February 1930 - 18 March 1930)
Donna Lee
Harrington (9
October 1931 - 19 December 2012)
+ Paul Eugene Hunt (04
Oct 1932 - 26 Aug 2011)
Mary
Lynn Hunt (08 Jan 1953 – living)
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+ Ronald Dauer (12 Aug 1950 –
living)
Sandra Dannette Dauer (20 Jan 1973 –
living)
Patricia Dawn
Dauer (21
Jun 1974 – living)
Jaysun David
Dauer (07
Feb 1977 – living)
Cynthia Kay Hunt (10 Aug 1954 -
Jun 2000 (cancer)
+
Ernest Alfred Villiers (8 May 1953 - 23 Jan 2007)
Ernest Alfred
Villiers III (07
Feb 1974 – living)
James Henry
Villiers (10
Nov 1983 – living)
Vicky Sue Hunt (30 Sep 1955 –
living)
+ Michael L.
Miller (08
Sep 1956 - living)
Daniel
Forrest Miller (10
Oct 1975 – living)
Amy
Elizabeth Miller (07
Jul 1978 - living)
Paul Dennis Hunt (14 Nov 1956 –
living)
+
Jennie L. Climer (abt 1961 - ?)
+
Sandra J. Cline (abt 1965 - ?)
One
child –
name unknown
Thelma De-Ann
Hunt (29
Sep 1958 – living)
+ John Danford
King (17
Oct 1955 - living)
April Dawn King (14 Apr 1978 –
living)
John Danford King III (30 Jun 1980 –
living)
Paul Ellsworth
King (01
Mar 1982 – living)
Amanda Lynne
King (01
Aug 1983 – living)
Jack Lewis Harrington (21 August 1933
- 30 March 2014)
+ Phyllis Joann Boring (abt 1934 - ?)
Gregory Lewis Myers (17 Feb 1957 –
living)
+
Margaret Ann Littell (15
Jun 1942 – deceased)
Pamela Kay Harrington (28 Nov 1962 -
?)
Michael Ray Harrington (29 Oct 1964 -
?)
Tamra Lynn Harrington (4 Aug 1966 - ?)
+
Kathleen Charolette Lytle (29 Dec 1931 - Aug 2000)
Nine
step-children
+
Nora Huffman (unknown )
+
Marcella Effig (unknown )
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We learn about Lewis Josiah Harrington
(he went by Lou) for the first time as a young man traveling with his older
brother, Ira Harrington, by hopping freight trains. At the age of 18, the 1924
Columbus City Directory finds him working as a driver. Lou was blind in one eye
as long as I knew him beginning about 1935. I recall one of my very early
lessons in etiquette when as a small child, I ask him how he became blind, only
to later discover from my mother, that it was not an appropriate question. But,
I was young and recall that he told me he had gotten a cinder in his eye. My
mother later told me that he had lost his eye as a result of having contracted
a venereal disease. I never learned if that was a correct diagnosis.
On 15 Dec 1928, at the age of 22, Lou married Thelma
G. Allen. At that time, Lou worked as a farm laborer and lived in Circleville,
Ohio. Lou and Thelma lost their first two children shortly after each was born.
Then, on 01 Apr 1936 Lou’s wife, Thelma, died suddenly while hanging out cloths
on a line to dry. By then Lou and Thelma
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had
two more children, Donna Lee Harrington born 9 October 1931 and Jack Lewis
Harrington born 21 August 1933, making them similar in age to Ira and Audra
Harrington's first two children, Dick and Bill. I knew both Donna and Jack
reasonably well since they lived in Circleville, Ohio and we had occasional
contact with them. In the 1990s I interviewed both of them for this book.
Neither of Lou's children had any significant recall of their mother. They both
expressed deep love for their father; expressions that I believe were very
sincere. Donna told me about anxiously waiting for their dad to come home from
work and going through his lunch box to see if he left any sandwiches for them.
She said he frequently would have a jelly sandwich left over from his lunch. In
a different interview with Jack, he described how his dad had died in his arms,
a very emotional experience for him.
I
was touched by both Donna and Jack's tender recalls of their father. Yet, my
memory of Lou was that he was not around for them very much. Lou did not have
his children with him during his subsequent marriages. Donna lived with her
maternal grandparents for several years while Jack lived alternately with his
paternal grandparents, then, with Roy and Kathryn Harrington. In their advanced
teen-years both were living with their paternal grandparents. My father, Ira,
became concerned about seeing both Donna and Jack on the street at night and
the inability of their grandparents to control them. Ira initiated steps for
both Donna Lee and Jack to go to the children's home. Their father, Lou, did
not participate in the process or offer to take his children. Lou's response
was to become angry with Ira for a time, but that faded. In retrospect, it was
a good move for everyone. Both Jack and Donna became good, useful citizens and
enjoyed productive lives.
Lou's two subsequent marriages failed
but he eventually got and kept a good job with a manufacturing company in
Columbus, Ohio that allowed him to retire comfortably. For the last several
years of his life, he stopped drinking and smoking.
Lewis Josiah Harrington died at the age
of 63-years on 12 Oct 1969 in Columbus, Ohio.
+ Thelma Gertrude Allen (4 Sep 1908 - 01 Apr 1936) Click here to return to the Table of Contents
Donna Lee
Harrington (9
October 1931 - 19 December 2012)
Jack Lewis Harrington (21 August 1933
- 30 March 2014)
Thelma Gertrude Allen, the first wife of
Lewis Josiah Harrington, was born to Cliff Allen and Cora M. Calvert on 4
September 1908. She died 1 April 1936 at the age of 27-years and 5-months old.
I was only 4-years and 4-months old when Thelma died, but I remember visiting
my grandparent’s home and seeing Thelma in her casket as she lay in state in
their living room. It must have made quite an impression on me to have
remembered that event. Thelma would have been the first dead person that I had
experienced. My mother, Audra L. Harrington, would have been a little over
6-months pregnant with my sister, Patricia Sue Harrington, at the time of
Thelma’s death, although that is not part of my memory. I recall that many
years later, my mother told me that Thelma died while she was hanging up cloths
on a cloths-line in her back yard. A neighbor saw her laying on the ground and
found her dead.
Donna Lee Harrington (9 October 1931 - 19
December 2012) Click here to return to the
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+
Paul Eugene Hunt (04 Oct 1932 - 26 Aug 2011)
Mary
Lynn Hunt (08 Jan 1953 – deceased)
+
Ronald Dauer (12 Aug 1950 – living)
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Sandra Dannette
Dauer (20
Jan 1973 – living)
Patricia Dawn
Dauer (21
Jun 1974 – living)
Jaysun David
Dauer (07
Feb 1977 – living)
Cynthia Kay Hunt (10 Aug 1954 -
Jun 2000 (cancer)
+
Ernest Alfred Villiers (8 May 1953 - 23 Jan 2007)
Ernest Alfred
Villiers III (07
Feb 1974 – living)
James Henry
Villiers (10
Nov 1983 – living)
Vicky Sue Hunt (30 Sep 1955 –
living)
+ Michael L.
Miller (08
Sep 1956 - living)
Daniel Forrest
Miller (10
Oct 1975 – living)
Amy Elizabeth
Miller (07
Jul 1978 - living)
Paul Dennis Hunt (14 Nov 1956 –
living)
+
Jennie L. Climer (abt 1961 - ?)
+
Sandra J. Cline (abt 1965 - ?)
One
child –
name unknown
Thelma De-Ann Hunt (29 Sep 1958 –
living)
+
John Danford King (17
Oct 1955 - living)
April
Dawn King (14
Apr 1978 – deceased)
John
Danford King III (30
Jun 1980 – living)
Paul Ellsworth King (01 Mar 1982 –
living)
Amanda Lynne King (01 Aug 1983 –
living)
+
Douglas Moore
Donna
Lee Harrington was my 1st cousin born to Lewis Josiah and Thelma Gertrude
Allen-Harrington on 9 October 1931. Donna was my senior by 2-months and
2-weeks. I recall that as a child she was shy. She had been the 3rd child of
Lou and Thelma, but the 1st child to live – both of her two older sisters died
before they were 4-months old.
Donna
was just 4-years and 6-months old when her mother died. Neither she nor her
brother, Jack, had any memory of their mother. With Thelma’s death, their
father, Lou Harrington was left to care for his two young children, a job that
he was ill equipped to do. Easter Harrington-Thompson’s death just 4-years
earlier had consumed the capacity for the extended family to absorb Donna and
Jack and it fell to their grandparents to provide temporary shelter for Donna
and Jack. Looking back, it was the beginning of their turbulent childhood in
which both children were shifted among families that included their
grandparents, their uncle and aunt, Roy and Kathryn, and eventually the Pickaway
County Children’s Home. The Home became the only option that remained and was
the result of my father, Ira Harrington, taking the lead with County
authorities to have them placed in the County Facility. They entered the
Children’s Home when Donna was 15-years old. By then, their father, Lou
Harrington, had abandoned all responsibility for them and both children were
staying with separate aging grandparents who were rapidly losing any control
over them. Their father, Lou, became furious with his brother, Ira, for his
role in having them placed in the Children’s home, but he offered no
alternative nor accepted any responsibility for their care. Within a few years,
however, Lou got over his irritation and resumed a normal family relationship
with the family.
Donna developed into a fine young lady and her
childhood experience ended well. In the Children’s Home she was reunited with
her brother, Jack, which provided an opportunity to both help oversee his care
and make her own experience more comfortable. Her years in the Children’s Home
assisting with the care of other children who were there, taught her
responsibility, empathy, and life lessons that served her well in her later
life. All-in-all, Donna’s time in the Children’s Home was just what she needed
at that period in her life.
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Donna married Paul
Eugene Hunt, a local Circleville, Ohio boy, when she was about 21 years old.
Paul was one year younger and a good match for Donna. They both shared an even and
low-key personalities that made them compatible. Paul was a truck driver for
his entire career, driving for a single trucking company. Donna and Paul were
married 59-years, their marriage being interrupted only by the death of Paul at
the age of 78-years on 26 August 2011. I visited Donna in the Arbors of
Delaware Nursing and Rehab center in Delaware, Ohio in October of 2012. She
died 2-months later on 19 December 2012.
Jack Lewis Harrington (21 August 1933 - 30 March 2014) Click here to return to the Table of Contents
+ Phyllis Joann
Boring (abt
1934 - ?)
Gregory Lewis Myers (17 Feb 1957 –
living)
+ Jan Gordon (partner – never
married)
Sonya
Marie Harrington-Gordon
+ Margaret Ann
Littell (15
Jun 1942 – deceased)
Pamela Kay Harrington (28 Nov 1962 -
?)
Michael Ray Harrington (29 Oct 1964 -
?)
Tamra Lynn Harrington (4 Aug 1966 - ?)
+ Kathleen
Charolette Lytle-Harrington (29 Dec 1931 - Aug 2000)
Jack
Lewis Harrington was the second and last child born to Lewis Josiah and Thelma
Gertrude Allen-Harrington. Jack was only 2-years and 7-months when his mother
died. Jack’s childhood mirrored that of his sister, Donna Lee Harrington,
except that they were frequently separated by living with different relatives.
Jack and Donna were again reunited when they stayed in the Pickaway County
Children’s Home. See the entry above for Donna Lee Harrington for additional
details.
+ Phyllis Joann Boring (abt 1934 - ?) Click here to return to the
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Gregory Lewis Myers (17 Feb 1957 –
living)
Jack was married three times and had a
child with a fourth woman whom he never married.. He first married Phyllis
Joann Boring in the mid-1950s with whom he had one son, Gregory Lewis
Harrington, born 17 Feb 1957. Jack and Phyllis separated about 1959 with his
wife taking Gregory. Phyllis remarried on 18 June 1960 to Franklin D. Myers in
Ventura, California. Franklin Myers adopted Gregory changing his surname to
Myers. I recall Jack telling me in a note that he wrote in his Christmas card
sometime in the late 1990s that his son, Gregory had called him by telephone
and they had talked for several minutes. Jack was elated by that call.
+ Jan Gordon (partner – never married) Click here to return to the
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Sonya Marie Harrington-Gordon
Jack then fathered a baby with Jan (unknown maiden
name) that they named Sonja Marie Harrington. That affair broke up with Jan
keeping baby Sonja. Jan’s mother took Sonja for a while. Jan later married
Ronnie Gordon and the couple took Sonja into their new family. Ronnie Gorden
then adopted Sonja changing her name to Sonja Marie
Harrington-Gordon.
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+
Margaret Ann Littell (15 Jun 1942 – deceased) Click here to return to the
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Pamela Kay Harrington (28 Nov 1962 -
?)
Michael Ray Harrington (29 Oct 1964 -
?)
Tamra Lynn Harrington (4 Aug 1966 - ?)
On 09 Jun 1962, Jack
married Margaret Ann Littell in Columbus, Ohio. Margaret was born on 15 Jun
1942 and was over 10-years younger than Jack. This marriage lasted 12-years and
4-months. Their divorce was final on 18 October 1974. Three children were born
to this union. At the time of this writing, I have not been able to locate any
of his children.
+ Kathleen Charolette Lytle (29 Dec 1931 - Aug 2000) Click here to return to the Table of Contents
On 10 March 1987, Jack married Kathleen C. Onesko.
Jack and Kathleen were both 55-years old. Kathleen had 9-children from three
previous marriages but she and Jack had no children together. The names and
dates of birth of Kathleen’s children are available in the “Records, Data, and
Notes” section of this book on page 409. Kathleen was a heavy smoker. She died
in Aug 2000 of lung cancer, just a couple of years after my last visit with
them on South High Street in Columbus, Ohio.
Marvin Frederick
Harrington (17 May 1909 -
26 Sep 1975) Click here to return to the
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+ (unknown wife – former marriage
claimed on his marriage application to Florence Moore)
+ (unknown partner – Fred
claimed that in England he bore his only child)
+ Florence Moore
(27
Dec 1902 - ?)
+ Stella Marie
Lambert (15
Jan 1900 - 27 Apr 1962)
+ Martha Kathryn
Payne (11
Feb 1906 - 01 Jul 1993) (Partner: Kathryn and Fred never married)
Marvin Frederick Harrington was the
eighth and last child of William Alvin and Sarah Elizabeth Pence-Harrington. He
went by the nickname, Fred, of his middle name, Frederick and used M. as his
middle initial. He was in the U.S. Army in WW II in England & Europe. June
L. Harrington believed that Fred had a child while in England. Also, Fred once
asked of me, after learning that I had made a trip to England, "Did you
see any kids over there that looked like me?" so who knows. Other than
that “hint” Fred had no other known children that he claimed.
Like
several of the immediate Harrington family, Fred had several spouses; four that
I know about. Fred’s first wife is known only by his claim on the marriage
license application for his second marriage to Florence Moore of having been
married once before. From the Pickaway County, Ohio, Marriage Book number 18,
page 542 - Marriage on 9 July 1930 of Fred Harrington, age 21, born 17 May 1909
in Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio, to, Florence Moore, age 28, born 27
December 1902 in Friemon, West Virginia. Their marriage was performed by E.A.
Brown, Circleville, Ohio. Fred Harrington’s residence was Circleville, Pickaway
County, Ohio. His occupation was Ice-man (likely another of the ice delivery
jobs provided by his Uncle Bill Allen Eblin). On Fred’s marriage application,
his father was William Harrington and her mother was Elizabeth Pence. Florence
Moore’s residence was Circleville, Ohio. Florence’s occupation was clerk. Her
father was Graham Moore and her mother was Elpha Roy. Fred declared that he had
been married once before. Florence did not declare regarding a previous
marriage – it was left blank. Fred’s marriage to Florence lasted 11-years. His
wife divorced him while he was in the Army during WW-II.
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Fred Harrington was the youngest of Ira
Harrington's siblings. He was a colorful character, extraverted, and inclined to
pursue short-cuts in life as opposed to embracing a serious career. I first
remember Uncle Fred when he and my father, Ira Harrington, went into the swine
butchering business in the mid-to-late 1930s. Fred was in his mid-20s and
unemployed. He was physically able to be a good partner for the arduous work of
butchering. He proved to be an unreliable partner for that enterprise, however,
by collecting money from sales of the pork products and keeping it. That
eventually caused the business venture to go out of business.
Later
when Fred returned from WWII in about 1945 he brought two air-rifles back for
my brother, Bill, and me. He had been a cook in the Army and was associated
with other administrative-type tasks such as collecting arms from the
surrendered German Army and German Citizens.
Upon
returning from World War II in Germany, Fred remarried. From the Pickaway
County, Ohio, Marriage Book - Marriage on 3 May 1946 of Fred Harrington, age
38, born 17 May 1909 in Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio, to, Stella Marie
Lambert, age 46, born February 1900 in Vermont. Fred’s father was William
Harrington and his mother was Elizabeth Pence. Stella Marie Lambert’s father
was Andrew Lambert and her mother was Emma, surname unknown. This marriage
lasted 16-years and was terminated by Stella’s death on 27 Apr 1962. Stella is
buried in Hitler Cemetery in Pickaway County, Ohio.
Fred liked his liquor and good food. Not
surprisingly, his vocation became that of bartender of a small neighborhood
local bar on South Pickaway Street in Circleville, Ohio named
"Shifty's." Being a relatively small bar, Fred was the only employee.
The proprietor of Shifty's lived in Columbus, Ohio and left the management of
the bar to Fred. Fred apparently managed the establishment well since he worked
there for many years - perhaps approaching 20-years. Consistent with Fred's
character and background as a cook, it wasn't long before he began roasting
good cuts of meat and providing a few side dishes to supply his customers with
food, for a price. The model for his venture may have been that of the pubs
that he had experienced during his military tenure in England. The
side-business of food at Shifty's served to make the bar more attractive to
customers and was a side-business that would have little accountability to the
proprietor. At the time of the writing of this book in 2016, Shifty’s is still
in business in Circleville, Ohio.
After
Stella Marie Lambert's death, Fred took Kathryn Payne-Harrington, the ex-wife
of his older brother, Roy Harrington, as his partner. They did not marry,
however, they lived together until Fred’s death.
Fred died 26 September 1975 of cancer.
He was buried 30 September 1975 at Spring Bank Cemetery, Ross Co. Ohio on Rt. 104.
He had no known children; only the possible child that he claimed who might be
living in England.
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This brings to a close
the Story section of this book. It began by telling you everyone and everything
that the author, Richard E. Harrington, knew or was able to find out through
research about as many of the members of the eight ancestral families. These
eight ancestral lines have introduced hundreds of ancestors. Most of them were
not previously known to us. The “Focus Couple” of these families has been
William Alvin and Sarah Elizabeth Pence-Harrington, my father’s parents. Each
of the children of
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William and Sarah Harrington served as
the spring-board for the 350+ descendants of William Alvin Harrington’s family.
In all, thousands of us are related. Our journey has covered a time span of
about 400-years. Nevertheless, we have discovered and discussed only a fraction
of the people to whom we owe our existence.
In
our society we are indebted to the early church and to the efforts of tax
collectors of governments for the invention of how we structure our names. The
system that was invented is based on a philosophy of male domination within the
family. Women assume the surname of the man upon marriage and children who are
born take their father’s surname. Unfortunately, the result is the early loss
of the identity of most female surnames that is so important to understanding
the full structure of a family. Nearly every generation of each surname-based
family tree loses an important family name and a full family tree.
The advent of DNA analyses is helping to
eliminate some of the limitations that we find that results from the way we
name and record people. Also, with the advent of computerized record storage
and records management it is likely that the ability to document and track
people will continue to improve making genealogy research more reliable, less
difficult and time consuming. DNA science is still in its infancy and promises
even more advantages for the future.
It
is my hope that this book will find new authors in the future who will take the
challenge of digging deeper into the family history and expand on the many
families that have yet to be explored. And, of course, there is always the need
for family scribes to continue to record the progeny yet to come and keep the
family history current.
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The Harrington Crest or Coat of Arms that appears
throughout this book is purely for decoration. While it is purported to be an
actual Harrington crest, it is not known to be a crest of our Harrington
family. I seriously doubt that our Harrington immigrants to the North American
continent had need for, or perhaps even knew of a family crest.
Records, Data,
and Notes
This
is the second part of the book following the “Story of the Harrington Family”
in Ohio and Nova Scotia. It is a selected, structured data-dump from the Family
Tree Maker that I have used to store and organize my data and information for
this book. It includes relevant records, data and notes on many of the
individuals in the Harrington and related families. The next few paragraphs are
here as a guide to the information in this section. You can skip reading them
if you like – you can get much of the same information by looking at the Table
of Contents (TOC) on pages iv-viii, but you will have to figure it out for
yourself.
Most
of this material has been gathered through personnel research over the past 25
or so years. It represents most of what I, the author, know or have discovered
about our Harrington and related families. As noted in the Preface of this
book, much credit is due to Ancestry.com, of which I am a member, for making
many of the historical record sources readily available, obviating a lot of
travel and burdensome searching through federal, state and county files that
requires significant time and expense. Even with the help of Ancestry.com,
however, considerable private research was required.
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A
partial list of these ancestral lines follows. This list of 23 ancestral lines
includes all of the lines in my database for which there are 2 or more known
consecutive generations. Ancestral lines that have been researched in detail
and presented in this “Records, Data, and Notes” section are identified with an
asterisk, (*).
Bentz/Pence - Hans Martin Bentz *
Bier - Peter Bier (abt 1680)
Bohlender - John Jacob Bohlender (abt
1700) *
Bullinger - Jacob Bullinger (abt 1675)
Coon - Hanness Coon (1695)
Dromm/Drum - Nickel Dromm (1591) *
Friess - Johann Michael Friess (abt
1740)
Hall - Reinhard Renniger Hall (abt 1675)
Haynlyn - Michael Haynlyn (abt 1680)
Herrington/Harrington - Dutch Charlie
Herrington (abt 1780) *
Hoyt - Nathan Hoyt (1691)
Jung - Johann Jacob Jung (abt 1650)
Leist - Andrew Leist - Jr. (1782)
Lockwood - Joshua Lockwood *
Matthis - Claus Matthis (abt 1650)
Morr - Andew Morr (abt 1700)
Nied - Jurg Nied (1690)
Rushton - John Rushton (abt 1695) *
Strasser - Johann Nicholas Strasser (abt
1715)
Valentine - John Valentine (1666) *
Walkowicz - John Walkowicz (abt 1785)
Webb - Jonathan Webb (12 Apr 1675) *
Weber - Mathes Weber (abt 1650)
This “Records, Data, and Notes” part of
the book can be viewed as a data base for most of the book. The sources and
proof-of-data used in the book can be found in this section. Readers of the
first part of this book, the “Story of the Harrington Family,” who may be
interested in additional material on specific individuals should consult the
entry for that person in this “Records, Data, and Notes” part of the book since
additional material and detail may be found there.
Most
of the data in the “Records, Data, and Notes” are presented in three formats.
The first is a Pedigree Chart of the “Focus Couple” found on page 101. It is
similar in construction to the chart titled “Relationship of Ancestral Family
Lines leading to the Harrington Family” found on page 2 at the front of the
book. It is presented first in this section to provide the reader with a
detailed map of the several ancestral lines that converge to the Harrington
“Focus Couple,” William Alvin and Sarah Elizabeth Pence-Harrington. It is also
an index, of sorts, for several of the ancestral lines that have been
researched in some detail.
Pages 122 thru 457 are follow-ons to the Pedigree
chart on pages 101 thru 121. Each ancestral line found on the Pedigree chart is
further detailed in two documents. The first is an Outline Descendant Report
that lists all known members of that ancestral line along with data such as
dates and places of birth and death, and their relationship
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to
other members of their family. The second is a Descendant Report that contains
considerably more data and notes on each of the family members.
In this “Harrington Family” book our
primary attention is on the Harrington line. That is why all of the ancestral
lines eventually converge on the Harrington line and why the “Focus Couple” was
chosen to be William Alvin and Sarah Elizabeth Pence-Harrington. For this
reason we have followed each known ancestral line, forward in time, until it
converges with another line that leads us closer to our Harrington family. For
example: (To better follow the example that follows, you may want to refer to
the Pedigree chart on page 101 in this section, or, to the chart titled,
“Relationship of Ancestral Family Lines leading to the Harrington Family” found
on page 2.) Our Drum family line runs from the oldest ancestor, Nickel Dromm,
born 1627, toward the future, until it intersects the Valentine line with the
marriage of Margaret Drum, born 1799, to Joshua Valentine, born 1796. At this
point of intersection, we drop the Drum line and continue to follow the
Valentine line until it intersects the Harrington line with the partnership of
Sarah Jane Valentine, born 1848, to Charles William Harrington, born 1844. At
this intersection we discontinue following the Valentine line in favor of
following the Harrington line.
This
principle for following our ancestral lines, also applies to data found on the
Outline Descendant Report charts and the Descendant Report on the pages below.
At
the end of this “Records, Data, and Notes” section of the book, beginning on
page 461, the data shifts from our ancestral families to the descendants of the
“Focus Couple.” These include all of the family members beginning with the
children of the “Focus Couple” and proceeding forward in time to the date of
publication of this book. A chart of the descendants of the Focus Couple,
William Alvin and Sarah Elizabeth Pence-Harrington begins on page 461. This is
followed by an Outline Descendant Report of all of their descendants on page
472.
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Outline Descendant
Report for possibly "Dutch" Harrington
1 possibly "Dutch" Harrington +
"Mother" Harrington
...2 Charles Harrington b: Abt. 1805 ; Notice: read the
notes associated with this Charles Harrington entry., d: Unknown
+ Eliza Ann Cooper b: 1807
......3 Eliza Anna Herrington b: 09 Feb 1835, d: 01 Jan
1895 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA
+ James German Mygatt b: Abt. 1823, m: 1859 in
Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA, d: Mar 1870 ; died of consumption
.........4 James Franklin "Frank" Mygatt b: 06
Sep 1868 in Clay County, Kansas, USA, d: 13 Aug 1956 in Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma,
USA
+Ethel
Minnie Braker b: 13 Apr 1886 in Malvern, Mills County, Iowa, USA, m: 16 Aug
1908 in Marquette, McPherson, Kansas, United States, d: 26 Apr 1957 in
Independence, Macon, Missouri
.........4 Susan Coon
Mygatt
+
Charles Albert Going
+ Charles Calvin Covey
b: 1825, d: 1856
.........4 Eva Monira Covey b: 26 Oct 1853 in Wisconsin,
USA, d: 21 Mar 1925 + Robert Litle Shirley
.........4 Minnie Julie Covey b: Jan 1854, d: 16 Apr 1916
+ Frank L. Turner
...2 Thomas
Harrington b: Abt. 1813 in County Cork, Ireland
+Mary
Webb b: 19 Nov 1810 in Nova Scotia, Canada, m: 27 Oct 1841 in Nova Scotia,
Canada, d: Aft. 1871
......3 Harris D.
Harrington b: 1842 in Nova Scotia, d: 1916
......3
Charles William Harrington b: 20 Aug 1844 in Wallace, Cumberland, Nova Scotia,
Canada, d: 20 Aug 1904 in West Bay, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; Black Rock
Cemetry, West Bay, Cumberland, Nova Scotia
+
Sarah
Jane Valentine b: 28 Jun 1848 in Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio, d:
15 May 1933 in Home Hospital, 4 Ward; buried in St. Paul United Methodist
Church, near Circleville, Ohio
.........4 William Alvin Harrington b: 10 Jun 1866 in
Kansas, d: 24 Jul 1951 in at the home of his son, Roy William Harrington, in
Circleville, Ohio; buried in Hitler Cemetery near Circleville, Ohio
+Sarah
Elizabeth Pence b: 29 Apr 1872 in Benton Twp., Hocking County, Ohio, m: 02 Nov
1890 in Hocking County, Ohio; by James Milhon, V Dr. M, d: 19 Jan 1948 in
Circleville, Ohio, Pickaway County, Ohio; buried in Hitler Cemetery near
Circleville, Ohio
+
Caroline
Couch Willigar b: 27 Feb 1849 in Black Rock, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, m:
23 Feb 1867 in Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada, d: 08 Oct 1924 in
Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
.........4 Florence May Harrington b: 29 Jan 1869 in Mill
Village, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada, d: 20 Apr 1905
+John
Patrick Harrington b: 10 Apr 1873 in Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada,
m: 26 May 1896 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
.........4 Thomas
Stewart Harrington b: 25 Dec 1870 in Black Rock, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
+Annie
Edna Messom b: 03 Feb 1880 in Kentville, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada, m:
03 Feb 1900 in Kentville, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada, d: 29 May 1903
+Amey Withrow d: 1908
+Paulina (Lina) Rushton b: 14
Jun 1888 in Great Village, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada, m: 27 Jun 1908 in
Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada, d: 18 Apr 1922 in a house fire
.........4 John William Harrington b: 25 Dec 1872 in Port
Greville, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada, d: 15 Sep 1917 in Parrsboro,
Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died of Consumption
.........4 Harris
Harrington b: 04 Jul 1874 in Nova Scotia, Canada, d: 15 Oct 1925
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+
.........4
Mary Jane Harrington b: 25 Mar 1876 in Five Islands, Colchester, Nova Scotia,
Canada, d: 21 Mar 1943 in Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; Buried in
St. George's Cemetery, Parrsboro, NS
+Harvey
David Henwood b: 18 Apr 1878 in Nova Scotia, Canada, m: 18 Aug 1902, d: 19 Nov
1962 in Nova Scotia, Canada
.........4 Freeman Harrington b: 22 May 1877 in Five Islands,
Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada, d: 30 Jul 1965 in Parrsboro, Cumberland Co.,
Nova Scotia, Canada
+Sarah
Alice Couch b: 02 Apr 1888 in West Bay, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, m: 20 Dec 1905
in Parrsboro, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada; Baptist, d: 16 Sep 1946 in
Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
.........4 Banford
Harrington b: 04 Mar 1880 in Nova Scotia, Canada, d: Mar 1921
.........4 Ann E.
Harrington b: 07 Feb 1882 in Nova Scotia, Canada, d: 1917
.........4 Edith Mabel Harrington b: 15 Jan 1884 in Nova
Scotia, Canada, d: 10 Feb 1955 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
+Mayford Phinney b: 02 Apr
1884 in Black Rock, Cumberland Co, Nova Scotia, Canada, m: 27 Aug 1903 in Parrsboro,
Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada, d: 08 Feb 1943 in Parrsboro, Cumberland,
Nova Scotia, Canada
.........4 Bessie
Maud Harrington b: 1885
.........4 Howard Joseph Harrington b: 20 Mar 1891 in
Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada, d: 02 Nov 1960 in Parrsboro,
Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; Alternative dod = 24 Nov 1960
+Mary
Emily Anderson b: Abt. 1892, m: 11 Nov 1912 in Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia,
Canada; RC
+Rae Laurine Melvin b: Abt. 1908, m: 29 Mar
1934
......3 John Webb Harrington
b: 26 May 1846 in Granville, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
+ Nancy
Anne Embree b: 24 Mar 1843 in Greewnville, Nova Scotia, Canada, m: 26 May 1866
in River Philip, Cumberland Co, Nova Scotia, Canada
.........4 Wilbert
Barry Embree b: 03 Jan 1863
.........4 Mary Alice Harrington b: 07 Feb 1867 in Gray's
Road, Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
+Silas Purdy Mills b: 12 Jul
1865 in Nova Scotia, m: 25 Nov 1887 in Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
.........4 Alexander McPhee
Harrington b: 18 Mar 1871 in Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
+Elizabeth
J. Nelson b: 1872 in Nova Scotia, Canada, m: 28 Oct 1890 in Truro, Colchester,
Nova Scotia, Canada
+Rachel
Bentcliff b: 1873 in Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada, m: 27 Apr 1896 in
Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada
+Sarah Ann Hennessy m: 22 Dec 1897 in Amherst,
Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
.........4 John
Patrick Harrington b: 10 Apr 1873 in Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
+Florence May Harrington b:
29 Jan 1869 in Mill Village, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada, m: 26 May 1896 in
Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada, d: 20 Apr 1905
.........4 Ellen
Louisa Harrington b: 31 May 1875 in Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
.........4 Lucy L.
Harrington b: 08 May 1878 in Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
.........4 Marguerite
May Harrington b: Abt. 1879 in Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
.........4 Charles
Warren Harrington b: 28 Mar 1882 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
+Nellie Farrell b: 28 Jul
1882 in Newfoundland, m: 13 Mar 1901 in Springhill, Cumberland, Nova Scotia,
Canada
.........4 Ella
Harrington b: 1883
.........4 Annie E.
Harrington b: 22 Mar 1884 in Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
+Florence W. McCarthy b: Abt. 1884 in
Springhill, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada, m: 04 Jan 1908 in Amherst, Nova
Scotia; Methodist
Generation 1
1.
POSSIBLY "DUTCH"1 HARRINGTON . He married
"MOTHER" HARRINGTON.
Notes
for possibly "Dutch" Harrington: Our Harrington Family in the New
World
Until early 2013, research
to discover the ancestors of my grandfather, William Alvin Harrington
(1866-1951), had been unsuccessful. Great grandfather, Charles William
Harrington, was a proverbial “brick wall.” My father, Ira Edward Harrington
(1899-1983) recalled his grandmother, Sarah Jane Valentine, telling her family
that 1) the name of the father of her son, William Alvin Harrington, was
Charles William Harrington and that 2) Charles was of Irish descent and 3) had
been born in Nova Scotia. 4) Charles had arrived in Kansas on a cattle boat and
5) had given their son his middle name, William. It was not until I (Richard
Edward Harrington (1931-living)), had my DNA analyzed by Ancestry-DNA that my
quest began to bear fruit. My first clue came in the form of an e-mail from Ancestry-DNA
advising of a DNA match with another member named Linda McNeil. Linda e-mailed
me that she did not know the source of our DNA match but she speculated that it
might be from the several Harrington’s in her family tree from Nova Scotia.
Subsequent research persuaded me that the Harrington’s in her family tree
likely were the source of the DNA match. I made a trip to Nova Scotia with my
wife in the summer of 2013 to further research this possibility. In Parrsboro,
Nova Scotia we found a plethora of Harrington information and descendants.
Confirmation of all of the clues that had been passed down from Sarah Jane
Valentine seemed to point to Charles William Harrington being my
long-sought-after great grandfather. We found records that identified Charles
parents as Thomas Harrington and his wife Mary Webb. We also found a detailed
family tree of the family of Mary Webb. We gathered as much information on the
Nova Scotia Harrington line as possible and met with many of the descendants of
Charles that are living there. We even visited the graves of Charles, his Nova
Scotia wife, and many of his descendants. In spite of our apparent success, we
were never able to prove, beyond a doubt, that the Nova Scotian Charles William
Harrington was the correct great grandfather. While it seemed highly unlikely,
it was still possible that the DNA match could have been with another related
surname.
On 16 November 2014 I
received another e-mail from Ancestry-DNA announcing their new “DNA Circles”
project. This feature of their services involves identifying members whose DNA
and/or family tree, show a match with a common ancestor. The name given to such
a Circle is the name of the common ancestor of the Circle members. Within days,
Ancestry-DNA identified two Circles that were in my Nova Scotia family line.
They were the parents of Mary Webb, Jane Sarah Rushton (1784-1869) and Samuel
James Webb (1785-1828). These Webb and Rushton Circles made the possibility
that the match with Linda McNeil could be from another related surname, a
certainty, since Linda also shares the Webb and Rushton ancestors. Further, DNA
results from any of the Nova Scotian descendants would be similarly compromised
since they also share the Webb and Rushton DNA. The only way to prove my
Harrington linkage with Charles William and his father, Thomas Harrington,
would be to find a DNA match with another Harrington descendant who was
independent of the Webb and Rushton family. Finding such a match would seem to
be highly unlikely, but it happened.
In January of 2016,
my Ancestry-DNA account showed a new Circle that had been named the “Eliza Anne
Herington Circle.” This DNA match was with a person who was known by the
pseudonym “J.M.” and was administered by Sharon Ann Balts. The match was
identified as being a possible 2nd - 3rd cousin and the confidence level was
rated “Extremely High” by Ancestry-DNA. The J.M. turned out to be Jennie Marie
Mygatt (1919-living), daughter of James Franklin “Frank” Mygatt (1868-1956).
Sharon Ann Balts is the daughter-in-law of Jennie Marie Mygatt. Frank’s mother
was Eliza Anna Herington (1835-1895), daughter of Charles Herington (about
1807-?), an immigrant to America. Charles Herington (about 1807-?) was the son
of a fisherman known only as “Dutch” Charley.
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Sharon
Balts-Stauffer made me aware of and provided a copy of a family history
document originated by James Franklin “Frank” Mygatt (1868-1956) and
transcribed by his niece. Sharon
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Balts-Stauffer
believes the document to have been transcribed by Mary Going Kelso, in Tulsa,
Oklahoma in the period 1953-1956. The full text of this document can be found
in the entry for James Franklin “Frank” Mygatt (1868-1956) in this book and
should be read and understood as the basis of conclusions that follow and
support the premise that the events of the Nova Scotia Harrington family and
the events of the James Franklin “Frank” Mygatt (1868-1956) document are
related and support each other. The most important evidence, of course, is that
the DNA matches from each scenario focus on the author, Richard E. Harrington
(1931-living) and independently tie the two scenarios together.
According
to the interpretation of the data and information by Richard E. Harrington, the
story of the Harrington family in America begins with the James Franklin
“Frank” Mygatt (1868-1956) document, hereafter referred to as the Mygatt
document.
“Dutch” Charley was a
fisherman. According to the Mygatt document (James Franklin “Frank” Mygatt
(1868-1956) document), “Dutch” Charley was from Holland. This may be true but
considerable data exist to argue that the family originated from Ireland.
Either possibility is credible since under the heel of English rule, Ireland in
the late 1700s and early 1800s was in a desperate economic condition. Holland
had developed a successful, world-class fishing fleet and enjoyed a thriving
fishing industry. Ireland on the other hand did not begin to promote their
fishing industry until the early 1800s. So, it is likely that Irish fisherman
would have looked to the established Holland fishing industry as a more
profitable place to apply their trade.
Whether the early Harrington
clan was from Holland or Ireland is of little importance. It is clear that they
were accomplished seamen. The Mygatt document has Charles Herington, Jr. (about
1807-?) going to sea in his teens and soon establishing himself as a
knowledgeable seaman. He quickly allied himself with the fur trading industry
in the new world and made several crossings of the Atlantic Ocean. His work was
undoubtedly as a sailor which was what he had been trained to do. Since he was
saving his money to move his wife to America, it seems obvious that he was not
paying for his Atlantic passages. It also seems clear that his alliance with
the fur trading industry was probably as a sailor in the industry’s fleet of
ships that crossed the Atlantic regularly, transporting furs from the new world
to their main markets in Europe. At that time, the fur trading industry was the
most profitable and best paying employers in the world.
According
to the Mygatt document, Charles Herington, Jr. moved with his wife, Anna Eliza
Coopper-Herington and her brother, John Coopper, to America, landing at
Hoboken, New Jersey on 5 March 1835. At this time Charles Herington, Jr. and
his wife, Anna Eliza Coopper-Herington had a 3-year old son, Charles 3rd
Herington. Within a few days of their arrival in Hoboken, they added a
daughter, Eliza Anna Harrington (9 Feb 1835 - 1 Jan 1895) (note the difference
in the date of arrival and Eliza’s date of birth.) They settled in western New
York on the Great Lakes where they lived several years. Charles Herington, Jr.
continued to work for the fur trading industry. At this point the Mygatt
document says that Charles Herington, Jr. was killed by Indians in northwest
Wisconsin. The Mygatt document also says that sometime in the 1840, Anna Eliza
Coopper-Harington and John Cooper moved to Millwaukee, and they settled in
Oshkosh, Wisconsin where they lived for several years. Then in 1849 or early
1850s Anna E. Coopper-Harington & John Cooper moved to Leavenworth, Kansas.
The Mygatt document does not mention Anna E. Coopper-Harington and John Cooper
again. This is assumed to mean that they stayed in Leavenworth, Kansas. The
Mygatt document continues to track Eliza Anna Harrington (9 Feb 1835 - 1 Jan
1895) through 2-marriages and to Leavenworth, Kansas between about 1861 and
1865, as the wife of James G. Mygatt. After retirement from the Army, Eliza
Anna Harrington-Mygatt and James G. Mygatt moved to Clay County, Kansas, a
distance of about 120 miles west of Leavenworth, Kansas. It was from Eliza Anna
Harrington-Mygatt that the Harrington DNA was passed on to the descendants,
including me, that now register the DNA matches among us.
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At this point, keep in mind
that we are dealing with two sources of Harrington DNA. One source is the DNA
of the Herington line that originated from “Dutch” Herington, that we have just
discussed and is detailed in the Mygatt document. This DNA was channeled
through Charles Herington, Jr. to
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his daughter, Eliza Anna Harrington (9 Feb
1835 - 1 Jan 1895) and on to several Ancestry-DNA members, including me. So,
for the transmission of this Harrington DNA, it doesn’t really matter whether
Charles Herington, Jr. was killed by Indians in Wisconsin, or not.
Now,
let’s look at the Nova Scotia Harrington DNA and its connection with the
Harrington DNA in Leavenworth, Kansas in the paragraphs above. Our Thomas
Harrington first appears in the Nova Scotia records in 1841 when he married
Mary Webb (1810-after 1971). He appears later in the records of the births of
his three sons; Harris in 1842, Charles in 1844 and John in 1846. His name
appears in miscellaneous records of his descendants but not in a way that
establishes his presence. Thomas sort of breezes onto the scene in 1841 and
disappears sometime after the birth of his sons. No records have been found of
his birth or his arrival in Nova Scotia. Yet, today we find strong DNA matches
with both the Nova Scotia and Kansas Harrington’s. How could this be?
Three possibilities
come to mind. The first is that the DNA data are wrong or misleading. I reject
this possibility on the basis that there are too many DNA matches in both
locations (Kansas and Nova Scotia) and too many match-ups of information such
as the clues from Sarah Jane Valentine and subsequent data found that match the
clues. Another is the coincidence of the geography that will be discussed
below.
The second possibility is that the Nova Scotia Thomas
Harrington had at least one more Harrington relative in America. That relative
would have been a brother or cousin and he would have likely been Charles
Herington, Jr., son of “Dutch” Charles in the Mygatt document.
A
third possibility is that Charles Herington, Jr. and Thomas Herington were the
same person. This could be possible since Charles Herington, Jr. supposedly was
killed by Indians, far from his home, before 1840. The Mygatt documents states
that sometime in the 1840s, the wife of Charles Herington, Jr. and her brother,
John Cooper moved to Oshkosh, Wisconsin and in 1849 or early 1850s moved to
Leavenworth, Kansas. (It is possible that Charles Herington, Jr. and his wife
were having problems before 1840 and they separated. The story that Frank
Mygatt knew about Charles Herington, Jr. having been killed in western
Wisconsin, could have been a cover-story to hide the separation and Charles
Herington, Jr. later marriage to Mary Webb.) The timing surely fits. On 27
October 1841 Thomas Herington married Mary Webb. (Thomas Herrington and Mary
Webb may have met in Nova Scotia on one of his many trips while working for the
fur trading company.)
One more event tends
to support the possibility that Charles Herington, Jr. and Thomas was the same person.
Charles William Harrington (1844-1904), son of Thomas Harrington and Mary Webb,
was born in Nova Scotia. Like his father before him and several of his sons,
Charles William Harrington was a sailor. In 1865, at the age of 21-years,
Charles William was in or near Leavenworth, Kansas when he conceived William
Alvin Harrington (1866-1951) with Sarah Jane Valentine. At that time both Anna
Eliza Cooper-Herington, wife of Charles Herington, Jr. of the Mygatt document,
and Eliza Ann Herrington-Mygatt (probable half-sister of Charles William
Harrington of Nova Scotia) were living in Leavenworth, Kansas. It is my
speculation that at some point over the previous 20 years, Charles William
Harrington of Nova Scotia learned from his father about his father’s family in
Leavenworth, Kansas and had gone there to meet them. It is likely that all of
these ancestors could have been in communication via postal mail if such a trip
were planned. The scenario in which Charles Herrington, Jr. and Thomas
Harrington is the same person, of course, is speculation. But, as with many of
the other events in the lives of these ancestors, I can’t help but believe that
they are too frequent and improbable to be mere coincidences. And then, there
are all those pesky DNA matches.
It
doesn’t really matter to me whether Charles Herington, Jr., son of “Dutch”
Harrington, and Thomas Harrington, parent of Charles William Herrington were
the same person or that they were brothers or cousins. Of course it would be
nice to know. But the DNA matches prove that they were involved in two related
lines of Harrington’s in the new world, and that I am related to both lines. I
believe that Charles Herrington and Thomas Harrington was the same person.
There is still a need
to search the passenger lists of ships arriving from Ireland and Holland to
both
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America and Nova Scotia.
Possibly "Dutch" Harrington
and "Mother" Harrington had the following children:
2.
i.
CHARLES2 HARRINGTON was born about 1805 (Notice:
read the notes associated
with this
Charles Harrington entry.). He died date Unknown. He married ELIZA ANN COOPER. She was born in
1807.
3.
ii. THOMAS HARRINGTON was
born about 1813 in County Cork, Ireland. He married Mary
Webb, daughter of Samuel James Webb Sr and Jane Sarah Rushton, on 27 Oct 1841
in Nova Scotia, Canada. She was born on 19 Nov 1810 in Nova Scotia, Canada. She
died after 1871.
Generation 2
2. CHARLES2 HARRINGTON (possibly
"Dutch"1) was born about 1805
(Notice: read the notes associated with this Charles Harrington entry.).
He died date Unknown. He married ELIZA ANN COOPER. She
was born in 1807.
Notes
for Charles Harrington:
Photos in Album, Pages: 190
The following
is an explanation of why there is an apparent disconnect in the Harrington
family tree with this entry of Charles Herrington. Also, it is an explanation
of why there are several DNA matches but that we cannot prove a connection.
That there are 9 DNA matches, most of which are rated "Extremely
High," argues strongly that they are part of our family tree.
The
Charles Harrington in this entry was a name extracted from a family tree on
Ancestry.com that was identified simply as "J.M." on Ancestry.com on
8 February 2016. This J.M. family tree and a person identified on the tree as
being "J.M." was called to my attention by AncestryDNA.com as being a
posssible 2nd - 3rd cousin with a confidence level that was "Extremely
High." J.M. turned out to be Jennie Mygatt and the Ancestry account was
administered by Sharon Balts-Mygatt. The surname in the account that is common
to both the J.M. tree and my tree, based on a comparison of J.M.'s and my DNA,
is "Harrington." The Harrington surname, of course, is highly
prominent in my database. The given name, Charles, appears in my database, but,
does not match my Charles William Harrington because it is one genearation
earlier. A DNA in both trees match, however.
To streamline my
ongoing research of this "Extremely High" DNA match, I wanted to be
able to use my Family Tree Maker file for its storage and analytical
capabilities. I therefore made an "assumption" that the Charles
Harrington found in the J.M. tree was the brother of my 2nd great grandfather,
Thomas Harrington. This assumption is based on the observation that they occupy
approximately the same generational time-period. This assumption is not
irreversible. The assumed link can be modified or removed at any time if better
data becomes available. But it allows for the use of my Family Tree Maker file
as a storage location for the data from the ongoing Charles Harrington
research.
Upon further research
of Ancestry.com data, I discovered that there were no fewer than 9 DNA matches,
all of which lead back to the common ancestor, Eliza Ann Herrington. Five of
the 9 matches are totally independent and were likely the results of
independent DNA analyses that were unknown to each other. The remaining 4
matches involved siblings or close relative's analyses and could have been
known to the other.
The matching DNA
family trees have been included in my database with enough information that
someone could pursue the results with the owner of the analysis. The value of
these DNA matches is that they further verify the presence of my own Harrington
ancestors in America. Even though we are unable to track the parentage of Eliza
Anna Herrrington (9 Feburary 1835), she is clearly a common ancestor.
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At this time
(February 2016), we cannot prove the Harrington line any further back than
Thomas Harrington, father of Charles William Harrington. This is one of the
reasons that the "assumption" was made that the Charles Herrington,
who has been identified as the father of Eliza Anna Herrington, is the brother
of Thomas Herrington. There are other possibilities, of course, that could
explain why there are 9 DNA matches to our Thomas and Charles William
Harrington's DNA. One could be that they were cousins, not brothers. Another
could be that the parent of Eliza Anna Herrington, identified as Charles
Herrington, is the same person as Thomas Harrington; perhaps, he was Charles
Thomas or Thomas Charles Herrington. I believe that this could be the more
likely explanation. Eliza Anna Herrington was born 9 February 1835 possibly in
New York, USA. Our Thomas Harrington first appears in the records in 1841 when
he married Mary Webb and later in the records of the births of his three sons;
Harris in 1842, Charles in 1844 and John in 1846. His name appears in
miscellaneous records of his descendants but not is a way that establishes his
presence. Thomas sort of breezes onto the scene in 1841 and disappears sometime
after the birth of his sons. No records have been found of his birth or his
arrival in Nova Scotia. There was sufficient time for Thomas to have left the
event of Eliza Anna Herrington's birth and his marriage to Mary Webb in Nova
Scotia 6-years later. Also, no death record for Thomas has been found. There is
a need to search the passenger lists of ships arriving from Ireland to both
America and Nova Scotia.
Charles Harrington and Eliza Ann
Cooper had the following child:
4.
i.
ELIZA ANNA3 HERRINGTON was born on 09 Feb
1835. She died on 01 Jan 1895 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA. She
married (1) JAMES GERMAN MYGATT in 1859 in Denver,
Denver, Colorado, USA. He was born about 1823. He died in Mar 1870 (died of
consumption). She married (2) CHARLES CALVIN COVEY. He was born in 1825.
He died in 1856.
3. THOMAS2 HARRINGTON (possibly
"Dutch"1) was born about 1813
in County Cork, Ireland. He married Mary Webb, daughter of Samuel James
Webb Sr and Jane Sarah Rushton, on 27 Oct 1841 in Nova Scotia, Canada. She was
born on 19 Nov 1810 in Nova Scotia, Canada. She died after 1871.
Notes
for Thomas Harrington:
No
documentation has been found for Thomas Harrington in Nova Scotia prior to his
marriage to Mary Webb on 27 Oct 1841. His presence in Nova Scotia is well
established by the record of his marriage to Mary and subsequent records of his
sons. Except for these records, however, Thomas Harrington is not found in Nova
Scotia again. This is not terribly surprising since records from the early
1800s in Nova Scotia are sparce.
According
to the marriage record of Thomas Harrington, the father of Charles William
Harrington, to Mary Webb, Thomas was an immigrant to Nova Scotia from County
Cork, Ireland. The evidence of his being in Nova Scotia are 1) a marriage
record for Thomas Herington and Mary Webb dated 27 Oct 1841; 2) a marriage
record for Thomas' son, Charles William Harrington to Caroline Couch in 1867;
and 3) a marriage record for Thomas son' John Harrington to Nancy Embree in
1866. At the time of Thomas' marriage he declared himself as a blacksmith.
Since Nova Scotia was known primarily for its large ship-building industry, it
is likely that he would have been in the service of ship-building as a
blacksmith making iron products for ship construction.
The marriage records of Thomas' sons confirms
their father's presence in the mid-1840s when they were conceived, but not his
presence at the time of their wedding. The 1871 Canadian Census shows Thomas'
wife, Mary, living with her brother's family. In that census she was listed as
a 60-years old widow of "unsound mind."
In
spite of extensive research to further document Thomas Harrington, I have found
only one document that could be a record of the end of his life. All of the data
fit our Thomas Harrington nicely but there is no direct link to confirm that
this is, in fact, our correct ancestor. In this document a Thomas Harrington
voluntarily sought refuge on 1 December 1890 at the Alms House in New York
City. He was 77-years old at that time which would have him born in 1813, just
3-years younger than his wife, Mary Webb. He stated that he had been in the
U.S. about 50-years and that he had spent 3-weeks in the hospital in about
1862. This would have indicated that he may have left Nova Scotia shortly after
his 3 sons were born. Additional information found on his application to Alms
House in New York City are as follows:
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Record
of Inmates New York City Alms House, under Act Chap. 140, Laws of 1875 Name:
Thomas Harrington
Record Number: 101816
Date of Admission:
Dec. 1, 1890 Sex: male
Color: white
Marital Status:
Widowed
Birth Place: Ireland,
County Cork How long in U.S.: 50-yr.
How long in this state:
50-yrs Port Landed: New York Naturalized: No
Birth
Place of father: Ireland, County, Cork Birth Place of mother: Ireland, County,
Cork Education: can read and write
Habits:
Temperate Habits of father: Temp Occupation: Laborer
Occupation of father:
Land Surveyor
Condition of
Ancestors - grandparents Paternal: S.S. (self supporting) grandparents
Maternal: S.S. (self supporting)
father: S.S. (self
supporting) dead mother: S.S. (self supporting) dead brothers: 4 Ireland S.S.
(self supporting) sisters: none
other relatives: S.S.
(self supporting) children living: none
Cause of dependence:
old age, rheumation, gen debility, homeless & destitute Kind of labor
person can pursue: none
Has person received
prior public or private relief: No Has the parents of person received relief:
No
Has person been
inmate in Poor House: yes, 28-years ago
Has person been
inmate in any other institution: Bellarises Hosp. for 3 weeks Probable destiny
of person: Permanently dependent
Remarks: Wm. McSamara,
the Warden of Alms House. B. J.
Thomas
Harrington in the New York, Census of Inmates in Almshouses and Poorhouses,
1830-1920
Name: Thomas
Harrington Gender:Male
Age: 77 |
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Birth Year: |
abt 1813 |
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Birth Place: |
Cork |
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Admission Date:1
Dec 1890 |
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Father's Birth
Place: |
Cork Ireland |
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Mother's Birth
Place: |
Cork Ireland |
Notes for Mary Webb:
From
the 1871 Census of Canada for District 198, Westchester, Cumberland
Co., Nova Scotia [no specific date or scribe for this census given][all family
members were born in Nova Scotia, were English, and were Baptist]
David
Webb, age 53, farmer Esther Webb, age 44 Jacob Webb, age 21, farmer John Webb,
age 19, farmer
George Webb, age 16, farmer
Thomas Webb, age 14
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Sarah Webb, age 11
Susan Webb, age 9
Merit Webb, age 7
Joseph Webb, age 5
Mary Harrington, age 60, widow,
unsound mind
Edward Webb, age 24
Amelia Webb, age 23
Sophia Webb, age 2 months
Thomas Harrington and Mary Webb had
the following children:
i.
HARRIS D.3 HARRINGTON was born in 1842 in
Nova Scotia. He died in 1916.
Notes
for Harris D. Harrington:
Photos in Album, Pages: 190
5.
ii. CHARLES WILLIAM HARRINGTON was
born on 20 Aug 1844 in Wallace, Cumberland, Nova
Scotia, Canada. He died on 20 Aug 1904 in West Bay, Cumberland, Nova Scotia,
Canada (Black Rock Cemetry, West Bay, Cumberland, Nova Scotia). He met (1) SARAH JANE VALENTINE. She
was born on 28 Jun 1848 in Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio. She died
on 15 May 1933 in Home Hospital, 4 Ward (buried in St. Paul United Methodist
Church, near Circleville, Ohio). He married (2) CAROLINE COUCH WILLIGAR,
daughter of Jacob Willigar and Lavinia Crane Couch, on 23 Feb 1867 in
Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was born on 27 Feb 1849 in
Black Rock, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. She died on 08 Oct 1924 in
Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
6.
iii. JOHN WEBB HARRINGTON was
born on 26 May 1846 in Granville, Cumberland, Nova Scotia,
Canada. He married Nancy Anne Embree, daughter of Jacob Romer Embree and
Melinda Jane Dobson, on 26 May 1866 in River Philip, Cumberland Co, Nova
Scotia, Canada. She was born on 24 Mar 1843 in Greewnville, Nova Scotia,
Canada.
Generation 3
4. ELIZA ANNA3 HERRINGTON (Charles2 Harrington,
possibly "Dutch"1 Harrington)
was born on 09 Feb 1835. She died on 01 Jan 1895 in Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA. She married (1) JAMES GERMAN MYGATT in
1859 in Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA. He was born about 1823. He died
in Mar 1870 (died of consumption). She married (2) CHARLES CALVIN COVEY. He
was born in 1825. He died in 1856.
Notes
for Eliza Anna Herrington:
From the 1860 U.S.
Federal Census for 2nd Ward, Leavenworth City, Leavenworth County, Kansas, Post
Office Leavenworth City; enumerated 14 July 1860 by J.M. Gallagher
C H Robinson, head, age 36, born in Penn,
bridge builder, value of real estate $600, value of personal estate $50
Ann
Robinson, female, age 42, born in New York Eliza H Corey, female, age 25, born
in New York Eva M Corey, female, age 6, born in Wisconsin Julia L. Corey,
female, age 4, born in Kansas Charles Corey, male, age 23, born in Wisconsin
From
the Web: Western States Marriage Index, 1809-2011
Name: E A Covey
Spouse: James C Mygatt
Marriage Date: 1862
Marriage Place: Arapahoe, Colorado
From the 1870
U.S. Federal Census for Sherman Township, Clay County, Kansas, Post Office
Gatesville; enumerated 19 July 1870 by S. gates
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Eliza Mygatt, head, female,
age 35, born in New York, keeping house, value of real estate = $800, value of
personal estate = $400
Eva Covey, age 16, female, born in Wisconsin,
at home Ninnie Covey, age 14, female, born in Kansas, at home Henry Mygatt, age
8, male, born in Colorado
Arys Mygatt, age 6, female,
born in Colorado Susan Mygatt, age 4, female, born in Kansas James Mygatt, age
1, male, born in Kansas
From the Kansas,
Enrollment of Civil War Veterans, 1889
Name: |
Eliza
A Mygatt |
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Spouse: |
James G Mygatt |
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Residence Place: |
Morganville, Clay |
Notes for James
German Mygatt:
From the Iowa, State Census
Collection, 1836-1925
Name: |
James Mygatt |
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Age: |
33 |
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Birth Year: |
abt 1823 |
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Birth Place: |
NY |
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Residence Date: |
1856 |
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Residence Place: |
Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, USA |
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Gender:Male |
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From in the American
Civil War Soldiers |
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Name: James Mygatt |
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Enlistment Date: |
7 Oct 1861 |
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Enlistment Place: |
Denver, Colorado |
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Side Served: |
Union |
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State Served: |
Colorado |
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Sources: |
304,79 |
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From in the U.S. Civil
War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Name: James G. Mygatt
Side: Union
Regiment
State/Origin: Colorado Territory
Regiment: 2nd Regiment, Colorado Infantry
Company: I
Rank In: First Sergeant
Rank Out: Sergeant
Film Number: M534 roll 2
From a copy of James Mygatt's Civil War discharge: To
whom it may concern:
Know ye that James G.
Mygatt Sargent of Captain E.D. Boyd's Company G. Second Regiment Cavelry of
Colorado Volunteers who was enlised on the 16 sixteenth day of May (1862) to
Serve three years or during the war is here by Discharded from the Service of
the United States this Fourteenth day of June 1865 at Fort Riley Kansas by
reason of Expiration of Term of Service. No objection to his being reenlisted
is known to exist. Sargent James G. Mygatt was born in the State of New York is
42 yrs of age, five feet nine inches high, light complexion, Blue Eyes, brown
hair, occupation (looks like "coupeter"). Given at Fot Riley this 14
day June 1865, E.D. Boyd, Capt. Co. G. 2nd Colo Cavelry, UB
From the U.S. Federal
Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885
Name: James Mygatt
Gender:Male
Race: White
Marital Status:
Married
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Estimated Birth Year: abt 1823
Birth Place: New York, USA
Age:
47
Death Date: Mar 1870
Cause of Death:Consumption
Census Year: 1870
Census Place: Sherman, Clay, Kansas,
USA
James German Mygatt and Eliza Anna
Herrington had the following children:
7.
i.
JAMES FRANKLIN "FRANK"4 MYGATT was born on 06 Sep 1868
in Clay County,
Kansas,
USA. He died on 13 Aug 1956 in Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. He married Ethel
Minnie Braker, daughter of Henry Fredrick Braker and Issie Isabella
"Belle" Epperson, on 16 Aug 1908 in Marquette, McPherson, Kansas,
United States. She was born on 13 Apr 1886 in Malvern, Mills County, Iowa, USA.
She died on 26 Apr 1957 in Independence, Macon, Missouri.
8.
ii. SUSAN COON MYGATT. She married CHARLES ALBERT GOING.
Charles Calvin Covey and Eliza Anna Herrington
had the following children:
9.
i. EVA MONIRA4 COVEY was
born on 26 Oct 1853 in Wisconsin, USA. She died on 21 Mar
1925. She married ROBERT LITLE SHIRLEY.
10.
ii. MINNIE JULIE COVEY was
born in Jan 1854. She died on 16 Apr 1916. She married FRANK L. TURNER.
5. CHARLES WILLIAM3 HARRINGTON (Thomas2,
possibly "Dutch"1) was
born on 20 Aug 1844 in Wallace, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. He died
on 20 Aug 1904 in West Bay, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada (Black Rock
Cemetry, West Bay, Cumberland, Nova Scotia). He met (1) SARAH JANE VALENTINE. She
was born on 28 Jun 1848 in Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio.
She died on 15 May 1933 in Home Hospital, 4 Ward (buried in St. Paul United
Methodist Church, near Circleville, Ohio). He married (2) CAROLINE COUCH WILLIGAR,
daughter of Jacob Willigar and Lavinia Crane Couch, on 23 Feb 1867 in
Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was born on 27 Feb 1849 in
Black Rock, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. She died on 08 Oct 1924 in
Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Notes
for Charles William Harrington:
By
the year 2009 the story of great grandmother, Sarah Jane Valentine (1848-1933),
was pretty well known. Her meeting with Charles Harrington in Kansas and the subsequent
birth of William Alvin Harrington are a matter of record. But, Charles
Harrington remained a mystery. About all that was known of him to later
generations had been passed down by Sarah Jane Valentine to her son, William
Alvin Harrington. By the time it reached the author of this book, Richard E.
Harrington, the information was spotty and disconnected. Sarah had described
Charles as being an Irishman and a seaman who had arrived in Kansas on a
cattle-boat by way of the Mississippi River. He had been born in Nova Scotia,
his father having emigrated there from Ireland. A trip to Kansas by the author,
Richard E. Harrington, and his niece, Candice Kay Harrington, in 2010 in search
of almost anything that could be a clue to Charles Harrington’s identity, proved
futile. The only other clue had also come from Sarah Jane in a statement that
Charles Harrington had given their son, his middle name.
In
January of 2013, I decided to have my DNA analyzed by Ancestry.DNA in part to
see if that might lead to further information about great grandfather, Charles
William Harrington. Within a month I received a report from Ancestry.DNA
identifying a match with a possible cousin by the name of Linda McNeil. Upon
contacting her, she responded that the likely relationship was through her
Harrington line. Linda gave me access to her family tree that included three
generations of Harrington’s as follows: Thomas Harrington, an immigrant to Nova
Scotia from Ireland; Thomas’s son, Charles William Harrington (1844-1904), a
seaman born in Nova Scotia; and Charles’s daughter, Edith Mabel Harrington
(1884-1955). Edith married Mayford Phinney (1884-1943) establishing the branch
in which Linda McNeil is a member.
Further research about Charles William
Harrington resulted in the discovery that he was
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born
in Nova Scotia the son of an Irish immigrant, Thomas Harrington, and his wife,
Mary Webb (1810-after 1871). Mary Webb was English and born in Nova Scotia. Her
grandfather had immigrated to Nova Scotia from Connecticut, USA, and could well
have been one of the British Loyalists who chose to emigrate about the time of
the USA Declaration of Independence. Charles William Harrington was a mariner
throughout his life. His occupation as a mariner first appears as a declaration
by Sarah Jane Valentine. Then on his marriage application to Caroline Couch
(1849-1924) on 23 Feb 1867 he again gave his occupation as mariner. Over the
next 22 years (1869-1891), the birth records of no fewer than 8 of Charles and
Caroline’s 10 children gave his occupation as Mariner or Sea Captain. The
marriage record of his daughter, Edith Mabel Harrington, on 02 Apr 1884 was the
first record of Charles W. Harrington as a Sea Captain. An earlier birth record
of his son, Freeman Harrington, on 22 May 1877 and all previous birth records
listed him as mariner. The 1880 Federal Census for Boston, Massachusetts, USA,
Boston City Prison contains an entry that could well be our Charles William
Harrington that also shows him to be a sailor.
The dates of relevant events surrounding
Charles Harrington fit well with known dates. Charles William and Sarah Jane’s
son, William Alvin Harrington, would have been conceived in late August or
early September1865 and was born on 10 Jun 1866. Charles would have just turned
21-years old; Sarah Jane was 17. According to Sarah Jane Valentine, Charles
William Harrington gave their son, William Alvin Harrington, his middle name.
Charles William Harrington’s middle name, of course, was William. That their
son’s given first name was William Alvin Harrington would seem to justify Sarah
Jane’s emphasis on this fact.
There appears to be no evidence that Sarah
Jane Valentine and Charles William Harrington were married. We had determined
from our 2010 trip to Kansas that the records that would be needed to prove
their marriage were lost in a flood. One piece of subsequent information
suggests that they may have been married. When Sarah Jane and William H.
Anderson applied for a marriage license in Pickaway County, Ohio on 9 October
1969, Sarah gave her name as Sarah Jane Herrington. The application was
subsequently canceled and they married on 04 Nov 1872 in Kenton, Kenton County,
Kentucky. I tend to think that Sarah Jane may have believed that Charles would
return to Kansas to form the family, so she named her son Herrington. Upon her
return to Pickaway County, Ohio, she may have chosen to represent herself as a
Herrington to account for her bastard son. Being unable to produce proof of
marriage and divorce could account for the unused Pickaway County marriage
license of 9 October 1969 and the subsequent marriage to William H. Anderson in
Kentucky on 4 November 1872.
About
8-months after his son, William Alvin Harrington, was born Charles William
Harrington married Caroline Couch Willigar on 23 Feb 1867 in Parrsboro,
Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. Over the next 24+ years Charles fathered
10-children with his wife, Caroline Couch, most of whom were born in Parrsboro,
NS.
Pursuaded
by my initial research on Charles William Harrington and following the DNA
linkage to Linda McNeil, my wife and I made a trip to Nova Scotia, Canada
beginning 21 August 2013 thru 3 September 2013. After a few days of basic
genealogy research in the Nova Scotia archives in Halifax, N.S. we drove to
Parrsboro, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia to do local research. We hit pay-dirt
there. Due in no small part to the hospitality of the people we found there and
their eagerness to help, we identified and met several generations of
descendants of Charles William and Caroline Couch Harrington. We found and
photographed Charles and Caroline's graves and the graves of a son and other
kin. The closest relative met on the trip was Haley Jollymore Harrington, an
89-year old half-1st cousin, and his wife Elsie Evelyn MacAloney. Haley was
also a sea captain for Imperial Oil Limited (IOL), commonly known as ESSO in
Canada. Haley subsequently died on 26 Aug 2014. Meeting over a dozen
descendants of Charles William Harrington was exciting and pleasant, however,
we were still no closer to proving that Charles was the father of my
grandfather, William Alvin Harrington. To prove this relationship, we planned a
second trip to Nova Scotia in 2015 to try to collect additional DNA samples
from known descendants of Charles William Harrington.
Then
came a big development in the Ancestry-DNA technology that made the return trip
to Nova Scotia unnecessary. On 16 November 2014 Ancestry.DNA introduced their
"Circles" technology that analyzes their entire DNA database for
matches of members who relate to a common ancestor. The Circle is identified by
the name of the common ancestor and all members who belong to that Circle are
made known to each other. In reality, since most members use
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pseudonyms
instead of their own names, their identity remains unknown unless an effort is
made to contact and identify them.
As of January 2015, my
(Richard E. Harrington) DNA data was matched to the Circles of Jane Sarah
Rushton (1784-1869) and Samuel James Webb (1785-1828), the parents of Mary Webb
who was Charles William Harrington's mother. There were no fewer than 12 individual
DNA Circle matches to the Jane Sarah Rushton and Samuel James Webb Circles. Of
the 12 DNA Circle matches, 4 matches were also direct matches to my DNA. Four
of the 12 matches were via different childen of Jane Sarah Rushton and Samuel
James Webb. Two of the 4 direct matches were via a different child of Jane
Sarah Rushton and Samuel James Webb than mine and two were direct matches via
the same child of Jane Sarah Rushton and Samuel James Webb as mine. The only
possible way in which the lines of ancestors for Linda McNeil and Richard
Harrington to make a Circle match to Jane Sarah Rushton and Samuel James Webb
is through Mary Webb, wife of Thomas Harrington and mother of Charles William
Harrington. Also, the match between Linda McNeil's and my DNA which was
originally assumed to be based on our Harrington line DNA, could have been the
result our having Jane Sarah Rushton and Samuel James Webb as our common
ancestors. That is, our match may not have been from the Harrington line but
through Mary Webb's line. This constitutes absolute proof that Mary Webb was
the grandmother of my grandfather but leaves open the question of there being a
match with the Harrington line. But since there is ample proof that Thomas
Harrington and Mary Webb were married and that they had at least 3 children
together, one of whom was Charles William Harrington, it also proves that
Thomas Harrington was the father of my grandfather, William Alvin Harrington
(1855-1951) It also confirms that Marney Moore Gilroy is my 5th cousin, 1x removed.
See the entries under Jane Sarah Rushton in this book for details of the 12
Circle matches discussed above.
Nova
Scotia, Canada, Marriages, 1763-1935 about Charles H. Harrington [sic, Charles
W. Harrington]
Name: Charles H.
Harrington Gender: Male
Spouse Name: Caroline
Cooch Spouse Gender: Female Marriage Date: 1867
Marriage Place:
Amherst, Cumberland Registration Year: 1867
Registration Book: 1809
Registration Page: 23
Registration number: 5
From
the marriage application record for Charles H. Harrington (sic, Charles W.
Harrington), age 22, and Caroline Crouch (Crouch was crossed out) Cooch, age
18, the date of the wedding was given as 23 February 1867. The "where and
how" were answered: Parrsboro, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, by license,
Bap Ch. Charles listed his vocation as a Seaman. Caroline did not list a
vocation. Charles gave his residence at the time of marriage as Five Islands
and his place of birth as Wallace, [Pictou County, Nova Scotia]. Caroline gave
her residence as Parrsboro but gave no place of birth. Charles gave his parents
as Thomas and Mary Harrington. Caroline gave her parents as Lavinia Couch.
Charles gave Thomas vocation as a blacksmith. Caroline gave Lavinia's vocation
as Servant. The minister was Baptist, Rev. David McKeen. The marriage place was
given as Amherst, Cumberland. Witnesses were Frances Jenks and James Cooch.
This information was collected in Nova Scotia and may be found also at:
www.novascotiagenealogy.com
From
the 1871 Canadian Census for the town of Parrsboro Shore,
District No. 12 Cumberland, Nova Scotia; enumerated [no date census was taken]
by [no name of census taker][all born in Nova Scotia and all were Baptist]
John Cooch, age 48,
English, Seaman Jane Cooch, age 38, English
Thomas Cooch, age 27,
English, Seaman Charles Herington, age 28, Irish, Seaman Caroline Herington,
age 26, Irish
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Thomas Herington, age 2, Irish
Flora
Herington, age 5-mo., Irish (born Oct. 1870) [The birth dates of Florence and
Thomas appear to be reversed as compared with other family data; e.g., the
birth records.]
(A
remark following the Herington family reads: "this family boards with John
Cooch and have no property.)
At the time of the 1871
census, the population of Parrsboro was about 1,000 people in about 170 family
units. These numbers are from a count of the Parrsboro 1871 census.
From
the 1880 United States Federal Census for the City Prison, House
of Industry (Deer Island), Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; enumeratd 15
June, 1880 by M. P. Bown
Name: Charles W.
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Charles W. Harrington, age
35 (plus over 100 other prisoners)
There
is no proof that the Charles W. Harrington of the 1800 U.S. Federal Census was
our family's Charles William Harrington (1845-1904), great grandfather of the
author, Richard E. Harrington, but, the author believes that this probably was
our ancestor. All the limited data fit. So, some limited research was done to
learn more about his place of incarceration, the City Prison, House of Industry
(Deer Island), Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. The following was copied
from the website, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deer_Island_Prison. "The
Deer Island Prison (c. 1880-1991) in Suffolk County, Massachusetts was located
on Deer Island in Boston Harbor. Also known as the Deer Island House of Industry
and later, House of Correction, it held people convicted of drunkenness,
illegal possession of drugs, disorderly conduct, larceny, and other crimes
subject to relatively short-term sentencing. When it closed in 1991, some 1,500
inmates were being held at Deer Island."
"An
article in the national Frank Leslie's Sunday Magazine (1884) described the
prisoners on Deer Island in the 1880s: "they in the main are from the
lowest stratum of the cosmopolitan society of New England's metropolis,
embracing representatives of almost every nationality under the sun, and from
the shortness of the sentences, many being confined for 10 days only, for
nonpayment of one dollar and costs for drunkenness, and none for more than a
year."["The Boston Institutions at Deer Island". Frank Leslie's
Sunday Magazine 15 (3). 1884. Retrieved 21 January 2010.]
From the 1901
Canadian Census for the town of Parrsboro, District No. 30 Cumberland, Nova
Scotia; enumerated [no date census was taken] by Arthur W. Jackson [all are Irish,
born in Nova Scotia and Baptist except as noted; all of the children are
single]
Charles Harrington,
head, age 56 born Aug 20, 1844, occupation Seaman Caroline Harrington, wife,
age 52, born 27 Feb 1849, English
William Harrington,
son, age 28, born 27 Dec 1872, occupation Sailor Harris Harrington, son, age
26, born 4 July 1874, occupation Sailor Ann Harrington, dau., age 19, born 7
Feb 1882
Banford Harrington,
son, age 21, born 4 Mar 1880, Serracna (unclear) maker Edith Harrington, dau.,
age 17, born 15 Jan 1884
Howard Harrington, son, age 10, born
20 Mar 1891
Mary J Harrington, dau., age 25, born
25 Mar 1876, domestic
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Freeman Harrington, son, age 22, born
22 May 1878, occupation Sailor
Nova
Scotia boasted the 4th largest private merchant marine until Canada ended Nova
Scotia's right to Free Trade in 1867. Nova Scotians nearly went to war with
Canada and Britain over this.
I found the following website that includes a brief
listing of the Charles William Harrington line. The entire Rushton line
(38-pages) is at:
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/u/m/Carla-J-Sumner/ODT5-0001.html
1 John RUSHTON d: Unknown
. +SARAH m: Bef. 1719 d: Unknown
. 2 John R. RUSHTON, Sr.
b: Abt. 1727 in Westchester Co., New York, USA d: December 02, 1799 in
Westchester, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia
.... +Mary COON b:
Abt. 1727 in Westchester Co., New York, USA m: Bef. 1751 d: January 18, 1822 in
Westchester, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia
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3 John RUSHTON b: 1751 in WESTCHESTER , NOVA SCOTIA [CUMBERLAND] |
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Samuel LEWIS b: December 21, 1865 |
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Ustace Woodbury LEWIS b: December
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Ida May LEWIS b: August 13, 1870 |
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Owen Webb LEWIS b: January 22, 1873 |
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Owen Doyal WEBB b: January 07, 1836 |
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Eunice WEBB b: September 23, 1838 |
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Esther Melina WEBB b: August 01, 1843 |
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William Osmond WEBB b: February 01,
1865 |
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Agnes Angevine WEBB b: June 06, 1845 |
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James Nathaniel WEATHERBEE b:
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Mary Maria WEATHERBEE b: June 07,
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Elisha C. WEATHERBEE b: May 16, 1869 |
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Frances WEATHERBEE b: May 13, 1871 |
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Clarase WEBB b: April 03, 1847 |
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Clarence WEBB b: October 30, 1864 |
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Agnes O. GRAHAM b: April 23, 1868 |
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Minnie Matilda GRAHAM b: September
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Caroline WEBB b: January 27, 1850 |
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Minnie THOMPSON b: 1877 |
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Elsie THOMPSON b: January 1881 |
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Bessie THOMPSON b: 1882 |
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Nina THOMPSON b: 1885 |
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WILLIETHOMPSON b: 1888 |
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Thomas Perk WEBB b: February 03,
1857 d: Private |
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Charles M. WEBB b: August 22, 1863 |
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Raymond WEBB b:
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Earl WEBB b: June 15, 1895 d: Private |
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Ella WEBB b: January 07, 1897 d: Private |
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Russell WEBB b: January 18, 1899 |
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+Matilda MARSTERS b: September 02, 1822 m: April 27, 1842 in Nova Scotia d:
June
08,
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Harris HARRINGTON b: February 02, 1842 |
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Charles William HARRINGTON b: August 20, 1844 |
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Thomas Stewart HARRINGTON b:
December 25, 1871 d: Private |
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1908 d: Private |
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John William HARRINGTON b: December
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Freeman HARRINGTON b: 1878 d: Private |
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December 20, 1905 d: Private |
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Mary HARRINGTON b: 1880 |
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+Harvey HENWOOD b: 1882 m: August
18, 1902 d: Private |
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Howard Joseph HARRINGTON b: 1881 |
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November 11, 1912 d: Private |
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Edith HARRINGTON b: 1884 |
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+Mallford PHINNEY b: 1881 m: August
27, 1903 d: Private |
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Webb HARRINGTON b: May 01, 1846 d:
Private
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+Nancy Anne EMBREE b: 1843 m: May 26, 1866 d: Private
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Mary A. HARRINGTON b:
February 07, 1867 |
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25, 1887 d: Private |
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Alexander McPhee HARRINGTON b: March
18, 1871 d: Private |
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October 28, 1890 d: Private |
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December 22, 1897 d: Unknown |
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Ellen Louisa HARRINGTON b: May 31,
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Charles W. HARRINGTON b: 1878 d: Private |
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Marguerite May HARRINGTON b: 1879 |
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December 02, 1902 d: Private |
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Lucy HARRINGTON b: 1883 d: Private |
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+Charity WEBB b: March 04, 1817 m: August 17, 1836 d: May 01, 1839
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Charity WEBB b:
October 12, 1841 |
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Olive WEBB b: January 01, 1844 |
d: Private |
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Susannah WEBB b: May 17, 1846 |
d: Private |
Notes for Sarah Jane
Valentine:
Photos in Album, Pages: 2, 3
Sarah Jane Valentine was born
June 28, 1848 and died May 15, 1933. She was the third child and the first
daughter in the family of Levi and Mary Bolinger Valentine*. Sarah Jane's long,
84-year (almost 85-years) life was eventful and would have been the subject of
an exciting book if it had been written. This may be the first attempt to
organize the adventures of her life in writing.
We
have no documentation that tells us exactly where in Ohio Sarah Jane Valentine
was born. It could have been in Pickaway County, Ohio where her parents had
married or possibly at the next stop in Seneca County, Ohio of a long, arduous
trek that would take nearly 20-years to complete. Her parents had married three
years before Sarah Jane's birth and had her two older brothers, Isaac and Elias
Valentine, over the next three years. In the 1850 Federal Census, when Sarah
Jane was 2-years old, we find the family in Adams Township, Seneca County,
Ohio. The family was still in Ohio in 1851 when David Valentine was born. The
only and best clue that we have is Sarah Jane's statement on her marriage
application to William H. Anderson on 4 October 1872 that she was born in
Pickaway County, Ohio.
Sarah's
parents, Levi and Mary, were likely following the course of many other families
in the 1850s; namely, the call to move West. Many were focused on the 1849
California gold rush. Being farmers, however, Levi and Mary's goal was probably
to find cheap or free land upon which to settle and raise their growing family.
Levi's older brother, Samuel, had settled in Indiana so Sarah Jane may have met
her Uncle Samuel on Levi family's trek to their interim home in Illinois in
about 1854. Sarah Jane would have been 6-years old in the summer of 1854.
The
Levi Valentine family had reached Illinois by 1855 where their son, George W.
Valentine, was born. The family remained in Pike County, Illinois for at least
4-years. During this period Sarah Jane gained 4 siblings including George W.,
Almira, and the twin boys, Sylvester and Sylvanus. Additional research may
pin-point more precisely where in Pike County, Illinois they lived. Sarah
probably started her schooling in Illinois.
The Kansas Territory was the new frontier. Land was cheap
or free for settling. In what would become Brown County, Kansas in a few short years,
the land was flat and fertile. The climate was similar to central Ohio and for
the few brave pioneers who already lived there, their crops were plentiful,
even exceeding expectations. For the Levi Valentine family, the Kansas
Territory must have seemed to be the new life they were searching for. Once
again the family moved settling on a rented farm about 2-miles south of what is
now the boundary between Nebraska and Kansas in the northeast corner in Walnut
Creek Township, Brown County, Kansas.
When they arrived in the Kansas Territory in
about 1858, Sarah Jane may have believed their traveling had come to an end.
The long slow miles of uncomfortable travel that had stretched over many weeks
and months had been hard for her. As the oldest girl at the age of 10 or
11-years she had and would continue to share much of the responsibility for her
younger siblings. Here in the Kansas Territory, though, they would at last stop
moving and begin the hard work of building their future.
Sarah
Jane would soon begin to understand the life of a Kansas pioneer. The new land
was big and flat and almost empty of people. The nearest neighbor lived miles
away. The nearest trading post was many miles away. There were no churches or
schools so education came to a halt except for what her parents could provide.
There were plenty of rattlesnakes and gophers (groundhogs), some deer, coyote
and a few wolves. And, there were Indians, but they were peaceful and usually
did not bother settlers. Being a pioneer was certainly different from the
neighborhoods of Ohio and Illinois and would take some getting used to.
During the first year or two in Kansas, Levi's crops
flourished and the family prospered. Then came the drought. The second year
after the Valentine arrived in the Kansas Territory was a year without rain and
all of the crops failed. Like all the other pioneers in the Territory, the
Valentine's had staked everything they had on the 1860 harvest; a harvest that
never occurred. Sarah Jane had just turned 12-years old in June when it became
clear by August that there would
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be no harvest. The
crop failure was a serious and life-threatening event for most of the pioneers in
the Territory but for the Valentines it was especially tragic. They had arrived
on the eve of the disaster and gambled all that they had on the coming year - a
year that claimed their resources and efforts and yielded little in return.
Sarah Jane, now going on 13-years old, was of an age that she could understand
the severity of the situation. The mood within the family must have been very
difficult for the young woman.
We
do not know for sure what happened to the Levi Valentine family over the next 7
or 8 years. The record-keeping in the Territory that became the State of Kansas
the following year, 1861, was poor at best. Birth records of their children
born during this period seem to indicate that they remained in Walnut Township,
Brown County, Kansas.
It seems likely that Sarah Jane may have left the Levi
family about 1864 or 1865, perhaps in search of work. This speculation is based
on the understanding that the Levi family was still living in Walnut Twp.,
Brown County, Kansas when Sarah Jane’s youngest sister, Nora Ellen, was born on
22 February 1867. Yet 18-months before Nora’s birth, in autumn of 1865, Sarah
Jane became pregnant by Charles William Harrington (Herrington, Herington), a
sailor from Nova Scotia who most likely had arrived by way of the Mississippi
and Missouri Rivers. It appears likely that Charles had arrived as part of the
brisk trade by foreign vessels in livestock and other food products. Kansas had
become a major supplier of cattle to support the Civil War effort that was just
closing. It is likely that Sarah Jane may have gone to Fort Leavenworth where
work was plentiful at the end of the Civil War. Sarah Jane later told her son,
William Alvin Harrington, that he was born in Kickapoo, Kansas, a small town
about 2-miles north of Fort Leavenworth.
Over the years, Sarah Jane told her son
several things that became useful to the discovery of his father, Charles
William Harrington, by the author in 2013. Among the items she shared with her son
were: 1) his father’s name was Charles William Herrington; 2) he was of Irish
descent; 3) he was from Nova Scotia; 4) his father gave him his own middle
name, “William”; 5) he was a sailor; 6) he had arrived on a cattle boat.
On 22 February 1867, Mary
Bolinger Valentine,* gave birth to her 12th child, Nora Ellen Valentine.
Perhaps during childbirth or shortly thereafter Mary Bolinger Valentine died
leaving her family of 10-children (apparently Isaac and Elias had left the
family by then) without a mother.
Faced with the task
of rearing a family without a wife, Levi wasted little time reorganizing his
family. On 21 May 1868, within a year of Nora Ellen’s birth, Levi married Emily
Jane Walker, a young woman of 27 or 28-years who had been a foster member of
his family for over a decade. Emily Jane became pregnant with Levi’s son in
1867 or early 1868. He then moved the family to Liberty Township, Clay County,
Missouri where later in 1868 Emily gave birth to her first child, Henry C.
Valentine. [In an ironic but unrelated event, Liberty Township, Clay County,
Missouri was the location of the Clay County Savings Bank that was robbed of
$60,000 on 12 February 1866 by Jesse and Frank James and Bud and Donnie Pence.]
It is probably important to
shift the focus of our Sarah Jane Valentine story, for a moment, to Charles
William Harrington because it helps us to better understand Sarah Jane's
subsequent actions. Until recently, early 2013, Charles William Harrington was
a genealogical "brick wall."
While he had been
searched for by many, no clue as to who he was, where he was from, or where he
had gone had been found. Only the meager information imparted by Sarah Jane to
her son, William Alvin Harrington, and mentioned above was available. Even that
information was considered highly questionable since it was so old and had been
passed down 3-generations from Sarah Jane.
The break came in early 2013 when the author, Richard E.
Harrington, great grandson of Sarah Jane Valentine, submitted a DNA sample to
Ancestry.DNA for analysis. One of the half-dozen or so matches was with Linda
McNeil who lives in the New England area. The common ancestral connection
appeared to be Linda's Harrington line that lived in Nova Scotia. Within that
line we found a sailor named Charles William Harrington who was born 20 Aug
1844. Further research established that all of the first 5-snippets of
information provided years later by Sarah Jane Valentine to her son, fit what
we learned about this Charles William Harrington. Only the 6th snippet could
not be confirmed but it did help provide an explanation of how, why and when
Charles might have been in Kansas. Early in the Civil War the Union forces had
secured the Mississippi and Missouri rivers from control by the Confederacy and
provided safe passage to vessels transporting food supplies essential to the
war effort. All available Union vessels had been enlisted into the Union Navy.
So, the majority of the water transportation was provided by neutral
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foreign-nation
ships such as those from Nova Scotia. Apparently, Charles William Harrington
was a sailor on one of those ships.
Charles
returned to Nova Scotia in late 1865 or early 1866, abandoning Sarah Jane. In
Nova Scotia, Charles married Caroline Couch on 23 February 1867. Caroline was
born 27 February 1849 and was 8-months younger than Sarah Jane Valentine.
Charles and Caroline had 10 children together. For more about Charles William
Harrington see the section on this important ancestor elsewhere in this book.
Sarah
Jane Valentine's situation in Kansas in the waning years of the1860s was
probably bleak. She had apparently left her parent's home, probably in search
of employment. Throughout the winter months of 1865 she was pregnant. Less than
3-weeks short of her own 18th birthday, she gave birth to her son, William
Alvin Harrington, in the little town of Kickapoo near Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
If she returned to her parents after her son's birth, she would have found her
mother, Mary Bolinger Valentine then aged 42, pregnant with her 12th child.
Sarah Jane's mother died in 1867, likely during childbirth or shortly after
Nora Ellen Valentine was born. Sara Jane's son, William, and her mother's 12th
daughter, Nora, were only 7-months apart in age. If Sarah Jane's mother died in
childbirth, the feeding and care of Nora Ellen would likely have fallen to
Sarah Jane. That period of time would have been desperately hectic for the
18-year old Sara Jane Valentine and the entire family.
During
this time Levi would have been challenged as he tried to provide for his large
and exploding family. He had lost his mate and found himself with even more
responsibilities. On 21 May 1868 he married his "foster daughter,"
Emily Jane Walker whom he soon got pregnant. With his new family begun, Sarah
Jane and her son and Levi's older children became an increasingly difficult
burden. It is likely that it was about this point in time when negotiations
with members of the Pickaway County, Ohio Valentine family occurred. About 1868
arrangements had been made that resulted in Sarah Jane, her son, her new baby
sister, and possibly some of her other siblings traveling to Pickaway County,
Ohio.
We
pick up the trail of Sarah Jane Valentine from an unexecuted marriage license
application with William Anderson dated . In this application Sarah Jane
appears as Sarah J. Herrington. This marriage did not take place - the marriage
application was cancelled. A few months later, in the 1870 Federal Census, she
is enumerated in the household of William H. Anderson as his housekeeper. Her
son, William Alvin Harrington, was not enumerated with her in the 1870 census.
He may have been missed by the census taker or he could have been residing with
another relative. Because of her young age when she left Pickaway County, Ohio,
Sarah Jane most likely had not met William H. Anderson before returning to Ohio
in the late 1860s. He was not exactly a stranger, however, having been reared
by Sarah's grandparents, Joshua and Margaret Drum Valentine, whose farm was
enumerated next to Williams's. Interestingly, but not suprisingly, Sarah Jane's
other grandparents, Benjamin and Elizabeth Leist Bolinger, and her Uncle John
Bolinger's families were also enumerated on the same 1870 Federal Census page
along with two families of Leist who were almost certainly close relatives of
her grandmother, Elizabeth Leist Bolinger.
On
4 Nov 1872 Sarah Jane Valentine and William H. Anderson married in Kenton,
Kentucky. There were no children from this marriage. In the 1880 Federal
Census, Sarah Jane Valentine Anderson appears as the wife of William H.
Anderson. Also enumerated in the household, are her son, William A. Herrington
(age 14); Sarah's brother, George W.L. Valentine (age 26); and her youngest
sister, Nora E. Valentine (age 13).
In 1902 William invested
$1,750 in the Scioto Canning Company located in Circleville, Ohio. Three of the
four bonds he purchased were for $500 each, the 4th was for $250. Each of the 4
bonds was dated May 15, 1902. A year later, on July 18, 1903, William H.
Anderson prepared his Will in which he stated, “I will and bequeath to my wife,
Sarah J. Anderson, all my personal property.” His Will continued, “I will and
devise to my said wife, Sarah J. Anderson, all the real estate of which I may
die seized, for and during the term of her natural life, with the provision,
however, that if it should become necessary for her support to sell my interest
in the farm on which we now reside, then I hereby authorize and empower her to
sell and dispose of the same, together with her part of said farm, either at
private or public sale, and upon such terms of credit as she may deem best, and
to make a proper deed to the purchaser therefor, and the purchaser thereof
shall not be required to look to the application of the purchase money.” The
above terms of the Will were particularly appropriate and useful to Sarah Jane
in her later life as will be seen below.
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William's Will continued, and while the subsequent terms
were never applied that we know of, they provide useful information for us, his
genealogy researchers. “I will and bequeath that after the death of my said
wife, that part of my property which has then not been consumed, shall be
divided and paid as follows: First: To Nora E. Ramsey, the sum of Five hundred
Dollars ($500.00). Second: To Samuel Ressler, the sum of Seventy-five Dollars
($75.00). [In the probation of this will, Samuel Ressler is identified as
William's half brother.] Third: -To Savanus Valentine, the sum of Two hundred
Dollars ($200.00). Fourth: To Pansey Valentine and Elsie Marie Valentine,
children of said Savanus Valentine, each the sum of Fifty Dollars ($50.00).”
Finally, William stated, “I hereby appoint my said wife, Sarah J. Anderson,
executrix of this my last Will and Testament ...”
On September (est.), 1906, Sarah Jane and William
Anderson went to Independence, Missouri where they visited with Sarah's sister,
Nora E. Valentine Ramsey. While there, on October 4, 1906, William died
suddenly. He was 70 years old. His body was embalmed in Independence, MO and
transported back to Ohio. He arrived on Saturday evening and funeral services
were held Sunday morning. He was buried at St. Paul's Church in Washington
Twp., Pickaway County, Ohio.
Sarah
Jane Valentine Anderson was 58 years old when William died on October 4, 1906.
They had been married one month short of 34-years. Sarah Jane received $350
widows allowance from the estate for her support for up to one year until
William's Will could be probated. Upon probation of the Will, Sarah inherited
$1,790.07, the majority being the value of the Scioto Canning Company bonds.
She also inherited the William Anderson family farm.
Sarah Jane lived another 27
years after the death of her husband. The Federal Census and public records
tell us little about her later life except that she continued to live in
Pickaway County, Ohio. A photograph taken about 1925 shows Sarah Jane with her
son William A.
Harrington, some of
her grandchildren and a great-grandchild, June L. Harrington, daughter of Ira
E. Harrington. At some point members of the Herrington family changed the
spelling of their surname to Harrington.
June
Harrington Franklin Walters recalled that in the 1920s, Sarah Jane traveled
with some frequency between Circleville, Ohio and Independence or Kansas City,
Missouri spending time with her relatives. Likely she also visited other
siblings on these treks.
Ira Harrington recalled that during the last
few years of her life, his grandmother, Sarah Jane, turned over property to the
Circleville Home and Hospital in return for a home and support for the rest of
her life. The 1930 Federal Census lists Sarah Jane as an inmate of that
facility. Interestingly, the same census gives her date of birth as about 1851
and her age as 79. This might have an error promulgated by the staff of the
Circleville Home and Hospital or it could reflect Sarah Jane not remembering her
exact date of birth.
Sarah
Jane died on May 15, 1933 just 44-days short of her 85th birthday. Her obituary
states the cause of death to be “... complications after an illness of six
months.” She was survived by her son, William A. Harrington of Circleville, OH;
a sister, Nora Ramsey of Kansas City, Missouri; and two brothers, George W.
Valentine of Kansas City, Missouri and Lewis Valentine of Washington C.H.,
Ohio. Burial was in St. Paul Cemetery, Washington Twp., Pickaway County, Ohio.
Federal Census for the
period 1850 and 1860 for Sarah Jane Valentine
Anderson can be found in the Levi Valentine section of this book.
Sarah
Jane Herrington and William H. Anderson planned to marry in the Fall of 1869.
The Pickaway County Marriage Book for 1869-1878 contains an application for a
marriage license dated 9 October 1869. The application was signed by William H.
Anderson and Probate Judge, W.C. Brinkle but not Sarah Jane. The application
was subseqently voided. Their marriage took place three years and a month later
on 4 November 1872 in Kenton, Kentucky.
From
the 1870 Federal Census for Washington Township, Pickaway County,
Ohio; enumerated 3 June 1870 by John Muiden [all born in Ohio]
William Anderson, head, age
32, farmer Sarah Valentine, age 22, keeping house David Stout, age 14, farm
labor
Kentucky Marriages,
1785-1979:
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Groom's Name: Wm Anderson
Groom's Birth Date: 1837
Groom's Birthplace: Pickaway County
Groom's Age: 35
Bride's Name: Sarah J. Valentine
Bride's Birth Date: 1847
Bride's Birthplace: Pickaway Co, Ohio
Bride's Age: 25
Marriage Date: 04 Nov 1872
Marriage Place: Kenton, Kentucky
Groom's Marital Status: Single
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M01510-4
System Origin: Kentucky-EASy
Source Film Number: 1943299
Reference Number: rerg 1863-76 p 111
From
the 1880 Federal Census for Washington Township, Pickaway County,
Ohio; enumerated 14 June 1880
William Anderson, (head), age 43,
farmer, born in Ohio
Sarah Jane Anderson,
wife, age 32, keeping house, born in Ohio William Herrington, son, age 14, at
school, born in Kansas
George W.L.
Valentine, brother [sic, brother-in-law], age 26, born in Illinois Nora E. Valentine,
sister [sic, sister-in-law], age 13, at school, born in Kansas George W. Stout,
servant, age 19, laborer, born in Ohio
From
the 1900 Federal Census for Washington Township, Pickaway County,
Ohio; enumerated 14 June 1900
William H. Anderson, head, age 63,
farmer, born March 1937 in Ohio
Sarah
Valentine, wife, age 51, born June 1848 in Ohio; Mother number of living
children = 1 Mother number of children = 1
From the 1910 Federal Census for
Circleville, Union Street, Circleville Township, Pickaway County, Ohio;
enumerated 19 April 1910
Sarah Anderson, head, age 62, widow,
born in Ohio
From
the 1920 Federal Census for Circleville, East Union Street,
Circleville Township, Pickaway County, Ohio; enumerated 9 January 1930
Sarah Anderson, head, age 72, widow,
born in Ohio
From the 1930 Federal Census for
ju,enumerated 17 April 1930 Sarah Anderson, Inmate, age 79, widow, born in Ohio
(Other inmates
enumerated in this entry were:) Alice B.
Downs, matron, age 58, widowed
Aletha Lucas, daughter, age 35, divorced Jean
Lucas, grandaughter, age 10, single
Mary Will, inmate, age 76, single
Millie
Burton, inmate, age 70, widowed
Mary
J. Waples, inmate, age 80, widowed Rebecca Smith, inmate, age 86, widowed Susan
A. Milligan, inmate, age 75, widowed Mary J. Williamson, inmate, age 82, single
Elizabgeth Bier, inmate, age 55, single Drusilla Dayton, inmate, age 85,
widowed Jane E. Tritah, inmate, age 80, single
Mary A.
Fitzer, inmate, age 82, widowed Wilson Pontius, inmate, age 75, married Addie
Pontius, inmate, age 83, married
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Julia Steege, inmate, age 86, widowed
Lucy McMannus, inmate, age 76, widowed
U.S., Find A Grave
Index, 1600s-Current about Sarah Jane Anderson
Name: Sarah Jane
Anderson
Birth
Date: |
28 |
Jun 1848 |
Death Date: |
15 |
May 1933 |
Cemetery: |
Saint Pauls Evangelical Church
Cemetery |
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Burial Place: |
Pickaway County, Ohio |
Obituary of Sarah
Jane Valentine Anderson:
Mrs.
Sarah J. Anderson, aged 84, passed away at the Home and Hospital Monday [May
15, 1933] at 8:30 a.m. of complications after an illness of six months.
Mrs. Anderson was born June 28, 1848
[Wednesday], a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Levy Valentine. She was twice married
both her husbands, Charles Harrington, the first husband, and William H.
Anderson, preceding her in death.
Surviving
are one son, William A. Harrington, 560 E. Franklin St; a sister, Mrs. Nora
Ramsey of Kansas City, Mo., and two brothers, George W. Valentine of Kansas
City and Lewis Valentine of Washington C.H.
Funeral
services were held Wednesday [May 17, 1933] at 3 p.m. at the Albaugh Co. chapel
with Rev. C.W. Ruhlman of Calvery Evangelical church officiating.
Burial
was in St. Paul cemetery Washington Twp. [Note: St Paul' Church is located
in Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio, about 5-miles east of
Circleville, Ohio.]
Charles William Harrington
and Sarah Jane Valentine had the following child:
11.
i.
WILLIAM ALVIN4 HARRINGTON was born on 10 Jun
1866 in Kansas. He died on 24 Jul 1951 in at the home of his son, Roy William
Harrington, in Circleville, Ohio (buried in Hitler Cemetery near Circleville,
Ohio). He married Sarah Elizabeth Pence, daughter of Josiah Pence and Sarah
Jane Lockwood, on 02 Nov 1890 in Hocking County, Ohio (by James Milhon, V Dr.
M). She was born on 29 Apr 1872 in Benton Twp., Hocking County, Ohio. She died
on 19 Jan 1948 in Circleville, Ohio, Pickaway County, Ohio (buried in Hitler
Cemetery near Circleville, Ohio).
Notes for Caroline
Couch Willigar:
Photos in Album, Pages: 190
For the 1871
and 1901 Canadian Census for Caroline Couch Willigar Harrington, see
the entries for her husband, Charles William Harrington in this book.
From the 1911
Fifth Census of Canada for District 42, Cumberland, Sub-District 20, Parrsboro
(West Part) and Black Rock and West Bay, Nova Scotia; enumerated June 10 &
12, 1911 by John E. Dickenson
Caroline Harington,
head, age 62, born Feb 1849 in NS, widowed, Baptist, income, Ins Nova
Harington, grand daughter, age 13, born Sept 1990 in NS, Baptist
From
the 1921 Census of Canada for District 55, Sub-District, Green
Hill (rural), Moore St., Parrsboro, NS; enumerated [no date that census was
taken] 1921 by J.E. Warmer; all born in Nova Scotia [all born in Nova Scotia;
both parents of all born in Nova Scotia, Canada]
Harris Harrington,
head, age 45, Baptist, mariner, father born in NS, Baptist Emily Harrington,
wife, age 27, Church of England
Marjorie
Harrington, dau., age 8, Church of England Doris Harrington, dau., age 5,
Church of England Ralph Harrington, son, age 3, Church of England Caroline
Harrington, mother, age 72, Baptist
Charles William
Harrington and Caroline Couch Willigar had the following children:
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ii.
FLORENCE MAY HARRINGTON was born on 29 Jan
1869 in Mill Village, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. She died on 20 Apr 1905.
She married John Patrick Harrington, son of John Webb Harrington and Nancy Anne
Embree, on 26 May 1896 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was born
on 10 Apr 1873 in Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Notes
for Florence May Harrington:
The
birth record for Florence Harrington gives her date of birth as 29 January 1869
in Mill Village, N.S. [Note: Mill Village, NS was an early name for Parrsboro,
NS] Her father was Charles W. Harrington, a mariner by vocation. Her mother was
Caroline Couch. Charles and Caroline marriage date was given as 23 February
1867 in Mill Village. (Mill Valley was the name of the village of Parrsboro
before it was renamed.) The birth was reported by Charles W. Harrington
Notes
for John Patrick Harrington:
John Patrick Harrington was born 10 April
1873 in Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. This Item can be found in
Registration Year:1873- Book:1805-Page:192- Number:147
John Patrick Harrington's
residence in 1891, at age 18, was Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. his
Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head-of-house: Son
John
Patrick Harrington married Florence HARRINGTON on 26 May 1896 at age 23 in
Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. Item can be found in Registration
Year:1896- Book:1810- Page:154- Number:74 / Witnesses: Purdy Mills and Mrs. Geo
McLean/ Rev. R. Williams // John's occupation: Miner. Florence was his 1st
cousin, daughter of Charles William Harrington and Caroline Couch.
See the 1891 Census for Alexander
M. Harrington under the entry for his father, John Webb Harrington in this
book.
12.
iii. THOMAS STEWART HARRINGTON was
born on 25 Dec 1870 in Black Rock, Cumberland
County, Nova Scotia. He married (1) ANNIE EDNA MESSOM, daughter
of Frederick Messom and Hannah Munro, on 03 Feb 1900 in Kentville, Kings, Nova
Scotia, Canada. She was born on 03 Feb 1880 in Kentville, Kings County, Nova
Scotia, Canada. She died on 29 May 1903. He married (2) AMEY WITHROW. She
died in 1908. He married (3) PAULINA (LINA) RUSHTON,
daughter of James Edward Balkem Rushton and Adelia Dunn, on 27 Jun 1908 in
Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was born on 14 Jun 1888 in Great
Village, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada. She died on 18 Apr 1922 in a house
fire.
iv. JOHN WILLIAM HARRINGTON was
born on 25 Dec 1872 in Port Greville, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. He died
on 15 Sep 1917 in Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada (died of
Consumption).
Notes
for John William Harrington:
Nova Scotia, Canada,
Births, 1836-1910 about John William Harrington Name: John William Harrington
Birth
Date: 1872
Birth Place: Port Greville, Cumberland
Registration Year: 1872
Book: 1805 Page: 181
Registration
number: 446
From
the 1901 Census of Canada for the town of Parrsboro, District No.
30,
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Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; enumerated (no date) by
Arthur W. Jackson Charles Harrington, head, age 56, born 20 August 1844, Irish,
Baptist,
Seaman
Caruline Harrington,
wife, age 52, born 27 February 1849, English, Baptist William Harrington, son,
age 28, born 27 December 1872, Irish, Baptist, Sailor Harris Harrington, son,
age 26, born 4 July 1874, Irish, Baptist, Sailor
Ann Harrington, dau., age 19, born 7
February 1882, Irish, Baptist
Banford
Harrington, son, age 21, born 4 March 1880, Irish, Baptist, (can't read this word) maker
Edith
Harrington, dau., age 17, born 15 January 1884, Irish, Baptist Howard Harrington,
son, age 10, born 20 March 1891, Irish, Baptist,
Mary J Harrington, dau., age
25, born 25 March 1876, Irish, Baptist, domestic Freeman Harrington, son, age
22, born 22 May 1878, Irish, Baptist, sailor
William Harrington in
the Canada, Seafarers of the Atlantic Provinces, 1789-1935 [Note: It is not
proven that this is a record for William Harrington, s/o Charles William
Harrington, but, most of the data such as his age, his place of birth, his date
of birth, and the place where he joined the ship all seem to point to his being
correctly identified.]
NAME:
William Harrington |
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RECORD TYPE: |
Crew |
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AGE: 19 |
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BIRTH YEAR: abt 1874 |
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BIRTH PLACE: Parrsborough,
Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada |
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VESSEL NAME: |
Avoca |
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VESSEL TYPE: Barque |
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VOYAGE DEPARTURE
DATE: |
27 Jul 1893 |
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VOYAGE DEPARTURE
PORT: |
Liverpool, England |
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VOYAGE ARRIVAL DATE: |
10 Dec 1893 |
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VOYAGE ARRIVAL
PORT: |
Sharpness, England |
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VESSEL
REGISTRATION NUMBER: |
W885007 |
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VESSEL REGISTRATION
PLACE: |
Windsor, Nova Scotia |
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YEAR VESSEL
CONSTRUCTED: |
1885 |
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DATE JOINED PRESENT
SHIP:21 Oct 1893 |
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PLACE JOINED
PRESENT SHIP: |
Parrsborough, Cumberland, Nova
Scotia, |
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Canada |
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CREW NUMBER: |
23 |
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LITERACY: |
Signed name |
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COMPLETED WHAT SIGNED
ON TO DO?: |
No |
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COMPANY FROM LAST
SHIP: 0 |
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CAPACITY (RANK): |
Able-bodied Seaman |
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PAYMENT TYPE
(TIME): |
By the month |
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WAGE: 20 |
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WAGE CURRENCY: |
Canadian dollars |
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CASH ADVANCE: |
10 |
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CASH ADVANCE CURRENCY: Canadian
dollars
13.
v. HARRIS HARRINGTON was
born on 04 Jul 1874 in Nova Scotia, Canada. He died on 15
Oct 1925. He married Emily Rita Willigar, daughter of Jacob Willigar and Susan Ann
Pettis, on 02 Mar 1916 in Oxford, NS. She was born on 08 Mar 1894 in West Bay,
Cumberland, Nova Scotia.
14.
vi. MARY JANE HARRINGTON was
born on 25 Mar 1876 in Five Islands, Colchester, Nova
Scotia, Canada. She died on 21 Mar 1943 in Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia,
Canada (Buried in St. George's Cemetery, Parrsboro, NS). She married Harvey
David Henwood, son of Jeremiah Henwood and Philipa Melissa Phinney, on
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18 Aug
1902. He was born on 18 Apr 1878 in Nova Scotia, Canada. He died on 19 Nov 1962
in Nova Scotia, Canada.
15.
vii. FREEMAN HARRINGTON was
born on 22 May 1877 in Five Islands, Colchester, Nova Scotia,
Canada. He died on 30 Jul 1965 in Parrsboro, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia,
Canada. He married Sarah Alice Couch, daughter of Thomas Couch and Elgenora
(Nora) Phinney, on 20 Dec 1905 in Parrsboro, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia,
Canada (Baptist). She was born on 02 Apr 1888 in West Bay, Cumberland, Nova
Scotia. She died on 16 Sep 1946 in Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
viii.
BANFORD HARRINGTON was
born on 04 Mar 1880 in Nova Scotia, Canada. He died in Mar 1921.
Notes
for Banford Harrington:
Photos in
Album, Pages: 190
ix.
ANN
E.
HARRINGTON
was born on 07 Feb 1882 in Nova Scotia, Canada. She died in
1917.
Notes
for Ann E. Harrington:
Photos in
Album, Pages: 191
16.
x. EDITH MABEL HARRINGTON was
born on 15 Jan 1884 in Nova Scotia, Canada. She died on
10 Feb 1955 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. She married Mayford
Phinney, son of William Phinney and Rebecca Jane Pettis, on 27 Aug 1903 in
Parrsboro, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. He was born on 02 Apr 1884 in
Black Rock, Cumberland Co, Nova Scotia, Canada. He died on 08 Feb 1943 in
Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
xi.
BESSIE MAUD HARRINGTON was born in 1885.
Notes
for Bessie Maud Harrington:
Photos in
Album, Pages: 204
xii.
HOWARD JOSEPH HARRINGTON was born on 20 Mar
1891 in Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. He died on 02 Nov 1960 in
Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada (Alternative dod = 24 Nov 1960 ). He
married (1) MARY EMILY ANDERSON, daughter of Fred Anderson
and Elizabeth ?, on 11 Nov 1912 in Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada (RC).
She was born about 1892. He married (2) RAE LAURINE MELVIN, daughter of Robgert Melvin and Catherine
MacLeod, on 29 Mar 1934. She was born about 1908.
Notes
for Howard Joseph Harrington:
Photos in Album, Pages: 204
From the marriage
application of Howard Joseph Harrington, age 21, and Mary Emily Anderson, age
22, we learned that Howard was a mill-hand born in Parrsboro, N.S. His parents
were Charles & Caroline. His father was a Sea Captain. Mary gave no
occupation. She was born in Halifax to Fred and Elizabeth. They were married in
Truro, N.S. on 11 November 1912. Mary Emily Anderson was a Catholic
Howard's second
marriage in Halifax, Halifax County on 29 March 1934 at age 43 was to Rae
Laurine Melvin, age 26, an Anglican. Her father, Robert Melvin was born in
England. Her mother was Catherine MacLeod. Her occupation was clerk. His
parents were Charles and Caroline. Although he had the options of identifying
his marital status as: Bachelor, Widower or Divorced, he listed Bachelor.
Howard Joseph Harrington gave his profession as Seaman. Howard's marriage
license application listed the birthplace of his father, Charles Harrington, as
Iceland (Ol County).
6.
JOHN WEBB3 HARRINGTON (Thomas2, possibly
"Dutch"1) was born on 26 May
1846 in Granville,
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Cumberland,
Nova Scotia, Canada. He married Nancy Anne Embree, daughter of Jacob Romer Embree
and Melinda Jane Dobson, on 26 May 1866 in River Philip, Cumberland Co, Nova
Scotia, Canada. She was born on 24 Mar 1843 in Greewnville, Nova Scotia,
Canada.
Notes for John Webb
Harrington:
Photos in Album, Pages: 191
John
Webb Harrington was the youngest son of Thomas and Mary Webb Harrington. He
appeared to be a man of several professions. From his marriage application to
Nancy Embree on 26 May 1866, John's occupation was a Farmer. From the birth
record of his daughter, Mary A. Harrington, John is a laborer living at Gray's
River in 1867. From the marriage of his son, John Webb Harrington, on 26 May
1896 John is a Lawyer. Finally, the 1901 Census of Canada below indicates he
was a carpenter.
From
the 1881 Census of Canada for District No. 22 (Cumberland),
sub-district River Philip; enumerated (no date or name of enumerator)
John Harington, head,
age 34, (profession looks like Servant), Baptist Nancy Harington, wife, age 37
Mary E. Harington,
dau., age 14 Alexander A. Harington, son, age 10 John P. Harington, son, age 8
Ella
L. Harington, dau., age 6 Lucy L. Harington, dau., age 4 Maggie M. Harington,
dau., age 2
From
the 1891 Census of Canada for District No. 30 = Cumberland,
Sub-District 15 = Oxford, Nova Scotia Province; enumerated 9 April 1891 by (no
name of enumerator) [all Methodists, all family members and all parents born in
Nova Scotia, except as noted]
John Harrington, head, age 45, lawyer
Annie Harrington, wife,
age 48, Annie's mother born in New Brunswick, Canada Alexander Harrington, son,
age 20
John Harrington, son,
age 18 Lucy Harrington, dau., age 14 Maggie Harrington, dau., age 12 Charles
Harrington, son, age 9 Annie Harrington, dau., age 7
From the 1901
Census of Canada for District No. 30 = Cumberland, Sub-District 3 = Amherst,
Nova Scotia Province; enumerated 24 April 1901 by (no name of enumerator) [all
Methodists, all family members born in Nova Scotia and identified as Irish]
John Harrington, head,
age 54, born 26 May 1846, carpenter Annie Harrington, wife, age 58, born 24 Mar
1843
Lucy
Harrington, dau., age 22, born 8 May 1878, tailor Annie Harrington, dau., age
17, born 21 Mar 1884, typesetter
Charles W Harrington,
son, age 19, born 28 Mar 1882, boiler maker Ella Harrington, sister-in-law, age
18, born 28 July 1882
Lila Harrington, grand sister, age 10,
born 31 Jan 1891
[Note: Lila was the daughter of Alexander
Harrington (and possibility Elizabeth J. Nelson)]
John Webb Harrington and
Nancy Anne Embree had the following children:
i.
WILBERT BARRY4 EMBREE was born on 03 Jan
1863.
Notes
for Wilbert Barry Embree:
From
the 1921 Sixth census of Canada for District 55, sub-district 20 in
Athol (St. or Twp.), Southampton, Nova Scotia, Canada; enumerated by L.S.
Barnes
Wilbert B. Embree, head, age 58, Methodist,
farmer, own farm Augusta Embree, wife, age 57, Methodist
147
17.
ii. MARY ALICE HARRINGTON was
born on 07 Feb 1867 in Gray's Road, Oxford, Cumberland,
Nova Scotia, Canada. She married Silas Purdy Mills, son of Silas Mills and
Sarah Mills, on 25 Nov 1887 in Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was
born on 12 Jul 1865 in Nova Scotia.
18.
iii. ALEXANDER MCPHEE HARRINGTON was
born on 18 Mar 1871 in Oxford, Cumberland, Nova
Scotia, Canada. He married (1) ELIZABETH J. NELSON,
daughter of David Nelson and Isabella, on 28 Oct 1890 in Truro, Colchester, Nova
Scotia, Canada. She was born in 1872 in Nova Scotia, Canada. He married (2) RACHEL BENTCLIFF on
27 Apr 1896 in Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was born in 1873 in
Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada. He married (3) SARAH ANN HENNESSY on
22 Dec 1897 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
iv.
JOHN PATRICK HARRINGTON was born on 10 Apr
1873 in Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. He married Florence May
Harrington, daughter of Charles William Harrington and Caroline Couch Willigar,
on 26 May 1896 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was born on 29
Jan 1869 in Mill Village, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. She died on 20 Apr
1905.
Notes
for John Patrick Harrington:
John Patrick Harrington was born 10 April
1873 in Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. This Item can be found in
Registration Year:1873- Book:1805-Page:192- Number:147
John Patrick Harrington's
residence in 1891, at age 18, was Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. his Marital
Status: Single; Relation to Head-of-house: Son
John
Patrick Harrington married Florence HARRINGTON on 26 May 1896 at age 23 in
Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. Item can be found in Registration
Year:1896- Book:1810- Page:154- Number:74 / Witnesses: Purdy Mills and Mrs. Geo
McLean/ Rev. R. Williams // John's occupation: Miner. Florence was his 1st
cousin, daughter of Charles William Harrington and Caroline Couch.
See the 1891 Census for
Alexander M. Harrington under the entry for his father, John Webb Harrington in
this book.
Notes
for Florence May Harrington:
The
birth record for Florence Harrington gives her date of birth as 29 January 1869
in Mill Village, N.S. [Note: Mill Village, NS was an early name for Parrsboro, NS]
Her father was Charles W. Harrington, a mariner by vocation. Her mother was
Caroline Couch. Charles and Caroline marriage date was given as 23 February
1867 in Mill Village. (Mill Valley was the name of the village of Parrsboro
before it was renamed.) The birth was reported by Charles W. Harrington
v.
ELLEN LOUISA HARRINGTON was
born on 31 May 1875 in Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
vi.
LUCY L. HARRINGTON was
born on 08 May 1878 in Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Notes
for Lucy L. Harrington:
For
the 1881, 1891 & 1901 Canadian
census for Lucy Harrington's see the entries for her father, John Webb
Harrington in this book.
vii.
MARGUERITE MAY HARRINGTON was
born about 1879 in Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Notes for Marguerite May Harrington:
For the 1881
& 1891 Canadian census for Marguerite May (Maggie)
Harrington's see the entries for her father, John Webb Harrington, in this
book.
Maggie Harrington's residence
in 1891 at the age of 12 was Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
viii. CHARLES WARREN HARRINGTON was
born on 28 Mar 1882 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. He married
Nellie Farrell, daughter of James Farrell and Annie ?, on 13 Mar 1901 in Springhill,
Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was born on 28 Jul 1882 in Newfoundland.
Notes
for Charles Warren Harrington:
All
of the available records spells his name Harington
Elsewhere Charles Warren Harington's birthplace is given as
Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Charles residence in 1891 at the age of
9-years was Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Charles residence in 1901 at the age of 19-years was
Amherst (Town/Ville), Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
See the 1891 & 1901
Census for Charles Warren Harrington under the entry for his father, John Webb
Harrington, in this book.
From the 1911 Census of Canada
for District 32, Saint John City and County, of the province of New Brunswick,
sub-district, Saint John, number 30, place of habitation 82 Broad, enumerated
on June 12 & 13, 1911 by Sydney Ward St. John's City
Charles Harington,
head, age 29, Tribal: Irish Methodist, Boiler Maker Nellie Harington, wife, age
28, born in Newfoundland, Canada Heath Carnige, age 25, boarder
ix.
ELLA HARRINGTON was born in 1883.
x. ANNIE E. HARRINGTON was
born on 22 Mar 1884 in Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. She married
Florence W. McCarthy, son of Isaiah McCarthy and Letitia ?, on 04 Jan 1908 in Amherst,
Nova Scotia (Methodist). He was born about 1884 in Springhill, Cumberland, Nova
Scotia, Canada.
Notes
for Annie E. Harrington:
Photos in Album, Pages: 191
The
residence of Annie E. Harrington in 1891 at age 7 was Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Her residence in 1901 at age 17 was Amherst (Town/Ville), Cumberland, Nova
Scotia, Canada
From the marriage
application of Florance (male) W. McCarthy, age 24, and Annie E. Harrington,
age 24, Florance lists his vocation as a Moulder. He listed his residence as
Amherst and his place of birth as Springfield. His mother was Letitia and his
father was Isaiah. Isaiah was a miner. Annie's parents were given as John and
Annie.
From the 1921
Sixth Census of Canada, District No. 62 - Pictou District, Sub-District 19 =
New Glasgow (Town), Nurses Home, Stellarton Rd., New Glasgow, Nova Scotia,
Canada; enumerated (no date of enumeration) by George Gammon [all residents and
their parents were born in Nova Scotia except as noted]
Annie Harrington, Matron/head, age 38,
single
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Jessie
Lameron, nurse, age 21, single Mona Morrison, nurse, age 25, single Isabella
Dailey, nurse, age 24, single Ida Doming, nurse, age 24, single Annie Mahoney, nurse,
age 23, single Flora Conrod, nurse, age 21, single Jean Dick, nurse, age 24,
single Alice Sutherland, nurse, age 24, single Grace Maker, nurse, age 21,
single
Majorie
Harrington, nurse, age 21, single Vera Pushie, nurse, age 23, single Adeline
Hammilman, nurse, age 23, single Mary McDonald, nurse, age 22, single Evelyn
Munn, nurse, age 22, single
Peral
Wry, nurse, age 24, single, Peral Wry and her parents were born in New
Brunswick
Edna
Salitar, nurse, age 21, single, Edna Salitar and her parents were born in P.E.
Island
Nora
Galbert, nurse, age 22, single, Nora Galbert and her parents were born in
England
Alice
Fraser, nurse, age 25, single Mamie Mahoney, nurse, age 22, single Ethel McDonald,
nurse, age 28, single Edna Machon, nurse, age 23, single Christina Fraser,
nurse, age 24, single
Generation 4
7. JAMES FRANKLIN
"FRANK"4 MYGATT (Eliza
Anna3 Herrington,
Charles2 Harrington,
possibly "Dutch"1 Harrington)
was born on 06 Sep 1868 in Clay County, Kansas, USA. He died on 13 Aug 1956 in
Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. He married Ethel Minnie Braker, daughter of Henry
Fredrick Braker and Issie Isabella "Belle" Epperson, on 16 Aug 1908
in Marquette, McPherson, Kansas, United States. She was born on 13 Apr 1886 in
Malvern, Mills County, Iowa, USA. She died on 26 Apr 1957 in Independence,
Macon, Missouri.
Notes
for James Franklin "Frank" Mygatt:
From the 1870 U.S. Federal Census
for Sherman Township, Clay County, Kansas, Post Office Gatesville; enumerated
19 July 1870 by S. gates
Eliza
Mygatt, head, female, age 35, born in New York, keeping house, value of real
estate = $800, value of personal estate = $400
Eva Covey, age 16, female, born in Wisconsin,
at home Ninnie Covey, age 14, female, born in Kansas, at home Henry Mygatt, age
8, male, born in Colorado
Arys
Mygatt, age 6, female, born in Colorado Susan Mygatt, age 4, female, born in
Kansas
James Mygatt, age 1,
male, born in Kansas
From
the 1910 United States Federal Census for Boon Township, Caddo
County, Oklahoma; enumerated 25 April 1910 by Roy H. Gilbreath
James
F Mygatt, head, age 41, born in Kansas, farmer, general farm [father born in Ohio;
mother born in New York]
From
the 1920 United States Federal Census for Boon Township, Caddo
County, Oklahoma; enumerated 21 January 1920 by Everett E. Tims
James F Mygatt, head,
age 51, born in Kansas, farmer, general farm Ethel Mygatt, wife, age 32
Eugene F Mygatt, son, age 9
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Victor H Mygatt, son, age 7
Phillip R Mygatt, son, age 6
Richard Mygatt, son, age 3-yr 4-mo
James L Mygatt, son, age 2-yrs 1-month
Jennie Mygatt, son, age 0-yr 8-months
From
the 1930 United States Federal Census for Artesia, Graham,
Arizona James R Ledford, head, age 49, born in Tennessee, farmer, own farm
Letha M Ledford, wife, age 37, born in Nebraska
Ervin Ledford, son, age
18, born in Colorado, laborer, father's farm John Ledford, son, age 15, born in
Colorado
Roy
Ledford, son, age 12, born in Colorado Joseph Ledford, son, age 8, born in
Oregon
Barbara J Ledford,
mother, age 89, born in Tennessee Susan Going, mother-in-law, age 65
Frank Mygatt, uncle, age 61, divorced
From the 1940 United States Federal Census
for Douglas City, Cochise County, Arizona Eugene F Mygatt, head, age 29, born
in Oklahoma, share-crop farmer, fruit orchard [lived
in New Jersey in
1935]
James F Mygatt, father, age 71, born in
Kansas
From the U.S., Find A
Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Name: Pvt James
Franklin Mygatt
Birth
Date: |
6 Sep 1868 |
|
Death Date: |
13 Aug 1956 |
|
Death Place: |
USA |
|
Cemetery: |
Memorial Park Cemetery |
|
Burial or Cremation
Place: |
Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA |
|
Has Bio?: |
Y |
|
Spouse: |
Ethel Minnie Mygatt |
|
Children: |
Phillip LeRoy Mygatt |
James L. Mygatt
Pfc Richard Mygatt
Harold Victor Mygatt
Fredrick Eugene
Mygatt
James Lloyd Mygatt
In
about 1853 to 1856 James Franklin "Frank" Mygatt (he went by
"Frank") told his family history story to a niece who transcribed it
as follows: [Note: For the ease of reading and if they did not change the sense
of the text, many of the obvious spelling and punctuation errors were corrected
when this was transcribed to this book by R.E. Harrington on 20 February 2016]
In the beginning of the
eighteenth century there was a family by the name of Harington lived in Holland
and lived by fishing, catching herring. They owned their own fish Dorey and
made their own square nets and caught great boat loads of herring and packed
them in small kegs the same as we do today. He became known as Dutch Charley.
They had one son, Charley Jr. He became engaged to a merchants daughter by the
name of Anna Eliza Coopper. Of course there wasn't a chance of them ever
getting married - a great merchant's daughter ever marrying a common
fisherman's son. Young Charley learned to be a good sailor and finally ran away
and went to sea and became a first class seaman and navigator. He finally got a
job with a fur trading company on the Great Lakes about the time Milwaukee was
started and was gone for two or three years. And finally came home with his
pockets full of money and young Charlie and Anna slipped off and got married on
the sly. He could not convince their parents that he could make a good living
in the new country so he came back to America and the Great Lakes to his old
job with the fur trading company. He saved his money for about three years,
then went back after his wife. When he got there he had a young son, Charles
the 3rd. He stayed several months getting ready and in
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the winter of 1834 the two families sailed for
America; Charles Harington and John Coopper. They landed at Hoboken, N.J. on
March 5, 1835 and my mother, Eliza Ann Harington was born the next morning
March 1835. The two families settled along the west part of New York on the
Great Lakes and they lived there for several years. Grand father Harrington
made many trips on the Lakes with the fur trading company and was finally
killed by the Indians in the northwest of Wisconsin.
Sometime in the 1840, grandmother Herington
and Uncle John Cooper emigrated to Milwaukee and settled at a small town called
Oshkosh, Wisconsin. They lived there until the later part of forty nine or
early fifties, then they moved to Leavenworth, Kansas. My mother Eliza Anne
Herington was married to a man Calvin Covey and they lived at Westport Landing
on Missouri and kept a tavern at the foot of what is now the north end of Main
Street. Calvin Covey was killed by the Indians on a trip from Kansas City to
Fort Riley, Kansas about the year 1856. There was two children, Eva M. Covey and
Minnie Julie Covey. They moved back up to Leavenworth, Kansas. In the late
fifties they crossed the plains to the city of Denver, Colorado and it was in
the late fifty-nine that Eliza Anna Covey met and married James G. Mygatt and
lived there until the Civil War broke out in 1861. Mygatt joined the Second
Colorado Cavelry, Co. G, Second Cavelry and was transferred to Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas. He served until in sixty five, was discharded at Fort
Rilely, Kansas at the expiration of his service. In 1866 they moved onto a
homestead in Clay County. This union there was born four clhildren: Henry G
Mygatt, born 6/12/1862, died Jan 27, 1880 (died from Otitis); Ayres M. Mygatt,
born Nov 21, 1863, died Jan 16 1883 (a girl); Susie Coon Mygatt, born Apr 23,
1866, died 1936 (15 March); (James Franklin "Frank" Mygatt, born 6
Sep 1868, died 13 Aug 1956). Eliza Ann Herington, born 9 Feb 1835, died 1 Jan
1895.
James G Mygatt, Sargent of Captain E.D. Boyds Company G,
Second Regiment of Colorado Cavelry Volunteers who was enlisted on the 16 day
of May 1862 to serve three years or during the war is hereby discharged from
the service of the United States this fourteenth day of June 1865 at Fort
Riley, Kansas by reason of expiration of term of service. No objections to his being
reenlisted is known to exist. Sargent James G. Mygatt was born in the state of
New York is 42 years of age, five ft nine inches high, light complection, blue
eyes, brown hair, occupation carpenter. Given at Fort Riley this 14 day of June
1865 by E.D. Boyd, Captain, Co. G, 2nd Colo Cavly. Born 1823, died 1870 March
(9). Grandfather Mygatt lived in the city of Cincinnati, Ohio. James G. Mygatt
was educated at a military academy in Cincinnati and served five years.
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The following note
was written by Sharon Stauffer: This was hand written by James Franklin Mygatt
(I, Sharon a Balts Shauffer, believe he wrote this at his niece's home, Mary
Going Kelso, in Tulsa, OK., between the time 1853 to 1956
All ( ) are written by
Sharon Stauffer.
All mis-spellings are
written exactly as on the original hand-written letter.
James Franklin
"Frank" Mygatt and Ethel Minnie Braker had the following children:
i.
EUGENE FREDRICK5 MYGATT was born
on 30 May 1910 in Apache, Caddo, Oklahoma. He died in Wymore, Gage, Nebraska,
USA.
ii.
VICTOR HAROLD MYGATT was born on 02 Feb
1912. He died in Jun 1989 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. He married (1) MARGARET B BUCKLEY on 13 Jul 1935 in
Jackson, Missouri, USA. She was born on 03 Apr 1917 in Missouri. She died on 07
Feb 2009 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri. He married (2) MARY MARGARET HILL in 1953 in Missouri.
iii.
PHILLIP R. MYGATT was born about 1914.
iv.
RICHARD MYGATT was born about 1916.
v.
JAMES L. MYGATT was born in 1917.
vi.
JENNIE MARIE MYGATT was born on 02 Apr
1919. She married Harold Austin Stauffer, son of John Manasses Stauffer and
Leona Myrtle VanDeusen, on 05 May 1949 in Kansas City, Missouri. He was born on
31 Mar 1924 in Lawrence, Cloud, Kansas, USA. He died on 13 Feb 2013 in Forest
Lake, Washington, Minnesota, USA.
Notes for Jennie Marie Mygatt:
For the 1920 U.S.
Federal Census for Jennie Marie Mygatt, see the listing for her
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father, James F.
Mygatt.
For the 1930
U.S. Federal Census for Henry, Vernon, Missouri Jake T Heney, head, age 59,
born in Iowa, farmer, farm Lizzie M Heney, wife, age 60, born in Missouri
Charles W Heney, son,
age 22, born in Missouri, laborer, farm Marie Mygett, lodger, age 11, born in
Missouri
From the 1940
United States Federal Census for Maplewood City, Jefferson Township, St Louis
County, Missouri; enumerated 10 April 1940 by Francis J. Hanna
John
M Stauffer, head, age 40, born in Kansas, appraisal engineer, Missouri Public
Service Commission
Leona
M Stauffer, wife, age 38, born in Iowa Harold A Stauffer, son, age 16, born in
Kansas Jean E Stauffer, dau., age 14, born in Kansas Norma L Stauffer, dau.,
age 13, born in Kansas Glen L Stauffer, son, age 10, born in Missouri Betty J
Stauffer, dau., age 8, born in Missouri
From the Missouri,
Marriage Records, 1805-2002
Name: Jennie Marie
Mygatt
Age: 30 |
|
|
Race/Ethnicity:
White |
|
|
Birth Date: |
2 Apr 1919 |
|
Marriage Date: |
23 Apr 1949 |
|
Marriage Place:
Jackson, Missouri |
||
Registration Place: |
Jackson, Missouri, USA |
|
Spouse: |
Harold Austin Stauffer |
|
Spouse Birth Date: |
31 Mar 1924 |
|
Spouse
Race/Ethnicity: |
White |
From the Missouri,
Marriage Records, 1805-2002
Name: Harold Austin
Stauffer
Age: 25
Race/Ethnicity: White
Birth
Date: |
31 |
Mar 1924 |
Marriage Date: |
23 |
Apr 1949 |
Marriage Place:
Jackson, Missouri |
||
Registration Place: |
Jackson, Missouri, USA |
|
Spouse: |
Jennie Marie Mygatt |
|
Spouse Birth Date: |
2 Apr 1919 |
Spouse
Race/Ethnicity: White
Jennie Marie Mygatt
is still living at the age of 96-years in February 2016.
Notes for Harold
Austin Stauffer:
From the Missouri,
Marriage Records, 1805-2002
Name: Harold Austin
Stauffer
Age: 25
Race/Ethnicity: White
Birth
Date: |
31 |
Mar 1924 |
Marriage Date: |
23 |
Apr 1949 |
Marriage Place:
Jackson, Missouri |
||
Registration Place: |
Jackson, Missouri, USA |
|
Spouse: |
Jennie Marie Mygatt |
|
Spouse Birth Date: |
2 Apr 1919 |
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Spouse Race/Ethnicity: White
8.
SUSAN COON4 MYGATT (Eliza
Anna3 Herrington,
Charles2 Harrington,
possibly "Dutch"1 Harrington,
James German). She married CHARLES ALBERT GOING.
Charles
Albert Going and Susan Coon Mygatt had the following child:
i.
LETHA MAY5 GOING. She married JAMES RANDOLPH LEDFORD.
9. EVA MONIRA4 COVEY (Eliza
Anna3 Herrington,
Charles2 Harrington,
possibly "Dutch"1 Harrington)
was born on 26 Oct 1853 in Wisconsin, USA. She died on 21 Mar 1925. She
married ROBERT LITLE
SHIRLEY.
Robert
Litle Shirley and Eva Monira Covey had the following child:
i.
ROSE EVA5 SHIRLEY. She married WILLIAM HENRY SHAW.
10. MINNIE JULIE4 COVEY (Eliza
Anna3 Herrington,
Charles2 Harrington,
possibly "Dutch"1 Harrington)
was born in Jan 1854. She died on 16 Apr 1916. She married FRANK L. TURNER.
Frank
L. Turner and Minnie Julie Covey had the following child:
i.
LOLA MAE5 TURNER. She married ALBERT AUGUST ANDERSON.
11. WILLIAM ALVIN4 HARRINGTON (Charles
William3, Thomas2,
possibly "Dutch"1) was
born on 10 Jun 1866 in Kansas. He died on 24 Jul 1951 in at the home of
his son, Roy William Harrington, in Circleville, Ohio (buried in Hitler
Cemetery near Circleville, Ohio). He married Sarah Elizabeth Pence, daughter of
Josiah Pence and Sarah Jane Lockwood, on 02 Nov 1890 in Hocking County, Ohio
(by James Milhon, V Dr. M). She was born on 29 Apr 1872 in Benton Twp., Hocking
County, Ohio. She died on 19 Jan 1948 in Circleville, Ohio, Pickaway County,
Ohio (buried in Hitler Cemetery near Circleville, Ohio).
Notes
for William Alvin Harrington:
Album, Pages: 2-5, 9, 55, 169
William
(Bill) Alvin Harrington was the son of Sarah Jane Valentine and Charles William
Herrington. The earlier spellings of the Harrington surname included Herington,
Herrington and all three are found in the historical literature. Bill Alvin's
children used "Harrington," so, that is the spelling that will be
used here.
Little
is known of Bill Alvin Harrington's youth and early family life. He claimed
that he was born in Kickapoo, Kansas, a claim that almost certainly would have
been based on information that he got from his mother. But the period between
his birth on 10 June 1866 and the 1880 Federal Census when he appears as a 14
year old son in the William H. and Sarah Jane Anderson household of his mother
is a blank.
It
is not known whether Bill Harrington finished high school. It is doubtful that
he did although he was literate in both reading and writing. It was common
practice in American farming families of the period, that children would drop
out of school after their 6th or 8th grade to work on the farm. This is likely
what William Alvin Harrington did. However, the 1880 U.S. Federal Census shows
him still in school. So, he at least went as far as the 8th grade.
At
the age of 24 years Bill married Sarah Elizabeth Pence on November 2, 1890 in
Hocking County, Ohio. Eleven months and a few days later, Bill and Lizzie had
their first of nine children. The baby was Nellie Mae Harrington and would be
the first of 4-girls and 5-boys. All 9-children lived to adulthood and except
for Easter Marie Harrington Thompson who died at the age of 28, all lived
relatively long lives.
Bill and Lizzie's children, as adults, enjoyed each
other's company and would get together fairly frequently to play cards, share meals,
cook sweetcorn, make ice cream, drink beer, tell stories of their life
experiences and just talk. Grandpa Bill was a frequent participant in these
get-togethers. He always came by himself - Lizzie never joined in except when
someone visited her house. Bill did not contribute much to the story-telling
but was a frequent subject of some of the stories. His children agreed that he
was a no-nonsense, authoritarian parent and was quite capable of backing up his
authority with corporal punishment when needed. Each of his progeny
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had
tales to tell of his discipline. Ira once told of coaxing his dad into sparing
with him using boxing gloves. Ira was of an age that he was pretty sure that he
could whip his dad in a boxing match. During the course of the match, Ira
landed a solid blow on his dad's nose. The result was that it made his dad
angry and he was going to take off the gloves and give Ira a good thrashing.
But the boxing gloves were laced-on and he could not use his hand to grab and
hold Ira. His solution was to put his gloved hand between his knees and rip the
glove off tearing the boxing gloves and breaking the lacings in the process.
While his dad was freeing himself of the gloves, Ira climbed the fence and
escaped. Bill recovered from his sore nose and hot temper and reestablished his
composure before Ira could return home.
Throughout his life, Bill would collect his
weekly pay and on his way home from work, go to the store and buy the
groceries. Lizzie seldom went to the store or handled money. One can speculate
that there was some conversation with his wife as to what to buy, but he
otherwise controlled the menu for the table.
Bill Alvin Harrington was a laborer. Census records
list him as initially being a farmer, farm laborer, and general laborer. He
worked in construction, poured and finished concrete, built fences, worked at
the canning factory, worked on truck farms and about anything that would earn a
dollar. He was a hard worker giving full value for his pay. He finished his
career as a janitor, laborer and handy man working many years for the Ohio
Electric Power and Lighting Company just south of Columbus, Ohio. He finally
retired at the age of 72 with a pension from that Company. The Ohio Electric
Power and Lighting Company is now an operating plant of the American Electric
Power Company (AEP).
Bill was well liked by all who knew him.
Unlike his wife who was usually secluded and largely antisocial, Bill was
forthcoming and pleasant. He loved to play cards and would seldom pass up a
game. He liked to gamble at cards but never for high stakes. Usually he played
for a nickel or dime; a quarter a hand was about his limit.
John Greene, Jr. son of John
and Esther Mae Eblin Greene and Grandpa Bill's great grandson recalls:
"When we lived on the south end of Frankin County in old Marion Township
from 1941 to 1949 grandfather Bill Harrington would come to visit us. He would
ride the Greyhound bus from Circleville, and walk the short distance from High
Street to our house (about a 1/4 mile ). That weekend there wasn't much
sleeping. It was an all-night poker party. I remember his pointer finger had a
heavy deformed finger nail, and he would thump it on the table when he wanted
to make a point. When he came, he always brought along his bottle of Four
Roses."
Bill
Harrington’s deformed fingernail was on the index finger of his right hand. It
was the result of an auto-accident. He was driving a model-A Ford and bumped
into the back of a similar vehicle. Neither car was damaged but the bumper of
Bill's car went over the bumper of the other car. He got hold of the bumper of
his car and raised it a little and it slid off. The tip of his finger was
between the sliding bumpers and it sheared off the end of his finger. It just
cut off the tip leaving the 'quick' of the nail so that it continued to grow
but in a thick, deformed nail, that he kept well-trimmed, that looked like a
bit like a talon of a bird.
Grandpa Bill Harrington lived about a dozen years after
he retired at the age of 72. At 72 he was pretty well worn out but made good
use of his retired years. He liked to fish and, of course, play cards. The 1940
Federal Census enumerated Bill and his wife, Lizzie, living with their son, Roy
and Kathryn Payne Harrington. After Lizzie moved out of their home, he made his
residence with his son, Roy and Kathryn Harrington who lived on Main Street on
the far-east side of Circleville. He no longer drove a car. One of his
remaining pleasures was to walk the full length of Main Street to the far-west
side of Circleville - a distance of about a mile. The attraction on West Main
Street was a little bar named "Mary's." It was run by the owner whose
name was Mary. Weather permitting, Grandpa Bill would make the walk once a day.
At Mary's he was well known. He knew and liked all the patrons - it was a
comfortable, fun place to be and he felt at home. Moreover, Mary was a good
friend and although she was a couple of decades younger than Bill, she gave him
a lot of attention calling him her 'boyfriend' and other endearing names. Bill
enjoyed the attention. Undoubtedly, it was attention that he had not received
for a long, long time at home, if ever. It filled a need of being liked and
needed. Bill, at the age of about 80-years, misread Mary's interest and decided
to propose marriage to her. He bought her a nice engagement ring and prepared
to make his 2nd proposal of marriage in his life. As his plan matured, he took
some of his children into his confidence. Their vision and advice was more
clear than Bill's had become and they advised him against his plan. Being the
stubborn old cuss that he was, he did not take
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their advice and proceeded
with his plan. The discussions with his kids and their advice, however,
probably helped soften the blow when Mary rejected his proposal. Bill continued
his daily walk, though. Perhaps he found the beer was as important as Mary.
Grandpa Bill returned from his daily walk
about 3:00 p.m. on July 24, 1951. He always took his supper with Roy and
Kathryn and would usually help Kathryn prepare it if he could. On this day, he
told Kathryn that he was not feeling good and thought he would lie down on his bed
and rest a little. When Kathryn went to call him for dinner she found him dead.
At the age of 85, Grandpa Bill finally wore out.
William Alvin Harrington never owned his own
home. He always rented and was therefore relatively mobile. In the course of his
life he moved many times remaining in the same house just a few years.
The
author’s mother, Audra L. Young Harrington, frequently remarked how much she
liked her father-in-law, Bill Alvin Harrington. Audra first met her future father-in-law
when he was about 62-years old. Audra was taken aback by the brash, boisterous,
and unpolished nature of some of his children, but, in contrast the man she
knew as her father-in-law, Bill Harrington, was a soft-spoken, real gentleman.
The author, Audra’s son, first remembers his grandfather a decade or so later
and confirms Audra’s description of him.
Obituary of William
Alvin Harrington:
William Alvin Harrington, 85, died Tuesday
afternoon [July 24, 1951] at 126 1/2 West Main Street where he made his home
with his son, Roy Harrington, who survives.
He
was born June 10, 1866 in Kickapoo, Kan., the son of Charles and Sarah
Valentine Harrington and is a retired employee of Pickaway Power plant.
Also surviving are four other sons, Ray of
Canal Winchester, Lewis of Columbus, Fred of East Main Street and Ira
Harrington of West Mound street; three daughters, Miss Nellie Harrington and
Mrs. Ruth Pennell of Columbus and Mrs. Viola Eblin of East Main street; 17
grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
Services were held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in
Defenbaugh Funeral Home with the Rev. Joseph Bellcastro of Columbus
officiating. Burial was in Hitler-Ludwig cemetery with grandsons acting as
pallbearers.
Being relatively isolated in the rural farming area east
of Circleville, I had only limited contact with my grandparents and my aunts
and uncles. So, much of the impression that I have of the Harrington family
members came from my mother, Audra L. Young Harrington. Audra found the loud,
boisterous and unpolished nature of some of Ira's siblings not to her liking.
Nevertheless, she was sociable and courteous with them and without exception,
they all seemed to like her. It was not until I was in my own autumn years that
I was able to view her inlaws more objectively and better appreciate her point
of view. I will review Audra's relationship with her inlaws more when I write
about Audra later, but that is not the point of the current observation.
Rather, the point is to try to understand my dad's family a little better and
appreciate why they were as they were.
To better understand
my dad's parents and siblings it is probably only necessary to remember how
they were reared and the environment of their lives. Grandpa Bill Harrington
spent his formative years on his step-father's farm. He was poorly educated but
not illiterate. He married Sarah Elizabeth Pence in 2 November1890 when he was
24 and she was 18 years old. Within about one year they began their family of
9-children with the birth of Nellie on 17 October 1891. Babies came rapidly so
that for the next 4-decades their house would be filled with their children and
grandchildren. Grandpa Bill Harrington's early training on his step-father's
farm prepared him for little more than hard work and farm labor. Bill and
Sarah's family was dirt-poor. Ira recalls that while they always seemed to have
enough to eat, it was important that he be at the table and get his share
because there were no seconds helpings. They ate a lot of beans, corn bread and
potatoes. As the boys got bigger, their meals were supplemented by wild game
and fish.
There
was no extra money for anything, only the bare necessities. Bill and Sarah
never owned real estate property. They either rented or traded labor for
housing. With so large a family, space was very limited, particularly, in
winter when it was not possible to spend time out-of-doors. Living was hard and
the decades of the end of the 1800s and beginning of the 1900s found technology
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beginning
but still offering little opportunities other than farming and hard-labor jobs.
Bill and Sarah were both poorly-qualified to help their children find careers. So,
it is not surprising that the children grew up as competitive, poorly mannered,
and largely uneducated and ill-prepared for adult life.
What may be a little
surprising is that as adults they remained friends and frequently socialized
together.
From
the Federal Census for 1880 for Washington Township, Pickaway
County, Ohio; enumerated 14 June 1880
William Anderson, head, age
43, occupation: farmer Sarah Jane Anderson, wife, age 32, housekeeping William
Herrington, son, age 14, at school
George
W.S. Valentine, brother, age 26 Nora E Valentine, sister, age 13, at school
George W. Stout, servant, age 19, laborer
From Federal Census
of 1900 for Circleville Township, Circleville Ward 5, East Town Street,
Pickaway Co., Ohio, enumerated 26 June 1900 by Samuel Kindler [Note: the
William Herrington family was enumerated 4-houses away from the Josiah Pence
house on the same street, East Town Street. See the Josiah Pence entry for
details.]
Herrington, William,
head, age 33, born June 1866 in Kansas, occupation: day laborer Sarah E.
Herrington, wife, age 28, born Apr. 1872 in Ohio;
Nellie
M. Herrington, dau., age 8, born Oct 1891 in Ohio; Charles R. Herrington, son,
age 6, born Sept 1893 in Ohio; Ruth I. Herrington, dau., age 4, born July 1895
in Ohio; Viola G. Herrington, dau., age 2, born Aug 1897 in Ohio;
Ira E. Herrington, son, age 9-months, born
August 1899 in Ohio
From the Federal
Census of 1910 for Circleville Township, Pickaway County, Ohio,
Lancaster Pike; enumerated 26 April 1910 by Ira L May [all born in Ohio, except
as noted. William Harrington born in Kansas; William's father's birthplace
given as Wisconsin]
William
Harrington, head, age 44, occupation: concret works, sidewalks; born in Kansas,
father born in Wisconsin, mother b: Ohio
Ella Harrington, wife, age 37
Chas Wm, Harrington, son, age 17, laborer,
farm
Ruth I. Harrington,
dau., age 15, working out, private family Viola Harrington, dau, age 13
Anna [sic
Ira], son, age 11 Roy Harrington, son, age 9
Easter Harrington,
daughter, age 6 Lewis Harrington, son, age 4 Fred Harrington, son, age 11-mo
From
the Federal Census of 1920 for Walnut Township, Pickaway County,
Ohio, Little Walnut Road; enumerated 31 January & 2 February 1920
William Harrington,
head, age 53, occupation: laborer, farm (General) Lizzie Harrington, wife, age
48
Roy Harrington, son,
age18, occupation: laborer, farm (General) Easter Harrington, daughter, age 15
Louis Harrington, son, age14
Frederick Harrington, son, age 11
From the 1930
U.S. Federal Census for Ward 2, 560 East Franklin Street, Circleville City,
Circleville Twp., Pickaway County, Ohio; enumerated 21 April by Mary Campsa
Eagleson [All born in Ohio except as noted]
William
A Harrington, head, age 63, born in Kansas, both parents born in Ohio, laborer,
light plant
Sarah E Harrington, wife, age 57
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Frederick M Harrington, son,
age 20, father born in Kansas, laborer, ice plant June L Harrington,
granddaughter, age 9
From
the Federal Census of 1940 for Circleville, Pickawy County, Ohio;
enumerated 11 April 1940 by Mrs. Nina B. Reid
Roy Harrington, head,
age 38, lineman, utilities Catherine Harrington, wife, age 34
William Harrington,
father, age 72, laborer, utilities Elizabeth Harrington, mother, age 67
Norma Harrington, niece, age
9 Jack Harrington, nephew, age 6
From U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989:
Wm A Harrington (Sara E); Residence year 1947; Address 405 E. Main,
Circleville, OH; Publication title: Circleville, Ohio, City Directory, 1947
From U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Wm A
Harrington; bartender John's Pl; Residence year 1949; Address 405 E. Main,
Circleville, OH; Phone: 608; Publication title: Circleville, Ohio, City
Directory, 1949
The tombstones of Stella, William A., Sara Elizabeth
Pence-Harrington, and Nellie Harrington are located at the edge of the road, 53
paces (about 160 feet) from the rear wall of the chapel on southernly line of
projection of the west wall of the chapel in the Hitler-Ludwig Cemetery,
Pickaway County, about 3 miles from Circleville, Ohio. Note: In the late 1990s,
the Hitler-Ludwig Cemetery is under the care of Craig and Don Fausnaugh. Don
took care of it for about 21 years; now (2001) his son, Craig, is caring for
it. The cemetery records which only go back to about 1946 shows the ownership
of the lots along the road described above to be as follows: (lots along the
road begin with # 17 which is the south-most lot before reaching another road
that "Tees" with the road along which the Harrington lots are
located. The numbering of lots runs from 17 to 6 in the direction of the chapel
-- i.e., lot is # 6 is closest to the chapel). Lots # 17, 16 & 15 = Walter
(Barney) Rolfe; # 14, 13, & 12 (no owner listed); Lot # 11 = Fred
Harrington (appears to be occupied by Stella, Fred's wife); Lots # 10 & 9 =
Harrington Brothers (appears to be the lots occupied by William A. and Sara
Elizabeth Harrington); Lot # 8 = Don Young; Lot # 7 = Lewis Harrington; Lot # 6
= Nellie Harrington.
Notes for Sarah
Elizabeth Pence:
Photos in
Album, Pages: 2, 6
Sarah Elizabeth Pence first appears in the records
as a 9 year old in the 1880 Federal Census. Since the 1890 Federal Census was
destroyed by fire she never again appeared as a Pence. Her marriage license was
found, however, documenting her November 2, 1890 marriage to William Alvin
Herrington (later changed to Harrington by the family). On October 17, 1891 she
bore the first of nine children. The author of this book, her grandson, Richard
E. Harrington, recalls her as a very serious lady who seldom smiled. Most
records of her life indicate that she preferred to use her middle name or some
variation of it: Elizabeth, Lizzie, Liz, Eliza, etc.
Elizabeth
and Bill Harrington's family was large and poor and no doubt she had a
difficult life with few conveniences. Ira E. Harrington, the author’s father, described
the family life as stark, poor, busy, and with little time for affection. In
addition to her own immediate family, she also reared her granddaughter, June
Harrington. June was the daughter of Ira Harrington and Dortha Moore. Then,
shortly before June Harrington graduated from high school and left the home,
two more grandchildren, Jack and Donna Lee Harrington, children of her son,
Lewis Josiah Harrington, joined her household for rearing. No wonder that she
seldom smiled.
Lizzie was religiously inclined. Perhaps her religion was
one of her own few comforts because while her house was adorned with a few
religious pictures, she did not recruit her children into religion. She
attended a Christian church that was described as being both fundamental and
radical. The audience was described as active participants in the service with
some "speaking in tongues," shouting, and becoming physically
involved by marching about. It may have been this radical activity that
discouraged members of her family from following in her religious footsteps.
Although of little resources, Lizzie always
managed to prepare a small white bag of hard
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ribbon candy and an orange
or apple for her grandchildren at Christmas time.
June Harrington was reared by Lizzie and
William Alvin Harrington from about the age of 5-years until she graduated from
high school at age about 18. June's memory of her grandmother was that of a strict,
impersonal lady who could seldom muster a smile. June recalled an event that I
had nearly forgotten. Lizzie and her husband, Bill Harrington, agreed to act as
over-night baby-sitters for her grandchildren, Dick and Bill Harrington, June's
half-brothers. Dick and Bill were 5 and 3 years old, respectively. Lizzie's
house was small and had no extra beds so a bed was prepared on a couch for Dick
and two chairs were pulled together as a bed for Bill. Bill was not ready for
bed but it was bed-time and Lizzie put him to bed anyway with the admonition
that he had better be good and be quiet or the "boogyman" would get
him. He retorted that the "boogyman" would get her; a response that
both surprised Lizzie and that she found funny. June recalled that she smiled,
almost laughing; a response that June had seldom seen and one of the few times
that June ever saw her smile.
Even
though my own family lived only about 3-miles away, in the country, I did not
see my grandparents often enough to develop much of a feeling for their home
life or how they got along. Considering the morose personality of Lizzie which
did not seem to be shared by her husband, Bill, I would conclude that their
home life was not always pleasant. Toward the end of her life, perhaps about
1945, Lizzie rented her own house in Circleville and moved out. She declared
that she saw "snakes" crawling around her husband's chair and took it
to be a sign that he was possessed by the "devil." Several
descendants of the Pence line had moved to Circleville by then and had
congregated in a close area in the north-end of Circleville. Lizzie moved close
to where several other families of Pence lived in Circleville.
On the 19th of January 1948 Lizzie passed
away at her home.
From the Ohio, Births
and Christenings Index, 1774-1973
Name: Sarah Elizabeth
Pence
Gender:Female |
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Race: White |
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Birth Date: |
29 Apr 1872 |
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Birth Place: |
Benton, Hocking, Ohio |
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Father: Josiah
Pence |
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Mother: Sara J.
Lockwood |
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FHL Film Number: |
912314 |
For the 1880
Federal Census data for Sarah Elizabeth Pence, see the entries for her father,
Josiah Pence, in this book.
For
the 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930,
and 1940 Federal Census data for Sarah Elizabeth Pence-Harrington,
see the entries for her husband, William Alvin Harrington, in this book.
Sarah E. Harrington
obituary:
Sarah
Elizabeth Harrington, 76, wife of William Harrington, Hayward Avenue, died in
her home at 2:15 PM Monday of complications.
In addition to her
husband, Mrs. Harrington is survived by eight children. They are Nellie
Harrington, Columbus; Mrs. Carlton (Ruth) Pennell, Columbus; Viola Harrington
(Eblin), Circleville; Charles and Lewis, Columbus; and Ira, Roy and Frederick
of Circleville. Mrs. Harrington also is survived by 17 grandchildren and nine
great grandchildren.
Funeral
services were held in the Defenbaugh Chapel at 2:30 PM Wednesday with Dr.
Joseph Belcastro officiating. Burial was in the Hitler-Ludwig cemetery.
Friends may call at the Defenbaugh Chapel
until time for the funeral.
William Alvin
Harrington and Sarah Elizabeth Pence had the following children:
i.
NELLIE MAE5 HARRINGTON was
born on 17 Oct 1891. She died on 16 Oct 1975 in Pickaway County, Ohio (buried in
Hitler Cemetery near Circleville, Ohio). She
married Matthew Sterling Harrington (27 Apr
1983 - living) Matthew Sterling Harrington (27 Apr 1983 - living), son of John
J.G. Zwicker and Frances E. Snyder, on 23 Nov 1909 in Circleville, Ohio,
Pickaway County, Ohio. He was born on 21
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Feb 1884 in
Circleville, Ohio. He died on 11 May 1946.
Notes for Nellie Mae
Harrington:
Photos in
Album, Pages: 7
Nellie Mae Harrington (1891-1975) was the oldest
child of William (Bill) Alvin and Sarah Elizabeth Pence-Harrington. She was a
hard, independent lady with fixed ideas that favored her and frequently
offended others. Being the oldest child in a family that grew rapidly, she had
a major role in raising her younger siblings. A family story was told that
involved her younger brother, Ira. When she was about 12 years old, her mother
was working as a gleaner in a bean or pea field. Nellie was charged with
keeping an eye on her siblings and possibly also helping with the gleaning. Ira
was approaching 2-years old and wondered onto the nearby rail road track. He
was rescued from being run over by a brakeman who made his way to the
cow-catcher and snatching him a second before the train hit him. Nellie escaped
the family early and married young.
Family
lore was that Nellie Mae Harrington never married. She was referred to as the
old-maid of the family. But, from the Pickaway County, Ohio, Marriage Book
number 14, page 459 - I found a marriage on 20 November 1909 of Nellie Mae
Harrington, born 14 October 1891 in Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio, to,
William Ottis Zwicker, born 22 February 1884 in Circleville, Pickaway County,
Ohio. Their marriage was performed by D.H. Jemison, pastor of the M.E. Church,
in Circleville, Ohio. Nellie Mae Harrington’s gave her residence as
Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio. Her occupation was left blank. Her father
was William Harrington and her mother was Sarah Pence. William Ottis Zwicker’s
residence was Circleville, Ohio. His occupation was carpet weaver. His father
was George Zwicker and his mother was Fannie Francis. Both William and Nellie
claimed that they had not been previously married.
My
earliest recollection of Nell was when she was about 50-years old. She was a
woman of average height, perhaps 5’-6” tall, slim, weighing perhaps 115 pounds,
red thinning hair, and almost always well dressed. She was independent and
somewhat arrogant. In reality she may have suffered from an inferiority or
insecurity complex that she tried to hide.
Nellie
lived and worked in Columbus, Ohio for much of her life. She visited other
members of the family, infrequently. When she did, she made clear that she did
not like children, an impression that no-doubt colors my opinion of her, even yet,
since I was a child when most of my memories of her were formed.
Most
of the stories told about Nellie usually reflect her controlling and frequently
disagreeable personality. In about the 1960s, her younger brother, Roy
Harrington, divorced his wife, Kathryn and moved into his own apartment. Nell
moved into his apartment with his permission. Shortly after moving-in, she took
charge of the apartment which included re-arranged Roy’s furniture to her
liking. This was typical of Nell but was not an arrangement that Roy could
approve. Roy soon asked her to leave.
The
latter years of her life were spent in Circleville, the town of her birth.
There she was a resident in an assisted living facility not far from where
Ira’s son, my brother, William (Bill) Young Harrington, lived. Bill’s wife had
baked a pie and had their son, also named William (Billy) Young Harrington,
Jr., deliver a piece to Nellie. Nellie accepted the offering without a “Thank
You.” Instead, she sent the message back to Bill, “Next time don’t send your
brat, bring it yourself.” Perhaps the message got garbled by the carrier, but
it was typical of Nellie.
From the 1900
United States Federal Census for Circleville City, Circleville Township,
Pickaway County, Ohio; enumerated 26 June 1900 by Samuel Kindler [all born in
Ohio, except as noted]
William Herrington,
head, age 33, born June 1866 in Kansas, day laborer Sarah E Herrington, wife,
age 28, born April 1872
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Nellie M Herrington, dau.,
age 8, born October 1891, at school Charles R Herrington, son, age 6, born
September 1893, at school Ruth I Herrington, dau., age 4, born July 1895
Viola G Herrington,
dau., age 2, born August 1897
Ira E Herrington,
son, age 9-months, born August 1899
From
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Nell M. Harrington; Residence year 1919;
Address b585 Carpenter, Columbus, Ohio [Chas R. Harrington, mech, Nellie's
brother, is also a boarder at this address]; Publication title: Columbus, Ohio,
City Directory, 1919
From
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Nell Herrington; Residence year 1922;
Address 417 E. Main, Columbus, OH; occupation: none given; Publication title:
Columbus, Ohio, City Directory, 1922 [living with Ira and Ruth (waitress) at
417 E. Main]
From
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Nell M. Harrington; Residence year 1925;
Address 917 E. Cherry, Columbus, OH; Publication title: Columbus, Ohio, City
Directory, 1925
From
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Nell M. Harrington; Residence year 1926;
Address 917 E. Cherry, Columbus, OH; occupation: waitress; Publication title:
Columbus, Ohio, City Directory, 1926
From U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Nell Harrington;
Residence year 1928; Address r481 Carpenter, Columbus, Ohio [Chas
R. Harrington, garage, 1287 E. Engler, is also at the 481 Carpenter address];
Publication title: Columbus, Ohio, City Directory, 1928
From the 1930
Federal Census for Columbus City, Ward 8, Block No. 115, S. Grant Ave.,
Franklin County, Ohio; enumerated: 10 April 1930 by Stanley D. Burke [all born
in Ohio, except as noted]
Fred J Clark, head, age 35, occupation:
waiter, restaurant
Inas
E. Clark, wife, age 38, born in Virginia, occupation: waitress, restaurant
Ethel
M. Schmidt, lodger, age 19, occupation: waitress, restaurant Nellie Harrington,
lodger, age 38, occupation: waitress, restaurant Carl Fishbaugh, lodger, age
36, occupation: salesman, printing Jennie E. Baker, lodger, age 39, occupation:
none
From
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Nellie Harrington; Residence year 1930;
Address 232 S. Grant Ave., Columbus, OH; occupation: waitress, Neil House
Coffee Shop; Publication title: Columbus, Ohio, City Directory, 1930
From
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Nell M. Harrington; Residence year 1931;
Address 991 E. Mound, Columbus, OH; occupation: waitress; Publication title:
Columbus, Ohio, City Directory, 1931
From
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Nell M. Harrington; Residence year 1954;
Address 948 E. Whittier, Columbus, OH; occupation: chkr, Atheletic Club of
Columbus; Publication title: Columbus, Ohio, City Directory, 1931
From
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Nell M. Harrington; Residence year 1959;
Address: 144 1/2 Watt, Circleville, OH; Publication title: Circleville, Ohio,
City Directory, 1959
From Ohio, Deaths,
1908-1932, 1938-1944, & 1958-2007 about Nellie Harrington
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Nellie Harrington; birth date: 1892; residence: Circleville,
Pickaway, Ohio; death date: 16 Oct 1975 at Long-Term Care Facilities, Pickaway
County; age 83
Social Security Death
Index about Nell Harrington
Nell
Harrington; Social Security Number = 275-03-5160; last residence: 43113
Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio; born: 17 Oct 1891; died Oct 1975
No children. Buried
in Hitler Cemetery near Circleville, Ohio.
Ohio, Deaths,
1908-1932, 1938-2007 about Nellie Harrington |
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Name: Nellie
Harrington |
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Birth Date: |
1892 |
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Gender:Female |
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Race: White |
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Residence Place: |
Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, United
States |
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Death Date: |
16 Oct 1975 |
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Hospital of Death: |
Long-Term Care Facilities |
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Death Place: |
Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
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Certificate: |
076772 |
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Age at Death: |
83 |
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Certifier: |
Physician |
Marital Status: Never
Married (Single) (sic, not correct, married once to William Ottis Zwicker)
Notes for Matthew
Sterling Harrington (27 Apr 1983 - living) |
Matthew Sterling |
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Harrington (27 Apr 1983
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From the Ohio,
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Name: Zwicker |
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[Zwyker] |
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Gender:Female |
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Race: |
White |
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Birth Date: |
21 Feb 1884 |
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Birth Place: |
Circleville Township, Pickaway, Ohio |
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Christening Place: |
Pickaway, Ohio |
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Father: J. G.
Zwyker |
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Mother: Frances
Snyder |
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FHL Film Number: |
288391 |
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From the U.S.,
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 |
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Name: William Ottis
Zwicker |
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County: Pickaway |
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Ohio |
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Birth Date: |
22 Feb 1884 |
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Race: |
White |
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Permanent Address:
428 East Main St., Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio Age: 34
Present
occupation: laborer Employer's name: self
Nearest relative:
Fannie Francis Zwicker
Description: Height,
medium; build, medium; eyes, blue; hair, Sandy Registrar: Noah A. Warner
Registration date: 12
Sept 1918
From
the 1920 United States Federal Census for Circleville Village, Circleville
Township, Pickaway County, Ohio; enumerated 6th & 7th January 1920 by Mary
Congers [all born in Ohio; parents of both John and Frances born in Germany]
John J G Zwicker, head, age 71, vocation,
none
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Francis Zwicker, wife, age 66,
vocation, none
William O Zwicker, son, age 37,
cutter, shoe factory
From the 1930
United States Federal Census for First Ward, Circleville City, Circleville
Township, Pickaway County, Ohio; enumerated 4 April 1930 [all born in Ohio]
Robert G Zwicker,
head, age 37, mechanic, automobile works Nellie B Zwicker, wife, age 38
Charles
O Zwicker, son, age 15 Fannie Zwicker, mother-in-law, age 77
W Otis Zwicker, brother, age 44, laborer,
odd jobs
From the U.S., World War II Draft
Registration Cards, 1942
Name: William Otis Zwicker
Birth Date: 22 Feb 1884
Residence: Circleville, Ohio
Serial Number: 229
Address: E. Clinton
St., Circleville, Pickaway County Age: 58
Name & Address of
person who will always know your address: Circleville Iron & Metal Co. E.
Clinton, Circleville
Employer's
Name & Address: Harry Gordon, Mound St., Circleville, OH From the U.S.,
Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Name:
William Otis Zwicker |
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Birth Date: |
22 |
Feb 1886 |
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Death Date: |
11 |
May 1946 |
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Cemetery: |
Green Lawn Cemetery |
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Burial or Cremation
Place: |
Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA |
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Has Bio?: |
N |
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From the Web:
Columbus, Ohio, Green Lawn Cemetery Index, 1780-2010 |
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Name: William Otis
Zwicker |
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Birth Date: |
22 |
Feb 1886 |
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Age at Death: |
60 |
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Death Date: |
11 |
May 1946 |
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Burial Place: |
Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United
States |
Father: John Zwicker
URL:
http://greenlawn.delaohio.com/...
ii.
CHARLES RAYMOND (RAY*) HARRINGTON was born on 20 Sep
1893. He died on 16 Mar 1966 in Canal Winchester, Franklin County, Ohio. He
married (1) FLORENCE PRICHARD before 1912. She was
born in Ross County, Ohio. He married (2) BERTHA (BETTY) ARBELLA KIMMERLING, daughter of William Kemmerling and Ella
Cupper, on 30 Nov 1914 in Pickaway County, Ohio. She was born on 06 Dec 1891 in
Ashville, Ohio. He married (3) ESTHER SPETNAGLE after 1915. He
married (4) GRACE HARLOR about 1940.
Notes
for Charles Raymond (Ray*) Harrington:
Charles Raymond (Ray) Harrington (1893-1966) was the
second child and the oldest son of William (Bill) Alvin and Sarah Elizabeth Pence
Harrington. He was short, about 5’-5” and when I knew him at about age 65, he
was bald except for a rim of remaining hair. He was a little over-weight;
perhaps 220-pounds. Ray was one of only three children of Bill and Lizzie
Harrington, other than Ira and Fred, who owned property. I recall visiting Ray
with my dad, Ira, once when Ray lived in Canal Winchester, Ohio. He lived in a
cute single-story house with a well-manicured lawn. I believe that by then his
wife was Grace Harlor, a school teacher. Grace would have been Ray’s 3rd wife.
Ray had no living children. His 1st wife had a stillborn
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child, the only child
that Ray was known to have sired.
Ray
had only a limited education, perhaps 8th grade, and had chosen to go into the
automobile maintenance business as a mechanic working at a garage. Unlike most
of his Harrington siblings, Ray apparently discovered early in life that
cultivating manners and some culture would get him ahead in life faster than
the loud, boisterous personality of some of his siblings. As he grew older, his
personality began to pay off in his career. He moved from the dirty-fingernail
work of the mechanic to the parts department and eventually to a mid-level
management position. Ray even passed the gentleman-test of my mother, Audra L.
Young Harrington, who had a good feel for such things and generally did not
like the manners of some of the Harrington family.
Ray liked his beer. However, I have never
seen him drunk or boisterous. Ira told me the story of going somewhere with Ray
in Ira’s 1920-ish model Ford. Ira was driving; Ray was his passenger. Both had
been drinking and Ray had fixed himself a mixed drink for the road. Ray was
holding his drink by the upper lip of the glass but between his knees and as
they drove along, Ray went to sleep. They drove for many miles over rough roads
with Ray holding his drink near the top of the glass suspending the weight of the
glass below his fingers. His hand formed a gimbal that minimized the movement
of the glass and contents so it did not spill a drop. Upon arriving at their
destination, Ira stopped the car while Ray slept on. Ira called to Ray that
they had arrived, upon which Ray awoke, startled and jumped; spilling the full
contents of the drink in his lap.
For the 1900
and 1910 U.S. Federal Censes entries for Charles R. Harrington,
see the entries for his father, William Alvin Harrington in this book.
From
the Pickaway County, Ohio, Marriage Book number 15, page 415 - Marriage on 25
November 1914 of Charles Ray Harrington, born 17 September 1892 in Pickaway
County, Ohio, to, Bertha A. Kemmerling, born 6 December 1891 in Ashville,
Pickaway County, Ohio. Their marriage was performed by Rev. P.E. Wright,
Ashville, Ohio; no church affiliation given. Bertha A. Kemmerling’s residence
was Ashville, Pickaway County, Ohio. Her occupation was Telephone Operator. Her
father was William Kemmerling and her mother was Ella Cupper. Charles Ray
Harrington’s residence was Circleville, Ohio. His occupation was laborer. His
father was William Harrington and his mother was Lizzie Pence. Both Charles and
Bertha claimed that they had not been previously married.
From
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Chas. R. Harrington; occupation: mech;
Residence year 1919; Address b585 Carpenter, Columbus, Ohio [Nell
M. Harrington, was also a boarder at this address]; Publication title:
Columbus, Ohio, City Directory, 1919
From the 1920
Federal Census for 18th St., Fulton Street, Gilbert St, Ohio Ave, Columbus,
Precinct I, Franklin County, Ohio; enumerated 8 January 1920 by Glenn Stokes
Ed M. Murphy, head,
age 47, occupation: clerical work, office Anna Murphy, wife, age42, occupation:
none
Nell Murphy, daughter, age18,
occupation: none
Charles R. Harrington, boarder, age
26, occupation: clerk, office
From
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Ray C. Harrington; occupation: garage, 1287
E. Engler; Residence year 1928; Address: r481 Carpenter, Columbus,
Ohio [Nell Harrington, waitress, was also at the 481 Carpenter address];
Publication title: Columbus, Ohio, City Directory, 1928
From
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Ray C. Harrington; occupation: garage, 1281
E. Engler; Residence year 1930; Address: [in this 1930 directory,
the address
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was given as "do." which probably
means it was the same as for 1929. We do not know his address in 1929 unless it
was the same as in 1928. If it was the same as in 1928, it would be the same as
Nell Harrington, waitress, who was also at the 481 Carpenter address];
Publication title: Columbus, Ohio, City Directory, 1930
From U.S. City
Directories, 1821-1989: Ray C. Harrington; occupation: garage, 1281 E. Engler;
Residence year 1931; Address: [in this 1931 directory, Ray's
address was given as "do." which probably means it was the same as
for 1930 and 1929. We do not know his address in 1929 unless it was the same as
in 1928. If it was the same as in 1928, it would be the same as Nell
Harrington, waitress, who was also at the 481 Carpenter address]; Publication
title: Columbus, Ohio, City Directory, 1931
Registration
Card for WW I; registration date: 5 June 1917; Charles Ray Harrington;
residence; Ashville, Ohio; age 24; place of birth, Pickaway County, Ohio; date
of birth: 29 Sept. 1893; Name of person who will always know your addresss:
wife, physical disability; description, medium height, medium weight, blue
eyes, light hair; no disabilities; registrar, E.E. Fraunfelter; Ashville
precinct, Pickaway County, Ohio, 5 June 1917.
Registration
Card for WW II; registration date: about 1941; serial number: 1628 Charles
Raymond Harrington; residence; 1465 Wilson Ave., Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio;
mailing address: 300 So. Prospect St., Marion, Ohio; age 48; place of birth,
Pickaway County, Ohio; date of birth: 29 Sept. 1893; Name of person who will
always know your addresss: Mrs Esther Harrington, 1465 Wilson Ave., Columbus,
Ohio; employer's name and address: Area Engineers - War Dept, Marion, Ohio;
Place of employment: Scioto Ord. Plant, Marion, Marion Co., Ohio (D.S.S. Form 1
- Revised 4-1-42
From
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Residence year 1954; Ray
Harrington (Grace); occupation: driver, Pennsylvania Rubber & Sup; r Canal
Winchester, Ohio 1954 [Grace Harlor was a school teacher.]
Charles
R Harrington in the Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007 NAME: Charles R
Harrington
BIRTH
DATE: |
1894 |
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GENDER: |
Male |
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RACE: White |
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RESIDENCE
PLACE: Franklin, Ohio, United States |
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DEATH DATE: |
16 Mar 1966 |
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HOSPITAL OF DEATH:
Home |
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DEATH
PLACE:Franklin, Ohio, USA |
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CERTIFICATE: 19265 |
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AGE AT DEATH: |
72 |
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CERTIFIER: |
Physician |
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AUTOPSY: |
Yes, not used for certification |
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MARITAL STATUS: |
Married |
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CENSUS TRACT: |
0940 |
Charles Harrington in
the U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
NAME: Charles
Harrington
SSN: 273-22-6368
LAST RESIDENCE:
43110 Canal
Winchester, Fairfield, Ohio, USA
BORN: 20 Sep 1893
DIED: Mar 1966
STATE (YEAR) SSN
ISSUED: Ohio (Before 1951)
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Generation 4
(con't) |
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Charles Ray
Harrington in the U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current |
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NAME: Charles Ray
Harrington |
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BIRTH DATE: |
20 Sep 1893 |
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DEATH DATE: |
Mar 1966 |
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CEMETERY: |
Union Grove Cemetery |
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BURIAL OR CREMATION
PLACE: |
Canal Winchester,
Franklin County, Ohio, |
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USA |
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HAS BIO?: |
N |
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Notes for Esther Spetnagle:
Esther Spetnagle was a school teacher.
Notes for Grace Harlor:
Grace Harlor was a school teacher.
iii.
RUTH IMO HARRINGTON was born on 27 Jul 1895
in Hocking Co. Ohio. She died on 17 Sep 1965 in Pineville, Rapides Parish,
Louisiana (She died of cancer. Interment date: 23 Sep 1965). She married (1) GEORGE HENRY PURCELL, son of William Franklin
Purcell and Agnes Marie Bateman, on 05 Dec 1911 in Circleville, Ohio. He was
born on 25 Dec 1892 in Jackson Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio. He died on 06 Feb 1968
in Dunedin, Pinellas, Florida. She married (2) HURSHEL SCOTT HEETER, son of Peter Heeter and Anna M. ?, on 03
Feb 1918 in Pickaway County, Ohio. He was born on 28 Jul 1896. He died on 28
Feb 1932 in Circleville, Ohio, Pickaway County. She married (3) CARLTON PEARL PENNELL, son of John Sherman
Pennell and Elizabeth (Lizzie) Downing, on 05 Apr 1924 in Franklin County, Ohio
(Carlton Pennell died of cancer). He was born on 07 Jun 1892 in South Salem,
Ohio. He died on 01 Mar 1951 in Columbus, Ohio (buried in Glen Rest Cemetery,
Reynoldsburg, OH). She married (4) STERLING UMPHENOUR, son of Upton Cooms Umphenour and Grace
Ethelyn Bunce, in Feb 1961 in Dade County, Florida. He was born in Aug 1898 in
Illinois. He died in Dec 1976 in Louisiana.
Notes
for Ruth Imo Harrington:
Photos in Album, Pages: 8, 9
From
the Hocking County, Ohio birth record book: Ruth Imo Harrington born 27 July
1895 in Benton Township, Hocking County, Ohio to W.A. Harrington and Sarah E.
Pence. In a search of the records for 1890 to 1903 I found no other Harrington
children born in Hocking County, Ohio.
Ruth Imo Harrington (1895-1965) - was the opposite from
her sister Nellie. She was short, personable, congenial, slightly plump but a
good figure for her age. She was a people-person and judging from her looks
when I first knew her at about age 45-years, she must have been a beautiful
younger woman. She had a good work ethic and was working as a housekeeper for a
family when she was 15-years old. Ruth first married George Henry Purcell
(1892-1968) and had her oldest son, George Purcell, who became a local radio
star. Her second marriage to Hurshel Scott Heeter lasted only a few years. I
have no data on that marriage. Her third marriage on 05 Apr 1924 was to Carlton
Pennell with whom she had her second and last son, Roger Carlton Pennell. This
marriage ended with the death of Carlton who sucumbed to cancer in March of
1951. Ruth's final marriage was to Sterling Umphenour in 1961, four and a half
years before her own death.
In early 1932, in the depths of the Great Depression, Ruth
and her family and Ira and his new wife, Audra Young Harrington and their new
son, Richard Harrington, headed for Florida. Their plan was to build a fishing
boat, fish, and sell their catch to the food market. They figured that the food
market would somehow be immune from the national depression that gripped the
economy. Their plan worked
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reasonably
well except for being able to sell their catch to the food market. They soon
discovered that the price being paid for fish was so low that it would not pay
for the price of fuel.
Concern
over the economics of the venture was soon overtaken by the sudden death of
Easter Mae Harrington-Thompson on 25 July 1932. This was an unexpected shock to
Ira and Ruth since Easter was their baby sister. The Ira Harrington family
drove back to Ohio for Easter’s funeral in a marathon, non-stop except to
refuel, run of 21-hours. Following the funeral, the Ira Harrington family
remained in Ohio.
On the Marriage License Application for
George H. Purcell and Ruth Harrington, Ruth gave Hocking Co. Ohio as her place
of birth. They married on 5 December 1911.
Ruth and George
Purcell divorced before 1918.
On
the Marriage License Application for Hurshel S. Heeter and Ruth Harrington
Purcell (03 Feb 1918), Ruth gave Vinton Co. Ohio as her place of birth.
However, Hocking County birth records confirmed that she was born in Hocking
County, Ohio.
Ruth apparently
divorced Hurshel Scott Heeter before 1922.
From
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Ruth Herrington; Residence year 1922;
Address 417 E. Main, Columbus, OH; occupation: waitress; Publication title:
Columbus, Ohio, City Directory, 1922 [living with her siblings, Nell and Ira
Harrington, at 417 E. Main]
Ruth married Carlton
P. Pennell before 1925.
From U.S. City Directories,
1821-1989: Carlton P. Pennell (Ruth I. Reliable Plumbing Co.); Residence year 1925;
Address h w s N. Gould Rd 2 n E.Broad, Columbus, OH; Publication title: Columbus,
Ohio, City Directory, 1925
From U.S. City Directories,
1821-1989: Carlton P. Pennell (Ruth I. Reliable Plumbing Co.); Residence year 1926;
Address h w s N. Gould Rd 2 n E.Broad, Columbus, OH; Publication title:
Columbus, Ohio, City Directory, 1926
From U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989:
Carlton P. Pennell (Ruth I. Reliable Plumbing Co.); Residence year 1927;
Address h Koebel Rd, Columbus, OH; Publication title: Columbus, Ohio, City
Directory, 1927
From U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989:
Carlton P. Pennell (Ruth I. Reliable Plumbing Co.); Residence year 1928;
Address h Koebel Rd, Columbus, OH; Publication title: Columbus, Ohio, City
Directory, 1928
From U.S. City Directories,
1821-1989: Ruth I. & Carlton P. Pennell; Residence year 1930;
Address h Collingwood Av, Columbus, OH; Carlton occupation: factory worker,
Scott-Viner; Publication title: Columbus, Ohio, City Directory, 1930
From
the 1930 United States Federal Census for Collingwood Rd.,
Cedarhurst, Truro Twp., Franklin Co., Ohio; enumerated 19 April 1930 by Harry
J. Poth (all born in Ohio)
Carlton P Pennell,
head, age 37, plumber, pipe fitting Ruth I Pennell, wife, age 34
Roger C Pennell, son,
1-month George W Purcell, step-son, age 18
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From
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Ruth I. & Carlton P. Pennell; Residence
year 1931; Address h 1288 E. Engler, Columbus, OH; Carlton
occupation: plumber; Publication title: Columbus, Ohio, City Directory, 1931
Ruth I. Pennell,
Carlton P. Pennell, Roger Pennell, George W. Purcell, Audra L. Harrington, Ira
E. Harrington and Richard E. Harrington went to Miami, Florida in the spring of
1932 where they constructed a boat and began a commercial fishing business.
They all returned to Circleville, Ohio about July 26, 1932 for the funeral of
Easter Marie Harrington Ward. They did not go back to Florida.
From
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Ruth I. & Carlton P. Pennell; Residence
year 1933; Address h 2952 Maryland Av, Bexley, Columbus, OH;
Carlton occupation: laborer, Scott-Viner; Publication title: Columbus, Ohio,
City Directory, 1933
From
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Ruth I. & Carlton P. Pennell; Residence
year 1935; Address h 2952 Maryland Av, Columbus, OH; Carlton
occupation: lab, Scott-Viner; Publication title: Columbus, Ohio, City
Directory, 1935
From
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Ruth I. & Carlton P. Pennell; Residence
year 1939; Address h 2977 E. 11th Ave, Columbus, OH; Carlton
occupation: plumber; Publication title: Columbus, Ohio, City Directory, 1939
From
the 1940 United States Federal Census for 2975 E. 11th Ave.,
Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio; enumerated 17 April 1940 by Thomas P. Coady
(all born in Ohio)
Carlton Pennell,
head, age 47, plumber, Modurn Plumbing Ruth Pennell, wife, 44
Rodger Pennell, son, 10
Carlton P. Pennell
died 01 Mar 1951 of cancer.
From U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Ruth
I. Pennell (wid of Carlton); Residence year 1953; Address h940
Oak, Columbus, OH; occupation: food chkr, Athletic Club of Columbus;
Publication title: Columbus, Ohio, City Directory, 1953
From
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Ruth I. Pennell (wid of Carlton); Residence
year 1954; Address h940 Oak, Columbus, OH; occupation: chkr,
Athletic Club of Columbus; Publication title: Columbus, Ohio, City Directory,
1954
Ruth
Umphenour in the U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 NAME: Ruth Umphenour
SERVICE
INFO.: |
SSG US AIR FORCE |
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BIRTH DATE: |
27 Jul 1895 |
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DEATH DATE: |
17 Sep 1965 |
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RELATION: |
Wife Of Umphenour, Sterling G |
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INTERMENT DATE: |
23 Sep 1965 |
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CEMETERY: |
Alexandria National Cemetery, La |
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CEMETERY
ADDRESS:209 East Shamrock Street Pineville, LA 71360 |
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BURIED AT: |
Section R Site 473 |
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Ruth Umphenour in
the U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current |
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NAME: Ruth
Umphenour |
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BIRTH DATE: |
27 Jul 1895 |
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DEATH DATE: |
17 Sep 1965 |
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CEMETERY: |
Alexandria National Cemetery |
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BURIAL OR CREMATION
PLACE: |
Pineville, Rapides Parish,
Louisiana, USA |
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HAS BIO?: N
Note:
Pineville, Louisiana is located in the exact center (well, almost exact center)
of Louisiana.
Notes for George
Henry Purcell:
From
the 1900 United States Federal Census for Jackson Twp., Pickaway
Co., Ohio
F William Purcell 30
M Agnes Purcell 29
H George Purcell 7
M Golden Purcell 5
F Helen Purcell 3
A Sarah Purcell 1
Notes for Hurshel
Scott Heeter:
For the 1900
& 1910 Federal Census for Hershel S. Heeter, see entries for
his father, Peter Heeter.
From
the 1920 Federal Census for 209 Pickaway St., Circleville City,
Circleville Township, Pickaway County, Ohio; enumerated 9 January 1920 by Mary
Conyers
Hershel S Heeter,
head, age 23, farm laborer Ruth I Heeter, wife, age 23
George W Heeter, son, age 7 [sic,
step-son]
Hurshel
Scott Heeter in the U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Date
of registratio: 5 June 1918 by Florence L. Warner
NAME:
Hurshel Scott Heeter |
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COUNTY: |
Pickaway |
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STATE: |
Ohio |
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BIRTHPLACE: |
Ohio,United States of America |
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BIRTH DATE: |
28 Jul 1896 |
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AGE: |
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OCCUPATION: W.E.
Pickens, 116 S. Court St., Circleville, OH |
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NEAREST RELATIVE:
Pete Heeter |
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HEIGHT/BUILD:
medium/medium |
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COLOR OF EYES/HAIR:
Blue/D. Brown |
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SIGNATURE: |
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Hershel S Heeter in
the Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007 |
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NAME: Hershel S
Heeter |
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DEATH DATE: |
28 Feb 1932 |
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DEATH
PLACE:Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
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Herschl Scott
Heeter in the U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current |
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NAME: Herschl Scott
Heeter |
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BIRTH DATE: |
1896 |
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DEATH DATE: |
1932 |
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CEMETERY: |
Jackson Township Cemetery |
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BURIAL OR CREMATION
PLACE: |
Pickaway County, Ohio, USA |
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HAS BIO?: |
N |
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Notes for Carlton
Pearl Pennell:
Photos in Album, Pages: 8
Carlton Pennell in
the Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1962
NAME:
Carlton Pennell |
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GENDER: |
Male |
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RACE: White |
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BIRTH PLACE:
Chillicothe, Ross, Ohio |
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BIRTH DATE: 7 Jun 1892 |
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FATHER'S NAME: |
John Sherman Pennell |
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MOTHER'S NAME: |
Lizzie Downing |
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FHL FILM NUMBER: |
281657 |
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Carlton Pennell in
the Ohio Military Men, 1917-18 |
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NAME: Carlton
Pennell |
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SERIAL NUMBER: |
170294 |
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RACE: White |
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RESIDENCE: R. F. D. 2, Shepard, O. |
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ENLISTMENT
DIVISION: |
Enlisted Reserve Corps |
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ENLISTMENT
LOCATION: |
Philadelphia, Pa. |
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ENLISTMENT DATE: |
4 Jun 1917 |
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BIRTH PLACE: South
Salem, O. |
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BIRTH DATE / AGE: |
24 11/12 Years |
ASSIGNS
COMMENT: Co E 9 Engineers to 2 Sept 1917; Co A 19 Engineers (Co A 19 Regiment
TC) (111 Co TC) to Discharge Private American Expeditionary Forces 9 Aug 1917
to 19 Apr 1919. Honorable discharge 29 Apr 1919.
VOLUME #: 13
From
the 1900 United States Federal Census for Columbus, Montgomery
Township, Franklin County, Ohio; enumerated 8 June 1900 by John M Hughey [all
born in Ohio]
John S Purcell, head,
age 34, born 19 January 1866, boiler maker Lizzie Purcell, wife, age 28, born 5
March 1872
Nina Purcell, sister,
age 19, born 25 December 1880, Seamstress Carlton Purcell, son, age 8, born 7
June 1892
Lyle
Purcell, son, age 5, born 9 January 1895 Mary Purcell, dau., age 3, born 20 Oct
1896
M* Purcell, dau., age 1, born 17
January 1899 [Minerva M ]
From the 1910
United States Federal Census for Jullivant Ave., Precinct G, Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio; enumerated 2 & 3 May 1910 by Rudolph L. Heid [all born in
Ohio]
John S Pennell, head,
age 43, boiler maker, railroad Lizzie Pennell, wife, age 34
Mary E Pennell, dau.,
age 13 Minerva M Pennell, dau., age 11 Lorna M Pennell, dau., age 9 Leona E
Pennell, dau., age 7 Melvin L Pennell, son, age 6 Anna L Pennell, dau., age 4
Ora M Pennell, dau., age 2
From
the 1920 United States Federal Census for Precinct A, E. Gay St.,
Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio; enumerated 9th & 10th January 1920 by Cora
B. Ogiline [all born in Ohio]
Lizzie Pennell, head, age 47
Carlton P Pennell, son, age 27, boiler
maker, railroad
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Henry L Pennell, son, age 24, laborer,
flower mill
Minerva M Pennell, dau., age 20,
Seamstress, Regalice Man
Lorna M Pennell, dau., age 19,
Seamstress, Regalice Man
Eva L Pennell, dau., age 17,
Seamstress, Regalice Man
Melvin L Pennell, son, age 15
Anna L Pennell, dau., age 13
Ora M Pennell, dau., age 11
Russell R Pennell, son, age 8
Elsie J Pennell, dau., age 7
Harley Downing, nephew, age 23,
carpenter, house
From the U.S. City
Directories, 1822-1995
Name: Carlton P
Pennell [and Ruth I. Reliable Plumbing Co.]
Residence Year: 1925, 1926
Street address: h w s
N Gould rd 2 n of E Broad Bex
Residence Place: Columbus, Ohio, USA
Publication
Title: Columbus, Ohio, City
Directory, 1926
From the U.S. City
Directories, 1822-1995
Name: Carlton P
Pennell [and Ruth I. Reliable Plumbing Co.]
Residence Year: 1927, 1928
Street address: h1791
Koebel rd UmD
Residence Place: Columbus, Ohio, USA
Publication
Title: Columbus, Ohio, City
Directory, 1926
From the U.S. City
Directories, 1822-1995
Name: Carlton P
Pennell [and Ruth I. Reliable Plumbing Co.]
Residence Year: 1929
Street address: h25
Collingwood av
Residence Place: Columbus, Ohio, USA
Publication
Title: Columbus, Ohio, City
Directory, 1926
From
the 1930 United States Federal Census for Collingwood Rd.,
Cedarhurst, Truro Twp., Franklin Co., Ohio; enumerated 19 April 1930 by Harry
J. Poth (all born in Ohio)
Carlton P Pennell,
head, age 37, plumber, pipe fitting Ruth I Pennell, wife, age 34
Roger C Pennell, son,
1-month George W Purcell, step-son, age 18
From the U.S. City
Directories, 1822-1995
Name: Carlton P
Pennell [Ruth]
Gender:Male |
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1930 |
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Residence Year: |
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Residence Place: |
Columbus, Ohio, USA [h25
Collingwood av] |
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Occupation: |
Factorywkr [Scott Viner Co.] |
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Spouse: |
Ruth Pennell |
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Publication Title: |
Columbus, Ohio, City Directory, 1930 |
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Roger
Carlton Pennell, son of Carlton and Ruth I. Harrington-Pennel was born on 2 Mar
1930.
From the U.S. City
Directories, 1822-1995
Name: Carlton P
Pennell
Gender:Male
Residence Year: 1931
Street address: 288 E
Engler
171
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Generation 4
(con't) |
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Residence Place: |
Columbus, Ohio, USA |
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Occupation: |
Plrabr |
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Spouse: |
Ruth I Pennell |
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Publication Title: |
Columbus, Ohio, City Directory, 1931 |
The
families of Carlton and Ruth I. Harrington-Pennell and Ira and Audra L.
Young-Harrington went to Florida in early 1932.
From the U.S. City
Directories, 1822-1995
Name: Carlton P
Pennell
Gender:Male
Residence
Year: |
1933 |
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Street address: |
2952 Maryland av Bex |
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Residence Place: |
Columbus, Ohio, USA |
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Spouse: |
Ruth I Pennell |
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Publication Title: |
Columbus, Ohio, City Directory, 1933 |
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From the U.S. City
Directories, 1822-1995 |
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Name:
Carlton Pennell |
[Ruth I] |
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Residence Year: |
1934 |
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Street address: |
2952 Maryland av Bex |
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Residence Place: |
Columbus, Ohio, USA |
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Occupation: |
Laborer |
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Publication Title: |
Columbus, Ohio, City Directory, 1934 |
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From the U.S. City
Directories, 1822-1995 |
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Name:
Carlton Pennell |
[Ruth I] [cooper
Scott Viner Co.] |
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Residence Year: |
1938 |
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Street address: |
h2977 |
[E 11th av] |
Residence Place: |
Columbus, Ohio, USA |
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Publication Title: |
Columbus, Ohio, City Directory, 1938 |
From the U.S. City
Directories, 1822-1995
Name: Carlton P
Pennell
Gender:Male
Residence
Year: |
1939 |
|
Street address: |
2977 E 11th av |
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Residence Place: |
Columbus, Ohio, USA |
|
Occupation: |
Plumber |
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Spouse: |
Ruth I Pennell |
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Publication Title: |
Columbus, Ohio, City Directory, 1939 |
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From
the 1940 United States Federal Census for 2975 E. 11th Ave.,
Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio; enumerated 17 April 1940 by Thomas P. Coady
(all born in Ohio)
Carlton Pennell,
head, age 47, plumber, Modurn Plumbing Ruth Pennell, wife, 44
Rodger Pennell, son, 10
From the U.S. City
Directories, 1822-1995
Name: Carlton Pennell
[plumber - Wm J Trott]
Residence Year: 1941
Street address: 2977
E av
Residence Place: Columbus, Ohio, USA
Publication
Title: Columbus, Ohio, City
Directory, 1941
Ruth Imo Harrington
Pennel made application for a military headstone or marker on
172
21 January 1953. Ruth
received a pension C 2 072 947
Notes for Sterling
Umphenour:
From the 1900
U.S. Federal Census for Hubbell Precinct, Thayer County, Nebraska; enumerated
18 June 1900 by Daniel C. Roderick
Upton
C Umphenour, head, age 30, born in Illinois on May 1870, farmer Grace E Umphenour,
wife, age 27, born in Minnisota on July 1872 Sterling G Umphenour, son, age 1,
born in Nebraska on Aug 1898
From the 1910 U.S. Federal Census for Avoca
Township, Precinct 4, Pottawatomic County, Oklahoma; enumerated 17 & 18 May
1910 by Albert J. Nicklass
Edgar H Bunce, head,
age 66, born in Wisconsin, farmer, general farm Mary Bunce, wife, age 63, born
in New York
Upton Umphenour, son-in-law, age 40, born in
Illinois, farm labor, general
farm
Grace Umphenour, dau., age 37, born in
Minesota
Sterling
Frank Umphenour, grandson, age 11, born in Nebraska Helen Umphenour, granddau.,
age 6, born in Oklahoma Forest Umphenour, grandson, age 3, born in Oklahoma
From
the 1920 U.S. Federal Census for Bellingham City, Watcom County, State
of Washington; enumerated on 2nd & 3rd January 1920 by Mrs. Ruth R. Brown
Upton C Umphenour, head, age 49, born in
Illinois, machinist, machine
shop
Grace Umphenour, wife, age 47, born in
Minnesota
Sterling J Umphenour, son, age 21, born in
Nebraska, mechanic, auto
garage
Helen
Umphenour, dau., age 15, born in Oklahoma Forrest Umphenour, son, age 13, born
in Oklahoma
Frances Umphenour, dau., age 3-yr, 4-mo, born
in Oklahoma
From
the 1930 U.S. Federal Census for Bellingham City, Watcom County,
State of Washington; enumerated on 7 April 1930 by Margaret W. Dillon
Upton
Umphenour, head, age 60, born in Illinois Emma D Umphenour, wife, age 57, born
in Wisconsin Frances Umphenour, dau., age 12, born in Oklahoma
Sterling Umphenour, son, age 31, born in Nebraska,
manager, popcorn
stand
Thelma Umphenour, dau-in-law, age 22, born in
Utah
Sterling G Umphenour
in the U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
NAME: Sterling G
Umphenour
GENDER: |
Male |
1930 |
|
RESIDENCE YEAR: |
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STREET ADDRESS: |
1022 16th |
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RESIDENCE PLACE: |
Bellingham, Washington, USA |
|
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SPOUSE: |
Thelma Umphenour |
|
|
PUBLICATION TITLE: |
Bellingham, Washington, City
Directory, 1930 |
|
Sterling G Umphenour
in the U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
NAME: Sterling G
Umphenour
GENDER: |
Male |
1934 |
|
RESIDENCE YEAR: |
|
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STREET ADDRESS: |
1022 16th |
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RESIDENCE PLACE: |
Bellingham, Washington, USA |
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SPOUSE: |
Thelma Umphenour |
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173
PUBLICATION TITLE: Bellingham,
Washington, City Directory, 1934
Sterling G Umphenour
in the U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
NAME: Sterling G
Umphenour
GENDER: |
Male |
1935 |
|
RESIDENCE YEAR: |
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STREET ADDRESS: |
2431 Lynn |
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RESIDENCE PLACE: |
Bellingham, Washington, USA |
|
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SPOUSE: |
Thelma Umphenour |
|
|
PUBLICATION TITLE: |
Bellingham, Washington, City
Directory, 1935 |
|
Sterling G Umphenour
in the U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
NAME: Sterling G
Umphenour
GENDER: |
Male |
1936 |
|
RESIDENCE YEAR: |
|
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STREET ADDRESS: |
2725 Humboldt |
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RESIDENCE PLACE: |
Bellingham, Washington, USA |
|
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SPOUSE: |
Thelma Umphenour |
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PUBLICATION TITLE: |
Bellingham, Washington, City
Directory, 1936 |
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Sterling G Umphenour in
the U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
NAME: Sterling G
Umphenour
GENDER: |
Male |
1937 |
|
RESIDENCE YEAR: |
|
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STREET ADDRESS: |
2725 Humboldt |
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RESIDENCE PLACE: |
Bellingham, Washington, USA |
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SPOUSE: |
Thelma Umphenour |
|
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PUBLICATION TITLE: |
Bellingham, Washington, City
Directory, 1937 |
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Sterling G Umphenour
in the U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
NAME: Sterling G
Umphenour
GENDER: |
Male |
1940 |
|
RESIDENCE YEAR: |
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STREET ADDRESS: |
2725 Humboldt |
|
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RESIDENCE PLACE: |
Bellingham, Washington, USA |
|
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OCCUPATION: Laborer |
|
|
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SPOUSE: |
Thelma Umphenour |
|
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PUBLICATION TITLE: |
Bellingham, Washington, City
Directory, 1940 |
|
From the 1940 U.S. Federal Census for Bellingham
City, Watcom County, State of Washington; enumerated on 10-11 April 1940 by
Esther Marshall
Sherling
G Umphenour, head, age 41, born in Nebraska, laborer, WPA Park maintenance
Thelma
Umphenour, wife, age 32, born in Colorado Sherling G Umphenour, Jr., son, age
7, born in Washington Donald I Umphenour, son, age 4, born in Washington
Sterling G Umphenour
in the U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
AME: Sterling G Umphenour
GENDER: |
Male |
1941 |
|
RESIDENCE YEAR: |
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STREET ADDRESS: |
2725 Humboldt |
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RESIDENCE PLACE: |
Bellingham, Washington, USA |
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OCCUPATION: Laborer |
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SPOUSE: |
Thelma Umphenour |
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PUBLICATION TITLE: |
Bellingham, Washington, City Directory,
1941 |
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174
This trip was from
Tokyo, Japan; via Wake Island; to Honolulu, T.H. on Military Air Transport
Service (MATS); cargo Mil., 5-passengers
Sterling G. Umphenour
was listed as a first lieutenant
Sterling G Umphenour
in the Florida Marriage Collection, 1822-1875 and
1927-2001 |
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NAME: Sterling G
Umphenour |
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SPOUSE: |
Ruth I Pennell |
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COUNTY OF MARRIAGE: |
Dade |
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MARRIAGE DATE: |
Feb 1961 |
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VOLUME: |
1945 |
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CERTIFICATE: 3570 |
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SOURCE: |
Florida Department of Health |
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Lucy Thomas in the
Texas, Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2011 (1970) |
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NAME: Lucy Thomas |
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GENDER: |
Female |
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BIRTH YEAR: |
abt 1912 |
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AGE: 58 |
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MARRIAGE DATE: |
24 Oct 1970 |
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MARRIAGE PLACE: |
Harrison, Texas, USA |
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SPOUSE: |
Sterling G Umphenour |
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SPOUSE GENDER: |
Male |
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SPOUSE AGE: 72 |
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SOURCE: |
Texas Marriage Index, 1966-2002 |
Sterling Umphenour in the
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 NAME: Sterling Umphenour
175
SSN:
539-03-6452
LAST RESIDENCE: 71010 Blanchard, Caddo,
Louisiana, USA
BORN: 20 Aug 1898
DIED: Dec 1976
STATE (YEAR) SSN ISSUED: Washington (Before 1951)
iv.
VIOLA (OLIE) GRACE HARRINGTON was born on 29 Aug
1897 in Pickaway Township, Pickaway, Ohio. She died on 12 Feb 1996 in Columbus,
Ohio (buried in Forest Cemetery, Circleville, Pickaway Co., Ohio). She married
WILLIAM ALLEN EBLIN. He was born on 17
Apr 1894. He died on 02 Sep 1948 in Ohio, USA (buried in Forest Cemetery,
Circleville, Ohio).
Notes
for Viola (Olie) Grace Harrington:
Photos in Album, Pages: 17, 19
Grace V. Harrington in the
Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1962 Name: Grace V. Harrington
Gender:Female
Race: White |
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Birth Place: |
Pickaway Township, Pickaway, Ohio |
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Birth Date: |
29 Aug 1897 |
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Christening Place: |
Pickaway, Ohio |
Father's Name: Wm. Harrington
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Pence
FHL Film Number: |
288392 |
From Federal Census
of 1900 for Circleville Township, Circleville Ward 5, East Town Street,
Pickaway Co., Ohio, enumerated 26 June 1900 by Samuel Kindler [Note: the
William Herrington family was enumerated 4-houses away from the Josiah Pence
house on the same street, East Town Street.]
Herrington, William,
Head, age 33, born June 1866 in Kansas, occupation: day laborer
Sarah
E. Herrington, wife, age 28, born Apr. 1872 in Ohio; Nellie M. Herrington,
dau., age 8, born Oct 1891 in Ohio; Charles R. Herrington, son, age 6, born
Sept 1893 in Ohio; Ruth I. Herrington, dau., age 4, born July 1895 in Ohio;
Viola
G. Herrington, dau., age 2, born Aug 1897 in Ohio;
Ira E. Herrington, son, age 9-months,
born August 1899 in Ohio
From
the Federal Census of 1910 for Circleville Township, Pickaway
County, Ohio, Lancaster Pike; enumerated 26 April 1910
William Harrington,
head, age 44, occupation: laborer, farm
Ella Harrington,
wife, age 37
Chas Wm, Harrington,
son, age 17 Ruth I. Harrington, dau., age 15 Viola Harrington, dau, age 13 Anna
[sic Ira], son, age 11
Roy Harrington, son, age 9
Easter Harrington,
daughter, age 6 Lewis Harrington, son, age 4 Fred Harrington, son, age 11-mo
From the 1920
Federal Census, Pickaway Co., Circleville Twp., Ward 4: enumerated 10th & 12th
of January 1920 by Patrick H. Malone (William Allen Eblin and Thomas Thomas
were enumerated consecutively.)
William A. Eblin,
head, age 26, machine tender, strawboard co. Viola G. Eblin, wife, age 23
George W Eblin, son, 5
176
Leonard L. Eblin, son, 4-yr 7-mo Esther May
Eblin, dau., 2-yr 8-mo Roy E., son Eblin, 7-mo.
Residence: Walnut
Street; occupation: Machine tender, Strawboard
From
the 1930 Federal Census, Pickaway Co., Circleville Twp., First
Ward: enumerated April 26 1930 by Mrs. Edith Black Ulm
William Eblin, head,
age 37, laborer, ice plant, mar’d 19yr
Viola Eblin, wife, age 34, married 17 yr
George Eblin, son, 16 Leonard Eblin,son, 15 Esther
Eblin, dau., 12 Roy Eblin, son, 11
From the 1940 Federal Census, Rual (sic)
Route 3, Pickaway Co., Circleville Twp., First Ward: enumerated April 15 1940
by Mrs. Nina B. Reid
William Eblin, head,
age 46, laborer Ice Plant Viola Eblin, wife, age 42;
George
Eblin, son, 26, laborer, common labor Leonard Eblin, son, 24, laborer, common
labor
Roy Eblin, son, 21, delivery, Ice
Plant, 8th grade education
William Eblin
attended school through the 6th grade. George, Leonard and Roy attended school
through the 8th grade. Address was Rural Route 3
From
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 record for Viola G. Eblin (wid W A) cook
Weaver & Wells Restr; h 115-1/2 E. Main Circleville, Ohio; phone: 413 (year
=
1949)
From
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 record for Viola G. Eblin (wid W A) cook
Pickaway Arms h 115-1/2 E. Main Circleville, Ohio; phone: 413 (year = 1952)
Social
Security Death Index about Viola G. Eblin; SSN: 269-18-4004; Last Residence
43207 Columus, Franklin Co., Ohio; Born: 29 Aug 1897; Died: 12 Feb 1996
From
Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, & 1958-2007 about Viola Grace Eblin;
NAME: Viola Grace Eblin
[Viola
Grace Harrington] |
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BIRTH DATE: |
29 Aug 1897 |
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BIRTH PLACE: |
Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, United
States |
||
GENDER: |
Female |
|
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RACE: White |
|
|
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DEATH DATE: |
12 Feb 1996 |
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DEATH TIME: |
09:00 AM |
|
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HOSPITAL OF DEATH:
Long-Term Care Facilities |
|||
DEATH
PLACE:Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA |
|||
CERTIFICATE: |
010661 |
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AGE AT DEATH: |
98 |
|
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HOSPITAL STATUS: |
Other/Nursing Home |
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SOCIAL SECURITY
NUMBER: |
269-18-4004 |
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FATHER'S SURNAME:
Harrington |
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MOTHER'S MAIDEN
NAME: |
Pence |
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MARITAL STATUS: |
Widowed |
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EDUCATION: |
12 |
|
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ARMED FORCES
INDICATOR: No |
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INDUSTRY OF
DECEDENT: |
Private households |
OCCUPATION OF
DECEDENT: Cooks, private household
177
CENSUS TRACT: 8740
PRIMARY REGISTRATION
DISTRICT: 2501
Obituary of Viola
Grace Harrington Eblin
Viola
Grace Eblin, 98, of Circleville, died February 12, 1996, at Regency Manor
Nursing Home, Columbus, Ohio.
She
was born August 29, 1897 in Circleville to the late William and Elizabeth
(Pence) Harrington. She was also preceded in death by her husband, William A.
Eblin, in 1948; two sons, Roy Eblin and George Eblin; two sisters and five
brothers. She was a champion cook, a member of the United Brethern Church, the
Moose Lodge Auxiliary and the Eagles Lodge Auxiliary. She is survived by one
son, Leonard (Ruth) Eblin of Circleville; one daughter, Ester May Greene of
Pickerington; eight grandchildren; numerous great and great grand children; and
several nieces and nephews.
Graveside service was held at noon Wednesday
at Forest Cemetery with the Rev. Don Bachman officiating. No calling hours were
observed. Arrangements were completed by the Defenbaugh-Wise funeral home.
Notes for William
Allen Eblin:
Photos in Album, Pages: 18
On May 22, 2003, John
Edward Greene, Jr., wrote in an e-mail: "I know little of my grand
parents. When my parents and grandparents were living, it was difficult for
them and others to talk. Apparently early deaths and divorce were a detriment
for them. My parents were not divorced, but what little I know about Bill Eblin
could be written on a small note pad. I remember going to their Circleville
home at the Circleville Ice Plant. I liked to go with my uncles to the horse
barn and watch them work with the horses that pulled the ice wagons. I remember
one time when Grandpa Eblin took me with him to feed the hogs. And I remember
when he shot the hogs with a .22 rifle and the big butchering event. Bill and
Ollie fought like cats and dogs. Drinking was the usual problem. I knew that
Bill was raised by the Thomas's. I guess you knew that Bill died when he was
playing the slots and pulled them over on himself and broke both legs. He never
recovered from that. His death was some time after the divorce. I was always
afraid of Bill. He seemed to have difficulty relating to me."
From the 1900 Federal Census of Ward 5 of
Circleville, Pickaway Co., Ohio, Huston Street, enumerated 26 June 1900:
Martin
Eblin, head, age 28, born 1872 (sic) in Ohio Mary Eblin, wife, age 35, born May
1865 in Ohio Rosetta E. Eblin, dau., age 1, born Dec. 1898 in Ohio
Thomas Thomas,
boarder, age 26, born June 1873, in Ohio Anna Hessinger, sister, age 23, born
Dec 1876 in Ohio William Eblin, nephew, age 6, born June 1894 in Ohio Nancy
Eblin, mother, age 74, born Mar. 1826 in Ohio
On 3
November 1902, William Allen Eblin's mother, Anna Eblin Hessinger, married
Thomas Thomas. They were married by Rev. A.E. Wright, minister. According to
their marriage record, Thomas Thomas was 29 years old on 4 June 1902; Anna was
25 years old. The marriage record did not include the day and month of her
birth. It did, however, provide the names of Thomas' and Anna's parents.
From the 1910
Federal Census of Ward 4 of Circleville, Pickaway Co., Ohio, Weldon Street,
enumerated 19 April1910: (Thomas Thomas and Martin Eblin were enumerated
consecutively.)
Thomas Thomas, head, age 36 born in
Ohio, laborer, odd jobs
178
Anna
Thomas, wife, age 33 born in Ohio William Allen 'Thomas,' son, age 17 born in
Ohio George H. Thomas, son, age 4 born in Ohio
Number of years
[Thomas & Anna] married = 4-years; number of children born = 4; number of
children living = 2.
Registration
Card for WW I for William Allen Eblin; age 24; address: 376 Walnut St.,
Circleville, Ohio; date of birth: 17 April 1893; place of birth: Circleville
Ohio; occupation: Backtender; employer: American Straw Board Co, Circleville;
dependents: wife and 2 children; marital status: married; date of registration:
5 June 1917
From the 1920
Federal Census, Pickaway Co., Circleville Twp., Ward 4: enumerated 10th &
12th of January 1920 by Patrick H. Malone (William Allen Eblin and Thomas
Thomas were enumerated consecutively.)
William A. Eblin,
head, age 26, machine tender, strawboard co. Viola G. Eblin, wife, age 23
George
W, son, 5 Leonard L., son, 4-yr 7-mo
Esther May, dau.,
2-yr 8-mo Roy E., son, 7-mo.
Residence: Walnut
Street; occupation: Machine tender, Strawboard
From
the 1930 Federal Census, Pickaway Co., Circleville Twp., First
Ward: enumerated April 26 1930 by Mrs. Edith Black Ulm
William Eblin, head,
age 37, laborer, ice plant, married 19-yr Viola Eblin, wife, age 34, married 17
yr
George Eblin, son, 16 Leonard Eblin, son, 15
Esther Eblin, dau., 12 Roy Eblin, son, 11
From
the 1940 Federal Census, Rual (sic) Route 3, Pickaway Co.,
Circleville Twp., First Ward: enumerated April 15 1940 by Mrs. Nina B. Reid
William Eblin, head,
age 46, laborer at Ice Plant Viola Eblin, wife, age 42;
George
Eblin, son, 26, laborer, common labor Leonard Eblin, son, 24, laborer, common
labor
Roy Eblin, son, 21, delivery, Ice
Plant, 8th grade education
William Eblin attended
school through the 6th grade. George, Leonard and Roy attended school through
the 8th grade. Address was Rural Route 3
Registration
Card for WW II for William Allen Eblin; age 49; address: 376 Walnut St.,
Circleville, Ohio; date of birth: 17 April 1892; place of birth: Circleville
Ohio; occupation: unemployed; name and address of person who will always know
your address: Esther May Green - 55 Deering St. Columbus, Ohio; Serial Number U
959
William Eblin in the
Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007
Name: William Eblin
Death Date: 2 Sep 1948
Death Place: Ohio, USA
William A Eblin in
the U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
NAME: William A Eblin
BIRTH DATE: 1893
DEATH DATE: 1948
CEMETERY: Forest Cemetery
179
BURIAL OR CREMATION PLACE: Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio, USA
v.
IRA EDWARD HARRINGTON was born on 28 Aug
1899 in Circleville, Ohio. He died on 23 Nov 1983 in Circleville, Ohio (at his
request, he was cremated and his ashes buried in Forest Cemetery, Circleville,
Ohio). He married (1) DORTHA ELLEN MOORE, daughter of John
William Moore and Nettie Marlina Rowland, in 1920. She was born on 21 Jul 1901
in Tarlton, Pickaway, Ohio. She died on 01 Oct 1997 in Columbus, Franklin,
Ohio. He married (2) VIVIAN (LIL) RADFORD, daughter of Charles
James Radford and Esther Chambers, on 14 Jul 1923 in Franklin County, Ohio. She
was born on 15 Jan 1900 in Athens Township, Athens, Ohio. He married (3) AUDRA LAVADA YOUNG, daughter of William
Edward Young and Julia Viola (Ola) Hodge, on 24 Feb 1931 in Circleville, Ohio.
She was born on 24 Jan 1907 in Lewisville, Ohio. She died on 08 Apr 1990 in
Columbus, Ohio (buried in Forest Cemetery, Circleville, Ohio).
Notes
for Ira Edward Harrington:
Photos in Album, Pages:
47-51, 53, 63, 132, 155, 165
It
is true that we can never fully know our parents. When we enter the family, our
parents life is already about 30% over. Our grandparents' lives are already
about 60% complete. Our earliest concept of family is therefore made up of, us
kids, middle-aged people, old people, and, if there are great grandparents
still living, very old people. Each of these groups of people have their own
characteristics, their own history, life spans and their own attitudes and
impacts on our own life. If asked to describe any of these individuals, the
only real description we can give must be within the limits of our own
experience with them. Our description, however, would likely include historical
events that have been told to us by these individuals or by others. This we all
take for granted and seldom even think about until we attempt to describe an
ancestor or a contemporary or a progeny. A result is a time-based myopia that
is one source of bias in a descriptive genealogy such as this.
In
my own immediate family, the earliest recollection of my parents began about
1937. My dad, Ira Edward Harrington, was about 39 years of age; my mother,
Audra Lavada Young Harrington, was about 31 years old. Both sets of grandparents
were still living and in their 60s and 70s. One great grandparent still living
was in her 80s. So everything I describe in this book that preceded 1939 had to
be derived from records and stories that were told to me.
I
am about to tell you of my father, Ira Edward Harrington, a guy whom I should
know very well. But, some of the most exciting parts of his life happened
before I was born. We are fortunate that among his many attributes, Ira was a
story teller. Maybe his telling of his life-stories was motivated by the
knowledge that he would never write his own biography and he used the role of a
bard to communicate his history. Like a bard he repeated his stories with very
little variation, many times over during the period we lived together.
In
the spring of 1977 my daughter, Pamela Anne Harrington, was in college and had
been given an assignment to write a paper. She decided to interview her
grandfather, Ira, for some of his many stories, as the basis for her academic
paper. She recorded the interview and transcribed several of his stories just
as he had told them. I recognized most of the stories as almost exact versions
that Ira had told many times to his children and others. These were his first
40-years that began with his birth in 1899. Several of these stories have been
repeated in this book below just as Ira told them, retaining Ira's unique
vernacular. In this book each story is identified with an asterisk and enclosed
with quotation marks for easy identification of the source.
Ira Edward Herrington in the
Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1962 NAME: Ira Edward Herrington
180
Generation 4
(con't) |
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GENDER: |
Male |
|
RACE: White |
|
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BIRTH PLACE:
Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio |
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BIRTH DATE: |
28 Aug 1899 |
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CHRISTENING PLACE:
Pickaway, Ohio |
||
FATHER'S NAME: |
William A. Herrington |
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MOTHER'S NAME: |
Sarah Pence |
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FHL FILM NUMBER: |
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From the 1900
U.S. Federal Census for East Town Street, Circleville City, Ward 5, Circleville
Twp., Pickaway County, Ohio; enumerated 26 June 1900 by Samuel Kindler [all
born in Ohio except as noted]
William
Herrington, head, age 33, born June 1866 in Kansas, day laborer, can read,
write and speaks English
Sarah
E Herrington, wife, age 28, born April 1872, can read, write and speaks English
Nellie
M Herrington, dau., age 8, born October 1891, at school, can read, write and
speaks English
Charles R Herrington,
son, age 6, born September 1893, at school Ruth I Herrington, dau., age 4, born
July 1895
Viola G Herrington, dau., age 2, born Aug
1897
Ira E Herrington, son, age 9-months, born Aug
1899
Note: William
Herrington was enumerated 4-houses away from the family of his father-in-law,
Josiah Pence. See the entry for Josiah Pence for details.
1902
A family story was told that
involved Nellie, the oldest child in the Harrington family and her younger
brother, Ira. When Nellie Mae Harrington was about 12 years old, her mother was
working as a gleaner in a bean field that was bordered on one side by the
railroad tracks. Nellie was charged with keeping an eye on her then 4-siblings
and possibly also helping with the gleaning. Ira was about 2-years old and
wondered onto the nearby rail road track. Perhaps amazed by the on-coming train
that was approaching with its whistle screaming, and coming too rapidly to
stop, Ira stood transfixed on the track. He was rescued from being run over by
a brakeman who made his way to the cow-catcher and snatching him a second
before the train would have run him over. [Each time I read about this event I
shudder at the thought of what my history and the history of our family would
be if that brakeman had failed to connect with Ira as he did. Other events have
occurred that are mentioned in this book that in similar fashion would have
drastically influenced the outcome of our family history. I shudder at them too
and realize how deminishingly small the probability is that this book could
ever be written.]
From
Federal Census of 1910 for Circleville Township,Lancaster Pike,
Pickaway Co., Ohio, enumerated 26 April 1910
Harrington,
William, Head, age 44, born in Kansas (father born in Wisconsin), occupation:
Concret (sic) worker, sidewalks;
Ella Harrington, wife, age 37, born in
Ohio;
Chas.
Wm. Harrington, son, age 17, born in Ohio, occupation: laborer, farm; Ruth I.
Harrington, dau., age 15, born in Ohio, occupation: working out,
(private family);
Viola Harrington, dau., age 13, born
in Ohio;
Anna (sic - Ira) E.
Harrington, dau., age 11, born in Ohio; Roy Wm. Harrington, son., age 9, born
in Ohio;
Easter
M. Harrington, dau., age 6, born in Ohio; Lewis Harrington, son., age 4, born
in Ohio; Fred Harrington, son., age 11-mo., born in Ohio
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1912
Many
of the freight trains that hauled coal from Kentucky and southern Ohio came
through Circleville, Ohio from south to north. These trains used steam powered
locomotive engines that burned coal in their boilers to convert water into
steam. Periodically they needed to replace the water used during their trip.
There was a water tower located about 2-miles south of Circleville where the
steam engines stopped to replenish their water supply. Being long heavy coal
trains, they took several miles to get back up to speed for their continuing
trip. Also, there was a curve in the railroad tracks that caused the trains to
swerve around Circleville rather than going through the heart of town.
When Ira was a boy, he and several other boys
would walk along the railroad tracks toward the water tower. They would board
the slow moving train and as it approached the south end of Circleville where
they lived and they would kick lumps of coal off the coal cars. Later they
would pick up the coal in sacks and take it home for fuel.
This operation was pretty successful. The
railroad was aware that they were doing it and would sometimes have detectives
posted to try to catch them. On one occasion, one of Ira's friends put a lump
of coal in their stove and it blew up. It had been drilled and a dynamite cap
had been placed in the hole. This was done by the railroad detectives as a
deterrent to stealing coal.
1915
*
Ira's stories begin, "Before I ever went to Florida or California either
one, we used to catch a train here in Circleville and go to Portsmouth, Ohio
and back, just like that. Just for fun, when I was 15 years old. If my folks
knew that I rode a train when I was 15, I'd a had nothing to sit on!"
1915-1916
I recall hearing Ira tell stories about
camping on an island that had formed in the Scioto River, west of his hometown,
Circleville, Ohio. Flood waters had carved a new but shallow course that
isolated a small piece of land from the river bank creating the island. Ira and
a friend pitched a tent on the island in the Spring and lived a life of Tom
Sawyer and Huck Finn for part of a year. They lived off the land by hunting,
fishing and eating young corn from a neighbor’s field. One day they had
prepared a large skillet of corn that they cut from the cob and fried over an
open fire. It was still early so they decided to run their trotlines before
eating. The weather had been dry and the river level was low. When they
returned, they found that a herd of cattle had waded across the shallow stream
that isolated their island and helped themselves to the nice warm skillet of
sweet corn licking it clean. Supper was late that evening since it was
necessary to clean the camp site, wash the soiled dishes and prepare a new
skillet of corn. This camping adventure ran well into the winter, as the story
goes. Ira told that as the winter came on, they banked the outside of the tent
with folder from a farmer's corn field that provided a good insulation from the
weather. It was so well insulated that they were able to warm the tent from the
heat of a lantern.
1916
*
"Chet Workman and I pert' near growed up together. Once when we was about
16 years old, we were down here below town about - oh, a mile - and we were in
a woods. Well, we come to a rail fence that was around a cemetery, and beyond
the cemetary was bluegrass, so we figured on goin' up through there. So I
throwed my leg over the fence, to climb over and Chet; I'll never forget, there
were sheep in the cemetery, and he got one leg over the fence and the sheep
started to get up. Now they don't get up like a cow. When they get up, they
raise up on all fours. I don't know how they do it, I never watched them. But
they just raise up. We were about 30 feet away from them and I had my lantern,
and he seen 'em. I didn't see 'em myself 'til they raised up, and when they
raised up they pert' near
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scared Chet to death.
He thought they were ghosts!"
*
"I
was up to see Chet day before yesterday. He's been a life long friend. Tried
and true. We run around together about all our lives. We still run around
together. He's 74.
*
"He's
a guy that, I don't care where you're at, what you're doin', or who you're with,
he keeps you laughin' all the time. Just naturally comical. It all had no
importance, nothin' didn't mean anything, yet we had a lot of fun. Fishin'
together, huntin' together, running' around together, went with girls together.
*
"One
of the funniest things that I can remember, he set me up a date one time, with
a girl that we knew. That was the horse and buggy days, so I rented a horse and
buggy and went and picked her up. We went for a mile and a half or two miles,
and I turned around and went straight back 'cause she stunk. She looked clean
enough, and was a nice enough lookin' girl, but she had that damn odor about
her when you don't take a bath. Her name was Claire Meyers. It's funny how I
can remember things back there and I can't remember something
somebody told me
yesterday. Oh, I've had a lot of fun in my time."
1916-1917
* "When I was
about 16 or 17, this guy I knew had a big ol' upstairs, and they'd have
prizefighting up there. He'd give me five dollars to fight."
1917
Ira grew to manhood as the Industrial
Revolution was in full swing. Prohibition had become the law of the land a few
years earlier and the world was hurdling toward World War I. Ira had no formal
career training and the hard manual-labor of his father was looking less and
less appealing to him. What he did find interesting was the rapidly evolving
automobile and motorized transportation industry. No doubt this was further
inspired by his older brother, Ray. Ray was 6-years Ira’s senior who had
launched a career as an automobile mechanic and was progressing rapidly with
the burgeoning industry. Ira described his passage into the automotive business
this way.
* "My first
mechanical experience was, I bought a motorcycle and I tinkered and worked 'til
I knew it, and I understood how a motorcycle and a gasoline engine operates.
Then I was working for a contractor here in town, and I had experience with
small gas engines, so I worked for him and I took care of his cement mixers and
their drive engines."
1918
As
Ira became older, he began to travel farther from home in search of work. His
main mode of travel was hopping freight trains. It was upon returning from such
a job, when he was about 18 years old, that he was on his way back from Hog
Island. He had been shoveling sand for a Navy yard. Hog Island is at the mouth
of the Delaware River and he was coming back by way of train. Because he hadn't
eaten in about three days, he was forced to do something that he had never done
before - ask for food. He finally decided to approach a woman's house to ask
for a hand-out.
* "There was a
picket fence about three feet tall, and I was comin' back from Hog Island. I
went and asked her for something to eat. She said 'Well, wait a minute.' So I
waited. And I heard a dog's tonails hittin' the linoleum, so I took off
running' and she opened the door and a big ol' dog gets out and took to
running' me out the yard and down the street. I went on down the street and
here was a boy about nine years old. I'll never forget this, I was really
hungry. I hadn't had much to eat in three days, and here come this boy out of
this house. He had a great big slice of homemade bread, all piled with butter
and jelly, and he wouldn't stand still and he wouldn't come close enough. I was
going to take it away from 'im. I says 'Hey boy, come here!' but he wouldn't
come. It's kind of funny now, but it wasn't funny then, when you're hungry,
with no money, and miles and miles from home."
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"I
never begged anything in my life. I just couldn't beg. It just wasn't in me. I
was walkin' down the railroad track about that same time and I saw this piece
of bread layin' in the middle of the tracks. I looked at it and passed on. I
was really hungry. I must have walked, oh, maybe a mile, and I thought, 'Oh
hell. Some conductor or something throwed that off the train. It wouldn't be
poisoned.' And I walked clear back, and I looked at it and I just couldn't pick
it up. I never got nothing to eat until I hooked up with a fellow by the name
of Brown. I'll never forget him. He was a muleskinner, he drove mules. I run
into him and we got to talkin' and he says 'You look hungry.' 'I am hungry.' I
says, 'I haven't eaten for three days.' Well, we got to a little town and he went
out to get me something to eat and he sat down and ate three breakfasts. They'd
take him in and sit him down and give him something to eat, and they'd never
give him something to bring back to me. He finally run on to a woman. She was a
middle aged lady, and she gave him two big slices of bread. One covered with
butter and one covered with apple butter. That was the best I ever ate. You get
real hungry and take a piece of plain bread, and it will taste like cake."
1918
On
September 12, 1918, Ira registered for WWI draft at Circleville, Ohio. C. E.
Stout signed the registration card. Ira gave as his profession, Linesman for
the Citizen Telephone Co., Place of employment: N. Court St. Circleville,
Pickaway Co., Ohio. He gave as his permanent contact point: Elizabeth Sarah
Harrington , address: 6076 Mound St , Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio. He also gave
this same address as his own address. He gave his date of birth as Aug 28, 1898
and his age as 20
1919
Ira became the proud owner of an Indian
motocycle. In the years that included 1919 there were only a few paved roads
and these did not include the gravel roads that served most rural residents and
farms. On one occasion, Ira was riding on a gravel road with a passenger seated
behind him. As he approached a place in the road where a ditch had been cut
across to install a tile and refilled leaving a bump, Ira jokingly told his
passenger that the road was out ahead and he should jump off. The passenger
jumped off throwing the motorcycle out of control. Ira rode the vehicle off the
road and into a fence row where he broke-off three fence posts. Ira was knocked
unconcious. He remained in a coma for 8-days before waking up. This was one of
Ira's near-death events that had a happy ending and, by extension, made
possible the writing of this book.
1920
On
1 June 1920 Ira's first child, June Lucille Harrington, was born. June's mother
was Dortha Ellen Moore. Information regarding this event is sparce and research
has yielded little. Dortha abandoned June to her father, Ira Harrington. Unable
to provide June with a home and without the experience or resources to care for
a child, June lived with and was reared by her grandparents, Bill and Lizzie
Harrington, until she graduated from high school. I have looked through the
marriage license records in Fairfield, Pickaway, Ross and Franklin Counties,
and more recently, Ancestry.com, for a record or Ira's marriage to Dortha
Moore. I found none. I have come to the conclusion that Ira and June’s mother,
Dortha Moore, probably were never married.
1922
From U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Ira E.
Herrington; Residence year 1922; Address 417 E. Main, Columbus,
OH; occupation: Auto Mech; Publication title: Columbus, Ohio, City Directory,
1922 [living with Nell and Ruth (waitress) at 417 E. Main]
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1923
On 14 July 1923 Ira Edward Harrington and
Vivian (Lil) Radford married.
1924
From U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Ira E. Harrington;
Residence year 1924; Address 678 Mohawk Av, Columbus, OH; occupation: Auto
Mech, McClure-Nesbitt Motor Co.; Publication title: Columbus, Ohio, City
Directory, 1924
1924
Ira
and Vivian went to Florida by way of a Model-T Ford when he was 24 years old.
This trip lasted at least 2-years since Vivian and Ira Harrington are
registered in the Tampa, Florida City Directory in 1926 residing at 31 9th Ave,
Tampa, Florida.
1924-1926
*
"In Tampa Florida, some boy, I don't remember his name, was crookeder than
hell, and he said I held him up! His older brother owned two or three filling
stations, and three times he robbed that filling station. He would go and stay
there while his brother went out to lunch or something, and three times he had
a 'hold up' while his brother was out to lunch. One of 'em was right next to
the shop where I worked, and he said that I held him up. They took me in for
questioning, and I stayed overnight in jail. There was all kind of proof that I
wasn't no ways near there at that time. He said that I had on a gray suit of
clothes, and I didn't own one. I had a brown suit and a white suit. In fact, I
was down at the Latin American Club. I had all kinds of alibis."
1924-1926
* "Once, on the
corner of 9th Avenue and Maryland, in Florida, I stopped in a store. While
there, I heard what sounded like a car backfiring. I went out and there was
this guy that shot a nigger. This guy wanted me to swear and I wasn't even there.
I was in a drugstore, and while I was in the drugstore, he shot 'im. And I went
out, and the nigger was lyin' there bleedin' and that guy kicked a half a brick
over to the side of the nigger and he wanted me to say I saw it and that the
nigger was goin' to hit him with the brick. I said I don't want a damn things
to do with it. I didn't see it and I don't want nothin' to do with it; got in
the company car and just went on about my business."
U.S. City
Directories, 1821-1989 about Vivian Harrington
Name: Vivian
Harrington
Gender: Female
Residence Year: 1926
Street address: 031
9th Av
Residence Place:
Tampa, Florida, USA
Spouse: Ira
Harrington
Publication Title:
Tampa, Florida, City Directory, 1926
1927
Ira ran over a little
girl with his auto breaking both of her legs. He was exiting an alley in
Columbus, Ohio where he lived and she ran across the alley from the obscured
front of a building in front of his car. No charges were filed against Ira. He
paid for the little girl’s medical treatment and visited her while she was in
the hospital.
1929
Pam wrote, "When Ira
was 29 years old, my grandfather took another trip. This went to California
with his brother Lou. They took another Model-T Ford and set out for more
adventures - which they found. They had a few problems with the Ford, though.
In Arizona, the top of the car caught fire because of the wood support
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rubbing
against the metal hood. Because they were in the desert, there wasn't any water
to put it out with. How it was finally quenched will have to be passed down
from generation-to-generation by word of mouth. After this happened they
wrecked the Ford, and since they were low on money, instead of paying to have
it fixed, they sold it, and came back by way of train. Not the conventional
way, mind you, they hopped freight trains. This wasn't a new form of
transportation to them, although the experiences they had were.
1929?
*
"Another time, comin' back from Calfornia, I got to Texas, Sante Fe, and
this railroad detective was puttin' everybody off the train, to keep 'em from
ridin' and this detective caught up with me. I wasn't on the train, 'cause the
train had stopped, and you better get off the train and get hidin' while you
were stopped. So I got off the train and this detective caught me. He talked to
me a little bit, I wasn't really a bum, see, I had some money and was dressed
pretty good, so he talked to me a little bit. I told him where I was from and
everything and he said, 'I believe you.' Then he said, you see that straight
embankment down there? There's a road that goes across that and the train has
to go upgrade. Now you start walkin', and when the train pulls out you get on
it and get in the box car and shut the door.' So I did. There was another
feller in there, a young guy from Texas, so I got in there and here was this
guy. He was about, oh, I'd say 20 years old, but he was great big. Well I told
him that the man said that if we keep the door shut, we could go on through.
Well, we come to another town and made a stop, for somethin' and when we
started to pull out, these two spicks got on, Mexicans. They were maybe between
20 and 25, they pulled in the rope and jumped in. So, that was pretty wild
country through there. After we got out a piece, they throwed the door wide
open and one sat on one side and one sat on the other. I tried to tell 'em that
the man said that if we'd shut the door we could ride. They'd say 'no speak.'
They didn't know English too well, and in order to get to ride, I insisted that
they get back and shut the door.
Well,
they didn't like that and one pulled out a switchblade about six inches long
and started to clean his fingernails. So I got the other guy to come back to
the other side of the car, and I sat down and he sat down along side of me. I
asked him where he was goin' and everything, and he told me, but anyhow, I said
'We got to get rid of them if we want to ride this train clear through.
"'What'd ya want to do?', he says,
'"Well,
we can talk to 'em a little bit, and you get on one side and I'll get on the
other . . .'
"When the train got to rollin' real good, we just put
our foot in their backs and kicked them onto the ground. They just rolled like
balls! For the next two days I bought papers whenever we stopped in a town, to
see if there was any account of them. I never heard anything. I don't think
they were hurt, just a little scratched up.
1929?
* "Lou and I got separated on the way back, in
Alburquerque, New Mexico. I didn't know where he was, but I knew he was on his
way home. This was in Joliet, Illinois. I was ridin' on top of the merchandise in
a box car, and we pulled in to Joliet. Well, I had to get off the train, so
when it come to a stop, I looked both ways, and here come guys with lanterns,
that was after dark, and here come a guy walkin' over top. They was lookin' for
guys like me. And there was only one thing for me to do, make a dash for it.
And I did. There was an old cabin set back off the railroad and I just went
around that ol' cabin, it was all overgrown with weeds, kind of swampy down
there, there was burdock and grass. I just made a dive around that house and
went back in there quite a ways, crawlin' in the grass and big ol' burdock.
They stomped all around me with their flashlights, they saw me run that way,
and here they come with flashlights. One guy pert' near stepped on me. They
give up, and I figured that was a pretty good place to spend the night, so I
just
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stayed there. The
next morning, shortly after daylight I woke up. I didn't dare to go back on
them rails, because they'd be watchin' for me, so I started the other way, and
come up to a big stone wall. I crawled up it, and looked right down in the back
of a prison. I was out side of the prison. I went out to the trough where they
watered the mules and washed my face and hands. There was a great big guard
there and he come over and talked to me. He asked me where I was headed for and
I told him. He said, 'Do you know where you're at?'
"I said, 'No.'
"You're in
Joliet, Illinois. You're in the penitentiary. You're in the yard!' "I
said, That's rough, ain't it?'
"I
don't know whether to open that gate there and put you over in the penitentiary
yard or let you go.'
"'Well,' I said, 'I haven't committed no
crime, and I haven't offended you
have I?'
"'No.'
"'Well, then, I
can't see no sense in putting me over in the prison yard.' "'Well, "
he says, 'I guess I can't either."
"The
prison gate where I went out was about a quarter of a mile out towards the
street. He walked out to the gate with me. We just got out the gate and here
come the city patrol. They didn't have cruisers then, they all walked on foot.
We stood there and talked a little bit, and he said, 'Here's a guy that
wandered in the back end this morning here. I'm going to turn him over to you.'
"The policeman
asked, 'What did he do?' "'Oh, I don't know what he's done.' "They
was kiddin' me, you see.
"So
the patrolman said, 'Well we're pretty well filled up down there, I think I'll
let 'im go.'
"So he told me where a hobo jungle was.
A hobo jungle is where a bunch of hobos concentrate and cook and sleep and tell
lies. Before I got there I went to a bakery and got some sweet rolls and, oh, a
little ham I guess. There were ten or twelve guys there, with a big ol' lard
can over a fire cookin', and I had this stuff to eat, and here comes another'n,
says 'what you got?' and I give it to 'im and he tears the bread all up and
tossed it in there and took the balony or whatever it was, cut it up and throws
it in the can. They call it scumgullion. Everybody ate some. I had a little
money, $60 or $70 and I was afraid to go to sleep, or stay there after dark
'cause those guys would cut your throat for a dime. So about an hour before
dark I walked out through the jungle to a hill. I knew the steepness of the
grade would slow the train down, so I sat down there in the grass agin' a tree
and went to sleep until I heard a train whistle."
1929?
*
"In New Mexico I stopped once and got some ham and eggs. The girl there
was baitin' me or something, I don't know. She told the railroad detective to
watch me." (He was referring to the waitress.) "He was a nasty ol'
guy. Three days before that he had shot a 15 year old boy in the back. I went
out and stayed away from the railroad until dark. When it got dark I knew that
nobody could see which direction I was goin' or anything, but I had to walk out
about a mile away from that town, then circle back to get to the railroad.
That's when the guy got me. There was a light in the station, and I could see
'im bobbin' back and forth in that light comin' in my direction, so I got off
the railroad, back onto the highway, He tried to get me back on the railroad so
that he could arrest me. He pulled a gun and told me to get back down on the
tracks. I said, 'If you're the kind of man that would shoot another man for
nothin', than you go ahead.'
"He said, 'Where
are you from?' "Ohio', I told him.
"Well,
you're going to learn something, 'cause down here, we shoot first and
investigate later.'
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"Well, you go ahead and shoot, 'cause I ain't
gettin' down on no damn railroad. I'm up here on a public highway, and it ain't
any of your business.'
"I watched him out of
sight, and started walkin' on the highway. I figured that the highway would
come back to the railroads somehow 'cause it was kind of curving towards the
railroad, I must have walked a mile, and sure enough it did.
The road went under
the railroad, so I got up against the buttress there, and later, it was just
breakin' day when a train come along. Goodbye! I was gone.
1930
From
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Ira Harrington; Residence year 1930;
Address 1159 E. Fulton, Columbus, OH; occupation: Mech; Publication title: Columbus,
Ohio, City Directory, 1930
From
the 1930 Federal Census for Columbus, Ward 4, Block 203, Franklin
County, Ohio; Fulton Street; enumerated 4 April 1930 [all members of this house
were born in Ohio; both of Katherine Loos parents were born in Germany; father:
Alsace-Lorraine; mother: Bavaria, Germany] Katherine
Loos, head, age 58, occupation: none
William Loos, son,
age 38, occupation: city Salesman, machine Wipers Marjorie Loos, dau., age 13
Jean
Loos, dau, age 12 Isabelle Loos, dau., age 6 Robert Loos, son, age 4
Ira Harington, lodger, age 30,
occupation: none
1930
While lead mechanic at a garage in Columbus,
Ohio (it could have been the McClure-Nesbitt Motor Co.) Ira was asked to start
an old Dussenberg automobile that had been taken in on trade. The Dussenberg
was an American-made luxury automobile made in Des Moines, Iowa between
1917-1937. Although several mechanics had worked on it, it would not start. Ira
was too busy to get to it for several weeks. Finally Ira told Jimmie, the
garage handyman, to pull the car out on the floor. It had a magneto spark
source. Ira dropped the pan so he could see the position of the pistons and
synchronized the spark with the firing order of the cylinders. He put the pan
back on and had Jimmie put oil in it and give it a crank. It fired on the first
pull and ran well.
Another
Ira story was about a customer who bought a new car. He was Italian and spoke
only broken English. He was particularly careful with it and drove it very
slowly. He would not use the high speed gear on the car. One day he brought the
car in for repairs having been hit on the side in an intersection. Ira told him
that he was hit because he was driving too slow. Ira pointed out that if he
were going faster, he would have been well out of the intersection by the time
the other car came along. The customer speeded up. Sometime later, he brought
his car in again. Again it was hit in an intersection. He was furious with Ira.
He complained that if he had not been driving faster, he would not have been
even close to the intersection when the other car was there.
1931
On 24 February 1931, Ira E. Harrington and Audra Lavada
Young Hines married in the Trinity Lutheran church in Circleville. They had met
in Columbus, Ohio where Ira and Audra were each renting rooms from the sister
of Audra's brother-in-law. Audra had lost her husband, Lawrence Hines, about
2-years before and was enrolled in a beautician school. Ira was working as a
mechanic at a new-car dealership near by. Soon after their marriage, they moved
to a shared facilities with the family of Ira's older sister, Carlton and Ruth
Imo Harrington Pennell. The Great Depression was raging and the Country's
economic system was
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on the rocks. Richard E.
Harrington, the author of this book, was born on 23 December 1931 in St.
Frances Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.
1931
From U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Ira E. Harrington
(Audrey L.); Residence year 1931; Address 1288 E. Engler,
Columbus, OH; occupation: Mech, McClure-Nesbitt Motor Co.; Publication title:
Columbus, Ohio, City Directory, 1931 [Ruth I. & Carlton P. Pennell are also
listed at this 1288 E. Engler address]
1932
Audra L. Harrington, Ira E.
Harrington, with their new son, Richard E. Harrington; and Ruth I. Pennell,
Carlton P. Pennell, with their sons, Roger Pennell, and George W. Purcell, went
to Miami, Florida in early 1932 where they constructed a boat and began a
commercial fishing business. The new business was financed with money that
Audra had from a life insurance policy from her departed husband, Lawrence
Hines. The venture was cut short and they all returned to Circleville, Ohio
about July 26, 1932 to attend the funeral of Easter Marie Harrington Ward,
youngest sister of Ira and Ruth. They did not go back to Florida.
1933
Ira
told a story about he and a friend going gigging for frogs. They had finished
gigging and returned to the friends Model-A Ford when they discovered that were
being pursued by the game warden. Ira had a Model-A Ford just like the friend's
car in which they were being chased. They outran the game warden and Ira was
dropped off at his home. His friend drove on just seconds ahead of the game
warden arriving at Ira's house. Ira ran into the house, closed the door and
waited in the dark, looking out the window. The game warden drove up, felt the
radiator of Ira's car and found it cold. The game warden drove away.
1934
In
about 1934 Ira and Audra decided to buy a house with a little acreage in the
country near Circleville, Ohio . The Great Depression was in full control of
the National economy and work was hard to find and uncertain. Property with a
little acreage would provide shelder and land to raise sufficient food to
provide for the family. They had no money to buy their dream, however, and
decided to borrow it from Audra's father, Will Young. Upon request, Audra's
father took a shoe box from under his bed full of government bonds that he had
bought from income from oil wells on his property. He removed enough bonds for
the $600 loan, cashed them and provided the money.
1936
In 1936 the Great Depression still gripped
the Nation. Ira was working at about any job he could find. At the suggestion
of a friend, Carl Dutro, he agreed to try selling Watkins Products. This
involved using his own car and peddling the Watkins-brand of products
house-to-house. The product line was very large and included some staple foods,
Watkins Liniment, Watkins Salve, Watkins Salt and Pepper, brushes, sponges,
soap, and many more products. Sales were on commission. As a promotion, the
Watkins agency gave away song books and other paper products. Ira was never a
good salesman and hated the job. He soon decided that he wasn't making any money
at it and stopped.
1937
Shortly after giving up on selling Watkins Products, Ira
and and his youngest brother, Fred Harrington, who was 9-years his junior, went
into the home-butchering business. They would go the stock market and buy one
or more pigs. Ira had a trailer that he used for hauling pigs and all of the
equipment for butchering. Ira and Fred would kill the pig, scald it, scrape off
the hair, butcher it
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and prepare the meat
for sale. Audra helped with the preparation and wrapping of the meat products.
Ira and Fred would then peddle it around the country side and sell it. It was a
lot of work -- butchering is no easy job. Uncle Fred had no investment in the
business except for his labor. He was a good peddler, however, and outsold Ira.
The business went on the rocks when Ira discovered that Fred was making sales
and keeping the money. Fred also went back to customers who had bought on
credit, collected the outstanding credit and kept the money.
1938
With
the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt, several programs were undertaken to try
to pull the country out of the depression. One was the Works Progress
Administration (WPA). This was largely a make-work program that did public work
on a wide range of infrastructure, cultural and arts. One such activity was the
repair and painting of bridges. Ira applied to and was hired by the WPA. His
job was to help paint bridges. He didn't particularly like the work but it was
a job. Before long he became a specialist at painting the reflective stripes on
bridges. He worked for the WPA until he could find a job more to his liking.
From the 1940
Federal Census for Pickaway Township, Pickaway County, Ohio; Dresbach road
through county line enumerated 19 April 1940 by Fred Dudleson [all members of
household born in Ohio]
Ira Harrington, head,
age 40, occupation: mechanic, auto mechanic Audra Harrington, wife, age 32
Richard
Harrington, son, age 8 William Harrington, son, age 7 Patricia Sue Harrington,
dau., age 3
1940?
This potentially lethal accident occurred on
the return trip home from a visit to Audra's parents, Will and Ole Young's
house. Ira was driving in his Model-A Ford sedan. Ira's father, Bill
Harrington, was with us. It had been raining and the road was wet. As we
crested a small hill and were descending on the other side, Ira applied his
breaks and the car started into a spin. It slid making a complete 360 degree
spin but remaining on the paved road and came to a stop pointed in the same
direction that we had been traveling. Not much was said at the time of the
event. Later both Audra and Ira commented that their passenger, Ira's dad -
Bill Harrington, who was riding in the front seat between them, turned as white
as a sheet. The Harrington kids, myself included, were riding in the back seat,
fully enjoying the maneuver.
1941
With
World War II raging, American Industry was gearing up for maximum war materials
production. The draft had syphoned much of the man-power needed for the
building of the war machine and its operation. The older men and the women of
the Nation had to fill in the gap left by the military. Ira joined the
operation by helping construct new manufacturing plants in Marion and Ravenna,
Ohio. This required that he rent a room for over-night during the work-week and
commute home for the weekend.
1943
Ira Harrington was in the hospital with pneumonia in the
Spring of 1943. This date is fixed by June coming from Indianoplis for a visit
and was pregnant with her only son, Bobbie Franklin. Ira had been painting the
eve-spouts while standing on a ladder that reached to the 2nd story. He was
using an aluminized, oil-based paint to protect the iron-based eves. Ira
complained of the harsh smell of the paint solvent. Whether the solvent was
exaserbating an existing condition or was causing it, was unclear. Whatever the
case, the condition soon turned into pneumonia. Ira
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was
never one to take more than home-remedies but he eventually agreed to seek
medical help. He went to Dr. Black who was an old physician who practiced in
Circleville. Dr. Black perscribed two placebos; a sugar pill and a charcoal
pill. Ira did not benefit from either and soon became delirious and
uncontrollable. At the insistance of his wife, Audra, the doctor was changed to
Dr. Vemont Kerns who immediately put Ira in the Berger Hospital and on antibiotics.
After 2 or 3 very troublesome days and nights during which a neighbor, Roy
Strawser, stayed throughout the night to keep Ira in bed and under control, he
began to improve. This turned out to be another of several near-death
experiences for Ira. Ira had been expected to die from this pneumonia. Had he
died, this book would have a significantly different ending.
1946
Ira
was the union steward at the Containers Corporation of America. This role
pitted him against management, a role that he enjoyed. He told a story of
saving a guy's job, who was named Shorty, that the management wanted to fire.
Ira said that he probably should have been fired, but it was his job to keep it
from happening.
1947
From U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Ira
Harrington; Residence year 1947; Address RD 1, Circleville, OH;
phone: 1922; occupation: emp Container Corp; Publication title:
Circleville, Ohio, City Directory, 1947
1948
In 1948 Ira decided to start his own business
in the form of a welding shop. His work at the Containers Corporation of
America had given him ample experience welding and plently of opportunity at
equipment and metal construction to qualify for the work. His wife, Audra,
however, was quite concerned that he may not be qualified to manage the
finances and administrative part of the business. She volunteered to help
provide administrative assistance and support. Ira opened his business that he
named "Harrington's Welding" in a moderate sized, all wooden, two
story building that he bought on Western Avenue near the corner of Mound Street
in Circleville, Ohio. The business thrived until he retired in 1960. It was
strictly a one-man shop that would not have supported more than one family. His
clients were largely farmers in the area for which he did miscellaneous
welding, re-shoeing or re-laying of plow points, building farm wagons, etc. He
did a small amount of welding and repair on automotive equipment. A circus
company regularly wintered at the Pickaway Fair Grounds which kept him busy
during the winter months building and repairing their equipment. Ira bought the
large, three-story, red brick house and lot on which the shop was located. He
sold the property in the country and moved into the first floor of the red
brick making his commute to his welding shop the short walk of about 70-feet
thru the back yard to the shop.
1949
From U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Ira E, Harrington
(Audra L); Residence year 1949; Address RD 1, Circleville, OH;
phone: 1922; (Harrington's Wldg Shop); Publication title: Circleville, Ohio,
City Directory, 1949
1949
From
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: (Ira E, Harrington) 216(r) W Mound; year 1949;
phone: 139; Publication title: Circleville, Ohio, City Directory, 1949 [second
1949 City Directory entry.]
1949
From
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Ira E. Harrington; Spouse: Audra L.
Harrington; Residence year 1949; Address Rd 1, Circleville, OH;
Publication title:
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Circleville, Ohio,
City Directory, 1949 [third 1949 City Directory entry.]
1950
Ira and Audra's oldest son, R.E. Harrington,
left home in the autumn of 1949 to begin college at The Ohio State University.
Ira built a motor scooter for Dick to travel to classes. In 1952 Ira bought a
new 1952 Ford sedan and gave Dick the old 1936 family Plymouth.
In
1950 with the help of his youngest son, William "Bill" Young
Harrington, Ira started construction on a small two bedroom house on the empty
lot beside the large red brick house. He and Audra moved into the new house
where they lived the remainer of their lives. Ira converted the large house
into three apartments that he rented. The third floor apartment was usually
empty because it had no toilet facilities. However, even that space was
occasionally rented as a sleeping room to a single renter. Rent from the red
brick along with social security was Ira and Audra's main source of income in
their retirement. Audra resumed working as a beartician after Ira's retirement,
more out of boredom than need. With the children gone, Ira and Audra slowly
prospered and their lives included travel and more recreational activities.
1952
From
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Ira E. Harrington; Spouse: Audra L. Harrington;
Residence year 1952; Address: Circleville, OH; occupation: Wldg
(welding); Publication title: Circleville, Ohio, City Directory, 1952
1955
Ira vowed that he would retire at the age of
60. His plan was to build a power-boat that he would take to Florida and fish.
He bought plans with patterns for the components to construct a 26-foot long,
8-foot beam, power boat. During periods of slack business, he built his boat in
his welding shop. It was equipped with a converted 8-cylinder, Lincoln automobile
engine and transmission.
1959
From
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Ira E. Harrington (Audrey); Residence year 1959;
Address: 216 W. Mound, Circleville, OH; Publication title: Circleville, Ohio,
City Directory, 1959
1960
Ira
retired from the welding shop at age 60. He sold most of his equipment to a
local Circleville, Ohio competitor who had recently opened his own shop. Ira
kept his service truck to pull his newly completed boat. In the summer of 1960
he headed for Venice, Florida. He bought a mobile home near Venice and launched
his boat. Venice is on the western coast of Florida about 90 miles south of St.
Petersburg. A year or two before Ira arrived in Florida, a periodic event of
the Red Tide occurred which sickens and kills many of the fish in the Gulf of
Mexico unlucky enough to be in it path. The result is a cessation of fishing
for from a few months to a few years.
1961
Audra
rented their furnished house in Circleville to two school teachers and joined
Ira at Venice, Florida.
1962
By the summer of 1962, Ira and Audra tired of Venice,
Florida and decided to go back home to Circleville, Ohio. On their return trip
to Ohio they stopped for a visit with the author, R.E. Harrington, who was
living and working in Pensacola, Florida. During that visit, Ira gave Dick the
boat that they had left in Venice. Dick moved the boat to a marina in Pensacola
within about a month. In 1963 the marina
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caught fire and burned all
of the boats, including the un-insured boat that Ira had built.
1965
After
retiring at about age of 60, Ira became bored. He built himself a small light
weight fishing boats. A friend who saw it wanted to buy it, so he sold it. He
built another for himself and again sold it to a friend. Before long, he was
taking orders for his boats. He made and sold perhaps a dozen boats. The
project helped him get over his retirement bordom but it, too, soon became
boring. He made one more boat which he kept.
1972
About
1927, Ira, his oldest son, Dick, and Dick's two sons, Daniel and Gregory went
to Canada on a camping and fishing vacation.
1974
Ira vowed that he would never fly. His claim was that if
he were ever killed by an airplane, it would have to fall on him. In the early
1970s, his oldest son, R.E. Harrington, worked in Washington, D.C. Ira and
Audra wanted to visit but did not want to drive. Ira finely relented and took a
plane to and from Washington, D.C.
1980
Ira's health began failing with obvious signs
of dementia. He was diagnosed as having insufficient oxygen to the brain
because of decreased blood flow to that area brought on by hardening of the
arteries. His doctors said that it was likely a product of life-long smoking.
1983
Ira died 24 November 1983.
From the Ohio,
Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, & 1958-2007 NAME: Ira E Harrington
BIRTH DATE: 1899
BIRTH PLACE: Ohio,
United States GENDER: Male
RACE: White
RESIDENCE PLACE:
Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, United States DEATH DATE: 23 Nov 1983
HOSPITAL OF DEATH:
Home
DEATH
PLACE:Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA
CERTIFICATE: |
085377 |
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AGE AT DEATH: |
84 |
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CERTIFIER: |
Physician |
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SOCIAL SECURITY
NUMBER: 288-01-4159 |
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MARITAL STATUS: |
Married |
Mr. Ira Harrington
obituary:
Mr.
Ira E. Harrington, 84, 212 W. Mound St. died this morning at 3 a.m. at his
residence.
Born
August 28, 1899, in Circleville, he was the son of William A. and Elizabeth
Pence Harrington.
He was the retired owner of Harrington
Welding Shop.
He was preceded in death by four brothers and
three sisters.
Survivors
include his wife, Audra Young Harrington; two sons, Richard E. Harrington of
Washington, D. C., and William Harrington of Circleville; two daughters,
Patricia Reynolds of Circleville and Mrs. Martin (June) Walters of Washington
(state of Washington); 13 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; one
sister, Ola Eblin of Columbus.
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Graveside memorial services
will be held Friday at 2:30 PM in Forrest Cemetery (Circleville, OH) with
Pastor John Mittermaier officiating. Memorial contributions may be made to
Trinity Lutheran Church.
Ira
was creamated and his ashes are buried at the site of his and his wife's tombstone
in Forest Cemetery, Circleville, Ohio. When Ira's daughter, Patricia Sue
Harrington Hutchinson Reynolds died on 28 Apr 2013, she was buried in the grave
of her father. Ira's urn of ashes were removed and reburied in the same grave
at her request.
Such
is the chronology of the life of Ira Edward Harrington as best it could be
described from public records, stories related by Ira about himself, and from
the author's memory. So, who then was Ira Edward Harrington? Was he a complex
or simple man? Was he wise or irresponsible? The following are the author's
personal assessment. As you read the following conclusions, keep in mind the
contents of the of the opening paragraphs. Also, keep in mind that it is very
difficult - almost impossible - for one to assess a member of the family
without significant bias. But, I will try to be objective.
Ira was a smart yet average man. Some terms
that come to mind that apply to Ira, to varying degrees, include: macho,
confident, independent, proud, honest, courageous, hard working, mechanically
inclined, intellegent, prejudice, self-centered, loyal, a limited formal
education and a temper. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, dogs, hard work,
mechanical challenges, his family, close friends, coon hunting, and
complements. His taste in foods were limited to basic foods. He did not like
fancy dishes, wine, mixed drinks, sandwich meats, carrots, or any wild meats
such as wild rabbit, squirrel, groundhog, etc.
As
with most people, I suspect, it is likely that the experiences of Ira in his
parental family were among the most important factors in forming who Ira E.
Harrinton would be throughout his life. Some of the main factors include the
period in history when he lived, the size of his parental family, the poverty
of the family, the competition within the family, the role-models of the
extended family, the education level of his parents and himself, the priority
of education by his parents, and more. Many of these factors can be overcome or
reoriented in later life. In Ira's case some were, some were not.
The
lack of education of both of Ira's parents would have been a major factor in
his upbringing. It kept the family in poverty throughout Ira's formative years.
Life was hard. There was barely enough to eat and ware. Competition within the
family was keen. Etiquette and manners were subordinate to needs.
A
family trait within the members of Ira Harrington and his siblings was
competition with other siblings. This competion manifest itself in several ways.
One was an apparent need to brag about one's own accomplishments and the need
to minimize achievements of other siblings. While the siblings seemed to like
to get together, each sibling seemed to display an overly competitive focus on
themselves. It could bring out a boisterous level of discussion and give the
impression that each sibling was selfish and considered himself or herself to
be the most important person in the gathering. In the case of Ira, this
attitude carried over into the home. Perhaps this could be an impression of a
child-member of the Ira Harrington family. But it was clear that Ira was always
right, always the decision-maker and disciplanarian, always the person who
controlled all aspects of the family. In reality, this was probably more a
reflection of how things were in his parent's home. It probably also reflected
the fact that while 'dad' was the law, there was not much law. It was more an
environment in which the kids ran wild, without much guidance.
Another manifestation of being self-centered was that
almost all family activities involved things that interested Ira. Ira was an
outdoors man. Only bad weather and darkness kept him inside. Family
entertainment included hunting, fishing, occasional camping trips. He liked to
work and always had a project in mind
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or
in progress. He was talented, cleaver, and good at almost everything he
undertook. He also
took great pleasure in
his accomplishments. He was frequently helpful to neighbors since it provided
an opportunity to demonstrate his ability to figure out a problem and
demonstrate his ability to solve it. He would frequently brag about
accomplishments that he experienced on his job. This trait served Ira well when
he had his own welding business.
Ira took great pride in his ability to
provide for himself and his family with almost all of their material needs. It
appeared to be the pleasure of the sense of accomplishment that drove him. He
had both a need, a desire and a drive to be a harvester. With the help of his
wife and family, he raised most of his own family's food. He was almost totally
independent of the supermarket from the four acre small farm. He hunted and fished
for food. He kept honey bees; planted, harvested and preserved a full range of
vegetables; raised and butchered his own meat; kept a milk cow; and more. He
also hunted and trapped for pelts for extra money. He made his own electricity
with a home-made windcharger that he built. He cut his own wood for fuel. He
expanded his house with used blocks and lumber. He dug his own well, piped the
water into the kitchen where it was pumped with a hand pump into a concrete
sink that he built. He built his own house. He did most of this by himself,
without help other than from family members.
Ira had a deep dislike for politicians and
people in authority. He viewed politicians of any level to be one of the main
sources of problems that the Country faced. His dislike extended to most of the
laws and regulations he encountered. He was pursuaded in his views by the
observation that he was born and lived much of his life without many of the
laws and regulations and felt that things ran well. He could never admit that
the rise in population might need regulations and rules to more smoothly govern
the interaction and conduct of people. He saw all such things that inhabited
his freedom only as they applied to him. This was likely a manifestation of his
early up-bringing.
Ira
belived in religion but distrusted organized religion. He used to say that he
could go into the woods, away from people and be closer to God than in any
church. He viewed the church, any church, as a human manipulation of religion
for profit.
On
most subjects, Ira had thought long and hard and had developed his own views
and theories of his world. If they differed for others, he was willing to argue
them but seldom modify them. He had great confidence and faith in himself and
believed that he had an equal or better chance of being right as someone else.
He was an island of confidence and would quickly agree that his views might
differ but never agree that he was wrong.
Ira was a product of a dying - perhaps now dead - survival
culture. A culture when neighbor helped neighbor without expecting pay or
immediate return of the favor. A time when trading was common and payment in
services and products one had to offer were acceptable. Dad paid doctor bills
with produce from the garden -- he didn't have the money. He worked nights at
the Containers Corporation of America and would get out of bed during the day
to repair a neighbors tractor. They in turn would plow his garden or give him
straw if he needed it. People seemed to trust that in the longer run things
would even out - no one would take or get an advantage. Agreements didn't have
to be detailed to the letter. Later in his life this resulted in a number of
misunderstandings and disagreements. An example of such a contract was when he
agreed to buy used concrete block from a nearby church that was dismantling a
block wall. Ira's understanding of the agreement was that he could buy only the
block that he needed. The church elder's understanding was that he would buy
all of the block and haul away the rest. On another occasion he bought hay from
a farmer for cow feed. When the hay was delivered, it was a beautiful,
high-grade hay that came at a price that was 2 to 3 times more expensive than
he expected. Still another time, Ira agreed to clear-cut wood on a neighbor's
farm for the wood. Well into the job, the
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neighbor
asked Ira for his half of the wood. Fortunately, this kind of misunderstanding
did not happen often.
Ira
could be very judgmental. He had a dislike for certain "kinds" of
people including sissies, homosexuals, cowards, effeminate men, and liars. He
distrusted politicians, lawyers, preachers, high-pressure salesmen and
salewomen, advertisers, the wealthy, and people whom he thought were grossly
overpaid for the work they do, such as sports figures, movie stars, business
executives, etc.
Love
was a difficult emotion for Ira. Love seemed to collide with his sense of
macho, masculinity, effeminate men, and even sissy. Yet, he clearly loved his
wife, Audra, and his family. He could not apply the term to his siblings or
parents, but, he "liked" them. I never heard Ira tell his wife that
he loved her, although I suspect he did. He never told his childen he love them
and seldom cuddle with them. It was a word and emotion that was somehow
connected to his image of a sissy. It was important that his sons not be
sissies. Being a sissy meant that you didn't cry. And, you didn't yield to
non-masculine emotions like hugging or showing affection.
But Ira had all those
emotions. He just couldn't expose them. He clearly was proud of his kids. He
would eagerly acknowledge or even raise the subject of certain attributes in his
kids that he admired, like talent on the basketball court, track and other
sports, honors won in school, going to college, Patty's attractiveness, and
more. He had fear for our safety or having had a near injury -- he would
sometimes hide his feelings with scolding or anger. In later years after I had
left home, he was clearly glad to see me return. Perhaps the closest he ever
came to showing affection was in an admonition at the end of a visit,
"Don't stay away so long."
Yet
in spite of Ira's hard exterior and the taboo of ever appearing to be a sissy,
we had some wonderful times. They mostly involved doing things together. More
times than not it was some work-related event; sometimes it involved hunting or
fishing or visiting the Old-Mans-Cave or visiting Gm and GP Harrington or
Young.
When
it came to love, Ira had all the emotions of any well adjusted man. He just
couldn't express them. He could not allow himself to even try.
Ira
was 5-feet, 8-inches tall. He weighed 175 lbs all of his adult life with little
variation. He had a full head of hair throughout his life that went from a
brown/red to snow white. He always considered himself a read-head. He always
claimed Irish as his ethnicity. Ira was seldom sick during his life. He
periodically suffered from a strained back that at times made him bedfast. His
two most serious bouts with ill health were: 1) In about 1919 he was in an
8-day coma from head injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident, and 2) In 1943
he had a serious bout with pneumonia. As he approached the end of his life,
around 1980, he began suffering from dementia. Over a period of about 3 years
he was reduced to a condition similar to a new-born baby. He died in his sleep
at home.
Notes for Dortha
Ellen Moore:
Photos in Album,
Pages: 51
Dorothy
E. Moore in the Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1962 NAME: Dorothy E.
Moore
GENDER: |
Female |
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RACE: White |
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BIRTH PLACE:
Tarlton, Pickaway, Ohio |
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BIRTH DATE: |
21 Jul 1901 |
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CHRISTENING PLACE: Fairfield,
Ohio |
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FATHER'S NAME: |
John Moore |
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MOTHER'S NAME: |
Nettie Roland |
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FHL FILM NUMBER: |
0295267 |
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Dortha's
daughter, June Lucille Harrington, Franklin, Walters, said that her mother's
grandmother was full-blooded Blackfoot Indian.
From the 1910
United States Federal Census for Ashville Village, Harrison Twp., Pickaway
County, Ohio; enumerated 21 April 1910 by John L. Stevenson [all born in Ohio,
including their parents, except as noted]
John W Moore, head,
age 50, carpenter, house Nettie Moore, wife, age 38
Jesse E Moore, son,
age 19, laborer, railroad Carl J Moore, son, age 14
Dorothy E Moore, dau.,
age 8 Orlo L Moore, son, age 6 Leo P Moore, son, age 4
Margeret M Moore, dau., 1-yr, 5-mo, born in
Pennsylvania
From the 1940
United States Federal Census for Ward 8, South High Street, Apt 3, Columbus,
Ohio; enumerated 12 & 13 April 1940 by J. Edmund Gay [all born in Ohio]
Dortha
Moore, head, age 38, waitess, restaurant, married, house rented @ $18/mo, age
at 1st marriage = 17
Herman Bozenhard,
lodger, age 67
Floyd Corroll, lodger, age
22, carpenter, building construction John Gallagher, lodger, age 39, carpenter,
building construction
From |
the U.S., Social Security
Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 |
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Name: Dorotha Moore |
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Gender:Female |
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Spouse: |
Ira E Harrington |
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Child: |
June Lucile Harrington |
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Dortha E Milar in
the Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007 |
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NAME: Dortha E
Milar |
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[Dortha E Moore] |
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BIRTH DATE: |
21 Jul 1901 |
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BIRTH PLACE:
Pickaway, Ohio, United States |
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GENDER: |
Female |
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RACE: White |
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HISPANIC ORIGIN: |
Not Hispanic (Latino) |
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DEATH DATE: |
6 Oct 1997 |
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DEATH TIME: |
06:25 AM |
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HOSPITAL OF DEATH:
Home |
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DEATH
PLACE:Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA |
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CERTIFICATE: |
079436 |
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AGE AT DEATH: |
96 |
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CERTIFIER: |
Physician |
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HOSPITAL STATUS: |
Other/Nursing Home |
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SOCIAL SECURITY
NUMBER: |
275-01-3594 |
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FATHER'S SURNAME:
Moore |
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MOTHER'S MAIDEN
NAME: |
Rowland |
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MARITAL STATUS: |
Widowed |
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ARMED FORCES
INDICATOR: No |
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INDUSTRY OF
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Own Home/At Home |
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PRIMARY REGISTRATION
DISTRICT: 2501
Dortha E. Milar in the
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
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NAME: Dortha E. Milar
SSN: 275-01-3594
LAST RESIDENCE:
43207 Columbus,
Franklin, Ohio, USA
BORN: 21 Jul 1901
DIED: 1 Oct 1997
STATE (YEAR) SSN ISSUED: Ohio (Before 1951)
Notes for Vivian
(Lil) Radford:
Photos in
Album, Pages: 52
From the Ohio, Births
and Christenings Index, 1774-1973
Name: Vivian Radford
Gender:Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 15 Jan 1900
Birth Place: Athens Township, Athens, Ohio
Father: C. J. Radford
Mother: Essie
Chambers
FHL Film Number: |
311601 |
From
the 1900 U.S. Federal Census for Athens Corporation, Athens
Township, Athens County, Ohio; enumerated 16 June 1900 by W.K. Scott [all born
in Ohio]
Charles
Radford, head, age 22, born March 1878, bridge construction [Charles J.
Radford]
Essie Radford, wife, age 21, born Sept, 1878
Vivian Radford, dau., age 5-months, born
January 1900
From
the 1910 U.S. Federal Census for Skidmore St. Columbus City, Ward
8, Franklin County, Ohio; enumerated 21 April 1910 by Laura V. Hollistin [all
born in Ohio]
Charles Radford,
head, age 33, iron worker, foundry Esther Radford, wife, age 31 [Esther E.
Radford] Vivian Radford, dau., age 10
Allan Radford, son, age 9
John Stevens, lodger,
age 30, laborer, city Stella E Bryan, dau., age 18
Marie Bryan, dau., age 13
Ursula C Bryan, dau., age 8
From the U.S. City
Directories, 1822-1995
Name: Vivian U
Radford
Residence
Year: |
1916 |
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Street address: |
818 W Rich |
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Residence Place: |
Columbus, Ohio, USA |
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Occupation: |
Student |
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Publication Title: |
Columbus, Ohio, City Directory, 1916 |
From
the 1920 U.S. Federal Census for West Rich St. Columbus City,
Ward 10, Franklin County, Ohio; enumerated 22 January 1920 by Bessie J.
Fletcher [all born in Ohio, except as noted]
Charles Radford,
head, age 42, structual iron worker, worked bridge Co. Essie Radford, wife, age
41
Allan C. Radford, son, age 10
Frank O Lenhart20, born in Pennsylvania,
toymaker, factory
Vivian U. Lenhart |
19 |
198
U.S. City
Directories, 1821-1989 about Vivian Harrington
Name: Vivian
Harrington
Gender: Female
Residence Year: 1926
Street address: 031
9th Av
Residence Place:
Tampa, Florida, USA
Spouse: Ira
Harrington
Publication Title:
Tampa, Florida, City Directory, 1926
From
the 1930 U.S. Federal Census for N. Princeton Ave. Columbus City,
Franklin County, Ohio; enumerated 6 April 1930 by Mrs. Manuel E. Miller [all
born in Ohio]
Charles Radford,
head, age 53 , laborer, bridge construction Esther E. Radford, wife, age 51
Allan C. Radford, son, age
20, oil cloth maker, factory Vivian U. Ward, dau., age 30 , binder, print shop,
divorced
From
the 1940 U.S. Federal Census for N. Princeton Ave. Columbus City,
Franklin County, Ohio; enumerated 6 January 1920 by [all born in Ohio]
Esther
E. Radford, head, age 61 Allan C. Radford, son, age 30
Vivia
U Ward, dau., age 40, binder-book, printing plant, 6th grade was highest grade
Vivian completed
From the U.S., Social
Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Vivian Ward
SSN: 291-05-0873
Last Residence:
43224 Columbus,
Franklin, Ohio, USA
BORN: |
15 Jan 1900 |
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Died: |
Aug 1975 |
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State (Year) SSN
issued: |
Ohio (Before 1951) |
Notes for Audra
Lavada Young:
Photos in
Album, Pages: 47-49, 51, 60, 63, 132, 151, 156, 163, 165
Audra
Lavada Young (January 24, 1907 - April 8, 1990) was born in the log house that
was originally purchased by her great great grandparents in 1855. At the age of
7 she moved with her family to a house on the hill that had been refurbished by
her father from an office and shed that had been constructed by an oil
development company. Audra lived the first 23 years of her life in Monroe
County, Ohio. She was confirmed as a member of the Hope Evangelical Lutheran
Church on 13 April 1930 as Audra Hines.
Audra
married twice. She first married Lawrence William Hines (August 17, 1904 - May
27, 1929) on August 15, 1928 in Monroe County, Ohio. Lawrence died 9 months
later of heart problems caused by rheumatic fever earlier in his life.
Audra's second
marriage was to Ira E. Harrington on February 24, 1931 in Circleville, Ohio.
Audra and Ira had 3 children, one of whom is the author of this book, Richard
Edward Harrington. Audra lived the remainder of her life and is buried in
Circleville, Ohio.
"THE OLD HOUSE" -- Born in the depth of winter
on January 24, 1907, Audra Lavada Young was the first child born to the William
Edward and Julia Viola (Ola) (Hodge) Young family. Audra was born in a log
cabin on a farm in the southeastern corner (Section 23) of Summit Township,
Monroe County, Ohio. The hand hewn log house was located in the hollow on the
farm that had been purchased by her great, great grandparents, Michael and
Barbara Young in 1855.
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Upon Michael's death,
the farm had passed to his son, Frederick and Eva Young, Audra's great
grandfather and great grandmother. In 1905, the year that Audra's parents,
William (Bill) Edward Young and Julia Viola (Ola) Hodge, married, Bill bought
the house and 40 acres from Frederick and Eva Young. Years later, Audra would
refer to her first home as the "Old House."
Bill Young's farm was typical of farms in the
Monroe County area. As with most of the County, the land was primarily hills.
The hill sides provided wood for fuel and lumber for construction and pasture
for the live-stock. The fields used for cultivation were the lower sides of the
hill which were flat enough to cultivate and the bottom land between the hills
which was fertile and easily tilled. The old house stood on bottom land
overlooking one of these fertile fields.
Audra spent the first 7 years of her life at
the old house. Although they lived only a mile from Lewisville, Ohio, they were
relatively isolated. The trips out of their hollow were primarily to attend
church or buy or sell at the Lewisville stores. On rare occasions they would
travel to visit a relative or conduct business in Woodsfield which was the
County seat of Monroe County, seven miles away.
THE
NEW HOUSE - One of the first big changes in Audra's life style came when she
was about 6-years old. The Young family had grown to five members and the
living quarters provided by the old house were becoming cramped. It was time
for Audra to start to school and the nearest school, Starr Elementary School,
was half a mile away and up a long steep hill. Little Audra and the other
upcoming children would have to walk to school.
Oil had been discovered in the area and the
oil companies had been drilling wells to harvest their finds. An oil
development company had built a combined field office and tool shed about a
mile from Lewisville near State Route 78 that connects Lewisville with
Woodsfield. This field office was on a site which was about 300 yards from
Starr Elementary School and connected to State Route 78 and the narrow-gauge
railroad by a lane about 50 yards long. The oil company's operation had moved
to a new location and put the field office up for sale. Bill Young bought the
combined field office and tool shed and set about converting it into a house.
He also bought 20-acres of land that included the site on which the field
office and tool shed sat. Lumber from the Old House was used, where possible,
in the construction and modification of the New House.
About 1914 Audra's parents and their three
children moved from their log cabin in the hollow to their new house. It was
located on top of the hill that helped define the hollow they left. The date of
their move is fixed on the fact that Audra's then youngest sister, Mabel, was
3-years old when they moved.
In comparison to the 12-inch square hand-hewn
logs used to make the Old House in the hollow, the new house was pretty flimsy.
Years later, Irvin Young would describe the new house as follows: The new house
on the hill where he was born and reared was made with rough-sawed boards
without studs. It was a single layer of boards nailed onto a frame with weather
stripping nailed over the cracks. This construction was typical of a shed built
of vertical boards. Irvin said that he remembers that snow was able to filter
through the walls of the house and be on their blankets in the morning. It was
not until after Irvin was old enough to remember that his father put weather
boarding over the exterior of the house. Irvin William Young was the 15-year
old, younger brother of Audra and the youngest member of William and Ollie
Young family.
The
move from the old house in the hollow to the new house on the hill brought the
Young family in more direct contact with Lewisville and into the social
structure of the community. The narrow gage railroad and its Decker Station
were less than 200-yards away. It was much easier to get into Lewisville and
Woodsfield, go to church, and to visit friends and relatives. Yet, life was
still quite rural and Audra was still the country girl who loved to play and
explore the nearby creeks and country side.
DISCOVERY
-- Audra told the story of being out playing one day with one of her sisters.
They were exploring the normally empty country side and came upon
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an
old house or shed that was falling down. When they explored inside, they found
a young woman sitting near the back wall. She had obviously been there for some
time judging from the way the area was organized into living quarters. There
were very few possessions except for a bed and a few cooking utensils.
In front of the woman on some blankets lay a very small
baby, obviously, only recently born. The young woman told them that she and her
husband were living there and that her husband would be back soon. She asked
them to promise to keep their discovery a secret. They promised and did keep
the secret for many years. Upon telling the story to me nearly 70-years later,
Audra said she always wondered what circumstance had brought the couple to have
chosen so obscure a location to start their lives together and start their
family. She said she always wondered what became of the family, especially the
baby. She wondered if she and her sister had done right by promising to keep
the young woman's secret.
STARR SCHOOL - Audra went to Starr School which was a
one-room school with a pot-belly stove in the middle of the room. There was but
one teacher who taught all of the 8-grades. Starr School was located across the
road and about 200 yards south from the Gary and Kenneth Jackson farm house
(formerly the home of Carl and Wilene Young Jackson). Wilene was Audra's
younger sister.
Upon
completing the eighth grade at Starr School, Audra attended the Lewisville High
School which was a new, white frame building in Lewisville, Ohio. The new high
school was about 1 mile from the Young's new house. By 1924, the year when
Audra started the 11th year of school, the Young Family had grown to 7. Their
ages were: Audra 17, Leora 15, Mabel 13, Wilene 9, Edith 7, and Irvin 2.
Audra's great grandmother, Julia Ann (Winland) Whitacre had died the previous
year. Audra had matured into a beautiful young woman with a healthy focus on
her future. Shortly into the school year, Audra fell ill with appendicitis and
had her appendices removed. Even in 1924 appendicitis was a serious malady with
a high causality rate. Eight years earlier, Audra's grandfather, August Frank,
had died of appendicitis. Audra's operation was performed in Wheeling, WV.
Following the operation, she convalesced at the home of Forrest and Annette
(Whitacre) Mobberly. Forrest and Annette were Audra's grand uncle and grand
aunt. Forrest was a full-time minister and ran a Boy's School in Wheeling. Upon
Audra's return from Wheeling, rather than return to school, Audra quit school
to help her mother keep house and care for the rest of the children. It was
normal practice in those days for girls, and frequently boys, to quit school
before graduating.
DATING
- Soon Audra began dating Homer Weber who was 3-years and 4-months her senior.
We do not know the details of this relationship but it appears that they may
have figured into the future relationship of Audra and her sister, Leora. Audra
began dating Lawrence Hines and on August 15, 1928 they were married. Homer
Weber began dating Leora Young whom he married on October 5, 1927.
SIBLING RIVALRY - Audra was 22-months older
than Leora, an age difference that frequently engenders competition between
siblings. To those close to Audra and Leora it was clear that there was
definitely a sense of competition between the sisters. Years later their
younger sisters would speculate that their respective involvements with Homer
Weber could have been a factor contributing to this competition. Over the years
the competition diminished. The sisters visited and wrote to each other
regularly.
Audra
was a beautiful woman all of her life. This observation may perhaps represent a
slight bias of the author, but photos of Audra are included so that the reader
can make their own judgment. For most of her adult life Audra maintained her
weight at between 125 to 135 pounds. As she approached 50-years of age, her
weight drifted upwards somewhat, but, always conscious of her appearance, she
would bring it down again. Audra was 5-feet 4-inches tall with chestnut brown
hair and blue eyes. While never pretentious, she was always conscious of her
appearance.
She had a good figure and while modest in her
attire, she dressed to
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compliment it. Audra
was a good seamstress and used her talent to craft a sophisticated but simple
wardrobe. Audra had a well-deserved reputation of always wearing stylish hair.
She was both adept and motivated to maintain a stylish appearance, an attribute
that probably contributed to her decision to become a beautician.
DEATH
OF LAWRENCE -- Audra's future husband, Lawrence William Hines, was born August
17, 1904 making him about two and a half years older than Audra. At the time of
their marriage he worked as manager of an A&P grocery store in
Steubenville, Ohio. For the duration of their marriage the newly-weds lived
with Lawrence's mother in Lewisville, Ohio. According to his obituary, ill
health had forced Lawrence to leave his job to convalesce.
Their marriage ended after only 9 months and
12 days by the untimely death of Lawrence. Lawrence had contracted rheumatic
fever as a boy and suffered from heart trouble. While the exact cause of his
death was never positively determined, Audra always thought that he died from
food poisoning, possibly from tainted chicken that he carried to work for his
lunch. The fried chicken had been leftover from a Sunday dinner and had been
stored in a glass jar in the basement; there being no in-home refrigeration at
that time. His death record, however, listed the cause of death to be heart
trouble.
BEAUTICIAN SCHOOL - Audra was the beneficiary
on a life insurance policy that Lawrence had purchased. She remained in her
mother-in-law's household for a short time following Lawrence's death. Then,
she used some of the money to go to a beautician school in Columbus, Ohio. In
Columbus she stayed in a rooming house that was in the home of Freda (Weber)
Landefeld. Freda, the sister of Homer Weber, was a widow who had lost her
husband to tuberculosis two years earlier. Freda rented sleeping-rooms in her
home following her husband's death as a source of income.
IRA HARRINGTON -- Another boarder at Freda Weber
Landefeld's rooming house was Ira Harrington. Ira was an auto mechanic who had
interrupted his job to take a trip with his younger brother, Lou, to California.
Upon returning to Ohio, Ira had resumed his career as a mechanic. He got a job
with the McClure Nesbett Garage in Columbus, Ohio which was near Freda
Landefeld's rooming house. Over the course of a year, Ira and Audra met and
fell in love. On February 24, 1931 they were married by Rev. George L.
Troutman, pastor of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Circleville, Ohio. Ira who
was born August 28, 1899 was 32 years old, 8 years older than Audra. On
December 23, 1931, 10-months after their wedding, their first son, Richard
(Dick) Edward Harrington, was born.
GREAT DEPRESSION - The Great Depression that
had resulted from the default of the stock-market in the late 1920s was in full
force. Ira's older sister, Ruth, and her family suffered serious financial losses.
Carlton Pennell, Ruth's husband, had been in the plumbing business with much of
his business being contracting for new home construction. He had been quite
successful and had expanded into his own business of constructing new homes.
Carlton had invested heavily in new housing construction. But when the Great
Depression hit, the market for new homes disappeared. Carlton lost everything.
FISHING
BUSINESS -- Ira and Audra decided to join forces with Ira's sister, Ruth, and
her husband Carlton and go into the commercial fishing business. With Ruth's
two children, Roger Pennell and George Purcell, the two families headed for
Florida to start the fishing business. Audra still had several hundred dollars
left from her first husband's life insurance policy. Although not a large sum,
these funds provided the new family with a nest-egg for starting the new
business venture.
Carlton
had built a camping trailer which folded into a relatively small unit for
towing and unfolded into a relatively large tent-type unit for camping. Near
Miami, Florida, the two families lived in the collapsible tent for a while;
then moved into a larger rented house.
BOAT -- The first thing they did to start a
fishing business was to build a
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boat
powered by a gasoline engine. With no other income, the cost of materials to
build the boat soon exhausted their available capital. But the boat was built
and the fishing enterprise begun. The plan was to catch and sell enough fish to
turn a profit and build the business. They soon discovered that the dream was
hollow. They succeeded in building and acquiring all of the necessary equipment
for a fishing business. They were also able to catch a fair amount of fish. The
problem was, however, that with the depressed economy, there was no market for
their fish. The existing fishermen in the area were able to supply the few
markets that remained.
SNAKE
-- Audra told the story that one day in 1932, she and Ira were at the beach
with their son, Dick, who was about 4 months old. The weather was warm and
Richard was lying on a blanket in the sun. In 1932 the area around Miami,
Florida was wild and tropical. Alligators were regularly found in the
waterways. Much of the surrounding wetlands remained virgin and supported an
indigenous population of sea cows (manatee), alligators, snakes, insects and
birds. Ira had wondered off down the beach leaving Audra and the baby relaxing
in the sun. Audra, who had been reading, looked up to check her son and saw a large
snake estimated to be over 8 feet long emerge from the nearby bushes and crawl
lazily toward her son. She froze unsure of what to do. She watched the snake
first move toward the sleeping baby then veer off at an angle that took it
between her and the baby. The snake, apparently not hungry or perhaps not
interested in the fare, never stopped its lazy, unhurried pace. It crawled
between mother and baby and off into another hiding place.
This
and other experiences with lizards, scorpions, earwigs, fire ants, and a never
ending battle with insect, particularly mosquitoes and fire ants, made Audra's
Florida experiences something that she always described in terms of discomfort,
tension, and sometimes fear. In later years, Audra would say that she hated their
Florida experience. She hated the insects; especially the mosquitos, the new
land, the snakes, and the uncertainty of their lives.
DEATH
OF EASTER -- Their new venture in Florida, however, was short lived. On July
25, 1932 the Ira Harrington and Carlton Pennell families received the news that
Ira's and Ruth's sister, Easter Marie (Harrington) Thompson, had died. Ira,
Audra and son, Richard, left the next day for Easter's funeral. Ira drove
non-stop, except for refueling, from Miami, Florida to Circleville, Ohio in
21-hours. They did not return to Florida for many years.
It is likely that Audra's feelings about their new
venture and their life in Florida was the major factor in the family not
returning to Florida. In fact, it appears that about this time, Audra became a
major stabilizing force in the family.
BILL
-- The month before leaving Florida, Audra and Ira conceived their second son,
William (Bill) Young Harrington. This undoubtedly was also a factor in their
decision not to return to Florida. Instead they rented a house on East Mound
Street in Circleville, Ohio. It is not clear what employment Ira took although
it was likely as an automotive mechanic. Their second son, William (Bill) Young
Harrington was born March 10, 1933 at their rented home on Mound Street. With
two sons the new family was well underway.
THE FARM -- Little is known about the 2 to 3 years that
the Ira and Audra Harrington family lived on Mound Street in Circleville, Ohio.
In 1935 Ira, Audra and the two boys, Dick and Bill, moved to a small (about
4-acres) farm 3.6 miles east of Circleville, Ohio. The land records show that
they purchased this property in two parcels from John Anderson and wife by a
deed dated July 21, 1936 and recorded in Vol. 120 page 416 and deed dated March
10, 1939 and recorded in Vol. 125, page 179, Pickaway County Deed Records. The
farm had a small red brick house which had 3 rooms on the first floor, a single
room on the second floor, a basement and a large screened back porch. In the
years to come the back porch would be expanded and enclosed adding two more
rooms on the ground floor.
The house stood near the top
of a hill that formed the bank of an ancient creek bed. Over the eons the creek
had flooded to form fertile fields on either side of the now small Scippo
Creek. Every year the Scippo Creek flooded covering these
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fields and sometimes
cutting a new course for the creek.
The
nearest neighbor's house was about 0.1 mile away at the foot of the hill. It
belonged to John Anderson, a retired farmer from whom Audra and Ira had bought
their 3.6 acres. The Anderson house was at an elevation to be above the level
of the highest known spring flood but the intersection of their driveway with
the gravel road that served the community would sometimes be under water. The
Harrington house was well above the flood plain and commanded a magnificent
view of the country side including the creek and the spring floods.
LOAN
- To buy the 4-acre farm, Audra and Ira borrowed $600, the full price of the
property, from Audra's father, William (Bill) E. Young. Bill Young had made
considerable money selling oil found on his property and had bought U.S. Savings
Bonds on a regular basis. Audra told the story that to provide the money, her
father pulled a shoe box from under his bed that was full of U.S. Savings
Bonds. He removed a sufficient number, cashed them and provided the loan.
News
of the loan soon became "public" knowledge within the Bill Young
family. Some of Audra's siblings reportedly did not approve and stated that
they felt the loan would never be repaid. Audra was very disappointed by this
reaction but never became bitter. The loan was repaid with interest even though
the economy was in the worst depression of the Nation's history.
Audra and her family spent the next 15 years in the rural
setting of their 4-acre farm. She would later say these were good years. On
June 20, 1936 Patricia Sue Harrington had been born. After the first 2 or 3
months when she almost died, Patty Sue began to grow and become healthy. In the
15 years that the family lived there, the small farm grew in character and
function and slowly the family prospered. In spite of the increasing cost of
raising a family, Audra and Ira emerged from the period with more property and
significantly better living conditions.
POOR WITH PLENTY - Life on the small farm was not always
progress, however. Several times during this period, there was not enough money
and the future was not always certain. But usually the small farm supported a
good garden, some stock including a cow, pigs and chickens, and there was
always food for the table. Ira was an avid hunter and provided plenty of wild
game to supplement the produce. During the summer and autumn the surplus was
preserved and stored.
LONELY
-- While the location of the farm afforded privacy and solitude, it also
assured a fairly lonely existence. As a result, Audra had very little social
life and no close friends. There was very little interaction with the neighbors
except for some mutual support activities such as Ira helping farmers maintain
equipment, purchasing milk and hay for the stock or Audra giving an occasional
haircut or permanent to a neighbor. Most of the social life was in the form of
interactions with other members of the Harrington family who lived in
Circleville. But even this was limited.
HARRINGTON
FAMILY -- Audra was very fond of her father-in-law, William (Bill) Harrington.
She knew him during the latter part of his life when age tends to soften rough
edges. He was gentle and courteous and returned her respect and affection. By
contrast, Audra and her mother-in-law, Sara Elizabeth (Pence) Harrington, did
not particularly like each other. As a result, there was little visiting and
little socializing with Ira's parents.
Audra
chose to limit her interaction with her in-laws. This was primarily due to a
difference in the cultural backgrounds of the two families. The Young family
had been farmers who had lived in relative isolation. None of the Harrington
family had been farmers. Instead they had all pursued laboring vocations that
could be learned on the job.
Contrary
to Audra's upbringing, none of the Harrington's except Ira's mother went to
church regularly.
The Harrington's of Ira and
his siblings were fairly typical, small town folks. Hard working and
comfortable with their income; they tended to be fun-loving and sociable. They
enjoyed partying and belonged to the local social clubs. All of her in-laws
liked to drink, sometimes to excess, but not often. Almost all of Ira's
brothers
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and
sisters had been married, divorced and remarried. Having been reared in
relative poverty by parents with even less education and social upbringing, the
Harrington's tended to be somewhat less polished, egocentric and somewhat
boisterous. In general, Audra's in-laws represented a lifestyle of which Audra
did not approve and was determined that her children would not emulate. As a
result, even the family-based social activities were limited.
SHY -- Audra's personality was basically an
introvert. She had never really honed her social skills and while she was
affable and handled herself well with friends and strangers alike, she was
never one to pursue interpersonal relationships or belong to organizations or
functions that encouraged social activity. In situations involving strangers
and new settings she was almost shy. Among friends and family she had no
trouble expressing her views and opinions. She was conservative in her approach
to most things. She disliked politics. While understanding the necessity for
government, she shared Ira's distrust of most politicians. Audra did not share
Ira's cynicism for most authority figures, however. As a result, she tended to
be the counter-balance in the family to his more negative views and opinions.
These differences could engender lively debates that highlighted Ira's and
Audra's differences in personalities and could sometimes, but seldom, lead to
an argument. Audra's approach was to ignore social and political issues as
opposed to Ira's approach which was to complain and condemn them.
Because of these
characteristics and her cool feelings toward her in-laws, the 15 years on the
small Ohio farm were somewhat lonely for her. Ira worked at the paper mill in
Circleville that made a course form of paper from straw. The product was used
as corrugated filler in cardboard boxes. The mill was owned by the Containers
Corporation of America but was known by the locals as the Strawboard. Ira
worked shifts most of the time leaving Audra alone with her children during the
day. She seldom complained possibly remembering that this was the way of family
life on the farm with her parents and siblings when she was little.
NIGHT VISITOR - One summer night in about 1937 when Ira
was working the night shift at the paper mill an automobile came down the
gravel road and stopped a car length or so up the road above the mail box and
turned off the lights. One man got out, came to the house and knocked on an
outside door of her sons' bedroom. It was a door that was not normally used by
the family, a fact that would have been known to all members of the extended
Harrington family. Audra answered the door. It had a screen door that locked by
a hook and a main door that could be opened as needed to communicate. She did
not have a light (the kerosene lamps having been extinguished before going to
bed) and the house was dark. The man identified himself as a friend of Ira and
Ira's brother, Lou. He said that Ira was sick and needed her help. He said that
Lou was in the car and wanted her to go with them back to Circleville. Audra
doubted the story and told the man so, asking why Lou had not come to the door
himself and why the car had been parked on the road. To be convincing, the
visitor shouted to the car saying, "Lou, release the break and let the car
roll forward to prove to Audra you are in there." The car never moved but
the man was insistent, repeating his request for Audra to come with him.
Behind the partially opened
door was a toy shotgun; the type that hinged at the stock to cock a spring
which when released by pulling the trigger, fired a cork that had been pressed
into the muzzle. Audra reached behind the door and armed herself with the toy.
She opened the door enough so the man could see that she had a gun in her hand
and ordered him to leave. He again tried to persuade her that he was sincere.
She repeated the order and threatened to shoot. The bluff worked. The man
retreated repeating over and over again as he left, "Don't shoot. Please
don't shoot." When Ira got home from work the next morning Audra's
assumption was confirmed that the person/was attempting to perpetrate a hoax.
MATRIARCH -- Normally mild mannered and easy going, Audra
also had a well-developed set of principles and opinions with which she guided
her own life, taught her children and gauged others. Usually she kept her
opinions to herself and seldom tried to convince others to her position or way
of thinking. When the
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positions
or actions of others appeared to adversely intersect with her own interests or
the lives of her family, however, her position and opinions were likely to be
heard or felt. This was a characteristic that served her well and became one of
the maternal strengths and stabilizers of the family. It was a buffer that
never allowed the extended Harrington family to become more than arms-length
influences.
Audra
was slow to anger, but was capable of exhibiting a hot, but usually controlled
temper. Arguments between Audra and Ira were not frequent but occurred as they
will in any family. Audra was never one to accept the "frail woman"
role. While not an avid "women's lib" advocate, she insisted on
equality and never yielded a point to male machismo. In spite of her convictions
about partner equality and her high self-esteem, she carried out the role of
the woman in the home by fully and competently keeping the home, raising the
children and supporting the family enterprise as it evolved over time.
Audra
was usually serious in her demeanor. In this respect her personality was
similar to that of her mother's. Without actually complaining, on rare
occasions there was an almost subliminal hint of a regret that was never
stated. Perhaps this is a misreading of her personality made at times when she
didn't feel good or was tired. Perhaps it was some subliminal regret that her
life had not followed an easier or different course. Most of the time she was
mild mannered, calm, tolerant, and hard working. She would deliberately moderate
her occasional ebullient moods to maintain an even emotional temperament.
AVID READER -- Audra was an avid reader. She
read many books. But, her main source of reading material was magazines which
were traded among relatives and neighbors. Audra's reading was a significant
source of new ideas coming into the family. Since many of these new ideas and
sources of information could boast only magazine author authority, they were
not always compatible with conventional wisdom or even sometimes, fact. Ira who
was 8 years Audra's senior with a much broader spectrum of experience, but not
so well read, would sometimes argue with the content or interpretation of some
of these ideas when relayed by Audra. Audra's reaction would sometimes be to
side with the magazine author (sometimes appropriately, sometimes not). Ira
would frequently criticize Audra for being too gullible and willing to accept,
without question, almost anything she read in print. Sometimes he would
personalize this complaint as Audra taking another's word over his. These
disagreements never lead to a serious arguments or rift but their occurrence
serves as an example of one of the unique differences between Audra's and Ira's
personality and makeup.
RELIGION
-- The family in which Audra had been reared was moderately religious. As
children, they attended church regularly with their mother. Bill and Ola Young
were both Protestants but attended different churches. Ola was Presbyterian and
attended the Buchanan Presbyterian Church. Bill was Lutheran Evangelical and
attended the St. Peters Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lewisville. For many
years the St. Peters Evangelical Lutheran Church conducted their services in
German which Bill preferred. In their later years both grandparents attended
the Buchanan Presbyterian Church.
After her marriage to Ira, Audra did not
resume her church attendance for several years. During the years on the farm
near Circleville, the only practical option was to go to the Morris Church which
was a United Brethren Church about a mile away. She regularly sent her children
to the Morris Church, however. Every Sunday they were dressed and sent off to
Sunday school with the admonition to walk on the side of the road and come
straight home after church. Audra would attend special events such as church
plays in which her children participated or at Christmas or Easter.
Audra's infrequent attendance was not so much a lack of
interest in attending church as it was an objection to the "hell's fire
and brimstone" brand of religion espoused by this fundamentalist
congregation. She also complained about the hypocritical orientation of many of
the members. These complaints were mostly of the more wealthy members who
controlled the congregation and were
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themselves involved
in various questionable or nefarious activities such as extra-marital affairs,
spousal abuse, conflicts of interest in business and local political
activities.
HARD
WORK - Audra worked hard raising her family with a minimum of conveniences. She
washed cloths by hand before she got her first gasoline powered washing machine
in about 1938. There was no clothes dryer so cloths were dried summer and
winter by hanging them on the cloths line. Kerosene lamps provided lighting
until about 1941 when Ira, with the help of his brother, Roy Harrington,
installed a wind powered, 6-volt electric power system. The wind-charger was
succeeded by a gasoline powered generator and finally electric power from the
Rural Electric Administration (REA) in about 1944.
Audra
performed many of the tasks of the subsistence farm including caring for the
animals, tending the garden, and canning food for winter. She regularly churned
butter and made cottage cheese for the table. Audra was an accomplished
seamstress and made many of the cloths for her family and herself. It was
customary at that time for grain mills to make feed sacks from printed cloth
which could be used for making clothes when the sacks were empty. In addition
to making clothes for her own family, Audra would also help make clothes for
neighbors when requested.
Her
expertise as a beautician became widely known and she received many requests
for services such as haircuts, permanents, and setting hair for special
occasions. Seldom was she paid for any of these services. She was also a barber
for her immediate family and frequently for her in-laws. Eventually, the
requests for these unpaid services became so burdensome that she had to begin
to refuse all but the most urgent or selected people.
WINTER
-- Winter were particularly hard for Audra. Darkness came early and lasted
longer. The house was heated by two wood and coal burning stoves which had to
be stoked and maintained throughout the day. These stoves were the source of
heat for the entire house. They also were for cooking and were the source for
hot water for bathing, washing dishes, and washing clothes. Banked for the
night, the stoves would almost always go out over the night so that they would
have to be rekindled each morning.
There
was no running water in the house for several years. In about 1939, Ira
installed an inside hand powered pump that accessed a well in the basement and
a cistern that contained rain water collected from the roof. Prior to having an
inside pump, however, potable water for the household was dipped from a covered
spring located along the side the road about 75 yards down the hill from the
house. Audra carried the water most of the time since Ira was working and the
children were too small. The stock required watering and cow required milking
twice a day. The animals required feeding and care every day. These were all
tasks that fell to Audra in addition to her other jobs of cooking, washing and
caring for two, then, three small children. Each of these tasks became twice as
onerous in winter, particularly when snow covered the ground.
SPRING -- Spring was always a welcome relief
from the winter. One of the first plants to push out of the still chilled ground
were the dandelions. These were harvested before the blooms formed as salad
greens and as cooked greens. A favorite of the family was Audra's
wilted-dandelions made with hot bacon grease mixed with sweetened and seasoned
vinegar and water, brought to a boil and poured generously over the carefully
washed greens. This was always the first fresh vegetable of the new year.
SUMMER -- Summers were free and the family
generally lived out of doors as much as possible. The main work included
planting and tending the large garden that produced ample seasonal crops and
produce for canning and laying-by for the winter.
WORLD WAR II - During most of the years on the farm, Ira
worked at a job in Circleville. The work at the Containers Corporation of
America during the early years on the farm involved shift-work. As a result,
Audra was alone at home with
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her children 9 to 10
hours each day on work days. This family schedule was similar to that of a farm
work schedule except for Ira's shift work. A major change in this schedule
occurred, however, during World War II when Ira took a defense job in Marion
and then in Ravenna, Ohio. These jobs were located over 100 miles away so it
was necessary that Ira spend the week at the job site and commute home on
weekends. A nation-wide shortage of gasoline resulted in fuel rationing that
sometimes limited weekend commutes. The nearly 2 years of this job placed the
entire burden of raising and maintaining the family on Audra. Her earlier
position as the principal family leader equipped her for the increased role of
providing the nearly total family parentage.
WELDING
SHOP -- In 1946-47 Ira established his welding business in Circleville, Ohio.
Audra did not resist the new venture but being conservative by nature, she had
her trepidations which she registered as concern and caution. Probably more
than Ira, Audra understood the importance of their lack of experience in the
business world. No doubt their experience with the abortive fishing business
nearly two decades earlier contributed to her caution. Nevertheless, she
accepted the challenge and provided such assistance as she could. Throughout the
enterprise, Audra kept books for the Harrington's Welding Company which
prospered over the next 13 years.
MOVE
TO TOWN - In 1950 the Ira and Audra Harrington family which by then had been
reduced to four members, moved to Circleville into a house next door to the
welding business. The year before, Dick Harrington had effectively left home
and was going to college at the Ohio State University. With the move to
Circleville, Audra began regularly attending the Trinity Lutheran Church which
was now within walking distance. Over the next few years the church became a
focus for her heretofore sparse social life. This association with the church
became an increasingly important part of Audra's life.
Audra's
son, Bill, married Betty Joan Griffith in April of 1951 and her daughter, Pat,
married Richard Hutchinson in February of 1954. So in 1954 Audra found herself
presiding over an 'empty nest.' For the first time in two and a half decades,
she was free to do pretty much as she pleased. Of course, kids never quite leave
home; they just spend most of their time elsewhere.
BEAUTY SHOP -- After moving
to Circleville and with the children gone Audra found herself with time on her
hands. She returned to school, again got her license and resumed her vocation
as a beautician. Initially she set up her beauty shop in her house but as her
business grew and the bureaucracy pressed her to conform to workplace
standards, she opted to work for a friend, Alma (Rhodes) Binkley, a former
neighbor on the farm and one of the people that she had provided free
beautician services for a decade or so earlier. Alma had gone to beautician
school and set up her own business in Circleville. Audra continued to take
refresher courses, attended beautician conventions and fairs and fully returned
to her early profession. This she pursued for several years and along with her
increasing church activities became socially very active. Although socially
late blooming, she clearly enjoyed it and became a central figure in many of
her activities.
One
of the tasks of the beautician industry that Audra disliked was providing
services for former clients when they died. This occurred with some frequency
particularly since in the latter years of her career, she had a large clientele
of older women. And since some clients may have undergone prolonged illness
without hair maintenance, they required extensive treatment. She always
cheerfully provided the service (another reason why undertakers in Circleville
and the surrounding area called for her) and although the jobs commanded
premium pay, she complained privately that she didn't like to do it. She was
particularly squeamish when called on to provide services for someone who died
from some ailment that she thought could be contracted.
In her late 60's and early 70's Audra tired of the
beautician career and reduced her activity to part time; then, retired.
Retirement for a beautician, however, means not going to the shop. She still
had a number of clients whom she serviced.
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As
time passed the number of clients dwindled until it became the unpaid relatives
and friends, again, whom she chose to help.
RENEWED
HARDSHIP -- In the last 3 or 4 years of Ira's life, he suffered from
progressive mental deterioration brought about by hardening of the arteries and
poor blood circulation. He became increasingly feeble and paranoid. Never one
to admit to frailty, he continued driving well beyond the time he should have
stopped. These characteristics put an increasing stress on Audra, making her
life difficult once again. It was particularly difficult as Ira deteriorated to
near helplessness and finally became bedfast. The situation finally subsided
with Ira's death on November 23, 1983.
While the death of Ira eliminated the major
burden of his health care, it was to be the beginning of another problem for
Audra. Ira had not prepared a will before he died so the typical inefficiency
of bureaucracy took control freezing access to all of Audra's assets until
probation of Ira's estate was complete. It became necessary for her to borrow
money to survive. Finally, her assets were made available and life seemed to
ease somewhat.
BILL
DIED -- Things went relatively smoothly for another couple of years. Then, as
things began to appear to be approaching normalcy, her youngest son, William Y.
Harrington, was diagnosed with advanced cancer. Bill lingered, in and out of
the hospital, for about a year before dying February 23, 1986. Bill's death
came as a severe blow to Audra since he had been physically and emotionally
close to her his entire life. Bill had also been her major source of support
during the trying years leading up to Ira's death.
END OF AN ERA - In the final years of her
life, Audra became aware of her own malady -- an increasing restriction in the
artery leading to the heart. While she doctored for it, she kept the
seriousness of the problem to herself. Finally, on April 8, 1990, during a
visit by her oldest son, Dick, she suffered a fatal heart attack. She died at
the age of 83-years old. Audra was the first to be born into the William and
Ola (Hodge) Young family in 1907. She was the first among that family of 5
siblings to die.
Obituary of AUDRA L. HARRINGTON
Audra
L. Harrington, 83, Circleville, died Sunday April 8, 1990, at Mount Carmel
Hospital, Columbus. Born Jan. 24, 1907, in Woodsfield, she was the daughter of
Will and Ola Hodge Young. She was the owner and operator of the Harrington
Beauty Shop for 59 years, a member of Trinity Lutheran Church and Elizabeth
Circle.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ira
Harrington, in 1983, and one son, William Harrington, in 1986. She is survived
by one son, Richard E. Harrington, Alexandria, Va.; one daughter, Patricia Sue
Reynolds, Circleville; 12 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; one brother,
Irvin Young, Canton; four sisters, Leora Weber, Illinois; Mrs. Mary Mabel
Steele, Woodsfield; Wilene Jackson, Woodsfield; Edith Young, Louisville (sic:
Lewisville.)
Funeral service will be 2
p.m. Wednesday at Trinity Lutheran Church with Pastor Roy Godfrey officiating.
Burial will be in Forest Cemetery. Friends may call at the Defenbaugh-Wise
Funeral Home 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Memorial contributions to the
American Cancer Society would be appreciated by the family."
Wedding announcement of Audra L. Young and
Lawrence W.
Hines
Mr.
Lawrence W. Hines and Miss Audra Young, well-known young people of Lewisville,
were united in marriage at Woodsfield Wednesday morning, August 15, at 9:30.
The ceremony was performed by Rev. William Bullock of the Woodsfield
Presbyterian Church, at the Manse on Eastern ave.
The
attendants were Miss Edith Faber and Mr. Bernard Zerger, the ring ceremony
being used. Immediatly following congratulations, the young people left for
Lewisville where they were entertained by relatives. They leave soon for
Stubenville where Mr. Hines has a good position.
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He
is a son of Mrs. Elizabeth Hines and his bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. Young. Both have and deserve the good wishes of many friends
From
the 1910 U.S. Federal Census for Summit Township, Monroe County,
Ohio; enumerated 6 May 1910 by William W. Keylor [all born in Ohio]
William Young, head,
age 28, farmer, farm Ola Young, wife, age 21
Audrie Young, dau., age 3
Leora Young, dau., age 1-yr, 4-mo
From
the 1920 U.S. Federal Census for Summit Township, Monroe County,
Ohio; enumerated 8 & 9 January 1910 by Joseph E. Robinson [all born in
Ohio]
William E Young,
head, age 37, farmer, general Olie J Young, wife, age 31
Andra
L Young, dau., age 12 Ora V Young, dau., age 11 Mable M Young, dau., age 8
Wilene E Young, dau., age
4-yr, 2-mo Edith E Young, dau., age 2-yr, 4-mo
For
the 1930 & 1940 U.S. Federal Census for Audra
L. Young/Hines/Harrington see the entries for her husband, Ira E. Harrington,
in this book
Audra L Hines in the
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Name:
Audra L Hines |
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Gender:Female |
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1930 |
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Residence Year: |
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Residence Place: |
Columbus, Ohio, USA |
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Occupation: |
Budd Beauty Salon Operator, 1543 E.
Main |
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Spouse: |
Laurence Hines |
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Publication Title: |
Columbus, Ohio, City Directory, 1930 |
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[Note: In this same
1930 City Directory Ira Harrington is recorded as a Mechanic at McClure-Nesbit
Motor Co. at 1159 E. Fulton]
Audrey L Harrington
in the U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Name: Audrey L
Harrington
Gender:Female
Residence
Year: |
1931 |
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Street address: |
1288 E Engler |
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Residence Place: |
Columbus, Ohio, USA |
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Spouse: |
Ira E Harrington |
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Publication Title: |
Columbus, Ohio, City Directory, 1931 |
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Audra Harrington in
the U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Name: Audra
Harrington
Gender:Female
Residence
Year: |
1932 |
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Street address: |
509 E Main |
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Residence Place: |
Columbus, Ohio, USA |
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Spouse: |
Ira Harrington |
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Publication Title: |
Columbus, Ohio, City Directory, 1932 |
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Audra L Harrington in
the U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Name: Audra L
Harrington
Gender:Female
Residence
Year: |
1949 |
Street address: Rd
1 |
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Race: White
Hispanic Origin: Not
Hispanic (Latino)
Residence
Place: |
Circleville,
Pickaway, Ohio, United States |
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Death Date: |
8 Apr 1990 |
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Death Time: |
12:19 PM |
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Hospital of Death: |
Mt Carmel Medical Center |
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Death Place: |
Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA |
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Certificate: |
027672 |
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Age at Death: |
83 |
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Certifier: |
Physician |
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Referred to
Coroner: |
Not Referred to Coroner |
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Autopsy: |
No Autopsy performed |
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Filing Date: |
24 Apr 1990 |
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Hospital Status:
Hospital/Inpatient |
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Injury in Ohio: |
Yes |
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Type Place of
Injury: |
Unspecified Place |
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Social Security
Number: 268-36-9835 |
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Father's Surname: |
Young |
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Marital Status: |
Widowed |
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Education: |
12 |
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Industry of
Decedent: |
Beauty shops |
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Occupation of
Decedent: |
Hairdressers and cosmetologists |
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Primary
Registration District: |
2501 |
Audra L. Harrington
in the U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: |
Audra L. Harrington |
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SSN: |
268-36-9835 |
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Last
Residence:43113 Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
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BORN: |
24 Jan 1907 |
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Last Benefit: |
43113, Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio,
United States of America |
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Died: |
8 Apr 1990 |
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State (Year) SSN
issued: |
Ohio (1956-1957) |
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Audra
Lavada Harrington in the U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Name: Audra
Lavada Harrington [Audra Lavada Young]
Birth
Date: |
24 Jan 1907 |
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Birth Place: |
Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio, USA |
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Death Date: |
8 Apr 1990 |
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Death Place: |
Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA |
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Cemetery: |
Forest Cemetery |
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Burial or Cremation
Place: |
Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio,
USA |
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Has Bio?: |
Y |
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Father: William
Edward Young |
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Mother: Julia Viola
Young |
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vi.
ROY WILLIAM HARRINGTON was born on 14 Aug
1902 in Pickaway County, Ohio. He died on 02 Jul 1975 in Selby General Hospital,
Marietta, Washington, Ohio. He married Martha Kathryn Payne, daughter of John
Wesley Payne and Rachel Swyers, on 31 May 1924 in Pickaway County, Ohio. She
was born on 11 Feb 1906 in Ross County, Ohio, USA. She died on 01 Jul 1993 in
Circleville, Ohio.
Notes
for Roy William Harrington:
Photos in Album, Pages: 2, 169, 170
For the 1910 & 1920 U.S.
Census of Roy William Harrington, see the Census of his father, William Alvin
Herrington.
Roy William Herrington in the
Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1962 NAME: Roy William Herrington
GENDER: Male RACE: White
BIRTH
PLACE: Pickaway, Pickaway, Ohio
BIRTH DATE: 14 Aug 1902
CHRISTENING PLACE: Pickaway, Ohio
FATHER'S NAME: Wm. Harrington
MOTHER'S NAME: Lizzie Pence
FHL FILM NUMBER: 288392
On his 31 May 1924 marriage license application to the
lovely Martha Kathryn Payne (she went by Kathryn), Roy William Harrington gave
his occupation as a truck drive. Sometime over the next 6-years he had become a
lineman for the Electric Light Company. Roy worked throughout his life for the
same company and became a supervisor for the Circleville operation. He retired
from the same company sometime after 1959. By then, he was divorced from
Kathryn Payne Harrington. He retired to a cottage by the Muskingum River in or
near Stockport, Morgan County, Ohio where he lived with a woman named Mae - I
don't know her last name. They did not marry. Roy died while living at this
location.
Roy was a steady worker with a good work-ethic and a good
provider. He had no childen of his own. However when Easter Marie Harrington
Thompson died in 1932, Roy and his wife Kathryn took Easter's 2-year, 1-month
old daughter, Norma Jean Thompson and reared her until she married Richard Gale
Binkley in about 1946. The 1940 U.S. Federal Census indicates that Roy and
Kathryn also had Roy's parents and nephew, Jack Harrington in their household.
Roy's parents lived with him for most of the decade of the 1940s with his
mother moving out in about 1946 and his father continuing to live with him
until he died in 1951.
Like most of his siblings, Roy loved to fish and he was
renowned within the family for his fishing cabin that he built on Darby Creek a
few miles west of Circleville. It was a 2-room cabin with one bedroom that held
4-beds and a kitchen-sitting room combination. There was also an attached
storage shed that had
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been built after the
cabin was completed. The cabin was located in a completely wooded area that
provided summer shade. In good weather there could be someone vacationing
there, and almost every weekend there would be several members of Harrington
familys enjoying the facility. It was the meeting place for Harringtons for
many years.
Within the family, Roy had a unique talent
for "calling square dances." He was known for miles around as an
excellent caller and was frequently solicited to call regularly scheduled
square dances which were popular in the 1940s and 1950s. He also called for
special events such as dances held by lodges and sometimes schools. I danced to
many square dances that he called - an excellent way to exercise and have fun.
The Harrington clan of
Circleville, Ohio loved their beer and mixed drinks. If
'practice-makes-perfect' in drinking, that could be why all of the family who
shared Harrington-DNA, that I knew, drank but seldom got drunk - tipsy,
sometimes, but not drunk. There was always beer at Roy's fishing cabin and most
family functions. This contributed to the vocal-volume of the more boisterous
family members.
Roy may have been one of the champions of the family in
his beer consumption. Most of his reputation was made toward the end of his
life, however. After he retired, I was said, he would replenish his beer supply
on Saturday by returning 7-cases of empty bottles and taking home 7-full cases
of beer. Eventually, the alcohol burden on his aging body took its tole. Roy
died of sclerosis of the liver on 2 Jul 1975 at the age of 73-years. He left
his cottage on the Muskingum River and other possessions to his house-partner,
Mae, who sold them and moved to southern Ohio. She too died within about a year
after Roy's death.
From
the 1930 Federal Census for Circleville City, Ward 4, Circleville
Twp., Pickaway County, Ohio; enumerated 23 April by Mrs H. P. McCord, Jr.
Roy Harrington, head, age
27, lineman, electric light Co. Catherine Harrington, wife, age 18, operator,
telephone Co.
From
Federal Census of 1940 for Circleville Ward 1, Pickaway Co.,
Ohio, enumerated 11 April 1900 by Nina B. Reid
Harrington, Roy,
Head, age 38, born in Ohio, occupation: lineman, utilities Catherine
Harrington, wife, age 34, born in Ohio
William Harrington,
father., age 72, born in Ohio, laborer, utilities Elizabeth Harrington, mother,
age 67, born in Ohio
Norma Harrington, niece.,
age 9, born in Ohio Jack Harrington, nephew., age 6, born in Ohio
From U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Roy W.Harrington
(M Kathryn); Residence year 1947; Address 504 E. Main,
Circleville, OH; occupation: 1 lineman Cols & Sou Ohio Elec Co; Publication
title: Circleville, Ohio, City Directory, 1947
From
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Roy W.Harrington (Kath M); Residence year 1949;
Address 504 E. Main, Circleville, OH; occupation: lineman Cols & Sou Ohio
Elec Co; Phone: 608; Publication title: Circleville, Ohio, City Directory,
1949
From U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Roy
W.Harrington (Kathryn Harrington); Residence year 1952; Address
126 W. Main, Circleville, OH; occupation: formn; Publication title:
Circleville, Ohio, City Directory, 1949
From
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Roy W. Harrington; Residence year 1959;
Address: 144 1/2 Watt, Circleville, OH; occupation: line supvr Cols &
Southern Ohio Elec Co; Publication title: Circleville, Ohio, City Directory,
1959
Roy W Harrington in
the Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007
NAME: Roy W
Harrington
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Generation 4
(con't) |
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BIRTH DATE: |
1903 |
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GENDER: |
Male |
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RACE: White |
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RESIDENCE
PLACE: Morgan, Ohio, United States |
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DEATH DATE: |
2 Jul 1975 |
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HOSPITAL OF DEATH:
Selby General Hospital |
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DEATH
PLACE:Marietta, Washington, Ohio, USA |
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CERTIFICATE: |
054715 |
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AGE AT DEATH: |
72 |
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CERTIFIER: |
Physician |
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MARITAL STATUS: |
Widowed |
Roy Harrington in the
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
NAME: Roy Harrington
SSN: 288-01-7313
LAST RESIDENCE:
43787 Stockport,
Morgan, Ohio, USA
BORN: 14 Aug 1902
DIED: Jul 1975
Notes for Martha
Kathryn Payne:
Photos in
Album, Pages: 2, 169-171
Catharine M . Payne
in the Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1774-1973
Name: Catharine M .
Payne
Gender:Female
Race: White |
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Birth Date: |
11 Feb 1906 |
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Birth Place: |
Union South, Ross, Ohio |
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Father: John Payne |
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Mother: Rachel
Swires |
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FHL Film Number: |
281657 |
From
the Pickaway County, Ohio, Marriage Book #17 page 351 - Marriage on 31 May 1924
of Roy Harrington, age 22, born 14 August 1902 in Pickaway Township, Pickaway
County, Ohio, to, Kathryn Payne, age 18, born 11 February 1906 in Ross County,
Ohio. Their marriage was performed by O. L. Ferguson; no church of other
official role indicated. Roy Harrington’s residence was Pickaway Township,
Pickaway County, Ohio. His occupation was Truck Driver. His father was William
Harrington and her mother was Elizabeth Pence. Kathryn Payne's residence was
Circleville, Ohio. Her occupation was Telephone Operator. Her father was John
Payne and her mother was Rachel Swyers. Both Roy and Kathryn declared that they
had not been married before. Kathryn's mother gave her written consent for her
daughter to marry. She signed her name as: Rachel Morris.
I
have had no luck whatsoever in tracing Martha Kathryn Payne or any of her
family. This is unusual considering that I was told, perhaps by Kathryn
herself, that she was from Yellowbud, Ross County, Ohio. I do find names in my
database that purports to be her relatives. I do not know the source of this
data. However, I was not able to make a connection with any of them on
Ancestry.com. The names are: Alice Ethel Payne, Ralph Jackson Payne, Robert
Payne, Oather Payne, Carl Morris and Mabel Morris. I am including them here in
case they may be of use in the future.
Catharine M. Payne in the
Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1774-1973 Name: Catharine M. Payne
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Gender:Female |
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Race: White |
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Birth Date: |
11 Feb 1906 |
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Birth Place: |
Union South, Ross, Ohio |
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Father: John Payne |
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Mother: Rachel
Swires |
[Swyers] |
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FHL Film Number: |
281657 |
From
the Marriage Record for Roy William Harrington and Kathryn Payne; Probate
Court, Pickaway County, Ohio; Marriage date: 31 May 1924 with the written
consent of mother of Kathryn, Rachel Morris; officiated by Rev O.L. Ferguson.
Roy Harrington stated that he is 22 yeas of age on the 14th of Aug. 1923. His
place of birth and current residence was Pickaway Twp, Pickaway County, Ohio.
His occupation was Truck Driver; His father was William Harrington; His mother
was Elizabeth Pence. He was not previously married. Kathryn Payne stated her
age to be 18 years on he 11th day of February 1924. Her residenced was
Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio. Her occupation is Telephone Operator. Her
father is John Payne. Her mother's maiden name was Rachel Swyers. Kathryn was
not jpreviously married.
Catherine
Harrington in the 1940 US Federal Census for Circleville,
Pickaway County, Ohio; enumerated 11 April 1940 by Mrs Nina B. Reid
Name: Catherine
Harrington
Respondent: |
Yes |
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Age: |
34 |
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Estimated birth
year: |
abt 1906 |
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Gender:Female |
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Race: |
White |
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Birthplace: |
Ohio |
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Marital Status: |
Married |
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Relation to Head of
House: |
Wife |
Home in 1940:
Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio
Map of Home in
1940: View Map
House Number: 409
Inferred
Residence in 1935: |
Circleville,
Pickaway, Ohio |
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Residence in 1935: |
Same House |
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Sheet Number: 9B |
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Attended School or
College: |
No |
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Highest Grade
Completed: |
Elementary school, 8th grade |
Weeks Worked in 1939:
0 Income:0
Income Other Sources:
No Household Members: [All born in Ohio]
Roy Harrington, head,
age 38, lineman, utilities [electric company] Catherine Harrington, wife, age
34
William Harrington,
father, age 72, laborer, utilities [electric plant] Elizabeth Harrington,
mother, age 67
Norma Harrington, niece, age
9 Jack Harrington, nephew, age 6
Kathryn Harrington in
the U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
Name: Kathryn
Harrington
Gender:Female |
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Residence Year: |
1952 |
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Street address: 126
W Main 725Y |
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Residence Place: |
Circleville, Ohio, USA |
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Spouse: |
Roy W Harrington |
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Publication Title: |
Circleville, Ohio, City Directory,
1952 |
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M Kathryn
Harrington in the Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007 |
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Name: M Kathryn
Harrington |
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[M Kathryn Payne] |
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Birth Date: |
11 Feb 1906 |
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Birth Place: |
Ross, Ohio, United States |
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Gender:Female |
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Race: White |
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Hispanic Origin:
Not Hispanic (Latino) |
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Death Date: |
1 Jul 1993 |
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Death Time: |
08:15 AM |
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Hospital of Death: |
Long-Term Care Facilities |
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Death Place: |
Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
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Certificate: |
055469 |
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Age at Death: |
87 |
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Hospital Status:
Other/Nursing Home |
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Social Security
Number: 289-30-4446 |
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Father's Surname: |
Payne |
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Marital Status: |
Widowed |
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Education: |
12 |
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Industry of
Decedent: |
Elementary and secondary schools |
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Occupation of
Decedent: |
Retired |
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Primary
Registration District: |
6501 |
Kathryn
Harrington in the U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 Name: Kathryn
Harrington
SSN: |
289-30-4446 |
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Last Residence: |
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43113 Circleville,
Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
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BORN: |
11 Feb 1906 |
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Died: |
1 Jul 1993 |
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State (Year) SSN
issued: |
Ohio (1951-1952) |
vii.
EASTER MARIE HARRINGTON was born on 31 Mar
1904. She died on 25 Jul 1932 in Ohio (buried at Hitler- Ludwig Cemetery beside
her husband, Ward Thompson). She married Ward Emitt Thompson, son of Joseph
Fields Thompson and Mary Jane Davis, on 28 Oct 1920 in Pickaway County, Ohio.
He was born on 04 Apr 1897 in Hocking County, Ohio. He died on 06 Jan 1977 in
Lancaster-Fairfield Hospital Med, Ohio, USA (buried at Hitler- Ludwig Cemetery
beside Easter).
Notes
for Easter Marie Harrington:
From the Ohio, Births and Christenings Index,
1800-1962 NAME: Easter M. Harrington
GENDER: Female RACE: White
BIRTH PLACE: Pickaway, Pickaway, Ohio BIRTH
DATE: 31 Mar 1904
CHRISTENING PLACE: Pickaway, Ohio
FATHER'S NAME: Wm. Harrington
MOTHER'S NAME: Sarah E. Pence
FHL FILM NUMBER: 288392
It
is very likely that Easter Marie Harrington's given name may have been chosen
because her birth occurred during the Easter Celebration in 1904.
Wednesday, Feb. 17, 1904 Ash Wednesday
Sunday, March 27, 1904 Palm Sunday
Thursday, March 31, 1904 Maundy Thursday - Easter Marie Harrington
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born
Friday, April 1, 1904 Good Friday
Friday, April 3, 1904 Easter
For the 1910
and 1920 Federal Census for Easter M. Harrington, see the entry
for William Alvin Harrington
From
the 1930 Federal Census for Madison Township, Franklin County,
Ohio; enumerated May 10, 1930 by Mrs. Kathryn L. Brantner [all born in Ohio]
Ward E. Thompson,
head, age 33, occupation: laborer, farm Easter M. Thompson, wife, age 26
Raymond A, Thompson,
son, age 7 Robert E. Thompson, son, age 5
Russell E. Thompson, son, age 4-yr,
3-mo
Easter died 25 Jul 1932 while the Ira
Harrington and Ruth Harrington Pennell families were in Florida. As a result, I
never knew her. Easter was only married once. She married Ward Emmit Thompson
who was a farmer. The Thompson family was large and had come to the Pickaway
County area from Hocking County, Ohio. Easter and Ward were well on their way
to having a large family when Easter died at age 28. I was told by my mother,
Audra Harrington, that Easter's death resulted from a botched abortion. The
informant given on the death certificate was her husband, W. E. Thompson, whose
address was Groveport, Ohio.
Easter
Marie Harrington Thompson is buried beside her husband, Ward Thompson, in
Hitler-Ludwig Cemetery about 3 miles east of Circleville, Ohio.
Notes for Ward Emitt
Thompson:
a Note: The full name
of Ward Thompson given on the death certificate of his wife, Easter Harrington
Thompson was Ward Emmit Thompson.
Ward Thompson in the
Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1962
NAME: Ward Thompson
GENDER: Male
RACE: White
BIRTH PLACE: Perry
Township, Hocking, Ohio
BIRTH DATE: 4 Apr 1897
FATHER'S NAME: Joseph F. Thompson
MOTHER'S NAME: Jane Davis
FHL FILM NUMBER: 912315
Ward
Thompson in the U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 NAME:
Ward Thompson
COUNTY: Pickaway
STATE:Ohio
BIRTHPLACE: Ohio,United
States of America BIRTH DATE: 4 Apr 1897
Home address:
Ashville, Ohio #1 Place of birth: Hocking Co., Ohio Father's birthplace:
Hocking Co., Ohio Name of employer: Ed Heffner
Place of employment:
Ashville, Ohio Nearest relative: Mrs. Jane Thompson Address of nearest
relative: Ashville, Ohio #1 Eye color = blue; hair color = light
Date of registration:
5 June 1918
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Ward Thompson in the
Ohio Soldiers in WWI, 1917-1918
NAME:
Ward Thompson |
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AGE: 21 |
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RACE: White |
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BIRTH DATE: 4 Apr 1897 |
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BIRTH LOCATION: |
Laurelville, Ohio, USA |
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ENLISTMENT DATE: |
3 Sep 1918 |
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ENLISTMENT COUNTY: |
Circleville |
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ENLISTMENT STATE:
Ohio |
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ENLISTMENT
DIVISION: |
National Army |
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DECORATIONS AND
AWARDS: |
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RANK: View image |
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ADVANCEMENT: |
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COMMENTS:
8 Co 2 Training Battalion 158 Depot Brigade to 24 Oct 1918; Co B 3 Battalion 1
Gas Regiment Cp Sherman O to Discharge Private Honorable discharge 15 Dec 1918
From
the 1900 Federal Census for Perry Township, Hocking County, Ohio;
enumerated 4 June 1900 by Elmer E. Imler [all born in Ohio]
Joseph Tompson, head,
age 37, born July 1862, day labor Mary J Tompson, wife, age 24, born July 1875
Homer
Tompson, son, age 8, born Oct 1891 Pearlze Tompson, son, age 7, born May 1893
Leroy Tompson, son, age 5, born Mar 1895 Emett W Tompson, son, age 3, born Apr 1897
Myrtle B Tompson, dau., age 10, born July 1899
From
the 1910 Federal Census for Pickaway Twp., Pickaway County, Ohio;
enumerated 28 April 1910 by George W. Vawters
Joseph Thompson,
head, age 49, farm labor, working out Mary Jane Thompson, wife, ager 36
Pearl Thompson, son, age 16 Roy Thompson,
son, age 14 Ward Thompson, son, age 12 Myrtle Thompson, dau., age 11 Lucy
Thompson6
Lewis
Thompson, son, age 10 Harry Thompson, son, age 3
Merel Thompson, son, age 9-months
Ward
Thomson in the U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
Name:
Ward Thomson |
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Birth Date: |
4 |
Apr 1897 |
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Death Date: |
6 |
Jan 1977 |
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SSN: 275183914 |
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Branch 1: |
ARMY |
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Enlistment Date 1: |
3 Sep 1918 |
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Release Date 1:15 Dec
1918
From
the 1930 Federal Census for Madison Twp., Franklin County, Ohio;
enumerated 10 May 1930 by Mrs Kathryn L. Brantner
Ward E Thompson,
head, age 33, laborer, farm Easter M Thompson, wife, age 26
Raymond
A Thompson 7 Robert E Thompson, son, age 5
Russel E Thompson, son, age 4-yr 3-months
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From
the 1940 Federal Census for Walnut Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio
enumerated 16 April 1940 by Mrs. Jesse (or, June) E. Courtright [all born in
Ohio]
Ward Thompson, head,
age 42, 8th grade education, farm laborer, farm Hazel Thompson, wife, age 28,
8th grade education [Hazel Marie
Davis-Thompson]
Raymond Thompson, son, age 17, 10th grade
education, farm laborer,
farm
Robert
Thompson, son, age 15 Russell Thompson, son, age 14
Mary
Thompson, dau., age 10 [Mary was born Mary L. Shirkey. She was a daughter of
Hazel M. Ogan-Shirkey and Beman Shirkey. Hazel M. Ogan-Shirkey later became the
wife of Ward Thompson.]
Ward Thompson in the
Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007
Name: Ward Thompson
Birth
Date: |
1898 |
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Gender:Male |
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Race: White |
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Residence Place: |
Pickaway, Ohio, United States |
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Death Date: |
6 Jan 1977 |
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Hospital of Death: |
Lancaster-Fairfield Hospital Med |
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Death Place: |
Lancaster, Fairfield, Ohio, USA |
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Certificate: |
002066 |
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Age at Death: |
79 |
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Certifier: |
Physician |
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Marital Status: |
Widowed |
Ward
Thomson in the U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 NAME: Ward Thomson
SSN: 275-18-3914
LAST RESIDENCE: 43164
Williamsport, Pickaway, Ohio, USA BORN: 4 Apr 1897
DIED: Jan 1977
STATE (YEAR) SSN
ISSUED: Ohio (Before 1951)
Ward
E Thompson in the Ohio, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Obituary Index,
1810s-2013
Name: Ward E Thompson
Birth Date: 4 Apr 1897
Age at Death: 79
Death Date: 6 Jan 1977
Death Place: Lancaster, Ohio
Spouse: Hazel Marie
Parents: JOSEPH and MARY
Newspaper
Information: Newspaper: Chillicothe Gazette; Newspaper Date: 07 Jan 1977;
Newspaper Page: 2 Column: ; Repository: Chillicothe and Ross County Public
Library; Years Available: 2005 - current; plus scattered years
Other Source
Information: Title: Chillicothe Obituary File; Location: Chillicothe and Ross
County Public Library; Description: Card file of obituary clippings; Details:
THOMPSON, WARD E
Notes: 1ST WIFE -
THOMPSON, EASTER MARIE
Obituary of Ward
Thompson, from the Lancaster, Eagle Gazette
Ward
E. Thompson, 79, of Rt. 1, Williamsport died Thursday [06 Jan 1977] in
Lancaster, Fairfield County Hospital.
A retired farmer and veteran of World War I,
he was a member of the
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Eagles in Xenia.
He
is survived by son Raymond of Corpus Christi, Texas, Robert of Baltimore,
Russell of Pueblo, Colo., James of Logan, David M. of Rt. 1 Millersport;
daughter Norma Jean Binkley, Grove City; step-daughter Mrs. Earl (Mary) French,
Rt. 1, Millersport; 22 grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren; four
step-grandchildren; brother Lewis of Circleville; sister Mrs. Myatte May and
Mrs. Dorothy Lemming of Groveport, Mrs. Orvaline Hayes, Columbus.
Services will be 10 a.m. in the Defenbaugh-Wise Funeral
Home, Circleville, the Rev. William O. Hill officiating; burial in
Hitler-Ludwig Cemetery near Circleville.
Friends may call after Saturdy noon
and anytime Sunday at the funeral
home.
Ward Emmitt Thompson and
Hazel Marie Ogan-Shirkey-Peters married on 14 Nov 1936.
viii.
LEWIS JOSIAH HARRINGTON was born on 21 Mar
1906 in Circleville, Ohio. He died on 12 Oct 1969 in Columbus, Ohio. He married
(1) THELMA GERTRUDE ALLEN, daughter of Cliff
Allen and Cora M. Calvert, on 15 Dec 1928 in Pickaway County, Ohio. She was
born on 04 Sep 1908 in Circleville, Ohio. She died on 01 Apr 1936 in
Circleville, Ohio (buried in Hitler Cemetery near Circleville, Ohio). He
married (2) NORA HUFFMAN about 1945. He
married (3) MARCELLA EFFIG after 1946.
Notes
for Lewis Josiah Harrington:
Photos in Album, Pages: 174, 175
Lewis J. Herrington in the
Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1962 NAME: Lewis J. Herrington
GENDER: Male RACE: White
BIRTH
PLACE: Pickaway, Pickaway, Ohio
BIRTH DATE: 22 Mar 1906
CHRISTENING PLACE: Pickaway, Ohio
FATHER'S NAME: William Herrington
MOTHER'S NAME: Sarah E. Pence
FHL FILM NUMBER: 288392
For the 1910
and 1920 Federal Census for Lewis J. Harrington, see the entry
for William Alvin Harrington
Lewis J Harrington in the U.S. City
Directories, 1821-1989
Name: Lewis J Harrington
Residence
Year: |
1924 |
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Street address: |
678 Mohawk |
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Residence Place: |
Columbus, Ohio, USA |
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Occupation: |
Driver |
Columbus, Ohio, City Directory, 1924 |
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Publication Title: |
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We
learn about Lewis Josiah Harrington (he went by Lou) for the first time as a
young man traveling by hopping trains with his older brother, Ira Harrington.
At the age of 18, the 1924 Columbus City Directory finds him working as a
driver. Lou was blind in one eye as long as I knew him beginning about 1935. I
recall asking him how he became blind to discover that it was not an
appropriate question to ask. But, I was young and recall that he told me he had
gotten a cinder in his eye. My mother later told me that he had lost his eye as
a result of having contracted a venereal disease.
On
15 Dec 1928 Lou married Thelma G. Allen, worked as a farm laborer and lived in
Circleville, Ohio. Lou and Thelma lost their first two children shortly after
each was born. Then, on 01 Apr 1936 his wife, Thelma, died suddenly while
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hanging
out cloths on a line to dry. By then Lou and Thelma had two more children,
Donna Lee Harrington born 9 October 1931 and Jack Harrington born 21 August
1933, making them similar ages to Ira and Audra's first two children, Dick and
Bill. Neither of Lou's children had any significant recall of their mother.
When I interviewed them as adults they both expressed deep love for their
father; expressions that I believe were very sincere. Donna told me about
anxiously waiting for their dad to come home from work and going through his
lunch box to see if he left any sandwiches for them. She said he frequently
would have a jelly sandwich left over from his lunch. In a different interview
with Jack, he described how his dad had died in his arms, a very emotional
experience for him.
I was touched by both Donna and Jack's tender
recalls of their father. Yet, my memory of Lou was that he was not around for
them very much. Lou did not have his childen with him during his subsequent
marriages. Donna lived with her maternal grandparents for several years while
Jack lived alternately with his paternal grandparents, then, with Roy
Harrington. In their advanced teen-years both were living with their paternal
grandparents. My father, Ira, became concerned about seeing both Donna and Jack
on the street at night and the inability of their grandparents to control them.
Ira initiated steps for both Donna Lee and Jack to go to the children's home.
Lou did not participate in the process or offer to take his children. Lou's
response was to become angry with Ira for a time, but that faded. In
retrospect, it was a good move for everyone. Both Jack and Donna became good,
useful citizens and enjoyed productive lives.
Lou's two subsequent marriages failed but he
eventually got and kept a good job with a manufacturing company in Columbus,
Ohio that allowed him to retire comfortably. For the last several years of his
life, he stopped drinking and smoking.
From the 1930 U.S. Federal Census for
Pickaway Township, Pickaway County, Ohio; enumerated 2 April 1930 by Edward C
Wilkins [both born in Ohio]
Louis [Lewis] J.
Harrington, head, age 25, laborer, general farm Thelma G. Harrington, wife, age
21
From
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Lewis J. Harrington; Residence year 1947;
Address 240 E. Franklin, Circleville, OH; Publication title: Circleville, Ohio,
City Directory, 1947
From U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Lewis Harrington;
Residence year 1949; Address Rd 4, Circleville, OH; Publication
title: Circleville, Ohio, City Directory, 1949
Lewis J Harrington in
the U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Name: Lewis J
Harrington
Gender:Male |
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1949 |
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Residence Year: |
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Street address: 613Vi
av apt 17 |
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Residence Place: |
Columbus, Ohio, USA |
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Occupation: |
Tstr |
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Spouse: |
Nora Harrington |
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Publication Title: |
Columbus, Ohio, City Directory, 1949 |
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From
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Lewis J. Harrington; Residence year 1954;
Address: h1769-1/2 Parsons Av., apt 3, Columbus , OH; emp: Am Blower.;
Publication title: Circleville, Ohio, City Directory, 1954
Lewis J Harrington in
the Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007
Name: Lewis J
Harrington
Birth
Date: |
1906 |
Gender:Male |
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Lewis Harrington in the U.S., Social
Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Lewis Harrington
SSN:
302-03-4703
Last Residence:
43207 Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA
BORN: 22 Mar 1906
Died:
Oct 1969
Notes for Thelma Gertrude Allen:
Photos in Album,
Pages: 174
From
the 1910 Federal Census for Washington Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio;
enumerated 3 May 1910 by Asa B Glick [all born in Ohio]
Cliff Allen, head,
age 32, laborer, farm labor Cora M Allen, wife, age 27
Merrill
H Allen, son, age 6 Lois N Allen, dau., age 5
Thelma G Allen, dau., age 1-yr
7-months
From
the 1920 Federal Census for Saneaster Road, Washington Twp.,
Pickaway Co., Ohio; enumerated 9 & 12 January 1910 by Cliff V. Weaver [all
born in Ohio]
Cliff Allen, head,
age 42, famer, truck farm Cora M Allen, wife, age 27
Merrill H Allen, son,
age 16, laborer, truck farm Thelma G Allen, dau., age 11
Loring Allen, son,
age 8 Mare Allen, dau., 6
Opal Allen, son, age 3-yr 1-mo
From
the 1930 Federal Census for Pickaway Twp., Pickaway County, Ohio;
enumerated 2 April 1930 by Edward C Wilkins
Louis J Harrington,
head, age 25, laborer, general farm Thelma G Harrington, head, age 21
Notes for Marcella Effig:
Photos in
Album, Pages: 175
ix. MARVIN FREDRICK HARRINGTON was
born on 17 May 1909 in Pickaway County, Ohio. He died on 26 Sep 1975 in
Circleville, Ohio (Buried 30 September at Spring Bank Cemetary, Ross Co. Ohio
on Rt. 104). He married (1) UNKNOWN. He married
(2) FLORENCE MOORE on 09 Jul 1930
(Divorced 28 May 1941). She was born on 27 Dec 1902 in Bluefield, Mercer
County, West Virginia. He married (3) (UNKNOWN). He married (4) STELLA MARIE LAMBERT, daughter of Andrew
A. Lambert and Emma Sears, on 03 May 1946. She was born on 15 Jan 1900 in
Vermont, USA. She died on 27 Apr 1962 in Berger Hospital, Circleville, Ohio,
USA. He married (5) MARTHA
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KATHRYN PAYNE, daughter
of John Wesley Payne and Rachel Swyers, on 14 Sep 1963. She was born on 11 Feb
1906 in Ross County, Ohio, USA. She died on 01 Jul 1993 in Circleville, Ohio.
Notes for Marvin
Fredrick Harrington:
Photos in
Album, Pages: 186
For the 1910, 1920,
and 1930 Federal Census for Marvin Frederick Harrington, see his
father's, William A. Harrington, entries.
Marvin Frederick Harrington went by his middle name,
Fred. He was in the U.S. Army in WW II in England & Europe. June L.
Harrington understands Fred had a child while in England. Also, Fred once asked
of me, after learning that I had made a trip to England, "Did you see any
kids over there that looked like me?"
Fred Harrington was the youngest of Ira's
siblings. He was a colorful character, extraverted, and inclined to pursue
short-cuts in life as opposed to embracing a serious career. I first remember
Uncle Fred when he and my father, Fred's older brother, Ira Harrington, went
into the butchering business in the mid-to-late 1930s. Fred was in his mid-20s
and unemployed. He was physically able to be a good partner for the arduous
work of butchering. He proved to be an unreliable partner for that enterprise,
however, by collecting money from sales of the pork products and keeping it.
That eventually caused the business venture to go out of business.
Later when Fred returned from WWII in about
1945 he brought two air-rifles back for my brother, Bill, and me. He had been a
cook in the Army and was associated with other administrative-type tasks such
as collecting arms from the surrendered German Army and German Citizens.
Fred
liked his liquor and good food. Not surprisingly, his vocation became that of
bartender of a small neighborhood local bar on South Pickaway Street in
Circleville, Ohio named "Shifty's." Being a relatively small bar,
Fred was the only employee. The proprietor of Shifty's lived in Columbus, Ohio
and left the management of the bar to Fred. Fred apparently managed the
establishment well since he worked there for many years - perhaps approaching
20-years. Consistant with Fred's character and background as a cook, it wasn't
long before he began roasting good cuts of meat and providing a few side dishes
to supply his customers with food, at a price. The model for his venture may
have been that of a pub that he had experienced during his military tenure in
England. The side-business of food at Shifty's served to make the bar more
attractive to customers and was a business that would have little
accountability to the proprietor.
Stella Marie Lambert and Fred Harrington were married 03
May 1946 and lived in Circleville, Ohio for 16 years until Stella's death on 27
Apr 1962. Stella is buried In Hitler Cemetery in Pickaway County, Ohio. After
Stella's death, Fred married Kathryn Payne Harrington, ex-wife of his older
brother, Roy Harrington.
Fred died 26 September 1975 of cancer. He had
no known children.
Fred M Harrington in
the U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name:
Fred M Harrington |
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Birth Year: |
1909 |
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Race: White, citizen (White) |
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Nativity State or
Country: |
Ohio |
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State of Residence: |
Ohio |
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County or City:
Pickaway |
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Enlistment Date: |
15 Oct 1940 |
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Enlistment State: |
Ohio |
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Enlistment City:
Circleville
Branch: Field
Artillery
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Generation 4
(con't) |
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Branch Code: |
Field Artillery |
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Grade: Private |
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Grade Code: |
Private |
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Component: |
National Guard (Officers, Warrant
Officers, and Enlisted Men) |
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Source: National
Guard |
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Education: |
Grammar school |
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Civil Occupation: |
Semiskilled mechanics and repairmen,
motor vehicles |
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Marital Status: |
Divorced, without dependents |
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Height: 68 |
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Weight: 172 |
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From the Pickaway County,
Ohio, Marriage Book number 18, page 542 - Marriage on 9 July 1930 of Fred
Harrington, born 17 May 1908 in Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio, to,
Florence Moore, born 27 December 1902 in Friemon, West Virginia. Their marriage
was performed by E.A. Brown, Circleville, Ohio. Fred Harrington’s residence was
Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio. His occupation was Ice-man. His father was
William Harrington and her mother was Elizabeth Pence. Florence Moore’s
residence was Circleville, Ohio. Her occupation was clerk. Her father was
Graham Moore and her mother was Elpha Roy. Fred declared that he had been
married once before. Florence did not declare regarding a previous marriage -
it was left blank.
Fred
Harrington in the Michigan, Divorce Records, 1897-1952 Name: Fred Harrington
Marriage Date: 10 Jul
1930
Marriage
Place: Ohio |
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Decree Date: |
28 May 1941 |
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Decree Place: |
Wayne |
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Spouse Name:
Florence Harrington |
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State File Number: |
82 90316 |
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Docket
Number:307-245 |
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Number of Children: |
0 |
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Divorce Status:
Granted |
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From the U.S.,
Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 |
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Name: Fred
Harrington |
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Gender:Male |
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Death Date: |
26 Sep 1975 |
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SSN: 299104852 |
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Enlistment Date 1: |
15 Oct 1940 |
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Release Date 1:29
Aug 1945 |
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Enlistment Date 2: |
25 Jan 1942 |
From U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Fred M. Harrington
(Stella M.); Residence year 1947; Address: 129-1/2 W. Main, Circleville,
OH; Occupation: foremn Stansbury & Stout; wife, Stella M. Harrington;
Publication title: Circleville, Ohio, City Directory, 1947
From U.S. City Directories,
1821-1989: Fred M. Harrington (Stella M.); Residence year 1949;
Address: ws Lancaster Pike RD 4; Phone: 543; Occupation: lab Stansbury &
Stout; Publication title: Circleville, Ohio, City Directory, 1949
Fred
M Harrington in the U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Fred M. Harrington
(Stella M.); Residence year 1956; Address: RD 3; Publication
title: Circleville, Ohio, City Directory, 1956
Fred Harrington in
the U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995: Name: Fred Harrington
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(Stella Harrington);
Occupation: Carpenter; address: 478 Dearborn, Circleville, Ohio, USA;
Publication Title: Circleville, Ohio, City Directory, 1952
From U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Fred
M. Harrington (Stella M.); Residence year 1959; Address: 156
Pontious La, Circleville, OH; Occupation: bartndr Egidio Centofanti;
Publication title: Circleville, Ohio, City Directory, 1959
Fred Harrington in
the Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007
Name: Fred Harrington
Birth
Date: |
1909 |
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Gender:Male |
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Race: |
White |
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Residence Place: |
Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, United
States |
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Death Date: |
26 Sep 1975 |
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Hospital of Death: |
Home |
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Death Place: |
Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
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Certificate: |
067748 |
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Age at Death: |
66 |
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Certifier: |
Physician |
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Marital Status: |
Married |
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Fred Harrington in
the U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 |
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Name: Fred
Harrington |
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SSN: |
299-10-4852 |
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Last Residence:
43113 Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
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BORN: |
17 May 1909 |
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Died: |
Sep 1975 |
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Buried 30 September 1975 at
Spring Bank Cemetary, Section 1, Lot 2, Grave 14, Yellowbud, Ross Co. Ohio on
Rt. 104
Notes for Florence
Moore:
I have conflicting data
on the birthplace of Florence Moore -- my other data indicates her birthplace
to be Freeman, WV.
Notes for (unknown):
Her dad was a horse
owner or trainer or something. June thinks she may have been from around Grove
City, Ohio.
Notes for Stella Marie
Lambert:
From
the 1900 United States Federal Census for Charlotte Town,
Chittenden County, Vermont; enumerated 25 June 1900 by Charles D. Cook
Andrew A Lambert, head, age 29, born Feb 1871
in Germany, immigrated to U.S. 1893, farm laborer
Emma
Lambert, wife, age 21, born May 1879 in Vermont, parents both born in Canada,
French
Stella M Lambert, dau., age 3-mo, born Feb
1900 in Vermont
From
the 1940 United States Federal Census for 290 Arcadia Ave., Obetz
Village, Hamilton Twp., 1900; enumerated 21 April 1940 by Willard Sawyer
Andrew
Lambert, head, age 69, born in Germany, 8th grade education, owned home1871
Emma Lambert, wife, age 59, born in Vermont,
8th grade education
Stella M Harrington
in the U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Name: Stella M
Harrington
Gender:Female
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Generation 4
(con't) |
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Residence Year: |
1947 |
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Street address: |
129 W Main 1474 |
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Residence Place: |
Circleville, Ohio, USA |
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Spouse: |
Fred M Harrington |
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Publication Title: |
Circleville, Ohio, City Directory,
1947 |
Stella
M Harrington in the U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 Name: Stella M Harrington
Gender:Female |
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1949 |
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Residence Year: |
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Street address: ws Lancaster
Pike |
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Residence Place: |
Circleville, Ohio, USA |
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Spouse: |
Fred M Harrington |
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Publication Title: |
Circleville, Ohio, City Directory,
1949 |
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Stella
Harrington in the U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 Name: Stella Harrington
Gender:Female |
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1952 |
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Residence Year: |
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Street address: |
478 Dearborn |
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Residence Place: |
Circleville, Ohio, USA |
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Spouse: |
Fred Harrington |
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Publication Title: |
Circleville, Ohio, City Directory,
1952 |
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Stella Harrington in
the U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Name: Stella
Harrington
Gender:Female
Residence
Year: |
1956 |
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Street address: Rd
3 |
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Residence Place: |
Circleville, Ohio, USA |
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Spouse: |
Fred M Harrington |
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Publication Title: |
Circleville, Ohio, City Directory,
1956 |
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Stella
M Harrington in the U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 Name: Stella M Harrington
Gender:Female |
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1959 |
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Residence Year: |
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Street address: |
156 Pontious la |
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Residence Place: |
Circleville, Ohio, USA |
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Spouse: |
Fred M Harrington |
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Publication Title: |
Circleville, Ohio, City Directory,
1959 |
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Stella
M Harrington in the Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007 Name: Stella M
Harrington
Birth
Date: |
1902 |
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Gender:Female |
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Race: White |
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Residence Place: |
Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, United
States |
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Death Date: |
27 Apr 1962 |
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Hospital of Death: |
Berger Hospital |
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Death Place: |
Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
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Certificate: |
31304 |
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Age at Death: |
60 |
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Certifier: |
Physician |
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Autopsy: |
Yes, used for certification |
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Marital Status: |
Married |
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Obituary of Stella
Harrington
Mrs.
Stella Marie Harrington, 60, of 156 Pontious Lane, Circleville, died Friday,
April 27 (1962), in Berger Hospital.
She
was born Jan. 15, 1902, in Vermont, the daughter of Andrew and Emma Sears
Lambert.
Survivors are her husband, Fred Harrington;
one sister, Mrs. Thelma McAndrews, Cayuta, N.Y.; one brother, Andrew Lambert,
Cincinnati; and one niece, Mrs. Robert Watkins, Groveport.
Services were held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at
the Defenbaugh Funeral Home with the Rev. James Moore officiation. Burial was
made in Hitler-Ludwig Cemetery.
Notes for Martha
Kathryn Payne:
Photos in
Album, Pages: 2, 169-171
Catharine
M . Payne in the Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1774-1973 Name: Catharine
M . Payne
Gender:Female |
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Race: White |
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Birth Date: |
11 Feb 1906 |
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Birth Place: |
Union South, Ross, Ohio |
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Father: John Payne |
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Mother: Rachel
Swires |
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FHL Film Number: |
281657 |
From
the Pickaway County, Ohio, Marriage Book #17 page 351 - Marriage on 31 May 1924
of Roy Harrington, age 22, born 14 August 1902 in Pickaway Township, Pickaway
County, Ohio, to, Kathryn Payne, age 18, born 11 February 1906 in Ross County,
Ohio. Their marriage was performed by O. L. Ferguson; no church of other
official role indicated. Roy Harrington’s residence was Pickaway Township,
Pickaway County, Ohio. His occupation was Truck Driver. His father was William
Harrington and her mother was Elizabeth Pence. Kathryn Payne's residence was
Circleville, Ohio. Her occupation was Telephone Operator. Her father was John
Payne and her mother was Rachel Swyers. Both Roy and Kathryn declared that they
had not been married before. Kathryn's mother gave her written consent for her
daughter to marry. She signed her name as: Rachel Morris.
I have had no luck
whatsoever in tracing Martha Kathryn Payne or any of her family. This is
unusual considering that I was told, perhaps by Kathryn herself, that she was
from Yellowbud, Ross County, Ohio. I do find names in my database that purports
to be her relatives. I do not know the source of this data. However, I was not
able to make a connection with any of them on Ancestry.com. The names are:
Alice Ethel Payne, Ralph Jackson Payne, Robert Payne, Oather Payne, Carl Morris
and Mabel Morris. I am including them here in case they may be of use in the
future.
Catharine
M. Payne in the Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1774-1973 Name: Catharine
M. Payne
Gender:Female |
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Race: White |
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Birth Date: |
11 Feb 1906 |
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Birth Place: |
Union South, Ross, Ohio |
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Father: John Payne |
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Mother: Rachel
Swires |
[Swyers] |
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FHL Film Number: |
281657 |
From the Marriage
Record for Roy William Harrington and Kathryn Payne; Probate
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Court,
Pickaway County, Ohio; Marriage date: 31 May 1924 with the written consent of
mother of Kathryn, Rachel Morris; officiated by Rev O.L. Ferguson. Roy
Harrington stated that he is 22 yeas of age on the 14th of Aug. 1923. His place
of birth and current residence was Pickaway Twp, Pickaway County, Ohio. His
occupation was Truck Driver; His father was William Harrington; His mother was
Elizabeth Pence. He was not previously married. Kathryn Payne stated her age to
be 18 years on he 11th day of February 1924. Her residenced was Circleville,
Pickaway County, Ohio. Her occupation is Telephone Operator. Her father is John
Payne. Her mother's maiden name was Rachel Swyers. Kathryn was not jpreviously
married.
Catherine
Harrington in the 1940 US Federal Census for Circleville,
Pickaway County, Ohio; enumerated 11 April 1940 by Mrs Nina B. Reid
Name:
Catherine Harrington |
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Respondent: |
Yes |
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Age: |
34 |
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Estimated birth
year: |
abt 1906 |
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Gender:Female |
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Race: |
White |
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Birthplace: |
Ohio |
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Marital Status: |
Married |
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Relation to Head of
House: |
Wife |
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Home in 1940:
Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio |
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Map of Home in
1940: View Map |
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House Number: 409 |
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Inferred Residence
in 1935: |
Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio |
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Residence in 1935: |
Same House |
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Sheet Number: |
9B |
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Attended School or
College: |
No |
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Highest Grade
Completed: |
Elementary school, 8th grade |
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Weeks Worked in
1939: 0 |
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Income:0 |
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Income Other Sources:
No Household Members: [All born in Ohio]
Roy Harrington, head,
age 38, lineman, utilities [electric company] Catherine Harrington, wife, age
34
William Harrington, father,
age 72, laborer, utilities [electric plant] Elizabeth Harrington, mother, age
67
Norma Harrington, niece, age
9 Jack Harrington, nephew, age 6
Kathryn Harrington in
the U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
Name: Kathryn
Harrington
Gender:Female |
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Residence Year: |
1952 |
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Street address: 126
W Main 725Y |
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Residence Place: |
Circleville, Ohio, USA |
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Spouse: |
Roy W Harrington |
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Publication Title: |
Circleville, Ohio, City Directory,
1952 |
M Kathryn
Harrington in the Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007 Name: M Kathryn Harrington
[M Kathryn Payne]
Birth Date: 11 Feb 1906
Birth Place: Ross, Ohio, United States
Gender:Female
Race: White
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Hospital Status: Other/Nursing Home
Social Security Number: 289-30-4446
Father's
Surname: |
Payne |
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Marital Status: |
Widowed |
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Education: |
12 |
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Industry of
Decedent: |
Elementary and secondary schools |
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Occupation of
Decedent: |
Retired |
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Primary
Registration District: |
6501 |
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Kathryn Harrington
in the U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 |
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Name: Kathryn
Harrington |
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SSN: |
289-30-4446 |
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Last Residence: |
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43113 Circleville,
Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
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BORN: |
11 Feb 1906 |
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Died: |
1 Jul 1993 |
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State (Year) SSN
issued: |
Ohio (1951-1952) |
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12. THOMAS STEWART4 HARRINGTON (Charles
William3, Thomas2,
possibly "Dutch"1) was
born on 25 Dec 1870 in Black Rock, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. He
married (1) ANNIE EDNA MESSOM,
daughter of Frederick Messom and Hannah Munro, on 03 Feb 1900 in Kentville,
Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was born on 03 Feb 1880 in Kentville, Kings
County, Nova Scotia, Canada. She died on 29 May 1903. He married (2) AMEY WITHROW. She
died in 1908. He married (3) PAULINA (LINA) RUSHTON,
daughter of James Edward Balkem Rushton and Adelia Dunn, on 27 Jun 1908
in Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was born on 14 Jun 1888 in Great
Village, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada. She died on 18 Apr 1922 in a house
fire.
Notes
for Thomas Stewart Harrington:
From
Thomas and Lina's marriage record dated 27 June 1908: Thomas was a Presbyterian.
His vocation was a painter and he was living in Parrsboro, Cumberland Co.,
having been born in Parrsboro. Lena had no vocation listed. She was from Truro,
Nova Scotia. Thomas gave his parents names as C.W. (undoubtedly, Charles
William) and Caroline. His father's vocation was Sea Captain. Lina gave her
parents names as Balcom and Delia and her father was a laborer.
From the 1911 Fifth Census of
Canada Pleasant St., District of Colchester #41, Sub-district # 30, Truro, Nova
Scotia, Canada; enumerated July 1891 by A.G. Craig
Thomas Harrington, head, age 37, born Dec
1873, painter Lina Harrington, wife, age 22, born June 1888
Thomas S. Harrington's family that included his wife,
Paulina (Lina) Rushton Harrington, and three children were lost in a house-fire
on 17 April 1922 in Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada
From
the Truro Daily News, Truro, Nova Scotia Tuesday April 18, 1922
Lives of Three Children of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Harrington Lost in Early Morning Holocaust - Mother Seriously and Dangerously
Burned.
At
5:40 o’clock this morning fire alarms from boxes 17 and 15 called out the
firemen to a fire in “Farmers Store: corner of Prince and Dominion Streets,
owned and partly occupied by Councilor J.E. Davison.
The firemen and citizens, who rushed to the scene, were
horrified to learn that the fire had started in the upper floor apartments in
the building occupied by Mr. Thomas Harrington with his wife and three young
children; and that the Mr. Harrington when starting his stove fire had used
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Kerosene oil, which
bursting in flames filled the rooms with suffocating fire and gas frenzied by the
situation jumped from the room window on this second floor. He was badly burned
and when alighting on the ground broke a bone in one of his feet.
His
and the frantic cries of mother and children aroused the neighbors. Mr. Charles
Baxter sent in a “silent alarm” and Mr. George Weatherbee at about the same
time pulled in another alarm from Box 17.
Mr.
Reginald Baxter rushed to the scene and with a ladder assisted Mrs. Harrington
to the ground horribly burned and lacerated by breaking thru a window with her
[hand]. She with her husband was at once sent to the Ainslie Hospital.
The
firemen in the meantime were fighting the flames and smoke to gain entrance to
the room where the three children were. Before they could be reached the little
ones had been caught in the suffocating smoke and perished; their bodies were
recovered later and were removed by Undertaker Olive to his Rooms for an
inquest, if necessary.
Funeral of the
Harrington Children
The
funeral of the three little victims of the holocaust in the Farmers Building on
Monday morning, the 17th
Edith
- 10 years Caroline - 8 years Thomas S - 18 months
Will take place at
Barachah Mission at four o’clock tomorrow, Wednesday afternoon, the 19th
Another
Victim of Monday’s Holocaust - Mrs. Thomas Harrington Succumbs to Injuries at
Ainslie Hospital Tuesday Evening
After
much suffering from burns and bruises received in her desperate struggle to
save the lives of her three little ones and her own life Monday morning in the
awful Holocaust in the Farmer’s Store building, Mrs. Thomas Harrington passed
away Tuesday evening at the Ainslie Hospital.
Notes for Annie Edna
Messom:
Annie Edna Messom
marriage to Thomas Stewart HARRINGTON Married: 1900
Age: 19
Kentville, Kings,
Nova Scotia, Canada
Nova
Scotia, Canada, Marriages, 1763-1935 / Registration Year:1900- Book:1827-
Page:47-Number:7 / Thomas' Occupation: Painter / Witnesses: Nora King &
Percy Messom / Rev T.A. Higgins / Baptist
From the 1901 Census of Canada for
Wolfville, King County, Nova Scotia, Canada; enumerated by Fred J. Porter (no
date of enumeration)
Thomas Harrington, head, age 24, born 25
December 1876, painter
Annie
Harrington, wife, age 19, born 29 January 1882 [probably was 1880 since she
appears as 1-yr old on the 1881 census]
Beatrice Victoria Harrington, dau., age
8-months, born 10 August 1900
Thomas Stewart
Harrington and Annie Edna Messom had the following child:
i.
BEATRICE VICTORIA5 HARRINGTON was
born on 10 Aug 1901 in Wolfville, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada. She died on 26
Oct 1959 in Wolfville, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada. She married Eldon C Pick,
son of Martin Walter Pick and Clara Rebecca Dickie, on 29 Apr 1923 in
Wolfville, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was born in 1895 in Wolfville, Kings,
Nova Scotia, Canada. He died on 06 Oct 1961 in Kentville, Kings, Nova Scotia,
Canada.
Notes
for Beatrice Victoria Harrington:
Birth
10 Aug 1901 in Wolfville, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
Beatrice
Victoria Harrington, born 1901 in Wolfville, Kings County, Nova Scotia -
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Item
can be found in Registration Year:1904- Page:68100032 - Delayed Registration of
Birth // Betrice was probably born in 1900 and not 1901 as 1901 Census of
Canada listed her age 8/12 [Note by recorder, (reh): She could have been born
in early 1901]
Residence
on 1 June 1921, age 19, in Wolfville Town, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada 1921
Census of Canada / Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House:
Granddaughter
Beatrice
Harrington may have been reared by her grandparents, Fred and Hannah Messom, if
she was living with them at the time of the 1921 Census of Canada
From the 1921 Census
of Canada for Maple Ave., Wolfville, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada;
enumerated June 8, 1921 by Faye C Stuart [all listed as being born in Nova
Scotia]
Fred
Messom, age 57, farmer Hannah Messom, age 70
Beatrice Harrington, granddaughter,
age 20
Nelson
Harrington, age 37, laborer [Nelson does not seem to be one of our family (if
he was a Harrington). He was married.]
Percy Messom, gr. grandson, age 1
Marriage
to Eldon C Pick on 29 April 1923 at age 21 in Wolfville, Kings, Nova Scotia,
Canada
Beatrice Victoria Harrington and Eldon Pick
married 1923 in Kings County / Item can be found in Registration Year:1923-
Book:34- Page:515 / Eldon's occupation: Painter
Death
of Beatrice Victoria Harrington Pick was 58-years old on 26 Oct. 1959 in
Wolfville, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
Nova
Scotia Historical Vital Statistics Web Site: Registration Year:1959- Page:7376
/ Informant: daughter Edith Pick / Cause of death: Broncho-pneumonia &
hepatic necrosis hepatitis: Burial 28 Oct 1959 in Wolfville, Kings, Nova
Scotia, Canada
Notes for Eldon C Pick:
Eldon Pick, died 1961
in Kentville, Kings County / Item can be found in Registration Year:1961- Page:5856
/ Cause of death: Stomach Cancer / Informant listed as: Hospital Records from
NS Sanatorium
Notes for Paulina
(Lina) Rushton:
The death certificate
of Lina Harrington gives her place of death as Colchester County, Truro, N.S.
She died in Ainslie Hospital, Truro Col. , N.S. Her residence at the time of
death was Dominion St. Truro, N.S. The date of death was given as 18 April
1922. The cause of death, Burns. The length of residence at place of death was
24 years; in the province, all life. Her father was Balcohm Rushton. Her mother
was Della Drum. The informant was her husband, Thomas Harrington, address,
Truro, N.S. Date of burial, 19 April 1922.
Thomas Stewart
Harrington and Paulina (Lina) Rushton had the following children:
ii. EDITH MAY HARRINGTON was
born on 10 Jul 1911 in Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada. She died on 17
Apr 1922 in a house Fire (Burned to death in the fire in Davison building).
iii. CAROLINE HARRINGTON was
born on 08 Aug 1914 in Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada. She died on 17
Apr 1922 in Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada (Burned to death in the fire
in the Davison building).
iv.
THOMAS STEWART HARRINGTON was born in Sep 1920
in Truro, Colchester, Nova
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Scotia,
Canada. He died on 17 Apr 1922 in Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada (a
house fire).
13. HARRIS4 HARRINGTON (Charles
William3, Thomas2,
possibly "Dutch"1) was
born on 04 Jul 1874 in Nova Scotia, Canada. He died on 15 Oct 1925. He
married Emily Rita Willigar, daughter of Jacob Willigar and Susan Ann Pettis,
on 02 Mar 1916 in Oxford, NS. She was born on 08 Mar 1894 in West Bay,
Cumberland, Nova Scotia.
Notes
for Harris Harrington:
Photos in Album, Pages: 194
From the 1901 Fourth Census of Canada for
Harris Harrington, see the entry for his father, Charles William Harrington.
From
the marriage application of Harris Harrington & Emily Willigar; married 2
March 1916 at Oxford, Cumberland Co., N.S.; License No. 247; Baptist; occupation,
Seaman; residence Parrsboro; born in Parrsboro, N.S.; Emily Willigar's
residence was Parrsboro; place of birth, Black Rock; parents Jacob and Susan;
witness, Mark Willigar and M.E. Nelson
Canada,
Soldiers of the First World War, 1914-1918 about Harris Harrington Name: Harris
Harrington
Residence: Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Canada
Birth Date: 4 Jul 1878
Birth Location: Parrsboro, Nova Scotia,
Canada Relative: Emily Harrington
Relationship: Wife
Regiment Number: 902163
Additional
information from Harris Harrington "Attestation Paper, 193rd Bat.,
Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force" dated, 6 April 1916
Born in Parrsboro, NS, Canada Trade: sailor
Have
you ever served in any Military Force? ans. four years at Aldershot
From the 1921
Census of Canada for District 55, Sub-District, Green Hill (rural), Moore St.,
Parrsboro, NS; enumerated [no date that census was taken] 1921 by J.E. Warmer;
all born in Nova Scotia [all born in Nova Scotia; both parents of all born in
Nova Scotia, Canada]
Harris Harrington, head, age 45, mariner,
father born in NS, Baptist Emily Harrington, wife, age 27, Church of England
Marjorie
Harrington, dau., age 8, Church of England Doris Harrington, dau., age 5,
Church of England Ralph Harrington, son, age 3, Church of England Caroline
Harrington, mother, age 72, Baptist
From a document
titled, U.S., Records of Aliens Pre-Examined in Canada, 1917-1954 about Harris
E Harrington [note: the initial "E" is fuzzy on this document]
identified as "Manifest" port of St. John NB, date 8/31/23; wife,
Emma M.; pob, Five Islands, NS; age 46; occupation, Auto Mech.; Last permanent
residence, 70 Wall St. St. John; brother, William living in Five Islands, NS;
previously in U.S., 1895-1917 in Boston; Height, 5' 10"; Complexion, Med;
Hair Gr; Eyes, Bl; 180 (probably weight)
Harris Harrington died as a result of an
accident in which he got his arm caught in a windless. He died of his injuries
the following day in the hospital. He died in 1925 when his son, Haley
Jollymore Harrington was a little over 1-year old.
Notes
for Emily Rita Willigar:
Photos in Album, Pages: 194
Harris
Harrington and Emily Rita Willigar had the following children:
i.
MARJORIE NEVA5 HARRINGTON was born on 28 Feb
1913. She died on 23 May 1980.
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She
married Harold James Schmeisser, son of Capt. Robert John Schmeisser and Annie Laura
Corkum, on 09 Dec 1940. He was born in Sep 1910 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. He
died on 16 Feb 1994 in Oakwood Terrace, Dartmouth, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Notes for Marjorie Neva Harrington:
From the 1921
Census of Canada for Moore Street, Parrsboro town, Nova Scotia, District No.
55; enumerated by J. E. Warmer; [all born in Nova Scotia including both
parents; all identify their origin as English; all claim their religion to be
Church of England, except as noted]
Harris Harrington,
head, age 45, Baptist, vocation = mariner Emily Harrington, wife, age 27
Marjorie Harrington,
dau., age 8 Doris Harrington, dau., age 5 Ralph Harrington, son, age 3
Caroline Harrington, mother, age 72,
Baptist
From
the 1935 List of Electors for the town of Parrsboro, Electoral
District of Cumberland Rural Polling Division No., 73, Nova Scotia, Canada
Mrs. Harris Harrington,
widow, Moore Street Miss Marjorie Harrington, spinster, Moore Street
From
the Urban Preliminary List of Electors, City of Halifax, Urban Polling Division
No. 93, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1965
Harold Schmeisser,
master Mrs. Marjorie Schmeisser Miss Carol Ann Schmeisser, clk
Notes for Harold James Schmeisser:
Chronicle Herald,
Friday, February 18, 1994, pg. #C3; Reel #8827, NSARM, Halifax, N.S.
OBITUARY:
Schmeisser,
Harold James - 83, Dartmouth, formerly of Halifax and Parrsboro, died February
16, 1994 at Oakwood Terrace, Dartmouth. Born in East LaHave, he was a son of
the late Capt. Robert and Annie (Corkum) Schmeisser. He was a veteran of the
Second World War, serving from 1939-1945 with the Canadian Navy. He was
employed with H.M.C. Dockyard, Halifax, working on Canadian Forces vessels from
1945 until retirement in 1971. He was a former member of the Royal Canadian
Legion, Parrsboro and was a member of the Masonic Lodge, St. Mark 38, Halifax.
He is survived by three daughters, Carol Ann Renner, Calgary; Donna (Mrs.
Ernest Laybolt), Cole Harbour; Barbara (Mrs. Harvey Adams), Dartmouth; sister,
Laura (Mrs. Claude Ritcey), Bridgewater; brother, Everett, Bridgewater; four
grandchildren; a great granddaughter. He was predeceased by his wife, the
former Marjorie Harrington; three brothers, Roseville, Norman, Arnold.
Cremation has taken place under the direction of A.L. Mattatall's Funeral Home,
Dartmouth. A memorial service will be 2 p.m. Saturday in St. James United
Church, Dartmouth, Rev. Glenn MacLean officiating. Spring burial will be in St.
George's Cemetery, Parrsboro. Donations may be made to any charity.
ii.
DORIS IONA HARRINGTON was
born in Mar 1916. She died on 31 Oct 2007. She married GERALD
"SAM" COLLINS.
Notes
for Doris Iona Harrington:
Doris
died on Hallowe'en day: 31 October 2007
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iii. RALPH DEAN HARRINGTON was
born on 28 May 1918 in Parrsboro, NS (at home ). He died on 28 Jun 1966 in Camp
Hill Hospital in Halifax, NS. He married an unknown spouse (never married).
Notes
for Ralph Dean Harrington:
Photos in Album, Pages: 194
Lou Harrington (Louise Ann Harrington) wrote
the following about Ralph Dean Harrington:
"I
remember him and I was pretty much his princess. My first clear memory is being
at a "store" with a high counter and Dad and a man were talking about
Uncle Ralph. The "store" was the funeral parlour and the "high
counter" was Ralph's coffin. Ralph had been ill and had been in the
hospital in Halifax for some time and I missed him. I asked where he was and
Dad said he was sleeping and did I want to see him? I said yes, so he lifted me
up to see Ralph. I can remember looking at him and saying "He's not
sleeping. He's dead." I wasn't upset or afraid, I just missed him."
iv.
CLYDE HARRIS HARRINGTON was
born on 11 Apr 1922 in Parrsboro, Cumberland Co., NS. He died on 28 Jun 1948 in
Halifax, Halifax Co., NS.
Notes
for Clyde Harris Harrington:
From the Parrsboro Record, Tuesday, July 6,
1948, pg. #3; Reel #2866, NSARM, Halifax, NS
OBITUARY:
Clyde Harris Harrington
The passing of 27 year old Clyde Harrington in the
Victoria General Hospital, Halifax on Monday afternoon, June 28th, was a shock
to his many friends in Parrsboro and elsewhere in the province. Death came
following injuries to his back and neck received when his panel truck
overturned on a curve on the Moose River Highway late Saturday night. Found
lying on the road a few minutes after the accident occurred by Constables Jack
Wilson and Don Campbell of the Parrsboro R.C.M.P., who were out on patrol, he
was brought to South Cumberland Memorial Hospital. Early Sunday morning he was
rushed to the Halifax hospital by Mayor Allison T. Smith, accompanied by Miss
Grace Spicer, RN of the local hospital staff. Despite every effort his life
could not be saved. Of a particularly likeable person ability, Clyde was one of
the town's most popular young men.
He
joined the Royal Canadian Navy in 1939, took part in the Invasion of Normandy,
and was discharged, medically unfit, in 1946. Anxious to stay in his home town
of Parrsboro, he had recently begun the erection of a building on Chapel Street
where he planned to conduct a laundry.
The
deepest sympathy of the townspeople is felt for his bereaved mother, brothers
and sisters; Ralph, who was recently released from the navy and is now with the
D.V.A. at Cornwallis; Haley, a merchant seaman aboard the S.S. Yarmouth County;
(Marjorie) Mrs. Harold Schmiesser of Halifax; and (Doris) Mrs. Gerald Collins
of Parrsboro.
The
funeral service was held on Thursday afternoon, from St. George's Anglican
Church, conducted by the rector, Venerable Archdeacon C.R. Harris. The funeral
procession, one of the largest in the town for some time was headed by the
Parrsboro Citizens' Band and the Canadian Legion, Branch 45, Clyde being a
member of both organizations. The band feelingly rendered the Funeral March,
and at the grave played "Abide With Me". The pallbearers were
bandsmen, Doug Smith, James Farrell, John Phinney, Carmen Berry, Robert Burke
and Morley Sterling. The Union Jack draped the casket, and on it rested the
bandsman's cap, which Clyde wore the previous Friday evening when the band boys
appeared for the first time in their new uniforms.
[Clyde
Harris Harrington never married.]
v.
HALEY JOLLYMORE HARRINGTON was
born on 21 Jan 1924. He died on 26 Oct 2014. He married ELSIE EVELYN MACALONEY.
She was born on 31 Jul 1924.
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Notes for Haley
Jollymore Harrington:
Photos in
Album, Pages: 193
Haley Harrington in
the Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980
NAME:
Haley Harrington |
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OCCUPATION: Captain |
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YEAR: |
1974 |
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LOCATION: |
Cumberland; Colchester, Nova Scotia,
Canada |
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ELECTORAL DISTRICT: |
Cumberland-Colchester North |
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Haley J Harrington
in the Canadian Phone and Address Directories, 1995-2002 |
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NAME: Haley J
Harrington |
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STREET ADDRESS: |
Moore |
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CITY: |
Parrsboro |
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PROVINCE: |
Nova Scotia |
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POSTAL CODE: |
B0m 1s0 |
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PHONE NUMBER: |
902 254 2311 |
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YEARS AT RESIDENCE: |
1995 1997 2002 |
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E-mail from Haley's
oldest daughter, Louise Harrington:
Dad
was with Imperial Oil Limited (IOL), commonly known as ESSO in Canada. Worked 3
months on, one month off. The first ship I remember him on was the Imperial
Quebec....early, mid-60's. Then he went to the Imperial Acadia, late 60's. He
was first mate on her. By early 70's he was also her relief Captain. When the
captain was on his 1 month off, Dad became captain. Finally, he got the
Imperial Bedford as captain by mid-70's.
Bedford
was mostly Home Trade. Based in Halifax, Nova Scotia at the IOL refinery in
Eastern Passage, she sailed around the Maritimes (Saint John, Sydney,
Charlottetown, Chatham) with several trips a year to GooseBay,
Port-aux-Basques, and St John's.
NB: Saint John is in the province of New
Brunswick; St John's is in Newfoundland. Each year, there was usually one trip up
the St Lawrence Seaway to Sarnia where IOL has a huge refinery. And at least
one trip up to the Arctic Circle each summer. There were also 2 or 3 trips each
year to the French owned islands of
St-Pierre and
Michelon.
Dad
had both his master mariner ticket, plus his Harbour Pilot ticket for nearly
all the ports. It saved IOL the expense and bother of hiring a pilot every time
the Bedford went into port.
My
sister, Jane and I made several small trip on the Bedford, from Halifax to
Charlottetown, or to Chatham, or Saint John. Little trips that took a day or
three. We stayed in the Owners Cabin, while Mum stayed in Dad's room. I
remember one visit to the Bedford just after they had come down the Seaway in
July - the cook had brought aboard tons of local fruit. He remembered that I
loved cherries, so each morning there was a 5 lb pail of fresh cherries in my
cabin. I sat on the aft deck and spit the pits into the sea. I made it though
the whole pail each day and every morning there was a fresh pail waiting for
me! Yum. At 13, things like that don't give you a tummy ache, but if I did that
now I dread to think how I would feel.
Mum
took longer trips with Dad....up the Locks to Sarnia, and even to the Arctic
circle.
I'll ask Dad some specific questions as to dates
when he was on each boat when I get back to Canada.
OBITUARY:
Harrington, Haley Jollymore Source: Chronicle Herald, Saturday, August 30, 2014
Haley
Jollymore Harrington, age 90, of Parrsboro, passed away on August 26, 2014, at home.
Born on January 21, 1924, in Parrsboro, he was a son of the
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late Harris and Emily
(Willigar) Harrington. He went to sea at age 18, and achieved his Radio
Operator License while working in Saint John. Haley served as a Merchant Seaman
throughout the war travelling in many convoys across the Atlantic, to Africa,
and to South America. He spent VE day in Italy aboard the Prince Albert Park.
After
the war, Haley attended the Maritime Navigation School in Halifax for his Mate
Certificate and later he completed his Master Mariner (Home Trade) certificate
in 1962. He worked for Imperial Oil Limited for 37 years, first as mate and
then as Captain of the Imperial Quebec, the Imperial Acadia from 1974 and
Captain of the Imperial Bedford from 1976 until his retirement in 1981. He was
a member of the Minas Lodge No. 67, and was awarded his 50 year metal [sic] in
2005. Haley was also a member of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 45 and
the Canadian Merchant Navy Veteran's
Association.
Haley
enjoyed his long retirement by golfing at Parrsboro Golf Course, dancing with
his wife Elsie with the Gloosecap Gems square dance group and the Nova Scotia
Border Rounders round dance group, and beachcombing with his friend Roy Winters
until well into his 80's. He was presented with the Duke of Edinburgh Century
of Service Veteran's Award in 2013.
He
is survived by daughters, Louise (Lester Dixon), Truro; Jane (Peter Little),
Habitant. He was predeceased by his wife, Elsie (MacAloney); sisters, Doris
(Gerald) Collins (Saint John, N.B.); Marjorie (Herald) Schmeisser (Halifax);
brothers, Ralph and Clyde and beloved Aunt Ethel (Willigar).
In
respect of his wishes, cremation has taken place and no visitation or funeral
service will be held. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to any charity.
Notes for Elsie Evelyn MacAloney:
Photos in
Album, Pages: 193
14. MARY JANE4 HARRINGTON (Charles
William3, Thomas2,
possibly "Dutch"1) was
born on 25 Mar 1876 in Five Islands, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada.
She died on 21 Mar 1943 in Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada (Buried
in St. George's Cemetery, Parrsboro, NS). She married Harvey David Henwood, son
of Jeremiah Henwood and Philipa Melissa Phinney, on 18 Aug 1902. He was born on
18 Apr 1878 in Nova Scotia, Canada. He died on 19 Nov 1962 in Nova Scotia,
Canada.
Notes
for Mary Jane Harrington:
Photos in Album, Pages: 194, 196
From the 1901
Fourth Census of Canada for District No. 30 = Cumberland, sub-district No. F1,
Polling sub-division 36, town of Parrsborough; enumerated (no date) by Arthur
W. Jackson
James McLenan, head, age 61, 17 Mar 1840,
(looks like Scotch), Salvation Army, Canthor Mary Harrington, domestic, age 23,
25 Mar 1874, Irish, Baptist, servant
Nova
M Harrington, boarder, age 3, 25 Sept1897, (looks like dntekn or dntkn), - ,
For the 1921 Census of Canada for Mary Jane
Harrington Henwood, see entry under her husband, Harvey David Henwood.
Nova Scotia, Canada, Deaths,
1864-1877, 1890-1960 about Mary Jane Henwood Name: Mary Jane Henwood
Birth Date: 1875 Gender:
Female
Death Date: 21 Mar 1943 Age: 68
Death Place: Parrsboro, Cumberland Registration
Year: 1943
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Registration Book:
213
Registration Page:
113
Notes for Harvey
David Henwood:
Photos in
Album, Pages: 194
For the 1891
& 1901 Census or Canada for Harvey David Henwood, see the
entries for his father, Jeremiah Henwood.
Harvey Henwood's
occupation at the time he was married was Stevedore at West Bay.
From the 1901
Census of Canada for District No. 30 = Cumberland, sub-District F1, Polling
ssub-division 36 = Parish Parrsboro, West Bay and Black Rock; enumerated (no
date) by Arthur W. Jackson [all born in Nova Scotia]
Jeremiah
Henwood, head, age 42, 11 Feb 1859, Irish, farmer Melissa Henwood, wife, age
42, 16 Mar 1859, English David H Henwood, son, age 18, 18 Apr 1883, Irish,
stevedore
James R Henwood, son,
age 16, 20 Sept 1884, Irish, farmers son Sarrah E Henwood, dau, age 14, 5 Mar
1887, Irish
William
W Henwood, son, age 10, 26 Dec 1890, Irish Isaac O Henwood, son, age 7, 4 Aug
1893, Irish Stewart Henwood, son, age 2, 8 Jan 1898, Irish
Nova Scotia, Canada,
Marriages, 1763-1935 about Harvey Henwood
Name: Harvey Henwood
Gender:Male
Spouse Name: Mary Harrington
Spouse
Gender: |
Female |
Marriage Date: 1902 |
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Marriage Place:
Amherst, Cumberland |
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Registration Year: |
1902 |
Registration Book: |
1810 |
Registration Page: |
264 |
Registration
Number: |
147 |
From the 1921
Census of Canada for Parrsboro, Victoria Street
Harvey Henwood, head, age 38
Mary Henwood, wife, age 44
Leyon Henwood, dau, age 14
Claude Henwood, son, age 9
Larne Henwood, son, age 7
List of Electors, 1935, Cumberland, Nova Scotia,
Canada, electoral district - Cumberland Harvey Henwood, labourer, Mill Brook
[similar list of Electors for: 1957, 1958, 1962,
& 1963]
Harvey David Henwood
and Mary Jane Harrington had the following children:
i.
NORA MARIE5 HENWOOD was born
on 25 Sep 1899 in West Bay, Cumberland, Nova Scotia. She died on 23 May 1994 in
Columbia, South Carolina, USA. She married John LaSchuma on 14 Dec 1920. He was
born in Mar 1894 in Boston, United States of America. He died on 01 Dec 1946 in
New York City, NY.
Notes
for Nora Marie Henwood:
Nora Marie Henwood
LaSchuma's given name appears in different places as Nora, Nova, and Norma. She
appears in Linda McNeil's tree as the bastard daughter of Mary Jane Harrington.
ii.
BLANCHE HENWOOD was born in 1901.
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iii.
ANNIE HENWOOD was born in 1904.
iv.
LEYON HENWOOD was born about 1907.
v.
HARRIS 'LEON' HENWOOD was
born on 22 Nov 1907 in West Bay, Cumberland, Nova Scotia. He died on 27 Jan 1960
in Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
vi.
FLORENCE C. HENWOOD was born in 1910.
vii.
CLAUDE MAXWELL HENWOOD was born on 29 Aug
1911 in West Bay, Cumberland, Nova Scotia. He died on 06 May 1986 in Truro,
Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada. He married Eva Abby Roberts, daughter of Rufus
F. Roberts and Abbie McLoud, on 14 Nov 1935 in Parrsboro, Cumberland, NS. She
was born on 18 Jan 1917 in Macklin, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Notes
for Claude Maxwell Henwood:
Photos in Album, Pages: 194
Name: Claude Maxwell Henwood
Arrival Date: |
15
Apr 1942 |
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Birth Date: |
abt 1911 |
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Age: |
31 |
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Gender:Male |
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Ethnicity/ Nationality: |
English |
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Port of Departure: |
Saint John, New Brunswick via Halifax,
Nova Scotia |
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Port of Arrival: |
New York, New York |
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Ship Name: |
Western Head |
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Identifying Marks: Tattoos both arms |
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Name: Claude Henwood |
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Gender:Male |
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Marital Status: |
Single |
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Age: |
9 |
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Birth Year: |
abt 1912 |
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Birth Place: |
Nova Scotia |
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Relation to Head of House: |
Son |
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Father's name: Harvey Henwood |
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Father Birth Place: |
Nova Scotia |
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Mother's name: Mary Henwood |
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Mother Birth Place: |
Nova Scotia |
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Racial or Tribal Origin: |
Irish |
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Province or Territory: |
Nova Scotia |
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District: Cumberland |
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District Number:55 |
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Sub-district: |
Parrsboro (Town),
Black Rock ( Rural) |
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Sub-District Number: |
33 |
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City, Town or Village: |
Parrsboro Town |
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Street or Township: |
Victoria St |
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Municipality: |
Parrsboro |
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Occupation: |
Student |
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Name |
Age |
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Harvey Henwood |
38 |
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Mary Henwood |
44 |
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Legon Henwood |
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Claude Henwood |
9 |
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Lorne Henwood |
7 |
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Claude M Henwood |
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Spouse Ena A Roberts
Marriage 14 Nov 1935 - Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
Civil 1935
viii. LORNE CLAIR HENWOOD was
born on 18 Dec 1914 in Parrsboro, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. Lorne Clair
died on 10 Jan 1981 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
ix.
CYRIL LAMONT HENWOOD was
born on 09 Jun 1922 in West Bay, Cumberland, Nova Scotia. He died on 21 Jul
1922.
15. FREEMAN4 HARRINGTON (Charles
William3, Thomas2,
possibly "Dutch"1) was
born on 22 May 1877 in Five Islands, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada. He
died on 30 Jul 1965 in Parrsboro, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. He
married Sarah Alice Couch, daughter of Thomas Couch and Elgenora (Nora)
Phinney, on 20 Dec 1905 in Parrsboro, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
(Baptist). She was born on 02 Apr 1888 in West Bay, Cumberland, Nova Scotia.
She died on 16 Sep 1946 in Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Notes
for Freeman Harrington:
Photos in Album, Pages: 195
For the 1901 Census of Canada
for Freeman Harrington, see the entry for his father, Charles William
Harrington
From the 1901
Fourth Census of Canada, District No. 24 = Westmoreland, sub-district 44,
Polling sub-division 3 in Dorchester Parrish; enumerated 20-24 April 1901 by
Willard D. Wilbur [Freeman was an inmate in an institution that was never
defined in the census. He was among a list of 212 inmates, the average age was
probably in the 20s to 30s. Ages ranged from 17 to over 60, however. A sample
is listed below. The first three Chapman names are probably officials. The
details for Freeman Harrington heads the list.]
NAME: Freeman
Harrington GENDER: Male MARITAL STATUS: Single
AGE:
23
BIRTH YEAR: 1878
BIRTHPLACE: Ns [Nova Scotia]
RELATION TO HEAD OF HOUSE: Inmate
RACIAL OR TRIBAL ORIGIN: English
NATIONALITY: Canadian
RELIGION: Baptist
OCCUPATION: Sailor
PROVINCE: New Brunswick
DISTRICT: Westmorland
DISTRICT
NUMBER: 24 |
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SUB-DISTRICT:Dorchester |
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SUB-DISTRICT
NUMBER: |
B-1 |
NEIGHBORS: View others on page
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS:
NAME |
AGE |
Stanley Chapman |
70 |
Mary A Chapman |
39 |
John Chapman |
15 |
Arthur Mclean |
24 |
Frank Davis |
35 |
William Smith |
37 |
John Carter |
26 |
Henes Leoreseourd |
24 |
Richard Reid |
67 |
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Generation
4 (con't) |
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William Jackson |
26 |
Stephen Clrufufo |
25 |
William Wood |
15 |
Thomas Kelley |
42 |
James Galleghar |
62 |
Thomas Mcarthur |
19 |
Martha Garnett |
21 |
Israel Mclaughlan |
53 |
George W Hughes |
44 |
James Johnson |
48 |
James Anderson |
51 |
Mikel Gallagher |
60 |
Lawent Ouellette |
63 |
Samuel Bawger |
33 |
George Brown |
46 |
William Boyd |
30 |
John Jones |
25 |
Henry Mcewen |
33 |
Alfred Gillis |
25 |
Israel Martell |
30 |
John Fox |
35 |
From
the marriage application of Freeman Harrington, age 27, and Sarah Alice Couch,
age 18, Freeman's occupation was listed as Mariner. Freeman was living at Parrsboro.
Sarah was living at West Bay, N.S. [This is likely only a difference in
location and postal address. West Bay is only about 6-miles from Parrsboro.]
From the birth record of
John Walter Harrington, born 25 May 1910, his father, Freeman Harrington, is
listed as a Mariner, Five Islands, Colchester Co., Nova Scota
From
the Fifth Census of Canada 1911 for Parrsboro West, West Bay,
Black Rock, District 42, Cumberland, Nova Scotia; enumerated (no date other
than 1911) by John E. Dickinson [all born in Nova Scotia; all speak English;
all are Episcopal]
Nora
Couch, head, age 52, born Sept. 1858, widow Sarah Harrington, dau, age 23, born
April 1888 Agnes Harrington, grand dau, age 4, born Aug 1906 Walter Harrington,
grand child, age 1, born May 1910
Freeman Harrington, son-in-law, age
34, born May 1877, laborer, stevedore
From the 1921 Census of Canada for
Parsboro, Sydney Street; all born in Nova Scotia Freeman Harrington, head, age
42, Baptist, Irish, seaman
Sarah Harrington,
wife, age 33, Ch of Eng, English Agnes Harrington, dau., age 14, Baptist, Irish
John Harrington, son, age 11, Baptist, Irish Charles Harrington, son, age 9,
Baptist, Irish Percy Harrington, son, age 7, Baptist, Irish
Cearl Harrington, son, age
4, Baptist, Irish Edgar Harrington, son, age 1, Baptist, Irish
Freeman Harrington in
the Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980 in Parrsboro
NAME: Freeman
Harrington
OCCUPATION: Labourer,
Sydney Street
YEAR:
1945 |
[similar posting
for 1935, 1940, 1953, 1958, 1962 (pensioner), 1962] |
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LOCATION: |
Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada |
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ELECTORAL DISTRICT: |
Cumberland |
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Notes for Sarah Alice
Couch:
Photos in
Album, Pages: 102
240
From
the 1871 Census of Canada for Province of Nova Scotia, District
No. 198, Cumberland , Sub-District, Mill Vallage Polling District No. 11;
enumberated [no date or enumerator given]
Elisha Phinney, head,
age 55, W. Methodist, English, Farmer Martha Phinney, wife, age 46
Martha Jane Phinney, dau., age 17
Algenora
Phinney, dau., age 12 [mother of Sarah Alice Couch, wife of Freeman Harrington]
Laurence P Phinney, son.,
age 9 Eliza Ann Phinney, dau., age 5
From
the 1881 Census of Canada for Province of Nova Scotia, District
No. 22, Cumberland , Sub-District, Mill Vallage
Elisha Phinney, head, age 64
Marcie Phinney, wife, age 56 Martha Phinney, dau., age 27
Algenora
Phinney, dau., age 22 [mother of Sarah Alice Couch, wife of Freeman Harrington]
Lawrence Phinney,
son, age 19 Eliza Phinney, dau., age 15 William Phinney, son, age 6
From
the 1891 Census of Canada for Parrsboro Twp., Cumberland County,
Province of Nova Scotia; enumerated 28 April 1891 by A. F. Fullerton [all are
Baptist; all born in Nova Scotia except as noted]
Thomas Coach, head,
age 46, English Alzenora Coach, wife, age 34
Alice Coach, dau., age 3
From
the 1901 Census of Canada for Parish Parrsboro, West-Bay and Black
Rock, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; enumberated [no date given] by
Arthur W. Jackson.
Thomas
Couch, head, age 62, born 4 May 1839, Irish, farmer Nora Couch, wife, age 42,
born 22 Sept 1858, English Sarrah A Couch, dau., age 13, born 2 April 1888,
Irish
From
the 1911 Fifth Census of Canada for West Bay, Cumberland
District, Nova Scotia; enumerated (no date) by John E. Dickerson
Nora
Couch, head, age 52, born Sept. 1858 Sarah Harrington, dau, age 23, born April
1888
Agnes
Harrington, grand dau, age 4, born Aug 1906 Walter Harrington, grand child, age
1, born May 1910
Freeman Harrington, son-in-law, age 34, born
May 1877, laborer, seaman
From the 1921 Census of Canada for Parsboro,
Sydney Street; all born in Nova Scotia Freeman Harrington, head, age 42,
Baptist, Irish, seaman
Sarah Harrington,
wife, age 33, Ch of Eng, English Agnes Harrington, dau., age 14, Baptist, Irish
John Harrington, son, age 11, Baptist, Irish Charles Harrington, son, age 9,
Baptist, Irish Percy Harrington, son, age 7, Baptist, Irish
Cearl Harrington, son, age
4, Baptist, Irish Edgar Harrington, son, age 1, Baptist, Irish
Freeman Harrington
and Sarah Alice Couch had the following children:
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i.
AGNES MAE5 HARRINGTON was born on 10 Feb
1907 in West Bay, Parrsboro Road, Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
She married (1) WILLIAM JOHN ADAMS on 08 Jul 1933. She
married (2) GLYNNE KENVYN LLOYD on 06 Oct 1949.
ii. FREEMAN WALKER HARRINGTON was
born on 25 Feb 1909 in West Bay, Cumberland, Nova Scotia. He died on 07 May
1909 in West Bay, Cumberland, Nova Scotia.
iii. JOHN WALTER HARRINGTON was born
on 25 May 1910 in Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. He died on 26 Oct
1989. He married GEORGINA MAY BURNS.
iv. CHARLES LAWRENCE HARRINGTON was
born on 09 Sep 1912. He died on 22 Aug 1976.
v.
THOMAS PERCIVAL (PERCY) HARRINGTON was
born on 05 Oct 1914 in Parrsboro, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. He died
on 06 Jan 1988 in Parrsboro, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. He married MOLLY LIBIE HAVELKA.
vi.
PEARL HARRINGTON was born about 1917.
vii.
CECIL EUGENE HARRINGTON was
born on 08 Apr 1917. He died on 07 Nov 1980. He married Lottie Louise Fezette
on 22 Nov 1966.
viii.
EDGAR HARRINGTON was born on 08 Sep
1920. He died on 22 Oct 1940.
Notes
for Edgar Harrington:
Edgar
Harrington, s/o Freeman Harrington, died when his ship was sunk during WWII.
ix. JEAN ELSIE HARRINGTON was
born on 12 Mar 1923. She married Ronald Francis Strupat on 19 Oct 1946.
x. GLADYS IRENE HARRINGTON was
born on 07 May 1925 in Parrsboro, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. She died
on 21 Nov 2002 in Cambridge, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. She married Roy Ivan
Clarence Billings, son of Clarence Herbert Billings and Edith Eveline Breese,
on 17 Sep 1947.
Notes
for Gladys Irene Harrington:
Photos in Album, Pages: 195
xi.
KENNETH MURRAY HARRINGTON was
born on 12 Oct 1927. He died on 07 Jun 1987. He married Jacqueline Joyce Mann
on 03 Oct 1953.
xii. HAROLD DOUGLAS HARRINGTON was
born on 04 Jun 1931. He died in 1998. He married Donna Marie Sharpe on 20 Oct
1956.
16. EDITH MABEL4 HARRINGTON (Charles
William3, Thomas2,
possibly "Dutch"1) was
born on 15 Jan 1884 in Nova Scotia, Canada. She died on 10 Feb 1955 in
Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. She married Mayford Phinney, son of
William Phinney and Rebecca Jane Pettis, on 27 Aug 1903 in Parrsboro,
Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. He was born on 02 Apr 1884 in Black Rock,
Cumberland Co, Nova Scotia, Canada. He died on 08 Feb 1943 in Parrsboro,
Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Notes
for Edith Mabel Harrington:
Photos in Album, Pages: 195, 196
From
the marriage application of Edith Harrington, age 19, and Mayford Phinney, age
22, they were married on 27 August 1903 in Parrsboro. Mayford and his father
were Stevedores. Edith listed no occupation. At the time of their marriage, Mayford's
residence was West Bay while Edith's residence was Parrsboro. Mayford was born
in West Bay, N.S.
From the 1911
Fifth Census of Canada for West Bay, Cumberland District, Nova Scotia;
enumerated (no date) by John E. Dickerson
Mayford Phinney, head, age 29, born April
1884, laborer Edith Phinney, wife, age 25, born Jan 1886
Gertrude
(?) Phinney, dau, age 7, born Dec 1903
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Katheleen Phinney, dau, age 5, born
Sept 1905
Ensley Phinney, son, age 2, born Jan
1909
Notes for Mayford
Phinney:
Photos in
Album, Pages: 196
For the 1901
Census of Canada for Mayford Phinney, see the entry for his father, William
Phinney.
From
the 1911 Fifth Census of Canada for the District No 42
Cumberland, Nova Scotia Province, Canada by John E. Dickerson
Mayford Phinney,
head, age 27, born April 1884, laborer in lumber Edith Phinney, wife, age 25,
born Jan 1886
Gertrude
Phinney, daughter, age 7, born Dec 1903 Kathleen Phinney, daughter, age 5, born
Sept 1905 Ensley Phinney, son, age 2, born 1909
From the 1921
Census of Canada for Parrsboro, Victoria Street
Mayford Phinney, head, age 37,
laborer, wharf
Edith Phinney, wife, age 36
Gertrude Phinney, dau., age 17
Kathleen Phinney, dau, age 15
Ainsley Phinney, son, age 12
Dennis Phinney, son, age 9
Marshal Phinney, son, age 6
Wylie Phinney, son, age 3
Ruth Phinney, dau., age 1
Name: Mayford PHINNEY · Given Name: Mayford ·
Surname: PHINNEY · Sex: M · Birth: 2 Apr 1884 in West Bay,Cumberland Co.,NS 1 2
· Death: 8 Feb 1943 in Parrsboro,Cumberland Co.,NS 2 · Burial: St. George's
Anglican Cemetery Parrsboro,Cumberland Co.,NS · Event:
Obituary · Note: "PARRSBORO MAN DIES : Mayford
Phinney, 59, life long resident of Parrsboro and well know stevedore, was found
dead a few yards from his home on Monday afternoon. Although being treated for
a heart ailment for some time he was in apparent good health when he left home
to go down [the] street less than an hour before. A verdict by the coroner's
jury found that the deceased had come to his death from a heart attack and from
an assault on the victim by his nephew [Cecil (Jake) Eugene Harrington, s/o
Freeman Harrington; Cecil was 29-years, 3-months of age]. Men on the street
stated that his nephew, who had been drinking, assaulted Phinney when he
refused to make a purchase for him at the liquor store that afternoon. The
accused has been charged with assault causing grievous bodily harm and has been
remanded to the county jail in Amherst (Parrsboro Record, 16 Feb 1943)."·
Occupation: Stevedore · Event: Heart Attack Death · _UID:
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http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bi n/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jmann49&id=I6219&style=TABLE
Mayford Phinney and
Edith Mabel Harrington had the following children:
i.
GERTRUDE5 PHINNEY was born on 25 Dec
1903 in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Canada. She died on 13 Aug 1982 in Parrsboro,
Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. She married (1) HARRY CLEVELAND PHINNEY, son of Stephen
Benjamin Phinney and Elvira Aliece Webb Phinney Eagles, on 07 Nov 1925 in
Parrsboro, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. He was born on 18 Dec 1905 in
West Bay, Cumberland, Nova Scotia. He died on 16 Apr 1961 in Parrsboro,
Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. She married (2) HAROLD DYAS. She married (3) HERMAN LEWIS.
Notes
for Gertrude Phinney:
Photos in Album, Pages: 195
Gertrude
Phinney in the Nova Scotia, Canada, Marriages, 1763-1935
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Name: Gertrude Phinney
Gender: Female
Spouse Name: Harry Phinney
Spouse Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 1925
Marriage Place: Amherst, Cumberland
Registration Year: 1925
Registration Book: 40
Registration Page: 705
From the Fifth Census
of Canada 1911 for Parrsboro West, West Bay, Black Rock, District
42, Cumberland, Nova Scotia; enumerated (no date other than 1911) by John E.
Dickinson [all born in Nova Scotia; all speak English; all are Episcopal; both
parents can read and write]
Mayford Phinney,
head, age 27, born April 1884, laborer in lumber Edith Phinney, wife, age 25,
born Jan 1886
Gertrude Phinney, dau., age 7,
born Dec 1903 Kathleen Phinney, dau., age 5, born Sept 1905 Ensley Phinney,
son, age 2, born Jan 1909
Obituary of Gertrude Phinney:
Chronicle Herald,
Monday, August 16, 1982, pg. #20OBITUARY: Mrs. Gertrude Lewis Joggin's,
Cumberland County -
Mrs.
Gertrude Lewis, 78, of Joggins, formerly of Five Islands, died Friday in South
Cumberland Memorial Hospital, Parrsboro. Born in Parrsboro, she was a daughter
of the late Mayford and Edith (Harrington) Phinney. She was a member of the
Joggins and Parrsboro Legion Ladies Auxiliary and the Church of the Holy Name
Ladies Guild.
Surviving
are four daughters, Mrs. Alice Vance, Joggins; Judy (Mrs. Chris Brown) and
Kathleen (Mrs. Stephen Phinney), both of Parrsboro; and Diane (Mrs. E.R.
Nickerson), Dorchester, N.B.; four sisters, Mrs. Geraldine Seaman, Toronto;
Mrs. Jane Corcoran, Ruth (Mrs. Hugh Hiltz) and Rebecca (Mrs. Edward Sellons),
all of Parrsboro; a brother, Ainsley, Parrsboro; 23 grandchildren and 16 great
grandchildren.
She
was predeceased by three husbands, Harry Phinney; Harold Dyas and Herman Lewis;
three sons, Alvin, Harry and Norman; three brothers, Marshall, Wylie and
Dennis; a sister, Kathleen and one grandchild. The body is in Smith's Funeral
Home, Parrsboro.
Funeral
will be 2 p.m. Today in St. George's Anglican Church, Parrsboro, Rev. Whitley
Trueman officiating, assisted by Rev. Douglas Chard, with burial in the church
cemetery.
Notes for Harold Dyas:
Photos in
Album, Pages: 197
ii.
KATHLEEN PHINNEY was born on 03 Sep
1905 in Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. She died on 02 Dec 1949 in
Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. She married Vincent R. McNeil, son
of Daniel McNeil and Etta (Effie) Phinney, on 07 Jun 1926 in Lynn, Essex,
Massachusetts, USA. He was born on 26 Jan 1907 in Nova Scotia, Canada. He died
on 19 Feb 1992 in Peabody, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.
Notes
for Kathleen Phinney:
Linda L. McNeil wrote the
following in an e-mail dated January 24, 1951 that was part of our exchange as we
evaluated mutual information regarding our DNA match: "Kathleen Phinney
McNeil was born in Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, I believe in 1905. I
would love to see where my paternal grandparents were
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from.
My grandmother Kathleen went to Parrsboro, Nova Scotia in November 1949 to
visit her mother, Edith Harrington Phinney. She became ill and was unable to go
home to Massachusetts. She died there and was buried in the Anglican cemetery
in Paraboro."
Vincent R McNeill in
the U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Name: Vincent R
McNeill
Gender:Male |
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Street address: |
102 Hamilton av |
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Residence Place: |
Lynn, Massachusetts, USA |
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Occupation: |
Painter |
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Spouse: |
Katheleen McNeill |
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Publication Title: |
Lynn, Massachusetts, City Directory,
1928 |
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From
the 1930 Federal Census for Lynn City, Essex Co., Massachusetts;
enumerated 22 April 1930 by Joseph M., Cormier
Vincent
R Mcneill, head, age 24 Katheline Mcneill, wife, age 24 Vincent R Mcneill, son,
age 3-yr 5-mo
Geraldine J Mcneill,
dau., age 1-yr 8-mo Harold L Mcneill, son, age 1-mo
Vincent R McNeill in
the U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Name: Vincent R
McNeill
Gender:Male |
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1930 |
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Residence Year: |
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Street address: |
104 Newhall suite 4 |
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Residence Place: |
Lynn, Massachusetts, USA |
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Occupation: |
Painter |
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Spouse: |
Kathleen McNeill |
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Publication Title: |
Lynn, Massachusetts, City Directory,
1930 |
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Vincent R McNeill in
the U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Name: Vincent R
McNeill
Gender:Male |
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1931 |
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Residence Year: |
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Street address: |
104 Newhall suite 4 |
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Residence Place: |
Lynn, Massachusetts, USA |
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Occupation: |
Painter |
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Spouse: |
Kathleen McNeill |
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Publication Title: |
Lynn, Massachusetts, City Directory,
1931 |
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Vincent R McNeill in
the U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Name: Vincent R
McNeill
Gender:Male |
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1932 |
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Residence Year: |
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Street address: Do |
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Residence Place: |
Lynn, Massachusetts, USA |
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Occupation: |
Painter |
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Spouse: |
Kathleen McNeill |
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Publication Title: |
Lynn, Massachusetts, City Directory,
1932 |
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Vincent R McNeill in
the U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Name: Vincent R
McNeill
Gender:Male |
1935 |
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Residence Year: |
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Street address: Do |
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Residence Place: |
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Lynn,
Massachusetts, USA |
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Painter |
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Kathleen McNeill |
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Lynn,
Massachusetts, City Directory, 1935 |
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From
the 1940 Federal Census for Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts;
enumerated 12 April 1940 by Arthur Claney
Vincent R McNeil,
head, age 34, born in Canada, fireman, apartment house Kathleen McNeil, wife,
age 34, born in Canada
Vincent
McNeil, son, age 13, born in Massachusetts Geraldine J McNeil, dau., age 11,
born in Massachusetts Harold L (or V) McNeil, son, age 10, born in
Massachusetts
Vincent R McNeil in
the U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Name: Vincent R
McNeil
Gender:Male |
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1941 |
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Residence Year: |
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Street address: |
28 Summer circle |
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Residence Place: |
Lynn, Massachusetts, USA |
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Occupation: |
Painter |
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Spouse: |
Kathleen McNeil |
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Publication Title: |
Lynn, Massachusetts, City Directory,
1941 |
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Notes for Vincent R.
McNeil:
From
the 1920 Federal Census for the City of Lewiston, Ward 2,
Androscoggin Co., Maine; enumerated 3 January 1920 by George T. Karanaugh
Daniel Mc Neil, head,
age 57, painter, contractor Etta Mc Neil, wife, age 34
Vincent
Mc Neil, son, age 13 Evelyn Mc Neil, dau., age 10
Ervin Mc Neil, son,
age 19, shoe maker, shoe shopl Geraldine Mc Neil, dau., age 4
List
or Manifest of Alien Passengers Applying for Admission, Port of Vanceson, Maine
[date: about 1922]
Etta McNeil, age 37,
married, read, write and speak English, Irish, last resident = Lewiston, N.S.,
brother = Albin Finney [Alvin Stuart Phinney], Black Rock, N.B. Vincent McNeil,
age 15, single, (all above the same)
Evelyn McNeil, age
12, single, (all above the same)
Vincent R McNeill in
the U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Name: Vincent R
McNeill
Gender:Male
Residence
Year: |
1928 |
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Street address: |
102 Hamilton av |
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Residence Place: |
Lynn, Massachusetts, USA |
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Occupation: |
Painter |
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Spouse: |
Katheleen McNeill |
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Publication Title: |
Lynn, Massachusetts, City Directory,
1928 |
From
the 1930 Federal Census for Lynn City, Essex Co., Massachusetts;
enumerated 22 April 1930 by Joseph M., Cormier
Vincent R Mcneill, head, age
24 Katheline Mcneill, wife, age 24
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Vincent R Mcneill, son, age 3-yr 5-mo
Geraldine J Mcneill, dau., age 1-yr
8-mo
Harold L Mcneill, son, age 1-mo
Vincent R McNeill in
the U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Name: Vincent R
McNeill
Gender:Male |
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1930 |
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Residence Year: |
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Street address: |
104 Newhall suite 4 |
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Residence Place: |
Lynn, Massachusetts, USA |
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Occupation: |
Painter |
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Spouse: |
Kathleen McNeill |
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Publication Title: |
Lynn, Massachusetts, City Directory,
1930 |
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Vincent R McNeill in
the U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Name: Vincent R
McNeill
Gender:Male
Residence
Year: |
1931 |
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Street address: |
104 Newhall suite 4 |
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Residence Place: |
Lynn, Massachusetts, USA |
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Occupation: |
Painter |
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Spouse: |
Kathleen McNeill |
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Publication Title: |
Lynn, Massachusetts, City Directory,
1931 |
Vincent R McNeill in
the U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Name: Vincent R
McNeill
Gender:Male
Residence
Year: |
1932 |
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Street address: Do |
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Residence Place: |
Lynn, Massachusetts, USA |
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Occupation: |
Painter |
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Spouse: |
Kathleen McNeill |
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Publication Title: |
Lynn, Massachusetts, City Directory,
1932 |
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Vincent R McNeill in
the U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Name: Vincent R
McNeill
Gender:Male |
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1935 |
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Residence Year: |
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Street address: Do |
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Residence Place: |
Lynn, Massachusetts, USA |
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Occupation: |
Painter |
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Spouse: |
Kathleen McNeill |
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Publication Title: |
Lynn, Massachusetts, City Directory,
1935 |
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From
the 1940 Federal Census for Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts;
enumerated 12 April 1940 by Arthur Claney
Vincent R McNeil,
head, age 34, born in Canada, fireman, apartment house Kathleen McNeil, wife,
age 34, born in Canada
Vincent
McNeil, son, age 13, born in Massachusetts Geraldine J McNeil, dau., age 11,
born in Massachusetts Harold L (or V) McNeil, son, age 10, born in
Massachusetts
Vincent R McNeil in
the U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Name: Vincent R
McNeil
Gender:Male
Residence Year: 1941
Street address: 28
Summer circle
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|
Generation 4
(con't) |
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Residence Place: |
Lynn, Massachusetts, USA |
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Occupation: |
Painter |
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Spouse: |
Kathleen McNeil |
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Publication Title: |
Lynn, Massachusetts, City Directory,
1941 |
Vincent R Mcneil in the Massachusetts
Death Index, 1970-2003
Name: Vincent R Mcneil
Certificate: |
022345 |
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Death Place: |
Peabody |
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Death Date: |
19 |
Feb 1992 |
Birth Place: |
Canada |
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Birth Date: |
26 |
Jan 1906 |
Vincent R. McNeil in the U.S., Social
Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: |
Vincent R. McNeil |
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SSN: |
034-03-5632 |
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Last Residence: |
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01960 Peabody,
Essex, Massachusetts, USA |
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BORN: |
26 Jan 1907 |
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Died: |
19 Feb 1992 |
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State (Year) SSN
issued: |
Massachusetts (Before 1951) |
iii. ENSLEY MICHAEL PHINNEY was
born on 27 Jan 1909 in Black Rock, Cumberland Co, Nova Scotia, Canada. He died
on 30 May 1987 in Parrsboro, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.
iv. EMILY EDNA PHINNEY was
born on 27 Jan 1909 in Black Rock, Cumberland Co, Nova Scotia, Canada.
v. DENNIS PHINNEY was
born on 03 Nov 1911 in West Bay, Cumberland, Nova Scotia. He died on 27 Jul 1982
in Parrsboro, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. He married BETTE HUNT.
vi.
MARSHALL KITCHNER PHINNEY was
born about 1914. He died on 25 Nov 1973. He married KATHLEEN WINTERS.
Notes
for Marshall Kitchner Phinney:
Photos in Album, Pages: 196
Marshall
Kitchner Phinney died in a house fire November 1973.
vii. WYLEE WILLIGAR PHINNEY was
born on 03 Jul 1917 in West Bay, Cumberland, Nova Scotia. He died on 26 Jul
1980 in Parrsboro, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. He married AUDREY MCCULLY.
viii.
RUTH MARGARET PHINNEY was born about 1920
in Parrsboro, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. She died on 26 Feb 1997 in
Parrsboro, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. She married HUGH BARRY HILTZ. He was born in 1921
in Nova Scotia, Canada. He died on 27 Apr 2005 in Parrsboro, Cumberland Co.,
Nova Scotia, Canada.
Notes
for Ruth Margaret Phinney:
Photos in Album, Pages: 202, 203
Notes
for Hugh Barry Hiltz:
Photos in Album, Pages: 202
Obituary
of Hugh Barry Hiltz (1921 - 2005)
Hiltz, Hugh B. - 84, of
Whitehall Rd, Parrsboro passed away Wednesday, April 27, 2005 at South
Cumberland Community Care Centre, Parrsboro. Born in New Prospect, he was a son
of the late Frank and Clara (MacAloney) Hiltz. He was a
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veteran
of World War II serving with the Royal Canadian Engineers. Following the war,
he was employed as a lumberman and mechanic with C. Ernest Harrison for 14
years. He later worked in construction until his retirement in 1979. He is
survived by daughters, Carol Abbott; Debbie Henwood (John Henwood), all of
Parrsboro; sons, Arnold (Roni), Winnipeg; Arthur, Scarborough, Ont.; Douglas
(Sandra), Parrsboro; step-daughters, Ardis Downey, Parrsboro; Sally Blackburn,
Halifax; sisters, Francis Patterson, Peterborough; Agnes Skidmore, Burnaby,
B.C.; Ritta Gilbert, Parrsboro; Blanche Fitzgerald, Peterborough; 15
grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife, the
former Ruth Phinney; a sister, Ruth; brothers, William, Claude; half brothers,
Freeman, George. There will be no visitation by request. A graveside committal
service will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, April 30, 2005 at St. George’s Anglican
Cemetery, Parrsboro, Rev. Mark Pretty officiating. Memorial donations may be
made to Palliative Care of South Cumberland Community Care Centre, Parrsboro or
to charity of choice.
[grandchildren include Shelly Dawn
Henwood.]
ix. GERALDINE JEANETTE PHINNEY was
born on 14 Aug 1922 in West Bay, Cumberland, Nova Scotia. She died on 27 Oct
1982 in Markham, York, Ontario, Canada. She married FREDERICK SEAMAN.
x. REBECCA LORENE PHINNEY was
born on 27 May 1925. She died on 22 Feb 2006. She married EDWARD CHARLES SELLONS. He
was born on 17 Jun 1921. He died on 23 Oct 1991 in Parrsboro, Cumberland Co.,
Nova Scotia, Canada.
Notes
for Rebecca Lorene Phinney:
SELLONS (Phinney),
Rebecca - 80. Born in Parrsboro, passed away peacefully on February 22, 2006,
in Ottawa, Ont. She was predeceased by her parents; siblings; husband, Eddie,
and son, Ed. She will be greatly missed by her sister, Jane Corcoran;
daughters, Linda (John) Meikle, Renie McGee (Rick); son, Gordon (Alaina)
Sellons; daughter-in-law, Debbie Sellons, and grandchildren. A memorial will be
held at a later date.
xi. CLAYTON BRUCE PHINNEY was
born on 19 Apr 1927 in Parrsboro, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. He died
on 02 May 1927 in Parrsboro, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.
xii. JAYNE PHINNEY was
born on 10 Jul 1928 in Parrsboro, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. She died
on 26 May 2011 in Upper Nappan, Cumberland, N.S.. She married ALEXANDER CORCORAN.
Notes
for Jayne Phinney:
Photos in Album, Pages: 204
Obituary
of Jane Corcorn
Corcoran,
Jane 82, of Parrsboro passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 28, 2011 at
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre, Upper Nappan. Born in Parrsboro, she
was the youngest child of the late Mayford and Edith (Harrington) Phinney. She
was a care provider at several nursing homes for many years. Jane will be
remembered for her kind heart, sense of humour, good advice, but most of all
the love of her seven children. She was an avid rug-hooker. Many took great
pleasure in her guitar playing, sharing in singing and laughter in her kitchen.
Jane also enjoyed her involvement with the Ship's Company Theatre during its
earlier years. She is survived by daughters, Alexis (Paul Matthews), Dartmouth;
Shannon Oulton, Dartmouth; Wendy Blenkhorn (Stanford), Parrsboro; Jocelyn (Ed
King), Burns Lake, BC; sons, Lynn, Halifax; Randy, Parrsboro; Patrick,
Dartmouth; grandchildren, Heidi Blenkhorn, Amanda MacLeod, Ben Blenkhorn;
Joseph and Daniel Uttaro; Krista and Alyson Corcoran; Alicia Pettis;
great-grandchildren, Savannah, Carter, Molly. She was predeceased by sisters,
Kathleen, Gertrude,
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Ruth,
Rebecca, Geraldine; brothers, Mike, Dennis, Marshall, Wylie. Visitation 6-8 p.m.
Monday [May 30, 2011] at Smith's Funeral Home, Parrsboro. Funeral 6 p.m. on
Tuesday [May 31, 2011] at St. George's Anglican Church, Parrsboro, Rev. Tory
Byrne officiating. Burial in the church cemetery. Memorial donations may be
made to a charity of choice.
17. MARY ALICE4 HARRINGTON (John
Webb3, Thomas2,
possibly "Dutch"1) was
born on 07 Feb 1867 in Gray's Road, Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia,
Canada. She married Silas Purdy Mills, son of Silas Mills and Sarah Mills, on
25 Nov 1887 in Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was born on 12 Jul
1865 in Nova Scotia.
Notes
for Mary Alice Harrington:
From the 1891
Census of Canada for District No. 30, Sub-District 15, Nova Scotia, Canada;
enumerated 1 April 1891 [both parents could read and write; both born in Nova
Scotia and both adult's parents were born in Nova Scotia]
Purdy Mills, head, age 26, Methodist, boiler
maker Mary Mills, wife, age 24
Hattie Mills, dau., age 3 John Mills, son,
age 1
From the 1901
Census of Canada for District No. 13b, Queen's West, Sub-district dd, Polling
sub-division No. 27, Charlottetown and Royalty, Prince Edwards Island;
enumerated (no date) by Norman A. Stewart
Purty
Mills, head, age 35, born 12 July 1862 in Nova Scotia, English, Methodist,
boiler maker Allicia Mills, wife, age 34, born Feb (can't read yr.) in Nova
Scotia, Irish, Methodist
Hattie
Mills, dau., age 13, born 23 March 1888 Roy J. Mills, son, age 11, born 27 Jan.
1890 Vernon Mills, son, age 9, born 20 Jan. 1894 Merle C Mills, son, age 4,
born 27 Jun 1896
From the 1911
Census of Canada for 19-1/2, St. Andrews, St. John, New Brunswick, Canada by Wm
Pone?augt??
Purdy Mills, head, age 45, July 1965, boiler
maker, foundry Alice Mills, wife, age 44, Feb 1867
Hattie
Mills, dau., age 23, Mar 1888 Roy Mills, son, age 21, Jan 1890 Merrill Mills,
son, age 15, June 1895
Silas
Purdy Mills and Mary Alice Harrington had the following children:
i.
HATTIE5 MILLS was born on 23 Mar
1888 in Nova Scotia, Canada.
ii.
JOHN ROY MILLS was born on 27 Jan
1890 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
iii.
VERNON MILLS was born in 1892 in
Nova Scotia, Canada.
iv. CARMEN MERLE MILLS was
born on 27 Jun 1896 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
18. ALEXANDER MCPHEE4 HARRINGTON (John
Webb3, Thomas2,
possibly "Dutch"1) was
born on 18 Mar 1871 in Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. He
married (1) ELIZABETH J. NELSON,
daughter of David Nelson and Isabella, on 28 Oct 1890 in Truro, Colchester,
Nova Scotia, Canada. She was born in 1872 in Nova Scotia, Canada. He married
(2) RACHEL BENTCLIFF on
27 Apr 1896 in Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was born in 1873 in
Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada. He married (3) SARAH ANN HENNESSY on
22 Dec 1897 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Notes
for Alexander McPhee Harrington:
See the 1891 Census for
Alexander M. Harrington under the entry for his father, John Webb Harrington in
this book.
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Alexander McPhee Harrington
and Elizabeth J. Nelson had the following child:
i.
LILA5 HARRINGTON was born on 31 Jan
1891.
Outline Descendant
Report for Jonathan Webb
1 Jonathan Webb b: 12 Apr 1675 in Stamford, Fairfield,
Connecticut, United States, d: 05 Aug 1744 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut,
United States
+ Judith Chamberlain m: 15 May 1701 in
Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
...2 Richard Webb b: 12 Jan 1722 in Fairfield,
Connecticut, USA, d: 1785 in Fairfield, Connecticut, USA + Abigail Hoyt b:
1721, m: 1742 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, d: 1773
......3 Sylvanus Webb b: 05 Oct 1745 in Stamford,
Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, d: 1810 in Bristol Hill, Ontario, New
York, United States
......3 Mary Webb b: 04 Jun 1747 in Stamford, Fairfield,
Connecticut, United States, d: 10 Jul 1747 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut,
United States
......3 Abigail Webb b: 29 Jan 1751 in Stamford,
Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, d: 09 Nov 1757 in Stamford, Fairfield,
Connecticut, United States
......3 Ebenezer Webb
Webb b: 15 Sep 1752 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
......3 Noah Webb b: 29 Nov 1754 in Stamford, Fairfield,
Connecticut, USA, d: 18 Jan 1832 in Wallace, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
+ Phoebe Martiel b: 1754, m: 1779 in
Cumberland Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada, d: 1831
.........4 Ebenezer Webb b: 1783, d: 1880 in Westchester,
, Nova Scotia, Canada + Mary Anne Crawford m: 21 Jan 1802
.........4
Phoebe Webb b: 1784 in Cumberland, , Nova Scotia, Canada, d: 1870 + John Rushton
m: 29 Aug 1812 in Westchester, Nova Scotia, Canada
.........4
Samuel James Webb Sr b: 1785 in Westchester, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada,
d: 08 Apr 1828 in Westchester, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; Buried in the Eagle
Hill Cemetary, Westchester
+ Jane Sarah Rushton b:
1784 in Westchester, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, m: 06 Oct 1802 in
Westchester, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada, ; Married at Fort Larwence, Nova
Scotia, d: 10 Oct 1869 in Westchester, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia; Eagle Hill
Cem, Canada
............5 John Rushton Webb b: 22 Sep 1804 in
Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada, d: 24 Aug 1810
............5 Samuel James Webb Jr b: 18 Mar 1806 in
Wallace, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada,, d: 03 Jun 1880 in Greenville,
Cumberland Co, Nova Scotia, Canada
+ Mary Doyle b: 15 Feb 1831 in
Economy, Nova Scotia, Canada
+ Hannah Matilda Marsters m: 27 Apr
1842 in Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada
............5 Mary Webb b: 19 Nov 1810 in Nova
Scotia, Canada, d: Aft. 1871
+ Thomas Harrington b: Abt. 1813 in County Cork, Ireland,
m: 27 Oct 1841 in Nova Scotia, Canada
............5 John Webb b: 08 May 1813 in Westchester,
Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
+
Mary Anne Ralston m: 27 Oct 1840 in Cumberland Co, Nova Scotia, Canada
............5 Jane Webb b: 01 Apr 1815 in Parrsboro,
Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada, d: 29 Jul 1874 + Garret Doyle b: 15 Feb 1833,
d: 1919
............5 David Harris Webb b: 26 May 1817 in Westchester,
Nova Scotia, Canada, d: 30 May 1887 in Nova Scotia, Canada,
+ Esther
Angevine Purdy b: 06 Aug 1826 in Westchester, , Nova Scotia, Canada, m: 11 Feb
1845 in Nova Scotia, d: 29 Aug 1900 in Nova Scotia, Canada
............5 Simon Peter Webb b: 22 Aug 1819 in
Westchester Station, Nova Scotia, Canada, d: 06 Jul 1885 in Westchester
Station, Nova Scotia, Canada
............5
Israel Baker Webb b: 01 Jan 1822 in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Canada, d: 19 Jul
1888 + Amelia Ann Lewis
............5 Charles Meekins Webb b: 05 Jun 1824 in
Westchester, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada, d: 30 May 1871 in
Westerwaldkreis, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
+ Levina Lewis
.........4 Nathaniel Webb b: Bef. 1807 in Westchster, Nova
Scotia, CA, d: 05 Jul 1867 in Westchester, , Nova Scotia, Canada; Died of
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Generation 1
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1. JONATHAN1 WEBB was
born on 12 Apr 1675 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. He died
on 05 Aug 1744 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. He married
Judith Chamberlain on 15 May 1701 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United
States.
Jonathan
Webb and Judith Chamberlain had the following child:
2.
i.
RICHARD2 WEBB was born on 12 Jan
1722 in Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. He died in 1785 in Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. He
married Abigail Hoyt, daughter of Nathan Hoyt and Mary Finch, in 1742 in
Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut. She was born in 1721. She died in 1773.
Generation 2
2.
RICHARD2 WEBB (Jonathan1) was born on 12 Jan
1722 in Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. He died in 1785 in Fairfield,
Connecticut, USA. He married Abigail Hoyt, daughter of Nathan Hoyt and Mary
Finch, in 1742 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut. She was born in 1721. She
died in 1773.
Richard
Webb and Abigail Hoyt had the following children:
i.
SYLVANUS3 WEBB was born on 05 Oct
1745 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. He died in 1810 in Bristol
Hill, Ontario, New York, United States.
ii.
MARY WEBB was
born on 04 Jun 1747 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. She
died on 10 Jul 1747 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.
iii.
ABIGAIL WEBB was born
on 29 Jan 1751 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. She died on
09 Nov 1757 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.
iv. EBENEZER WEBB WEBB was
born on 15 Sep 1752 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.
3.
v. NOAH WEBB was
born on 29 Nov 1754 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. He died
on 18 Jan 1832 in Wallace, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. He married Phoebe
Martiel in 1779 in Cumberland Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was born in 1754.
She died in 1831.
Generation 3
3. NOAH3 WEBB (Richard2,
Jonathan1) was born on 29 Nov
1754 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. He died on 18 Jan 1832 in
Wallace, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. He married Phoebe Martiel in 1779 in Cumberland
Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was born in 1754. She died in 1831.
Notes
for Noah Webb:
The
following is from a Webb family website:
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~ab443/noah.html. It was last modified: July 17,
2014. An earlier version of this article was published as "The Genealogy
of Noah Webb, U.E.", in The Canadian - American Genealogical Digest 3:2
(November/December 1996).
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Noah
Webb was born 29 November, 1754 in Stamford Township, Fairfield County,
Connecticut to Richard and Abigail (HOYT) Webb. No further information is
available on his early years. It is reasonable to assume that he was not very
well educated as he was apparently illiterate -- both his claim to the Loyalist
commission and a deed from 1798 were both signed with "His X Mark".
Probably
sometime in the late 1770's, he married a Phoebe MARTIEL (ca. 1754 - 1831). No biographical
details are known about Pheobe. In the 1790 census of the United States, the
MARTIEL family is only found in the town of Litchfield, Connecticut; located
not too far from the border with New York State. It seems plausible that Pheobe
came from that community, and they may have married there.
Despite the absence
of documentary evidence, there is a persistent local tradition that Noah and
Pheobe had a large number of children. For example: "They [Noah and
Phoebe] had thirteen children. A number of the children married and
settled in other parts of Cumberland Co., i.e., Westchester, Sutherland's Lake,
Greenville, to name a few."
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While
it is possible (albeit unlikely) that they had multiple children before
immigrating to Nova Scotia, I have been unable to locate any solid evidence of
this. Only the following four children have been positively identified:
Ebenezer, Phoebe, Samuel, and Nathaniel. In a census of the Westchester
Loyalists in October 1784, Noah's household consisted of one man, one woman,
and three children.
A
through search of all available Cumberland County records has yet to reveal any
children other than those listed above. Until about the 1880's, all Webb persons
residing in the County can be identified as direct descendants of either
Ebenezer or Samuel.
Noah
was possibly a farmer while in New York; he later took up that occupation when
he settled in Nova Scotia. No Webb's appear on the list of freeholders in
Westchester County for 1763 -- which would indicate that there were none who
actually owned their land, nor is Noah numbered among those "freeholders
and inhabitants of Westchester County [who] assembled at the White Plains [to]
declare their support for the King and Constitution" in April, 1775.
It
is not particularly clear exactly when Noah moved to Westchester County, New
York. Noah's older brother Sylvanius (b. 5 October, 1745) was a
"Revolutionary soldier, a non-commissioned officer, 1783, in Captain
Lyon's Company, Second Regiment, Westchester County, New York, Militia".
He later moved to Bristol Hill.
There
is a family tradition that Noah Webb lived in Rye Township, located in southern
Westchester County, but I have not been able to find conclusive proof of this
assertion. The standard community history -- Chronicle of a Border Town:
History of Rye -- does not include any references to the Webb family.
Noah's later memorial to the Loyalist Claims
Commission stated that he was from New York and an illegible place name that
appears to be "Braenorth Witnys". In about 1779, there was a Noah
Webb serving in the (New York) Dutchess County Militia, Third Regiment. This
may have been the same person, or simply a coincidence of names.
There
is also a very strong possibility that Noah first served in a Connecticut
militia unit before becoming a Loyalist: "WEBB, NOAH A private in
Captain David Hait's Company, Colonel John Mead's Regiment to New York
from 13 August to 2 September 1776. Reenlisted on 15 November to 27 December
1776 under Captain Charles Smith in same Regiment. Noah Webb was born 29
November 1754 to Richard and Abagail Webb. December 1776 Noah sold property at
Stanwich (Greenwich) to John Ferris of North Castle,
Westchester County,
N.Y. No further record appears of Noah. In June, 1781, Noah joined Captain
Henry Purdy's "Corps of West Chester Refugees and Militia" and served
until the evacuation of New York. He departed, New York with his family, on
June 5, 1783. Noah arrived at Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia a month later on
July 5, 1783. His whereabouts for the next two years are not clear.
Noah's
initial grant of land was enacted on June 16, 1785. He received "100 acres
on the River Remsheg" as part of a larger grant of 20 to 30 thousand acres
at the "Harbour of Remsheg and Tatamagouche" made to 106 "West
Chester Loyalists" led by Isaac ACKLEY, Jr. It appears that this grant
was, in fact, settled by Noah for a time, for a deed dated August 26, 1785 was
executed by a Noah Webb "of Remsheg" to John BRISBANE "of the
same" in which he sold a 109 acre lot of land in return for £13 (Halifax
currency). On December 2, 1812 Noah, jointly with his son Samuel, and several
others, received another grant of land "near Pugwash". Noah received
300 acres and Samuel received 250 acres. It is probable he did not occupy this
land, as it was sold to John BLACK, Esq. of River Philip for £20 in 1814.
On
April 6, 1786, Noah presented his memorial and claim to the Loyalist Claims
Commission. The memorial was dated at "Colchester" (probably Truro).
It was for the value of £30 for three horses "lost in service". The
claim was rejected on April 18, 1786; probably due to insufficient evidence.
Unfortunately for his descendants, Noah provided no absolutely details of how
he came to lose those horses.
Noah's
financial status seems to have been moderately high as illustrated by the fact
that he paid a poll tax of five shillings in the assessment of 1791; the usual
rate of tax was just one shilling.
Sometime before 1791, Noah appears to have moved to
Londonderry Township, Colchester County. The above-mentioned poll tax lists for
that year place him there and a deed from March, 1798 refers to "Noah Webb
of Londonderry". In this deed he sold 250 acres of "settled and
improved" land in Westchester township to James SUTHERLAND for £25
"current money of
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Nova Scotia".
By
1800, he had finally settled at Westchester, Cumberland County, where he
presumably remained until his death on January 18, 1832. In 1809, Noah was
appointed the pound keeper for Westchester. This meant he was responsible for
caring for stray livestock wandering the community. In 1820, he contributed the
very substantial sum of 20 shillings for the improvements of the roads in and
around Westchester.
One
source indicates he died at Wallace, but I have been unable to find a cemetery
record (e.g. a headstone) for him. In the Fall of 1960, Georgina YANKEE (a descendent)
was undertaking research into the family history, and she was also unable to
locate Noah's grave in the Westchester area. His will, if it ever existed, has
not survived.
Noah had known children as follows:
i. Ebenezer Webb b. 1783
ii. Phoebe Webb b. ca.
1784 = John RUSHTON Aug. 29, 1812 at Westchester
iii. Samuel Webb b. ca.
1785
iv. Nathaniel Webb b.
1807, Westchster, Nova Scotia, CA.
On
January 21, 1802, Ebenezer married Mary Anne CRAWFORD. He died at Westchester
in about 1880.
Samuel
married Jane RUSHTON on October 6, 1802 at Fort Larwence. He died April 8, 1828
and he is buried in the Eagle Hill Cemetary, Westchester.
Nathaniel
was a farmer. In March, 1827, he signed a road petition at Westchester. At the
time of the 1861 census, his household consisted of two adult males. He died
July 5, 1867 at Westchester, of apoplexy; with no known children.
Noah Webb and Phoebe Martiel had the
following children:
i.
EBENEZER4 WEBB was born
in 1783. He died in 1880 in Westchester, , Nova Scotia, Canada. He married Mary
Anne Crawford on 21 Jan 1802.
ii. PHOEBE WEBB was
born in 1784 in Cumberland, , Nova Scotia, Canada. She died in 1870. She
married John Rushton on 29 Aug 1812 in Westchester, Nova Scotia, Canada.
4.
iii. SAMUEL JAMES WEBB SR was
born in 1785 in Westchester, Cumberland, Nova Scotia,
Canada. He died on 08 Apr 1828 in Westchester, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
(Buried in the Eagle Hill Cemetary, Westchester). He married Jane Sarah
Rushton, daughter of John Rushton and Mary Colefield, on 06 Oct 1802 in
Westchester, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada, (Married at Fort Larwence, Nova
Scotia). She was born in 1784 in Westchester, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia. She
died on 10 Oct 1869 in Westchester, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia (Eagle Hill
Cem, Canada).
iv.
NATHANIEL WEBB was
born before 1807 in Westchster, Nova Scotia, CA. He died on 05 Jul 1867 in
Westchester, , Nova Scotia, Canada (Died of apoplexy). He married an unknown
spouse in In 1861 Census household was 2-adult males.
Generation 4
4. SAMUEL JAMES4 WEBB SR (Noah3,
Richard2, Jonathan1) was
born in 1785 in Westchester, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. He died on
08 Apr 1828 in Westchester, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada (Buried in the
Eagle Hill Cemetary, Westchester). He married Jane Sarah Rushton, daughter of
John Rushton and Mary Colefield, on 06 Oct 1802 in Westchester, Cumberland,
Nova Scotia, Canada, (Married at Fort Larwence, Nova Scotia). She was born in
1784 in Westchester, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia. She died on 10 Oct 1869 in
Westchester, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia (Eagle Hill Cem, Canada).
Notes
for Jane Sarah Rushton:
Ancestry.DNA
analysis of Richard E. Harrington's DNA shows a Circle match with another
Ancestry.com member who uses a pseudonym of K_Trenam. That means
that K_Trenam also has a match that goes back to the same common
ancestor as does Richard Harrington. That common ancestor is Jane Sarah
Rushton. Yet, the K_Trenam match did not make a direct match
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with
Richard Harrington (probably because the number of degrees of separation are too
large or that there were fewer common markers on the DNAs). The K_Trenam
match has the following lineage from K_Trenam to Jane Rushton.
Jane Rushton - 3rd
Great Grandmother David Harris Webb - 2nd Great-Grandfather Sarah Jane Webb -
Great Grandmother Charles Seldon Smith - Grandfather Dorothy Inez Smith -
Mother
K_Trenam
Eight (8) different Circle-matches were made by members
of from the same family. The family members are from three different
generations. Two of the 8 Circle-matches are also direct matches with Richard
Harrington. The 8 sets of results are all quite similar as might be expected.
They are shown below under their respective pseudonyms:
M.B. (administered by jdhmo) (Circle and direct DNA match)
Jane Rushton - 3rd Great Grandmother
Jane Webb - 2nd Great Grandmother
James Doyle - Great Grandfather
Alden Temple Doyle - Grandfather
Enid Estelle Doyle - Mother
M.B. - 3rd Great-Granddaughter
S.H. (administered by jdhmo) (Circle match)
Jane Rushton - 4th Great Grandmother
Jane Webb - 3rd Great Grandmother
James Doyle - 2nd Great Grandfather
Alden Temple Doyle - Great Grandfather
Enid Estelle Doyle - Grandmother
Katherine Edith Barron - Mother
S.H. - 4th Great-Granddaughter
L.H. (administered by jdhmo) (Circle and direct DNA match)
Jane Rushton - 4th Great-Grandmother
Jane Webb - 3rd Great-Grandmother
James Doyle - 2nd Great-Grandfather
Alden Temple Doyle - Great-Grandfather
Enid Estelle Doyle - Grandmother
Katherine Edith Barron - Mother
L.H. - 4th Great-Granddaughter
jdhmo (Circle match)
Jane
Rushton - 4th Great-Grandmother Jane Webb - 3rd Great-Grandmother James Doyle -
2nd Great-Grandfather Alden Temple Doyle - Great-Grandfather Enid Estelle Doyle
- Grandmother Katherine Edith Barron - Mother
jdhmo - 4th Great-Grandson
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A.H. (administered by jdhmo) (Circle match)
Jane Rushton - 5th Great-Grandmother
Jane Webb - 4th Great-Grandmother
James Doyle - 3rd Great-Grandfather
Alden Temple Doyle - 2nd Great-Grandfather
Enid Estelle Doyle - Great-Grandmother
Katherine Edith Barron - Grandmother
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Private - Father
A.H. - 5th Great-Granddaughter
R.H. (administered by jdhmo) (Circle match)
Jane Rushton - 5th Great-Grandmother
Jane Webb - 4th Great-Grandmother
James Doyle - 3rd Great-Grandfather
Alden Temple Doyle - 2nd Great-Grandfather
Enid Estelle Doyle - Great-Grandmother
Katherine Edith Barron - Grandmother
Private - Father
R.H. - 5th Great-Granddaughter
Zachery Coston (Circle match)
Jane Rushton - 5th Great-Grandmother
Jane Webb - 4th Great-Grandmother
James Doyle - 3rd Great-Grandfather
Alden Temple Doyle - 2nd Great-Grandfather
Enid Doyle - Great-Grandmother
Katherine Edith Barron - Grandmother
Private - Mother
Zachery Coston - 5th Great-Grandson
S.H. (administered by jdhmo) (Circle match)
Jane Rushton - 5th Great-Grandmother
Jane Webb - 4th Great-Grandmother
James Doyle - 3rd Great-Grandfather
Alden Temple Doyle - 2nd Great-Grandfather
Enid Estelle Doyle - Great-Grandmother
Katherine Edith Barron - Grandmother
Private - Mother
S.H. - 5th Great-Granddaughter
Circle matches occurred on three
more totally independent DNA samples. Of the three, two are also direct matches
with the author, Richard E. Harrington. These three matches are given below
under their respective pseudonyms:
Another
Circle match to Jane Sarah Rushton: ceskazena (Circle match)
Jane
Sara Rushton - 3rd Great-Grandmother Charles Meekins Webb - 2nd
Great-Grandfather Minnie Etta Webb - Great-Grandmother Thomas Carleton Faulds -
Grandfather
Private - Mother
ceskazena - 3rd Great-Granddaughter
Another Circle match to Jane Sara Rushton:
LindaMcNeil97 (Circle and direct DNA match)
Jane Sarah Rushton - 4th Great-Grandmother
Mary Webb - 3rd Great-Grandmother
Charles William Harrington - 2nd
Great-Grandfather
Edith Harrington Great-Grandmother
Kathleen Phinney - Grandmother
Vincent Ray McNeil - Father
LindaMcNeil97 - 4th Great-Granddaughter
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Another Circle match to Jane Sara Rushton:
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B.M. (administered by LindaMcNeil97) -
This is Brian McNeil, brother of Linda McNeil (Circle and direct DNA
match)
Jane
Sarah Rushton - 4th Great-Grandmother Mary Webb - 3rd Great-Grandmother
Charles William Harrington
- 2nd Great-Grandfather Edith Harrington Great-Grandmother
Kathleen
Phinney - Grandmother Vincent Ray McNeil - Father B.M. - 4th Great-Grandson
One
DNA match might be argued to be a false result, although this is highly
unlikely. However, it is difficult to argue that independent analysis of 12
different samples could yield false results. The author had planned to go back
to Nova Scotia in 2015 to solicit DNA samples from known Harrington relatives,
but this should no longer be necessary. The 12 results above is more than
sufficient proof that the Thomas Harrington clan of Nova Scotia is the same
family that produced my grandfather, William Alvin Harrington, in Kansas
149-years ago. I may still make the 2015 trip to Nova Scotia, however.
Samuel James Webb Sr
and Jane Sarah Rushton had the following children:
i.
JOHN RUSHTON5 WEBB was
born on 22 Sep 1804 in Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. He died on
24 Aug 1810.
ii.
SAMUEL JAMES WEBB JR was born on 18 Mar
1806 in Wallace, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada,. He died on 03 Jun 1880 in
Greenville, Cumberland Co, Nova Scotia, Canada. He married (1) MARY DOYLE. She was born on 15
Feb 1831 in Economy, Nova Scotia, Canada. He married (2) HANNAH MATILDA MARSTERS on 27 Apr 1842 in
Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Notes
for Samuel James Webb Jr:
From the 1871 Census of Canada
District 198, sub-District, P.O. Mill Village, all were Baptist, all were
English
Samuel Webb, age 65, farmer
Hannah M Webb, age 49
Shubael D M Webb, age 19, farmer Ellen Webb,
age 17
George Harvey Webb,
age 14 Amey Alice Webb, age 12 Charles Munroe Webb, age 9 William A Webb, age 6
iii. MARY WEBB was
born on 19 Nov 1810 in Nova Scotia, Canada. She died after 1871. She married
Thomas Harrington, son of possibly "Dutch" Harrington and
"Mother" Harrington, on 27 Oct 1841 in Nova Scotia, Canada. He was
born about 1813 in County Cork, Ireland.
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Notes
for Mary Webb:
From
the 1871 Census of Canada for District 198, Westchester,
Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia [no specific date or scribe for this census
given][all family members were born in Nova Scotia, were English, and were
Baptist]
David
Webb, age 53, farmer Esther Webb, age 44 Jacob Webb, age 21, farmer John Webb,
age 19, farmer
George Webb, age 16,
farmer Thomas Webb, age 14 Sarah Webb, age 11
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Susan Webb, age 9
Merit Webb, age 7
Joseph Webb, age 5
Mary Harrington, age 60, widow,
unsound mind
Edward Webb, age 24
Amelia Webb, age 23
Sophia Webb, age 2 months
Notes for Thomas
Harrington:
No
documentation has been found for Thomas Harrington in Nova Scotia prior to his
marriage to Mary Webb on 27 Oct 1841. His presence in Nova Scotia is well
established by the record of his marriage to Mary and subsequent records of his
sons. Except for these records, however, Thomas Harrington is not found in Nova
Scotia again. This is not terribly surprising since records from the early
1800s in Nova Scotia are sparce.
According
to the marriage record of Thomas Harrington, the father of Charles William
Harrington, to Mary Webb, Thomas was an immigrant to Nova Scotia from County
Cork, Ireland. The evidence of his being in Nova Scotia are 1) a marriage
record for Thomas Herington and Mary Webb dated 27 Oct 1841; 2) a marriage
record for Thomas' son, Charles William Harrington to Caroline Couch in 1867;
and 3) a marriage record for Thomas son' John Harrington to Nancy Embree in
1866. At the time of Thomas' marriage he declared himself as a blacksmith.
Since Nova Scotia was known primarily for its large ship-building industry, it
is likely that he would have been in the service of ship-building as a blacksmith
making iron products for ship construction.
The
marriage records of Thomas' sons confirms their father's presence in the
mid-1840s when they were conceived, but not his presence at the time of their
wedding. The 1871 Canadian Census shows Thomas' wife, Mary, living with her
brother's family. In that census she was listed as a 60-years old widow of
"unsound mind."
In spite of extensive research to further
document Thomas Harrington, I have found only one document that could be a
record of the end of his life. All of the data fit our Thomas Harrington nicely
but there is no direct link to confirm that this is, in fact, our correct
ancestor. In this document a Thomas Harrington voluntarily sought refuge on 1
December 1890 at the Alms House in New York City. He was 77-years old at that
time which would have him born in 1813, just 3-years younger than his wife,
Mary Webb. He stated that he had been in the U.S. about 50-years and that he
had spent 3-weeks in the hospital in about 1862. This would have indicated that
he may have left Nova Scotia shortly after his 3 sons were born. Additional
information found on his application to Alms House in New York City are as
follows:
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Record
of Inmates New York City Alms House, under Act Chap. 140, Laws of 1875 Name:
Thomas Harrington
Record Number: 101816
Date of Admission:
Dec. 1, 1890 Sex: male
Color: white
Marital Status:
Widowed
Birth Place: Ireland,
County, Cork How long in U.S.: 50-yr.
How long in this
state: 50-yrs Port Landed: New York Naturalized: No
Birth Place of father:
Ireland, County, Cork Birth Place of mother: Ireland, County, Cork
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Education:
can read and write Habits: Temperate
Habits
of father: Temp Occupation: Laborer
Occupation of father: Land Surveyor
Condition of
Ancestors - grandparents Paternal: S.S. (self supporting) grandparents Maternal:
S.S. (self supporting)
father: S.S. (self
supporting) dead mother: S.S. (self supporting) dead brothers: 4 Ireland S.S.
(self supporting) sisters: none
other relatives: S.S.
(self supporting) children living: none
Cause of dependence:
old age, rheumation, gen debility, homeless & destitute Kind of labor
person can pursue: none
Has person received
prior public or private relief: No Has the parents of person received relief:
No
Has person been inmate in Poor House:
yes, 28-years ago
Has person been
inmate in any other institution: Bellarises Hosp. for 3 weeks Probable destiny
of person: Permanently dependent
Remarks: Wm. McSamara, the Warden of
Alms House. B. J.
Thomas
Harrington in the New York, Census of Inmates in Almshouses and Poorhouses,
1830-1920
Name: Thomas Harrington
Gender:Male |
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Age: |
77 |
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Birth Year: |
abt 1813 |
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Birth Place: |
Cork |
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Admission Date:1
Dec 1890 |
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Father's Birth
Place: |
Cork Ireland |
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Mother's Birth
Place: |
Cork Ireland |
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iv.
JOHN WEBB was
born on 08 May 1813 in Westchester, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. He married
Mary Anne Ralston, daughter of Joseph Ralsston and Jane, on 27 Oct 1840 in
Cumberland Co, Nova Scotia, Canada.
v. JANE WEBB was
born on 01 Apr 1815 in Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. She died on
29 Jul 1874. She married GARRET DOYLE. He
was born on 15 Feb 1833. He died in 1919.
vi.
DAVID HARRIS WEBB was born on 26 May 1817
in Westchester, Nova Scotia, Canada. He died on 30 May 1887 in Nova Scotia,
Canada,. He married Esther Angevine Purdy on 11 Feb 1845 in Nova Scotia. She
was born on 06 Aug 1826 in Westchester, , Nova Scotia, Canada. She died on 29
Aug 1900 in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Notes
for David Harris Webb:
From
the 1871 Census of Canada for District 198, Westchester,
Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia [no specific date or scribe for this census
given][all family members were born in Nova Scotia, were English, and were Baptist]
David
Webb, age 53, farmer Esther Webb, age 44 Jacob Webb, age 21, farmer John Webb,
age 19, farmer
George Webb, age 16,
farmer Thomas Webb, age 14 Sarah Webb, age 11
Susan
Webb, age 9
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Merit Webb, age 7
Joseph Webb, age 5
Mary Harrington, age 60, widow,
unsound mind,
Edward Webb, age 24
Amelia Webb, age 23
Sophia Webb, age 2 months
From the 1881 Census of Canada for
District 22, Westchester, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia [no specific date or
scribe for this census given][all family members were born in Nova Scotia, were
English, and were Baptist]
David
H. Webb, age 63, farmer Esther A. Webb, age 54
George
Webb, age 26, blacksmith Thomas Webb, age 24, farmer Sarah Jane Webb, age 21
Merit R. Webb, age
17, farmer Joseph Webb, age 15, farmer Alvaretta Webb, age 19 Clara M. Webb,
age 7
vii.
SIMON PETER WEBB was
born on 22 Aug 1819 in Westchester Station, Nova Scotia, Canada. He died on 06
Jul 1885 in Westchester Station, Nova Scotia, Canada.
viii.
ISRAEL BAKER WEBB was
born on 01 Jan 1822 in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Canada. He died on 19 Jul 1888.
He married AMELIA ANN LEWIS.
ix. CHARLES MEEKINS WEBB was
born on 05 Jun 1824 in Westchester, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. He
died on 30 May 1871 in Westerwaldkreis, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. He married LEVINA LEWIS.
Outline Descendant
Report for John Rushton
1 John Rushton
+ Sarah ?
...2 John R Rushton Sr b: Abt. 1727 in Westchester Co., New
York, USA, d: 02 Dec 1799 in Greeville, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
+ Mary
Coon b: Abt. 1727 in Westchester, New York, United States, m: Bef. 1751, d: 18
Jan 1822 in Westchester, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
......3 John Rushton b: 1751 in Westchester, Cumberland
County, Nova Scotia, Canada, d: 01 Nov 1831 in Westchester, Cumberland County,
Nova Scotia, Canada
+ Mary
Colefield b: 1760 in Westchester, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada, d: 01
Feb 1821 in Westchester, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
.........4 Jane Sarah Rushton b: 1784 in Westchester,
Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, d: 10 Oct 1869 in Westchester, Cumberland Co.,
Nova Scotia; Eagle Hill Cem, Canada
+
Samuel
James Webb Sr b: 1785 in Westchester, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada, m: 06
Oct 1802 in Westchester, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada, ; Married at Fort
Larwence, Nova Scotia, d: 08 Apr 1828 in Westchester, Cumberland, Nova Scotia,
Canada; Buried in the Eagle Hill Cemetary, Westchester
......3 Peter Rushton b: 1752
......3 Jeremiah Rushton b: 1757 in Westchester,
Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada, d: 17 Nov 1838 in Westchester, Cumberland,
Nova Scotia, Canada
+ Sarah
Hall b: 1752 in Westchester, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, d: 08 Jan 1839 in
Westchester, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia
.........4 Abraham Rushton b: 14 Apr 1782, d:
16 Apr 1870 ; Eagle Hill Cem, Canada
+
Margaret Griffin b: 1787, m: 06 Apr 1809, d: 07 Jun 1863 ; Eagle Hill Cem,
Canada
+ Sarah Hall
.........4
Sarah Rushton b: 25 Apr 1795 in Westchester, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia,
Canada, d: 30 Nov 1851 in Westchester, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia; Buried at
Eagle Hill Cemetery, Cumberland Co., NS
+
Stephen
Moor b: 1790 in Westchester, Nova Scotia, m: 29 Aug 1812 in Westchester, Nova
Scotia, d: 02 Jun 1870 in Greenville, Nova Scotia; Buried at Eagle Hill
Cemetery, Cumberland Co., NS
......3 Elizabeth Rushton b: 1760 in Albany, New York,
USA, d: 30 Jun 1790 in Westchester, , Nova Scotia, Canada
+ Charles Miers Moor d: 1822
.........4 Stephen Moor b: 1790 in Westchester, Nova
Scotia, d: 02 Jun 1870 in Greenville, Nova Scotia; Buried at Eagle Hill
Cemetery, Cumberland Co., NS
+ Sarah
Rushton b: 25 Apr 1795 in Westchester, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada,
m: 29 Aug 1812 in Westchester, Nova Scotia, d: 30 Nov 1851 in Westchester,
Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia; Buried at Eagle Hill Cemetery, Cumberland Co., NS
......3 Mary Rushton
Generation 1
1.
JOHN1 RUSHTON . He married SARAH ?.
John
Rushton and Sarah ? had the following child:
2.
i.
JOHN R2 RUSHTON SR was born about 1727 in
Westchester Co., New York, USA. He
died on 02 Dec 1799 in Greeville, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. He married Mary
Coon, daughter of Hanness Coon and Susanna Mathews, before 1751. She was born
about 1727 in Westchester, New York, United States. She died on 18 Jan 1822 in
Westchester, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Generation 2
2. JOHN R2 RUSHTON SR (John1) was
born about 1727 in Westchester Co., New York, USA. He died on 02 Dec
1799 in Greeville, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. He married Mary Coon,
daughter of Hanness Coon and Susanna Mathews, before 1751. She was born about
1727 in Westchester, New York, United States. She died on 18 Jan 1822 in
Westchester, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Notes
for John R Rushton Sr:
When,
what would eventually become known as the "United States of America,"
declared their independence from England in 1776, it was not with the agreement
of all of its citizens. Many residents considered themselves English and
retained their allegence to the King of England. They were called Loyalists.
Some took up arms against the American rebels and fought on the side of England
until after the war. One such group known as the Westchester Refugees consisted
of several hundred cavalry members and were an effective force, harassing the
rebels and defending British-held positions around New York. Despite several
attempts by General Washington and the rebel troops were never captured. They
became known as "cowboys" for their practice of stealing cattle from
the rebels and selling them to the British army.
After
the war, Loyalists still in New York were subject to the Confiscation Act,
which decreed that "each and every of them who shall at any time hereafter
be found in any part of this state shall be and are hereby declared guilty of
death as in case of felony without benefit of clergy" and ordered the
confiscation of their property. James DeLancey, who had attained the rank of
Colonel, was among sixty New York Loyalists named under the Act; his
confiscated property was sold by the state for over $234,000.
In
1782 (or possibly 1783) Col. James DeLancy fled to Nova Scotia, along with many
others who had supported Britain during the war; some records say that the
Loyalists arrived in Nova Scotia with only what they could carry. Col. James
DeLancy apparently managed to bring his household and his slaves.
It is not known
exactly when John R. Rushton immigrated to Nova Scotia but he could have been
among the Col. James DeLancy exodus.
The Loyalists were
promised land as compensation for their confiscated property in New York, but
it took about two years before the promise was kept.
A
distant cousin named Marney Gillroy whom we met in Nova Scotia in 2013 and
shares our Rushton roots has researched her Moor/Moore branch and found that
John Rushton had prepared his "will" dated January 19, 1793 and
proven July 10, 1800. He left his shoemaker’s tools to his grandson Stephen
Moor. This led Marney to believe he died sometime in 1800.
John
R Rushton Sr and Mary Coon had the following children:
3.
i.
JOHN3 RUSHTON was born in 1751 in
Westchester, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. He died on 01 Nov 1831 in
Westchester, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. He married MARY COLEFIELD. She was born in 1760
in Westchester, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. She died on 01 Feb 1821
in Westchester, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
ii.
PETER RUSHTON was born in 1752.
4.
iii. JEREMIAH RUSHTON was
born in 1757 in Westchester, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
He died on 17 Nov 1838 in Westchester, Cumberland, Nova Scotia,
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Canada. He married (1) SARAH HALL. She was born in
1752 in Westchester,
Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia. She died
on 08 Jan 1839 in Westchester,
Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia. He married
(2) SARAH HALL.
5.
iv. ELIZABETH RUSHTON was
born in 1760 in Albany, New York, USA. She died on 30 Jun
1790 in Westchester, , Nova Scotia, Canada. She married CHARLES MIERS MOOR. He
died in 1822.
v.
MARY RUSHTON.
Generation 3
3. JOHN3 RUSHTON (John
R2 Sr,
John1) was born in 1751 in
Westchester, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. He died on 01 Nov
1831 in Westchester, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. He married MARY COLEFIELD. She
was born in 1760 in Westchester, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. She
died on 01 Feb 1821 in Westchester, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
John
Rushton and Mary Colefield had the following child:
6.
i.
JANE SARAH4 RUSHTON was born in 1784 in
Westchester, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia. She died on 10 Oct 1869 in
Westchester, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia (Eagle Hill Cem, Canada). She married
Samuel James Webb Sr, son of Noah Webb and Phoebe Martiel, on 06 Oct 1802 in
Westchester, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada, (Married at Fort Larwence, Nova
Scotia). He was born in 1785 in Westchester, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
He died on 08 Apr 1828 in Westchester, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada (Buried
in the Eagle Hill Cemetary, Westchester).
4.
JEREMIAH3 RUSHTON (John R2 Sr, John1) was born in 1757 in Westchester,
Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. He died on 17 Nov 1838 in Westchester,
Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. He married (1) SARAH HALL. She was born in 1752
in Westchester, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia. She died on 08 Jan 1839 in
Westchester, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia. He married (2) SARAH
HALL.
Jeremiah
Rushton and Sarah Hall had the following child:
7.
i.
ABRAHAM4 RUSHTON was born on 14 Apr
1782. He died on 16 Apr 1870 (Eagle Hill Cem, Canada). He married Margaret Griffin on 06
Apr 1809. She was born in 1787. She died on 07 Jun 1863 (Eagle Hill Cem,
Canada).
Jeremiah Rushton and Sarah Hall had
the following child:
8.
ii. SARAH RUSHTON was
born on 25 Apr 1795 in Westchester, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia,
Canada. She died on 30 Nov 1851 in Westchester, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia
(Buried at Eagle Hill Cemetery, Cumberland Co., NS). She married Stephen Moor,
son of Charles Miers Moor and Elizabeth Rushton, on 29 Aug 1812 in Westchester,
Nova Scotia. He was born in 1790 in Westchester, Nova Scotia. He died on 02 Jun
1870 in Greenville, Nova Scotia (Buried at Eagle Hill Cemetery, Cumberland Co.,
NS).
5.
ELIZABETH3 RUSHTON (John
R2 Sr,
John1) was born in 1760 in Albany,
New York, USA. She died on 30 Jun 1790 in Westchester, , Nova Scotia,
Canada. She married CHARLES MIERS MOOR. He
died in 1822.
Notes
for Elizabeth Rushton:
The
"Rushton Family of Nova Scotia" provides information for John Rushton
which supports the parents listed for Elizabeth, her husband, and her son. In
the will of Harness Coon, John Rushton is mentioned and Harness leaves "a
little wheel" to his granddaughter Elizabeth Rushton. In John Rushton's
own will dated 19 Jan 1793 (and proven 10 Jul 1800), John leaves "all of
my shoemaking tools to Stephen Moor" (his grandson). Stephen's mother is
listed as Elizabeth in the Westchester Township Book, but the death record
lists her as Sarah. Perhaps her full name was Sarah Elizabeth Rushton.
Elizabeth
Moore's headstone is the only one found to date at the Westchester Mountain
Pioneer
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Cemetery which bears the Moore
surname and it also happens to be the second oldest stone found. The date and
age is consistent with her being the daughter of John Rushton and Mary Coon.”
Charles Miers Moor and Elizabeth
Rushton had the following child:
9.
i.
STEPHEN4 MOOR was born in 1790 in
Westchester, Nova Scotia. He died on 02 Jun 1870 in Greenville, Nova Scotia (Buried at
Eagle Hill Cemetery, Cumberland Co., NS). He married Sarah Rushton, daughter of
Jeremiah Rushton and Sarah Hall, on 29 Aug 1812 in Westchester, Nova Scotia. She
was born on 25 Apr 1795 in Westchester, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
She died on 30 Nov 1851 in Westchester, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia (Buried at
Eagle Hill Cemetery, Cumberland Co., NS).
Generation 4
6. JANE SARAH4 RUSHTON (John3,
John R2 Sr,
John1) was born in 1784 in
Westchester, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia. She died on 10 Oct 1869 in
Westchester, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia (Eagle Hill Cem, Canada). She married
Samuel James Webb Sr, son of Noah Webb and Phoebe Martiel, on 06 Oct 1802 in
Westchester, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada, (Married at Fort Larwence, Nova
Scotia). He was born in 1785 in Westchester, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
He died on 08 Apr 1828 in Westchester, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada (Buried
in the Eagle Hill Cemetary, Westchester).
Notes
for Jane Sarah Rushton:
Ancestry.DNA analysis
of Richard E. Harrington's DNA shows a Circle match with another Ancestry.com
member who uses a pseudonym of K_Trenam. That means that K_Trenam
also has a match that goes back to the same common ancestor as does Richard
Harrington. That common ancestor is Jane Sarah Rushton. Yet, the K_Trenam
match did not make a direct match with Richard Harrington (probably because the
number of degrees of separation are too large or that there were fewer common
markers on the DNAs). The K_Trenam match has the following
lineage from K_Trenam to Jane Rushton.
Jane Rushton - 3rd
Great Grandmother David Harris Webb - 2nd Great-Grandfather Sarah Jane Webb -
Great Grandmother Charles Seldon Smith - Grandfather Dorothy Inez Smith -
Mother
K_Trenam
Eight
(8) different Circle-matches were made by members of the same family. The
family members are from three different generations. Two of the 8
Circle-matches are also direct matches with Richard Harrington. The 8 sets of
results are all quite similar as might be expected. They are shown below under
their respective pseudonyms:
M.B. (administered by
jdhmo) (Circle and direct DNA match)
Jane Rushton - 3rd Great Grandmother
Jane Webb - 2nd Great Grandmother
James Doyle - Great Grandfather
Alden Temple Doyle - Grandfather
Enid Estelle Doyle - Mother
M.B. - 3rd Great-Granddaughter
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S.H. (administered by
jdhmo)
(Circle
match)
Jane Rushton - 4th Great Grandmother
Jane Webb - 3rd Great Grandmother
James Doyle - 2nd Great Grandfather
Alden Temple Doyle - Great Grandfather
Enid Estelle Doyle - Grandmother
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Katherine Edith Barron - Mother
S.H. - 4th Great-Granddaughter
L.H. (administered by jdhmo) (Circle
and direct DNA match) Jane Rushton - 4th Great-Grandmother
Jane Webb
- 3rd Great-Grandmother James Doyle - 2nd Great-Grandfather Alden Temple Doyle
- Great-Grandfather Enid Estelle Doyle - Grandmother Katherine Edith Barron -
Mother
L.H. - 4th Great-Granddaughter
jdhmo (Circle match)
Jane Rushton
- 4th Great-Grandmother Jane Webb - 3rd Great-Grandmother James Doyle - 2nd
Great-Grandfather Alden Temple Doyle - Great-Grandfather Enid Estelle Doyle -
Grandmother Katherine Edith Barron - Mother
jdhmo - 4th Great-Grandson
A.H. (administered by jdhmo) (Circle
match) Jane Rushton - 5th Great-Grandmother Jane Webb - 4th
Great-Grandmother James Doyle - 3rd Great-Grandfather
Alden Temple Doyle -
2nd Great-Grandfather Enid Estelle Doyle - Great-Grandmother Katherine Edith
Barron - Grandmother Private - Father
A.H. - 5th Great-Granddaughter
R.H. (administered by jdhmo) (Circle
match) Jane Rushton - 5th Great-Grandmother Jane Webb - 4th
Great-Grandmother James Doyle - 3rd Great-Grandfather
Alden Temple Doyle - 2nd
Great-Grandfather Enid Estelle Doyle - Great-Grandmother Katherine Edith Barron
- Grandmother Private - Father
R.H. - 5th Great-Granddaughter
Zachery Coston (Circle match)
Jane
Rushton - 5th Great-Grandmother Jane Webb - 4th Great-Grandmother James Doyle -
3rd Great-Grandfather
Alden
Temple Doyle - 2nd Great-Grandfather Enid Doyle - Great-Grandmother
Katherine Edith
Barron - Grandmother Private - Mother
Zachery Coston - 5th Great-Grandson
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S.H. (administered by jdhmo) (Circle
match) Jane Rushton - 5th Great-Grandmother Jane Webb - 4th
Great-Grandmother James Doyle - 3rd Great-Grandfather
Alden Temple Doyle - 2nd Great-Grandfather
Enid Estelle Doyle - Great-Grandmother
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Katherine Edith Barron - Grandmother
Private - Mother
S.H. - 5th Great-Granddaughter
Circle matches occurred on three
more totally independent DNA samples. Of the three, two are also direct matches
with the author, Richard E. Harrington. These three matches are given below
under their respective pseudonyms:
Another
Circle match to Jane Sarah Rushton: ceskazena (Circle match)
Jane
Sara Rushton - 3rd Great-Grandmother Charles Meekins Webb - 2nd
Great-Grandfather Minnie Etta Webb - Great-Grandmother Thomas Carleton Faulds -
Grandfather
Private - Mother
ceskazena - 3rd Great-Granddaughter
Another Circle match to Jane Sara Rushton:
LindaMcNeil97 (Circle and direct DNA match)
Jane Sarah Rushton - 4th Great-Grandmother
Mary Webb - 3rd Great-Grandmother
Charles William Harrington - 2nd
Great-Grandfather
Edith Harrington Great-Grandmother
Kathleen Phinney - Grandmother
Vincent Ray McNeil - Father
LindaMcNeil97 - 4th Great-Granddaughter
Another Circle match to Jane Sara Rushton:
B.M.
(administered by LindaMcNeil97) - This is Brian McNeil, brother of Linda
McNeil (Circle and direct DNA match)
Jane
Sarah Rushton - 4th Great-Grandmother Mary Webb - 3rd Great-Grandmother
Charles William
Harrington - 2nd Great-Grandfather Edith Harrington Great-Grandmother
Kathleen
Phinney - Grandmother Vincent Ray McNeil - Father B.M. - 4th Great-Grandson
One
DNA match might be argued to be a false result, although this is highly
unlikely. However, it is difficult to argue that independent analysis of 12
different samples could yield false results. The author had planned to go back
to Nova Scotia in 2015 to solicit DNA samples from known Harrington relatives,
but this should no longer be necessary. The 12 results above are more than
sufficient proof that the Thomas Harrington clan of Nova Scotia is the same
family that produced my grandfather, William Alvin Harrington, in Kansas
149-years ago. I may still make the 2015 trip to Nova Scotia, however.
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Samuel James Webb Sr
and Jane Sarah Rushton had the following children:
i.
JOHN RUSHTON5 WEBB was
born on 22 Sep 1804 in Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. He died on
24 Aug 1810.
ii.
SAMUEL JAMES WEBB JR was born on 18 Mar
1806 in Wallace, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada,. He died on 03 Jun 1880 in
Greenville, Cumberland Co, Nova Scotia, Canada. He married (1) MARY DOYLE. She was born on 15
Feb 1831 in Economy, Nova Scotia, Canada. He married (2) HANNAH MATILDA MARSTERS on 27 Apr 1842 in
Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Notes for Samuel James Webb Jr:
From the 1871
Census of Canada District 198, sub-District, P.O. Mill Village, all were
Baptist, all were English
Samuel
Webb, age 65, farmer Hannah M Webb, age 49
Shubael D M Webb, age
19, farmer Ellen Webb, age 17
George Harvey Webb,
age 14 Amey Alice Webb, age 12 Charles Munroe Webb, age 9 William A Webb, age 6
iii. MARY WEBB was
born on 19 Nov 1810 in Nova Scotia, Canada. She died after 1871. She married
Thomas Harrington, son of possibly "Dutch" Harrington and "Mother"
Harrington, on 27 Oct 1841 in Nova Scotia, Canada. He was born about 1813 in
County Cork, Ireland.
Notes
for Mary Webb:
From
the 1871 Census of Canada for District 198, Westchester, Cumberland
Co., Nova Scotia [no specific date or scribe for this census given][all family
members were born in Nova Scotia, were English, and were Baptist]
David
Webb, age 53, farmer Esther Webb, age 44
Jacob
Webb, age 21, farmer John Webb, age 19, farmer
George Webb,
age16,farmer
Thomas Webb, age 14
Sarah Webb, age 11
Susan
Webb, age 9 Merit Webb, age 7 Joseph Webb, age 5
Mary Harrington, age 60, wid unsound mind
Edward Webb, age 24
Amelia Webb, age 23 Sophia
Webb, age 2 months
Notes
for Thomas Harrington:
No
documentation has been found for Thomas Harrington in Nova Scotia prior to his
marriage to Mary Webb on 27 Oct 1841. His presence in Nova Scotia is well
established by the record of his marriage to Mary and subsequent records of his
sons. Except for these records, however, Thomas Harrington is not found in Nova
Scotia again. This is not terribly surprising since records from the early
1800s in Nova Scotia are sparce.
According
to the marriage record of Thomas Harrington, the father of Charles William
Harrington, to Mary Webb, Thomas was an immigrant to Nova Scotia from County
Cork, Ireland. The evidence of his being in Nova Scotia are 1) a marriage
record for Thomas Herington and Mary Webb dated 27 Oct 1841; 2) a marriage record
for Thomas' son, Charles William Harrington to Caroline Couch in 1867; and 3) a
marriage record for Thomas son' John Harrington to Nancy Embree in 1866. At the
time of Thomas' marriage he declared himself as a blacksmith. Since Nova Scotia
was known primarily for its large ship-building industry, it is likely that he
would have been in the service of ship-building as a blacksmith making iron
products for ship construction.
The marriage records of
Thomas' sons confirms their father's presence in the mid-1840s when they were
conceived, but not his presence at the time of their wedding. The 1871 Canadian
Census shows Thomas' wife, Mary, living with her
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brother's
family. In that census she was listed as a 60-years old widow of "unsound
mind."
In spite of extensive research to further
document Thomas Harrington, I have found only one document that could be a
record of the end of his life. All of the data fit our Thomas Harrington nicely
but there is no direct link to confirm that this is, in fact, our correct
ancestor. In this document a Thomas Harrington voluntarily sought refuge on 1
December 1890 at the Alms House in New York City. He was 77-years old at that
time which would have him born in 1813, just 3-years younger than his wife,
Mary Webb. He stated that he had been in the U.S. about 50-years and that he
had spent 3-weeks in the hospital in about 1862. This would have indicated that
he may have left Nova Scotia shortly after his 3 sons were born. Additional
information found on his application to Alms House in New York City are as
follows:
Record
of Inmates New York City Alms House, under Act Chap. 140, Laws of 1875 Name:
Thomas Harrington
Record Number: 101816
Date of Admission:
Dec. 1, 1890 Sex: male
Color: white
Marital Status:
Widowed
Birth Place: Ireland,
County, Cork How long in U.S.: 50-yr.
How long in this
state: 50- yrs Port Landed: New York Naturalized: No
Birth
Place of father: Ireland, County, Cork Birth Place of mother: Ireland, County,
Cork Education: can read and write
Habits:
Temperate Habits of father: Temp Occupation: Laborer
Occupation of father:
Land Surveyor
Condition of Ancestors
- grandparents Paternal: S.S. (self supporting) grandparents Maternal: S.S.
(self supporting)
father: S.S. (self
supporting) dead mother: S.S. (self supporting) dead brothers: 4 Ireland S.S.
(self supporting) sisters: none
other relatives: S.S.
(self supporting) children living: none
Cause of dependence:
old age, rheumation, gen debility, homeless & destitute Kind of labor
person can pursue: none
Has person received
prior public or private relief: No Has the parents of person received relief: No
Has person been
inmate in Poor House: yes, 28-years ago
Has person been
inmate in any other institution: Bellarises Hosp. for 3 weeks Probable destiny
of person: Permanently dependent
Remarks: Wm.
McSamara, the Warden of Alms House. B. J.
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Thomas Harrington in
the New York, Census of Inmates in Almshouses and
Poorhouses, 1830-1920
Name: Thomas
Harrington
Gender:Male
Age: 77
Birth Year: abt 1813
Birth Place: Cork
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Admission Date:1 Dec 1890
Father's Birth Place: Cork Ireland
Mother's Birth Place: Cork Ireland
iv.
JOHN WEBB was
born on 08 May 1813 in Westchester, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. He married
Mary Anne Ralston, daughter of Joseph Ralsston and Jane, on 27 Oct 1840 in
Cumberland Co, Nova Scotia, Canada.
v. JANE WEBB was
born on 01 Apr 1815 in Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. She died on
29 Jul 1874. She married GARRET DOYLE. He
was born on 15 Feb 1833. He died in 1919.
vi.
DAVID HARRIS WEBB was born on 26 May
1817 in Westchester, Nova Scotia, Canada. He died on 30 May 1887 in Nova
Scotia, Canada,. He married Esther Angevine Purdy on 11 Feb 1845 in Nova
Scotia. She was born on 06 Aug 1826 in Westchester, , Nova Scotia, Canada. She
died on 29 Aug 1900 in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Notes
for David Harris Webb:
From
the 1871 Census of Canada for District 198, Westchester, Cumberland
Co., Nova Scotia [no specific date or scribe for this census given][all family
members were born in Nova Scotia, were English, and were Baptist]
David
Webb, age 53, farmer Esther Webb, age 44 Jacob Webb, age 21, farmer
John
Webb, age 19, farmer
George Webb, age 16,
Thomas Webb, age 14 Sarah Webb, age 11
Susan
Webb, age 9 Merit Webb, age 7 Joseph Webb, age 5
Mary Harrington, age 60, widow, unsound mind,
Edward Webb, age 24
Amelia Webb, age 23 Sophia
Webb, age 2 months
From the 1881 Census of Canada
for District 22, Westchester, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia [no specific date or
scribe for this census given][all family members were born in Nova Scotia, were
English, and were Baptist]
David H. Webb, age 63,
farmer Esther A. Webb, age 54
George
Webb, age 26, blacksmith Thomas Webb, age 24, farmer Sarah Jane Webb, age 21
Merit R. Webb, age
17,farmer
Joseph Webb, age 15,
farmer Alvaretta Webb, age 19
Clara M. Webb, age 7
vii.
SIMON PETER WEBB was
born on 22 Aug 1819 in Westchester Station, Nova Scotia, Canada. He died on 06
Jul 1885 in Westchester Station, Nova Scotia, Canada.
viii.
ISRAEL BAKER WEBB was
born on 01 Jan 1822 in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Canada. He died on 19 Jul 1888.
He married AMELIA ANN LEWIS.
ix. CHARLES MEEKINS WEBB was
born on 05 Jun 1824 in Westchester, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. He
died on 30 May 1871 in Westerwaldkreis, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. He married LEVINA LEWIS.
7.
ABRAHAM4 RUSHTON (Jeremiah3, John R2 Sr, John1) was born on 14 Apr 1782.
He died on 16 Apr 1870 (Eagle Hill Cem, Canada). He married Margaret
Griffin on 06 Apr 1809. She was born in
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1787. She died on 07 Jun 1863 (Eagle
Hill Cem, Canada).
Abraham Rushton and Margaret Griffin
had the following child:
i.
ABRAHAM5 RUSHTON was born on 28 May
1828 in WESTCHESTER , NOVA SCOTIA [CUMBERLAND]. He died in Mar 1901. He married
ELIZABETH RUSHTON.
8. SARAH4 RUSHTON (Jeremiah3,
John R2 Sr,
John1) was born on 25 Apr 1795 in
Westchester, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. She died on 30 Nov
1851 in Westchester, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia (Buried at Eagle Hill
Cemetery, Cumberland Co., NS). She married Stephen Moor, son of Charles Miers
Moor and Elizabeth Rushton, on 29 Aug 1812 in Westchester, Nova Scotia. He was
born in 1790 in Westchester, Nova Scotia. He died on 02 Jun 1870 in Greenville,
Nova Scotia (Buried at Eagle Hill Cemetery, Cumberland Co., NS).
Notes
for Stephen Moor:
Stephen's mother died
shortly after Stephen's birth. His father remarried in 1793. It is likely that
Stephen came under the care of his grandparents, John Rushon and Mary Coon,
after the death of his mother as he would have been far too young in 1791 to
have accompanied his father to New York. While it is possible that Charles
returned to Westchester in 1794 with his second wife, Mary Small, Stephen may
have returned under the care of and raised as part of Charles' second family,
it is more likely that he remained under the cared of his grandparents.
Stephen was named in the 1793 will of his
grandfather, John Rushton. In this will, Stephen was given his grandfather's
shoemaking equipment.
Stephen
and his wife, Sarah, were cousins; his mother and her father were siblings.
Stephen
Moor and Sarah Rushton had the following children:
i.
JEREMIAH5 MOOR was
born on 30 Mar 1813 in Westchester, NSc. He died on 27 Apr 1903 in Westchester,
NS. He married CLEMENTINE EAGLES. She
was born on 30 Sep 1811 in Westchester, NS. She died on 18 Nov 1904 in
Westchester, NS.
Notes
for Clementine Eagles:
Clementine was
married the first time to Patrick Rodgers from Ireland. I do not know his dob,
but know that he died March 9, 1837 in Londonderry, NS when a tree fell on him.
Patrick and Clementine had one child, Deborah Jane Rodgers who married my great
grandfather - Samuel W. Moore. After Patrick died, Clementine married Jeremiah
Moor who is a brother to Samuel.
ii. SAMUEL W. MOORE was
born on 08 Sep 1823 in Cumberland Co, Nova Scotia, Canada. He died in 1901. He
married Deborah Jane Rodgers, daughter of Patrick Rodgers and Clementine
Eagles, on 26 Feb 1852. She was born on 03 Jul 1837. She died in 1901.
9.
STEPHEN4 MOOR (Elizabeth3 Rushton, John R2 Rushton Sr, John1 Rushton) was born in
1790 in Westchester, Nova Scotia. He died on 02 Jun 1870 in Greenville,
Nova Scotia (Buried at Eagle Hill Cemetery, Cumberland Co., NS). He married
Sarah Rushton, daughter of Jeremiah Rushton and Sarah Hall, on 29 Aug 1812 in
Westchester, Nova Scotia. She was born on 25 Apr 1795 in Westchester,
Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. She died on 30 Nov 1851 in Westchester,
Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia (Buried at Eagle Hill Cemetery, Cumberland Co., NS).
Notes
for Stephen Moor:
Stephen's mother died
shortly after Stephen's birth. His father remarried in 1793. It is likely that
Stephen came under the care of his grandparents, John Rushon and Mary Coon,
after the death of his mother as he would have been far too young in 1791 to
have accompanied his father to New York. While it is possible that Charles
returned to Westchester in 1794 with his second wife, Mary Small, Stephen may
have returned under the care of and raised as part of Charles' second family,
it is more likely that he remained under the cared of his grandparents.
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Stephen was named in the 1793 will of his grandfather,
John Rushton. In this will, Stephen was given his grandfather's shoemaking
equipment.
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Stephen and his wife,
Sarah, were cousins; his mother and her father were siblings.
Stephen Moor and
Sarah Rushton had the following children:
i.
JEREMIAH5 MOOR was
born on 30 Mar 1813 in Westchester, NSc. He died on 27 Apr 1903 in Westchester,
NS. He married CLEMENTINE EAGLES. She
was born on 30 Sep 1811 in Westchester, NS. She died on 18 Nov 1904 in
Westchester, NS.
Notes
for Clementine Eagles:
Clementine was
married the first time to Patrick Rodgers from Ireland. I do not know his dob,
but know that he died March 9, 1837 in Londonderry, NS when a tree fell on him.
Patrick and Clementine had one child, Deborah Jane Rodgers who married my great
grandfather - Samuel W. Moore. After Patrick died, Clementine married Jeremiah
Moor who is a brother to Samuel.
ii. SAMUEL W. MOORE was
born on 08 Sep 1823 in Cumberland Co, Nova Scotia, Canada. He died in 1901. He
married Deborah Jane Rodgers, daughter of Patrick Rodgers and Clementine
Eagles, on 26 Feb 1852. She was born on 03 Jul 1837. She died in 1901.
Outline Descendant
Report for John Valentine
1 John Valentine b:
Abt. 1666 in Germany, d: Abt. 1723
+ Anna Margaret Ott b: 1674 in Germany, m: 1692
in Germany, d: 1723 in Germany
...2 George Valentine b: 1715 in
Mutterstadt,,Germany, d: Dec 1783 in , Frederick, Maryland
+ Anna
Margaretha Matthis b: 11 Jun 1734 in Frederick County, Maryland, USA, m: 1752
in Frederick, Maryland, d: 1800 in Rocky Ridge, Frederick, Maryland, United
States
......3 Jacob Otto Valentine b: 17 Mar 1753 in
Creagerstown, Frederick, Maryland, USA, d: 01 Jul 1832 in Creagerstown,
Frederick, Maryland, USA
+ Anna
Mary Freeze b: 12 Aug 1761 in Creagerstown, Frederick County, Maryland, d: 17
Nov 1824 in Creagerstown, Frederick County, Maryland
.........4 John Valentine b: 02 Apr 1780 in Rocky Ridge,
Frederick, Maryland, USA, d: 07 Apr 1845 in Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA
+ Margaret Zieger b: 01 Apr 1781, m: 1804,
d: 12 Feb 1826
............5 Jacob Zieger Valentine b: 22
Aug 1808
............5 Lydia Valentine b: Abt. 1810
............5 Elizabeth Valentine b: 1812
............5 Adam Valentine b: 1816
............5 Thomas Valentine b: 30 Apr 1818
............5 Israel Valentine b: 26 Jan 1819 + Caroline
Stout
............5 William Valentine b: 22 Jul
1822
............5 Sarah Ann Valentine b: 17 Oct 1823 in near
Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA, d: 08 Nov 1890 in Edgar, Illinois, USA
+ Elias Stout m: 19 Dec 1841 in
Pickaway County, Ohio, d: 13 Mar 1910
.........4 George L. Valentine b: 28 Apr 1782 in ,
Frederick, Maryland, USA, d: 24 Jul 1859 in Clear Creek, Fairfield, Ohio, USA
+ Elizabeth
Anna Knouff b: 23 May 1784 in Frederick, Maryland, m: 01 Jan 1807 in Frederick,
Maryland, d: 08 Jul 1841 in Fairfield, Ohio
............5 Zachariah Valentine b: 14 Aug
1807
............5 Noah Valentine b: 09 Jan 1809 in Fairfield
Co., Ohio, USA, d: 16 Mar 1893 in Stoutsville, Fairfield, Ohio, USA
+ Mary
Conrad b: 01 Aug 1808 in Fairfield County, Ohio, USA, m: 11 Jan 1829 in
Fairfield, Ohio, USA, d: 17 May 1886 in Fairfield County, Ohio, USA
............5 Catherine Valentine b: 14 Nov
1810, d: 03 Aug 1886
............5 Mary Valentine b: 1811, d: 08
Sep 1889
............5 Jacob Knouff Valentine b: 01 Sep 1813 in
Fairfield County, Ohio, USA, d: 08 Sep 1889 in Fairfield County, Ohio, USA
+ Mary
Stebleton b: 28 Mar 1808 in Fairfield County, Ohio, USA, m: 26 Feb 1835 in
Fairfield County, Ohio, USA, d: 04 Apr 1847 in Fairfield County, Ohio, USA
............5 John K. Valentine b: 24 Mar
1816, d: 01 Jul 1844
............5 George Valentine Jr. b: 27 Mar
1818, d: 16 May 1888
............5 Levi B. Valentine b: 1820, d:
11 Dec 1897
............5 Samuel K. Valentine b: 29 Aug
1822, d: 17 Sep 1902
............5 Amos Valentine b: 03 Sep 1824,
d: 15 Apr 1851
............5 Milton Valentine b: 1827
............5 Elizabeth Lucinda Valentine b:
1829
.........4 Elizabeth Valentine b: 22 Apr 1785 in Rocky
Ridge, Frederick, Maryland, USA, d: 1840 in
Frederick, Maryland, USA
.........4 Sarah Valentine b: 22 Jun 1788 in Rocky Ridge,
Frederick, Maryland, USA, d: 17 Aug 1847 in Woodsboro, Frederick, Maryland, USA
.........4
Jacob Valentine b: 18 May 1790 in Rocky Ridge, Frederick, Maryland, USA, d: 15
Aug 1863 in Taneytown, Carroll, Maryland, USA
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.........4 Samuel Valentine b: 03 Mar 1796 in Emmitsburg,
Frederick, Maryland, USA, d: 29 Jun 1873 in Emmitsburg, Frederick, Maryland,
USA
.........4 William
Valentine b: 14 Dec 1798, d: 12 Apr 1857
+ Lydia
Ann Mehring b: 05 Apr 1810 in Creagerstown, Frederick, Maryland, m: 03 Sep 1827
in Frederick, Maryland, d: 15 Aug 1875 in Creagerstown, Frederick, Maryland
............5 Sylvester Valentine b: 27 Jan 1835 in
Creagerstown, Frederick, Maryland, USA, d: 29 Oct 1921 in Creagerstown,
Frederick, Maryland
+ Carroll MD m: 12 Apr
1851
+ Sarah E Whitmore m:
03 Feb 1857
.........4 Magdalena Valentine b: 14 Dec 1798 in Rocky
Ridge, Frederick, Maryland, USA, d: 1874 in , Pickaway, Ohio, USA
.........4 Henry
William Valentine b: 09 Aug 1802, d: 09 Dec 1877
......3 Johan Henry Valentine b: Aug 1755 in Frederick County,
Maryland, USA, d: 21 Oct 1838 in Pickaway, Ohio, United States,
+ Elizabeth
Barbara Friess b: 12 Feb 1763 in New Hanover, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA, m:
21 Sep 1779 in Frederick Co Virginia, d: 21 Dec 1815 in Pickaway, Ohio, USA
.........4 Catherine Valentine b: 02 May 1780 in
Creagerstown District, Frederick County, Maryland, d: 07 Aug 1835 in Canal
Winchester, Franklin County, Ohio
+ John
Rager b: 15 Apr 1780 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, d: 1865 in Marion County,
Indiana
............5 Elizabeth Rager b: 1805, d:
1860
............5 Mary Rager b: 1809, d: 1848
............5 John Rager b: 1814, d: 1885
............5 Soplhia Rager b: 1818, d: 1878
.........4 Mary Magdalena
Valentine b: 15 Jul 1781 in Creagerstown District, Frederick County, Maryland,
d: Aft. 1833
+ William Edwards
.........4 Elizabeth Valentine b: 06 Mar 1783 in
Creagerstown District, Frederick County, Maryland, d: 27 Nov 1857 in Ross
County, Ohio
+ John Gossard b: 1778, d: 1834
.........4 Hannah Valentine b: 01 Aug 1786 in
Creagerstown District, Frederick County, Maryland, d: 05 Oct 1863 in
Perrysville, Vermillion County, Indiana
+ James Seall b: 1785
.........4 Sophia Valentine b: 1792 in Creagerstown
District, Frederick County, Maryland, d: 25 Jan 1829 in Vermillion County,
Indiana
+ John H. Fultz b: 1785, d: 1846
.........4 Joseph
Sanford Valentine b: 02 Feb 1795 in Creagerstown District, Frederick County,
Maryland,
d: 21 Mar 1863 in Bluffton,
Harrison Township, Wells County, Indiana
+ Sarah Zehrung b:
1799, d: 1871
.........4 Joshua Valentine b: 07 Jun 1798 in Maryland,
United States, d: 01 Jun 1870 in Pickaway, Pickaway, Ohio, United States
+ Margaret
Drum b: 24 Jan 1799 in Pennsylvania, United States, m: 29 Jul 1817 in Pickaway,
Pickaway, Ohio, USA, d: 12 Feb 1867 in Pickaway, Pickaway, Ohio, United States
............5 Samuel Valentine b: 08 Dec 1817, d: 10 Jul 1889
in Bluffton, Wells County (Wells), Indiana; buried in Stahl Cemetery in
Petroleum, Wells County, Indiana
+ Elizabeth
Leist b: 18 Jul 1818 in Pickaway County, Ohio, USA, m: 29 Oct 1837 in Pickaway
County, Ohio, USA, d: 23 Mar 1892 in Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana, USA;
burial Stahl Cemetery Petroleum, Wells County, Indiana, USA
............5 Elizabeth Valentine b: 12 Aug 1820 in
Pickaway County, Ohio, USA, d: 28 Apr 1889 in Pickaway County, Ohio, USA
+ Jacob
Ressler b: Feb 1820 in Pennsylvania, United States, m: 18 Jan 1846 in Pickaway
County, Ohio, USA, d: 05 Jul 1883 in Pickaway, Ohio
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+ Mary
Bolinger b: Abt. 1825 in Ohio, m: 31 Jul 1845 in Pickaway County, Ohio, USA; ,
USA, d: 1867
+ Emily
Jane Walker b: 23 Mar 1840 in St. Clairsville, Belmont Co., OH, m: 21 May 1868
in Wyandotte County, Kansas, d: 29 Jun 1921 in Gentry, Gentry County, Missouri;
Buried in Hugginsville Cemetery, Huggins Township, Gentry County, Missouri
............5 Amos D. Valentine b: 10 May 1826 in
Washington, Pickaway, Ohio, United States, d: 21 Feb 1885 in Pickway, , Ohio,
USA
+ Rachel Keusel b: 26 Apr 1830, m: 10
Jul 1848, d: 29 Nov 1914
............5 George Washington Valentine b:
28 Dec 1829, d: 01 Mar 1904
+ Mary Jane Raker b: 09 Dec 1838, m:
03 Oct 1848, d: 13 Apr 1873
............5 Jacob Valentine b: 14 Sep 1831, d: 10 Feb
1912 in Washington Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio + Mary Gazelle
............5 Mary Valentine b: 16 Aug 1833 in Pickaway
County, Ohio, USA, d: 25 Mar 1914 in Walnut Township, Pickaway County, Ohio,
USA
+ George Frederick Lathouse
m: 13 Nov 1853 in Pickaway County, Ohio, USA
+ George
F. Lathouse b: 16 Aug 1833, m: 13 Nov 1853 in Pickaway County, Ohio, USA, d: 25
Mar 1914
............5 Andrew Valentine b: 1837
............5 Malinda Valentine b: 12 Aug 1838 in Washington
Township, Pickaway County, Ohio, d: 28 Oct 1868 in Washington Township,
Pickaway County, Ohio
.........4 John Valentine b: 04 Mar 1802 in Washington
Township, Pickaway County, Ohio, d: 08 Oct 1869 in Eel River, Allen County,
Indiana
+ Susanna Peters b: 04 Jan 1799 in
Maryland, d: Aft. 1880 in Eel River, Allen County, Indiana
.........4 Samuel Valentine b: 20 Feb 1807 in Washington
Township, Pickaway County, Ohio, d: 04 Sep 1896 in Greenfield, Hancock County,
Indiana
+ Louisa Smith b: 1816 in Maryland, m: 1835 in Pickaway
County, Ohio, d: Bet. 1850–1855 in Moral Township, Shelby County, Indiana
+ Mary Ann Smith b: 1826 in Indiana,
m: 24 Aug 1854 in Shelby County, Indiana
......3 George
Valentine b: 04 Sep 1757, d: Bef. Apr 1813
+ Anna Mary Stull Matthis b: 25 Jan
1761, m: 22 May 1787, d: Bef. Feb 1818
......3 Catherina
Valentine b: 1759, d: 27 Mar 1849
+ Christian Wagner b: 07 Apr 1768, m:
Abt. 1783, d: 04 Jan 1832
......3 John
Valentine b: Abt. 1761, d: 07 Jul 1844
+ Anna Margaret Ott b: 20 Apr 1767, m:
31 Oct 1786, d: 28 Aug 1828
Generation 1
1. JOHN1 VALENTINE was
born about 1666 in Germany. He died about 1723. He married Anna Margaret
Ott in 1692 in Germany. She was born in 1674 in Germany. She died in 1723 in
Germany.
John
Valentine and Anna Margaret Ott had the following child:
2.
i.
GEORGE2 VALENTINE was born in 1715 in
Mutterstadt,,Germany. He died in Dec 1783 in , Frederick, Maryland. He married
Anna Margaretha Matthis, daughter of Johann Jacob Matthis and Anna (Maria)
Margaretha Jung, in 1752 in Frederick, Maryland. She was born on 11 Jun 1734 in
Frederick County, Maryland, USA. She died in 1800 in Rocky Ridge, Frederick,
Maryland, United States.
Generation 2
2. GEORGE2 VALENTINE (John1) was
born in 1715 in Mutterstadt,,Germany. He died in Dec 1783 in , Frederick,
Maryland. He married Anna Margaretha Matthis, daughter of Johann Jacob Matthis
and Anna (Maria) Margaretha Jung, in 1752 in Frederick, Maryland. She was born
on 11 Jun 1734 in Frederick County, Maryland, USA. She died in 1800 in Rocky
Ridge, Frederick, Maryland, United States.
Notes
for George Valentine:
The
story of our Valentine family in America begins with Johan George Valentine, a
22 year old immigrant from Germany. We are indebted to Paul H. Valentine and
his wife Mary for assembling a record of this family that was published in book
form in the year 2000. Paul titled the book "Valentine Family Genealogy -
descendants of Johan George Valentine 1715-1783 of Germany and Maryland."
Paul and his wife, Mary, traveled extensively researching public records,
visiting cemeteries, and talking with Valentine descendants. Paul and his wife
lived in Pittsford, New York, a suburb of Rochester, N.Y. Paul died in 2008
shortly after completing his last revision of this book. The final version of
the book was given to the Pickaway County Historical and Genealogical Society
in Circleville, Ohio. Paul and Mary did much of their research in Pickaway and
surrounding counties where many of the Valentine descendants settled.
Our
story of the Valentine family in America begins with Johan George Valentine.
Paraphrasing the opening lines of the Paul H. Valentines book: Johan George
Valentine was born in 1715 in Mutterstadt, in the Palatinate, Germany.
Mutterstadt is a small inland village about 6-miles (as the crow flies) from
Ludwigscaften and Mannheim, Germany. George traveled to America with his
brother Hans Michael Valentine from Rotterdam, Holland via Plymouth, England on
the ship Saint Andrew. They arrived in Philadelphia, PA on 9 Sept 1749. He took
an oath to the government; Frederick Co, MD "joyner"; 13 Mar 1752.
George Valentine was granted 50 acres called Valentine's Garden on 13 March
1752. On 9 December 1752 he bought 50 acres called Swiving Swamp located west of
Monocacy River near Rocky Ridge. Swiving Swamp was located about 15 miles
north-northeast of the current city of Frederick, MD. The same year, 1752, he
married Anna Margaretha Matthis. Ann Margaretha Matthis was the daughter of
Maria Margaretha Jung and Johann Jacob Matthis. George became a naturalized
citizen on 15 September 1758. He was a devout Lutheran and held meetings on
Sundays in his house where he read and explained scripture. George continued to
buy property and upon his death left 293 acres to his sons. George is buried on
his homestead.
Thus
began our Valentine family in America. George and Anna Margaretha's family are
listed in the accompanying family trees. Our lineage proceeds from their second
oldest son, Johan Heinrich (Henry) Valentine.
DNA matches were found that connects the
author, Richard E. Harrington, and his kin to the ancestral Valentine line.
Several of these matches follow:
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Ancestry.DNA analysis of Richard
E. Harrington's DNA shows a Direct DNA match with an Ancestry.com member who
uses a pseudonym of
C. W. Y. (administered by ohiokjc) (Direct DNA match) (confidence: Very High)
George Valentine
(1715-1783), immigrant, wife was Anna Margarette Matthis d/o Jacob Matthis
& Anna (Maria) Margaretha Jung
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Jacob Otto Valentine (1753-1832)
George
L. Valentine 1782-1859) Noah Valentine (1809-1893)
Levi Valentine,
(1840-1915) (not our Levi J. Valentine) Margaret Maude Valentine (1879-1960)
Lewis
Harley Young (1912-1994) b: Fairfield Co., Ohio d: Amanda, Fairfield Co., Ohio
Gary Lee Young (1944-2006) b: Amanda, Fairfield Co., Ohio d: 8 April 2006 in Lancaser,
Fairfield Co., Ohio
C. W. Y. (male)
Ancestry.DNA
analysis of Richard E. Harrington's DNA shows a Direct DNA match with an
Ancestry.com member who uses a pseudonym of
B.
A. W. (administered by bwatson1099) (Direct DNA match) (confidence: Very
High) George Valentine (1715-1783) & Anna Margaretha Matthis
(1743-1800) - 5th
Great-Grand-parents
Jacob Otto Valentine - 4th
Great-Grand uncle George L Valentine - 1st Cousin (5x removed) Levi B Valentine
- 2nd Cousin (4x removed)
Barbara Ellen
Valentine - 3rd Cousin (3x removed) Elsie Betty Harlow - 4th Cousin (2x
removed) Thelma Elizabeth Forsythe - 5th Cousin (1x removed) B. A. W. - 6th
Cousin
Ancestry.DNA
analysis of Richard E. Harrington's DNA shows a Direct DNA match with an
Ancestry.com member, ETDarr74 (Direct DNA match) (confidence:
High)
George
Valentine (1715-1783) & Anna Margaretha Matthis (1743-1800) - 5th
Great-Grand-parents
Jacob
Otto Valentine - 4th Great-Grand uncle William Henry Valentine - 1st Cousin (5x
removed) Sylvester Valentine - 2nd Cousin (4x removed) William Joseph Valentine
- 3rd Cousin (3x removed) John Sylvester Valentine - 4th Cousin (2x removed)
Private (female) - 5th Cousin (1x removed)
Private (female) - 6th Cousin
ETDarr74 (male) - 6th Cousin (1x removed)
Ancestry.DNA
analysis of Richard E. Harrington's DNA shows a Direct DNA match with an
Ancestry.com member, hemetsphere (Direct DNA match) (confidence:
Good)
Johan
Henry Valentine (1755-1838) & Elizabeth Barbara Friess (1763-1815) - 4th
Great-Grand-parents
Catherine
Valentine - 3rd Great-Grand aunt John Bartholma Rager - 1st Cousin (4x removed)
Hiram Rager - 2nd Cousin (3x removed)
Cora Amanda Rager -
3rd Cousin (2x removed) Le Roy Samuel Dunlap - 4th Cousin (1x removed) Ronald
Edward Dunlap - 5th Cousin hemetsphere - 5th Cousin (1x removed)
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George Valentine and
Anna Margaretha Matthis had the following children:
3.
i.
JACOB OTTO3 VALENTINE was born on 17 Mar
1753 in Creagerstown, Frederick, Maryland, USA. He died on 01 Jul 1832 in
Creagerstown, Frederick, Maryland, USA. He married ANNA MARY FREEZE. She was born on 12
Aug 1761 in Creagerstown, Frederick County, Maryland. She died on 17 Nov 1824
in Creagerstown, Frederick County, Maryland.
4.
ii. JOHAN HENRY VALENTINE was
born in Aug 1755 in Frederick County, Maryland, USA.
He died on 21 Oct 1838 in Pickaway, Ohio, United States,. He married
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Elizabeth
Barbara Friess, daughter of Johann Michael Friess and Catharina Nied, on 21 Sep
1779 in Frederick Co Virginia. She was born on 12 Feb 1763 in New Hanover,
Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA. She died on 21 Dec 1815 in Pickaway, Ohio, USA.
iii. GEORGE VALENTINE was
born on 04 Sep 1757. He died before Apr 1813. He married Anna Mary Stull
Matthis on 22 May 1787. She was born on 25 Jan 1761. She died before Feb 1818.
iv.
CATHERINA VALENTINE was
born in 1759. Catherina died on 27 Mar 1849. Catherina married Christian Wagner,
son of Michael Waggoner and Maria Elizabeth Schuee, about 1783. He was born on
07 Apr 1768. He died on 04 Jan 1832.
v. JOHN VALENTINE was
born about 1761. He died on 07 Jul 1844. He married Anna Margaret Ott, daughter
of John Ott and Maria Aplplolonia Hoffman, on 31 Oct 1786. She was born on 20
Apr 1767. She died on 28 Aug 1828.
Generation 3
3. JACOB OTTO3 VALENTINE (George2,
John1) was born on 17 Mar 1753 in
Creagerstown, Frederick, Maryland, USA. He died on 01 Jul 1832 in
Creagerstown, Frederick, Maryland, USA. He married ANNA MARY FREEZE. She
was born on 12 Aug 1761 in Creagerstown, Frederick County, Maryland. She
died on 17 Nov 1824 in Creagerstown, Frederick County, Maryland.
Jacob
Otto Valentine and Anna Mary Freeze had the following children:
5.
i.
JOHN4 VALENTINE was born on 02 Apr
1780 in Rocky Ridge, Frederick, Maryland, USA. He died on 07 Apr 1845 in Circleville,
Pickaway, Ohio, USA. He married Margaret Zieger, daughter of Jacob Zieger, in
1804. She was born on 01 Apr 1781. She died on 12 Feb 1826.
6.
ii. GEORGE L. VALENTINE was
born on 28 Apr 1782 in , Frederick, Maryland, USA. He died
on 24 Jul 1859 in Clear Creek, Fairfield, Ohio, USA. He married Elizabeth Anna
Knouff, daughter of John Jacob Knouff and Elizabeth Dern, on 01 Jan 1807 in
Frederick, Maryland. She was born on 23 May 1784 in Frederick, Maryland. She
died on 08 Jul 1841 in Fairfield, Ohio.
iii. ELIZABETH VALENTINE was
born on 22 Apr 1785 in Rocky Ridge, Frederick, Maryland, USA. She died in 1840
in , Frederick, Maryland, USA. She married an unknown spouse on 26 Apr 1815.
iv. SARAH VALENTINE was
born on 22 Jun 1788 in Rocky Ridge, Frederick, Maryland, USA. She died on 17
Aug 1847 in Woodsboro, Frederick, Maryland, USA.
v. JACOB VALENTINE was
born on 18 May 1790 in Rocky Ridge, Frederick, Maryland, USA. He died on 15 Aug
1863 in Taneytown, Carroll, Maryland, USA.
vi. CATHERINE VALENTINE was
born on 07 Jun 1793 in Creagerstown, Frederick, Maryland, USA. She died on 16
Feb 1814 in Creagerstown, Frederick, Maryland, USA.
vii.
SAMUEL VALENTINE was
born on 03 Mar 1796 in Emmitsburg, Frederick, Maryland, USA. He died on 29 Jun
1873 in Emmitsburg, Frederick, Maryland, USA.
7.
viii. WILLIAM VALENTINE was
born on 14 Dec 1798. He died on 12 Apr 1857. He married Lydia
Ann Mehring on 03 Sep 1827 in Frederick, Maryland. She was born on 05 Apr 1810
in Creagerstown, Frederick, Maryland. She died on 15 Aug 1875 in Creagerstown,
Frederick, Maryland.
ix. MAGDALENA VALENTINE was
born on 14 Dec 1798 in Rocky Ridge, Frederick, Maryland, USA. She died in 1874
in , Pickaway, Ohio, USA.
x.
HENRY WILLIAM VALENTINE was born on 09 Aug
1802. He died on 09 Dec 1877.
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4.
JOHAN HENRY3 VALENTINE (George2, John1) was born in Aug 1755
in Frederick County, Maryland, USA. He died on 21 Oct 1838 in Pickaway,
Ohio, United States,. He married Elizabeth Barbara Friess, daughter of Johann
Michael Friess and Catharina Nied, on 21 Sep 1779 in Frederick Co Virginia. She
was born on 12 Feb 1763 in New Hanover, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA. She
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died on 21 Dec 1815
in Pickaway, Ohio, USA.
Notes for Johan Henry
Valentine:
Johan
Heinrich (Henry) Valentine was born Aug 1755 on his father, George's,
homestead. In about 1777 he was a drummer in the 37th Battalion, 4th Company of
the Maryland Militia. On 21 Sep 1779, at the age of about 24 years, Henry
married Elizabeth Friess/Freeze. Henry and his older brother, Jacob Otto
Valentine married twin sisters born 12 August 1761. Elizabeth was 15 at the
time she married Henry. Jacob Otto Valentine's wife, Anna Mary Freeze, and her
twin, Elizabeth Freeze, were the daughters of Catharina Neid and Michael
Freeze. In 1799 Henry sold land and in 1807 he was a farmer of 320 acres in
Pickaway County, Ohio. In 1829 he sold his farm to his sons, Joshua and Joseph.
Henry died at Joshua's home on 21 October 1838. Henry is buried at the Zion
Church Cemetery in Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio. He was described
as sober, still, did not often smile or laugh and was a Bible reader.
DNA matches found that
connects the author, Richard E. Harrington, and his kin to the ancestral Valentine
line:
Ancestry.DNA
analysis of Richard E. Harrington's DNA shows a Direct DNA match with an
Ancestry.com member who uses a pseudonym of
hemetsphere (Direct DNA match) (confidence: Good)
Johan Henry Valentine
(1755-1838) & Elizabeth Barbara Friess (1763-1815) Catherine Valentine -
3rd Great-Grand aunt
John
Bartholma Rager - 1st Cousin (4x removed) Hiram Rager - 2nd Cousin (3x removed)
Cora Amanda Rager -
3rd Cousin (2x removed) Le Roy Samuel Dunlap - 4th Cousin (1x removed) Ronald Edward
Dunlap - 5th Cousin hemetsphere - 5th Cousin (1x removed)
Johan Henry Valentine
and Elizabeth Barbara Friess had the following children:
8.
i.
CATHERINE4 VALENTINE was born on 02 May
1780 in Creagerstown District, Frederick
County, Maryland. She died on 07 Aug 1835 in Canal Winchester, Franklin County,
Ohio. She married JOHN RAGER. He was born on 15
Apr 1780 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. He died in 1865 in Marion County,
Indiana.
ii. MARY MAGDALENA VALENTINE was
born on 15 Jul 1781 in Creagerstown District, Frederick County, Maryland. She
died after 1833. She married WILLIAM EDWARDS.
iii. ELIZABETH VALENTINE was
born on 06 Mar 1783 in Creagerstown District, Frederick County, Maryland. She
died on 27 Nov 1857 in Ross County, Ohio. She married JOHN GOSSARD. He
was born in 1778. He died in 1834.
iv. HANNAH VALENTINE was
born on 01 Aug 1786 in Creagerstown District, Frederick County, Maryland. She
died on 05 Oct 1863 in Perrysville, Vermillion County, Indiana. She married JAMES SEALL. He
was born in 1785.
v. SOPHIA VALENTINE was
born in 1792 in Creagerstown District, Frederick County, Maryland. She died on
25 Jan 1829 in Vermillion County, Indiana. She married JOHN H. FULTZ. He
was born in 1785. He died in 1846.
vi. JOSEPH SANFORD VALENTINE was
born on 02 Feb 1795 in Creagerstown District, Frederick County, Maryland. He
died on 21 Mar 1863 in Bluffton, Harrison Township, Wells County, Indiana. He
married SARAH ZEHRUNG.
She was born in 1799. She died in 1871.
9.
vii. JOSHUA VALENTINE was born
on 07 Jun 1798 in Maryland, United States. He died on 01
Jun 1870 in Pickaway, Pickaway, Ohio, United States. He married Margaret Drum,
daughter of Johann John (Trumm) Drum and Barbara Strasser, on 29 Jul 1817 in
Pickaway, Pickaway, Ohio, USA. She was born on 24 Jan 1799 in Pennsylvania,
United States. She died on 12 Feb 1867 in Pickaway, Pickaway, Ohio, United
States. Click
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viii. JOHN VALENTINE was
born on 04 Mar 1802 in Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio. He died on
08 Oct 1869 in Eel River, Allen County, Indiana. He married SUSANNA PETERS.
She was born on 04 Jan 1799 in Maryland. She died after 1880 in Eel River, Allen
County, Indiana.
ix.
SAMUEL VALENTINE was born on 20 Feb
1807 in Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio. He died on 04 Sep 1896 in
Greenfield, Hancock County, Indiana. He married (1) LOUISA SMITH in 1835 in Pickaway County,
Ohio. She was born in 1816 in Maryland. She died between 1850-1855 in Moral
Township, Shelby County, Indiana. He married (2) MARY ANN SMITH on 24 Aug 1854 in
Shelby County, Indiana. She was born in 1826 in Indiana.
Notes
for Samuel Valentine:
Elizabeth Freeze was
born February 12, 1763, either in Colebrookdale Township, Berks County, or New
Hanover Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of
Michael and Catharina Nied Freeze. She was baptized at New Hanover Lutheran
Church on March 13, 1763. As a young girl, she migrated south with her parents
and siblings to Frederick County, Maryland, where her parents lived the
remainder of their lives. Elizabeth married in Frederick County on September
21, 1779, to John Henry Valentine, son of John George and Anna Margaret
Matthews Valentine. Around the year 1800, they went west to Ohio with their
children, settling in Pickaway County, where they lived the rest of their
lives. They were the parents of 9 children: Catherine, Mary Magdalena,
Elizabeth, Hannah, Sophia, Joseph Sanford, Joshua, John and Samuel Valentine.
Elizabeth passed away December 21, 1815, in Washington Township, Pickaway
County, and was buried in Mt. Zion Church Cemetery there.
Generation 4
5. JOHN4 VALENTINE (Jacob
Otto3, George2,
John1) was born on 02 Apr 1780 in
Rocky Ridge, Frederick, Maryland, USA. He died on 07 Apr 1845 in
Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA. He married Margaret Zieger, daughter of Jacob
Zieger, in 1804. She was born on 01 Apr 1781. She died on 12 Feb 1826.
John
Valentine and Margaret Zieger had the following children:
i.
JACOB ZIEGER5 VALENTINE was born on 22 Aug
1808.
ii.
LYDIA VALENTINE was born about 1810.
iii.
ELIZABETH VALENTINE was born in 1812.
iv.
ADAM VALENTINE was born in 1816.
v.
THOMAS VALENTINE was born on 30 Apr
1818.
10.
vi. ISRAEL VALENTINE was born on 26 Jan 1819. He married CAROLINE STOUT.
vii.
WILLIAM VALENTINE was born on 22 Jul
1822.
11.
viii. SARAH ANN VALENTINE was
born on 17 Oct 1823 in near Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA.
She died on 08 Nov 1890 in Edgar, Illinois, USA. She married Elias Stout, son
of John Stout and Ann Myers, on 19 Dec 1841 in Pickaway County, Ohio. He died
on 13 Mar 1910.
6. GEORGE L.4 VALENTINE (Jacob
Otto3, George2,
John1) was born on 28 Apr 1782 in ,
Frederick, Maryland, USA. He died on 24 Jul 1859 in Clear Creek,
Fairfield, Ohio, USA. He married Elizabeth Anna Knouff, daughter of John Jacob
Knouff and Elizabeth Dern, on 01 Jan 1807 in Frederick, Maryland. She was born
on 23 May 1784 in Frederick, Maryland. She died on 08 Jul 1841 in Fairfield,
Ohio.
George
L. Valentine and Elizabeth Anna Knouff had the following children:
i.
ZACHARIAH5 VALENTINE was
born on 14 Aug 1807. He married an unknown spouse on 08 Mar 1827.
12.
ii. NOAH VALENTINE was born on 09 Jan 1809 in Fairfield Co.,
Ohio, USA. He died on
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16 Mar 1893 in Stoutsville, Fairfield, Ohio,
USA. He married Mary Conrad, daughter of Daniel D. Conrad and Esther Root, on 11
Jan 1829 in Fairfield, Ohio, USA. She was born on 01 Aug 1808 in Fairfield
County, Ohio, USA. She died on 17 May 1886 in Fairfield County, Ohio, USA.
iii.
CATHERINE VALENTINE was born on 14 Nov
1810. She died on 03 Aug 1886.
iv.
MARY VALENTINE was born in 1811.
She died on 08 Sep 1889.
13.
v. JACOB KNOUFF VALENTINE was
born on 01 Sep 1813 in Fairfield County, Ohio, USA. He
died on 08 Sep 1889 in Fairfield County, Ohio, USA. He married Mary Stebleton
on 26 Feb 1835 in Fairfield County, Ohio, USA. She was born on 28 Mar 1808 in
Fairfield County, Ohio, USA. She died on 04 Apr 1847 in Fairfield County, Ohio,
USA.
vi.
JOHN K. VALENTINE was born on 24 Mar
1816. He died on 01 Jul 1844.
vii.
GEORGE VALENTINE JR. was born on 27 Mar
1818. He died on 16 May 1888.
14.
viii.
LEVI B. VALENTINE was born in 1820. He
died on 11 Dec 1897.
ix.
SAMUEL K. VALENTINE was born on 29 Aug
1822. He died on 17 Sep 1902.
x.
AMOS VALENTINE was born on 03 Sep
1824. He died on 15 Apr 1851.
xi.
MILTON VALENTINE was born in 1827.
xii.
ELIZABETH LUCINDA VALENTINE was born in 1829.
7. WILLIAM4 VALENTINE (Jacob
Otto3, George2,
John1) was born on 14 Dec 1798. He
died on 12 Apr 1857. He married Lydia Ann Mehring on 03 Sep 1827 in
Frederick, Maryland. She was born on 05 Apr 1810 in Creagerstown, Frederick,
Maryland. She died on 15 Aug 1875 in Creagerstown, Frederick, Maryland.
William
Valentine and Lydia Ann Mehring had the following child:
15.
i.
SYLVESTER5 VALENTINE was born on 27 Jan
1835 in Creagerstown, Frederick, Maryland, USA. He died on 29 Oct 1921 in
Creagerstown, Frederick, Maryland. He married (1) CARROLL MD on 12 Apr 1851. He
married (2) SARAH E WHITMORE on 03 Feb 1857.
8. CATHERINE4 VALENTINE (Johan
Henry3, George2,
John1) was born on 02 May 1780 in
Creagerstown District, Frederick County, Maryland. She died on 07 Aug 1835
in Canal Winchester, Franklin County, Ohio. She married JOHN RAGER. He
was born on 15 Apr 1780 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. He died in 1865 in
Marion County, Indiana.
John
Rager and Catherine Valentine had the following children:
i.
ELIZABETH5 RAGER was born in 1805.
She died in 1860.
ii.
MARY RAGER was born in 1809.
She died in 1848.
16.
iii. JOHN RAGER was born in 1814. He died in 1885.
iv.
SOPLHIA RAGER was born in 1818. She
died in 1878.
9.
JOSHUA4 VALENTINE (Johan
Henry3, George2,
John1) was born on 07 Jun 1798 in
Maryland, United States. He died on 01 Jun 1870 in Pickaway, Pickaway,
Ohio, United States. He married Margaret Drum, daughter of Johann John (Trumm)
Drum and Barbara Strasser, on 29 Jul 1817 in Pickaway, Pickaway, Ohio, USA. She
was born on 24 Jan 1799 in Pennsylvania, United States. She died on 12 Feb 1867
in Pickaway, Pickaway, Ohio, United States.
Notes
for Joshua Valentine: Click here to return to the
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Joshua Valentine was born 7
June 1798 on his father, Henry's, homestead in Maryland. The next year, 1799,
Joshua's father, Henry, sold his Maryland land and by 1807 was a farmer of
320
acres
in Washington Twp., Pickaway Co., OH. Joshua married Margaret Drum on 29 July
1817 and in November 1817 their first child, Samuel, of 9-children was born.
Margaret Drum the daughter of Barbara Strasser and John Drum was born 24 Jan
1799. In 1829 Joshua bought his father's farm.
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Joshua Valentine is the first common ancestor
of the author, Richard E. Harrington, and the author of the researcher, Paul H.
Valentine, who published the book, "Valentine Family Genealogy -
decendants (sic) of Johan George Valentine 1715-1783 of Germany and
Maryland." The proceeding ancestors from Joshua were Levi Valentine
leading to the R.E. Harrington line and George Washington Valentine leading to
the Paul H. Valentine line. We are 3rd cousins, once removed.
In 1829 Joshua
Valentine bought his father's farm
From
the 1830 Federal Census for Washington Township, Pickaway County,
Ohio; enumerated 1830
males under age of 5 |
3 |
(Jacob)(George Washington)(Amos) |
|
|
males over 5 and
under 10 |
1 |
(Levi) |
|
|
males over 30 and under 40 |
1 |
(Joshua, head) |
|
|
females over 5 and under 10 |
1 |
(Elizabeth) |
|
|
females over 10 and
under 15 |
1 |
(?) |
|
|
females over 30 and under 40 |
1 |
(Margaret, wife) |
|
|
persons under 20 |
5 |
|
|
|
persons 20 to 49 |
2 |
|
|
|
total persons |
7 |
|
|
|
From the 1840
Federal Census for Pickaway County, Ohio; enumerated 1840 |
|
|||
males under age of 5 |
1 |
(Andrew) |
|
|
males over 5 and under 10 |
1 |
(Jacob) |
|
|
males over 10 and under 15 |
2 |
(Amos D.) (George Washington) |
|
|
males over 15 and
under 20 |
1 |
(Levi) |
|
|
males over 30 and under 40 |
1 |
(Joshua, head) |
|
|
females under age of 5 |
1 |
(Melinda) |
|
|
females over 5 and under 10 |
1 |
(Mary) |
|
|
females over 15 and
under 20 |
1 |
(Elizabeth) |
|
|
females over 30 and under 40 |
1 |
(Margaret, wife) |
|
|
persons employed in agriculture |
2 |
|
(Margaret, wife) |
|
persons over 20 who cannot read and
write 1 |
|
|||
persons under 20 |
8 |
|
|
|
persons 20 to 49 |
2 |
|
|
|
persons total |
10 |
|
|
|
From the 1850 Federal Census for Washington
Township, Pickaway County, Ohio; enumerated 20 August 1850
Joshua Valentine, age
52, farmer, born in Maryland; value of real estate: $2,600
Margaret Valentine,
age 51, born in Pennsylvania
Jacob
Valentine, age 17, born in Ohio Andrew Valentine, age 14, born in Ohio Mary
Valentine, age 17, born in Ohio Melinda Valentine, age 12, born in Ohio William
Anderson, age 12, born in Ohio
From
the 1860 Federal Census for Washington Township, Pickaway County,
Ohio; enumerated 7 June 1860
Joshua Valentine, age
61, farmer, born in Maryland; value of real estate: $5,000
Margaret Valentine,
age 60, born in Pennsylvania
Jacob Valentine, age 24, born in Ohio, farm
labor Andrew Valentine, age 22, born in Ohio, farm labor Melinda Valentine, age
20, born in Ohio
William Anderson, age 21, born Ohio, farm
labor
Martha Secondcost, age 13, born in Ohio
David Stout, age 3, born in Ohio
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From
the 1870 Federal Census for Washington Township, Pickaway County,
Ohio; enumerated 3 June 1870
Joshua
Valentine, age 71, farmer, born in Maryland; value of real estate: $4,260;
value of personal estate: $300
Jacob Wrestler, age
50, farmer, born in Pennsylvania; value of personal estate: $375 Elizabeth
Wrestler, age 49, keeping house, born in Ohio
Malinda Wrestler, age 17, at
home, born in Ohio George Wrestler, age 13, at home, born in Ohio
Notes for Margaret
Drum:
See the story of the
murder of Johan Adam Dromm, father of George Adam (Dromm) Drum, grandfather of Johann
John Drum, great grandfather of Margaret Drum, found in the Johan Adam Dromm
entry.
Joshua Valentine and
Margaret Drum had the following children:
17.
i.
SAMUEL5 VALENTINE was born on 08 Dec
1817. He died on 10 Jul 1889 in Bluffton, Wells County (Wells), Indiana (buried in
Stahl Cemetery in Petroleum, Wells County, Indiana). He married Elizabeth Leist
on 29 Oct 1837 in Pickaway County, Ohio, USA. She was born on 18 Jul 1818 in
Pickaway County, Ohio, USA. She died on 23 Mar 1892 in Bluffton, Wells County,
Indiana, USA (burial Stahl Cemetery Petroleum, Wells County, Indiana, USA).
18.
ii. ELIZABETH VALENTINE was
born on 12 Aug 1820 in Pickaway County, Ohio, USA. She
died on 28 Apr 1889 in Pickaway County, Ohio, USA. She married Jacob Ressler on
18 Jan 1846 in Pickaway County, Ohio, USA. He was born in Feb 1820 in
Pennsylvania, United States. He died on 05 Jul 1883 in Pickaway, Ohio.
19.
iii. LEVI J. VALENTINE was
born on 04 May 1824 in Washington Township, Pickaway County,
Ohio. He died on 20 Dec 1893 in Gentry County, Missouri. He married (1) MARY BOLINGER,
daughter of Benjamin Bolinger and Elizabeth Leist, on 31 Jul 1845 in Pickaway
County, Ohio, USA (, USA). She was born about 1825 in Ohio. She died in 1867.
He married (2) EMILY JANE WALKER,
daughter of William Clinton Walker and Sarah Smith, on 21 May 1868 in Wyandotte
County, Kansas. She was born on 23 Mar 1840 in St. Clairsville, Belmont Co., OH.
She died on 29 Jun 1921 in Gentry, Gentry County, Missouri (Buried in
Hugginsville Cemetery, Huggins Township, Gentry County, Missouri).
iv. AMOS D. VALENTINE was
born on 10 May 1826 in Washington, Pickaway, Ohio, United States. He died on 21
Feb 1885 in Pickway, , Ohio, USA. He married Rachel Keusel on 10 Jul 1848. She
was born on 26 Apr 1830. She died on 29 Nov 1914.
20.
v. GEORGE WASHINGTON VALENTINE was
born on 28 Dec 1829. He died on 01 Mar 1904.
He married Mary Jane Raker, daughter of Martin Raker and Elizabeth Dindore, on
03 Oct 1848. She was born on 09 Dec 1838. She died on 13 Apr 1873.
21.
vi. JACOB VALENTINE was
born on 14 Sep 1831. He died on 10 Feb 1912 in Washington
Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio. He married MARY GAZELLE.
22.
vii. MARY VALENTINE was
born on 16 Aug 1833 in Pickaway County, Ohio, USA. She died
on 25 Mar 1914 in Walnut Township, Pickaway County, Ohio, USA. She married (1)
GEORGE FREDERICK LATHOUSE on
13 Nov 1853 in Pickaway County, Ohio, USA. She married (2) GEORGE F. LATHOUSE on
13 Nov 1853 in Pickaway County, Ohio, USA. He was born on 16 Aug 1833. He died
on 25 Mar 1914.
viii.
ANDREW VALENTINE was born in 1837.
ix. MALINDA VALENTINE was
born on 12 Aug 1838 in Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio. She died on 28
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10.
ISRAEL5 VALENTINE (John4, Jacob Otto3, George2, John1) was born on 26 Jan
1819. He married
CAROLINE STOUT.
Israel
Valentine and Caroline Stout had the following children:
23.
i. WILLIAM ALLEN6 VALENTINE was
born on 21 Nov 1842. He died on 13 Jul 1911. He married
Maria Lutz on 28 Sep 1869.
ii.
LYDIA A. VALENTINE was born on 21 Nov
1843.
iii.
ELIZABETH ANN VALENTINE was born on 10 Dec
1845.
iv.
JOHN VALENTINE was born on 16 Jun
1847.
v.
GEORGE W VALENTINE was born on 16 Oct
1849.
Notes
for George W Valentine:
I found the following entry in the 1900 US
Federal Census for Walnut Township, Pickaway County, Ohio; enumerated 21 &
22 June 1900 by James H. Long. All born in Ohio.
George W. Valentine, head, age50, born Sep
1849, farmer
Sarah J. Valentine, wife, age 35, born Mar
1865
Pearl W. Valentine, son, age24, born Apr
1876, farm laborer
Frederick L. Valentine, son, age18, bornFeb
1882, at school Ruth Valentine, dau., age 2, born June 1897
vi.
JAMES HENRY VALENTINE was born on 21 Oct
1851.
vii.
MARY JANE VALENTINE was born on 29 Jan 1854.
viii.
EMANUEL VALENTINE was born on 27 Mar
1856.
ix.
SARAH ETTA VALENTINE was born in 1858.
x.
EDWARD VALENTINE was born on 12 Apr
1861.
xi.
ISREAL S. VALENTINE was born on 12 Apr
1861.
11. SARAH ANN5 VALENTINE (John4,
Jacob Otto3, George2,
John1) was born on 17 Oct 1823
near Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA. She died on 08 Nov 1890 in Edgar,
Illinois, USA. She married Elias Stout, son of John Stout and Ann Myers, on 19
Dec 1841 in Pickaway County, Ohio. He died on 13 Mar 1910.
Notes
for Sarah Ann Valentine: Obituary of Sarah Ann Valentine Stout
From
the Circleville Democrat & Watchman of 28 November 1890
Sarah
Ann Stout, wife of Elias Stout, died at her home in Edgar, Illinois, November 8th,
at the age of 67 years and 21 days. She was a daughter of the late John
Valentine, and a sister of Jacob Z. and Israel Valentine, of this vicinity. She
was born near this city, October 17, 1823, and married to Elias Stout November
23, 1841. Her married life was within fifteen days of 49 years. Her death was
caused by ulceration of the bowels, the result of the grippe. She was a mother
of thirteen children, seven of whom survived her. She was a kind mother, and
was loved by all her neighbors and acquaintences. She bore her sufferings with
fortitude, and said to her husband a few days before her death, 'I am going to
my sweet home; take care of the property.' She joined the German Lutheran
Church at the age of 17, and continued in that faith until death."
Notes
for Elias Stout: Obituary of Elias Stout
From the Circleville Democrat &
Watchman, March 1910
Elias Stout, a former well
known resident of the vicinity of Circleville, died at his home near Horace, Edgar
County, Illinois, March 13, 1910, his death caused by dropsy and old age. The
deceased was 89 years of age, born in Clearcreek Township, Fairfield County,
Ohio, the son of John Stout. He was reared and always lived on a farm. In 1852,
he moved to Sangamon County, Illinois, and in 1859 removed to Pickaway County,
remaining here until 1872, when he moved to Edgar County, Illinois, and has
since resided there. He married Sarah Valentine, daughter of John and Margaret
(Zeiger) Valentine, of near Circleville, in 1842, and to them were born 13
children, six
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of whom survive their
father, viz: Mary Ellen Stout (unmarried), who resides at home; Emanuel Stout, of
Douglas County, Illinois; Samuel Stout and Mrs. Catherine McCoy, of Chrisman,
Illinois; Mrs. Amanda Bush, of Edgar Illinois; Mrs. Emma Loop, of Metcalf,
Illinois. The deceased also had 28 grandchildren, 85 great-grandchildren and
five great-great-grandchildren, and the minister who preached the funeral
sermon said that he had probably officiated at the funerals of more very old
people than any other minister in the county, and had never known this record
of descendants to be even approached. Mrs. Stout died about 19 years ago, being
an invalid for some years preceding her death. Mr. Stout the past two years was
wholly blind.
Elias Stout and Sarah Ann Valentine
had the following child:
24.
i.
EMANUEL VALENTINE6 STOUT was born on 23 Apr
1847 in Washington Township, Pickaway
County, Ohio. He died on 27 Jul 1930 in Sargent, Douglas County, Illinois. He
married SARAH ELLEN GROOMS. She was born in 1850
in Ohio. She died in 1886 in Edgar County, Illinois.
12. NOAH5 VALENTINE (George
L.4, Jacob Otto3,
George2, John1) was
born on 09 Jan 1809 in Fairfield Co., Ohio, USA. He died on 16 Mar 1893
in Stoutsville, Fairfield, Ohio, USA. He married Mary Conrad, daughter of
Daniel D. Conrad and Esther Root, on 11 Jan 1829 in Fairfield, Ohio, USA. She
was born on 01 Aug 1808 in Fairfield County, Ohio, USA. She died on 17 May 1886
in Fairfield County, Ohio, USA.
Notes
for Noah Valentine:
From
the 1850 United States Federal Census for Clear Creek Township,
Fairfield County, Ohio;
enumerated
28 September 1850 by Nathaniel Beatty [all born Ohio, except as noted] Noah
Valentine, head, age 41, born in Maryland, farmer
Mary Valentine, wife,
age 41 Sarah Valentine, age 20
Noah Valentine, age
18, farmer
Priscilla Valentine,
age 16 Westley Valentine, age 14 Hester Valentine, age 12 Malinda Valentine,
age 10
Levi Valentine, age 9
Daniel Valentine, age
8 George Valentine, age 7 Elizabeth Valentine, age6
John Valentine, age 5
Elias Valentine, age 4
From the 1860
United States Federal Census for Clear Creek Township, Fairfield County, Ohio,
Post Office, Stoutsville, Ohio; enumerated 7 July 1870 by John Abbott [all born
in Ohio, except as noted]
Noah Valentine, head,
age 52, born in Maryland,
Mary Valentine, wife,
age 51
Malinda Valentine, age 22
George Valentine, age
16, farm laborer Elizabeth Valentine, age 14
John
Valentine, age 13 Elias Valentine, age 12 Mary A Valentine, age 10 Matilda
Valentine, age 7 Wilson Valentine, age 2
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From
the 1870 United States Federal Census for Clear Creek Township,
Fairfield County, Ohio, Post Office, Stoursville, Ohio; enumerated 8 July 1870
[all born in Ohio, except as noted]
Noah Valentine, head,
age 60, born in Maryland, farmer Mary Valentine, wife, age 61, keeping house
Malinda Valentine, age 30, assisting
mother
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Mary A Valentine, age 20, assisting
mother
Malinda Valentine, age 17, assisting
mother
Wilson Valentine, age 12, attending
school
From
the 1880 United States Federal Census for Clear Creek Township,
Fairfield County, Ohio; enumerated 15 June 1880 by Amos Irvan
Noah
Valentine, head, age 70, born in Maryland, [both parents also listed as born in
Maryland]
Mary Valentine, wife, age 70, born in
Ohio [both parents also listed as born in
Pennsylvania] |
|
Malinda Valentine, dau., age |
41 |
Wm. A. Valentine, grandson, age 10
Emma Matz, granddaughter, age 17
Noah Valentine and Mary Conrad had the
following children:
i.
SARAH6 VALENTINE was born about 1830.
ii.
NOAH VALENTINE was born about 1832.
25.
iii. PRISCILLA A. VALENTINE was
born on 26 Oct 1833. She died on 12 May 1914 in Ohio,
USA. She married Curtis Matz on 13 Mar 1853 in Fairfield, Ohio, USA. He was
born in Dec 1825. He died on 17 Apr 1903.
iv.
WESTLEY VALENTINE was born about 1836.
v.
HESTER VALENTINE was born about 1838.
vi.
MALINDA VALENTINE was born about 1840.
26.
vii. LEVI VALENTINE was
born about 1841. He died in 1915. He married PARTHENIA CONRAD. She
was born on 25 May 1843. She died on 27 Nov 1902.
viii.
DANIEL VALENTINE was born about 1842.
ix.
GEORGE VALENTINE was born about 1843.
x.
ELIZABETH VALENTINE was born about 1844.
xi.
JOHN VALENTINE was born about 1845.
xii.
ELIAS VALENTINE was born about 1846.
xiii.
MARY A. VALENTINE was born about 1850.
xiv.
MATILDA VALENTINE was born about 1853.
xv.
WILSON VALENTINE was born about 1858.
13. JACOB KNOUFF5 VALENTINE (George
L.4, Jacob Otto3,
George2, John1) was
born on 01 Sep 1813 in Fairfield County, Ohio, USA. He died on 08 Sep
1889 in Fairfield County, Ohio, USA. He married Mary Stebleton on 26 Feb 1835
in Fairfield County, Ohio, USA. She was born on 28 Mar 1808 in Fairfield County,
Ohio, USA. She died on 04 Apr 1847 in Fairfield County, Ohio, USA.
Jacob
Knouff Valentine and Mary Stebleton had the following children:
i.
JOHN STEBLETON6 VALENTINE was born in 1835. He
died in Feb 1910.
ii.
DAVID VALENTINE was born in 1836. He
died on 25 Sep 1840.
iii.
LYDIA VALENTINE was born in 1837.
She died in 1865.
iv.
GEORGE S. VALENTINE was born in 1838.
27.
v. JEREMIAH S. (JERRY) VALENTINE was
born on 09 Apr 1840. Jeremiah S. (Jerry) died on 09
Dec 1913. Jeremiah S. (Jerry) married Mary Magdalene Upp, daughter of Daniel
Upp and Magdalene Zehrung, on 19 Jan 1862 in Fairfield Co., Ohio, USA. She was
born on 05 Apr 1837. She died on 05 Mar 1899 in Fairfield Co., Ohio, USA.
vi.
ELIZABETH VALENTINE was born in 1842.
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28.
vii. SOLOMON STEBLETON VALENTINE was
born on 12 Jul 1843. He died on 19 May 1919.
He married Mary Ann Moyer on 20 Feb 1868. She was born on 25 Mar 1846. She died
on 16 Jul 1912.
viii.
AMOS VALENTINE was
born about 1846. He married an unknown spouse on 15 Mar 1866.
ix.
JEROME VALENTINE was born on 27 Dec
1846. He died on 22 Jan 1848.
14. LEVI B.5 VALENTINE (George
L.4, Jacob Otto3,
George2, John1) was
born in 1820. He died on 11 Dec 1897.
Levi
B. Valentine had the following child:
29.
i. BARBARA ELLEN6 VALENTINE was
born in 1862 in Rose, Shelby County, Illinois. She married
Daniel H Harlow on 30 Jul 1880 in Shelby, Illinois.
15. SYLVESTER5 VALENTINE (William4,
Jacob Otto3, George2,
John1) was born on 27 Jan 1835 in
Creagerstown, Frederick, Maryland, USA. He died on 29 Oct 1921 in
Creagerstown, Frederick, Maryland. He married (1) CARROLL MD on
12 Apr 1851. He married (2) SARAH E
WHITMORE on
03 Feb 1857.
Sylvester
Valentine and Sarah E Whitmore had the following child:
30.
i.
WILLIAM JOSEPH6 VALENTINE was born on 06 Sep
1860 in Rocky Ridge, MD. He died on 17 Aug 1932 in Hagerstown, Washington
County, Maryland. He married KATIE
LILY HUBER. She was born on 25
Dec 1866 in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. She died in 1938 in
Hagerstown, MD.
16.
JOHN5 RAGER (Catherine4 Valentine,
Johan Henry3 Valentine,
George2 Valentine,
John1 Valentine)
was born in 1814. He died in 1885.
John
Rager had the following child:
31.
i.
HIRAM6 RAGER was born on 18 Nov
1850 in Madison Twp, Franklin, Ohio. He died on 30 Jan 1887 in Groveport, Ohio. He married
Clara Jane Regester on 18 Nov 1875. She was born on 26 Aug 1857. She died on 15
May 1884.
17. SAMUEL5 VALENTINE (Joshua4, Johan
Henry3, George2,
John1) was born on 08 Dec 1817. He
died on 10 Jul 1889 in Bluffton, Wells County (Wells), Indiana (buried
in Stahl Cemetery in Petroleum, Wells County, Indiana). He married Elizabeth
Leist on 29 Oct 1837 in Pickaway County, Ohio, USA. She was born on 18 Jul 1818
in Pickaway County, Ohio, USA. She died on 23 Mar 1892 in Bluffton, Wells
County, Indiana, USA (burial Stahl Cemetery Petroleum, Wells County, Indiana,
USA).
Notes
for Samuel Valentine:
From
the 1850 United States Federal Census for Washington Township,
Pickaway County, Ohio; enumerated 26 August 1850 by Jerome Wolfley
Samuel Valentine, head, age 34, farmer
Elizabeth Valentine , wife, age 33
Barbara Valentine, dau., age 12
Mary F Valentine, dau., age 10
Levi Valentine, son, age 6
Sarah Valentine, dau., age 3
From
the 1860 United States Federal Census for Nottingham Toownship,
Wells County, Indiana; post office, Reiffsburgh; enumerated 3 July 1860 by Theo
Horton
Samuel
Volentine, head, age 44, farmer; value of real estate owned = $1600; value of
personal estate = $540
Elisabeth Volentine,
wife, age 43, cannot read or write
Barbara Volentine 22,
school teacher
Mary
A Volentine, dau., age 20 Levi Volentine, son, age 16 Sarah E Volentine, dau., age
13
From
the 1870 United States Federal Census for Nottingham Township, Wells
County, Indiana; post office, Reiffsburgh; enumerated 19 July 1870 by James F.
Sewell
Samuel Valentine, head, age 55, born in Ohio,
value of real estate owned = $6000; value
of
personal estate = $420 |
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Elizabeth Valentine |
, wife, age 54, born in Ohio |
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Sarah E Valentine, dau., age 23,
born in Ohio |
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Louisa E Valentine |
9, born in Indiana |
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John Shannon |
9, born in Indiana |
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Barbara Leist |
75, born in Pennsylvania |
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From
the 1880 United States Federal Census for Nottingham Toownship,
Wells County, Indiana; post office, Reiffsburgh; enumerated
Samuel
Valentine, head, age 62 Elizabeth Valentine, wife, age 61
Louisa Shoemaker |
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From the Web: Indiana,
Find A Grave Index, 1800-2012 |
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Name: Samuel
Valentine |
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Birth Date: |
8 Dec 1817 |
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Age at Death: |
71 |
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Death Date: |
10 Jul 1889 |
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Burial Place: |
Petroleum, Wells County, Indiana,
USA |
Samuel
Valentine was born December 8, 1817, in Washington Township, Pickaway County,
Ohio, the first of 9 children of Joshua and Margaret Drum Valentine. He was
married in Pickaway County on October 29, 1837, to Elizabeth Leist, daughter of
George and Barbara Moyer Leist. They were the parents of 4 children: Barbara
Alice, Mary Ann, Levi S. and Sarah Elizabeth Elinore Valentine. By 1860, the
family had moved to Wells County, Indiana. Samuel passed away on July 10, 1889,
in Bluffton, Wells County, and was buried in Stahl Cemetery in Petroleum, Wells
County, Indiana.
Ohio Marriages,
1800-1958:
Groom's Name: Samuel
Valentine
Bride's Name:
Elizabeth Leist
Marriage Date: 29 Oct
1837
Marriage Place: ,
Pickaway, Ohio
Indexing Project
(Batch) Number: M51316-1
System Origin:
Ohio-VR
Source Film Number:
288393
Reference Number:
2:JKQG5R
Will for Samuel Valentine in
Wells County, Indiana, dated February 4, 1888, and filed for probate on January
25, 1890:
In the name of the
Benevolent Father of All. I, Samuel Valentine of Wells County, Indiana, do make
and publish this my last Will and testament.
Item 1. I give, bequeath and devise to my
beloved wife Elizabeth, if she survives me in lieu of her interest in my
estate, all my real and personal estate, for and during her natural life, she
however paying there from all my just debts at my decease.
Item
2. After the death of my said wife, I give and devise to my grand children,
Elizabeth and Clora Reaser, children of my deceased daughter, Sarah Ellen
Reaser, if they arrive at the age of twenty-one years, the undivided one half
of my home farm, but if either should die before arriving at the age of
twenty-one years without issue, I devise such above to the survivor, but if
both should die before arriving at the age of twenty-one years without issue
then the said estate, I do hereby devise to my surviving grand children share
and share alike.
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Item
3d. After the death of my said wife I give and devise to my great grand child,
Samuel Neff, son of my deceased granddaughter Louisa Neff the remaining
undivided one half of my home farm, and I do hereby direct and appoint, Adam
Bartlemay to take charge of said estate during the Minority of said Samuel Neff
for his use, but should said Samuel Neff die without issue before arriving at
the age of twenty one years, then the above so divided to him, I do hereby
devise to my then surviving grandchildren equally.
Item 4: I have
heretofore advanced to Barbara Alice Shoemaker, by conveying to her the
south-west quarter of the South-east quarter of section thirty three, township
twenty six, North Range, twelve East, in Wells County, Indiana, and I do hereby
devise to said Barbara after the death of my said wife, the South-east quarter
of the South-east quarter of said section thirty-three, but in the event that
she should die before the death of my said wife then the land so devised to her
I do hereby devise to her children who may be then living.
Item 5. I do hereby nominate
and appoint Adam Bartlemay, executor of this my last will and testament.
In testimony hereunto
set my hand seal this 4th day of February 1888
Samuel Valentine
Family links:
Parents:
Joshua Valentine (1798 - 1870)
Margaret Drum Valentine (1799 - 1867)
Spouse:
Elizabeth Leist Valentine (1818 - 1892)
Children:
Barbara Alice Valentine Shoemaker (1838 -
1921)*
Sarah Elizabeth Elinore Valentine Reaser
(1849 - 1883)*
Siblings:
Samuel Valentine (1817 - 1889)
Elizabeth Valentine Ressler (1820 - 1889)*
Levi J. Valentine (1824 - 1893)*
Amos D. Valentine (1826 - 1886)*
George Washington Valentine (1829 - 1904)*
George Washington Valentine (1829 - 1904)*
Jacob Valentine (1831 - 1912)*
Mary Valentine Lathouse (1833 - 1914)*
Andrew Valentine (1836 - 1875)*
Malinda Valentine (1838 - 1868)*
*Calculated
relationship
Burial:
Stahl Cemetery
Petroleum
Wells County
Indiana, USA
Maintained by: Gregg
Freese
Originally Created
by: Tim Eastom
Record added: Jun 26,
2009
Find A Grave
Memorial# 38776431 Click here to return to the
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Samuel Valentine and Elizabeth Leist had
the following children:
32.
i.
BARBARA ALICE6 VALENTINE was born on 13 May
1838 in Pickaway County, Ohio, USA.
She died on 14 Aug 1921 in Poneto, Wells County, Indiana, USA (Stahl Cemetery
Petroleum, Wells County, Indiana, USA). She married HENRY BRAYCHER SHOEMAKER. He was born on 09
Mar 1832. He died on 14 May 1909.
ii.
MARY ANN VALENTINE was born about 1840.
iii.
LEVI S. VALENTINE was born about 1844.
iv.
SARAH ELIZABETH ELINORE VALENTINE was born about 1847.
18. ELIZABETH5 VALENTINE (Joshua4,
Johan Henry3, George2,
John1) was born on 12 Aug 1820 in
Pickaway County, Ohio, USA. She died on 28 Apr 1889 in Pickaway County,
Ohio, USA. She married Jacob Ressler on 18 Jan 1846 in Pickaway County, Ohio,
USA. He was born in Feb 1820 in Pennsylvania, United States. He died on 05 Jul
1883 in Pickaway, Ohio.
Notes
for Elizabeth Valentine:
From the 1850 Federal Census
for Walnut Twp., Pickaway County Ohio; enumerated 13 August 1850 by Geo. W.
Rean??
Jacob Ressler, age 30, Labg (probably means, laboring),
born in PA Elizabeth Ressler, age 30, born in Ohio
John Hoof, age 8, born in
Ohio Samuel Ressler, age1, born in Ohio
From the 1860 Federal Census
for Washington Twp., Pickaway County Ohio; enumerated 7 June 1860 by John P.
Baker
Jacob Ressler, age 40,
farmer Elizabeth Ressler, age 39
John Ressler, age 18,
farm Labor Samuel Ressler, age 11 Malinda Ressler, age 7
George Ressler, age 2 Mary A Hall, age 37
From the 1880 Federal
Census for Pickaway Twp., Pickaway County Ohio; enumerated 15 June 1880 by John
P. Steely
Jacob Ressler, age 60, farmer, born in PA
Elizabeth Ressler, wife, age 59, born in OH
Obituary for
Elizabeth Valentine Ressler from the Circleville Democrat & Watchman of May
3, 1889: "Mrs. Elizabeth Ressler died at her residence near Thatcher Post
Office, last Sunday morning, aged 68 years, 8 months and 16 days. She was a
daughter of Joshua and Margaret Valentine, and was born in Pickaway County,
August 12, 1820. In 1846, she was united in marriage to Jacob Ressler. This
union was blessed with five children, her husband and two children having
preceded her to the spirit land, leaving three children to mourn their loss,
viz: Mrs. William Anderson, of this county; Samuel Ressler, of Fulton County,
and Mrs. J. B. Sherwood, of Toledo, Tama County, Iowa. She was a loving wife, a
kind mother and a devout christian. She has been a follower of Christ for over
forty years, and on her death bed, she expressed her readiness to die and said
it was well with her soul. She suffered intensely for two weeks, when finally
the death angel summoned her on high to her eternal resting place, where
trouble and sorrow come no more. Though we sadly miss her, yet we have the
assurance that we are parted only for a short time, when we shall meet to part
no more. The funeral took place on Monday, at the St. Paul Church. The services
were conducted by Rev. A. E. Wright, who delivered a very able discourse from
Hebrews 9:27."
Notes
for Jacob Ressler:
From
the 1880 United States Federal Census for Pickaway Township, Pickaway, Ohio;
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enumerated 15 June
1880 by John P. Steely
Jacob Resler, head, age 60, born
in Pennsylvania, farmer Elizabeth Resler, wife, 59, born in Ohio, housekeeping
Article concerning
the death of Jacob Ressler
Jacob
ressler, an old citizen of Washington township, this county was drowned in a
well on last Thursday. Immediately on receipt of the news of the drowning
Coroner Jacob Long went out and took charge of the body.
From
the testimony produced by the witnesses examined by the Coroner, no intelligent
verdict could be rendered. It seems that the old gentleman has, for the last
three or four weeks, been somewhat out of his right mind, and although it had
not developed into positive insanity, it was the opinion of many that he was
losing his mind. On two different occasions previous to the fatal fall, he came
very near falling in the well, which is a danagerous place at best, being
situated near the path leading to the stable, and being without any cover
whatever. On thursday morning Mr. Ressler got up and went about performing his
usual work, as was seen by his wife. About nine o'clock she missed him, but
supposed that he had gone up stairs to lie down, as had been his custom for a
month past, so she did not think anything more about his absence until noon.
When dinner was ready she sent their adopted daughter up stairs to tell him to
come down to his dinner. She went up, and in a moment returned with the
intelligence that he was not there. They then sat down to dinner, thinking that
perhaps he had gone to some of the neighbors, and would stay for dinner. But
the wife had a presentiment that something was wrong, and she told the little
girl to go and look in the well. She went, and as she did so she saw his hat
floating on the water. She immediately told her mother, and she soon gave the
news to her neighbors, who were not long in gathering at the well. When a man
was lowered into the well for the purpose of raising the body he found the
drowned man still clinging to the side of the well, which is taken by many as
good evidence that the drowing was accidental.
Mr.
Ressler was sixty-three years old and was growing somewhat feeble. The report
of domestic trouble existing between himself and wife are strenuously denied by
those who are most intimate with their affairs, and they say that his wife did
all that a woman could for his combfort 7-12-83
From the U.S., Find A
Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Name:
Jacob Ressler |
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Birth Date: |
Feb 1820 |
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Birth Place: |
Pennsylvania, USA |
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Death Date: |
5 Jul 1883 |
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Death Place: |
Pickaway County, Ohio, USA |
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Cemetery: |
Saint Pauls Evangelical Church
Cemetery |
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Burial or Cremation
Place: |
Pickaway County, Ohio, USA |
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Has Bio?: |
Y |
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Spouse: |
Elizabeth Ressler |
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Children: |
George Valentine Ressler |
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Samuel Ressler |
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Jacob Ressler and
Elizabeth Valentine had the following children:
i.
JOHN6 RESSLER was born about 1842.
33.
ii.
SAMUEL RESSLER was
born on 11 Jan 1848 in Washington Township, Pickaway County,
Ohio. He died on 02 Nov 1925 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. He married (1)
ELIZA A. LATHOUSE,
daughter of George Frederick Lathouse and Mary Valentine, on 16 Sep 1903 in
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA. She was born on 22 Jul 1854 in Pickaway
County, Ohio. She died on 02 Jan 1919 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA.
He married (2) DELILAH LYDIA GRAY,
daughter of George W. Gray and Jane M. ?, on 30 Oct 1873 in Pickaway Co, OH.
She was born in 1851 in Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio. She died in
1895 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.
iii. MALINDA RESSLER was
born on 04 Sep 1857 in Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio. She died in
1900 in Jackson County, Missouri. She married WILLIAM
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ANDERSON.
iv. GEORGE VALENTINE RESSLER was
born on 14 Sep 1857 in Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio. He died on
07 Aug 1879 in Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio.
19. LEVI J.5 VALENTINE (Joshua4,
Johan Henry3, George2,
John1) was born on 04 May 1824 in
Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio. He died on 20 Dec 1893 in
Gentry County, Missouri. He married (1) MARY BOLINGER,
daughter of Benjamin Bolinger and Elizabeth Leist, on 31 Jul 1845 in Pickaway County,
Ohio, USA (, USA). She was born about 1825 in Ohio. She died in 1867. He
married (2) EMILY JANE WALKER,
daughter of William Clinton Walker and Sarah Smith, on 21 May 1868 in Wyandotte
County, Kansas. She was born on 23 Mar 1840 in St. Clairsville, Belmont Co.,
OH. She died on 29 Jun 1921 in Gentry, Gentry County, Missouri (Buried in
Hugginsville Cemetery, Huggins Township, Gentry County, Missouri).
Notes
for Levi J. Valentine:
Levi
Valentine was born 2 May 1824 and died 20 Dec 1893. He was the third child and
the second son in the family of Joshua and Margaret Drum Valentine that
numbered 9 children. His siblings numbered 5 brothers and 3 sisters.
It
was common in the large farming-families of the day that the future of the
children depended on their finding adequate farm land to support their new
families. This quest for land brought most of the European immigrants to
America in the first place. Now as the large American-born families
proliferated, the search for new land fueled the push for the movement of
settlers ever westward. Levi and his wife Mary Bolinger Valentine were no
exception.
Having
married 31 July 1845, the 1850 Federal Census found them in Adam township of
Seneca County, Ohio, about 100 miles north of the farm where Levi was raised.
This put them about 30 miles from Lake Erie, and about 45 miles from Toledo,
Ohio; all distances measured 'as the crow flies.' Levi had purchased 40 acres
from his father-in-law, Benjamin Bolinger, on 21 July 1847 and they probably
moved to their new home shortly thereafter. The 1850 Federal Census enumerates
the Valentine family-of-five as living with Jacob Weiher and shows Jacob Weiher
to be the owner of $3,000 property where they lived. Their travel to Seneca
County and all subsequent travels would have almost certainly been made by
horse and wagon.
Throughout
their lives Levi and his two wives were very productive, adding a new progeny every
two or three years. The birth record of their 21 children provides an
invaluable set of data for tracking the location of the family. Progeny began
almost immediately following their marriage in 1845. By the 1850 Federal
Census, Levi and Mary had three children; Isaac age 4, Sarah age 2, and Elias
age 4 months. The 1860 Federal Census shows that the family was still in Ohio
in 1853 when their son, David, was born.
Sometime
between 1853 and 1855 Levi and Mary moved their family to Illinois where their
son, George W. Valentine was born. They remained in Illinois at least 3 more
years where 3 more children were born. All together 4 children were born in
Illinois, according to the 1860 Federal Census; namely, George W. in 1855,
Almira in 1856, and the twin brothers, Sylvester J. and Sylvanus E. on November
5, 1857.
Birth
records indicate that during their stay in Illinois the Levi and Mary Valentine
family lived in Pike County, Illinois. This will remain a mystery to be solved
by future research. Their stay in Illinois fell between the Federal Census
years of 1853 when their son David Clinton was born and the 1860 when they were
living on a rented farm in Kansas.
In
1860 Kansas was still the “Kansas Territory.” It was likely that the lure of
the newly opened Kansas land beckoned the Valentine family to Kansas. Most
likely during the summer of 1858 the family made their move of perhaps 200
miles to their new home in what would later become Brown County, Kansas. In
1860 the population of Brown County was 2,607.
The Territory of Kansas into which the Levi family moved
was not peaceful. Political and natural storm clouds were gathering. The Kansas
Territory had become a battle ground between anti-slavery and pro-slavery interests
that sometimes resulted in bloodshed. The abolitionist, John Brown, was active
in Kansas in the late 1850s. The Kansas Territory became a proxy war between
the North and South and in part set the stage for the Civil War. Eventually, in
1861 Kansas was converted from a Territory to a state as a free-state. Although
the question of whether Kansas would be a slave or free state had been settled
as the result of election of the population, the matter was not settled in the
minds of many. Some in the State had settled as slave owners
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bringing their slaves
with them. The broader scope of the Civil War was brewing.
Still another unsettling event lay in the
future. In his book titled, “History of Brown County; Brown County Kansas” A.N.
Ruley wrote that in the years leading up to 1860 the weather had been ideal for
crops in Brown County, Kansas. Bumper crops had been raised and harvests had
been plentiful. The main problem that the farmers in the area experienced was
getting their grain to market and converting it into money. So while harvests
were plentiful, money was scarce.
By
1861 two factors combined to largely solve the marketing problem. The Civil War
had started creating requirements for grain to feed the troops. In addition,
the flow of would-be miners moving westward to California to make their
fortunes in the gold rush also required grain. The demand for grain was high
and as a result, the price soared. Corn prices reached a high of 25 cents a
bushel.
It seems likely that the news of the
bountiful harvests in Kansas had reached Levi in Illinois and may have been
further inducement for their decision to move to Kansas in 1858 or 1859. Whatever
the reasons, the 1860 Federal Census shows Levi and his family in Brown County,
Kansas and shows his worth to be $500 in real estate and $300 in personal
property. Personal property of a farmer would normally be made up of his
horses, livestock, wagons, farm implements, and tools. Levi's estimated worth
of $500 in real estate and $300 in personal property was good and showed a
prosperous farmer for the year 1860. The complete itemized farm census is shown
below.
While the 1860
Federal Census indicated that Levi owned real estate worth an estimated $500,
we were not able to find records of the purchase or sale of this land or a deed
to establish that he actually owned it. We were therefore not able to precisely
locate Levi's Kansas farm. Nevertheless, we were able to locate the farms of
Levi's landowner neighbors in the 1860 census and thereby locate within a mile
radius, the site of Levi’s farm.
Then
the unexpected happened. According to A.N. Ruley's “History of Brown County,”
the growing season of the year 1860 suffered a severe drought. Excerpts from
Ruley's book follows: “The winter of 1859-60 had been remarkably dry and not
very cold. March and April were windy and no rain … the people sowed and
planted a larger crop than ever. There was no harvest of small grain for it had
failed to mature; few fields were cut; none paid for cutting.”
“The
crop of small grain was estimated to average two bushels per acre … July and
August were absolutely without rain. It was literally a year without rain and
an absolute and complete failure of crops of all kinds. --- Starvation stared
them in the face. --- Fortunately, the people of more favored states were busy
gathering relief for the most needy and thus they were saved from starvation.
---
Many passed the whole
winter without any groceries in their house; few had a full supply of meat.
--- Without the aid
of the east, thousands would have been compelled to abandon their homes and
hundreds probably would have starved.” This would have been the experience of
the Levi and Mary Valentine family in their first or second year in Brown
County, Kansas.
For
the next 6 or 8 years it appears that the Valentine family stopped their
nomadic wandering and remained in Brown County, Kansas. They appear in two 1860
census, each citing a different township. The 1860 farm census carrying the
name of the township-of-enumeration as Irving Township, Brown County and dated
28 July 1860, appears to be in contradiction of the population Federal Census
dated 1 August 1860 but the township-of-enumeration as Walnut Township, Brown
County. These two townships, Irving and Walnut, are less than 10-miles apart so
that the two census could easily service the same farm location. This seems
further justified since the place of birth of the next four Valentine children:
Emanuel T., August 1860; Laura Ella, 12 May 1863, Lovina or Lavina, 24 June
1866 and Nora Ellen, 22 February 1867, are all given as Walnut Township, Brown
County, Kansas.
While
no information was found to support the death of Mary Bolinger Valentine in
1867, that appears to be what happened. Mary would have been 42 years old in
1867 when Nora Ellen Valentine was born. She may have died at childbirth of
shortly thereafter. About one year later on 21 May 1868, Levi married Emily
Jane Walker, who by then was 27 or 28 years old, and relocated part of the
family east about 30-miles, across the Missouri River to Liberty Township, Clay
County, Missouri (about 5-miles northeast of Kansas City, Missouri). Several
members of the Levi-Mary Bolinger family moved with him. Levi’s next child,
Henry C. Valentine, was born in 1868 in Liberty Township, Clay County, Missouri
to his new wife, Emily Jane Walker Valentine.
We
do not know whether Sarah Jane Valentine-Harrington was still in the Levi
family at the time of her mother’s death. It seems probable that she was not.
In 1865 she had met Charles
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William Harrington, a sailor from Nova Scotia. She gave birth
to their son, William Alvin Harrington (Herington, Herrington), on 10 June
1866, nine months before the birth of Nora Ellen Valentine. Years later, Sarah
Jane related several items of information to her son about his birth and about
his father. (See the section on Sarah Jane Valentine for additional
information.) Among these was the fact that William had been born in Kickapoo,
Kansas, a small village located about 2-miles north of Fort Levenworth, Kansas.
Kickapoo would have been about 50-miles from the Valentine farm in Walnut
Township, Brown County, Kansas so it was unlikely that she was still living at
home.
Two
years later, the 1870 Federal Census found Sarah Jane Valentine-Harrington back
in Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio. She had returned to the roots of
her Valentine family, the place where her father and mother were born. The trek
which had taken 18-years and thousands of miles to complete had come to an end.
In the 1870 Federal Census Sarah Jane was enumerated in the employment of
William H. Anderson as his housekeeper. The 1870 Federal Census, however, does
not provide the location of her son. The 1870 Federal Census for Levi is also
missing so it is not possible to determine which members of the family remained
with him. It seems unlikely, however, that Sarah Jane would have gone back to
Ohio without her 4-year old son, William Alvin Harrington.
Levi continued to live in Liberty Township,
Clay County, Missouri for the next 20-years. He was still identified as a
farmer in the 1880 Federal Census and he continued to add children to his
second family at the rate of one every two years. By the time he died in 1893
he had fathered 22 children.
From the 1850 Federal Census
for Adams Township, Seneca County, Ohio; enumerated: 18 Sept. 1850 [all born in
Ohio except as noted]
Levi Volentine, age
26,
Mary Volentine, age
26
Isaac Volentine, age
4
Sarah Volentine, age
2
Elas Volentine, age 4-mo.
Jacob Weiiher, age 39, farmer, Note: The
census clearly indicates that the "Value of Real Estate owned" is
3000 dollars owned by Jacob Weiher. The place of birth of Jacob Weiher is
blank. The spelling of Weiher is clear.
From
the 1860 Federal Census for Walnut Creek Township, Brown County,
Kansas Territory, post office: Hamlin, Kansas; enumerated: 28 July 1860 [all
born in Ohio except as noted]
Levi Valentine,
(head), age 36, born in Ohio, farmer
Mary Valentine,
(wife), age 35, born in Ohio
Elias Valentine, son,
age 11 (age unclear) in Ohio
Sarah Valentine,
dau., age 11, born in Ohio
David Valentine, son,
age 9, born in Ohio George Valentine, son, age 5, born in Illinois Almira Valentine,
dau., age 4, born in Illinois Sylvester Valentine, son, age 2, born in Illinois
Sulvanus Valentine, son, age 2, born in Illinois Emila Walker, age 20
From the Kansas Census, 1850-90 about Levi
Valentine; year: 1860; record type: Federal Population Schedule; database: KS
1860 Federal Census Index; Walnut Creek Township, Brechenridge County, Kansas
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From the Selected
Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880 about Levi Valentine; Irving
township, Brown County Kansas; enumeration date: 1 August 1860; schedule type:
agriculture; Irving Twp., Brown County, Kansas; post office Hiawatha, Kansas
Improved
(land) |
30 acres |
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Unimproved |
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Renter |
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Cash Value of farm:
Renter |
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Value of farm
implements and machinery: |
$150 |
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Horses |
3 |
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Milch Cows |
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1 |
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Generation 5
(con't) |
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Working Oxen |
4 |
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Swine |
1 |
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Value of livestock |
$315 |
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Wheat, bushels of |
37 |
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Indian corn,
bushels of |
900 |
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Oats, bushels of |
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400 |
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Ginned cotton,
bales of, of 400 lbs each |
none |
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Irish potatoes,
bushels |
25 |
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Buchwheat, bushels
of |
23 |
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Butter, lbs |
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30 |
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Value of animals
slaughtered |
$150 |
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From
the 1880 Federal Census for Liberty Township, Clay County,
Missouri; enumerated 3 June 1880
L.J. Valentine, age 56, farmer, born in
Ohio
Emely J. Valentine, wife, age 40, keeping
house, born in Ohio Emanuel Valentine, son, age 19 Labior (sic), born in Kansas
Lora E. Valentine, dau., age 17, born in Kansas
Lavina Valentine,
dau., age 15, born in Kansas Henry C. Valentine, son, age 12, born in Mo Perry
Valentine, son, age 8, born in Mo Chancy E. Valentine, dau., age 6, born in Mo
Linne Valentine, dau., age 3, born in Mo Edgar Valentine, son, age 10-mo, born
in Mo
Genealogy is not a well-developed science. It is
improving with the introduction of DNA testing, and the collection and
organizing of world-wide data by organizations such as Ancestry.com.
Nevertheless, it remains at a relatively low level of sophistication that
depends on the arduous searching of poorly-kept records that are widely
scattered and frequently in the hands of people with little or no interest in
genealogy. It is easy and common that mistakes will be made.
Research
of the Levi and Mary Bolinger Valentine family is a case in point. In my search
for data on this family, I was able to find the unquestionable wedding record
for this couple. They were married on 31 July 1845 in Pickaway County, Ohio and
a record of the marriage dutifully entered into the, then, current Pickaway
County, Ohio Marriage Book, #4 that covered the period 1839-1855. Since the
marriage preceded 1850, the first year that the Federal Census records included
the names of all family members rather than just the head of the household,
Mary appears in all subsequent records as Mary Valentine. Unfortunately, I have
not been able to find a record of her death.
(See picture of the marriage entry on
page 538)
Somewhere, somehow, someone introduced the
name Mary Ann Neff as Levi Valentine’s wife. In so doing, they attached the
marriage date of 31 July 1845. This name was given wide distribution, largely
because of the increased use of computer technology. Thinking that it was
possible that Mary Bolinger may have died or divorced, I began looking for
evidence of her loss from the family and the marriage of Levi to Mary Ann Neff.
I also inquired of others who were using the name of Mary Ann Neff as Levi’s
wife, what information they might have to support the claim. For several years
I searched for supporting evidence in places where the Levi Valentine family
had resided. I found none. A complicating factor was that the Bolinger name was
found to be spelled differently in many places. In addition to the Bolinger
spelling there were variants that include: Bollinger, Bolenger, Bollenger, Bowlinger,
Bolender, Bollender, Bolendar, and finally the spelling Bullinger that Mary
used on her marriage license application. These various spellings populate the
historical data today, of course. I eventually chose to use Bolinger as “the”
family name in my genealogy literature.
I finally discovered the
error that apparently introduced the name Mary Ann Neff into the database. It
appears in an unlikely place; viz., the index of the Pickaway County, Ohio
Marriage Book, #4. I consider it as an “unlikely” place to cause such confusion
because it is in the index. It is
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unlikely that the index would be used as evidence of the
marriage. Further, if the researcher had just followed the index information to
the marriage entry, they would have discovered their error and found the
correct names. They would have also discovered that the last name “Neff” was
really Kraft, although, in the handwritten index, it could easily be read as
Neff.
(See picture of the index entry on
page 539.)
In view of the above and the
fact that I have so arduously searched the literature in an attempt to confirm
the existence of Mary Ann Neff, I conclude that it was Levi and Mary Bolinger
Valentine who made the trek from Pickaway County, Ohio to Brown County, Kansas
together.
While I have still
not found evidence of Mary Bolinger Valentine’s death, I suspect that it was in
Kansas after or possibly in conjunction with the birth of her daughter, Nora Ellen
Valentine born 22 February 1867 in Walnut Township, Brown County, Kansas.
I consider the issue of Mary Bolinger versus
Mary Ann Neff to be satisfactorily proven and a closed case. It nevertheless
provides a cautionary note about the risk of using unproven data of others. No
fewer than 6-family trees are currently on Ancestry.com that contain the
misinformation about Levi Valentine’s wife.
DNA matches found that
connects the author, Richard E. Harrington, and his kin to Levi J. Valentine:
Ancestry.DNA
analysis of Richard E. Harrington's DNA shows a Circle match with another
Ancestry.com member who uses a pseudonym of
jaclyn-ott (Circle and direct
DNA match) (confidence: Good) Levi J. Valentine - 3rd Great Grandfather
Laura Ella Valentine
- 2nd Great Grandmother Christine Leroy Mick - Great-Grandmother Archie Perren
Sr. - Grandfather
Archie Lee Perren Jr -
Father jaclyn_ott - 3rd Great-Granddaughter
Ancestry.DNA
analysis of Richard E. Harrington's DNA shows a Circle match with another Ancestry.com
member who uses a pseudonym of
hdmcgowanfolgate (Circle and direct
DNA match) (confidence: Good) Levi J Valentine - 3rd Great Grandfather
Emanuel
Valentine - 2nd Great-Grandfather Minerva Jane Valentine - Great-Grandmother
Crystal May Folgate
McGowan Nichols - Grandmother Polline Rosslyn McGowan - Mother hdmcgowanfolgate
- 3rd Great-Granddaughter
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Levi J. Valentine and
Mary Bolinger had the following children:
34.
i. ELIAS L.6 VALENTINE was
born about 1845. He died in Washington Township,. He married
Ellen G. Counsellor on 30 Jul 1868. She was born on 26 Jan 1839. She died on 13
Sep 1925.
ii.
ISAAC VALENTINE was born
about 1846 in Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio. He died on 12 Dec
1878 in Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio.
35.
iii. SARAH JANE VALENTINE was
born on 28 Jun 1848 in Washington Township, Pickaway
County, Ohio. She died on 15 May 1933 in Home Hospital, 4 Ward (buried in St.
Paul United Methodist Church, near Circleville, Ohio). She met (1) CHARLES WILLIAM HARRINGTON. He
was born on 20 Aug 1844 in Wallace, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. He died on
20 Aug 1904 in West Bay, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada (Black Rock Cemetry,
West Bay, Cumberland, Nova Scotia). She married (2) WILLIAM H. ANDERSON on
04 Nov 1872. He was born on 17 Mar 1837 in Washington Township, Pickaway
County, Ohio. He died on 04
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Oct
1906 in Independence, Jackson, Missouri, USA (buried in St. Paul's Cemetery,
Pickaway County, Ohio).
36.
iv. DAVID CLINTON VALENTINE was
born on 31 Dec 1851 in Pickaway County, Ohio. He died on
08 Dec 1928 in Mt. Washington, Blue Township, Jackson County, Missouri. He
married (1) MINERVA ANN ADELL ALBRIGHT,
daughter of Peter Albright and Sarah Barncord, on 22 Aug 1876. She was born on
11 Jul 1846 in Ohio. She died on 11 Oct 1879 in Washington Township, Pickaway
County, Ohio. He married (2) MARY EFFIE GRUVER
about 1888 in Pickaway County, Ohio. She was born on 13 Nov 1866 in
Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio. She died on 17 Jul 1923 in Blue Township,
Jackson County, Missouri.
37.
v. GEORGE WASHINGTON L. VALENTINE was
born on 26 Feb 1854 in Pike County, Illinois.
He died on 16 Mar 1932 in Independence, Jackson County, Missouri. He married
(1) SARAH
"SALLIE" ELIZABETH STROOP on
09 Jan 1881 in Pickaway, Pickaway, Ohio, USA. She was born in 1849 in Ohio. She
died on 14 Mar 1903 in Jackson County, Missouri. He married (2) CLARINDA ROOKER on
11 Jan 1905.
38.
vi. ALMIRA E. VALENTINE was
born about 1856 in Pike County, Illinois. She died after 1892.
She married (1) CHARLES A. CREESE on 07
Jun 1877 in Decatur, Decatur County, Iowa. He was born in 1848 in Pennsylvania.
She married (2) WILLIAM H.
MCCOY on 09 Feb 1891 in
Mt. Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa. He was born in 1854 in Davis County, Iowa.
39.
vii. SYLVANUS E. VALENTINE was born
on 05 Nov 1857 in Pike County, Illinois. He died on 31
Jul 1922 in Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio. He married Eliza Ann
Bolander on 03 Mar 1889. She was born on 17 May 1858 in Washington Township,
Pickaway County, Ohio. She died on 03 Apr 1932 in Columbus, Franklin County,
Ohio.
viii.
SYLVESTER J. VALENTINE was
born on 05 Nov 1857 in Pike County, Illinois. He died on 24 Nov 1899 in Jackson
County, Missouri. He married LILLY MAY VAN NOSTIN.
She was born on 13 Nov 1871 in Clay Center, Clay County, Kansas. She died on 01
Mar 1939 in Davenport, Lincoln County, Oklahoma.
Notes for Sylvester J.
Valentine: Obituary of Sylvester J. Valentine
Sylvester
J. Valentine died at the home of his brother, George Valentine in Jackson County,
MO 24th Ult., of malignant tumor. He had been living in Oklahoma, coming to
Kansas City for treatment. He was 42 years of age, and was born in Washington
township, Pickaway county, where his twin brother, Sylvanus Valentine, now
resides.
40.
ix. EMANUEL T. VALENTINE was
born in Aug 1860 in Walnut Township, Brown County, Kansas.
He died in Dec 1920. He married Cora "Carrie" Pyle, daughter of
Cortez Pyle and Catherine Ann Combs, on 11 Jan 1883 in Leon, Decatur County,
Iowa.
She
was born on 11 Sep 1865 in Allendale, Worth County, Missouri. She died on 24
May 1956 in Los Angeles County, California.
41.
x. LAURA ELLA VALENTINE was
born on 12 May 1863 in Walnut Township, Brown County,
Kansas. She died on 06 Dec 1929 in Lathrop, Clinton County, Missouri. She married
John Henry Mick, son of George Allan Mick and Mary Jane Rolfe, on 22 Oct 1884
in Clay County, Missouri. He was born on 04 Nov 1861 in Wrightsville, Adams
County, Ohio. He died on 25 Aug 1932 in Lathrop, Clinton County, Missouri.
42.
xi. LOVINA VALENTINE was
born on 24 Jun 1866 in Walnut Township, Brown County, Kansas.
She died on 04 Aug 1914 in 4 Aug 1914. She married VIRGIL C. BOND. He
was born in 1859 in North Carolina, USA.
xii. NORA ELLEN VALENTINE was
born on 22 Feb 1867 in Walnut Twp., Brown County, Kansas, USA. She died on 17
Aug 1949 in Independence, Jackson, Missouri, USA. She married Charles P.
Ramsey, son of James S. Ramsey, on 31 Dec 1889 in Pickaway Co., Ohio. He was
born on 28 Oct 1863 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe County,
297
Indiana, USA. He died on 12
Feb 1924 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA.
Notes for Nora Ellen
Valentine:
From the 1900
United States Federal Census for Quindaro Township, Wyandotte County, Kansas,
USA; enumerated 2 June 1900 by J.W. Perry
Charley
B Ramsey, head, age 38, born March 1882, carpenter Norah E Ramsey, wife, age
33, born February 1867
Daisy E Cress, neice, age 16, born Feb 1884
in Iowa, clerk, department
store
From
the 1910 Federal Census for Blue Twp., Sugar Creek precinct,
Jackson Co., Missouri; enumerated 23 April 1910 by Charles N Scrivener
Charles P Ramsey,
head, age 47, born in Indiana, farmer, truck Nora Ramsey, wife, age 43, born in
Kansas
Benjamin Rape, servant, age 45, born
in Ohio, laborer, farm
From
the 1920 Federal Census for Blue Twp., Independence City, Jackson
Co., Missouri; enumerated 13 January 1920 by Lake H. Martin
Charles P Ramsey,
head, age 56, born in Indiana, Gardner, house Nora Ramsey, wife, age 52, born
in Kansas
From the U.S. City
Directories, 1822-1995
Name: Charles P
Ramsey
Gender:Male |
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Residence Year: |
1924 |
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Street address: |
1101 N River blvd |
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Residence Place: |
Independence, Missouri, USA |
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Occupation: |
Gardener |
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Spouse: |
Nora E Ramsey |
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Publication Title: |
Independence, Missouri, City
Directory, 1924 |
From the U.S. City
Directories, 1822-1995
From Name: Nora E
Ramsey
Gender:Female
Residence
Years: |
1928, 1932, 1940,
1942 |
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Street address: |
721 S. Overton av (PO KCMo Fairmount
Sta) |
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Spouse: |
(widow of Charles P
Ramsey) |
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Publication Title: |
Independence, Missouri, City
Directory, 1928, 1932, 1940, |
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1942 |
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From
the 1930 Federal Census for Blue Twp., Mount Washington, Jackson Co.,
Missouri; enumerated 9 April 1930 by Zella Lamar
Nora Ramsey, head, age 63, widow, born
in Kansas
Mary E. Whipple, lodger, age 52,
single, born in Illinois, canvasser, clothing
From
the 1940 Federal Census for Blue Twp., Inter-City Dist., Jackson Co.,
Missouri; enumerated 16 April 1940 by Laura Canis
Nora Ramsey, head, age 73, widow, born
in Kansas, highest grade, 7th, own
home
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From the U.S., Find A
Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Name: Nora Ellen
Ramsey
Birth Date: 17 Aug 1867
Birth Place: Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio, USA
Death Date: 22 Feb 1949
Death Place: Independence, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
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Cemetery: |
Mount Washington Cemetery |
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Burial or Cremation
Place: |
Independence, Jackson County,
Missouri, USA |
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Has Bio?: |
N |
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Spouse: |
Charles P Ramsey |
Notes for Charles P. Ramsey:
From the 1880
United States Federal Census fo Burlington Junction, Nodaway County, Missouri;
enumerated 3 June 1880 by H. E. Robinson
James S. Ramsey,
head, age 50, born in Ohio, carpenter Charles P. Ramsey, son, age 16, born in Indiana,
carpenter Lily M. Ramsey, dau., age 13, keeping house
Ida C. Ramsey, dau., age 11, at home
From
the Nebraska, State Census, 1885 for Palmyra Precinct, Otoe,
Nebraska; enumerated 8 June 1885 by C.M. McGrew
Name: |
C. P. Ramsey |
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Age: |
21 |
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Birth Year: |
abt 1864 |
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Birth Place: |
Indiana |
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Race: |
White |
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Census Date: |
8 Jun 1885 |
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Census Location: |
Palmyra Precinct, Otoe, Nebraska |
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Enumerator: |
C. M. McGrew |
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Film Roll: |
M352_40 |
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Page: |
9 |
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From
the 1900 United States Federal Census for Quindaro Township,
Wyandotte County, Kansas, USA; enumerated 2 June 1900 by J.W. Perry
Charley
B Ramsey, head, age 38, born March 1882, carpenter Norah E Ramsey, wife, age
33, born February 1867
Daisy E Cress, neice, age 16, born Feb
1884 in Iowa, clerk, department
store
From
the 1910 United States Federal Census for Sugar Creek, Jackson,
Missouri, enumerated 23 April 1910 by Charles N. Scivener
Charles P Ramsey,
head, age 47, born in Indiana, farmer, truck Nora Ramsey, wife, age 43, born in
Kansas
Benjamin Rape, servant, age 45, born
in Ohio, laborer, farm
From the 1920 United
States Federal Census
Charles P Ramsey, head, age 56
Nora E Ramsey, wife, age 52
From the U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Name: Charles P Ramsey
Birth
Date: |
28 Oct 1863 |
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Birth Place: |
Lafayette, Tippecanoe County,
Indiana, USA |
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Death Date: |
12 Feb 1924 |
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Death Place: |
Kansas City, Jackson County,
Missouri, USA |
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Cemetery: |
Mount Washington Cemetery |
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Burial or Cremation
Place: |
Independence, Jackson County,
Missouri, USA |
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Has Bio?: |
Y |
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Spouse: |
Nora Ellen Ramsey |
Levi J. Valentine and
Emily Jane Walker had the following children:
xiii. HENRY C. VALENTINE was born about 1868 in Liberty Township, Clay
County,
299
Missouri. He died on 22 Dec
1882 in Liberty Township, Clay County, Missouri (Buried in Valentine Graveyard,
Clay County, Missouri).
Notes for Henry C. Valentine:
All Clay County, Missouri Cemetery
Records, Volume I-II results for Henry C.
Valentine
Name: Henry Valentine
Death Date: 22 Dec 1882
Clay County, Missouri Cemetery
Records, Volume I
Valentine Graveyard
xiv. WILSON VALENTINE was
born in May 1871 in Liberty Township, Clay County, Missouri. He died on 07 Jul
1872 in Liberty Township, Clay County, Missouri (Buried in Valentine Graveyard,
Clay County, Missouri).
xv. PERRY MONROE VALENTINE was
born on 08 Jan 1872 in Liberty Township, Clay County, Missouri. He died on 09
Dec 1946 in Arcadia, Iron County, Missouri. He married Josephine Best on 16 Dec
1894 in Gentry County, Missouri.
xvi. ROSA B. VALENTINE was
born on 08 Jan 1872 in Liberty Township, Clay County, Missouri. She died on 11
Sep 1872 in Liberty Township, Clay County, Missouri.
43.
xvii. CHANIE E. VALENTINE was
born on 10 Aug 1873 in Liberty Township, Clay County, Missouri.
She died on 25 Dec 1926 in Gentry County, Missouri. She married Andrew Jackson
Harris, son of William Wesley Harris and Manerva Jane Dragoo, on 05 Nov 1893 in
Gentry County, Missouri. He was born on 25 Sep 1872 in Huggins Township, Gentry
County, Missouri. He died on 12 Jul 1946 in Huggins Township, Gentry County,
Missouri.
44.
xviii. LENNIE MAY VALENTINE was born
on 21 Feb 1877 in Liberty Township, Clay County, Missouri.
She died on 10 Dec 1944 in Stanberry, Gentry County, Missouri. She married WILLIAM THOMAS RUCH. He
was born on 22 Jul 1872 in Gentry County, Missouri. He died on 08 Dec 1947 in
St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri.
45.
xix. EDGAR D. VALENTINE was
born on 02 Aug 1879 in Liberty Township, Clay County, Missouri.
He died after 1942. He married MARTHA ELIZABETH DANFORD. She
was born in Mar 1881 in Gentry County, Missouri. She died after 1942.
xx.
RUEBEN VALENTINE was born in 1881. He
died in 1881.
46.
xxi. FLORENCE DOVE VALENTINE was
born on 27 Mar 1884 in Liberty Township, Clay County,
Missouri. She died on 19 Jun 1962 in Stanberry, Gentry County, Missouri. She
married CHARLES FRANCIS MCGINLEY.
47.
xxii. LOGAN R. VALENTINE was
born on 07 Mar 1886 in Liberty Township, Clay County, Missouri.
He died on 11 Aug 1964 in Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana. He married GERTRUDE ?.
20.
GEORGE WASHINGTON5 VALENTINE (Joshua4, Johan Henry3, George2, John1) was born on 28 Dec
1829. He died on 01 Mar 1904. He married Mary Jane Raker, daughter of
Martin Raker and Elizabeth Dindore, on 03 Oct 1848. She was born on 09 Dec
1838. She died on 13 Apr 1873.
Notes
for George Washington Valentine:
Rev.
George W. Valentine was born in Pickaway Co., Ohio, December 28, 1829. He
married Mary Ann Leist, October 3, 1848. They then moved to Henry county, Ohio,
and located on the bank of Turkey-foot creek, right in the wilderness, and
began the struggle for life. While living here he buried his first wife and
three little children. One child by this wife, Mrs. Samantha Snyder, died
later, July 25, 1895; three still live, Mrs. Mary Ellen Butler, of Oak Shade;
Susan Clark, of Wauseon, and Rev. Solomon L. Valentine near Winameg, Ohio. He was
married, the second time, to Mary Jane Raker, November 6, 1859. He then moved
to Fulton county, Ohio, east of Wauseon, where he bought 100 acres of land and
lived five years; then sold this farm and bought one of 160 located four miles
west of Wauseon. Here he buried his second wife. Seven children were born to
this union, four of whom died in early life and three remain to mourn their
loss: Elmore franklin, a farmer of Seneca Twp.; Rev. John C. Valentine, of
Hartford City, Indiana, and Mrs. Allela
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Lenardson, wife of
Ernest Lenardson, Mr. Valentine was married for the third time to Miss Mary Ann
Clark, May 19, 1875, while living on his farm west of Wauseon. They moved to Morenci
Novemgber, 1883, where they have since lived except two years just past, when
they were actively engaged in the work of preaching the gospel. To this union
were born two children, Mrs. Mina May Warfield, wife of Rev. I.N. Warfield, and
Mrs Daisy E. Ritter, wife of Melvin Ritter, of near Morenci. Mr Valentine had
been zealously engaged in the service of his Lord and Master from early
manhood. He traveled one year as a supply and three years under appointment of
his conference. He was instrumental in the conversion of quite a large number
of souls and built five churches. His labors have been with the United Brethren
of Christ. He was a soldier in the war of the rebellion and received a pension
for disabilities resulting from his service. He had had his part of the sorrows
and disappointments of life. Beside the inroads death has made from time to
time in his domestic realm, he met a heavy loss by fire while living near
Wauseon. Also his now weeping widow was a confined invalid for about four years
and was miraculously healed about three years ago. During her long illness he
was her constant companion, and nothing seemed too hard for him to do for her.
He was sick for some nine weeks during his last illness, and in all this time
his wife, although afflicted herself, was enabled to repay him somewhat by her
constant attention. He had all the comforts of the loving hands of friends and
childen could bring him. He will be missed by many, but most of all by his dear
offlicted companion. Burial in Oak Grove cemetery. From Morenci Observer Mar 5,
1904
George Washington Valentine and Mary
Jane Raker had the following children:
i.
GEORGE OTHEO6 VALENTINE was born on 30 Sep
1861.
ii.
ADELLA JANE VALENTINE was born on 16 Nov
1862.
iii.
MARGARET ELDORA VALENTINE was born on 22 Sep
1865.
iv.
ELMER FRANKLIN VALENTINE was born on 12 Sep
1867.
48.
v. JOHN CURTIS VALENTINE was
born on 24 Jan 1869. He died on 13 Jun 1948. He married
Josephine Kershner, daughter of Job Kershner and Helen Ryckman, on 14 Jun 1893.
vi.
LEILA VALENTINE was born on 12 Sep
1870.
vii.
ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT VALENTINE was born on 15 Oct
1872.
21. JACOB5 VALENTINE (Joshua4,
Johan Henry3, George2,
John1) was born on 14 Sep 1831. He
died on 10 Feb 1912 in Washington Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio. He married MARY GAZELLE.
Notes
for Jacob Valentine:
Obituary for Jacob
Valentine from the Circleville Democrat & Watchman of February, 1912:
"VALENTINE. Jacob Valentine, son of Joshua and Martha (Drum) Valentine,
was born in this county, in 1832, and died in Washington Township, at 9 o'clock
Saturday night, February 10, of gangrene, after an illness extending over two
years, two months, of which he was bedfast. He is survived by his wife, who was
Miss Mary Gazelle(sic), and three children, viz: John Valentine, Mrs. Charles
Henry and Miss Cora Valentine. He also leaves one sister, Mrs. George Lathouse,
of East Ringgold. The funeral was held at the railroad church, at 2 o'clock,
Monday afternoon, services being conducted by Rev. Stofer and Rev. Tovey, of
Stoutsville. Interment was made in the cemetery adjoining the church."
Jacob
Valentine and Mary Gazelle had the following children:
i.
JOHN6 VALENTINE.
ii.
CORA VALENTINE.
22.
MARY5 VALENTINE (Joshua4, Johan Henry3, George2, John1) was born on 16 Aug
1833 in Pickaway County, Ohio, USA. She died on 25 Mar 1914 in Walnut
Township, Pickaway County, Ohio, USA. She married (1) GEORGE FREDERICK LATHOUSE on 13 Nov 1853 in
Pickaway County, Ohio, USA.
She married (2) GEORGE F. LATHOUSE on 13 Nov 1853 in
Pickaway County, Ohio, USA. He was born on 16 Aug 1833. He died on 25 Mar 1914.
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Notes for Mary
Valentine:
301
Obituary
for Mary Valentine Lathouse, March, 1914: "Editor Union-Herald: -- Mary
Lathouse, nee Valentine, daughter of Joshua and Rebecca Valentine, was born
August 16, 1833, and departed this mortal life March 25, 1914, at the age of 80
years and nine days. She was the last of a pioneer family that settled in
Washington Township, this county, in the early part of the 19th century, her
parents emigrating to this state from Maryland shortly after the formation of
the county. She was united in marriage to George F. Lathouse, November 13,
1853, to which union five children were born, namely, Mrs. Samuel Ressler, of
Columbus; Mrs. Martin Leasure, of Kingston; William H., of Asheville; George
C., of Orient and Andrew. Andrew preceded her to the land of rest 55 years ago,
at the early age of five years, two months and ten days. The four first named,
together with an aged husband, 17 grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren
survive to mourn the loss of a loving affectionate and devoted wife, mother and
grandmother. Her devotion he her home and family is a glowing tribute to the
motherhood of our land. She was always deeply interested in the welfare of her
children. Mother Lathouse was converted to God in early life and became a
member of the church of the Evangelical Association. She attended the worship
of God's house whenever possible, until her hearing failed to such an extent
that it became rather embarrassing to her and difficult to enjoy the fellowship
of others. However, she did not cease in holding communion with her Lord. In
her latter days, she suffered a great deal because of affliction. This she
endured with much patience, made possible only by the grace of God, which
sustained and strengthened her. Altho her hearing was almost gone, yet as she
drew near to the close of her life, she would give expression of hearing the
sweetest kind of singing, and asked others, 'Don't you hear it?' Thus did her
faith triumph, until the last battle was fought and the victory won. The
funeral services were con...
George Frederick Lathouse
and Mary Valentine had the following child:
i.
ELIZA A. LATHOUSE was born on 22 Jul
1854 in Pickaway County, Ohio. She died on 02 Jan 1919 in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, USA. She married Samuel Ressler, son of Jacob Ressler and
Elizabeth Valentine, on 16 Sep 1903 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA. He
was born on 11 Jan 1848 in Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio. He died
on 02 Nov 1925 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.
Notes
for Samuel Ressler:
From the 1850 United States Federal
Census for Walnut Township, Pickaway, Ohio, USA; enumerated 13 August 1850 by
Geo. W. Beaver
Jacob Ressler, age
30, born in Pennsylvania Elizabeth Ressler, age 31, born in Ohio John Hoof, age
8, born in Ohio
Samuel
Ressler, age 1, born in Ohio
From
the 1860 United States Federal Census for Washington Township,
Pickaway, Ohio, USA; post office, Circleville; enumerated 7 June 1860 by John
P. Baker [all born in Ohio, except as noted]
Jacob Ressler, age 40,
born in Pennsylvania, farmer Elizabeth Ressler, age 39
John
Ressler, age 18 Samuel Ressler, age 11 Malinda Ressler, age 7 George Ressler,
age 2
Mary A Hall, age 37, domestic
From
the 1900 United States Federal Census for Detroit Ward 10, Wayne
County, Michigan; enumerated 7 June 1900 by George H Schunaman
Samuel
Ressler, head, age 51, born Jan 1849, in Ohio, foreman, ceamery, widowed
Maud Ressler,dau., age 19, born July
1880, in Ohio
Chas G Ressler, son, age 17,
born Aug 1882, in Ohio, teamster Albert L Ressler, son, age 11, born Apr 1889,
in Ohio, at school
302
Mabel Richardson, boarder, age 18,
born Sept 1881, in Canada
From
the 1910 United States Federal Census for 981 Hunter Street,
Columbus Ward 11, Franklin, Ohio; enumerated 22 April 1910 by George W. Rocn
Samuel Ressler, head,
age 60, born in Ohio, laborer, lumber yard Eliza Ressler, wife, age 54, born in
Ohio
From
the 1920 United States Federal Census for Eastlawn Avenue,
Detroit Ward 21, Wayne, Michigan
Maud
Boneka, head, age 39, born in Ohio Thelma M Boneka, dau., age 10, born in
Michigan Joyce N Boneka, dau., age 8, born in Michigan Samuel Ressler, father,
age 70, born in Ohio
Louis
Anderson, roomer, age 35, born in Illinois, millwright Emma Anderson, roomer,
age 29, born in Ontario
Julius C Neverth, lodger, age 44, born
in Germany, laborer
From the Michigan, Marriage Records,
1867-1952
Name: Samuel
Ressler |
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Gender:Male |
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Race: |
White |
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Birth Year: |
abt 1849 |
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Birth Place: |
Ohio |
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Marriage Date: |
16 Sep 1903 |
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Marriage Place:
Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA |
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Age: |
54 |
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Residence Place: |
Detroit |
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Father: Jacob |
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Spouse: |
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Eliza A Lathouse |
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Record Number: |
40453 1/2 |
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Film: |
80 |
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Film Description: |
1903 Wayne - 1904 Chippewa |
Generation 6
23. WILLIAM ALLEN6 VALENTINE (Israel5,
John4, Jacob Otto3,
George2, John1) was
born on 21 Nov 1842. He died on 13 Jul 1911. He married Maria Lutz on 28
Sep 1869.
William
Allen Valentine and Maria Lutz had the following children:
i.
AMELIA ALICE7 VALENTINE was born on 27 Sep
1870.
ii.
LUTZ ALLEN VALENTINE was born on 14 Apr
1872.
iii.
WILSON ELMER VALENTINE was
born on 14 Oct 1873. He died on 28 Nov 1955. He married Iona Jane Compton on 15
Feb 1898. She was born on 10 Jan 1877. She died on 08 Feb 1923.
iv.
SAMUEL C. VALENTINE was born on 16 Oct
1875.
v.
CLIFTON DELANO VALENTINE was born on 20 May
1877.
vi.
JENNIE CAROLINE VALENTINE was born on 24 Jun
1880.
vii.
BLANCHE VALENTINE was born on 15 Apr
1881.
viii.
ANNA C. VALENTINE was born in 1884.
24. EMANUEL VALENTINE6 STOUT (Sarah
Ann5 Valentine,
John4 Valentine,
Jacob Otto3 Valentine,
George2 Valentine, John1 Valentine)
was born on 23 Apr 1847 in Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio. He died
on 27 Jul 1930 in Sargent, Douglas County, Illinois. He married SARAH ELLEN GROOMS. She
was born in 1850 in Ohio. She died in 1886 in Edgar County, Illinois.
Emanuel
Valentine Stout and Sarah Ellen Grooms had the following children:
303
i.
CLARA BELL7 STOUT was born in 1870.
ii.
SARAH ANNA STOUT was born in 1871.
iii.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN STOUT was
born on 04 Oct 1873 in Edgar County, Illinois. He died on 30 Dec 1967 in East
Chicago, Indiana. He married ELIZABETH ELLEN HALL.
She was born on 14 Sep 1877 in Russell, Lawrence County, Illinois. She died on
16 Sep 1963 in Newport Indiana.
iv.
ELIAS H. STOUT was born in 1875.
v.
LYMAN STOUT was born in 1878.
vi.
EVALINE STOUT was born in 1880.
vii.
SILAS WESLEY STOUT was born in 1882.
viii.
JESSE GROVER STOUT was born in 1884.
ix.
JULIA ABBIE STOUT was born in 1888.
25. PRISCILLA A.6 VALENTINE (Noah5,
George L.4, Jacob Otto3,
George2, John1) was
born on 26 Oct 1833. She died on 12 May 1914 in Ohio, USA. She married
Curtis Matz on 13 Mar 1853 in Fairfield, Ohio, USA. He was born in Dec 1825. He
died on 17 Apr 1903.
Notes
for Curtis Matz:
From the 1900 United States
Federal Census for Clearcreek Twonship, Fairfield County, Ohio; enumerated June
1900 by Clay D. Conrad.
Curtis
Matz, head, age 74, born Dec 1825 in Pennsylvania [both parents also born in
Pennsylvania]
Priscilla Matz, wife, age 66, born Oct
1833 in Ohio [both parents also born in Ohio]
Curtis Matz and Priscilla A. Valentine
had the following child:
i.
ALDA7 MATZ was
born in 1870 in USA. She died on 06 Jan 1966 in Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio,
United States. She married Henry B Rhoads, son of Henry Rhoads and Rosa Mack,
on 07 Feb 1888 in Pickaway, Ohio, USA. He was born in Aug 1867. He died in 1966
in Ohio, USA.
Notes
for Henry B Rhoads:
From the 1900 United States
Federal Census for Jackson Township, Pickaway, Ohio; enumerated 25 & 26
June 1900 by James S. Swearingen
[all
born in Ohio]
B Henry Roads, head,
age 32 Alda Roads, wife, age 30 Lawrence Roads, son, age 8 C Howard Roads, son,
age 6 Mable Roads, dau., age 4
Jennie Metz, sister-in-law,
age 38, domestic L Frank Roads, brother, age 21, farm laborer
Stanley Edginton, servants,
age 15, farm laborer Frederick Huter, servants, age 24, farm laborer W John
Bond, servants, age 51, farm laborer
From
the 1910 United States Federal Census for Jackson Township, Pickaway,
Ohio; enumerated 29 April 1910 by James S Swearingen [all born in Ohio]
B Henry Rhoads, head, age 45, both
parents born in Germany, farmer,
farm
Alda Rhoads, wife, age 40, father born
in Pennsylvania, mother born in
Ohio
Lawrence Rhoads, son,
age 18, farm laborer, farm Howard Rhoads, son, age 16
Mable Rhoads, dau., age 14
Neta Rhoads, dau., age 7
304
Marvin Rhoads, son, age 3
Ralph Rhoads, son, age 3-months
Jennie Matz (can't read the notation),
age 48
26. LEVI6 VALENTINE (Noah5,
George L.4, Jacob Otto3,
George2, John1) was
born about 1841. He died in 1915. He married PARTHENIA CONRAD. She
was born on 25 May 1843. She died on 27 Nov 1902.
Levi
Valentine and Parthenia Conrad had the following child:
i.
MARGARET MAUDE7 VALENTINE was
born in 1879. She died in 1960. She married Harley Pearl Young, son of Amos
Harley Young and Mary Jane Lape, on 25 Dec 1904. He was born on 20 Jun 1880 in
Fairfield County, Ohio. He died on 21 Aug 1953 in Amanda, Fairfield County,
Ohio.
27.
JEREMIAH S. (JERRY)6 VALENTINE (Jacob Knouff5, George L.4, Jacob Otto3, George2, John1) was born on
09 Apr 1840. Jeremiah S. (Jerry) died on 09 Dec 1913. Jeremiah S. (Jerry)
married Mary Magdalene Upp, daughter of Daniel Upp and Magdalene Zehrung, on 19
Jan 1862 in Fairfield Co., Ohio, USA. She was born on 05 Apr 1837. She died on
05 Mar 1899 in Fairfield Co., Ohio, USA.
Notes
for Jeremiah S. (Jerry) Valentine:
From the 1880
United States Federal Census for Clear Creek Township, Fairfield, Ohio,
enumerated; 14 June 1880 by Amos Swan [all born in Ohio]
Jeremiah Valentine,
head, age 40, butcher and farms Mary Valentine, wife, age 43, keeping house
Ida Valentine, dau., age 17,
teaching school George A. Valentine, son, age 12, at home Omer F. Valentine,
son, age 11, at home
Notes for Mary Magdalene Upp:
From the 1860
United States Federal Census for Clearcreek Township, Fairfield County, Ohio; enumerated
20 July 1860 by Edson Lainnary [all born in Ohio, except as noted]
Daniel Upp, head, age
48, farmer, born in Pennsylvania Magdalene Upp, wife, age 42
Lucinda
Upp, dau., age 24 Mary M Upp, dau., age 22
George Upp, son, age 18, farm laborer Samuel
Upp, son, age 16, farm laborer William Upp, son, age 14
Sarah Upp, dau., age 11
Malinda Upp, dau., age 7 Lydia A Upp, dau., age 6 Lenora Upp, dau., age 3
Jeremiah S. (Jerry) Valentine and Mary
Magdalene Upp had the following children:
i.
IDA A.7 VALENTINE was born in 1863.
ii.
JULIAS EDWARD VALENTINE was born about 1865.
iii.
GEORGE ALLEN VALENTINE was born on 08 Aug
1867. He died on 30 Aug 1936.
iv.
OMAR FRANKLIN VALENTINE was
born on 04 Mar 1869. He died on 27 Dec 1945. He married Violet Hannah Newton on
04 Jun 1905. She was born on 04 Apr 1871. She died on 26 Jun 1948.
Notes
for Omar Franklin Valentine:
From the U.S., Find A Grave Index,
1600s-Current
Name: Omer Franklin Valentine
Birth Date: |
4 Mar 1868 |
Birth Place: |
Clearport, Fairfield County, Ohio,
USA |
Death Date: |
27 Dec 1945 |
Death Place: |
Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio,
USA |
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305
Cemetery: |
Hitler-Ludwig Cemetery |
|
Burial or Cremation
Place: |
Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio,
USA |
|
Has Bio?: |
Y |
|
Spouse: |
Viola Hannah Valentine |
Father: Jeremiah Stebelton Valentine
Mother: Mary Magdalene Valentine
v.
CLARENCE A. VALENTINE was born on 30 Jul
1875.
28.
SOLOMON STEBLETON6 VALENTINE (Jacob
Knouff5, George L.4,
Jacob Otto3, George2,
John1) was born on 12 Jul
1843. He died on 19 May 1919. He married Mary Ann Moyer on 20 Feb 1868. She was
born on 25 Mar 1846. She died on 16 Jul 1912.
Notes
for Solomon Stebleton Valentine:
Born in Fairfield
County, Ohio; raised by relative; 1861 enlisted in Civil War; private in Co. C;
fought at Philippi Carricks Ford, bull Run and Cedar Creek; 1864 Pickaway Co.;
farmed Ruggles farm; 280 acre stock farm with Schleyer
Solomon
Stebleton Valentine and Mary Ann Moyer had the following children:
i.
CHARLES EDWARD7 VALENTINE was
born on 01 Jul 1869 in Fairfield, Ohio, USA. He died on 12 May 1946 in Pickaway
County, Ohio, USA. He married Mary Alder Paxton, daughter of William Paxton and
Mary Reid, on 15 Sep 1892. She was born on 30 Jun 1866. She died on 27 Dec
1936.
Notes
for Charles Edward Valentine:
From the Ohio, Births and Christenings Index,
1774-1973 Name: Charlie E. Valentine
Gender:Male |
|
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Birth Date: |
1 Jul 1869 |
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Birth Place: |
Fairfield, Ohio |
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Father: Solomon S.
Valentine |
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Mother: Mary Ann
Valentine |
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FHL Film Number: |
295266 |
From the 1880 United States
Federal Census for Jackson Township, Pickaway
County, Ohio; enumerated 14 June 1880
by F.M Slyh [all born in Ohio]
Solomon Valentine, head, age 36, born
July, farmer
Mary Valentine, wife, age 32, born
Mar, keeping house
Charles Valentine, son, age 10, born
July, at school
Purley Valentine, dau., age 7, born
Apr, at school
Hailey Valetine, son, age 5, at home
Arthur Valentine, son, age 3, born
Mar, at home
Mame Valentine, dau., age 1, born Feb,
at home
From
the 1900 United States Federal Census for Pickaway Township,
Pickaway County, Ohio; enumerated 12 & 13 June 1990 by John N. Wood [all
born in Ohio] Edward Valentine, head, age 30, born June 1869, farm laborer
Mary Valentine, wife, age 33
Earnest Valentine, son, age 5 Blanch Valentine, dau., age 3
From
the 1910 United States Federal Census for Pickaway Township,
Pickaway County, Ohio; enumerated
Edward Valentine,
head, age 40, farm laborer, working out Mary Valentine, wife, age 42, none
Earnest Valentine, son,
age 14, farm laborer, working out Blanche Valentine, dau., age 12, none
Renick Valentine, son, age 5, none
306
Gustavus Valentine, son, age 4, none
From
the 1920 United States Federal Census for Pickaway Township,
Pickaway County, Ohio; enumerated 3 & 5 January by Eran S. Boggs [all born
in Ohio]
C E Valentine, head,
age 50, laborer, farm Mary Valentine, wife, age 53
Renick
Valentine, son, age 14 Gus Valentine, son, age 12
Blanch Valentine, dau., age 22, laborer, shoe
factory
From
the 1930 United States Federal Census for Pickaway Township,
Pickaway County, Ohio; enumerated 24 April 1930 by Edward C. Wilkins [all born
in Ohio]
Edward E Valentine, head,
age 60, farmer, general farm Mary A Valentine, wife, age 64, none
Blanche B Valentine, dau.,
age 33, clerk, telephone exchange Gustavus Valentine, son, age 23, laborer,
general farm
From
the 1940 United States Federal Census for Pickaway Township, Pickaway
County, Ohio; enumerated
Charles E. Valentine, head, age 71, born in
Ohio
Henry
Joseph, son-in-law, age 68, born in Germany, not a USA citizen, lives in
Circleville, Ohio, farm laborer, farm
Blanche Joseph, dau., age 50, born in Ohio
Obituary of Charles
E. Valentine
Charles
Edward Valentine, 76, died at 10 p.m. Sunday in his home at Thatcher, Pickaway
county, following a stroke earlier in the evening. He had driven his automobile
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Valentine was born July 1, 1869 in Fairfield county,
the son of Solomon S. Valentine and Mary Moyer Valentine. His wife, Mary,
preceded him in death.
Mr.
Valentine is survived by three sons, Gus Valentine, Pickaway township; Renick
Valentine, Columbus; and Ernest Valentine, Lancaster; a daughter, Mrs. Henry
Joseph, West Franklin street; two sisters, Mrs. Pearl Hill Meade and Mrs Ollie
Harrall, both of Pickaway township; three brothers, Arthur Valentine and Roy
Valentine, both of Stoutsville; and Harley Valentine, Gallipolis; and three
grandchildren.
The
body was removed to the Defenbaugh funeral home, Circleville, pending
completion of the funeral arrangements.
Valentine Rites
Funeral
services for Charles Edward Valentine, 76, who died Sunday night in his home at
Thatcher, Pickaway county, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Salem
Methodist church, with the Rev. M.R. White officiating. Burial will be in Salem
church-yard cemetery. Friends may call at the Defenbaugh funeral home,
Circleville, where the body will remain uniil 1 p.m. Wednesday.
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From the U.S., Find A
Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Name: Charles Edward
Valentine
Birth
Date: |
1 Jul 1869 |
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Birth Place: |
Fairfield County, Ohio, USA |
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Death Date: |
12 May 1946 |
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Death Place: |
Pickaway County, Ohio, USA |
|
Cemetery: |
Pontius Chapel Cemetery |
|
Burial or Cremation
Place: |
Pickaway County, Ohio, USA |
|
Has Bio?: |
Y |
|
Spouse: |
Mary Alda Valentine |
Father: Solomon
Stebelton Valentine
307
Mother: Mary Ann Valentine
Children: Solomon W. Valentine
Gustavus Dudley Valentine
ii.
PEARLIE MAY VALENTINE was born on 13 Apr 1873
in Meade, Pickaway County, Ohio. She died on 15 Nov 1961 in Pickaway County,
Ohio. She married Reuben C. Hall, son of Andrew Hall and Barbara Spangler, on
14 Oct 1890 in - Pickaway County, Ohio. He was born on 15 Aug 1862 in Meade,
Pickaway County, Ohio. He died on 28 Jul 1921 in Pickaway Township, Pickaway
County, Ohio.
iii.
OMER C. VALENTINE was born on 18 Sep
1875.
iv.
ARTHUR WILSON VALENTINE was born on 09 May
1877. He died on 30 Jul 1953.
v.
MARY E. (MAMIE) VALENTINE was born on 14 Feb
1881.
vi.
ORLIE VALENTINE was born on 15 Oct
1886.
vii.
LEROY VALENTINE was born on 15 Oct
1886. He died on 07 Feb 1967.
viii.
HARLEY G. VALENTINE.
29.
BARBARA ELLEN6 VALENTINE (Levi B.5, George L.4, Jacob Otto3, George2, John1) was born in 1862 in
Rose, Shelby County, Illinois. She married Daniel H Harlow on 30 Jul 1880 in
Shelby, Illinois.
Daniel
H Harlow and Barbara Ellen Valentine had the following child:
i.
ELSIE BETTY7 HARLOW was
born on 06 Aug 1883 in Shelbyville, Shelby, Illimois. She married William Henry
Forsythe on 11 Aug 1901. He died on 30 Jan 1978 in Saint Louis, Saint Louis
City, Missouri.
30. WILLIAM JOSEPH6 VALENTINE (Sylvester5,
William4, Jacob Otto3,
George2, John1) was
born on 06 Sep 1860 in Rocky Ridge, MD. He died on 17 Aug 1932 in
Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland. He married KATIE LILY HUBER. She
was born on 25 Dec 1866 in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. She
died in 1938 in Hagerstown, MD.
William
Joseph Valentine and Katie Lily Huber had the following child:
i.
JOHN SYLVESTER7 VALENTINE was
born on 24 Sep 1898 in Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland. He married VIRGINIA OLEVIA MILLER. She
was born on 06 Jan 1901. She died on 08 Jun 1993.
31. HIRAM6 RAGER (John5,
Catherine4 Valentine,
Johan Henry3 Valentine,
George2 Valentine,
John1 Valentine)
was born on 18 Nov 1850 in Madison Twp, Franklin, Ohio. He died on 30 Jan 1887
in Groveport, Ohio. He married Clara Jane Regester on 18 Nov 1875. She was born
on 26 Aug 1857. She died on 15 May 1884.
Hiram
Rager and Clara Jane Regester had the following child:
i.
CORA AMANDA7 RAGER. She
married (1) RICHARD E DUNLAP. He
was born on 15 Nov 1878. He died in Jun 1950. She married (2) JASPER DUNLAP.
32. BARBARA ALICE6 VALENTINE (Samuel5,
Joshua4, Johan Henry3,
George2, John1) was
born on 13 May 1838 in Pickaway County, Ohio, USA. She died on 14 Aug
1921 in Poneto, Wells County, Indiana, USA (Stahl Cemetery Petroleum, Wells
County, Indiana, USA). She married HENRY BRAYCHER SHOEMAKER. He
was born on 09 Mar 1832. He died on 14 May 1909.
Henry
Braycher Shoemaker and Barbara Alice Valentine had the following children:
i.
CHARLES WESLEY7 SHOEMAKER was
born on 20 Aug 1862 in Geneva, Adams County, Indiana, USA. He died on 14 Apr
1954 in Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana, USA.
ii.
LEVI SHOEMAKER was
born on 31 Mar 1864 in : Adams County, Indiana, USA. He died on 25 Feb 1865 in
:Adams County, Indiana, USA (Hartford Cemetery Adams County, Indiana, USA).
iii. SAMUEL ANNIS SHOEMAKER was
born on 06 Jan 1866. He died on 06 Nov 1946 in Poneto, Wells County, Indiana,
USA (Mount Tabor Cemetery Muncie, Delaware
308
County, Indiana, USA). He married MARY VIOLA ?.
iv. VIRENA LINN was
born on 27 Dec 1867. She died on 22 Apr 1959. She married SAMUEL A. LINN.
v.
EMMA CELESTE JOHNS SHOEMAKER was born on 11 Jan
1874 in Geneva, Adams County, Indiana, USA. She died on 07 Apr 1955 in Wells
County, Indiana, USA (Stahl Cemetery Petroleum, Wells County, Indiana, USA).
She married ROSWELL FLEMING JOHNS. He was born on 03
Oct 1868 in Wells County, Indiana, USA. He died on 18 Dec 1961 in Wells County,
Indiana, USA.
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SAMUEL6 RESSLER (Elizabeth5 Valentine,
Joshua4 Valentine,
Johan Henry3 Valentine,
George2 Valentine,
John1 Valentine) was born on 11
Jan 1848 in Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio. He died on 02 Nov 1925
in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. He married (1) ELIZA A. LATHOUSE,
daughter of George Frederick Lathouse and Mary Valentine, on 16 Sep 1903 in
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA. She was born on 22 Jul 1854 in
Pickaway County, Ohio. She died on 02 Jan 1919 in Columbus, Franklin County,
Ohio, USA. He married (2) DELILAH LYDIA GRAY,
daughter of George W. Gray and Jane M. ?, on 30 Oct 1873 in Pickaway Co, OH.
She was born in 1851 in Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio. She died in
1895 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.
Notes
for Samuel Ressler:
From the 1850 United States
Federal Census for Walnut Township, Pickaway, Ohio, USA; enumerated 13 August
1850 by Geo. W. Beaver
Jacob Ressler, age
30, born in Pennsylvania Elizabeth Ressler, age 31, born in Ohio John Hoof, age
8, born in Ohio
Samuel
Ressler, age 1, born in Ohio
From the 1860 United States
Federal Census for Washington Township, Pickaway, Ohio, USA; post office,
Circleville; enumerated 7 June 1860 by John P. Baker [all born in Ohio, except
as noted]
Jacob Ressler, age
40, born in Pennsylvania, farmer Elizabeth Ressler, age 39
John
Ressler, age 18 Samuel Ressler, age 11 Malinda Ressler, age 7 George Ressler,
age 2
Mary A Hall, age 37, domestic
From
the 1900 United States Federal Census for Detroit Ward 10, Wayne
County, Michigan; enumerated 7 June 1900 by George H Schunaman
Samuel Ressler, head,
age 51, born Jan 1849, in Ohio, foreman, ceamery, widowed Maud Ressler,dau.,
age 19, born July 1880, in Ohio
Chas G Ressler, son, age 17,
born Aug 1882, in Ohio, teamster Albert L Ressler, son, age 11, born Apr 1889, in
Ohio, at school Mabel Richardson, boarder, age 18, born Sept 1881, in Canada
From
the 1910 United States Federal Census for 981 Hunter Street,
Columbus Ward 11, Franklin, Ohio; enumerated 22 April 1910 by George W. Rocn
Samuel Ressler, head,
age 60, born in Ohio, laborer, lumber yard Eliza Ressler, wife, age 54, born in
Ohio
From
the 1920 United States Federal Census for Eastlawn Avenue,
Detroit Ward 21, Wayne, Michigan
Maud
Boneka, head, age 39, born in Ohio Thelma M Boneka, dau., age 10, born in Michigan
Joyce N Boneka, dau., age 8, born in Michigan Samuel Ressler, father, age 70,
born in Ohio
309
Louis Anderson, roomer, age 35, born
in Illinois, millwright
Emma Anderson, roomer, age 29, born in
Ontario
Julius C Neverth, lodger, age 44, born
in Germany, laborer
From the Michigan, Marriage Records,
1867-1952
Name:
Samuel Ressler |
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Gender:Male |
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Race: |
White |
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Birth Year: |
abt 1849 |
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Birth Place: |
Ohio |
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Marriage Date: |
16 Sep 1903 |
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Marriage Place:
Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA |
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Age: |
54 |
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Residence Place: |
Detroit |
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Father: Jacob |
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Spouse: |
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Eliza A Lathouse |
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Record Number: |
40453 1/2 |
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Film: |
80 |
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Film Description: |
1903 Wayne - 1904 Chippewa |
Samuel Ressler and Delilah Lydia Gray
had the following children:
i.
OTIS A.7 RESSLER was
born on 12 Dec 1875 in Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio. He died on 25
Jul 1876 in Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio.
ii.
DAISY F. RESSLER was
born in 1877 in Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio. She died on 14 Oct
1897 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.
iii. MAUDE RESSLER was
born on 04 Jul 1880 in Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio. She died on
18 Oct 1963 in Michigan. She married LOUIS EDUARD
FERDINAND BOMKA.
iv.
CHARLES GUY RESSLER was
born on 21 Apr 1883 in Chesterfield, Fulton County, Ohio. He married OLIVE ZERIAH HOUSE. She
was born in 1884. She died in 1956.
v.
ROBERT
"BOB" LEROY RESSLER was
born on 21 Aug 1888 in Pickaway Co, OH. He died on 21 Apr 1939 in South Lyon,
Oakland Co, MI. He married CLARA ALICE
BERRY.
vi.
ALBERT L. RESSLER was born on 23 Aug 1889
in Chesterfield, Fulton, Ohio, USA.
34.
ELIAS L.6 VALENTINE (Levi
J.5, Joshua4,
Johan Henry3, George2,
John1) was born about 1845. He died
in Washington Township,. He married Ellen G. Counsellor on 30 Jul 1868. She was
born on 26 Jan 1839. She died on 13 Sep 1925.
Notes
for Elias L. Valentine:
From
the 1860 Federal Census for Walnut Creek Twp., Brown County,
Kansas; enumerated 28 July 1860 by J.G. Stelsey
Levi
Valentine, head, age 36, born in Ohio
Mary
Valentine, wife, age 35, born in Ohio
Elias
Valentine, son, age 15, born in Ohio Sarah Valentine, dau., age 11, born in
Ohio
David
Valentine, son, age 9, born in Ohio George Valentine, son, age 5, born in
Illinois Almira Valentine, dau., age 4, born in Illinois Sylvester Valentine,
son, age 2, born in Illinois Sylvanus Valentine, dau., age 2, born in Illinois
Emila Walker, dau., age 20, born in Ohio
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From the 1870 Federal Census for Clearcreek
Twp., Fairfield County, Ohio; enumerated 11 July 1870 by John Abbott
310
Elias L. Valentine, age 25, Huxter
Ellen Valentine, age 28, keeping house
Nelson F. Valentine, age 1
Mary McClister, age 12, attending
school
From
the 1880 Federal Census for Pickaway Twp., Pickaway County, Ohio;
enumerated 14 June 1880 by John P. Steely
Elias L. Valentine,
head, age 35, farmer Ellen Valentine, wife, age 41
Nelson
F. Valentine, son, age 11 Martha L. Valentine, dau., age 9 Mary L. Valentine,
dau., age 7 Vallie A. Valentine, son, age 5 Harvy A. Valentine, son, age 3
Sarah L. Valentine, dau., age 6-months
From
the 1900 Federal Census for Saltcreek Twp., Pickaway County,
Ohio; enumerated 18 June 1900 by Levi Imler (all born in Ohio)
Elias L. Valentine,
head, age 53, born Mar 1847, farmer Ellen Valentine, wife, age 61, born Jan
1839
Harvy A. Valentine, son, age
22, born June 1877, day laborer Hilis E. Valentine, son, age 15, born Aug 1884,
at school
From
the 1910 Federal Census for Saltcreek Twp., Pickaway County,
Ohio; enumerated 18 June 1900 by Levi Imler (all born in Ohio)
Elias Valentine,
head, age 65, farmer, gen farm
Ellen Valentine,
wife, age 71, none
Mary Valentine, dau., age 37, servant,
house
From the 1920 Federal Census for Saltcreek
Twp., Pickaway County, Ohio; enumerated 13th 14th January 1920 by (all born in
Ohio)(Circleville and Adelphi Road)
Elias Valentine,
head, age 74, farmer, gen farm
Ellen Valentine,
wife, age 80, none
Mary L. Valentine, dau., age 47, none
From
the 1930 Federal Census for Saltcreek Twp., Pickaway County,
Ohio; enumerated 19 April1920 by Carl C. Kreider (all born in Ohio)
Hilas E. Valentine,
head, age 45, labor, state highway Mary L. Valentine, sister, age 51, none
Ohio,
Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1962 about Mary Luella Valentine Name: Mary
Luella Valentine
Gender:Female |
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Birth Place: |
Fairfield, Ohio |
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Birth Date: |
10 Sep 1872 |
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Father's Name:
Elias L. Valentine |
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Mother's name:
Ellen Counsellor |
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FHL Film Number: |
295266 |
Ohio, Deaths,
1908-1932, 1938-2007 about Mary Valentine
Name: Mary Valentine
Death Date: 4 Sep 1938
Death Place: Ohio, USA
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Web: Ohio, Find A
Grave Index, 1787-2012 about Mary L Valentine
Name: Mary L
Valentine
Birth Date: |
10 Sep 1872 |
311
Age at Death: 65
Death Date: 4 Sep 1938
Burial Place: Pickaway County, Ohio, USA
Elias L. Valentine
and Ellen G. Counsellor had the following children:
i.
NELSON F.7 VALENTINE was born about 1869.
ii.
MARTHA L. VALENTINE was born about 1871.
iii.
MARY LUELLA VALENTINE was born on 10 Sep
1872. She died on 04 Sep 1938.
Notes
for Mary Luella Valentine:
Ohio, Births and Christenings Index,
1800-1962 about Mary Luella Valentine Name: Mary Luella Valentine
Gender:Female
Birth Place: Fairfield, Ohio
Birth Date: 10 Sep 1872
Father's Name: Elias L. Valentine
Mother's name: Ellen Counsellor
FHL Film Number: |
295266 |
Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007
about Mary Valentine
Name: Mary Valentine
Death Date: 4 Sep 1938
Death Place: Ohio, USA
Web: Ohio, Find A Grave Index,
1787-2012 about Mary L Valentine
Name: Mary L Valentine
Birth
Date: |
10 Sep 1872 |
Age at Death: |
65 |
Death Date: |
4 Sep 1938 |
Burial Place: |
Pickaway County, Ohio, USA |
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VALLIE (VALLEY) AGUSTUS VALENTINE was
born on 14 Feb 1875. He died on 06 Mar 1953. He married Leota Belle Freeman,
daughter of Nelson Freeman and Rose ?, on 30 Jan 1898 in Ross County, Ohio. She
died in Mar 1965 in Columbus, OH.
Notes
for Vallie (Valley) Agustus Valentine:
Ohio, Marriages, 1803-1900 about Leota
B. Freeman
Name: Leota B. Freeman
Gender:Female
Spouse: Valley A. Valentine
Spouse Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 30 Jan 1898
County: Ross
State:
Ohio
Web:
Ohio, Find A Grave Index, 1787-2012 about Valley Augustus "val"
Valentine Name: Valley Augustus "val" Valentine
Birth
Date: |
14 Feb 1875 |
Age at Death: |
78 |
Death Date: |
6 Mar 1953 |
Burial Place: |
Stoutsville, Fairfield County, Ohio,
USA |
Notes for Leota Belle Freeman:
Ohio, Rutherford B. Hayes
Presidential Center Obituary Index, 1810s-2013 about Ota Belle Valentine
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Name: Ota Belle Valentine
[Ota Belle Freeman]
Birth Date: 28 May 1875
Age at Death: 89
Death Date: Mar 1965
Death Place: Columbus, Ohio
Spouse: Val
Parents: NELSON and ROSE
Other
Source Information: Title: Chillicothe Obituary File; Location: Chillicothe and
Ross County Public Library; Description: Card file of obituary clippings;
Details: VALENTINE, OTA B
v.
HARVEY A. VALENTINE was born about 1877.
vi.
SARAH L. VALENTINE was born about 1879.
35. SARAH JANE6 VALENTINE (Levi
J.5, Joshua4,
Johan Henry3, George2,
John1) was born on 28 Jun 1848
in Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio. She died on 15 May 1933 in Home
Hospital, 4 Ward (buried in St. Paul United Methodist Church, near Circleville,
Ohio). She met (1) CHARLES WILLIAM HARRINGTON. He
was born on 20 Aug 1844 in Wallace, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. He
died on 20 Aug 1904 in West Bay, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada (Black Rock
Cemetry, West Bay, Cumberland, Nova Scotia). She married (2) WILLIAM H. ANDERSON on
04 Nov 1872. He was born on 17 Mar 1837 in Washington Township, Pickaway
County, Ohio. He died on 04 Oct 1906 in Independence, Jackson, Missouri, USA
(buried in St. Paul's Cemetery, Pickaway County, Ohio).
Notes
for Sarah Jane Valentine:
Photos in Album, Pages: 2, 3
Sarah Jane Valentine was born
June 28, 1848 and died May 15, 1933. She was the third child and the first
daughter in the family of Levi and Mary Bolinger Valentine*. Sarah Jane's long,
84-year (almost 85-years) life was eventful and would have been the subject of
an exciting book if it had been written. This may be the first attempt to
organize the adventures of her life in writing.
We
have no documentation that tells us exactly where in Ohio Sarah Jane Valentine
was born. It could have been in Pickaway County, Ohio where her parents had
married or possibly at the next stop in Seneca County, Ohio of a long, arduous
trek that would take nearly 20-years to complete. Her parents had married three
years before Sarah Jane's birth and had her two older brothers, Isaac and Elias
Valentine, over the next three years. In the 1850 Federal Census, when Sarah
Jane was 2-years old, we find the family in Adams Township, Seneca County,
Ohio. The family was still in Ohio in 1851 when David Valentine was born. The
only and best clue that we have is Sarah Jane's statement on her marriage
application to William H. Anderson on 4 October 1872 that she was born in
Pickaway County, Ohio.
Sarah's
parents, Levi and Mary, were likely following the course of many other families
in the 1850s; namely, the call to move West. Many were focused on the 1849
California gold rush. Being farmers, however, Levi and Mary's goal was probably
to find cheap or free land upon which to settle and raise their growing family.
Levi's older brother, Samuel, had settled in Indiana so Sarah Jane may have met
her Uncle Samuel on Levi family's trek to their interim home in Illinois in
about 1854. Sarah Jane would have been 6-years old in the summer of 1854.
The
Levi Valentine family had reached Illinois by 1855 where their son, George W.
Valentine, was born. The family remained in Pike County, Illinois for at least
4-years. During this period Sarah Jane gained 4 siblings including George W.,
Almira, and the twin boys, Sylvester and Sylvanus. Additional research may
pin-point more precisely where in Pike County, Illinois they lived. Sarah
probably started her schooling in Illinois.
The Kansas Territory was the new frontier. Land was cheap
or free for settling. In what would become Brown County, Kansas in a few short years,
the land was flat and fertile. The climate was similar to central Ohio and for
the few brave pioneers who already lived there, their crops were plentiful,
even exceeding expectations. For the Levi Valentine family, the Kansas
Territory must have seemed to be the new life they were searching for. Once
again the family moved settling on a rented farm about 2-miles south of what is
now the boundary between
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Nebraska and Kansas in the northeast corner
in Walnut Creek Township, Brown County, Kansas. When they arrived in the Kansas
Territory in about 1858, Sarah Jane may have believed their traveling had come
to an end. The long slow miles of uncomfortable travel that had stretched
over many weeks and months
had been hard for her. As the oldest girl at the age of 10 or 11-years she had
and would continue to share much of the responsibility for her younger
siblings. Here in the Kansas Territory, though, they would at last stop moving
and begin the hard work of building their future.
Sarah
Jane would soon begin to understand the life of a Kansas pioneer. The new land
was big and flat and almost empty of people. The nearest neighbor lived miles
away. The nearest trading post was many miles away. There were no churches or
schools so education came to a halt except for what her parents could provide.
There were plenty of rattlesnakes and gophers (groundhogs), some deer, coyote
and a few wolves. And, there were Indians, but they were peaceful and usually
did not bother settlers. Being a pioneer was certainly different from the
neighborhoods of Ohio and Illinois and would take some getting used to.
During
the first year or two in Kansas, Levi's crops flourished and the family prospered.
Then came the drought. The second year after the Valentine arrived in the
Kansas Territory was a year without rain and all of the crops failed. Like all
the other pioneers in the Territory, the Valentine's had staked everything they
had on the 1860 harvest; a harvest that never occurred. Sarah Jane had just
turned 12-years old in June when it became clear by August that there would be
no harvest. The crop failure was a serious and life-threatening event for most
of the pioneers in the Territory but for the Valentines it was especially
tragic. They had arrived on the eve of the disaster and gambled all that they
had on the coming year - a year that claimed their resources and efforts and
yielded little in return. Sarah Jane, now going on 13-years old, was of an age
that she could understand the severity of the situation. The mood within the
family must have been very difficult for the young woman.
We
do not know for sure what happened to the Levi Valentine family over the next 7
or 8 years. The record-keeping in the Territory that became the State of Kansas
the following year, 1861, was poor at best. Birth records of their children
born during this period seem to indicate that they remained in Walnut Township,
Brown County, Kansas.
It seems likely that Sarah Jane may have left the Levi
family about 1864 or 1865, perhaps in search of work. This speculation is based
on the understanding that the Levi family was still living in Walnut Twp.,
Brown County, Kansas when Sarah Jane’s youngest sister, Nora Ellen, was born on
22 February 1867. Yet 18-months before Nora’s birth, in autumn of 1865, Sarah
Jane became pregnant by Charles William Harrington (Herrington, Herington), a
sailor from Nova Scotia who most likely had arrived by way of the Mississippi
and Missouri Rivers. It appears likely that Charles had arrived as part of the
brisk trade by foreign vessels in livestock and other food products. Kansas had
become a major supplier of cattle to support the Civil War effort that was just
closing. It is likely that Sarah Jane may have gone to Fort Leavenworth where
work was plentiful at the end of the Civil War. Sarah Jane later told her son,
William Alvin Harrington, that he was born in Kickapoo, Kansas, a small town
about 2-miles north of Fort Leavenworth.
Over the years, Sarah Jane told her son
several things that became useful to the discovery of his father, Charles
William Harrington, by the author in 2013. Among the items she shared with her
son were: 1) his father’s name was Charles William Herrington; 2) he was of
Irish descent; 3) he was from Nova Scotia; 4) his father gave him his own
middle name, “William”; 5) he was a sailor; 6) he had arrived on a cattle boat.
On 22 February 1867, Mary
Bolinger Valentine,* gave birth to her 12th child, Nora Ellen Valentine.
Perhaps during childbirth or shortly thereafter Mary Bolinger Valentine died
leaving her family of 10-children (apparently Isaac and Elias had left the
family by then) without a mother.
Faced with the task of
rearing a family without a wife, Levi wasted little time reorganizing his
family. On 21 May 1868, within a year of Nora Ellen’s birth, Levi married Emily
Jane Walker, a young woman of 27 or 28-years who had been a foster member of
his family for over a decade. Emily Jane became pregnant with Levi’s son in
1867 or early 1868. He then moved the family to Liberty Township, Clay County,
Missouri where later in 1868 Emily gave birth to her first child, Henry C.
Valentine. [In an ironic but unrelated event, Liberty Township, Clay County,
Missouri was the location of the Clay County Savings Bank that was robbed of
$60,000 on 12 February 1866 by Jesse and Frank James and Bud and Donnie Pence.]
It is probably important to shift the focus
of our Sarah Jane Valentine story, for a moment,
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to Charles William
Harrington because it helps us to better understand Sarah Jane's subsequent
actions. Until recently, early 2013, Charles William Harrington was a
genealogical "brick wall." While he had been searched for by many, no
clue as to who he was, where he was from, or where he had gone had been found.
Only the meager information imparted by Sarah Jane to her son, William Alvin
Harrington, and mentioned above was available. Even that information was
considered highly questionable since it was so old and had been passed down
3-generations from Sarah Jane.
The break came in early 2013 when the author,
Richard E. Harrington, great grandson of Sarah Jane Valentine, submitted a DNA
sample to Ancestry.DNA for analysis. One of the half-dozen or so matches was
with Linda McNeil who lives in the New England area. The common ancestral
connection appeared to be Linda's Harrington line that lived in Nova Scotia.
Within that line we found a sailor named Charles William Harrington who was
born 20 Aug 1844. Further research established that all of the first 5-snippets
of information provided years later by Sarah Jane Valentine to her son, fit
what we learned about this Charles William Harrington. Only the 6th snippet
could not be confirmed but it did help provide an explanation of how, why and
when Charles might have been in Kansas. Early in the Civil War the Union forces
had secured the Mississippi and Missouri rivers from control by the Confederacy
and provided safe passage to vessels transporting food supplies essential to
the war effort. All available Union vessels had been enlisted into the Union
Navy. So, the majority of the water transportation was provided by neutral
foreign-nation ships such as those from Nova Scotia. Apparently, Charles
William Harrington was a sailor on one of those ships.
Charles
returned to Nova Scotia in late 1865 or early 1866, abandoning Sarah Jane. In
Nova Scotia, Charles married Caroline Couch on 23 February 1867. Caroline was
born 27 February 1849 and was 8-months younger than Sarah Jane Valentine.
Charles and Caroline had 10 children together. For more about Charles William
Harrington see the section on this important ancestor elsewhere in this book.
Sarah
Jane Valentine's situation in Kansas in the waning years of the1860s was
probably bleak. She had apparently left her parent's home, probably in search
of employment. Throughout the winter months of 1865 she was pregnant. Less than
3-weeks short of her own 18th birthday, she gave birth to her son, William
Alvin Harrington, in the little town of Kickapoo near Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
If she returned to her parents after her son's birth, she would have found her
mother, Mary Bolinger Valentine then aged 42, pregnant with her 12th child.
Sarah Jane's mother died in 1867, likely during childbirth or shortly after
Nora Ellen Valentine was born. Sara Jane's son, William, and her mother's 12th
daughter, Nora, were only 7-months apart in age. If Sarah Jane's mother died in
childbirth, the feeding and care of Nora Ellen would likely have fallen to
Sarah Jane. That period of time would have been desperately hectic for the
18-year old Sara Jane Valentine and the entire family.
During this time Levi would have been
challenged as he tried to provide for his large and exploding family. He had
lost his mate and found himself with even more responsibilities. On 21 May 1868
he married his "foster daughter," Emily Jane Walker whom he soon got
pregnant. With his new family begun, Sarah Jane and her son and Levi's older
children became an increasingly difficult burden. It is likely that it was
about this point in time when negotiations with members of the Pickaway County,
Ohio Valentine family occurred. About 1868 arrangements had been made that
resulted in Sarah Jane, her son, her new baby sister, and possibly some of her
other siblings traveling to Pickaway County, Ohio.
We pick up the trail of Sarah Jane Valentine from an
unexecuted marriage license application with William Anderson dated . In this
application Sarah Jane appears as Sarah J. Herrington. This marriage did not
take place - the marriage application was cancelled. A few months later, in the
1870 Federal Census, she is enumerated in the household of William H. Anderson
as his housekeeper. Her son, William Alvin Harrington, was not enumerated with
her in the 1870 census. He may have been missed by the census taker or he could
have been residing with another relative. Because of her young age when she
left Pickaway County, Ohio, Sarah Jane most likely had not met William H.
Anderson before returning to Ohio in the late 1860s. He was not exactly a
stranger, however, having been reared by Sarah's grandparents, Joshua and
Margaret Drum Valentine, whose farm was enumerated next to Williams's.
Interestingly, but not suprisingly, Sarah Jane's other grandparents, Benjamin
and Elizabeth Leist Bolinger, and her Uncle John Bolinger's families were also
enumerated on the same 1870 Federal Census page along with two
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families
of Leist who were almost certainly close relatives of her grandmother,
Elizabeth Leist Bolinger.
On
4 Nov 1872 Sarah Jane Valentine and William H. Anderson married in Kenton,
Kentucky. There were no children from this marriage. In the 1880 Federal
Census, Sarah Jane Valentine Anderson appears as the wife of William H.
Anderson. Also enumerated in the household, are her son, William A. Herrington
(age 14); Sarah's brother, George W.L. Valentine (age 26); and her youngest
sister, Nora E. Valentine (age 13).
In 1902 William invested
$1,750 in the Scioto Canning Company located in Circleville, Ohio. Three of the
four bonds he purchased were for $500 each, the 4th was for $250. Each of the 4
bonds was dated May 15, 1902. A year later, on July 18, 1903, William H.
Anderson prepared his Will in which he stated, “I will and bequeath to my wife,
Sarah J. Anderson, all my personal property.” His Will continued, “I will and
devise to my said wife, Sarah J. Anderson, all the real estate of which I may
die seized, for and during the term of her natural life, with the provision,
however, that if it should become necessary for her support to sell my interest
in the farm on which we now reside, then I hereby authorize and empower her to
sell and dispose of the same, together with her part of said farm, either at
private or public sale, and upon such terms of credit as she may deem best, and
to make a proper deed to the purchaser therefor, and the purchaser thereof
shall not be required to look to the application of the purchase money.” The
above terms of the Will were particularly appropriate and useful to Sarah Jane
in her later life as will be seen below.
William's Will continued, and while the subsequent terms
were never applied that we know of, they provide useful information for us, his
genealogy researchers. “I will and bequeath that after the death of my said
wife, that part of my property which has then not been consumed, shall be
divided and paid as follows: First: To Nora E. Ramsey, the sum of Five hundred
Dollars ($500.00). Second: To Samuel Ressler, the sum of Seventy-five Dollars
($75.00). [In the probation of this will, Samuel Ressler is identified as
William's half brother.] Third: -To Savanus Valentine, the sum of Two hundred
Dollars ($200.00). Fourth: To Pansey Valentine and Elsie Marie Valentine,
children of said Savanus Valentine, each the sum of Fifty Dollars ($50.00).”
Finally, William stated, “I hereby appoint my said wife, Sarah J. Anderson,
executrix of this my last Will and Testament ...”
On September (est.), 1906, Sarah Jane and William Anderson
went to Independence, Missouri where they visited with Sarah's sister, Nora E.
Valentine Ramsey. While there, on October 4, 1906, William died suddenly. He
was 70 years old. His body was embalmed in Independence, MO and transported
back to Ohio. He arrived on Saturday evening and funeral services were held
Sunday morning. He was buried at St. Paul's Church in Washington Twp., Pickaway
County, Ohio.
Sarah
Jane Valentine Anderson was 58 years old when William died on October 4, 1906.
They had been married one month short of 34-years. Sarah Jane received $350
widows allowance from the estate for her support for up to one year until
William's Will could be probated. Upon probation of the Will, Sarah inherited
$1,790.07, the majority being the value of the Scioto Canning Company bonds.
She also inherited the William Anderson family farm.
Sarah Jane lived another 27
years after the death of her husband. The Federal Census and public records
tell us little about her later life except that she continued to live in
Pickaway County, Ohio. A photograph taken about 1925 shows Sarah Jane with her
son William A.
Harrington, some of
her grandchildren and a great-grandchild, June L. Harrington, daughter of Ira
E. Harrington. At some point members of the Herrington family changed the
spelling of their surname to Harrington.
June
Harrington Franklin Walters recalled that in the 1920s, Sarah Jane traveled
with some frequency between Circleville, Ohio and Independence or Kansas City,
Missouri spending time with her relatives. Likely she also visited other
siblings on these treks.
Ira Harrington recalled that during the last
few years of her life, his grandmother, Sarah Jane, turned over property to the
Circleville Home and Hospital in return for a home and support for the rest of
her life. The 1930 Federal Census lists Sarah Jane as an inmate of that
facility. Interestingly, the same census gives her date of birth as about 1851
and her age as 79. This might have an error promulgated by the staff of the
Circleville Home and Hospital or it could reflect Sarah Jane not remembering
her exact date of birth.
Sarah Jane died on May 15, 1933 just 44-days short of her
85th birthday. Her obituary states the cause of death to be “... complications after
an illness of six months.” She was survived by her son, William A. Harrington
of Circleville, OH; a sister, Nora Ramsey of Kansas City, Missouri; and two
brothers, George W. Valentine of Kansas City, Missouri and Lewis Valentine of
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Washington C.H., Ohio.
Burial was in St. Paul Cemetery, Washington Twp., Pickaway County, Ohio.
Federal Census for the
period 1850 and 1860 for Sarah Jane Valentine
Anderson can be found in the Levi Valentine section of this book.
Sarah
Jane Herrington and William H. Anderson planned to marry in the Fall of 1869.
The Pickaway County Marriage Book for 1869-1878 contains an application for a
marriage license dated 9 October 1869. The application was signed by William H.
Anderson and Probate Judge, W.C. Brinkle but not Sarah Jane. The application
was subseqently voided. Their marriage took place three years and a month later
on 4 November 1872 in Kenton, Kentucky.
From
the 1870 Federal Census for Washington Township, Pickaway County,
Ohio; enumerated 3 June 1870 by John Muiden [all born in Ohio]
William Anderson, head, age
32, farmer Sarah Valentine, age 22, keeping house David Stout, age 14, farm
labor
Kentucky Marriages,
1785-1979:
Groom's Name: Wm Anderson
Groom's Birth Date: 1837
Groom's Birthplace: Pickaway County
Groom's Age: 35
Bride's Name: Sarah J. Valentine
Bride's Birth Date: 1847
Bride's Birthplace: Pickaway Co, Ohio
Bride's Age: 25
Marriage Date: 04 Nov 1872
Marriage Place: Kenton, Kentucky
Groom's Marital Status: Single
Indexing Project (Batch) Number:
M01510-4
System Origin: Kentucky-EASy
Source Film Number: 1943299
Reference Number: rerg 1863-76 p 111
From
the 1880 Federal Census for Washington Township, Pickaway County,
Ohio; enumerated 14 June 1880
William Anderson, (head), age 43,
farmer, born in Ohio
Sarah Jane Anderson,
wife, age 32, keeping house, born in Ohio William Herrington, son, age 14, at
school, born in Kansas
George W.L.
Valentine, brother [sic, brother-in-law], age 26, born in Illinois Nora E.
Valentine, sister [sic, sister-in-law], age 13, at school, born in Kansas
George W. Stout, servant, age 19, laborer, born in Ohio
From
the 1900 Federal Census for Washington Township, Pickaway County,
Ohio; enumerated 14 June 1900
William H. Anderson, head, age 63,
farmer, born March 1937 in Ohio
Sarah
Valentine, wife, age 51, born June 1848 in Ohio; Mother number of living
children = 1 Mother number of children = 1
From the 1910 Federal Census for
Circleville, Union Street, Circleville Township, Pickaway County, Ohio;
enumerated 19 April 1910
Sarah Anderson, head, age 62, widow,
born in Ohio
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From
the 1920 Federal Census for Circleville, East Union Street,
Circleville Township, Pickaway County, Ohio; enumerated 9 January 1930
Sarah Anderson, head, age 72, widow,
born in Ohio
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From the 1930 Federal Census for
ju,enumerated 17 April 1930 Sarah Anderson, Inmate, age 79, widow, born in Ohio
(Other inmates
enumerated in this entry were:) Alice B. Downs, matron, age 58, widowed
Aletha Lucas, daughter, age 35, divorced Jean
Lucas, granddaughter, age 10,
Mary Will, inmate, age 76, single
Millie
Burton, inmate, age 70, widowed Mary J. Waples, inmate, age 80, widowed Rebecca
Smith, inmate, age 86, widowed Susan A. Milligan, inmate, age 75, widowed Mary
J. Williamson, inmate, age 82, single Elizabgeth Bier, inmate, age 55, single
Drusilla Dayton, inmate, age 85, widowed Jane E. Tritah, inmate, age 80, single
Mary
A. Fitzer, inmate, age 82, widowed Wilson Pontius, inmate, age 75, married
Addie Pontius, inmate, age 83, married Julia Steege, inmate, age 86, widowed
Lucy McMannus, inmate, age 76, widowed
U.S., Find A Grave
Index, 1600s-Current about Sarah Jane Anderson
Name: Sarah Jane
Anderson
Birth
Date: |
28 |
Jun 1848 |
Death Date: |
15 |
May 1933 |
Cemetery: |
Saint Pauls Evangelical Church
Cemetery |
|
Burial Place: |
Pickaway County, Ohio |
Obituary of Sarah
Jane Valentine Anderson:
Mrs.
Sarah J. Anderson, aged 84, passed away at the Home and Hospital Monday [May
15, 1933] at 8:30 a.m. of complications after an illness of six months.
Mrs. Anderson was born June 28, 1848
[Wednesday], a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Levy Valentine. She was twice married
both her husbands, Charles Harrington, the first husband, and William H.
Anderson, preceding her in death.
Surviving
are one son, William A. Harrington, 560 E. Franklin St; a sister, Mrs. Nora
Ramsey of Kansas City, Mo., and two brothers, George W. Valentine of Kansas
City and Lewis Valentine of Washington C.H.
Funeral
services were held Wednesday [May 17, 1933] at 3 p.m. at the Albaugh Co. chapel
with Rev. C.W. Ruhlman of Calvery Evangelical church officiating.
Burial
was in St. Paul cemetery Washington Twp. [Note: St Paul' Church is located
in Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio, about 5-miles east of
Circleville, Ohio.]
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Notes for Charles
William Harrington:
By the year 2009 the story
of great grandmother, Sarah Jane Valentine (1848-1933), was pretty well known.
Her meeting with Charles Harrington in Kansas and the subsequent birth of
William Alvin Harrington are a matter of record. But, Charles Harrington remained
a mystery. About all that was known of him to later generations had been passed
down by Sarah Jane Valentine to her son, William Alvin Harrington. By the time
it reached the author of this book, Richard E. Harrington, the information was
spotty and disconnected. Sarah had described Charles as being an Irishman and a
seaman who had arrived in Kansas on a cattle-boat by way of the Mississippi
River. He had been born in Nova Scotia, his father having emigrated there from
Ireland. A trip to Kansas by the author, Richard E. Harrington, and his niece,
Candice Kay Harrington, in 2010 in search of almost anything that could be a
clue to Charles Harrington’s identity, proved futile. The
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only
other clue had also come from Sarah Jane in a statement that Charles Harrington
had given their son, his middle name.
In
January of 2013, I decided to have my DNA analyzed by Ancestry.DNA in part to
see if that might lead to further information about great grandfather, Charles
William Harrington. Within a month I received a report from Ancestry.DNA
identifying a match with a possible cousin by the name of Linda McNeil. Upon
contacting her, she responded that the likely relationship was through her
Harrington line. Linda gave me access to her family tree that included three
generations of Harrington’s as follows: Thomas Harrington, an immigrant to Nova
Scotia from Ireland; Thomas’s son, Charles William Harrington (1844-1904), a
seaman born in Nova Scotia; and Charles’s daughter, Edith Mabel Harrington
(1884-1955). Edith married Mayford Phinney (1884-1943) establishing the branch
in which Linda McNeil is a member.
Further research about Charles William
Harrington resulted in the discovery that he was born in Nova Scotia the son of
an Irish immigrant, Thomas Harrington, and his wife, Mary Webb (1810-after
1871). Mary Webb was English and born in Nova Scotia. Her grandfather had
immigrated to Nova Scotia from Connecticut, USA, and could well have been one
of the British Loyalists who chose to emigrate about the time of the USA
Declaration of Independence. Charles William Harrington was a mariner
throughout his life. His occupation as a mariner first appears as a declaration
by Sarah Jane Valentine. Then on his marriage application to Caroline Couch
(1849-1924) on 23 Feb 1867 he again gave his occupation as mariner. Over the
next 22 years (1869-1891), the birth records of no fewer than 8 of Charles and
Caroline’s 10 children gave his occupation as Mariner or Sea Captain. The
marriage record of his daughter, Edith Mabel Harrington, on 02 Apr 1884 was the
first record of Charles W. Harrington as a Sea Captain. An earlier birth record
of his son, Freeman Harrington, on 22 May 1877 and all previous birth records
listed him as mariner. The 1880 Federal Census for Boston, Massachusetts, USA,
Boston City Prison contains an entry that could well be our Charles William
Harrington that also shows him to be a sailor.
The dates of relevant events surrounding
Charles Harrington fit well with known dates. Charles William and Sarah Jane’s
son, William Alvin Harrington, would have been conceived in late August or
early September1865 and was born on 10 Jun 1866. Charles would have just turned
21-years old; Sarah Jane was 17. According to Sarah Jane Valentine, Charles
William Harrington gave their son, William Alvin Harrington, his middle name.
Charles William Harrington’s middle name, of course, was William. That their
son’s given first name was William Alvin Harrington would seem to justify Sarah
Jane’s emphasis on this fact.
There appears to be no evidence that Sarah
Jane Valentine and Charles William Harrington were married. We had determined
from our 2010 trip to Kansas that the records that would be needed to prove their
marriage were lost in a flood. One piece of subsequent information suggests
that they may have been married. When Sarah Jane and William H. Anderson
applied for a marriage license in Pickaway County, Ohio on 9 October 1969,
Sarah gave her name as Sarah Jane Herrington. The application was subsequently
canceled and they married on 04 Nov 1872 in Kenton, Kenton County, Kentucky. I
tend to think that Sarah Jane may have believed that Charles would return to
Kansas to form the family, so she named her son Herrington. Upon her return to
Pickaway County, Ohio, she may have chosen to represent herself as a Herrington
to account for her bastard son. Being unable to produce proof of marriage and
divorce could account for the unused Pickaway County marriage license of 9
October 1969 and the subsequent marriage to William H. Anderson in Kentucky on
4 November 1872.
About
8-months after his son, William Alvin Harrington, was born Charles William
Harrington married Caroline Couch Willigar on 23 Feb 1867 in Parrsboro, Cumberland,
Nova Scotia, Canada. Over the next 24+ years Charles fathered 10-children with
his wife, Caroline Couch, most of whom were born in Parrsboro, NS.
Pursuaded by my initial research on Charles William
Harrington and following the DNA linkage to Linda McNeil, my wife and I made a
trip to Nova Scotia, Canada beginning 21 August 2013 thru 3 September 2013.
After a few days of basic genealogy research in the Nova Scotia archives in
Halifax, N.S. we drove to Parrsboro, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia to do local
research. We hit pay-dirt there. Due in no small part to the hospitality of the
people we found there and their eagerness to help, we identified and met
several generations of descendants of Charles William and Caroline Couch
Harrington. We found and photographed Charles and Caroline's graves and the
graves of a son and other kin. The closest relative met on the trip was Haley
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Jollymore Harrington,
an 89-year old half-1st cousin, and his wife Elsie Evelyn MacAloney. Haley was
also a sea captain for Imperial Oil Limited (IOL), commonly known as ESSO in
Canada. Haley subsequently died on 26 Aug 2014. Meeting over a dozen
descendants of Charles William Harrington was exciting and pleasant, however,
we were still no closer to proving that Charles was the father of my
grandfather, William Alvin Harrington. To prove this relationship, we planned a
second trip to Nova Scotia in 2015 to try to collect additional DNA samples
from known descendants of Charles William Harrington.
Then
came a big development in the Ancestry-DNA technology that made the return trip
to Nova Scotia unnecessary. On 16 November 2014 Ancestry.DNA introduced their
"Circles" technology that analyzes their entire DNA database for
matches of members who relate to a common ancestor. The Circle is identified by
the name of the common ancestor and all members who belong to that Circle are
made known to each other. In reality, since most members use pseudonyms instead
of their own names, their identity remains unknown unless an effort is made to
contact and identify them.
As of January 2015, my
(Richard E. Harrington) DNA data was matched to the Circles of Jane Sarah
Rushton (1784-1869) and Samuel James Webb (1785-1828), the parents of Mary Webb
who was Charles William Harrington's mother. There were no fewer than 12
individual DNA Circle matches to the Jane Sarah Rushton and Samuel James Webb
Circles. Of the 12 DNA Circle matches, 4 matches were also direct matches to my
DNA. Four of the 12 matches were via different childen of Jane Sarah Rushton
and Samuel James Webb. Two of the 4 direct matches were via a different child
of Jane Sarah Rushton and Samuel James Webb than mine and two were direct
matches via the same child of Jane Sarah Rushton and Samuel James Webb as mine.
The only possible way in which the lines of ancestors for Linda McNeil and
Richard Harrington to make a Circle match to Jane Sarah Rushton and Samuel
James Webb is through Mary Webb, wife of Thomas Harrington and mother of
Charles William Harrington. Also, the match between Linda McNeil's and my DNA
which was originally assumed to be based on our Harrington line DNA, could have
been the result our having Jane Sarah Rushton and Samuel James Webb as our
common ancestors. That is, our match may not have been from the Harrington line
but through Mary Webb's line. This constitutes absolute proof that Mary Webb
was the grandmother of my grandfather but leaves open the question of there
being a match with the Harrington line. But since there is ample proof that
Thomas Harrington and Mary Webb were married and that they had at least 3
children together, one of whom was Charles William Harrington, it also proves
that Thomas Harrington was the father of my grandfather, William Alvin
Harrington (1855-1951) It also confirms that Marney Moore Gilroy is my 5th
cousin, 1x removed. See the entries under Jane Sarah Rushton in this book for
details of the 12 Circle matches discussed above.
Nova
Scotia, Canada, Marriages, 1763-1935 about Charles H. Harrington [sic, Charles
W. Harrington]
Name: Charles H.
Harrington Gender: Male
Spouse Name: Caroline
Cooch Spouse Gender: Female Marriage Date: 1867
Marriage Place:
Amherst, Cumberland Registration Year: 1867
Registration Book: 1809
Registration Page: 23
Registration number: 5
From
the marriage application record for Charles H. Harrington (sic, Charles W.
Harrington), age 22, and Caroline Crouch (Crouch was crossed out) Cooch, age
18, the date of the wedding was given as 23 February 1867. The "where and
how" were answered: Parrsboro, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, by license,
Bap Ch. Charles listed his vocation as a Seaman. Caroline did not list a
vocation. Charles gave his residence at the time of marriage as Five Islands
and his place of birth as Wallace, [Pictou County, Nova Scotia]. Caroline gave
her residence as Parrsboro but gave no place of birth. Charles gave his parents
as Thomas and Mary Harrington. Caroline gave her parents as Lavinia Couch.
Charles gave Thomas vocation as a blacksmith. Caroline gave Lavinia's
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vocation as Servant. The minister was Baptist, Rev. David
McKeen. The marriage place was given as Amherst, Cumberland. Witnesses were
Frances Jenks and James Cooch. This information was collected in Nova Scotia
and may be found also at: www.novascotiagenealogy.com
From
the 1871 Canadian Census for the town of Parrsboro Shore,
District No. 12 Cumberland, Nova Scotia; enumerated [no date census was taken]
by [no name of census taker][all born in Nova Scotia and all were Baptist]
John Cooch, age 48,
English, Seaman Jane Cooch, age 38, English
Thomas Cooch, age 27,
English, Seaman Charles Herington, age 28, Irish, Seaman Caroline Herington,
age 26, Irish Thomas Herington, age 2, Irish
Flora
Herington, age 5-mo., Irish (born Oct. 1870) [The birth dates of Florence and
Thomas appear to be reversed as compared with other family data; e.g., the
birth records.]
(A
remark following the Herington family reads: "this family boards with John
Cooch and have no property.)
At the time of the 1871
census, the population of Parrsboro was about 1,000 people in about 170 family
units. These numbers are from a count of the Parrsboro 1871 census.
From
the 1880 United States Federal Census for the City Prison, House
of Industry (Deer Island), Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; enumeratd 15
June, 1880 by M. P. Bown
Name: Charles W.
Harrington
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35 |
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White |
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Married |
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Ireland |
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Nova Scotia |
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Sailor |
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Cannot read/write:
Charles W. Harrington, age
35 (plus over 100 other prisoners)
There
is no proof that the Charles W. Harrington of the 1800 U.S. Federal Census was
our family's Charles William Harrington (1845-1904), great grandfather of the
author, Richard E. Harrington, but, the author believes that this probably was
our ancestor. All the limited data fit. So, some limited research was done to
learn more about his place of incarceration, the City Prison, House of Industry
(Deer Island), Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. The following was copied
from the website, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deer_Island_Prison. "The
Deer Island Prison (c. 1880-1991) in Suffolk County, Massachusetts was located
on Deer Island in Boston Harbor. Also known as the Deer Island House of
Industry and later, House of Correction, it held people convicted of drunkenness,
illegal possession of drugs, disorderly conduct, larceny, and other crimes
subject to relatively short-term sentencing. When it closed in 1991, some 1,500
inmates were being held at Deer Island."
"An
article in the national Frank Leslie's Sunday Magazine (1884) described the
prisoners on Deer Island in the 1880s: "they in the main are from the
lowest stratum of the cosmopolitan society of New England's metropolis,
embracing representatives of almost every nationality under the sun, and from
the shortness of the sentences, many being confined for 10 days only, for
nonpayment of one dollar and costs for drunkenness, and none for more than a
year."["The Boston Institutions at Deer Island". Frank Leslie's
Sunday Magazine 15 (3). 1884. Retrieved 21 January 2010.]
From the 1901
Canadian Census for the town of Parrsboro, District No. 30 Cumberland, Nova
Scotia; enumerated [no date census was taken] by Arthur W. Jackson [all are
Irish, born in Nova Scotia and Baptist except as noted; all of the children are
single]
Charles Harrington,
head, age 56 born Aug 20, 1844, occupation Seaman Caroline Harrington, wife, age
52, born 27 Feb 1849, English
William Harrington,
son, age 28, born 27 Dec 1872, occupation Sailor Harris Harrington, son, age
26, born 4 July 1874, occupation Sailor Ann Harrington, dau., age 19, born 7
Feb 1882
Banford Harrington,
son, age 21, born 4 Mar 1880, Serracna (unclear) maker Edith Harrington, dau.,
age 17, born 15 Jan 1884
Howard Harrington, son, age 10, born
20 Mar 1891
Mary J Harrington, dau., age
25, born 25 Mar 1876, domestic Freeman Harrington, son, age 22, born 22 May 1878,
occupation Sailor
Nova
Scotia boasted the 4th largest private merchant marine until Canada ended Nova
Scotia's right to Free Trade in 1867. Nova Scotians nearly went to war with
Canada and Britain over this.
I found the following website that includes a brief
listing of the Charles William Harrington line. The entire Rushton line
(38-pages) is at:
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/u/m/Carla-J-Sumner/ODT5-0001.html
1 John RUSHTON d: Unknown
. +SARAH m: Bef. 1719 d: Unknown
. 2 John R. RUSHTON,
Sr. b: Abt. 1727 in Westchester Co., New York, USA d: December 02, 1799 in
Westchester, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia
.... +Mary COON b:
Abt. 1727 in Westchester Co., New York, USA m: Bef. 1751 d: January 18, 1822 in
Westchester, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia
.... 3 John RUSHTON
b: 1751 in WESTCHESTER , NOVA SCOTIA [CUMBERLAND] d:
November 01, 1831 in
WESTCHESTER , NOVA SCOTIA [CUMBERLAND]
....... +Mary
COLEFIELD b: 1760 in WESTCHESTER , NOVA SCOTIA [CUMBERLAND] d:
February 01, 1821 in WESTCHESTER
, NOVA SCOTIA [CUMBERLAND]
....... 4 Jane
RUSHTON b: 1784 in WESTCHESTER , NOVA SCOTIA [CUMBERLAND] d:
October 10, 1869 in
Eagle Hill Cem, Canada
.......... +Samuel
WEBB b: 1785 m: October 06, 1802 in WESTCHESTER , NOVA SCOTIA [CUMBERLAND] d: April
08, 1828 in Eagle Hill Cem, Canada
.......... 5 John
Rushton WEBB b: September 22, 1804 in Nova Scotia d: August 24, 1811 in Eagle
Hill Cem, Canada
.......... 5 Samuel
WEBB b: March 18, 1806 in Nova Scotia d: Unknown in Eagle Hill Cem.,Canada
............. +Mary
DOYLE b: 1810 m: February 15, 1831 in Nova Scotia d: October 03, 1845 in
Eagle
Hill Cem, Canada |
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Mary Jane WEBB b: May 09, 1834 d: June 08, 1916 |
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+Charles H. LEWIS |
m: 1851
in Nova Scotia d: Unknown |
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7 |
Miriam LEWIS b: 1859 |
d: Private |
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7 |
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d: Private |
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7 |
Anne LEWIS b: 1863 |
d: Private |
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+Francis WELTON |
m:
August 12, 1891 d: Unknown |
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7 |
Samuel LEWIS b: December 21, 1865 |
d:
Private |
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7 |
Ustace Woodbury LEWIS b: December
26, 1867 d: Private |
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7 |
Ida May LEWIS b: August 13, 1870 |
d:
Private |
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+Blair SEARS b: 1861 m: March 20,
1889 d: Private |
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7 |
Owen Webb LEWIS b: January 22, 1873 |
d:
Private |
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Owen Doyal WEBB b: January 07, 1836 |
d:
Unknown |
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Eunice WEBB b: September 23, 1838 |
d:
Private |
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Esther Melina WEBB b: August 01,
1843 |
d:
Private |
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7 |
William Osmond WEBB b: February 01,
1865 d: Private |
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Agnes Angevine WEBB b: June 06, 1845 |
d:
Private |
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................ +Janes
Barnabus WEATHERBEE b: 1834 m: May 27, 1861 in Nova Scotia d: Private
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7 |
James Nathaniel
WEATHERBEE b: November 10, 1864 d:
Private |
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7 |
Mary Maria WEATHERBEE b: June 07,
1867 d: Private |
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7 |
Elisha C. WEATHERBEE b: May 16, 1869 |
d: Private |
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7 |
Frances WEATHERBEE b: May 13, 1871 |
d: Private |
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Clarase WEBB b: April 03, 1847 |
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d: Private |
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+Samuel Durning GRAHAM b: 1846 m:
November 19, 1866 in Nova Scotia d: Private |
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7 |
Clarence WEBB b: October 30, 1864 |
d: Private |
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7 |
Agnes O. GRAHAM b: April 23, 1868 |
d: Private |
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7 |
Minnie Matilda GRAHAM b: September
09, 1869 |
d:
Private |
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Caroline WEBB b: January 27,
1850 d: Private |
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Shubael Dimock Marsters WEBB b: May
29, 1852 |
d:
Private |
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Ellenor WEBB b: August 29, 1854 |
d: July
07, 1911 |
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+Charles Morris THOMPSON b: 1854 m:
July 14, 1875 d: November 23, 1898 |
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7 |
William Clay THOMPSON b: April 11,
1876 |
d: May 25, 1876 |
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7 |
Minnie THOMPSON b: 1877 |
d: Private |
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7 |
Elsie THOMPSON b: January 1881 |
d:
Private |
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7 |
Bessie THOMPSON b: 1882 |
d: Private |
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7 |
Nina THOMPSON b: 1885 d: Private |
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7 |
WILLIETHOMPSON b: 1888 |
d: Private |
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Thomas Perk WEBB b: February 03,
1857 d: Private |
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Charles M. WEBB b: August 22, 1863 |
d: 1928
in Eagle Hill Cem, Canada |
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+Margaret C. WEBB b: August 23, 1871
m: June 10, 1891 in Nova Scotia d: 1943 |
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7 |
Raymond WEBB b: August 27, 1892 |
d: Private |
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7 |
Earl WEBB b: June 15, 1895 |
d: Private |
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7 |
Ella WEBB b: January 07, 1897 |
d: Private |
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7 |
Russell WEBB b: January 18, 1899 |
d:
Private |
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7 |
Amy Dressa WEBB b: Private |
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of Samuel WEBB:
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+Matilda MARSTERS b: September 02, 1822 m: April 27, 1842 in Nova Scotia d:
June
08,
1900 in Eagle Hill Cem, Canada |
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WEBB b: November 19, 1810 |
d: Private |
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+Thomas HARRINGTON m: October 27, 1841
d: Unknown |
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Harris HARRINGTON b: February 02, 1842 |
d: Private |
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Charles William HARRINGTON b: August 20, 1844 |
d: Private |
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+Caroline COUCH b: 1848 m: February 23, 1867 d: Private |
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[2] Florence HARRINGTON b: January
29, 1869 |
d: Private |
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+[1] John HARRINGTON b: April 10, 1873
m: May 26, 1896 d: Private |
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Thomas Stewart HARRINGTON b:
December 25, 1871 |
d: Private |
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+Lina RUSHTON b: 1888 m: June 27,
1908 d: Private |
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John William HARRINGTON b: December
25, 1872 d: Private |
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Freeman HARRINGTON b: 1878 d: Private |
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+Sarah Alice COUCH b: 1887 m:
December 20, 1905 d: Private |
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Mary HARRINGTON b: 1880 |
d: Private |
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+Harvey HENWOOD b: 1882 m: August
18, 1902 d: Private |
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Howard Joseph HARRINGTON b: 1881 |
d: Private |
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+Mary Emily ANDERSON b: 1890 m:
November 11, 1912 d: Private |
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Edith HARRINGTON b: 1884 |
d: Private |
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+Mallford PHINNEY b: 1881 m: August
27, 1903 d: Private |
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John Webb HARRINGTON b: May 01, 1846 |
d: Private |
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+Nancy Anne EMBREE b: 1843 m: May 26, 1866 d: Private |
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Mary A. HARRINGTON b: February 07,
1867 d: Private |
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+Silas P. MILLS b: 1865 m: November
25, 1887 d: Private |
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Alexander McPhee HARRINGTON b: March
18, 1871 |
d: Private |
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+Elizabeth J. NELSON b: 1872 m:
October 28, 1890 d: Private |
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*2nd Wife of Alexander McPhee HARRINGTON: |
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+Rachel BENTCLIFF b: 1873 m: April
27, 1896 d: Unknown |
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Wife of Alexander McPhee HARRINGTON:
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+Sarah Ann
HENNESSEY b: 1879 m: December 22, 1897 d: Unknown |
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[1] John HARRINGTON b: April 10,
1873 |
d: Private |
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+[2] Florence HARRINGTON b: January
29, 1869 m: May 26, 1896 d: Private |
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Ellen Louisa HARRINGTON b: May 31,
1875 d: Private |
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Charles W. HARRINGTON b: 1878 d: Private |
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+Nellie FARRELL b: 1882 m: March 13,
1901 d: Private |
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Marguerite May HARRINGTON b: 1879 |
d: Private |
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+Frank Robson LAMY b: 1875 m:
December 02, 1902 d: Private |
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Anne E. HARRINGTON b: 1883 |
d: Private |
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Lucy HARRINGTON b: 1883 d: Private |
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+John G. THOMPSON b: 1878 m: August
10, 1903 d: Private |
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WEBB b: May 08, 1813 d: Private |
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+Charity WEBB b: March 04, 1817 m: August 17, 1836 d: May 01, 1839 |
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Charity WEBB b: October 12, 1841 |
d: Private |
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Olive WEBB b: January 01, 1844 |
d: Private |
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Susannah WEBB b: May 17, 1846 |
d: Private |
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Charles William
Harrington and Sarah Jane Valentine had the following child:
i.
WILLIAM ALVIN7 HARRINGTON was
born on 10 Jun 1866 in Kansas. He died on 24 Jul 1951 in at the home of his
son, Roy William Harrington, in Circleville, Ohio (buried in Hitler Cemetery
near Circleville, Ohio). He married Sarah Elizabeth Pence, daughter of Josiah
Pence and Sarah Jane Lockwood, on 02 Nov 1890 in Hocking County, Ohio (by James
Milhon, V Dr. M). She was born on 29 Apr 1872 in Benton Twp., Hocking County,
Ohio. She died on 19 Jan 1948 in Circleville, Ohio, Pickaway County, Ohio
(buried in Hitler Cemetery near Circleville, Ohio).
Notes
for William Alvin Harrington:
Photos in Album, Pages: 2-5, 9, 55, 169
William
(Bill) Alvin Harrington was the son of Sarah Jane Valentine and Charles William
Herrington. The earlier spellings of the Harrington surname included Herington,
Herrington and all three are found in the historical literature. Bill Alvin's
children used "Harrington," so, that is the spelling that will be
used here.
Little
is known of Bill Alvin Harrington's youth and early family life. He claimed
that he was born in Kickapoo, Kansas, a claim that almost certainly would have
been based on information that he got from his mother. But the period between
his birth on 10 June 1866 and the 1880 Federal Census when he appears as a 14
year old son in the William H. and Sarah Jane Anderson household of his mother
is a blank.
It
is not known whether Bill Harrington finished high school. It is doubtful that
he did although he was literate in both reading and writing. It was common
practice in American farming families of the period, that children would drop
out of school after their 6th or 8th grade to work on the farm. This is likely
what William Alvin Harrington did. However, the 1880 U.S. Federal Census shows
him still in school. So, he at least went as far as the 8th grade.
At
the age of 24 years Bill married Sarah Elizabeth Pence on November 2, 1890 in
Hocking County, Ohio. Eleven months and a few days later, Bill and Lizzie had
their first of nine children. The baby was Nellie Mae Harrington and would be
the first of 4-girls and 5-boys. All 9-children lived to adulthood and except
for Easter Marie Harrington Thompson who died at the age of 28, all lived
relatively long lives.
Bill
and Lizzie's children, as adults, enjoyed each other's company and would get
together fairly frequently to play cards, share meals, cook sweetcorn, make ice
cream, drink beer, tell stories of their life experiences and just talk.
Grandpa
Bill was a frequent participant in these get-togethers. He always came by
himself - Lizzie never joined in except when someone visited her house. Bill
did not contribute much to the story-telling but was a frequent subject of some
of the
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stories. His children
agreed that he was a no-nonsense, authoritarian parent and was quite capable of
backing up his authority with corporal punishment when needed. Each of his
progeny had tales to tell of his discipline. Ira once told of coaxing his dad
into sparing with him using boxing gloves. Ira was of an age that he was pretty
sure that he could whip his dad in a boxing match. During the course of the
match, Ira landed a solid blow on his dad's nose. The result was that it made
his dad angry and he was going to take off the gloves and give Ira a good
thrashing. But the boxing gloves were laced-on and he could not use his hand to
grab and hold Ira. His solution was to put his gloved hand between his knees
and rip the glove off tearing the boxing gloves and breaking the lacings in the
process. While his dad was freeing himself of the gloves, Ira climbed the fence
and escaped. Bill recovered from his sore nose and hot temper and reestablished
his composure before Ira could return home.
Throughout his life, Bill would collect his
weekly pay and on his way home from work, go to the store and buy the
groceries. Lizzie seldom went to the store or handled money. One can speculate
that there was some conversation with his wife as to what to buy, but he
otherwise controlled the menu for the table.
Bill
Alvin Harrington was a laborer. Census records list him as initially being a
farmer, farm laborer, and general laborer. He worked in construction, poured
and finished concrete, built fences, worked at the canning factory, worked on
truck farms and about anything that would earn a dollar. He was a hard worker
giving full value for his pay. He finished his career as a janitor, laborer and
handy man working many years for the Ohio Electric Power and Lighting Company
just south of Columbus, Ohio. He finally retired at the age of 72 with a
pension from that Company. The Ohio Electric Power and Lighting Company is now
an operating plant of the American Electric Power Company (AEP).
Bill was well liked by all who knew him.
Unlike his wife who was usually secluded and largely antisocial, Bill was
forthcoming and pleasant. He loved to play cards and would seldom pass up a
game. He liked to gamble at cards but never for high stakes. Usually he played
for a nickel or dime; a quarter a hand was about his limit.
John
Greene, Jr. son of John and Esther Mae Eblin Greene and Grandpa Bill's great
grandson recalls: "When we lived on the south end of Frankin County in old
Marion Township from 1941 to 1949 grandfather Bill Harrington would come to
visit us. He would ride the Greyhound bus from Circleville, and walk the short
distance from High Street to our house (about a 1/4 mile ). That weekend there
wasn't much sleeping. It was an all-night poker party. I remember his pointer
finger had a heavy deformed finger nail, and he would thump it on the table
when he wanted to make a point. When he came, he always brought along his
bottle of Four Roses."
Bill Harrington’s deformed fingernail was on the index
finger of his right hand. It was the result of an auto-accident. He was driving
a model-A Ford and bumped into the back of a similar vehicle. Neither car was
damaged but the bumper of Bill's car went over the bumper of the other car. He
got hold of the bumper of his car and raised it a little and it slid off. The
tip of his finger was between the sliding bumpers and it sheared off the end of
his finger. It just cut off the tip leaving the 'quick' of the nail so that it
continued to grow but in a thick, deformed nail, that he kept well-trimmed,
that looked like a bit like a talon of a bird.
Grandpa Bill Harrington
lived about a dozen years after he retired at the age of 72. At 72 he was
pretty well worn out but made good use of his retired years. He liked to fish and,
of course, play cards. The 1940 Federal Census enumerated Bill and his wife,
Lizzie, living with their son, Roy and Kathryn Payne Harrington. After Lizzie
moved out of their home, he made his residence with his son, Roy and Kathryn
Harrington who lived on Main Street on the far-east side of Circleville. He no
longer drove a car. One of his remaining pleasures was to walk the full length
of Main Street to the far-west side of Circleville - a distance of about a
mile. The attraction on West Main Street was a little bar named
"Mary's." It was run
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by
the owner whose name was Mary. Weather permitting, Grandpa Bill would make the
walk once a day. At Mary's he was well known. He knew and liked all the patrons
- it was a comfortable, fun place to be and he felt at home. Moreover, Mary was
a good friend and although she was a couple of decades younger than Bill, she
gave him a lot of attention calling him her 'boyfriend' and other endearing
names. Bill enjoyed the attention. Undoubtedly, it was attention that he had
not received for a long, long time at home, if ever. It filled a need of being
liked and needed. Bill, at the age of about 80-years, misread Mary's interest
and decided to propose marriage to her. He bought her a nice engagement ring
and prepared to make his 2nd proposal of marriage in his life. As his plan
matured, he took some of his children into his confidence. Their vision and
advice was more clear than Bill's had become and they advised him against his
plan. Being the stubborn old cuss that he was, he did not take their advice and
proceeded with his plan. The discussions with his kids and their advice,
however, probably helped soften the blow when Mary rejected his proposal. Bill
continued his daily walk, though. Perhaps he found the beer was as important as
Mary.
Grandpa Bill returned from his daily walk about 3:00 p.m.
on July 24, 1951. He always took his supper with Roy and Kathryn and would
usually help Kathryn prepare it if he could. On this day, he told Kathryn that
he was not feeling good and thought he would lie down on his bed and rest a
little. When Kathryn went to call him for dinner she found him dead. At the age
of 85, Grandpa Bill finally wore out.
William
Alvin Harrington never owned his own home. He always rented and was therefore
relatively mobile. In the course of his life he moved many times remaining in
the same house just a few years.
The
author’s mother, Audra L. Young Harrington, frequently remarked how much she
liked her father-in-law, Bill Alvin Harrington. Audra first met her future
father-in-law when he was about 62-years old. Audra was taken aback by the
brash, boisterous, and unpolished nature of some of his children, but, in
contrast the man she knew as her father-in-law, Bill Harrington, was a
soft-spoken, real gentleman. The author, Audra’s son, first remembers his
grandfather a decade or so later and confirms Audra’s description of him.
Obituary of William
Alvin Harrington:
William
Alvin Harrington, 85, died Tuesday afternoon [July 24, 1951] at 126 1/2 West
Main Street where he made his home with his son, Roy Harrington, who survives.
He was born June 10, 1866 in Kickapoo, Kan., the son of
Charles and Sarah Valentine Harrington and is a retired employee of Pickaway
Power plant.
Also
surviving are four other sons, Ray of Canal Winchester, Lewis of Columbus, Fred
of East Main Street and Ira Harrington of West Mound street; three daughters,
Miss Nellie Harrington and Mrs. Ruth Pennell of Columbus and Mrs. Viola Eblin
of East Main street; 17 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
Services
were held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in Defenbaugh Funeral Home with the Rev. Joseph
Bellcastro of Columbus officiating. Burial was in Hitler-Ludwig cemetery with
grandsons acting as pallbearers.
Being
relatively isolated in the rural farming area east of Circleville, I had only
limited contact with my grandparents and my aunts and uncles. So, much of the
impression that I have of the Harrington family members came from my mother,
Audra L. Young Harrington. Audra found the loud, boisterous and unpolished
nature of some of Ira's siblings not to her liking. Nevertheless, she was
sociable and courteous with them and without exception, they all seemed to like
her. It was not until I was in my own autumn years that I was able to view her
inlaws more objectively and better appreciate her point of view. I will review
Audra's relationship with her inlaws more when I write about Audra later, but
that is not the point of the current observation. Rather, the point is to try
to understand my dad's family a little better and appreciate why they were as
they were.
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To better understand
my dad's parents and siblings it is probably only necessary to remember how
they were reared and the environment of their lives. Grandpa Bill Harrington
spent his formative years on his step-father's farm. He was poorly educated but
not illiterate. He married Sarah Elizabeth Pence in 2 November1890 when he was
24 and she was 18 years old. Within about one year they began their family of
9-children with the birth of Nellie on 17 October 1891. Babies came rapidly so
that for the next 4-decades their house would be filled with their children and
grandchildren. Grandpa Bill Harrington's early training on his step-father's
farm prepared him for little more than hard work and farm labor. Bill and
Sarah's family was dirt-poor. Ira recalls that while they always seemed to have
enough to eat, it was important that he be at the table and get his share
because there were no seconds helpings. They ate a lot of beans, corn bread and
potatoes. As the boys got bigger, their meals were supplemented by wild game
and fish.
There
was no extra money for anything, only the bare necessities. Bill and Sarah
never owned real estate property. They either rented or traded labor for housing.
With so large a family, space was very limited, particularly, in winter when it
was not possible to spend time out-of-doors. Living was hard and the decades of
the end of the 1800s and beginning of the 1900s found technology just beginning
but still offering little opportunities other than farming and hard-labor jobs.
Bill and Sarah were both poorly-qualified to help their children find careers.
So, it is not surprising that the children grew up as competitive, poorly
mannered, and largely uneducated and ill-prepared for adult life. What may be a
little surprising is that as adults they remained friends and frequently
socialized together.
From
the Federal Census for 1880 for Washington Township, Pickaway
County, Ohio; enumerated 14 June 1880
William Anderson, head, age
43, occupation: farmer Sarah Jane Anderson, wife, age 32, housekeeping William
Herrington, son, age 14, at school
George
W.S. Valentine, brother, age 26 Nora E Valentine, sister, age 13, at school
George W. Stout, servant, age 19, laborer
From Federal Census
of 1900 for Circleville Township, Circleville Ward 5, East Town
Street, Pickaway Co., Ohio, enumerated 26 June 1900 by Samuel Kindler [Note:
the William Herrington family was enumerated 4-houses away from the Josiah
Pence house on the same street, East Town Street. See the Josiah Pence entry
for details.]
Herrington,
William, head, age 33, born June 1866 in Kansas, occupation: day laborer
Sarah
E. Herrington, wife, age 28, born Apr. 1872 in Ohio; Nellie M. Herrington, dau.,
age 8, born Oct 1891 in Ohio; Charles R. Herrington, son, age 6, born Sept 1893
in Ohio; Ruth I. Herrington, dau., age 4, born July 1895 in Ohio; Viola G.
Herrington, dau., age 2, born Aug 1897 in Ohio;
Ira E. Herrington, son, age 9-months, born
August 1899 in Ohio
From the Federal
Census of 1910 for Circleville Township, Pickaway County, Ohio,
Lancaster Pike; enumerated 26 April 1910 by Ira L May [all born in Ohio, except
as noted. William Harrington born in Kansas; William's father's birthplace given
as Wisconsin]
William
Harrington, head, age 44, occupation: concret works, sidewalks; born in Kansas,
father born in Wisconsin, mother b: Ohio
Ella Harrington, wife, age 37
Chas Wm, Harrington, son, age 17, laborer,
farm
Ruth I. Harrington, dau., age 15, working
out, private family
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Viola Harrington, dau, age 13
Anna [sic Ira], son, age 11
Roy Harrington, son, age 9
Easter Harrington, daughter, age 6
Lewis Harrington, son, age 4
Fred Harrington, son, age 11-mo
From
the Federal Census of 1920 for Walnut Township, Pickaway County,
Ohio, Little Walnut Road; enumerated 31 January & 2 February 1920
William Harrington, head,
age 53, occupation: laborer, farm (General) Lizzie Harrington, wife, age 48
Roy Harrington, son,
age18, occupation: laborer, farm (General) Easter Harrington, daughter, age 15
Louis Harrington, son, age14
Frederick Harrington, son, age 11
From
the 1930 U.S. Federal Census for Ward 2, 560 East Franklin
Street, Circleville City, Circleville Twp., Pickaway County, Ohio; enumerated
21 April by Mary Campsa Eagleson [All born in Ohio except as noted]
William
A Harrington, head, age 63, born in Kansas, both parents born in Ohio, laborer,
light plant
Sarah E Harrington, wife, age 57
Frederick M Harrington, son, age 20, father
born in Kansas, laborer, ice
plant
June L Harrington, granddaughter, age 9
From
the Federal Census of 1940 for Circleville, Pickawy County, Ohio;
enumerated 11 April 1940 by Mrs. Nina B. Reid
Roy Harrington, head,
age 38, lineman, utilities Catherine Harrington, wife, age 34
William Harrington,
father, age 72, laborer, utilities Elizabeth Harrington, mother, age 67
Norma Harrington, niece, age
9 Jack Harrington, nephew, age 6
From U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Wm A
Harrington (Sara E); Residence year 1947; Address 405 E. Main, Circleville, OH;
Publication title: Circleville, Ohio, City Directory, 1947
From
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Wm A Harrington; bartender John's Pl;
Residence year 1949; Address 405 E. Main, Circleville, OH; Phone: 608;
Publication title: Circleville, Ohio, City Directory, 1949
The
tombstones of Stella, William A., Sara Elizabeth Pence-Harrington, and Nellie
Harrington are located at the edge of the road, 53 paces (about 160 feet) from
the rear wall of the chapel on southernly line of projection of the west wall
of the chapel in the Hitler-Ludwig Cemetery, Pickaway County, about 3 miles
from Circleville, Ohio. Note: In the late 1990s, the Hitler-Ludwig Cemetery is
under the care of Craig and Don Fausnaugh. Don took care of it for about 21
years; now (2001) his son, Craig, is caring for it. The cemetery records which
only go back to about 1946 shows the ownership of the lots along the road
described above to be as follows: (lots along the road begin with # 17 which is
the south-most lot before reaching another road that "Tees" with the
road along which the Harrington lots are located. The numbering of lots runs
from 17 to 6 in the direction of the chapel -- i.e., lot is # 6 is closest to
the chapel). Lots # 17, 16 & 15 = Walter (Barney) Rolfe; # 14, 13, & 12
(no owner listed); Lot # 11 = Fred Harrington (appears to be occupied by Stella,
Fred's wife); Lots # 10 & 9 = Harrington Brothers (appears to be the lots
occupied
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by William A. and Sara
Elizabeth Harrington); Lot # 8 = Don Young; Lot # 7 = Lewis Harrington; Lot # 6
= Nellie Harrington.
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Notes for Sarah
Elizabeth Pence:
Photos in
Album, Pages: 2, 6
Sarah
Elizabeth Pence first appears in the records as a 9 year old in the 1880 Federal
Census. Since the 1890 Federal Census was destroyed by fire she never again
appeared as a Pence. Her marriage license was found, however, documenting her
November 2, 1890 marriage to William Alvin Herrington (later changed to
Harrington by the family). On October 17, 1891 she bore the first of nine
children. The author of this book, her grandson, Richard E. Harrington, recalls
her as a very serious lady who seldom smiled. Most records of her life indicate
that she preferred to use her middle name or some variation of it: Elizabeth,
Lizzie, Liz, Eliza, etc.
Elizabeth
and Bill Harrington's family was large and poor and no doubt she had a
difficult life with few conveniences. Ira E. Harrington, the author’s father,
described the family life as stark, poor, busy, and with little time for
affection. In addition to her own immediate family, she also reared her
granddaughter, June Harrington. June was the daughter of Ira Harrington and
Dortha Moore. Then, shortly before June Harrington graduated from high school
and left the home, two more grandchildren, Jack and Donna Lee Harrington,
children of her son, Lewis Josiah Harrington, joined her household for rearing.
No wonder that she seldom smiled.
Lizzie
was religiously inclined. Perhaps her religion was one of her own few comforts
because while her house was adorned with a few religious pictures, she did not
recruit her children into religion. She attended a Christian church that was
described as being both fundamental and radical. The audience was described as
active participants in the service with some "speaking in tongues,"
shouting, and becoming physically involved by marching about. It may have been
this radical activity that discouraged members of her family from following in
her religious footsteps.
Although of little resources, Lizzie always
managed to prepare a small white bag of hard ribbon candy and an orange or
apple for her grandchildren at Christmas time.
June Harrington was reared by Lizzie and
William Alvin Harrington from about the age of 5-years until she graduated from
high school at age about 18. June's memory of her grandmother was that of a
strict, impersonal lady who could seldom muster a smile. June recalled an event
that I had nearly forgotten. Lizzie and her husband, Bill Harrington, agreed to
act as over-night baby-sitters for her grandchildren, Dick and Bill Harrington,
June's half-brothers. Dick and Bill were 5 and 3 years old, respectively.
Lizzie's house was small and had no extra beds so a bed was prepared on a couch
for Dick and two chairs were pulled together as a bed for Bill. Bill was not
ready for bed but it was bed-time and Lizzie put him to bed anyway with the
admonition that he had better be good and be quiet or the "boogyman"
would get him. He retorted that the "boogyman" would get her; a
response that both surprised Lizzie and that she found funny. June recalled
that she smiled, almost laughing; a response that June had seldom seen and one
of the few times that June ever saw her smile.
Even though my own family
lived only about 3-miles away, in the country, I did not see my grandparents
often enough to develop much of a feeling for their home life or how they got
along. Considering the morose personality of Lizzie which did not seem to be
shared by her husband, Bill, I would conclude that their home life was not
always pleasant. Toward the end of her life, perhaps about 1945, Lizzie rented
her own house in Circleville and moved out. She declared that she saw
"snakes" crawling around her husband's chair and took it to be a sign
that he
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was possessed by the
"devil." Several descendants of the Pence line had moved to
Circleville by then and had congregated in a close area in the north-end of
Circleville. Lizzie moved close to where several other families of Pence lived
in Circleville.
On the 19th of January 1948 Lizzie
passed away at her home.
From the Ohio, Births and Christenings
Index, 1774-1973
Name: Sarah Elizabeth Pence
Gender:Female
Race: White |
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Birth Date: |
29 Apr 1872 |
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Birth Place: |
Benton, Hocking, Ohio |
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Father: Josiah
Pence |
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Mother: Sara J.
Lockwood |
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FHL Film Number: |
912314 |
For the 1880
Federal Census data for Sarah Elizabeth Pence, see the entries for her father,
Josiah Pence, in this book.
For the 1900, 1910,
1920, 1930, and 1940 Federal Census
data for Sarah
Elizabeth Pence-Harrington, see the
entries for her husband, William Alvin
Harrington, in this book.
Sarah E. Harrington obituary:
Sarah
Elizabeth Harrington, 76, wife of William Harrington, Hayward Avenue, died in
her home at 2:15 PM Monday of complications.
In addition to her
husband, Mrs. Harrington is survived by eight children. They are Nellie
Harrington, Columbus; Mrs. Carlton (Ruth) Pennell, Columbus; Viola Harrington
(Eblin), Circleville; Charles and Lewis, Columbus; and Ira, Roy and Frederick
of Circleville. Mrs. Harrington also is survived by 17 grandchildren and nine
great grandchildren.
Funeral
services were held in the Defenbaugh Chapel at 2:30 PM Wednesday with Dr.
Joseph Belcastro officiating. Burial was in the Hitler-Ludwig cemetery.
Friends may call at the Defenbaugh
Chapel until time for the funeral.
Notes for William H.
Anderson:
William H. ANDERSON
was born 17 March 1837 in Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio
From
the 1850 Federal Census for Washington Township, Pickaway County,
Ohio; enumerated 20 August 1850
Joshua Valentine, age
52, farmer, born in Maryland; value of real estate: $2,600 Margaret Valentine,
age 51, born in Pennsylvania
Jacob
Valentine, age 17, born in Ohio Andrew Valentine, age 14, born in Ohio Mary
Valentine, age 17, born in Ohio Melinda Valentine, age 12, born in Ohio
William Anderson, age 12, born in Ohio
[parents unknown to researcher]
From
the 1860 Federal Census for Washington Township, Pickaway County,
Ohio; enumerated 7 June 1860
Joshua Valentine, age
61, farmer, born in Maryland; value of real estate: $5,000 Margaret Valentine,
age 60, born in Pennsylvania
Jacob Valentine, age 24, born in Ohio, farm
labor Andrew Valentine, age 22, born in Ohio, farm labor Melinda Valentine, age
20, born in Ohio
William Anderson, age 21, born in Ohio, farm
labor Martha Secondcost, age 13, born in Ohio
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David Stout, age 3, born in Ohio
From
the 1870 Federal Census for Washington Township, Pickaway County,
Ohio; enumerated 3 June 1870 by John Maiden
William Anderson, head, age
32, born in Ohio, farmer Sarah Valentine, keeping house, age 22, born in Ohio
David Stout, farm labor, age 14, born in Ohio
From
the 1880 Federal Census for Washington Township, Pickaway County,
Ohio; enumerated 14 June 1880 by John M. Guist
William Anderson, head, age 43, born
in Ohio, farmer
Sarah
Jane Anderson, wife, age 32, born in Ohio, housekeeping William Herington, son,
age 14, born in Kansas, at school
George W. L. Valentine,
brother, age 26, born in Illinois, vocation (blank) Nora E. Valentine, sister,
age 13, born in Kansas, at school
George W. Stout, servant, age 19, born
in Ohio, laborer
From
the 1900 Federal Census for Washington Township, Pickaway County,
Ohio; enumerated 14 June 1880 by John M. Guist
William H Anderson,
head, age 63, born March 1837 in Ohio, farmer Sarah J Anderson, wife, age 51,
born June 1848 in Ohio
WILL of William H.
Anderson:
I, William H. Anderson,
of Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio, do make and publish this my last
Will and Testament as follows:
Item first: I desire that all my debts be
first paid
Item
second: I will and bequeath to my wife, Sarah J. Anderson, all my personal property.
Item third: I will and devise to my said wife, Sarah J. Anderson, all the real
estate of which I
may die seized, for
and during the term of her natural life, with the provision, however, that if
it should become necessary for her support to sell my interest in the farm on
which we now reside, then I hereby authorize and empower her to sell and
dispose of the same, together with her part of said farm, either in private or
public sale, and upon such terms of credit that she may deem best, and to make
a proper deed to the purchaser of therefor, and the purchaser thereof shall not
be required to look to the application of the purchase money.
Item fourth: I will and bequeath that after
the death of my said wife, that part of my property which has been not then
consumed, shall be divided and paid as follows: First: to Nora E. Ramsey, the
sum of Five hundred Dollars ($500.00). Second: to Samuel Ressler, the sum of
Seventy-five Dollars ($75). Third: to Savanus Valentine, the sum of Two hundred
Dollars ($200) Fourth: to Pansey Valentine and Elsie Marie Valentine, children
of said Savanus Valentine, each the sum of Fifty Dollars ($50). And these
devises are to be paid in the order in which they are herein named, and if the
amount of my estate should not be sufficient to pay all in full, then the last
named shall receive only the residue thereof, and I make no distribution of any
balance which remains after all said devises are paid, if any such balance
should remain.
Item
fifth: I hereby appoint my said wife, Sarah J. Anderson, executrix of this my
last Will and Testament and asked that no bond be required of her.
In
witness Whereof, I have hereby set my hand, this 18th day of July, A.D, 1903. Signed
by the said William H. Anderson and our presence and by us in his presence and
in the presence of
each other, on the day and year last above written.
/s/ Milt Morris
Mary Foresman
Obituary of William
Anderson from the Circleville Democrat & Watchman of October, 1906: William
Anderson, of Circleville, until recently residing in Washington township, died
suddenly, on 4th inst., at Independence, Mo., where, with his wife, he was
visiting his wife's sister, Mrs. Nora Ramsey, (nee Valentine). His remains
arrived here Saturday evening, Funeral at St. Paul's Church, Washington
township, Sunday forenoon. The deceased was in his 70th year.
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On October 29, 1906 Sarah J.
Anderson, widow of William H. Anderson received $350 "... for her support
for one year after the death of decedent ..."
On October 29, 1906, the estate of
William H. Anderson was appraised at $1790.07.
William H. Anderson in the U.S., Find
A Grave Index, 1600s-Current:
Name: William H. Anderson
Birth
Date: |
19 Mar 1837 |
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Birth Place: |
Pickaway County, Ohio, USA |
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Death Date: |
4 Oct 1906 |
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Death Place: |
Independence, Jackson County,
Missouri, USA |
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Cemetery: |
Saint Pauls Evangelical Church
Cemetery |
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Burial or Cremation
Place: |
Pickaway County, Ohio, USA |
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Has Bio?: |
Y |
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Spouse: |
Sarah Jane Anderson |
(Note: Sarah Jane Valentine Harrington
Anderson, wife of William H. Anderson, is also buried in the St. Paul's
Evangelica Cemetery, Pickaway Co., Ohio)
William
H. Anderson was born March 17, 1837. In the 1850 & 1860 census, he was living
in the household of Joshua Valentine, whose granddaughter, Sarah Jane
Valentine, daughter of Levi J. Valentine, would be his future wife. He married
on November 4, 1872, in Kenton County, Kentucky, to Sarah Jane Valentine,
daughter of Levi J. and Mary Bolinger Valentine, and granddaughter of Joshua
Valentine. It appears that William and Sarah Jane had no children together.
Sarah Jane had a son with Charles William Harrington and named him William
Alvin Harrington.
Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979:
Groom's Name: Wm Anderson
Groom's Birth Date: 1837
Groom's Birthplace: Pickaway County
Groom's Age: 35
Bride's Name: Sarah J. Valentine
Bride's Birth Date: 1847
Bride's Birthplace: Pickaway Co, Ohio
Bride's Age: 25
Marriage Date: 04 Nov 1872
Marriage Place: Kenton, Kentucky
Groom's Marital Status: Single
Indexing Project (Batch) Number:
M01510-4
System Origin: Kentucky-EASy
Source Film Number: 1943299
Reference Number: rerg 1863-76 p 111
36. DAVID CLINTON6 VALENTINE (Levi
J.5, Joshua4,
Johan Henry3, George2,
John1) was born on 31 Dec 1851
in Pickaway County, Ohio. He died on 08 Dec 1928 in Mt. Washington, Blue
Township, Jackson County, Missouri. He married (1) MINERVA ANN ADELL ALBRIGHT,
daughter of Peter Albright and Sarah Barncord, on 22 Aug 1876. She was born on
11 Jul 1846 in Ohio. She died on 11 Oct 1879 in Washington Township, Pickaway
County, Ohio. He married (2) MARY EFFIE GRUVER
about 1888 in Pickaway County, Ohio. She was born on 13 Nov 1866 in
Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio. She died on 17 Jul 1923 in Blue Township,
Jackson County, Missouri.
Notes
for Minerva Ann Adell Albright:
Obituary
for Minerva Ann Adell Valentine from the Circleville Union Herald and the
Circleville Democrat & Watchman of October 17, 1879:
"VALENTINE--Minerva Ann Adell Valentine, wife of David Valentine, died in
Washington Township, Saturday evening, October 11th, 1879, aged 33 years and 3
months. Mrs. Valentine was a very excellent woman. She was a kind and
affectionate wife and mother, and also a devoted Christian, so that in her
death, the household, community and
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church
sustain a loss not easily repaired. The funeral took place on Monday forenoon, from
the Pontious Church, attended by a large concourse of friends and
acquaintances. The services were conducted by the Rev. J. M. Mills, and the
remains laid to rest in the burying ground adjacent to the church."
David Clinton Valentine and Minerva
Ann Adell Albright had the following children:
i.
HINTON E.7 VALENTINE was born in 1877.
ii.
ORLANDO WILBUR VALENTINE was born on 16 Aug
1879 in Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio. He died on 24 Jul 1880 in
Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio.
David Clinton Valentine and Mary Effie
Gruver had the following children:
iii. NELLIE MAY VALENTINE was
born in Mar 1891 in Mt. Washington, Blue Township, Jackson County, Missouri.
She died after Jan 1960. She married FREDERICK WILLIAM GRUNDMAN. He
was born on 06 Sep 1881. He died on 27 Dec 1918 in Blue Township, Jackson
County, Missouri.
iv. GRACE E. VALENTINE was
born in Jun 1893 in Mt. Washington, Blue Township, Jackson County, Missouri.
v. MINNIE A. VALENTINE was
born in May 1897 in Mt. Washington, Blue Township, Jackson County, Missouri.
She died between 1900-1910 in Mt. Washington, Blue Township, Jackson County,
Missouri.
vi. EDNA PEARL VALENTINE was
born in 1901 in Mt. Washington, Blue Township, Jackson County, Missouri. She married
Otho Lee Taylor on 03 Oct 1922. He was born in 1900. He died in 1988.
37. GEORGE WASHINGTON L.6 VALENTINE (Levi
J.5, Joshua4,
Johan Henry3, George2,
John1) was born on 26 Feb 1854
in Pike County, Illinois. He died on 16 Mar 1932 in Independence, Jackson
County, Missouri. He married (1) SARAH "SALLIE" ELIZABETH STROOP on
09 Jan 1881 in Pickaway, Pickaway, Ohio, USA. She was born in 1849 in Ohio. She
died on 14 Mar 1903 in Jackson County, Missouri. He married (2) CLARINDA ROOKER on
11 Jan 1905.
Notes
for George Washington L. Valentine:
From
the 1880 Federal Census for Washington Township, Pickaway County,
Ohio; enumerated 14 June 1880
William
Anderson, head, age 43, farmer, born in Ohio
Sarah Jane Anderson, wife, age 32, keeping
house, born in Ohio William Herrington, son, age 14, at school, born in Kansas
George W.L.
Valentine, brother [sic, brother-in-law], age 26, born in Illinois Nora E. Valentine,
sister [sic, sister-in-law], age 13, at school, born in Kansas George W. Stout,
servant, age 19, laborer, born in Ohio
From the 1900 United States
Federal Census for Mission Township, Johnson County, Kansas; enumerated 30 June
1900 by Andrew J. James
George Valentine, head, age 47, born February
1853 in Illinois, farmer Sallie E Valentine, wife, age 49, born December 1850
in Ohio
Melvin L Valentine, son, age
18, born September 1881 in Ohio, farm laborer Lester G Valentine, son, age 15,
born July 1884 in Ohio, farm laborer
Guy
A Valentine, son, age 13, born Nov 1886 in Ohio
From the 1920
United States Federal Census for Rosedale, Wyandotte, Kansas; enumerated 22
January 1920 by John D. Peeples
George
Valentine, head, age 65, born in Illinois, mill wright, widowed
From
the 1930 United States Federal Census for Independence City, Blue
Township, Jackson County, Missouri; enumerated 16 April 1930 by Mrs Cora M.
Grenawatt
George Valentine, head, age 75, born
in Illinois, truck gardner, retail, widowed
George Washington L. Valentine and
Sarah "Sallie" Elizabeth Stroop had the following children:
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i.
MERVIN L.7 VALENTINE was born
on 04 Sep 1881 in Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio. He died on 23 Feb 1961 in
Leavenworth County, Kansas.
ii. LESTER GARLAND VALENTINE was
born on 23 Jul 1884 in Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio. He died on 20 Aug
1942 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri. He married Emily Rebecca Reese
in 1909. She was born in Apr 1890 in Leavenworth County, Kansas.
iii.
GUY ALDEN VALENTINE was
born on 26 Nov 1885 in 2 Mar 1952. He died on 02 Mar 1952 in Jackson County,
Missouri. He married BESSIE LEE MCMAHAN.
She was born on 22 Jun 1885 in Pittsville, Missouri. She died on 19 Nov 1955 in
Independence, Jackson County, Missouri.
38.
ALMIRA E.6 VALENTINE (Levi
J.5, Joshua4,
Johan Henry3, George2,
John1) was born about 1856 in Pike
County, Illinois. She died after 1892. She married (1) CHARLES A. CREESE on
07 Jun 1877 in Decatur, Decatur County, Iowa. He was born in 1848 in
Pennsylvania. She married (2) WILLIAM H. MCCOY on 09
Feb 1891 in Mt. Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa. He was born in 1854 in Davis
County, Iowa.
Notes
for Charles A. Creese:
Charles A. Creese in the Iowa, Select
Marriages, 1809-1992 Name: Charles A. Creese
Gender:Male
Spouse: Valintine Child: Phillip S. Creese
From the 1850
U.S. Federal Census for the Second Ward Allegheny City in the County of
Allegheny, state of Pennsylvania; enumerated 2 November 1850 by G. L. McMillan
[all born in Penn.]
Philip
Crees, head, age 23 Elizabeth Crees, wife, age 26 Mary A. Crees, female, age 6
Charles A. Crees, male, age 1
Charles Creese in the Iowa,
State Census Collection, 1836-1925 Name: Charles Creese
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Pennsylvania |
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1885 |
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Fayette, Decatur, Iowa, USA |
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Charles A. Creese and Almira E. Valentine
had the following children:
i.
PHILLIP SYLVANUS7 CREESE was
born on 18 Oct 1878 in Decatur County, Iowa. He died in 1951 in Decatur County,
Iowa. He married Della M. Fuqua on 16 Aug 1911 in Grand River, Decatur County,
Iowa. She was born in Aug 1877 in Decatur County, Iowa. She died in 1952 in
Decatur County, Iowa.
ii.
DAISY ELIZABETH CREESE was born on 03 Feb
1884 in Lamoni, Decatur County, Iowa. She died on 27 Mar 1924 in Chicago, Cook County,
Illinois. She married Robert James Witherell, son of Elijah Hibbard Witherell
and Cornelia King Ostrander, on 09 Sep 1902 in Kansas City, Jackson County,
Missouri. He was born on 30 Apr 1874 in Marshall, Calhoun County, Michigan. He
died on 06 Apr 1944 in Cairo, Illinois.
William H. McCoy and Almira E.
Valentine had the following child:
i.
MATILDA MAY7 MCCOY was
born on 27 May 1892 in Kellerton, Ringgold County, Iowa. She died on 28 Feb
1976 in Clarinda, Page County, Iowa. She married John Bedford Wood on 27 May
1908 in Moulton, Appanoose County, Iowa. He was born on 19 May 1886 in Clay
County, Tennessee. He died on 06 Nov 1949 in Clarinda, Page County, Iowa.
39. SYLVANUS E.6 VALENTINE (Levi
J.5, Joshua4,
Johan Henry3, George2,
John1) was born on 05 Nov 1857
in Pike County, Illinois. He died on 31 Jul 1922 in Washington Township,
Pickaway County, Ohio. He married Eliza Ann Bolander on 03 Mar 1889. She was
born on 17 May 1858 in Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio. She died on
03 Apr 1932 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.
Notes
for Sylvanus E. Valentine:
Sylvanus
Valentine first appears in the 1860 Federal Census records at the age of 2
years. He does not appear again until 42 years later when he in the 1900
Federal Census records. However, we learn from the dates of birth of two
children that he is in the town of Moscow, which was in Clay County, Missouri
in 1890 and late 1893. Interestingly, while Moscoe no longer appears on the
current map of Missouri, Clay County is just north of Kansas City, Missouri and
about 15 miles east of Leavenworth, Kansas which is about where William Alvin
Harrington was born in the old town of Kickapoo, Kansas. We also know that Nora
Valentine was born in Kansas which could have put her birthplace near that of
William A. Harrington's.
By
1896 Sylvanus was back in Pickaway County, Ohio where his second daughter, Elsie
Marie Valentine was born. He remained in Washington Twp., Pickaway County, Ohio
for the 1900, 1910 and 1920 Federal Census and probably was there when he died
on July 31, 1922.
1900 Federal Census |
State = Ohio |
County = Pickaway |
Township = Washington |
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Name |
age |
|
pob Person |
pob Father |
pob Mother |
|
Valentine, Sylvanus
E. |
42 |
Head |
|
Illinois |
OH |
OH |
Eliza A. |
42 |
Wife |
|
OH |
OH |
OH |
Pansy E |
6 |
dau At School |
OH |
OH |
OH |
|
Elsie M. |
3 |
dau |
|
OH |
OH |
OH |
This 1900 Census
entry taken: 14 June 1900 |
|
|
||||
pob = place of
birth |
dob = date of birth |
|
|
|
||
1910 Federal Census |
State = Ohio |
County = Pickaway |
Township = Washington |
|||
Name |
age |
|
pob Person |
pob Father |
pob Mother |
|
Valentine, Sylvanus
E. |
52 |
Head farm lab |
IL |
OH |
OH |
|
Eliza A. |
51 |
Wife |
|
OH |
PA |
OH |
Pansy E |
16 |
dau At School |
MO |
IL |
OH |
|
Elsie M. |
13 |
dau |
|
OH |
IL |
OH |
This 1910 Census entry
taken: 23 April 1910 |
|
|
||||
pob = place of
birth |
dob = date of birth |
|
|
|
||
1920 Federal Census |
State = Ohio |
County = Pickaway |
Township = Washington |
|||
Name |
age |
|
pob Person |
pob Father |
pob Mother |
335
Valentine, Sylvanus
E. |
62 |
Head farm labor IL |
OH |
OH |
|
Eliza A. |
61 |
Wife |
OH |
PA |
OH |
Marie |
23 |
dau |
OH |
IL |
OH |
This
1920 Census entry taken: 7 & 9 January 1920 |
|
|
|||
pob = place of
birth |
dob = date of birth |
|
|
Sylvanus E. Valentine and Eliza Ann
Bolander had the following children:
i.
HENRY STANLEY7 VALENTINE was
born on 21 May 1890 in Moscow, Clay County, Missouri. He died on 10 Dec 1891 in
Moscow, Clay County, Missouri (Buried in Kansas City Union Cemetery, Kansas
City, Jefferson Co., Missouri).
ii.
PANSY E. VALENTINE was born on 29 Aug
1893 in Moscow, Clay County, Missouri. She died on 29 Mar 1971 in Columbus,
Franklin County, Ohio. She married (1) FLOYD COOK on 28 Mar 1918 in Newport, Campbell County,
Kentucky. He was born in 1897. She married (2) LEWIS A. MYERS, son of Alexander Myers and Mary Sherman, on
23 Dec 1925 in Franklin County, Ohio. He was born on 07 Dec 1892 in North Grove,
Indiana. He died on 06 Jun 1934 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.
iii. ELSIE MARIE VALENTINE was
born on 28 Nov 1896 in Washington Twp, Pickaway Co, Ohio, USA. She died on 06
Dec 1922 in Circleville, Ohio, Pickaway County, Ohio. She married (1) GUSTAV A. SPIES, son
of Charles C. Spies and Minnie Hoppe, on 29 Nov 1917. He was born on 09 Jul
1894. He died before 1920. She married
(2)
JOHN (SR) SPEAKMAN on 29 Feb 1920. He
was born on 27 Feb 1898. He died on 01 Jan 1924 in Marion, Marion County, Ohio.
40. EMANUEL T.6 VALENTINE (Levi
J.5, Joshua4,
Johan Henry3, George2,
John1) was born in Aug 1860 in
Walnut Township, Brown County, Kansas. He died in Dec 1920. He married Cora
"Carrie" Pyle, daughter of Cortez Pyle and Catherine Ann Combs, on 11
Jan 1883 in Leon, Decatur County, Iowa. She was born on 11 Sep 1865 in
Allendale, Worth County, Missouri. She died on 24 May 1956 in Los Angeles
County, California.
Notes
for Emanuel T. Valentine:
From the Iowa, Select Marriages Index,
1758-1996 Name: Emanel T. Valentine
Gender:Male
Marital
Status: Single
Race:
White
Birth Place: Brown Co., Kansas
Marriage Date: 11 Jan 1883
Marriage Place: Leon, Decatur, Iowa,
Father: Levi Valetine
Mother: Emma Jane Walker [sic,
step-mother]
Spouse: |
Carrie Pyle |
|
FHL Film Number: |
1009355 |
|
Reference ID: |
2:4045W4P |
|
From
the 1880 Federal Census for Liberty Township, Clay County,
Missouri; enumerated 3 June 1880
L.J. Valentine, age 56, farmer, born
in Ohio
Emely J. Valentine, wife, age 40, keeping house,
born in Ohio Emanuel Valentine, son, age 19 Labior (sic), born in Kansas Lora
E. Valentine, dau., age 17, born in Kansas
Lavina Valentine, dau., age 15, born
in Kansas
Henry
C. Valentine, son, age 12, born in MoFHL Film Number: 1009355 Reference ID:
2:4045W4P
Levi J. Valentine
Perry Valentine, son, age 8, born in
Mo
336
Chancy E. Valentine, dau., age 6, born
in Mo
Linne Valentine, dau., age 3, born in
Mo
Edgar Valentine, son, age 10-mo, born in
Mo
From
the 1900 United States Federal Census for Huggins Township,
Gentry County, Missouri; enumerated 7 June 1900 by James A. Crockett
Emanuel Valentine,
head, age 39, born in Kansas, farmer Cora Valentine, wife, age 34, born in
Missouri
Minerva Valentine, dau., age 16, born in
Iowa, at school Edith Valentine, dau., age 11, born in Missouri, at school Cora
Valentine, dau., age 9, born in Missouri, at school Elice Valentine, dau., age
4, born in Missouri
Elsworth Valentine, son, age
4, born in Missouri Cortes Valentine, son, age 1, born in Missouri
Emanuel T. Valentine and Cora
"Carrie" Pyle had the following children:
i.
MINERVA JANE7 VALENTINE was
born on 20 Mar 1884 in Lamoni, Decatur County, Iowa. She died on 14 Sep 1963 in
Los Angeles County, California. She married ORSON C. FOLGATE. He
was born on 07 Feb 1879 in Bogle, Gentry County, Missouri. He died on 21 Jan
1960 in Los Angeles County, California.
ii.
EDITH C. VALENTINE was born on 27 Oct
1888 in Missouri. She died on 10 Jan 1968 in Los Angeles County, California.
She married (1) MERVIN THEODORE LEWIS. He was born on 22
Nov 1885 in Missouri. He died in Sep 1966 in Ashland, Jackson County, Oregon.
She married (2) FREDERICK WINSENBURG. He was born in
1883. He died in 1949.
iii.
ELSIE VALENTINE was born in May
1896.
iv.
ELSWORTH VALENTINE was born on 21 May
1896. He died on 21 May 1896.
v. CORTES LEE VALENTINE was
born on 03 Dec 1898 in Gentry County, Missouri. He died on 22 Feb 1986 in
Calaveras County, California. He married FLOSSIE LEE NORVAL.
She was born in 1904. She died in 1999.
vi.
GIFFORD BALLARD VALENTINE was born on 05 Feb
1900 in Gentry County, Missouri.
vii.
CORA VALENTINE was born in Dec
1890.
41.
LAURA ELLA6 VALENTINE (Levi J.5, Joshua4, Johan Henry3, George2, John1) was born on 12 May
1863 in Walnut Township, Brown County, Kansas. She died on 06 Dec 1929 in
Lathrop, Clinton County, Missouri. She married John Henry Mick, son of George
Allan Mick and Mary Jane Rolfe, on 22 Oct 1884 in Clay County, Missouri. He was
born on 04 Nov 1861 in Wrightsville, Adams County, Ohio. He died on 25 Aug 1932
in Lathrop, Clinton County, Missouri.
Notes
for Laura Ella Valentine:
From
the Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002
From the 1900 United
States Federal Census for Atchison, Clinton Township, Clinton County, Missouri;
enumerated 2nd - 4th June 1900 by James B. Marr
John H Mick, head,
age 38, born in Illinois Nov 1861, married 15-yrs, farmer Laura E Mick, wife,
age 37, born in Kansas May 1863, married 15-yrs Walter C Mick, son, age 14,
born in Missouri Aug 1885, at school
Herman E Mick, son, age 12, born in Missouri
Aug 1887, at school Benton L Mick, son, age 11, born in Missouri Feb 1889, at
school Willson Mick, son, age 7, born in Missouri Nov 1892
Flossie B Mick, son, age 5, born in Missouri
Nov 1894 Ivan G Mick, son, age 2, born in Missouri Dec1897
From
the 1920 United States Federal Census for Clinton Township,
Clinton County, Missouri;
337
enumerated 6 January
1920 by Thomas J. Martin
John H Mick, head,
age 59, born in Illinois, farmer, general farm Laura E Mick, wife, age 56, born
in Kansas
Herman E Mick, son, age 32, born in Missouri,
farm Laborer, working out
John W Mick, son, age
27, born in Missouri, farm Laborer, working out [John Willson Mick] George Ivan
Mick, son, age 22, born in Missouri, farm Laborer, working out
Ozalee Mick, son, age 15,
born in Missouri Henry O. Mick, son, age 12, born in Missouri
Notes for John Henry
Mick:
From the Missouri,
Marriage Records, 1805-2002
Name: |
John
H Mick |
|
|
Age: |
21 |
|
|
Birth Date: |
abt 1863 |
||
Marriage Date: |
22 Oct 1884 |
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Marriage Place:
Clay, Missouri |
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Registration Place: |
Clay, Missouri, USA |
||
Spouse: |
|
Laura E Valentine |
|
Spouse Age: |
18 |
|
John Henry Mick and
Laura Ella Valentine had the following children:
i.
WALTER CLAYTON7 MICK was born in 1885. He
died on 07 Sep 1915.
ii.
HERMAN EARL MICK was born in 1887. He
died in 1952.
iii.
BERTON LEVI MICK was born in 1889. He
died in 1957.
iv. JOHN WILS MICK was
born on 15 Nov 1893 in Lathrop, Missouri, USA. He died on 21 Jul 1959 in
Independence, Missouri, USA (Burial: Lathrop Cemetery Lathrop, Clinton, Missouri).
He married MARGARET LOUCEIL WALKER.
She was born on 31 Jul 1903. She died on 31 Mar 1978.
Notes
for John Wils Mick:
From the 1900 United States
Federal Census for Atchison, Clinton Township, Clinton County, Missouri;
enumerated 2nd - 4th June 1900 by James B. Marr John H Mick, head, age 38, born
in Illinois Nov 1861, married 15-yrs,
farmer
Laura E Mick, wife,
age 37, born in Kansas May 1863, married 15-yrs Walter C Mick, son, age 14,
born in Missouri Aug 1885, at school Herman E Mick, son, age 12, born in
Missouri Aug 1887, at school Benton L Mick, son, age 11, born in Missouri Feb
1889, at school Willson Mick, son, age 7, born in Missouri Nov 1892
Flossie B Mick, son, age 5, born in Missouri
Nov 1894 Ivan G Mick, son, age 2, born in Missouri Dec1897
From the 1920 United States
Federal Census for Clinton Township, Clinton County, Missouri; enumerated 6
January 1920 by Thomas J. Martin
John H Mick, head, age 59, born in Illinois,
farmer, general farm Laura E Mick, wife, age 56, born in Kansas
Herman E Mick, son, age 32,
born in Missouri, farm Laborer, working out John W Mick, son, age 27, born in
Missouri, farm Laborer, working out
[John
Willson Mick]
George
Ivan Mick, son, age 22, born in Missouri, farm Laborer, working out Ozalee
Mick, son, age 15, born in Missouri
Henry
O. Mick, son, age 12, born in Missouri
From the 1930 USA Federal Census for 1019
So. Woodland St, Independence City, Blue Township, Jackson County, Missouri;
enumerated
338
John H Mick, head, age 59, farm
laborer, working out
Laura E Mick, wife, age 56
Hermon E Mick, son, age 32
John W Mick, son, age 27
George I Mick, son, age 22
Ozalee Mick, son, age 15
Henry O Mick, son, age 12
From the 1940
USA Federal Census for 1019 So. Woodland St, Independence City, Blue Township,
Jackson County, Missouri; enumerated 1 May 1940 by Vaughn S. Bailey
John W. Mick, head,
age 44, car oiler, rail road co. Margaret L. Mick, wife, age 36
Margaret L. Mick, daughter, age 17
v.
FLOSSIE BEE MICK was born on 20 Nov
1894 in Missouri, USA. She died in 1963.
vi.
IVAN GEORGE MICK was
born on 18 Dec 1897 in Kearney, Clay, Missouri, United States. He died in 1949.
vii.
ISAAC P MICK was born on 18 Dec
1897.
viii. CHRISTINE LEROY MICK was
born in 1902. She died in 1951. She married Carl H. Perren, son of Julius
Deshay Perren, on 01 Jan 1919 in Liberty, Clinton, Missouri. He was born on 16
Apr 1895 in Kentucky, USA. He died in Dec 1970 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon.
ix.
OZA LEE MICK was born in 1904. He
died in 1968.
x.
HENRY OPAL MICK was born in 1907. He
died in 1979.
42. LOVINA6 VALENTINE (Levi
J.5, Joshua4,
Johan Henry3, George2,
John1) was born on 24 Jun 1866 in
Walnut Township, Brown County, Kansas. She died on 04 Aug 1914 in 4 Aug
1914. She married VIRGIL C. BOND. He
was born in 1859 in North Carolina, USA.
Notes
for Lovina Valentine:
Lovina/Lavina
Valentine and Laura/Lora E. Valentine are found in the 1880
Federal Census of their father, Levi J. Valentine.
Virgil
C. Bond and Lovina Valentine had the following children:
i.
OLA MAY7 BOND was born in 1884.
She died in 1900.
ii.
VANITA BOND was born in 1890.
She died in 1958.
43.
CHANIE E.6 VALENTINE (Levi J.5, Joshua4, Johan Henry3, George2, John1) was born on 10 Aug
1873 in Liberty Township, Clay County, Missouri. She died on 25 Dec 1926
in Gentry County, Missouri. She married Andrew Jackson Harris, son of William
Wesley Harris and Manerva Jane Dragoo, on 05 Nov 1893 in Gentry County,
Missouri. He was born on 25 Sep 1872 in Huggins Township, Gentry County,
Missouri. He died on 12 Jul 1946 in Huggins Township, Gentry County, Missouri.
Andrew
Jackson Harris and Chanie E. Valentine had the following children:
i.
MARY ELIZABETH7 HARRIS was born on 08 Aug
1894 in Gentry County, Missouri. She died on 20 Dec 1955 in Bethany, Harrison
County, Missouri. She married MYRL
DEWITT KIRK.
ii.
CLARA E. HARRIS was born in 1897.
She died in 1973.
iii.
CHARLES WESLEY HARRIS was born in 1900. He
died in 1981.
iv.
OLIVER L. HARRIS was born in 1903. He
died in 1993.
44. LENNIE MAY6 VALENTINE (Levi
J.5, Joshua4, Johan
Henry3, George2,
John1) was born on 21 Feb 1877
in Liberty Township, Clay County, Missouri. She died on 10 Dec 1944 in
Stanberry, Gentry County, Missouri. She married WILLIAM THOMAS RUCH. He
was born on 22 Jul 1872 in Gentry County, Missouri. He died on 08 Dec 1947 in
St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri.
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William Thomas Ruch and Lennie May
Valentine had the following children:
i.
MAY VALENTINE7 RUCH was born in 1912.
She died in 1997.
ii.
AUBREY WILLIAM RUCH was born in 1914. He
died in 1944.
45. EDGAR D.6 VALENTINE (Levi
J.5, Joshua4,
Johan Henry3, George2,
John1) was born on 02 Aug 1879 in
Liberty Township, Clay County, Missouri. He died after 1942. He married MARTHA ELIZABETH DANFORD. She
was born in Mar 1881 in Gentry County, Missouri. She died after 1942.
Edgar
D. Valentine and Martha Elizabeth Danford had the following children:
i.
AUBREY LESLIE7 VALENTINE was born in 1903. He
died in 1928.
ii.
GILBERT H. VALENTINE was born in 1905. He
died in 1907.
iii. STROUSIE VALENTINE was
born in 1908 in Huggins Township, Gentry County, Missouri.
iv. DALPHA D. VALENTINE was
born on 19 Jun 1910 in Huggins Township, Gentry County, Missouri. He died on 17
Oct 1971 in Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri. He married LUELLA R. PETTY.
She was born in 1911. She died in 1995.
v.
ISABELLA W. VALENTINE was born in 1918.
She died in 1919.
vi.
LOIS PEARL VALENTINE was born on 21 Apr
1923 in Huggins Township, Gentry County, Missouri. She died on 11 Dec 2004 in
Multnomah County, Oregon. She married Earl Woodrow Dreyer, son of Joseph Pluto
Dreyer and Rosettie Amos, on 03 Nov 1941 in Vancouver, Clark County,
Washington. He was born on 06 Aug 1914 in Buchanan County, Missouri. He died on
02 Oct 1993 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon.
46. FLORENCE DOVE6 VALENTINE (Levi
J.5, Joshua4,
Johan Henry3, George2,
John1) was born on 27 Mar
1884 in Liberty Township, Clay County, Missouri. She died on 19 Jun 1962 in
Stanberry, Gentry County, Missouri. She married CHARLES FRANCIS MCGINLEY.
Charles
Francis McGinley and Florence Dove Valentine had the following children:
i.
HENRY7 MCGINLEY was born in 1902. He
died in 1981.
ii.
ROBERT L. MCGINLEY was born in 1904. He
died in 1990.
iii.
STELLA VICTORIA MCGINLEY was born in 1906.
She died in 1980.
iv.
MYRTLE R. MCGINLEY was born in 1907.
She died in 1981.
v.
WILLIAM H.T. MCGINLEY was born in 1909. He
died in 1968.
vi.
RETHA MAE MCGINLEY was born in 1910.
vii.
RUBY PEARL MCGINLEY was born in 1912.
viii.
MABEL FERN MCGINLEY was born in 1915.
She died in 1992.
ix.
GERTRUDE G. MCGINLEY was born in 1918.
She died in 2003.
x.
MAURICE LAVERNE MCGINLEY was born in 1927. He
died in 2001.
47. LOGAN R.6 VALENTINE (Levi
J.5, Joshua4,
Johan Henry3, George2,
John1) was born on 07 Mar 1886 in
Liberty Township, Clay County, Missouri. He died on 11 Aug 1964 in Great Falls,
Cascade County, Montana. He married GERTRUDE ?.
Logan
R. Valentine and Gertrude ? had the following children:
i.
HELEN G.7 VALENTINE was born in 1917.
She died in 2004.
ii.
MORTON LEE VALENTINE was born in 1920. He
died in 1921.
iii.
LOIS LAVERNE VALENTINE was born in 1922.
She died in 1995.
48. JOHN CURTIS6 VALENTINE (George
Washington5, Joshua4,
Johan Henry3, George2,
John1) was born on 24 Jan 1869.
He died on 13 Jun 1948. He married Josephine Kershner, daughter of Job Kershner
and Helen Ryckman, on 14 Jun 1893. Click
here to return to the Table of Contents
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John Curtis Valentine
and Josephine Kershner had the following child:
i.
ELVIN LAVERNE7 VALENTINE was
born on 08 Oct 1895. He died on 19 Nov 1980. He married Ruth Tyner, daughter of
Henry Allan Tyner and Effie Gochenour, on 27 Aug 1925.
Outline Descendant
Report for Nickel Dromm
1 Nickel Dromm b:
1591, d: 16 Jun 1661
+ Maria Margaretha ? b: 1609, d: 30 Nov 1669
...2 Hans Adam Dromm b: 1627, d: 26 Nov 1677
+ Elizabetha Margaretta Schmidt b:
1639, m: 14 Sep 1658, d: 18 Aug 1691
......3 Hans Peter Dromm b: 09 Feb 1662
......3 Johan Christian Dromm b: 10 Jan 1665,
d: 03 Aug 1731
+ Anna Catharina Diel b: 1670, m: 06
Nov 1687, d: 21 May 1696
.........4 Johan Simon Dromm b: 08 Sep 1689
+ Anna Elizabetha Mumbauer b: 09 Mar
1692
............5 Maria Catharina Drum b: 30 Jun
1716
............5 Maria Engle Drum b: 18 Sep
1718, d: 22 Apr 1802
............5 Johan Philip Drum b: 03 Mar 1721, d: 14 Nov
1788 + [unknown spouse]
...............6 Philip Drum b: 1752, d: 10 Jun 1845 +
Catharine ?
..................7 Jacob Drum b: 1770 in Northampton,
Pennsylvania, d: 03 Oct 1842 in Monroe County, OH
+ Catharina Strauss b:
26 Mar 1776 in Northampton, Pennsylvania
+ Sarah
Noffsinger b: Abt. 1788 in Maryland, m: 30 Apr 1807 in Belmont Co., OH, d: 22
Nov 1849 in Monroe Co., OH
.........4 Maria Margaretha Dromm b: Abt.
1700
.........4 Christina Barbara Drum b: Abt.
1703
.........4 Johan Adam Dromm b: Abt. 1706 ; Came to
Philadelphia, PA on 29 August 1737 on ship "Samuel", d: 22 Jun 1757
+ Maria
Gertraud Bier b: 02 Apr 1704 in Kusel, Germany, m: 22 Jan 1733 in Ulmet,
Bayern, Germany, d: 22 Jun 1757
............5 Johann Christian Dromm b: Bef.
1738
............5 George Adam (Trumm) Drum b:
1738, d: 19 Oct 1808
+ Maria Catharina Strasser b: 1740, m:
1759 in Berks, PA, d: 11 Sep 1817
...............6 Johann Henrich (Trumm) Drum b: 22 Aug
1760 + Barbara ?
...............6 Anna Maria (Trumm) Drum b: 13 Jul 1763 +
Frederick Horn
...............6 Maria Catharina (Trumm) Drum
b: 19 Mar 1766
...............6 Eva Barbara (Trumm) Drum b:
26 Sep 1767
...............6 Johan George (Trumm) Drum b:
06 Apr 1773
...............6 Johann John (Trumm) Drum b:
11 Jun 1778, d: 10 Sep 1858
+ Barbara
Strasser b: 03 Nov 1775, m: 1800 in Berks, Pennsylvania, USA, d: 10 Feb 1854 in
Pickaway Co., OH
..................7 Margaret Drum b: 24 Jan 1799 in
Pennsylvania, United States, d: 12 Feb 1867 in Pickaway, Pickaway, Ohio, United
States
+ Joshua
Valentine b: 07 Jun 1798 in Maryland, United States, m: 29 Jul 1817 in
Pickaway, Pickaway, Ohio, USA, d: 01 Jun 1870 in Pickaway, Pickaway, Ohio,
United States
..................7 Catherine Drum b: 03 Dec
1800
..................7 John Drum b: 20 Jun 1803
..................7 George Drum b: 30 May
1805
..................7 Sally Drum b: Abt. 1807
..................7 Mary Drum b: 20 Oct 1809
..................7 Rachel Drum b: Abt. 1812
..................7 Joseph Drum b: 28 Mar 1814 + [unknown
spouse]
342
+ Joshua
Valentine b: 07 Jun 1798 in Maryland, United States, m: 29 Jul 1817 in Pickaway,
Pickaway, Ohio, USA, d: 01 Jun 1870 in Pickaway, Pickaway, Ohio, United States
...............6 Charles (Trumm) Drum b: 1780
......3 Maria Soloma
Dromm
......3 Anna E. Drum
......3 Hans George
Drum
......3 Johan Simon
Dromm
Generation 1
1.
NICKEL1 DROMM was born
in 1591. He died on 16 Jun 1661. He married MARIA MARGARETHA ?. She
was born in 1609. She died on 30 Nov 1669.
Nickel
Dromm and Maria Margaretha ? had the following child:
2.
i.
HANS ADAM2 DROMM was born in 1627. He
died on 26 Nov 1677. He married Elizabetha
Margaretta Schmidt on 14 Sep 1658. She was born in 1639. She died on 18 Aug
1691.
Generation 2
2.
HANS ADAM2 DROMM (Nickel1) was born in 1627. He
died on 26 Nov 1677. He married Elizabetha Margaretta Schmidt on 14 Sep
1658. She was born in 1639. She died on 18 Aug 1691.
Hans
Adam Dromm and Elizabetha Margaretta Schmidt had the following children:
i.
HANS PETER3 DROMM was born on 09 Feb
1662.
3.
ii. JOHAN CHRISTIAN DROMM was
born on 10 Jan 1665. He died on 03 Aug 1731. He married
Anna Catharina Diel on 06 Nov 1687. She was born in 1670. She died on 21 May
1696.
iii.
MARIA SOLOMA DROMM.
iv.
ANNA E. DRUM.
v.
HANS GEORGE DRUM.
vi.
JOHAN SIMON DROMM.
Generation 3
3. JOHAN CHRISTIAN3 DROMM (Hans
Adam2, Nickel1) was
born on 10 Jan 1665. He died on 03 Aug 1731. He married Anna Catharina
Diel on 06 Nov 1687. She was born in 1670. She died on 21 May 1696.
Johan
Christian Dromm and Anna Catharina Diel had the following children:
4.
i. JOHAN SIMON4 DROMM was born
on 08 Sep 1689. He married ANNA ELIZABETHA MUMBAUER. She
was born on 09 Mar 1692.
ii.
MARIA MARGARETHA DROMM was born about 1700.
iii.
CHRISTINA BARBARA DRUM was born about 1703.
5.
iv. JOHAN ADAM DROMM was
born about 1706 (Came to Philadelphia, PA on 29 August 1737
on ship "Samuel"). He died on 22 Jun 1757. He married Maria Gertraud
Bier, daughter of Peter Bier and Anna Catharine ?, on 22 Jan 1733 in Ulmet,
Bayern, Germany. She was born on 02 Apr 1704 in Kusel, Germany. She died on 22
Jun 1757.
Generation 4
4. JOHAN SIMON4 DROMM (Johan
Christian3, Hans Adam2,
Nickel1) was born on 08 Sep 1689. He
married ANNA ELIZABETHA MUMBAUER. She
was born on 09 Mar 1692.
Johan
Simon Dromm and Anna Elizabetha Mumbauer had the following children:
i.
MARIA CATHARINA5 DRUM was born on 30 Jun
1716.
ii.
MARIA ENGLE DRUM was born on 18 Sep
1718. She died on 22 Apr 1802.
6.
iii. JOHAN PHILIP DRUM was born on 03 Mar 1721. He died on 14 Nov
1788.
5. JOHAN ADAM4 DROMM (Johan
Christian3, Hans Adam2,
Nickel1) was born about 1706 (Came
to Philadelphia, PA on 29 August 1737 on ship "Samuel"). He
died on 22 Jun 1757. He married Maria Gertraud Bier, daughter of Peter Bier and
Anna Catharine ?, on 22 Jan 1733 in Ulmet, Bayern, Germany. She was born on 02
Apr 1704 in Kusel, Germany. She died on 22 Jun 1757.
Notes for Johan Adam Dromm:
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From the Germany,
Select Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898
Name: Johann Adam
Dromm
Gender: Male
Baptism Date: 21 Dez 1692
(21 Dec 1692)
Baptism Place: Ulmet,
Bayern, Germany
Father: Johann
Christian Dromm
Mother: Anna
Catharina
FHL Film Number:
193194
Reference ID: yr 1692
p 133
From the Germany,
Select Marriages, 1558-1929
Name: Johann Adam
Dromm
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 22 Jan
1733
Marriage Place:
Ulmet, Bayern, Germany
Father: Christian
Dromm
Spouse: Maria
Gertraud Bier
FHL Film Number:
193194
From
the U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Name:
Johann Adam Dromm
Birth
Year: abt 1706 Arrival Year: 1737
Arrival Place:
Pennsylvania Age: 31
Family Members: Wife
Gertraud Bier; Child Johann Christian Source Publication Code: 1031.9
Primary Immigrant:
Dromm, Johann Adam
The MURDER of ADAM
DRUM
The following story of the murder of Johan Adam Drum (9
December 1707 - 22 June 1757) did not occur in Monroe County. Upon immigration
to America in August of 1737, Adam Drum and his wife of four and half years
settled on land about 20 miles west of the present location of Allentown,
Pennsylvania. This was the approximate site where he was killed.
Adam's nephew, Johann Philipp Drum (3 Mar
1721 - 14 Nov 1788), son of Adam's older brother, Johann Simon Drum (8 Sep 1689
- ?), also immigrated to America and settled in Pennsylvania. Two generations
later, this branch of the Drum family in the person of Jacob Drum (1770 - 3 Oct
1842) moved to Graysville, Monroe County, Ohio.
Adam Drum of this
story, therefore, was the great-granduncle of the first known resident of the
Monroe County Drum family, Jacob Drum (1770 - 3 Oct 1842). At least two Monroe
County lines spawned from the 1808 migration of Jacob Drum (1770 - 3 Oct 1842)
to Monroe County. One branch was that William Drum (1824 - ?) who was the
subject of an article in the Hardesy/Caldwell Atlas*. Another branch leads to
Monroe County's own, Dr. Shirley A. Harmon, whose tireless work contributes so
extensively to the Monroe County, Ohio genealogy effort.
* The source of the
article about of Phillip Drum (1799 - ?) and his son, William Drum (1824 - ?)
is a book titled the "Combined History and Atlas of Monroe County,
Ohio." The material for the "Combined History and Atlas of Monroe
County, Ohio." was taken from two nineteenth century books: (1)
"History of Monroe County Ohio," a product of the H.H. Hardesty &
Co., publishers, Chicago and Toledo, 1882 and (2) "Caldwell's Atlas of
Monroe County, Ohio," a product of Atlas Publishing Company, Mount Vernon,
Ohio, 1898.
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Table of Contents
The
story of the JOHAN ADAM DRUMM FAMILY as written by Lewis W. Donar and edited by
Brendan D. Strasser first appeared in the newsletter of the Albany Township
Historical Society,
345
Spring 1998.
THE JOHAN ADAM DRUMM
FAMILY
Johan Adam Drumm, son
of Johan Christian and Anna Elisabeth (Doll) Drumm, was born and raised in
Ulmet, Germany, a town in the Palatinate, known as the Pfalz. His exact birth
date is unknown, but his christening took place on 9 December 1705 in Ulmet. On
22 January 1733 he was married to Gertraud (Maria Gertrude) Bier, daughter of
Peter and Ann Catharine Bier of Ulmet. John Adam and Gertraud became the
parents of a son, Johan Christian, born in Ulmet and christened on 17 April
1735, and of whom nothing more is known. He does not appear on ship immigration
records and in 1775 documents concerning ownership of the deceased Adam's
Albany Township land. George Drumm, Christian's brother, is listed as Adam's
sole living heir.
At age 31, Johan Adam
Drumm and his wife, Gertraud, arrived in the New World aboard the ship
"Samuel", on 29 August 1737. (Johan Christian Doll and Johan Peter
Doll were also on board, but any relationship to the mother of Johan Adam has
not yet been established.) On the following day, 30 August, Adam appeared at
the courthouse in Philadelphia, Pa., to sign the necessary qualification
papers, one being the swearing of allegiance to the King of England, George II,
and the other a pledge to abide by the laws of the province of Pennsylvania.
Being able to write, he signed both by his own hand.
Adam
established himself as a land owner in Albany Township, Berks County, Pa., by warrant
dated 20 January 1736 for a tract containing 205 acres. In the year 1738, a
son, George, was born; his exact birth date is unknown. On 4 November, 1741, it
is noted on a draft of a tract of land drawn in favor of Andreas Hagenbuch that
Adam Drum was already, in possession of the neighboring tract. The Drumm tract
adjoined the Hagenbuch tract on the northwest, between it and the tree line of
the Blue Mountain.
Keeping this in mind,
we turn now to another tract of land eight-tenths of a mile farther to the
West. This tract is identified on a draft of "The great road of Catawissey
to Philadelphia" drawn in February 1752, along which is noted the course
and distance of a short stretch of this road, East, 43 perches [about 710
feet], "Along the land of Adam Trum." Evidence exists that at some
time between 1741 and 1752, Adam sold his initial tract to Frantz and Martin
Bailey and took residence on his second purchase. At a much later time, the
first purchase was in the possession of Mr. Clifford Lutz, the second the farm
of Mr. Oskar Dietrich. It must be assumed that the Drumm family was living on
this second plantation when the following events occurred.
It
was evidently a hot Wednesday afternoon with thunderstorms threatening. At that
time of day the family quite probably was gathered for the evening meal when
suddenly two things took place almost simultaneously. A thunderstorm of major
proportion broke over the countryside, and the Drumm family was brutally
attacked by Indians. The date was 22 June 1757.
In a letter written on 25
June 1757 to David Schulrz of Hanover Township, Berks County, Pa., James Reed
of Reading, Pa., gives the following account of this attack:
"Last
night Jacob Levan came to see me, and showed me a letter of the 22d inst. From
Lieutenant Engle by which he advised Mr. Levan of the murder of one Adam Trump
(an alternate spelling of "Drumm) in Allemangel, by Indians that evening,
and that they had taken Trump's wife and his son, a lad of nineteen years old,
prisoners; but the woman escaped, though, upon her flying, she was closely
pursued by one of the Indians (of which there were seven), that he threw his
tomahawk at her, and cut her badly ill the neck, but 'tis hoped not
dangerously. This murder happened in as great a thunderstorm as has happened
for twenty years past: which extended itself over a great part of this and
Northampton Counties--for I found much mischief done, as I came from Easton,
Northampton County, to this place, the length of fifty two miles, the day
before yesterday, and which I hear has broken down the dams of seven forges,
and six gristmills, on Maxatany creek, chiefly in this county; the rest in
Philadelphia County. I almost forgot to mention (but am so hurried just now,
'tis no wonder) that the Indians, after scalping Adam Trump, left a knife, and
a halpert, or
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spear, fixed to a
pole in his body."
Adam
Trump was dead, his wife was badly wounded and his son, George, was a captive of
the Indians who having stolen, a quantity of liquor out of the house, moved
westward and arrived at a hill (today known as Hawk Mountain). The consumption
of liquor was having its effect on the Indians, for they began to make much
noise and dance around in the road. As they ascended the hill, things were in
such a state that at an opportune time, George made his escape by running down
the other side of the hill. [This writer is familiar with this stretch of road
in its unimproved state and can appreciate the effort made by George in
descending this water-soaked ground road in the dark of night; having descended
the mountain, he immediately had the Schuylkill river to cross and then a great
deal of travel in a very hilly countryside to get to his destination at Fort
Lebanon.]
Captain
Jacob Morgan, the commander of Fort Lebanon, which was located several miles
west from where George Drumm made his escape, wrote in his daily journal for 24
June 1757:
"Yesterday
morning about 8 of the clock, the son of one Adam Drumm, (whom the Indians had
killed the night before in Allemingle [sic] and took his son captive) found an
opportunity to make his escape and came to this Fort. He informed me that the
Indians (8 in number) had got a quantity of liquor out of his father's house
and came to a hill about 7 miles from this Fort, where they got to dancing, and
made themselves drunk he took the opportunity and escaped to the Fort. An
Indian followed him near a mile and a half whom our men tracked; so as soon as
the young man came I sent out a party to the place where the man left them, but
when they came there they only found an old pair of mogasins and a deer skin
whom they had left, but the Indians were fled; they tract't them as far as they
could but night coming, were obligated to return home. I have this day sent out
a party to intercept them in the way to the gap of the second mountain. (where
Schuylkill [this should read: Swatara Creek] comes through) being the place
which I found they often retreat back; the men will range about 2 days."
George returned to
his home and continued operation of the plantation; however, nothing further
has been learned about his mother. On 16 October 1757, we find that George
Trumm and Elisabeth Hem, single, witness the baptism of Elisabeth Scherff,
daughter of Christoph and Christina Scherff, four years before the erection in
1760-61 of the first New Bethel (or Corner) Church in Albany Township.
Sometime in late 1759, George married Maria
Catharina Strasser, daughter of Johann Nicolaus and Maria Catharine Strasser of
Albany Township; also in 1759, we find George on the Albany Township tax list.
On
the 17 July 1760, George Trumm and Maria Catharina witnessed the baptism of
Maria Catharina Schwenck, daughter of Hans Nicolaus and Maria Barbara Schwenck.
Also in 1760, during the construction of the New Bethel Church, George
contributed 1 pound in cash money, 13 days of hand labor, and 3 days of hauling
with a team of horses. George and Catharina's first child was born on 22 August
1760 and was baptized 5 weeks later on 18 September 1760, with the name of
Johann Henrich. Elisabeth Strasser was one of the sponsors, though as Elisabeth
was the name of both Catharine's mother and one of her sisters, which one
served as sponsor is unknown.
Other children were Anna Maria, born 13 July
1763; Maria Catharina, born 19 March 1766; Eva Barbara, born 26 September 1767;
Johan George, born 6 April 1773 Johannes, born 11 June 1778; and Charles born
1780.
Johan Adam Dromm and
Maria Gertraud Bier had the following children:
i.
JOHANN CHRISTIAN5 DROMM was born before
1738.
7.
ii. GEORGE ADAM (TRUMM) DRUM was
born in 1738. He died on 19 Oct 1808. He married
Maria Catharina Strasser, daughter of Johann Nicholas Strasser and Maria
Elizabeth Stagern, in 1759 in Berks, PA. She was born in 1740. She died on 11
Sep 1817.
6. JOHAN PHILIP5 DRUM (Johan
Simon4 Dromm,
Johan Christian3 Dromm,
Hans Adam2 Dromm,
Nickel1 Dromm) was born on 03
Mar 1721. He died on 14 Nov 1788.
Johan
Philip Drum had the following child:
8.
i. PHILIP6 DRUM was born in 1752. He
died on 10 Jun 1845. He married CATHARINE ?.
7. GEORGE ADAM (TRUMM)5 DRUM (Johan
Adam4 Dromm,
Johan Christian3 Dromm,
Hans Adam2 Dromm,
Nickel1 Dromm) was born in 1738. He
died on 19 Oct 1808. He married Maria Catharina Strasser, daughter of Johann
Nicholas Strasser and Maria Elizabeth Stagern, in 1759 in Berks, PA. She was
born in 1740. She died on 11 Sep 1817.
Notes
for George Adam (Trumm) Drum:
See
the story of the murder of Johan Adam Dromm, father of George Adam (Dromm) Drum,
found in the Johan Adam Dromm entry.
George
Adam (Trumm) Drum and Maria Catharina Strasser had the following children:
i.
JOHANN HENRICH (TRUMM)6 DRUM was born on 22 Aug
1760. He married BARBARA ?.
ii.
ANNA MARIA (TRUMM) DRUM was born on 13 Jul 1763.
She married FREDERICK
HORN.
iii.
MARIA CATHARINA (TRUMM) DRUM was born on 19 Mar
1766.
iv.
EVA BARBARA (TRUMM) DRUM was born on 26 Sep
1767.
v.
JOHAN GEORGE (TRUMM) DRUM was born on 06 Apr
1773.
9.
vi. JOHANN JOHN (TRUMM) DRUM was born
on 11 Jun 1778. He died on 10 Sep 1858. He
married (1) BARBARA STRASSER in
1800 in Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. She was born on 03 Nov 1775. She died on 10
Feb 1854 in Pickaway Co., OH.
vii.
CHARLES (TRUMM) DRUM was born in 1780.
Generation 6
8.
PHILIP6 DRUM (Johan Philip5, Johan Simon4 Dromm, Johan Christian3 Dromm, Hans Adam2 Dromm, Nickel1 Dromm) was born in
1752. He died on 10 Jun 1845. He married CATHARINE ?.
Philip
Drum and Catharine ? had the following child:
i.
JACOB7 DRUM was
born in 1770 in Northampton, Pennsylvania. He died on 03 Oct 1842 in Monroe
County, OH. He married (1) CATHARINA STRAUSS. She
was born on 26 Mar 1776 in Northampton, Pennsylvania. He married (2) SARAH NOFFSINGER on
30 Apr 1807 in Belmont Co., OH. She was born about 1788 in Maryland. She died
on 22 Nov 1849 in Monroe Co., OH.
9. JOHANN JOHN (TRUMM)6 DRUM (George
Adam (Trumm)5, Johan Adam4 Dromm,
Johan Christian3 Dromm,
Hans Adam2 Dromm, Nickel1
Dromm) was born on 11 Jun 1778. He died on 10 Sep 1858. He married (1) BARBARA STRASSER in
1800 in Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. She was born on 03 Nov 1775. She died on 10
Feb 1854 in Pickaway Co., OH.
Notes
for Johann John (Trumm) Drum:
See the story of the murder of Johan Adam
Dromm, father of George Adam Dromm and grandfather of Johann John Drumm, found
in the Johan Adam Dromm entry.
From the 1850
United States Federal Census for Salt Creek Township, Pickaway County, Ohio,
USA; enumerated 29 August 1850 by Jennet Nolfley
John Drum, head, age 71, born in Pennsylvania,
farmer Barba Drum, wife, age 76, born in Ohio
Levi
Grenwalt, age 26, laborer
Johann
John (Trumm) Drum had the following child:
i.
MARGARET7 DRUM was born on 24 Jan
1799 in Pennsylvania, United States. She died on 12 Feb 1867 in Pickaway, Pickaway,
Ohio, United States. She married
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Joshua
Valentine, son of Johan Henry Valentine and Elizabeth Barbara Friess, on 29 Jul
1817 in Pickaway, Pickaway, Ohio, USA. He was born on 07 Jun 1798 in Maryland,
United States. He died on 01 Jun 1870 in Pickaway, Pickaway, Ohio, United
States.
Notes for Margaret
Drum:
See the story of the
murder of Johan Adam Dromm, father of George Adam (Dromm) Drum, grandfather of
Johann John Drum, great grandfather of Margaret Drum, found in the Johan Adam
Dromm entry.
Notes for Joshua
Valentine:
Joshua Valentine was born 7
June 1798 on his father, Henry's, homestead in Maryland. The next year, 1799,
Joshua's father, Henry, sold his Maryland land and by 1807 was a farmer of 320
acres in Washington Twp., Pickaway Co., OH.
Joshua
married Margaret Drum on 29 July 1817 and in November 1817 their first child, Samuel,
of 9-children was born. Margaret Drum the daughter of Barbara Strasser and John
Drum was born 24 Jan 1799. In 1829 Joshua bought his father's farm.
Joshua Valentine is the first common ancestor of the
author, Richard E. Harrington, and the author of the researcher, Paul H.
Valentine, who published the book, "Valentine Family Genealogy -
decendants (sic) of Johan George Valentine 1715-1783 of Germany and
Maryland." The proceeding ancestors from Joshua were Levi Valentine
leading to the R.E. Harrington line and George Washington Valentine leading to
the Paul H. Valentine line. We are 3rd cousins, once removed.
In 1829 Joshua
Valentine bought his father's farm
From the 1830
Federal Census for Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio;
enumerated
1830 |
|
|
|
|
males under age of 5 |
3 |
(Jacob)(George Washington)(Amos) |
|
|
males over 5 and
under 10 |
1 |
(Levi) |
|
|
males over 30 and under 40 |
1 |
(Joshua, head) |
|
|
females over 5 and under 10 |
1 |
(Elizabeth) |
|
|
females over 10 and
under 15 |
1 |
(?) |
|
|
females over 30 and under 40 |
1 |
(Margaret, wife) |
|
|
persons under 20 |
5 |
|
|
|
persons 20 to 49 |
2 |
|
|
|
total persons |
7 |
|
|
|
From the 1840
Federal Census for Pickaway County, Ohio; enumerated 1840 |
|
|||
males under age of 5 |
1 |
(Andrew) |
|
|
males over 5 and under 10 |
1 |
(Jacob) |
|
|
males over 10 and under 15 |
2 |
(Amos D.) (George Washington) |
|
|
males over 15 and under
20 |
1 |
(Levi) |
|
|
males over 30 and under 40 |
1 |
(Joshua, head) |
|
|
females under age of 5 |
1 |
(Melinda) |
|
|
females over 5 and under 10 |
1 |
(Mary) |
|
|
females over 15 and
under 20 |
1 |
(Elizabeth) |
|
|
females over 30 and under 40 |
1 |
(Margaret, wife) |
|
|
persons employed in agriculture |
2 |
|
(Margaret, wife) |
|
persons over 20 who cannot read and
write 1 |
|
|||
persons under 20 |
8 |
|
|
|
persons 20 to 49 |
2 |
|
|
|
persons total |
10 |
|
|
|
From the 1850
Federal Census for Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio;
349
enumerated 20 August 1850
Joshua
Valentine, age 52, farmer, born in Maryland; value of real estate: $2,600
Margaret
Valentine, age 51, born in Pennsylvania Jacob Valentine, age 17, born in Ohio
Andrew
Valentine, age 14, born in Ohio Mary Valentine, age 17, born in Ohio Melinda
Valentine, age 12, born in Ohio William Anderson, age 12, born in Ohio
From
the 1860 Federal Census for Washington Township, Pickaway County,
Ohio; enumerated 7 June 1860
Joshua
Valentine, age 61, farmer, born in Maryland; value of real estate: $5,000
Margaret Valentine, age 60, born in
Pennsylvania Jacob Valentine, age 24, born in Ohio, farm labor Andrew
Valentine, age 22, born in Ohio, farm labor Melinda Valentine, age 20, born in
Ohio
William Anderson, age 21, born in Ohio, farm
labor Martha Secondcost, age 13, born in Ohio
David Stout, age 3, born in Ohio
From
the 1870 Federal Census for Washington Township, Pickaway County,
Ohio; enumerated 3 June 1870
Joshua
Valentine, age 71, farmer, born in Maryland; value of real estate: $4,260;
value of personal estate: $300
Jacob
Wrestler, age 50, farmer, born in Pennsylvania; value of personal estate: $375
Elizabeth Wrestler,
age 49, keeping house, born in Ohio Malinda Wrestler, age 17, at home, born in
Ohio George Wrestler, age 13, at home, born in Ohio
Johann John (Trumm)
Drum and Barbara Strasser had the following children:
i.
MARGARET7 DRUM was
born on 24 Jan 1799 in Pennsylvania, United States. She died on 12 Feb 1867 in
Pickaway, Pickaway, Ohio, United States. She married Joshua Valentine, son of
Johan Henry Valentine and Elizabeth Barbara Friess, on 29 Jul 1817 in Pickaway,
Pickaway, Ohio, USA. He was born on 07 Jun 1798 in Maryland, United States. He
died on 01 Jun 1870 in Pickaway, Pickaway, Ohio, United States.
Notes
for Margaret Drum:
See the story of the
murder of Johan Adam Dromm, father of George Adam (Dromm) Drum, grandfather of
Johann John Drum, great grandfather of Margaret Drum, found in the Johan Adam
Dromm entry.
Notes
for Joshua Valentine:
Joshua Valentine was born 7
June 1798 on his father, Henry's, homestead in Maryland. The next year, 1799,
Joshua's father, Henry, sold his Maryland land and by 1807 was a farmer of 320
acres in Washington Twp., Pickaway Co., OH.
Joshua married
Margaret Drum on 29 July 1817 and in November 1817 their first child, Samuel,
of 9-children was born. Margaret Drum the daughter of Barbara Strasser and John
Drum was born 24 Jan 1799. In 1829 Joshua bought his father's farm.
Joshua
Valentine is the first common ancestor of the author, Richard E.
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Harrington,
and the author of the researcher, Paul H. Valentine, who published the book,
"Valentine Family Genealogy - decendants (sic) of Johan George Valentine
1715-1783 of Germany and Maryland." The proceeding ancestors from Joshua
were Levi Valentine leading to the R.E. Harrington line and George Washington
Valentine leading to the Paul H. Valentine line. We are 3rd cousins, once
removed.
In 1829 Joshua
Valentine bought his father's farm
From the 1830
Federal Census for Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio;
enumerated
1830 |
|
|
|
|
males under age of 5 |
3 |
(Jacob)(George Washington)(Amos) |
|
|
males over 5 and
under 10 |
1 |
(Levi) |
|
|
males over 30 and under 40 |
1 |
(Joshua, head) |
|
|
females over 5 and under 10 |
1 |
(Elizabeth) |
|
|
females over 10 and
under 15 |
1 |
(?) |
|
|
females over 30 and under 40 |
1 |
(Margaret, wife) |
|
|
persons under 20 |
5 |
|
|
|
persons 20 to 49 |
2 |
|
|
|
total persons |
7 |
|
|
|
From the 1840
Federal Census for Pickaway County, Ohio; enumerated 1840 |
|
|||
males under age of 5 |
1 |
(Andrew) |
|
|
males over 5 and under 10 |
1 |
(Jacob) |
|
|
males over 10 and under 15 |
2 |
(Amos D.) (George Washington) |
|
|
males over 15 and
under 20 |
1 |
(Levi) |
|
|
males over 30 and under 40 |
1 |
(Joshua, head) |
|
|
females under age of 5 |
1 |
(Melinda) |
|
|
females over 5 and under 10 |
1 |
(Mary) |
|
|
females over 15 and
under 20 |
1 |
(Elizabeth) |
|
|
females over 30 and under 40 |
1 |
(Margaret, wife) |
|
|
persons employed in agriculture |
2 |
|
(Margaret, wife) |
|
persons over 20 who cannot read and
write 1 |
|
|||
persons under 20 |
8 |
|
|
|
persons 20 to 49 |
2 |
|
|
|
persons total |
10 |
|
|
|
From
the 1850 Federal Census for Washington Township, Pickaway County,
Ohio; enumerated 20 August 1850
Joshua
Valentine, age 52, farmer, born in Maryland; value of real estate: $2,600
Margaret
Valentine, age 51, born in Pennsylvania Jacob Valentine, age 17, born in Ohio
Andrew
Valentine, age 14, born in Ohio Mary Valentine, age 17, born in Ohio Melinda
Valentine, age 12, born in Ohio William Anderson, age 12, born in Ohio
From
the 1860 Federal Census for Washington Township, Pickaway County,
Ohio; enumerated 7 June 1860
Joshua
Valentine, age 61, farmer, born in Maryland; value of real estate: $5,000
Margaret Valentine, age 60, born in
Pennsylvania Jacob Valentine, age 24, born in Ohio, farm labor Andrew
Valentine, age 22, born in Ohio, farm labor Melinda Valentine, age 20, born in
Ohio
William Anderson, age 21, born in Ohio, farm
labor Martha Secondcost, age 13, born in Ohio
351
David Stout, age 3, born in Ohio
From
the 1870 Federal Census for Washington Township, Pickaway County,
Ohio; enumerated 3 June 1870
Joshua
Valentine, age 71, farmer, born in Maryland; value of real estate: $4,260;
value of personal estate: $300
Jacob
Wrestler, age 50, farmer, born in Pennsylvania; value of personal estate: $375
Elizabeth Wrestler,
age 49, keeping house, born in Ohio Malinda Wrestler, age 17, at home, born in
Ohio George Wrestler, age 13, at home, born in Ohio
iii.
CATHERINE DRUM was born on 03 Dec
1800.
iv.
JOHN DRUM was born on 20 Jun
1803.
v.
GEORGE DRUM was born on 30 May
1805.
vi.
SALLY DRUM was born about 1807.
vii.
MARY DRUM was born on 20 Oct
1809.
viii.
RACHEL DRUM was born about 1812.
ix.
JOSEPH DRUM was born on 28 Mar
1814.
Outline Descendant
Report for John Jakob Bohlender
1
John Jakob Bohlender + Anna Wilhelmina Riess
...2 Johann Adam Bohlender b: 19 May 1735 in
Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Germany, d: 17 Apr 1815 in Snyder, Pennsylvania, USA
+ Anna
Elizabeth Krespie b: Abt. 1735, m: 16 Jun 1754 in at sea in route to America,
d: 1820 in Snyder, Pennsylvania, USA
......3 Johann Adam
Bolender b: 24 Mar 1759 in Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA
+ Mary
Magdalena Morr b: 22 Oct 1763 in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA, d: 26 Nov
1811 in Middleburg, Snyder County, Pennsylvania, USA
.........4 Benjamin Bolinger
b: 1798 in Snyder Co, PA, d: 09 Aug 1879 in Pickaway Co., OH
+ Elizabeth
Leist b: 07 Mar 1804 in Northumberland Co., PA, d: 01 Feb 1868 in Pickaway Co.,
OH
............5 Mary Bolinger b: Abt. 1825 in
Ohio, d: 1867
+ Levi
J. Valentine b: 04 May 1824 in Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio, m:
31 Jul 1845 in Pickaway County, Ohio, USA; , USA, d: 20 Dec 1893 in Gentry
County, Missouri
............5 John Bolender b: 26 Nov 1831 in
Pickaway Co., OH, d: 26 Aug 1908 in Pickaway Co., OH
+ Sophia Stepleton b:
Abt. 1836, m: 17 Oct 1852
+ Susan ? b: 11 Dec
1842, d: 15 Feb 1924
............5 Catharine Bolinger b: Abt. 1834 + Isaac
Roberts m: 05 Apr 1855
............5 Elizabeth Bolinger b: Abt. 1834
............5 Levi Bolinger b: Abt. 1836
+ Catherine Wanamacher m: 11 Jan 1857,
d: 04 Oct 1916 in Pickaway Co., OH
............5 Susan Bolinger b: Abt. 1838
............5 Sarah Bolinger
+ Reuben Bonds m: 27 Dec 1857
Descendants of John
Jakob Bohlender
Generation 1
1.
JOHN JAKOB1 BOHLENDER . He married ANNA WILHELMINA RIESS.
John
Jakob Bohlender and Anna Wilhelmina Riess had the following child:
2.
i.
JOHANN ADAM2 BOHLENDER was born on 19 May
1735 in Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Germany.
He died on 17 Apr 1815 in Snyder, Pennsylvania, USA. He married Anna Elizabeth Krespie
on 16 Jun 1754 in at sea in route to America. She was born about 1735. She died
in 1820 in Snyder, Pennsylvania, USA.
Generation 2
2. JOHANN ADAM2 BOHLENDER (John
Jakob1) was born on 19 May 1735 in
Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Germany. He died on 17 Apr 1815 in Snyder,
Pennsylvania, USA. He married Anna Elizabeth Krespie on 16 Jun 1754 in at sea
in route to America. She was born about 1735. She died in 1820 in Snyder,
Pennsylvania, USA.
Johann
Adam Bohlender and Anna Elizabeth Krespie had the following child:
3.
i.
JOHANN ADAM3 BOLENDER was born on 24 Mar
1759 in Schaefferstown, Lebanon County,
Pennsylvania, USA. He married MARY
MAGDALENA MORR. She was born on 22
Oct 1763 in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA. She died on 26 Nov 1811 in
Middleburg, Snyder County, Pennsylvania, USA.
Generation 3
3. JOHANN ADAM3 BOLENDER (Johann
Adam2 Bohlender,
John Jakob1 Bohlender)
was born on 24 Mar 1759 in Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania,
USA. He married MARY MAGDALENA MORR. She
was born on 22 Oct 1763 in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA. She died on 26
Nov 1811 in Middleburg, Snyder County, Pennsylvania, USA.
Johann
Adam Bolender and Mary Magdalena Morr had the following child:
4.
i.
BENJAMIN4 BOLINGER was born in 1798 in
Snyder Co, PA. He died on 09 Aug 1879 in Pickaway Co., OH. He married ELIZABETH LEIST. She was born on 07
Mar 1804 in Northumberland Co., PA. She died on 01 Feb 1868 in Pickaway Co.,
OH.
Generation 4
4. BENJAMIN4 BOLINGER (Johann
Adam3 Bolender,
Johann Adam2 Bohlender,
John Jakob1 Bohlender)
was born in 1798 in Snyder Co, PA. He died on 09 Aug 1879 in Pickaway Co., OH.
He married ELIZABETH LEIST. She
was born on 07 Mar 1804 in Northumberland Co., PA. She died on 01 Feb 1868 in
Pickaway Co., OH.
Notes
for Benjamin Bolinger:
On 30 Seplt 1834 Benjamine Bolender purchased 3 pieces of
property totling 160 acres as follows: First parcel: Accession Number =
OH0850_.022; Acres = 40, Document Number - 6650 Second parcel: Accession Number
= OH0850_.023; Acres = 80, Document Number - 6651 Third parcel: Accession
Number = OH0850_.024; Acres = 40, Document Number - 6652
The purchase documents contained identical
information except as indicated above. So, each document had the following
information:
Fm: U.S. General Land Records, 1796-1904 About
Benjamin Bolender
Name = Benjamin Bolender Issue Date = 30 Sept
1834 Acres = 40
Accession Number =
OH0850_.022 Metes & Bounds = No
Land Office = Bucyrus
Canceled = No
U.S.
Reservations = No Mineral Reservations = No
Authority
= April 24, 1820; Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
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Document Nr. = 6650
Legal
Land Description: Section 20; Twp., 3-N; Range 16-E; Meridian 1st PM; Counties
Seneca
On 21
July 1847 Benjamine Valentine sold 40 acres of the above land to Levi
Valentine. The sale document contains the following data:
Grantees' names =
Levi Valentine Grantors' names = Benj Bolender Vol = 18, page = 163
Consideration = $200 Description = NW 1/4 SE 1/4 Sec = 20; Twp. = 3; Range = 16
Acres = 40
Kind of Instr. = warrentee deed
Date of Inst.: day = 21; month = 7;
year = 1874
From the 1830
United States Federal Census Pickaway County, Ohio
Free White Persons
- males 30-39 |
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1 |
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Free white Persons - females under |
2 [This probably
included Mary Balinger] |
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Free white Persons - females 15-19 |
1 |
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Free white Persons - females 20-29 |
1 |
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Free white Persons - females under
20 |
3 |
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Free white Persons - 20-29 |
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2 |
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Total Free white Persons |
5 |
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Total all Persons |
5 |
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From the 1840
United States Federal Census Pickaway County, Ohio |
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Name: |
Benjamin Bowlinger |
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Free White Persons - Males - Under
5: |
1 |
[This was probably Levi Bolinger] |
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Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru
9: |
1 |
[This was probably John Bolinger] |
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Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru
19: |
1 |
[This was probably an older son |
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Bolinger] |
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Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru
49: |
1 |
[This was probably Benjamin
Bolinger] |
||
Free White Persons - Females - Under
5: |
1 |
[This was probably Susan Bolinger] |
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Free White Persons - Females - 5
thru 9: |
2 |
[This was probably Catharine and |
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Elizabeth Bolinger] |
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Free White Persons - Females - 10
thru 14: |
2 |
[This was probably Mary Bolinger
plus |
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a sister] |
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Free White Persons - Females - 15
thru 19: |
1 |
[This was probably Mary Bolinger's |
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older sister] |
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Free White Persons - Females - 30
thru 39: |
1 |
[This was probably Elizabeth |
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Leist-Bolinger] |
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No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot
Read and Write: 1 [This would probably
have |
||||
been either Benjamin
Bolinger or Elizabeth Leist] |
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Free White Persons - Under 20: |
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9 |
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Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: |
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2 |
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Total Free White Persons: |
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11 |
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Total All Persons - Free White, Free
Colored, Slaves: |
11 |
From
the 1850 United States Federal Census Washington Twp., Pickaway
County, Ohio; enumerted on 23 August 1850 [All born in Ohio]
Benjamin Bolinger,
head, age 52, farmer Elizabeth Bolinger, wife, age 48
John Bolinger, son, age
18, farmer Catharine Bolinger, dau., age 16 Elizabeth Bolinger, dau., age 16
Levi Bolinger, son, age 14
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Susan Bolinger, dau., age 12
Sarah Bolinger, dau., age 9
From
the 1860 United States Federal Census Washington Twp., Pickaway
County, Ohio; enumerted on 7 June 1860 by John P. Baker
Benjamin Bolinger,
head, age 63, farmer Elizabeth Bolinger, wife, age 57
Ellen Wann, serving, age 15
Elizabeth Huffman, serving, age 24
From
the 1870 United States Federal Census Washington Twp., Pickaway
County, Ohio; enumerted on 3 June 1870
Benjamin Bolinger, head, age
71, born in Pennsylvania, at home Elizabeth Bolinger, wife, age 63, born in
Pennsylvania, keeping house
Benjamin Bolinger and Elizabeth Leist
had the following children:
5.
i.
MARY5 BOLINGER was born about 1825 in
Ohio. She died in 1867. She married Levi J. Valentine, son of Joshua Valentine and
Margaret Drum, on 31 Jul 1845 in Pickaway County, Ohio, USA (, USA). He was born
on 04 May 1824 in Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio. He died on 20 Dec
1893 in Gentry County, Missouri.
6.
ii. JOHN BOLENDER was
born on 26 Nov 1831 in Pickaway Co., OH. He died on 26 Aug 1908
in Pickaway Co., OH. He married (1) SOPHIA STEPLETON on
17 Oct 1852. She was born about 1836. He married (2) SUSAN ?.
She was born on 11 Dec 1842. She died on 15 Feb 1924.
iii. CATHARINE BOLINGER was
born about 1834. She married Isaac Roberts on 05 Apr 1855.
iv.
ELIZABETH BOLINGER was born about 1834.
v.
LEVI BOLINGER was
born about 1836. He married Catherine Wanamacher on 11 Jan 1857. She died on 04
Oct 1916 in Pickaway Co., OH.
Notes
for Catherine Wanamacher:
Note: Levi Balender signed his name on the
marriage application as Balender, although his name was spelled by the clerk as
Balinger.
vi.
SUSAN BOLINGER was born about 1838.
vii.
SARAH BOLINGER. She married Reuben
Bonds on 27 Dec 1857.
Notes
for Reuben Bonds:
Sarah Bolender had
her parents consent to marry. She signed her marriage application as Bollender.
She was married by the same minister, Minister Lewis Einsel, as was Levi
Bolender who married almost a year earlier..
Generation 5
5. MARY5 BOLINGER (Benjamin4,
Johann Adam3 Bolender,
Johann Adam2 Bohlender,
John Jakob1 Bohlender)
was born about 1825 in Ohio. She died in 1867. She married Levi J. Valentine,
son of Joshua Valentine and Margaret Drum, on 31 Jul 1845 in Pickaway County,
Ohio, USA (, USA). He was born on 04 May 1824 in Washington Township, Pickaway
County, Ohio. He died on 20 Dec 1893 in Gentry County, Missouri.
Notes
for Levi J. Valentine:
Levi
Valentine was born 2 May 1824 and died 20 Dec 1893. He was the third child and
the second son in the family of Joshua and Margaret Drum Valentine that
numbered 9 children. His siblings numbered 5 brothers and 3 sisters.
It
was common in the large farming-families of the day that the future of the
children depended on their finding adequate farm land to support their new
families. This quest for land brought most of the European immigrants to
America in the first place. Now as the large
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American-born
families proliferated, the search for new land fueled the push for the movement
of settlers ever westward. Levi and his wife Mary Bolinger Valentine were no
exception.
Having
married 31 July 1845, the 1850 Federal Census found them in Adam township of
Seneca County, Ohio, about 100 miles north of the farm where Levi was raised.
This put them about 30 miles from Lake Erie, and about 45 miles from Toledo,
Ohio; all distances measured 'as the crow flies.' Levi had purchased 40 acres
from his father-in-law, Benjamin Bolinger, on 21 July 1847 and they probably
moved to their new home shortly thereafter. The 1850 Federal Census enumerates
the Valentine family-of-five as living with Jacob Weiher and shows Jacob Weiher
to be the owner of $3,000 property where they lived. Their travel to Seneca
County and all subsequent travels would have almost certainly been made by
horse and wagon.
Throughout
their lives Levi and his two wives were very productive, adding a new progeny
every two or three years. The birth record of their 21 children provides an
invaluable set of data for tracking the location of the family. Progeny began
almost immediately following their marriage in 1845. By the 1850 Federal
Census, Levi and Mary had three children; Isaac age 4, Sarah age 2, and Elias
age 4 months. The 1860 Federal Census shows that the family was still in Ohio
in 1853 when their son, David, was born.
Sometime
between 1853 and 1855 Levi and Mary moved their family to Illinois where their
son, George W. Valentine was born. They remained in Illinois at least 3 more
years where 3 more children were born. All together 4 children were born in
Illinois, according to the 1860 Federal Census; namely, George W. in 1855,
Almira in 1856, and the twin brothers, Sylvester J. and Sylvanus E. on November
5, 1857.
Birth
records indicate that during their stay in Illinois the Levi and Mary Valentine
family lived in Pike County, Illinois. This will remain a mystery to be solved
by future research. Their stay in Illinois fell between the Federal Census
years of 1853 when their son David Clinton was born and the 1860 when they were
living on a rented farm in Kansas.
In
1860 Kansas was still the “Kansas Territory.” It was likely that the lure of
the newly opened Kansas land beckoned the Valentine family to Kansas. Most
likely during the summer of 1858 the family made their move of perhaps 200
miles to their new home in what would later become Brown County, Kansas. In
1860 the population of Brown County was 2,607.
The Territory of Kansas into which the Levi
family moved was not peaceful. Political and natural storm clouds were
gathering. The Kansas Territory had become a battle ground between anti-slavery
and pro-slavery interests that sometimes resulted in bloodshed. The
abolitionist, John Brown, was active in Kansas in the late 1850s. The Kansas
Territory became a proxy war between the North and South and in part set the
stage for the Civil War. Eventually, in 1861 Kansas was converted from a
Territory to a state as a free-state. Although the question of whether Kansas
would be a slave or free state had been settled as the result of election of
the population, the matter was not settled in the minds of many. Some in the
State had settled as slave owners bringing their slaves with them. The broader
scope of the Civil War was brewing.
Still another unsettling event lay in the
future. In his book titled, “History of Brown County; Brown County Kansas” A.N.
Ruley wrote that in the years leading up to 1860 the weather had been ideal for
crops in Brown County, Kansas. Bumper crops had been raised and harvests had
been plentiful. The main problem that the farmers in the area experienced was
getting their grain to market and converting it into money. So while harvests
were plentiful, money was scarce.
By
1861 two factors combined to largely solve the marketing problem. The Civil War
had started creating requirements for grain to feed the troops. In addition,
the flow of would-be miners moving westward to California to make their
fortunes in the gold rush also required grain. The demand for grain was high
and as a result, the price soared. Corn prices reached a high of 25 cents a
bushel.
It seems likely that the news of the
bountiful harvests in Kansas had reached Levi in Illinois and may have been
further inducement for their decision to move to Kansas in 1858 or 1859.
Whatever the reasons, the 1860 Federal Census shows Levi and his family in
Brown County, Kansas and shows his worth to be $500 in real estate and $300 in
personal property. Personal property of a farmer would normally be made up of
his horses, livestock, wagons, farm implements, and tools. Levi's estimated
worth of $500 in real estate and $300 in personal property was good and showed
a prosperous farmer for the year 1860. The complete itemized farm census is
shown below.
While the 1860 Federal
Census indicated that Levi owned real estate worth an estimated $500, we
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were not able to find
records of the purchase or sale of this land or a deed to establish that he
actually owned it. We were therefore not able to precisely locate Levi's Kansas
farm. Nevertheless, we were able to locate the farms of Levi's landowner neighbors
in the 1860 census and thereby locate within a mile radius, the site of Levi’s
farm.
Then
the unexpected happened. According to A.N. Ruley's “History of Brown County,”
the growing season of the year 1860 suffered a severe drought. Excerpts from
Ruley's book follows: “The winter of 1859-60 had been remarkably dry and not
very cold. March and April were windy and no rain … the people sowed and
planted a larger crop than ever. There was no harvest of small grain for it had
failed to mature; few fields were cut; none paid for cutting.”
“The
crop of small grain was estimated to average two bushels per acre … July and
August were absolutely without rain. It was literally a year without rain and an
absolute and complete failure of crops of all kinds. --- Starvation stared them
in the face. --- Fortunately, the people of more favored states were busy
gathering relief for the most needy and thus they were saved from starvation.
---
Many passed the whole
winter without any groceries in their house; few had a full supply of meat.
--- Without the aid
of the east, thousands would have been compelled to abandon their homes and
hundreds probably would have starved.” This would have been the experience of the
Levi and Mary Valentine family in their first or second year in Brown County,
Kansas.
For
the next 6 or 8 years it appears that the Valentine family stopped their
nomadic wandering and remained in Brown County, Kansas. They appear in two 1860
census, each citing a different township. The 1860 farm census carrying the
name of the township-of-enumeration as Irving Township, Brown County and dated
28 July 1860, appears to be in contradiction of the population Federal Census
dated 1 August 1860 but the township-of-enumeration as Walnut Township, Brown
County. These two townships, Irving and Walnut, are less than 10-miles apart so
that the two census could easily service the same farm location. This seems
further justified since the place of birth of the next four Valentine children:
Emanuel T., August 1860; Laura Ella, 12 May 1863, Lovina or Lavina, 24 June
1866 and Nora Ellen, 22 February 1867, are all given as Walnut Township, Brown
County, Kansas.
While
no information was found to support the death of Mary Bolinger Valentine in
1867, that appears to be what happened. Mary would have been 42 years old in
1867 when Nora Ellen Valentine was born. She may have died at childbirth of
shortly thereafter. About one year later on 21 May 1868, Levi married Emily Jane
Walker, who by then was 27 or 28 years old, and relocated part of the family
east about 30-miles, across the Missouri River to Liberty Township, Clay
County, Missouri (about 5-miles northeast of Kansas City, Missouri). Several
members of the Levi-Mary Bolinger family moved with him. Levi’s next child,
Henry C. Valentine, was born in 1868 in Liberty Township, Clay County, Missouri
to his new wife, Emily Jane Walker Valentine.
We do not know whether Sarah
Jane Valentine-Harrington was still in the Levi family at the time of her
mother’s death. It seems probable that she was not. In 1865 she had met Charles
William Harrington, a sailor from Nova Scotia. She gave birth to their son,
William Alvin Harrington (Herington, Herrington), on 10 June 1866, nine months
before the birth of Nora Ellen Valentine. Years later, Sarah Jane related
several items of information to her son about his birth and about his father.
(See the section on Sarah Jane Valentine for additional information.) Among
these was the fact that William had been born in Kickapoo, Kansas, a small
village located about 2-miles north of Fort Levenworth, Kansas. Kickapoo would
have been about 50-miles from the Valentine farm in Walnut Township, Brown
County, Kansas so it was unlikely that she was still living at home.
Two
years later, the 1870 Federal Census found Sarah Jane Valentine-Harrington back
in Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio. She had returned to the roots of
her Valentine family, the place where her father and mother were born. The trek
which had taken 18-years and thousands of miles to complete had come to an end.
In the 1870 Federal Census Sarah Jane was enumerated in the employment of
William H. Anderson as his housekeeper. The 1870 Federal Census, however, does
not provide the location of her son. The 1870 Federal Census for Levi is also
missing so it is not possible to determine which members of the family remained
with him. It seems unlikely, however, that Sarah Jane would have gone back to
Ohio without her 4-year old son, William Alvin Harrington.
Levi continued to live in Liberty Township,
Clay County, Missouri for the next 20-years. He was still identified as a
farmer in the 1880 Federal Census and he continued to add children to his
second family at the rate of one every two years. By the time he died in 1893
he had fathered 22 children.
From
the 1850 Federal Census for Adams Township, Seneca County, Ohio;
enumerated: 18 Sept. 1850 [all born in Ohio except as noted]
Levi Volentine, age
26, farmer Mary Volentine, age 26 Isaac Volentine, age 4 Sarah Volentine, age 2
Elas Volentine, age 4-mo.
Jacob Weiiher, age 39, farmer, Note: The
census clearly indicates that the "Value of Real Estate owned" is
3000 dollars owned by Jacob Weiher. The place of birth of Jacob Weiher is
blank. The spelling of Weiher is clear.
From
the 1860 Federal Census for Walnut Creek Township, Brown County,
Kansas Territory, post office: Hamlin, Kansas; enumerated: 28 July 1860 [all
born in Ohio except as noted]
Levi Valentine,
(head), age 36, born in Ohio, farmer Mary Valentine, (wife), age 35, born in
Ohio
Elias Valentine, son,
age 11 (age is unclear) in Ohio Sarah Valentine, dau., age 11, born in Ohio
David Valentine, son,
age 9, born in Ohio George Valentine, son, age 5, born in Illinois Almira
Valentine, dau., age 4, born in Illinois Sylvester Valentine, son, age 2, born
in Illinois Sulvanus Valentine, son, age 2, born in Illinois Emila Walker, age
20
From the Kansas Census, 1850-90 about Levi
Valentine; year: 1860; record type: Federal Population Schedule; database: KS
1860 Federal Census Index; Walnut Creek Township, Brechenridge County, Kansas
From the Selected
Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880 about Levi Valentine; Irving
township, Brown County Kansas; enumeration date: 1 August 1860; schedule type:
agriculture; Irving Twp., Brown County, Kansas; post office Hiawatha, Kansas
Improved
(land) |
30 acres |
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Unimproved |
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Renter |
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Cash Value of farm:
Renter |
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Value of farm
implements and machinery: |
$150 |
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Horses |
3 |
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Milch Cows |
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1 |
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Working Oxen |
4 |
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Swine |
1 |
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Value of livestock |
$315 |
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Wheat, bushels of |
37 |
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Indian corn,
bushels of |
900 |
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Oats, bushels of |
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400 |
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Ginned cotton,
bales of, of 400 lbs each |
none |
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Irish potatoes,
bushels |
25 |
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Buchwheat, bushels
of |
23 |
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Butter, lbs |
|
30 |
|
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Value of animals
slaughtered |
$150 |
|
From
the 1880 Federal Census for Liberty Township, Clay County,
Missouri; enumerated 3 June 1880
L.J. Valentine, age 56, farmer, born
in Ohio
Emely J. Valentine, wife, age 40, keeping
house, born in Ohio Emanuel Valentine, son, age 19 Labior (sic), born in Kansas
Lora E. Valentine, dau., age 17, born in Kansas
Lavina Valentine, dau., age
15, born in Kansas Henry C. Valentine, son, age 12, born in Mo
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Perry Valentine, son, age 8, born in
Mo
Chancy E. Valentine, dau., age 6, born
in Mo
Linne Valentine, dau., age 3, born in
Mo
Edgar Valentine, son, age 10-mo, born
in Mo
Genealogy is not a well-developed science. It is
improving with the introduction of DNA testing, and the collection and organizing
of world-wide data by organizations such as Ancestry.com. Nevertheless, it
remains at a relatively low level of sophistication that depends on the arduous
searching of poorly-kept records that are widely scattered and frequently in
the hands of people with little or no interest in genealogy. It is easy and
common that mistakes will be made.
Research
of the Levi and Mary Bolinger Valentine family is a case in point. In my search
for data on this family, I was able to find the unquestionable wedding record
for this couple. They were married on 31 July 1845 in Pickaway County, Ohio and
a record of the marriage dutifully entered into the, then, current Pickaway
County, Ohio Marriage Book, #4 that covered the period 1839-1855. Since the
marriage preceded 1850, the first year that the Federal Census records included
the names of all family members rather than just the head of the household,
Mary appears in all subsequent records as Mary Valentine. Unfortunately, I have
not been able to find a record of her death.
(Add the picture of the marriage entry
here.)
Somewhere,
somehow, someone introduced the name Mary Ann Neff as Levi Valentine’s wife. In
so doing, they attached the marriage date of 31 July 1845. This name was given
wide distribution, largely because of the increased use of computer technology.
Thinking that it was possible that Mary Bolinger may have died or divorced, I
began looking for evidence of her loss from the family and the marriage of Levi
to Mary Ann Neff. I also inquired of others who were using the name of Mary Ann
Neff as Levi’s wife, what information they might have to support the claim. For
several years I searched for supporting evidence in places where the Levi
Valentine family had resided. I found none. A complicating factor was that the
Bolinger name was found to be spelled differently in many places. In addition
to the Bolinger spelling there were variants that include: Bollinger, Bolenger,
Bollenger, Bowlinger, Bolender, Bollender, Bolendar, and finally the spelling
Bullinger that Mary used on her marriage license application. These various
spellings populate the historical data today, of course. I eventually chose to
use Bolinger as “the” family name in my genealogy literature.
I finally discovered the error that
apparently introduced the name Mary Ann Neff into the database. It appears in
an unlikely place; viz., the index of the Pickaway County, Ohio Marriage Book,
#4. I consider it as an “unlikely” place to cause such confusion because it is
in the index. It is unlikely that the index would be used as evidence of the
marriage. Further, if the researcher had just followed the index information to
the marriage entry, they would have discovered their error and found the
correct names. They would have also discovered that the last name “Neff” was
really Kraft, although, in the handwritten index, it could easily be read as
Neff.
(Add the picture of the index entry
here.)
In view of the above and the
fact that I have so arduously searched the literature in an attempt to confirm
the existence of Mary Ann Neff, I conclude that it was Levi and Mary Bolinger
Valentine who made the trek from Pickaway County, Ohio to Brown County, Kansas
together.
While I have still
not found evidence of Mary Bolinger Valentine’s death, I suspect that it was in
Kansas after or possibly in conjunction with the birth of her daughter, Nora
Ellen Valentine born 22 February 1867 in Walnut Township, Brown County, Kansas.
I consider the issue of Mary Bolinger versus
Mary Ann Neff to be satisfactorily proven and a closed case. It nevertheless
provides a cautionary note about the risk of using unproven data of others. No
fewer than 6-family trees are currently on Ancestry.com that contain the
misinformation about Levi Valentine’s wife.
DNA matches found that
connects the author, Richard E. Harrington, and his kin to Levi J. Valentine: Click
here to return to the Table of Contents
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Ancestry.DNA
analysis of Richard E. Harrington's DNA shows a Circle match with another
Ancestry.com member who uses a pseudonym of
jaclyn-ott (Circle and direct
DNA match) (confidence: Good) Levi J. Valentine - 3rd Great Grandfather
Laura Ella Valentine
- 2nd Great Grandmother Christine Leroy Mick - Great-Grandmother Archie Perren
Sr. - Grandfather
Archie Lee Perren Jr -
Father jaclyn_ott - 3rd Great-Granddaughter
Ancestry.DNA
analysis of Richard E. Harrington's DNA shows a Circle match with another
Ancestry.com member who uses a pseudonym of
hdmcgowanfolgate (Circle and direct
DNA match) (confidence: Good) Levi J Valentine - 3rd Great Grandfather
Emanuel
Valentine - 2nd Great-Grandfather Minerva Jane Valentine - Great-Grandmother
Crystal May Folgate
McGowan Nichols - Grandmother Polline Rosslyn McGowan - Mother hdmcgowanfolgate
- 3rd Great-Granddaughter
Levi J. Valentine and
Mary Bolinger had the following children:
7.
i. ELIAS L.6 VALENTINE was
born about 1845. He died in Washington Township,. He married
Ellen G. Counsellor on 30 Jul 1868. She was born on 26 Jan 1839. She died on 13
Sep 1925.
ii.
ISAAC VALENTINE was
born about 1846 in Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio. He died on 12
Dec 1878 in Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio.
8.
iii. SARAH JANE VALENTINE was
born on 28 Jun 1848 in Washington Township, Pickaway
County, Ohio. She died on 15 May 1933 in Home Hospital, 4 Ward (buried in St.
Paul United Methodist Church, near Circleville, Ohio). She met (1) CHARLES WILLIAM HARRINGTON. He
was born on 20 Aug 1844 in Wallace, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. He died on
20 Aug 1904 in West Bay, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada (Black Rock Cemetry,
West Bay, Cumberland, Nova Scotia). She married (2) WILLIAM H. ANDERSON on
04 Nov 1872. He was born on 17 Mar 1837 in Washington Township, Pickaway
County, Ohio. He died on 04 Oct 1906 in Independence, Jackson, Missouri, USA
(buried in St. Paul's Cemetery, Pickaway County, Ohio).
9.
iv. DAVID CLINTON VALENTINE was
born on 31 Dec 1851 in Pickaway County, Ohio. He died
on 08 Dec 1928 in Mt. Washington, Blue Township, Jackson County, Missouri. He
married (1) MINERVA ANN ADELL ALBRIGHT,
daughter of Peter Albright and Sarah Barncord, on 22 Aug 1876. She was born on
11 Jul 1846 in Ohio. She died on 11 Oct 1879 in Washington Township, Pickaway
County, Ohio. He married (2) MARY EFFIE GRUVER
about 1888 in Pickaway County, Ohio. She was born on 13 Nov 1866 in
Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio. She died on 17 Jul 1923 in Blue Township,
Jackson County, Missouri.
10.
v. GEORGE WASHINGTON L. VALENTINE was
born on 26 Feb 1854 in Pike County, Illinois.
He died on 16 Mar 1932 in Independence, Jackson County, Missouri. He married
(1) SARAH
"SALLIE" ELIZABETH STROOP on
09 Jan 1881 in Pickaway, Pickaway, Ohio, USA. She was born in 1849 in Ohio. She
died on 14 Mar 1903 in Jackson County, Missouri. He married (2) CLARINDA ROOKER on
11 Jan 1905.
11.
vi. ALMIRA E. VALENTINE was
born about 1856 in Pike County, Illinois. She died after 1892.
She married (1) CHARLES A. CREESE on
07 Jun 1877 in Decatur, Decatur County, Iowa. He was born in 1848 in Pennsylvania.
She married (2) WILLIAM H.
MCCOY on 09 Feb 1891 in
Mt. Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa. He was born in 1854 in
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Davis County, Iowa.
12.
vii. SYLVANUS E. VALENTINE was born
on 05 Nov 1857 in Pike County, Illinois. He died on 31
Jul 1922 in Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio. He married Eliza Ann
Bolander on 03 Mar 1889. She was born on 17 May 1858 in Washington Township,
Pickaway County, Ohio. She died on 03 Apr 1932 in Columbus, Franklin County,
Ohio.
viii.
SYLVESTER J. VALENTINE was
born on 05 Nov 1857 in Pike County, Illinois. He died on 24 Nov 1899 in Jackson
County, Missouri. He married LILLY MAY VAN NOSTIN. She
was born on 13 Nov 1871 in Clay Center, Clay County, Kansas. She died on 01 Mar
1939 in Davenport, Lincoln County, Oklahoma.
Notes for Sylvester J.
Valentine: Obituary of Sylvester J. Valentine
Sylvester
J. Valentine died at the home of his brother, George Valentine in Jackson
County, MO 24th Ult., of malignant tumor. He had been living in Oklahoma,
coming to Kansas City for treatment. He was 42 years of age, and was born in
Washington township, Pickaway county, where his twin brother, Sylvanus
Valentine, now resides.
13.
ix. EMANUEL T. VALENTINE was
born in Aug 1860 in Walnut Township, Brown County, Kansas.
He died in Dec 1920. He married Cora "Carrie" Pyle, daughter of
Cortez Pyle and Catherine Ann Combs, on 11 Jan 1883 in Leon, Decatur County,
Iowa.
She
was born on 11 Sep 1865 in Allendale, Worth County, Missouri. She died on 24
May 1956 in Los Angeles County, California.
14.
x. LAURA ELLA VALENTINE was
born on 12 May 1863 in Walnut Township, Brown County,
Kansas. She died on 06 Dec 1929 in Lathrop, Clinton County, Missouri. She
married John Henry Mick, son of George Allan Mick and Mary Jane Rolfe, on 22
Oct 1884 in Clay County, Missouri. He was born on 04 Nov 1861 in Wrightsville,
Adams County, Ohio. He died on 25 Aug 1932 in Lathrop, Clinton County,
Missouri.
15.
xi. LOVINA VALENTINE was
born on 24 Jun 1866 in Walnut Township, Brown County, Kansas.
She died on 04 Aug 1914 in 4 Aug 1914. She married VIRGIL C. BOND. He
was born in 1859 in North Carolina, USA.
xii.
NORA ELLEN VALENTINE was born on 22 Feb
1867 in Walnut Twp., Brown County, Kansas, USA. She died on 17 Aug 1949 in
Independence, Jackson, Missouri, USA. She married Charles P. Ramsey, son of
James S. Ramsey, on 31 Dec 1889 in Pickaway Co., Ohio. He was born on 28 Oct
1863 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA. He died on 12 Feb 1924 in
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA.
Notes
for Nora Ellen Valentine:
From the 1900 United States Federal
Census for Quindaro Township, Wyandotte County, Kansas, USA; enumerated 2 June
1900 by J.W. Perry
Charley B Ramsey, head, age
38, born March 1882, carpenter Norah E Ramsey, wife, age 33, born February 1867
Daisy
E Cress, neice, age 16, born Feb 1884 in Iowa, clerk, department
store
From the 1910 Federal Census
for Blue Twp., Sugar Creek precinct, Jackson Co., Missouri; enumerated 23 April
1910 by Charles N Scrivener
Charles P Ramsey, head, age 47, born in
Indiana, farmer, truck Nora Ramsey, wife, age 43, born in Kansas
Benjamin
Rape, servant, age 45, born in Ohio, laborer, farm
From the 1920
Federal Census for Blue Twp., Independence City, Jackson Co., Missouri;
enumerated 13 January 1920 by Lake H. Martin
Charles P Ramsey, head, age 56, born in
Indiana, Gardner, house Nora Ramsey, wife, age 52, born in Kansas
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From the U.S. City
Directories, 1822-1995
Name: Charles P
Ramsey
Gender:Male |
|
|
Residence Year: |
1924 |
|
Street address: |
1101 N River blvd |
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Residence Place: |
Independence, Missouri, USA |
|
Occupation: |
Gardener |
|
Spouse: |
Nora E Ramsey |
|
Publication Title: |
Independence, Missouri, City
Directory, 1924 |
From the U.S. City
Directories, 1822-1995
From Name: Nora E
Ramsey
Gender:Female
Residence
Years: |
1928, 1932, 1940,
1942 |
|
Street address: |
721 S. Overton av (PO KCMo Fairmount
Sta) |
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Spouse: |
(widow of Charles P
Ramsey) |
|
Publication Title: |
Independence, Missouri, City
Directory, 1928, 1932, 1940, |
|
1942 |
|
|
From
the 1930 Federal Census for Blue Twp., Mount Washington, Jackson
Co., Missouri; enumerated 9 April 1930 by Zella Lamar
Nora Ramsey, head, age 63, widow, born
in Kansas
Mary E. Whipple, lodger, age 52,
single, born in Illinois, canvasser, clothing
From
the 1940 Federal Census for Blue Twp., Inter-City Dist., Jackson
Co., Missouri; enumerated 16 April 1940 by Laura Canis
Nora Ramsey, head, age 73, widow, born
in Kansas, highest grade, 7th, own
home
From the U.S., Find A
Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Name:
Nora Ellen Ramsey |
|
|
Birth Date: |
17 Aug 1867 |
|
Birth Place: |
Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio,
USA |
|
Death Date: |
22 Feb 1949 |
|
Death Place: |
Independence, Jackson County,
Missouri, USA |
|
Cemetery: |
Mount Washington Cemetery |
|
Burial or Cremation
Place: |
Independence, Jackson County,
Missouri, USA |
|
Has Bio?: |
N |
|
Spouse: |
Charles P Ramsey |
Notes for Charles P.
Ramsey:
From the 1880
United States Federal Census fo Burlington Junction, Nodaway County, Missouri;
enumerated 3 June 1880 by H. E. Robinson
James S. Ramsey, head,
age 50, born in Ohio, carpenter Charles P. Ramsey, son, age 16, born in
Indiana, carpenter Lily M. Ramsey, dau., age 13, keeping house
Ida C. Ramsey, dau., age 11, at home
From
the Nebraska, State Census, 1885 for Palmyra Precinct, Otoe, Nebraska;
enumerated 8 June 1885 by C.M. McGrew
Name: C. P. Ramsey
Age: |
21 |
|
Birth Year: |
abt 1864 |
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Birth Place: |
Indiana |
|
Race: |
White |
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|
Generation 5
(con't) |
|
Census Date: |
8 Jun 1885 |
|
Census Location: |
Palmyra Precinct, Otoe, Nebraska |
|
Enumerator: |
C. M. McGrew |
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Film Roll: |
M352_40 |
|
Page: 9 |
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|
From
the 1900 United States Federal Census for Quindaro Township, Wyandotte
County, Kansas, USA; enumerated 2 June 1900 by J.W. Perry
Charley
B Ramsey, head, age 38, born March 1882, carpenter Norah E Ramsey, wife, age
33, born February 1867
Daisy E Cress, neice, age 16, born Feb
1884 in Iowa, clerk, department
store
From
the 1910 United States Federal Census for Sugar Creek, Jackson,
Missouri, enumerated 23 April 1910 by Charles N. Scivener
Charles P Ramsey,
head, age 47, born in Indiana, farmer, truck Nora Ramsey, wife, age 43, born in
Kansas
Benjamin Rape, servant, age 45, born
in Ohio, laborer, farm
From the 1920 United
States Federal Census
Charles P Ramsey, head, age 56
Nora E Ramsey, wife, age 52
From the U.S., Find A Grave Index,
1600s-Current
Name:
Charles P Ramsey |
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|
Birth Date: |
28 Oct 1863 |
|
Birth Place: |
Lafayette, Tippecanoe County,
Indiana, USA |
|
Death Date: |
12 Feb 1924 |
|
Death Place: |
Kansas City, Jackson County,
Missouri, USA |
|
Cemetery: |
Mount Washington Cemetery |
|
Burial or Cremation
Place: |
Independence, Jackson County,
Missouri, USA |
|
Has Bio?: |
Y |
|
Spouse: |
Nora Ellen Ramsey |
6. JOHN5 BOLENDER (Benjamin4 Bolinger,
Johann Adam3, Johann Adam2 Bohlender,
John Jakob1 Bohlender)
was born on 26 Nov 1831 in Pickaway Co., OH. He died on 26 Aug 1908 in Pickaway
Co., OH. He married (1) SOPHIA STEPLETON on
17 Oct 1852. She was born about 1836. He married (2) SUSAN ?.
She was born on 11 Dec 1842. She died on 15 Feb 1924.
Notes
for John Bolender:
From the 1860 Federal
Census of Washington Twp., Pickaway County, Ohio; enumerated 7 June 1860 by
John P. Baker [John Bolinger was enumerated immediately after his father,
Benjamin Bolinger]
John Bolinger, head, age 28,
farmer Sophia Bolinger, wife, age 24
Levi
Bolinger, son, age 4 Isaac Bolinger, son, age 4 Eliza A. Bolinger, dau., age 2
Noah Bolinger, son, age 5-months Jacob Mann,
farm labor, age 18
John
Bolender and Sophia Stepleton had the following children:
i.
LEVI6 BOLINGER was born about 1854.
ii.
ISAAC BOLENDER was born on 05 Feb
1856. He died on 12 Dec 1907. He married ELIZA ?. She was born on 10 Jan 1852. She died on
07 May 1922.
iii.
ELIZA A. BOLINGER was born about 1858.
iv.
NOAH BOLENDER was born about 1860.
He died in 1929. He married LYDIA ?.
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v.
LYDIA BOLINGER was
born on 27 Jan 1864. She died on 22 Aug 1949. She married JAMES M. RIFFLE. He
was born on 19 Sep 1854. He died on 03 Nov 1900.
vi.
CATHARINE BOLINGER was born about 1866.
vii. GEORGE BOLINGER was
born in 1867. He died in 1940. He married EDE M. ?.
She was born in 1873. She died in 1951.
viii.
HENRY BOLINGER was born about 1869.
Generation 6
7. ELIAS L.6 VALENTINE (Mary5 Bolinger,
Benjamin4 Bolinger,
Johann Adam3 Bolender,
Johann Adam2 Bohlender,
John Jakob1 Bohlender) was born
about 1845. He died in Washington Township,. He married Ellen G. Counsellor on
30 Jul 1868. She was born on 26 Jan 1839. She died on 13 Sep 1925.
Notes
for Elias L. Valentine:
From the 1860 Federal Census
for Walnut Creek Twp., Brown County, Kansas; enumerated 28 July 1860 by J.G.
Stelsey
Levi
Valentine, head, age 36, born in Ohio Mary Valentine, wife, age 35, born in
Ohio Elias Valentine, son, age 15, born in Ohio Sarah Valentine, dau., age 11,
born in Ohio David Valentine, son, age 9, born in Ohio George Valentine, son,
age 5, born in Illinois Almira Valentine, dau., age 4, born in Illinois
Sylvester Valentine, son, age 2, born in Illinois Sylvanus Valentine, dau., age
2, born in Illinois Emila Walker, dau., age 20, born in Ohio
From the 1870
Federal Census for Clearcreeki Twp., Fairfield County, Ohio; enumerated 11 July
1870 by John Abbott
Elias L. Valentine, age
25, Huxter Ellen Valentine, age 28, keeping house Nelson F. Valentine, age 1
Mary
McClister, age 12, attending school
From the 1880 Federal Census
for Pickaway Twp., Pickaway County, Ohio; enumerated 14 June 1880 by John P.
Steely
Elias L. Valentine, head, age 35, farmer
Ellen Valentine, wife, age 41
Nelson
F. Valentine, son, age 11 Martha L. Valentine, dau., age 9 Mary L. Valentine,
dau., age 7 Vallie A. Valentine, son, age 5 Harvy A. Valentine, son, age 3
Sarah
L. Valentine, dau., age 6-months
From the 1900 Federal Census
for Saltcreek Twp., Pickaway County, Ohio; enumerated 18 June 1900 by Levi
Imler (all born in Ohio)
Elias L. Valentine, head, age 53, born Mar
1847, farmer Ellen Valentine, wife, age 61, born Jan 1839
Harvy A. Valentine, son, age 22, born June
1877, day laborer Hilis E. Valentine, son, age 15, born Aug 1884, at school
From the 1910 Federal Census
for Saltcreek Twp., Pickaway County, Ohio; enumerated 18 June 1900 by Levi
Imler (all born in Ohio)
Elias Valentine, head, age 65, farmer,
general farm Ellen Valentine, wife, age 71, none
365
Mary Valentine, dau., age 37, servant,
house
From
the 1920 Federal Census for Saltcreek Twp., Pickaway County, Ohio;
enumerated 13th 14th January 1920 by (all born in Ohio)(Circleville and Adelphi
Road)
Elias Valentine,
head, age 74, farmer, general farm Ellen Valentine, wife, age 80, none
Mary L. Valentine, dau., age 47, none
From
the 1930 Federal Census for Saltcreek Twp., Pickaway County,
Ohio; enumerated 19 April1920 by Carl C. Kreider (all born in Ohio)
Hilas E. Valentine,
head, age 45, labor, state highway Mary L. Valentine, sister, age 51, none
Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1962
about Mary Luella Valentine
Name: Mary Luella Valentine
Gender:Female |
|
|
Birth Place: |
Fairfield, Ohio |
|
Birth Date: |
10 Sep 1872 |
|
Father's Name:
Elias L. Valentine |
||
Mother's name:
Ellen Counsellor |
||
FHL Film Number: |
295266 |
Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007 about Mary
Valentine
Name: Mary Valentine
Death Date:
4 Sep 1938
Death Place:
Ohio, USA
Web: Ohio, Find A Grave Index, 1787-2012
about Mary L Valentine
Name: Mary L Valentine
Birth
Date: |
10 Sep 1872 |
Age at Death: |
65 |
Death Date: |
4 Sep 1938 |
Burial Place: |
Pickaway County, Ohio, USA |
Elias L. Valentine and Ellen G. Counsellor
had the following children:
i.
NELSON F.7 VALENTINE was born about 1869.
ii.
MARTHA L. VALENTINE was born about 1871.
iii.
MARY LUELLA VALENTINE was born on 10 Sep
1872. She died on 04 Sep 1938.
Notes
for Mary Luella Valentine:
Ohio,
Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1962 about Mary Luella Valentine
Name: Mary Luella Valentine
Gender:Female
Birth Place: Fairfield, Ohio
Birth Date: 10 Sep 1872
Father's Name: Elias L. Valentine
Mother's name: Ellen Counsellor
FHL Film Number: |
295266 |
Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007
about Mary Valentine
Name: Mary Valentine
Death Date: 4 Sep 1938
Death Place: Ohio, USA
Web: Ohio, Find A Grave Index,
1787-2012 about Mary L Valentine
Name: Mary L Valentine
Birth Date: |
10 Sep 1872 |
|
|
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Age at Death: 65
Death Date: 4 Sep 1938
Burial Place: Pickaway County, Ohio, USA
iv.
VALLIE (VALLEY) AGUSTUS VALENTINE was
born on 14 Feb 1875. He died on 06 Mar 1953. He married Leota Belle Freeman,
daughter of Nelson Freeman and Rose ?, on 30 Jan 1898 in Ross County, Ohio. She
died in Mar 1965 in Columbus, OH.
Notes
for Vallie (Valley) Agustus Valentine:
Ohio, Marriages, 1803-1900 about Leota
B. Freeman
Name: Leota B. Freeman
Gender:Female
Spouse: Valley A. Valentine
Spouse Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 30 Jan 1898
County: Ross
State:
Ohio
Web:
Ohio, Find A Grave Index, 1787-2012 about Valley Augustus "val"
Valentine Name: Valley Augustus "val" Valentine
Birth
Date: |
14 Feb 1875 |
Age at Death: |
78 |
Death Date: |
6 Mar 1953 |
Burial Place: |
Stoutsville, Fairfield County, Ohio,
USA |
Notes for Leota Belle Freeman:
Ohio,
Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Obituary Index, 1810s-2013 about Ota
Belle Valentine
Name: Ota Belle
Valentine [Ota Belle Freeman]
Birth Date: 28 May 1875
Age at Death: 89
Death Date: Mar 1965
Death Place: Columbus, Ohio
Spouse: Val
Parents: NELSON and ROSE
Other
Source Information: Title: Chillicothe Obituary File; Location: Chillicothe and
Ross County Public Library; Description: Card file of obituary clippings;
Details: VALENTINE, OTA B
v.
HARVEY A. VALENTINE was born about 1877.
vi.
SARAH L. VALENTINE was born about 1879.
8. SARAH JANE6 VALENTINE (Mary5 Bolinger,
Benjamin4 Bolinger,
Johann Adam3 Bolender,
Johann Adam2 Bohlender, John Jakob1
Bohlender) was born on 28 Jun 1848 in Washington Township, Pickaway County,
Ohio. She died on 15 May 1933 in Home Hospital, 4 Ward (buried in St. Paul
United Methodist Church, near Circleville, Ohio). She met (1) CHARLES WILLIAM HARRINGTON. He
was born on 20 Aug 1844 in Wallace, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. He died on
20 Aug 1904 in West Bay, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada (Black Rock Cemetry,
West Bay, Cumberland, Nova Scotia). She married (2) WILLIAM H. ANDERSON on
04 Nov 1872. He was born on 17 Mar 1837 in Washington Township, Pickaway
County, Ohio. He died on 04 Oct 1906 in Independence, Jackson, Missouri, USA
(buried in St. Paul's Cemetery, Pickaway County, Ohio).
Notes
for Sarah Jane Valentine:
Photos in Album, Pages: 2, 3
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Sarah Jane Valentine was born June 28,
1848 and died May 15, 1933. She was the third
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child and the first daughter in the family of
Levi and Mary Bolinger Valentine*. Sarah Jane's long, 84-year (almost 85-years)
life was eventful and would have been the subject of an exciting book if it had
been written. This may be the first attempt to organize the adventures of her
life in writing.
We
have no documentation that tells us exactly where in Ohio Sarah Jane Valentine
was born. It could have been in Pickaway County, Ohio where her parents had
married or possibly at the next stop in Seneca County, Ohio of a long, arduous
trek that would take nearly 20-years to complete. Her parents had married three
years before Sarah Jane's birth and had her two older brothers, Isaac and Elias
Valentine, over the next three years. In the 1850 Federal Census, when Sarah
Jane was 2-years old, we find the family in Adams Township, Seneca County,
Ohio. The family was still in Ohio in 1851 when David Valentine was born. The
only and best clue that we have is Sarah Jane's statement on her marriage
application to William H. Anderson on 4 October 1872 that she was born in
Pickaway County, Ohio.
Sarah's
parents, Levi and Mary, were likely following the course of many other families
in the 1850s; namely, the call to move West. Many were focused on the 1849
California gold rush. Being farmers, however, Levi and Mary's goal was probably
to find cheap or free land upon which to settle and raise their growing family.
Levi's older brother, Samuel, had settled in Indiana so Sarah Jane may have met
her Uncle Samuel on Levi family's trek to their interim home in Illinois in about
1854. Sarah Jane would have been 6-years old in the summer of 1854.
The
Levi Valentine family had reached Illinois by 1855 where their son, George W.
Valentine, was born. The family remained in Pike County, Illinois for at least 4-years.
During this period Sarah Jane gained 4 siblings including George W., Almira,
and the twin boys, Sylvester and Sylvanus. Additional research may pin-point
more precisely where in Pike County, Illinois they lived. Sarah probably
started her schooling in Illinois.
The Kansas Territory was the new frontier. Land was cheap
or free for settling. In what would become Brown County, Kansas in a few short
years, the land was flat and fertile. The climate was similar to central Ohio
and for the few brave pioneers who already lived there, their crops were
plentiful, even exceeding expectations. For the Levi Valentine family, the
Kansas Territory must have seemed to be the new life they were searching for.
Once again the family moved settling on a rented farm about 2-miles south of
what is now the boundary between Nebraska and Kansas in the northeast corner in
Walnut Creek Township, Brown County, Kansas.
When
they arrived in the Kansas Territory in about 1858, Sarah Jane may have
believed their traveling had come to an end. The long slow miles of
uncomfortable travel that had stretched over many weeks and months had been
hard for her. As the oldest girl at the age of 10 or 11-years she had and would
continue to share much of the responsibility for her younger siblings. Here in
the Kansas Territory, though, they would at last stop moving and begin the hard
work of building their future.
Sarah
Jane would soon begin to understand the life of a Kansas pioneer. The new land
was big and flat and almost empty of people. The nearest neighbor lived miles
away. The nearest trading post was many miles away. There were no churches or
schools so education came to a halt except for what her parents could provide.
There were plenty of rattlesnakes and gophers (groundhogs), some deer, coyote
and a few wolves. And, there were Indians, but they were peaceful and usually
did not bother settlers. Being a pioneer was certainly different from the
neighborhoods of Ohio and Illinois and would take some getting used to.
During the first year or two in Kansas,
Levi's crops flourished and the family prospered. Then came the drought. The
second year after the Valentine arrived in the Kansas Territory was a year
without rain and all of the crops failed. Like all the other pioneers in the Territory,
the Valentine's had staked everything they had on the 1860 harvest; a harvest
that never occurred. Sarah Jane had just turned 12-years old in June when it
became clear by August that there would be no harvest. The crop failure was a
serious and life-threatening event for most of the pioneers in the Territory
but for the Valentines it was especially tragic. They had arrived on the eve of
the disaster and gambled all that they had on the coming year - a year that
claimed their resources and efforts and yielded little in return. Sarah Jane,
now going on 13-years old, was of an age that she could understand the severity
of the situation. The mood within the family must have been very difficult for
the young woman.
We do not know for sure what happened to the Levi
Valentine family over the next 7 or 8 years. The record-keeping in the
Territory that became the State of Kansas the following year, 1861, was poor at
best. Birth records of their children born during this period seem to indicate
that
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they remained in
Walnut Township, Brown County, Kansas.
It seems likely that Sarah Jane may have left the Levi
family about 1864 or 1865, perhaps in search of work. This speculation is based
on the understanding that the Levi family was still living in Walnut Twp.,
Brown County, Kansas when Sarah Jane’s youngest sister, Nora Ellen, was born on
22 February 1867. Yet 18-months before Nora’s birth, in autumn of 1865, Sarah
Jane became pregnant by Charles William Harrington (Herrington, Herington), a
sailor from Nova Scotia who most likely had arrived by way of the Mississippi
and Missouri Rivers. It appears likely that Charles had arrived as part of the
brisk trade by foreign vessels in livestock and other food products. Kansas had
become a major supplier of cattle to support the Civil War effort that was just
closing. It is likely that Sarah Jane may have gone to Fort Leavenworth where
work was plentiful at the end of the Civil War. Sarah Jane later told her son,
William Alvin Harrington, that he was born in Kickapoo, Kansas, a small town
about 2-miles north of Fort Leavenworth.
Over the years, Sarah Jane told her son
several things that became useful to the discovery of his father, Charles
William Harrington, by the author in 2013. Among the items she shared with her
son were: 1) his father’s name was Charles William Herrington; 2) he was of
Irish descent; 3) he was from Nova Scotia; 4) his father gave him his own
middle name, “William”; 5) he was a sailor; 6) he had arrived on a cattle boat.
On 22 February 1867, Mary
Bolinger Valentine,* gave birth to her 12th child, Nora Ellen Valentine.
Perhaps during childbirth or shortly thereafter Mary Bolinger Valentine died
leaving her family of 10-children (apparently Isaac and Elias had left the
family by then) without a mother.
Faced with the task
of rearing a family without a wife, Levi wasted little time reorganizing his
family. On 21 May 1868, within a year of Nora Ellen’s birth, Levi married Emily
Jane Walker, a young woman of 27 or 28-years who had been a foster member of
his family for over a decade. Emily Jane became pregnant with Levi’s son in
1867 or early 1868. He then moved the family to Liberty Township, Clay County, Missouri
where later in 1868 Emily gave birth to her first child, Henry C. Valentine.
[In an ironic but unrelated event, Liberty Township, Clay County, Missouri was
the location of the Clay County Savings Bank that was robbed of $60,000 on 12
February 1866 by Jesse and Frank James and Bud and Donnie Pence.]
It is probably important to
shift the focus of our Sarah Jane Valentine story, for a moment, to Charles
William Harrington because it helps us to better understand Sarah Jane's
subsequent actions. Until recently, early 2013, Charles William Harrington was
a genealogical "brick wall."
While he had been
searched for by many, no clue as to who he was, where he was from, or where he
had gone had been found. Only the meager information imparted by Sarah Jane to
her son, William Alvin Harrington, and mentioned above was available. Even that
information was considered highly questionable since it was so old and had been
passed down 3-generations from Sarah Jane.
The
break came in early 2013 when the author, Richard E. Harrington, great grandson
of Sarah Jane Valentine, submitted a DNA sample to Ancestry.DNA for analysis.
One of the half-dozen or so matches was with Linda McNeil who lives in the New
England area. The common ancestral connection appeared to be Linda's Harrington
line that lived in Nova Scotia. Within that line we found a sailor named
Charles William Harrington who was born 20 Aug 1844. Further research
established that all of the first 5-snippets of information provided years
later by Sarah Jane Valentine to her son, fit what we learned about this
Charles William Harrington. Only the 6th snippet could not be confirmed but it
did help provide an explanation of how, why and when Charles might have been in
Kansas. Early in the Civil War the Union forces had secured the Mississippi and
Missouri rivers from control by the Confederacy and provided safe passage to
vessels transporting food supplies essential to the war effort. All available
Union vessels had been enlisted into the Union Navy. So, the majority of the
water transportation was provided by neutral foreign-nation ships such as those
from Nova Scotia. Apparently, Charles William Harrington was a sailor on one of
those ships.
Charles
returned to Nova Scotia in late 1865 or early 1866, abandoning Sarah Jane. In
Nova Scotia, Charles married Caroline Couch on 23 February 1867. Caroline was
born 27 February 1849 and was 8-months younger than Sarah Jane Valentine.
Charles and Caroline had 10 children together. For more about Charles William
Harrington see the section on this important ancestor elsewhere in this book.
Sarah
Jane Valentine's situation in Kansas in the waning years of the1860s was
probably bleak. She had apparently left her parent's home, probably in search
of employment. Throughout
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the winter months of
1865 she was pregnant. Less than 3-weeks short of her own 18th birthday, she
gave birth to her son, William Alvin Harrington, in the little town of Kickapoo
near Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. If she returned to her parents after her son's
birth, she would have found her mother, Mary Bolinger Valentine then aged 42,
pregnant with her 12th child. Sarah Jane's mother died in 1867, likely during
childbirth or shortly after Nora Ellen Valentine was born. Sara Jane's son,
William, and her mother's 12th daughter, Nora, were only 7-months apart in age.
If Sarah Jane's mother died in childbirth, the feeding and care of Nora Ellen
would likely have fallen to Sarah Jane. That period of time would have been
desperately hectic for the 18-year old Sara Jane Valentine and the entire
family.
During
this time Levi would have been challenged as he tried to provide for his large
and exploding family. He had lost his mate and found himself with even more
responsibilities. On 21 May 1868 he married his "foster daughter,"
Emily Jane Walker whom he soon got pregnant. With his new family begun, Sarah
Jane and her son and Levi's older children became an increasingly difficult
burden. It is likely that it was about this point in time when negotiations
with members of the Pickaway County, Ohio Valentine family occurred. About 1868
arrangements had been made that resulted in Sarah Jane, her son, her new baby
sister, and possibly some of her other siblings traveling to Pickaway County,
Ohio.
We
pick up the trail of Sarah Jane Valentine from an unexecuted marriage license
application with William Anderson dated . In this application Sarah Jane appears
as Sarah J. Herrington. This marriage did not take place - the marriage
application was cancelled. A few months later, in the 1870 Federal Census, she
is enumerated in the household of William H. Anderson as his housekeeper. Her
son, William Alvin Harrington, was not enumerated with her in the 1870 census.
He may have been missed by the census taker or he could have been residing with
another relative. Because of her young age when she left Pickaway County, Ohio,
Sarah Jane most likely had not met William H. Anderson before returning to Ohio
in the late 1860s. He was not exactly a stranger, however, having been reared
by Sarah's grandparents, Joshua and Margaret Drum Valentine, whose farm was
enumerated next to Williams's. Interestingly, but not suprisingly, Sarah Jane's
other grandparents, Benjamin and Elizabeth Leist Bolinger, and her Uncle John
Bolinger's families were also enumerated on the same 1870 Federal Census page
along with two families of Leist who were almost certainly close relatives of her
grandmother, Elizabeth Leist Bolinger.
On
4 Nov 1872 Sarah Jane Valentine and William H. Anderson married in Kenton,
Kentucky. There were no children from this marriage. In the 1880 Federal
Census, Sarah Jane Valentine Anderson appears as the wife of William H.
Anderson. Also enumerated in the household, are her son, William A. Herrington
(age 14); Sarah's brother, George W.L. Valentine (age 26); and her youngest
sister, Nora E. Valentine (age 13).
In 1902 William invested
$1,750 in the Scioto Canning Company located in Circleville, Ohio. Three of the
four bonds he purchased were for $500 each, the 4th was for $250. Each of the 4
bonds was dated May 15, 1902. A year later, on July 18, 1903, William H.
Anderson prepared his Will in which he stated, “I will and bequeath to my wife,
Sarah J. Anderson, all my personal property.” His Will continued, “I will and
devise to my said wife, Sarah J. Anderson, all the real estate of which I may
die seized, for and during the term of her natural life, with the provision,
however, that if it should become necessary for her support to sell my interest
in the farm on which we now reside, then I hereby authorize and empower her to
sell and dispose of the same, together with her part of said farm, either at
private or public sale, and upon such terms of credit as she may deem best, and
to make a proper deed to the purchaser therefor, and the purchaser thereof
shall not be required to look to the application of the purchase money.” The
above terms of the Will were particularly appropriate and useful to Sarah Jane
in her later life as will be seen below.
William's Will continued, and while the subsequent terms
were never applied that we know of, they provide useful information for us, his
genealogy researchers. “I will and bequeath that after the death of my said
wife, that part of my property which has then not been consumed, shall be
divided and paid as follows: First: To Nora E. Ramsey, the sum of Five hundred
Dollars ($500.00). Second: To Samuel Ressler, the sum of Seventy-five Dollars
($75.00). [In the probation of this will, Samuel Ressler is identified as
William's half brother.] Third: -To Savanus Valentine, the sum of Two hundred
Dollars ($200.00). Fourth: To Pansey Valentine and Elsie Marie Valentine,
children of said Savanus Valentine, each the sum of Fifty Dollars ($50.00).”
Finally, William stated, “I hereby appoint my said wife, Sarah J. Anderson,
executrix of this my last Will and Testament ...”
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On September (est.), 1906, Sarah Jane and William
Anderson went to Independence, Missouri where they visited with Sarah's sister,
Nora E. Valentine Ramsey. While there, on October 4, 1906, William died
suddenly. He was 70 years old. His body was embalmed in Independence, MO and
transported back to Ohio. He arrived on Saturday evening and funeral services
were held Sunday morning. He was buried at St. Paul's Church in Washington
Twp., Pickaway County, Ohio.
Sarah
Jane Valentine Anderson was 58 years old when William died on October 4, 1906.
They had been married one month short of 34-years. Sarah Jane received $350
widows allowance from the estate for her support for up to one year until
William's Will could be probated. Upon probation of the Will, Sarah inherited
$1,790.07, the majority being the value of the Scioto Canning Company bonds.
She also inherited the William Anderson family farm.
Sarah Jane lived another 27
years after the death of her husband. The Federal Census and public records
tell us little about her later life except that she continued to live in
Pickaway County, Ohio. A photograph taken about 1925 shows Sarah Jane with her
son William A.
Harrington, some of her
grandchildren and a great-grandchild, June L. Harrington, daughter of Ira E.
Harrington. At some point members of the Herrington family changed the spelling
of their surname to Harrington.
June
Harrington Franklin Walters recalled that in the 1920s, Sarah Jane traveled
with some frequency between Circleville, Ohio and Independence or Kansas City,
Missouri spending time with her relatives. Likely she also visited other
siblings on these treks.
Ira Harrington recalled that during the last
few years of her life, his grandmother, Sarah Jane, turned over property to the
Circleville Home and Hospital in return for a home and support for the rest of
her life. The 1930 Federal Census lists Sarah Jane as an inmate of that
facility. Interestingly, the same census gives her date of birth as about 1851
and her age as 79. This might have an error promulgated by the staff of the
Circleville Home and Hospital or it could reflect Sarah Jane not remembering
her exact date of birth.
Sarah
Jane died on May 15, 1933 just 44-days short of her 85th birthday. Her obituary
states the cause of death to be “... complications after an illness of six
months.” She was survived by her son, William A. Harrington of Circleville, OH;
a sister, Nora Ramsey of Kansas City, Missouri; and two brothers, George W.
Valentine of Kansas City, Missouri and Lewis Valentine of Washington C.H.,
Ohio. Burial was in St. Paul Cemetery, Washington Twp., Pickaway County, Ohio.
Federal Census for the
period 1850 and 1860 for Sarah Jane Valentine
Anderson can be found in the Levi Valentine section of this book.
Sarah
Jane Herrington and William H. Anderson planned to marry in the Fall of 1869.
The Pickaway County Marriage Book for 1869-1878 contains an application for a marriage
license dated 9 October 1869. The application was signed by William H. Anderson
and Probate Judge, W.C. Brinkle but not Sarah Jane. The application was
subseqently voided. Their marriage took place three years and a month later on
4 November 1872 in Kenton, Kentucky.
From
the 1870 Federal Census for Washington Township, Pickaway County,
Ohio; enumerated 3 June 1870 by John Muiden [all born in Ohio]
William Anderson, head, age
32, farmer Sarah Valentine, age 22, keeping house David Stout, age 14, farm
labor
Kentucky Marriages,
1785-1979:
Groom's Name: Wm Anderson
Groom's Birth Date: 1837
Groom's Birthplace: Pickaway County
Groom's Age: 35
Bride's Name: Sarah J. Valentine
Bride's Birth Date: 1847
Bride's Birthplace: Pickaway Co, Ohio
Bride's Age: 25
Marriage Date: 04 Nov 1872
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Marriage Place: Kenton, Kentucky
Groom's Marital Status: Single
Indexing Project (Batch) Number:
M01510-4
System Origin: Kentucky-EASy
Source Film Number: 1943299
Reference Number: rerg 1863-76 p 111
From
the 1880 Federal Census for Washington Township, Pickaway County,
Ohio; enumerated 14 June 1880
William Anderson, (head), age 43,
farmer, born in Ohio
Sarah Jane Anderson, wife,
age 32, keeping house, born in Ohio William Herrington, son, age 14, at school,
born in Kansas
George W.L.
Valentine, brother [sic, brother-in-law], age 26, born in Illinois Nora E.
Valentine, sister [sic, sister-in-law], age 13, at school, born in Kansas
George W. Stout, servant, age 19, laborer, born in Ohio
From
the 1900 Federal Census for Washington Township, Pickaway County,
Ohio; enumerated 14 June 1900
William H. Anderson, head, age 63,
farmer, born March 1937 in Ohio
Sarah
Valentine, wife, age 51, born June 1848 in Ohio; Mother number of living
children = 1 Mother number of children = 1
From the 1910 Federal Census for
Circleville, Union Street, Circleville Township, Pickaway County, Ohio;
enumerated 19 April 1910
Sarah Anderson, head, age 62, widow,
born in Ohio
From
the 1920 Federal Census for Circleville, East Union Street,
Circleville Township, Pickaway County, Ohio; enumerated 9 January 1930
Sarah Anderson, head, age 72, widow,
born in Ohio
From the 1930 Federal Census for
ju,enumerated 17 April 1930 Sarah Anderson, Inmate, age 79, widow, born in Ohio
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(Other inmates enumerated in this entry were:) ~ Alice B. Downs, matron, age
58, widowed
Aletha Lucas, daughter, age 35, divorced Jean
Lucas, granddaughter, age 10, single Mary Will, inmate, age 76, single
Millie
Burton, inmate, age 70, widowed Mary J. Waples, inmate, age 80, widowed Rebecca
Smith, inmate, age 86, widowed Susan A. Milligan, inmate, age 75, widowed Mary J.
Williamson, inmate, age 82, single Elizabgeth Bier, inmate, age 55, single
Drusilla Dayton, inmate, age 85, widowed Jane E. Tritah, inmate, age 80, single
Mary A. Fitzer, inmate, age 82, widowed Wilson Pontius, inmate, age 75, married
Addie Pontius, inmate, age 83, married Julia Steege, inmate, age 86, widowed
Lucy McMannus, inmate, age 76, widowed
U.S., Find A Grave
Index, 1600s-Current about Sarah Jane Anderson
Name: Sarah Jane
Anderson
Birth
Date: |
28 |
Jun 1848 |
Death Date: |
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May 1933 |
Cemetery: |
Saint Pauls Evangelical Church
Cemetery |
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Pickaway County, Ohio |
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Obituary of Sarah
Jane Valentine Anderson:
Mrs.
Sarah J. Anderson, aged 84, passed away at the Home and Hospital Monday [May
15, 1933] at 8:30 a.m. of complications after an illness of six months.
Mrs. Anderson was born June 28, 1848
[Wednesday], a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Levy Valentine. She was twice married
both her husbands, Charles Harrington, the first husband, and William H.
Anderson, preceding her in death.
Surviving
are one son, William A. Harrington, 560 E. Franklin St; a sister, Mrs. Nora
Ramsey of Kansas City, Mo., and two brothers, George W. Valentine of Kansas
City and Lewis Valentine of Washington C.H.
Funeral
services were held Wednesday [May 17, 1933] at 3 p.m. at the Albaugh Co. chapel
with Rev. C.W. Ruhlman of Calvery Evangelical church officiating.
Burial
was in St. Paul cemetery Washington Twp. [Note: St Paul' Church is located
in Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio, about 5-miles east of
Circleville, Ohio.]
Notes for Charles
William Harrington:
By the year 2009 the story of great
grandmother, Sarah Jane Valentine (1848-1933), was pretty well known. Her
meeting with Charles Harrington in Kansas and the subsequent birth of William
Alvin Harrington are a matter of record. But, Charles Harrington remained a
mystery. About all that was known of him to later generations had been passed
down by Sarah Jane Valentine to her son, William Alvin Harrington. By the time
it reached the author of this book, Richard E. Harrington, the information was
spotty and disconnected. Sarah had described Charles as being an Irishman and a
seaman who had arrived in Kansas on a cattle-boat by way of the Mississippi
River. He had been born in Nova Scotia, his father having emigrated there from
Ireland. A trip to Kansas by the author, Richard E. Harrington, and his niece,
Candice Kay Harrington, in 2010 in search of almost anything that could be a
clue to Charles Harrington’s identity, proved futile. The only other clue had
also come from Sarah Jane in a statement that Charles Harrington had given
their son, his middle name.
In
January of 2013, I decided to have my DNA analyzed by Ancestry.DNA in part to
see if that might lead to further information about great grandfather, Charles
William Harrington. Within a month I received a report from Ancestry.DNA
identifying a match with a possible cousin by the name of Linda McNeil. Upon
contacting her, she responded that the likely relationship was through her
Harrington line. Linda gave me access to her family tree that included three
generations of Harrington’s as follows: Thomas Harrington, an immigrant to Nova
Scotia from Ireland; Thomas’s son, Charles William Harrington (1844-1904), a
seaman born in Nova Scotia; and Charles’s daughter, Edith Mabel Harrington
(1884-1955). Edith married Mayford Phinney (1884-1943) establishing the branch
in which Linda McNeil is a member.
Further research about Charles William
Harrington resulted in the discovery that he was born in Nova Scotia the son of
an Irish immigrant, Thomas Harrington, and his wife, Mary Webb (1810-after
1871). Mary Webb was English and born in Nova Scotia. Her grandfather had
immigrated to Nova Scotia from Connecticut, USA, and could well have been one
of the British Loyalists who chose to emigrate about the time of the USA
Declaration of Independence. Charles William Harrington was a mariner
throughout his life. His occupation as a mariner first appears as a declaration
by Sarah Jane Valentine. Then on his marriage application to Caroline Couch
(1849-1924) on 23 Feb 1867 he again gave his occupation as mariner. Over the
next 22 years (1869-1891), the birth records of no fewer than 8 of Charles and
Caroline’s 10 children gave his occupation as Mariner or Sea Captain. The
marriage record of his daughter, Edith Mabel Harrington, on 02 Apr 1884 was the
first record of Charles W. Harrington as a Sea Captain. An earlier birth record
of his son, Freeman Harrington, on 22 May 1877 and all previous birth records
listed him as mariner. The 1880 Federal Census for Boston, Massachusetts, USA,
Boston City Prison contains an entry that could well be our Charles William
Harrington that also shows him to be a sailor.
The
dates of relevant events surrounding Charles Harrington fit well with known
dates. Charles William and Sarah Jane’s son, William Alvin Harrington, would
have been conceived in
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late August or early
September1865 and was born on 10 Jun 1866. Charles would have just turned
21-years old; Sarah Jane was 17. According to Sarah Jane Valentine, Charles
William Harrington gave their son, William Alvin Harrington, his middle name.
Charles William Harrington’s middle name, of course, was William. That their
son’s given first name was William Alvin Harrington would seem to justify Sarah
Jane’s emphasis on this fact.
There
appears to be no evidence that Sarah Jane Valentine and Charles William
Harrington were married. We had determined from our 2010 trip to Kansas that
the records that would be needed to prove their marriage were lost in a flood.
One piece of subsequent information suggests that they may have been married.
When Sarah Jane and William H. Anderson applied for a marriage license in
Pickaway County, Ohio on 9 October 1969, Sarah gave her name as Sarah Jane
Herrington. The application was subsequently canceled and they married on 04
Nov 1872 in Kenton, Kenton County, Kentucky. I tend to think that Sarah Jane
may have believed that Charles would return to Kansas to form the family, so
she named her son Herrington. Upon her return to Pickaway County, Ohio, she may
have chosen to represent herself as a Herrington to account for her bastard
son. Being unable to produce proof of marriage and divorce could account for
the unused Pickaway County marriage license of 9 October 1969 and the
subsequent marriage to William H. Anderson in Kentucky on 4 November 1872.
About
8-months after his son, William Alvin Harrington, was born Charles William
Harrington married Caroline Couch Willigar on 23 Feb 1867 in Parrsboro, Cumberland,
Nova Scotia, Canada. Over the next 24+ years Charles fathered 10-children with
his wife, Caroline Couch, most of whom were born in Parrsboro, NS.
Pursuaded
by my initial research on Charles William Harrington and following the DNA linkage
to Linda McNeil, my wife and I made a trip to Nova Scotia, Canada beginning 21
August 2013 thru 3 September 2013. After a few days of basic genealogy research
in the Nova Scotia archives in Halifax, N.S. we drove to Parrsboro, Cumberland
County, Nova Scotia to do local research. We hit pay-dirt there. Due in no
small part to the hospitality of the people we found there and their eagerness
to help, we identified and met several generations of descendants of Charles
William and Caroline Couch Harrington. We found and photographed Charles and
Caroline's graves and the graves of a son and other kin. The closest relative
met on the trip was Haley Jollymore Harrington, an 89-year old half-1st cousin,
and his wife Elsie Evelyn MacAloney. Haley was also a sea captain for Imperial
Oil Limited (IOL), commonly known as ESSO in Canada. Haley subsequently died on
26 Aug 2014. Meeting over a dozen descendants of Charles William Harrington was
exciting and pleasant, however, we were still no closer to proving that Charles
was the father of my grandfather, William Alvin Harrington. To prove this
relationship, we planned a second trip to Nova Scotia in 2015 to try to collect
additional DNA samples from known descendants of Charles William Harrington.
Then
came a big development in the Ancestry-DNA technology that made the return trip
to Nova Scotia unnecessary. On 16 November 2014 Ancestry.DNA introduced their
"Circles" technology that analyzes their entire DNA database for
matches of members who relate to a common ancestor. The Circle is identified by
the name of the common ancestor and all members who belong to that Circle are
made known to each other. In reality, since most members use pseudonyms instead
of their own names, their identity remains unknown unless an effort is made to
contact and identify them.
As of January 2015, my
(Richard E. Harrington) DNA data was matched to the Circles of Jane Sarah
Rushton (1784-1869) and Samuel James Webb (1785-1828), the parents of Mary Webb
who was Charles William Harrington's mother. There were no fewer than 12
individual DNA Circle matches to the Jane Sarah Rushton and Samuel James Webb
Circles. Of the 12 DNA Circle matches, 4 matches were also direct matches to my
DNA. Four of the 12 matches were via different childen of Jane Sarah Rushton
and Samuel James Webb. Two of the 4 direct matches were via a different child
of Jane Sarah Rushton and Samuel James Webb than mine and two were direct
matches via the same child of Jane Sarah Rushton and Samuel James Webb as mine.
The only possible way in which the lines of ancestors for Linda McNeil and
Richard Harrington to make a Circle match to Jane Sarah Rushton and Samuel
James Webb is through Mary Webb, wife of Thomas Harrington and mother of
Charles William Harrington. Also, the match between Linda McNeil's and my DNA
which was originally assumed to be based on our Harrington line DNA, could have
been the result our having Jane Sarah Rushton and Samuel James Webb as our
common ancestors. That is, our match may not have been from the Harrington line
but through Mary Webb's
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line.
This constitutes absolute proof that Mary Webb was the grandmother of my
grandfather but leaves open the question of there being a match with the Harrington
line. But since there is ample proof that Thomas Harrington and Mary Webb were
married and that they had at least 3 children together, one of whom was Charles
William Harrington, it also proves that Thomas Harrington was the father of my
grandfather, William Alvin Harrington (1855-1951) It also confirms that Marney
Moore Gilroy is my 5th cousin, 1x removed. See the entries under Jane Sarah
Rushton in this book for details of the 12 Circle matches discussed above.
Nova
Scotia, Canada, Marriages, 1763-1935 about Charles H. Harrington [sic, Charles
W. Harrington]
Name: Charles H.
Harrington Gender: Male
Spouse Name: Caroline
Cooch Spouse Gender: Female Marriage Date: 1867
Marriage Place:
Amherst, Cumberland Registration Year: 1867
Registration Book: 1809
Registration Page: 23
Registration number: 5
From
the marriage application record for Charles H. Harrington (sic, Charles W.
Harrington), age 22, and Caroline Crouch (Crouch was crossed out) Cooch, age
18, the date of the wedding was given as 23 February 1867. The "where and
how" were answered: Parrsboro, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, by license,
Bap Ch. Charles listed his vocation as a Seaman. Caroline did not list a
vocation. Charles gave his residence at the time of marriage as Five Islands
and his place of birth as Wallace, [Pictou County, Nova Scotia]. Caroline gave
her residence as Parrsboro but gave no place of birth. Charles gave his parents
as Thomas and Mary Harrington. Caroline gave her parents as Lavinia Couch.
Charles gave Thomas vocation as a blacksmith. Caroline gave Lavinia's vocation
as Servant. The minister was Baptist, Rev. David McKeen. The marriage place was
given as Amherst, Cumberland. Witnesses were Frances Jenks and James Cooch.
This information was collected in Nova Scotia and may be found also at:
www.novascotiagenealogy.com
From
the 1871 Canadian Census for the town of Parrsboro Shore,
District No. 12 Cumberland, Nova Scotia; enumerated [no date census was taken]
by [no name of census taker][all born in Nova Scotia and all were Baptist]
John Cooch, age 48,
English, Seaman Jane Cooch, age 38, English
Thomas Cooch, age 27,
English, Seaman Charles Herington, age 28, Irish, Seaman Caroline Herington,
age 26, Irish Thomas Herington, age 2, Irish
Flora
Herington, age 5-mo., Irish (born Oct. 1870) [The birth dates of Florence and
Thomas appear to be reversed as compared with other family data; e.g., the
birth records.]
(A
remark following the Herington family reads: "this family boards with John
Cooch and have no property.)
At the time of the 1871
census, the population of Parrsboro was about 1,000 people in about 170 family
units. These numbers are from a count of the Parrsboro 1871 census.
From
the 1880 United States Federal Census for the City Prison, House
of Industry (Deer Island), Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; enumeratd 15
June, 1880 by M. P. Bown
Name: Charles W.
Harrington
Age: 35
Birth Year: abt 1845
Birthplace: Nova Scotia
Home in 1880: Boston,
Suffolk, Massachusetts
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Charles W. Harrington, age
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There
is no proof that the Charles W. Harrington of the 1800 U.S. Federal Census was
our family's Charles William Harrington (1845-1904), great grandfather of the author,
Richard E. Harrington, but, the author believes that this probably was our
ancestor. All the limited data fit. So, some limited research was done to learn
more about his place of incarceration, the City Prison, House of Industry (Deer
Island), Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. The following was copied from
the website, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deer_Island_Prison. "The Deer
Island Prison (c. 1880-1991) in Suffolk County, Massachusetts was located on
Deer Island in Boston Harbor. Also known as the Deer Island House of Industry
and later, House of Correction, it held people convicted of drunkenness,
illegal possession of drugs, disorderly conduct, larceny, and other crimes
subject to relatively short-term sentencing. When it closed in 1991, some 1,500
inmates were being held at Deer Island."
"An
article in the national Frank Leslie's Sunday Magazine (1884) described the
prisoners on Deer Island in the 1880s: "they in the main are from the
lowest stratum of the cosmopolitan society of New England's metropolis,
embracing representatives of almost every nationality under the sun, and from
the shortness of the sentences, many being confined for 10 days only, for
nonpayment of one dollar and costs for drunkenness, and none for more than a
year."["The Boston Institutions at Deer Island". Frank Leslie's
Sunday Magazine 15 (3). 1884. Retrieved 21 January 2010.]
From the 1901
Canadian Census for the town of Parrsboro, District No. 30 Cumberland, Nova Scotia;
enumerated [no date census was taken] by Arthur W. Jackson [all are Irish, born
in Nova Scotia and Baptist except as noted; all of the children are single]
Charles Harrington,
head, age 56 born Aug 20, 1844, occupation Seaman Caroline Harrington, wife,
age 52, born 27 Feb 1849, English
William Harrington,
son, age 28, born 27 Dec 1872, occupation Sailor Harris Harrington, son, age
26, born 4 July 1874, occupation Sailor Ann Harrington, dau., age 19, born 7
Feb 1882
Banford Harrington,
son, age 21, born 4 Mar 1880, Serracna (unclear) maker Edith Harrington, dau.,
age 17, born 15 Jan 1884
Howard Harrington, son, age 10, born
20 Mar 1891
Mary J Harrington, dau., age
25, born 25 Mar 1876, domestic Freeman Harrington, son, age 22, born 22 May
1878, occupation Sailor
Nova
Scotia boasted the 4th largest private merchant marine until Canada ended Nova
Scotia's right to Free Trade in 1867. Nova Scotians nearly went to war with
Canada and Britain over this.
I found
the following website that includes a brief listing of the Charles William
Harrington line. The entire Rushton line (38-pages) is at:
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/u/m/Carla-J-Sumner/ODT5-0001.html
1 John RUSHTON d: Unknown
. +SARAH m: Bef. 1719 d: Unknown
. 2 John R. RUSHTON,
Sr. b: Abt. 1727 in Westchester Co., New York, USA d: December 02, 1799 in
Westchester, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia
.... +Mary COON b:
Abt. 1727 in Westchester Co., New York, USA m: Bef. 1751 d: January 18, 1822 in
Westchester, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia
.... 3 John RUSHTON
b: 1751 in WESTCHESTER , NOVA SCOTIA [CUMBERLAND] d:
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Charles William
Harrington and Sarah Jane Valentine had the following child:
i.
WILLIAM ALVIN7 HARRINGTON was
born on 10 Jun 1866 in Kansas. He died on 24 Jul 1951 in at the home of his
son, Roy William Harrington, in Circleville, Ohio (buried in Hitler Cemetery
near Circleville, Ohio). He married Sarah Elizabeth Pence, daughter of Josiah
Pence and Sarah Jane Lockwood, on 02 Nov 1890 in Hocking County, Ohio (by James
Milhon, V Dr. M). She was born on 29 Apr 1872 in Benton Twp., Hocking County,
Ohio. She died on 19 Jan 1948 in Circleville, Ohio, Pickaway County, Ohio
(buried in Hitler Cemetery near Circleville, Ohio).
Notes
for William Alvin Harrington:
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Photos in
Album, Pages: 2-5, 9, 55, 169
William (Bill) Alvin Harrington was the son
of Sarah Jane Valentine and Charles William Herrington. The earlier spellings
of the Harrington surname included Herington, Herrington and all three are
found in the historical literature. Bill Alvin's children used
"Harrington," so, that is the spelling that will be used here.
Little
is known of Bill Alvin Harrington's youth and early family life. He claimed
that he was born in Kickapoo, Kansas, a claim that almost certainly would have
been based on information that he got from his mother. But the period between
his birth on 10 June 1866 and the 1880 Federal Census when he appears as a 14
year old son in the William H. and Sarah Jane Anderson household of his mother
is a blank.
It
is not known whether Bill Harrington finished high school. It is doubtful that
he did although he was literate in both reading and writing. It was common
practice in American farming families of the period, that children would drop
out of school after their 6th or 8th grade to work on the farm. This is likely
what William Alvin Harrington did. However, the 1880 U.S. Federal Census shows
him still in school. So, he at least went as far as the 8th grade.
At
the age of 24 years Bill married Sarah Elizabeth Pence on November 2, 1890 in
Hocking County, Ohio. Eleven months and a few days later, Bill and Lizzie had
their first of nine children. The baby was Nellie Mae Harrington and would be
the first of 4-girls and 5-boys. All 9-children lived to adulthood and except
for Easter Marie Harrington Thompson who died at the age of 28, all lived
relatively long lives.
Bill and Lizzie's children,
as adults, enjoyed each other's company and would get together fairly
frequently to play cards, share meals, cook sweetcorn, make ice cream, drink
beer, tell stories of their life experiences and just talk.
Grandpa Bill was a
frequent participant in these get-togethers. He always came by himself - Lizzie
never joined in except when someone visited her house. Bill did not contribute
much to the story-telling but was a frequent subject of some of the stories.
His children agreed that he was a no-nonsense, authoritarian parent and was
quite capable of backing up his authority with corporal punishment when needed.
Each of his progeny had tales to tell of his discipline. Ira once told of
coaxing his dad into sparing with him using boxing gloves. Ira was of an age
that he was pretty sure that he could whip his dad in a boxing match. During
the course of the match, Ira landed a solid blow on his dad's nose. The result
was that it made his dad angry and he was going to take off the gloves and give
Ira a good thrashing. But the boxing gloves were laced-on and he could not use
his hand to grab and hold Ira. His solution was to put his gloved hand between
his knees and rip the glove off tearing the boxing gloves and breaking the
lacings in the process. While his dad was freeing himself of the gloves, Ira
climbed the fence and escaped. Bill recovered from his sore nose and hot temper
and reestablished his composure before Ira could return home.
Throughout his life, Bill would collect his
weekly pay and on his way home from work, go to the store and buy the
groceries. Lizzie seldom went to the store or handled money. One can speculate
that there was some conversation with his wife as to what to buy, but he
otherwise controlled the menu for the table.
Bill
Alvin Harrington was a laborer. Census records list him as initially being a
farmer, farm laborer, and general laborer. He worked in construction, poured
and finished concrete, built fences, worked at the canning factory, worked on
truck farms and about anything that would earn a dollar. He was a hard worker
giving full value for his pay. He finished his career as a janitor, laborer and
handy man working many years for the Ohio Electric Power and Lighting Company
just south of Columbus, Ohio. He finally retired at the age of 72 with a
pension from that Company. The Ohio Electric Power and Lighting Company is now
an operating plant of the American Electric Power Company (AEP).
Bill was well liked by all who knew him.
Unlike his wife who was usually
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secluded and largely
antisocial, Bill was forthcoming and pleasant. He loved to play cards and would
seldom pass up a game. He liked to gamble at cards but never for high stakes.
Usually he played for a nickel or dime; a quarter a hand was about his limit.
John
Greene, Jr. son of John and Esther Mae Eblin Greene and Grandpa Bill's great
grandson recalls: "When we lived on the south end of Frankin County in old
Marion Township from 1941 to 1949 grandfather Bill Harrington would come to
visit us. He would ride the Greyhound bus from Circleville, and walk the short
distance from High Street to our house (about a 1/4 mile ). That weekend there
wasn't much sleeping. It was an all-night poker party. I remember his pointer
finger had a heavy deformed finger nail, and he would thump it on the table
when he wanted to make a point. When he came, he always brought along his
bottle of Four Roses."
Bill Harrington’s deformed fingernail was on the index
finger of his right hand. It was the result of an auto-accident. He was driving
a model-A Ford and bumped into the back of a similar vehicle. Neither car was
damaged but the bumper of Bill's car went over the bumper of the other car. He
got hold of the bumper of his car and raised it a little and it slid off. The
tip of his finger was between the sliding bumpers and it sheared off the end of
his finger. It just cut off the tip leaving the 'quick' of the nail so that it
continued to grow but in a thick, deformed nail, that he kept well-trimmed,
that looked like a bit like a talon of a bird.
Grandpa Bill Harrington lived about a dozen
years after he retired at the age of 72. At 72 he was pretty well worn out but
made good use of his retired years. He liked to fish and, of course, play
cards. The 1940 Federal Census enumerated Bill and his wife, Lizzie, living
with their son, Roy and Kathryn Payne Harrington. After Lizzie moved out of
their home, he made his residence with his son, Roy and Kathryn Harrington who
lived on Main Street on the far-east side of Circleville. He no longer drove a
car. One of his remaining pleasures was to walk the full length of Main Street
to the far-west side of Circleville - a distance of about a mile. The
attraction on West Main Street was a little bar named "Mary's." It
was run by the owner whose name was Mary. Weather permitting, Grandpa Bill
would make the walk once a day. At Mary's he was well known. He knew and liked
all the patrons - it was a comfortable, fun place to be and he felt at home.
Moreover, Mary was a good friend and although she was a couple of decades
younger than Bill, she gave him a lot of attention calling him her 'boyfriend'
and other endearing names. Bill enjoyed the attention. Undoubtedly, it was
attention that he had not received for a long, long time at home, if ever. It
filled a need of being liked and needed. Bill, at the age of about 80-years,
misread Mary's interest and decided to propose marriage to her. He bought her a
nice engagement ring and prepared to make his 2nd proposal of marriage in his
life. As his plan matured, he took some of his children into his confidence.
Their vision and advice was more clear than Bill's had become and they advised
him against his plan. Being the stubborn old cuss that he was, he did not take
their advice and proceeded with his plan. The discussions with his kids and
their advice, however, probably helped soften the blow when Mary rejected his
proposal. Bill continued his daily walk, though. Perhaps he found the beer was
as important as Mary.
Grandpa Bill returned from his daily walk about 3:00 p.m.
on July 24, 1951. He always took his supper with Roy and Kathryn and would
usually help Kathryn prepare it if he could. On this day, he told Kathryn that
he was not feeling good and thought he would lie down on his bed and rest a
little. When Kathryn went to call him for dinner she found him dead. At the age
of 85, Grandpa Bill finally wore out.
William
Alvin Harrington never owned his own home. He always rented and was therefore
relatively mobile. In the course of his life he moved many times remaining in
the same house just a few years.
The author’s mother, Audra L. Young Harrington,
frequently remarked how much she liked her father-in-law, Bill Alvin
Harrington. Audra first met her future father-in-law when he was about 62-years
old. Audra was taken aback by the
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brash,
boisterous, and unpolished nature of some of his children, but, in contrast the
man she knew as her father-in-law, Bill Harrington, was a soft-spoken, real
gentleman. The author, Audra’s son, first remembers his grandfather a decade or
so later and confirms Audra’s description of him.
Obituary of William
Alvin Harrington:
William
Alvin Harrington, 85, died Tuesday afternoon [July 24, 1951] at 126 1/2 West
Main Street where he made his home with his son, Roy Harrington, who survives.
He was born June 10, 1866 in Kickapoo, Kan., the son of
Charles and Sarah Valentine Harrington and is a retired employee of Pickaway
Power plant.
Also
surviving are four other sons, Ray of Canal Winchester, Lewis of Columbus, Fred
of East Main Street and Ira Harrington of West Mound street; three daughters,
Miss Nellie Harrington and Mrs. Ruth Pennell of Columbus and Mrs. Viola Eblin
of East Main street; 17 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
Services
were held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in Defenbaugh Funeral Home with the Rev. Joseph
Bellcastro of Columbus officiating. Burial was in Hitler-Ludwig cemetery with
grandsons acting as pallbearers.
Being
relatively isolated in the rural farming area east of Circleville, I had only
limited contact with my grandparents and my aunts and uncles. So, much of the
impression that I have of the Harrington family members came from my mother,
Audra L. Young Harrington. Audra found the loud, boisterous and unpolished
nature of some of Ira's siblings not to her liking. Nevertheless, she was
sociable and courteous with them and without exception, they all seemed to like
her. It was not until I was in my own autumn years that I was able to view her
inlaws more objectively and better appreciate her point of view. I will review
Audra's relationship with her inlaws more when I write about Audra later, but
that is not the point of the current observation. Rather, the point is to try
to understand my dad's family a little better and appreciate why they were as
they were.
To better understand
my dad's parents and siblings it is probably only necessary to remember how
they were reared and the environment of their lives. Grandpa Bill Harrington
spent his formative years on his step-father's farm. He was poorly educated but
not illiterate. He married Sarah Elizabeth Pence in 2 November1890 when he was
24 and she was 18 years old. Within about one year they began their family of
9-children with the birth of Nellie on 17 October 1891. Babies came rapidly so
that for the next 4-decades their house would be filled with their children and
grandchildren. Grandpa Bill Harrington's early training on his step-father's
farm prepared him for little more than hard work and farm labor. Bill and
Sarah's family was dirt-poor. Ira recalls that while they always seemed to have
enough to eat, it was important that he be at the table and get his share
because there were no seconds helpings. They ate a lot of beans, corn bread and
potatoes. As the boys got bigger, their meals were supplemented by wild game
and fish.
There
was no extra money for anything, only the bare necessities. Bill and Sarah
never owned real estate property. They either rented or traded labor for
housing. With so large a family, space was very limited, particularly, in
winter when it was not possible to spend time out-of-doors. Living was hard and
the decades of the end of the 1800s and beginning of the 1900s found technology
just beginning but still offering little opportunities other than farming and
hard-labor jobs. Bill and Sarah were both poorly-qualified to help their
children find careers. So, it is not surprising that the children grew up as
competitive, poorly mannered, and largely uneducated and ill-prepared for adult
life. What may be a little surprising is that as adults they remained friends
and frequently socialized together.
From the Federal
Census for 1880 for Washington Township, Pickaway County,
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Ohio; enumerated 14
June 1880
William Anderson, head, age 43, occupation:
farmer
Sarah Jane Anderson, wife, age 32,
housekeeping
William Herrington, son, age 14, at school
George W.S. Valentine, brother, age 26
Nora E Valentine, sister, age 13, at school
George W. Stout, servant, age 19, laborer
From Federal Census
of 1900 for Circleville Township, Circleville Ward 5, East Town
Street, Pickaway Co., Ohio, enumerated 26 June 1900 by Samuel Kindler [Note:
the William Herrington family was enumerated 4-houses away from the Josiah
Pence house on the same street, East Town Street. See the Josiah Pence entry
for details.]
Herrington,
William, head, age 33, born June 1866 in Kansas, occupation: day laborer
Sarah
E. Herrington, wife, age 28, born Apr. 1872 in Ohio; Nellie M. Herrington,
dau., age 8, born Oct 1891 in Ohio; Charles R. Herrington, son, age 6, born
Sept 1893 in Ohio; Ruth I. Herrington, dau., age 4, born July 1895 in Ohio;
Viola G. Herrington, dau., age 2, born Aug 1897 in Ohio;
Ira E. Herrington, son, age 9-months, born
August 1899 in Ohio
From the Federal
Census of 1910 for Circleville Township, Pickaway County, Ohio,
Lancaster Pike; enumerated 26 April 1910 by Ira L May [all born in Ohio, except
as noted. William Harrington born in Kansas; William's father's birthplace
given as Wisconsin]
William
Harrington, head, age 44, occupation: concret works, sidewalks; born in Kansas,
father born in Wisconsin, mother b: Ohio
Ella Harrington, wife, age 37
Chas Wm, Harrington, son, age 17, laborer,
farm
Ruth I. Harrington,
dau., age 15, working out, private family Viola Harrington, dau, age 13
Anna
[sic Ira], son, age 11 Roy Harrington, son, age 9
Easter Harrington,
daughter, age 6 Lewis Harrington, son, age 4 Fred Harrington, son, age 11-mo
From
the Federal Census of 1920 for Walnut Township, Pickaway County,
Ohio, Little Walnut Road; enumerated 31 January & 2 February 1920
William Harrington,
head, age 53, occupation: laborer, farm (General) Lizzie Harrington, wife, age
48
Roy Harrington, son,
age18, occupation: laborer, farm (General) Easter Harrington, daughter, age 15
Louis Harrington, son, age14
Frederick Harrington, son, age 11
From
the 1930 U.S. Federal Census for Ward 2, 560 East Franklin
Street, Circleville City, Circleville Twp., Pickaway County, Ohio; enumerated
21 April by Mary Campsa Eagleson [All born in Ohio except as noted]
William
A Harrington, head, age 63, born in Kansas, both parents born in Ohio, laborer,
light plant
Sarah E Harrington, wife, age 57
Frederick M Harrington, son, age 20, father
born in Kansas, laborer, ice
plant
June L Harrington, granddaughter, age 9
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From
the Federal Census of 1940 for Circleville, Pickawy County, Ohio;
enumerated 11 April 1940 by Mrs. Nina B. Reid
Roy Harrington, head,
age 38, lineman, utilities Catherine Harrington, wife, age 34
William Harrington,
father, age 72, laborer, utilities Elizabeth Harrington, mother, age 67
Norma Harrington, niece, age
9 Jack Harrington, nephew, age 6
From U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Wm A
Harrington (Sara E); Residence year 1947; Address 405 E. Main, Circleville, OH;
Publication title: Circleville, Ohio, City Directory, 1947
From
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Wm A Harrington; bartender John's Pl;
Residence year 1949; Address 405 E. Main, Circleville, OH; Phone: 608;
Publication title: Circleville, Ohio, City Directory, 1949
The
tombstones of Stella, William A., Sara Elizabeth Pence-Harrington, and Nellie
Harrington are located at the edge of the road, 53 paces (about 160 feet) from
the rear wall of the chapel on southernly line of projection of the west wall
of the chapel in the Hitler-Ludwig Cemetery, Pickaway County, about 3 miles
from Circleville, Ohio. Note: In the late 1990s, the Hitler-Ludwig Cemetery is
under the care of Craig and Don Fausnaugh. Don took care of it for about 21
years; now (2001) his son, Craig, is caring for it. The cemetery records which
only go back to about 1946 shows the ownership of the lots along the road
described above to be as follows: (lots along the road begin with # 17 which is
the south-most lot before reaching another road that "Tees" with the
road along which the Harrington lots are located. The numbering of lots runs
from 17 to 6 in the direction of the chapel -- i.e., lot is # 6 is closest to
the chapel). Lots # 17, 16 & 15 = Walter (Barney) Rolfe; # 14, 13, & 12
(no owner listed); Lot # 11 = Fred Harrington (appears to be occupied by Stella,
Fred's wife); Lots # 10 & 9 = Harrington Brothers (appears to be the lots
occupied by William A. and Sara Elizabeth Harrington); Lot # 8 = Don Young; Lot
# 7 = Lewis Harrington; Lot # 6 = Nellie Harrington.
Notes for Sarah
Elizabeth Pence:
Photos in
Album, Pages: 2, 6
Sarah
Elizabeth Pence first appears in the records as a 9 year old in the 1880
Federal Census. Since the 1890 Federal Census was destroyed by fire she never again
appeared as a Pence. Her marriage license was found, however, documenting her
November 2, 1890 marriage to William Alvin Herrington (later changed to
Harrington by the family). On October 17, 1891 she bore the first of nine
children. The author of this book, her grandson, Richard E. Harrington, recalls
her as a very serious lady who seldom smiled. Most records of her life indicate
that she preferred to use her middle name or some variation of it: Elizabeth,
Lizzie, Liz, Eliza, etc.
Elizabeth
and Bill Harrington's family was large and poor and no doubt she had a
difficult life with few conveniences. Ira E. Harrington, the author’s father,
described the family life as stark, poor, busy, and with little time for
affection. In addition to her own immediate family, she also reared her
granddaughter, June Harrington. June was the daughter of Ira Harrington and
Dortha Moore. Then, shortly before June Harrington graduated from high school
and left the home, two more grandchildren, Jack and Donna Lee Harrington,
children of her son, Lewis Josiah Harrington, joined her household for rearing.
No wonder that she seldom smiled.
Lizzie was religiously inclined. Perhaps her
religion was one of her own
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few comforts because
while her house was adorned with a few religious pictures, she did not recruit
her children into religion. She attended a Christian church that was described
as being both fundamental and radical. The audience was described as active participants
in the service with some "speaking in tongues," shouting, and
becoming physically involved by marching about. It may have been this radical
activity that discouraged members of her family from following in her religious
footsteps.
Although of little resources, Lizzie always
managed to prepare a small white bag of hard ribbon candy and an orange or
apple for her grandchildren at Christmas time.
June
Harrington was reared by Lizzie and William Alvin Harrington from about the age
of 5-years until she graduated from high school at age about 18. June's memory
of her grandmother was that of a strict, impersonal lady who could seldom
muster a smile. June recalled an event that I had nearly forgotten. Lizzie and
her husband, Bill Harrington, agreed to act as over-night baby-sitters for her
grandchildren, Dick and Bill Harrington, June's half-brothers. Dick and Bill
were 5 and 3 years old, respectively. Lizzie's house was small and had no extra
beds so a bed was prepared on a couch for Dick and two chairs were pulled
together as a bed for Bill. Bill was not ready for bed but it was bed-time and
Lizzie put him to bed anyway with the admonition that he had better be good and
be quiet or the "boogyman" would get him. He retorted that the
"boogyman" would get her; a response that both surprised Lizzie and
that she found funny. June recalled that she smiled, almost laughing; a
response that June had seldom seen and one of the few times that June ever saw
her smile.
Even though my own family lived only about 3-miles
away, in the country, I did not see my grandparents often enough to develop
much of a feeling for their home life or how they got along. Considering the
morose personality of Lizzie which did not seem to be shared by her husband,
Bill, I would conclude that their home life was not always pleasant. Toward the
end of her life, perhaps about 1945, Lizzie rented her own house in Circleville
and moved out. She declared that she saw "snakes" crawling around her
husband's chair and took it to be a sign that he was possessed by the
"devil." Several descendants of the Pence line had moved to
Circleville by then and had congregated in a close area in the north-end of
Circleville. Lizzie moved close to where several other families of Pence lived
in Circleville.
On the 19th of January 1948 Lizzie passed
away at her home.
From the Ohio, Births
and Christenings Index, 1774-1973
Name: Sarah Elizabeth
Pence
Gender:Female
Race: White |
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Birth Date: |
29 Apr 1872 |
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Birth Place: |
Benton, Hocking, Ohio |
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Father: Josiah
Pence |
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Mother: Sara J.
Lockwood |
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FHL Film Number: |
912314 |
For the 1880
Federal Census data for Sarah Elizabeth Pence, see the entries for her father,
Josiah Pence, in this book.
For the 1900, 1910,
1920, 1930, and 1940 Federal Census
data for Sarah Elizabeth Pence-Harrington, see the entries for her husband,
William Alvin Harrington, in this book.
Sarah E. Harrington
obituary:
Sarah
Elizabeth Harrington, 76, wife of William Harrington, Hayward Avenue, died in
her home at 2:15 PM Monday of complications.
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In addition to her
husband, Mrs. Harrington is survived by eight children. They are Nellie Harrington,
Columbus; Mrs. Carlton (Ruth) Pennell, Columbus; Viola Harrington (Eblin),
Circleville; Charles and Lewis, Columbus; and Ira, Roy and Frederick of
Circleville. Mrs. Harrington also is survived by 17 grandchildren and nine
great grandchildren.
Funeral
services were held in the Defenbaugh Chapel at 2:30 PM Wednesday with Dr.
Joseph Belcastro officiating. Burial was in the Hitler-Ludwig cemetery.
Friends may call at the Defenbaugh
Chapel until time for the funeral.
Notes for William H.
Anderson:
William H. ANDERSON
was born 17 March 1837 in Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio
From
the 1850 Federal Census for Washington Township, Pickaway County,
Ohio; enumerated 20 August 1850
Joshua Valentine, age
52, farmer, born in Maryland; value of real estate: $2,600 Margaret Valentine,
age 51, born in Pennsylvania
Jacob
Valentine, age 17, born in Ohio Andrew Valentine, age 14, born in Ohio Mary
Valentine, age 17, born in Ohio Melinda Valentine, age 12, born in Ohio
William Anderson, age 12, born in Ohio
[parents unknown to researcher]
From
the 1860 Federal Census for Washington Township, Pickaway County,
Ohio; enumerated 7 June 1860
Joshua Valentine, age
61, farmer, born in Maryland; value of real estate: $5,000 Margaret Valentine,
age 60, born in Pennsylvania
Jacob Valentine, age 24, born in Ohio, farm
labor Andrew Valentine, age 22, born in Ohio, farm labor Melinda Valentine, age
20, born in Ohio
William Anderson, age 21, born in Ohio, farm labor
Martha Secondcost, age 13, born in Ohio
David Stout, age 3, born in Ohio
From
the 1870 Federal Census for Washington Township, Pickaway County,
Ohio; enumerated 3 June 1870 by John Maiden
William Anderson, head, age
32, born in Ohio, farmer Sarah Valentine, keeping house, age 22, born in Ohio
David Stout, farm labor, age 14, born in Ohio
From
the 1880 Federal Census for Washington Township, Pickaway County,
Ohio; enumerated 14 June 1880 by John M. Guist
William Anderson, head, age 43, born
in Ohio, farmer
Sarah
Jane Anderson, wife, age 32, born in Ohio, housekeeping William Herington, son,
age 14, born in Kansas, at school
George W. L.
Valentine, brother, age 26, born in Illinois, vocation (blank) Nora E. Valentine,
sister, age 13, born in Kansas, at school
George W. Stout, servant, age 19, born
in Ohio, laborer
From
the 1900 Federal Census for Washington Township, Pickaway County,
Ohio; enumerated 14 June 1880 by John M. Guist
William H Anderson,
head, age 63, born March 1837 in Ohio, farmer Sarah J Anderson, wife, age 51,
born June 1848 in Ohio
WILL of William H.
Anderson:
I, William H.
Anderson, of Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio, do make and publish this
my last Will and Testament as follows:
Item first: I desire that all my debts be
first paid
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Item
second: I will and bequeath to my wife, Sarah J. Anderson, all my personal
property. Item third: I will and devise to my said wife, Sarah J. Anderson, all
the real estate of which I
may die seized, for
and during the term of her natural life, with the provision, however, that if
it should become necessary for her support to sell my interest in the farm on
which we now reside, then I hereby authorize and empower her to sell and
dispose of the same, together with her part of said farm, either in private or
public sale, and upon such terms of credit that she may deem best, and to make
a proper deed to the purchaser of therefor, and the purchaser thereof shall not
be required to look to the application of the purchase money.
Item fourth: I will and bequeath that after
the death of my said wife, that part of my property which has been not then
consumed, shall be divided and paid as follows: First: to Nora E. Ramsey, the
sum of Five hundred Dollars ($500.00). Second: to Samuel Ressler, the sum of
Seventy-five Dollars ($75). Third: to Savanus Valentine, the sum of Two hundred
Dollars ($200) Fourth: to Pansey Valentine and Elsie Marie Valentine, children
of said Savanus Valentine, each the sum of Fifty Dollars ($50). And these
devises are to be paid in the order in which they are herein named, and if the
amount of my estate should not be sufficient to pay all in full, then the last
named shall receive only the residue thereof, and I make no distribution of any
balance which remains after all said devises are paid, if any such balance
should remain.
Item
fifth: I hereby appoint my said wife, Sarah J. Anderson, executrix of this my
last Will and Testament and asked that no bond be required of her.
In
witness Whereof, I have hereby set my hand, this 18th day of July, A.D, 1903.
Signed by the said William H. Anderson and our presence and by us in his
presence and
in the presence of
each other, on the day and year last above written.
/s/ Milt Morris
Mary Foresman
Obituary of William
Anderson from the Circleville Democrat & Watchman of October, 1906: William
Anderson, of Circleville, until recently residing in Washington township, died
suddenly, on 4th inst., at Independence, Mo., where, with his wife, he was
visiting his wife's sister, Mrs. Nora Ramsey, (nee Valentine). His remains
arrived here Saturday evening, Funeral at St. Paul's Church, Washington
township, Sunday forenoon. The deceased was in his 70th year.
On October 29, 1906 Sarah J.
Anderson, widow of William H. Anderson received $350 "... for her support
for one year after the death of decedent ..."
On October 29, 1906,
the estate of William H. Anderson was appraised at $1790.07.
William H. Anderson
in the U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current:
Name: William H.
Anderson
Birth
Date: |
19 Mar 1837 |
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Birth Place: |
Pickaway County, Ohio, USA |
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Death Date: |
4 Oct 1906 |
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Death Place: |
Independence, Jackson County,
Missouri, USA |
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Cemetery: |
Saint Pauls Evangelical Church
Cemetery |
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Burial or Cremation
Place: |
Pickaway County, Ohio, USA |
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Has Bio?: |
Y |
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Spouse: |
Sarah Jane Anderson |
(Note: Sarah Jane Valentine
Harrington Anderson, wife of William H. Anderson, is also buried in the St.
Paul's Evangelica Cemetery, Pickaway Co., Ohio)
William
H. Anderson was born March 17, 1837. In the 1850 & 1860 census, he was
living in the household of Joshua Valentine, whose granddaughter, Sarah Jane
Valentine, daughter of Levi J. Valentine, would be his future wife. He married
on November 4, 1872, in Kenton County, Kentucky, to Sarah Jane Valentine, daughter
of Levi J. and Mary Bolinger Valentine, and granddaughter of Joshua Valentine.
It appears that William and Sarah Jane had no children together. Sarah Jane had
a son with Charles William Harrington and named him William Alvin Harrington.
Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979:
Groom's Name: Wm Anderson
Groom's Birth Date: 1837
Groom's Birthplace: Pickaway County
Groom's Age: 35
Bride's Name: Sarah J. Valentine
Bride's Birth Date: 1847
Bride's Birthplace: Pickaway Co, Ohio
Bride's Age: 25
Marriage Date: 04 Nov 1872
Marriage Place: Kenton, Kentucky
Groom's Marital Status: Single
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M01510-4
System Origin: Kentucky-EASy
Source Film Number: 1943299
Reference Number: rerg 1863-76 p 111
9. DAVID CLINTON6 VALENTINE (Mary5 Bolinger,
Benjamin4 Bolinger,
Johann Adam3 Bolender,
Johann Adam2 Bohlender, John Jakob1 Bohlender)
was born on 31 Dec 1851 in Pickaway County, Ohio. He died on 08 Dec 1928 in Mt.
Washington, Blue Township, Jackson County, Missouri. He married
(1) MINERVA ANN ADELL ALBRIGHT, daughter of Peter
Albright and Sarah Barncord, on 22 Aug 1876. She was born on 11 Jul 1846 in
Ohio. She died on 11 Oct 1879 in Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio. He
married (2) MARY EFFIE GRUVER about 1888 in
Pickaway County, Ohio. She was born on 13 Nov 1866 in Circleville, Pickaway
County, Ohio. She died on 17 Jul 1923 in Blue Township, Jackson County,
Missouri.
Notes for Minerva Ann Adell Albright:
Obituary for Minerva
Ann Adell Valentine from the Circleville Union Herald and the Circleville
Democrat & Watchman of October 17, 1879: "VALENTINE--Minerva Ann Adell
Valentine, wife of David Valentine, died in Washington Township, Saturday
evening, October 11th, 1879, aged 33 years and 3 months. Mrs. Valentine was a
very excellent woman. She was a kind and affectionate wife and mother, and also
a devoted Christian, so that in her death, the household, community and church
sustain a loss not easily repaired. The funeral took place on Monday forenoon,
from the Pontious Church, attended by a large concourse of friends and
acquaintances. The services were conducted by the Rev. J. M. Mills, and the
remains laid to rest in the burying ground adjacent to the church."
David Clinton Valentine and Minerva
Ann Adell Albright had the following children:
i.
HINTON E.7 VALENTINE was born in 1877.
ii.
ORLANDO WILBUR VALENTINE was born on 16 Aug
1879 in Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio. He died on 24 Jul 1880 in
Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio.
David Clinton Valentine and Mary Effie
Gruver had the following children:
iii. NELLIE MAY VALENTINE was
born in Mar 1891 in Mt. Washington, Blue Township, Jackson County, Missouri.
She died after Jan 1960. She married FREDERICK WILLIAM GRUNDMAN. He
was born on 06 Sep 1881. He died on 27 Dec 1918 in Blue Township, Jackson
County, Missouri.
iv. GRACE E. VALENTINE was
born in Jun 1893 in Mt. Washington, Blue Township, Jackson County, Missouri.
v. MINNIE A. VALENTINE was
born in May 1897 in Mt. Washington, Blue Township, Jackson County, Missouri.
She died between 1900-1910 in Mt. Washington, Blue Township, Jackson County,
Missouri.
vi. EDNA PEARL VALENTINE was
born in 1901 in Mt. Washington, Blue Township, Jackson County, Missouri. She
married Otho Lee Taylor on 03 Oct 1922. He was born in 1900. He died in 1988.
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10. GEORGE WASHINGTON L.6 VALENTINE (Mary5 Bolinger,
Benjamin4 Bolinger,
Johann Adam3 Bolender,
Johann Adam2 Bohlender, John Jakob1
Bohlender) was born on 26 Feb 1854 in Pike County, Illinois. He died on 16 Mar 1932
in Independence, Jackson County, Missouri. He married
(1) SARAH "SALLIE" ELIZABETH STROOP on
09 Jan 1881 in Pickaway, Pickaway, Ohio, USA. She was born in 1849 in Ohio. She
died on 14 Mar 1903 in Jackson County, Missouri. He married (2)
CLARINDA ROOKER on 11 Jan 1905.
Notes for George Washington L.
Valentine:
From the 1880
Federal Census for Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio; enumerated 14
June 1880
William Anderson, head, age 43,
farmer, born in Ohio
Sarah Jane Anderson,
wife, age 32, keeping house, born in Ohio William Herrington, son, age 14, at
school, born in Kansas
George W.L.
Valentine, brother [sic, brother-in-law], age 26, born in Illinois Nora E.
Valentine, sister [sic, sister-in-law], age 13, at school, born in Kansas
George W. Stout, servant, age 19, laborer, born in Ohio
From
the 1900 United States Federal Census for Mission Township,
Johnson County, Kansas; enumerated 30 June 1900 by Andrew J. James
George Valentine, head,
age 47, born February 1853 in Illinois, farmer Sallie E Valentine, wife, age
49, born December 1850 in Ohio
Melvin
L Valentine, son, age 18, born September 1881 in Ohio, farm laborer Lester G
Valentine, son, age 15, born July 1884 in Ohio, farm laborer
Guy A Valentine, son, age 13, born Nov
1886 in Ohio
From
the 1920 United States Federal Census for Rosedale, Wyandotte,
Kansas; enumerated 22 January 1920 by John D. Peeples
George Valentine, head, age 65, born
in Illinois, mill wright, widowed
From
the 1930 United States Federal Census for Independence City, Blue
Township, Jackson County, Missouri; enumerated 16 April 1930 by Mrs Cora M.
Grenawatt
George Valentine, head, age 75, born
in Illinois, truck gardner, retail, widowed
George Washington L. Valentine and
Sarah "Sallie" Elizabeth Stroop had the following children:
i.
MERVIN L.7 VALENTINE was
born on 04 Sep 1881 in Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio. He died on 23 Feb
1961 in Leavenworth County, Kansas.
ii. LESTER GARLAND VALENTINE was
born on 23 Jul 1884 in Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio. He died on 20 Aug
1942 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri. He married Emily Rebecca Reese
in 1909. She was born in Apr 1890 in Leavenworth County, Kansas.
iii.
GUY ALDEN VALENTINE was
born on 26 Nov 1885 in 2 Mar 1952. He died on 02 Mar 1952 in Jackson County,
Missouri. He married BESSIE LEE MCMAHAN.
She was born on 22 Jun 1885 in Pittsville, Missouri. She died on 19 Nov 1955 in
Independence, Jackson County, Missouri.
11. ALMIRA E.6 VALENTINE (Mary5 Bolinger,
Benjamin4 Bolinger,
Johann Adam3 Bolender,
Johann Adam2 Bohlender, John Jakob1
Bohlender) was born about 1856 in Pike County, Illinois. She died after 1892.
She married (1) CHARLES A. CREESE on 07
Jun 1877 in Decatur, Decatur County, Iowa. He was born in 1848 in Pennsylvania.
She married (2) WILLIAM H. MCCOY on
09 Feb 1891 in Mt. Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa. He was born in 1854 in Davis
County, Iowa.
Notes
for Charles A. Creese:
Charles A. Creese in the Iowa, Select
Marriages, 1809-1992 Name: Charles A. Creese
Gender:Male
Spouse: Valintine Child: Phillip S. Creese
From the 1850
U.S. Federal Census for the Second Ward Allegheny City in the County of
Allegheny, state of Pennsylvania; enumerated 2 November 1850 by G. L. McMillan
[all born in Penn.]
Philip
Crees, head, age 23 Elizabeth Crees, wife, age 26 Mary A. Crees, female, age 6
Charles A. Crees, male, age 1
Charles Creese in the Iowa, State
Census Collection, 1836-1925
Name: Charles Creese
Age: |
37 |
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Birth Year: |
abt 1848 |
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Birth Place: |
Pennsylvania |
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Residence Date: |
1885 |
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Residence Place: |
Fayette, Decatur, Iowa, USA |
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Gender:Male |
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Charles A. Creese and Almira E.
Valentine had the following children:
i.
PHILLIP SYLVANUS7 CREESE was
born on 18 Oct 1878 in Decatur County, Iowa. He died in 1951 in Decatur County,
Iowa. He married Della M. Fuqua on 16 Aug 1911 in Grand River, Decatur County,
Iowa. She was born in Aug 1877 in Decatur County, Iowa. She died in 1952 in
Decatur County, Iowa.
ii.
DAISY ELIZABETH CREESE was born on 03 Feb
1884 in Lamoni, Decatur County, Iowa. She died on 27 Mar 1924 in Chicago, Cook
County, Illinois. She married Robert James Witherell, son of Elijah Hibbard
Witherell and Cornelia King Ostrander, on 09 Sep 1902 in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Missouri. He was born on 30 Apr 1874 in Marshall, Calhoun County,
Michigan. He died on 06 Apr 1944 in Cairo, Illinois.
William H. McCoy and Almira E.
Valentine had the following child:
i.
MATILDA MAY7 MCCOY was
born on 27 May 1892 in Kellerton, Ringgold County, Iowa. She died on 28 Feb
1976 in Clarinda, Page County, Iowa. She married John Bedford Wood on 27 May
1908 in Moulton, Appanoose County, Iowa. He was born on 19 May 1886 in Clay
County, Tennessee. He died on 06 Nov 1949 in Clarinda, Page County, Iowa.
12. SYLVANUS E.6 VALENTINE (Mary5 Bolinger,
Benjamin4 Bolinger,
Johann Adam3 Bolender,
Johann Adam2 Bohlender, John Jakob1
Bohlender) was born on 05 Nov 1857 in Pike County, Illinois. He died on 31 Jul
1922 in Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio. He married Eliza Ann
Bolander on 03 Mar 1889. She was born on 17 May 1858 in Washington Township,
Pickaway County, Ohio. She died on 03 Apr 1932 in Columbus, Franklin County,
Ohio.
Notes
for Sylvanus E. Valentine:
Sylvanus
Valentine first appears in the 1860 Federal Census records at the age of 2
years. He does not appear again until 42 years later when he in the 1900
Federal Census records. However, we learn from the dates of birth of two
children that he is in the town of Moscow, which was in Clay County, Missouri
in 1890 and late 1893. Interestingly, while Moscoe no longer appears on the
current map of Missouri, Clay County is just north of Kansas City, Missouri and
about 15 miles east of Leavenworth, Kansas which is about where William Alvin
Harrington was born in the old town of Kickapoo, Kansas. We also know that Nora
Valentine was born in Kansas which could have put her birthplace near that of
William A. Harrington's.
By
1896 Sylvanus was back in Pickaway County, Ohio where his second daughter,
Elsie Marie Valentine was born. He remained in Washington Twp., Pickaway
County, Ohio for the 1900,
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1910 and 1920 Federal
Census and probably was there when he died on July 31, 1922.
1900 Federal Census |
State = Ohio |
County = Pickaway |
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Township = Washington |
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Name |
age |
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pob Person |
pob Father |
pob Mother |
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Valentine, Sylvanus
E. |
42 |
Head |
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Illinois |
OH |
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OH |
Eliza A. |
42 |
Wife |
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OH |
OH |
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OH |
Pansy E |
6 |
dau At School |
OH |
OH |
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OH |
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Elsie M. |
3 |
dau |
|
OH |
OH |
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OH |
This 1900 Census
entry taken: 14 June 1900 |
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pob = place of
birth |
dob = date of birth |
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1910 Federal Census |
State = Ohio |
County = Pickaway |
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Township = Washington |
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Name |
age |
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pob Person |
pob Father |
pob Mother |
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Valentine, Sylvanus
E. |
52 |
Head farm lab |
IL |
OH |
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OH |
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Eliza A. |
51 |
Wife |
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OH |
PA |
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OH |
Pansy E |
16 |
dau At School |
MO |
IL |
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OH |
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Elsie M. |
13 |
dau |
|
OH |
IL |
|
OH |
This 1910 Census
entry taken: 23 April 1910 |
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pob = place of
birth |
dob = date of birth |
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1920 Federal Census |
State = Ohio |
County = Pickaway |
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Township = Washington |
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Name |
age |
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pob Person |
pob Father |
pob Mother |
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Valentine, Sylvanus
E. |
62 |
Head farm labor IL |
OH |
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OH |
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Eliza A. |
61 |
Wife |
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OH |
PA |
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OH |
Marie |
23 |
dau |
OH |
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IL |
OH |
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This 1920 Census
entry taken: 7 & 9 January 1920 |
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pob = place of
birth |
dob = date of birth |
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Sylvanus E. Valentine
and Eliza Ann Bolander had the following children:
i.
HENRY STANLEY7 VALENTINE was
born on 21 May 1890 in Moscow, Clay County, Missouri. He died on 10 Dec 1891 in
Moscow, Clay County, Missouri (Buried in Kansas City Union Cemetery, Kansas
City, Jefferson Co., Missouri).
ii.
PANSY E. VALENTINE was born on 29 Aug
1893 in Moscow, Clay County, Missouri. She died on 29 Mar 1971 in Columbus,
Franklin County, Ohio. She married (1) FLOYD COOK on 28 Mar 1918 in Newport, Campbell County,
Kentucky. He was born in 1897. She married (2) LEWIS A. MYERS, son of Alexander Myers and Mary Sherman, on
23 Dec 1925 in Franklin County, Ohio. He was born on 07 Dec 1892 in North
Grove, Indiana. He died on 06 Jun 1934 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.
iii. ELSIE MARIE VALENTINE was
born on 28 Nov 1896 in Washington Twp, Pickaway Co, Ohio, USA. She died on 06
Dec 1922 in Circleville, Ohio, Pickaway County, Ohio. She married (1) GUSTAV A. SPIES, son
of Charles C. Spies and Minnie Hoppe, on 29 Nov 1917. He was born on 09 Jul
1894. He died before 1920. She married
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(2)
JOHN (SR) SPEAKMAN on
29 Feb 1920. He was born on 27 Feb 1898. He died on 01 Jan 1924 in Marion,
Marion County, Ohio.
13. EMANUEL T.6 VALENTINE (Mary5 Bolinger,
Benjamin4 Bolinger,
Johann Adam3 Bolender,
Johann Adam2 Bohlender, John Jakob1
Bohlender) was born in Aug 1860 in Walnut Township, Brown County, Kansas. He
died in Dec 1920. He married Cora "Carrie" Pyle, daughter of Cortez
Pyle and Catherine Ann Combs, on 11 Jan 1883 in Leon, Decatur County, Iowa. She
was born on 11 Sep 1865 in Allendale, Worth County, Missouri. She died on 24
May 1956 in Los Angeles County, California.
Notes
for Emanuel T. Valentine:
From the Iowa, Select Marriages Index,
1758-1996 Name: Emanel T. Valentine
Gender:Male
Marital Status: Single
Race:
White
Birth Place: Brown Co., Kansas
Marriage Date: 11 Jan 1883
Marriage Place: Leon, Decatur, Iowa,
Father: Levi Valetine
Mother: Emma Jane Walker [sic,
step-mother]
Spouse: |
Carrie Pyle |
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FHL Film Number: |
1009355 |
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Reference ID: |
2:4045W4P |
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From
the 1880 Federal Census for Liberty Township, Clay County,
Missouri; enumerated 3 June 1880
L.J. Valentine, age 56, farmer, born
in Ohio
Emely J. Valentine, wife, age 40, keeping
house, born in Ohio Emanuel Valentine, son, age 19 Labior (sic), born in Kansas
Lora E. Valentine, dau., age 17, born in Kansas
Lavina Valentine, dau., age 15, born
in Kansas
Henry
C. Valentine, son, age 12, born in MoFHL Film Number: 1009355 Reference ID:
2:4045W4P
Levi J. Valentine
Perry
Valentine, son, age 8, born in Mo Chancy E. Valentine, dau., age 6, born in Mo
Linne Valentine, dau., age 3, born in Mo Edgar Valentine, son, age 10-mo, born
in Mo
From
the 1900 United States Federal Census for Huggins Township,
Gentry County, Missouri; enumerated 7 June 1900 by James A. Crockett
Emanuel Valentine,
head, age 39, born in Kansas, farmer Cora Valentine, wife, age 34, born in
Missouri
Minerva Valentine, dau., age 16, born in
Iowa, at school Edith Valentine, dau., age 11, born in Missouri, at school Cora
Valentine, dau., age 9, born in Missouri, at school Elice Valentine, dau., age
4, born in Missouri
Elsworth Valentine, son, age
4, born in Missouri Cortes Valentine, son, age 1, born in Missouri
Emanuel T. Valentine and Cora
"Carrie" Pyle had the following children:
i.
MINERVA JANE7 VALENTINE was
born on 20 Mar 1884 in Lamoni, Decatur County, Iowa. She died on 14 Sep 1963 in
Los Angeles County, California. She married ORSON C. FOLGATE. He
was born on 07 Feb 1879 in Bogle, Gentry County, Missouri. He died on 21 Jan
1960 in Los Angeles County, California.
ii.
EDITH C. VALENTINE was born on 27 Oct
1888 in Missouri. She died on 10 Jan 1968
391
in Los Angeles County,
California. She married (1) MERVIN THEODORE LEWIS. He
was born on 22 Nov 1885 in Missouri. He died in Sep 1966 in Ashland, Jackson
County, Oregon. She married (2) FREDERICK WINSENBURG. He
was born in 1883. He died in 1949.
iii.
ELSIE VALENTINE was born in May
1896.
iv.
ELSWORTH VALENTINE was born on 21 May
1896. He died on 21 May 1896.
v. CORTES LEE VALENTINE was
born on 03 Dec 1898 in Gentry County, Missouri. He died on 22 Feb 1986 in
Calaveras County, California. He married FLOSSIE LEE NORVAL.
She was born in 1904. She died in 1999.
vi.
GIFFORD BALLARD VALENTINE was born on 05 Feb
1900 in Gentry County, Missouri.
vii.
CORA VALENTINE was born in Dec
1890.
14. LAURA ELLA6 VALENTINE (Mary5 Bolinger,
Benjamin4 Bolinger,
Johann Adam3 Bolender,
Johann Adam2 Bohlender, John Jakob1
Bohlender) was born on 12 May 1863 in Walnut Township, Brown County, Kansas.
She died on 06 Dec 1929 in Lathrop, Clinton County, Missouri. She married John
Henry Mick, son of George Allan Mick and Mary Jane Rolfe, on 22 Oct 1884 in
Clay County, Missouri. He was born on 04 Nov 1861 in Wrightsville, Adams
County, Ohio. He died on 25 Aug 1932 in Lathrop, Clinton County, Missouri.
Notes
for Laura Ella Valentine:
From
the Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002
From the 1900
United States Federal Census for Atchison, Clinton Township, Clinton County,
Missouri; enumerated 2nd - 4th June 1900 by James B. Marr
John H Mick, head,
age 38, born in Illinois Nov 1861, married 15-yrs, farmer Laura E Mick, wife,
age 37, born in Kansas May 1863, married 15-yrs Walter C Mick, son, age 14,
born in Missouri Aug 1885, at school
Herman E Mick, son, age 12, born in Missouri
Aug 1887, at school Benton L Mick, son, age 11, born in Missouri Feb 1889, at
school Willson Mick, son, age 7, born in Missouri Nov 1892
Flossie B Mick, son, age 5, born in Missouri
Nov 1894 Ivan G Mick, son, age 2, born in Missouri Dec1897
From the 1920
United States Federal Census for Clinton Township, Clinton County, Missouri;
enumerated 6 January 1920 by Thomas J. Martin
John H Mick, head, age 59, born in Illinois,
farmer, general farm Laura E Mick, wife, age 56, born in Kansas
Herman
E Mick, son, age 32, born in Missouri, farm Laborer, working out
John
W Mick, son, age 27, born in Missouri, farm Laborer, working out [John Willson
Mick] George Ivan Mick, son, age 22, born in Missouri, farm Laborer, working
out
Ozalee Mick, son, age 15,
born in Missouri Henry O. Mick, son, age 12, born in Missouri
Notes
for John Henry Mick:
From
the Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002
Name: |
John
H Mick |
|
|
Age: |
21 |
|
|
Birth Date: |
abt 1863 |
||
Marriage Date: |
22 Oct 1884 |
||
Marriage Place:
Clay, Missouri |
|||
Registration Place: |
Clay, Missouri, USA |
||
Spouse: |
|
Laura E Valentine |
|
Spouse Age: |
18 |
|
John Henry Mick and Laura
Ella Valentine had the following children:
i.
WALTER CLAYTON7 MICK was born in 1885. He
died on 07 Sep 1915.
ii.
HERMAN EARL MICK was born in 1887. He
died in 1952.
iii.
BERTON LEVI MICK was born in 1889. He
died in 1957.
iv. JOHN WILS MICK was
born on 15 Nov 1893 in Lathrop, Missouri, USA. He died on 21 Jul 1959 in
Independence, Missouri, USA (Burial: Lathrop Cemetery Lathrop, Clinton,
Missouri). He married MARGARET LOUCEIL WALKER.
She was born on 31 Jul 1903. She died on 31 Mar 1978.
Notes
for John Wils Mick:
From the 1900 United States
Federal Census for Atchison, Clinton Township, Clinton County, Missouri;
enumerated 2nd - 4th June 1900 by James B. Marr John H Mick, head, age 38, born
in Illinois Nov 1861, married 15-yrs,
farmer
Laura E Mick, wife,
age 37, born in Kansas May 1863, married 15-yrs Walter C Mick, son, age 14,
born in Missouri Aug 1885, at school Herman E Mick, son, age 12, born in
Missouri Aug 1887, at school Benton L Mick, son, age 11, born in Missouri Feb
1889, at school Willson Mick, son, age 7, born in Missouri Nov 1892
Flossie B Mick, son, age 5, born in Missouri
Nov 1894 Ivan G Mick, son, age 2, born in Missouri Dec1897
From the 1920 United States
Federal Census for Clinton Township, Clinton County, Missouri; enumerated 6
January 1920 by Thomas J. Martin
John H Mick, head, age 59, born in Illinois,
farmer, general farm Laura E Mick, wife, age 56, born in Kansas
Herman E Mick, son, age 32,
born in Missouri, farm Laborer, working out John W Mick, son, age 27, born in
Missouri, farm Laborer, working out
[John
Willson Mick]
George
Ivan Mick, son, age 22, born in Missouri, farm Laborer, working out Ozalee
Mick, son, age 15, born in Missouri
Henry
O. Mick, son, age 12, born in Missouri
From the 1930 USA Federal
Census for 1019 So. Woodland St, Independence City, Blue Township, Jackson
County, Missouri; enumerated
John H Mick, head, age 59, farm laborer,
working out Laura E Mick, wife, age 56
Hermon
E Mick, son, age 32 John W Mick, son, age 27 George I Mick, son, age 22 Ozalee
Mick, son, age 15 Henry O Mick, son, age 12
From the 1940
USA Federal Census for 1019 So. Woodland St, Independence City, Blue Township,
Jackson County, Missouri; enumerated 1 May 1940 by Vaughn S. Bailey
John W. Mick, head, age 44, car oiler, rail
road co. Margaret L. Mick, wife, age 36
Margaret
L. Mick, daughter, age 17
v.
FLOSSIE BEE MICK was born on 20 Nov
1894 in Missouri, USA. She died in 1963.
vi.
IVAN GEORGE MICK was
born on 18 Dec 1897 in Kearney, Clay, Missouri, United States. He died in 1949.
vii.
ISAAC P MICK was born on 18 Dec
1897.
viii.
CHRISTINE LEROY MICK was born in 1902.
She died in 1951. She married Carl H.
393
Perren, son of Julius Deshay Perren, on 01
Jan 1919 in Liberty, Clinton, Missouri. He was born on 16 Apr 1895 in Kentucky,
USA. He died in Dec 1970 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon.
ix.
OZA LEE MICK was born in 1904. He
died in 1968.
x.
HENRY OPAL MICK was born in 1907. He
died in 1979.
15. LOVINA6 VALENTINE (Mary5 Bolinger,
Benjamin4 Bolinger,
Johann Adam3 Bolender,
Johann Adam2 Bohlender,
John Jakob1 Bohlender) was born
on 24 Jun 1866 in Walnut Township, Brown County, Kansas. She died on 04 Aug
1914 in 4 Aug 1914. She married VIRGIL C. BOND. He
was born in 1859 in North Carolina, USA.
Notes
for Lovina Valentine:
Lovina/Lavina
Valentine and Laura/Lora E. Valentine are found in the 1880
Federal Census of their father, Levi J. Valentine.
Virgil
C. Bond and Lovina Valentine had the following children:
i.
OLA MAY7 BOND was born in 1884.
She died in 1900.
ii.
VANITA BOND was born in 1890.
She died in 1958.
Outline Descendant
Report for Hans Martin Bentz
1 Hans Martin Bentz
b: 27 Sep 1631, d: 21 Aug 1726
+ Helene Margarethe Kern b: 21 Aug 1644, m:
12 Nov 1667, d: 14 Jan 1688
...2 Johannes Bentz b: 1675 in Ingelheim, Mainz-Bingen,
Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, d: 04 Jun 1746 in Ottmarsheim, Ludwigsburg,
Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
+ Susannah
? b: 1677, m: 1696 in Iggelheim, Ludwigshafen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, d: 10
Apr 1748 in Ottmarsheim, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
......3 Johann Georg Bentz b: 16 May 1697 in Iggleheim,
Bayern, Germany, d: 29 Oct 1778 in Shenandoah, Virginia, USA
+ Anna
Barbara Bullinger b: 27 Apr 1698 in Iggelheim, Bayern, Germany, m: 29 Aug 1719
in Iggleheim, Bayern, Ludwigshafen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, d: 29 Aug 1742 in
Shenandoah, Virginia, USA
.........4 Maria Theresia Bentz b: 1719 in Iggelheim,
Bayern, Germany, d: 06 Dec 1783 in Kippenheimweiler, Ortenaukreis,
Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
.........4 Johannes Lewis Bentz b: 03 Jun 1720 in
Iggelheim, Bayern, Germany, d: 25 May 1779 in Shenandoah, Virginia, United
States
.........4 Johann Bentz b: 14 Sep 1722 in Unterboihingen,
Esslingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, d: 10 Nov 1773 in Kernei, Bacs-Kiskun,
Hungary
.........4 Johann Valentine Bentz b: 10 Jan 1723 in
Iggelheim, Bayern, Germany, d: 21 Jun 1728 in Iggelheim, Bayern, Germany
.........4 Johann Ludwig (Lewis) Bentz b: 31 Dec 1724 in
Iggelheim, Bayern, Germany, d: 25 May 1779 in Mad River, Champaign, Ohio,
United States
.........4 Jacob Johann Ludwig Pence b: 14 Dec 1727 in
Iggelheim, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany, d: 29 Oct 1778 in Shenadoah, Virginia
+ Christina
Barbara Willrett b: 1730 in Germany, m: 1756 in Virginia, USA, d: 14 Mar 1797
in Shenandoah, Virginia, USA
............5 George Frederic (Bens) Pence b: 20 Nov 1752
in Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, d: 1835 in Mad River Township,
Champaign, Ohio
+ Mary
Alice Walkowicz b: Abt. 1759, m: 1778 in Shenandoah, Virginia, USA, d: 1818 in
Mad River,
...............6
John Pence b: 05 Jun 1770, d: Sep 1840 + [unknown spouse]
..................7 Peter Pence b: 15 Jul 1817 in Logan,
Hocking, Ohio, United States, d: 18 Dec 1898 in Bluffton, Wells, Indiana,
United States
+ Sarah
J. Sloan b: 04 Jul 1818 in County Armagh, Ireland, d: 19 Apr 1891 in Bluffton,
Wells, Indiana, United States
.....................8 George O. Pence b: 05
Feb 1851
.....................8 Sarah J. Pence b:
1856, d: 08 Oct 1870
.....................8 Lucinda Pence
.....................8 John H. Pence
.....................8 Ascher Pence
.....................8 Ellen Pence
.....................8 Phoebe Pence
.....................8 Gashum Pence
.....................8 Peter Pence
.....................8 Mary E. Pence
..................7 Mary Pence
+ Walter Eldridge
..................7 Hannah Pence
..................7 Eliza Pence
..................7 Rebeca Pence
..................7 Jane Pence
..................7 William Pence
395
..................7
John Pence
..................7
Gashum Pence
...............6 George Frederick Pence b: 1775 in
Shenandoah, Virginia, d: 1840 in Johnson, Champaign, Ohio, USA
+ Mary
Harp b: 1785 in Virginia, m: 01 Jun 1804 in Fairfield County, Ohio, USA, d: Jun
1840 in Hocking County, Ohio, USA
..................7 Martin
Pence b: 1806 in Ohio, d: 1876 in Montcalm, Michigan, USA
+ Rosina (Sina) Little b: 1819 in
Ohio, m: 28 Feb 1837 in Hocking County, Ohio
..................7
John Pence b: 1809 in Ohio
+ Mary P. Hart b: Abt. 1821 in Indiana,
m: 25 Jun 1839 in Fairfield County, Ohio
.....................8 Ira I. Pence b: Oct 1840 in
Hocking, Ohio, USA, d: 09 Oct 1862 in Chickamauga, Walker, Georgia, United
States
+ single - killed in
Civil War
+ single - killed in
Civil War
.....................8 Jesse Pence b: 24 Mar 1842 in
Hocking County, Ohio, d: 04 Apr 1915 in Perry Twp., Pickaway County, Ohio
+ Louisa
E. Davis b: Jun 1839 in Ohio, m: 27 Jul 1865 in Hocking County, Ohio, USA, d:
12 Dec 1920 in Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA
........................9
Maria Pence b: Abt. 1861 in Ohio, USA
........................9 Jesse Elmer Pence b: 24 Apr
1876 in Hocking County, Ohio, USA, d: 09 Apr 1957 in Crawford, Ohio, USA;
buried in New Holland, Pickaway, Ohio
+ Martha
Duke "Mattie" Duke Sanders b: 02 Feb 1892 in Paris, Bourbon,
Kentucky, USA, m: 19 Sep 1909, d: 13 Feb 1975 in Circleville, Ohio, Pickaway
County, Ohio
...........................10
Walter Eldon Pence b: 16 Dec 1909 in Perry Twp., Pickaway County, Ohio, USA, d:
02 Aug 1972 in Columbus, Ohio
+ Kathline Ruth Hunter b: 11 May 1919
in Van Lear, Kentucky, m: 23 Sep 1940
...........................10 Charles Edward
"Chalk" "Whitey" Pence b: 26 Jul 1911 in Ohio, d: 13 Sep
1992 in Circleville, Ohio
+ Mary Alice Tatman
..............................11 Robert L.
Pence b: 25 May 1953, d: 10 Apr 1957 ; drowned
...........................10 William Irvin
"Bill" Pence b: 11 Feb 1913 in Pickaway County, Ohio, d: 21 Nov 1959
in OSU Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA; home in Circleville, Pickaway,
Ohio, United States
+ Julia
Mae Stevens b: 25 Jul 1917 in Kentucky, USA, m: 05 Nov 1934, d: 11 Sep 1996 in
Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA
..............................11 Nancy Irene
Pence
...........................10 Robert Pence b: 10 Jan 1915
in Ohio, USA, d: 03 Feb 1915 in Perry Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio, USA
...........................10 Allen Woodrow Wilson Pence
b: 17 May 1915 in Circleville, Ohio, Pickaway County, d: 03 Jul 1918 in Circleville,
Ohio, Pickaway County, Ohio
...........................10 Jesse Eldon Pence b: 14 Nov
1916 in Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio, d: 14 Nov 1916 in Circleville,
Pickaway County, Ohio
...........................10 James Frederick
"Fred" 8 12 1920 b: 12 Aug 1920 in Ohio, d: 29 Dec 1990 in
Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, United States
...........................10
Emma Mae Pence b: 09 Apr 1924 in New Holland, Pickaway, Ohio, USA, d: 09 Oct
1967 in Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, United States; Murdered by her husband,
William Allen Hill. Buried in New Holland Cemetery, New Holland, Pickaway
Couny, Ohio
+ Lawrence
Henry Payne b: 23 Feb 1919 in Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, USA, m: 20 Feb
1940 in Pickaway County, Ohio, USA
+ William
Allen Hill b: 11 Jun 1923 in Pickaway County, Ohio, USA, d: 10 Jul 2000 in
Franklin County, Ohio; Murdered his wife, Emma Mae Pence-Hill
..............................11 Mike Hill
396
..............................11 Alfred Hill
..............................11 Talmer Hill
..............................11 Carolyn Hill
..............................11 Diane Hill
..............................11 Vera Hill
..............................11 Virginia
Hill
...........................10 Joseph Elmer Pence b: 16
Feb 1926 in Washington Court House, Fayette, Ohio, d: 12 May 2000 in
Circleville, Ohio
+ Mary Ruth Dean m: 02 Dec 1950 in
Pickaway County, Ohio, USA
...........................10 Leroy "Red" Pence
b: 15 Jun 1927 in Ohio, d: 03 Mar 1988 in Circleville, Ohio + Leota M Arledge
b: 01 Mar 1940 in Ohio
...........................10 Bryce Wilson Pence b: 28
Jun 1930 in Washington Court House, Ohio, d: 10 Feb 1994 in Circleville,
Pickaway, Ohio, United States
...........................10 Clarence Lloyd
Pence b: 29 Aug 1931 in Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA
+ Gisela
Elizabgeth Wetzel b: 16 Jul 1929 in Germany, d: 18 Dec 1997 in Columbus, Ohio
...........................10 Ralph S. Pence b: 26 Mar
1933 in Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, United States, d: 23 Jul 1934 in
Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA
...........................10 Alfred Lee Pence b: 22 Jan
1935 in Circleville, Ohio, d: 14 Oct 2011 in Columbus, Ohio
+ Virginia
Pauline Pishitelli b: 14 Oct 1934 in Columbus, Ohio, m: 07 Jul 1956 in
Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio
..............................11 Lucy Pence
b: 15 Jan 1959 in Columbus, Ohio
+ Robert W Chambers b: 15 Aug 1953, m:
03 Dec 1977
..............................11 Rita Pence
b: 27 Mar 1962 in Columbus, Ohio
+ James Ronald LeMaster b: 27 May 1957, m: 18 Sep 1992 in
Kentucky, USA; divorced in 1994
.................................12 no
children
..............................11 Anna Louise Pence b: 27
Mar 1962 in Columbus, Ohio, d: 29 Mar 1962 in Columbus, Ohio
..............................11 Alice Grace
Pence b: 02 Feb 1971 in Columbus, OH
+ Billy J O'Colley
+ Louisa Davis b: 1840 in
Ohio, m: 27 Jul 1865 in Hocking County. Ohio
.....................8 Mary Margaret Pence b: Aug 1842 in
Ohio, d: 29 Jun 1936 in Fulton, Georgia, United States
+ James
William Ramey b: Hocking County, Ohio, m: 01 Mar 1866 in Hocking County, Ohio
.....................8
Caroline Pence b: Abt. Apr 1850 in OBenton, Hocking County, Ohio, USA
.....................8
Lydia Pence b: Abt. 1852
.....................8
Marilla Pence b: Abt. 1858
.....................8 Ellen Pence b: 1860 in Ohio + [unknown
spouse]
.....................8 Mary Margaret Pence b: Aug 1842 in
Ohio, d: 29 Jun 1936 in Fulton, Georgia, United States
+ James
William Ramey b: Hocking County, Ohio, m: 01 Mar 1866 in Hocking County, Ohio
..................7
George Pence b: Abt. 1810 in Ohio, d: Bet. 1846–1850 in Hocking County, Ohio,
USA + Mary Jane Morgan b: Abt. 1810 in Ohio, m: Abt. 1833
..................7 Peter Pence b: Abt. 1816 in Ohio, d:
18 Apr 1912 in Circleville, Ohio, Pickaway County + Sarah Ann Hart b: Abt. 1818
in New York, USA, m: 12 Nov 1835
.....................8 John Pence b: 1838, d: 1879 in
Hocking County, Ohio, USA + Mary Hiatt m: 14 Mar 1867
397
........................9
Mary E. Crawford b: Abt. 1865 in Ohio
........................9
Alice A. Pence b: Oct 1867 in Hocking Co., Ohio
+ Samuel J. Sherwood b: 22 Mar 1867 in
Noble County, Ohio, m: 25 Jan 1900
...........................10 Ada M. Sherwood
b: Abt. 1895
...........................10 A.B. Sherwood
b: Abt. 1897
...........................10 Harry E.
Sherwood b: Abt. 1899
...........................10 Troy Sherwood
b: Abt. 1901
...........................10 Elsie Sherwood
b: Abt. 1903
........................9
Samantha B. Pence b: 1869
+
Daniel
Elsworth Buck b: 1866, m: 06 Dec 1888 ; Wedding performed by Rev E. Huffman.
Application found in Pickaway Co., OH Marriage Book 9, page 221, Application
#686., d: 1956
...........................10 Robert Buck b: Nov
1883 in Ohio, USA
...........................10 Alfred William
Buck b: 22 Jun 1888
...........................10 Harry Melvin
Buck b: 09 Sep 1895
........................9
Samuel F. Pence b: 04 Oct 1869
........................9 Sidney Elmer Pence b: 02 Dec
1872, d: Bef. 1952 + Emma Russell b: Abt. 1878, m: 05 Jul 1897
...........................10 Mary A. Pence
b: Abt. 1919
........................9
Otis Pence b: 23 May 1875 in S. Bloomingville, Hockiing County, Ohio, USA +
Christina Bickle b: 28 Feb 1882 in Union Furnace, Hocking, Ohio, USA
...........................10 Florence O.
Pence b: Abt. 1904
...........................10 Floyd M. Pence
b: Abt. 1905
........................9
Myrtal Pence b: Abt. 1878 + Mary Hiatt m: 14 Mar 1867
.....................8
Nathan Pence b: Abt. 1843 + Catherine Tiets b: 1842
........................9
Mary E. Pence b: Abt. 1863
........................9
Ellsworth Pence b: Abt. 1866
........................9
Melissa Pence b: Abt. 1872
+ William H. Hart m: 29 Jul 1886 in
Hocking County, Ohio, USA
........................9
Nancy A. Pence b: Abt. 1875, d: 1896
+ Henry Starkey b: 1863, m: 08 Apr 1893 in Hocking County,
Ohio, USA, d: 01 Jun 1903 in Hocking County, Ohio, USA
...........................10 Della Starkey
b: 1894, d: 1831
.....................8
Elizabeth Pence b: Abt. 1846
.....................8
Josiah Pence b: 02 Jun 1846 in Ohio, d: 13 Feb 1912
+ Sarah
Jane Lockwood b: 29 Jan 1850 in Benton Twp., Hocking County, Ohio, m: 27 Feb
1867 in Hocking County, Ohio, d: 06 Jan 1926 in Pickaway Co., OH
........................9
William Thomas Pence b: 07 Mar 1868 in Benton Twp., Hocking County, Ohio
........................9
Margretti Pence b: 1870
........................9
Sarah Elizabeth Pence b: 29 Apr 1872 in Benton Twp., Hocking County, Ohio, d:
19 Jan 1948 in Circleville, Ohio, Pickaway County, Ohio; buried in Hitler
Cemetery near Circleville, Ohio
+
William
Alvin Harrington b: 10 Jun 1866 in Kansas, m: 02 Nov 1890 in Hocking County,
Ohio; by James Milhon, V Dr. M, d: 24 Jul 1951 in at the home of his son, Roy
William Harrington, in Circleville, Ohio; buried in Hitler Cemetery near
Circleville, Ohio
...........................10 Nellie Mae
Harrington b: 17 Oct 1891, d: 16 Oct 1975 in Pickaway County, Ohio;
buried in Hitler Cemetery near
Circleville, Ohio
+ Matthew Sterling Harrington (27 Apr
1983 - living) Matthew Sterling
Harrington
(27 Apr 1983 - living) b: 21 Feb 1884 in Circleville, Ohio, m: 23 Nov 1909 in
Circleville, Ohio, Pickaway County, Ohio, d: 11 May 1946
398
+ Florence Prichard b: Ross County,
Ohio, m: Bef. 1912
..............................11
Stillborn Harrington b: 18 Aug 1912, d: 18 Aug 1912
+ Bertha (Betty) Arbella Kimmerling b: 06 Dec 1891 in Ashville,
Ohio, m: 30 Nov 1914 in Pickaway County, Ohio
+
Esther Spetnagle m: Aft. 1915 + Grace Harlor m: Abt. 1940
...........................10
Ruth Imo Harrington b: 27 Jul 1895 in Hocking Co. Ohio, d: 17 Sep 1965 in
Pineville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana; She died of cancer. Interment date: 23
Sep 1965
+ George
Henry Purcell b: 25 Dec 1892 in Jackson Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio, m: 05 Dec
1911 in Circleville, Ohio, d: 06 Feb 1968 in Dunedin, Pinellas, Florida
..............................11
George William Purcell b: 07 Apr 1912 in Circleville, Ohio, d: 31 Jul 2002
+
Wilma
Ann Maurer b: 12 Sep 1912 in Dover, Ohio, USA, m: 09 Jun 1934 in Dover,
Tuscarawas, Ohio, USA, d: 21 Nov 1997 in El Cajon, San Diego, California, USA
.................................12
Nancy Jean Purcell b: 15 Jul 1939 in St Ann's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
+ Larry Lee Griffin b:
27 Apr 1936 in Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan, USA, m: 05 Oct 1957 in Linda Vista
Methodist Church, San Diego, California, USA, d: 16 Apr 2004 in Sandpoint,
Bonner, Idaho, USA
....................................13 Rebecca Lee
Griffin b: 27 Jan 1959 + Rob Dahlan
.......................................14 Krista Jean
Dahlan b: 23 Jan 1989 + Joshua Martinez
..........................................15 Kierra
Jean Martinez b: Abt. 2011
..........................................15
Khloe Ann Martinez b: Abt. 2012
..........................................15
Griffin Howard Martinez b: due in March ?
.......................................14 Candice Deserah
Dahlan b: 23 Jan 1989 ; Krista & Candice are twins + Garret Eugene Maxwell
..........................................15
Lillian Belle Baldrich b: Abt. 2007
..........................................15
Jackson Rae Maxwell b: 20 Sep 2010
..........................................15 Deserah
Louise Maxwell b: Apr 2016 + Thomas Scott Neal
.......................................14 Thomas Nathan
Neal + Melissa ?
..........................................15
Alyssa Neal b: Abt. 2000
..........................................15
Thomas James Neal b: Abt. 2013
..........................................15
Emilee Elizabeth Neal b: 25 Dec 2015
....................................13 James William
Griffin b: 29 Jul 1961 + Mary Elizabeth Tompkins
.......................................14
Seth Tompkins
+ [unknown spouse]
..........................................15
Sterling Thompkins b: 13 Mar 2012
.......................................14 William
"Billy" Charles Tompkins + Andrea "Drea" ?
..........................................15
Kimber Thompkins b: Apr 2013
..........................................15
Barrett Tompkins b: 05 May 2014
.......................................14
Christolpher Griffin
.......................................14
Anthony "Tony" James Lee Griffin
....................................13 Rachel Jean
Griffin b: 08 May 1962 + David Haston m: Oct 1985
399
+
....................................13 Martin
Howard b: 15 Dec 1969
....................................13 Alex
Howard
+ Hurshel
Scott Heeter b: 28 Jul 1896, m: 03 Feb 1918 in Pickaway County, Ohio, d: 28 Feb
1932 in Circleville, Ohio, Pickaway County
..............................11
George W. Heeter b: Abt. 1913
+
Carlton
Pearl Pennell b: 07 Jun 1892 in South Salem, Ohio, m: 05 Apr 1924 in Franklin County,
Ohio; Carlton Pennell died of cancer, d: 01 Mar 1951 in Columbus, Ohio; buried
in Glen Rest Cemetery, Reynoldsburg, OH
..............................11 Roger Carlton Pennell b:
02 Mar 1930 in St. Ann’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, d: 10 Dec 1981 in Mt.
Carmel East Hospital in Columbus, Ohio
+ Bonnie
Louise Chrysler b: 11 Jul 1929 in Columbus, Franklin Co., OH, d: 02 Jun 1992 in
Lancaster, Fairfield Co., OH; died at home
.................................12
John Carlton Pennell b: 1949 + [unknown spouse]
....................................13 Roger
Carlton Pennell b: 20 Jan 1975
+ Wetonia
Ann (Tonnie) Boehringer b: 21 Mar 1976 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, m:
17 May 1997 in Groveport, Ohio
.......................................14
Madison Grace Pennell b: 17 Aug 2000 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio
.......................................14 Guage Carlton
Pennell b: 01 Jun 2003 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio + Christina M.
Heilbrunn
+ Kathleen Edith McHarry b: 1947, m:
03 Jun 1972
....................................13 Roger
Carlton Pennell b: 20 Jan 1975
+ Wetonia Ann (Tonnie) Boehringer b: 21 Mar 1976 in
Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, m: 17 May 1997 in Groveport, Ohio
.......................................14
Madison Grace Pennell b: 17 Aug 2000 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio
.......................................14 Guage Carlton
Pennell b: 01 Jun 2003 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio + Christina M.
Heilbrunn
....................................13 Mathew
J. Pennell b: 1977 in Ohio, USA
.................................12
Deborah Jo Pennell b: 06 Oct 1950
.................................12 Norma J. Pennell b: 27
Dec 1952 in Columbus, Franklin County, OH ; State File Nr. = 1952189472
+ David T. Gibson b:
Abt. 1950, m: 30 Mar 1970 in Franklin County, Ohio, USA
+ unknown spouse b:
Bef. 1979
+ Michael A. Eisel b:
Abt. 1951
.................................12 David E. Pennell b:
26 Dec 1957 in Franklin County, Ohio + Belinda R Angles m: 10 Dec 1994
.................................12 Ruth Ann Pennell b:
30 Apr 1964 in Columbus, Franklin Co., OH; State File Nr. = 1964054434
.................................12
William Pennell
+ Pat ?
+ Sterling Umphenour b:
Aug 1898 in Illinois, m: Feb 1961 in Dade County, Florida,
d: Dec 1976 in Louisiana
...........................10
Viola (Olie) Grace Harrington b: 29 Aug 1897 in Pickaway Township, Pickaway, Ohio,
d: 12 Feb 1996 in Columbus, Ohio; buried in Forest Cemetery, Circleville,
Pickaway Co., Ohio
+ William
Allen Eblin b: 17 Apr 1894, d: 02 Sep 1948 in Ohio, USA; buried in Forest
Cemetery, Circleville, Ohio
..............................11
George William Eblin b: 08 Apr 1914, d: 06 Dec 1980 + unknown woman
+ Louise Thompson
.................................12
Esther Eblin
400
+ Ruth
Kathryn Eccard b: 07 Apr 1918 in Circleville, Ohio; Pleasant Street, m: 14 Oct
1941 in Circleville, Ohio, d: 24 Aug 2001
.................................12
Leonard LeRoy Eblin b: 27 Mar 1944
+ Virginia Mae Owens b: 22 Nov 1944,
m: Abt. 1963
....................................13 Tonja
Renee Eblin b: 22 Sep 1964 in Columbus, Ohio, USA, d: 04 Jul 2005
....................................13 Aaron Travis
Eblin b: 23 Aug 1965
+ Reyna Gutierrez m: 09 Feb 2003 in
Clark County, Nevada
.......................................14
Aarika Eblin
.......................................14
Aaron Eblin
.......................................14
Child-3 Eblin
+ Deborah
K Cook b: Abt. 1953 in Montgomery, Ohio, USA, m: 06 Oct 1979 in Montgomery,
Ohio, USA; divorced 21 Aug 1981
+ Connie
S Litsey b: 11 Jun 1948 in Southern part of Ohio, m: 11 Dec 1987 in Montgomery
County, Ohio, USA
.................................12
Karen Sue Eblin b: 20 Feb 1951 in Circleville, Ohio; Berger Hospital
+ David Eugene
Reichelderfer
+ Ronald
Lee Gaines b: 28 Oct 1938 in Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA, d: 17 May 1997
in Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA
....................................13 Julie
Nicole Gaines b: 22 Jan 1972
+ Ronald Schwind
+ Roy Gillespie
....................................13 Ronna Sue Gaines
b: 27 May 1973 + Steven Thomas
.......................................14 Kylan
Gaines b: 28 Jan 1992
.......................................14
Elijah Redmond b: 03 Jan 2001
....................................13 Leslie Lee Gaines
b: 25 Jun 1974 + Brian Maynard
.......................................14 Ashley
Wittenmeier b: 20 Oct 1992
.......................................14
Grace Maynard b: 02 Sep 2002
.......................................14
Hunter Maynard b: 11 Apr 2008
....................................13 Brian Michael
Gaines b: 21 Sep 1975 + Rheanna ?
.......................................14 Colin Michael
Gaines b: 27 Feb 2002 + Michele Pettigrew
.......................................14
Cameron Michael Gaines b: 06 Jun 2013
.......................................14 Benjamin
Tucker Gaines b: 25 Apr 2014
+ Rodric
"Ric" Greider b: 15 Aug 1949, m: 24 Jun 1988 in Franklin Coiunty,
Ohio, USA
..............................11
Esther Mae Eblin b: 17 Apr 1917, d: 02 May 2001
+
John
Edward Greene b: 22 Feb 1914 in Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA, m: 26 Aug
1934 in Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA, d: 05 Oct 1994 in Circleville,
Pickaway, Ohio, USA
.................................12
John Edward Greene b: 31 Aug 1935 in Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio
+ Carol
Anna Summers b: 16 Dec 1936 in Mt. Carmel Hospital Columbus, Franklin County,
Ohio, m: 22 Aug 1953 in Albany, Indiana
....................................13 William Allen
Greene b: 25 Jul 1954 in Mt. Carmel Hospital Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio
+ Cathy
Barnette b: 06 Jul 1956 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA, m: 04 Nov 1978
.......................................14 Cara Nicole
Lusk Greene b: 30 Apr 1977 in Cincinnati, Ohio + Justin Jay Webber b: 19 Jul
1974, m: 04 Jul 1998
401
..........................................15
Tyler Lee Webber b: 23 Jun 2005
.......................................14 Justin Michael
Greene b: 07 Jan 1981 in Cincinnati, Ohio + Christina "Tina" Treft
....................................13
Michael Todd Greene b: 22 Aug 1955 in Mt. Carmel Hospital Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, d: 04 Mar 1956 in Columbus, Ohio; buried in GreenLawn Cemetery,
Columbus, OH
....................................13 Larry Edward
Greene b: 08 May 1957 in Mt. Carmel Hospital Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio,
d: 10 Jun 1957 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio
....................................13 James Charles
Greene b: 14 Nov 1959 in Mt. Carmel Hospital Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio
+ Arlinda Del Craig b: 06 Nov 1960, m:
19 May 1979 in Columbus, Ohio
.......................................14 Kyleigh
Atwood b: Bef. 1981
.......................................14
Emma Davis b: Bef. 1981
.......................................14 Matthew James
Greene b: 06 Feb 1982 in Columbus, Ohio + Tawsha Louise Roberts
..........................................15
Kyleigh Louise Greene b: 13 Jan 2004
..........................................15
Emma Lynne Greene b: 07 Nov 2006
..........................................15
Mathew David James Greene b: 17 Mar 2011
.......................................14
Suzanne Nicole Greene b: 26 Feb 1985 in Columbus, Ohio
....................................13 Deanna Mae Greene
b: 17 Nov 1963 in Mt. Carmel Hospital Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio
+ Johnny Jerald Hammel b: 29 Sep 1961,
m: 30 Jul 1983 in Johnstown, Ohio
.......................................14 Amy Kay Hammel
b: 23 Jul 1988 in Westerville, Oh + Cory Matthew Smith b: 20 Jan 1989
.......................................14 Mark David
Hammel b: 29 Dec 1991 in Westerville, Oh + Emily Michelle Vica b: 10 Jun 1992
..........................................15
Layla Mae Hammel b: 26 Sep 2014
..........................................15
Landon David Hammel
....................................13
David Allen Greene b: 30 Oct 1964 in Mt. Carmel Hospital Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, d: 23 Aug 1984 in New Albany, Ohio; buried in Maplewood Cemetery,
New Albany, Ohio
.................................12
Richard Allen Greene b: 01 Jul 1938
+ Mary
George Lloyd b: 07 May 1938 in Norma, Scott, Tennessee, USA, d: 02 Sep 2012
....................................13 John
Leroy Greene b: 07 Jan 1961
+ Catherine Ann Schultz b: 17 May 1960
.......................................14
Alison Rose Greene b: 30 Aug 1986
.......................................14
Senneth Cheyenne Greene b: 23 Jan 1990
....................................13 Richard Allen
Greene b: 11 Dec 1962 + Amee L. Rush b: 1969, m: 31 Aug 1990
.......................................14 Shawntae Amanda
Greene b: 12 Feb 1991 + Mason Truman
..........................................15
Scotland Truman b: Abt. 2012
.......................................14
Brittany Lynn Greene b: 15 Aug 1993
+ Alison Lynn Brower b: 15 Mar 1976, m:
Nov 1999
.......................................14
Carson Olivia Greene b: 29 Jan 2004
..............................11 Roy Edward Eblin b: 13
May 1919 in Circleville, OH, d: 26 Jun 1981 in Columbus, Ohio; Forest Cemetery,
Circleville, Ohio, USA
+ Dorothy June Carr
+ Becky unknown
.................................12
Terry L Eblin b: 31 Jul 1958
402
+ Dortha
Ellen Moore b: 21 Jul 1901 in Tarlton, Pickaway, Ohio, m: 1920, d: 01 Oct 1997
in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio
..............................11 June Lucille Harrington
b: 01 Jun 1920 in Circleville, Ohio, d: 28 Apr 2003 in Henderson, Clark County,
Nevada
+ Robert
Paul Franklin b: 27 May 1921 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States, m: 08
Aug 1942 in Dublin Community Church, Dublin, Franklin County, 2003Ohio;
Methodist Church, d: 22 Nov 1997 in Coshocton, Ohio, USA
.................................12
Robert Paul (Jr.) Franklin b: 09 Aug 1943 in Burger Hospital, Circleville, Ohio
+ Thelma Jean Hillmer b: 14 Feb 1944, m: 23 Jan 1965 in Columbus, Ohio
....................................13
Scott Alan Franklin b: 26 Aug 1965 + Kelly Hollshew m: 01 Nov 1998
.......................................14
Amanda Nicole Franklin b: 26 Apr 1999
....................................13 Julie
Marie Franklin b: 10 Nov 1967
+ David Patrick Moraine b: 05 May
1965, m: 08 Dec 1987 in Columbus, Ohio
.......................................14
Benjamin Paul Moraine b: 21 May 1988
+ Courtney J Church b: Abt. 1989, m:
10 Oct 2008 in Wichita, Texas, USA
..........................................15
Savannah Kay Moraine b: 21 Oct 2009
..........................................15
Tanner Stone Moraine b: 02 Jan 2014
.......................................14 Corey
Scott Moraine b: 02 May 1991
.......................................14
Megan Melissa Moraine b: 02 Mar 1999
.......................................14
Bailey Marie Moraine b: 26 Apr 2001
+ Martin Luther (Jr.)
Walters b: 14 Jun 1920 in Circleville, Ohio, m: 16 Dec 1979 in KennewickBenton
County, Washington; Certificate of Marriage No. 14964, d: 11 May 1992 in Las
Vegas, Desert Springs Hospital
+ Vivian
(Lil) Radford b: 15 Jan 1900 in Athens Township, Athens, Ohio, m: 14 Jul 1923
in Franklin County, Ohio
+ Audra
Lavada Young b: 24 Jan 1907 in Lewisville, Ohio, m: 24 Feb 1931 in Circleville,
Ohio, d: 08 Apr 1990 in Columbus, Ohio; buried in Forest Cemetery, Circleville,
Ohio
..............................11
Richard Edward Harrington b: 23 Dec 1931 in Columbus, Ohio
+ Lois
Anne Wolfe b: 03 Oct 1931 in Circleville, Ohio, m: 23 Sep 1952 in Circleville,
Ohio
.................................12
Daniel Edward Harrington b: 15 Jan 1955
+ Sharon Louise Desjardins b: 15 Nov
1953, m: 1982
.................................12
Gregory Philip Harrington b: 26 Jun 1957 in Circleville, Ohio
+ Sandra
Cornelia Redd b: 03 May 1952 in Fort Polk, Louisiana, m: 25 Sep 1982 in
Williamsburg, VA
....................................13
Matthew Sterling Harrington b: 27 Apr 1983 in Newport News, VA
+ Branwen
Inanna Hardebeck-Durso b: 11 Mar, m: 18 Oct 2008 in Las Vegas, NV
.......................................14
Juniper Sarah Harrington b: 06 May 2013
.......................................14
Griffin Harrington b: Abt. 15 Sep 2016 in Oregon, USA
+ Leah
Mancuso b: 06 Dec 1962, m: 03 Jul 2010 in Double Tree Hotel, Boston,
Massachusetts
.................................12
Pamela Anne Harrington b: 20 Jun 1958 in Pensacola, FL
+ John
Edward Schwartz b: 06 Jan 1959 in Cottage Hospital, Hamtramck, MI, m: 08 Aug
1981 in Ann Arbor, MI
....................................13 Richard James
Schwartz b: 14 Jun 1987 in William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oaks, Michigan
+ Alaine
Michelle Reichle b: 10 Mar 1988, m: 13 Aug 2010 in Peace Lutheran Church
Saginaw, MI
403
+ Lyndsey
Nicole Garlich b: 06 Sep 1990, m: 19 Mar 2014 in Chicago, Cook Co., IL
....................................13 Jacquelyn “Jacqui”
Michelle Schwartz b: 19 Aug 1993 in William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oaks,
Michigan
.................................12
Margaret Elaine Harrington b: 09 May 1960 in Pensacola, FL
+ Michael
Clark Poole b: 06 Jun 1958 in St. Lukes Hospital, Denver, Colorado, m: 24 May
1980
....................................13 Eryn Leigh Poole
b: 25 May 1982 in Mary Immaculate Hospital in Newport News, VA
+ David
Michael Pluim b: 21 Dec 1981 in Grants Pass, Oregon, USA, m: 11 May 2002 in
Union Baptist Church in Bena, VA
.......................................14
Tyler Styron Pluim b: 30 Sep 1998 in Henrico County Hospital, VA
.......................................14
Tobin Kendall Pluim b: 11 Dec 2012 in St Mary's Hosp in Richmond, VA
.......................................14
Sophia Marie Joy Pluim b: 26 Aug 2015
....................................13 Morgan Kendall
Poole b: 20 May 1985 in Mary Immaculate Hospital in Newport News, VA
+ Michael Gatzke m: Never Married
.......................................14 Elliott Dmitri
Poole b: 07 Sep 2004 in Born @ 2:30 p.m. at Henrico Doctors Hospital in
Richmond, VA
.......................................14 Tobin Kendall
Poole b: 11 Dec 2012 in St. Mary's Hospital in Richmond, Virginia
+ Joshua
Max Boguch b: 12 Mar 1985, m: 26 May 2013 in Shenandoah National Park (along
the Skyline Drive)
.......................................14
Malcolm Ari Boguch-Poole b: 06 Jul 2015
....................................13 Emily Yan Li Poole
b: 20 Sep 1998 in Hauzhou City, Guag Dong Provence, China; Adoption agency
(Welfare Institute) was Hua Zhou
.................................12
Neil William Harrington b: 17 Jun 1963
+ Donna Louise Morgan
b: 26 Oct 1960, m: 12 Sep 1998
+ Jana Marlene Fenneken
b: 19 Aug 1971, m: 07 Sep 2014 in Top Sail, N.C.
+ Margaret
Jadwiga Stasikowska b: 31 Mar 1948 in Ruda Slaska, Poland, m: 31 May 1991 in
Alexandria, VA
.................................12
Kyle Ira Stasikowski Harrington b: 28 Jan 1986 in Alexandria, VA + Yunah Lee b:
Abt. 1982 in Soul, Korea
..............................11
William Young Harrington b: 10 Mar 1933, d: 23 Feb 1986 in Mt Carmel Medical
Center, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio; buried in Harrison Township Cemetery,
about a mile south of South Bloomfield, Pickaway County, Ohio.
+ Betty
Joan Griffith b: 03 Oct 1932, m: Apr 1951, d: 12 Jan 1962 in Berger Hospital,
Circleville, Ohio; buried in Forest Cemetery, Circleville, Ohio
.................................12
Candice Kay Harrington b: 30 Dec 1951 in Circleville, Ohio
+ Gediliah
Alexander (Jr.) Dresbach b: 12 Apr 1951 in Pickaway County, m: 07 Aug 1971 in
Circleville
....................................13
Todd Robert Featheringham b: 28 Feb 1971 in Circleville, Ohio + Tracy Asher b:
25 May 1976 in Lancaster, OH
.......................................14
Morgan Elizabeth Featheringham b: 16 Aug 1995
+ Elizabeth
Ann Hackler b: 17 Apr 1979 in Lancaster, OH, m: Feb 1997 in Baltimore, OH
.......................................14
Kyle Raymond Featheringham b: 07 Oct 1997
.......................................14
Kassidy Arden Featheringham b: 10 Nov 1999
....................................13
Christopher Michael Dresbach b: 20 Jun 1972
....................................13
Gediliah Alexander "Andy" (III) Dresbach b: 23 May 1975
....................................13
Elizabeth Ann Dresbach b: 09 Oct 1976
404
.......................................14 Laura Elizabeth
Dresbach b: 23 Feb 1994 + Jerry Clark
..........................................15
Adeline Joy Clark b: 03 Feb 2016
+ Jerry
Elwood Tipton b: 14 Mar 1976, m: 04 May 2000 in city building by the mayor of
Circleville, Ohio, USA
.......................................14
Laura Elizabeth Dresbach b: 23 Feb 1994 + Jerry Clark
..........................................15
Adeline Joy Clark b: 03 Feb 2016
.......................................14 Dylan Isiah
Tipton b: 25 Jul 1997 + Taylor Certain b: Dec 1997
..........................................15
Isabell Ann Tipton b: 26 Nov 2014
.......................................14 Leah
Jane Tipton b: 06 May 2001
+ Thomas R Karshner b:
Abt. 1948, m: 04 Jul 1980 in Pickaway County, Ohio
+
Lester
(Les) Ray Miller b: 20 Dec 1942 in Fairfield County, Ohio, m: Sep 1996 ;
remarried at the Pickaway Co. OH Municipal Court by Judge John Adkins, d: 15
Jan 1998 in Lancaster, Fairfield, Ohio
+ Phillis Ann Logan b:
09 Apr 1944, m: 11 Mar 1963
.................................12
Angela "Angie" Lynn Harrington b: 09 Nov 1963 in Ohio, USA + James
Keith (Jr.) Beglin b: 11 Aug 1962, m: 30 Jun 1983
....................................13
Raeanne Lynea Beglin b: 21 Jan 1985
+ Jewel Songo b: 07 Jun 1983, m: 09
Apr 2011
....................................13 Jacob Keith Beglin
b: 25 Jul 1986 + Ginny Kesselring b: 20 Sep 1987
.......................................14
Jacob Carter Beglin b: 09 Aug 2010
.......................................14
Ella Marie Beglin b: 08 Jul 2012
....................................13 Martha
Bethany Beglin b: 09 Oct 1990
+ Jeff Brown b: 18 Mar 1989, m: 05 Jan
2009
.......................................14
Zachary Logan Brown b: 18 Nov 2009
.......................................14
Kree Elizabeth Brown b: 18 Sep 2013
....................................13
Rachael Elizabeth Beglin b: 04 Feb 1993
+ Allen (engaged) Rae Demint II b: 23
Jun 1992
.......................................14
Harley Rae Lynn Demint b: 18 Jun 2013
....................................13 Samual
Robert Beglin b: 29 Aug 1995
....................................13 Sarah
Kathryn Beglin b: 04 Jan 1998
....................................13
Timothy William Beglin b: 23 Dec 1999
....................................13 Emma
Joy Beglin b: 29 Oct 2001 in Columbus, Ohio
.................................12
William Young (Jr.) Harrington b: 03 Nov 1965 in Pickaway County, Ohio
+ Elizabeth
Helen Greenlee b: 03 May 1970 in Circleville, Ohio, Pickaway County, m: 16 Jun
1990
....................................13 Kayla
Beth Harrington b: 26 Dec 1990
....................................13
Rebecca "Becca" Anne Harrington b: 12 Aug 1992
+ Andrew
Randal Karst b: 21 Dec 1989 in Doctor's North hospital in Columbus, Ohio, m: 12
Jul 2012
.......................................14 Adia Elizabeth
Karst b: 26 Mar 2012 in Dublin Methodist hospital in Dublin, Ohio
.......................................14 Gavin Andrew
Karst b: 28 Sep 2014 in Dublin Methodist hospital in Dublin, Ohio
+ Stephanie
Paige Pack b: 06 Jul 1967 in Circleville, Ohio, m: 20 May 2000 in Pickaway Co.,
Ohio
....................................13 Jarred
William Harrington b: 28 Sep 2001 in Circleville, Ohio
405
+
Charles
Richard Hutchinson b: 11 Sep 1933 in Circleville, OH, m: 13 Feb 1954 in
Richmond, Indiana, d: 30 May 2013 in Pickaway County, Ohio; Burial in
Hitler-Ludwig Cemetery
.................................12
Charles Richard Hutchinson b: 03 Sep 1954 in Pickaway County, Ohio + Barbara
Jean Beaver b: 02 Jun 1956, m: 25 Mar 1978 in Toledo, Ohio
....................................13 Lindsey Audrea
Hutchinson b: 21 Jan 1981 + Douglas Scott Yors b: 16 Oct 1974
.......................................14
Estella Audrea Yors b: 12 Jan 2013
.......................................14 Eli
Jackson Yors b: 27 Feb 2014
....................................13 Andrea (Ande)
Michelle Hutchinson b: 27 Aug 1982 + Philip Steven (Steve) Cranfill b: 19 May
1980
.......................................14
Philip Andrew (Drew) Cranfill b: 22 Sep 2002
.......................................14 Zoe
Audrea Cranfill b: 31 Aug 2003
.......................................14
Addyson Mae (Addy) Cranfill b: 23 Apr 2010
.................................12
Cheryl Ann Hutchinson b: 27 Sep 1955 in Pickaway County, Ohio
.................................12 Craig Patrick
Hutchinson b: 26 Apr 1957 in Pickaway County, Ohio + Kimberly "Kim"
Martin b: 28 Sep 1962, m: Abt. 1987
....................................13 Marylynn Christine
Hutchinson b: 18 Apr 1987 + Christopher Metcalf b: 31 Dec 1980
.......................................14
Gracelynn Metcalf b: 23 Jul 2011
.......................................14 Ellie Metcalf
b: 07 Dec 2012 + Frank Mann b: Unknown
.......................................14
Jacob Mann b: 11 Mar 2016
....................................13 Tabatha Ann
Hutchinson b: 22 Oct 1988 + [unknown spouse]
.......................................14
Carson Lloyd Freasure b: 21 Sep 2008
.......................................14
Lillie Ann Fields b: 20 Oct 2012
.......................................14
Cloe Mayfield b: 13 May 2016
+
Harry
Reynolds b: 05 Jul 1909 in Kentucky, USA, m: 15 Nov 1974 in Pickaway County,
Ohio, USA; divorced about 1980, d: 12 Apr 1993 in Urbana, Champaign, Ohio, USA
...........................10 Roy William Harrington b:
14 Aug 1902 in Pickaway County, Ohio, d: 02 Jul 1975 in Selby General Hospital,
Marietta, Washington, Ohio
+ Martha
Kathryn Payne b: 11 Feb 1906 in Ross County, Ohio, USA, m: 31 May 1924 in
Pickaway County, Ohio, d: 01 Jul 1993 in Circleville, Ohio
..............................11 Norma Jean Thompson b:
23 Jun 1930 in Pickaway County, Ohio, d: 22 Feb 1994 in Mt Carmel Medical
Center, Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio
+ Richard
Gale Binkley b: 15 Sep 1924, m: Abt. 1947, d: 19 Mar 2012 in Florence, South
Carolina, USA
.................................12
Patrick Eugene Binkley b: 25 Jul 1948 + Maylin Minton
....................................13 Derek
Binkley b: 11 Mar 1976
.................................12 Christa Ann Binkley
b: 20 Jun 1952 + Howard Lee McKenzie
....................................13
Kristen Lee-ann McKenzie b: 23 Jun 1984
.................................12
Matthew Scott Binkley b: 12 Jul 1957
...........................10 Easter Marie Harrington b:
31 Mar 1904, d: 25 Jul 1932 in Ohio; buried at Hitler-Ludwig Cemetery beside
her husband, Ward Thompson
+ Ward
Emitt Thompson b: 04 Apr 1897 in Hocking County, Ohio, m: 28 Oct 1920 in
Pickaway County, Ohio, d: 06 Jan 1977 in Lancaster-Fairfield Hospital Med,
Ohio, USA; buried at Hitler- Ludwig Cemetery beside Easter
406
+ Millie
Faye Carren b: 14 Jul 1921, m: 29 Dec 1941, d: 20 Oct 1999 in Corpus Christi,
Nueces, Texas, USA
..............................11 Robert Eugene Thompson
b: 25 May 1924 in Pickaway Co., Ohio, d: 13 Dec 1987 in at home in Baltimore,
Fairfield Co., Ohio
+ Catherine
Almeda Clark b: 05 Jan 1926 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA, m: 16 Dec 1943
in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
.................................12
Catherine Marie Thompson b: 02 Dec 1944 in Chicago, Illinois
+ Clara
Marie Nisley b: 24 May 1931 in Fairfield County, Ohio, m: Abt. 1956, d: 26 Feb
1984 in Baltimore, Fairfield Co., Ohio
.................................12
Debra Thompson b: Abt. 1951 + (Unknown) Howell
.................................12 Ward Keith (Scooter)
Thompson b: 14 Aug 1956 in Lancaster, Fairfield Co., OH, d: 01 Nov 2011 in Kobacker
House (hospice), Columbus, Ohio
.................................12
Kenny L Thompson b: Abt. 1958, d: 01 Jan 2014
.................................12 Kimberly Michelle
Thompson b: Dec 1958 in Lancaster, Fairfield, Ohio, USA, d: 09 Feb 1959
.................................12
Robert E. Thompson
.................................12 Richard E. Thompson +
Evelyn ? m: 1985
..............................11
Russell Emmitt Thompson b: 30 Dec 1925, d: 18 Jun 1997
..............................11 Norma Jean Thompson b:
23 Jun 1930 in Pickaway County, Ohio, d: 22 Feb 1994 in Mt Carmel Medical
Center, Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio
+ Richard
Gale Binkley b: 15 Sep 1924, m: Abt. 1947, d: 19 Mar 2012 in Florence, South
Carolina, USA
.................................12
Patrick Eugene Binkley b: 25 Jul 1948 + Maylin Minton
....................................13 Derek
Binkley b: 11 Mar 1976
.................................12 Christa Ann Binkley
b: 20 Jun 1952 + Howard Lee McKenzie
....................................13
Kristen Lee-ann McKenzie b: 23 Jun 1984
.................................12
Matthew Scott Binkley b: 12 Jul 1957
..............................11 James Richard Thompson b:
19 Mar 1932 in Groveport, Franklin County, Ohio, d: 12 May 2006 in Logan,
Hocking, Ohio, USA; at home
+ Mary "Mae" Krannitz b:
Abt. 1936, m: 01 Jan 1978 in Hocking County, Ohio, USA
.................................12
Ralph Thompson
.................................12
Charles Thompson + Jackie unknown
.................................12
Steve Cox
+ Kim unknown
.................................12 Patricia Thompson +
unknown Pearson
.................................12
Lillian Thompson + Doug Hummel
.................................12 Kelly Thompson +
Kevin Galligan
.................................12
Diana Thompson + unknown Bowen
...........................10 Lewis Josiah Harrington b: 21
Mar 1906 in Circleville, Ohio, d: 12 Oct 1969 in Columbus, Ohio
407
+
..............................11
Wanda Lou Harrington b: 15 Jan 1929, d: 27 Apr 1929
..............................11 Ruby Elizabeth
Harrington b: 16 Feb 1930, d: 18 Mar 1930 in Buried in Hitler Cemetery
..............................11 Donna Lee Harrington b:
09 Oct 1931 in 501 E. Franklin St. Circleville, Ohio, d: 19 Dec 2012 in Arbors
of Delaware Nursing and Rehab, Delaware, OH
+ Paul
Eugene Hunt b: 04 Oct 1932 in Circleville, Ohio (home birth on Rt. 188), m:
Abt. 1952, d: 26 Aug 2011 in St. Anns Hospital in Westerville, Ohio
.................................12 Mary Lynn Hunt b: 08
Jan 1953 in Columbus, Oh, d: 13 Nov 2007 in Ohio, USA; Residence: Ashtabula,
Ohio, USA - cremation
+ Ronald
Dauer b: 12 Aug 1950 in Columbus, Ohio, m: 12 Feb 1972 in Franklin County,
Ohio, USA
....................................13 Sandra
Dannette Dauer b: 20 Jan 1973
+ Michael K Brehm m: 04 Jul 1994 in
Fairfield Co., Ohio, USA
....................................13 Patricia Dawn
Dauer b: 21 Jun 1974 + Robert E Sisler b: Abt. 1972
.......................................14
Victoria Sisler b: Abt. 1998
....................................13 Jaysun
David Dauer b: 07 Feb 1977
.................................12 Cynthia Kay Hunt b:
10 Aug 1954, d: 13 Jun 2000 in Mt Carmel Medical Center, Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio; died of cancer
+ Ernest
Alfred Villiers b: 1953, m: 24 Dec 1973 in Franklin County, Ohio, USA; burial
Franklin Hills Memory Gardens, Canal Winchester, Franklin County, Ohio, USA, d:
23 Jan 2007 in Canal Winchester, Fairfield, Ohio, USA
....................................13 Ernest
Alfred Villiers III b: 07 Feb 1974
....................................13 James Henry
Villiers b: 10 Nov 1983
.................................12
Vicky Sue Hunt b: 30 Sep 1955
+ Michael
L. Miller b: 08 Sep 1956, m: 02 Nov 1974 in Franklin County, Ohio, USA
....................................13 Daniel
Forrest Miller b: 10 Oct 1975
....................................13 Amy
Elizabeth Miller b: 07 Jul 1978
.................................12
Paul Dennis Hunt b: 14 Nov 1956
+ Jennie L Climer b: Abt.
1961, m: 12 Dec 1983 in Fairfield County, Ohio, USA + Sandra J Cline b: Abt.
1965, m: 05 Jul 1984 in Franklin County, Ohio, USA
....................................13 One
child Hunt b: Abt. 1985
.................................12
Thelma DeAnn Hunt b: 29 Sep 1958
+ John
Danford II King b: 17 Oct 1955, m: 02 Dec 1976 in Franklin County, Ohio, USA;
Certificate Number: 89730; Volume Number: 8826
....................................13
April Dawn King b: 14 Apr 1978, d: 10 May 2009 + [unknown spouse]
.......................................14
Erin Elizabeth King b: 10 May 2009, d: 10 May 2009
....................................13
John Danford III King b: 30 Jun 1980 + Elizabeth Marie Reil b: 01 Nov 1982
.......................................14
Cheyenne Grace King b: 10 Mar 2010
.......................................14
Willow Dawn King b: 18 Nov 2011
....................................13 Paul Ellsworth
King b: 01 Mar 1982 + Courtney McDowell
.......................................14
Zoey Lee King b: 08 Mar 2004
.......................................14
Payton Evelyn King b: 11 Mar 2009
.......................................14
Paul lEllsworth III King b: 21 Oct 2013
....................................13 Amanda
Lynne King b: 01 Aug 1983
+ Jason Merrill Chapman b: 17 Aug 1982
408
.......................................14 Austin Eugene
Chapman b: 25 Mar 2010 + Douglas Wayne Moore
..............................11 Jack Lewis
Harrington b: 21 Aug 1933 in Circleville, Ohio, d: 30 Mar 2014 in Died in Texas
at the home of his son, Michael Harrington. He is buried in Franklin Hills
Memory Gardens in Canal Winchester, Ohio.; Jack died about 4:30 a.m. from lung
cancer
+ Phyllis Joann Boring b: Columbus,
Ohio, m: Abt. 1957
.................................12 Gregory
Lewis Harrington-Myers b: 17 Feb 1957
+ Margaret Ann Littell b: 15 Jun 1942 in Lewisville ,
Ohio, Monroe County, m: 09 Jun 1962 in Columbus, Franklin Co., OH
.................................12 Pamela Kay Harrington
b: 28 Nov 1962 in Columbus, Franklin Co., OH + Robert J Salata b: Abt. 1956, m:
29 Jul 1983 in Tarrant, Texas, USA
....................................13 Amelia Claire
Salata b: 13 Sep 1990 + James Casteel
.................................12 Michael
Ray Harrington b: 29 Oct 1964 in Columbus, Franklin Co., OH
+ Joy
Elaine Engles b: 16 Oct 1965 in Ardmore, Oklahoma, m: 01 Jul 2006 in Tarrant,
Texas, USA
.................................12 Tamra
Lynn Harrington b: 04 Aug 1966
+ Jack D. Roley b: Abt. 1956, m: 20
Jun 1985 in Denton, Texas, USA
....................................13
Charley Davidson Roley b: 31 Dec 1985
....................................13 Doney
Jack Roley b: 21 Aug 1987
+ Ron Eugene Birchell b: 31 Dec 1953 in Yolo, Yolo,
California, USA, m: 01 Sep 2000 in Long Beach, Washington
+ Kathleen Charolette Lytle b: 29 Dec 1931 in Somerville,
PA, m: Aft. 1966, d: Aug 2000 in cancer
.................................12 Diane
Darlene McMannes b: 30 May 1953
.................................12 Cynthia
Lorine Kovalcheck b: 12 Feb 1955
.................................12 Mark
Randall Onesko b: 10 Jun 1956
.................................12 Lawrence
Lee Onasko b: 19 Nov 1958
.................................12 David
Kenneth Onesko b: 18 Jan 1959
.................................12 George
Robert Onasko b: 11 Jul 1962
.................................12 Kerry
Carl Onesko b: 13 Oct 1964
.................................12 Stephen
Jeffery Onesko b: 29 Jun 1967
.................................12 Gary
Brian Onesko b: 14 Jan 1969
+ Nora Huffman m: Abt.
1945
+ Marcella Effig m:
Aft. 1946
...........................10
Marvin Fredrick Harrington b: 17 May 1909 in Pickaway County, Ohio, d: 26 Sep
1975 in Circleville, Ohio; Buried 30 September at Spring Bank Cemetary, Ross
Co. Ohio on Rt. 104
+ unknown
+ Florence
Moore b: 27 Dec 1902 in Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia, m: 09 Jul 1930
; Divorced 28 May 1941
+ (unknown)
+ Stella
Marie Lambert b: 15 Jan 1900 in Vermont, USA, m: 03 May 1946, d: 27 Apr 1962 in
Berger Hospital, Circleville, Ohio, USA
+ Martha
Kathryn Payne b: 11 Feb 1906 in Ross County, Ohio, USA, m: 14 Sep 1963, d: 01
Jul 1993 in Circleville, Ohio
........................9
Ellen Pence b: Abt. 1873 in Ohio
........................9 George Henry Pence
b: 04 Apr 1876 in Benton Twp., Hocking County, Ohio, d: 25 Jun 1953 in
Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio; buried at Commercial Point, Pickaway Co., Ohio
+ Anna May Williamson
...........................10 George E. Pence
b: 25 Apr 1902
409
...........................10 Ethel L. Pence
b: 1908
...........................10 Jerome W. Pence
b: 1910
...........................10 Mina Pence b:
Abt. 1914
...........................10 Alonzo Earl
Pence b: 21 Mar 1916, d: 16 Feb 1985
+
Mary Jane Carrick
+ Mary
Elizabeth Lynn b: 27 Oct 1878, m: 08 Apr 1920 in Pickaway County, Ohio, USA; by
Rev. O. Royer
...........................10 Warren L. Pence
b: Abt. 1922
........................9
Elias Foster Pence b: 23 Nov 1879 in Benton Twp., Hocking County, Ohio
........................9
Bertha F. Pence b: 11 Dec 1882 in Benton Twp., Hocking County, Ohio + William
Wilkerson b: 01 Jan 1876 in Vinton Co.,, m: 12 Aug 1901
........................9 James Elmer Blain Pence b: 12
Apr 1885 in Benton Twp., Hocking County, Ohio, d: 26 May 1889
........................9 Charles Arthur Pence b: 24 Mar
1888 in Benton Twp., Hocking Co., Ohio, d: 17 Apr 1970 in Valperaiso, Indiana
+ Bessie
May Jones b: 30 Aug 1890, m: 30 Aug 1909, d: 14 Jun 1982 in Valparaiso, Porter
Co., Indiana
...........................10 Harold E. Pence
b: 1911, d: 1990
...........................10 Gerald E. Pence b: 22 Feb
1913 in Indiana; Charles Arthur Pence, d: Mar 1982 in Michigan City, La Porte,
Indiana
...........................10
Iretta Jane Pence b: Abt. Jul 1919, d: 06 Jan 1963 + Donald Fitch
........................9 Goldie Grace Pence b: 29 Aug
1892 in Hocking County, Ohio, USA, d: buried in Greenlawn Cemetery,
Chillicothe, Ohio, USA
+ Emmett Edward Dewey
b: 01 Jun 1891, m: 08 Sep 1914, d: 19 Oct 1954
+ Fay Green b: 06 Nov
1884, m: 16 Jun 1917
+ Charles
William Delong b: 07 Apr 1886 in Athens County, Ohio, m: 09 Jul 1921 in
Pickaway County, Ohio, USA
...........................10 Bernice I.
Delong b: 1909
...........................10 Wayne Delong b:
Abt. 1913
...........................10 Donald Delong
b: Abt. 1916
...........................10 Harold Delong
b: Abt. 1921
...........................10 Betty Delong b:
Abt. 1924
...........................10 Margorie Delong
b: Abt. 1929
...........................10 Jack Delong b:
Abt. 1929
.....................8
Harriet Pence b: Abt. 1850
.....................8
Peter Pence b: Abt. 1854
..................7 (George) Washington Pence b: 20 Jul
1818 in Ohio, d: 24 Apr 1915 in Cook County, Illinois, USA
+ Leah Teets b: Abt. 1820, m: 07 Sep
1845 in Hocking County, Ohio
..................7 Elizabeth "Betsy" Pence b:
21 Apr 1819, d: 04 Mar 1897 in Benton, Hocking County, Ohio, USA
..................7 Martha Pence b: 1824 in Ohio; Hocking
County, Ohio, USA, d: Benton, Hocking County, Ohio, USA
+ Alvah Starkey m: 14 Jan 1841 in
Hocking County, Ohio
.....................8 John D. Starkey b: 07 Jun 1846 in
Hocking County, Ohio, USA, d: 24 Jun 1897 in Hocking County, Ohio, USA
+ Elizabeth
(Eliza) Jane Harper b: 06 Oct 1853 in Hocking County, Ohio, USA, m: 10 Oct 1875
in Hocking County, Ohio, USA, d: 09 May 1932 in Hocking County, Ohio, USA
+ Amelia
Jenkins b: 1783 in Shenandoah, Virginia, USA, m: 09 Nov 1811 in Champaign, Ohio,
d: 28 Feb 1859 in Johnson, Champaign, Ohio, USA
410
...............6 David Pence b: 1779 in Shenandoah,
Virginia, USA, d: 23 Sep 1863 in Concord, Champaign, Ohio
...............6 Jacob Pence b: 1782 in
Shenandoah, Virginia, USA, d: 03 Aug 1854 in Champaign, Ohio
+ Margaret
(Peggy) Venis b: 1765, m: 09 Sep 1819 in Champaign County, Ohio, USA, d: 1835
in Mad River, Champaign, Ohio
+ Margaret (Peggy)
(Wolfe) Venis b: 1764
............5 Daniel Pence b: 1756
............5 Lewis Pence b: 1758
............5 Lewis Pence b: Abt. 1758, d:
Abt. 1839
+ Barbara Kibler m: 29 Apr 1782 in
Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States of America
............5 Daniel Pence b: Abt. 1758, d:
Abt. 1839 in Champaign County, Ohio, USA
+ Catherine Prince m: 10 Apr 1789 in
Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States of America
............5 Emanuel Pence b: 1762
............5 Emanuel Pence b: Abt. 1762, d:
1811 in Lincoln County, Ky
............5 Barbara Pence b: 1770
............5 Jacob Pence b: Abt. 1771, d: 09
Oct 1850 in Champaign County, Ohio, USA
............5 Jacob Pence b: 1772
............5 Mary Pence
............5 Susannah Pence
............5 Barbara Pence
+ Jacob Harshbarger m: 28 Mar 1786 in
Shenandoah County
............5 Susannah Pence Pence
............5 Elizabeth Pence
............5 Eve Pence
+ John Kibler m: 30 May
1793 in Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States of America
+ John Kibler m: 30 May
1793 in Shenandoah County
.........4 ? Bentz b:
1729
.........4 Valentine
Bentz b: 18 Jan 1731 in Iggelheim, Bayern, Germany
.........4 Maria Anna
Bentz b: 1733
.........4 Johann Adam Bentz b: 04 May 1735 in Iggelheim,
Bayern, Germany, d: 12 Sep 1814 in Kentucky, United States
.........4 Sarah
Bentz b: 1737
.........4 Johann Heinrich Bentz b: 30 Oct 1739 in Iggleheim,
Bayeim, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, d: 01 Mar 1824 in Mad River, Champaign, Ohio,
United States
+ Mary
Magdaline Blimly b: 1749 in Iggelheim, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany, d: 20 Sep 1829
in Mad River, Champaign, Ohio, United States
............5 John (Judge) Bentz b: 15 Jan
1775 in Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States of America,
d: 20 Sep 1841 in
Oquawkwa, Henderson, Illinois, United States
+ Elizabeth
Steinbarger b: 1783 in Shenandoah, Virginia, United States, d: 1826 in Bartholomew
County, Indiana
...............6 George Bentz b: 29 Mar 1804 in
Shenandoah, Virginia, United States, d: 29 Mar 1879 in Warren, Warren, Indiana,
United States
+ Mary
Swisher b: 07 Oct 1806 in Ohio, USA, d: 18 May 1851 in Warren County, Indiana,
USA
..................7 Curtis Monroe Bentz b: 23 Sep 1828 in
Bartholomew, Indiana, United States, d: 15 Mar 1913 in Indiana, USA
+ Susan
C Etenire b: 26 Feb 1835 in Indiana, USA, d: 01 Jun 1896 in Jordan, Warren,
Indiana, USA
.....................8
Allen Monroe Bentz b: 10 Mar 1861 in Warren County, Indiana, USA, d: 23 Feb
1933 in Frederick, Brown, South Dakota, USA
411
+
........................9 Robert Monroe Bentz b: 22 Dec
1909 in Frederick, Brown, South Dakota, USA, d: 22 Oct 1970 in Frederick,
Brown, South Dakota, USA
+ Clarice
Ethelyn Stanley b: 03 Aug 1910 in Hecla, Brown, South Dakota, USA, d: 27 Oct
1989 in Aberdeen, Brown, South Dakota, USA
...........................10
Richard Allen Bentz b: 17 Oct 1932 in Brown Co, SD, d: 22 Nov 2009 in Fairfax,
Fairfax City, Virginia; buried Wayside Cemetery, Brown County, South Dakota,
USA
+ Ellyn Hutto
..............................11 Todd Bentz
..............................11 Robert Bentz
..............................11 Laura Bentz + ? Larson
.........4 Peter Bentz b: 1742 in Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania,
United States, d: 25 Apr 1812 in Wayne Twp, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United
States
.........4 Maria
Juliana Bentz b: 1751
Descendants of Hans
Martin Bentz
Generation 1
1. HANS MARTIN1 BENTZ was
born on 27 Sep 1631. He died on 21 Aug 1726. He married Helene Margarethe
Kern, daughter of Martin Kerns and Anna Margaretha Keller, on 12 Nov 1667. She
was born on 21 Aug 1644. She died on 14 Jan 1688.
Hans
Martin Bentz and Helene Margarethe Kern had the following child:
2.
i.
JOHANNES2 BENTZ was born in 1675 in Ingelheim,
Mainz-Bingen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.
He died on 04 Jun 1746 in Ottmarsheim, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg,
Germany. He married Susannah ? in 1696 in Iggelheim, Ludwigshafen,
Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. She was born in 1677. She died on 10 Apr 1748 in
Ottmarsheim, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.
Generation 2
2. JOHANNES2 BENTZ (Hans
Martin1) was born in 1675 in
Ingelheim, Mainz-Bingen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. He died on 04 Jun
1746 in Ottmarsheim, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. He married
Susannah ? in 1696 in Iggelheim, Ludwigshafen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. She
was born in 1677. She died on 10 Apr 1748 in Ottmarsheim, Ludwigsburg,
Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.
Notes
for Johannes Bentz:
Baptised
16 May 1697 Evangelisch, Iggelheim, Pfalz, Bavaria.
Johannes
Bentz and Susannah ? had the following child:
3.
i.
JOHANN GEORG3 BENTZ was born on 16 May
1697 in Iggleheim, Bayern, Germany. He died on 29 Oct 1778 in Shenandoah,
Virginia, USA. He married Anna Barbara Bullinger, daughter of Jacob Bullinger
and Anna Katherina Weber, on 29 Aug 1719 in Iggleheim, Bayern, Ludwigshafen,
Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. She was born on 27 Apr 1698 in Iggelheim, Bayern,
Germany. She died on 29 Aug 1742 in Shenandoah, Virginia, USA.
Generation 3
3. JOHANN GEORG3 BENTZ (Johannes2,
Hans Martin1) was born on 16 May
1697 in Iggleheim, Bayern, Germany. He died on 29 Oct 1778 in
Shenandoah, Virginia, USA. He married Anna Barbara Bullinger, daughter of Jacob
Bullinger and Anna Katherina Weber, on 29 Aug 1719 in Iggleheim, Bayern,
Ludwigshafen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. She was born on 27 Apr 1698 in
Iggelheim, Bayern, Germany. She died on 29 Aug 1742 in Shenandoah, Virginia,
USA.
Johann
Georg Bentz and Anna Barbara Bullinger had the following children:
i.
MARIA THERESIA4 BENTZ was
born in 1719 in Iggelheim, Bayern, Germany. She died on 06 Dec 1783 in
Kippenheimweiler, Ortenaukreis, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.
ii.
JOHANNES LEWIS BENTZ was
born on 03 Jun 1720 in Iggelheim, Bayern, Germany. He died on 25 May 1779 in
Shenandoah, Virginia, United States.
iii. JOHANN BENTZ was
born on 14 Sep 1722 in Unterboihingen, Esslingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.
He died on 10 Nov 1773 in Kernei, Bacs-Kiskun, Hungary.
iv. JOHANN VALENTINE BENTZ was
born on 10 Jan 1723 in Iggelheim, Bayern, Germany. He died on 21 Jun 1728 in
Iggelheim, Bayern, Germany.
v. JOHANN LUDWIG (LEWIS) BENTZ was
born on 31 Dec 1724 in Iggelheim, Bayern, Germany. He died on 25 May 1779 in Mad
River, Champaign, Ohio, United States.
4.
vi. JACOB JOHANN LUDWIG PENCE was
born on 14 Dec 1727 in Iggelheim, Pfalz, Bayern,
Germany. He died on 29 Oct 1778 in Shenadoah, Virginia. He married Christina
Barbara Willrett in 1756 in Virginia, USA. She was born in 1730 in Germany. She
died on 14 Mar 1797 in Shenandoah, Virginia, USA.
vii.
?
BENTZ was born in 1729.
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viii.
VALENTINE BENTZ was born on 18 Jan
1731 in Iggelheim, Bayern, Germany.
ix.
MARIA ANNA BENTZ was born in 1733.
x.
JOHANN ADAM BENTZ was
born on 04 May 1735 in Iggelheim, Bayern, Germany. He died on 12 Sep 1814 in
Kentucky, United States.
xi.
SARAH BENTZ was born in 1737.
5.
xii. JOHANN HEINRICH BENTZ was
born on 30 Oct 1739 in Iggleheim, Bayeim, Rheinland-Pfalz,
Germany. He died on 01 Mar 1824 in Mad River, Champaign, Ohio, United States.
He married MARY MAGDALINE BLIMLY. She
was born in 1749 in Iggelheim, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany. She died on 20 Sep 1829
in Mad River, Champaign, Ohio, United States.
xiii. PETER BENTZ was
born in 1742 in Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. He died on
25 Apr 1812 in Wayne Twp, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States.
xiv.
MARIA JULIANA BENTZ was born in 1751.
Generation 4
4. JACOB JOHANN LUDWIG4 PENCE (Johann
Georg3 Bentz,
Johannes2 Bentz,
Hans Martin1 Bentz)
was born on 14 Dec 1727 in Iggelheim, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany. He died on
29 Oct 1778 in Shenadoah, Virginia. He married Christina Barbara Willrett in
1756 in Virginia, USA. She was born in 1730 in Germany. She died on 14 Mar 1797
in Shenandoah, Virginia, USA.
Notes
for Jacob Johann Ludwig Pence:
Jacob came with his
father and at least three brothers on the ship Phoenix which arrived in
Philadelphia 15 Sep 1749; he received a grant from Lord Fairfax for 262 acres
on 20 Aug 1766 on the Hawksbill Creek in what was then Frederick Co VA (later
Shenandoah Co and now Page Co); the land adjoined that of his brothers Lewis
and Henry; all three joined each other at a point near the Little Hawksbill
Creek about one mile east of the present village of Marksville
Following is from the
research of Richard Pence (deceased)
http://www.pipeline.com/~richardpence/gensum2.htm#jacob4
JACOB
PENCE was baptized 14 Dec 1727 in the Reformed Church at Iggelheim, Pfalz,
Bayern (Germany), the son of Johann Georg Bentz and Anna Barbara Bullinger;
died before 29 Oct 1778 in Shenandoah Co VA, when his wife (Barbara) and oldest
son and heir (Frederick) were named administrators of his estate; married
Barbara _____ (who later married Henry Harshbarger 20 Dec 1785; she left a will
[written 4 Jan 1794, filed 14 Mar 1797] in Shenandoah Co, describing herself as
widow, first, of Jacob Pence and then Henry Harshbarger); Jacob came with his
father and at least three brothers on the ship Phoenix which arrived in
Philadelphia 15 Sep 1749; he received a grant from Lord Fairfax for 262 acres
on 20 Aug 1766 on the Hawksbill Creek in what was then Frederick Co VA (later
Shenandoah Co and now Page Co); the land adjoined that of his brothers Lewis
and Henry; all three joined each other at a point near the Little Hawksbill
Creek about one mile east of the present village of Marksville (see MAP).
Children, from Barbara's will:
41 (GEORGE) FREDERICK PENCE
was no doubt the George Frederic Bens, son of Jacob and Barbara Bens, who was
born 20 Nov 1752 and was baptized 25 Dec 1752 at the First Reformed Church in
Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; died 1835 in Mad River Twp,
Champaign County, Ohio; married (1) Mary _____ probably about 1778 in
Shenandoah County, Virginia, (2)
Margaret
(Peggy) Venis 9 Sep 1819 (surname unknown, the widow of Henry Venis) in
Champaign County; Frederick Pence is called the oldest son and heir of Jacob
Pence in Shenandoah County deeds; he was a gunsmith and wagonmaker; moved
before 1819 to Champaign County; served in Captain Michael Reader's company in
Shenandoah County (then called Dunmore County) during the Revolutionary War.
42 LEWIS
PENCE was born about 1758 probably in Frederick County (later Shenandoah County
and now Page County), Virginia; died in 1834 in Champaign County, Ohio, buried
in Nettle Creek Cemetery, Mad River Twp, Champaign County; married Barbara
Kibler 29 Apr 1782 in Shenandoah County (she died in 1824 in Champaign County,
buried in Nettle Creek; published marriage bonds and the index to the bonds in
the court house in Shenandoah County are in error
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that
her name was Kiblinger). This Lewis is generally believed to be the son of
Lewis Pence (No. 5). However, Lewis is named in the will of Barbara, widow of
Jacob, and Frederick, called oldest son and heir of Jacob, divided Jacob's land
grant exactly in two and deeded half of it to this Lewis in 1795. Lewis and
Barbara conveyed part of it to Emanuel (No. 44), another son of Jacob, in 1800.
The possibility exists that Lewis Sr. also had a son named Lewis, but if so the
records concerning him are indistinguishable from the records of this Lewis.
Perhaps both Lewis, the son of Jacob, Lewis, the son of Lewis, had wives named
Barbara; however, it is this Lewis who appears to have gone to Champaign County
in 1820 where he purchased land from his first cousin, John Pence (a grandson
of Lewis called John Pence the cousin of Lewis; a Champaign history mistakenly
calls them brothers).
43
DANIEL PENCE was born about 1756 probably in Frederick County, Virginia, and
died probably in 1839 in Champaign County, Ohio, as David Berry was made
administrator of his estate on 30 Sep 1839; married (1) Catherine Prince 10 Apr
1789 in Shenandoah County, Virginia (she was the daughter of Philip and
Elizabeth Prince, apparently she died before 1830), (2) Mary (Polly) Beckum 4
Mar 1830 in Champaign County (she was the widow of Henry Beckum [this name is
also given as Bacon Bacomb and Bacome], an early Champaign County attorney);
they signed an agreement of separation - Mar 1836, with Elisha Harbour as
trustee: "[W]hereas differences have arisen between the said Daniel and
his wife, Mary, in consequence of which they have agreed to live separate and
apart from each other"; under the agreement, she retained her dower rights
to the estate of Henry Beckum and, in return for payment of cash and grain,
agreed to give up any dower claim to Daniel's estate; this agreement was filed
21 Sep 1839, probably shortly after Daniel's death; Daniel's first deed record
in Shenandoah County was on 17 Aug 1790, when he purchased 200 acres on the
Hawksbill Creek "standing at the foot of a mountain in a line of the land
which belonged to Jacob Pence deceased" from Joseph Vincent; he apparently
was living with his mother and siblings in 1783 and 1885; he is listed as the
head of the household in Shenandoah County in 1783, but on the 1785 tax list
his mother, Barbara, is listed as the family head; Daniel and his wife,
Catherine, "of Shenandoah County," sold the land he purchased from
Vincent to Joseph Roads on 14 Sep 1805 and his name does not again appear in
the deed books of Shenandoah County; he next appears on 31 May 1811 when he
bought land in Sec. 35 of Mad River Twp, Champaign County at the Cincinnati
land office; Daniel does not appear in the 1810 census of Shenandoah County or
on the 1810 tax list of Champaign County, but the 1820 census of Champaign
County has two listings for this name, the older one is likely this Daniel and
the younger one is no doubt the son of Frederick Pence, Daniel's older
brother); in the 1830 census they are listed as Daniel Sr. and Daniel Jr., with
Daniel Sr. being the uncle of Daniel Jr., not his father. In 1820, this Daniel
was over 46, his wife over 46 and there were two sons age 10-15 (probably
Daniel and Joseph). In 1830, "Daniel Sr." was age 60-70, in the
household were 1 male 10-15, 2 females 10-15, 2 females 20-30 and 1 40-50. It
appears that his wife had died by this time and perhaps his daughter Susannah
(age 40-50) and her five children were living with him. A Champaign County deed
indicates a Daniel Pence of Greene County, Ohio, bought land in Greene County
from Martin Strickler of Rockingham County, Virginia, on 7 Jun 1813 (Greene was
the predicessor county of Champaign).
44 EMANUEL PENCE was
born about 1762 probably in Frederick County (later Shenandoah County and now
Page County), Virginia; died before 1820 in Lincoln County, Kentucky; married
Catherine _____ about 1784 probably in Shenandoah County, Virginia; he bought
half of his father's original land grant from his brother Lewis on 9 Jun 1800;
on 7 Sep 1801 he sold land to Adam Kibler (likely his brother-in-law) and to
Jacob Pence (probably his brother) and his name does not appear on the
Shenandoah County records after that date. E. Pence bought 250 acres of land on
Logan's Creek in Lincoln County from Jacob Swope in early 1802. It also appears
there was another Pence family in Lincoln County by the mid-1790s, as two Pence
marriages are on record then (these may have been in a part of Lincoln County
that later became a part of another county). Emanuel, older than age 45, is the
head of a household in Lincoln County in 1810; Catherine appears as the head of
the household in 1820 and 1830.
45
JACOB PENCE was born about 1772, probably in Shenandoah County, Viriginia; died
9 Oct 1850 "in his 79th year" in Champaign County, Ohio, buried in
Spring Grove Cemetery, Johnson Twp, Champaign County; said to have been born in
Rockingham County, Virginia, in a Champaign County history, but he married
(Maria) Eve Prince 29 Dec 1798 in Shenandoah County, Virginia (she died in 1821
and was first buried on their farm and the body was removed to Spring Grove
415
Cemetery by her son
Barney; the daughter of Godlove Prince and Magdeline Crum); he may have been
the Jacob, "cooper," in Shenandoah County in 1810 next to Frederick
(41) and Jacob, "blacksmith"; probably went to Champaign County in
1819, lived in Johnson Twp.
46
BARBARA PENCE was born about 1770 in Virginia; married _____ Rinker (according
to printed version of her mother's will; however, Kibler descendants believe
this Barbara was the one who married Adam Kibler (but see No. 5Y); the original
of will is difficult to read, but name could be Kibler); Adam Kibler was born
about 1764 in Virginia, died 1815 Shenandoah County, the son of Henry Kibler;
his widow Barbara (Pence) lived with her son Theobald after his death and was
with Theobald in Trumbell County, Ohio, in 1830; in 1840 she was enumerated
with her daughter Susannah in Rush County, Indiana, where Theobald was also
living; she no doubt left with Theobald when he moved to Illinois in 1846 for
she died in Jasper County, Illinois, at age of 83 in 1853 and is buried in the
Kibler Cemetery near Rose Hill, Jasper County.
47 MARY PENCE was born
in Frederick County (later Shenandoah County and now Page County), Virginia;
married Jacob Harshbarger 28 Mar 1786 in Shenandoah County (they were described
as daughter of Barbara and son of Barbara in the mariage record, indicating
Jacob was her stepbrother).
48
SUSANNAH PENCE married _____ Nale (Null, Nail), perhaps William, who witnessed
several Pence deeds, or Mathias, who was surety on the bond for the marriage of
Mary Pence, above, to Jacob Harshbarger).
49 ELIZABETH PENCE
was born in Shenandoah County, Virginia; married John Fries Jr. 5 May 1793 in
Shenandoah County; to Champaign County, Ohio.
4A EVE PENCE married
John Kibler 30 May 1793 in Shenandoah County, Virginia (printed marriage bonds
show Eve Harshbarger; however, the bond says Eve, the daughter of Barbara
Harshbarger, and by this time Jacob's widow had married Henry Harshbarger and
had been widowed again).
Jacob Johann Ludwig
Pence and Christina Barbara Willrett had the following children:
6.
i.
GEORGE FREDERIC (BENS)5 PENCE was born on 20 Nov
1752 in Lancaster,
Lancaster,
Pennsylvania. He died in 1835 in Mad River Township, Champaign, Ohio. He
married (1) MARY ALICE WALKOWICZ, daughter of John
Walkowicz and Ruth Canfield, in 1778 in Shenandoah, Virginia, USA. She was born
about 1759. She died in 1818 in Mad River,. He married (2) MARGARET (PEGGY) VENIS on 09 Sep 1819 in
Champaign County, Ohio, USA. She was born in 1765. She died in 1835 in Mad
River, Champaign, Ohio. He married (3) MARGARET (PEGGY) (WOLFE) VENIS. She was born in 1764.
ii.
DANIEL PENCE was born in 1756.
iii.
LEWIS PENCE was born in 1758.
iv.
LEWIS PENCE was
born about 1758. He died about 1839. He married Barbara Kibler on 29 Apr 1782
in Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States of America.
v. DANIEL PENCE was
born about 1758. He died about 1839 in Champaign County, Ohio, USA. He married
Catherine Prince, daughter of Philip Prince and Elizabeth ?, on 10 Apr 1789 in
Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States of America.
vi.
EMANUEL PENCE was born in 1762.
vii.
EMANUEL PENCE was born about 1762.
He died in 1811 in Lincoln County, Ky.
viii.
BARBARA PENCE was born in 1770.
ix.
JACOB PENCE was
born about 1771. He died on 09 Oct 1850 in Champaign County, Ohio, USA.
x.
JACOB PENCE was born in 1772.
xi.
MARY PENCE.
xii.
SUSANNAH PENCE.
xiii.
BARBARA PENCE.
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xiv.
SUSANNAH PENCE PENCE.
xv.
ELIZABETH PENCE.
xvi.
EVE PENCE.
She married (1) JOHN KIBLER on
30 May 1793 in Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States of America. She
married (2) JOHN KIBLER on
30 May 1793 in Shenandoah County.
5.
JOHANN HEINRICH4 BENTZ (Johann Georg3, Johannes2, Hans Martin1) was born on 30 Oct
1739 in Iggleheim, Bayeim, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. He died on 01 Mar
1824 in Mad River, Champaign, Ohio, United States. He married MARY MAGDALINE BLIMLY. She was born in 1749
in Iggelheim, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany. She died on 20 Sep 1829 in Mad River,
Champaign, Ohio, United States.
Johann
Heinrich Bentz and Mary Magdaline Blimly had the following child:
7.
i.
JOHN (JUDGE)5 BENTZ was born on 15 Jan
1775 in Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States of America. He died on 20 Sep
1841 in Oquawkwa, Henderson, Illinois, United States. He married ELIZABETH STEINBARGER. She was born in 1783
in Shenandoah, Virginia, United States. She died in 1826 in Bartholomew County,
Indiana.
Generation 5
6. GEORGE FREDERIC (BENS)5 PENCE (Jacob
Johann Ludwig4, Johann Georg3 Bentz,
Johannes2 Bentz,
Hans Martin1 Bentz) was born on 20
Nov 1752 in Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He died in 1835 in Mad River
Township, Champaign, Ohio. He married (1) MARY ALICE WALKOWICZ,
daughter of John Walkowicz and Ruth Canfield, in 1778 in Shenandoah, Virginia,
USA. She was born about 1759. She died in 1818 in Mad River,. He married (2) MARGARET (PEGGY) VENIS on
09 Sep 1819 in Champaign County, Ohio, USA. She was born in 1765. She died in
1835 in Mad River, Champaign, Ohio. He married (3) MARGARET (PEGGY) (WOLFE) VENIS. She
was born in 1764.
Notes
for George Frederic (Bens) Pence:
(GEORGE) FREDERICK PENCE was born 20 Nov 1752 and baptized
25 Dec 1752 (as George Frederic Bens, son of Jacob and Barbara Bens) at the
First Reformed Church at Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; died in
1835 in Mad River Twp, Champaign County, Ohio; married (1) Mary [-?-] probably
about 1776 in Shenandoah County, Virginia, (2) Margaret (Peggy) (Wolfe) Venis 9
Sep 1819 in Champaign County (she was born about 1764 in Washington County,
Maryland, the daughter of John Wolfe; her first marriage was to Johann Heinrich
Finis [Henry Venis], a former Hessian soldier; they were from
Augusta-Rockingham County, Virgnia); Frederick is called "oldest son and
heir" of Jacob in Shenandoah County deeds; gunsmith and wagonmaker; moved
before 1819 to Champaign County; served in Captain Michael Reader's company in
Shenandoah County (then called Dunmore County) during the Revolutionary
War.Children (only two of the four living daughters mentioned, but unnamed, in
his will can be identified):
George
Frederic (Bens) Pence and Mary Alice Walkowicz had the following children:
8.
i. JOHN6 PENCE was born on 05 Jun
1770. He died in Sep 1840.
9.
ii. GEORGE FREDERICK PENCE was
born in 1775 in Shenandoah, Virginia. He died in 1840
in Johnson, Champaign, Ohio, USA. He married (1) MARY HARP on 01
Jun 1804 in Fairfield County, Ohio, USA. She was born in 1785 in Virginia. She
died in Jun 1840 in Hocking County, Ohio, USA. He married (2) AMELIA JENKINS on
09 Nov 1811 in Champaign, Ohio. She was born in 1783 in Shenandoah, Virginia,
USA. She died on 28 Feb 1859 in Johnson, Champaign, Ohio, USA.
iii. ELIZABETH PENCE was
born on 06 Feb 1777 in Shenandoah, Virginia, USA. She died on 25 Feb 1861 in
Mad River, Champaign, Ohio.
iv. DAVID PENCE was
born in 1779 in Shenandoah, Virginia, USA. He died on 23 Sep 1863 in Concord,
Champaign, Ohio.
v. JACOB PENCE was
born in 1782 in Shenandoah, Virginia, USA. He died on 03 Aug 1854 in Champaign,
Ohio.
7.
JOHN (JUDGE)5 BENTZ (Johann Heinrich4, Johann Georg3, Johannes2, Hans Martin1) was born on
15 Jan 1775 in Shenandoah
County, Virginia, United States of America. He died on 20 Sep 1841
417
in Oquawkwa, Henderson,
Illinois, United States. He married ELIZABETH STEINBARGER.
She was born in 1783 in Shenandoah, Virginia, United States. She died in 1826
in Bartholomew County, Indiana.
John (Judge) Bentz and Elizabeth
Steinbarger had the following child:
10.
i.
GEORGE6 BENTZ was born on 29 Mar
1804 in Shenandoah, Virginia, United States. He died on 29 Mar 1879 in Warren, Warren,
Indiana, United States. He married MARY SWISHER. She was born on 07 Oct 1806 in Ohio, USA.
She died on 18 May 1851 in Warren County, Indiana, USA.
Generation 6
8.
JOHN6 PENCE (George
Frederic (Bens)5, Jacob Johann Ludwig4,
Johann Georg3 Bentz,
Johannes2 Bentz,
Hans Martin1 Bentz) was born on
05 Jun 1770. He died in Sep 1840.
Notes
for John Pence:
John
Pence was from Virginia and located in Hocking County, Ohio as early as 1798
John
Pence had the following children:
11.
i.
PETER7 PENCE was born on 15 Jul
1817 in Logan, Hocking, Ohio, United States. He died on 18 Dec 1898 in Bluffton, Wells,
Indiana, United States. He married SARAH J. SLOAN. She was born on 04 Jul 1818 in County
Armagh, Ireland. She died on 19 Apr 1891 in Bluffton, Wells, Indiana, United
States.
ii.
MARY PENCE. She married WALTER ELDRIDGE.
iii.
HANNAH PENCE.
iv.
ELIZA PENCE.
v.
REBECA PENCE.
vi.
JANE PENCE.
vii.
WILLIAM PENCE.
viii.
SARAH PENCE.
ix.
JOHN PENCE.
x.
GASHUM PENCE.
9. GEORGE FREDERICK6 PENCE (George
Frederic (Bens)5, Jacob Johann Ludwig4,
Johann Georg3 Bentz,
Johannes2 Bentz, Hans Martin1
Bentz) was born in 1775 in Shenandoah, Virginia. He died in 1840 in Johnson,
Champaign, Ohio, USA. He married (1) MARY HARP on
01 Jun 1804 in Fairfield County, Ohio, USA. She was born in 1785 in Virginia.
She died in Jun 1840 in Hocking County, Ohio, USA. He married (2) AMELIA JENKINS on
09 Nov 1811 in Champaign, Ohio. She was born in 1783 in Shenandoah, Virginia,
USA. She died on 28 Feb 1859 in Johnson, Champaign, Ohio, USA.
Notes
for George Frederick Pence:
FREDERICK PENCE, possible brother to John,
was in what is now Hocking County, Ohio, in 1800 according to a county history.
He perhaps is the Frederick Pence who married Mary Harp (or Hart) 1 Jun 1804 in
Fairfield County, Ohio. John and Frederick Pence paid taxes in Berne Twp,
Fairfield Co in 1806, and a Jacob Pence was a taxpayer in Greenfield Twp,
Fairfield County in 1806.
Hocking County was
formed in 1818, partly from Fairfield County. Copied and edited, with
permission, from the website of Richard Allen Pence (Richard A. Pence died
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009). As of March 2016, Richard A. Pence's website
was still available at: http://www.pipeline.com/~richardpence/index.htm#gen.
George
Frederick Pence and Mary Harp had the following children:
i.
MARTIN7 PENCE was
born in 1806 in Ohio. He died in 1876 in Montcalm, Michigan, USA. He married
Rosina (Sina) Little on 28 Feb 1837 in Hocking County, Ohio. She was born in
1819 in Ohio.
Notes for Martin
Pence:
Martin
Pence was born in 1806 in Ohio, married Rosina (Sina) Little 28 Feb 1837 in
Hocking County, Ohio (she was born in 1819 in Ohio.) Martin was in Hocking
County in 1840 with 1 male under 5 years of age. Richard A. Pence (a Pence
researcher) reported finding a record in Hocking County dated 24 Apr 1851:
"At my instance, an attachment was this day issued by Samuel Sultz, a
justice of the peace of Washington Twsp., Hocking County, Ohio, against the
property and effects of Martin Pence, an absconding debtor. Dated this 12th day
of April A.D. 1851. Thomas Lytle." In 1850 Martin and his family were
already in Jefferson Twp, Wells County, Indiana, and they were also there in
1860, but enumerated under the name Pentz. They were in Bushnell Twp, Montcalm
County, Michigan, in 1960. [Note: The above information was copied and edited,
with permission, from the website of Richard Allen Pence (Richard A. Pence died
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009). As of January 2011, Richard A. Pence's website
was still available at: http://www.pipeline.com/~richardpence/index.htm#gen.
The above data have not been confirmed by R.E. Harrington.]
From the U.S. General
Land Office Records, 1796-1907 - Certificate # 1397
The United States of America
To all to whom these presents shall come,
Greetings:
Whereas, Martin Pence of Hocking County, Ohio
has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States, a certificate of
the Register of the Land Office at Chillicothe whereby it appears that full
payment has been made by the said Martin Pence according to the provisions of
the act of Congress of the 24th of April 1820 entitled “An act making further
provision for the sale of the Public Lands,” for the Westhalf of the Northwest
quarter of Section Twenty one in Township 13 of Range Seventeen in the District
L subject to Sale at Chillicothe, Ohio, containing eighty one acres and eighty
three hundredths of an acre according to the official plat of the survey of the
said lands, returned to the General Land Office of the Surveyor General, which
said tract has been purchased by the said Martin Pence.
Now
Know Ye, that the United States of America, in consideration of the premises,
and in conformity with the several acts of Congress in such case made and
provided, have given and granted, and by these presents, do give and grant,
unto the said Martin Pence and to his heirs the said tract above described: to
Have and to Hold the same, together with all the rights, privileges, immunities
and appurtenances, of whatsoever nature thereunto belonging, unto the said
Martin Pence and to his heirs and assigns forever.
In testimony whereof, I, Andrew Jackson,
President of the United States of America, have caused these Letters to be made
Patent, and the seal of the General Land Office to be hereunto Given under my
hand, at the City of Washington, the Fourth day of January in the year of our
Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty one [4 January 1831] and of
the Independence of the United States the fifty fifth.
By the President,
A.
(can’t
read)
E.H., Commissioner of the General Land
Office
From the Ohio,
Homestead and Cash Entry Patents, Pre-1908
Name: Martin Pence
Land Office:
Chillicothe
Document Number: 5645
Total Acres: 82.79
Signature: Yes
Canceled Document: No
Issue Date: 5 Aug
1837
419
Metes and Bounds: No
Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566
Multiple Warantee Names: No
Act or Treaty: 24 Apr 1820
Multiple Patentee Names: No
Entry Classification: Sale-Cash
Entries
Land Description: 1 WSW OHIO RIVER
SURVEY No 13 N 17 W 18
From the 1840 United
States Federal Census
Name: Martin Pence
Home in 1840 (City, County, State):
Washington, Hocking, Ohio
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru
39: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru
29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru
59: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 3
Total All Persons - Free White, Free
Colored, Slaves: 3
From the Michigan, Deaths and Burials
Index, 1867-1995
Name: Martin Pence
Birth Date: abt 1812
Birth Place: Ohio
Death Date: 22 Oct 1875
Death Place: Bushnell, Montcalm,
Michigan
Death Age: 63
Occupation: Farmer
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Male
FHL Film Number: 1295523
12.
ii. JOHN PENCE was
born in 1809 in Ohio. He married (1) MARY P. HART on 25
Jun
1839
in Fairfield County, Ohio. She was born about 1821 in Indiana.
iii. GEORGE PENCE was
born about 1810 in Ohio. He died between 1846-1850 in Hocking County, Ohio,
USA. He married Mary Jane Morgan about 1833. She was born about 1810 in Ohio.
Notes
for George Pence:
GEORGE
PENCE was born about 1810 in Logan, Hocking County, Ohio (per death certificate
of a daughter, but Hocking County was not formed until 1818). George married
Mary Jane Morgan about 1833 (she was born about 1810 in Ohio, died in Scotland
County, Missouri, the daughter of John Morgan and Rebecca Torence[?]); George
was not with his family in the 1840 or 1850 censuses, but a child was born in
1845. Mary Jane was the head of household in the 1840 and 1850 censuses of
Hocking County. Mary Jane moved to Scotland County Missouri, with her children
in 1856. [Note: The above information was copied and edited, with permission,
from the website of Richard Allen Pence (Richard A. Pence died Wednesday,
November 25th, 2009). As of January 2011, Richard A. Pence's website was still
available at: http://www.pipeline.com/~richardpence/index.htm#gen. The above
data has not been confirmed by R.E. Harrington.]
From the U.S. and
International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Name: George Pence
Gender:Male
Birth
Place: OH
Spouse Name: Mary Jane Morgan Spouse
420
Birth Place: |
OH |
|
Spouse Birth Year: |
1810 |
|
Number Pages: 1 |
|
13.
iv. PETER PENCE was
born about 1816 in Ohio. He died on 18 Apr 1912 in Circleville, Ohio,
Pickaway County. He married Sarah Ann Hart on 12 Nov 1835. She was born about
1818 in New York, USA.
v. (GEORGE) WASHINGTON PENCE was
born on 20 Jul 1818 in Ohio. He died on 24 Apr 1915 in Cook County, Illinois, USA.
He married Leah Teets on 07 Sep 1845 in Hocking County, Ohio. She was born
about 1820.
Notes
for (George) Washington Pence:
(GEORGE)
WASHINGTON PENCE was born in 1820 in Ohio; married Leah Teets 7 Sep 1845 in Hocking
County, Ohio (she was born in 1820 in Ohio); they were in Benton Twp, Hocking
County, in 1870. [Copied, with permission, from the website of Richard Allen
Pence (Richard A. Pence died Wednesday, November 25th, 2009)
http://www.pipeline.com/~richardpence/index.htm#gen]
vi. ELIZABETH
"BETSY" PENCE was
born on 21 Apr 1819. She died on 04 Mar 1897 in Benton, Hocking County, Ohio,
USA.
14.
vii. MARTHA PENCE was
born in 1824 in Ohio (Hocking County, Ohio, USA). She died in Benton,
Hocking County, Ohio, USA. She married Alvah Starkey, son of George Starkey and
Barbara Bowers, on 14 Jan 1841 in Hocking County, Ohio.
10.
GEORGE6 BENTZ (John
(Judge)5, Johann Heinrich4,
Johann Georg3, Johannes2,
Hans Martin1) was born on
29 Mar 1804 in Shenandoah, Virginia, United States. He died on 29 Mar 1879 in
Warren, Warren, Indiana, United States. He married MARY SWISHER. She
was born on 07 Oct 1806 in Ohio, USA. She died on 18 May 1851 in Warren County,
Indiana, USA.
George
Bentz and Mary Swisher had the following child:
15.
i.
CURTIS MONROE7 BENTZ was born on 23 Sep
1828 in Bartholomew, Indiana, United States. He died on 15 Mar 1913 in Indiana,
USA. He married SUSAN C ETENIRE. She was born on 26
Feb 1835 in Indiana, USA. She died on 01 Jun 1896 in Jordan, Warren, Indiana,
USA.
Generation 7
11. PETER7 PENCE (John6,
George Frederic (Bens)5, Jacob Johann Ludwig4,
Johann Georg3 Bentz,
Johannes2 Bentz, Hans Martin1
Bentz) was born on 15 Jul 1817 in Logan, Hocking, Ohio, United States. He died
on 18 Dec 1898 in Bluffton, Wells, Indiana, United States. He married SARAH J. SLOAN. She
was born on 04 Jul 1818 in County Armagh, Ireland. She died on 19 Apr 1891 in
Bluffton, Wells, Indiana, United States.
Peter
Pence and Sarah J. Sloan had the following children:
i.
GEORGE O.8 PENCE was born on 05 Feb
1851.
ii.
SARAH J. PENCE was born in 1856.
She died on 08 Oct 1870.
iii.
LUCINDA PENCE.
iv.
JOHN H. PENCE.
v.
ASCHER PENCE.
vi.
ELLEN PENCE.
vii.
PHOEBE PENCE.
viii.
GASHUM PENCE.
ix.
PETER PENCE.
x.
MARY E. PENCE.
12. JOHN7 PENCE (George
Frederick6, George Frederic
(Bens)5, Jacob Johann Ludwig4,
Johann Georg3
Bentz, Johannes2 Bentz, Hans Martin1
Bentz) was born in 1809 in Ohio. He married (1)
421
MARY P. HART on 25 Jun 1839 in
Fairfield County, Ohio. She was born about 1821 in Indiana.
Notes for John Pence:
JOHN
PENCE was born in 1809 in Ohio; married Mary Hart 25 Jun 1839 in Fairfield
County, Ohio (she was born in 1821 in Ohio); they were in Benton Twp, Hocking
County, Ohio, and in Salt Creek Twp, Hocking County, in 1860, 1870 and 1880
(grandchild Della Cowden, age 3, and John W.
Bates, born 1879,
with them). [Copied, with permission, from the website of Richard Allen Pence
(Richard A. Pence died Wednesday, November 25th, 2009)
http://www.pipeline.com/~richardpence/index.htm#gen]
From
the 1850 U.S. Federal Census for Saltcreek Township, Hocking
County, Ohio; enumerated 25 September 1850 by J. W. Lyons [all born in Ohio]
John Pence, head, age
41, farmer, place of birth not known Mary Pence, wife, age 29, born in Indiana
Ira
Pence |
, male, age 10,
born in Ohio |
Mary M. Pence,
female, age 8, born in Ohio |
|
Jesse Pence, male,
age 5, born in Ohio |
Caroline Pence, female, age 3-months, born in
Ohio
From
the 1860 U.S. Federal Census for Saltcreek Township, Hocking
County, Ohio; enumerated 19 June 1860 by C. Eby [all born in Ohio]
John Pence, head, age
50 Mary Pence, wife, age 48 Margaret Pence, female, age 18 Jesse Pence, male,
age 15 Lidia Pence, female, age 8 Marvilla Pence, female, age 2
Jesse Hart, male, age 46, laborer
Note: Enumerated next
door to John Pence is his son, Ira Pence:
From the 1860
U.S. Federal Census for Saltcreek Township, Hocking County, Ohio; enumerated 19
June 1860 by C. Eby [all born in Ohio]
Ira
Pence, head, age 21 Ellen J. Pence, wife, age 22 Mary Pence, female, age 3
Rachel Pence, female, age 1
From
the 1870 U.S. Federal Census for Saltcreek Township, Hocking
County, Ohio; enumerated 6 August 1870 by J.H. McMauston [all born in Ohio]
John Pence, head, age 65, farmer; value of
real estate = $800; value of personal estate =
$200
Mary Pence, wife, age 40, keeping house Mary
Pence, female, age 12, helps mother John Pence, male, age 11, works on farm
Lewis Hart, male, age 5
Marion Hart, male, age 16, works on farm
John Pence in the
Selected U.S. Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880
Name:
John Pence |
|
|
Location: |
Benton, Hocking, Ohio, USA |
|
Enumeration Date: |
8 Jul 1870 |
|
Schedule Type:
Agriculture |
||
Line Number: |
14 |
|
Acres of land,
Improved: 25
Acres of land,
Wood-land: 115
Acres of land, Other:
0
Present Cash Value,
of farm: $1500
422
Present Cash Value,
of farm implements & machinery: $75
Total amt. wages paid
during year including board: 0
Horses: 2
Mules and Asses: 0
Milch cows: 1
Working Oxen: 0
Other Cattle: 0
Sheep: 2
Swine: 4
Value of ALL
livestock: $315
Wheat - Spring: 0
Wheat - Winter: 15
Rye: 0
Indian Corn: 100
Oats: 0
Barley: 0
Buckwheat: 0
John Pence had the
following child:
i.
MARY MARGARET8 PENCE was
born in Aug 1842 in Ohio. She died on 29 Jun 1936 in Fulton, Georgia, United
States. She married James William Ramey on 01 Mar 1866 in Hocking County, Ohio.
He was born in Hocking County, Ohio.
Notes
for Mary Margaret Pence:
MARY MARGARET PENCE
was born in 1842 in Ohio; married James W. Ramey 1 Mar 1866 in Hocking County,
Ohio. [Copied, with permission, from the website of Richard Allen Pence
(Richard A. Pence died Wednesday, November 25th, 2009)
http://www.pipeline.com/~richardpence/index.htm#gen]
[Note:
The above information was copied and edited, with permission, from the website
of Richard Allen Pence (Richard A. Pence died Wednesday, November 25th, 2009).
As of January 2011, Richard A. Pence's website was still available at:
http://www.pipeline.com/~richardpence/index.htm#gen. The above data has not
been confirmed by R.E. Harrington.]
John Pence and Mary
P. Hart had the following children:
ii.
IRA I. PENCE was
born in Oct 1840 in Hocking, Ohio, USA. He died on 09 Oct 1862 in Chickamauga,
Walker, Georgia, United States. He married (1) SINGLE - KILLED IN
CIVIL WAR. He married (2) SINGLE - KILLED IN CIVIL WAR.
Notes for Ira I. Pence:
From the 1860
U.S. Federal Census for Saltcreek Township, Hocking County, Ohio; enumerated 19
June 1860 by C. Eby [all born in Ohio]
Ira
Pence, head, age 21 Ellen J. Pence, wife, age 22 Mary Pence, female, age 3
Rachel Pence, female, age 1
Note: Ira Pence was enumerated
immediately next door to John Pence, his father.
16.
iii. JESSE PENCE was
born on 24 Mar 1842 in Hocking County, Ohio. He died on 04 Apr 1915
in Perry Twp., Pickaway County, Ohio. He married (1) LOUISA E. DAVIS on
27 Jul 1865 in Hocking County, Ohio, USA. She was born in Jun 1839 in Ohio. She
died on 12 Dec 1920 in Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA. He married (2) LOUISA DAVIS on
27 Jul 1865 in Hocking County. Ohio. She was born in 1840 in Ohio.
i.
MARY MARGARET8 PENCE was born in Aug 1842
in Ohio. She died on 29 Jun 1936 in
423
Fulton, Georgia, United
States. She married James William Ramey on 01 Mar 1866 in Hocking County, Ohio.
He was born in Hocking County, Ohio.
Notes for Mary Margaret Pence:
MARY MARGARET PENCE
was born in 1842 in Ohio; married James W. Ramey 1 Mar 1866 in Hocking County,
Ohio. [Copied, with permission, from the website of Richard Allen Pence
(Richard A. Pence died Wednesday, November 25th, 2009)
http://www.pipeline.com/~richardpence/index.htm#gen]
[Note:
The above information was copied and edited, with permission, from the website
of Richard Allen Pence (Richard A. Pence died Wednesday, November 25th, 2009).
As of January 2011, Richard A. Pence's website was still available at:
http://www.pipeline.com/~richardpence/index.htm#gen. The above data has not
been confirmed by R.E. Harrington.]
v. CAROLINE PENCE was
born about Apr 1850 in OBenton, Hocking County, Ohio, USA.
vi.
LYDIA PENCE was born about 1852.
vii.
MARILLA PENCE was born about 1858.
viii.
ELLEN PENCE was born in 1860 in
Ohio.
Notes
for Ellen Pence:
ELLEN PENCE was born
in 1860 in Ohio. [Copied, with permission, from the website of Richard Allen Pence
(Richard A. Pence died Wednesday, November 25th, 2009)
http://www.pipeline.com/~richardpence/index.htm#gen]
[Note:
The above information was copied and edited, with permission, from the website
of Richard Allen Pence (Richard A. Pence died Wednesday, November 25th, 2009).
As of January 2011, Richard A. Pence's website was still available at:
http://www.pipeline.com/~richardpence/index.htm#gen. The above data has not
been confirmed by R.E. Harrington.]
13. PETER7 PENCE (George
Frederick6, George Frederic
(Bens)5, Jacob Johann Ludwig4,
Johann Georg3 Bentz, Johannes2
Bentz, Hans Martin1 Bentz) was born about
1816 in Ohio. He died on 18 Apr 1912 in Circleville, Ohio, Pickaway County. He
married Sarah Ann Hart on 12 Nov 1835. She was born about 1818 in New York,
USA.
Notes
for Peter Pence:
PETER PENCE was born
in 1815 in Ohio; married Sally Ann Hart 12 Nov 1835. [Copied, with permission,
from the website of Richard Allen Pence (Richard A. Pence died Wednesday, November
25th, 2009) http://www.pipeline.com/~richardpence/index.htm#gen]
From the 1850 Federal Census
for District 195 = Benton Twp., Hocking County, Ohio; enumerated 28 September
1850 by J.W. Lyons
Peter Pence, head,
age 35, farmer, value of farm $600 Sally Ann Pence, wife, age 36, born in New
York John Pence, son, age 17
Nathan
Pence, son, age 7 Elizabeth Pence, dau., age 5 Josiah Pence, son, age 3 Harriet
Pence, dau., age 1-mo
Peter Pence in the Selected U.S. Federal
Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880 NAME: Peter Pence
424
LOCATION: Benton, Hocking, Ohio, USA
ENUMERATION DATE: 27
Sep 1850
SCHEDULE TYPE: Agriculture
LINE NUMBER:32
Acres of land Improved = 40
Acres of land Unimproved = 120
Cash value of farm = $600
Value of farming Implements and Machinery =
$30
Horses = 2
Asses and Mules = 0
Milch Cows = 1
Working Oxen = 4
Other Cattle = 3
Sheep = 20
Swine = 11
Value of Live Stock = $197
Wheat, bushels of = 0
Rye, bushels of = 0
Indian Corn, bushels of = 125
Oats, bushels of = 100
Rice, lbs of = 0
Tobacco, lbs of = 0
From
the 1860 Federal Census in Benton Twp., Hocking County, Ohio,
Post Office = South Bloomingville; enumerated 10 July 1860 by C. Eby
Peter Pence, head, age 44, farmer, value of
real estate $2000, value of personal property
$100
Sarah A. Pence, wife,
age 46, born in Ind. John Pence, son, age 21
Nathan Pence, son,
age 17 Elizabeth Pence, dau., age 14 Josiah Pence, son, age 12 Harriet Pence, dau.,
age 10 Peter Pence, son, age 6
Peter
Pence in the Selected U.S. Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880
NAME: Peter Pence
LOCATION: Benton,
Hocking, Ohio, USA; Post Office = South Bloomingville ENUMERATION DATE: 6 Jul
1860
SCHEDULE TYPE:
Agriculture LINE NUMBER:26
Acres
of land Improved = 100 Acres of land Unimproved = 310 Cash value of farm =
$2000
Value of farming
Implements and Machinery = $4 Horses = 4
Asses and Mules = 0
Milch Cows = 2 Working Oxen = 2 Other Cattle = 6 Sheep = 0
Swine = 8
Value of Live Stock =
$100 Wheat, bushels of = 4 Rye, bushels of = 0
Indian Corn, bushels
of = 300 Oats, bushels of = 80
425
Rice, lbs of = 0
Tobacco, lbs of = 0
Ginned Cotton, bales of 400 lbs each = 0
Wool, lbs of = 0
From
the 1870 Federal Census in Benton Twp., Hocking County, Ohio,
Post Office: Logan, Ohio; enumerated 5 July 1970 by J.A.M. Houston [Note: Josiah
Pence's family was enumerated contigious to his father, Peter Pence]
Peter
Pence, head, age 57, farmer, born in Ohio, value of real estate $2500; value of
personal property $520
Sarah Pence, wife, age 57, keeping house,
born in Indiana
Peter
Pence in the Selected U.S. Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880
NAME: Peter Pence
LOCATION: Benton,
Hocking, Ohio, USA ENUMERATION DATE: 8 Jul 1870 SCHEDULE TYPE: Agriculture
LINE NUMBER:12
Acres of land
Improved = 150 Wood-land = 100
Cash value of farm = $2500
Value of farming
Implements and Machinery = $75 Horses = 2
Milch Cows = 2
Working Oxen = 2
Sheep = 20 Swine = 6
Value of Live Stock =
$400 Spring Wheat, bushels of = 0 Winter Wheat, bushels of = 40 Indian Corn, bushels
of = 175 Oats, bushels of = 40
From
the 1880 Federal Census in Benton Twp., Hocking County, Ohio,
Post Office: Logan, Ohio; enumerated 5 July 1970 by J.A.M. Houston [Note:
Josiah Pence's family was enumerated contigious to his father, Peter Pence]
Peter
Pence, head, age 57, farmer, born in Ohio, value of real estate $2500; value of
personal property $520
Sarah Pence, wife, age 57, keeping house,
born in Indiana
From the Ohio,
Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007
Name:
Peter Pence |
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Death Date: |
18 Apr 1912 |
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Death Place: |
Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
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From the U.S., Find
A Grave Index, 1600s-Current |
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Name: Peter Pence |
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Birth Date: |
about 1815 |
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Birth Place: |
Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio,
USA |
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Death Date: |
18 Apr 1912 |
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Death Place: |
Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio,
USA |
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Cemetery: |
Forest Cemetery |
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Burial or Cremation
Place: |
Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio,
USA |
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Has Bio?: |
Y |
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Peter Pence and Sarah
Ann Hart had the following children:
426
17.
i.
JOHN8 PENCE was born in 1838. He
died in 1879 in Hocking County, Ohio, USA. He married (1) MARY HIATT on 14 Mar 1867. He married (2) MARY HIATT on 14 Mar 1867.
18.
ii. NATHAN PENCE was
born about 1843. He married CATHERINE TIETS. She
was born
in
1842.
iii.
ELIZABETH PENCE was born about 1846.
19.
iv. JOSIAH PENCE was
born on 02 Jun 1846 in Ohio. He died on 13 Feb 1912. He married
Sarah Jane Lockwood, daughter of Joshua Lockwood and Elizabeth De Ford, on 27
Feb 1867 in Hocking County, Ohio. She was born on 29 Jan 1850 in Benton Twp.,
Hocking County, Ohio. She died on 06 Jan 1926 in Pickaway Co., OH.
v.
HARRIET PENCE was born about 1850.
Notes
for Harriet Pence:
For
the 1850 & 1860 U.S. Federal Census for Harriet
Pence, see the entries for her father, Peter Pence (1816-1912), in this book.
From the 1880
U.S. Federal Census for Swan Township, Vinton County, Ohio; enumerated 24 June
1880 by J. ?. Mc??
John W. Davis, head,
age 30 Harriet Davis, wife, age 30 Peter Davis, son, age 9 Amanda E. Davis,
dau., age 7 Sarah A. Davis, dau., age 5 Eliza Davis, dau., age 2
vi.
PETER PENCE was born about 1854.
14. MARTHA7 PENCE (George
Frederick6, George Frederic
(Bens)5, Jacob Johann Ludwig4,
Johann Georg3 Bentz, Johannes2
Bentz, Hans Martin1 Bentz) was born in
1824 in Ohio (Hocking County, Ohio, USA). She died in Benton, Hocking County,
Ohio, USA. She married Alvah Starkey, son of George Starkey and Barbara Bowers,
on 14 Jan 1841 in Hocking County, Ohio.
Notes
for Martha Pence:
MARTHA PENCE was born
in 1824, reportedly a daughter; married Alvah Starkey 14 Jan 1841 in Hocking
County, Ohio. [Copied, with permission, from the website of Richard Allen Pence
(Richard A. Pence died Wednesday, November 25th, 2009)
http://www.pipeline.com/~richardpence/index.htm#gen]
MARTHA PENCE was
reportedly a daughter of Frederick Pence. She married Alvah Starkey 14 Jan 1841
in Hocking County, Ohio. [Copied and edited, with permission, from the website
of Richard Allen Pence (Richard A. Pence died Wednesday, November 25th, 2009)
http://www.pipeline.com/~richardpence/index.htm#gen]
Alvah Starkey and Martha Pence had the
following child:
i.
JOHN D.8 STARKEY was born on 07 Jun
1846 in Hocking County, Ohio, USA. He died on 24 Jun 1897 in Hocking County,
Ohio, USA. He married Elizabeth (Eliza) Jane Harper, daughter of Benjamin
Tecumseh Harper and Harriet Dawson, on 10 Oct 1875 in Hocking County, Ohio,
USA. She was born on 06 Oct 1853 in Hocking County, Ohio, USA. She died on 09
May 1932 in Hocking County, Ohio, USA.
15. CURTIS MONROE7 BENTZ (George6,
John (Judge)5, Johann Heinrich4,
Johann Georg3, Johannes2, Hans
Martin1) was born on 23 Sep 1828 in
Bartholomew, Indiana, United States. He died on 15 Mar 1913 in Indiana, USA. He
married SUSAN C ETENIRE. She
was born on 26 Feb 1835 in Indiana, USA. She died on 01 Jun 1896 in Jordan,
Warren, Indiana, USA.
Curtis
Monroe Bentz and Susan C Etenire had the following child:
20.
i. ALLEN MONROE8 BENTZ was
born on 10 Mar 1861 in Warren County, Indiana, USA. He
died on 23 Feb 1933 in Frederick, Brown, South Dakota, USA. He married
427
ROSETTA
"ROSY" GADY. She
was born on 25 May 1869 in Warren County, Indiana, USA. She died on 18 Jun 1945
in Frederick, Brown, South Dakota, USA.
Generation 8
16. JESSE8 PENCE (John7,
George Frederick6, George Frederic
(Bens)5, Jacob Johann Ludwig4, Johann
Georg3 Bentz, Johannes2 Bentz,
Hans Martin1 Bentz) was born on 24
Mar 1842 in Hocking County, Ohio. He died on 04 Apr 1915 in Perry Twp.,
Pickaway County, Ohio. He married (1) LOUISA E. DAVIS on 27
Jul 1865 in Hocking County, Ohio, USA. She was born in Jun 1839 in Ohio. She
died on 12 Dec 1920 in Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA. He married (2) LOUISA DAVIS on
27 Jul 1865 in Hocking County. Ohio. She was born in 1840 in Ohio.
Notes
for Jesse Pence:
JESSE PENCE was born
24 Mar 1842 in Hocking County, Ohio; died 4 Apr 1915; married Louisa Davis 27
Jul 1865 in Hocking County (she was born in 1840 in Ohio); lived in Salt Creek
Twp, Hocking County in 1880.
From the 1850
U.S. Federal Census for Benton Twp., Township of Hocking County, Ohio;
enumerated 25 September 1850 by J. W. Lyons
John Pence age 50 farmer born (not known)
Mary Pence age 29 born in Indiana
Mary M. Pence age 8 born in
Ohio Jesse Pence age 5 born in Ohio
Caroline
Pence age 3-months born in Ohio
From the 1860 U.S. Federal Census
for Salt Creek Township of Hocking County, Ohio; post office South
Bloomingville; enumerated 19 June 1860 by C. Eby
John Pence age 50
Mary Pence age 40 Margaret Pence age 18 Jesse Pence age 15 Lidia Pence age 8
Marville Pence age 2 Jesse Hart age 46 laborer
Note:
Immediately next door to John Pence was enumerated is son, the Ira Pence
family.
Jesse Pence in the Ohio,
Marriages, 1803-1900 Name: Jesse Pence
Gender:Male
Spouse: Louisa Davis
Spouse Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 27 Jul 1865
County: Hocking
State:
Ohio
From
the 1870 U.S. Federal Census for Salt Creek Township of Hocking
County, Ohio; post office Logan Ohio, enumerated 1 August 1870 by J.H.M.
Houston
Jesse Pence, head,
age 26, farm labor Louisa Pence, wife, age 30, keeps house Maria Pence, dau,
age 9, helps mother Sarah Hart, age 15, lives with Uncle William Hart, age 8,
at school
From
the 1880 U.S. Federal Census for Salt Creek Township of Hocking
County, Ohio; enumerated 9 June 1880 by Daniel L. Davis
Jesse Pence, head,
age 35, farmer Louisa Pence, wife, age 40, keeping house William Hart, boarder,
age 15, laborer
428
Jesse E. Pence, grandson, age 4
From the 1900 U.S. Federal Census for New Holland
Village, Perry Twp., Pickaway County, Ohio; enumerated 18 June 1900 by Charles
Gooley
Jesse Pence, head,
age 57 born in March 1843 in Ohio, Day Labor Louise Pence, wife, age 60 born in
June 1839 in Ohio
Elmer Pence, son, age 24 born in April
1876 in Ohio, Day Labor
From
the 1910 U.S. Federal Census for Perry Twp., Pickaway County,
Ohio; enumerated 16 April 1910 by W. Jones
Jesse Pence, head,
age 68 in Ohio, farm labor, working out Louise Pence, wife, age 68 in Ohio
Lewis Cain, Partner, age 60 in Ohio,
blacksmith, carriage factory
From the U.S., Find A
Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Name:
Jesse Pence |
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Birth Date: |
24 Mar 1842 |
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Birth Place: |
Hocking County, Ohio, USA |
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Death Date: |
4 Apr 1915 |
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Death Place: |
Pickaway County, Ohio, USA |
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Cemetery: |
New Holland Cemetery |
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Burial or Cremation
Place: |
New Holland, Pickaway County, Ohio,
USA |
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Has Bio?: |
Y |
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Spouse: |
Louisa E Pence |
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Children: |
Jesse Elmer Pence |
Marie Diehl
URL: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-...
Jesse Pence and
Louisa E. Davis had the following children:
i.
MARIA9 PENCE was born about 1861
in Ohio, USA.
ii.
JESSE ELMER PENCE was born on 24 Apr
1876 in Hocking County, Ohio, USA. He died on 09 Apr 1957 in Crawford, Ohio,
USA (buried in New Holland, Pickaway, Ohio). He married Martha Duke
"Mattie" Duke Sanders, daughter of William Henry Sanders and Hallie
McCarthy, on 19 Sep 1909. She was born on 02 Feb 1892 in Paris, Bourbon,
Kentucky, USA. She died on 13 Feb 1975 in Circleville, Ohio, Pickaway County,
Ohio.
Notes
for Jesse Elmer Pence:
From
the 1880 United States Federal Census for Saltcreek Township,
Hocking County, Ohio; enumerated 9 June 1880 by Daniel L. Davis [all born in
Ohio]
Jesse Pence, head, age
35, farmer Louise Pence, wife, age 40, keeping house Wm H. Hart, boarder, age
15, laborer Jesse E. Pence, grandson, age 4
From the 1900
United States Federal Census for New Holland Village, Perry Township, Pickaway
County, Ohio; enumerated 18 June 1900 by Charles Gooley [all born in Ohio]
Jesse Pence, head,
age 57, born March 1843, day laborer Louise Pence, wife, age 60, born June 1839
Elmer Pence, son, age 24, born April
1876, day laborer
From the 1910 United States
Federal Census for Circleville and Washington Pike, Perry Township, Pickaway
County, Ohio; enumerated 16 April 1910 by Walter N Jones; home address in 1920:
Circleville Ward 4, Pickaway County, Ohio
Elmer Pence, head, age 34, born in
Ohio, farm laborer, working out
429
Mattie Pence, wife, age 18, born in Kentucky
Walter Eldon Pence, son, age 4-months, born
in Ohio
From
the 1920 United States Federal Census for Circleville Village,
Circleville Township, Pickaway County, Ohio; enumerated 14 January 1920 by
Patrick H. Malone [all born in Ohio, except as noted]
Elmer Pence, head,
age 44, wagon driver, lumber yard Mattie Pence, wife, age 27
Walter
E Pence, son, age 10 Charles E Pence, son, age 8 William D Pence, son, age 6
Louise Pence, grandmother, age 79
From
the 1930 United States Federal Census for Madison Township,
Fayette County, Ohio; enumerated 19 April 1930 by Howard W. Clark
Elmer Pence, head,
age 52, laborer, blacksmith shop Mattie Pence, wife, 38
William Pence, son,
age 17, laborer, odd jobs James F Pence, son, age 10
Emma M Pence, dau., age 6
Joseph E Pence, son, age
4-yrs, 1-month Lee R Pence, son, age 2-yr, 5-months
From the 1940
United States Federal Census for Sullivan, Sullivan Township, Ashland County,
Ohio; enumerated 27 April by Gladys Foley Smith [all born in Ohio]
M L Bueden, head, age
56, farmer, farming Sophie Bueden, wife, age 54
William J Bueden,
son, age 13 Elme Perice, boarder, age 62, retired
From
the U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 Name: Jesse
Elmer Pence
SSN: |
295161781 |
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Gender:Male |
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Race: |
White |
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Birth Date: |
24 Apr 1876 |
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Birth Place: |
Salt Creek T, Ohio |
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Father Name: |
Jesse Pence |
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Mother Name: |
Louise E Davis |
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Type of Claim: |
Original SSN. |
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Notes: |
13 May 1983: Name listed as JESSE
ELMER PENCE |
From the Ohio,
Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007
Name: Jesse E Pence
Death Date: 9 Apr 1957
Death Place: Crawford, Ohio, USA
From the U.S., Find A
Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Name:
Jesse Elmer Pence |
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Birth Date: |
24 Apr 1876 |
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Death Date: |
9 Apr 1957 |
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Cemetery: |
New Holland Cemetery |
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Burial or Cremation
Place: |
New Holland, Pickaway County, Ohio,
USA |
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Has Bio?: |
Y |
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Spouse: |
Mattie D Pence |
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Father: Jesse Pence
430
Children: Walter E Pence
LeRoy Pence
James Frederick Pence
Emma Mae Hill
Bryce W Pence
Jess Eldon Pence
Charles Edward Pence Sr
17. JOHN8 PENCE (Peter7,
George Frederick6, George Frederic
(Bens)5, Jacob Johann Ludwig4, Johann
Georg3 Bentz, Johannes2
Bentz, Hans Martin1 Bentz) was born in
1838. He died in 1879 in Hocking County, Ohio, USA. He married (1) MARY HIATT on
14 Mar 1867. He married (2) MARY HIATT on 14
Mar 1867.
Notes
for John Pence:
For
the 1850 and 1860 Federal Census for John Pence,
see the data under the entry for his father, Peter Pence.
From the 1870
United States Federal Census for Post Office, Logan, Ohio,Benton Township,
Hocking County, Ohio; enumerated 6 July 1870 by J.H.M. Houston [all born in
Ohio] [Nathan was enumerated next to John Pence, his brother]
John
Pence, head, age 32, farmer
Mary Pence, wife, age
33, keeping house John Crawford, age 7, attending school Mary E. Crawford, age
5
Alice
A. Pence, dau., age 2 Samanthia Pence, dau., age 8-months
Jesse
Hart, age 62, born in New York, farm laborer
From the Selected U.S. Federal Census
Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880; Benton Township, Hocking County, Post
office: Logan Ohio
Name:
John Pence |
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Location: |
Benton, Hocking, Ohio, USA |
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Enumeration Date: |
8 Jul 1870 |
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Schedule Type: Agriculture |
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Line Number: |
15 |
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Improved Land: 25 acres
Wood Land: 115 acres
Value of Farm: $1500
Value of Farm impliments &
Machinery: $75
Horses: 2
Milch Cows: 1
Sheep: 2
Swine: 4
Value of all live stock: $315
Wheat, winter, bushels: 15
Indian Corn, bushels: 100
From
the 1880 United States Federal Census for Benton Township,
Hocking County, Ohio; enumerated 7 June 1880 by T.P. Johnston [all born in
Ohio]
Mary Pence, head, age
43, keeping house John Crawford Pence, son, age 18, at home Mary Pence, dau.,
age 16, at home Almedia Pence, dau., age 13, at home Samantha Pence, dau., age
11, at home Elmer Pence, son, age 8, at home
Odis Pence, son, age 5, at
home Myrtal Pence, dau., age 2, at home
John Pence and Mary
Hiatt had the following children:
i.
JOHN9 CRAWFORD was born about 1863.
ii.
MARY E. CRAWFORD was born about 1865
in Ohio.
iii. ALICE A. PENCE was
born in Oct 1867 in Hocking Co., Ohio. She married Samuel J. Sherwood, son of
John Sherwood and Comfort Simons, on 25 Jan 1900. He was born on 22 Mar 1867 in
Noble County, Ohio.
Notes for Alice A. Pence:
From the 1910
United States Federal Census for Maysville Street, Bowersville Village,
Jefferson Twp., Greene County, Ohio; enumerated 19 April 1920 by Lawsore S.
O'Day [all born in Ohio]
S J Sherwood, head,
age 43, railroad, section boss A. A. Sherwood, wife, age 42
Ada M Sherwood, dau.,
age 15 A B Sherwood, dau., age 13 Harry E Sherwood, son, age 11 Troy Sherwood,
son, age 9 Elsie Sherwood, dau., age 7
From
the 1920 United States Federal Census for Jefferson Twp., Greene
County, Ohio; enumerated 17 & 30 January 1920 by Fay M. Gerard [all born in
Ohio]
S J Sherwood, head,
age 52, railroad, section boss Alice Sherwood, wife, age 52
Troy Sherwood, son,
age 18, laborer, farm Elsie Sherwood, dau., age 17
From the 1930 United
States Federal Census for
Notes for Samuel J. Sherwood:
From the Ohio, Births and Christenings
Index, 1774-1973
Name: Samuel J . Sherwood
Gender:Male
Spouse: Alice Pence
Child:
Troy Sherwood, Elsie Sherwood
iv. SAMANTHA B. PENCE was
born in 1869. She married Daniel Elsworth Buck, son of Alfred H. Buck and
Matilda A. Randall, on 06 Dec 1888 (Wedding performed by Rev E. Huffman.
Application found in Pickaway Co., OH Marriage Book 9, page 221, Application
#686.). He was born in 1866. He died in 1956.
Notes for Samantha B. Pence:
From
the 1910 U.S. Federal Census for Columbus City, Franklin County,
Ohio Daniel Buck, head, age 44, sawyer, factory
Samantha Buck, wife, age 41
Alfred W Buck, son,
age 20, carpenter, railroad Harry M Buck, son, age 14
From
the 1920 U.S. Federal Census for Columbus City, Franklin County,
Ohio; enumerated 5 January 1920 by Abram S. Good [all born in Ohio]
Daniel E. Buck, head,
age 54, woodworker, mill man Samanha Buck, wife, age 50
v.
SAMUEL F. PENCE was born on 04 Oct
1869.
Notes
for Samuel F. Pence:
From the Ohio, Births and Christenings Index,
1774-1973 Name: Samuel F . Pence
432
Generation 8
(con't) |
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Gender:Male |
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Race: White |
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Birth Date: |
4 Oct 1869 |
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Birth Place: |
Benton Township, Hocking, Ohio |
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Father: John Pence |
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Mother: Mary Pence |
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FHL Film Number: |
912314 |
vi.
SIDNEY ELMER PENCE was
born on 02 Dec 1872. He died before 1952. He married Emma Russell on 05 Jul
1897. She was born about 1878.
Notes
for Sidney Elmer Pence:
From
the Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1774-1973
Name: Sidney Elmer Pence
Gender:Male
Race: White |
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Birth Date: |
2 Dec 1872 |
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Birth Place: |
Benton, Hocking, Ohio |
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Father: John Pence |
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Mother: Mary Hiat
(sic: Hart) |
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FHL Film Number: |
912314 |
From
the 1880 United States Federal Census for Benton Township, Hocking
County, Ohio; enumerated 7 June 1880 by T.P. Johnston [all born in Ohio]
Mary Pence, head, age
43, keeping house Crawford John Pence, son, age 18
Mary Pence, dau., age
16 Almedia Pence, dau., age 13 Samantha Pence, dau., age 11 Elmer Pence, son, age
8 Odis Pence, son, age 5 Myrtal Pence, dau., age 2
From
the 1900 United States Federal Census for Benton Township,
Hocking County, Ohio; enumerated 19 & 20 June 1900 by Newton D. Hill [all
born in Ohio]
Sidney Pence, head,
age 28, born December 1871, day laborer Emey Pence, wife, age 23, born August
1876
From the 1910
United States Federal Census for Main St. East Bloomingville, Benton Township,
Hocking County, Ohio; enumerated 20 April 1910 by W. Johnson [all born in Ohio]
Sidney E. Pence,
head, age 37, laborer, saw mill Emma E. Pence, wife, age 32
From the 1930
United States Federal Census for State Route 56, Benton Township, Hocking
County, Ohio; enumerated 17 April 1930 by William H Keck [all born in
Ohio]1Hock
Sidney Pence, head,
age 55, farm laborer, general farm Emma E. Pence, wife, age 52
Mary A. Pence, daughter, age 11
From
the U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 Name: Sidney Pence
Gender: Male
Spouse: Emma Pence
(widow of Sidney) [address given as: h Home & Hosp Bldg]
433
Publication Title: Circleville, Ohio,
City Directory, 1952
vii. OTIS PENCE was
born on 23 May 1875 in S. Bloomingville, Hockiing County, Ohio, USA. He married
CHRISTINA BICKLE.
She was born on 28 Feb 1882 in Union Furnace, Hocking, Ohio, USA.
Notes for Otis Pence:
From
the 1880 United States Federal Census for Benton Township,
Hocking County, Ohio; enumerated 7 June 1880 by T.P. Johnston [all born in
Ohio]
Mary Pence, head, age
43, keeping house 1837 John Crawford Pence, son, age 18, at home 1862 Mary
Pence, dau., age 16, at home 1864 Almedia Pence, dau., age 13, at home 1867
Samantha Pence, dau., age 11, at home 1869 Elmer Pence, son, age 8, at home
1872
Odis Pence, son, age
5, at home 1875 Myrtal Pence, dau., age 2, at home 1878
Otis M. Pence was born Odis
M. Pence. It was changed after his birth and essentially all of his records
appear as Otis.
From the U.S., World War I Draft
Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Otis Melvin Pence
[Otis Melven Pence]
County: Hocking
State: |
Ohio |
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Birth Date: |
23 May 1875 |
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Race: |
White |
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Permanent address:
RFD #1, Orland, Vinton Ohio Age: 43
Date of Birth: Ma 23,
1875 Occupation: Farmer
Employer’s address: RFD
#1, Orland, Vinton, Ohio Nearest Relative: Cristenia Pence
Description: Tall;
medium build; eyes, Dark Blue; hair, Dark Brown Registrar: N.H. Mowery
Date of Registration: 12 September
1918
From
the 1900 United States Federal Census for Swan Township, Vinton
County, Ohio; enumerated 23 June 1900 by Bob Suete
Ella
M Cox, head, age 43 Jessie Cox, sister, age 37 John Simpson, boarder, age 14
Otis
M Pense, boarder, age 24, born May 1876, single, teamster, home: Vinton, OH
Elijah Sims, boarder, age 20
From
the 1910 United States Federal Census for Starr Township, Hocking
County, Ohio; enumerated 18 April 1910 by Homer F. Anthony [all born in Ohio]
Otis M. Pence, head, age
34, draws brick, brick plant Christina Pence, wife, age 27
Florence O. Pence,
dau., age 6 Floyd, M. Pence, son, age 5 Jim Byres, boarder, age Earnest
Philips, boarder, age
From the 1920 United
States Federal Census for Union Furnace, Chesboro Road,
434
Starr
Township, Hocking County, Ohio; enumerated 8 January 1920 by Charles D. Anthony
[all born in Ohio]
From
the 1930 United States Federal Census for Starr Township, Hocking
County, Ohio; enumerated 7 April 1930 by Don Smart [all born in Ohio]
Otis
M. Pence, head, age 54, teamster, oil fields Christina Pence, wife, age 48
Floyd, M. Pence, son, age 25
From the 1940
United States Federal Census for the Village of Union Furnace, Starr Township,
Hocking County, Ohio; enumerated 3 April 1940 by Burl Goodwin [all born in
Ohio]
O. M. Pence, head,
age 64, timber cutter, saw mill Christina Pence, wife, age 58
From the U.S., Social Security
Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Otis Melven Pence
SSN: |
290057367 |
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Birth Date: |
23 May 1875 |
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Birth Place: |
Hocking CO, Ohio |
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Claim Date: |
8 Jun 1940 |
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Type of Claim: |
Life Claim |
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Notes: |
05 Jan 1977: Name listed as OTIS
MELVEN PENCE |
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From the U.S., Find A Grave Index,
1600s-Current
Name: Otis M Pence
Birth Date: 1875
Death Date: 1946
Cemetery: Oak Grove Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Logan,
Hocking County, Ohio, USA
Has Bio?: N
Spouse: Christena Pence
viii.
MYRTAL PENCE was born about 1878.
Notes
for Myrtal Pence:
From the Ohio, Births and Christenings Index,
1774-1973 Name: Murta C. Pence [Myrtle C. Pence]
Gender:Female |
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Race: White |
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Birth Date: |
30 Jan 1878 |
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Birth Place: |
Benton Township, Hocking, Ohio |
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Father: John Pence |
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Mother: Mary Hiatt |
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FHL Film Number: |
912314 |
18.
NATHAN8 PENCE (Peter7,
George Frederick6, George Frederic
(Bens)5, Jacob Johann Ludwig4, Johann
Georg3 Bentz, Johannes2
Bentz, Hans Martin1 Bentz) was born about
1843. He married CATHERINE TIETS. She
was born in 1842.
Notes
for Nathan Pence:
For the 1850 and 1860
Federal Census for Nathan Pence, see the data under the entry for his father,
Peter Pence, in this book.
435
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Generation 8
(con't) |
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From the U.S.,
Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865 |
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Name: Nathan Pence |
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Birth Year: |
abt 1843 |
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Place of Birth: |
Ohio |
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Age on 1 July 1863: |
20 |
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Race: |
White |
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Residence: |
Benton, Hocking, Ohio |
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Congressional
District: |
12th |
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Class: |
2 |
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From the 1870
United States Federal Census for Post Office, Logan, Ohio,Benton Township,
Hocking County, Ohio; enumerated 6 July 1870 by J.H.M. Houston [all born in
Ohio] [Nathan was enumerated next to John Pence, his brother]
Nathan Pence, head,
age 25, farmer Catherine Pence, wife, age 27 Mary E Pence, dau., age 7
Ellsworth Pence, son, age 4
Isaiah Berry, works on the farm, age 12
From the Selected U.S. Federal Census Non-Population
Schedules, 1850-1880; Benton Township, Hocking County, Post office: Logan Ohio
Name:
Nathan Pence |
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Location: |
Benton, Hocking, Ohio, USA |
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Enumeration Date: |
8 Jul 1870 |
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Schedule Type:
Agriculture |
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Line Number: |
15 |
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Improved Land: 35
acres
Wood Land: 65 acres
Value of Farm: $1200
Value of Farm implements
& Machinery: $10
Horses: 2
Milch Cows: 1
Working Ox:
Swine: 2
Value of all live
stock: $210
Indian Corn, bushels:
150
From the 1880
United States Federal Census
Nathan Pense, head, age 37, farmer
Catherine Pense, wife, age 38
Melissa Pense, dau., age 8
Nancey Pense, dau., age 5
From
the Selected U.S. Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880 Owner:
Nathan Pence
Tilled Land: 40 acres
Permanent meadows: 10 Woodland: 35
Value of farm
including land, fences, and buildings: $1000 Value of implements: $10
Value of livestock:
$100 Value of farm products: $150 Horses: 2
From the U.S., Civil War
Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 Name: Nathan Pence
436
State Filed: Ohio
Widow: Catharine Pence
Roll number: T288_367
Date of filing: 18 June 1881 and 14
Aug. 1883
Nathan Pence and Catherine Tiets had
the following children:
i.
MARY E.9 PENCE was born about 1863.
ii.
ELLSWORTH PENCE was born about 1866.
iii.
MELISSA PENCE was
born about 1872. She married William H. Hart on 29 Jul 1886 in Hocking County,
Ohio, USA.
iv. NANCY A. PENCE was
born about 1875. She died in 1896. She married Henry Starkey, son of Aaron
Starkey and Julia Ann Bone, on 08 Apr 1893 in Hocking County, Ohio, USA. He was
born in 1863. He died on 01 Jun 1903 in Hocking County, Ohio, USA.
Notes
for Nancy A. Pence:
19. JOSIAH8 PENCE (Peter7,
George Frederick6, George Frederic
(Bens)5, Jacob Johann Ludwig4, Johann
Georg3 Bentz, Johannes2
Bentz, Hans Martin1 Bentz) was born on 02
Jun 1846 in Ohio. He died on 13 Feb 1912. He married Sarah Jane Lockwood,
daughter of Joshua Lockwood and Elizabeth De Ford, on 27 Feb 1867 in Hocking
County, Ohio. She was born on 29 Jan 1850 in Benton Twp., Hocking County, Ohio.
She died on 06 Jan 1926 in Pickaway Co., OH.
Notes
for Josiah Pence:
JOSIAH (JOSEPH) PENCE was born Jun 1845 and
was enumerated in the 1850 and 1860 Federal census as a member of the Peter
Pence (1816-?) family. He died 13 Feb 1912 in Ohio. He married Sarah Jane
Lockwood 27 Feb 1867 in Hocking County, Ohio. She was born 29 Jan 1850 in
Hocking County, Ohio and died 6 Jan 1926 in Pickaway County, Ohio. After Josiah
died she remarried to Francis M. Ward on 31 Mar 1921.
Josiah Pence was enumerated in the 1850 and 1860 Federal
census as a member of the Peter Pence (1816-?) family. Josiah and his wife,
Sarah Jane Lockwood, and their family were subsequently found in Benton Twp,
Hocking County in 1870 and 1880 and in Circleville, Pickaway County, in 1900.
Josiah died 13 February 1926 in Ashville, Ohio. After his death, his wife,
Sarah Jane Lockwood Pence remarried to Francis M. Ward 31 Mar 1921 in Pickaway
County.
[It
may be useful to future genealogy researchers to note the following: I
counseled with Richard A. Pence in about the year 2000 regarding the ancestors
of Josiah Pence. My research at that time led me to the conclusion that
Josiah's parents were Peter Pence (about1816-?) and Sarah A. Pence (about
1814-?). This conclusion was based primarily on data found in Federal Census
that included Josiah Pense and the correspondence of his age among these and
subsequent years of Federal census. Richard A. Pence advised that Josiah's
father was John Pence (1809-?) and that his grandfather was Frederick Pence. I
have been unable to find evidence to support Richard's claim. The name Josiah
Pence does not appear in any census of the John Pence (1809-?) line.]
From the 1850 Federal Census
for District 195, Benton Twp., Hocking County, Ohio; enumerated 28 September
1850 by J.W. Lyons
Peter Pence, head,
age 35, farmer, value of farm $600 Sally Ann Pence, wife, age 36, born in New
York John Pence, son, age 17
Nathan
Pence, son, age 7 Elizabeth Pence, dau., age 5 Josiah Pence, son, age 3 Harriet
Pence, dau., age 1-mo
From
the 1860 Federal Census in Benton Twp., Hocking County, Ohio;
enumerated 10 July 1860
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by C. Eby
Peter Pence, head, age 44, farmer, value of
real estate $2000, value of personal property
$100
Sarah A. Pence, wife,
age 46, born in Ind. John Pence, son, age 21
Nathan Pence, son,
age 17 Elizabeth Pence, dau., age 14 Josiah Pence, son, age 12 Harriet Pence,
dau., age 10 Peter Pence, son, age 6
From
the 1870 Federal Census in Benton Twp., Hocking County, Ohio,
Post Office: Logan, Ohio; enumerated 5 July 1970 by J.A.M. Houston [Note:
Josiah Pence's family was enumerated living next to his father, Peter Pence]
Josiah Pence, head, age 23, farm labor
Sarah J.
age 20
William T.
age 2
Margrette age 5 mos
From the 1870
Federal Census in Benton Twp., Hocking County, Ohio, Post Office: Logan, Ohio;
enumerated 5 July 1970 by J.A.M. Houston [Note: Josiah Pence's family was
enumerated contigious to his father, Peter Pence]
Peter
Pence, head, age 57, farmer, born in Ohio, value of real estate $2500; value of
personal property $520
Sarah Pence, wife, age 57, keeping house,
born in Indiana
From
the 1880 Federal Census for Benton Twp., Hocking County, Ohio;
enumerated 4th & 5th June, 1880 by T.P. Johnston [all residents and their
parents were born in Ohio]
Josiah Pence, head,
age 35, farmer Sarah J. Pence, wife, age age 30 William T. Pence, son, age 14
Sarah Pence, dau., age 9
Ellen
Pence, dau., age 7 George Pence, son, age age 3 Elias Pence, son, age 7 mos
From
the 1900 Federal Census for East Town Street, Circleville City,
Circleville Twp., Pickaway County, Ohio; enumerated 26 June 1900 by Samuel
Kindler [all born in Ohio, except as noted] [Note: the William Herrington
family was enumerated 4-houses away from the Josiah Pence house on the same
street, East Town Street, in Circleville, Ohio.]
Josiah Pence, head, age 54, born June 1845,
farm laborer
Sarah J. Pence, wife,
age 50, born Jan 1850, dressmaker, mother born in Virginia Bertha F., Pence,
dau., age 17, born Jan 1883, housework
Charles
A. Pence, son, age 12, born May 1888, at school Goldie Pence, dau., age 7, born
Aug 1892, at school James A. Davis, nephew, age 10, born June 1890, at school
Josiah and Sarah J. marriage year = 1867;
Years married = 33
From
the 1910 Federal Census for Logan Street, Circleville City,
Circleville Twp., Pickaway County, Ohio; enumerated 18 April 1910 by William E
Hampf
Josiah
Pence, head, age 63, labor, odd jobs Josiah and his parents born in Ohio,
married 44 years
Sarah
J. Pence, wife, age 60, labor, odd jobs, father born in Virginia, Sarah and her
mother born in Ohio, married 44 years
Josiah Pence in the
Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007
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Josiah Pence in the
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Forest Cemetery |
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Notes for Sarah Jane
Lockwood:
Sarah Jane Lockwood
was born 29 Jan 1850 in Hocking County [sic, this probably should be Vinton
County, not Hocking County, if the census takers of 1850 and 1860 are correct.]
and died 6 Jan 1926. On 27 Feb 1867 Sarah Jane Lockwood married Josiah Pence in
Hocking County, Ohio. Sarah Jane is enumerated with her parents family in the
1860 Federal Census. She was enumerated in Benton Twp, Hocking County in 1870
and 1880 and in Circleville, Pickaway County, in 1900. After the death of
Josiah Pence in 1912 in Ashville, Ohio, she remarried to Francis M. Ward on 31
Mar 1921 in Pickaway County, Ohio. In 1921 when she married Francis M. Ward,
she listed her addess only as Ashville, Ohio. On her marriage application to
Francis, she again gave her place of birth as Vinton, County, Ohio.
Josiah Pence and
Sarah Jane Lockwood had the following children:
i.
WILLIAM THOMAS9 PENCE was
born on 07 Mar 1868 in Benton Twp., Hocking County, Ohio.
Notes
for William Thomas Pence:
Ohio,
Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1962 about William Thomas Pence
Name: William Thomas Pence
Gender:Male
Race:
White
Birth Place: Benton Township, Hocking, Ohio
Birth Date: 7 Mar 1868
Father's Name: Josiah Pence
Mother's name: Sarah Jane Pence
From
the 1870 Federal Census of Benton Twp., Hocking Co., Ohio; Post
Office, Logan, Ohio; enumerated 5 July 1870 by J.A.M. Houston (all born in
Ohio).
Josiah Pence, age 23,
farmer, farm laborer Sarah J. Pence, age 20, wife, keeping house William T.
Pence, age 2
Margrette Pence, age 5-months
From
the 1880 Federal Census of Benton Twp., Hocking Co., Logan, Ohio;
enumerated 4 & 5 June 1880 by T.P. Johnston (all born in Ohio).
Josiah Pence, age 35,
head, farmer Sarah J. Pence, age 30, wife William T. Pence, age 14, son Sarah
Pence, age 9, dau.
Ellen
Pence, age 7, dau. George Pence, age 3, son
Elias Pence, age age 7 mos, son
ii.
MARGRETTI PENCE was born in 1870.
iii.
SARAH ELIZABETH PENCE was born
on 29 Apr 1872 in Benton Twp., Hocking County, Ohio. She died on 19 Jan 1948 in
Circleville, Ohio, Pickaway County, Ohio (buried in Hitler Cemetery near
Circleville, Ohio). She married William Alvin Harrington, son
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of
Charles William Harrington and Sarah Jane Valentine, on 02 Nov 1890 in Hocking
County, Ohio (by James Milhon, V Dr. M). He was born on 10 Jun 1866 in Kansas.
He died on 24 Jul 1951 in at the home of his son, Roy William Harrington, in
Circleville, Ohio (buried in Hitler Cemetery near Circleville, Ohio).
Notes for Sarah
Elizabeth Pence:
Photos in
Album, Pages: 2, 6
Sarah
Elizabeth Pence first appears in the records as a 9 year old in the 1880 Federal
Census. Since the 1890 Federal Census was destroyed by fire she never again
appeared as a Pence. Her marriage license was found, however, documenting her
November 2, 1890 marriage to William Alvin Herrington (later changed to
Harrington by the family). On October 17, 1891 she bore the first of nine
children. The author of this book, her grandson, Richard E. Harrington, recalls
her as a very serious lady who seldom smiled. Most records of her life indicate
that she preferred to use her middle name or some variation of it: Elizabeth,
Lizzie, Liz, Eliza, etc.
Elizabeth
and Bill Harrington's family was large and poor and no doubt she had a
difficult life with few conveniences. Ira E. Harrington, the author’s father,
described the family life as stark, poor, busy, and with little time for
affection. In addition to her own immediate family, she also reared her
granddaughter, June Harrington. June was the daughter of Ira Harrington and
Dortha Moore. Then, shortly before June Harrington graduated from high school
and left the home, two more grandchildren, Jack and Donna Lee Harrington,
children of her son, Lewis Josiah Harrington, joined her household for rearing.
No wonder that she seldom smiled.
Lizzie
was religiously inclined. Perhaps her religion was one of her own few comforts
because while her house was adorned with a few religious pictures, she did not
recruit her children into religion. She attended a Christian church that was
described as being both fundamental and radical. The audience was described as
active participants in the service with some "speaking in tongues,"
shouting, and becoming physically involved by marching about. It may have been
this radical activity that discouraged members of her family from following in
her religious footsteps.
Although of little resources, Lizzie always
managed to prepare a small white bag of hard ribbon candy and an orange or
apple for her grandchildren at Christmas time.
June Harrington was reared by Lizzie and William
Alvin Harrington from about the age of 5-years until she graduated from high
school at age about 18. June's memory of her grandmother was that of a strict,
impersonal lady who could seldom muster a smile. June recalled an event that I
had nearly forgotten. Lizzie and her husband, Bill Harrington, agreed to act as
over-night baby-sitters for her grandchildren, Dick and Bill Harrington, June's
half-brothers. Dick and Bill were 5 and 3 years old, respectively. Lizzie's
house was small and had no extra beds so a bed was prepared on a couch for Dick
and two chairs were pulled together as a bed for Bill. Bill was not ready for
bed but it was bed-time and Lizzie put him to bed anyway with the admonition
that he had better be good and be quiet or the "boogyman" would get
him. He retorted that the "boogyman" would get her; a response that
both surprised Lizzie and that she found funny. June recalled that she smiled,
almost laughing; a response that June had seldom seen and one of the few times
that June ever saw her smile.
Even though my own family
lived only about 3-miles away, in the country, I did not see my grandparents
often enough to develop much of a feeling for their home life or how they got
along. Considering the morose personality of Lizzie which did not seem to be
shared by her husband, Bill, I would conclude that their home life was not
always pleasant. Toward the end of her life, perhaps about 1945, Lizzie rented
her own house in Circleville and moved out. She declared that she
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saw
"snakes" crawling around her husband's chair and took it to be a sign
that he was possessed by the "devil." Several descendants of the
Pence line had moved to Circleville by then and had congregated in a close area
in the north-end of Circleville. Lizzie moved close to where several other
families of Pence lived in Circleville.
On the 19th of January 1948 Lizzie passed
away at her home.
From the Ohio, Births
and Christenings Index, 1774-1973
Name: Sarah Elizabeth
Pence
Gender:Female |
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Race: White |
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Birth Date: |
29 Apr 1872 |
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Birth Place: |
Benton, Hocking, Ohio |
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Father: Josiah
Pence |
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Mother: Sara J.
Lockwood |
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FHL Film Number: |
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For the 1880 Federal
Census data for Sarah Elizabeth Pence, see the entries for her father, Josiah
Pence, in this book.
For the 1900, 1910,
1920, 1930, and 1940 Federal Census
data for Sarah Elizabeth Pence-Harrington, see the entries for her husband,
William Alvin Harrington, in this book.
Sarah E. Harrington
obituary:
Sarah
Elizabeth Harrington, 76, wife of William Harrington, Hayward Avenue, died in
her home at 2:15 PM Monday of complications.
In addition to her husband,
Mrs. Harrington is survived by eight children. They are Nellie Harrington,
Columbus; Mrs. Carlton (Ruth) Pennell, Columbus; Viola Harrington (Eblin),
Circleville; Charles and Lewis, Columbus; and Ira, Roy and Frederick of
Circleville. Mrs. Harrington also is survived by 17 grandchildren and nine
great grandchildren.
Funeral
services were held in the Defenbaugh Chapel at 2:30 PM Wednesday with Dr.
Joseph Belcastro officiating. Burial was in the Hitler-Ludwig cemetery.
Friends may call at the Defenbaugh Chapel
until time for the funeral.
Notes for William
Alvin Harrington:
Photos in
Album, Pages: 2-5, 9, 55, 169
William (Bill) Alvin Harrington was the son
of Sarah Jane Valentine and Charles William Herrington. The earlier spellings of
the Harrington surname included Herington, Herrington and all three are found
in the historical literature. Bill Alvin's children used
"Harrington," so, that is the spelling that will be used here.
Little
is known of Bill Alvin Harrington's youth and early family life. He claimed
that he was born in Kickapoo, Kansas, a claim that almost certainly would have
been based on information that he got from his mother. But the period between
his birth on 10 June 1866 and the 1880 Federal Census when he appears as a 14
year old son in the William H. and Sarah Jane Anderson household of his mother
is a blank.
It
is not known whether Bill Harrington finished high school. It is doubtful that
he did although he was literate in both reading and writing. It was common
practice in American farming families of the period, that children would drop
out of school after their 6th or 8th grade to work on the farm. This is likely
what William Alvin Harrington did. However, the 1880 U.S. Federal Census shows
him still in school. So, he at least went as far as the 8th grade.
At the age of 24 years Bill married Sarah
Elizabeth Pence on November 2,
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1890 in Hocking County,
Ohio. Eleven months and a few days later, Bill and Lizzie had their first of
nine children. The baby was Nellie Mae Harrington and would be the first of
4-girls and 5-boys. All 9-children lived to adulthood and except for Easter
Marie Harrington Thompson who died at the age of 28, all lived relatively long
lives.
Bill and Lizzie's children,
as adults, enjoyed each other's company and would get together fairly
frequently to play cards, share meals, cook sweetcorn, make ice cream, drink
beer, tell stories of their life experiences and just talk.
Grandpa Bill was a
frequent participant in these get-togethers. He always came by himself - Lizzie
never joined in except when someone visited her house. Bill did not contribute
much to the story-telling but was a frequent subject of some of the stories.
His children agreed that he was a no-nonsense, authoritarian parent and was
quite capable of backing up his authority with corporal punishment when needed.
Each of his progeny had tales to tell of his discipline. Ira once told of
coaxing his dad into sparing with him using boxing gloves. Ira was of an age
that he was pretty sure that he could whip his dad in a boxing match. During
the course of the match, Ira landed a solid blow on his dad's nose. The result
was that it made his dad angry and he was going to take off the gloves and give
Ira a good thrashing. But the boxing gloves were laced-on and he could not use
his hand to grab and hold Ira. His solution was to put his gloved hand between
his knees and rip the glove off tearing the boxing gloves and breaking the
lacings in the process. While his dad was freeing himself of the gloves, Ira
climbed the fence and escaped. Bill recovered from his sore nose and hot temper
and reestablished his composure before Ira could return home.
Throughout his life, Bill would collect his
weekly pay and on his way home from work, go to the store and buy the
groceries. Lizzie seldom went to the store or handled money. One can speculate
that there was some conversation with his wife as to what to buy, but he
otherwise controlled the menu for the table.
Bill
Alvin Harrington was a laborer. Census records list him as initially being a
farmer, farm laborer, and general laborer. He worked in construction, poured and
finished concrete, built fences, worked at the canning factory, worked on truck
farms and about anything that would earn a dollar. He was a hard worker giving
full value for his pay. He finished his career as a janitor, laborer and handy
man working many years for the Ohio Electric Power and Lighting Company just
south of Columbus, Ohio. He finally retired at the age of 72 with a pension
from that Company. The Ohio Electric Power and Lighting Company is now an
operating plant of the American Electric Power Company (AEP).
Bill was well liked by all who knew him.
Unlike his wife who was usually secluded and largely antisocial, Bill was
forthcoming and pleasant. He loved to play cards and would seldom pass up a
game. He liked to gamble at cards but never for high stakes. Usually he played
for a nickel or dime; a quarter a hand was about his limit.
John
Greene, Jr. son of John and Esther Mae Eblin Greene and Grandpa Bill's great
grandson recalls: "When we lived on the south end of Frankin County in old
Marion Township from 1941 to 1949 grandfather Bill Harrington would come to
visit us. He would ride the Greyhound bus from Circleville, and walk the short
distance from High Street to our house (about a 1/4 mile ). That weekend there
wasn't much sleeping. It was an all-night poker party. I remember his pointer
finger had a heavy deformed finger nail, and he would thump it on the table
when he wanted to make a point. When he came, he always brought along his
bottle of Four Roses."
Bill Harrington’s deformed fingernail was on the index
finger of his right hand. It was the result of an auto-accident. He was driving
a model-A Ford and bumped into the back of a similar vehicle. Neither car was
damaged but the bumper of Bill's car went over the bumper of the other car. He
got hold of the bumper of his car and raised it a little and it slid off. The
tip of his finger was between the sliding bumpers and it sheared off the end of
his finger. It just cut off
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the tip
leaving the 'quick' of the nail so that it continued to grow but in a thick,
deformed nail, that he kept well-trimmed, that looked like a bit like a talon
of a bird.
Grandpa Bill Harrington lived about a dozen
years after he retired at the age of 72. At 72 he was pretty well worn out but
made good use of his retired years. He liked to fish and, of course, play
cards. The 1940 Federal Census enumerated Bill and his wife, Lizzie, living
with their son, Roy and Kathryn Payne Harrington. After Lizzie moved out of
their home, he made his residence with his son, Roy and Kathryn Harrington who
lived on Main Street on the far-east side of Circleville. He no longer drove a
car. One of his remaining pleasures was to walk the full length of Main Street
to the far-west side of Circleville - a distance of about a mile. The
attraction on West Main Street was a little bar named "Mary's." It
was run by the owner whose name was Mary. Weather permitting, Grandpa Bill
would make the walk once a day. At Mary's he was well known. He knew and liked
all the patrons - it was a comfortable, fun place to be and he felt at home.
Moreover, Mary was a good friend and although she was a couple of decades
younger than Bill, she gave him a lot of attention calling him her 'boyfriend' and
other endearing names. Bill enjoyed the attention. Undoubtedly, it was
attention that he had not received for a long, long time at home, if ever. It
filled a need of being liked and needed. Bill, at the age of about 80-years,
misread Mary's interest and decided to propose marriage to her. He bought her a
nice engagement ring and prepared to make his 2nd proposal of marriage in his
life. As his plan matured, he took some of his children into his confidence.
Their vision and advice was more clear than Bill's had become and they advised
him against his plan. Being the stubborn old cuss that he was, he did not take
their advice and proceeded with his plan. The discussions with his kids and
their advice, however, probably helped soften the blow when Mary rejected his
proposal. Bill continued his daily walk, though. Perhaps he found the beer was
as important as Mary.
Grandpa Bill returned from his daily walk about 3:00 p.m.
on July 24, 1951. He always took his supper with Roy and Kathryn and would
usually help Kathryn prepare it if he could. On this day, he told Kathryn that
he was not feeling good and thought he would lie down on his bed and rest a
little. When Kathryn went to call him for dinner she found him dead. At the age
of 85, Grandpa Bill finally wore out.
William
Alvin Harrington never owned his own home. He always rented and was therefore
relatively mobile. In the course of his life he moved many times remaining in
the same house just a few years.
The
author’s mother, Audra L. Young Harrington, frequently remarked how much she
liked her father-in-law, Bill Alvin Harrington. Audra first met her future
father-in-law when he was about 62-years old. Audra was taken aback by the
brash, boisterous, and unpolished nature of some of his children, but, in
contrast the man she knew as her father-in-law, Bill Harrington, was a
soft-spoken, real gentleman. The author, Audra’s son, first remembers his
grandfather a decade or so later and confirms Audra’s description of him.
Obituary of William
Alvin Harrington:
William
Alvin Harrington, 85, died Tuesday afternoon [July 24, 1951] at 126 1/2 West
Main Street where he made his home with his son, Roy Harrington, who survives.
He was born June 10, 1866 in Kickapoo, Kan., the son of
Charles and Sarah Valentine Harrington and is a retired employee of Pickaway
Power plant.
Also
surviving are four other sons, Ray of Canal Winchester, Lewis of Columbus, Fred
of East Main Street and Ira Harrington of West Mound street; three daughters,
Miss Nellie Harrington and Mrs. Ruth Pennell of Columbus and Mrs. Viola Eblin
of East Main street; 17 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
Services
were held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in Defenbaugh Funeral Home with the Rev. Joseph
Bellcastro of Columbus officiating. Burial was in Hitler-Ludwig cemetery with
grandsons acting as pallbearers.
Being
relatively isolated in the rural farming area east of Circleville, I had only
limited contact with my grandparents and my aunts and uncles. So, much of the
impression that I have of the Harrington family members came from my mother,
Audra L. Young Harrington. Audra found the loud, boisterous and unpolished
nature of some of Ira's siblings not to her liking. Nevertheless, she was
sociable and courteous with them and without exception, they all seemed to like
her. It was not until I was in my own autumn years that I was able to view her
inlaws more objectively and better appreciate her point of view. I will review
Audra's relationship with her inlaws more when I write about Audra later, but
that is not the point of the current observation. Rather, the point is to try
to understand my dad's family a little better and appreciate why they were as
they were.
To better understand
my dad's parents and siblings it is probably only necessary to remember how
they were reared and the environment of their lives. Grandpa Bill Harrington
spent his formative years on his step-father's farm. He was poorly educated but
not illiterate. He married Sarah Elizabeth Pence in 2 November1890 when he was
24 and she was 18 years old. Within about one year they began their family of
9-children with the birth of Nellie on 17 October 1891. Babies came rapidly so
that for the next 4-decades their house would be filled with their children and
grandchildren. Grandpa Bill Harrington's early training on his step-father's
farm prepared him for little more than hard work and farm labor. Bill and
Sarah's family was dirt-poor. Ira recalls that while they always seemed to have
enough to eat, it was important that he be at the table and get his share because
there were no seconds helpings. They ate a lot of beans, corn bread and
potatoes. As the boys got bigger, their meals were supplemented by wild game
and fish.
There
was no extra money for anything, only the bare necessities. Bill and Sarah
never owned real estate property. They either rented or traded labor for
housing. With so large a family, space was very limited, particularly, in
winter when it was not possible to spend time out-of-doors. Living was hard and
the decades of the end of the 1800s and beginning of the 1900s found technology
just beginning but still offering little opportunities other than farming and
hard-labor jobs. Bill and Sarah were both poorly-qualified to help their
children find careers. So, it is not surprising that the children grew up as
competitive, poorly mannered, and largely uneducated and ill-prepared for adult
life. What may be a little surprising is that as adults they remained friends
and frequently socialized together.
From
the Federal Census for 1880 for Washington Township, Pickaway
County, Ohio; enumerated 14 June 1880
William Anderson, head, age
43, occupation: farmer Sarah Jane Anderson, wife, age 32, housekeeping William
Herrington, son, age 14, at school
George
W.S. Valentine, brother, age 26 Nora E Valentine, sister, age 13, at school
George W. Stout, servant, age 19, laborer
From Federal Census
of 1900 for Circleville Township, Circleville Ward 5, East Town
Street, Pickaway Co., Ohio, enumerated 26 June 1900 by Samuel Kindler [Note:
the William Herrington family was enumerated 4-houses away from the Josiah
Pence house on the same street, East Town Street. See the Josiah Pence entry
for details.]
Herrington,
William, head, age 33, born June 1866 in Kansas, occupation: day laborer
Sarah
E. Herrington, wife, age 28, born Apr. 1872 in Ohio; Nellie M. Herrington,
dau., age 8, born Oct 1891 in Ohio; Charles R. Herrington, son, age 6, born
Sept 1893 in Ohio; Ruth I. Herrington, dau., age 4, born July 1895 in Ohio;
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Viola G. Herrington, dau., age 2, born Aug
1897 in Ohio;
Ira E. Herrington, son, age 9-months, born
August 1899 in Ohio
From the Federal
Census of 1910 for Circleville Township, Pickaway County, Ohio,
Lancaster Pike; enumerated 26 April 1910 by Ira L May [all born in Ohio, except
as noted. William Harrington born in Kansas; William's father's birthplace
given as Wisconsin]
William
Harrington, head, age 44, occupation: concret works, sidewalks; born in Kansas,
father born in Wisconsin, mother b: Ohio
Ella Harrington, wife, age 37
Chas Wm, Harrington, son, age 17, laborer,
farm
Ruth I. Harrington,
dau., age 15, working out, private family Viola Harrington, dau, age 13
Anna
[sic Ira], son, age 11 Roy Harrington, son, age 9
Easter Harrington,
daughter, age 6 Lewis Harrington, son, age 4 Fred Harrington, son, age 11-mo
From
the Federal Census of 1920 for Walnut Township, Pickaway County,
Ohio, Little Walnut Road; enumerated 31 January & 2 February 1920
William Harrington,
head, age 53, occupation: laborer, farm (General) Lizzie Harrington, wife, age
48
Roy Harrington, son,
age18, occupation: laborer, farm (General) Easter Harrington, daughter, age 15
Louis Harrington, son, age14
Frederick Harrington, son, age 11
From
the 1930 U.S. Federal Census for Ward 2, 560 East Franklin
Street, Circleville City, Circleville Twp., Pickaway County, Ohio; enumerated
21 April by Mary Campsa Eagleson [All born in Ohio except as noted]
William
A Harrington, head, age 63, born in Kansas, both parents born in Ohio, laborer,
light plant
Sarah E Harrington, wife, age 57
Frederick M Harrington, son, age 20, father
born in Kansas, laborer, ice
plant
June L Harrington, granddaughter, age 9
From
the Federal Census of 1940 for Circleville, Pickawy County, Ohio;
enumerated 11 April 1940 by Mrs. Nina B. Reid
Roy Harrington, head,
age 38, lineman, utilities Catherine Harrington, wife, age 34
William Harrington,
father, age 72, laborer, utilities Elizabeth Harrington, mother, age 67
Norma Harrington, niece, age
9 Jack Harrington, nephew, age 6
From U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Wm A
Harrington (Sara E); Residence year 1947; Address 405 E. Main, Circleville, OH;
Publication title: Circleville, Ohio, City Directory, 1947
From
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989: Wm A Harrington; bartender John's Pl;
Residence year 1949; Address 405 E. Main, Circleville, OH; Phone: 608;
Publication title: Circleville, Ohio, City Directory, 1949
The
tombstones of Stella, William A., Sara Elizabeth Pence-Harrington, and Nellie
Harrington are located at the edge of the road, 53 paces (about 160 feet) from
the
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rear wall of the chapel
on southernly line of projection of the west wall of the chapel in the
Hitler-Ludwig Cemetery, Pickaway County, about 3 miles from Circleville, Ohio.
Note: In the late 1990s, the Hitler-Ludwig Cemetery is under the care of Craig
and Don Fausnaugh. Don took care of it for about 21 years; now (2001) his son,
Craig, is caring for it. The cemetery records which only go back to about 1946
shows the ownership of the lots along the road described above to be as
follows: (lots along the road begin with # 17 which is the south-most lot
before reaching another road that "Tees" with the road along which
the Harrington lots are located. The numbering of lots runs from 17 to 6 in the
direction of the chapel -- i.e., lot is # 6 is closest to the chapel). Lots #
17, 16 & 15 = Walter (Barney) Rolfe; # 14, 13, & 12 (no owner listed);
Lot # 11 = Fred Harrington (appears to be occupied by Stella, Fred's wife);
Lots # 10 & 9 = Harrington Brothers (appears to be the lots occupied by
William A. and Sara Elizabeth Harrington); Lot # 8 = Don Young; Lot # 7 = Lewis
Harrington; Lot # 6 = Nellie Harrington.
iv.
ELLEN PENCE was born about 1873
in Ohio.
v.
GEORGE HENRY PENCE was born on 04 Apr
1876 in Benton Twp., Hocking County, Ohio. He died on 25 Jun 1953 in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio (buried at Commercial Point, Pickaway Co., Ohio). He married (1) ANNA MAY WILLIAMSON. He married (2) MARY ELIZABETH LYNN, daughter of Lewis
Lynn and Sarah J. Schmeck, on 08 Apr 1920 in Pickaway County, Ohio, USA (by
Rev. O. Royer). She was born on 27 Oct 1878.
Notes
for George Henry Pence:
Ohio, Births and Christenings Index,
1800-1962 about George H. Pence Name: George H. Pence
Gender:Male |
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Race: White |
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Birth Place: |
Benton Township, Hocking, Ohio |
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Birth Date: |
4 Apr 1876 |
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Father's Name:
Josiah J. Pence |
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Mother's name:
Sarah J. Lockwood |
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FHL Film Number: |
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George H. Pence and his wife
Anna M. Pence were found in the Circleville City Directory for 1910 living in a
house in Circleville, Ohio at 370 E. Town Street. His parents, Josiah and Sarah
J. Pence were living in a house at 362 E. Town Street.
On 12 Sept 1918 George Henry Pence was
registered for the World War I draft by Major L. Briggs in Columbus Ohio and given
serial number 6736. His address was given as 503 Harmon Ave, Columbus, Franklin
Co., Ohio. He was 42 yeas old with his birth date being 4 April 1876. His
nearest relative was Anna May Pence living at the same address. His occupation
was Laborer at Carmichael & Cryder on W.
Broad & Scioti River,
Columbus, Ohio. He was described as being white, native born, of medium height
and medium build with black eyes and black hair.
George was found in the 1880
Federal Census. See this census under his father, Josiah Pence in this book.
From
the 1900 United States Federal Census for Columbus City,
Montgomery Township, Franklin County, Ohio; enumerated 6 June 1900 by Robert A.
Magby [all residents were boarders except John and Ortha A. Glanville who were
head and
wife, respectively] |
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John Glanville |
59 |
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Ortha A Glanville |
45 |
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Anna T Gastinger |
17 |
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Greely Read |
37 |
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Harley F Butler |
16 |
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Frederick T
Schuitzspahn |
37 |
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George C Hazelett |
34 |
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Alexander J Witt25 |
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Frank Durbin |
19 |
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Harvey Bork |
18 |
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John B Madden 22 |
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Leuiss Marshall 43 |
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William Malone |
23 |
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John E Martin |
26 |
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Oscar Doty |
23 |
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George Pense, border, age 24,
born April 1876, day laborer
John
C Thomas 17 |
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Herman H Kruefener |
29 |
Andrew Gothke 21 |
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Charless Neff 25 |
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Charles Wallace23 |
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Samuel Burchan |
21 |
From the 1910 Federal Census of for
Ashville Village, Harrison Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio; enumerated 8-9 January
1920 by Harry Abbott. (all born in Ohio)
George H. Pence,
head, age 34, laborer, odd jobs Anna M Pence, wife, age 26
George E Pence, son, age 7
Joseph L Pence, son, age 6 Ethel L Pence, dau., age 2
Jerome W Pence, son, age 6-months
From
the U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Permanent address:
503 Harmon Ave, Columbus Franklin, Ohio Age: 42
Date of Birth: 4
April 1876
Occupation: Laborer
for Carmicheal & Cryder
Description: Medium
height, Medium Build, Color of eyes, Black, Color of hair, black Registrar:
Major L. Briggs
Date of Registration:
12 Sept., 1918
From the 1920 Federal Census of for Ashville
Village, Harrison Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio; enumerated 8-9 January 1920 by
Harry Abbott. (all born in Ohio)
George Pence, head,
age 43, laborer (section), railroad (widowed) Sarah Pence, mother, age 69
Joseph Pence, son, age 14
Ethel Pence, dau., age 13 Jerome Pence, son, age 11 Mina Pence, dau., age 6
Alonzo Pence, son, age 4-months
From the Pickaway
County, Ohio, Marriage Book number 16, page 478 - Marriage on 8 April 1920 of
George Henry Pence, born 04 Apr 1876 in Hocking County, Ohio, to, Mary
Elizabeth Ward, born 27 October 1878 in Groveport, Ohio. Their marriage was
performed by Rev. Oliver Royer; no church affiliation given. George Henry
Pence’s residence was Ashville, Ohio. His occupation was Railroading. His
father was Josiah Pence and her mother was Sarah Lockwood. Mary Elizabeth
Ward’s residence was Ashville, Ohio. Her occupation was left blank. Her father
was Lewis Lynn and her mother was Sarah J. Schmeck. Both George Henry Pence and
Mary Elizabeth Ward claimed that they had one previous marriage.
From
the 1930 Federal Census of for Harrison Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio;
enumerated 22 April 1930 by Edward O. Adkins. (all born in Ohio)
George Pence, head,
age 53, Laborer, Gen Laborer Mary E. Pence, wife, age 51
Alonzo
E. Pence, son, age 14 Warren L. Pence, son, age 8 Helen S. Ward, step-dau., age
15
From the Pickaway County,
Ohio, Marriage Book number 19, page 288 - Marriage on 29 April 1933 of George
Henry Pence, born 04 Apr 1876 in Hocking County, Ohio, to, Cora Cupp, born 29
March 1881 in Pickaway County, Ohio. Their marriage was performed by W. Newton
Mantle, Minister of M.E. Church, Ashville, Ohio. George Henry Pence’s residence
was Ashville, Ohio. His occupation was Laborer. His father was Josiah Pence and
her mother was Sarah Lockwood. Cora Cupp’s residence was Ashville, Ohio. Her
occupation was left blank. Her father was William Mitchell and her mother was
Harriett Hill. Both George Henry Pence and Cora Cupp claimed that they had two
previous marriages. Cora Cupp’s previous names were, Mrs. Leslie Hott and Mrs.
William Cupp.
From
the 1940 Federal Census of for North Ashville, Harrison Twp.,
Pickaway Co., Ohio; enumerated 5-6 April 1940 by Clark Cline. (all born in
Ohio)
George Pence, head, age 63, pick and
shovel, road construction, owned
home
Cora J. Pence, wife, age 59
U.S.,
Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current about George Henry Pence Name: George Henry
Pence
Birth
Date: |
4 Apr 1876 |
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Birth Place: |
Hocking County, Ohio, USA |
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Death Date: |
25 Jun 1953 |
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Death Place: |
Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA |
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Cemetery: |
Beckett Cemetery |
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Burial or Cremation
Place: |
Commercial Point, Pickaway County,
Ohio, USA |
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Has Bio?: |
Y |
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Spouse: |
Cora Jane Pence |
vi.
ELIAS FOSTER PENCE was
born on 23 Nov 1879 in Benton Twp., Hocking County, Ohio.
Notes
for Elias Foster Pence:
Ohio, Births and
Christenings Index, 1800-1962 about Elias Foster Pense Name: Elias Foster Pense
Gender:Male
Race:
White
Birth Place: Benton, Hocking, Ohio
Birth Date: 23 Nov 1879
Father's Name: Josiaih Pense
Mother's name: Sarah Jane Lockwood
For the 1880
US Federal Census data about Elias Foster Pence, see the census for his father,
Josiah Pence, in this book.
Elias Foster Pence
was 7-months old when the 1880 US Federal Census data about the Josiah Pence family
was taken on Saturday, the 5th of June 1880. [Note: there is a slight
difference in the age of Elias from the date-of-birth, 23 November 1879, given
in the Ohio Birth Index, above, and the 1880 US Federal Census. The latter
states that he was born in December 1879, a possible minimum difference of one
week.]
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Elias Foster Pence does not appear again in
any US Federal Census except the 1880 census. The 1890 US Federal Census is not
available, of course, because it was burned in a fire in Washington. It is
likely that he did not survive but died as a child.
vii.
BERTHA F. PENCE was
born on 11 Dec 1882 in Benton Twp., Hocking County, Ohio. She married William Wilkerson,
son of Simon Wilkerson and Hannah Valentine, on 12 Aug 1901. He was born on 01
Jan 1876 in Vinton Co.,.
Notes
for Bertha F. Pence:
Bertha
L Pence in the 1900 United States Federal Census
Name: |
Bertha L Pence |
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Age: |
14 |
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Birth Date: |
Mar 1886 |
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Birthplace: |
Ohio |
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Home in 1900: |
Jackson, Brown, Ohio |
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Race: |
White |
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Gender:Female |
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Relation to Head of
House: |
Daughter |
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Marital Status: |
Single |
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Father's name:
Charles I Pence |
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Father's
Birthplace: |
Ohio |
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Mother's name:
Sarah Pence |
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Mother's
Birthplace: |
Ohio |
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Occupation: |
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Name |
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Charles I Pence47 |
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Sarah Pence |
46 |
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Cora E Pence |
19 |
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Pascal W Pence |
17 |
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Bertha L Pence |
14 |
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Notes for William Wilkerson:
W M Wilkenson in the 1910 United States
Federal Census
Name:
W M Wilkenson |
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Age in 1910: |
36 |
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Birth Year: |
abt 1874 |
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Birthplace: |
Ohio |
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Home in 1910: |
Circleville Ward 1,
Pickaway, Ohio |
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Street: |
High St |
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House Number: |
115 |
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Race: |
White |
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Gender:Male |
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Relation to Head of
House: |
Head |
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Marital Status: |
Married |
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Spouse's Name: |
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Bertha Wilkenson |
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Father's
Birthplace: |
Ohio |
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Mother's
Birthplace: |
Ohio |
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Native Tongue: Yes |
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Occupation: |
Tinner |
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Employer, Employee
or Other: |
Wage Earner |
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Home Owned or
Rented: |
Rent |
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Farm or House:
House |
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Able to Read: |
Yes |
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Able to Write: |
Yes |
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Years Married: |
9 |
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Out of Work: |
N |
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of work: |
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Name |
Age |
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W M Wilkenson 36 |
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Bertha Wilkenson |
28 |
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Alva Wilkenson |
8 |
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Willie Wilkenson6 |
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Saddie Wilkenson |
5 |
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Robert Wilkenson |
1 1 6/12] |
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William M Wilkerson
in the 1930 United States Federal Census |
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Name: William M
Wilkerson |
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Birth Year: |
abt 1877 |
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Gender:Male |
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Race: |
White |
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Birthplace: |
Ohio |
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House: |
Head |
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Home in 1930: |
Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio |
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Map of Home: |
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Third |
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Name |
Age |
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William M Wilkerson |
53 |
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Rosa Wilkerson 50 |
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Alva Wilkerson |
28 |
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Frank Wilkerson16 |
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Joseph G Thomas |
18 |
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viii.
JAMES ELMER BLAIN PENCE was
born on 12 Apr 1885 in Benton Twp., Hocking County, Ohio. He died on 26 May
1889.
Notes
for James Elmer Blain Pence:
From
the Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1774-1973
Name: Josiah Pence
Gender:Male |
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Spouse: |
Sarah J. Lockwood |
Child: |
James Elmer Blain
Pence |
[No date given - date
of birth of James was 12 Apr 1885; date of death was 26 May 1889]
ix.
CHARLES ARTHUR PENCE was born on 24 Mar
1888 in Benton Twp., Hocking Co., Ohio. He died on 17 Apr 1970 in Valperaiso,
Indiana. He married Bessie May Jones, daughter of Alonzo Allen Jones and Iretta
Lucinda Hunt, on 30 Aug 1909. She was born on 30 Aug 1890. She died on 14 Jun
1982 in Valparaiso, Porter Co., Indiana.
Notes
for Charles Arthur Pence:
Ohio,
Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1962 about Charles Arthur Pence
Name: Charles Arthur Pence
Gender:Male
Birth Place: Benton Township, Hocking, Ohio
Birth Date: 24 Mar 1888
Father's Name: Josiah Pence
Mother's name: Sarah J. Lockwood
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FHL Film Number: |
912314 |
By June of 1917, Charles
Arthur Pence was going by the name Arthur Charles Pence when he registered for
the World War I draft at age 29. In his registration he gave Bloomingville,
Ohio as his place of birth. At that time he had a wife and two children. His
registration card descibes him as being medium height and slender with brown
eyes and brown hair. He was not balding. the date of registration was June 5,
1917 in Valparaiso, Indiana. All subsequent records such as the U.S. Federal
Census lists him as Arthur Charles Pence.
By an undate
(probably about 1942) Arthur Charles Pence registered for the draft for World
War II. His addess was 205 Brown St., Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana. His
wife, Mrs. A.C. Pence was given as the person who would always know how to
reach him. He was employed by F.A. LePell & Son located at 53 Monroe St.,
Valparaiso, Indiana
From
the U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 for Arthur Charles
Pence.
Name: Arthur Charles
Pence [Arthur Charles Penel]
County:
Porter |
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State: |
Indiana |
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Birthplace: |
Ohio, United States of America |
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Birth Date: |
24 Mar 1888 |
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Race: |
Caucasian (White) |
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Home
address: 507 Beach, Valparaiso, Indiana Present vocation: Clerk
By
whom employed: Strinchfield Fehrman Co., Valparaiso, Indiana Have you people
dependent on you for support: wife, two childen Marital status: married
Previous military
service: none
Identification:
medium height; slender; brown eyes; brown hair; not bald; no physical defects
Registrar: H.D. Fishburn
Date: 5 June 1917
From
the 1920 Federal Census for Valparaiso Ward 1, Center Twp.,
Porter County, Indiana enumerated 8-10 January 1920 by (no name given)
Arthor Pence, age 32, head, salesman, Grocery
Dept. born in Ohio Bessie Pence, age 29, wife, born in Indiana, father born in
Illinois Harold Pence, age 8, son, born in Indiana
Gerald Pence, age 6, son, born in
Indiana
Iretta Jane Pence, age 5-months, dau.,
born in Indiana
From
the 1930 Federal Census for Valparaiso Ward 1, Center Twp.,
Porter County, Indiana enumerated 10 April 1930 by Mrs Bertha M. Baker
Arthur C. Pence, age
42, head, salesman, Furniture Co., born in Ohio Bessie Pence, age 29, wife,
born in Indiana, father born in Indiana Gerald Pence, age 17, son, born in
Indiana
Iretta Jane Pence, age 10, dau., born
in Indiana
From
the 1940 Federal Census for Valparaiso Ward 4, Center Twp.,
Porter County, Indiana enumerated 21 June 1940 by Grace Shaw
Arthur
C. Pence, age 52, head, asst. Director, Funeral Home Co., born in Ohio, highest
grade level = 8th grade
Bessie Pence, age 50,
wife, born in Indiana, father born in Indiana Iretta J. Pence, age 20, dau.,
born in Indiana
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From
the U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 for Arthur Charles Pence.
Place of residence:
205 Brown St., Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana Age: 54
Place of birth: Hocking County, Ohio
Name and Address of
person who will always know your address: Mrs. A.D. Pence; Brown St.
Valparaiso, Indiana
Employer's name and
address: F.A. LePell & Son; 53 Monroe St., Valparaiso, Porter County,
Indiana
U.S., Social Security Death Index,
1935-2014 about Arthur Pence
Name: Arthur Pence
SSN:
317-09-7909
Last Residence:46383 Valparaiso,
Porter, Indiana, USA
BORN: 24 Mar 1888
Died:
Apr 1970
x. GOLDIE GRACE PENCE was
born on 29 Aug 1892 in Hocking County, Ohio, USA. She died (buried in Greenlawn
Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ohio, USA). She married (1) EMMETT EDWARD DEWEY, son
of Edward Dewey and Jeanetta "Nettie" Johnson, on 08 Sep 1914. He was
born on 01 Jun 1891. He died on 19 Oct 1954. She married
(2) FAY GREEN, son
of A.L. Green and Flora Langstaff, on 16 Jun 1917. He was born on 06 Nov 1884.
She married an unknown spouse on 09 Jul 1921 in Pickaway County, Ohio, USA. She
married (4) CHARLES WILLIAM DELONG on
09 Jul 1921 in Pickaway County, Ohio, USA. He was born on 07 Apr 1886 in Athens
County, Ohio.
Notes for Goldie Grace Pence:
From the 1900
Federal Census for East Town Street, Circleville City, Circleville Twp.,
Pickaway County, Ohio; enumerated 26 June 1900 by Samuel Kindler [all born in
Ohio, except as noted] [Note: the William Herrington family was enumerated
4-houses away from the Josiah Pence house on the same street, East Town Street,
in Circleville, Ohio.]
Josiah Pence, head, age 54, born June
1845, farm laborer
Sarah J. Pence, wife, age 50, born Jan
1850, dressmaker, mother born in
Virginia
Bertha F., Pence, dau., age
17, born Jan 1883, housework Charles A. Pence, son, age 12, born May 1888, at
school Goldie Pence, dau., age 7, born Aug 1892, at school
James
A. Davis, nephew, age 10, born June 1890, at school Josiah and Sarah J.
marriage year = 1867; Years married = 33
From
the 1910 Federal Census for Franklin Twp., Ross County, Ohio;
enumerated 15 April 1910 by Chas. Foster Jones [all born in Ohio]
Chas W Delong, head,
age 24, farmer, general farm Goldie P Delong, wife, age 20
Bernice I Delong, dau., age 8-months
Clarence E Gilpen, hired man, age 16,
laborer, working-out, farm
From the Pickaway
County, Ohio, Marriage Book number 15, page 390 - Marriage on 8 September 1914
of Goldie G. Pence, born 29 August 1892 in Hocking County, Ohio, to, Emet
Dewey, born 1 June 1914 in Pickaway County, Ohio. Their marriage was performed
by Rev. M.R. White, Pastor of the U.B. Church. Emet (later spelled Emmett)
Dewey’s residence was Ashville, Ohio. His occupation was Farmer. His father was
Edward Dewey and his mother was Nettie Johnson. Goldie Pence’s residence was
also Ashville, Ohio. Her occupation was left blank. Her father was Josiah Pence
and her mother was Sarah Lockwood. Both Charles and Grace claimed that they
were not previously married.
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From the Pickaway
County, Ohio, Marriage Book number 16, page 133 - Marriage on 16 June 1917 of
Goldie G. Pence, born 29 August 1892 in Hocking County, Ohio, to, Fay Green,
born 6 November 1884 in Pickaway County, Ohio. Their marriage was performed by
Rev. C.B. Beckes, no church affiliation given. Fay Green’s residence was
Columbus, Ohio. His occupation was Locomotive Fireman. His father was A.L.
Green and his mother was Flora Langstaff. Goldie Pence’s residence was
Ashville, Ohio. Her occupation was left blank. Her father was Josiah Pence and
her mother was Sarah Lockwood. Both Charles and Grace claimed that they had
been previously married once before.
From
the 1920 Federal Census for Central Avenue, Columbus City,
Franklin County, Ohio; enumerated 7 January1920 by Pearl C. Staker [all born in
Ohio]
Fay Green, head, age 35, fireman, railroad
Goldie
G. Green, wife 27, power machine, cigar factory Laura L Hansgen, boarder, age
30, breaker, cigar factory Maggie Armentrout, boarder, age 25, spreader, cigar
factory
From the Pickaway County, Ohio, Marriage Book number 17,
page 70 - Marriage of Charles William Delong, born 7 April 1886 in Athens
County, Ohio to Grace Pence, born 29 August 1892 in Hocking County, Ohio on 9
July 1921. Their marriage was performed by Rev A. B. Cox, U.B. Minister.
Charles William Delong’s residence was in Columbus, Ohio; his occupation was a
railroader; his father was Daniel Delong; his mother was Rebecca Reed. Grace
Pence’s (believed to be Goldie Grace Pence) residence was Harsiegn Pike in
Pickaway County, Ohio. No occupation was listed. Her father was Josiah Pence;
her mother was Sarah Lockwood. Both Charles and Grace claimed that they were
not previously married.
From the 1920
Federal Census for Richmond Dale Pike, Liberty Township, Ross County, Ohio;
enumerated 5 February 1920 by Glenmore Thomas [all born in Ohio]
Chas W Delong, head,
age 34, farmer, general farm Goldie P Delong, wife, age 30
Bernice I Delong,
dau., age 11 Wayne Delong, son, age 7
Donald Delong, son, age 3-yrs, 11-months
From
the 1930 United States Federal Census for Jefferson Township,
enumerated 7 April 1930 by Edwin P. [all born in Ohio]
Charles Delong, head,
age 44, farmer, general farm Golda P Delong, wife, age 40
Bernice Delong, dau.,
age 20, housekeeper assistant Wayne Delong, son, age 17, laborer, general farm
Donald Delong, son, age 13
Harold
Delong, son, age 9 Betty Delong, dau., age 6 Marjorie Delong, dau., age 1 Jack
E Delong, son, age 1
From
the 1940 United States Federal Census for Harrison, Jefferson
Township, Ross County, Ohio; enumerated 4 May 1940 by Fay Stancliff [all born
in Ohio]
Charles Delong, head,
age 54, farmer, farm Golda Delong, wife, age 50
Donald Delong, son,
age 23, bookkeepeer, bank Hearld Delong, son, age 20, farm labor, farm Betty
Delong, dau., age 16
Marjorie Delong, dau., age
11 Jack E Delong, son, age 11
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Notes for Emmett Edward Dewey:
For the 1900
and 1910 United States Federal Census for Emmett Edward Dewey,
see the entry for his father, Edward Dewey, in this book.
From
the U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 for Emmet Edward Dewy
Name: Emmet Edward
Dewy [Emmet Edward Dewey] County: Pickaway
State: |
Ohio |
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Birthplace: |
Ohio,United States of America |
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Birth Date: |
1 Jun 1891 |
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Race: |
Caucasian (White) |
Home address:
Ashville R.F.D. #1, Ohio Age: 25
Date of Birth: 1 June 1891
Where Born: Pickaway
County, Ohio Present vocation: Farm Laboer Employer: Emmet Morris
Address of employer:
on farm Marital status: married Race: Caucasian
Prior military service: none
Description: medium
height; medium build; eyes black; hair brown; not bald Registrar W.H. Reed
Date: 5 June 1917
[signed but could barely write his
name]
From the Ohio Soldiers in WWI,
1917-1918
Name: Emmet E. Dewey
Age: |
21 |
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Race: |
White |
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Birth Date: |
1 Jun 1897 |
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Birth Location: Pickaway Co, Ohio,
USA |
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Enlistment Date: |
27 May 1918 |
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Enlistment County: |
Circleville |
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Enlistment State: |
Ohio |
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National Army |
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Comments: |
158 Depot Brigade to 2 July 1918;
309 Engineers Train to 3 July |
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454
1919. Wagoner 14 Sept 1918.
American Expeditionary Forces 9 Sept 1918 to 29 June 1919. Honorable discharge
9 July 1919.
Notes for Fay Green:
In 1917, Fay Green was a locomotive
firemen.
20. ALLEN MONROE8 BENTZ (Curtis
Monroe7, George6,
John (Judge)5, Johann Heinrich4,
Johann Georg3, Johannes2,
Hans Martin1) was born on 10 Mar
1861 in Warren County, Indiana, USA. He died on 23 Feb 1933 in Frederick,
Brown, South Dakota, USA. He married ROSETTA "ROSY" GADY. She
was born on 25 May 1869 in Warren County, Indiana, USA. She died on 18 Jun 1945
in Frederick, Brown, South Dakota, USA.
Allen
Monroe Bentz and Rosetta "Rosy" Gady had the following child:
i.
ROBERT MONROE9 BENTZ was
born on 22 Dec 1909 in Frederick, Brown, South Dakota, USA. He died on 22 Oct
1970 in Frederick, Brown, South Dakota, USA. He married CLARICE ETHELYN STANLEY. She
was born on 03 Aug 1910 in Hecla, Brown, South Dakota, USA. She died on 27 Oct
1989 in Aberdeen, Brown, South Dakota, USA.
Outline Descendant
Report for Joshua Lockwood
1
Joshua Lockwood b: Abt. 1797 in Virginia + Elizabeth De Ford b: Abt. 1825
...2 Phebe A.
Lockwood b: 1842
...2 Susan Lockwood
b: Abt. 1844
...2 Rachel Lockwood
b: 1846
...2 Mary J. Lockwood
b: 1849
...2 Sarah Jane Lockwood b: 29 Jan 1850 in Benton Twp., Hocking
County, Ohio, d: 06 Jan 1926 in Pickaway Co., OH
+ Josiah Pence b: 02
Jun 1846 in Ohio, m: 27 Feb 1867 in Hocking County, Ohio, d: 13 Feb 1912
+ Francis
M. Ward b: 06 Nov 1841 in Walnut Twp., Pickaway County, Ohio, USA, m: 31 Mar
1921 in Pickaway County, Ohio; Married by D.S. Mills, minister in Ashville, OH
...2 Margeta Lockwood
b: 1858
Generation 1
1. JOSHUA1 LOCKWOOD was
born about 1797 in Virginia. He married ELIZABETH DE FORD. She
was born about 1825.
Notes
for Joshua Lockwood:
Joshua Lockwood and family
were found in the 1850 Federal Census (enumerated on 18 September 1850) living
in Swan Township, Vinton County, Ohio. Swan Twp. in Vinton County, OH and
Benton Twp. in Hocking County, OH share a common boundary of just under
3-miles. It is likely that the Josiah Pence's family and Sarah Jane Lockwood's
family lived near each other in the vicinity of this common 3-mile boundary and
may have been only a couple of miles apart. It is also instructional to note
that by going east from Circleville, Ohio on Ohio Route #56 for about 35 miles,
the road passes through Salt Creek Twp., Pickaway Co.; Salt Creek Twp., Hocking
Co.; Benton Twp., Hocking Co.; crosses the 3-mile common boundary mentioned
above and continues into Swan Twp., Vinton Co., Ohio.
From the 1850
U.S. Federal Census for Swan Township, Venton County, Ohio, Post Office, Elk;
enumerated 18 September 1850 by Thos Crewfort
Joshua Lockwood, head, age 52, farmer, born
in Virginia Elizabeth Lockwood, wife, age 26, born in Ohio
Phebe
A. Lockwood, dau., age 8, born in Ohio Sarah Lockwood, dau., age 6, born in
Ohio Rachel Lockwood, dau., age 4, born in Ohio Mary Lockwood, dau., age 1,
born in Ohio
From the 1860
U.S. Federal Census for Swan Township, Venton County, Ohio, Post Office, Elk;
enumerated 27 June 1860 by Wm Gold
Joshua Lockwood, head, age 63, farmer, born
in Virginia Elizabeth Lockwood, age 35, born in Ohio
Phebe
A Lockwood, dau., age 18, born in Ohio Susan Lockwood, dau., age 16, born in
Ohio Rachel Lockwood, dau., age 14, born in Ohio Mary J. Lockwood, dau., age
11, born in Ohio Sarah J. Lockwood, dau., age 7, born in Ohio Margreta
Lockwood, dau., age 2, born in Ohio
[Note:
There is some confusion regarding the name "Sarah" that appears on
both the 1850 and 1860 census. This is clearly the same family enumerated in
both census. The problem is with the the person who is 6-years old and named
"Sarah" in the 1850 census and 16-years old in the 1860 census and
named "Susan." The Sarah J., age 7, on the 1860 census is quite
clear, however. I suspect that the census-taker got mixed up when he wrote the
name "Sarah" on the 1850 census form instead of "Susan."
From Sarah Jane Lockwood's age in the 1870 and 1880 Federal Census, our Sarah
Jane Lockwood is clearly the Sarah J. Lockwood at age 7 in the 1860 census.]
Joshua
Lockwood and Elizabeth De Ford had the following children:
i.
PHEBE A.2 LOCKWOOD was born in 1842.
ii.
SUSAN LOCKWOOD was born about 1844.
iii.
RACHEL LOCKWOOD was born in 1846.
iv.
MARY J. LOCKWOOD was born in 1849.
v. SARAH JANE LOCKWOOD was
born on 29 Jan 1850 in Benton Twp., Hocking County, Ohio. She died on 06 Jan
1926 in Pickaway Co., OH. She married (1) JOSIAH PENCE, son
of Peter Pence and Sarah Ann Hart, on 27 Feb 1867 in Hocking County, Ohio. He
was born on 02 Jun 1846 in Ohio. He died on 13 Feb 1912. She married (2) FRANCIS M. WARD, son
of William P. Ward and Hannah Sabena, on 31 Mar 1921 in Pickaway County, Ohio
(Married by D.S. Mills, minister in Ashville, OH). He was born on 06 Nov 1841
in Walnut Twp., Pickaway County, Ohio, USA.
457
Notes for Sarah Jane
Lockwood:
Sarah
Jane Lockwood was born 29 Jan 1850 in Hocking County [sic, this probably should
be Vinton County, not Hocking County, if the census takers of 1850 and 1860 are
correct.] and died 6 Jan 1926. On 27 Feb 1867 Sarah Jane Lockwood married
Josiah Pence in Hocking County, Ohio. Sarah Jane is enumerated with her parents
family in the 1860 Federal Census. She was enumerated in Benton Twp, Hocking
County in 1870 and 1880 and in Circleville, Pickaway County, in 1900. After the
death of Josiah Pence in 1912 in Ashville, Ohio, she remarried to Francis M.
Ward on 31 Mar 1921 in Pickaway County, Ohio. In 1921 when she married Francis
M. Ward, she listed her addess only as Ashville, Ohio. On her marriage
application to Francis, she again gave her place of birth as Vinton, County,
Ohio.
Notes for Josiah
Pence:
JOSIAH (JOSEPH) PENCE was born Jun 1845 and
was enumerated in the 1850 and 1860 Federal census as a member of the Peter
Pence (1816-?) family. He died 13 Feb 1912 in Ohio. He married Sarah Jane
Lockwood 27 Feb 1867 in Hocking County, Ohio. She was born 29 Jan 1850 in
Hocking County, Ohio and died 6 Jan 1926 in Pickaway County, Ohio. After Josiah
died she remarried to Francis M. Ward on 31 Mar 1921.
Josiah
Pence was enumerated in the 1850 and 1860 Federal census as a member of the
Peter Pence (1816-?) family. Josiah and his wife, Sarah Jane Lockwood, and
their family were subsequently found in Benton Twp, Hocking County in 1870 and
1880 and in Circleville, Pickaway County, in 1900. Josiah died 13 February 1926
in Ashville, Ohio. After his death, his wife, Sarah Jane Lockwood Pence
remarried to Francis M. Ward 31 Mar 1921 in Pickaway County.
[It
may be useful to future genealogy researchers to note the following: I
counseled with Richard A. Pence in about the year 2000 regarding the ancestors
of Josiah Pence. My research at that time led me to the conclusion that
Josiah's parents were Peter Pence (about1816-?) and Sarah A. Pence (about
1814-?). This conclusion was based primarily on data found in Federal Census
that included Josiah Pense and the correspondence of his age among these and
subsequent years of Federal census. Richard A. Pence advised that Josiah's
father was John Pence (1809-?) and that his grandfather was Frederick Pence. I
have been unable to find evidence to support Richard's claim. The name Josiah
Pence does not appear in any census of the John Pence (1809-?) line.]
From
the 1850 Federal Census for District 195, Benton Twp., Hocking
County, Ohio; enumerated 28 September 1850 by J.W. Lyons
Peter Pence, head,
age 35, farmer, value of farm $600 Sally Ann Pence, wife, age 36, born in New
York John Pence, son, age 17
Nathan
Pence, son, age 7 Elizabeth Pence, dau., age 5 Josiah Pence, son, age 3 Harriet
Pence, dau., age 1-mo
From
the 1860 Federal Census in Benton Twp., Hocking County, Ohio;
enumerated 10 July 1860 by C. Eby
Peter
Pence, head, age 44, farmer, value of real estate $2000, value of personal
property $100
Sarah A. Pence, wife,
age 46, born in Ind. John Pence, son, age 21
Nathan Pence, son,
age 17 Elizabeth Pence, dau., age 14 Josiah Pence, son, age 12 Harriet Pence,
dau., age 10
458
Peter Pence, son, age 6
From the 1870
Federal Census in Benton Twp., Hocking County, Ohio, Post Office: Logan, Ohio;
enumerated 5 July 1970 by J.A.M. Houston [Note: Josiah Pence's family was
enumerated living next to his father, Peter Pence]
Josiah Pence, head, age 23, farm labor
Sarah J.
age 20
William T.
age 2
Margrette age 5 mos
From the 1870
Federal Census in Benton Twp., Hocking County, Ohio, Post Office: Logan, Ohio;
enumerated 5 July 1970 by J.A.M. Houston [Note: Josiah Pence's family was
enumerated contigious to his father, Peter Pence]
Peter
Pence, head, age 57, farmer, born in Ohio, value of real estate $2500; value of
personal property $520
Sarah Pence, wife, age 57, keeping house,
born in Indiana
From the 1880
Federal Census for Benton Twp., Hocking County, Ohio; enumerated 4th & 5th
June, 1880 by T.P. Johnston [all residents and their parents were born in Ohio]
Josiah Pence, head,
age 35, farmer Sarah J. Pence, wife, age age 30 William T. Pence, son, age 14
Sarah Pence, dau., age 9
Ellen
Pence, dau., age 7 George Pence, son, age age 3 Elias Pence, son, age 7 mos
From the 1900
Federal Census for East Town Street, Circleville City, Circleville Twp.,
Pickaway County, Ohio; enumerated 26 June 1900 by Samuel Kindler [all born in
Ohio, except as noted] [Note: the William Herrington family was enumerated
4-houses away from the Josiah Pence house on the same street, East Town Street,
in Circleville, Ohio.]
Josiah Pence, head, age 54, born June 1845,
farm laborer
Sarah J. Pence, wife, age 50, born Jan 1850,
dressmaker, mother born in
Virginia
Bertha
F., Pence, dau., age 17, born Jan 1883, housework Charles A. Pence, son, age
12, born May 1888, at school Goldie Pence, dau., age 7, born Aug 1892, at school
James A. Davis, nephew, age 10, born June 1890, at school
Josiah and Sarah J. marriage year = 1867;
Years married = 33
From
the 1910 Federal Census for Logan Street, Circleville City,
Circleville Twp., Pickaway County, Ohio; enumerated 18 April 1910 by William E
Hampf
Josiah Pence, head, age 63, labor, odd jobs
Josiah and his parents born in Ohio, married 44 years
Sarah
J. Pence, wife, age 60, labor, odd jobs, father born in Virginia, Sarah and her
mother born in Ohio, married 44 years
Josiah Pence in the
Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007
Name: Josiah Pence
Death Date: 13 Feb 1912
Death Place: Ashville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA
Josiah Pence in the
U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Name: Josiah Pence
Birth Date: |
2 Jun 1846 |
459
Death Date: |
13 Feb 1912 |
|
Cemetery: |
Forest Cemetery |
|
Burial or Cremation
Place: |
Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio,
USA |
|
Has Bio?: |
Y |
|
Notes for Francis M. Ward:
Francis Ward's
address at the time he married Sarah Jane Lockwood-Pence, was Route 4, Box 55,
Ashville, Ohio
vi.
MARGETA LOCKWOOD was born in 1858.
Outline Descendant
Report for William Alvin Harrington
1 William Alvin Harrington b: 10 Jun 1866 in Kansas, d:
24 Jul 1951 in at the home of his son, Roy William Harrington, in Circleville, Ohio;
buried in Hitler Cemetery near Circleville, Ohio
+ Sarah
Elizabeth Pence b: 29 Apr 1872 in Benton Twp., Hocking County, Ohio, m: 02 Nov
1890 in Hocking County, Ohio; by James Milhon, V Dr. M, d: 19 Jan 1948 in Circleville,
Ohio, Pickaway County, Ohio; buried in Hitler Cemetery near Circleville, Ohio
...2 Nellie Mae Harrington b: 17 Oct 1891, d: 16 Oct 1975
in Pickaway County, Ohio; buried in Hitler Cemetery near Circleville, Ohio
+ Matthew Sterling
Harrington (27 Apr 1983 - living) Matthew Sterling Harrington (27 Apr 1983 -
living) b: 21 Feb 1884 in Circleville, Ohio, m: 23 Nov 1909 in Circleville,
Ohio, Pickaway County, Ohio, d: 11 May 1946
...2 Charles Raymond (Ray*) Harrington b: 20 Sep 1893, d:
16 Mar 1966 in Canal Winchester, Franklin County, Ohio
+ Florence Prichard b:
Ross County, Ohio, m: Bef. 1912
......3 Stillborn
Harrington b: 18 Aug 1912, d: 18 Aug 1912
+ Bertha
(Betty) Arbella Kimmerling b: 06 Dec 1891 in Ashville, Ohio, m: 30 Nov 1914 in Pickaway
County, Ohio
+ Esther Spetnagle m:
Aft. 1915
+ Grace Harlor m: Abt.
1940
...2 Ruth Imo Harrington b: 27 Jul 1895 in Hocking Co.
Ohio, d: 17 Sep 1965 in Pineville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana; She died of
cancer. Interment date: 23 Sep 1965
+ George
Henry Purcell b: 25 Dec 1892 in Jackson Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio, m: 05 Dec
1911 in Circleville, Ohio, d: 06 Feb 1968 in Dunedin, Pinellas, Florida
......3 George
William Purcell b: 07 Apr 1912 in Circleville, Ohio, d: 31 Jul 2002
+ Wilma
Ann Maurer b: 12 Sep 1912 in Dover, Ohio, USA, m: 09 Jun 1934 in Dover,
Tuscarawas, Ohio, USA, d: 21 Nov 1997 in El Cajon, San Diego, California, USA
.........4 Nancy Jean
Purcell b: 15 Jul 1939 in St Ann's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
+
Larry
Lee Griffin b: 27 Apr 1936 in Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan, USA, m: 05 Oct 1957 in
Linda Vista Methodist Church, San Diego, California, USA, d: 16 Apr 2004 in
Sandpoint, Bonner, Idaho, USA
............5 Rebecca Lee Griffin b: 27 Jan 1959 + Rob
Dahlan
...............6 Krista Jean Dahlan b: 23 Jan 1989 +
Joshua Martinez
..................7 Kierra Jean Martinez b:
Abt. 2011
..................7 Khloe Ann Martinez b:
Abt. 2012
..................7 Griffin Howard Martinez
b: due in March ?
...............6 Candice Deserah Dahlan b: 23 Jan 1989 ;
Krista & Candice are twins + Garret Eugene Maxwell
..................7 Lillian Belle Baldrich b:
Abt. 2007
..................7 Jackson Rae Maxwell b: 20
Sep 2010
..................7 Deserah Louise Maxwell b: Apr 2016 +
Thomas Scott Neal
...............6 Thomas Nathan Neal
+ Melissa ?
..................7 Alyssa Neal b: Abt. 2000
..................7 Thomas James Neal b: Abt.
2013
..................7 Emilee Elizabeth Neal b:
25 Dec 2015
............5 James William Griffin b: 29 Jul 1961 + Mary
Elizabeth Tompkins
...............6 Seth Tompkins
+ [unknown spouse]
..................7 Sterling Thompkins b: 13
Mar 2012
461
+ Andrea "Drea" ?
..................7 Kimber Thompkins b: Apr
2013
..................7 Barrett Tompkins b: 05
May 2014
...............6 Christolpher Griffin
...............6 Anthony "Tony" James
Lee Griffin
............5 Rachel Jean Griffin b: 08 May
1962
+
David Haston m: Oct 1985
+ Benjamin
Martin Howard b: 22 Jul 1930 in Phoenix, Arizona, m: 28 Dec 1985 in San Diego,
California, USA
............5 Martin Howard b: 15 Dec 1969
............5 Alex Howard
+ Hurshel
Scott Heeter b: 28 Jul 1896, m: 03 Feb 1918 in Pickaway County, Ohio, d: 28 Feb
1932 in Circleville, Ohio, Pickaway County
......3 George W.
Heeter b: Abt. 1913
+
Carlton
Pearl Pennell b: 07 Jun 1892 in South Salem, Ohio, m: 05 Apr 1924 in Franklin
County, Ohio; Carlton Pennell died of cancer, d: 01 Mar 1951 in Columbus, Ohio;
buried in Glen Rest Cemetery, Reynoldsburg, OH
......3 Roger Carlton Pennell b: 02 Mar 1930 in St. Ann’s
Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, d: 10 Dec 1981 in Mt. Carmel East Hospital in
Columbus, Ohio
+ Bonnie
Louise Chrysler b: 11 Jul 1929 in Columbus, Franklin Co., OH, d: 02 Jun 1992 in
Lancaster, Fairfield Co., OH; died at home
.........4
John Carlton Pennell b: 1949 + [unknown spouse]
............5 Roger Carlton Pennell b: 20 Jan
1975
+ Wetonia
Ann (Tonnie) Boehringer b: 21 Mar 1976 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, m:
17 May 1997 in Groveport, Ohio
...............6 Madison Grace Pennell b: 17
Aug 2000 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio
...............6 Guage Carlton Pennell b: 01
Jun 2003 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio
+ Christina M.
Heilbrunn
+ Kathleen Edith
McHarry b: 1947, m: 03 Jun 1972
............5
Roger Carlton Pennell b: 20 Jan 1975
+ Wetonia
Ann (Tonnie) Boehringer b: 21 Mar 1976 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, m:
17 May 1997 in Groveport, Ohio
...............6 Madison Grace Pennell b: 17
Aug 2000 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio
...............6 Guage Carlton Pennell b: 01 Jun 2003 in
Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio + Christina M. Heilbrunn
............5 Mathew J. Pennell b: 1977 in
Ohio, USA
.........4 Deborah Jo
Pennell b: 06 Oct 1950
.........4 Norma J. Pennell b: 27 Dec 1952 in Columbus,
Franklin County, OH ; State File Nr. = 1952189472
+ David T. Gibson b:
Abt. 1950, m: 30 Mar 1970 in Franklin County, Ohio, USA
+ unknown spouse b:
Bef. 1979
+ Michael A. Eisel b:
Abt. 1951
.........4 David E. Pennell b: 26 Dec 1957 in Franklin
County, Ohio + Belinda R Angles m: 10 Dec 1994
.........4 Ruth Ann
Pennell b: 30 Apr 1964 in Columbus, Franklin Co., OH; State File Nr. =
1964054434
.........4 William
Pennell
+ Pat ?
+ Sterling
Umphenour b: Aug 1898 in Illinois, m: Feb 1961 in Dade County, Florida, d: Dec
1976 in Louisiana
...2
Viola (Olie) Grace Harrington b: 29 Aug 1897 in Pickaway Township, Pickaway,
Ohio, d: 12 Feb 1996 in Columbus, Ohio; buried in Forest Cemetery, Circleville,
Pickaway Co., Ohio
462
+
......3 George
William Eblin b: 08 Apr 1914, d: 06 Dec 1980
+ unknown woman
+ Louise Thompson
.........4 Esther
Eblin
......3 Leonard Leroy
Eblin b: 08 May 1915 in Circleville, Ohio; Walnut Street, d: 03 May 2002
+ Ruth
Kathryn Eccard b: 07 Apr 1918 in Circleville, Ohio; Pleasant Street, m: 14 Oct
1941 in Circleville, Ohio, d: 24 Aug 2001
.........4 Leonard
LeRoy Eblin b: 27 Mar 1944
+ Virginia Mae Owens b: 22 Nov 1944,
m: Abt. 1963
............5 Tonja Renee Eblin b: 22 Sep
1964 in Columbus, Ohio, USA, d: 04 Jul 2005
............5 Aaron Travis Eblin b: 23 Aug
1965
+ Reyna Gutierrez m: 09 Feb 2003 in
Clark County, Nevada
...............6 Aarika Eblin
...............6 Aaron Eblin
...............6 Child-3 Eblin
+ Deborah
K Cook b: Abt. 1953 in Montgomery, Ohio, USA, m: 06 Oct 1979 in Montgomery, Ohio,
USA; divorced 21 Aug 1981
+ Connie
S Litsey b: 11 Jun 1948 in Southern part of Ohio, m: 11 Dec 1987 in Montgomery
County, Ohio, USA
.........4 Karen Sue
Eblin b: 20 Feb 1951 in Circleville, Ohio; Berger Hospital
+ David Eugene
Reichelderfer
+ Ronald
Lee Gaines b: 28 Oct 1938 in Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA, d: 17 May 1997
in Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA
............5 Julie Nicole Gaines b: 22 Jan
1972
+ Ronald Schwind
+ Roy Gillespie
............5 Ronna Sue Gaines b: 27 May 1973 + Steven Thomas
...............6 Kylan Gaines b: 28 Jan 1992
...............6 Elijah Redmond b: 03 Jan
2001
............5 Leslie Lee Gaines b: 25 Jun 1974 + Brian
Maynard
...............6 Ashley Wittenmeier b: 20 Oct
1992
...............6 Grace Maynard b: 02 Sep 2002
...............6 Hunter Maynard b: 11 Apr
2008
............5 Brian Michael Gaines b: 21 Sep 1975 +
Rheanna ?
...............6 Colin Michael Gaines b: 27 Feb 2002 +
Michele Pettigrew
...............6 Cameron Michael Gaines b: 06
Jun 2013
...............6 Benjamin Tucker Gaines b: 25
Apr 2014
+ Rodric "Ric" Greider b: 15
Aug 1949, m: 24 Jun 1988 in Franklin Coiunty, Ohio, USA
......3 Esther Mae
Eblin b: 17 Apr 1917, d: 02 May 2001
+ John
Edward Greene b: 22 Feb 1914 in Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA, m: 26 Aug
1934 in Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA, d: 05 Oct 1994 in Circleville,
Pickaway, Ohio, USA
.........4 John
Edward Greene b: 31 Aug 1935 in Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio
+ Carol
Anna Summers b: 16 Dec 1936 in Mt. Carmel Hospital Columbus, Franklin County,
Ohio, m: 22 Aug 1953 in Albany, Indiana
............5
William Allen Greene b: 25 Jul 1954 in Mt. Carmel Hospital Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio + Cathy Barnette b: 06 Jul 1956 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio,
USA, m: 04 Nov 1978
...............6 Cara Nicole Lusk Greene b:
30 Apr 1977 in Cincinnati, Ohio
463
..................7 Alyssa Nicole Webber b:
10 Apr 2000
..................7 Tyler Lee Webber b: 23
Jun 2005
...............6 Justin Michael Greene b: 07 Jan 1981 in
Cincinnati, Ohio + Christina "Tina" Treft
............5 Michael Todd Greene b: 22 Aug 1955 in Mt.
Carmel Hospital Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, d: 04 Mar 1956 in Columbus,
Ohio; buried in GreenLawn Cemetery, Columbus, OH
............5 Larry Edward Greene b: 08 May 1957 in Mt.
Carmel Hospital Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, d: 10 Jun 1957 in Columbus,
Franklin County, Ohio
............5 James Charles Greene b: 14 Nov 1959 in Mt.
Carmel Hospital Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio
+ Arlinda Del Craig b: 06 Nov 1960, m:
19 May 1979 in Columbus, Ohio
...............6 Kyleigh Atwood b: Bef. 1981
...............6 Emma Davis b: Bef. 1981
...............6 Matthew James Greene b: 06 Feb 1982 in
Columbus, Ohio + Tawsha Louise Roberts
..................7 Kyleigh Louise Greene b:
13 Jan 2004
..................7 Emma Lynne Greene b: 07
Nov 2006
..................7 Mathew David James Greene
b: 17 Mar 2011
...............6 Suzanne Nicole Greene b: 26
Feb 1985 in Columbus, Ohio
............5 Deanna Mae Greene b: 17 Nov 1963 in Mt.
Carmel Hospital Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio + Johnny Jerald Hammel b: 29
Sep 1961, m: 30 Jul 1983 in Johnstown, Ohio
...............6 Amy Kay Hammel b: 23 Jul 1988 in
Westerville, Oh + Cory Matthew Smith b: 20 Jan 1989
...............6 Mark David Hammel b: 29 Dec 1991 in
Westerville, Oh + Emily Michelle Vica b: 10 Jun 1992
..................7 Layla Mae Hammel b: 26
Sep 2014
..................7 Landon David Hammel
............5 David Allen Greene b: 30 Oct 1964 in Mt.
Carmel Hospital Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, d: 23 Aug 1984 in New Albany,
Ohio; buried in Maplewood Cemetery, New Albany, Ohio
.........4 Richard
Allen Greene b: 01 Jul 1938
+ Mary George Lloyd b: 07 May 1938 in
Norma, Scott, Tennessee, USA, d: 02 Sep 2012
............5 John Leroy Greene b: 07 Jan
1961
+ Catherine Ann Schultz b: 17 May 1960
...............6 Alison Rose Greene b: 30 Aug
1986
...............6 Senneth Cheyenne Greene b: 23
Jan 1990
............5 Richard Allen Greene b: 11 Dec
1962
+ Amee L. Rush b: 1969, m: 31 Aug 1990
...............6 Shawntae Amanda Greene b: 12 Feb 1991 +
Mason Truman
..................7 Scotland Truman b: Abt.
2012
...............6 Brittany Lynn Greene b: 15
Aug 1993
+ Alison Lynn Brower b: 15 Mar 1976,
m: Nov 1999
...............6 Carson Olivia Greene b: 29
Jan 2004
......3 Roy Edward Eblin b: 13 May 1919 in Circleville,
OH, d: 26 Jun 1981 in Columbus, Ohio; Forest Cemetery, Circleville, Ohio, USA
+ Dorothy June Carr
+ Becky unknown
.........4 Terry L
Eblin b: 31 Jul 1958
...2 Ira Edward Harrington b: 28 Aug 1899 in Circleville,
Ohio, d: 23 Nov 1983 in Circleville, Ohio; at his request, he was cremated and his
ashes buried in Forest Cemetery, Circleville, Ohio
+ Dortha
Ellen Moore b: 21 Jul 1901 in Tarlton, Pickaway, Ohio, m: 1920, d: 01 Oct 1997
in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio
464
+ Robert
Paul Franklin b: 27 May 1921 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States, m: 08
Aug 1942 in Dublin Community Church, Dublin, Franklin County, 2003Ohio;
Methodist Church, d: 22 Nov 1997 in Coshocton, Ohio, USA
.........4
Robert Paul (Jr.) Franklin b: 09 Aug 1943 in Burger Hospital, Circleville, Ohio
+ Thelma Jean Hillmer b: 14 Feb 1944, m: 23 Jan 1965 in Columbus, Ohio
............5 Scott Alan Franklin b: 26 Aug 1965 + Kelly
Hollshew m: 01 Nov 1998
...............6 Amanda Nicole Franklin b: 26
Apr 1999
............5 Julie Marie Franklin b: 10 Nov
1967
+ David Patrick Moraine b: 05 May 1965,
m: 08 Dec 1987 in Columbus, Ohio
...............6 Benjamin Paul Moraine b: 21
May 1988
+ Courtney J Church b: Abt. 1989, m:
10 Oct 2008 in Wichita, Texas, USA
..................7 Savannah Kay Moraine b:
21 Oct 2009
..................7 Tanner Stone Moraine b:
02 Jan 2014
...............6 Corey Scott Moraine b: 02
May 1991
...............6 Megan Melissa Moraine b: 02
Mar 1999
...............6 Bailey Marie Moraine b: 26
Apr 2001
+
Martin
Luther (Jr.) Walters b: 14 Jun 1920 in Circleville, Ohio, m: 16 Dec 1979 in
KennewickBenton County, Washington; Certificate of Marriage No. 14964, d: 11
May 1992 in Las Vegas, Desert Springs Hospital
+ Vivian
(Lil) Radford b: 15 Jan 1900 in Athens Township, Athens, Ohio, m: 14 Jul 1923 in
Franklin County, Ohio
+ Audra
Lavada Young b: 24 Jan 1907 in Lewisville, Ohio, m: 24 Feb 1931 in Circleville,
Ohio, d: 08 Apr 1990 in Columbus, Ohio; buried in Forest Cemetery, Circleville,
Ohio
......3 Richard Edward
Harrington b: 23 Dec 1931 in Columbus, Ohio
+ Lois Anne Wolfe b: 03 Oct 1931 in
Circleville, Ohio, m: 23 Sep 1952 in Circleville, Ohio
.........4 Daniel
Edward Harrington b: 15 Jan 1955
+ Sharon Louise Desjardins b: 15 Nov
1953, m: 1982
.........4 Gregory
Philip Harrington b: 26 Jun 1957 in Circleville, Ohio
+ Sandra
Cornelia Redd b: 03 May 1952 in Fort Polk, Louisiana, m: 25 Sep 1982 in
Williamsburg, VA
............5 Matthew Sterling Harrington b:
27 Apr 1983 in Newport News, VA
+ Branwen Inanna Hardebeck-Durso b: 11
Mar, m: 18 Oct 2008 in Las Vegas, NV
...............6 Juniper Sarah Harrington b:
06 May 2013
...............6 Griffin Harrington b: Abt.
15 Sep 2016 in Oregon, USA
+ Leah Mancuso b: 06 Dec 1962, m: 03
Jul 2010 in Double Tree Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts
.........4 Pamela
Anne Harrington b: 20 Jun 1958 in Pensacola, FL
+ John Edward Schwartz b: 06 Jan 1959 in Cottage
Hospital, Hamtramck, MI, m: 08 Aug 1981 in Ann Arbor, MI
............5 Richard James Schwartz b: 14
Jun 1987 in William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oaks, Michigan
+ Alaine
Michelle Reichle b: 10 Mar 1988, m: 13 Aug 2010 in Peace Lutheran Church
Saginaw, MI
............5 Robert John Schwartz b: 14 Mar 1991 in Providence
Hospital in Southfield, Michigan + Lyndsey Nicole Garlich b: 06 Sep 1990, m: 19
Mar 2014 in Chicago, Cook Co., IL
............5 Jacquelyn “Jacqui” Michelle Schwartz b: 19
Aug 1993 in William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oaks, Michigan
.........4 Margaret
Elaine Harrington b: 09 May 1960 in Pensacola, FL
+ Michael Clark Poole b: 06 Jun 1958
in St. Lukes Hospital, Denver, Colorado, m: 24 May 1980
............5 Eryn Leigh Poole b: 25 May 1982
in Mary Immaculate Hospital in Newport News, VA
+ David
Michael Pluim b: 21 Dec 1981 in Grants Pass, Oregon, USA, m: 11 May 2002 in
Union Baptist Church in Bena, VA
465
...............6 Tobin Kendall Pluim b: 11
Dec 2012 in St Mary's Hosp in Richmond, VA
...............6 Sophia Marie Joy Pluim b: 26
Aug 2015
............5 Morgan Kendall Poole b: 20 May 1985 in Mary
Immaculate Hospital in Newport News, VA + Michael Gatzke m: Never Married
...............6 Elliott Dmitri Poole b: 07 Sep 2004 in
Born @ 2:30 p.m. at Henrico Doctors Hospital in Richmond, VA
...............6 Tobin Kendall Poole b: 11
Dec 2012 in St. Mary's Hospital in Richmond, Virginia
+ Joshua
Max Boguch b: 12 Mar 1985, m: 26 May 2013 in Shenandoah National Park (along
the Skyline Drive)
...............6 Malcolm Ari Boguch-Poole b:
06 Jul 2015
............5 Emily Yan Li Poole b: 20 Sep 1998 in
Hauzhou City, Guag Dong Provence, China; Adoption agency (Welfare Institute)
was Hua Zhou
.........4 Neil
William Harrington b: 17 Jun 1963
+ Donna Louise Morgan
b: 26 Oct 1960, m: 12 Sep 1998
+ Jana Marlene Fenneken
b: 19 Aug 1971, m: 07 Sep 2014 in Top Sail, N.C.
+ Margaret
Jadwiga Stasikowska b: 31 Mar 1948 in Ruda Slaska, Poland, m: 31 May 1991 in
Alexandria, VA
.........4
Kyle Ira Stasikowski Harrington b: 28 Jan 1986 in Alexandria, VA + Yunah Lee b:
Abt. 1982 in Soul, Korea
......3
William Young Harrington b: 10 Mar 1933, d: 23 Feb 1986 in Mt Carmel Medical
Center, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio; buried in Harrison Township Cemetery,
about a mile south of South Bloomfield, Pickaway County, Ohio.
+ Betty
Joan Griffith b: 03 Oct 1932, m: Apr 1951, d: 12 Jan 1962 in Berger Hospital,
Circleville, Ohio; buried in Forest Cemetery, Circleville, Ohio
.........4 Candice
Kay Harrington b: 30 Dec 1951 in Circleville, Ohio
+ Gediliah
Alexander (Jr.) Dresbach b: 12 Apr 1951 in Pickaway County, m: 07 Aug 1971 in
Circleville
............5
Todd Robert Featheringham b: 28 Feb 1971 in Circleville, Ohio + Tracy Asher b:
25 May 1976 in Lancaster, OH
...............6 Morgan Elizabeth
Featheringham b: 16 Aug 1995
+ Elizabeth Ann Hackler b: 17 Apr 1979
in Lancaster, OH, m: Feb 1997 in Baltimore, OH
...............6 Kyle Raymond Featheringham
b: 07 Oct 1997
...............6 Kassidy Arden Featheringham
b: 10 Nov 1999
............5 Christopher Michael Dresbach b:
20 Jun 1972
............5 Gediliah Alexander
"Andy" (III) Dresbach b: 23 May 1975
............5 Elizabeth Ann Dresbach b: 09 Oct 1976 +
Wesley Holbrook
...............6 Laura Elizabeth Dresbach b: 23 Feb 1994
+ Jerry Clark
..................7 Adeline Joy Clark b: 03
Feb 2016
+ Jerry
Elwood Tipton b: 14 Mar 1976, m: 04 May 2000 in city building by the mayor of
Circleville, Ohio, USA
...............6
Laura Elizabeth Dresbach b: 23 Feb 1994 + Jerry Clark
..................7 Adeline Joy Clark b: 03
Feb 2016
...............6 Dylan Isiah Tipton b: 25 Jul 1997 +
Taylor Certain b: Dec 1997
..................7 Isabell Ann Tipton b: 26
Nov 2014
...............6 Leah Jane Tipton b: 06 May
2001
+ Thomas R Karshner b: Abt. 1948, m:
04 Jul 1980 in Pickaway County, Ohio
466
+
+ Phillis Ann Logan b: 09
Apr 1944, m: 11 Mar 1963
.........4
Angela "Angie" Lynn Harrington b: 09 Nov 1963 in Ohio, USA + James
Keith (Jr.) Beglin b: 11 Aug 1962, m: 30 Jun 1983
............5 Raeanne Lynea Beglin b: 21 Jan
1985
+ Jewel Songo b: 07 Jun 1983, m: 09
Apr 2011
............5 Jacob Keith Beglin b: 25 Jul 1986 + Ginny
Kesselring b: 20 Sep 1987
...............6 Jacob Carter Beglin b: 09
Aug 2010
...............6 Ella Marie Beglin b: 08 Jul
2012
............5 Martha Bethany Beglin b: 09 Oct
1990
+ Jeff Brown b: 18 Mar 1989, m: 05 Jan
2009
...............6 Zachary Logan Brown b: 18
Nov 2009
...............6 Kree Elizabeth Brown b: 18
Sep 2013
............5 Rachael Elizabeth Beglin b: 04
Feb 1993
+ Allen (engaged) Rae Demint II b: 23
Jun 1992
...............6 Harley Rae Lynn Demint b: 18
Jun 2013
............5 Samual Robert Beglin b: 29 Aug
1995
............5 Sarah Kathryn Beglin b: 04 Jan
1998
............5 Timothy William Beglin b: 23
Dec 1999
............5 Emma Joy Beglin b: 29 Oct 2001
in Columbus, Ohio
.........4 William
Young (Jr.) Harrington b: 03 Nov 1965 in Pickaway County, Ohio
+ Elizabeth
Helen Greenlee b: 03 May 1970 in Circleville, Ohio, Pickaway County, m: 16 Jun
1990
............5 Kayla Beth Harrington b: 26 Dec
1990
............5 Rebecca "Becca" Anne
Harrington b: 12 Aug 1992
+ Andrew
Randal Karst b: 21 Dec 1989 in Doctor's North hospital in Columbus, Ohio, m: 12
Jul 2012
...............6 Adia Elizabeth Karst b: 26
Mar 2012 in Dublin Methodist hospital in Dublin, Ohio
...............6 Gavin Andrew Karst b: 28 Sep
2014 in Dublin Methodist hospital in Dublin, Ohio
+ Stephanie
Paige Pack b: 06 Jul 1967 in Circleville, Ohio, m: 20 May 2000 in Pickaway Co.,
Ohio
............5 Jarred William Harrington b: 28
Sep 2001 in Circleville, Ohio
......3
Patricia Sue Harrington b: 20 Jun 1936 in at home near Circleville, Ohio, d: 28
Apr 2013 in Circleville, Ohio, Pickaway County; at her son, Craig Hutchinson's,
home and buried in Forest Cemetery, Circleville, Ohio
+ Charles
Richard Hutchinson b: 11 Sep 1933 in Circleville, OH, m: 13 Feb 1954 in
Richmond, Indiana, d: 30 May 2013 in Pickaway County, Ohio; Burial in
Hitler-Ludwig Cemetery
.........4 Charles Richard Hutchinson b: 03 Sep 1954 in
Pickaway County, Ohio + Barbara Jean Beaver b: 02 Jun 1956, m: 25 Mar 1978 in
Toledo, Ohio
............5 Lindsey Audrea Hutchinson b: 21 Jan 1981 +
Douglas Scott Yors b: 16 Oct 1974
...............6 Estella Audrea Yors b: 12
Jan 2013
...............6 Eli Jackson Yors b: 27 Feb
2014
............5 Andrea (Ande) Michelle Hutchinson b: 27 Aug
1982 + Philip Steven (Steve) Cranfill b: 19 May 1980
...............6 Philip Andrew (Drew)
Cranfill b: 22 Sep 2002
...............6 Zoe Audrea Cranfill b: 31
Aug 2003
...............6 Addyson Mae (Addy) Cranfill
b: 23 Apr 2010
.........4 Cheryl Ann
Hutchinson b: 27 Sep 1955 in Pickaway County, Ohio
.........4 Craig
Patrick Hutchinson b: 26 Apr 1957 in Pickaway County, Ohio
467
............5 Marylynn Christine Hutchinson
b: 18 Apr 1987
+ Christopher Metcalf
b: 31 Dec 1980
...............6
Gracelynn Metcalf b: 23 Jul 2011
...............6
Ellie Metcalf b: 07 Dec 2012
+ Frank Mann b: Unknown
...............6 Jacob Mann b: 11 Mar 2016
............5 Tabatha Ann Hutchinson b: 22 Oct 1988 +
[unknown spouse]
...............6 Carson Lloyd Freasure b: 21
Sep 2008
...............6 Lillie Ann Fields b: 20 Oct
2012
...............6 Cloe Mayfield b: 13 May 2016
+ Harry
Reynolds b: 05 Jul 1909 in Kentucky, USA, m: 15 Nov 1974 in Pickaway County,
Ohio, USA; divorced about 1980, d: 12 Apr 1993 in Urbana, Champaign, Ohio, USA
...2 Roy William Harrington b: 14 Aug 1902 in Pickaway
County, Ohio, d: 02 Jul 1975 in Selby General Hospital, Marietta, Washington,
Ohio
+ Martha
Kathryn Payne b: 11 Feb 1906 in Ross County, Ohio, USA, m: 31 May 1924 in
Pickaway County, Ohio, d: 01 Jul 1993 in Circleville, Ohio
......3 Norma Jean Thompson b: 23 Jun 1930 in Pickaway
County, Ohio, d: 22 Feb 1994 in Mt Carmel Medical Center, Columbus, Franklin
Co., Ohio
+ Richard
Gale Binkley b: 15 Sep 1924, m: Abt. 1947, d: 19 Mar 2012 in Florence, South
Carolina, USA
.........4
Patrick Eugene Binkley b: 25 Jul 1948 + Maylin Minton
............5 Derek Binkley b: 11 Mar 1976
.........4 Christa Ann Binkley b: 20 Jun 1952 + Howard
Lee McKenzie
............5 Kristen Lee-ann McKenzie b: 23
Jun 1984
.........4 Matthew Scott
Binkley b: 12 Jul 1957
...2 Easter Marie Harrington b: 31 Mar 1904, d: 25 Jul
1932 in Ohio; buried at Hitler- Ludwig Cemetery beside her husband, Ward
Thompson
+ Ward
Emitt Thompson b: 04 Apr 1897 in Hocking County, Ohio, m: 28 Oct 1920 in
Pickaway County, Ohio, d: 06 Jan 1977 in Lancaster-Fairfield Hospital Med,
Ohio, USA; buried at Hitler-Ludwig Cemetery beside Easter
......3 Raymond Alvin Thompson b: 31 Jan 1923 in Pickaway
County, Ohio, d: 30 Apr 1988 in Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, USA
+ Millie
Faye Carren b: 14 Jul 1921, m: 29 Dec 1941, d: 20 Oct 1999 in Corpus Christi,
Nueces, Texas, USA
......3 Robert Eugene Thompson b: 25 May 1924 in Pickaway
Co., Ohio, d: 13 Dec 1987 in at home in Baltimore, Fairfield Co., Ohio
+ Catherine
Almeda Clark b: 05 Jan 1926 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA, m: 16 Dec
1943 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
.........4 Catherine
Marie Thompson b: 02 Dec 1944 in Chicago, Illinois
+ Clara
Marie Nisley b: 24 May 1931 in Fairfield County, Ohio, m: Abt. 1956, d: 26 Feb
1984 in Baltimore, Fairfield Co., Ohio
.........4
Debra Thompson b: Abt. 1951 + (Unknown) Howell
.........4 Ward Keith (Scooter) Thompson b: 14 Aug 1956
in Lancaster, Fairfield Co., OH, d: 01 Nov 2011 in Kobacker House (hospice),
Columbus, Ohio
.........4 Kenny L
Thompson b: Abt. 1958, d: 01 Jan 2014
.........4 Kimberly
Michelle Thompson b: Dec 1958 in Lancaster, Fairfield, Ohio, USA, d: 09 Feb
1959
.........4 Robert E.
Thompson
.........4 Richard E.
Thompson
468
......3 Russell
Emmitt Thompson b: 30 Dec 1925, d: 18 Jun 1997
......3 Norma Jean Thompson b: 23 Jun 1930 in Pickaway County,
Ohio, d: 22 Feb 1994 in Mt Carmel Medical Center, Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio
+ Richard
Gale Binkley b: 15 Sep 1924, m: Abt. 1947, d: 19 Mar 2012 in Florence, South
Carolina, USA
.........4
Patrick Eugene Binkley b: 25 Jul 1948 + Maylin Minton
............5 Derek Binkley b: 11 Mar 1976
.........4 Christa Ann Binkley b: 20 Jun 1952 + Howard
Lee McKenzie
............5 Kristen Lee-ann McKenzie b: 23
Jun 1984
.........4 Matthew
Scott Binkley b: 12 Jul 1957
......3 James Richard Thompson b: 19 Mar 1932 in
Groveport, Franklin County, Ohio, d: 12 May 2006 in Logan, Hocking, Ohio, USA;
at home
+ Mary "Mae" Krannitz b:
Abt. 1936, m: 01 Jan 1978 in Hocking County, Ohio, USA
.........4 Ralph
Thompson
.........4
Charles Thompson + Jackie unknown
.........4 Steve Cox
+ Kim unknown
.........4
Patricia Thompson + unknown Pearson
.........4
Lillian Thompson + Doug Hummel
.........4
Kelly Thompson + Kevin Galligan
.........4
Diana Thompson + unknown Bowen
...2 Lewis Josiah
Harrington b: 21 Mar 1906 in Circleville, Ohio, d: 12 Oct 1969 in Columbus,
Ohio
+ Thelma
Gertrude Allen b: 04 Sep 1908 in Circleville, Ohio, m: 15 Dec 1928 in Pickaway
County, Ohio, d: 01 Apr 1936 in Circleville, Ohio; buried in Hitler Cemetery
near Circleville, Ohio
......3 Wanda Lou
Harrington b: 15 Jan 1929, d: 27 Apr 1929
......3 Ruby
Elizabeth Harrington b: 16 Feb 1930, d: 18 Mar 1930 in Buried in Hitler
Cemetery
......3 Donna Lee Harrington b: 09 Oct 1931 in 501 E. Franklin
St. Circleville, Ohio, d: 19 Dec 2012 in Arbors of Delaware Nursing and Rehab,
Delaware, OH
+ Paul
Eugene Hunt b: 04 Oct 1932 in Circleville, Ohio (home birth on Rt. 188), m:
Abt. 1952, d: 26 Aug 2011 in St. Anns Hospital in Westerville, Ohio
.........4 Mary Lynn Hunt b: 08 Jan 1953 in Columbus, Oh,
d: 13 Nov 2007 in Ohio, USA; Residence: Ashtabula, Ohio, USA - cremation
+ Ronald
Dauer b: 12 Aug 1950 in Columbus, Ohio, m: 12 Feb 1972 in Franklin County,
Ohio, USA
............5 Sandra Dannette Dauer b: 20 Jan
1973
+ Michael K Brehm m: 04 Jul 1994 in
Fairfield Co., Ohio, USA
............5 Patricia Dawn Dauer b: 21 Jun 1974 + Robert
E Sisler b: Abt. 1972
...............6 Victoria Sisler b: Abt. 1998
............5 Jaysun David Dauer b: 07 Feb
1977
.........4 Cynthia Kay Hunt b: 10 Aug 1954, d: 13 Jun
2000 in Mt Carmel Medical Center, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio; died of
cancer
+ Ernest
Alfred Villiers b: 1953, m: 24 Dec 1973 in Franklin County, Ohio, USA; burial
Franklin Hills Memory Gardens, Canal Winchester, Franklin County, Ohio, USA, d:
23 Jan 2007 in Canal Winchester, Fairfield, Ohio, USA
469
............5 James Henry Villiers b: 10 Nov
1983
.........4 Vicky Sue
Hunt b: 30 Sep 1955
+ Michael L. Miller b: 08 Sep 1956, m:
02 Nov 1974 in Franklin County, Ohio, USA
............5 Daniel Forrest Miller b: 10 Oct
1975
............5 Amy Elizabeth Miller b: 07 Jul
1978
.........4 Paul
Dennis Hunt b: 14 Nov 1956
+ Jennie L Climer b:
Abt. 1961, m: 12 Dec 1983 in Fairfield County, Ohio, USA
+ Sandra J Cline b:
Abt. 1965, m: 05 Jul 1984 in Franklin County, Ohio, USA
............5
One child Hunt b: Abt. 1985
.........4 Thelma
DeAnn Hunt b: 29 Sep 1958
+ John Danford II King b: 17 Oct 1955,
m: 02 Dec 1976 in Franklin County, Ohio, USA;
|
Certificate Number: |
89730; Volume Number: 8826 |
............ 5 |
April Dawn King b:
14 Apr 1978, d: 10 May 2009 |
|
|
+ [unknown spouse] |
|
............... |
6 |
Erin Elizabeth King b: 10 May 2009,
d: 10 May 2009 |
............ 5 |
John Danford III
King b: 30 Jun 1980 |
|
|
+ Elizabeth Marie
Reil b: 01 Nov 1982 |
|
............... |
6 |
Cheyenne Grace King b: 10 Mar 2010 |
............... |
6 |
Willow Dawn King b: 18 Nov 2011 |
............ 5 |
Paul Ellsworth King
b: 01 Mar 1982 |
|
|
+ Courtney McDowell |
|
............... |
6 |
Zoey Lee King b: 08 Mar 2004 |
............... |
6 |
Payton Evelyn King b: 11 Mar 2009 |
............... |
6 |
Paul lEllsworth III King b: 21 Oct
2013 |
............ 5 |
Amanda Lynne King
b: 01 Aug 1983 |
|
|
+ Jason Merrill
Chapman b: 17 Aug 1982 |
|
............... |
6 |
Elijah Merrill Chapman b: 28 Feb
2009 |
............... |
6 |
Austin Eugene Chapman b: 25 Mar 2010 |
+ Douglas Wayne Moore
......3
Jack Lewis Harrington b: 21 Aug 1933 in Circleville, Ohio, d: 30 Mar 2014 in
Died in Texas at the home of his son, Michael Harrington. He is buried in
Franklin Hills Memory Gardens in Canal Winchester, Ohio.; Jack died about 4:30
a.m. from lung cancer
+ Phyllis Joann Boring
b: Columbus, Ohio, m: Abt. 1957
.........4 Gregory
Lewis Harrington-Myers b: 17 Feb 1957
+ Margaret
Ann Littell b: 15 Jun 1942 in Lewisville , Ohio, Monroe County, m: 09 Jun 1962
in Columbus, Franklin Co., OH
.........4 Pamela Kay
Harrington b: 28 Nov 1962 in Columbus, Franklin Co., OH
+ Robert J Salata b:
Abt. 1956, m: 29 Jul 1983 in Tarrant, Texas, USA
............5
Amelia Claire Salata b: 13 Sep 1990
+ James Casteel
.........4 Michael
Ray Harrington b: 29 Oct 1964 in Columbus, Franklin Co., OH
+ Joy
Elaine Engles b: 16 Oct 1965 in Ardmore, Oklahoma, m: 01 Jul 2006 in Tarrant,
Texas, USA
.........4 Tamra Lynn
Harrington b: 04 Aug 1966
+ Jack D. Roley b: Abt.
1956, m: 20 Jun 1985 in Denton, Texas, USA
............5
Charley Davidson Roley b: 31 Dec 1985
............5
Doney Jack Roley b: 21 Aug 1987
+ Ron
Eugene Birchell b: 31 Dec 1953 in Yolo, Yolo, California, USA, m: 01 Sep 2000
in Long Beach, Washington
+ Kathleen Charolette
Lytle b: 29 Dec 1931 in Somerville, PA, m: Aft. 1966, d: Aug 2000 in cancer
.........4 Diane
Darlene McMannes b: 30 May 1953
.........4 Cynthia
Lorine Kovalcheck b: 12 Feb 1955
470
.........4 Lawrence
Lee Onasko b: 19 Nov 1958
.........4 David Kenneth
Onesko b: 18 Jan 1959
.........4 George
Robert Onasko b: 11 Jul 1962
.........4 Kerry Carl
Onesko b: 13 Oct 1964
.........4 Stephen
Jeffery Onesko b: 29 Jun 1967
.........4 Gary Brian
Onesko b: 14 Jan 1969
+ Nora Huffman m: Abt.
1945
+ Marcella Effig m:
Aft. 1946
...2 Marvin Fredrick Harrington b: 17 May 1909 in
Pickaway County, Ohio, d: 26 Sep 1975 in Circleville, Ohio; Buried 30 September
at Spring Bank Cemetary, Ross Co. Ohio on Rt. 104
+ unknown
+ Florence
Moore b: 27 Dec 1902 in Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia, m: 09 Jul 1930
; Divorced 28 May 1941
+ (unknown)
+ Stella
Marie Lambert b: 15 Jan 1900 in Vermont, USA, m: 03 May 1946, d: 27 Apr 1962 in
Berger Hospital, Circleville, Ohio, USA
+ Martha
Kathryn Payne b: 11 Feb 1906 in Ross County, Ohio, USA, m: 14 Sep 1963, d: 01
Jul 1993 in Circleville, Ohio
James
Franklin “Frank” Mygatt’s document about the Harrington Family History
In
about 1853 to 1856 James Franklin "Frank" Mygatt (he went by
"Frank") told his family history story to a niece who transcribed it
as follows: [Note: For the ease of reading and if they did not change the sense
of the text, many of the obvious spelling and punctuation errors were corrected
when this was transcribed to this book by R.E. Harrington on 20 February 2016]
In the beginning of the eighteenth
century there was a family by the name of Harington lived in Holland and lived
by fishing, catching herring. They owned their own fish Dorey and made their
own square nets and caught great boat loads of herring and packed them in small
kegs the same as we do today. He became known as Dutch Charley. They had one
son, Charley Jr. He became engaged to a merchant’s daughter by the name of Anna
Eliza Coopper. Of course there wasn't a chance of them ever getting married - a
great merchant's daughter ever marrying a common fisherman's son. Young Charley
learned to be a good sailor and finally ran away and went to sea and became a
first class seaman and navigator. He finally got a job with a fur trading
company on the Great Lakes about the time Milwaukee was started and was gone
for two or three years. And finally came home with his pockets full of money
and young Charlie and Anna slipped off and got married on the sly. He could not
convince their parents that he could make a good living in the new country so
he came back to America and the Great Lakes to his old job with the fur trading
company. He saved his money for about three years, then went back after his
wife. When he got there he had a young son, Charles the 3rd. He stayed several
months getting ready and in the winter of 1834 the two families sailed for
America; Charles Harington and John Coopper. They landed at Hoboken, N.J. on
March 5, 1835 and my mother, Eliza Ann Harington was born the next morning
March 1835. The two families settled along the west part of New York on the
Great Lakes and they lived there for several years. Grandfather Harrington made
many trips on the Lakes with the fur trading company and was finally killed by
the Indians in the northwest of Wisconsin.
Sometime
in the 1840, grandmother Herington and Uncle John Cooper emigrated to Milwaukee
and settled at a small town called Oshkosh, Wisconsin. They lived there until
the later part of forty nine or early fifties, then they moved to Leavenworth,
Kansas. My mother Eliza Anne Herington was married to a man Calvin Covey and
they lived at Westport Landing on Missouri and kept a tavern at the foot of
what is now the north end of Main Street. Calvin Covey was killed by the
Indians on a trip from Kansas City to Fort Riley, Kansas about the year 1856.
There was two children, Eva M. Covey and Minnie Julie Covey. They moved back up
to Leavenworth, Kansas. In the late fifties they crossed the plains to the city
of Denver, Colorado and it was in the late fifty-nine that Eliza Anna Covey met
and married James G. Mygatt and lived there until the Civil War broke out in
1861. Mygatt joined the Second Colorado Cavalry, Co. G, Second Cavalry and was
transferred to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He served until in sixty five, was
discharged at Fort Rilely, Kansas at the expiration of his service. In 1866
they moved onto a homestead in Clay County. This union there was born four
children: Henry G Mygatt, born 6/12/1862, died Jan 27, 1880 (died from Otitis);
Ayres M. Mygatt, born Nov 21, 1863, died Jan 16 1883 (a girl); Susie Coon
Mygatt, born Apr 23, 1866, died 1936 (15 March);
536
(James Franklin "Frank" Mygatt, born 6 Sep
1868, died 13 Aug 1956). Eliza Ann Herington, born 9 Feb 1835, died 1 Jan 1895.
James
G Mygatt, Sargent of Captain E.D. Boyd’s Company G, Second Regiment of Colorado
Cavalry Volunteers who was enlisted on the 16 day of May 1862 to serve three
years or during the war is hereby discharged from the service of the United
States this fourteenth day of June 1865 at Fort Riley, Kansas by reason of
expiration of term of service. No objections to his being reenlisted is known
to exist. Sargent James G. Mygatt was born in the state of New York is 42 years
of age, five ft nine inches high, light complection, blue eyes, brown hair,
occupation carpenter. Given at Fort Riley this 14 day of June 1865 by E.D.
Boyd, Captain, Co. G, 2nd Colo Cavly. Born 1823, died 1870 March (9).
Grandfather Mygatt lived in the city of Cincinnati, Ohio. James G. Mygatt was
educated at a military academy in Cincinnati and served five years.
****************************************
The following
note was written by Sharon Stauffer: This was hand written by James Franklin
Mygatt (I, Sharon a Balts-Shauffer, believe he wrote this at his niece's home,
Mary Going Kelso, in Tulsa, OK., between the time 1853 to 1956
All ( ) are
written by Sharon Stauffer.
All misspellings
are written exactly as on the original hand-written letter.
****************************************
The following
note was written by Richard E. Harrington: James Franklin “Frank” Mygatt,
author of the above history of the Harrington family in America, was the
ancestor of at least five people who were identified as having strong DNA
matches to my DNA. According to James Franklin “Frank” Mygatt, his mother was
Eliza Ann Cooper-Harrington, daughter of the immigrant, Charles Harrington.
Charles was of the same age and period as our Thomas Harrington, father of my
great grandfather, Charles William Harrington of Nova Scotia, Canada. Charles
and Thomas could have been brothers or cousins and both appear to have been
from the same source of DNA that I and other contemporary U.S. citizens now
share.
Mary Bolinger Wife of Levi J.
Valentine
Always
Confirm Genealogical Data Obtained from Others
Genealogy
is not a well-developed science. It is improving with the introduction of DNA
testing and the collection and organizing of world-wide data by organizations
such as Ancestry.com. Nevertheless, it remains at a relatively low level of
sophistication that depends on the arduous searching of poorly-kept records
that are widely scattered and frequently in the hands of people with little or
no interest in genealogy. It is easy and common that mistakes will be made.
Research
of the Levi and Mary Bolinger Valentine family is a case in point. In my search
for data on this family, I was able to find the unquestionable wedding record
for this couple. They were married on 31 July 1845 in Pickaway County, Ohio and
a record of the marriage dutifully entered into the then-current Pickaway
County, Ohio Marriage Book, #4 that covered the period 1839-1855. The marriage
preceded 1850 which was the first year that the Federal Census records included
the names of all family members rather than just the head of the household.
Mary, therefore, appears in all subsequent records as Mary Valentine.
From Pickaway Co. Marriage Bk#4 -
1839-1855 – page 121
Name Number Date By
Whom Married
Somewhere, somehow, someone introduced
the name Mary Ann Neff as Levi Valentine’s wife. In so doing, they attached the
marriage date of 31 July 1845 which is correct for the marriage of Levi and
Mary Bolinger Valentine. Unfortunately, this name has been given wide
distribution, largely because of the increased use of computerized data
sharing. Realizing that it was possible that Mary Bolinger may have died early
in her marriage to Levi, or that they may have divorced, I began looking for
evidence of her loss from the family and the marriage of Levi to Mary Ann Neff.
I also inquired of several others who were using the name of Mary Ann Neff as
Levi’s wife, what information they might have to support the claim. For several
years I searched for supporting evidence in places where the Levi Valentine
family had resided. This search included extensive research of Pickaway County,
Ohio records; I traveled to Seneca County, Ohio to research the local records; and
I traveled to Kansas for more research. I found nothing to support the death of
Mary Bullinger or the marriage of Levi to Mary Ann Neff. A complicating factor
was that the Bolinger name was found to be spelled differently in many places.
In addition to the Bolinger spelling there were variants that include:
Bollinger, Bolenger, Bollenger, Bowlinger, Bolender, Bollender, Bolendar, and
finally the spelling Bullinger that Mary, or the recorder, used on her marriage
license application. These various spellings populate the historical data
today, of course. I eventually chose to use Bolinger as “the” family name in my
genealogy literature because it is the most prevalent and most current.
538
I
finally discovered the error that apparently introduced the name Mary Ann Neff
into the database. It appears in an unlikely place; namely, the index of the
Pickaway County, Ohio Marriage Book, #4. I consider it as an “unlikely” place
to cause such confusion because it is in the index of this book, not in
the actual marriage record. It is unlikely that the index would be used by
someone as evidence of the marriage. Further, if the researcher responsible for
the error had just followed the index information to the marriage entry in the
book, they would have discovered their error and found the correct names. They
would have also discovered that the wrong entry had been selected and that the
last name “Neff” of the person who was erroneously chosen, was really Kraft,
although, in the handwritten index, it could easily be read as Neff. The
picture below is from the index of the Pickaway Co. Marriage Bk#4 in which the
marriage record on the previous page was taken. The index shows 4 marriage
entries and their page numbers.
From the Index of the above
Pickaway Co. Marriage Bk#4 - 1839-1855
In view of the above and the fact that I
have arduously searched the literature in an attempt to confirm the existence
of Mary Ann Neff, I conclude that it was Levi and Mary Bolinger/Bullinger
Valentine who made the trek from Pickaway County, Ohio to Brown County, Kansas.
While I have still not found a record of Mary Bolinger Valentine’s death, I
suspect that it occurred in Kansas after or possibly in conjunction with the
birth of her daughter, Nora Ellen Valentine, born 22 February 1867 in Walnut
Township, Brown County, Kansas.
I
consider the confusion of Mary Bolinger versus Mary Ann Neff to be
satisfactorily resolved. It nevertheless provides a cautionary note about the
risk of using unproven data from others. No fewer than 6-family trees are
currently on the Ancestry.com website that contains the misinformation about
the name of Levi J. Valentine’s wife.
What Became of
Thomas Harrington, Our Ancestor from Ireland?
I have spent many hours in search of an
answer to the above question. The fruit of this search has been a single
document seen below that I consider a possible lead. It is certainly not proof
of what became of Thomas Harrington. If this is our correct ancestor, it
suggests that sometime after his three sons were born, Thomas went to the U.S. possibly
in search of work. He may not have returned to Nova Scotia. I found additional
records including U.S. Federal Census data for a Thomas Harrington in New York
City, New York that could have been the same person in the record below. They
could easily fit into the time frame when our Thomas was absent from Nova
Scotia and they could also have been the records of the same Thomas leading up
to the Thomas in the record below. Unfortunately, there is no way to establish
a line of connection between these records. Any argument for their connection
would result in a cantilevered set of “what ifs” that can only strain the
credibility of the researcher. So, I decided not to collect and present any
more of the possible “evidence” and leave it to you, the reader, or possibly a
future researcher to sort out our Thomas Harrington’s destiny. Maybe, just
maybe, this could be a start. Just keep in mind that the objective and probably
the state of mind of the person who would have been the source of the
information below, was probably trying to win a position as an inmate at the
New York City Alms House. Some “errors” could have occurred in the data.
Record of
Inmates New York City Alms House, under act Chapter 140, Laws of 1875
Name: Thomas
Harrington
Record Number:
101816
Date of
Admission: Dec. 1, 1890
Sex: male
Color: white
Marital Status:
Widowed
Birth Place:
Ireland, County, Cork
How long in
U.S.: 50-yr.
How long in this
state: 50-yrs
540
Port Landed: New York Naturalized: No
Birth
Place of father: Ireland, County, Cork Birth Place of mother: Ireland, County,
Cork Education: can read and write
Habits:
Temperate Habits of father: Temp. Occupation: Laborer
Occupation of
father: Land Surveyor
Condition of
Ancestors – grandparents Paternal: S.S. (self supporting)
–
grandparents Maternal: S.S. (self supporting)
–
father: S.S. (self supporting) dead
–
mother: S.S. (self supporting) dead
–
brothers: 4 Ireland S.S. (self supporting)
–
sisters: none
–
other relatives: S.S. (self supporting)
–
children living: none
Cause
of dependence: old age, rheumation, gen debility, homeless & destitute Kind
of labor person can pursue: none
Has person
received prior public or private relief: No Have the parents of person received
relief: No
Has person been
inmate in Poor House: yes, 28-years ago
Has person been
inmate in any other institution: Bellarises Hosp. for 3 weeks Probable destiny
of person: Permanently dependent
Remarks: Wm.
McSamara, the Warden of Alms House. B. J.
About
the Author
The
author of this book is Richard “Dick” Edward Harrington the oldest son of Ira
Edward Harrington (1899-1983) and Audra Lavada Young-Harrington (1907-1990).
Dick was born in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio on 23 December 1931. He grew
up on a small, 4-acre subsistence farm located about 3-miles east of
Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio. After graduating from Pickaway Township
High School in the spring of 1949, he attended The Ohio State University
graduating in December of 1955 with a 5-year bachelor degree in Chemical
Engineering. Following a 27-month tour in the U.S. Navy where he served as
Executive Officer aboard the USS Current (ARS-22), he worked for several years
in private industry. In 1964 he took a job with the U.S. Federal Government
doing research and development in the area of air pollution control technology.
In 1986 he retired from the Federal Government as Deputy Assistant Secretary
for the Office of Fossil Energy in the U.S. Department of Energy.
Dick started his own consulting company
that he operated for several years. In 1995 he retired again to devote a major
portion of his time to doing research on his family genealogy and history. This
book is the fifth publication from that effort.
With the advent of commercially
available DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)
analysis and services for estimating ethnicity and matching DNA results between
relatives, Dick had his DNA analyzed by Ancestry.DNA.com. The results have been
several significant breakthroughs including the discovery of his great
grandfather, Charles William Harrington (1844-1904), the discovery of his Webb
and Rushton lines of ancestors, several Harrington cousins, and a heretofore
unknown 1st cousin living in Indonesia. Data that quantifies the average ethnic
background contributed by ancestors as measured by Dick’s DNA analysis is as
follows:
542
Ethnicity estimate for Richard Harrington
|
Region |
Approximate
Amount |
|
|
|
|
Europe |
97% |
|
Europe West |
39% |
|
Great Britain |
24% |
|
Scandinavia |
15% |
|
Iberian
Peninsula |
9% |
|
Ireland |
6% |
|
Trace |
4% |
|
West Asia |
3% |
|
Trace Regions |
3% |
Dick and his wife,
Margaret Jadwiga Stasikowski-Harrington, currently live about two-miles from
George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate near Alexandria, Virginia. His address
at the time of this publication is 9517 Mount Vernon Landing, Alexandria, VA,
23309. His phone number is (703)780-9109. His e-mail address is: [email protected]
543
Surname
not known
?, Andrea
"Drea": 399,462,481
?, Anna
Catharine: 114,344
?, Anna M.: 166
?, Annie: 149
?, Barbara:
342,348
?, Catharine:
342,348
?, Ede M.: 365
?, Eliza: 364
?, Elizabeth
(1): 146
?, Elizabeth
(2): 416
?, Evelyn:
407,469,519,522
?, Frances: 112
?, Gertrude:
300,340
?, Jane M.:
291,309
?, Letitia: 149
?, Lula R.: 340
?, Lydia: 364
?, Maria
Margaretha: 120,342,344
?, Mary Viola:
308
?, Melissa:
399,461,480
?, Pat:
400,462,477
?, Rheanna:
401,463,490
?, Rose: 312,367
?, Sarah:
109,262,263
?, Susan:
353,356,364
?, Susannah:
119,395,413
A
Adams, William
John: 242
Afflerbaugh,
Mary Ann: 337,391
Albright,
Minerva Ann Adell: 297,332,333,361,387
Albright, Peter:
297,332,361,387
Allen, Cliff:
220
Allen, Thelma
Gertrude: 220,408,469,526
Amos, Rosettie:
340
Anderson, Albert
August: 154
Anderson, Fred:
146
Anderson, Mary
Emily: 123,146
Anderson,
William: 291
Anderson,
William H.: 296,313,330,361,367,385
Angles, Belinda
R: 400,462,477
Arledge, Leota
M: 397
Asher, Tracy:
404,466,509
Atwood, Kyleigh:
402,464,492
B
Baldrich,
Lillian Belle: 399,461,479
Barncord, Sarah:
297,332,361,387
Barnette, Cathy:
401,463,491
Bateman, Agnes
Marie: 166
Beaver, Barbara
Jean: 406,467,504,515
Beglin, Ella
Marie: 405,467,512
Beglin, Emma
Joy: 405,467,513
Beglin, Jacob
Carter: 405,467,512
Beglin, Jacob
Keith: 405,467,512
Beglin, James
Keith (Jr.): 405,467,503,512,513
Beglin, Martha
Bethany: 405,467,512
Beglin, Rachael
Elizabeth: 405,467,512
Beglin, Raeanne
Lynea: 405,467,512
Beglin, Samual
Robert: 405,467,513
Beglin, Sarah
Kathryn: 405,467,513
Beglin, Timothy William:
405,467,513
Bentcliff,
Rachel: 123,148,250
Bentz, ?:
411,413
Bentz, Allen
Monroe: 411,427,455
Bentz, Curtis
Monroe: 411,421,427
Bentz, George:
411,418,421
Bentz, Hans
Martin: 119,395,413
Bentz, Johann:
395,413
Bentz, Johann
Adam: 411,414
Bentz, Johann
Georg: 119,395,413
Bentz, Johann
Heinrich: 411,414,417
Bentz, Johann
Ludwig (Lewis): 395,413
Bentz, Johann
Valentine: 395,413
Bentz, Johannes:
119,395,413
Bentz, Johannes
Lewis: 395,413
Bentz, John
(Judge): 411,417,418
Bentz, Laura: 412
Bentz, Maria
Anna: 411,414
Bentz, Maria
Juliana: 412,414
Bentz, Maria
Theresia: 395,413
Bentz, Peter:
412,414
Bentz, Richard
Allen: 412
Bentz, Robert:
412
Bentz, Robert
Monroe: 412,455
Bentz, Sarah:
411,414
Bentz, Todd: 412
Bentz, Valentine:
411,414
Berry, Clara
Alice: 310
Best, Josephine:
300
Bickle,
Christina: 398,434
Bickle, Lewis:
434
Bier, Maria
Gertraud: 114,342,344,347
Bier, Peter:
114,344
Billings,
Clarence Herbert: 242
Billings, Roy
Ivan Clarence: 242
Binkley, Christa
Ann: 406,407,468,469,517,523
Binkley, Derek:
406,407,468,469,517,523
Binkley, Matthew
Scott: 406,407,468,469,517,523
Binkley, Patrick
Eugene: 406,407,468,469,517,523
Binkley, Richard
Gale: 406,407,468,469,517,520,523
Birchell, Ron Eugene:
409,470,532
Blimly, Mary
Magdaline: 411,414,417
Boehringer,
Wetonia Ann (Tonnie): 400,462,483
544
Boguch,
Joshua Max: 404,466,508
Boguch-Poole,
Malcolm Ari: 404,466,508
Bohlender,
Johann Adam: 105,116,353,354
Bohlender,
John Jakob: 116,353,354
Bolander,
Eliza Ann: 297,335,336,362,389,390
Bolender,
Isaac: 364
Bolender,
Johann Adam: 105,353,354
Bolender,
John: 353,356,364
Bolender,
Noah: 364
Bolinger, Benjamin:
105,283,292,353,354,356
Bolinger, Catharine
(1834): 353,356
Bolinger, Catharine
(1866): 365
Bolinger,
Eliza A.: 364
Bolinger,
Elizabeth: 353,356
Bolinger,
George: 365
Bolinger,
Henry: 365
Bolinger,
Levi (1836): 353,356
Bolinger,
Levi (1854): 364
Bolinger,
Lydia: 365
Bolinger, Mary:
101,105,130,132,275,283,292,296,353,356,361
Bolinger, Sarah:
353,356
Bolinger, Susan:
353,356
Bomka,
Louis Eduard Ferdinand: 310
Bond,
Ola May: 339,394
Bond,
Simlpson J.: 297,339,362,394
Bond,
Vanita: 339,394
Bond,
Virgil C.: 297,339,362,394
Bonds,
Reuben: 353,356
Bone, Julia Ann:
437
Boring,
Phyllis Joann: 409,470,526,531
Bowen,
unknown: 407,469,525
Bowers,
Barbara: 421,427
Braker,
Ethel Minnie: 122,132,150,152
Braker,
Henry Fredrick: 132,150
Breese,
Edith Eveline: 242
Brehm, Michael
K: 408,469,527
Brower,
Alison Lynn: 402,464,494
Brown,
Jeff: 405,467,512
Brown, Kree Elizabeth: 405,467,512
Brown, Zachary Logan: 405,467,512
Buck, Alfred H.: 432
Buck,
Alfred William: 398
Buck,
Daniel Elsworth: 398,432
Buck,
Harry Melvin: 398
Buck,
Robert: 398
Buckley,
Margaret B: 152
Bullinger,
Anna Barbara: 119,395,413
Bullinger,
Jacob: 119,413
Bunce, Grace
Ethelyn: 166
Burns, Georgina
May: 242
C
Calvert, Cora
M.: 220
Canfield, Ruth:
106,416,417
Carman, Abigail
Susan: 308
Carr, Dorothy
June: 402,464,487
Carren,
Millie Faye: 407,468,519
Carrick,
Mary Jane: 410
Carroll,
MD: 274,281,287
Casteel,
James: 409,470,532
Certain,
Taylor: 405,466,511
Chamberlain,
Judith: 107,252,253
Chambers,
Esther: 180
Chambers,
Robert W: 397
Chapman, Austin Eugene: 409,470,530
Chapman, Elijah Merrill: 409,470,530
Chapman, Jason Merrill: 408,470,530
children, no: 397
Chrysler,
Bonnie Louise: 400,462,475,476,477
Church,
Courtney J: 403,465,505
Clark, Adeline
Joy: 405,466,511
Clark,
Catherine Almeda: 407,468,519,521
Clark,
Jerry: 405,466,511
Climer, Jennie
L: 408,470,529
Cline,
Sandra J: 408,470,529
Colefield,
Mary: 103,255,262,263,264
Collins,
Gerald "Sam": 233
Combs,
Catherine Ann: 297,336,362,391
Compton,
Iona Jane: 303
Conrad, Daniel
D.: 280,285
Conrad, Mary:
273,280,285,286
Conrad,
Parthenia: 286,305
Cook,
Deborah K: 401,463,486,488
Cook,
Floyd: 336,390
Coon,
Hanness: 110,263
Coon,
Mary: 103,110,262,263
Cooper,
Eliza Ann: 122,127,128
Corcoran,
Alexander: 249
Corkum,
Annie Laura: 232
Couch,
Lavinia Crane: 130,132
Couch,
Sarah Alice: 123,146,239,240,241
Couch,
Thomas: 146,239
Counsellor,
Ellen G.: 296,310,312,361,365,366
Covey,
Charles Calvin: 122,128,130,132
Covey,
Eva Monira: 122,132,154
Covey, Minnie Julie:
122,132,154
Cox, Steve: 407,469,524
Cranfill,
Addyson Mae (Addy): 406,467,515
Cranfill,
Philip Andrew (Drew): 406,467,515
Cranfill,
Philip Steven (Steve): 406,467,515
Cranfill,
Zoe Audrea: 406,467,515
Crawford,
John: 398,432
Crawford, Mary
Anne: 252,255
Crawford, Mary
E.: 398,432
Creese, Charles A.:
297,334,361,388,389
Creese, Daisy
Elizabeth: 334,389
Creese, Phillip
Sylvanus: 334,389
Cupper, Ella: 163
D
Dahlan, Candice
Deserah: 399,461,479
Dahlan, Krista
Jean: 399,461,479
Dahlan, Rob:
399,461,478,479
545
Danford, Martha
Elizabeth: 300,340
Dauer, Jaysun
David: 408,469,527
Dauer, Patricia
Dawn: 408,469,527
Dauer, Ronald:
408,469,527
Dauer, Sandra
Dannette: 408,469,527
Davis, Emma:
402,464,492
Davis, Louisa:
397,423,428
Davis, Louisa E.:
396,423,428,429
Davis, Mary
Jane: 216
Dawson, Harriet:
427
De Ford,
Elizabeth: 101,427,437,456,457
Dean, Mary Ruth:
397
Del Craig,
Arlinda: 402,464,492
Delong, Bernice
I.: 410
Delong, Betty:
410
Delong, Charles
William: 410,452
Delong, Donald:
410
Delong, Harold:
410
Delong, Jack:
410
Delong,
Margorie: 410
Delong, Wayne:
410
Demint, Allen
(engaged) Rae II: 405,467,512
Demint, Harley
Rae Lynn: 405,467,512
Dern, Elizabeth:
278,280
Desjardins,
Sharon Louise: 403,465,498
Dewey, Edward:
452
Dewey, Emmett
Edward: 410,452
Dickie, Clara
Rebecca: 230
Diel, Anna
Catharina: 114,342,344
Dindore,
Elizabeth: 283,300
Dobson, Melinda
Jane: 130,146
Doudle, Mary:
264
Downing,
Elizabeth (Lizzie): 166
Doyle, Garret:
252,260,270
Doyle, Mary: 252,258,267
Dragoo, Manerva
Jane: 300,339
Dresbach,
Christopher Michael: 404,466,509
Dresbach,
Elizabeth Ann: 404,466,511
Dresbach,
Gediliah Alexander "Andy" (III): 404,466,510
Dresbach,
Gediliah Alexander (Jr.): 404,466,502,509,510,511
Dresbach, Laura
Elizabeth: 405,466,511
Dreyer, Earl
Woodrow: 340
Dreyer, Joseph
Pluto: 340
Dromm, Hans
Adam: 114,120,342,344
Dromm, Hans
Peter: 342,344
Dromm, Johan
Adam: 114,342,344,347
Dromm, Johan
Christian: 114,342,344
Dromm, Johan
Simon (1689): 342,344
Dromm, Johan
Simon (2): 343,344
Dromm, Johann
Christian: 342,347
Dromm, Maria
Margaretha: 342,344
Dromm, Maria
Soloma: 343,344
Dromm, Nickel:
120,342,344
Drum, Anna E.:
343,344
Drum, Anna Maria
(Trumm): 342,348
Drum, Catherine:
342,352
Drum, Charles
(Trumm): 343,348
Drum, Christina
Barbara: 342,344
Drum, Eva
Barbara (Trumm): 342,348
Drum, George:
342,352
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Drum, George Adam (Trumm): 104,114,342,347,348
Drum, Hans
George: 343,344
Drum, Jacob:
342,348
Drum, Johan
George (Trumm): 342,348
Drum, Johan
Philip: 342,344,348
Drum, Johann
Henrich (Trumm): 342,348
Drum, Johann
John (Trumm): 104,279,281,342,348,350
Drum, John:
342,352
Drum, Joseph:
342,352
Drum, Margaret:
104,274,279,281,283,342,343,348,350,356
Drum, Maria
Catharina: 342,344
Drum, Maria
Catharina (Trumm): 342,348
Drum, Maria
Engle: 342,344
Drum, Mary:
342,352
Drum, Philip:
342,348
Drum, Rachel:
342,352
Drum, Sally:
342,352
Dunlap, Jasper:
308
Dunlap, Richard
E: 308
Dunlap, Samuel:
308
Dunn, Adelia:
144,229
Dyas, Harold:
243
E
Eagles,
Clementine: 271,272
Eagles, David:
271,272
Eagles, Elvira
Aliece Webb Phinney: 243
Eblin, Aarika:
401,463,488
Eblin, Aaron:
401,463,488
Eblin, Aaron
Travis: 401,463,488
Eblin, Child-3:
401,463,488
Eblin, Esther:
400,463,485
Eblin, Esther
Mae: 401,463,487
Eblin, George
William: 400,463,485
Eblin, Karen
Sue: 401,463,486,489,490
Eblin, Leonard
Leroy: 401,463,486
Eblin, Leonard
LeRoy: 401,463,486,488
Eblin, Lizzie
Anna: 176
Eblin, Roy
Edward: 402,464,487
Eblin, Terry L:
402,464,487
Eblin, Tonja
Renee: 401,463,488
Eblin, William
Allen: 176,400,463,484,485,486,487
Eccard, Ruth
Kathryn: 401,463,486
Edwards,
William: 274,279
Effig, Marcella:
220,409,471,526
Eisel, Michael
A.: 400,462,476
Eldridge,
Walter: 395,418
Embree, Jacob
Romer: 130,146
Embree, Nancy
Anne: 123,130,144,146,147
Embree, Wilbert
Barry: 123,147
Engles, Joy
Elaine: 409,470,532
Epperson, Issie
Isabella "Belle": 132,150
Etenire, Susan
C: 411,421,427
546
F
Farrell, James:
149
Farrell, Nellie:
123,149
Featheringham, Kassidy
Arden: 404,466,509
Featheringham,
Kyle Raymond: 404,466,509
Featheringham,
Morgan Elizabeth: 404,466,509
Featheringham,
Todd Robert: 404,466,509
Fenneken, Jana
Marlene: 404,466,499
Fezette, Lottie
Louise: 242
Fields, Lillie
Ann: 406,468,516
Finch, Mary:
108,253
Fischer,
Susannah: 112
Fitch, Donald:
410
Folgate, Orson
C.: 337,391
Folgate,
William: 337,391
Forsythe,
William Henry: 308
Franklin, Amanda
Nicole: 403,465,505
Franklin, Julie
Marie: 403,465,505
Franklin, Robert
Paul: 403,465,496
Franklin, Robert
Paul (Jr.): 403,465,496,505
Franklin, Scott
Alan: 403,465,505
Freasure, Carson
Lloyd: 406,468,516
Freeman, Leota
Belle: 312,367
Freeman, Nelson:
312,367
Freeze, Anna
Mary: 273,277,278
Freeze, Michael:
277,278
Friess,
Elizabeth Barbara: 104,274,277,278,279,348,350
Friess, Johann
Michael: 104,277,278
Fulmore, Clara
(Bam): 234
Fultz, John H.:
274,279
Fuqua, Della M.:
334,389
G
Gady, Rosetta
"Rosy": 412,427,455
Gaines, Benjamin
Tucker: 401,463,490
Gaines, Brian
Michael: 401,463,490
Gaines, Cameron
Michael: 401,463,490
Gaines, Colin
Michael: 401,463,490
Gaines, Julie
Nicole: 401,463,489
Gaines, Kylan:
401,463,489
Gaines, Leslie
Lee: 401,463,490
Gaines, Ronald
Lee: 401,463,486,489,490
Gaines, Ronna
Sue: 401,463,489
Galligan, Kevin:
407,469,525
Garlich, Lyndsey
Nicole: 404,465,507
Gass, Anna
Margaretha: 112
Gatzke, Michael:
404,466,508
Gazelle, Mary:
275,283,301
Gibson, David
T.: 400,462,476
Gillespie, Roy:
401,463,489
Gochenour,
Effie: 341
Going, Charles Albert:
122,132,154
Going, Letha
May: 154
Gossard, John:
274,279
Gray, Delilah
Lydia: 291,309,310
Gray, George W.:
291,309
Green, A.L.: 452
Green, Fay:
410,452
Greene, Alison
Rose: 402,464,494
Greene, Brittany
Lynn: 402,464,494
Greene, Cara Nicole
Lusk: 401,463,491
Greene, Carson
Olivia: 402,464,494
Greene, David
Allen: 402,464,493
Greene, Deanna
Mae: 402,464,493
Greene, Emma
Lynne: 402,464,492
Greene, James
Charles: 402,464,492
Greene, John
Edward (1914): 401,463,487
Greene, John
Edward (1935): 401,463,487,491,492,493
Greene, John
Leroy: 402,464,494
Greene, Justin
Michael: 402,464,491
Greene, Kyleigh
Louise: 402,464,492
Greene, Larry
Edward: 402,464,491
Greene, Mathew
David James: 402,464,492
Greene, Matthew
James: 402,464,492
Greene, Michael
Todd: 402,464,491
Greene, Richard
Allen (1938): 402,464,487,494
Greene, Richard
Allen (1962): 402,464,494
Greene, Senneth
Cheyenne: 402,464,494
Greene, Shawntae
Amanda: 402,464,494
Greene, Suzanne
Nicole: 402,464,492
Greene, William
Allen: 401,463,491
Greenlee,
Elizabeth Helen: 405,467,503,514
Greider, Rodric
"Ric": 401,463,486,489,490
Griffin, Anthony
"Tony" James Lee: 399,462,481
Griffin,
Christolpher: 399,462,481
Griffin, James
William: 399,461,481
Griffin, Larry Lee:
399,461,474,478,481
Griffin,
Margaret: 262,264,270,271
Griffin, Rachel
Jean: 399,462,481
Griffin, Rebecca
Lee: 399,461,478,479,480
Griffith, Betty
Joan: 404,466,501,502
Grooms, Sarah
Ellen: 285,303
GRUNDMAN,
Frederick William: 333,387
Gruver, Mary
Effie: 297,332,333,361,387
Gutierrez,
Reyna: 401,463,488
H
Hackler,
Elizabeth Ann: 404,466,509
Hahnlyn,
Margaretha: 118
Hahnlyn,
Michael: 118
Hall, Andrew:
308
Hall, Elizabeth
Ellen: 304
Hall, Reuben C.:
308
Hall, Sarah
(1752): 262,263,264
Hall, Sarah (2):
262,263,264,265,271
Hall, Thomas
Preston: 304
Hammel, Amy Kay:
402,464,493
Hammel, Johnny
Jerald: 402,464,493
Hammel, Landon
David: 402,464,493
Hammel, Layla
Mae: 402,464,493
Hammel, Mark
David: 402,464,493
Hardebeck-Durso,
Branwen Inanna: 403,465,506
Harlor, Grace:
163,399,461,472
547
Harlow, Daniel
H: 287,308
Harlow,
Elsie Betty: 308
Harp,
Mary: 106,396,417,418
Harper,
Benjamin Tecumseh: 427
Harper,
Elizabeth (Eliza) Jane: 410,427
Harrington,
"Mother": 102,122,124,127,258,268
Harrington,
Agnes Mae: 242
Harrington,
Alexander McPhee: 123,148,250,251
Harrington,
Angela "Angie" Lynn: 405,467,503,512,513
Harrington,
Ann E.: 123,146
Harrington, Annie
E.: 123,149
Harrington,
Banford: 123,146
Harrington,
Beatrice Victoria: 230
Harrington,
Bessie Maud: 123,146
Harrington,
Candice Kay: 404,466,502,509,510,511
Harrington,
Caroline: 231
Harrington,
Cecil Eugene: 242
Harrington, Charles:
122,127,128
Harrington,
Charles Lawrence: 242
Harrington,
Charles Raymond (Ray*): 163,399,461,472
Harrington,
Charles Warren: 123,149
Harrington, Charles William:
101,122,130,132,143,148,296,313,318,324,361,367,373,378, 439
Harrington,
Clyde Harris: 234
Harrington,
Daniel Edward: 403,465,498
Harrington,
Donna Lee: 408,469,526,527,528,529,530
Harrington,
Doris Iona: 233
Harrington,
Easter Marie: 216,406,468,518,519,520
Harrington,
Edgar: 242
Harrington,
Edith Mabel: 123,146,242,243
Harrington,
Edith May: 231
Harrington,
Ella: 123,149
Harrington,
Ellen Louisa: 123,148
Harrington,
Florence May: 122,123,144,148
Harrington,
Freeman: 123,146,239,241
Harrington,
Freeman Walker: 242
Harrington,
Gladys Irene: 242
Harrington,
Gregory Philip: 403,465,498,506
Harrington,
Griffin: 403,465,506
Harrington,
Haley Jollymore: 234
Harrington,
Harold Douglas: 242
Harrington,
Harris: 122,145,232
Harrington,
Harris D.: 122,130
Harrington,
Howard Joseph: 123,146
Harrington,
Ira Edward: 101,180,403,464,495,496,497,501,504
Harrington,
Jack Lewis: 409,470,526,531,532,533,534
Harrington,
Jarred William: 405,467,514
Harrington,
Jean Elsie: 242
Harrington,
John Patrick: 122,123,144,148
Harrington,
John Walter: 242
Harrington,
John Webb: 123,130,144,146,147
Harrington,
John William: 122,144
Harrington,
June Lucille: 403,465,496
Harrington,
Juniper Sarah: 403,465,506
Harrington,
Kayla Beth: 405,467,514
Harrington,
Kenneth Murray: 242
Harrington,
Kyle Ira Stasikowski: 404,466,500
Harrington,
Lewis Josiah: 220,407,469,526
Harrington,
Lila: 251
Harrington, Lucy
L.: 123,148
Harrington,
Margaret Elaine: 404,465,499,508
Harrington,
Marguerite May: 123,148
Harrington,
Marjorie Neva: 232
Harrington,
Marvin Fredrick: 222,409,471,535
Harrington,
Mary Alice: 123,148,250
Harrington,
Mary Jane: 123,145,236,237
Harrington,
Matthew Sterling: 403,465,506
Harrington,
Michael Ray: 409,470,532
Harrington,
Neil William: 404,466,499
Harrington,
Nellie Mae: 159,398,461,472
Harrington,
Pamela Anne: 403,465,499,507
Harrington,
Pamela Kay: 409,470,532
Harrington,
Patricia Sue: 406,467,504
Harrington,
Pearl: 242
Harrington,
possibly "Dutch": 102,122,124,127,258,268
Harrington,
Ralph Dean: 234
Harrington,
Rebecca "Becca" Anne: 405,467,514
Harrington,
Richard Edward: 403,465,497,498,499,500
Harrington,
Roy William: 212,406,468,517
Harrington,
Ruby Elizabeth: 408,469,526
Harrington,
Ruth Imo: 166,399,461,473,474,475
Harrington,
Stillborn: 399,461,472
Harrington,
Tamra Lynn: 409,470,532
Harrington,
Thomas: 101,102,122,127,128,130,252,258,268,296,313,361,367
Harrington,
Thomas Percival (Percy): 242
Harrington,
Thomas Stewart (1870): 122,144,229,230,231
Harrington,
Thomas Stewart (1920): 231
Harrington,
Viola (Olie) Grace: 176,400,462,484,485,486,48
Harrington,
Wanda Lou: 408,469,526
Harrington, William Alvin:
101,122,143,154,159,324,378,398,439,461,472,473,484,495, 517,518,526,535
Harrington, William Young:
404,466,501,502,503
Harrington, William Young (Jr.):
405,467,503,514
Harrington-Myers, Gregory Lewis:
409,470,531
Harris, Andrew Jackson: 300,339
Harris,
Charles Wesley: 339
Harris,
Clara E.: 339
Harris,
Mary Elizabeth: 339
Harris,
Oliver L.: 339
Harris, William
Wesley: 300,339
Harshbarger,
Jacob: 411,416
Hart, Mary P.:
396,420,421,423
Hart,
Sarah Ann: 101,397,421,424,426,457
Hart,
William H.: 398,437
Haston, David:
399,462,481
Havelka,
Molly Libie: 242
Heeter,
George W.: 400,462,474
Heeter,
Hurshel Scott: 166,400,462,473,474
Heeter,
Peter: 166
Heil, Reinhard
Renniger: 118
548
Heilbrunn,
Christina M.: 400,462,483
Hennessy,
Sarah Ann: 123,148,250
Henwood,
Annie: 238
Henwood,
Blanche: 237
Henwood,
Claude Maxwell: 238
Henwood,
Cyril Lamont: 239
Henwood,
Florence C.: 238
Henwood,
Harris 'Leon': 238
Henwood,
Harvey David: 123,145,236,237
Henwood,
Jeremiah: 145,236
Henwood,
Leyon: 238
Henwood,
Lorne Clair: 239
Henwood,
Nora Marie: 237
Herrington,
Eliza Anna: 122,128,130,132
Hessinger,
Samuel: 176
Heynlen, Maria
Margareta: 118
Hiatt, Mary (1):
397,427,431,432
Hiatt,
Mary (2): 398,427,431
Hill,
Alfred: 397
Hill, Carolyn:
397
Hill, Diane: 397
Hill,
Mary Margaret: 152
Hill,
Mike: 396
Hill, Talmer:
397
Hill, Vera: 397
Hill, Virginia:
397
Hill,
William: 397
Hill,
William Allen: 396
Hillmer,
Thelma Jean: 403,465,496,505
Hiltz,
Frank Owen: 248
Hiltz,
Hugh Barry: 248
Hodge,
Julia Viola (Ola): 180
Hoffman, Maria
Aplplolonia: 278
Holbrook,
Wesley: 405,466,511
Hollshew,
Kelly: 403,465,505
Hoppe,
Minnie: 336,390
Horn,
Frederick: 342,348
House,
Olive Zeriah: 310
Howard,
Alex: 400,462,482
Howard,
Benjamin Martin: 400,462,474,482
Howard,
Martin: 400,462,482
Howell,
(Unknown): 407,468,522
Hoyt,
Abigail: 103,108,252,253
Hoyt,
Nathan: 108,253
Huber,
Jacob: 287,308
Huber,
Katie Lily: 287,308
Huffman, Nora:
220,409,471,526
Hummel,
Doug: 407,469,525
Hunt,
Bette: 248
Hunt, Cynthia Kay:
408,469,527
Hunt, Iretta Lucinda:
450
Hunt, Mary Lynn:
408,469,527
Hunt, One child:
408,470,529
Hunt, Paul Dennis:
408,470,529
Hunt, Paul Eugene: 408,469,526,527,528,529,530
Hunt, Thelma DeAnn: 408,470,530
Hunt, Vicky Sue:
408,470,528
Hunter, Kathline
Ruth: 396
Hunter, Sarah
Matilda: 334,388
Hutchinson,
Andrea (Ande) Michelle: 406,467,515
Hutchinson,
Charles Richard (1933): 406,467,504
Hutchinson,
Charles Richard (1954): 406,467,504,515
Hutchinson,
Cheryl Ann: 406,467,504
Hutchinson,
Craig Patrick: 406,467,504,516
Hutchinson,
Lindsey Audrea: 406,467,515
Hutchinson,
Marylynn Christine: 406,468,516
Hutchinson,
Tabatha Ann: 406,468,516
Hutto, Ellyn:
412
I
Isabella:
148,250
J
Jane: 260,270
Jenkins, Amelia:
410,417,418
Johns, Roswell
Fleming: 309
Johnson,
Jeanetta "Nettie": 452
Jones, Alonzo
Allen: 450
Jones, Bessie
May: 410,450
Jung, Anna
(Maria) Margaretha: 112,276
Jung, Johann
Jacob: 112
Jung, Johann
Michael: 112
K
Karshner, Thomas
R: 405,466,502,509
Karst, Adia
Elizabeth: 405,467,514
Karst, Andrew
Randal: 405,467,514
Karst, Gavin
Andrew: 405,467,514
Keller, Anna
Margaretha: 121,413
Kemmerling,
William: 163
Kern, Helene
Margarethe: 119,121,395,413
Kerns, Martin:
121,413
Kershner, Job:
301,340
Kershner,
Josephine: 301,340,341
Kesselring,
Ginny: 405,467,512
Keusel, Rachel:
275,283
Kibler, Barbara:
411,416
Kibler, John
(1): 411,417
Kibler, John
(2): 411,417
Kimmerling,
Bertha (Betty) Arbella: 163,399,461,472
King, Amanda
Lynne: 408,470,530
King, April
Dawn: 408,470,530
King, Cheyenne
Grace: 408,470,530
King, Erin
Elizabeth: 408,470,530
King, John
Danford II: 408,470,530
King, John
Danford III: 408,470,530
King, Paul
Ellsworth: 408,470,530
King, Paul
lEllsworth III: 408,470,530
King, Payton
Evelyn: 408,470,530
King, Willow
Dawn: 408,470,530
King, Zoey Lee:
408,470,530
Kirk, Myrl
Dewitt: 339
Knouff,
Elizabeth Anna: 273,278,280
549
Knouff, John
Jacob: 278,280
Kovalcheck,
Cynthia Lorine: 409,470,533
Krannitz, Mary
"Mae": 407,469,520,524,525
Krespie, Anna
Elizabeth: 105,353,354
L
Lambert, Andrew
A.: 222
Lambert,
Stella Marie: 222,409,471,535
Langstaff,
Flora: 452
Lape,
Mary Jane: 305 Larson, ?: 412
LaSchuma,
John: 237
Lathouse, Eliza
A.: 291,302,309
Lathouse, George
F.: 275,283,301
Lathouse, George Frederick: 275,283,291,301,302,309
Ledford, James Randolph: 154
Lee, Yunah:
404,466,500
Leist, Andrew
Jr.: 105,354
Leist,
Elizabeth (1804): 105,283,292,353,354,356
Leist,
Elizabeth (1818): 274,283,287,290
LeMaster,
James Ronald: 397
Letingay,
Elizabeth: 271,272
Lewis,
Amelia Ann: 252,261,270
Lewis,
Herman: 243
Lewis, Levina:
252,261,270
Lewis,
Mary Jane: 300,339
Lewis,
Mervin Theodore: 337,391
Linn,
Samuel A.: 309
Linn, Virena:
309
Litsey, Connie
S: 401,463,486,488
Littell,
Margaret Ann: 409,470,526,532
Little,
Rosina (Sina): 396,418
Lloyd, Glynne
Kenvyn: 242
Lloyd, Mary
George: 402,464,487,494
Lockwood,
Joshua: 101,427,437,456,457
Lockwood,
Margeta: 456,460
Lockwood,
Mary J.: 456,457
Lockwood,
Phebe A.: 456,457
Lockwood,
Rachel: 456,457
Lockwood,
Sarah Jane: 101,143,154,324,378,398,427,437,439,456,457
Lockwood, Susan:
456,457
Logan,
Phillis Ann: 405,467,501,503
Lutz,
Maria: 284,303
Lynn, Lewis: 446
Lynn, Mary
Elizabeth: 410,446
Lytle, Kathleen
Charolette: 409,470,526,533,534
M
MacAloney, Clara
May: 248
MacAloney, Elsie
Evelyn: 234
MacAloney,
Russell: 234
Mack, Rosa: 304
MacLeod,
Catherine: 146
Mancuso, Leah: 403,465,498,506
Mann, Frank:
406,468,516
Mann, Jacob:
406,468,516
Mann, Jacqueline
Joyce: 242
Maria, Anna: 112
Marsters, Hannah
Matilda: 252,258,267
Martiel, Phoebe:
103,252,253,255,264,265
Martin, Kimberly
"Kim": 406,468,504,516
Martinez,
Griffin Howard: 399,461,479
Martinez,
Joshua: 399,461,479
Martinez, Khloe
Ann: 399,461,479
Martinez, Kierra
Jean: 399,461,479
Mathews,
Susanna: 110,263
Mathias, Johann
Jacob: 112
Matthis, Anna
Margaretha: 104,112,273,276,277
Matthis, Anna
Mary Stull: 275,278
Matthis, Claus:
112
Matthis, Johann
Jacob: 112,276
Matz, Alda: 304
Matz, Curtis:
286,304
Maurer, Wilma
Ann: 399,461,474
Maxwell, Deserah
Louise: 399,461,479
Maxwell, Garret
Eugene: 399,461,479
Maxwell, Jackson
Rae: 399,461,479
Mayfield, Cloe:
406,468,516
Maynard, Brian:
401,463,490
Maynard, Grace:
401,463,490
Maynard, Hunter:
401,463,490
McCarthy,
Florence W.: 123,149
McCarthy,
Hallie: 429
McCarthy,
Isaiah: 149
McCormick,
Sarah: 434
McCoy, Matilda
May: 335,389
McCoy, William H.:
297,334,335,361,388,389
McCully, Audrey:
248
McDowell,
Courtney: 408,470,530
McGinley,
Charles Francis: 300,340
McGinley,
Gertrude G.: 340
McGinley, Henry:
340
McGinley, Isaac
Newton: 300,340
McGinley, Mabel
Fern: 340
McGinley, Maurice
Laverne: 340
McGinley, Myrtle
R.: 340
McGinley, Retha
Mae: 340
McGinley, Robert
L.: 340
McGinley, Ruby
Pearl: 340
McGinley, Stella
Victoria: 340
McGinley,
William H.T.: 340
McHarry,
Kathleen Edith: 400,462,476,483
McKenzie, Howard
Lee: 406,407,468,469,517,523
McKenzie,
Kristen Lee-ann: 406,407,468,469,517,523
McLoud, Abbie:
238
McMahan, Bessie
Lee: 334,388
McMahan, Vance
Washington: 334,388
McMannes, Diane
Darlene: 409,470,533
McNeil, Daniel:
244
McNeil, Vincent
R.: 244
Mehring, Lydia
Ann: 274,278,281
Melvin, Rae
Laurine: 123,146
550
Melvin, Robgert:
146
Messom, Annie
Edna: 122,144,229,230
Messom,
Frederick: 144,229
Metcalf,
Christopher: 406,468,516
Metcalf, Ellie:
406,468,516
Metcalf,
Gracelynn: 406,468,516
Mick, Berton
Levi: 338,393
Mick, Christine
Leroy: 339,393
Mick, Flossie
Bee: 339,393
Mick, George
Allan: 297,337,362,392
Mick, Henry
Opal: 339,394
Mick, Herman
Earl: 338,393
Mick, Isaac P:
339,393
Mick, Ivan
George: 339,393
Mick, John
Henry: 297,337,338,362,392,393
Mick, John Wils:
338,393
Mick, Oza Lee:
339,394
Mick, Walter Clayton:
338,393
Miller, Amy
Elizabeth: 408,470,528
Miller, Daniel
Forrest: 408,470,528
Miller, Lester
(Les) Ray: 405,467,502,509
Miller, Michael
L.: 408,470,528
Miller, Virginia
Olevia: 308
Mills, Carmen
Merle: 250
Mills, Hattie:
250
Mills, John Roy:
250
Mills, Sarah:
148,250
Mills, Silas:
148,250
Mills, Silas
Purdy: 123,148,250
Mills, Vernon:
250
Minton, Maylin:
406,407,468,469,517,523
Moor, Charles
Miers: 262,264,265,271
Moor, Jeremiah:
271,272
Moor, John: 264
Moor, Stephen:
262,264,265,271,272
Moore, Dortha
Ellen: 180,403,464,495,496
Moore, Douglas
Wayne: 409,470,530
Moore, Florence:
222,409,471,535
Moore, John
William: 180
Moore, Samuel
W.: 271,272
Moraine, Bailey
Marie: 403,465,505
Moraine, Benjamin
Paul: 403,465,505
Moraine, Corey
Scott: 403,465,505
Moraine, David
Patrick: 403,465,505
Moraine, Megan
Melissa: 403,465,505
Moraine,
Savannah Kay: 403,465,505
Moraine, Tanner
Stone: 403,465,505
Morgan, Donna
Louise: 404,466,499
Morgan, Mary
Jane: 397,420
Morr, Andrew
(1727): 105,117,354
Morr, Andrew
(2): 117
Morr, Anna
Maria: 117
Morr, Mary
Magdalena: 105,353,354
Moyer, Mary Ann:
287,306
Mumbauer, Anna
Elizabetha: 342,344 Click here to return to the
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Munro, Hannah:
144,229
Myers,
Alexander: 336,390
Myers, Ann:
280,284
Myers, Lewis A.:
336,390
Mygatt, Eugene
Fredrick: 152
Mygatt, James
Franklin "Frank": 122,132,150,152
Mygatt, James
German: 122,128,130,131,132
Mygatt, James
L.: 152
Mygatt, Jennie
Marie: 152
Mygatt, Phillip
R.: 152
Mygatt, Richard:
152
Mygatt, Susan
Coon: 122,132,154
Mygatt, Victor
Harold: 152
N
Neal, Alyssa:
399,461,480
Neal, Emilee
Elizabeth: 399,461,480
Neal, Thomas James:
399,461,480
Neal, Thomas
Nathan: 399,461,480
Neal, Thomas
Scott: 399,461,478,480
Nelson, David:
148,250
Nelson,
Elizabeth J.: 123,148,250,251
Newton, Violet
Hannah: 305
Nied, Catharina:
104,113,277,278
Nied, Jurg: 113
Nisley, Clara Marie:
407,468,519,522
Noffsinger,
Sarah: 342,348
Norval, Flossie
Lee: 337,392
O
O'Colley, Billy
J: 397
Onasko, George
Robert: 409,471,534
Onasko, Lawrence
Lee: 409,471,533
Onesko, David
Kenneth: 409,471,534
Onesko, Gary
Brian: 409,471,534
Onesko, Kerry
Carl: 409,471,534
Onesko, Mark
Randall: 409,471,533
Onesko, Stephen
Jeffery: 409,471,534
Ostrander,
Cornelia King: 334,389
Ott, Anna
Margaret (1674): 111,273,276
Ott, Anna
Margaret (1767): 275,278
Ott, John: 278
Owens, Virginia
Mae: 401,463,486,488
P
Pack,
Stephanie Paige: 405,467,503,514
Paxton,
Mary Alder: 306
Paxton,
William: 306
Payne,
John Wesley: 212,222
Payne,
Lawrence Henry: 396
Payne,
Martha Kathryn: 212,222,406,409,468,471,517
Pearson,
unknown: 407,469,525
Pence,
(George) Washington: 410,421
Pence,
Alfred Lee: 397
Pence, Alice A.:
398,432
Pence, Alice
Grace: 397
Pence,
Allen Woodrow Wilson: 396
Pence,
Alonzo Earl: 410
551
Pence, Anna Louise:
397
Pence, Ascher:
395,421
Pence, Barbara
(1770): 411,416
Pence, Barbara
(2): 411,416
Pence, Bertha
F.: 410,449
Pence, Bryce
Wilson: 397
Pence, Caroline:
397,424
Pence, Charles
Arthur: 410,450
Pence, Charles
Edward "Chalk" "Whitey": 396
Pence, Clarence
Lloyd: 397
Pence, Daniel
(1756): 411,416
Pence, Daniel
(1758): 411,416
Pence, David:
411,417
Pence, Elias
Foster: 410,448
Pence, Eliza:
395,418
Pence, Elizabeth
"Betsy": 410,421
Pence, Elizabeth
(1777): 411,417
Pence, Elizabeth
(1846): 398,427
Pence, Elizabeth
(3): 411,417
Pence, Ellen
(1): 395,421
Pence, Ellen
(1860): 397,424
Pence, Ellen
(1873): 409,446
Pence,
Ellsworth: 398,437
Pence, Emanuel
(1762): 411,416
Pence, Emanuel
(1762): 411,416
Pence, Emma Mae:
396
Pence, Ethel L.:
410
Pence, Eve:
411,417
Pence, Florence
O.: 398
Pence, Floyd M.:
398
Pence, Gashum
(1): 395,421
Pence, Gashum
(2): 396,418
Pence, George:
397,420
Pence, George
E.: 409
Pence, George
Frederic (Bens): 106,395,416,417
Pence, George Frederick:
106,396,417,418
Pence, George
Henry: 409,446
Pence, George
O.: 395,421
Pence, Gerald
E.: 410
Pence, Goldie
Grace: 410,452
Pence, Hannah:
395,418
Pence, Harold
E.: 410
Pence, Harriet:
410,427
Pence, Ira I.:
396,423
Pence, Iretta Jane:
410
Pence, Jacob
(1771): 411,416
Pence, Jacob
(1772): 411,416
Pence, Jacob
(1782): 411,417
Pence, Jacob
Johann Ludwig: 106,119,395,413,414,416
Pence, James
Elmer Blain: 410,450
Pence, Jane:
395,418
Pence, Jerome
W.: 410
Pence, Jesse:
396,423,428,429
Pence, Jesse
Eldon: 396
Pence, Jesse
Elmer: 396,429
Pence, John
(1770): 395,417,418
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Pence,
John (1809): 396,420,421,423
Pence,
John (1838): 397,427,431,432
Pence,
John (2): 396,418
Pence, John H.:
395,421
Pence, Joseph
Elmer: 397
Pence, Joseph
L.: 410
Pence,
Josiah: 101,143,154,324,378,398,427,437,439,456,457
Pence,
Leroy "Red": 397
Pence,
Lewis (1758): 411,416
Pence,
Lewis (1758): 411,416
Pence,
Lucinda: 395,421
Pence,
Lucy: 397
Pence, Lydia:
397,424
Pence,
Margretti: 398,439
Pence, Maria:
396,429
Pence, Marilla:
397,424
Pence, Martha:
410,421,427
Pence, Martin:
396,418
Pence, Mary (1):
395,418
Pence, Mary (2):
411,416
Pence,
Mary A.: 398
Pence,
Mary E. (1): 395,421
Pence, Mary E.
(1863): 398,437
Pence,
Mary Margaret: 397,423
Pence,
Melissa: 398,437
Pence,
Mina: 410
Pence, Myrtal:
398,435
Pence, Nancy A.:
398,437
Pence,
Nancy Irene: 396
Pence,
Nathan: 398,427,435,437
Pence,
Otis: 398,434
Pence,
Peter (1816): 101,106,397,421,424,426,457
Pence,
Peter (1817): 395,418,421
Pence, Peter
(1854): 410,427
Pence, Peter
(3): 395,421
Pence, Phoebe:
395,421
Pence, Ralph S.:
397
Pence,
Rebeca: 395,418
Pence,
Rita: 397
Pence,
Robert: 396
Pence,
Robert L.: 396
Pence, Samantha
B.: 398,432
Pence, Samuel
F.: 398,432
Pence, Sarah:
396,418
Pence, Sarah Elizabeth:
101,122,143,154,158,159,324,378,398,439,461,472,473,484, 495,517,518,526,535
Pence,
Sarah J.: 395,421
Pence,
Sidney Elmer: 398,433
Pence,
Susannah: 411,416
Pence,
Susannah Pence: 411,417
Pence,
Walter Eldon: 396
Pence,
Warren L.: 410
Pence, William: 395,418
Pence, William Irvin
"Bill": 396
Pence, William Thomas:
398,439
552
Pennell, Carlton
Pearl: 166,400,462,473,475
Pennell, David
E.: 400,462,477
Pennell, Deborah
Jo: 400,462,476
Pennell, Guage
Carlton: 400,462,483
Pennell, John
Carlton: 400,462,476,483
Pennell, John Sherman:
166
Pennell, Madison
Grace: 400,462,483
Pennell, Mathew
J.: 400,462,483
Pennell, Norma
J.: 400,462,476
Pennell, Roger
Carlton (1930): 400,462,475,476,477
Pennell, Roger
Carlton (1975): 400,462,483
Pennell, Ruth
Ann: 400,462,477
Pennell, William:
400,462,477
Perren, Carl H.:
339,393
Perren, Julius
Deshay: 339,393
Peters, Susanna:
275,280
Pettigrew,
Michele: 401,463,490
Pettis, Rebecca
Jane: 146,242
Pettis, Susan
Ann: 145,232
Petty, Bert: 340
Petty, Luella
R.: 340
Pettyjohn, Mary:
304
Phinney, Clayton
Bruce: 249
Phinney, Dennis:
248
Phinney,
Elgenora (Nora): 146,239
Phinney, Emily
Edna: 248
Phinney, Ensley
Michael: 248
Phinney, Etta
(Effie): 244
Phinney,
Geraldine Jeanette: 249
Phinney,
Gertrude: 243
Phinney, Harry Cleveland:
243
Phinney, Jayne:
249
Phinney,
Kathleen: 244
Phinney,
Marshall Kitchner: 248
Phinney,
Mayford: 123,146,242,243
Phinney, Philipa
Melissa: 145,236
Phinney, Rebecca
Lorene: 249
Phinney, Ruth
Margaret: 248
Phinney, Stephen
Benjamin: 243
Phinney,
William: 146,242
Phinney, Wylee
Willigar: 248
Pick, Eldon C:
230
Pick, Martin
Walter: 230
Pishitelli,
Virginia Pauline: 397
Pluim, David
Michael: 404,465,508
Pluim, Sophia
Marie Joy: 404,466,508
Pluim, Tobin
Kendall: 404,466,508
Pluim, Tyler
Styron: 404,466,508
Poole, Elliott
Dmitri: 404,466,508
Poole, Emily Yan
Li: 404,466,508
Poole, Eryn
Leigh: 404,465,508
Poole, Michael
Clark: 404,465,499,508
Poole, Morgan
Kendall: 404,466,508
Poole, Tobin
Kendall: 404,466,508
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Prince,
Catherine: 411,416
Prince, Philip:
416
Purcell, George
Henry: 166,399,461,473,474
Purcell, George
William: 399,461,474
Purcell, Nancy
Jean: 399,461,474,478,481,482
Purcell, William
Franklin: 166
Purdy, Esther
Angevine: 252,260,270
Pyle, Cora
"Carrie": 297,336,337,362,391
Pyle, Cortez:
297,336,362,391
R
Radford, Charles
James: 180
Radford, Vivian
(Lil): 180,403,465,495
Rager, Cora
Amanda: 308
Rager,
Elizabeth: 274,281
Rager, Hiram:
287,308
Rager, John
(1780): 274,279,281
Rager, John
(1814): 274,281,287
Rager, Mary:
274,281
Rager, Soplhia:
274,281
Raker, Martin:
283,300
Raker, Mary
Jane: 275,283,300,301
Ralsston,
Joseph: 260,270
Ralston, Mary
Anne: 252,260,270
Ramey, James
William: 397,423
Ramsey, Charles
P.: 297,362
Ramsey, James
S.: 297,362
Randall, Matilda
A.: 432
Redd, Sandra
Cornelia: 403,465,498,506
Redmond, Elijah:
401,463,489
Reed, Martha J.:
297,339,362,394
Reese, Emily
Rebecca: 334,388
Regester, Clara
Jane: 287,308
Reichelderfer,
David Eugene: 401,463,486,489,490
Reichle, Alaine
Michelle: 403,465,507
Reid, Mary: 306
Reil, Elizabeth
Marie: 408,470,530
Renniger,
Catharina Elisabetha: 105,118,354
Renniger,
Johannes Wendel: 118
Ressler, Albert
L.: 310
Ressler, Charles
Guy: 310
Ressler, Daisy
F.: 310
Ressler, George
Valentine: 292
Ressler, Jacob:
274,283,290,291,302
Ressler, John:
291
Ressler,
Malinda: 291
Ressler, Maude:
310
Ressler, Otis
A.: 310
Ressler, Robert
"Bob" Leroy: 310
Ressler, Samuel:
291,302,309,310
Reynolds, Harry:
406,468,504
Rhoads, Henry:
304
Rhoads, Henry B:
304
Riess, Anna
Wilhelmina: 116,353,354
Riffle, James
M.: 365
Roberts, Eva
Abby: 238
Roberts, Isaac:
353,356
Roberts, Rufus
F.: 238
553
Roberts,
Tawsha Louise: 402,464,492
Rodgers,
Deborah Jane: 271,272
Rodgers,
Patrick: 271,272
Roley, Charley
Davidson: 409,470,532
Roley, Doney Jack:
409,470,532
Roley, Jack D.:
409,470,532
Rolfe, Mary Jane: 297,337,362,392
Rooker, Clarinda: 297,333,361,388
Root, Esther: 280,285
Rowland, Nettie
Marlina: 180
Ruch, Aubrey
William: 340
Ruch, John
Thomas: 300,339
Ruch, May Valentine:
340
Ruch, William Thomas:
300,339,340
Rush, Amee L.:
402,464,494
Rushton,
Abraham (1782): 262,264,270,271
Rushton,
Abraham (1828): 271
Rushton,
Elizabeth (1760): 262,264,265,271
Rushton,
Elizabeth (2): 271
Rushton, James Edward
Balkem: 144,229
Rushton,
Jane Sarah: 103,127,128,252,255,258,262,264,265,267
Rushton, Jeremiah:
262,263,264,265,271
Rushton, John (1751):
103,255,262,263,264
Rushton, John (2):
109,262,263
Rushton,
John (3): 252,255
Rushton,
John R Sr: 103,109,262,263
Rushton,
Mary: 262,264
Rushton,
Paulina (Lina): 122,144,229,231
Rushton,
Peter: 262,263
Rushton,
Sarah: 262,264,265,271,272
Russell,
Emma: 398,433
Ryckman, Helen:
301,340
S
Sabena, Hannah:
457
Salata, Amelia
Claire: 409,470,532
Salata, Robert
J: 409,470,532
Sanders, Martha
Duke "Mattie" Duke: 396,429
Sanders, William
Henry: 429
Scher, Maria
Margaretha: 113
Schmeck, Sarah
J.: 446
Schmeisser,
Capt. Robert John: 232
Schmeisser,
Harold James: 232
Schmidt,
Elizabetha Margaretta: 114,342,344
Scholl, Anna
Christina: 118
Schuee, Maria
Elizabeth: 278
Schultz,
Catherine Ann: 402,464,494
Schwartz,
Jacquelyn “Jacqui” Michelle: 404,465,507
Schwartz, John
Edward: 403,465,499,507
Schwartz,
Richard James: 403,465,507
Schwartz, Robert
John: 404,465,507
Schwind, Ronald:
401,463,489
Seall, James:
274,279
Seaman,
Frederick: 249
Sears, Emma: 222
Sellons, Edward
Charles: 249
Seppich,
Susannah Catharina: 119
Sharpe,
Donna Marie: 242
Shaw,
William Henry: 154
Sherman,
Mary: 336,390
Sherwood,
A.B.: 398
Sherwood,
Ada M.: 398
Sherwood,
Elsie: 398
Sherwood,
Harry E.: 398
Sherwood,
John: 432
Sherwood,
Samuel J.: 398,432
Sherwood,
Troy: 398
Shirley, Robert Litle:
122,132,154
Shirley, Rose Eva: 154
Shoemaker, Charles Wesley:
308
Shoemaker, Emma Celeste Johns: 309
Shoemaker, Henry Braycher: 290,308
Shoemaker, Levi: 308
Shoemaker,
Samuel Annis: 308
Simons,
Comfort: 432
Sisler, Robert
E: 408,469,527
Sisler,
Victoria: 408,469,527
Sloan, Sarah J.:
395,418,421
Smith, Cory Matthew:
402,464,493
Smith, Louisa: 275,280
Smith, Mary Ann:
275,280
Smith, Sarah:
283,292
Snyder, Frances
E.: 159
Songo, Jewel:
405,467,512
Spangler,
Barbara: 308
Speakman,
John (Sr): 336,390
Spetnagle,
Esther: 163,399,461,472
Spies,
Charles C.: 336,390
Spies,
Gustav A.: 336,390
spouse,
unknown: 400,462,476
Stagern,
Maria Elizabeth: 115,347,348
Stanley,
Clarice Ethelyn: 412,455
Starkey,
Aaron: 437
Starkey,
Alvah: 410,421,427
Starkey,
Della: 398
Starkey,
George: 421,427
Starkey,
Henry: 398,437
Starkey,
John D.: 410,427
Stasikowska, Margaret Jadwiga: 404,466,497,500
Stauffer, Harold Austin: 152
Stauffer, John
Manasses: 152
Stebleton,
Mary: 273,281,286
Steinbarger,
Elizabeth: 411,417,418
Stepleton,
Sophia: 353,356,364
Stevens,
Julia Mae: 396
Stout, Benjamin
Franklin: 304
Stout,
Caroline: 273,280,284
Stout,
Clara Bell: 304
Stout,
Elias: 273,280,284,285
Stout,
Elias H.: 304
Stout,
Emanuel Valentine: 285,303
Stout,
Evaline: 304
554
Stout, Jesse
Grover: 304
Stout, John:
280,284
Stout, Julia
Abbie: 304
Stout, Lyman:
304
Stout, Sarah
Anna: 304
Stout, Silas
Wesley: 304
Strasser,
Barbara: 104,279,281,342,348,350
Strasser, Johann
Nicholas: 115,347,348
Strasser, Maria
Catharina: 104,115,342,347,348
Strauss,
Catharina: 342,348
Stroop, Sarah
"Sallie" Elizabeth: 297,333,361,388
Strupat, Ronald
Francis: 242
Summers, Carol
Anna: 401,463,487,491,492,493
Swisher, Mary:
411,418,421
Swyers, Rachel:
212,222
T
Tatman, Mary
Alice: 396
Taylor, Otho
Lee: 333,387
Teets, Leah:
410,421
Thomas, Steven:
401,463,489
Thompkins,
Kimber: 399,462,481
Thompkins, Sterling:
399,461,481
Thompson,
Catherine Marie: 407,468,521
Thompson,
Charles: 407,469,524
Thompson, Debra:
407,468,522
Thompson, Diana:
407,469,525
Thompson, James
Richard: 407,469,520,524,525
Thompson, Joseph
Fields: 216
Thompson, Kelly:
407,469,525
Thompson, Kenny
L: 407,468,522
Thompson,
Kimberly Michelle: 407,468,522
Thompson,
Lillian: 407,469,525
Thompson,
Louise: 400,463,485
Thompson, Norma
Jean: 406,407,468,469,517,520,523
Thompson,
Patricia: 407,469,525
Thompson, Ralph:
407,469,524
Thompson,
Raymond Alvin: 407,468,519
Thompson,
Richard E.: 407,468,522
Thompson, Robert
E.: 407,468,522
Thompson, Robert
Eugene: 407,468,519,521,522
Thompson,
Russell Emmitt: 407,469,520
Thompson, Ward
Emitt: 216,406,468,518,519,520
Thompson, Ward Keith
(Scooter): 407,468,522
Tiets,
Catherine: 398,427,435,437
Tipton, Dylan
Isiah: 405,466,511
Tipton, Isabell
Ann: 405,466,511
Tipton, Jerry
Elwood: 405,466,511
Tipton, Leah
Jane: 405,466,511
Tompkins,
Barrett: 399,462,481
Tompkins, Mary
Elizabeth: 399,461,481
Tompkins, Seth:
399,461,481
Tompkins,
William "Billy" Charles: 399,462,481
Treft, Christina
"Tina": 402,464,491
Truman, Mason:
402,464,494
Truman,
Scotland: 402,464,494
Turner, Frank
L.: 122,132,154
Turner, Lola
Mae: 154
Tyner, Henry Allan:
341
Tyner, Ruth: 341
U
Umphenour,
Sterling: 166,400,462,473
Umphenour,
Upton Cooms: 166
unknown:
222,409,471,535
unknown,
Becky: 402,464,487
unknown,
Jackie: 407,469,524
unknown,
Kim: 407,469,524
Upp, Daniel:
286,305
Upp, Mary Magdalene:
286,305
V
Valentine, Adam:
273,280
Valentine,
Adella Jane: 301
Valentine,
Almira E.: 297,334,335,361,388,389
Valentine,
Amelia Alice: 303
Valentine, Amos
(1824): 273,281
Valentine, Amos
(1846): 287
Valentine, Amos
D.: 275,283
Valentine,
Andrew: 275,283
Valentine, Anna
C.: 303
Valentine,
Arthur Wilson: 308
Valentine,
Aubrey Leslie: 340
Valentine,
Barbara Alice: 290,308
Valentine,
Barbara Ellen: 287,308
Valentine,
Blanche: 303
Valentine,
Catherina: 275,278
Valentine, Catherine
(1780): 274,279,281
Valentine,
Catherine (1793): 274,278
Valentine,
Catherine (1810): 273,281
Valentine,
Chanie E.: 300,339
Valentine,
Charles Edward: 306
Valentine,
Clarence A.: 306
Valentine,
Clifton Delano: 303
Valentine, Cora
(1): 301
Valentine, Cora
(2): 337,392
Valentine,
Cortes Lee: 337,392
Valentine,
Dalpha D.: 340
Valentine,
Daniel: 286
Valentine,
David: 286
Valentine, David
Clinton: 297,332,333,361,387
Valentine, Edgar
D.: 300,340
Valentine, Edith
C.: 337,391
Valentine, Edna
Pearl: 333,387
Valentine,
Edward: 284
Valentine,
Elias: 286
Valentine, Elias
L.: 296,310,312,361,365,366
Valentine,
Elizabeth (1783): 274,279
Valentine,
Elizabeth (1785): 273,278
Valentine,
Elizabeth (1812): 273,280
Valentine, Elizabeth
(1820): 274,283,290,291,302
Valentine,
Elizabeth (1842): 286
Valentine,
Elizabeth (1844): 286
Valentine,
Elizabeth Ann: 284
555
Valentine,
Elizabeth Lucinda: 273,281
Valentine, Elmer
Franklin: 301
Valentine,
Elsie: 337,392
Valentine, Elsie
Marie: 336,390
Valentine,
Elsworth: 337,392
Valentine, Elvin
Laverne: 341
Valentine,
Emanuel: 284
Valentine,
Emanuel T.: 297,336,337,362,391
Valentine,
Florence Dove: 300,340
Valentine,
George (1715): 104,111,273,276,277
Valentine,
George (1757): 275,278
Valentine,
George (1843): 286
Valentine,
George Allen: 305
Valentine,
George Jr.: 273,281
Valentine,
George L.: 273,278,280
Valentine,
George Otheo: 301
Valentine, George
S.: 286
Valentine,
George W: 284
Valentine,
George Washington: 275,283,300,301
Valentine,
George Washington L.: 297,333,361,388
Valentine,
Gifford Ballard: 337,392
Valentine,
Gilbert H.: 340
Valentine, Grace
E.: 333,387
Valentine, Guy Alden:
334,388
Valentine,
Hannah (1786): 274,279
Valentine,
Hannah (2): 449
Valentine,
Harley G.: 308
Valentine,
Harvey A.: 313,367
Valentine, Helen
G.: 340
Valentine, Henry
C.: 299
Valentine, Henry
Stanley: 336,390
Valentine, Henry
William: 274,278
Valentine,
Hester: 286
Valentine,
Hinton E.: 333,387
Valentine, Ida
A.: 305
Valentine,
Isaac: 296,361
Valentine,
Isabella W.: 340
Valentine,
Israel: 273,280,284
Valentine,
Isreal S.: 284
Valentine, Jacob
(1790): 273,278
Valentine, Jacob
(1831): 275,283,301
Valentine, Jacob
Knouff: 273,281,286
Valentine, Jacob
Otto: 273,277,278
Valentine, Jacob
Zieger: 273,280
Valentine, James
Henry: 284
Valentine,
Jennie Caroline: 303
Valentine,
Jeremiah S. (Jerry): 286,305
Valentine,
Jerome: 287
Valentine, Johan
Henry: 104,274,277,278,279,348,350
Valentine, John
(1666): 111,273,276
Valentine, John
(1761): 275,278
Valentine, John
(1780): 273,278,280
Valentine, John
(1802): 275,280
Valentine, John
(1845): 286
Valentine, John
(1847): 284
Valentine, John
(7): 301
Valentine,
John Curtis: 301,340,341
Valentine,
John K.: 273,281
Valentine,
John Stebleton: 286
Valentine,
John Sylvester: 308
Valentine,
Joseph Sanford: 274,279
Valentine, Joshua:
104,274,279,281,283,342,343,348,350,35
Valentine, Julias Edward: 305
Valentine,
Laura Ella: 297,337,338,362,392,393
Valentine,
Leila: 301
Valentine,
Lennie May: 300,339,340
Valentine,
Leroy: 308
Valentine,
Lester Garland: 334,388
Valentine,
Levi: 286,305
Valentine,
Levi B.: 273,281,287
Valentine,
Levi J.: 101,104,130,132,275,283,292,296,299,353,356,361
Valentine,
Levi S.: 290
Valentine,
Logan R.: 300,340
Valentine,
Lois LaVerne: 340
Valentine,
Lois Pearl: 340
Valentine,
Lovina: 297,339,362,394
Valentine,
Lutz Allen: 303
Valentine,
Lydia (1810): 273,280
Valentine,
Lydia (1837): 286
Valentine,
Lydia A.: 284
Valentine,
Magdalena: 274,278
Valentine,
Malinda (1838): 275,283
Valentine,
Malinda (1840): 286
Valentine,
Margaret Eldora: 301
Valentine,
Margaret Maude: 305
Valentine,
Martha L.: 312,366
Valentine,
Mary (1811): 273,281
Valentine,
Mary (1833): 275,283,291,301,302,309
Valentine,
Mary A.: 286
Valentine,
Mary Ann: 290
Valentine,
Mary E. (Mamie): 308
Valentine,
Mary Jane: 284
Valentine,
Mary Luella: 312,366
Valentine,
Mary Magdalena: 274,279
Valentine,
Matilda: 286
Valentine,
Mervin L.: 334,388
Valentine,
Milton: 273,281
Valentine,
Minerva Jane: 337,391
Valentine,
Minnie A.: 333,387
Valentine,
Morton Lee: 340
Valentine,
Nellie May: 333,387
Valentine,
Nelson F.: 312,366
Valentine,
Noah (1809): 273,280,285,286
Valentine,
Noah (1832): 286
Valentine, Nora
Ellen: 297,362
Valentine,
Omar Franklin: 305
Valentine,
Omer C.: 308
Valentine,
Orlando Wilbur: 333,387
Valentine,
Orlie: 308
Valentine, Pansy
E.: 336,390
Valentine,
Pearlie May: 308
Valentine, Perry
Monroe: 300
Valentine,
Priscilla A.: 286,304
Valentine,
Rosa B.: 300
Valentine,
Rueben: 300
Valentine,
Samuel (1796): 274,278
Valentine,
Samuel (1807): 275,280
Valentine,
Samuel (1817): 274,283,287,290
Valentine,
Samuel C.: 303
Valentine,
Samuel K.: 273,281
Valentine, Sarah
(1788): 273,278
Valentine,
Sarah (1830): 286
Valentine,
Sarah Ann: 273,280,284,285
Valentine,
Sarah Elizabeth Elinore: 290
Valentine,
Sarah Etta: 284
Valentine, Sarah Jane:
101,122,130,132,138,143,296,313,324,361,367,378,439
Valentine,
Sarah L.: 313,367
Valentine,
Solomon Stebleton: 287,306
Valentine,
Sophia: 274,279
Valentine,
Strousie: 340
Valentine,
Sylvanus E.: 297,335,336,362,389,390
Valentine,
Sylvester: 274,281,287
Valentine,
Sylvester J.: 297,362
Valentine,
Thomas: 273,280
Valentine,
Ulysses Simpson Grant: 301
Valentine,
Vallie (Valley) Agustus: 312,367
Valentine,
Westley: 286
Valentine,
William (1798): 274,278,281
Valentine,
William (1822): 273,280
Valentine,
William Allen: 284,303
Valentine,
William Joseph: 287,308
Valentine,
Wilson (1858): 286
Valentine,
Wilson (1871): 300
Valentine,
Wilson Elmer: 303
Valentine,
Zachariah: 273,280
Van
Nostin, Lilly May: 297,362
VanDeusen,
Leona Myrtle: 152
Venis,
Margaret (Peggy): 411,416,417
Venis,
Margaret (Peggy) (Wolfe): 411,416,417
Vica,
Emily Michelle: 402,464,493
Villiers, Ernest
Alfred: 408,469,527
Villiers, Ernest
Alfred III: 408,470,527
Villiers, James
Henry: 408,470,527
W
Waggoner,
Michael: 278
Wagner,
Christian: 275,278
Walker,
Emily Jane: 275,283,292,299
Walker,
Margaret Louceil: 338,393
Walker,
William Clinton: 283,292
Walkowicz,
John: 106,416,417
Walkowicz, Mary Alice: 106,395,416,417
Walters, Martin Luther (Jr.):
403,465,496
Wanamacher, Catherine: 353,356
War, single - killed in Civil (1): 396,423
War, single - killed in Civil (2): 396,423
Ward, Francis M.: 456,457
Ward, William
P.: 457
Webb, Abigail:
252,253
Webb, Charles
Meekins: 252,261,270
Webb,
David Harris: 252,260,270
Webb,
Ebenezer: 252,255
Webb,
Ebenezer Webb: 252,253
Webb,
Israel Baker: 252,261,270
Webb,
Jane: 252,260,270
Webb,
John: 252,260,270
Webb, John
Rushton: 252,258,267
Webb, Jonathan:
107,252,253
Webb, Mary
(1747): 252,253
Webb, Mary (1810):
101,103,122,127,128,129,130,252,258,268,296,313,361,367
Webb, Nathaniel:
252,255
Webb,
Noah: 103,252,253,255,264,265
Webb,
Phoebe: 252,255
Webb, Richard:
103,107,252,253
Webb, Samuel
James Jr: 252,258,267
Webb,
Samuel James Sr: 103,127,128,252,255,258,262,264,265,267
Webb,
Simon Peter: 252,261,270
Webb,
Sylvanus: 252,253
Webber, Alyssa
Nicole: 402,464,491
Webber, Justin
Jay: 401,464,491
Webber, Tyler
Lee: 402,464,491
Weber,
Anna Katherina: 119,413
Weber,
Mathes: 119
Wetzel, Gisela
Elizabgeth: 397
Whitmore,
Sarah E: 274,281,287
Wiley,
Lydia: 300,340
Wilkerson,
Simon: 449
Wilkerson,
William: 410,449
Williamson,
Anna May: 409,446
Willigar,
Caroline Couch: 122,130,132,143,148
Willigar,
Emily Rita: 123,145,232
Willigar, Jacob
(1824): 130,132
Willigar, Jacob
(1857): 145,232
Willrett,
Christina Barbara: 106,395,413,414,416
Winsenburg,
Frederick: 337,391
Winters,
Kathleen: 248
Witherell,
Elijah Hibbard: 334,389
Witherell,
Robert James: 334,389
Withrow,
Amey: 122,144,229
Wittenmeier,
Ashley: 401,463,490
Wolfe,
John: 416,417
Wolfe,
Lois Anne: 403,465,497,498,499
woman,
unknown: 400,463,485
Wood,
John Bedford: 335,389
Y
Yoder,
Catharine: 105,354
Yors, Douglas
Scott: 406,467,515
Yors, Eli
Jackson: 406,467,515
Yors, Estella
Audrea: 406,467,515
Young, Amos
Harley: 305
Young, Audra
Lavada: 180,403,465,495,497,501,504
557
Young, Harley
Pearl: 305
Young, William
Edward: 180
Z
Zehrung,
Magdalene: 286,305
Zehrung, Sarah:
274,279
Zieger, Jacob:
278,280
Zieger,
Margaret: 273,278,280
Zwicker, John
J.G.: 159