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
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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
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+ 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
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1899 |
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Circleville,
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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.
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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.
Easter Marie Harrington (31 Mar 1904 - 25 Jul 1932) Click here to return to the Table of Contents
+ 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
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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
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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
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James G Mygatt |
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Morganville, Clay |
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Notes for James
German Mygatt:
From the Iowa, State Census
Collection, 1836-1925
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James Mygatt |
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7 Oct 1861 |
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Denver, Colorado |
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Colorado |
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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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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
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Abt. 1727 in Westchester Co., New York, USA m: Bef. 1751 d: January 18, 1822 in
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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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Agnes Angevine WEBB b: June 06, 1845 |
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Frances WEATHERBEE b: May 13, 1871 |
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Clarence WEBB b: October 30, 1864 |
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Nina THOMPSON b: 1885 |
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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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Olive WEBB b: January 01, 1844 |
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Susannah WEBB b: May 17, 1846 |
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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
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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.]
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.]
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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
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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
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6 Sep 1868 |
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Death Date: |
13 Aug 1956 |
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USA |
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Cemetery: |
Memorial Park Cemetery |
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Burial or Cremation
Place: |
Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA |
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Y |
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Ethel Minnie Mygatt |
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Children: |
Phillip LeRoy Mygatt |
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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
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Age: 30 |
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Race/Ethnicity:
White |
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Birth Date: |
2 Apr 1919 |
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Marriage Date: |
23 Apr 1949 |
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Marriage Place:
Jackson, Missouri |
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Registration Place: |
Jackson, Missouri, USA |
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Spouse: |
Harold Austin Stauffer |
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Spouse Birth Date: |
31 Mar 1924 |
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Spouse
Race/Ethnicity: |
White |
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From the Missouri,
Marriage Records, 1805-2002
Name: Harold Austin
Stauffer
Age: 25
Race/Ethnicity: White
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Birth
Date: |
31 |
Mar 1924 |
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Marriage Date: |
23 |
Apr 1949 |
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Marriage Place:
Jackson, Missouri |
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Registration Place: |
Jackson, Missouri, USA |
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Spouse: |
Jennie Marie Mygatt |
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Spouse Birth Date: |
2 Apr 1919 |
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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
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Birth
Date: |
31 |
Mar 1924 |
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Marriage Date: |
23 |
Apr 1949 |
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Marriage Place:
Jackson, Missouri |
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Registration Place: |
Jackson, Missouri, USA |
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Spouse: |
Jennie Marie Mygatt |
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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
just
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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
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Gender:Female |
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Race: White |
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Birth Date: |
29 Apr 1872 |
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Benton, Hocking, Ohio |
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Father: Josiah
Pence |
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Mother: Sara J.
Lockwood |
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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.
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.
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Name: Nellie
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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 |
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Marital Status: Never
Married (Single) (sic, not correct, married once to William Ottis Zwicker)
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Notes for Matthew
Sterling Harrington (27 Apr 1983 - living) |
Matthew Sterling |
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Name: Zwicker |
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[Zwyker] |
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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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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
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Name:
William Otis Zwicker |
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Birth Date: |
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Feb 1886 |
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Death Date: |
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May 1946 |
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Green Lawn Cemetery |
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Burial or Cremation
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Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA |
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Feb 1886 |
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May 1946 |
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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
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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 |
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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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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?: |
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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
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INTERMENT DATE: |
23 Sep 1965 |
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CEMETERY
ADDRESS:209 East Shamrock Street Pineville, LA 71360 |
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Section R Site 473 |
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Umphenour |
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27 Jul 1895 |
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17 Sep 1965 |
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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
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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
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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 |
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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
170
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]
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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 |
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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
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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] |
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Residence Place: |
Columbus, Ohio, USA |
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Publication Title: |
Columbus, Ohio, City Directory, 1938 |
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From the U.S. City
Directories, 1822-1995
Name: Carlton P
Pennell
Gender:Male
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Residence
Year: |
1939 |
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Street address: |
2977 E 11th av |
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Residence Place: |
Columbus, Ohio, USA |
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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
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GENDER: |
Male |
1930 |
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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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PUBLICATION TITLE: |
Bellingham, Washington, City
Directory, 1930 |
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Sterling G Umphenour
in the U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
NAME: Sterling G
Umphenour
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GENDER: |
Male |
1934 |
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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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PUBLICATION TITLE: Bellingham,
Washington, City Directory, 1934
Sterling G Umphenour
in the U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
NAME: Sterling G
Umphenour
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GENDER: |
Male |
1935 |
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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 |
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PUBLICATION TITLE: |
Bellingham, Washington, City
Directory, 1935 |
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Sterling G Umphenour
in the U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
NAME: Sterling G
Umphenour
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GENDER: |
Male |
1936 |
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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
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GENDER: |
Male |
1937 |
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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
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GENDER: |
Male |
1940 |
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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 |
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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
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GENDER: |
Male |
1941 |
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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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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
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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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Texas Marriage Index, 1966-2002 |
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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
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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 |
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Father's Name: Wm. Harrington
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Pence
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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
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[Viola
Grace Harrington] |
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BIRTH DATE: |
29 Aug 1897 |
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BIRTH PLACE: |
Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, United
States |
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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 |
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DEATH
PLACE:Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA |
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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 |
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Married |
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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
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