NOBLE COUNTY OHIO - KELLAR Bible Record (w/Coffey) *************************************************************************** OHGENWEB NOTICE: All distribution rights to this electronic data are reserved by the submitter. Reproduction or re-presentation of copyrighted material will require the permission of the copyright owner. *************************************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Susan Kellar Ratcliffe Delaware, Ohio skrat@midohio.net January 11, 1999 *************************************************************************** Susan Kellar Ratcliffe Delaware, Ohio skrat@midohio.net I Inserted in the cover of the family Bible of BENJAMIN HARRISON & CATHARINE ANN MILLER KELLAR now the property of THE WARREN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Warren County, Iowa reads the following information ** 106 YEAR OLD BIBLE ** Hitchcock's new and complete analysis of the Holy Bible - published in 1874. This Bible belonged to Harrison and Catherine Kellar. In the family record in the Bible it shows Harrison Kellar born April 5, 1816 in the District of Columbia. Catherine Ann Miller born Feb. 9, 1822 in Shenandoah County, Virginia, married March 12, 1840 in Morgan County, Ohio. Their children were: James Henry, 3-07-1841 / 5-21-1841; John Francis, 8-10-1842 / 5-25-1925; Friend Miller, 12-17-1845 / 5-04-1857; Nancy Elizabeth, 2-25-1848 / 4-25-1921; Catherine Virginia, 8-11-1851 / 1-27-1929; Henderson, 8-11-1855 / 5-01-1936; Thomas Tipton, 1-03-1860 / 2-23-1931; William Cooper, 9-17-1863 / 12-02-1940. Harrison and Catherine and all the children but James and Friend are buried in the family plot purchased by their father in the Linn Grove Cemetery, Warren County, Iowa. This Bible is donated to the Warren County Historical Society by the children of William Kellar. BIRTHS Harrison Kellar April 5th 1816 District of Columbia Catharine Ann Miller February 9th 1822 Shenandoah Co Va James Henry son of Harrison and Catharine A. Kellar March 7th 1841 Morgan Co Ohio John Francis son of Harrison and Catharine A Kellar August 10th 1842 Morgan Co Ohio Friend Miller son of Harrison and Catharine A Kellar December 17th 1845 Morgan Co Ohio Nancy Elizabeth Daughter of Harrison and Catharine A Kellar February 25th 1848 Morgan Co Ohio Cathern Virginia Kellar Daughter of Harrison and Catharine A Kellar August 11th A.D. 1851 (no county listed, but that part of Morgan Co became Noble Co April 1, 1851) Henderson son of Harrison and Catharine A Kellar August 11th A.D.1855 Noble County Ohio (Handwriting changes here) Thomas Tipton Kellar Born Jan 3rd 1860 Wm Cooper Kellar Born September 17th 1863 MISCELLANEOUS BIRTHS (Handwritten) Govie Colmore Perkins Born in Warren Co Iowa January the 13, 1887 Bertha D Perkins Born in Warren Co Iowa February 19, 1889 Martin V. Perkins Born in Warren Co Ill. Nov. 17, 1845 James M. Coffey Born in Noble Co. Ohio April 5, 1837 Charles Harrison Coffey Born in Noble Co. O. Aug. 1st, 1872 Freddi Way Coffey Born in Noble Co., Ohio January 5th, 1883 Hazel Coffey Born in Lincoln, Nebraska July 17, 1891 MARRIAGES Harrison Kellar and Catharine Ann Miller March 12th 1840 Morgan Co Ohio DEATHS Harrison Kellar Died February the 17th 1880 James M. Coffey Died December 24, 1883 Catharine A. Kellar Died December 24, 1888 Bertha D. Perkins Died April 10th, 1911 Age 22 Years 1 Month and 22 Days Nancy Elizabeth Coffey-Perkins Died April 25th, 1921 James Henry son of Harrison and Catharine A Kellar May 21st 1841 Aged 2 Months 14 Days Morgan Co Ohio F Miller Son of Harrison and Catharine Kellar May 4, 1857 aged 11 Years 4 Months 17 Days Noble County Ohio Charles H Coffey Died Aug 11th 1912 Age 40 Yrs 11 Days Des Moines Iowa William Cooper Kellar Son of Harrison and Catharine Kellar Dec-2-1940 Henderson Kellar Son of Harrison and Catharine Kellar May-1-1935 Cathern Virginia Davis Daughter of Harrison and Catharine Kellar (BLANK) John Francis Kellar Son of Harrison and Catharine Kellar April-25-1925 Thomas Tipton Kellar Son of Harrison and Catharine Kellar Feb-23-1931 Govia C Perkins Son of M V and Nancy Perkins (BLANK) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Also, pasted on the back cover of this Bible were two newspaper obituary notices for Mrs. Lida Kellar, wife of Henderson Kellar, sources unknown, which read: "Mrs. Henderson Kellar died Sunday and was buried Tuesday. Mrs. Kellar had been ailing for several months. She leaves a husband, and a daughter of two years. Mrs. Kellar was an exemplary woman, a faithful wife, loving mother and kind neighbor, whose loss will be deeply mourned. The husband has the deepest sympathies of all." PROLE "Died, at her home in Prole, July 3, 1898, of consumption, Mrs. Lida Kellar, wife of Henderson Kellar. She was born Nov. 17, 1878, and lived with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Wheeler until Oct. 3, 1893, when she was married to Henderson Kellar and has lived near Prole ever since. Mrs. Kellar was honored and loved by all that knew her. She was kind and affectionate and always ready and willing to do a good act whenever an opportunity presented itself. With bright hopes of getting well she lingered along patiently for six months until last Sunday at 1:30 o'clock she passed away. The day before she died she told her friends she realized for the first time that she was going to die. The funeral services were conducted at the Linn Grove church July 5, at 2 p.m. and were attended by a large circle of friends and neighbors. Our hearts go out in sympathy for the bereft ones. May we all live and prepare ourselves to meet her in that home above. ---A. Friend " ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All spelling and punctuation was copied directly from the original. Submitted by Susan Kellar Ratcliffe *************** This Bible record and other family data is online (Warren Co., IA) at: www.rootsweb.com/~iawarren/bios.htm **************************************************************************** *********** ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Benjamin Harrison used only the name Harrison Kellar. He was certified in 1839 to teach reading, writing, spelling, arithmetic and geography in Morgan County. On April 7, 1871, he put up for public auction the following: "Residence in Olive Township, 1 2-horse wagon, 1 buggy, household goods, farming utensils, horses, cows, sheep, hogs. Also 8 hives of bees." The entire family moved to Iowa. They are buried in Linn Grove Cemetery, Prole, Warren County, Iowa. Information from Pierce Raubach, Valentine, Nebraska. HISTORY BOOK OF WARREN COUNTY, IOWA, 1879; p. 669, Jefferson Township: "Kellar, H., Farmer, Sec. 10, P.O. Lothrop, was born in Washington City, D.C., in the year 1816, and was taken by his parents to Ohio when young and lived in this state until 1871; he enlisted in the late war in 1863, and served until the close; he came to this county, in 1871, and owns 170 acres of land; he married Miss C.A. Miller, born in 1822, she was a native of Shenandoah County, Virginia; their family consists of six children, Henderson, Thomas, William C., John F., Nancy E., and Virginia." (not in order of birth) Also from the same book, p. 739: "Kellar, H. married to Miss C.A. Miller, and has a family of six children living; John F., Nancy E. (now the wife of James Coffey, of Ohio), Virginia (wife of Thomas Davis), Henderson, Thomas, and W.C. His son, John F., enlisted in the late war, in the State of Ohio, in the fall of 1863, and served till its close. Mr. Kellar was ordained a minister of the gospel, March 24, 1862, by Bishop Edward R. Ames of the M.E. Church." ==== OH-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List ====