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Julia Talbot Wife of Mr. Henry P. Talbot Sr. May 25, 1893 Another family circle has been broken by the presence and the work of deat, and hearts have been made sad by the departure, to the unknown and undiscovered country, of a wife and mother. Julia, the wife of Henry P. Talbot and mother of conductor John Talbot and Mrs. Felix Robinson, died at her home in this city Monday morning at 9 o'clock after a trying illness. The deceased lady was aged sixty-seven years at the time of her death. Her untimely taking off will be regretted by a large circle of relatives and friends who left to cherish the memory of most an estimable woman. The funeral took place from the St. Frances de Sales Church, Wednesday morning. ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 21:00:36 EST From: DitsyMM@aol.com Subject: ROLL CALL: Wauseon, Fulton Co., OH K'garten Class 1941-1942 Ruth Armstrong Brown, Teacher - Last k'garten class before retirement (Pictures of students available upon request of submitter): Goldsmith, Bernie Lou Graf, Lloyd Jr. Johonsen, Roger Brinkman, Glen Kutzli, Karl Colon, Donald Franker, Annette Ledyard, Ann Hummon, Ann Ehrat, Mary Ann Blair, Barbara Gisel, ? Grisier, Nanette Frazier, Phyllis Goldsmith, Ethel Hoy, Jimmy Jordon, Nancy Gilson, Lorene Bonar, Loreta Lozer, Ronald Frazer, Jim Jones, Bernice Haydack, Donna Hall, Nedra Memories of a teacher are never past, they are the window to the future - lovingly submitted by Maggie Brown Moerdyke ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 21:11:50 EST From: DitsyMM@aol.com Subject: WEDDING: Brown-Campbell, Wauseon, Fulton Co., OH June 14, 1942: Wauseon, Fulton Co., OH Miss Brown, Mr. Campbell Wed Sunday Miss Ruth Brown and Reas Campbell spoke their marriage vows at a simple wedding ceremony performed in the garden of Miss Brown's home Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Miss Brown wore an attractive aqua blue afternoon dress for her wedding with a corsage of pink tea roses. Miss Jean Campbell, in a white frock with a corsage of red roses and her brother Billy Campbell acted as attendants at the wedding. Approximately 75 guests attended the wedding of Miss Brown, who has been a school teacher here for many years and Mr. Campbell, who is assistant postmaster. They expect to return from their wedding trip next Saturday and will live at the Campbell home on Howard Street. Garden to be Setting for Brown-Campbell Nuptials The garden at Miss Ruth Brown's home on East Oak Street will be the setting for her wedding to Reas Campbell on Sunday, June 14 at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Rev. W. T. Blume of Lancaster, Ohio, will read the marriage ceremony. Out of town guests expected are Mrs. W. T. Blume and Miss Mable Blume of Lancaster, who will both be house guests of Miss Brown; Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Reed and Mr. and Mrs. William Timmerman, all of Picqua; Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Brown of Columbus; Mrs. M. B. Brown, of Clyde; Sgt. Charles Brown of Ft. Eustis, Va.; Miss Louise Tippett and Miss Catherine Duncan, both of Toledo. Mrs. Carl Demaline, sister of Mr. Campbell, will be hostess at a wedding dinner for members of the family, Sunday. Reas Campbell, 57, Wauseon and Ruth Brown, 52, Wauseon. Always lovingly submitted with hugs and fond memories by great-niece Maggie Brown Moerdyke ------------------------------ X-Message: #4 Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 21:53:49 EST From: DitsyMM@aol.com Subject: DEED: Williams, Elisha - Fulton Co., Ohio Form #4-430 Document 82001 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING Certificate # 4607 Whereas Elisha Williams of Seneca County, Ohio has deposited in the GENERAL LAND OFFICE of the United States a CERTIFICATE OF THE REGISTER OF THE LAND OFFICE at Lima, Ohio whereby it appears that FULL PAYMENT has been made by the said Elisha Williams to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820, entitled "An Act making further provision for the sale of the Public Lands" for the southeast quarter of section twenty five in township seven, North of Range six East in the District of lands subject to sale at Lima, Ohio, containing one hundred and sixty acres. according to the OFFICIAL PLAT of the Survey of the said lands, returned to the GENERAL LAND OFFICE by the SURVEYOR GENERAL, which said Tract has been purchased by the said Elisha Williams. Now know ye That the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, in consideration of the premises, and in conformity with the several Acts of Congress in such case made and provided, HAVE GIVEN AND GRANTED, and by these presents DO GIVE AND GRANT, unto the said Elisha Williams and to his heirs, the said Tract above described; TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same, together with all the rights, privileges, immunities, and appurtenances, of whatsoever nature, thereunto belonging, unto the said Elisha Williams. In testimony whereof I, Martin VanBuren, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, have caused these letters to be made Patent, and the Seal of the GENERAL LAND OFFICE to be hereunto affixed. Given under my hand, in the CITY OF WASHINGTON, the fifteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven, and of the Independence of the United States the sixty first BY THE PRESIDENT Martin VanBuren by A. VanBuren, secretary Hudosn M. Garland, Recorder of the General Land Office Recorded, Vol. 10, page 54 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * * * ** * * * * * * Form #4-205 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GENERAL LAND OFFICE Washington DC Sept. 25, 1896 I, S. W. Lamoreux, Commissioner of the General Land Office, do hereby certify that the annexed copy of Patent in favor of Elisha Williams forwarded on Lima, Ohio, Cash Entry No. 4607 is a true and literal exemplification from the record in this Office. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, and caused the Seal of this Office to be affixed, at the City of Washington, on the day and year above written. Signed: S. W. Lamoreux [affixed red wax US Seal and red ribbons] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Statement: Received for Record Oct. l, 1896 9:36 a.m. Recorded Oct. 1, 1896 in Fulton County Deed Record. Vol. 68, Page 371 G. W. Lee, Recorder Original Documents possession of submitter - will forward copies if requested >>>>>>>>>> submitted by: Maggie Brown Moerdyke ------------------------------ X-Message: #5 Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 22:33:11 EST From: DitsyMM@aol.com Subject: OBIT: Campbell, Ruth - Wauseon, Fulton Co., OH - August 3, 1972 RUTH CAMPBELL - Curator of Museum in Fulton Co. from the Blade Correspondent Wauseon, O - Mr.s Ruth Campbell, 82, curator of the Fulton County Museum, died Thursday in Detweiler Hospital, Wauseon. Mrs. Campbell, the widow of Reas Campbell, donated a building at 225 Monroe St. in Wauseon to house the museum. She lived most of her life in the Wauseon area. She taught in Wauseon elementary schools for more than 30 years, and she and her husband were organizers of the Senior Citizens Club in Wauseon. Surviving are her stepson, Williams and stepdaughter, Mrs. Jean Shaughnessy. Memorial servies will be conducted at a later date. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Death Takes Ruth Campbell Memorial Services are being arranged for Mrs. Ruth Campbell, 82, of 225 Monore Street, Wauseon, who died Thursday night at Detwiler hospital following along illness. She was widely known in local civic and church circles and was a retired school teacher. Before her death seh donated her home to the Fulton County Historical society for use as a historical museum. It once housed one of Wauseon's early schools and later became the site of Wauseon's first hospital. She and her husband, the late Reas Campbell, were prime movers in the organization of the Wauseon Senior Citizen Club. She also was curator of the Historical Museum. She was a member of the Wauseon Chapter of the DAR, a 50 year member and past matron of the Order of the Eastern Star, a member of the Wauseon Women's Garden Club, and the First Congregational Church. In 1964, she was the recipient of the Book of Golden Deeds Award by the Wauseon Exchange club. She is survived by her stepson, William Campbell of New York and a step- daughter Mrs. Jean Shaughnessy of Springfield, Virgina and four grandchildren. She had bequeathed her body to the medical research department at the Medical College of Ohio in Toledo, where it was taken Thursday night. Warmly and affectionately submitted with much love: Maggie Brown Moerdyke ------------------------------ X-Message: #6 Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 22:57:34 EST From: DitsyMM@aol.com Subject: AWARD: Campbell, Ruth - Wauseon, Fulton Co., OH June 1964 RUTH CAMPBELL AWARDED BOOK OF GOLDEN DEEDS (June 1964) article was clipped and pasted in scrapbook without notation of publication name or date - original copy available through submitter Members of the Wauseon Exchange Club honored Mrs. Ruth Campbell last Thursday when they nominated her as the recipient of the Golden Deeds Award. The award was made at the club's annual dinner at Pottawatomie Inn at Pokagon Park in Indiana. Following is the formal citation which was read at the time the certificate was presented to Mrs. Campbell. Recently a friend said "Anything that will better the community, Ruth Campbell is interested and usually involved in it." Although this statement was made on June 2, 1964 the same might well have been said for the over-half-century that Ruth has lived in Wauseon, where she was and still is thought of as one of the best teachers that ever served here. Ruth was born January 1, 1890 to Judge and Mrs. Levi Brown in Glasgow, Scotland. At the age of 3 1/2 the family moved to Northwest Ohio where she lived on the farm now owned by Jay Batdorf. She first attended school in a little white building which was later made into a parking lot at Clinton and E. Elm Street. First and second grades were completed in one year, in Old Normal School where Elm Street School now stands. After ninth grade, the Browns moved to North Carolina where Ruth attended 10th and 11th grades. After her father died in 1907, she came back to live with her brother Maynard Brown in Clyde, Ohio and graduated from High School there in 1907. Ruth's education continued in Dr. Mary Law's Kindergarten Training School in Toledo for two years. Upon graduation she taught in kindergarten in Toledo for four years. In 1914, she moved to Wauseon to teach in first grade where she served faithfully for 29 years. One Wauseonian has said recently that she is "One of the city's most revered teachers. Mothers used to insist that their child be taught by Miss Brown." Until 1942, Ruth lived on East Oak Street. In that year she married Reas Campbell who died just a few years ago. Although Ruth helped in many projects in connection with her school teaching, her civic contributions only began there. She, by her own admission, seemed inevitably to find herself in the position of leadership in any organization with which she became affiliated, although Ruth's humble spirit would force her to admit that these honors might better have gone to someone more qualified. She has rendered outstanding service through many organizations. She served as regent of the DAR, as president of the Wauseon Women's Club and the Wauseon Community Garden Club. She also wrote the history of the Congregational Church, which required tremendous time and effort in research and scholarship. Recently, as chairman of the health committee of the Woman's Club, Ruth headed the local arthritis fund breakfast. She has made great strides to preserving historical sites for Wauseon by refurbishing the old high school where she now makes her residence. Instead of allowing the building to be torn down or made over as it might have been, she restored it, keeping as much of the original appearance as was feasible. Ruth made extensive trips to Hawaii and to Europe. Upon her return she was in demand among civic groups, clubs, and educational groups to show slides and to lecture on her travels. By her own admission she said "I doubt if I am asked to show the slides anymore. I imagine most everyone has had some chance to see them." They were appreciated by the entire community. In the years of her life little has escaped Ruth's interest. She at one time tried raising bees and became a proficient though limited landscape gardner. Her hidden efforts to beautify and better the community are known only to Ruth herself, though her many friends suspect there are many golden deeds she has done which will probably never be brought to light. Golden deeds of my ancestor has made me what I am today - thank you Aunt Ruth for all the love, all the demonstration of good will, for all the kindly manners, and for showing me how love can truly shape a being for years to come . . . never could I fill your shoes nor would I want to, you are truly an image to be remembered in the many years to come! Lovingly submitted: Maggie Brown Moerdyke ------------------------------ X-Message: #7 Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 23:25:20 -0700 From: "Cindy " Subject: Dedication: St. John's Catholic Church, 1967, Athens County St. John's Church In The Past Century St. John the Baptist Church is located at, what for many years was known as Anthony, Ohio, named for Anthony Niggemeyer who for many years was postmaster and operated a general store there. At that time, there was no free delivery mail system. Everyone secured their mail at the nearest post office. In later years, the mail is being delivered by carrier from Guysville, Ohio. St. John's is believed to be the oldest Catholic Church in Athens County. It was started by a number of German families who after a long voyage lasting for several weeks, by boat arrived at Pomeroy, Ohio. They bought land near the Athens and Meigs County line, twenty miles from Pomeroy. There were anxious to obtain land where they could build homes and a place to worship God. Life in the new country was very hard, but they enjoyed freedom they had never known before. When these first settlers came to the Ohio wilderness, more than a Century ago, they dedicated their Church to the memory of the great prophet of the wilderness, St. John the Baptist. The first settler was Martin Schuler who bought land in 1838. He was followed by the following families: Buragard Sees, John Schuler, Anthony Rappold, Valentine Smith, Jacob Ulrich, Peter Greeze, John Huffman, Peter Timmoney, and Jacob Kenkoskia. The first Mass was read in the home of Buragard Sees by a Priest from Gallipolis, Ohio about 1844. The early settlers built their first church of logs near the Meigs County line about 1845 and had services there until 1861. The old cemetery is still there. Before this time, the families walked to Pomeroy occasionally to attend Mass and other religious services. By this time, many more Catholic families were arriving which made a larger Church necessary. Among the new settlers were the Staab, Niggemeyer, Kinnen, Josten, Warner, Klingenberg, and other families. Mr. Staab donated three acres of land where the present Church and cemetery is located. Here a frame structure was erected in 1861. This Church underwent extensive remodeling during the pastorage of Father J.B. Mattingly. For many years, Mass was celebrated one Sunday each month. Because of poor transportation facilities, which meant travel to Guysville by railroad and then horse and buggy the remaining seven miles. The Priest resided in the home of Anthony Niggemeyer or the Peter Josten home while ministering to the people of St. John's. On Sundays when there was no Mass, the people congregated at the Church and were led in prayer by one of the men of the parish. SOURCE: "Dedication of the New Saint John's Church, Guysville, Ohio, June 18, 1967" by Gertrude Weisenbach, retired schoolteacher who lived in the area. A new church was constructed when the original church burnt. *********************************************** -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V98 Issue #20 ******************************************