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Arthur Hopkins ------- Joseph Hopkins Estate Documents Promisory Note Old CP Box 54 April 2nd 1831 Nine months after date we or either of us promise to pay Israel Brown & Caleb Satterthwaite administrators to the Estate of George C. Ward Dec'd the Sum of Six Dollars 14 1/2 cts for Value Rec'd witness our hands Joseph Hopkins Rowland O. Crispin Warren County Ohio Probate Court Will Record Book 5, p. 34 At a special session of the Court of Common Pleas convened at Lebanon in the county of Warren & State of Ohio on the 7th day of June A. D. 1832: Were present the honorable George J. Smith, Ulyssys Pierson & Ignatius Brown Esquires & thereupon Mary W. Hopkins widow of Joseph Hopkins decd. The Court thereupon grant letters of administration on said Estate to Rowland A. Cryspan who is to give bond in six hundred dollars with Noah Hains & Thomas Thomas his bail, & the Court appoint Silas Wharton, David Montgomery & David Evans appraisers, & said administration is affirmed in open Court (bond filed & letters issued). Warren County Probate Court Old CP 54 Near Waynesville 6th Mo 6th 1832 To the Judges of a Special Court of Warren County to be held tomorrow. This is to certify that I relinquish my right to administer to the estate of my deceased husband Joseph Hopkins, and I desire that my brother Rowland A. Crispin be appointed administrator to settle said estate. Mary W. Hopkins in presence of David Evans Distribution of Estate Old CP Box 54, No. 12 Rec'd 20th of 7th Mo. 1832 of Rowland O. Crispin admin. to the estate of My deceased Husband Joseph Hopkins eighty dollars, the amount allowed by the appraisers for the Maintenance of Myself and Children one year from the time of his death. Mary W. Hopkins Sale Bill Names Estate Sale of Joseph Hopkins 20th of 7th Month 1832 Old CP Box 54, No. 12 Surname Name Surname Name Brelsford William Broadrick Isaiah Chandles Jason Chensworth William Cook Stephen Crispin Rowland O. Dukeminias Isaac Elliot William Evans David Haines Jonathan Haines Wesley Harrison John Hopkins Richard Huston Paul Jenings Smith Jones Joshua Rogers Samuel Smith Abraham Stokes Jarvis Stratton Caleb Thomas Thomas Vanhorns David Ward Ellis Wharton John Wharton Oliver Wharton Silas (this table should line up using a fixed-width font) Arthur Hopkins Edmonds, WA http://www.seanet.com/~arthopkins/ ------------------------------ X-Message: #12 Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 23:04:55 EST From: DitsyMM@aol.com Subject: OBIT: Mrs. M. D. Brown - Clyde, Sandusky Co., OH 1953 The Brown Funeral - Funeral Services for Mrs. M. D. Brown who died July 9 were held Friday afternoon at the Mitchell Funeral Home, condusted by her minister, the Rev. Charles E. Hurst. Burial was made in McPherson cemetery with Captain C. M. Brown [my father] of Washington, DC, Charles O. Guy of Lima, Arthr Johnson and Nelson Jons of Fremont, George Slessman and Howard F. Pratt as acting pall bearers and Rees Campbell of Wauseon honorary pall bearer. A number of out of town relatives and friends were here for the services including Captain Brown of Washington, Mr. and Mrs. Campbell of Wauseon, Mr. and Mrs. Guy of Lima, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bunn on Fremont, Mr. and Mrs. John Herman of Findlay, Mrs. Cecil Oberholtzer of Benton Ridge, Mrs. Paul Meyers and Miss Margaret Boggs of Cleveland, Hiram Bradford of Oberlin, Prof. George Bradford of Wooster, Mrs. R. B. Jones and Mrs. Dorothy Jones of Elyria, Mrs. Ernest Malcome of Norwalk, Mrs. Albert Gooding, Mrs. Baer, Miss Gladys Baker, and Mrs. Gooding Sr. of Shelby, Mrs. L. S. Reel of Jefferson. With hugs submitted by: Maggie Brown Moerdyke ------------------------------ X-Message: #13 Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 22:59:15 EST From: DitsyMM@aol.com Subject: OBIT: Reed, Clyde, Sandusky Co., OH, 1986 Clyde, OH - Bernice Reed, 89, West Buckeye Street, died Wednesday morning at the Gibsonburg Health Care Center. Born August 20, 1897 to Maynard and Hattie (Kline) Brown, she was a 1915 graduate of Clyde High School, a 1918 graduate of Oberlin Kindergarten Teaching School, and a 1923 graduate of Oberlin College. She moved back to Clyde in 1950 and taught school in the CLyde School System until 1963. A member of the First Presbyterian Church, Clyde, she was active in the women's groups of the church, a member of Eastern Star, Progress Club, and the Green Hills Ladies League. Surving are a daughter, Barbara Sleight, Honolulu, Hawaii, sons John and Jerome both of Glenwood Sprins, Colo.; ten grandchildren and five great- grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband George in 1949 and a sister. Friends may call Friday from 2-4 and -9 at the Mitchell-Auxter Funeral Home, 218 S. Main St., Clyde, where services will be held Saturday with Rev. Jack Paxton officiating. Burial will be in McPherson Cemetary. The family suggests any memorials be made to the church. Lovingly submitted by: Maggie Brown Moerdyke ------------------------------ X-Message: #14 Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 22:38:31 EST From: DitsyMM@aol.com Subject: CONSUL: Levi W. Brown, Fulton Co., OH - December 1889 The President of the United States of America! To All Who Shall See These Presents Greetings: Know ye, That reposing special trust and confidence in the abilities and integrity of Levi W. Brown of Ohio, I have nominated, and by and with the advice of the Senate, do appoint his Consul of the United States of America, at Glasgow, and such other parts as shall be nearer thereto than to the residence of any other Consul of the United States of America, within the same allegiance; and do authorize and empower him To have and to hold the said office, and to exercise and enjoy all the rights, preeminences, priviliges and authorities to the sameof right appertaining, subject to the conditions prescribed by law: The said Levi W. Brown, demanding and receiving no fees or perquisites ofoffice whatever, which shall not be expressly established by some law of the said United States, and I do hereby enjoin all Captains, Masters and Commanders of ships and other vessels, armed or unarmed, sailing under the flag of the said States as well as all other of their citizens, to acknowledge and consider him the Said Levi W. Brown, accordingly and I do hereby pray and requst HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY, Her Governors and Officers to permit the said Levi W. Brown, fully and peacably to enjoy and exercise the said office, without giving, or suffering to be given unto him, any molestation or trouble; but on the contrary, to afford him all the proper countenance and assistance; I offering to do the same for all those who shall in like manner be recommended to me by Her said Majesty. IN testimony whereof, I have caused these letters to be made Patent, and the SEAL of the UNITED STATES to be hereunto affixed. Given under my hand, at the CITY OF WASHINGTON, the Sixteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, and of the Independence of the Unied States of America the one hundred and fourteenth. Benj___ Harrison By the President, James G. Blaine Secretary of State Submitted by: Maggie Brown Moerdyke ------------------------------ X-Message: #15 Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 23:27:14 EST From: DitsyMM@aol.com Subject: OBIT: Judge L. W. Brown of Wauseon, Fulton Co., OH 1906 Published in the June 12, 1906 Greensboro NC newspaper. Judge L. W. Brown Dead - Prominent Western Citizen Passed Away at His Home in this City Yesterday. Friends of the grief stricken family in this city deeply sympathize with the bereaved while hundreds of friends throughout the western states will be saddened and feel a personal loss in the death of Ex-Judge L. W. Brown which occurred at his residence 118 Tate Street in the city at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon after a lingering illness he being invalid for four years. While his death was not unexpected it comes as a great shock to many relatives and friends. Judge Brown's condition began to grow worse Sunday night and never changed for the better. All that skilled physicians and loving and tender hands could do as done to restore him to health again but to no avail. Judge Brown and family moved to this city just one month ago yesterday from Winston-Salem where they had made their resident for two years having moved there from Toledo, Ohio. They moved south in the interest of Judge Brown's health. While they have been residents of Greensboro only a short time they have made many friends who deeply sympathize with them in the death of husband and father. Judge Brown played a very important part in politics in the western states and was held in the highest esteem for his personal and political integrity and statesmanship. He was the American consul to Glasgow, Scotland under President Harrison and his record there was a splendid one. He was for a number of years Probate Judge in his home sate. He was permanent chairman of the Kansas City convention which nominated Bryan for president in 1900. He is survived by a wife, five sons and two daughters. The sons are: Messrs. Chas. M. of Cleveland, Ohio; Geo. C. of Wauseon, Ohio; Maynard D. of Clyde, Ohio; Albert M. of St. Louis, Mo.; Walter C. of this city. The daughters Misses Wilma and Ruth of this city. Mr. Maynard Brown arrived last night to attend the funeral. The other sons will not come as they cannot arrive in time for the funeral services. The funeral services will be conducted from the residence at 4 o'clock this afternoon by Rev. Dr. G. H. Detwiler, pastor of West Market Street Methodist church. The remains will be interred in the Green Hill cemetery by the Blue Lodge of Masons, the Knights Templar acting as escort. Judge Brown was a member of the Knights Templar for thirty years. Only wishing I could have know my great-grandfather and knowing I couldn't have gotten this far without him! Submitted with much love and appreciation for family roots established by my ancestors: Maggie Brown Moerdyke ------------------------------ X-Message: #16 Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 23:47:08 EST From: DitsyMM@aol.com Subject: BIOGRAPHICAL ARTICLE: Levi Brown, Wauseon, Fulton Co., OH 1954 Published in the "Wauseon Republican" 19 August 1954 Wauseon Had Top Flight Telegrapher There is an interesting story to come out of the past of Esther Stone Brown and her sister Eliza Stone. Esther Brown came to Wauseon in the early Seventies as a Telegrapher for the "Old Lake Shore." She had served as a telegrapher at Wakeman, Ohio and one other place before coming to Wauseon. She and he sister Eliza, were two of the first women operators in the United States. Mrs. Brown's sister was rated on of the best in the country and was in Chicago at the time of the "great fire" of 1871. She stayed at her post until the flames drove her away. She left in a wagon with many others. She and her two roommates buried their trunks before leaving the city. When Miss Stone went back for hers, it was gone. Eliza came to Wauseon and lived with her sister Esther for a while before going to Oswego, NY where she lived to be 97. Esther Stone was the telegrapher in Wauseon until she married Judge Brown in 1883. She was the mother of Mrs. Reas Campbell [Ruth Armstrong (Brown) Campbell]. LEVI BROWN, PIONEER, DIPLOMAT (published in same edition as above article) Pioneer, judge, consul to Scotland, all of these was Levi Walter Brown (father of Mrs. Reas Campbell). Levi Walter Brown, born 1841, was the youngest child of Benjamin and Ruth (Reynolds) Brown who came to Franklin Township from Vermont in 1837. Levi as a youngster grew up in a log cabin, went to school, and finally became a teacher. He ran a general store in Burlington, then in 1880 moved to Wauseon. It was about this time that his political career began, for in 1879 he had been elected Probate Judge of Fulton County. He was quite active in local, state, and National politics being instrumental in the election of Governor Foraker to the Ohio Governship and himself being nominated in the primaries for governor of Ohio although he later withdrew his name. In 1889 Brown received an appointment from President Harrison as consul for Glasgow, Scotland. He remained in this position several years, his daughter, Mrs. Reas Campbell [Ruth Armstrong Brown Campbell] being born there. Brown's wife and her sister achieved prominence too for they were among the first women telegraphers. Mrs. Brown worked in the Office of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad here in Wauseon. Mrs. Brown's sister Esther Stone was a telegrapher in Chicago at the time of the great fire and was none of those who remained at her post until all that could be done was accomplished. Miss Stone, who was written up in Time magazine, died on the 68th anniversary of the fire. Always lovingly remembered with many thoughts passed down through the years - ancestors before me and descendants in front of me - I do love being in the middle!! Submitted by: Maggie Brown Moerdyke ------------------------------ X-Message: #17 Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 23:12:59 EST From: DitsyMM@aol.com Subject: OBIT: Reas Campbell, Wauseon, Fulton Co., OH 1961 Reas S. Campbell Taken By Death - 76, of 226 West Oak St. Wauseon died Monday night at Toledo Hospital, following a brief illness. A life long resident of Fulton Co., Mr. Campbell had seved as Assistant Postmaster of the Wauseon Office until his retirement in 1948; was President of the Wauseon Senior Citizens Club, member of the Fulton Co. Mens Garden Club; Past President of the Fulton Co. TB Health Assn.; member of the Fulton Co. Heart Assn; served three terms on the Wauseon Vilage Council; member of the Wauseon Masonic Bodies and the First Conregational Church. Surviving are his wife Ruth; son William R. Campbell of Randolph Center, VT; daughter Mrs. Jean Shaughnessey in Formosa, and two grandchildren. Funeral services willbe conducted from the Edgar Funeral Home, Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock Rev W. Roy LeGrow officiating. Interment willbe in the Wauseon Cemetery. Proclomation Whereas R. S. Campbell has been a long time resident of Wauseon and accomplished much in the public improvement of Wauseon during his years as a village councilman. And whereas his interest and help in these matters continued even after his term of office expired. Now, therefore, as Mayor of the Village of Wauseon, I make public and official expression of loss and mourning on his passing. R. C. Sommers With many loving memories and a smiling heart submitted by his great niece: Maggie Brown Moerdyke ------------------------------ X-Message: #18 Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 22:53:20 EST From: DitsyMM@aol.com Subject: MEMORIAL: R. A. Brown-Campbell, Wauseon, Fulton Co., OH Ruth Armstrong (Brown) Campbell born January 1, 1890 - Glasgow, Scotland died August 3, 1972 at Detwiler Hospital, Wauseon, Fulton Co., OH Ruth Brown was born January 1, 1890, in Glasgow, Scotland, when her father Judge Levi Brown, was United States Consul in Glasgow. She died at Detwiler Hospital, Wauseon, on August 3, 1972. The family returned to the United States when Ruth was three years old and most of her life was lived in Wauseon. She was widely know in local civic and church circles and for more than thirty years she taught in Wauseon's elementary schools. She was married to Reas Campbell June 14, 1942. She and Reas were prime movers in the organization of the Wauseon Senior Citizens Club. Reas died in 1961. Ruth was a member of the Wauseon Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, a 50-year member and past matron of the Order of the Eastern Star, an active member and past president of the Wauseon Woman's Club and of the Wauseon Community Garden Club. She was also a member of the Board of the Wauseon Public Library for many years, and an active member of First Congregational Church for 58 years. In 1964, she was the recipient of the Book of Golden Deeds Award given by the Wauseon Exchange Club. Before her death, she donated her home to the Fulton County Historical Society for use as a Historical Museum, and was its first curator. She spent a great deal of her time and energy in the preparation and arrangement of the exhibits. This building once housed Wauseon's first high school and later became the site of Wauseon's first hospital. She was deeply concerned over the plight of the American Indians and during the last year of her life she sponsored a young Navajo girl through World Changes of Tulsa, Oklahoma. She bequeathed her body to the Medical Research Department of the Medical College of Ohio in Toledo, "as a last gift to humanity." She is survived by a step-son William Campbell, of New York, a step-daughter Jean Shaughnessy of Springfield, Virginia and many relatives and friends of whose lives she will always be a part. Submitted lovingly by: Maggie Brown Moerdyke ------------------------------ X-Message: #19 Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1998 02:49:16 -0500 From: Maggie Stewart-Zimmerman Subject: MARR: Brown-Sullivan, Cleveland, Cuyaho Marriage Certificate: Charles Malvern Brown - Maud(e) Louise Sullivan June 25, 1903 Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH Submitted by: Maggie Brown Moerdyke -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V98 Issue #4 *****************************************