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When he was about fifteen years old he and his parents came to Indiana, first settling in Monroe Township, Allen County. There were seven children besides himself in his father's family. They lived in Allen County two years, on rented land, and then the father bought a farm. He built his own log house, which was 18 x 20 feet in size, and a story and a half in height. He afterward added a kitchen, and lived in that house until his death. The father, Adam Wherry, was born in Pennsylvania, January 27, 1814, and when a young boy removed to Carroll County, Ohio, with his parents, and was there reared to manhood. He died April 26, 1881, and is buried in Clark's chapel, Union Township. His mother was Eve (Umbaugh) Wherry. His paternal grandparents were born in Carroll County, and died in Pennsylvania. His maternal grandfather, George Umbaugh, died in Pennsylvania, and his grandmother Umbaugh died in Carroll County, Ohio. Mr. Wherry was married November 1, 1861, to Miss Elizabeth H. Rice, who was born in Union Township, Adams County, May 16, 1844, where she lived until her marriage. She is a daughter of William P. and Frances (Rabbett) Rice. Mr. and Mrs. Wherry have nine children -William P., Mary E., Frances E., Joseph A., Alice E., Hulda E., Warren A., Bessie V, and Hannah. Mr. Wherry owns 168 acres of land. he built his house in the summer of 1881, at a cost of $2,500. Politically he is a Democrat. ----------------------------- X-Message: #2 Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 18:50:23, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) Subject: CHARLES SEEMANN, SR - CARROLL COUNTY HISTORY OF OHIO, The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925 Volume V, page 449-450 with photo CHARLES SEEMANN, SR., of the law firm of Seemann & Seemann of Canton, is one of the older members of the legal profession in Stark County, and has been continuously in practice for nearly forty years. His abilities have won him a succession of important clients and cases in both the civil and criminal courts. He was born in Carroll County, Ohio, August 19, 1858, grew up as a farm boy, and had a country school education. He was graduated from Heidelburg College of Tiffin, Ohio, with the class of 1884. His college course was earned through his work as a teacher. He began teaching school at the age of sixteen. In 1886 he graduated from the Cincinnati Law College, was admitted to the bar, and in the same year located at Canton. At that time the Canton bar contained some of the most brilliant legal luminaries in the state, but Mr. Seemann soon achieved recognition, and for many years he has had a practice coordinate with his ability to look after it. He is a member of the Stark County Bar Association. In addition to his professional work he is president of the Canton Electric Cleanser Company and a director in the Canton Fertilizer Company. He is affiliated with the Knight of Pythias Lodge, and for several years was an elder in the First Reformed Church. ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 18:50:26, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) Subject: JOHN SHERMAN ELDER D.D.S. - CARROLL CO. HISTORY OF OHIO, The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925 Volume V, page 379-380 JOHN SHERMAN ELDER, D.D.S., has had a prominent career in his profession and also in the public and business life of his home Town of Millersburg, Holmes County. Doctor Elder was born in Carroll County, Ohio, on a farm August 31, 1859, son of John and Sarah Jane (Kerr) Elder. His parents were born in Ohio, his grandfather, John Elder, coming to this state from Pennsylvania and entering the land in Carroll County, where he spent the rest of his life. The Elder family is of Scotch-Irish ancestry and the Kerrs of Scotch ancestry. John Elder, father of Doctor Elder, was a farmer, and always lived in Carroll County. The second in a family of two children, John Sherman Elder, was reared at Scio, Harrison County, where he attended country schools and old Scio College. In 1881, at Millersburg, he married Miss Belle Voorhees, daughter of Judge C.F. Voorhees. For a time after his marriage he lived at Scio. In 1883 he returned to Millersburg, and for three years he was in business as a stove and tinware dealer. For the next three years he continued in the drug business, and then entered the dental department of the Ohio Medical University of Columbus, where he was graduated in 1894. Doctor Elder has had thirty years' experience in his profession, and has long been prominent in the surgical side of dentistry. He is a member of the Ohio State and Canton District Society of Dental Surgeons. His mechanical disposition, a trait since boyhood, has been of much help to him in his professional work and has given him other diversions. He has long been a skilled taxidermist, mounting many animals and birds. Doctor Elder has twice served Millersburg in the office of mayor. Each time he was elected on the republican ticket in a strong democratic community. For his first term he took office in January, 1916. In 1920 he was again elected. Soon after beginning the practice of dentistry he was appointed waterworks trustee at Millersburg, and held that office for twelve years. Doctor Elder is a member of the Masonic Order and the Methodist Episcopal Church. His first wife died, leaving two children. In 1911 he married Mary E. Mason, daughter of William Mason, of Columbus. She is a graduate of the McCormack Neurological College of Chicago, and now practices osteopathy in the same office with her husband. Doctor Elder's two children are Beulah, now wife of W.R. Ewing, of Chicago, and Charles V., now athletic director at Bethany College, West Virginia. He is an ex-service man, having been overseas fourteen months during the war. C.V. Elder married Ruth Whaley, of Nnew Castle, Pennsylvania. ------------------------------ X-Message: #4 Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 18:50:30, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) Subject: MARRIAGE INDEX PART 8 - CARROLL COUNTY OHIO The cross road of our nation Records & Pioneer Families July-September 1964 Vol. V III Published by Esther Weygandt Powell - NO COPYRIGHT LISTED Page 21 Umblebee, Thos. & Cath. Fanoman 138 Ulman, Jacob & Francis House 139 Urie, Thos. & Mary Ann Casey 19 Vankirk, Sam'l & Mary Stonebrook 52 Vail, Augustus & Susannah Reed 107 Van Skyhawk, Wm. & Eliza Rohart 109 Viere?, Thos. & Ann Sinclair 124 VanFossen, David & Ellen Boice 125 VanHorn, Isaac & Mary A. Hewitt 15 Wyand, Harrison & Rachel Beatty 16 Wherry, Adam & Eve Umbough 24 Wallace, Jas. & Margaret Dorris 28 Wilder, John & Eliz. Waggoner 30 White, Thos. & Eliz. Low 40 White, Dan'l & Mary Rouston 41 Ward, Jesse & Hannah Rapp 42 Wainbaugh, Sam'l & Eliza Rutter 46 Whitla, Jas. & Mary Huckathorne 49 Walters, Wm. & Elizabeth McKee 49 Woods, George & Cath. barkdoll 51 Wallace, jas. & Sarah A. Blackledge 58 Warner, Jacob & Susan Gilber 60 Wallace, Sam'l & Jane George 61 Wells, John & Nancy Wood 62 Willet, Enos & Mary Hoelly 67 Wyant, Fred'k & Eliz. Channel 71 Warrington, Jos. & Mary Myers 72 Walker, Gordon & ? Magaland? 76 Winter, Jacob & Cath. Camper 77 Wauseitler, John & Susan Snyder 77 Witherow, Sam'l & Sally Heckathorn 84 Whitmore, Jacob & Lydia _____? 88 Whitacre, John & margaret Boice 92 Wallace, John & Jane Johnson 92 Williams, John & Sarah Alexander 93 Weaver, John & Mahanah Long 94 Wallace, John & Eliz. Boals 94 Wandling, Henry & Matilda Ferguson 95 Wallace, Thomas & Eliz. Barlean 95 Williams, Jas. & Abamantha White 96 Wilson, Wm. & Susanna Blackley 97 Wilson, Thompson & Rebecca Graham 102 Walker, Joseph & Nancy George 105 West, John & Nancy George 106 WElchley, John & Margaret Elk 108 Ward, Daniel & Elizabeth Brown 109 Walters, Abraham & Sarah Jane Peney 109 Welch, George & Sarah Shepherd 110 Wiant, Jacob & Nancy Foreman 110 Willet, James & Salinda Newel 115 Wilson, Wm. & Elizabeth Logan 118 WEbb, Wm. & Samantha Allen 120 Way, George & Elizabeth Kibler 120 Wilson, Thos. & Mary Ann Dunlap 122 WElmerick, John & Eliz. Given? 124 Wallace, John & Margaret Wiley 124 Willhm, Thos. & Mary Ann Dunlap 124 Warner, George & Lydia Pillars 125 Williams, John & Sarah Barkdoll 125 West, John & Rachel Newell 126 Wilson, Jas. R. & Eliz. Johnson 126 Wiley Wm. & Eliz. Ashbrook 133 Winbaugh, Nocholas & Juby A. Potts 133 Wiemer, David & Catherine Hepler 134 Wass, Sam'l & Pamelia Eagy 142 Wingate, John & Lucinda Deford 4 Yingling, Jacob & Sarah Thober 5 Younker, Peter & Sarah or Larecken Hemming 16 Yantz, Jacob & Ann Clickner 138 Yenney, Henry & Rachel Rennecker 17 Zudafern, Henry & Margaret Geiger 56 Zollars, David & Matilda Richardson 68 Zollars, Charles & Cath. crawford 100 Zollars, Wm. & Ruth Davis 116 Zingler, John & Maria Bucks * continued with Carroll County marriages part 9, Book 1 1840-1849 ------------------------------ X-Message: #5 Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 20:07:53 -0400 From: Maggie Stewart-Zimmerman Subject: COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM: 1887, Allen Co From: steen@crl.com Seventh Annual Commencement of BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL May 20th, 1887 Will be held at Herr's Opera House, Bluffton Friday Evening, May 20th, 1887 Begin at 8 O'Clock ********* PROGRAM ********* Sentence......................................Choir Invocation....................................Rev. B.J. BROWN Piano Duet--"Vive la Jeunesse,"...............Schmitt VANCHIE TOWNSEND and MOLLIE FRANTZ Essay--"A Fallen Hero,".......................MINNIE BESSIRE Essay--"The Beauties of Nature,"..............OLA PEPPELL Oration--"The world's Great Lights,"..........C.M STEINGRAVER Piano Duet--"Sleighride,".....................Treloar VANCHIE TOWNSEND and KITTIE PATTERSON Essay-- "Our Aim in Life".....................CHARITY FENSLER Oration-- "The Past a Guide to the Future,"...REUBEN THUT Essay--"The Forces of Nature,"................AGATHA OWENS Song-- "Twinkle Stars upon the Lake,".........Male Quartette Oration-- "Greatness,"........................M.S. STEINER Oration-- "Prehistoric America,"..............ED C. HICKEY Essay-- "A Song and a Sigh,"..................NANNIE BATES Essay-- "Woman's Work,".......................MYRA FENSLER Cornet and Piano Duet........................."Silver Stream Polka" Presentation of Diplomas......................F.C.STEINGRAVER "Good Night,".................................Male Quartette Benediction...................................Rev. BOGGS THE BOARD F.C. STEINGRAVER........PRESIDENT H.L. ROMEY..............CLERK A. HAUENSTEIN...........TREASURER A.D. GOBLE FRANK SCOTT S.B. RICHARDS ************************* Admission 10 cents. Reserved seats 15 cents. Tickets at A. Hauenstein's. ------------------------------ X-Message: #7 Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 22:49:03, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) Subject: BROOKS/HERRON ANCESTORS - CARROLL COUNTY OHIO The cross road of our nation Records & Pioneer Families October-December 1964 Vol. V No. IV Published by Esther Weygandt Powell - NO COPYRIGHT LISTED SOME ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS THOMAS HOWARD BROOKS AND BRONTA EVELYN HERRON This compilation covers all known ancestors and their descendants down to the present time. It includes the following various lines; BROOKS, JAMES born c. 1735 in County Tyrone, Ireland. He was the father of Henry Brooks who died at sea enroute to America in 1819 with wife Jane and seven of their children. He was born c. 1761, County, Fermanagh, Ireland and had son Henry born in same County on March 17, 1794; m. Dorinda Fawcett; d. October 29, 1884, Union Township, Carroll County, Ohio. He had son Thomas F., 1826-1908 who m. Elizabeth Crozier, and d. in Carroll County. Thomas F. had son John Henry, 1854-1913 who m. Eliza Lindsey. John and Eliza had son Thomas Howard, 1876-1924 who m. Bronta Evelyn Herron. FAWCETT, JOHN b. in No. Ireland c. 1763, d. 1838, Union Township, Carroll County, Ohio; m. Letitia Armstrong b. No. Ireland. They had daughter Lorinda b. December 20, 1796, Fermanagh County, Ireland who m. Henry Brooks. They came to Carroll County, Ohio in 1816 from Northern Ireland CROZIER, ROBERT b. ca 1750 in No. Ireland and d. there. He m. Elizabeth ____? who d. in Carroll County, Ohio, March 10, 1840; b. in Ireland. They had son, John B. May 1, 1790 in No. Ireland who m. Jane Ann Ginn. John d. December 15, 1867, Carroll County, Ohio. They had daughter Elizabeth b. November 29, 1826, Cadiz, Ohio, m. Thomas F. Brooks. She d. August 29, 1884, Carroll County, Ohio. RUTLEDGE, WILLIAM b. No. Ireland, County, Donegal, ca 1795, d. there 1825, m. Jane Crozier b. No. Ireland ca 1795, d. Union Township, Carroll County, Ohio. They had daughter Mary b. in Ireland, m. John Lindsey, d. in Carroll County, 1858. John and Mary had daughter Eliza Lindsey who m. John H. Brooks. ROACH, EBENEZER b. Harrisburg, Va. February 15, 1795, d. Harrison Township, Carroll County, Ohio, March 22, 1869, m. Mary A. Roberts b. in Pennsylvania March 11, 1798. She d. Alliance, Ohio, January 20, 1880. They had daughter Margaret Jane b. June 16, 1828, Waynesburg, Ohio, d. Carroll County, Ohio, September 24, 1912, who m. John Foster and had Nora E. Foster b. August 25, 1864, Carroll County, d. November 19, 1841 who m. Thomas L. Herron (1861-1946) and had Bronta. Evelyn b. March 2, 1884 Carroll County, Ohio who m. Thomas H. Brooks and had Foster Lindsey Brooks b. Union Township, carroll County, Ohio. FOSTER, WILLIAM SR. b. September 1, 1764, d. August 30, 1838, m. Mary Cazier b. September 13, 1775. They had son John b. May 8, 1814, d. July 26, 1874 Rose Township, Carroll County, Ohio, m. Margaret Roach and had daughter Nora. HERRON, WILLIAM b. ca 1760, d. Baltimore, Md., had son Mark b. ca 1790 in Maryland., d. Roxford, Tusc. Co., Ohio, ca 1868, m. Rachel Page. Had John 1829-1875 who m. Hannah Dutton and had Thomas L. 1861-1946. (John Belch possibly grandfather of Hannah Button) LINDSEY (LINDSAY), JOHN b. Larne County, Antrim, No. Ireland, October 14, 1800, d. Sumner County, Kansas October 14, 1885, m. Mary Rutledge b. Ireland. Had Eliza b. 1853. (Compiled by Foster Lindsey Brooks, 1741 Dollar Lake Rd. Kent, Ohio) -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V99 Issue #231 *******************************************