OHIO STATEWIDE FILES OH-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List *********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. *********************************************************************** OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 644 Today's Topics: #1 OBIT: BABCOCK, 1905, Medina County [Maggie Stewart-Zimmerman <73777.25] #2 OBIT: SMITH, 1905, Medina County [Maggie Stewart-Zimmerman <73777.25] #3 TAMARACK CEMETERY-DEFIANCE COUNTY ["John E. Taylor, Jr." To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <199908270448_MC2-8288-6E3A@compuserve.com> Subject: OBIT: BABCOCK, 1905, Medina County Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Medina Co. Oh Obituaries A new message, "Babcock, Alfred W.," was posted by Teri Cleaveland on Wed, 25 Aug 1999 Surname: BABCOCK, MC FARLAND, DU RAND --- NAME: Teri Cleaveland EMAIL: pastor751@greenapple.com DATE: Aug 25 1999 URL: http:// QRYTEXT: Medina County Gazette page 8 Mar 3, 1905 Alfred W. Babcock Alfred Witter Babcock was born in the town of Mount Morris, Livingston county, N. Y., Dec 7, 1879, and died at Brunswick, O., Feb 19, 1905, aged 75 years. When seven years old he came with his parents to Montrose, Summit county, and has continued reside in this state ever since. The last 25 years have been spent at Brunswick.. In his younger days be was engaged in teaching school, and in the mercantile business. He was an employee in the Cleveland postoffice for about ten years. For the put twelve years he has been afflicted with rheumatism and a very great sufferer, the past few years being almost helpless. In the year 1898 he became a member of the Methodist Episcopal, church. at Brunswick, and has been comforted and sustained by the christian faith and the hope of a blessed immortality beyond the grave. He leaves to mourn their loss, two brothers, S. B and G. B. Babcock and one sister, Mrs. G. McFarland; also two granddaughters, Mae and Clara DuRand. The funeral was held Thursday, Feb. 23, from his late residence, conducted by Rev. W. J. Thistle. . This is an automatically-generated notice. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 04:43:53 -0400 From: Maggie Stewart-Zimmerman To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <199908270447_MC2-8288-6E36@compuserve.com> Subject: OBIT: SMITH, 1905, Medina County Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Medina Co. Oh Obituaries A new message, "Smith, Lucy," was posted by Teri Cleaveland on Wed, 25 Aug 1999 Surname: SMITH --- NAME: Teri Cleaveland EMAIL: pastor751@greenapple.com DATE: Aug 25 1999 URL: http:// QRYTEXT: Medina County Gazette page 8 Mar 3, 1905 Mrs. Lucy Smith Mrs. Lucy Smith was born in Buckingham County, Va., and died Feb. 8, 1005 in Medina Township. Her husband died when the children were small, leaving her the burden to bear alone. She was the mother of eight children. One died in infancy. and two died after they became men, namely, Rev. C. S. Smith of Kentucky and Dr. E. T. Smith of Berea. Three sons, two daughters and 12 grand chil-dren remain to mourn their loss. In 1856 she moved to Ohio to give the children a chance to get an education. She was a strong advocate of temper-ance and a regular attendant of the M. E. church after her conversion which was at a watch night meeting in East Towsend, O. in 1870, conducted by the pastor, the late Rev. G. L. Hanawalt, whom she had spoken with to conduct her funeral. But God saw fit to call him home just two months before. The funeral was held at her son s, R. J. Smith s, conducted by Rev. Thistle of Brunswick, Feb. 12, 1905. A quartet of singers from Weymouth rendered excellent music of her favorite songs. The Interment was made in Brunswick. . This is an automatically-generated notice. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 13:49:03 -0400 From: "John E. Taylor, Jr." To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <4.1.19990827124943.00a8e6a0@mail.bright.net> Subject: TAMARACK CEMETERY-DEFIANCE COUNTY Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" TAMARACK CEMETERY, MILFORD TWP., DEFIANCE COUNTY, OHIO On Scott Road near Cicero Road Transcribed Summer 1999 by Cindy Taylor Read north to south from western-most row ROW 1: PASK, Infant son of Wm. D. & M. E., 1899. SWITZER, Estella M., 1898-1972. PASK, William D., 1871-1930. Mary E., 1875-1933. Clarence K., 1905-1934. SIMPSON, Vera H., "mother", 1901-1968. "Jim", Olen H., "father", 1900-1969. PASK, Katherine M., Oct. 26, 1920. Kenneth R., "our son", Dec. 6, 1957-Oct. 28, 1979. Lavon C., JUne 11, 1917-March 28, 1995. (WW II marker) ROW 2: LETT, Della M., dau. of J. & M. A., died May 12, 1891, aged 5y, 6m, 16d. ROW 3: WINES, Abner, died Aug. 14, 1879, aged 71y, 8m, 23d. MUSSER, Charles L., son of W. H. & M. A., 1876-1899. Mary A., "mother", 1837-1902. Harley W., "father", 1841-1900. Lillie M., dau. of H. W. & M. A., 1868-1891. GLASER, Emanuel C., 1877-1959. ROW 4: FADELY, Michael, 1803-1872. Catharine, "his wife", 1806-1857. Catharine, "wife of M. FADELY", died May 20, 1836, aged 30y? or 50y?, 3m, 28d. Alice, 1862-187?. Nettie. John. Catharine, "mother". Elijah, "father". Francis M., 1876-1940. Jennie M., 1871-1962. ROW 5: ROAN, Samantha J., "mother", "wife of Levi MCCLELLAND", Feb. 6, 1852-Dec. 21, 1897. Wm., Co. F, 111 Ohio Inf. (Civil War marker). LLOYD, David, died Nov. 22, 1896, aged 80y, 6m. (Civil War marker). Emily, "wife of David LLOYD", died April 7, 1872, aged 52y, 7m, 7d. Mercy, "wife of Martin", died Oct. 12, 1855, aged 62y, 9m, 9d. Martin, died March 27, 1871?, 96 years old. STARK, Laurie A., 1854-1993. ROW 6: POORMAN, Daniel, died Jan 4, 1887, aged 75y, 6d. Elizabeth, "wife of D. POORMAN", died Oct. 8, 1877, aged 61y, 22d. Eleanor, dau. of D. & E., died Dec. 26, 1848, aged 6y, 2m, 15d. John, son of D. & E., died May 15, 1865, aged 15y, 29d. Daniel A., Oct. 11, 1866?-Oct. 29, 1885?. MANON, J. Willie, son of ?. E. & M. A., died Feb. 12, 1872, aged 1y, 4m, 8d. FISHER, ?, dau. of G. & E., Jan. 1, 1878, 5y, 7m. ROW 7: SPANGLER, Mary M., "wife of J.", died April 7, 1869, aged 83y, 1m, 11d. MUSSER, Abraham, died Feb. 15, 1875, aged 68y, 4m. Amelia, "widow of Abraham MUSSER and wife of Daniel THARP", died July 19, 1890?, aged 54y, 9m, 15d. Isiah, died Oct. 21, 1868, aged 30y, 1m, 21d. Hannah, "wife of A. MUSSER", 1816-1862. FADELY, Lucinda, "wife of E. FADELY", died Nov. 11, 1868, aged 24y?, 9m, 12d. MUSSER, Sarah, "wife of J. MUSSER", 1833-1862. Elmer, son of J. & S., 1862, aged 1m. ROW 8: WICKERHAM, Kathrine, 1853-1939. Ira N., 1848-1903. Joseph, 1878-1879. Infant. Infant. Infant. James M., 1846-1849. Joseph, 1793-1866, "grandfather". Catherine, 1806-1872, "grandmother". Dradama, 1825-1875, "mother". Andrew, 1824-1886, "father". Francis M., 1850-1892. Mary A., 1856-1895. Andrew S., 1863-1916. ROW 9: MORRIS, Hannah, "wife of C.?, died Sept. 14, 1862, aged 71y, 9m, 17d?. Charles, died July 31, 1869, aged 59y, 10m, 14d. Infant son of C. & H. MORRIS. Moses, son of C. & H., died July 14, 1854?, aged 15y, 1m, 29d. Hanna, dau. of C. & M. A., died Sept. 26, 1871, aged 6y, 6m, 7d. BECK, Moses, died Jan. 28, 1864, aged 81y, 9m, 26d. Rachael, "wife of Moses", died Jan. 20, 1870, aged 82y, 10m, 3d. ROW 10: FREEMAN, Elizabeth, "wife of Lewis", died June 25, 1874, aged 43y, 6m, 6d. SINDEL, Mary, dau. of M.? & C., died Dec. 1, 1878, aged 9m. CRAFFORD, Amos W., son of ? & ?, died March 7, 1857, aged 4m, 6d.? Several broken and unreadable stones throughout cemetery-not listed. ? = difficult to read ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #4 Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 14:17:05 -0400 From: "Maggie Stewart" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <01d801bef0b8$5e3c2040$0300a8c0@local.net> Subject: Fw: Bio History --Know Your Ohio -- Ohio in war of 1812 pt 6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ----- Original Message ----- From: kathi kelley To: Sent: Thursday, August 26, 1999 4:05 PM Subject: Bio History --Know Your Ohio -- Ohio in war of 1812 pt 6 *********************************************** Historical Collections of Ohio Know your Ohio by Darlene E Kelley *********************************************** Ohio in war of 1812-- part 6 The first siege of Ft Meigs-- Jan 22, 1813-- After hearing of Winchester's defeat, Harrison calls a staff meeting to decide upon future movements. It was concluded to retire a short distance in the rear on the road from the Rapids and to keep the British from attacking that place. Supply lines to be kept open from Sandusky.[ Winchester's camp had been on the north side of the river, an injudicious place.] Jan 30th -- Gen Leftwich arrives at the Portage River with his brigade, a regiment of Pennsylvania troops, and most of the artillery. Feb-- Ft Meigs is begun. The camp is 2500 yards in circumference, all picketed with timbers, 15 ft long, with three feet in the ground, except at the blockhouses and batteries. The timbers are 10-12 inches thick. Blockhouses are of double timbers. Col Eleazer Wood is in charge of the construction. Feb 1st-- Gen Harrison marches his entire force of 1700 men to the Rapids, encamps on the southwest side of the river and orders all the troops in the rear to join him. Feb 3rd-- The Gov of Kentucky [Shelby] signs an act to call out 3,000 militiamen, most of which are to relieve troops already in the field. Feb 9th --Gen Harrison had planned an attack upon Malden over the frozen lake. However, the ice is so thin, that he cannot do it. A trial of the ice is made this day. Feb 11th -- Gen Harrison sends a dispatch to the Sec of War telling him that the campaign for the winter is over. The Sec of War wants Harrison to discharge all of the militia and depend wholly upon Federal troops for the rest of the winter. Harrison refuses. He returns to Cincinnati and leaves Gen Leftwich in charge of Ft Meigs. Leftwich does a very poor job and, when he leaves, Maj Amos Stoddard assumes the command of the post. Feb 26th-- The Sec of War orders Col R.M. Johnson to hold in readiness a regiment of mounted volunteers to serve from 4-6 months after actually being called into service. Feb, late. --Gen Harrison sends out an expedition to burn the British vessels at Malden by going across Lake Erie via the Bass Islands in sleighs. but the ice is not hard enough and the expedition returns. Mar 22nd-- Col R. M. Johnson puts out an order for raising a regiment of mounted volunteers in Kentucky. April 8th-- Col James Ball arrives at Ft Meigs with 200 dragoons. Apr 12th -- Gen Harrison arrives at Ft Meigs, bringing with him about 300 men. he had come because he had heard that the British were investigating the post. Apr 26th --The enemy are discovered at the mouth of Maumee Bay. Apr 28th-- Capt William Oliver is sent to Gen Green Clay to persuade him to hurry his force down the river. The British and Indians land near old Ft Miamis and across from Ft Meigs. They begin building three batteries during the night. Two were gun batteries with four embrasures, situated high up the river than Ft Meigs; the other was a bomb battery, a little below the fort. Apr 29th--The guns of Ft Meigs fire on the British batteries and progress in the construction of the batteries is considerably impeded. Apr 30th -- A number of boats loaded with British and Indians are seen crossing the river on the southeast side of Ft Meigs. The British fix cannon in their batteries. May 1st -- The British batteries are completed. Inside Ft Meigs the grand traverse is built. 12' high, 29' wide, and 300 yards long. All tents are moved to the rear of it. Maj Amos Stoddard is killed by British fire. May 2nd-- The siege continues. May 3rd -- Gen Green Clay's force is at Defiance. The British take three artillery pieces and a howitzer to the left of Ft Meigs on the same side of the river as the fort and open fire. They are forced out of their first position by fire from the fort, but reopen at another place. May 4th -- The seige of Ft Meigs is continued. British still fire from the Ft Meigs side of the river, but with less vehemence. Gen Geen Clay's 1200 men start the descent of the river from Defiiance in 18 boats. It is too dark when the force arrives to debark. They encamp about a mile from Ft Meigs. May 12th -- Gen Harrison orders 800 men of Green Clay's detachment to land and spike the British cannon and then return when this was done. The balance of Clay's force to land on the Ft Meigs side of the river and come to the fort. Green Clay orders Co William Dudley at the head of the right, Maj Shelby on the left, and Capt Morrison in the center. Dudley's men are sucessful in spiking the cannon, but whe they do not follow orders to return to Ft Meigs they are attacked and taken by the enemy. They are taken to Ft Miamis and there the Indians fire upon them, as prisoner, until Tecumseh stops the massacre. Meanwhile Gen Harrison orders a sortie from the Fort under the command of Col John Miller to stop the British batteries on the fort side of the river. He and his 350 men are sucessful and 41 prisoners are taken. Th British force had consisted of 200 regulars, 150 Canadians, and 500 Indians. A second sorties is made from the fort against the Indians on the fort side of the river, At first this sortie is sucessful, but when Harrison calls them bck, his men are fired upon by the Indians. Col Henry Procter sends Maj Peter Chambers to Harrison, requesting the surrender of Ft Meigs. Harrison refuses. May 9th -- The sige is lifted and the British-Indian force retreats. May 10th -- An Ameican party is sent across the river to bury the dead. They find 45 bodies, including that of Dudley. About 70 of Dudley's force killed. American losses at Ft Meigs were 81 and 189 wounded. May 11th-- Gov Return J Meigs called out 500 mounted men to reinforce Ft Meigs. They arrive at Lower Sandusky this day. ***********************************************To be cntinued in part 7. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #5 Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 16:37:44 -0400 From: "Maggie Stewart" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <024301bef0cc$04df72e0$0300a8c0@local.net> Subject: DEATH: ZIMMERMAN, 1912, Seneca County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Josiah John ZIMMERMAN Death Certificate - State of Ohio #15914 Place of death - Seneca County, Adams township Name - John Josiah Zimmerman Male, White Date of Birth - Oct 20, 1847 Age - 64years, 8months, 27days Widowed Birthplace - Ohio Occupation - Farmer Father - John Zimmerman Birthplace - Penn. Maiden name of mother - unknown Information provided by Clara J. Hansen of Republic, Ohio Date of Death - Aug 17, 1912 Cause - Accidental Shooting Place of Burial - Union Cemetery on Aug 20, 1912 Undertaker - A.R. Young & son of Greensprings, Ohio ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #6 Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 16:38:57 -0400 From: "Maggie Stewart" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <024901bef0cc$2ff48060$0300a8c0@local.net> Subject: OBIT: ZIMMERMAN, 1912, Sandusky County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Clyde Enterprise Aug 22, 1912 Page 4, Column 6 "Josiah Zimmerman was a son of John and Rebecca Zimmerman, and was born south of Green Spring in Adams township, October 20, 1847, at the time of his death being aged 64years, 9months, and 27days. His mother died when he was a boy 14years of age, after which his father moved to the old home where his entire life was spent with the exception of two years when he lived on an adjoining farm. His marriage to Harriett E. Shellhamer took place Jan 1, 1873, and she died Oct. 17, 1909. To this union five children were born: Vinnie who died at the age of two years; Mrs. John Hausen of near Flat Rock; Mrs. Harry Slater of Flat Rock; Pearl A. Zimmerman of South Bend, Ind.,; and Jesse W. Zimmerman, who lived at home." -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V99 Issue #644 *******************************************