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No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #1 Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 12:02:18 -0600 From: Betty Ralph To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <2.2.32.19991216180218.009aedb8@HiWAAY.net> Subject: Bio - 1885 - Portage Co, OH, Brimfield # 1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Bios: Barber, Benedict, Boosinger - Portage County, Ohio, from "History of Portage County, Ohio" published by Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885 Copyright © 1999 by Betty Ralph. This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. bralph@hiwaay.net ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any 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. http://www.usgwarchives.net ************************************************************************ EDWIN BARBER, retired farmer, P.O. Brimfield, was born in Litchfield, Conn., June 28, 1797; son of Joseph and Abigail (Coe) Barber. On May 8, 1819, he arrived in Brimfield Township, this county, but in January, 1820, revisited Connecticut, returning to Brimfield Township in 1822, and settling on the farm where he now resides and which he cleared and improved. He was married, August 5, 1823, to Elvira, daughter of Nathan and Sarah Benedict, of Cornwall, Conn., by whom he had three children: Frederick (deceased), Oziaris, and Elvira (deceased). Ozias is a resident of Akron, Ohio, and married to Harriet Campbell, of Tallmadge. Mr. Barber is one of the few pioneers now left in Brimfield Township. After a wedded life of nearly sixty-one years, he lost his wife, who died, May 9, 1884, in her eighty-second year. Mr. Barber has been a member of the Baptist Church over fifty years. He has been Justice of the Peace of Brimfield Township one term. In politics he is a Republican. ELI E. BENEDICT, farmer, P.O. Kent, was born in Litchfield, Conn., March 8, 1828, son of Eli and Marcella (Stoddard) Benedict. His maternal grandfather, Levi Stoddard, was an early settler of Perry, Lake County, and in 1830 removed to Brimfield Township, this county. The parents of our subject settled in what is now Northampton, Summit Co., Ohio, in 1830, where his father cleared and improved a farm on which he lived until his death in 1876; he died at the age of seventy-seven. His widow then removed to Brimfield Township, this county, and resided with the subject of this sketch until her death, March 8, 1884; she died at the age of eighty-five. They had a family of fourteen children, ten of whom grew to manhood and womanhood: Levi (deceased), Matilda (Mrs. George Allen), Melissa (Mrs. A. Cummings), William, Eli E., Henry, Edwin, Lewis (deceased), Martha (deceased), and Charlotte. Our subject lived in Northampton until 1842, since when he has been a resident of Brimfield township, this county, living on the old homestead of his grandfather, Levi Stoddard. He was married in 1851 to Harriet, daughter of Horace and Harriet Barton, of Shalersville, by whom he has four children: Julia (Mrs. A. Wilder), Charles, Albert and Lucy. Mr. Benedict is one of the representative farmers of this county. In politics a Democrat. JOHN BOOSINGER, farmer, P.O. Brimfield, was born in Brimfield Township, this county, May 8, 1818, son of John and Barbara (Williard) Boosinger, who settled here in 1816. Mr. Boosinger was raised on his father's farm, one mile west of Brimfield Center, where he resided until he was twenty-three years of age. He has been twice married, first, November 4, 1845, to Caroline, daughter of Conrad and Mary C. (Kline) Neff, by whom he had two children: Vernon L., born July 16, 1847, and Lucy C., born March 5, 1853, married to George H. Meachem July 31, 1879. Mrs. Caroline Boosinger died April 10, 1853, aged twenty-nine years, and August 1, 1853, Mr. Boosinger was married to Juliette Neff, sister of his deceased wife, who has borne him three children: Edward C., born April 7, 1854, married Miss Mary E. Spencer December 24, 1884; Omer C., born January 5, 1858, married Emma J. Brown March 9, 1882, and Zaidee B., born January 29, 1863, married Will M. Moulton November 21, 1882. Mr. Boosinger is a Democrat in politics; has held several offices in the township. He and his wife have been members of the Universalist Church for about twenty years. Mr. Boosinger still resides on the farm which he cleared and improved when first married. GEORGE W. BOOSINGER, farmer, P.O. Brimfield, was born in Rootstown, this county, September 16, 1827, son of John and Barbara (Williard) Boosinger, who settled in Brimfield Township, this county, in 1816, the first family who settled here. The paternal grandfather of our subject was Conrad Boosinger, a native of Germany, who settled in Ravenna Township in 1800 and who in 1809 removed to Tallmadge, Summitt Co., Ohio, where he resided until his death. John Boosinger, the father of our subject, was born in eastern Virginia March 17, 1785. In December, 1813, he married Barbara Williard, a daughter of Philip Williard, an early settler of Rootstown, and reared a family of eight children. Mrs. Boosinger died March 28, 1867, at the age of seventy-seven years, and Mr. Boosinger died March 16, 1875, in his ninetieth year. Our subject was reared in Brimfield Township, this county, where he received a common school education. When twenty-two years of age he worked his father's farm, continuing with him until his death. He was married December 25, 1851, to Amanda M., daughter of Moses and Elizabeth Burdge of Brimfield Township. By this union there were nine children: Elsie M. (Mrs. Joseph Meloy), Charles N. (deceased), Banks W., Charlie Q., Hoyt F., Frank L., Ida M., Henry S. and Hattie L. Mr. Boosinger came on the farm where he now resides in 1875, though he had owned it several years previous to that time. Both he and his wife are members of the First Universalist Church of Brimfield. He has held various offices in the township; in politics he is a Democrat. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 16:37:25 -0500 From: "Linda Dietz" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <001601bf480d$fc5a1500$9521fc9e@default> Subject: Pioneer Marriages in Allen County 1861 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Taken from Allen County Marriage Records Book A Milton CARTER to Catherine CRUMRINE James CUNNINGHAM to Nancy HECKTHORN Samuel CUPP to Mary LLOYD Jacob WALLS to Angeline CURTIS J. CURTIS to Sarah FRANKLIN Charles COLBURN to Rhoda DANIELS William DANIELS to Lydia DENNIS James ELDER to Sallie DEHART John DERSHAM to Louisa IMLER John DICKSON to Elizabeth DOTSON Benjamin SIGMAN to Mary DILSAVER Gideon DITTO to Susan LINN Anderson POLING to Ruth DITTO Jacob DITZLER to Maria MALLORY John SEITZ to Sarah DONER A. O'BRIEN to Catherine DOOLITTLE J. DOOLITTLE to Sarah GOWNDRY J. LEECH to Lucina DOOLITTLE Henry DOWNHOUR to Nancy LONES Isaac EARLY to Mary IRVIN William EBLING to Catherine MARTIN Harrison HAY to Hannah ELLIS Simon ENOS to Laurinda HUESTON John EVANS to Jane HUMPHREYS Elias EVERETT to Margaret TEEGARDEN Lewis JENNINGS to Mary EVERETT George SHELLING to Maria EYSENBACH Morgan FENTON to Eliza WILSON Jacob FETTER to Nancy STAGER F. KERN to Barbara FILE Richard JONES to Elizabeth FISHER Charles THOMPSON to Elizabeth FISHER John TABLER to Sarah FISHER George HEFFNER to Rebecca FLINN Patrick McREDMOND to Anna FRIAND John WILLIAMS to Margaret FROST John FRUTCHEY to Catherine STEPLENTON Alexander FRYSINGER to Mary HUBBARD William GALLASPIE to Louisa MOORMAN Charles GARDNER to Lucia PAINE Joseph GASKELL to Mary HURLY S. HOWARD to Emeline GASKILL Daniel GEE to Margaret HILL John THUT to Anna GEIGER Christian STUDER to Ann GEIGER Peter HETLY to Magdaline GEIGER Martin GIBBONS to Lucy ISAAC M. MOUNTS to Lucy GLANCY Andrew HOLLAND to L. GOODENOW Rev. Peter GREDING to Anna MOTTER William LEE to Amanda GROVE Dec 16,1999 Submitted by Linda Dietz Proud Rootsweb Sponsor VP Allen Co,Oh Genealgy Soc ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 16:51:33 -0500 From: "Linda Dietz" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <001f01bf480f$b92237c0$9521fc9e@default> Subject: Allen County Probate Court Notices 1871 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Taken from Allen County Democrat 1871 The following accounts have been filed in the Probate Court of Allen Co., Ohio and will be for hearing on Monday Nov. 6,1871 Second and Final account of C.C. MARSHALL, admr. of the estate of Daniel CONRAD, dec'd Final account of R.M. FUNK, admr. of the estate of Rufus COATS, dec'd Second account of H.D. CLARK, Exc. of the estate of Robert GARBUTT, dec'd Second and Final account of Richard OARD, guardian of George W. SMITH, late a minor Second account of Christian SUTER, guardian of Barbara STEINEr, minor Final account of James VINSON, guardian of Marques VINSON, late a minor Second account of Samuel WILLIAMS, guardian of Allen REEVES, minor Second account of Peter DRIVER, admr. of the estate of Jacob DRIVER, dec'd Second account of Samuel THOMPSON, guardian of Wesley COON's minor heirs Final account of C.N. AMSTUTZ, guardian of John AMSTUTZ, insnae L.M. Meily Probate Judge Dec. 16,1999 Submitted by Linda Dietz Proud Rootsweb Sponsor VP Allen Co,Oh Genealgy Soc ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #4 Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 20:27:39 -0600 From: Betty Ralph To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <2.2.32.19991217022739.009a77fc@HiWAAY.net> Subject: Bio - 1885 - Portage Co, OH, Brimfield # 2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Bios: Boszor - Portage County, Ohio, from "History of Portage County, Ohio" published by Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885 Copyright © 1999 by Betty Ralph. This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. bralph@hiwaay.net ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any 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. http://www.usgwarchives.net ************************************************************************ THE BOSZOR FAMILY were among the early settlers of Portage County and were of German origin. ...Boszor came from his native country to America about 1772, and settled at Baltimore, Md., where he married Barbara Stoyer. He died at Baltimore in 1798, and the widow subsequently came to this county and died in Brimfield Township. Their son, Henry, Boszor, settled at Ravenna in 1804; he was a shoe-maker by trade, but after coming to this county his principal occupation was farming. He at once bought fifty acres of land a short distance east of Ravenna, and in 1805 was married to Polly Boosinger, a daughter of Conrad Boosinger, a pioneer of this county. The following year he sold this farm and bought a farm by the Stark County line, but a year or so afterward he sold out and bought a place in the northeast part of Springfield Township, this county, where he lived for several years, and in 1816 bought a farm one mile west of Brimfield Center, and for the remainder of his life was a resident of Brimfield Township. The last-mentioned farm was afterward known as the "Israel Thorndyke" farm, and a year or so after his purchase he traded his place with Mr. Thorndyke for a farm of 100 acres one-half mile north of Brimfield Center, which became his homestead up to the time of his death. Some five or six years after his last trade he discovered that this farm had been heavily mortgaged previous to his purchase of it, which involved him in a heavy additional expense, and he was obliged to pay for it a second time. This to a man with a young and growing family was quite a hardship, but he may be said to have surmounted all obstacles - raised a family of nine children, and at his death in 1862 left a comfortable property to his widow and children. He was a representative pioneer and a highly esteemed and trusted citizen. From the records it would appear that he served the township in various local offices, such as Trustee, etc., etc. He was formerly an old-line Whig, but in the later years of his life he adhered to the Democratic party. During the war of 1812 he was drafted and hired a substitute; only a short time afterward, however, he volunteered, and was on his way with others to re-enforce, and was only a short distance from Gen. Hull's army at the time of its surrender, but the company of which he was a member escaped. He died in August, 1862. His widow, Polly, died February 11, 1874. They were both members of the Lutheran Church. They were the parents of the following named children: Elizabeth, born in 1805, died in 1881; John, born December 28, 1807, died in August, 1884; Jacob, born December 26, 1809; Polly, born in 1811, died in 1835; Barbara, born in 1813, died November 20, 1875; Susan, born in September, 1815; Henry, born August 1, 1818; David, born February 2, 1821, died May 6, 1861; Martin, born June 2, 1824; Simon Peter, born in 1830, died in 1831. HENRY BOSZOR, son of Henry and Polly (Boosinger) Boszor, P.O. Kent, was born August 1, 1818, one mile west of Brimfield Center. He lived with his parents until twenty-six years of age, in the meantime having received a fair common school education. November 20, 1844, he was married to Miss Sarah Neff, daughter of Conrad and Catharine (Kline) Neff, natives of Pennsylvania, and on April 16 following they commenced housekeeping in a little log-house on a farm of ninety-seven acres which they purchased that spring, located on Lot 17, Brimfield Township. On this farm they have ever since resided. Except the log-house mentioned and some twenty-five acres upon which the trees had been girdled and the land in part cultivated sufficient to raise enough to afford a bare subsistence to the former owners, this farms was in a wild state, and as the purchase was made nearly all on credit, the young couple not only saw before them the prospect of many years of patient industry in order to improve the land and build up a home, but also to create the wherewithal to pay for the same; but they set themselves to the task with a right good will. The log-house has long since disappeared, and in its place, a short distance west of the spot, stands a neat and commodious frame residence and out-buildings, surrounded by well-kept fences and attractive grounds, while the twenty-five acres of girdled trees and land covered with bush and briers have given place to over seventy acres of cultivated and highly productive land, and the homestead has grown to 110 acres, while a short distance away Mr. Bosnor owns another farm of 100 acres, nearly as valuable as the homestead, which at a reasonable valuation would be worth $100 per acre. A very attractive feature of Mr. Henry Boszor's home is a green-house, built on the east end of his residence, to which Mrs. Boszor devotes much care. A curiosity in this climate is a lemon tree that Mrs. Boszor set out thirty years ago, which for the past twenty years has borne excellent fruit, much better than can ordinarily be bought, as the lemons thoroughly ripen and drop from the branch. No two people in the county are held in greater respect for their many excellent qualities. They have ever been ready, in a quiet way, to do their full part toward promoting all those enterprises which are calculated to benefit society. Mr. Boszpr has served his township three terms as Trustee, and Assessor one term. He was for some time a Director of the bank at Kent, and for the past ten years has been a Trustee of Bouthel College, an institution to which he has donated nearly $2,000. Mr. Boszor ascribes his success in life to the fact that he made punctuality in all business transactions his motto. Mr. and Mrs. Boszor are members of the Universalist Church. Politically he is a Democrat. The grandfather of Mrs. Sarah (Neff) Boszor was Conrad Neff, a native of Sweden, who came from Pennsylvania to Ohio with his wife and seven children in 1805, and settled in Canfield Township, Mahoning Co., Ohio, in 1830. He died in Canfield, that county, and his wife followed a few years later. They lie buried side by side. Conrad and Mary Catharine Neff had a family of eleven children: Rebecca, born April 15, 1815; Henry and John (twins), born November 20, 1816, and died respectively February 15, 1832, and April 20, 1817; Mary A., born November 21, 1818; Sarah, born May 24, 1820; Samuel, born June 25, 1821, and died December 18, 1825; Caroline, born December 27, 1823, and died April 11, 1853; La Fayette, born in November, 1826, died August 2, 1828; Juliette, born February 3, 1829; John, born January 22, 1831, and died February 13, 1885, in Osceola, Iowa; and Lucy Ann, born October 20, 1834. The father of this family was reared in the Presbyterian faith, though in later years of his life he became more of a Universalist in thought. He died December 5, 1866, aged seventy-two years, ten months and nineteen days; his wife died July 15, 1865, aged seventy-two years, seven months and five days. She was reared in the Lutheran faith. Both are buried in Brimfield. -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V99 Issue #842 *******************************************