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 843 Today's Topics: #1 Pioneer Marriages in Allen County ["Linda Dietz" ] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from OH-FOOTSTEPS-D, send a message to OH-FOOTSTEPS-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #1 Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 07:20:46 -0500 From: "Linda Dietz" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <000a01bf4889$45b25de0$5073bfa8@Linda> Subject: Pioneer Marriages in Allen County 1861 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Taken from Allen County Marriage Records Book A William McGINNIS to Kesiah GRUBB Theodore HAGEMANN to Mary LYBOLD James HALL to D. HARSHE Jacob STALEY to Olivia HALL Hollis HANSON to Naomi HARROD Henry PATTERSON to Margaret HARROD Charles WALTERS to Cynthia HARTER Martin HARTER to Phebe PLACE Loveman PLACE to Valelia HARTER John LEAS to Anna HARTLAIN Eli TANNEHILL to Sarah HARTLEY Mordicai PANGLE to Mary HARTSHORN Peter RIDENOUR to Sarah HEIGHT Isaac RIDENOUR to Eliza HERRING William HILL to Anna ROUSH John HELRICH to Catherine WEEKS James McKINNEY to Rachel HOLLAND Jacob McKAY to Naomi HOLLER Elias HOWELL to Leah WILLIAMS J. HOY to N. SMITH Martin GIBBONS to Lucy IENCE William ROBERTS to Margaret JONES F. JUDKINS to Elizabeth STEMEN Addison KAIRACOFE to I. RIDENOUR Tobias KAUFMAN to Jemima MILLER Alexander REESE to Elizabeth KIGGINS Josiah KEMP to P. KEMP Abraham KERN to Mary MESSINGER Jonathan RIGDON to Mary KERNS George UMBAUGH to Nancy KIMEY Peter KIPFER to Mary PETERSON Abraham LAMAN to Sarah SHERRICK Henry KNEFTMER to Elizabeth LAMMERS G. LANTZ to Angeline LAWRENCE Jacob OLDFIELD to Elizabeth LIPPENCOTT Robert LITTLE to Jane OWENS Francis VAN SCHOIK to Mary LOGAN Samuel WALLICK to C. LYON Sylvester WAGGONER to Martha MAINE Alexander McCOY to Margaret MALTBIE Joseph STEWART to Hatty MANNON George REEDER to Rebecca MANNON John MARTIN to Eleanor POND James McDONEL to Sarah MARTIN Andrew MAY to Virginia RUMBAUGH Henry NEELY to Margaret McCOMB James McCUE to Frances REEDER J. SMEDLEY to E. McKIBBEN Matthew TAYLOR to Tamar McKIBBEN Eli McMILLEN to Lucinda MILLER Dec. 17,1999 Submitted by Linda Dietz Proud Rootsweb Sponsor VP, Allen Co. Genealogy Soc. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 07:33:31 -0500 From: "Linda Dietz" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <001301bf488a$f1391540$5073bfa8@Linda> Subject: Allen County Probate Court Notices 1867 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Taken from Allen County Democrat 1867 The following accounts have been filed in the Probate Court of Allen Co., Ohio and will be for hearing on Monday June 3,1867 Final account of Mary HAGGERTY, guardian of Edward HAGGERTY, minor The accounts of John B. REEDER, guardian of Martha ANN WARD, minor, and Jacob WARD, insane, final as to Jacob and first as to Martha Ann Final account of James K. BELL, admr. of James MAXWELL, dec'd Final account of Phillip B. HUSTON, admr. of William HUSTON, dec'd Final account of Phillip B. HUSTON, guardian of Alonzo L.V. WARD, minor Final account of Samuel BUCKMASTER, admr. of I.L. CAREY, dec'd Second account of John MOTLER, guardian of Elias MOTLER, minor Charles M. Hughes Probate Judge Dec 17,1999 Submitted by Linda Dietz Proud Rootsweb Sponsor VP, Allen Co. Genealogy Soc. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 07:45:03 -0500 From: "Linda Dietz" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <001c01bf488c$8d75eb80$5073bfa8@Linda> Subject: Allen County News Item 1872 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Taken from Allen County Democrat June 21,1872 Divorce Notice Almira Mohler, pltff vs Samuel Mohler, def't Samuel MOHLER, whose place of residence is unknown, will take notice that on the 21st day of June, A.D. 1872, Almira MOHLER, filed in the office of the Clerk of the Common Pleas within and for said county, her petition, charging him with willful absence for three years last past, and asking to be divorced from him. Said case will be for hearing at the next term of said Court. Ballard & Ritchie Attorneys for petitioner Dec 17,1999 Submitted by Linda Dietz ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #4 Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 09:28:39 -0600 From: Betty Ralph To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <2.2.32.19991217152839.009add68@HiWAAY.net> Subject: Bio - 1885 - Portage Co, OH, Brimfield # 3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Bios: Briggs, Brobst, Brown, Buell, Carrier, Carson - 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 ************************************************************************ HIRAM G. BRIGGS, farmer, P.O. Brimfield, was born in Palmyra Township, this county, May 25, 1835, son of Asa and Abigail (Tuttle) Brigs, the former of whom was a native of Vermont and an early settler of Ravenna, where he cleared a farm, afterward settling in Palmyra, where he also cleared and improved a farm, and in 1845 removed to Iowa, where he died the following year at the age of sixty-nine. Asa Briggs was twice married; by his first wife, nee Miss Williams, he had four children: Lestina, Sarah, Emily and Ira. His second wife was Abigail Tuttle, of Palmyra, by whom he had three children, Hiram G. being the only one now living. Our subject returned to the county immediately after his father's death, and served an apprenticeship at the shoe-maker's trade, which he followed up to 1859. He was married, March 4, 1859, to Lucy A., daughter of Conrad and Mary C. (Kline) Neff, of Brimfield Township, this county, by whom he has three children: Norris, C. Clark, and Mary G. Mr. Briggs located his farm in Brimfield Township in 1859, where he has since resided. He has held various minor township offices and served as Trustee two terms. He is a F. & A. M. In politics a Democrat. REUBEN BROBST, wood buyer, Brimfield, was born in Lehigh County, Penn., January 22, 1824, son of Daniel and Mary (Brobst) Brobst. His paternal grandfather was Michael Brobst, of Lehigh County, and a farmer by occupation, and his maternal grandfather was John Brobst, of same county, a prominent farmer and merchant. Our subject was reared in Lehigh County until sixteen years of age. He then went to Washington, Penn., where he served an apprenticeship of five years at the tinner's trade. In 1847 he settled in Brimfield, this county, and worked at his trade in connection with putting up eves troughs, for fifteen years. He then embarked in his present business, in which he has since been profitably engaged. Mr. Brobst was married, in 1848, to Orra, daughter of Nathaniel Packard, an early settler of Brimfield Township, and by this union there are four children: Electra, wife of Henry Ewell; Orpha, wife of Peter Snyder, Alice and Edward D. Mr. Brobst is a F. & A. M. In politics a Democrat. JACOB BROWN, retired farmer, Brimfield, was born in Marlboro, Stark Co., Ohio, March 28, 1818, and is a son of John and Catherine (Niswanger) Brown, who settled in Stark County when it was a wilderness, and cleared and improved the farm on which they lived and died. Our subject was reared on his father's farm and received a limited education. He was married in 1841, to Lavinia, daughter of John and Sarah Baumbarger, of Stark County, by whom he had six children, three now living: Frank, a physician in Petoskey, Mich.; Amanda, wife of Jacob Kline, in Franklin Township, and Emma J., wife of Homer Boosinger, in Brimfield. Mr. Brown settled in Rootstown in 1842, where he cleared and improved a farm of 225 acres, on which he resided up to 1881, when he removed to Brimfield Center, and he has erected an elegant residence. He is independent in politics; a worthy citizen. SAMUEL BUELL, farmer, P.O. Kent, was born in Berks County, Penn., June 11, 1809; son of Samuel and Barbara (Godfrey) Buell, who settled in Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1826, and lived and died there. They had eleven children, of whom but two are now living - Elijah and Samuel. Our subject was married, November 14, 1833, to Catherine, daughter of George and Catherine (Ecker) Freebye, of Coventry, Ohio, and the issue of this union has been six children: Henry A., killed in the late war of the Rebellion; Maria (deceased); George; Annetta (Mrs. Eli Leonard); Marvin (deceased); and Samuel, Jr. The latter settled in the southeastern part of Brimfield Township, removed to Shalersville, where he lived until 1847, and then returned and located on the farm where he now resides. Mr. Buell and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Kent. In politics he is a Republican. JOSEPH L. CARRIER, farmer and Justice of the Peace, P.O. Brimfield, was born on the farm where he now resides, November 24, 1839; son of Lucius and Orilla (Emerson) Carrier. His paternal grandfather was Elisha Carrier, a native of Connecticut, who settled in Brimfield Township, this county, in 1835, on the farm now owned by our subject, a part of which he cleared and improved. He lost his mind in the latter part of his life, and died in August, 1845, at the age of seventy-seven years. The maternal grandfather of our subject was Joseph Emerson, a native of Vermont, and a soldier of the Revolution. Lucius Carrier died in 1842, at the age of twenty-two and his widow in 1862, at the age of fifty-two. Our subject, who is their only child, was married, June 13, 1861, to Mary M., daughter of Benjamin O. and Catherine (Caris) Edson, of Rootstown, this county, by which union there are five children: Arthur W., Elmer E., Joseph M., Fredreck L. and Ethel I. Mr. Carrier has given his children the best educational advantages. His three eldest sons are now teachers, Arthur W. being Principal of the select school in Brimfield and considered one of the best educators in the county. Mr. Carrier has held the office of Town Clerk and other minor offices, and is now serving his sixth consecutive term as Justice of the Peace. He is a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity; in politics he is a Democrat. JACOB CARSON, farmer, P.O. Kent, was born in Dauphin County, Penn., November 26, 1817; son of John and Catherine (Vance) Carson, who settled in what is now Berlin, Mahoning Co., Ohio, in 1831, where they cleared and improved a farm. They were owners of several other large farms in the county, where they lived and died. The father of our subject, who served in the war of 1812, was of Scotch descent, a son of George Carson and a cousin of the celebrated scout, Kit Carson. Our subject went to Mahoning County when fourteen years of age, and when twenty-five years old moved to the farm in Berlin on which his father had first settled, where he remained for seven years. In 1849 he settled in Deerfield Township and improved the farm there on which he resided for sixteen years. In 1865 he removed to Brimfield Township, to the farm he now owns and where he has since resided. He was married, November 27, 1843, to Elizabeth, daughter of Jonathan and Ellen Kinsey, of Columbiana County, Ohio, by whom he had eight children: Annetta, wife of Samuel Risk; Mary, wife of Frederick Edson; Catherine, wife of W.D. Roth; Oliver P., Helen A., wife of Albert Shuman; Cecelia, wife of Marcy Russ; Charles; and Josephine, wife of Warren Meloy. Mr. Carson is one of the representative farmers of Brimfield Township. He has served the township as Trustee two terms. In politics he has always been a Democrat. -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V99 Issue #843 *******************************************