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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: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 00:01:40 -0500 From: Gina Reasoner To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.19991221232924.009547b0@pop.prodigy.net> Subject: AUGUSTE RHU - SENECA COUNTY Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed History of Ohio The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925 Volume V, pate 344-345 AUGUSTE RHU, M.D. While Ohio has many eminent surgeons, perhaps none has a longer record of notable work in that field than Auguste Rhu of Marion, where he has practiced forty years. His attainments brought him an early election as a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He was born in Seneca County, Ohio, April 5, 1849, and was liberally educated, attending high school at Dayton, Notre Dame University at South Bend, Indiana, and at Marion he studied medicine under Dr. Robert L. Sweney, whose daughter he married. He graduated in 1885 from Western Reserve University, Medical department, Cleveland, Ohio, and his individual success has brought him association with many world famous men in his profession. He was elected a member of the American College of Surgeons in 1913. Doctor Rhu has been engaged in practice at Marion, since February, 1885, and he handled the surgical cases of several of the large industrial corporations in that city. Doctor Rhu, in his early practice filled the chair of professor of Surgical Pathology in Ohio Medical University at Columbus, at one time was president of the state Pension Board, is a member of the American Association of Railway Surgeons, was three different times elected president of the Marion County Medical Society, was assistant secretary in 1892-93 of the Ohio State Medical Society. Through his reports and addresses Doctor Rhu has contributed the benefits of his wide and unusually successful experience as a surgeon to the world at large, and the profession knows him chiefly through his individual writing and reports of his work. He has the distinction of performing the first successful laparotomy in Marion County in 1888, and in a period of forty years he performed 3,000 abdominal operations, the death rate less than one per cent, and a large number of cranial operations with recovery. Soon after America entered the World war he was made a member of the Federal District Draft Board, No. 3, and was accepted as a surgeon in the Medical Reserve Corps. He is a member of the Electro-Therapeutic Society. Doctor Rhu has always found his chief recreation in music, of which he is passionately fond. He is a York and Scottish Rite, Thirty-second Degree, Mason, a member of the Kiwanis Club, a past exalted ruler of his lodge of Elks, and has served as president of the Marion Carnegie Public Library. Doctor Auguste Rhu married, July 7, 1875, Miss Helen S. Sweney, who was born in Marion County in 1853, and died March 29, 1908. Doctor Robert L. Sweney, her father, deserves a place among Ohio's distinguished men of medicine and surgery during the last century. He was born in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, May 18, 1822, but was reared in Crawford County, Ohio, completed his course in the Cleveland Medical College in 1849, and in 1851 located at Marion. He was called the founder of the Marion County Medical Society, which was organized in 1877, and of which he was president seven years. He was commissioned surgeon of the Forty-third Ohio Infantry during the Civil war, and at the close of the war was made military examining surgeon for Marion County with the rank of major. His professional claim rested upon his achievement as a surgeon and gynecologist. One publication gives him the credit of being the first Ohio surgeon to successfully reduce a retroverted uterus. He died in Marion January 12, 1902. His wife was Elizabeth C. Concklin, oldest daughter of Col. W.W. Concklin. She was the first girl from Marion County to receive a collegiate education, being a graduate of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Ladies' Seminary. Dr. H.S. Rhu, son of Dr. Auguste Rhu and grandson of Dr. Robert L. Sweney, was born at Marion, November 17, 1876, and for a number of years has been associated with his father in handling an extensive surgical practice. He was educated in the Marion public schools, in Kenyon Military Academy, Western Reserve Academy,and graduated in medicine from Western Reserve University in June, 1899. For a number of years his experience was largely in the field of tuberculosis. For two years he was an interne in the Lakeside Hospital at Cleveland, and for several years was in the West and Southwest, being a member of the staff of the Texas Sanatorium, a resident physician of the Tuberculosis Hospital at Llano, Texas, resident physician in the Cragmore Sanitarium at Colorado Springs, and medical director of Dr. Boyd Corncik at San Angelo, Texas. During the World war he served as first lieutenant at Camp Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina. He was a member of the elected secretary of the Marion County Medical Society, and had formerly served as its president, and is a member of the Ohio State and American Medical associations, the Society for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. He is a Knights Templar Mason and a Presbyterian. Dr. H.S. Rhu married in June, 1913, Miss Lucy A. White, daughter of J. Herbert White, a wholesale and retail book and stationery dealer in Buffalo, New York. The children born to their marriage are: H. Switzer, born August 6, 1914, Roger Williams, born June 17, 1916, and Helen Louise, born July 28, 1920. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 21:41:58 -0500 From: Gina Reasoner To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.19991221212432.00944450@pop.prodigy.net> Subject: RALPH HATHAWAY - SENECA COUNTY Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed History of Ohio The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925 Volume V, page 85 RALPH HATHAWAY. Among the educators of Seneca County who by instruction, precept and example have contributed to the advancement of this community, Ralph Hathaway, superintendent of schools at Bloomville is worthy of mention. Since entering upon his independent career he has devoted himself to educational work, and there are few more efficient or popular instructors in this part of the state. Mr. Hathaway, was born on a farm in Reed Township, Seneca County, and is a son of Henry and Arvilla (Dwire) Hathaway. Henry Hathaway was born in 1828, the first white male child to be born in Scipio Township, Seneca County, while Mrs. Hathaway was born in Reed Township, in 1845. Mrs. Hathaway was a woman of excellent intellectual attainments and advanced education, having attended the district schools and Republic Academy, form the latter of which she received the degree of Bachelor of Arts. her husband had attended the same academy. Following their marriage they settled on a farm in Reed Township, and there they continued to make their home. Mr. Hathaway at the time of his death was the oldest living Mason in Attica Lodge in point of years and membership. A republican in politics, he held several township offices, and always proved him self honorable and conscientious in the discharge of his duties. He and Mrs. Hathaway had three children: Ralph, of this notice; a sister who died at the age of ten years; and a brother who died when forty-four years of age. The last named was a graduate of Green Spring Academy and a teacher, and afterward a farmer. A prominent republican in politics, he served for some years as a member of the County Board of Education, and was president therof at the time of his death. Ralph Hathaway was reared on the home farm and was given good educational advantages, attending first the local schools, them Miami University and LIma College. He received his degree of Bachelor of Philosophy from Heidelberg University and the degree of Master of Arts from Ohio State University. Upon the completion of his education Mr. Hathaway took up teaching, and for a time was an instructor at Heidelberg Academy and did normal work for two years. After school work at various points, in 1914 he was made superintendent of schools at Bloomville, which position he now occupies, and in which he has done much to aid the cause of education and to better the standards and system in this locality. Mr. Hathaway is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and teacher of the Men's Methodist Episcopal Church and teacher of the Men's Bible Class. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias; to Eden Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; and to the Order of the Eastern Star, of which he is a past worthy patron and Mrs. Hathaway, past worthy matron. In politics he is a republican. Mr. Hathaway married Miss Winifred Kentfield, of Carey, Wyandotte County, Ohio, and to this union there have been born three children: Bernice, Dwight and Marjorie. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 09:36:01 -0500 From: Gina Reasoner To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.19991222092245.00952c30@pop.prodigy.net> Subject: PETER WAGNER - SENECA COUNTY Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Biographical and Historical Record of Jay and Blackford Counties, Indiana The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 PETER WAGNER, farmer, section 16, Wabash Township, was born in Belgium June 29, 1816. In 1833 he came to America with an uncle in order to escape military duty, and located in Seneca County, Ohio, where he worked for this uncle, Michael Wagner, five years, receiving $100 for his services. He then went to Logansport, this State, and worked on the Wabash and Erie canal three years, and during that time earned money enough to pay for eighty acres of land, which he began at once to improve. He built a round-log cabin, 12 x 13 feet, one story in height, with one window containing nine lights of glass. All the carpenter work about the house cost only $1.75. He was married in 1840 to Miss Barbara Etchgen, and soon after his marriage moved into his log cabin. His wife had a bedstead that cost $3.50. He took what money he had on hand, about $5, and went to a store and bough an iron teakettle and other kitchen furniture, and also two pounds of coffee. From this small beginning he has obtained sufficient means for his declining years and to give his children a good start in life. Mrs. Wagner was born in Belgium in 1819, and came to America in 1834 with her parents, one brother and two sisters. The family located in big Spring Township, Seneca County, Ohio. Her parents, Frank and Theresa (Busbee) Etchgen, died in Tiffin, Ohio. Mrs. Wagner died in January, 1855, leaving seven children -Nicholas, Theresa, John, Frank, Peter and Charles. All are now living and all are married. In the fall of 1865 Mr. Wagner was married to Miss Margaret Lucius, who was born in Belgium in 1818 and came to America in 1855 with her parents and seven other children, the family locating in Seneca County, Ohio. Her parents, Joseph and Catherine Lucius, were of French descent. Mr. and Mrs. Wagner have three children -Joseph and Louis and Mary. Henry died in 1871, aged fourteen years. Mr. Wagner held the office of trustee in Seneca County ten years, and was assessor four years. He has been township trustee in this county eight years. He and his family are all members of the Christian church, and in politics he is a Democrat. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #4 Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 09:45:22 -0500 From: Gina Reasoner To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.19991222093647.00959700@pop.prodigy.net> Subject: JOSEPH WAGNER - SENECA COUNTY Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Biographical and Historical Record of Jay and Blackford Counties, Indiana The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887. JOSEPH WAGNER, farmer, Wabash Township, resides on section 17, where he owns 120 acres of good land.He was born in Big Spring Township, Seneca County, Ohio, August 25, 1855, and when seventeen years old, came with his parents to Wabash Township, where he has since resided. His education was limited to the schools of his father's district. He was married May 16, 1876, to Miss Sophronia Beetle, born in Wabash Township, March 28, 1858, where she was reared and married. Her parents, Adam and Elizabeth (Reiman) Beetle, were born in Bavaria, Germany, her father in 1819. He came to America when about thirty years of age, locating in Seneca County, where he was married. He came to this county in October, 1857, where he has since resided. The mother was born in 1832, and is still living. Her parents have had twelve children, nine of whom are living -Peter, Joseph, Sophronia, Elizabeth, Frances, John, Henry, Helena and Eva. Mr. and Mrs. Wagner have had six children, of whom five are living -Rosa E., born June 29, 1878; Henry, born November 16, 1879; Elizabeth M., born February 2, 1881; Nora M., born August 28, 1882; Jerome L., born October 16, 1884; Andrew, born February 2, 1885, died October 20, 1887. Mr. Wagner's parents are Peter and Margaret (Lucius) Wagner, of this county. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #5 Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 20:13:06 -0600 From: Betty Ralph To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <2.2.32.19991223021306.006d6da8@HiWAAY.net> Subject: Bio - 1885 - Portage Co, OH, Charlestown 1 of 1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Bios: Brown, Coe, Curtis, Fox, Loomis - 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 ************************************************************************ LUTHER L. BROWN, son of Benjamin and Mary (Millman) Brown, who settled in Nelson in 1806, was born August 7, 1804, and came to Charlestown in 1830, settling one-half mile south of the Center on the King farm; moved to the Center in 1840. Among the residents here when he came were Leverett Norton, H.P. Curtis, John Bill and William Aull. Mr. Brown built his home here in 1840. He was married, October 25, 1829, to Minerva E. Hall, daughter of Joel and Elizabeth Hall, who settled here in 1815, coming from Massachusetts. Mr. Brown was elected first Probate Judge and served two terms. Under the old State law he was Associate Judge of the county, Justice of the Peace for fourteen years, and filled all the town offices. Of his children, Julian married John Holden, February 25, 1855; Sophie M.E. married Spencer B. Morris, April 29, 1860, and Arthur L. died in infancy. Judge Brown was teacher for some time of the Center School. THE COE FAMILY. Capt. David L. Coe came to Charlestown Township, and settled one-fourth of a mile north of the Center. His sons were Ransom, Lyman, Adna and Heman. Claudius L. Coe came several years later, and Sophia, Sally, Phoebe, daughters of the Captain, also came at that time. Mrs. Sarah (Pratt) Coe came from Massachusetts with her husband. Ransom Coe was married, October 1, 1825, to Rebecca M. Austin, daughter of Nathaniel Austin, of Litchfield, Conn., who are the oldest settlers now living in the town. The family of Coes came with the Hinckley colony, and its members were among the very first settlers. Heman and Rev. Lyman died many years ago; Adna and Claudius settled just north of the David Coe homestead, and their representatives reside here still. The house erected by Capt. Coe is the home of his son Ransom. John A. Wadsworth, who died May 1, 1884, son of Zenophon Wadsworth, of Windham, was married March 1, 1849, to Miss Charlotte, eldest daughter of Ransom Coe. Mrs. Wadsworth still resides in Ravenna. CHARLES CURTIS, Sr., came to Charlestown Township with Hinckley colony accompanied by his brothers, Linus and Joel. The children of Charles Curtis, Sr., were Chauncey, Charles L., Henry, Lewis, Denis (who died about 1813), Polly, Lucretia, Harriet, Maria and Lucy. Polly married Leverett Norton, still living in Connecticut, where her husband died. Lucretia married Horatio Austin and after his death was married to Mr. Hart. She died some years ago. Harriet married Charles Austin; both are dead. Chauncey was married to Clarissa Loomis, subsequently to Mrs. Barnes and lastly to Mr. Soule. Charles L. married Aurelia Loomis, in February, 1825. Charles Curtis came in 1811, and died in 1813 from disease caught at Cleveland serving as sutler. The old homestead is opposite the Coe homestead, but occupied by the Worden family, since the death of Chauncey Curtis, eight years ago. CHARLES L. CURTIS, son of Charles, the pioneer settler, was born July 31, 1801, and married in February, 1825, Aurelia Loomis, daughter of Asa Loomis, Sr., who was born April 17, 1797. He died March 21, 1818. Mrs. Curtis died August 25, 1873. Their children are Caroline A., born April 17, 1834; Charles L., born February 13, 1836; Emerson G., born November 2, 1838; and Austin P., born April 11, 1841. Austin P. Curtis married Amelia H. Bostwick October 3, 1870. His children are Lewis P. Curtis, born December 30, 1871; Ray and Zada. (Ray P. Curtis died September 10, 1876). He has served as Justice of the Peace about twenty years. He resides on the old Curtis lands on Lot 20. WILLIAM FOX, Jr., son of William and Elizabeth (Myers) Fox, both natives of Pennsylvania, was born August 16, 1829, in Columbiana County, Ohio, where his parents had settled in 1811. In 1833 the family moved to this county, making a settlement in Charlestown township, opposite Alpheus Baldwin's claim, and resided in the neighborhood until the death of William Fox, Sr., March 15, 1853, and of Mrs. Fox, Sr., November 28, 1877. Mr. Fox moved to Ravenna in 1850, and to Hiram Township in 1860, where he purchased the Mason homestead farm. This he conducted nineteen years, sold to Mr. Rice in 1879, and moved to his present home in Augerburg in 1879, where he purchased the Farnham homestead and residence. Mr. Fox was married April 29, 1854, to Miss Nancy McHenry. He enlisted in the One Hundred and Forty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served through the term. He holds the offices of Infirmary Director and Justice of the Peace. JOSEPH LOOMIS, of Litchfield, Conn., came to Charlestown Township shortly after the arrival of the Hinckley colony in 1811, and resided in the town until his death in 1827. Ralzimon Loomis arrived shortly after the Hinckley colony. He was a son of Joseph Loomis above-mentioned. His wife was Nancy Colt, of Connecticut. Willard (died after coming here), Clarissa (married Chauncey Curtis), and Sophia were also children of Joseph Loomis. Asa Loomis, a nephew of Joseph Loomis, came in 1822 from Connecticut, and in 1823 settled just west of the present Lewis Loomis farm. His children, who came with him, were Eliza, who married Andrew Haymaker; Lewis, who married Charity Hough, of Atwater, April 3, 1833; Beulah, who died about twenty-five years ago; Martha, who married Mr. Richards, of Garrettsville; Mary, who married R. Hinman, of Edinburg Township; Harriet, who married Henry Woodruff, of Trumbull County, and Abigail, who married Denison Bostwick, of Edinburg Township. Of the children born here Cornelius was married to Milly Moore, daughter of Zebina Moore, of Franklin, October 21, 1850. Uriah B. Loomis, now residing on the homestead, was married to Elizabeth Boly, daughter of David Boly, of Rootstown; Addison Loomis, now of Clairmont, Iowa, and Addison (first) Loomis, who died in youth. LEWIS LOOMIS, son of Asa Loomis, was born in Litchfield County, Conn., in 1809, came with his parents to Charlestown Township in 1822, and was married to Miss Charity Hough, of Atwater, April 3, 1833. In 1834 he purchased his present farm on Lot 35, from Sheldon Farnham. His children are Martin, married to Amorett, daughter of Chester Howard, of Aurora; Cornelia, married to Henry Gilmore; Amna, married to John Whitney, of Freedom Township. -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V99 Issue #850 *******************************************