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He left behind his wife (who was pregnant) and his one sone Edward. Fortuna was warned not to try and cross the ocean until months after the baby was born. She ignored the advice and soon after the birth she left for Argentina to join her husband. Enroute the baby died. They temporarily settled in La Plata, Argentia. There they had Frank and Shorty. In 1914, they immigrated to America through Ellis Island. They were separated from one another for 1 1/2 days. They were separately detained to be checked for sickness. When they found each other, they were admitted to America, and then headed to fill jobs that were available in the mines in Wyoming. Giuseppi was a brick mason but immigrants arriving from Northern Italy were known for their mining skills so he became a miner. Upon arriving in Wyoming they discovered very harsh conditions. They soon found themselves in debt to the company store with no hope of ever repaying with mining wages. Guiseppi befriended the company store manager and asked him to allow his family to leave to get a better paying job back east so he could pay off the debt. The store manager said all right but he had to leave his wife and three boys behind to serve as collateral. He set out for eastern Ohio to work in the brick and sewer pipe plants building brick firing filn. He soon made enough to pay off the company store debt and went back to Wyoming to retrieve his family. He and one other family loaded what furniture they had and themselves into a boxcar and went to the New Philadelphia area and started a new life. ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 11:16:14 -0500 From: jaxdawg@accessclub.com (Mark Rowden) Subject: Hill roots in Virginia Following is information from Virginia for Hills in Richmond County and Culpeper County. Some of these Hills migrated into Tuscarawas County, Ohio in 1806: ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 11:29:23 -0500 From: jaxdawg@accessclub.com (Mark Rowden) Subject: Fw: Tusky Cty listserve Hey everyone (even remotely associated with research in Tuscarawas County, Ohio) - Here's a new list serve Let's pass it on to everyone we know doing research in Tusky Cty and make it a success! Thanks Deb. -----Original Message----- From: JaxDawg To: Sharon Landingham Date: Sunday, February 28, 1999 10:30 AM Subject: Tusky Cty listserve >I just found this and thought you might be interested (if you hadn't found >it already) > >http://web1.tusco.net/tuscgen/maillist.htm (Its a list serve for Tusky >Cty). > ------------------------------ X-Message: #4 Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 16:33:18 -0500 From: Maggie Stewart-Zimmerman Subject: EARLY SETTLERS IN ALLEN COUNTY (1) From: "Dietz, Linda" ldjdd@wcoil.com EARLY SETTLERS IN ALLEN COUNTY [Part 1] Mennonites were among the early settlers of the area. Formed in April 1820 only 17 years after the new state of Ohio was carved from the Northwest Territory, Allen County was organized the same time as neighboring Putnam County to the north and Van Wert to the west. In the northwest section of Allen County, first in Sugar Creek Township and later Marion Township to the west, developed a small but sturdy Mennonite community. In 1831, the same year in which Sugar Creek Township was formed, John Stemen of Fairfield County, Ohio, came prospecting through the dense hardwood forests to look for suitable site for a home. He lodged and ate his meals with the Indians. He scouted in the southern part of "The Great Black Swamp" that cov-ered 14 northwestern Ohio counties including Allen. Poor drainage and dense forests characterized much of the area. The felling of trees splashed mud and water to great heights. Mosquitoes swarmed. Malaria lurked constantly, awaiting the unsuspecting colonist. But the soil was unbelievably fertile and easily cul-tivated after it was drained. Here the government had set aside "canal lands" and prospects looked bright for the farmer willing to work hard. Stemen , son of Mennonite deacon, Peter Stemen, (1771-1856), purchased on August 8, 1831, about 54 acres of land for $69.19, at a rate if $1.25 per acre. He situated one mile west and one-half mile south of the present Salem Church. Being one of the earliest settlers in the western part of the county forced him to cut his own path through the trees. He found treachery and questionable means the white man had by this time spirited away the Indian claims to their hunting grounds in Allen County. Hundreds of Senecas left in 1831 as did most of the Shawnees the following year. One group, the Hog Creek tribe, did not leave Allen County till 1833. The John and Nancy (Stukey) Stemen family was joined in 1834 by the family of his older brother Christian and Margaret (Moyer) Stemen and their five children. They purchased a tract of land on the banks of the Ottawa River for nearly $3.00 and acre. In 1837 came 66 year old Deacon Peter and Mag-dalena (Swick) Stemen and paid $1,000 for a quarter section (160 acres) in Marion Township, three miles west and one mile south of Salem Church. The following spring Peter Stemen, Jr. And his wife Mary (Blosser) joined them by purchasing for $1,550 a quarter section adjoining Salem Church. In 1841 the pioneers were joined by the deacon's 94 year old father Christian Stehman (1747-1844) and the family of Peter's brother, Henry and Mary (Berry) Stemen. Henry(1775-1855), an early pioneer in Fairfield County, had been ordained a Mennonite minister in 1809 and bishop in 1820. Daughter Bar-bara and her husband Samuel Sherrick as well as daughter Magdalena and her husband Henry Sher-rick accompanied the bishop's family. Also at the same time came Deacon John Sherrick (1778-1857) with his wife Mary, David and Eve Campbell, John Burkholder and wife and Joseph Lamen who was single. Here was the leadership and nucleus for a church. All of them came from Fairfield county. Earlier, beginning at the turn of the century, the Berrys, Ste-mens, Sherricks, Brennemans, and others had settled in that central Ohio county. Many of them origi-nated in Rockingham County, Virginia, but some came from Pennsylvania. The 1841 exodus from Fairfield was only the first of other migrations that within several decades seriously depleted Fairfield's Mennonite population but greatly strengthened Allen County's. One of the family lines represented was the George and Susan (Funk) Berry family who moved to Fairfield in 1816 with their seven children. Susan Funk was a sister to Joseph Funk, noted musician of the Virginia Mennonites in pre-Civil War days. The Berry's oldest daughter Barbara married Henry Brenneman (1791-1866), son of Abraham (1744-1815) and grandson of Melchior Brenneman, Jr. (1718-1794), whose father was the pioneer Melchior Brenneman (1665 - 1737) who arrived in 1717. Bishop Henry Stemen already had long experienced as a frontier preacher and Mennonite "circuit Rider." He traveled widely by horseback in the Ohio wilderness holding communion services, ordaining bishops, ministers and deacons, and ministering to scattered Mennonites in the counties of Wyandot, Wood, Seneca, Williams, Clark, Logan, Fairfield, and Franklin. Apparently an eloquent speaker, he seems to have been the only Mennonite bishop in western Ohio for a number of years. First Church Organized Soon after the arrival of the 1841 group, a congregation was organized and services were held in the homes of members. "The bishop and the two deacons also acted as trustees in the early years. No early records exist, but years later (1911) at a reunion they named 20 charter members - the above named 1841 group in addition to Peter and Magdalena Stemen, Peter and Barbara Diller, and Henry and Eliza-beth Funk. Deacon Peter's two sons John and Christian apparently did not join the Mennonites. Some of Christian's children were United Brethern, but son David was a Mennonite. It is unclear whether Peter, Jr. Joined the Mennonite Church. Though not listed as a charter member another source says he was "a Mennonite in religious faith, a republican in politics, and held the office of township trustee for a number of years." Two of his sons, John and Christian, served in the Civil War. His oldest son Andrew served as deacon for Allen County Mennonites for years. If tradition is correct, they built their first 12 x 14 log meeting house in 1843. Likely the church house was built and the cemetery laid out on private property until October 27, 1847, when this plot, seven by six rods, was sold by John Enslen for five dollars to "Henry Steeman, Peter Steeman, and John Sher-rick, elders of the Menonist Church." They built across the road from the present Salem Church. The little log church became known as the Dutch Hollow Church. Bishop Stemen's itinerant activities made it necessary for him to ordain a minister for the Dutch Hollow Church. This he did in 1847. Nominated to the lot by the congregation were John Burkholder, Henry Funk, and Peter Diller. The lot chose Burkholder who served until his death in 1860. Though a fine old man, he was not particularly sucessful as a preacher and leader. Furthermore, his use of chewing tobacco was not considered a good example. Ordinations for minister were not needed for another generation be-cause several more moved into the community from Fairfield and Franklin counties. ------------------------------ X-Message: #5 Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 16:32:22 -0500 From: Maggie Stewart-Zimmerman Subject: Bachman/Baughman Bible record From: "James L. Cooper" INTERNET:jlcooper@wcoil.com This Bible was printed in 1811 by Mathew Carey of Philadelphia. The Bible has been handed down in my family since its date of printing and is currently in my possession. I can provide you with scanned images of the data listed if you prefer to decipher them yoursef. The migration pattern of my anscetors was as follows: Pennsylvania; Shennandoah Co., Virginia; Fairfield Co. Ohio; Union Co. OH. Sincerley Jim Cooper 210 N. Front St. St. Marys, Ohio 45885-2122 419-394-4275 ----------------------------- Bachman/Baughman Bible Philadelphia: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY MATHEW CAREY no.122 Market Street 1811 Submitted 28 February 1999 by: James L. Cooper 210 N. Front St. St. Marys, Ohio 45885-2122 419-394-4275 jlcooper@wcoil.com Information taken from original Bible, currently in possession of the submitter. Surnames: Bachman; Barnharte; Baughman; Boman; Brenneman; Conkling; Garret; Holtaman; James; Lame; Layman; Lohing; Musselman; Webb; Page677 1748 On the night of new year John Bachman was born 1753 Eleven days before Chistmes day Anna Brenneman was born 1174 John Bachman and Anna Brenneman was marrit in said year Children of John Bachman 1743 FT 24 John Musselman born 1775 Abraham 1st born 1751 Ft 27 Maria Holtaman born 1776 22 Dec Henry born 1767 May 24 Marrit 1778 28 Nov Barbara born 1781 6 January Christina born Children of John Musselman 1782 28 March John born 1768 Apr 3 Anna born 1783 5 Dec Daniel born 1769 14 sept Jacob born 1785 5 Oct Jacob born 1771 30 May Maria born 1787 2 Nov Christian born 1773 4 January David born 1789 27 Aug David born 1774 7 May Barbary born 1791 5 Oct John born 1775 5 decm Susanna born 1794 26 Feb Anna born 1777 29 sept John born 1796 14 March Maria born 1779 7 June Magdalena born God blefs the generation of John Bachman 1781 12 Feb Elisabeth born 1782 31 decmbr Ester born 1784 26 decm born 1786 8 Nov Samuel born 1788 14 Augt Christian born 1790 24 Apr Daniel born 1792 31 may Franna born 1794 22 may Joseph born God blefs the generation of John Musselman Page 678 And God blessed them and said be fruitful multipy and replenish the earth and subdue it: 1785 October 5th day Jacob Bachman was born 1781 February 12th day Elisabeth Musselman was born 1807 October 10th day Jacob Bachman and Elisabeth Musselman Got Marrit children of Jacob Bachman 1808 Dec 14 day Tother Maria born 1817 July 27th day Son Josiah born 1809 December the first day Tother Frances born 1820 June 24th day Son David born 1811 August 31st day Tother Anna born 1823 March 3dt day Son Jacob born 1813 October 24th day Son John born 1815 May 24th day Tother Ester born God blefs the generation of Jacob Bachman page 679 1828 Septem 3 Day My Dother Anna was marrit to Nathan E. Lohing 1833 December 13 Day My Dother franna was marrit to Joseph Layman 1836 April 28 Day Dother Esther was marrit to David Conkling 1837 July My son John was marrit to Anna Layman 1842 Oct 13 Day My Son David was married to Rebecca Jane Boman 1832 February 22 Maria Died 1841 October 27 Jacob died 1870 December the 22 Day Elisabeth Died Josiah Baughman died February 12th 1900 Jacob Baughman died April 21st 1907 Also in this same Bible, handwritten on separate sheets of paper, were the following records: 1823 Jacob Baughman was Born March the 3 day 1825 Mary Lame was Born June the 11 Day 1849 September the 23 day Jacob Baughman and Mary Lame was Marad 1850 July the 9 day Dotter Eathe Linda was Born 1851 December the 16 Son Allen was Born 1854 April the 13 day Son Isaac Newton was Born 1856 April the 6 day Son James Madison was Born 1858 June the 29 day Dotter Mary Annah was Born 1860 October the 10 A Son Born and not named 1862 June the 19 Day A Son Born Jacob Anson 1866 March the 13 Day Son Sylvester was Born 1875 December the 30 day Ethia Linda Baughman and Elonadis Barnharte got Maride 1875 May the 18 Day Mary Anner Baughman and Clark James got Maried 1894 January 29th Sylvester Baughman and Mary M. Lame were married in Covington, Ky. 1896 January 14th Madison Baughman and Mary E. Garret were married in Virginia Charles Webb Was Born October 7th 1783. Zebulon Webb Was born November4th 1785. Martha Webb Was Born September 9th 1787 Isah Webb son of Zebulon & Edith Webb Was Born April 15th 1759 Mary Webb Daughter of Gabriel & Martha Webb Was Born February 12th 1761 Sebellah Webb Was Born February 1th 1789 Jonathan Webb Was Born November 18th 1791 Annah Webb Was born November 29th 1793 Dave Webb Was Born February 24th 1795 Charity Webb Was Born November 25th 1797 James Wright Webb Was Born June 7th 1799 Elizabeth Webb was born the 19th day of September Anono Domine Eighteen hundred and one 1801 Mary Lame was born in the year of our Lord 1825 on the 11th of June Peter W. Lame was Born in the year of our Lord 1827 on the 24th of october Isaiah Lame was Born in the year of our Lord 1831 on the 17th of febuary Ann E. Lame was Born in the year of our Lord 1834 on the 6th of September Anner Webb Lame was Born in the year of our Lord 1793 on the 24th of november Anner Lame Died on the 28 of Febuary 1867 Mary Lame Baughman died March 17th 1900 Migration pattern of my ancestors was as follows: Pennsylvania; Shennadoah Co. Virginia; Fairfield Co., Ohio; Union Co. Ohio. -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V99 Issue #131 *******************************************