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JONES - OHIO TO INDIANA [AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M RE] #4 Bellner or Boellner ["Pat @ Phil Jones" Subject: MORGAN FAMILY-TRAGEDIES OF THE C.W. Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII Ohio The cross road of our nation Records & Pioneer Families April-June 1963 Volume IV No. II Published by Esther Weygandt Powell - NO COPYRIGHT TRAGEDIES OF THE CIVIL WAR THE MORGAN FAMILY This heart-rending letter from the mother of General John Hunt Morgan to his widow, whom she had never seen, after his death. Lexington, Ky., October 1st, 1864 My dear Mattie: What words of comfort can I offer, my precious one, when my own heart is lashed and torn, bleeding with this last terrible wound? Weak and worn and not at all healed from the great sorrow that has weighted me down the past eighteen months, my heart is faint, my nerves shattered. I lie awake night after night, count each stroke of the clock, dread both night and day, tremble to open a letter. How gladly would I gather you and all together and fly to some far-off-land, where there would be no sound of strife, but Oh! the dear ones can never be restored. How hard it is to resign my children. God gave them to me, to lose. It cannot be wicked that I feel the struggle so great to resign them. God forgive me if it is. I love you dear Mattie, as having been a part of my boy. I hope the time may some day come when I can evince to you my full appreciation of the love you bore my noble son. A better son and brother never lived, so gentle, watchful to guard me from the disagreeables of life. From his youth to the last time I saw him he considered his mother. Poor dear Charlton truly says he lost a father, brother and friend. Trust in my love, dear child. I shall cherish it, for his sake and your own. My children are my all --are you not one. Although the circle is getting smaller and smaller, we must be a united family. Consider me as your mother. Command my service in any way, at any time. You have my heart. For two weeks, although confined to my room and on my bed, I could not help hoping there was some mistake, if a servant would step in and remark, "Miss Henrietta, many persons think it is not so." I felt like falling on my knees to embrace them with a feeling of gratitude for those little words of comfort. I wanted every hour to pour out my heart to God, and plead for his life to be spared a few years longer. After my prayers for a little while I would be comforted, but when the terrible letters came from dear Dick and Basil, it was all over, my hope was all, all gone. I had to bow my head to the rod. It is selfish in me to so indulge and not try to comfort you. Forgive it, for it is my nature. After a while my letters shall be more tranquil. I will try not to indulge in such lamentations! My children are sincerely attached to you; command them at all times as brothers and sisters. I had a letter from dear Dollie of the 18th, the first for a long time. I was happy to know she and the children were well and comfortable. How anxious she must be all the time about her husband. I hear Henrietta has left Abingdon. Her whereabouts I do not know, poor dear child. I hoped Basil and Dick would have recruited a little before going into active service. Frank, my baby--do use your sisterly influence to keep him from the front. I heard you were going to Augusta; I was very glad you could be with your relations. I have a dear, kind brother who will do all in his power to comfort you. I trust, my dear, there may still be a blessing in store for you and all. The last letter from you was the 1st of September. Your dear husband had left the day before soon to be back. How well it is the veil cannot be lifted from the future. God bless you and shield you from future sorrow is the unceasing prayer of your unknown though devoted mother. Henrietta Morgan. The original of this letter is in the John Hunt Morgan Papers in the Southern Historical Collection at the University of N. Carolina. It will also be found in Heroines of Dixie, by K.M. Jones by the Bobbs-Merrill Co., Inc. copyright 1955. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Four days after Gen. John Hunt Morgan left Mattie in Abingdon, Va. on Sept. 4, 1864, he was shot, it is said, by Andrew Campbell, a Union army private. This happened at the Williams home in Greenville, Tenn., where Gen. Morgan and his staff were staying over night. Mrs. Lucy Williams, the daughter-in-law of the Williams was said to be the one who betrayed him by informing the Union army that he was there. With Gen. Morgan was Co. Basil Duke, his brother-in-law and Capt. Henry Clay of Lexington, Kentucky. A daughter was born to Mattie (Ready) Morgan after Morgan's death. several years later she married James Williamson, a Confederate veteran who later became a Judge at Lebanon, Tenn. Gen. John Morgan had married first, Nov. 21, 1848, Rebecca Bruce, who died July 21, 1861. He married Martha Ready December 14, 1862. Gen. John H. Morgan was always a gentleman. It has been said that when he made his raid into Ohio some of his company were rowdy and rough and difficult to control. During his raid into Ohio he stopped with his cousins, Jane Morgan Campbell and Keziah Morgan Allison, of Fox township, Carroll County, Ohio. Later Jane lost her son William Campbell, a Union soldier, who was executed in Georgia when his company made a raid on a railroad. This was a crushing blow to Jane Campbell. Keziah's death record in 1871 lists her as a daughter of William and Mary Morgan. In a field in vicinity where they lived are some old gravestones: William Morgan 1768-1839; Isaac Morgan's wife Cynthia 1799?-1849?; Luther Morgan, son of J. & C.; John Morgan's daughter 1813 or 1843 age 17. The burial place of one of Gen. Morgan's men is on the McElhiney farm, just north of McConnelsville, Ohio, on State Route 77. The man was shot at the ferry there. Morgan requested he be cared for and parents notified, but the name given was lost. Mr. McElhiney buried him in his farm and put up a gravestone to "Tommy McGee", no knowing his name. Some years ago an old Confederate soldier came to the McElhiney farm inquiring what had ever become of his buddy, "Frederick Rolf." He was with him at the time. Consequently the young son of a Kentucky mother now lies identified in Morgan County, Ohio in a burial place well cared for. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 10:20:31, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <199907211420.KAA05542@mime3.prodigy.com> Subject: JOHN W. JONES -OHIO TO INDIANA Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF GRANT COUNTY INDIANA 1812-1912 The Lewis Publishing Company 1914 Page 895-896 with photo of John W. Jones and wife, children & grandchildren. JOHN W. JONES. About twenty-five years ago, after he had grown up in Grant county, had a practical experience on a farm, and had by hard work and close economy acquired a little capital. John W. Jones bought the land contained in his present homestead on section thirty of Jefferson township. Mr. Jones is a prosperous man, owns a fine farm, runs it in a business like way, and is not only a man of independence and standing on his own ground, but anywhere in that community is looked upon with the esteem and respect which are paid to a citizen whose relations with the community have always been on a high plane of honor and integrity. This branch of the Jones family was established in Grant county many years ago by Joshua Jones, father of John W. Joshua was the son of Lewis Jones, who lived and died in Ohio, was twice married, and had children by both wives. Joshua JOnes, a son of the first marriage of his father, was born in Greene county, Ohio, March 31, 1819, and grew up on his fathers farm. When he was about twenty-years of age he crossed the state line into Indiana, and being a young man without capital, he found employment among the farmers of Blackford county, for several years. Then moving into Jefferson township of Grant county, he bought some land, most of it located in the wilderness which still covered most of this region, and by hard work cleared up and made a good farm. That was his home for nearly sixty years, and at his death in August, 1909, he was able to look back upon a lifetime of industry and gratifying accomplishment. He was a Democrat, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Joshua Jones was married in Jefferson township of Grant county to Miss Malinda Owings, who was born in Ohio, and came with her father Nicholas Owings, when a young child to Jefferson township. Mrs. Joshua Jones died on the old homestead in Jefferson township in 1905. She was an active member of the Methodist church. There were nine children, eight of whom she reared to adult age, and one Mary J., died in young womanhood. Those living are as follows: Harriet, the widow of Michael Houck, lives at Upland, without children; Lydia, is the widow of Edwin Fergus and lives in California, having a son and a daughter; Lewis M. is a farmer of Jefferson township, and has four daughters, all of whom are married; the next in line is John W. George W. is a retired farmer, and conducts a feed store in Upland, is married and has two daughters, both of whom in turn are married; Thomas Lee lives in Jonesboro, and his son is married; Sarah E. is the wife of William Ginn, a farmer in Jefferson township, and they are the parents of two sons. John W. Jones was born in Jefferson township, June 20, 1851. As a boy he saw much that was characteristic of pioneer life, and within his youthful recollection the first railroad was built through Grant county. His education was acquired in the district schools, and his home was with his parents, until he reached manhood. As already stated, in 1887 he bought eighty acres of his present place, and he now owns one hundred acres of highly improved and well cultivated land. With the passing of years he has introduced many improvements, and in 1903 erected the comfortable and substantial nine-room house, a fine white building, which makes an attractive picture in the midst of the shade and fruit trees surrounding it. Mr. Jones is a stock grower, and keeps livestock of only the better grades on his place. In Fairmount township in 1877, occurred the marriage of John W. Jones and Terissa Moorman. Mrs. Jones was born in Fairmount township, August 18, 1849, and her home has been in Grant county, with the exception of three years spent in Illinois and Iowa. He parents are Lewis and Sarah Moorman, and the Moorman family long prominent in Grant county, received full treatment in the sketch of Levi Moorman, found elsewhere on these pages. Mr. and Mrs. Jones are the parents of seven children, named as follows: Gertrude, wife of Esley Thorn, farmers of Delaware county, and with one daughter. Geneva: Oscar, who lives at home and helps run the farm, and is unmarried; L.J., a farmer in Missouri, who married Mina Johnson, and has a daughter, Mildred P.; Eva, wife of Clyde R. Partridge, of Fowlerton, and has one child, Myron; Minnie and Frank, who died in early childhood; and Lora B., who was well educated in the township schools, and now lives at home. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 10:20:43, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <199907211420.KAA11958@mime3.prodigy.com> Subject: BURTNEY R. JONES - OHIO TO INDIANA Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF GRANT COUNTY INDIANA 1812-1912 The Lewis Publishing Company, 1914 Page 1055-1056 BURTNEY R. JONES. Among the most respected residents of Grant county, Indiana, is Burtney R. Jones. He was born in this section of the state and has lived here all of his life, being a member of a family that is well known throughout the northern part of Indiana. He has spent the greater part of his life as a farmer and has opened up and developed much valuable property in Grant county, not only farming lands but also city realty, and although he has now retired from business he is still keenly interested in the life of the community and his advice is frequently asked in matters of public concern. Burtney R. Jones is the only surviving member of the family of Joseph and Catharine (McCormick) Jones. His father was born on the 15th of April, 1816, and grew up in his native state of Ohio. When he was a young man he removed from Preble county, Ohio, to Grant county, Indiana, this being in 1833. In 1839, on the 15th of November, Joseph Jones was married to Catharine McCormick. His wife was a daughter of Robert and Anna McCormick, who had been the first settlers in Fairmount township, Grant county, Indiana, settling here on August 15, 1829, and coming from Fayette county, Indiana. Joseph Jones died as a comparatively young man, on the 16th of September 1856, and his wife died on the 4th of December. 1889. They were both prominent members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and took an active part in these early pioneer days of northern Indiana. Five sons were born to Joseph and Catharine Jones, Burtney R. Jones being the third in order of birth. The eldest son, George W. Jones was born on the 25th of September, 1841, and served in the Fifty-fourth Indiana Regiment during the Civil war. He was taken prisoner at Vicksburg, Mississippi, in the spring of 1863 but was paroled the following June. His parole was of little moment to him, however, for he died at Annapolis, Maryland, July 25, 1863. He married Sarah J. Secrist, October 17, 1861. Hiram A. Jones, the second son, was born October 18, 1843. He also served in the Civil war, being a solider in the Eighty-ninth Indiana Regiment from August, 1862, until August, 1865. He had his right eye shot out in the battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, on April 9, 1864, but continued to serve until the end of the war. He was married on April 21, 1867, to Anna Hardy and died on March 31, 1908. Robert L. Jones, the fourth son, was born September 1, 1849. He became sheriff of Grant county in November, 1888, and on December 9, of the same year, after successfully capturing an escaped horse thief, he was shot and died from the wounds on the 11th of December. He was away from home at the time and died at Jerome in Howard county, Indiana. He married Louisa C. Jadden, on the 25th of September, 1870, and left two sons, Sanford C., of Marion, Indiana, and Robert P., of Whitefish, Montana. Joseph A. Jones, the youngest son, was born on March 5, 1852. He was married to Sarah J. Whitson on the 7th of January, 1885, and she died February 8, 1890. He died on April 25, 1893, at the home of his brother, Burtney R. Jones, in Marion. Burtney R. Jones was born on the 2nd of October, 1846, at the old Robert McCormick Hotel, which stood at the crossing of the Fort WAyne Muncie and Indianapolis state roads. This was the first house to be built in Fairmount township and was erected by his maternal grandfather. His mother entered eighty acres of land from the government on August 5, 1837, and Burtney Jones grew up on the farm. He was married to Eliza J. Duling, a daughter of Solomon and Jane Duling, on the 9th of December, 1869, and after his marriage settled on eighty acres of timber land in section twenty-four in Fairmount township. Here he built a house of hewed logs and there lived until the death of his wife on April 12, 1872. She left one child, Minnie A., who was born on November 7, 1871, but the baby died on August 31, 1872. Mr. Jones continued as a farmer and made a decided success of it. He lived on the farm which his mother had homesteaded and to which he had added until 1881 when he came to Marion and here he has resided ever since. He married Sina M. Duling, who was also a daughter of Solomon and Jane Duling, on September 1, 1887, and to this union have been born two children, namely, Edith D. Jones, who was born on the 31st of July, 1890, and Burtney Ralph, whose birth took place on September 1, 1899. Mr. and Mrs. Jones together own two hundred and sixty acres of valuable farming land in Grant county, located in Fairmount, Jefferson and Center townships. Mr. Jones has himself cleared and brought into cultivation one hundred and twenty-five acres of Grant county land. They also own three valuable pieces of residence property in the city of Marion which they have developed and improved, and which is considered some of the best paying property in the city. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #4 Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 11:59:04 -0400 From: "Pat @ Phil Jones" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <007901bed391$f6760180$3f47efd0@vacationtime.net> Subject: Bellner or Boellner Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi List, anyone out there know anything or have any info on John Bellner. He lived in Maumee, Ohio. He married my Grandmother Metilda Niener. Metila b.11 Oct 1860 d.10 Feb. 1951. No info of where she was born. She died in Maumee and buried in St. Joe's cem. John was born on 28 May 1859 no info where and d. 22 Nov. 1939 in Maumee, Ohio and is buried with his wife Metilda in St Joe's. Thank you for any info you can give me. 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