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ZIMMER - CINCINNATI, OHI [AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M RE] #3 Union Twp, Tuscarawas County Ohio ["rodreb" ] ------------------------------ X-Message: #1 Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 22:38:20, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <199907240238.WAA12600@mime3.prodigy.com> Subject: WHITNEY FAMILY OF OHIO Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII Ohio The cross road of our nation Records & Pioneer Families October-December 1964 Vol. V No. IV Published by Esther Weygandt Powell - NO COPYRIGHT WHITNEY FAMILY OF OH Contributed by Mrs. H.W. Woodruff, Springfield, MO JOEL WHITNEY was born in Harvard, Mass. on October 15, 1762. He died February 1, 1842 in Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire. Joel was the son of Jonas Whitney and his wife Zebudah Davis of Harvard, Mass. He is the great-great grandson of John Whitney and his wife Elinor of England who settled in Watertown, Mass. in 1635. His record is to be found in Whitney Genealogy by Frederick Clifton Pierce, 1895. Joel married Lydia Willard in Ringe, N.H., on December 7, 1786. (certification of town clerk in 1851, pension application) Lydia gives the added information that the ceremony was performed by Rev. Seth Payson; and Pierce says that Lydia was a member of Rev. Payson's family. Pierce describes Lydia as "smart, intelligent, active and unusually neat...she was a devout Christian and the marriage was a happy one." Lydia died near Lamoille, Illinois in Bureau County on January 8, 1856. (pension, Pierce) Joel Whitney served in the army during the Revolutionary War in Mass. Continental Line, and during the latter part of his life drew a pension. He says that he enlisted, along with his brother Solomon at West Point in July 1780 and served for six months in Col. Bradford's 30th Regiment. He was stationed at West Point. A statement from Solomon Whitney who also served int the War of 1812, verifies the service. Joel gives his birthplace as Harvard, Mass., and that he lived there until after the War. Then he moved to Ringe, N.H., and later to Fitzwilliam, N.H. Pierce says of Joel, "those who knew him say his word was as good as his bond." After the death of her husband, Lydia moved into the new territory of Illinois, in Bureau Co., near Lamoille, according to her pension application. In the 1850 census she is found living in the home of her daughter Mary (Greta) Morse, the wife of Benjamin B. Morse. (1850 Census Bureau Co., ,Ill. p. 199) CHILDREN OF JOEL and LYDIA (WILLARD) WHITNEY: Taken from Whitney Genealogy by Frederick Clifton Pierce 1895 -Lydia Whitney b. October 21, 1787 m. May 23, 1817 Abial Foster d. Sept. 1846 in Fitchburg, Mass. -Lemuel Whitney b. July 6, 1789 d. unmarried in 1862, Deerfield, Mass. -Joel Whitney b. Fitzwilliam, N.H. February 29, 1792 m. in Ohio. He served in the War of 1812 and was captured by the British and taken to England. He finally returned and settled in Ohio where he married and afterwards resided. He was a farmer. He died in Ohio. -Jesse Whitney b. Fitzwilliam, N.H. on November 8, 1794; with his brother Joel he went to Ohio where he married and followed agricultural pursuits. He amassed quite a fortune. Residence in Ohio (page 305) -Daniel Whitney b. May 9, 1797 d. In Boston, Mass. 1817 -Grata Whitney b. March 25, 1801 m. Benjamin Morse -Willard Whitney b. February 13, 1804 d. April 7, 1825 age 21. Willard carried his mother's maiden name. You will note that except for Joel and Jesse who migrated to Ohio, the other boys died young, without heir. Our line continued through Jesse Whitney. JESSE WHITNEY was born in Fitzwilliam, N.H. on November 8, 1794. (Pierce; 1840 Census Hancock Co., Ohio). Jesse died in Hancock Co., Findlay Twp. about 1849. (relation to age of youngest child; inventory and appraisement, Hancock Co., Ohio Probate Court). Jesse m. Martha ____ about 1825. (relation of age of children) Martha was born in Ohio in 1807. (1850-60 Census, Hancock Co., Ohio). She died after 1860, presumably Findlay Twp. Jesse Whitney bought one hundred sixty acres of land in township No. 1, Hancock Co. on November 2, 1831 for six hundred dollars. The family first appeared in the 1840 census with four sons and four daughters. Not known where the family lived prior to their coming to Hancock County. Jesse died about 1849 and in the 1850 census his widow's property was assessed at $4,500.00 which was considerable at that time. By 1860 her holdings had dwindled to $1,075.00 and her occupation was given as that of a "weaver." CHILDREN OF JESSE and MARTHA WHITNEY (compiled from 1840-50-60 census; marriages Hancock Co.; family record) -A daughter, born about 1824, appears in 1840 census, missing in 1850. I believe this to be Mary Whitney who m. James Hamilton in Hancock Co. on March 4, 1848. -Willard Whitney b. 1826 in Ohio. Carries his grandmothers maiden name. -A daughter b. about 1828, appears in the 1840 census but missing in the 1850. -Jesse Whitney b. 1830 in Ohio. -A son b. 1832, appears in 1840 census, missing 1850. -Martha Whitney b. 1834, no doubt Hancock Co. since her parents moved there in 1831. There are two marriages in Hancock records for Martha Whitney. On March 20, 1851 she married John Osenbaugh. On June 13, 1852 she married Geo. Outhwait. One of the marriages may have been for Martha, widow of Jesse, yet in the 1860 census, she carries the name of Whitney. -Elizabeth Whitney b. 1836 Hancock Co., Ohio -Joel Whitney b. 1839 Hancock Co., Ohio -no doubt named for his grandfather -Amanda Whitney b. 1841 in Hancock Co., Ohio m. Henry Mohr August 1, 1861 Hancock County. -Harriet Ellen Whitney b. in Hancock Co., Findlay Twp., in 1843. She died in the summer of 1862. On May 12, 1859 she married William Johns in Hancock Co. (certified). William was b. in PA on March 4, 1833, the son of Levi and Elizabeth Johns. He died in Liepsic, Ohio August 31, 1900. William m. 2nd Mary Jane Edwards. Harriet Ellen was not quite 20 years of age when she died, the mother of two small children; Emmalee Johns b. Findlay, Ohio about 1860 d. about 1863. William Harrison Johns b. Findlay Ohio November 17, 1861; d. July 30, 1929; buried Harmon Cemetery near Gilboa, Ohio. He m. Ella May Woodruff at Ottawa, Ohio on September 14, 1884, daughter of Lewis Bradshaw and Margaret Ann (Clark) Woodruff. William Harrison had four daughters: Myrtle, Ada, Nora and Celia. -Hanna Whitney b. 1847 in Hancock County, Ohio -John Whitney b. 1849 in Hancock Co., Ohio. He does not appear in the 1860 census and may have died as a child. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 22:38:25, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <199907240238.WAA07240@mime3.prodigy.com> Subject: ERNEST G. ZIMMER - CINCINNATI, OHIO Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF GRANT COUNTY INDIANA 1812-1912 The Lewis Publishing Company, 1914 Page 162-1263 ERNEST G. ZIMMER, M.D. A worthy representative of the medical profession in Grant County, is Dr. Ernest G. Zimmer, who for the past fourteen years has been located at Upland, and whose professional work began more than a quarter of a century ago. Both by his personal character and his technical ability he has dignified his calling, and has won a prestige by which he well merits recognition in this volume of Grant county biography. Dr. Zimmer is a graduate of the Cincinnati School of Medicine and Surgery, with the class of 1886. Soon after leaving medical college he established himself in practice at Santa Fe, Miami county, Indiana, and was in active practice there, until 1899. Then, following a course at the Chicago Polyclinic, he located at Upland, where he has built up a representative clientage and is recognized as one of the leaders of his profession. Dr. Zimmer was born at Cincinnati, Ohio in 1858. His early advantages after the common schools were secured largely through his own work with an ambition definitely fixed upon a professional career. He was a student in the normal school at Lebanon, Ohio, and spent two years in the medical department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and later graduated with the degree of M.D. at the Cincinnati School of Medicine and Surgery. His father, George Zimmer, had a noteworthy career as a German immigrant to America. Born in Baden, Germany, he was of a good family, and many of its members gained distinction both in military and civic life. He was reared in his land, where he learned the trade of a baker, and then in the revolutionary activities of the late forties he found himself a patriot on the side of the rebels. His uncle, General Wiler, of the German Army, advised young George to flee from his native country and use all secrecy in making his escape, leaving by night, otherwise he would pay forfeit of his life for his rebellion. He escaped from Baden and became a stowaway on a sailing vessel bound for the United States. Arriving in the City of New york without a penny, he begged a loaf of bread, and that was his only food for three days, while in the meantime he spent three nights in a deserted church. At the end of that time he found work at three dollars a week, and finally drifted west to Cincinnati. Within a few years he had saved money enough to send for his sweetheart, whom he had left behind in Germany. Her name was Catherine Sutter, who was born in the same town as George Zimmer. After her arrival in the United States they were married, and started out to make their fortunes. As a baker Mr. Zimmer found regular employment in different places, and finally, with a capital of four hundred dollars, he went to Keokuk, Iowa, during the boom in that city, and invested all his savings in real estate. The boom collapsed, and all his surplus was thus swept away. With his wife and baby, Ernest G., he had to work his way back to Cincinnati, stopping at St. Louis a brief time, and then on to their destination. He soon afterward located at St. Paris, Ohio, where he was engaged in business for himself and lived until his death in 1893. He was born in 1827. His wife was born in 1830, and passed away in 1906. In her native land she had been a school teacher, and throughout her life kept up on current literature. She was a woman of unusual powers of mind and character. Both were members of the Evangelical church in Germany, and in this country worshipped in the Lutheran faith. On first coming to America, George Zimmer espoused the principles of the Whig party, and afterward was a staunch adherent of the principles of the Republican party. Mr. and Mrs. Zimmer were the parents of eight children, six of whom grew to maturity and are still living and four of these are married and have children of their own. Frank A. is a prominent lawyer in Urbana, Ohio and has one son. Emanuel R. is a dentist engaged in practice in Greenville, Missouri and has one daughter. Fritz is unmarried, being a baker by trade, and also lives in Greenville, Missouri. Mrs. Mary Mitchell, who for a number of years was a successful teacher at St. Paris, Ohio. Dr. Zimmer, the oldest of the children, was married in Ohio to Miss Eva Cook. Detroit, Michigan was her birthplace, and she received superior educational advantages in different places, chiefly in Chester county, Pennsylvania, near the home of Bayard Taylor. Dr. Zimmer and wife, have one daughter, a talented young woman who is well known in Grant county, Miss Edna George Zimmer, who resides with her parents. She was educated in the Upland public schools and Taylor University. She early showed talent as a musician, and by study at home and under excellent instructors has become very proficient as a violinist and is now a member of the faculty of the Marion Conservatory of Music. Dr. Zimmer is affiliated with the Masonic order and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and his politics is Republican. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 02:13:11 -0400 From: "rodreb" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <001d01bed59b$9d0ee9c0$8c63cecf@r5a3l7> Subject: Union Twp, Tuscarawas County Ohio Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----Original Message----- From: rodreb To: OHTUSCAR-L@rootsweb.com Date: Saturday, July 24, 1999 2:06 AM >>From The History of Tuscarawas County, by Henry Hagloch > >"Among the earliest settlers of Union Twp were John McPherson, William >McCleary, David Waggoner, James Vanater, George Kail, Jacob Creager, Solomon >Arnold, and James Boyd. Other early settlers were;Solomon DeLong, Jesse >Foster, James Gray, Moses Hoagland, William Iler, Phillip Knight, Nathan >Leggett, James Roby, William True, George Graham, John Rule, William >Rutledge, Reese Baldwin, Mark Herron, Matthew evans, A. McCullogh, Thomas >Milligan, and Luke Quinn. > Boyd built the famous Blackhorse Tavern east of Dennison in 1819. Many >legends were told about the place. Most intriguing of these is the story of >the dissapearance of Frederick B. Wentworth, a young Virginian who had been >staying at the tavern. His rifled saddlebags were found in Brandywine >Valley, west of Dover, and suspicion fell on two gamblers, also guests at >the Blackhorse. There was no definite proof however, and Wentworth's >fiancee, a Virginia girl, came to the Tavern to investigate. Masquerading >as a man, she obtained a room adjoining that of the gamblers. She stayed at >the inn for some time, and then vanished the day the two gamblers were found >dead of poisining in their room. She left a note revealing her sex, but not >her name. She claimed to have heard the two men boast they had killed >Wentworth. Wentworths body was never found, but in 1919, or 97 years later, >a stone was found in Brandywine valley with this inscription apparently >etched with a hunting knife : " I am bleeding to death. F.B.W. " " > >Debra Short > > -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V99 Issue #536 *******************************************