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 548 Today's Topics: #1 ELIAS B. RENNAKER - CARROLL COUNTY [AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M RE] #2 JACOB DOLL - SOUVENIR HISTORY [AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M RE] #3 JOHN H. STEWART - CLINTON COUNTY [AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M RE] #4 WANT TO PURCHASE [AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M RE] ------------------------------ X-Message: #1 Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 15:41:40, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <199907261941.PAA11024@mime3.prodigy.com> Subject: ELIAS B. RENNAKER - CARROLL COUNTY Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF GRANT COUNTY INDIANA 1812-1912 The Lewis Publishing Company, 1914 Page 1154-1155 with photo ELIAS B. RENNAKER. The commensurate reward for a life of industry and usefulness is an honorable retirement in which to enjoy the fruits of former years of toil, and the average Indiana farmer when he has reached the evening of life puts aside business cares and retires to a comfortable residence, content in the knowledge of a career well spent. In this connection it is not inappropriate to give a review of the life of Elias B. Rennaker, retired agriculturist and Civil War veteran, who is now living on a small property in the vicinity of Sweetser, Indiana. Mr. Rennaker was born in Carroll county, Ohio, December 14, 1840, and is a son of Michael and Rebecca (Steffy) Rennaker. His parents, both of whom were born in Pennsylvania, near what was later to become the famous battlefield of Gettysburg, removed to Carroll county, Ohio, not long after their marriage, and in 1853 came to Indiana, purchasing 200 acres of land in Pleasant township, there spending the remainder of their lives. They had a family of ten sons and six daughters, and of these children twelve grew to maturity. The early education of Elias B. Rennaker was secured in the common schools of his native county, and this was supplemented by several terms in the district schools of Pleasant township, whence he had accompanied his parents as a lad of thirteen years. After completing his education, he settled down to agricultural pursuits on his father's farm, and was so engaged until the time of his enlistment, in August, 1862, in Company C, Twelfth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, which was connected with the Fourth Division of the Fifteenth Army Corps, commanded by Gen. John A. Logan He continued to serve with this organization until the close of hostilities in 1865, and during his military career participated in some of the fiercest engagements of the great struggle between he North and South, including Vicksburg, Missionary Ridge, Atlanta and Richmond, Kentucky, and took part in the famous campaign of General Sherman, in his "March to Sea." At Atlanta, Georgia, Mr. Rennaker was seriously wounded in the left hand, still carrying the scar of the bullet wound, and at Richmond was captured by the Confederates, but was imprisoned only two months, when he received his parole. He was known as a brave and faithful soldier, ever performing ably and cheerfully the duties entrusted to him, and won the admiration of his comrades and the respect of his officers. For many years Mr. Rennaker was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, being connected with the post at Marion, Indiana. After he had recuperated from the effects of army life, Mr. Rennaker resumed agricultural operations, and for many years was actively engaged therein, becoming one of the substantial men of his community, and owning an excellent property about three and one-half miles northeast of Converse. He was successful in his general farming operations, and also as a breeder of hogs and cattle, won an enviable reputation for his honorable business methods, and gained a wide circle of friends. In 1900 he retired from active life, and is now residing on a small property near Sweetser, Indiana, although he is still the owner of eighty acres of land in Richland township and four acres in Pleasant township. In 1867 Mr. Rennaker was married to Miss Martha M. Julian, who was born, reared and educated in Pleasant township, Grant County, Indiana, and was a daughter of Louis and Sarah Julian. Mrs. Rennaker died in 1875, having been the mother of three children, of whom two died in infancy, while the third, Maggie, is still living and the wife of Jacob R. Fisher. In 1883, Mr. Rennaker was married to Miss Abigail Marks, daughter of Thomas and Mary Marks, Mr. Marks being said to have been the first blacksmith in Marion, Indiana. From the time of attaining his majority until 1889, Mr. Rennaker was politically a Republican, but at that time transferred his allegiance to the Democratic party, and has since supported its candidates. He has never engaged prominently in political activities, but held the office of supervisor of Richland township for one term. He has been a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows for many years, with his membership in Beacon Lodge No, 320, of Converse. Since his baptism as a young man in the Lutheran faith, his religious life has been with that denomination. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 15:41:41, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <199907261941.PAA06936@mime3.prodigy.com> Subject: JACOB DOLL - SOUVENIR HISTORY Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL SOUVENIR For the counties of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott and Washington Indiana Chicago Printing Company, 1889 JACOB DOLL, one of the prominent farmers of Harrison county, is a native of Shenandoah county, VA. He was born in April, 1817. In the same year his parents moved to this county. He grew up on the farm and attended the subscription schools taught in that day. The county then was a little better than a wilderness, and school advantages, as well as many other advantages, were very meager. He married Miss Amanda Smith in 1841, a daughter of Thomas Smith, a prominent farmer of Harrison county and a Virginian by birth, coming to the county the same year of Mr. Doll's family, 1817. The children born to this marriage, living, are: Agnus N., Lavina and Melvina, the last names being twins. Agnus N. was the wife of Joshua Sonner, deceased of Harrison county; Lavina, wife of John Hann, farmer of Harrison county; Melvina is the wife of Albert Rosenbarger, also a farmer of the county. The parents of the subject of this sketch were Jacob and Rebecca Doll (nee Blind); both were born in Shenandoah county, Va. Jacob Doll, Sr., was born in 1781; he died in 1851. Frederick and Mary were the other children born; Frederick is now a large farmer in Cass county, MO; Mary was the wife of Thomas Gwartney, deceased. Mr. Doll owns a farm of 220 acres of fine land. It is situated on the Valley City road, six miles from Corydon. He is a member of the M.E. Church and an exemplary citizen. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 15:41:30, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <199907261941.PAA11248@mime3.prodigy.com> Subject: JOHN H. STEWART - CLINTON COUNTY Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF GRANT COUNTY INDIANA 1812-1912 The Lewis Publishing Company, 1914 Page 1412-1413-1414-1415 with photo of Mr. & Mrs. John H. Stewart JOHN N. STEWART. Steadily the ranks of those who took part in the Civil War are thinning. One after another the gray-haired veterans are going to join their comrades in a land where bloodshed and suffering are unknown. Few of the defenders of the flag in the great struggle between the North and the South are now left who are able to hold their own in the keen competition of present day life, yet here and there are exceptions. A brave soldier, who fought valiantly during those trying days, and who fought just as bravely during the battles of peace that followed, John H. Stewart was for many years one of the leading agriculturists of Liberty township, and although he is now somewhat retired from active life, and lives in his residence in Fairmount, he is still alert to all interests of the day, and with clear mind and undimmed faculties manages his business holdings. Mr. Stewart was born in Clinton county, Ohio, September 4, 1843, and is a son of William and Elizabeth (Seal) Stewart. John Stewart, the paternal grandfather of John H. Stewart, was born April 19, 1793, in New Jersey, of Scotch-Irish stock. He grew up a farmer, and was married in his native State to Miss Experience Mart, who was born in New Jersey, September 8, 1797, and soon after their union, in 1816, they removed to Clinton county, Ohio, where they settled their lives. Mr. Stewart dying at the age of eighty-seven years, two months, and his wife when sixty-five years, eight months and eight days old. They were members of the Christian New Light church, and in his political preference Mr. Stewart was a Democrat. Their children were as follows: William, the father of John H.; Mary Ann, deceased, who married Fred Pobst, also deceased, and left descendants in Ohio; Jonathan, who married Sarah A. Snyder, and settled on a farm in Jennings county, Indiana, where both passed away; Abigail, the widow of Henry Sutton is now living at Franklin, Ohio, with her family, being past eighty-four years of age; Daniel, who married first Cynthia Straw, by whom he had two children, and married for his second wife a Miss Stephens, who bore him five children; John, who served as a private throughout the Civil War, returned to Clinton county, Ohio, where he was engaged in farming, and there married Jane Adair, by whom he had three daughters; Susanna, who died in her fortieth year, unmarried; Rebecca, who died in childhood; and Miner, who served as a soldier during the Civil War, returned to Clinton county, Ohio and died at the age of sixty-eight years, having married a Miss Mossman, by whom he had a large family. William Stewart, the father of John H. Stewart, was born in Clinton county, Ohio, August 4, 1819, and died in Liberty township, Grant county, Indiana, April 10, 1861. He received ordinary educational advantages in his native place, and was reared to agricultural pursuits, which he followed successfully in both Indiana and Ohio, becoming a substantial farmer and highly respected citizen. In political matters he was a Republican, although never an office seeker, and with his family attended the Christian New Light church. Mr. Stewart was married in Clinton county, Ohio, to Miss Elizabeth Seal, who was born in that county August 27, 1827, and she died in Liberty township, Grant county, Indiana, May 31, 1869. She was an excellent and helpful helpmeet and loving mother and was in sympathy with her husband in all things, but in the later years of her life joined the Wesleyan Methodist church, in the faith of which she died. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart were the parents of seven children as follows: John H., of this review; Robert G., deceased, who served as a private in One Hundred and Eighteenth, later Civil War, returned to Grant county and was engaged in farming until he passed away at the age of sixty years, married Martha E. Hose, also deceased, and they had two children -Effie and Mary, both married; Samuel W., who served in an Indiana volunteer infantry regiment during the Civil War, and now a retired citizen of Fairmount, Indiana, married Mary Kimbrough, and they have four married children -William, Leona, Anna and Elizabeth; Martha, deceased, who was the wife of John T. Kimbrough, a Grant county farmer, by whom she had two children -Eli, a farmer, and one child who died in infancy; James E., a resident of Fairmount, who is married and has had four children -Alice, Frank and Harvey, all married, and one who died in infancy; Ezekiel, a painter of Marion, Indiana, who married Anna Fite, deceased, and had a large family; and Catherine, the wife of Joseph Powell, of Jonesboro, who has had three children -Harry, Maggie and one who died in infancy. John H. Stewart was born at Westboro, Clinton county, Ohio, September 4, 1843, and there received his early education in the public schools. He was fourteen years of age at the time he accompanied his parents to Grant county, and here he completed his education in the public schools. He was reared to agricultural pursuits, and was so engaged at the time of his enlistment, July 24, 1862, in Company C, Twelfth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry; Captain, David Cuberly; Colonel, Wm. H. Link. Thirty days later, Mr. Stewart received his baptism of fire at Richmond. He participated in all the marches, skirmishes and battles of that great campaign, his regiment a part of the Fifteenth Army Corps, Gen. John A. Logan commanding, taking part among others in Vicksburg, Jackson, Missionary Ridge, Chickamauga, Resaca, Dalton and Atlanta, and assisting in the annihilation of Hood's Confederate forces, also accompanied Sherman in his "March to Sea". At the battle of Atlanta, Mr. Stewart had a narrow escape from death, a minnie ball passing through his cap and inflicting a scalp wound, which, had it been one-half inch lower, would have caused his instant death. After much hard fighting, during which he won the respect of his officers and the admiration of his comrades. Mr. Stewart was honorably discharged at Indianapolis, Indiana, having been previously mustered out at Washington, D.C., June 9, 1865, and returned to his home. Mr. Stewart at once resumed the duties of peace, taking up agricultural pursuits, in which he continued to be engaged in Liberty township until his retirement in 1903. He was industrious, enterprising and progressive, made a success of his ventures, and accumulated a highly improved tract of eighty acres of land. For some years he was engaged in breeding fine stock, and in this connection was also successful. On coming to Fairmount, in 1903, he built a handsome home at the corner of Seventh and Morton streets, and here he is spending his declining years, content in the knowledge of a well-spent life. On November 3, 1868, Mr. Stewart was married to Miss Almira Shull, who was born in Clinton county, Ohio, January 18, 1849, and came to Grant county with her sister in 1865, her parents having passed away in Ohio. She died in the faith of the Wesleyan Methodist church, December 2, 1880, having been the mother of five children: James C., born April 15, 1868, now engaged in cultivating his father's farm in Liberty township, who married Nancy Murray, and has four children, John A., Anna, Mary and Harvey; Eva A., born August 18, 1870, who died unmarried January 29, 1887; Alvah M. born September 23, 1872, who died September 6, 1891; Martha, born November 19, 1875; who married Arvel Swain, the owner of oil wells in Oklahoma, and has two children, Lola and Eva; and Emma N., born August 14, 1878, who is the wife of Jesse Hipple and lives in Fairmount. Mr. Stewart's second marriage occurred in Liberty township, October 29, 1881, when he was united with Mrs. Elizabeth (Powell) Carey. She was born March 14, 1848 in Grant county, Indiana, daughter of Harrison and Nancy (Hale) Powell. Mr. Powell was born in England in 1800 and was there married to his first wife, who died in that country. When forty-five years of age he came to the Untied States with his oldest son, Thomas, and located in Liberty township, Grant county, Indiana, in 1845, where he spent the remainder of his life, passing away in 1881, at the age of eighty-one years. Here he married Nancy Hale, who survived him several years and was sixty-one years of age at the time of her death, August 8, 1866. She had nine children, of whom five are still living. Mrs. Stewart has had no children. Mrs. She and her husband were both prominent members of the Lynwood Friends church, in which both served as overseer and elder, but they are now members of the Fairmount Friends Church. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #4 Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 15:41:42, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <199907261941.PAA05408@mime3.prodigy.com> Subject: WANT TO PURCHASE Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII I would like to add to my collection of genealogical material the following publications: Ohio The cross road of our nation YEAR PUBLICATION NUMBER 1960 No. 1,2,3,4 1961 No. 1,2,3,4 1965 No. 1,2,3,4 1966 No. 1,2,3,4 1967 No. 1,2,3,4 1968 No. 1,2,3,4 1969 No. 1,2,2,4 If you have these publications and no longer have a use for them and would be willing to sell them, please contact me. If you have the publications, but not willing to sell them, but would be willing to make copies of them, I would reimburse you for your time and expense. Gina aupq38a@prodigy.com -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V99 Issue #548 *******************************************