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. *********************************************************************** OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 310 Today's Topics: #1 Fw: Institute for Blind [Maggie Stewart-Zimmerman <73777.25] #2 JACOB ROSER - STARK COUNTY [AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M RE] #3 GEORGE T. LOVETT - STARK COUNTY [AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M RE] #4 GARMIRE - STARK COUNTY [AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M RE] #5 MRS. MARY SCHERMERHORN - STARK COU [AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M RE] #6 NELSON SLATER - ASHLAND COUNTY [AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M RE] #7 A.P. CASE - ASHTABULA COUNTY [AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M RE] ------------------------------ X-Message: #1 Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 14:33:04 -0400 From: Maggie Stewart-Zimmerman Subject: Fw: Institute for Blind From: MaryGail Hello to all on this list-- One of my ancestors Sabra CALLIN was blind and attended the Columbus Institute for the Blind. It apparently has burned down.. I have Sabra's old photo albums with photos the of many relatives as well as an album of people at the institute. Here is a listing of people in the book: Peter Thatcher, Cleveland, OH Mary A. LeDuc - Teacher at the Columbus Institute James C. Bathgate - teacher oft eh Col. Institute 1870 Mary Tipton - Music teacher at the Col Institute George Garrison - Rochester, OH Ruth Bartlett - Teacher of Bead Work at the Col Institute Mary Elliot Mrs. Hyel (Mr Hyel is listed as Steward at the Institute but his photo is missing) Miss Olive Marie Brown - matron at Columbus Institute Laura J. Post - E. Cleveland June 12, 1868 Dr. A.D. Lord, Supert. at the Columbus Institute Mrs. Elizabeth N. Lord Elizabeth Lord Tarbox- Batvia, NY If anyone has any connections- please contact me--- they will be priceless to family members. Mary Gail in Alaska marygail@gci.net ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 20:47:40, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) Subject: JACOB ROSER - STARK COUNTY 1882 HISTORY OF LA GRANGE COUNTY INDIANA F.A. Battey & Co., 1882 JACOB ROSER, son of George and Susan (Pontious) Roser, was born in Stark County, Ohio, March 22, 1832. The father, George Roser, who was engaged in farming in Stark and Summit Counties, Ohio, died in May, 1870; his wife in December, 1872. They had seven children. The subject, at the age of twenty-one, came to Noble County, and commenced clearing a farm. he went back to Ohio, and in the following spring returned to make the West his permanent home. He located in Milford Township in the fall of 1862, where he now lives, and owns 105 acres of well improved land. He was married to Amelia Jane Ritter, March 23, 1868. She was born October 6, 1836; her parents, Isaac and Margaret (Kiser) Ritter, were of German descent, and her father was a cabinet maker. Mr. and Mrs. Roser have three children -George A., Cora S. and Dallas G. Mr. Roser's first vote was cast for James Buchanan. ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 20:47:45, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) Subject: GEORGE T. LOVETT - STARK COUNTY 1882 HISTORY OF LA GRANGE COUNTY INDIANA F.A. Battey & Co., 1882 GEORGE T. LOVETT was born in Stark County, Ohio, December 24, 1831. His parents, R. and Catherine (Martin) Lovett, natives of Pennsylvania, came to Stark County, Ohio, in the fall of 1830, and resided until after her death, August 18, 1851, when the father came to Indiana and located in this township in 1856. George Lovett is the eldest of nine children, and began working for himself when twenty-two years old. The first year he lost only two days work, and in the fall of 1854 came to Milford Township. He has one brother who is a minister, and one brother went to the war and received fatal wounds in the battle of Murfreesboro. The subject was married, March 13, 1856, to Katharine Brady, daughter of David and Elizabeth Brady. Their children are Mary F. and George R., living, and Laura E., deceased. Upon his arrival in Milford Township, Mr. Lovett had only $6, and started by running a threshing machine and farming. He now owns one of the finest farms in the township -155 acres under excellent cultivation, and supplied with every convenience. He is a Republican, and for the past twenty-six years, with the exception of two summers, has been Superintendent of the Sunday school, and with his wife is a member of the Church of God. ------------------------------ X-Message: #4 Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 20:47:38, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) Subject: GARMIRE - STARK COUNTY 1882 HISTORY OF LA GRANGE COUNTY INDIANA F.A. Battey & Co., 1882 SARAH S. (BOWEN) GARMIRE was born in Stark County, Ohio, May 11, 1826. Her parents were Jacob W. and Rachel (Oldem) Bowen, both born near Pittsburgh, Penn. They were the parents of twelve children, six boys and six girls. The Bowens are of English descent; two brothers, William and David, came to America during Queen Anne's war, William settling in South Carolina and David in Pennsylvania; from the last named Mrs. Garmire is a descendant. Her marriage with Samuel Garmire took place in Stark County, Ohio, March 13, 1845, and they came to this township and settled in September, 1848. Mr. Garmire bought eighty acres of land, and set out an orchard on his first clearing the following spring, having bought sixteen apple trees in bearing. Mr. and Mrs. Garmire had six children. William S. died September 17, 1865; Jacob A. died April 3, 1854; Jonathan F.; Amanda J., now Mrs. George Slack; Mary E., now Mrs. Squire Beech, and Martha, who died in infancy. Mr. Garmire died at his home January 28, 1878, and had he lived until the 15th of the following June, would have completed his sixtieth year. He had been for many years a member of the Lutheran Church, of which he was also Deacon. Mr. and Mrs. Garmire were charter members when that society was organized at La Grange. Mr. Garmire was Township Assessor a number of terms, and was always a devoted husband and father. JONATHAN GARMIRE, son of Samuel and Sarah (Bowen) Garmire, is a native of this township, born September 4, 1849. He married Miss Elizabeth Fuller August 24, 1875. Her father, Cyrus Fuller, was a native of Coldwater, Mich., and her mother, Mary A. (Rowe) Fuller, of Ohio; Elizabeth was their only child. Mr. and Mrs. Garmire belong to the Lutheran Church. Their only child, Earl C., was born August 24, 1876. WILLIAM GARMIRE, Jr., is the son of William Garmire, who was born May 12, 1788, near Hagerstown, Md. In his younger days, he followed flat-boating on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, from Pittsburgh to New Orleans. About 1812 or 1813, he was married at Greensburgh, Penn., to Sarah Addleman, a native of Greene County, born August 23, 1796. In 1825, they moved to Holmes County, Ohio, where Mr. Garmire, Sr., purchased a farm. In 1863, he came to this county, where he lived a farmer's life until the time of his demise, January 7, 1879. Mrs. Sarah Garmire died in same place March 6, 1870. They had nine children, and both were prominent members of the Lutheran Church. William Garmire, Jr., the subject, learned carpentering in Benton, Holmes Co., Ohio, until he moved to Seneca County in 1843. During the winter of 1844-45, he worked in the cabinet shop of John Miller, at Fort Wayne, Ind. In February, 1845, he came to La Grange, and, in company with his brother, ran a cabinet shop until 1847, when he began farming on eighty acres of unimproved land in this township. This he sold after five years, and bought another eighty, only to sell in the following year, 1853, when he went to Illinois with the intent to locate, but returned that same year, and has since farmed one hundred and thirty-five acres in this township. The present Mrs. Garmire was Barbara E. Stromen, whom he married on the 2d of April, 1872. She was the daughter of Charles and Rebecca (Dukes) Stromen; born in Summit County, Ohio, February 23, 1837. The former Mrs. Garmire died in this township February 24, 1870, leaving four children, viz.: James M., William M., Elizabeth A., now Mrs. Holsinger; and Josiah F. She came to the United States with her parents, David and Catharine Shultz, from Wurtemberg, Germany, where their daughter Catharine was born July 24, 1824. She married Mr. Garmire October 13, 1842, in Holmes County, Ohio. Mr. Garmire was foreman of the Board of Township Trustees for six years, and Assessor six years. Himself and wife belong to the Lutheran Church. He is a native of Greene County, Penn.; born September 22, 1816. ------------------------------ X-Message: #5 Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 20:47:34, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) Subject: MRS. MARY SCHERMERHORN - STARK COUNTY 1882 HISTORY OF LA GRANGE COUNTY INDIANA F.A. Battey & Co., 1882 MRS. MARY sCHERMERHORN is the daughter of Alexander W. and Nancy (Wheatley) Painter; was born in Delaware April 10, 1832. Her parents were natives of the same Stae, and had a family of ten children. They came to Newbury Township, this county, in 1834, where Mr. Painter entered 140 acres of land, and built a rude cabin. They had only tow neighbors within a distance of five miles. With the aid of his boys Mr. Painter had his land cleared and well improved at the time of his death, June 9, 1854. Mrs. Painter then lived with her daughter Mary until she died, April 18, 1873. The subject was married to Michael Schermerhorn June 25, 1854. He was born August 4, 1832, in Stark County, Ohio, and came to Newbury Township, this county, with his parents, Michael and Elizabeth (McKibben) Schermerhorn, natives of Germany and Ireland respectively, in 1845. In the spring of 1855, Mr. Schermerhorn, Jr., bought 80 acres of land in Newbury Township; this he sold in 1864, and bought land in this township, where Mrs. Schermerhorn is now living. He departed this life on the 28th of May, 1881. Mr. and Mrs. Schermerhorn were both members of the Lutheran Church, and were parents of eleven children -Nancy J. (now Mrs. Tigert), Edgar, harriet S., Leander, Mary E., Eunice I., Michael F., William J., Sarah A., Nettie B. and Levi. ------------------------------ X-Message: #6 Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 20:47:33, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) Subject: NELSON SLATER - ASHLAND COUNTY 1882 HISTORY OF LA GRANGE COUNTY INDIANA F.A. Battey & Co., 1882 NELSON SLATER is one of ten children in the family of James and Amy (Evans) Slater. The parents were natives of Berkeley County, Va. James Slater was a soldier in the war of 1812 and was one of the pioneers of Ashland County, Ohio, where he entered land and cleared a farm, and where Nelson was born August 28, 1818. Nelson commenced teaching school in his native county in 1837, and followed that profession exclusively until he moved to Defiance County, Ohio, in 1854, where he lived on a farm; but his principal employment was in the schoolroom. Coming to his farm in this township in 1866, he renounced teaching after one term, and has devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits. He has a fine vineyard and raises small fruit of all kinds. Mr. Slater held the office of Township Trustee one term and belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran Church, of which his wife also is a member. Their marriage was celebrated in Ashland County, Ohio, April 27, 1843. She was Susan Spangler, a native of Adams county, Penn., where both her parents Abram and Elizabeth (Fissel) Spangler, were born. They had ten children. Susan's birth occurred December 25, 1818, and by her marriage with Mr. Slater has had four children, viz.: Elizabeth, now Mrs. Preston; Mahala, now Mrs. Hoagland; James A. and Randolph N. James A. served in the late war, in the One Hundredth and Fifty-eighth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. ------------------------------ X-Message: #7 Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 20:47:42, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) Subject: A.P. CASE - ASHTABULA COUNTY 1882 HISTORY OF LA GRANGE COUNTY INDIANA F.A. Battey & Co., 1882 A.P. CASE is living in the first frame house built in the township and upon the farm entered by him in 1836. In company with his uncle, David Randall, he left Ashtabula County, Ohio, in the spring of 1833, and traveled across the country on foot to St. Joseph County, Mich., west of Sturgis, where they soon earned enough to enter the eighty acres of land, in 1836, on Sections 7 and 18, where, in the spring of 1837, subject, with his mother, Anna (Randall) Case, and brother Zopher, located, and for many years endured the hardships of pioneer life. Zopher Cases, father of the subject, who ranked as Major in the war of 1812, came from Connecticut at an early day, and settled in Ashtabula County, Ohio, where he died in 1822, leaving a wife and four small children, among whom was our subject, who was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, October 6, 1812. After coming to this county, his mother kept house for until he was married, December 4, 1841, to Miss Elsie Hill, daughter of Aaron and Permelia (Winston) Hill, natives of new Jersey. They are parents of ten children -Zopher P., Randall P., Daniel A. (deceased), Elizabeth C., Daniel A., Jr., Billings B., Elsie A., Perry A., Mary E. and Isa A. C.M. CASE is a native of this county, where he was born in Johnson Township, October 8, 1850. His parents were Zopher and Nancy (Highbargin) Case, natives of Ohio. Zopher Case, with his brother, A.P. Case, and mother, came to this township in 1837, but subsequently located in Johnson Township, where he is yet living. The subject, when twenty years of age, commenced teaching school, and for three years alternated that with farm labor, during their respective seasons. In 1873, he bought forty acres of land in Section 17, and his father gave him eighty acres adjoining. Of this, he sold eighty acres for $3,000 and purchased his present farm, that ranks among the best in the township in improvements and appearance. It consists of one hundred acres, twenty of which were presented to his wife by her father. For the remaining acres he paid $5,000. The proceeds of this farm for the year 1879 were $2,500; 1880, $2,800; and 1881, $2,000. Mr. Case also raises some of the best blooded stock in the county. Although quite a young man, he is on the road to prosperity and belongs to a representative family. He was married to Miss Mary A. Newnam March 17, 1874. She was born in this township October 17, 1855, and is the daughter of Nicholas B. and Nancy (Cochran) Newnam. They were among the early settlers here, coming in 1835, and lived here until within the last year, when they moved to Kendallville. -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V99 Issue #310 *******************************************