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Tanesdell and C. B. Smith the attesting witnesses thereto whose testimony was reduced to writing and it appearing that said John Dean at the time of executing said will was of full age of sound mind and memory and was not under any restraint. It is ordered that said will be admitted to Probate and together with the said testimony be recorded. E. R. Allen Probate Judge Which said Will and proof are in the words and figures following to wit: - The last will and testament of John Dean: I, John Dean, of the County of Pike and State of Ohio being in my right mind do make and publish this my last will: I give devise and bequeath my estate and property real and personal as follows: To my two sons William Dean and Ellis Dean in consideration of the love and respect care and maintenance exercised towards me in these my last days I bestow all the right title and interest of which I may die possessed in a certain tract or parcel of land located in the State of Illinois arising or growing out of a Land Warrant issued to me by the U. S. Government for services rendered by me during the War of 1812 with Great Britain which has been entered but have not yet received the Patent for the same but which is now in process of completion. They the said William and Ellis to have the same in their own right. Likewise I bestow upon the said William and Ellis all the personal or chattel property of which I may die possessed. Further: I do hereby appoint and constitute William Dean as Executor of this my last will and testament. In witness where of I have signed and sealed and published and declared this instrument as my last will at the County of Pike and State of Ohio on this 9th day of May Anno Domini Eighteen Hundred and Seventy Three. his JOhn X Dean [seal] mark Signed sealed and published as the last will and testament of John Dean of Pike County Ohio by him and we at this request and in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto written our names as subscribing witnesses this 9th day of May A. D. 1873. C. B. Smith William Mickey William F. Tanesdell State of Ohio Pike County On this 30th day of Sept A.D. 1874 formally appeared before me E. R. Allen Judge of the Probate Court within and for the County of Pike and State aforesaid C. B. Smith and William F. Tanesdell of the County of Pike and State of Ohio who being duly sworn according to an depose and say that they have now and here seen and inspected the paper writing produced as and for the last will and testament of John Dean late of said Pike County dec'd that they are the attesting witnesses to said will that the said John Dean at the time of executing said will was of full age of sound mind and memory and was not under any restraint at the time of executing the same. That said paper writing was acknowledged and declared by the said John Dean in our presence as and for his last will and testament, that the said will was read in our presence, that we attested and subscribed the same in the presence of the said John Dean at his request and that we subscribed the same in the presence of each other. C. B. Smith Wm. F. Tanesdell Subscribed in my presence and sworn to before me the 30th day of Sept. AD 1874 E. R. Allen Probate Judge ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 19:06:36 -0400 From: Maggie Stewart-Zimmerman Subject: DEATH: CASTNER, Franklin, 1944 This came out when I was doing research and tried to copy. The OHS was going to throw it away so I am recording it for the archives. I have no idea who it belongs to. If someone wants this just let me know. Maggie From Death Cert # 37710: Place of Death: Franklin County, Columbus Ohio, Columbus State Hospital [Length of stay in institution was 22days, in the community 83years 7mo] Annie CASTNER Female White Single Date of Birth: Sept 6, 1860 in Woodbury-Bedford Co. PA Father: Samuel J. CASTNER born Philadelphia PA Mother: Mary Ann MCFARLAND born Woodbury - Bedford Co.-PA Informant: Maude L. McKeerney of Fredericktown, Ohio Burial: Forest Cem Fredericktown Usual Residence of Deceased: Knox County, Fredericktown, 56 North Main St. Date of Death: June 6, 1944 Cause: Chronic Myocarditis Contributory Cause: Senile Psychosis ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 19:47:04 -0400 From: Maggie Stewart-Zimmerman Subject: DEATH: ROBINSON, 1940, Washington County From Death Cert #52876: Mary Alice ROBINSON of Blennerhassett Ave. Female White Widowed from Allen ROBINSON Date of Birth: 7-31-1855 age 75yrs, 29days in Indiana Domestic in her own home Father: James WILLIAMS born Indiana Mother: Rachael CLARK born Indiana Informant: Mrs. John Stone of Belpre Ohio Burial: Rockland Cemetery in Belpre Ohio Funeral Home: Spencer Funeral Home in Belpre, Ohio Date of Death: Aug 30, 1940 in Belpre, Washington County Ohio Cause: Pulmonary Tuberculosis ------------------------------ X-Message: #4 Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 20:06:54 -0400 From: Maggie Stewart-Zimmerman Subject: 1870 CENSUS: SWAN, Guernsey County From the 1870 Cambridge Township, Guernsey County, pg 405A: June 25, 1870 508-527 SWAN, John 44MW Jour. Blacksmith $600 $400 Scotland 1-1 Not Naturalized Martha 43FW Keeping House Ireland 1-1 Thomas 13MW At School OH Nancy 11FW At School OH Anna 9FW At School OH Ella 7FW At School OH Margaret 5FW At School OH ------------------------------ X-Message: #5 Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 22:26:48, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) Subject: WILLIAM W. WILT M.D. - DARKE COUNTY BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF JAY AND BLACKFORD COUNTIES, INDIANA The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 - Page 797 WILLIAM W. WILT, M.D., a successful physician, residing at Montpelier, is a native of Ohio, born in Darke County, June 30, 1848, and is a son of John B. and Martha (Dowler) Wilt, who were also natives of Ohio, the father born in Darke County, and the mother in Preble County. In the spring of 1857 the family removed to Blackford County, Indiana, settling one mile west of Dundee, April 5 of that year, where the father bought a tract of eighty acres. Here he made his home until his death, which occurred May 13, 1882. The mother still resides on the old homestead near Dundee. William W., the subject of this sketch, grew to manhood on the old home farm, and in his boyhood received a fair common school education, and subsequently taught school a couple of terms. On reaching the age of nineteen years he commenced the study of medicine with Dr. J.A. Ransom, of Dundee, boarding at home. In 1869-'70 he attended lectures at Indiana Medical College, and the following eighteen months he practiced medicine at Dundee. In the winter of 1871 he returned to Indiana Medical College, and in March, 1872, graduated from that institute. He located at Montpelier September 15, 1873, where he has since practiced his profession. The doctor was married April 17, 1870, to Miss Marietta Ely, a native of Blackford County, Indiana, and of the three children born to this union only one, Adelbert Irvin, is living. John F. died at the age of twenty-two months, and Virgil Edgar was drowned January 12, 1885, in the Salamonie River, at the age of eight years and four months. Dr. Wilt is a member of the Blackford Medical Society. He is also a member of the Masonic order. In politics he is a staunch Republican. He was holding the office of trustee of Washington Township at the time of his removal to Montpelier, and was the first Republican holding that office in that township. ------------------------------ X-Message: #6 Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 22:27:01, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) Subject: THOMAS W. JOHNSON - DARKE COUNTY A PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF DELAWARE AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES, IND. A.W. Bowen & Co., 1894 - Page 1083-1084 THOMAS W. JOHNSON, an intelligent and enterprising citizen of Jackson township, is a native of Randolph county, Ind., born April 30, 1863, and a descendant, paternally, of a prominent pioneer family, the ancestors of which came to America from Ireland and Germany respectively, a number of years ago. Wesley Johnson, father of Thomas W., also a native of Randolph county, was born June 25, 1834, the son of Jacob and Mary M. (Vattenbaker) Johnson, natives of Ireland and Germany. He married April 29, 1857, in this county, Sarah Hindsley, who was born in Darke county, Ohio, February 26, 1842, daughter of Stephen and Anna (Mitten) Hindsley. The Hindleys were natives of North Carolina, from which state John Hindsley, father of Stephen, immigrated to Indiana at a very early period. To Wesley and Sarah Johnson have been born the following children: Malinda, wife of R. W. Harshman; Lillie V., died at the age of nineteen; Thomas W., subject of this mention; Joseph G.; William S.; Bertha A., wife of Henry Wilson, and Alfretta, who lives under the parental roof. Immediately after his marriage, Wesley Johnson located in Jackson township, where he still resides, owning at this time a fine farm consisting of 117 acres. Thomas W. Johnson's early education was acquired in the common schools, and later he attended the Normal college, of Danville, Ind., with the object of preparing himself for the teacher's profession. During the school year of 1887-88, he pursued his studies in the Ohio Wesleyan college, and in 1889 attended the State Normal school at Terre Haute, Ind., in both of which well known institutions he made substantial progress in the higher branches of learning. He entered the teacher's profession with a mind well disciplined for the work, and his success as an instructor is attested by the fact of his having taught ten terms in Jackson township alone. Mr. Johnson and Miss Gertrude, daughter of William R. and Elizabeth (Pogue) Warren, were untied in the bonds of matrimony on the 23d day of August, 1890, a union blessed with the birth of two children, Claude W., whose birth occurred January 11, 1892, and Ralph W., born April 27, 1893. Politically Mr. Johnson is an earnest supporter of the democratic party, and as such has been an important factor in a number of local and general campaigns. He was elected trustee of Jackson township in 1890, the duties of which office he discharged in a manner highly creditable to himself and satisfactory to the public, irrespective of party affiliation. He is a member of lodge No. 152, I.O.o.F., of Union City, takes an active interest in public affairs, and is one of Jackson township's representative men. Mrs. Johnson is a member of the Methodist church, in which she is highly respected. ------------------------------ X-Message: #7 Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 22:26:53, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) Subject: GEORGE EDWARD BLACK, M.D. - DARKE COUNTY HISTORY OF OHIO, The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925 Vol. III, Page 348 GEORGE EDWARD BLACK, M.D. Three generations of the Black family have been represented in the medical profession, their work being done in Ohio and Indiana. Dr. George Edward Black had graduated in medicine and had done some practice when the World war came on. He went into the service, finally in the Hospital Corps, was overseas, and since returning home has been located at Akron, where he is a highly qualified specialist in eye, ear, nose and throat work. Doctor Black was born at Weaver Station in Darke County, Ohio, December 30, 1886. His grandfather, Dr. Daniel T. Black, practiced medicine for many years as a country physician at Weaver Station and Fort Jefferson, Ohio. Dr. Ethelbert Henry Black, father of the Akron physician, was born in Grant County, Indiana, was a graduate of Rush Medical College of Chicago, and for thirty-three years handled an extensive county practice, at Rossburg in Darke County, Ohio. He died in 1915, at the age of fifty-five. He was very active in all civic and public affairs, owned a farm, had some fine horses, and was vice president of the Farmers Bank of Rossburg. He was also a member of the United Brethren Church and the Knights of Pythias. Dr. Ethelbert H. Black married Flora J. Hamaker, a native of Grant County, Indiana, now a resident of Palms in California. Next to the youngest in a family of four children, George Edward Black grew up in a rural community at Rossburg, Ohio, attending public schools, high school at Ansonia and Greenville, Ohio, and in 1909 graduated with the Doctor of Medicine degree from the Cincinnati Medical College, where he was a member of the Tau Alpha Epsilon fraternity. After graduating he engaged in practice at Rossburg as an associate of his father. In 1916 poor health caused him temporarily to retire from practice. Early the next year, when America entered the Worlds war, he enlisted as a private in the Three Hundred and Twentieth Infantry, taking that branch of the service in order to build up his physical constitution. Later he was made a first class sergeant in the Hospital Corps with the Three Hundred and Twentieth Infantry, and had eighteen months of service with the Expeditionary Forces. After the armistice Doctor Black went to London, England, and pursued special post-graduate work in the Central London Nose and Throat Hospital and the Eye and Ear Hospital. Upon receiving his discharge he spent some time at New York City doing special work in ear, nose and throat diseases at the New York Post Graduate Hospital. With this preparation he entered upon his career at Akron, where he confined his practice to this special lines. He belongs to the Summit County, Sixth District and Ohio State Medical associations, and also belongs to the State Eclectic and National Eclectic Medical associations. Doctor Black is prominent in American Legion circles, being a member of Summit Post, No. 19. He follows outdoor sports, particularly fishing and hunting, is a member of the Masonic Club and Coventry Lodge of Masons. Doctor Black married at New York City in June, 1919, Miss Blanche Flenniken, who was born and reared in Pennsylvania. -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V99 Issue #283 *******************************************