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TO O [MArchi1856@aol.com] #2 Pioneer Marriages in Allen County ["Linda D" ] #3 Allen County Probate Court Notices ["Linda D" ] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from OH-FOOTSTEPS-D, send a message to OH-FOOTSTEPS-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #1 Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 22:01:59 EST From: MArchi1856@aol.com To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <0.c5fec00f.255a3a27@aol.com> Subject: JONES FAMILY LETTERS FROM MO. TO OHIO 1880 T0 1919 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit THE TRANSCRIPTION REGARDING KIT JONES IS VERY POOR, AS IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO READ. THE LETTERS ARE PRETTY ACCURATE. LETTERS FROM THE JONES, ANDRA FAMILY To Lou (Lucinda) Jones Montgomery City 11/11/1906 Dear sister and children I hardly know how to express my heart felt sympathies too you as this a sad bereavement too me as well as you as he was my last and only living brother but dear sister he must have suffered more than we really knew to be ail ding as long as he was I don't know but I doubt that he has saw a well month since we live in Continental but now dear sister we honestly pity you and the children as we absolutely know nothing about the condition you are left in there for we don't know just what kind of advise to give. You told us that he sold the shop and paid off the mortgage then started to California but you didn't say how much he got for the shop nor whether he left you any money to live on or how much he took with him so I don't know the condition bit it was good of him to clear the home place for you for you will have your own home at least. Want too borrow and help you spend what poor Kit (Enos) has suffered death that you and his children may live and enjoy the benefit share of, but now dear sister if it is not so and there is nothing left you for subsist on then I will take the 2 boys Milo and Paul and care for them and do all I can to make good men of them and do the part of a brother as best I can for you and the rest of the children I only wish I was able to help you more now in your time of need to stand by you and help to bare the burden that has now fallen upon you is my wish and you have our best wishes and we hope that you will be faithful and staunch and do your very best to over come your grief and not go to sticks. Think for the living but not forget the dead. Well dear sister as I am at home alone today it is a sad and hopeless day with your letter before me as I write this letter I can hardly compose an intelligible letter I am all unstrung. Sallie and daisy went to saint louis yesterday to visit sallies brother and wont be back till tomorrow after noon. I found your letter on the sideboard when I came home so you see this is a sorrowful day for me but gods will be done god have mercy upon you and the little ones is my prayer. I will not forget you nor them. I only wish I was where I could do something for them god bless them for me and may they live to be good men and women. Now dear sister as I can think of nothing more to say at present I will close hoping to hear from you soon . Oh yes I suppose he took his fiddle with him and a lot of other keep sakes, if so I would have them returned if I were you. So now good by dear sister god bless and protect you, your brother in law A.R. Jones. Montgomery City, MO Note: in 1934 a Mrs. Arthur Jones was living at 149 So. Whipple St. Chicago, Ill Walker, Mo 11/8/1880 Mr. E.M. Jones Dear father I seat myself to write you a few lines. We are all well at present and hope this will find you the same. I will tell you what we are doing I am going to thersh this week I expect we will have 500 bushels of wheat and 200 of oats wheat is worth 75 cents a bushel oats 20 corn 25, potatoes 45 cents, apples 25 ct, butter 15ct a pound, eggs 15ct a dozen. Good steer calves is worth 15 dollars a piece cattle of every kind is high here at present. Hogs is worth 5 ? ct a pound. I have got two old sows and 15 pigs 8 that will weight a hundred a piece and one boy that will weigh 500 pounds. I am going to eat him. We have got 45 herd of cattle of all kinds. We have got a fine girl at our house a very find girl and the old woman is as crow as ever. This country is in prospering condition every thing is plenty. Coal is worth 8ct a bushel we live 9 miles from the timber raw prairie land is worth from 7 to 10 dollars an acre. We have the best country here for al purposes here that I ever saw but it is selling up so fast that the cattle business is about ruined here. I weigh 200 pounds mag is fat as a pig. Amen Oliver Walker, MO Vernon County Missouri Montgomery City 11/17/1906 Dear Sister Lue and babies We are sincerely sorry to hear of our dear brothers death all though we have expected it for years and yet it was a great shock to us but is seems so sad that he had to be buried so far away from his babies there worse trouble then death so we will just have to suffer and bear it we thought when Ollie was taken away from us that there was nobody went through such sorrow and grief and then to think what they went through and suffered we ought to be content. I and daisy was at Ollies grave Sunday and while I stood over the grave I wondered if her and kit (Enos) would know each other in the other world. Oh how I wish I could be with you through your trouble for I long for you for months after Ollie died now it god spares my life and nothing goes wrong between now and next year we Daisy and I are coming out. I haven't saw Abe for two weeks as Daisy and I have been to St. Louis on a short visit but I left him not telling him to write to you. He will be home Saturday night. We got home tired dirty and me with the sick headache as usual. I have it pretty hard out here as I have all the out door work to do but if the lord is willing this is the last year Abe will be away from home but as long as we are all well I have no right to complain brother lue does not look well. Now lue when you get the particulars of how he got there and all please write and tell every thing and how many days did he live after he got there and did you keep the insurance up I hope so did Sids girl get married and how much insurance did he carry in all. I only wish you could come and stay a little while anyway well poor Ollie I sure feel sorrow for her tell her she had better quit she cant get a boy to name Abe. I am sorry the girls have to go so far away from home to work but I am truly glad that you have your own home what ever you do, do not move away from it nor don't sell it. Well it is raining tonight Daisy has finished her lessons so she is tired and we will quit and go to bed. Daisy to Gladly. Well dear Gladis I have not much to say and will write on this you have had a very bad misfortune. I know and don't take it all to yourself there are others with thoughts and hearts the same tonight. I know it would nearly kill me to lose my dear father and of course you are the same. Well I received a letter from Rex and his picture yesterday and I don't think the news of his uncles death had reached him yet. S.W.A.K. Well I will close hoping to hear from you soon. Daisy Jones Tell Paul we received his letter and uncle will answer it soon. Los Angeles, CA 11/2/1906 Dear Sister Your letter was received today and was glad to know that you are all well. You asked me to write you a card everyday and tell you just how Kit (Enos) is getting along. Ill tell you just how he was when he got here and how he has been every since. The last four days he was on the train he was sick in bed and just taken care of by strangers and when he arrived here they telephoned us that he was on the train in a bed and for us to come and get him. George went and got him and he is still a very sick man. He has never been able to sit up and I think he is getting weaker all the time. We had the dr. For him and he said nothing could do him any good what ever and he don't think he will last very long. Kit is very hopeful and talks about getting well and still he knows that the Dr. Says he'll never be any better but he said if he should died he don't want to be sent back their, he wants to be buried here. Yesterday he had a good day but today he is not near so well he is having all care he could have. It is now bed time and ill tell you in the morning just how he is before I mail this letter. Saturday morning 11/3 Kit is no better this morning and is getting weaker all the time. Will still write a card tomorrow. Good bye from your sister Mrs. Hancoch New Florence MO 2/23/1919 Dear Sister Lou: No doubt you will be surprised to get a letter from me but as Al has been after me so long to write and see how many of you were still alive and enjoying good health will try and write this rainy day. We are all tolerable well Al is bothered with his kidneys and am afraid it will soon be brights disease he is as white headed as a sheep. Daisy is still with us and will be until the soldiers camped on the Rhine River are allowed to come home Juanita is a big girl going on 8 years old and of course grandpa and I think she is the only. We often think and speak of Milo his old trapeze still hangs in the old walnut where he put it. We are getting along very well on the farm we sold our young team of mules for $400.00 and if we had waited a little longer would have got $500.00. We have a fine team of young horses now but we are struck on Mo. Mules we have 9 head of cattle and some hogs about a hundred chickens we butchered 5 hogs for the winter. Brother Columbus and folks were out to see us thanksgiving they make about 3 trips a year out here in their car. We have not been to St. Louis for 2 years but are going this summer some time we are going to get us a car this fall as it is no longer safe to take a team on the roads. Who all that we know went to war was Paul old enough to be in the draft? Is he any stouter then he was? What is to hinder you and the little ones from coming out this summer or fall on a visit it is not so awfully far. J. Butte's and family are coming from Penn. In their cars this coming fall. Well we have had an uncommon pretty winter not cold and not much snow. Lots of Flu and Oh so many deaths there was a great number of our neighbor boys killed in France and I am sure glad the old cruel war is over only I wish I had had 10 boys to have been in it. Well write me a letter and tell me about all the old neighbors and where all the children are how is Ollie and her children. Well they tell me I don't look a bit older then I did when you saw me last but I feel older. How do you look ha, ha. Tell me where Ell. Rice is, is she still alive well I will close hopping to hear from you soon. Mrs. A.R. Jones New Florence Mo R.R. 3 New Florence, MO 3/30/1919 Dear Niece & Family Received your letter and was so sorry to hear of your ma's death for your uncle and I always thought as much of her as a sister. I had just planned a visit to her and to bring her home with me to spend the winter sorry you are not feeling so well and tonsillitis is something rare in Mo. Milo could not help noticing that. Sorry of Gladys's trouble would not be so bad if it were not for the baby. We are just having beautiful weather the peach trees are all out in blossom and we have our potatoes planted and most of our garden. If nothing happens we will have lots of peaches so come out this fall and eat peaches and cream. Your uncle said he would like to see you all and if you can't come why can't each of you send your pictures. No your uncle can not e classed in with the young men anymore he will be 66 the 9th day of Aug. But he does as much work as any young man and more then some yet. He broke a team of young horses last week two years ago a young team of mules run away with him and hurt him some and also broke Daisy's leg she was with him so we sold them for $400.00 last fall. A chicken farm is all right Ada but believe me the feed will cost a fortune unless you can get a very good farm that will raise the feed and they are all taken up by now. I make $7.00 and $8.0 a week on my chickens and do not keep very many but there are farmers down here that keep 5 and 6 hundred chickens. My chicks more than keeps the table but you know we have very little to buy as we have our own meat, butter, lard, milk, fruit and vegetables always potatoes to sell. I reckon Ollie does not have to make rag dolls now. I can see her white head bobbing over the railroad track yet. Now I am going to ask you a whole list of questions your uncle and I would like to know we will never forget the good visit we got with your mother at the worlds fair and how she seemed to enjoy herself. Who was she visiting in Indiana? We think it must have been Maudie Punch or Mrs. Rooks and how long had she been there? Did you go after the body or did they send it by itself? Did she have Glady's baby or any of the children with her? Why do you sell the home place why not rent it that would be more money in the long run. It sure is a beautiful home who did Ethel marry? Anyone we know? What has become of Joe Merritt and wife also Geo. Bills people Georgia Dickerhoff & her mother? Is Dr. Reddins still there? Are the Baden's still there? Is Ann Henry a widow women? What ails Abe and who cares for him? We would love to see him? Is your uncle Jim & Mag still living was sorry to hear of your Aunt Alice's death I suppose she left quite a number of children I never knew heart trouble bothered any of the Tushingers. What does Ollies man work at tell her to write to me and all of you come out to visit us and stay as long as you want to as we have 270 acres of land to turn around on. I suppose grandma Pacy has been dead years ago? Well I suppose it will be tiresome to answer all my questions but please do. The war is over but there are very few from these parts got home yet Daisy's soldier does not know when he can come as he on the Rhine in Germany was made a Corporal soon after landing in France is a marine and was in the very first battle that turned the Germans from Paris and he sure had many a narrow escape. Daisy has sure been doing some awful pretty crocheting and tatting all winter. This leaves us all well and hard at work and hope it will find you all well or at least feeling better so will close for this time so write and don't forget my questions Very Respectfully your Aunt Sarah PS Who now lives in our old home in Hamler was very glad to hear of your marriage hope you have a good man and living happily kiss both babies for us. In Memory of Susan Tusinger Died May 31 1892 Age 69 yrs 11 MO 27 days 1. Mother farewell thou art gone. No longer a pain from suffering and weakness but we miss you sadly you for we never shall see your face on earth again. 2. But thou art gone we trust above. To be among the blest where no more pain and sorrow dwell where the weary are at rest. 3. Your sufferings here on earth were great your patience calm and sweet for nearly four long months you were deprived of the use of your feet. 4. No more will see your bended form pass through the open door and no more we hear your faint voice calling as before. 5. But always when the wining comes and we are sitting sad and still it's then we miss you now your gone and our hearts with grief will fill. 6. But often yet we miss you at the table where you sat your place is there unoccupied but we think you'll fill it yet. 7. For we can not think that you have gone forever from our sight we think that you have gone away and will be back at night. 8. But now your race in life is run you rest from all your care and when our work on earth is done we hope to meet you there. 9. At last beside your bed we stood and watched your breathing cease and with a sad sweet smile you lift for the release of eternal piece. 12/29/1895 THE SAD STORY OF KIT JONES AND HIS WINDSTICK In Hamler town is a bunch of dry bones, known by the natives as Professor Kit Jones. As a Knight of the razor he's a roaring success. And at blowing a wind stick he's not a whit less. He's a stirring young man but aback and alas it's stirring the sugar in the depths of a glass. Kit was lately employed at the Lelipsic street fair of the music to furnish his share of good air now every one knows that Kit has wheels not in his head but to work with his heels so he mounted his bike and hild him away to Leipsic with his wind stick to help the band play. Kit scorched into town with his bicycle stood. Like a colored individual ducking into a coop to furlong a fat mullet. And the brave Leipsicites though used to strange scenes were not used to such sights. Said one man to his neighbor well don't that beat fun said the neighbor it's luck for him I've not got my gun. Now Kit had expected his family to bring and between you and me 'twas the proper thin. But they arranged to follow the very next day and that is the reason Kits hair has turned gray. The worry and fretting while making things hum for the next day rolled round and his wife had not come. The boys of the band are a kind hearted set and it grieved them sorely to see poor Kit fret. They couldn't console him 'twas no use a trying and from lalad to bull drum they soon were all crying. Not a man in the band could well see the notes for tears wiped away with the tails of their coats. His family came upon the third day and soon the rain clouds had all swept away then Kit so quiet and peaceful become and he played on his wind stick my wife has come. In truth he became so jolly and kind that he ate watermelon and shaved with the rind. Should any one doubt the truth of this tale note the witnesses below such proof can not fail. To convince judge and jury the story is true yet theirs just one thing that the boys cant see through. What was it kept Kit from getting quite sick from the paint he sucked off from old wind stick. Witnesses Gribble Fraukliu and Cramer who the Treble horns blow, hillan Krater and Reams wind jam mers you know, Roberts and Devenport the bass section two, who blowed on horns the wind couldn't blow through Young and avers who found the calfskin and mama who says when to stop and when not to begin. The Oath We each of us swear by bar staff and oath this tale is as true one as ever was wrote. Of the man from Hamler by name Kit Jones, who will never allow fat to wear out his bones. May he enjoy a long useful life, and share all his joys with his excellent wife. B.M.M. Kit when the Lima Northerns is built come over and see us. So your wife has come? Well, WEll, Well, would have think it? Forepages aggregation is an aggravation to the L.C.B. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 08:17:28 -0500 From: "Linda D" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <000901bf2b7e$07681ac0$f946443f@Linda> Subject: Pioneer Marriages in Allen County 1856 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Taken from Lima Democratic News July 1856 By J. Klinger, Levi DELONG to Lucinda BOWSHER By R.M. Badeau, Uriah WHITE to Emaline SPROTT By same, Delorna DANIEL to Sarah HARMAN By H. Reeder JP, Jacob BOYD to Sarah WARD By (Blank),John MAUHL to Mary KULP By J. DeLeal, John SHINABERRY to Orpha BRIDGES By Samuel Fesset, John MORT to Christina HARPSTER By John Viem JP, John RIGDON to Catharine CRIDER By Rev. A.R. Krebs, Lemuel HADDSELL to Margaret THAYER Aug 1856 By Harrison Malbie, Samuel HAY to Melinda IMLER By Jacob Klinger, John SNYDER to Lydia ANSPACH By Wm. Moorman, Samuel VOHRIS to Susannah STEVENSON By same, James LOWERY to Elizabeth SCOTT By same, Benjamin SOUTHWORTH to Sarah MOORE By Wm. Miller, Samuel SELLERS to Eliza BARTON By Freeman Bell JP, Christian WAGGONER to Mary FORD By same, David BRYAN to Juda MANNON By Rev. A.R. Krebs, John STULL to Barbara SCHUR By J. DeLeal, Jacob BRANT to Hester PAPPER By Montrose Irvin JP, Benjamin REED to Mary BRANT By J. Hall JP, Orange LAUROND to Clarinda DERRING By P. Stirewalt, Robert McHAFFEY to Mary RICHARDSON By same, John ROUSH to Mary JENKINS By Michael Martz, Abrahan BRENNEMAN to Eliza WARD By J. Armstrong, Edward OWEN to Elizabeth LEHMAN By same, John BOND to Fanny DAVIS By Rev. John Ford, Edward JOHNSON to Catherine BROWER By Peter Cahill JP, Calvin CLARK to Mary E. STEVER By Elijah Groble JP, Cyrus BROWN to Mary P. HAWK Sep 1856 By J. Armstrong, Peter VERBRIKE to Ann RIDENOUR By J.O. Bredeick, Henry BECKMAN to Anna MOENTES By same, Charles MEEKS to Catherine GARGES By Jno. Shaffer JP, Ephraim THRAILKILL to Elizabeth WOOLARD By J. DeLeal, Jacob NYE to Elizabeth BUSSERT By same, Joseph REEDER to Mary WARD By P. Cahill JP, C. STUKEY to Magdaline SHOPE By same, Moses WOLLET to Sarah SMITH By Jas. McFarland, Daniel TESTER to Elizabeth CLUTTER By Rev. Oliver Webster, William CHASE to Caroline MURREY By W. Hutchins JP, George CLUTTER to Amanda McMILLEN By same, Abram HAYS to Suffiah RIDENOUR By G. Overmeyer JP, Harvey WICKS to Eliza McMILLEN By Henry Fry, Thomas PIERCE to Elizabeth LEWIS By Henry Morris, Joshus RANKINS to Mary LANE Nov 10,1999 Submitted by Linda Dietz---Ohio Proud Rootsweb Sponsor Member Allen Co,Genealogy Soc ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 08:36:44 -0500 From: "Linda D" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <000b01bf2b80$b7fbbd40$f946443f@Linda> Subject: Allen County Probate Court Notices 1866 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Taken from Allen County Democrat The following accounts have been filed in the Probate Court of Allen Co., Ohio and will be for hearing on Monday July 2,1866 First account of Isiah S. PILLARS, admr. of Susannah VAN METER First account of Gideon STEINER, guardian of Noah STEINER, Barbara STEINER, and Fanny STEINER First account of David & Morris McCLAIN, Exc. of James McCLAIN, dec'd Final account of John B. FERGUSON, admr. of Charles FERGUSON, dec'd Final account of William YANT, admr. of Charles FERGUSON, dec'd, filed by Peter KLINGMAN, admr. of William YANT, dec'd Third account of Jesse J. & Abiah JOHN, admr's. of Griffith JOHN, dec'd First & final account of Jacob KESLER & Jacob SHAFER, Exc's. of Andrew KESLER, dec'd Final account of Catharine DAVIDSON, Adm'x of Joshua DAVIDSON, dec'd Final account of M. W. VANCE, guardian of Robert and Cecelia STEWART, minors Final account of Christian HILTY, guardian of the minor heirs of John E. STEINER, dec'd, filed by Magdalena HILTY, Exc. of Christian HILTY, dec'd Final account of Robert SNODGRASS, admr. of Alexander SNODGRASS, dec'd Final account of Humphrey CLIPPINGER, admr. of Sarah Ann CLIPPINGER, dec'd Final account of Hamiltion D. CREPS, admr. of Reheboam DOVE, dec'd Final account of Samuel B. BOWERS, admr. of Darcus BOOP, dec'd Final account of A.N. SMITH, admr. of Daniel KEVE, dec'd Second account of Frederick BOEDECKER, Exc. of Martin BOEDECKER, dec'd Charles Hughes Probate Judge Nov 10,1999 Submitted by Linda Dietz---Ohio Proud Rootsweb Sponsor Member Allen Co,Genealogy Soc -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V99 Issue #775 *******************************************