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Oh Obituaries Post Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 10:59 AM Subject: New Knox Co. Oh Obituaries Post Knox Co. Oh Obituaries A new message, "Some Holmes Co. Obits," was posted by Gerry Bacon King on Fri, 19 Nov 1999 Surname: Baldner, Bower, Coeman, Coleman, Conrad, Craft, Heffelfinger, Hively, Snively, Young --- NAME: Gerry Bacon King EMAIL: gking1@neo.rr.com DATE: Nov 19 1999 QRYTEXT: KNOX COUNTY Obituaries from the Guy Snively archives _ _ _ _ _ _ Mrytle Mae (Young) Baldner; Obituary (1955/56) Mrs. Mrytle Mae Baldner, 69, of RFD 3 Loudonville. Passed away Wednesday, May 25, at the Ashland Samaritan Hospital after a lingering illness. The daughter of John and Margaret Mowery Young she was born Feb. I7, 1886 in Knox County and lived in the Loudonville area all her life. She attended the Trinity Evangelical and Reformed Church. She was a member of the Eagles Auxiliary and the Homemakers Club. She is survived by: her husband, Leonard Baldner; three daughters, Mrs. Mable Richardson, Loudonville; Mrs. Blanche Saurer, Waynesburg and Mrs. Flossie Lewis of Akron; three sons: Carl and Herschel of Loudonville and Russell of Akron; seven grandchildren and one great grandchild. Also surviving are: two sisters, Mrs. Marie Miller, Loudonville, Mrs. Ethel Priest, Wooster, and two brothers: Gifford Young, Loudonville and Orley Young of Wooster. Services were held Saturday at 2:00 p.m. from the Banks Funeral Home conducted by Rev. Albert A. Kosower. Burial was made in the Loudonville Cemetery. _ _ _ _ _ _ Eileen (Conrad) Bower; Obituary (1983) Eileen Bower, 63, of Danville, died Wednesday evening in Mansfield General Hospital following a short illness. Born March 2, 1920 in Perrysville, she was the daughter of Albert and Mary McKee Conrad. She was married in 1946 to Howard Bower, who preceded her in death May 1, 1974. Survivors include one son, Charles Bower of Danville; one daughter, Susan Myers of Wapakoneta; two sisters, Betty Hyatt of Newark and Gladys Sodam of Bellville, Ill.; two brothers, Gerald Conrad of Hayesville and Henry Conrad of Cuyahoga Falls and one grandchild. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Fischer Funeral Home, Danville, with Stanley Ratliff officiating. Burial will be in Mount Vernon Memorial Gardens. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday in the funeral home. _ _ _ _ _ _ Pearl G. (Snively) Coeman; Obituary (7 Dec 1984) Pearl G. Coeman, 85, of Morning View Care Center, Danville, died early today at the care center following a long illness. Born Feb. 24, 1899 in Knox County, she was the daughter of Jacob and Josephine Breitenbucher Snively. She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church of Jelloway and the Ohio Historical Society. Surviving are one granddaughter; four great-grandchildren; one step great-grandchild and one sister, Mrs. Cloyd (Dorothy) Mutchler of Loudonville. She was preceded in death by her husband Charles Albert and one daughter. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in Zion Lutheran Church with the Rev. Robert Michelfelder officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the Fischer Funeral Home, Danville. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Charles C. Craft; Obituary (29 Oct 1988) FREDERICKTOWN-Charles C. Craft, 64, of Waterford Road died Saturday evening in Mansfield General Hospital after a long illness. He was born April 6, 1924, in Fredericktown to Charles and Katherine Snively Craft and was a life resident of the Fredericktown, area. He was a World War II veteran, serving in the Army Air Corps. He was a member of the Batemantown United Methodist Church and the aircraft owners and pilots association. Surviving are a brother, Jacob of Fredericktown; and three nieces and nephews. Calling hours will be today from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Snyder Funeral Home, where services will be held on Tuesday at 11 a.m. by the Rev. Esther Angel. Burial will be in Forest Cemetery. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Harve Heffelfinger; Obituary (1954/55) Harve M Heffelfinger, 76, a retired farmer, died Sunday afternoon at his home, RD 3, Loudonville. The son of Phillip and Elvina Heffelfinger, he was born May 3, 1878 in Holmes county and lived in the Loudonville area all his life. He was a member of the Trinity Evangelican and Reformed church. His wife, Mary, two sisters and one brother preceded him in death. Survivors are three sisters, Mrs. Alpheus Bird, Mrs. Frank Baldner and Mrs. William Buzzard, all of Loudonville; one brother, Carl Heffelfinger; and several nieces and nephews. Services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Banks funeral home conducted by his pastor the Rev. Albert A. Kosower. Burial will be in the Loudonville cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Mrs. Anna M. (Coleman) Hively; Obituary (23 Aug 1969) Mrs. Anna M. Hively of Danville, RD 2, died in University Hospital at Columbus yesterday after a long illness. She was born in Knox County and lived there most of her life. She was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church at Jelloway. Surviving besides her husband, Richard H., is a daughter, Miss Shirli Ann, at home; two sons, Daniel R., U.S. Army, and Bruse D., at home; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Coleman of Danville, RD 2. Services will be conducted Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at the Zion Lutheran Church, Rev. William Winszellor, officiating. Friends may call at Banks Funeral Home in Loudonville from noon Monday until noon Tuesday and at the church one hour before services. Burial will be in the church cemetery. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . This is an automatically-generated notice. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 09:34:22 -0500 From: "Maggie Stewart" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <039701bf342d$80b54800$0300a8c0@local.net> Subject: Fw: Bio - 1885 - Portage co, OH, #3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit ----- Original Message ----- From: Betty Ralph To: Sent: Thursday, November 18, 1999 2:08 PM Bios: Mansfield, Mattoon, Myers, Nichols, Norton - Portage County, Ohio, from "History of Portage County, Ohio" published by Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885 Copyright C 1999 by Betty Ralph. This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. bralph@hiwaay.net ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any 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. http://www.usgwarchives.net ************************************************************************ JOHN MANSFIELD, farmer, P.O. Atwater Centre, was born in Wallingford, Conn., November 18, 1806; son of Ira and Susan (Kirtland) Mansfield, who had a family of six children, of whom our subject is the only survivor. His grandfather, John Mansfield, was an officer of some distinction in the Revolutionary struggle. Ira Mansfield, his father, better known as Maj. Mansfield, made his way through the wilderness of Ohio in 1806, and succeeded in making a trade of land with Joshua Atwater, the original proprietor of the township, securing 360 acres. Returning to the East he brought his family back with him in 1808, and here founded a home. This land he subsequently sold, and purchased 150 acres near the present homestead. He raised a company of volunteers for the war of 1812, in which he to an active part. While in camp at Detroit his trusted clerk decamped with $1,500 of his money. For a time this crippled him, but his untiring ambition soon enabled him to retrieve the loss. Ira Mansfield's death occurred in Atwater in 1849. His widow survived him until 1851. Our subject was married, in 1833, to Miss Mary Hall, also a native of Wallingford, Conn., and who has borne him two sons: Ira K., residing at Chicago, Ill., is married to Emma J. Cook (their living children are Mary M., Susan M., and Bessie I.); Silliman S. married to Margaret Goss, they reside in Atwater Township, this county (Their children are Charles K., Alfred H., Pearl W., Henry L., Carrie J., Frankie G. and Ira S.). Mr. Mansfield is among the oldest settlers of Atwater Township. He has served as Assessor several terms, and has ever taken an active part in the development of his township. EDGAR H. MANSFIELD, farmer, P.O. Atwater, was born May 4, 1843, in Atwater Township, this county; son of Henry E. Mansfield, born in Wallingford, Conn., august 16, 1803, and grandson of Maj. Ira Mansfield, a pioneer of 1807 to Atwater Township. Henry E. Mansfield was twice married, first to Miss Jane Stanly, a native of Newton Falls, Trumbull Co., Ohio, who died April 2, 1837. Jane, the only surviving child of this union married M.D. Motherspaw, and is the mother of two children - Harry and Frank - and grandmother of Carl and Ruby. His second union was with Ann S. Stanly, a sister of his deceased wife, born August 16, 1815, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Moore) Stanly, the former born November 15, 1768, died August 13, 1848, the latter born August 22, 1772, died June 11, 1847, and who had thirteen children, of whom two survive: James, born July 23, 1801, and Ann S. There are seventy-nine living descendants of this couple. The subject of this sketch was married, in 1869, to Miss Lora E., daughter of William Campbell, a native of Atwater Township, this county. This family and its connections are among the oldest and most respected in Atwater Township; they are both industrious and successful, walking in the steps of their forefathers. SIDNEY MATTOON, farmer, P.O. Atwater, is a native of Atwater Township, this county, born December 25, 1832, son of Caleb and Betsey (Hall) Mattoon of Connecticut, and grandson of Caleb Mattoon, one of the earliest pioneers of this township, coming here from Connecticut with an ox team. Here he cleared a farm comprising 100 acres and lived the balance of his life. The subject of this sketch was united in marriage, in Atwater Township, this county, January 9, 1856, with Miss Elizabeth, adopted daughter of Aaron Baldwin. This union has been blessed with five children, four now living: Charles A., Jessie, Estella and Edwin. In 1858 Mr. Mattoon settled on his present farm of 240 acres. He is Trustee of the Congregational Church and Superintendent of the Sabbath school The family are among the oldest and most respected in Atwater Township. JOHN MYERS, Atwater, Ohio, was born in Berlin Township, Mahoning Co., Ohio, December 22, 1828, son of Daniel and Polly Myers from Pennsylvania, and early pioneers of Mahoning County, Ohio. The subject of this sketch had not the advantages of acquiring an education that many boys, even of his time, possessed. Arithmetic was his "main fort," and in that branch he got as far as the "double rule of three," His constant practice in compound numbers, interest, percentage and mensuration has made him so proficient in these departments of arithmetic that better scholars than he frequently acknowledge his superiority in these departments. When about twenty years old he commenced to battle with life for himself, and his first undertaking was a contract to cut 100 cords of four-foot wood at 25 cents per cord for John Boles, of Campbellsport. Taking for a partner his brother Henry, they accomplished the feat in ten days, going to and from their work twice during the time, a distance of fifteen miles. With his share of the proceeds, as part payment, Mr. Myers purchased a "Canfield grain thresher" for which he paid $200. This was his first investment, and he continued to follow threshing for sixteen years. In February, 1851, he was married to Miss Sophia Betts, a native of Columbiana County, Ohio, but who when two years old moved with her parents to Trumbull County, Ohio, where she lived until united in marriage to Mr. Myers. Our subject and wife spent one year of their married life in Berlin Township, and in the fall of 1852 they moved to Atwater Township, this county, on the farm where they now live, consisting of 120 acres, for which Mr. Myers paid $17.50 per acre; about ten acres of this farm were cleared off when Mr. Myers moved on it, but being possessed of a strong constitution and tireless ambition, with the best elements of character and natural frugality, his life's work has been crowned with merited success. He is owner of over 500 acres of land in Atwater Township, and notwithstanding the vast amount of labor connected with operating such a farm, he has always taken an active interest in educational matters, giving his children every advantage of acquiring a thorough education. The record of his family, all of whom are now living is: W.C., born November 3, 1852; Lucy A., born July 11, 1854, married to L.I. Glass; Chester A., born December 16, 1856, married to Clara E. Hawn; H. Alva, born August 20, 1859, married to Jennie T. Douthitt; Vinnie M., born August 27, 1861; Eddie M., born December 11, 1864; Hattie J. born January 8, 1867; Jesse O., born May 26, 1870, and Worthy Allen, born December 14, 1872. Six of these have taught school, viz.: W.C., Chester A., H. Alva, Vinnie M., Eddie M. and Hattie J. Mr. Myers is a strong supporter of Democracy, casting his first Presidential vote for Franklin Pierce, and voting for every Democratic candidate for President since that time. HENRY NICHOLS, farmer, P.O. Atwater Centre, was born in Fairfield, Columbiana Co., Ohio, September 20, 1825, son of Nasin and Elizabeth (Gould) Nichols, natives of New York State, where the former died when our subject was but two years of age. The widowed mother, with her son, came West and located in Ellsworth, Mahoning Co., Ohio, and three years later removed to this county, settling in Edinburg Township, where she was married, on second occasion, in Columbiana County, to Mahlon Siddall, by whom she had eleven children, nine of whom are now living: Marilda J., George W., Matilda A., Louisa and Elisha (twins), Lovinia, Keller, Isaac, and Melissa. The subject of this sketch has been a resident of Atwater and Edinburg Townships, this county, since 1834 and experienced all the hardships incident to pioneer life. Between his residence and Atwater Center the road covers hidden timber which he helped to fell in order to obtain a pass through the woods. He has been twice married, first in 1850 to Miss Mary K. Lynn, born in Linestone, Fayette Co., Penn., September 29, 1831, and who died in 1874, the mother of two children, both now living: Frances J., wife of Jerome Huxley, of Princeton, Kan. (have two children: Dallas H. and George E.), and Samuel E., residing in Atwater, married to Ada Wireman (have two sons: Bernard H. and Walter). Mr. Nichols was married on second occasion, in 1875, to Miss Eliza, daughter of Jesse and Emily Rogers, a pioneer family. Mr. Nichols in 1866 settled on his present estate, comprising 126 acres, where he has established a permanent home. He and his wife are connected with the Disciples Church of Edinburg. JOHN NORTON, farmer, P.O. Atwater, one of the oldest native residents of Atwater Township, this county, was born here in 1813; son of Jerry and Rachel (Hubbard) Norton, who journeyed from Connecticut in 1812, with ox teams and one horse. They had two children with them, were six weeks on the road, and located in Atwater Township, this county. They had a family of twelve children, of whom five are now living: Sarah, wife of Daniel Hall, in Richmond, Mich.; Mary, wife of Isaac Elliott; John; James; and Ellen, wife of Henry Beebe. Jerry Norton in the latter years of his life removed to Randolph Township, where he died. Our subject was married in Edinburg, this county, March 11, 1846, to Miss Elizabeth Elton, of Atwater Township. Their only child (adopted), Martha, married Z. Strong and has three children: Willie, Henry, and Landa. Mr. Norton lives on the homestead farm consisting of 100 acres. He has served his township as Treasurer. -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V99 Issue #792 *******************************************