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The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. *********************************************************************** OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 754 Today's Topics: #1 Pioneer Marriages in Allen County ["Linda D" ] #2 Allen County Probate Court Notices ["Linda D" ] #3 SUMMIT COUNTY PART 10 [Gina Reasoner To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <000101bf2082$b00ad340$6746443f@Linda> Subject: Pioneer Marriages in Allen County 1854 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Taken from Lima Democratic News Apr 1854 By John Webster JP, George MILLER to Rebecca ARCHER By same, Isaac SHUPE to Nancy CLAYTON By same, Thomas CLAYBAUGH to Elizabeth FISHER By J.S.DeLeal, Peter KIMBER to Supphron RUSSELL By Rev. A.R. Krebs, Calvin OSBORN to Frances BARBER By same, John KEEVES to Mary DEPUE By Thomas Elcock, Lewis ROBUCK to Mary RUTH By T.J. Babcock, Simon BROWN to Irene VANWEY By same, William HOLLAND to Cassander FOSTER By J.O.Brederick, Peter PHELAN to Ann WILLS By same, Henry KLINGEMBERG to Caroline NEWER By T.H.King JP, John MARSH to Mary RAINS By Thomas Delzell JP, William BANKS to Mary LEWIS By William Yocam JP, Phillip FISHER to Lydia KELLER By same, Lewis MUMAUGH to Barbary CONSTANT By M.K.Hard. Henry WESBY to Cyntheann HAYS By Archelaus Martin JP, Elias FARVER to Rosannah CULVER By P. Herring JP, John DILLER to Catherine PENCE By John Sprott JP, Julius CURTIS to Elizabeth JENNINGS May 1854 By T.H. King JP, Michael ROOPRIGHT to Malinda YOUNG By Rev. A.R. Krebs, Isaac ANDREWS to Mary IRELAND By John Hall, Alanson ROADS to Ellen STEVENS By same, William HALL to Eliza WATT By same, James CRAFT to Malinda SIMPSON By R.M.Badeau, David OWEN to Fanny ROSE By Thomas Davis JP, Joseph CARPENTER to Mary ARMITAGE By Harrison Maltbie, Harrison NORMAN to Sarah STEVENSON By Cyrus Carter JP, Enoch CASEBEAR to Catherine BOWMAN By John Sprott JP, Josiah MILLER to Irie TIPTON By J.B.Roberts JP, Elijah WILLIAMS to Mahala CLORE By same, William LHAMON to Millesent FORD By Michael Martz, Miles USHER to Emily MILLER By (Blank), John HAND to Mary OMEN By S. Wilson, Robert PEARSON to Elizabeth MEEKS By S. M. Brower, John NEAL to Mary MAXON Jun 1854 By Loun Coffin JP, John WORNE to Matlida YAZLE By Freeman Bell JP, George DAVIS to Mary A. BOOTH By Michael Martz, Richard OARD to Christena RIDENOUR By Fred Allstetter, Henry BIDINGER to Elisa ALLSTETTER By same, Frank BEYER to Mary GEISERT By Rev. A. R. Krebs, John VANNATTA to Eliza LONGSHORE By J.B. Roberts JP, Henry SLYGH to Mary BOWMAN By Benjamin Byerly, Lewis MILLER to Jane KIGER By Isaac Hardesty JP, George BROWN to Martha CANADY By S.M. Brower, Samuel HOVER to Minerva PRATT Oct 27,1999 Submitted by Linda Dietz---Ohio Proud Rootsweb Sponsor Member Allen Co,Genealogy Soc ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 12:25:41 -0400 From: "Linda D" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <000101bf2097$ebb01800$3b030ad0@Linda> Subject: Allen County Probate Court Notices 1870 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 Monday Sept. 5,1870 The third and final account of Emanuel BINKLEY, guardian of Adam BINKLEY's heirs. The second account of G.B.BENNET, guardian of John A. & E.A. McGINNIS, minors The first and final account of Joseph SIMON (filed) by George FELTZ, admr of Joseph SIMON, (dec'd,) admr of John STULL, dec'd The second account of J.H. METZLER, guardian of James L. NEELEY, minor The second account of J.H. METZLER, guardian of Stephen H. NEELEY, minor The final account of James CREMEAN, admr of Jacob CREMEAN, dec'd The second and final account of William RUMBAUGH, admr of William RUMBAUGH, dec'd The first account of David GATZ, guardian of Godfrey KUHNI, minor The first account of Abraham KESLER, admr of Peter KESLER, dec'd The second and final account of Reason F. HULLIBERGER, admr of John HULLIBERGER, dec'd L.M. Meily Probate Judge Oct 27,1999 Submitted by Linda Dietz ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 23:22:38 -0400 From: Gina Reasoner To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.19991026232238.009574d0@pop.prodigy.net> Subject: SUMMIT COUNTY PART 10 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Historical Collections of Ohio By Henry Howe, LL.D. SUMMIT COUNTY PART 10 JOHN STRONG NEWBERRY was born in Windsor, Conn., December 22, 1822. Two years later his father, Henry Newberry, removed with his family to Cuyahoga Falls. The last-named was a lawyer, a large landholder, and one of the Directors of the Connecticut Land Company, which he founded on land inherited from his father, Hon. Roger Newberry. Young Newberry graduated at Western Reserve College in 1846, and at Cleveland Medical College in 1848. Travelled and studied abroad two years; then practised medicine at Cleveland until 1855. In May, 1855, he was appointed assistant surgeon and geologist with a United States exploring party to Northern California. In 1857-58 he accompanied Lieut. Ives in the exploration and navigation of the Colorado river. In 1859 he travelled over Southern Colorado, Utah, Nerthern Arizona and New Mexico on an exploring expedition, which gathered information of great value concerning a hitherto unknown area of country. June 14, 1861, although still on duty in the war department, he was elected a member of the United States Sanitary Commission. His medical knowledge and army experience led to his becoming one of the most important members of the Commission. (For a sketch of his valuable service on this Commission, during which hospital stores valued at more than five million dollars were distributed, and one million soldiers not otherwise provided for received food and shelter, see Vol. i "Ohio's Work in United States Sanitary Commission.") After the war, Dr. Newberry was appointed Professor of Geology and Paleontology at the Columbia School of Mines -a position he still holds. In 1869 he was appointed State Geologist of Ohio, filling this office till the close of the survey, making reports on all the counties of the State. The results of the survey are embodied in nine volumes, of which six are on geology, two on paleontology and one on the zoology of the State, with a large number of geological maps. In 1884 he was appointed Paleontologist to the United States Geological Survey. In January, 1888, the Geological Society of London conferred on him its Murchison medal. He is a member of most of the learned societies in this country, and many in Europe. He was one of the original incorporators of the National Academy of Sciences; has been President of the American Association, for the Advancement of Science, and President of the New York Academy of Science since 1867, and President of the Torrey Botanical Society. The publications of Prof. Newberry are quite numerous, and include, in addition to his reports to the United States Government, the State of Ohio, and the Sanitary Commission contributions to the scientific journals, and transactions of learned societies, of which the titles number nearly two hundred. AN EDUCATIONAL HERO. The northernmost part of this county is formed by two townships. That on the west is Northfield and that on the east Twinsburg. It has a village centre called Twinsburg, wherein stands on the village green a Congregational church and a Soldier's monument, thus symbolizing God and Country. When old Pomp took me over the State, I passed through this village and found it was an educational spot for children -boys and girls largely from farmers' families form the entire country around. They told me that in many cases children from the same family kept house and boarded themselves -the girls cooking for their brothers, and they chopping wood, kindling fires, and doing the rough work for their sisters. This struggling for an education among the young people aroused my sympathy. As Pomp bore me away, I felt I had a pleasant indestructible picture for my mind's keeping. the good things are eternal. Then Twinsburg is not a bad name; it brings the thought of two at one time to coo and be loved. From that period until now Twinsburg has been as a far-away picture in the dim remote. Now, on opening the county history, there comes a revelation of the great work done there in the early years, starting out of the wilderness. then, withal, a hero is behind it -a great moral hero. The contemplation of one who liveth not unto himself alone swells the heart. SAMUEL BISSELL is of Puritan stock; his ancestors among the founders of old Windsor on the Connecticut. In 1806, when he was nine years old, he came with his father into the wilderness of Portage county, where he helped to clear up the woods. He was educated at Yale, took charge of a then feeble Congregational Society at Twinsburg and taught school. The church grew under his ministrations, and after a lapse of fourteen years he gave up his pastorate and devoted all his time to the "Twinsburg Institute." He has devoted himself to the institute for over fifty-two years,during which time more than 6,000 students of both sexes have been under his instruction. The details of his work are here given from the history issued in 1881. It was in 1828 that he came to Twinsburg, when the Society erected a block-house for his family, and he took for his school a rude log-house twenty by thirty feet. It had for windows three small opening in the logs, each with rude sashes and four small panes of glass. The furniture consisted of rude seats and desks hastily constructed. The dismal room had a broad fire-place, with chimney built of stones and clay. He thus began his work of philanthropy. The school was opened free of any charge to all young people desirous to attend, except from those disposed to pay, in which case the tuition for the term was to be two dollars. From the first, it was a success. Three years later a combined church and school-house was erected. In 1843 a large two-storied frame building was secured, and in the lapse of five years two others. The reputation of the Twinsburg Institute was now so extended that he had about 300 pupils of both sexes largely from abroad. Seven teachers and assistants were under him, and the students wherever desired fitted for college. No charger was obtained and no public money given -the entire institution rested upon the shoulders of one man. the ordinary tuition charged was two dollars for the term, and when the classics were taught never more than four dollars. More than six thousand students have been in attendance at the institute during its continuance, and out of these about two hundred have been Indians of the Seneca, Ottawa, Pottawatomie and Ojibway tribes. Ministers, statesmen, generals, lawyers, professors, physicians and artisans, in all portions of the country, trace the beginning of their education to the door of the Twinsburg Institute. A good library was secured, and literary and other societies were instituted. The benevolence of Mr. Bissell was such that he not only greatly lowered the tuition, but even educated hundreds at his own expense who were unable to pay their own way. He was accustomed to give such students a few light chores to do, and these, trifling duties were so divided and subdivided that the work was more in name than in reality. It is related that on one occasion Mr. Bissell having gone to extremes in this respect, some of the students thus detailed grumbled about having more to do than others. Considerable ill-will was thus incited. One morning Mr. Bissell arose at his usual hour, five o'clock and, beginning with these chores, completed the entire round before the time for opening the school. Not a word was said; but the act spoke in volumes to the fault-finding students, who, after that, vexed the ear of the principal with no more grumblings. Among the Indian youth was George Wilson, a Seneca, about whom a great deal has been said. He became a fine scholar -superior in many important respects to any other ever in the institute. His presence was fine and imposing, and he displayed rare gifts in logical force and fervid eloquence. Mr. Bissell says that the quality of his eloquence, the unusual power of his intellect and the force of his delivery, resembled in a marked manner those of Daniel Webster. He afterward became chief of his tribe, and was sent to represent their interests to the New York Legislature and to the New York Historical Society, receiving from the latter several thousand dollars for his people, who were in a starving condition in the West. Another one, named Jackson Blackbird, or "Mack-a-de-bennessi," was an Ottawa, and a direct descendant of Pontiac. He excelled in composition,and composed a comedy, three hours in length, that was presented by the societies of the institute publicly to large audiences with great success.Mr. Bissell became know throughout the Reserve for his philanthropy in the cause of Indian education. Some two hundred were educated at the institute, from whom no compensation worth mentioning was ever received. all their expenses were paid -including board, tuition, room, fuel, light, washing, books and stationery, and some clothing -at the fair estimate of $200 each a year. This expense, borne by no one except the Principal, estimated at these figures, has amounted during the history of the institute to over $40,000. Almost as much has been expended on indigent white youth; and when the cost of erecting the various buildings is added to this, the total amount foots up to the enormous sum of over $80,000; all of which has been borne by Mr. Bissell. To offset this not more than $12,000 have been received from all sources. When the rebellion ensued the institute received an almost ruinous blow. Several of the buildings were sold to pay its debts. From the materials of the wreck he saved a few hundred dollars, obtained a loan of $1,500 and erected the present stone building, largely doing the manual labor himself, he then a man of seventy years. Without any previous experience he put on the roof, made the doors, window frames,etc. The entire cost was about $8,000. "Not only," says the 'County History,' "was the undertaking gigantic, but its wisdom may be doubted. The institute is likely to fail altogether when the Principal's hand is removed by death from the helm. "Mr. Bissell is now almost penniless, and is compelled to teach for a living at the age of more than eighty years. Considering the invaluable service he has rendered the village and township in the past; how scores of people now living there have been the recipients of his generous bounty; how patient self-denial and faith in God have been the watchwords of this venerable old man; it is unquestionably due from the citizens to provide him with a least the necessaries of life. -continued in part 11 -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V99 Issue #754 *******************************************