OHIO STATEWIDE FILES OH-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List Issue 59 *********************************************************************** 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. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 59 Today's Topics: #1 CIVIL WAR DISCHARGE:Underwood, Was ["marilyn_morgan" ] #5 Fw: Gardner Family Knox Co. Oh. ["Maggie" ] #7 Fw: Birth record Muskingum Co. 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No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #1 Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 12:45:11 -0800 From: "marilyn_morgan" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <000901bf7a51$0e1ec360$b140193f@mmorgan> Subject: CIVIL WAR DISCHARGE:Underwood, Washington & Clinton Counties Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit # 1--To all whom it may concern Know ye That Reuben UNDERWOOD a Private of Captain George Wrights' Company "B" 14 Regiment of Illinois Infantry Volunteers who was enrolled on the Twenty Fifth day of May one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one to serve Three years or during the war is hereby Discharged from the service of the United States this Eighteen day of June 1864, at Springfield, Illinois by reason of Expiration of term of service. (No objection to his being re-enlisted is known to exist) Said Reuben Underwood was born in Washington Co. in the State of Ohio, is 22 years of age, 6 feet inches high light complexion, blue eyes, Red hair, and by occupation when enrolled a Carpenter. Given at Springfield this Eighteen day of June 1864. #2--To all whom it may concern Know ye That Reuben UNDERWOOD a Private of Captain ____A. Cr_______Company (F) 60 Regiment of Ohio Infantry Volunteers who was enrolled on the ___ day of October one thousand eight hundred and Sixty-four to serve One years or during the war is hereby Discharged from the service of the United States this Twenty eighth day of July 1865, at DeLaney House DC by reason of ? ? ? 178 Hd. ? Dept of Washington July 24, 1865 (No objection to his being re-enlisted is known to exist) Said Reuben Underwood was born in Clinton Co. in the State of Ohio, is 22 years of age, 6 feet inches high light complexion, blue eyes, Red hair, and by occupation when enrolled a Farmer. Given at DeLaney House this Twenty eighth day of July 1865. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 17:09:05 EST From: Matboyd@aol.com To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <61.19146a7.25df1d01@aol.com> Subject: Scott's Hist. of Fairfield County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Incorporation In the year 1831, Lancaster became an incorporated village, by enactment of the Lesiglature of the State. During the twenty years that elapsed between that and 1851, when Lancaster became a city of the third class, I have only been able to learn the name of one of its Mayors. John GARAGHTY, Esq., now a resident of the State of Iowa, was Mayor two years, about 1848 and 1849. Here follow the Mayors from 1851, in order of their election: Wm. P CRIED, 1851-1853 John D. MARTIN, 1853-1855 Silas HEDGES, 1855-1857 Alfred McVEITH, 1857-1859 Kinis FRITTER, 1859-1863 Samuel EWING, 1863-1867 Tallman SLOUGH, 1867-1875; and in Apirl, 1875 Philip BENADUM, the present incumbent, was elected. Finances In an old copy of the Ohio Eagle, published in Lancaster, and bearing the date of June 9, 1827, I find the following statement of the receipts and disbursements of the corporation for two yeas, viz: from April 20 1825 to April 23, 1827, inclusive.The income consister of taxes collected, and for licenses for shows and exhibitions, thus: Total amuount of income...........$888.14 1/4 Total disbursement...................932.88 1/2 Balance against the Treasury............... $44.74 1/4 Benjamin Connell, Treasurer Attest: Gotlieb Steinman, Recorder In contrast to the above, is the annexed statement, taken from the County Treasurers books, showing the receipts and disbursement for two years, juist fifty years later. Total Income from all sources other than School Fund...........$61, 437.86 Total disbursement for all purposes other than schools...........53, 220.08 ---------------------- Balance in Treasury..........................................................,$8,217.78 During that period the corporation paid Thomas EWING, then a young lawyer practicing in the place, $5.00 for legal services. During the latter two years the legal services of attorneys an aggregate sum of about $1,000.00 ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 17:09:04 EST From: Matboyd@aol.com To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: Scott's History of Fairfield Co Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit pg 20 Practicing physicians of Lancaster in 1876: The following are the practicing physicians of Lancaster in 1876: Mr. Effinger, Dr.Turner, Dr. Jackson, Dr. Lewis, Dr. Flowers, Dr., Harmon Dr. Chas. Shawk, Dr. George Boerstler Dr. Goss, Dr. Meisey, Dr. P. Carpenter, Dr. Long & Son, Practicing Attorneys in Lancaster in 1876 Tallman Slough, J.S. Sites, David Clover, Newton Schleigh, John McCormick, J.M. Connell, C.D. Martin, John S Brazee, John Reves, Samuel Kistler, Clay Drinkle, Charles Drinkle, C.F. Shaeffer, Wm. Davidson, Reese Eversole, Kinnis Fritter, Mr. Dolson, Mr. Hite, John McNeal, Wm. Shultze, Builders and lumber dealers Orman Brothers, Vorys Brothers, Denton & Sons, and others Coal dealers: JV Kinney, H. Carter, and others Agricultural Works Hocking Valley Works, Theodore Mithoff & Co., Eagle Works, Whyly Brothers & Eckert. Woolen factory' McAnasby & Co. Hotels at present Talmadge House, Mithoff House Bauman House, Wetzel House, Columbus Street House, and the Broadway Hotel There are three marble monument shops: Mr Bloom Mr. Findley Pool & Co There are the machine shops of the Cincinnati & Muskingum Valley railroad There are likewise three carriage and buggy establishments: Sears & Mahoney, Shutt Brothers, and Geiser Brothers. Lancaster has not been characterized for bold enterprise and adventure. For the most part, its citizens have been of the conservtive sort, content to pursuer a legitimate business with gradual growth. More of its people own their own abode, so the proportion of renters is smaller. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #4 Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 17:43:30 -0600 From: Betty Ralph To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <2.2.32.20000218234330.006e93a8@HiWAAY.net> Subject: Bio - 1885 - Portage Co, OH, Franklin # 7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Bios: Felt, Ferrey, Foote, Furry, Gardner - Portage County, Ohio, from "History of Portage County, Ohio" published by Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885 Copyright © 2000 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 A. FELT, machinist and manufacturer of the Acme Paint Burner, Kent, was born in Peterboro, Hillsborough Co., N.H., May 8, 1837, son of Stephen and Mary K. (Ames) Felt. He was reared and learned his trade in Peterboro. In 1855 he came to Ohio, locating in Norwalk, and working in the Lake Shore Railroad Shops for eleven years; then he moved to Fairfield, Huron County, where he remained one year, and in 1867 located in Kent, where he has been employed as a machinist in the railroad shops to the present time. On October 3, 1882, he received a patent on the Acme Paint Burner, designed to removed old paint from railroad cars, vehicles, furniture, etc., and has since been engaged in the manufacture of the same. Mr. Felt was married, August 1, 1860, to Emma A. Willey, of Norwalk, Ohio, by whom he has two children: Cora A. and Elmer J. He is an active member of the I.O.O.F. In politics a Republican. BYRON FERREY, farmer, P.O. Kent, was born in Franklin Township, this county, September 7, 1846; son of Aaron and Mary (Dickinson) Ferrey, natives of Massachusetts. Aaron Ferrey was twice married, and by his first wife, Elizabeth (Goodrich) Ferrey, he had eleven children, and by his second marriage (with Mary Dickinson) he had two children - Eliza, wife of Henry A. Swan and Byron. He settled in Franklin Township, this county, about 1832, locating on the farm now owned by Harley Judson, where he lived about twenty years, when he removed to Kent and resided there until his death. He died in 1860, at the age of seventy-eight. Our subject has always lived in his native township, where he was reared and educated. He was married, September 5, 1870, to Hannah, daughter of Harley and Chloe (Loomis) Judson, of Franklin Township, this county, by whom he has three children: Minnie, Charlie J. and Georgia M. Mr. Ferrey is a representative farmer of Franklin Township; in politics he is a Democrat. FREDERICK FOOTE, grocer, Kent, was born in Wood County, Ohio, November 14, 1835; son of Epaphroditus and Charlotte M. (Smith) Foote, former of whom settled in Wood County in 1827, and there lived until his death. Our subject was reared on his father's farm and educated in the common schools. He farmed in his native county up to 1863, after which he served as a clerk in a general store till 1872, when he located in Kent and engaged in mercantile business with E.A. Parsons. November 1, 1873, he became manager of the Kent co-operative store, but in January, 1882, he embarked in the grocery business with C.F. Sawyer. October 1, 1883, Robert Reed became associated with him under the firm name of Foote & Reed, one of the leading grocery firms of Kent. Mr. Foote married, September 2, 1872, Alice, daughter of Freeman and Mercy A. (Lincoln) Underwood, of Brimfield, by whom he has had three children: Ernest N. (deceased), Mary L. and Carl F. He is a member of the R.A. and is a F. & A. M.; has been Treasurer of the Township Corporation and a member of the School Board. In politics he is a Democrat. GEORGE A. FURRY, grocer, Kent, was born in Brimfield Township, this county, December 16, 1838, son of William and Martha L. (Russell) Furry. His paternal grandfather was John Furry, a native of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., who settled in Brimfield Township, this county, in 1816, where he lived and died, and whose wife was Julia A. Harris, a native of Philadelphia, by whom he had eight children: Joseph (deceased), William (deceased), Mooney (deceased), Ann (Mrs. Edward Russell), Henry T., Lucy J. (deceased), Mary J. (Mrs. George Ogle), and an infant son (deceased). The maternal grandfather of our subject was Edward Russell, an early settler of Brimfield Township, this county. The children of William Furry were George A., Helen E. (Mrs. David Tucker, of Kent), Lucy (Mrs. Theodore Campbell, of Kent), and Wallace W., of Cleveland. Our subject, after he became of age, farmed until April, 1861, when he enlisted in Company G, Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was in the battles of Cross Lane, Winchester, Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Cedar Mountain, Lookout Mountain, Ringgold, Resaca, Peach Tree Creek, and many other engagements, and was honorably discharged June 9, 1864. In that year he went to Poughkeepsie, N.Y., where he attended the Eastman Business College for six months, thence went to Cleveland, Ohio, where he served as Clerk in the distributing department in the postoffice of that city; then returned to this county and served as Clerk in Streetsboro. In 1873 he embarked in the grocery business in Kent, with George L. Stauffer, Esq., in which he has since been successfully engaged. He was married, May 19, 1876, to Lucy, daughter of James and Maria (Hopkins) Woodard, of Kent, by whom he has one child - Mattie M. Mr. Furry is a member of the Masonic fraternity, the G.A.R., and R.A. In politics he is a Republican. WILLIAM R. GARDNER, baker, Kent, was born in Brimfield Township, this county, December 30, 1819; son of John V. and Sarah A. (Spear) Gardner, natives of Massachusetts, who settled in Brimfield Township in 1817, where they lived until February, 1838, when Mrs. Sarah A. Gardner died. John V. Gardner then, in 1839, removed to Franklin Mills (now Kent), where he embarked in mercantile business, in which he was engaged for several years. He died April 7, 1878, in his ninety-first year. He served as Justice of the Peace of Brimfield for fifteen years, also in Franklin about the same length of time. He was married first to Sarah A. Spear, by whom he had nine children, seven of whom grew to manhood and womanhood: John V.R., Eliza and Julia Ann E. (deceased), William R., Reuben F. (deceased), Reuben F., Abigail L. (Mrs. John Morris), Caroline A. (Mrs. O.C. Holden), Sarah F. (Mrs. Nourse). Then, in March, 1839, J.V. Gardner was married to Margaret Beatty, nee Haymaker, by whom he had three children: George D., Mary (Mrs. George Stauffer) and Estella (Mrs. Mark Chase). The subject of this sketch was reared in Brimfield Township, and in 1839 came to Kent with his parents and entered his father's store. He was with D.P. Rhodes, of Cleveland, for several years, and embarked in his present business in 1876. He was married, in 1851, to Sarah E. De Moss, of Cochocton, Ohio, by whom he has two children: John V. and Lewis D. Mr. Gardner is one of the substantial business men of Kent. In politics he is a Republican. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #5 Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 18:47:45 -0500 From: "Maggie" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <0fa501bf7a6a$911ecc60$0300a8c0@local.net> Subject: Fw: Gardner Family Knox Co. Oh. Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ----- Original Message ----- From: dtivener Family History of the Gardner Family was done by Dr. Gardner of Barberton, Ohio. Given to Donna M. Tivener, by Martha Grassbaugh of Danville, Knox Co Oh. June 1988. Anthony Gardner was born in Ersweiler, a small town in Alsas Loraine on Jan. 18, 1803. In 1825 he married Mary Barbara Lazarus. She was born in a neighboring village of Gonsweilter on Jan. 16, 1805. Soon after marriage they purchased a small hotel in his native village, which they occupied for about four years. On 2 Jan. 1827 their first child was born, whom they named Francis Martin Gardner. Fourteen months later their second child was born, but lived onl y three months. A serious misfortune overtook them in the spring of 1829 when their hotel was completely destroyed by fire. This was a severe loss to the young couple. Discouraged by the loss of their second child and destruction of their property, they finally decided to come to America where his brother, John Michael Gardner had recently located. Brother "Mike", as he was called, had located on a farm east of Lana Lake, in fact, a part of this farm, about four acres, was in Lana Lake. [ For many years this farm was know as "The Hollinger Farm" ]. Of course, their destination in the new country was Clinton, {Summitt Co.] Ohio. There is no record of the date of their departure from their home town of Ersweiler. Their voyage by said boat was slow, about six weeks. They landed in New York City in the summer of 1829., which was soon after the completion of the canal from Albany to Buffalo, New York. They decided to take the trip via the canal to Lake Erie, thence to Cleveland, Ohio, rather than the overland trip by wagon and oxen to get to Ohio. After arriving in Cleveland they spent several days looking around. Cleveland, in 1829, it was a village of about 2000 inhabitants then. There not being much to entertain a few Alsatian immigrants, they naturally were in a location. Some fellow had a tract of cheap land about one mile out in the country, which was flat and covered with underbrush and a few trees---not very inviting to the newcomers. There was a road through the tract and some cattle and Indian paths. The road is now Superior Street or Avenue and the tract of was located in the neighborhood of Superior and North Streets. They offered grandfather this eighty acre plot for eight dollars an acre, but grandfather said it didn't look good to him---too swampy and too many mosquitoes. The new canal had just been completed from Cleveland to Massillon. so they left Cleveland and jouneyed to brother Mike's farm near Clinton. After a short stay at brother Mike's they secured a small tract of land on the east side of Chippewa Creek, about a mile east of what is now Warwick where they lived several years. Then their third child, named Anthony, was born 9 Oct. 1831 their fourth child, a daughter whom the named Matilda, was born 9 Aug 1837. At this time the United States Government opend a large tract of land in Knox County for a settlement. This land was put on the market to sell for about $4.00 per acre. So grandfather decided to investigate and finally succeeded in securing a four hundred (400) acre tract of land in Brown Township, about three miles southeast of the village of Brownsville, now Jelloway. The north side of the farm facing the 3-C Highway.[ The 3 C, was the Rt. 3 to Cleveland, Columbus and Cinncinnati. now one of the most beautiful highways in Ohio.] Here he brought his wife and two chidlren, Tony and Frank. On this tract there was a splendid spring of cold water flowing from the side of the hill which was patronzied by black bears, as it afforded them a splendid wallow, and the young cubs practiced climbing the trees which they had worn smooth from their frequent trips up and down. Other wild animals were still pentiful, as this was a part of many thousands of acres of virgin forest. Their fifth child, a daughter named Christianna, born on 9 Apr. 1840, a short time before they moved to Knox Co. After arrriving at their new destination, they were confronted by the fact that there was no were to live except in the small two-room Log house which had just been completed. It took a number of days of hard work cutting trees, which had to be cut to certain lengths and dragged up near the spring at which point the new log house was built with the help of grandfather's thirteen year old son, and a friend, a Mr. Hess, who had built himself a log house located about two miles away. Building a log house in these days meant a great deal of work to these early settlers, because it was necessary to chop, split, hew--all the parts that entered in to the construction of such a simple building as a log house. The roof was put on with shingles split out of wood cut into three-foot lengths. There were no nails, so in order to fasten the shingles on the roof, saplings were cut the length of the house about two feet apart and the shingles laid on top of thes saplings. Then small trees about four to five inches in diameter were laid on top of these shingles. This log was held on the roof by a wooden pin, and auger one inch in diameter was used to bore the hole for the pin. The fireplace was a huge afair, aobut five feet long, by depth of three feet. Their sixth child, John Baptist Gardner, was born in this log house on 29 Mar. 1842, being the first child born in the log house. The seventh of the children and the second to be born in the log house was a girl whom they named Catherine, born 22 Aug. 1844. Then came another daughter, the eighth child, the third born in the log house, named Mary, born 29 Jan. 1848. Then came a son, Leo, born 19 Jan. 1850. In 1845 another log section was added to these two homes and a second story was added, being made necessary by the increase in the family. The house now had the appearance of two log houses, built about 10 feet apart, with the space between the two houses enclosed and a roof over it with a stairway built which connected the two upstairs rooms. Finally a porch was added on the south side, and a cellar made under the first part of the house. This porch was about 10 feet wide and at the west end was about four feet from the grouond. I know, for to this day I still have a scar on my lower lip from having fallen off this high porch and sustained a severe laceration of the lower lip and a broken lower jaw. Grandfather Gardner died in August of 1864, but Grandmother continued to make her home in the old log house. All of the children were now married, except my father, John, and uncle Leo who lived with grandmother. In August of 1865 father married Mary Breckler and soon after their marriage father took over the old farm and grandmother continued to make her home with father. In 1869 she decided to make her home with her daughter, Christianna in Mercer County Ohio. When she passed away in 1871, father sold the old farm to John Schnively and we moved to the old Stephen Blubaugh farm which father purchased at about this time. Submitted by: Donna Tivener dtivener@richnet.net 7 Feb. 2000 ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #7 Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 18:58:55 -0500 From: "Maggie" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <000201bf7a76$2ceca8a0$0300a8c0@local.net> Subject: Fw: Birth record Muskingum Co. WILSON Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ----- Original Message ----- From: Alex Meron To: Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2000 8:22 AM Subject: {not a subscriber} Birth record Elizabeth Wilson, born 14 Feb 1845 Muskingum Cty Ohio married Wesley Woodard 1869 -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V00 Issue #59 ******************************************