OHIO STATEWIDE FILES OH-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List Issue 70 *********************************************************************** 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 70 Today's Topics: #1 Bio - 1885 - Portage Co, OH, Frank [Betty Ralph ] #2 Golden Jubilee - priests for Preci [christina m hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <2.2.32.20000222004854.006e9880@HiWAAY.net> Subject: Bio - 1885 - Portage Co, OH, Franklin # 11 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Bios: Herriff, Hilderhof, Johnson, Judson - 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 ************************************************************************ IRA L. HERRIFF, furniture dealer, Kent, was born in Rootstown, November 19, 1846, son of Samuel and Lydia (Harterhode) Herriff. His paternal grandfather was John Herriff, a native of Pennsylvania and among the early settlers of Rootstown. His maternal grandmother was Elizabeth Hartlerhode, who with seven children - Lawrence, John, Samuel, Christian, Kate, Mary and Ludia - settled in Rootstown in an early day. She afterward married Samuel Hartle, of Rootstown. Samuel Herriff, the father of our subject, is a farmer and resident of Rootstown. His children were six in number: Ira L., Ezra, Everett, Cecelia (deceased), Emma (deceased) and John (deceased). The subject of this sketch was reared on his father's farm and educated in the common schools. When twenty-one years of age he located in Kent and embarked in the manufacture of brick, in which he was engaged for seven years. In 1881 he entered the furniture business with L.C. Reed, which partnership is existing at present. He was married December 1, 1869, to Belle E., daughter of Samuel and Rachel (Ward) Caris, of Rootstown, by whom he has one child - Amy L. Mr. Herriff enlisted in 1865 in Company H, One Hundred and Eighty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was honorably discharged at the close of the war. He is an active member of the I.O.O.F. and G.A.R. In politics he is a Democrat. GEORGE HILDERHOF, retail liquor dealer, Kent, was born in Baden, Germany, April 23, 1839, son of George and Mary (Hardle) Hilderhof, who came to America in 1854 and located in Randolph Township, this county, where they lived until 1860, then removed to Ravenna. George Hilderhof, Sr., was a gardener, an occupation he followed until his death. They had seven children: Margaret, deceased; Lena; Henry (first), deceased; George; Henry (second); Susan, and Katy, deceased. Our subject when fifteen years of age learned the tanner's trade, which he followed up to 1874, when he embarked in the liquor business in Ravenna, and in 1879 located in Kent, where he has been similarly engaged up to the present time. He was married June 3, 1862, to Mary Dawson, of Ravenna, by whom he has eight children: George, Henry, Nelly, Walter, Mary, Alexander B., Augusta and Minnie. Mr. Hilderhof is a member of the German Reformed Church; is a member of the I.O.O.F. In politics he is a stanch Democrat. ALONZO JOHNSON, farmer and butcher, Kent, was born in Shalersville Township, this county, May 25, 1835, son of Ebenezer and Annis (Stoddard) Johnson, natives of Vermont and New Hampshire respectively, the latter born April 8, 1811. His paternal grandfather, Sylvester Johnson, was a farmer of Rutland, Vt., and his maternal grandfather, Stoddard, a native of New Hampshire, settled in Freedom Township in 1834, afterward removed to Iowa and died there. The parents of our subject settled in Stowe Township in 1834, and in 1835 located in Shalersville Township, this county, where they purchased and eighty acre tract of heavily timbered land which they cleared and improved, and where they lived until the death of the father in 1850, in his forty-second year. They had seven children: Alonzo, Lucinda (deceased), Emeline (Mrs. Willard Seward), Sylvester, Leander, Silas (died in the army during the late war) and Eben. The mother next married Rufus Newton, of Franklin Township, this county, in 1857. He died in 1862 and she moved to Daviess County, Mo., in 1869, and subsequently married William Hughes, who died in 1879, and his widow returned to Ohio in 1880, and is now residing in Kent. Our subject was reared in Shalersville Township, this county, and was educated in the common schools. He resided in Shalersville Township until 1863, when he removed to Kent, Ohio, and embarked in the grocery business in which he was engaged two years. He then built the hotel known as the "Collins House," which he conducted for three years, and during that time opened a meat market, which he carried on from 1866 to March 30, 1885, when he retired from that business. He is also engaged in farming, now owning three farms in Franklin Township, this county, in company with his two eldest sons, living on the farm formerly occupied by Warren Burt. Mr. Johnson was married in November 1855, to Mary J., daughter of William and Lavina Cook, of Franklin Township, this county, by whom he had twelve children, nine now living: Willard, Perry, Emma (Mrs. Henry Barker), Albert, Ora, Nella, Clayton, Cora and Selah. Mr. Johnson is a representative citizen of the township. In politics he is a Democrat. HARLEY JUDSON, farmer, P.O. Kent, was born in Mantua Township, this county, February 28, 1815; son of Samuel and Lucy (Moss) Judson. His father, with two brothers, Gersham and Enoch, came to Mantua from Hartford, Conn., about 1800, and here cleared and improved a farm. In a few years Gersham and Enoch sold out and went West, while Samuel remained. The latter was twice married, his first wife being a Miss Atwater, sister of Judge Atwater, early settlers of Mantua Township, by whom he had five children: Alma (Mrs. Enos Ford), Alvin (deceased), Elly (deceased), Elijah (deceased) and Cyrus (deceased). His second wife was Lucy Moss, of Hartford, Conn., by whom he had four children: Harley, Sally (Mrs. T. Vaughn), Lucy (Mrs. James McElroy) and Mary (deceased). Samuel Judson resided in Mantua Township until 1821, then removed to Hiram Township, where he lived until his death. The subject of this sketch was reared in Mantua and Hiram Townships, his education being received in the district schools. After he became of age he worked on a farm by the month for two years, then on his father's farm for seven years, after which he purchased a farm of sixty acres, which he kept only one year. In 1848 he purchased the farm in Franklin Township where he now resides. Mr. Judson's first wife was Chloe, daughter of Horace Loomis, of Charlestown Township, by whom he had three children: Julia (Mrs. Darwin Furry), Hannah (Mrs. Byron Ferry) and Henry D. His present wife is Almira, daughter of Noah and Hannah (Shaw) Lemoin, of Stowe, Summit Co., Ohio, by whom he has two children: Samuel E. and Barton H. Mr. Judson is a representative farmer of Franklin Township. In politics he is a Democrat. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 22:03:59 -0600 From: christina m hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20000221.220928.-284937.1.frog158@juno.com> Subject: Golden Jubilee - priests for Precious Blood (1984) Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The following is found inside a Program/invitation(?) for the celebration of the Golden Jubilee. Jerome Wolf is my cousin. on the outside: 1934-1984 For this I am a priest... to apply the merits of the Precious Bood. St. Gaspar on the inside: "On May 10, 1934 we were priviliged to be ordained priests in the Society of the Precious Blood. Now with the grace of God and the help of so many friends we gratefully celebrate our Golden Jubilee. Harold Diller Carl Gates Carl Longanback Urban Siegrist Jerome Wolf" ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 22:09:27 -0600 From: christina m hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20000221.220928.-284937.2.frog158@juno.com> Subject: 50th anniv. Precious Blood Fathers Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This information is from a card that was inside the program/invitation for the Golden Jubilee. Jerome Wold is my cousin. front of card: 1934-1984 back of card (spacing is the same as it is on the card): "Fiftieth Anniversary Precious Blood Fathers Ordained May 10, 1934 Diller, Harold Gates, Carl Longanback, Carl Siegrist, Urban Wolf, Jerome Grotenrath, Thomas Died May 9, 1954 Reitz, Joseph Died July 24, 1958 Frericks, Albert Died January 8, 1964 Siegman, Edward Died Feb. 2, 1964 Foltz, Marcellus Died March 12, 1972 Meyer, William Died April 26, 1972 Charek, Edward Died May 14, 1977 Nieset, Carl Died July 10, 1979 Meyer, Emil Died July 17, 1979 Widman, Seraphin Died Feb. 21, 1982" -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V00 Issue #70 ******************************************