OHIO STATEWIDE FILES OH-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List Issue 31 *********************************************************************** 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 31 Today's Topics: #1 Fw: Abigail Davis from Phillip Boh ["Maggie Stewart" ] 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: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 12:53:32 -0500 From: "Maggie Stewart" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <00cc01bf69b8$9779bce0$0300a8c0@local.net> Subject: Fw: Abigail Davis from Phillip Bohn, Zanesville, Ohio Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This is a forwarded message. Please reply to the person/email listed below. ----- Original Message ----- From: Bohn, Phillip Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 10:53 PM Subject: Abigail Davis from Phillip Bohn, Zanesville, Ohio The McConnelsville Herald Fri. Feb. 7, 1879 Morgan County, Ohio Abigail Davis died at her residence in Windsor township January 23, 1879, aged 93 years 8 months and 20 days. Mother Davis, whose maiden name was Abigail Belden was born near Gardener, in Maine, May 27, 1785. She joined the baptist church when she was 21 years old and was Baptized in Beach Pond by Elder Robinson. At the age of 23 she was married to PRINCE GODFREY, and removed with him to Ohio in 1817. They settled in Windsor township about 1818, and she has resided there ever since, having been a resident of this county about 61 years. Soon after this settlement in Windsor township, Mr. Godfrey died. After some years his widow was married to ISRAEL DAVIS, with whom she lived until his death, which occurred about seven years ago. Mrs. Davis was a member of the Baptist church for seventy two years and during that long period was a consistent Christian woman. She was probably the oldest citizen of the county at the time of her death. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 18:06:07 -0600 From: Betty Ralph To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <2.2.32.20000129000607.0073aba8@HiWAAY.net> Subject: Bio - 1885 - Portage Co, OH, Edinburg # 9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Bios: Trowbridge, Tuffing, Tuttle, Willsey, Wilson, Young - 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 ************************************************************************ R.D. TROWBRIDGE, farmer, P.O. Edinburgh, was born in Palmyra, Ohio, May 31, 1831, son of Carlos D. and Mary Trowbridge, the former born in Connecticut, December 25, 1804, and died July 24, 1833; the latter born in Pennsylvania, August 27, 1800, and died October 11, 1873. They were married in this county, February 26, 1823, and here settled and remained during their lives. Our subject was married, December 19, 1852, to Louisa L. Gilbert, born in Palmyra, this county, August 24, 1832, daughter of George S. and Electa M. Gilbert, natives of Palmyra, Ohio, and Hartford, Conn., respectively, the former born November 18, 1807, and the latter in 1810. They were married in this county, where they settled and remained until their death. Mr. and Mrs. Trowbridge are the parents of six children, four of whom are now living: S. Addison, Mary E., Olive E. and Alta M. The deceased are Frank D. and an infant. Our subject is owner of 240 acres of land where he and his family reside. He has also been engaged in the sale of agricultural implements. WILLIAM I. TUFFING, farmer, P.O. Edinburgh, was born in London, England, August 11, 1839, son of Isaac J. and Mary A. Tuffing, natives of that country, where the former was born in 1798 and the latter in 1803. They immigrated to America and settled in this county in 1854, and have remained here ever since. Our subject was married, November 30, 1865, to Lizzie Forsyth, born in Pennsylvania, June 9, 1835, daughter of Ebenezer and Hannah Forsyth, natives of Scotland and England respectively, and who came to this county in 1835, and here remained until their death. Mr. and Mrs. Tuffing have had two children: Arthur E. and Olive M. Our subject, who has been a farmer all his life, owns ninety acres of good farming land. He has filled the office of Assessor of his township. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. LAFAYETTE TUTTLE, an early pioneer of the town of Edinburg, was born in Massachusetts in 1797, the third son of John Tuttle by first wife. He came with his parents to Palmyra, Portage Co., Ohio, when but seven years old. He was married in after years to Rebecca White, of Pennsylvania, and settled in the northeast corner of Edinburg. He was a blacksmith by trade, and being raised in Ohio when it was a dense forest, commenced life with an iron will to overcome all the obstacles which an early pioneer had to endure. The first district school in that quarter of town was taught by a Miss Emla Wilcok, of Deerfield, in the year 1826, the school being held in a small blacksmith shop owned by Lafayette Tuttle. He died at the age of fifty-two years, being then the owner of a large farm of about 300 acres of land, on which he had erected a sawmill and grist-mill on the banks of the stream known as Silver Creek. Mr. and Mrs. Lafayette Tuttle were both members of the Methodist Church. They reared a family of nine children, six boys and three girls, most of whom have gone West to partake the joys and sorrows of pioneer life. Hiram Tuttle is now the only one of the family residing in Edinburg Township, born November 3, 1832. He was married September 22, 1854, to N. Margaret McCombs, born in Pennsylvania in 1835, daughter of John and Nancy McCombs, who settled in this county in a very early day and remained until the father's death. His widow resides with her son-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Tuttle have two children: Ellen A., wife of Nathan I. Thompson, and Arthur H. Mr. Tuttle is a carpenter and joiner by trade, but has engaged in farming for several years and owns eighty acres of land where he and his family reside. He is a member of the I.O.O.F. Himself and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. JOHN TUTTLE of Palmyra, Portage County, the father of Lafayette Tuttle, was born at Lebanon, Conn., in 1762, and lived in Sunderland, Mass., where a family of four sons and four daughters were born, all of whom lived to an advanced age, except the eldest boy, John, who met his death through inhaling well-damp while digging a well. Our subject served as a soldier under Gen. Randolph during the Revolutionary war. In the year 1804 , when he moved to Palmyra, Portage Co., Ohio, with his family, he settled about one mile south of the township center. After his wife died, and by a second marriage he had a family of five boys and two girls. He died October 19, 1829, aged sixty-six years. WILLIAM J. WILLSEY, farmer, P.O. Edinburgh, was born in Fulton, Schoharie Co., N.Y., October 3, 1823; son of Henry T. and Orpha Willsey, natives of New York, who came to this county in 1840, thence removing to Ashtabula County in 1853, where they remained until the father's death, January 6, 1854. The mother subsequently married William Johnson and died March 18, 1884, at the residence of her son, A.V. Willsey, Atwater, this county. Our subject was married October 6, 1853, to Samantha L. Clover, born in Deerfield Township, this county, July 3, 1833, daughter of Nathan and Hannah Clover, natives of Pennsylvania, who moved to this county in 1827 and here remained until their death. Mr. Clover died in 1872, and his widow in 1877. Mr. and Mrs. Willsey are the parents of one child - Cecelia L.A., born September 30, 1854, wife of Dix Gilbert. Our subject has been a teacher and farmer; owns 122 ½ acres of land; is a Justice of the Peace and has filled most of the township offices. Mrs. Willsey is a member of the Disciples Church. HENRY T. WILLSON, farmer, P.O. Edinburgh, was born in the State of New York, November 22, 1820; son of David and Rebecca Willison, former a native of Coxsackie, N.Y., born in 1790, latter a native of New York. They were married in New York and came to this county in 1833, settling and remaining here until their death. Our subject was married the first time, in 1842, to Martha Hancock, born in Michigan in 1829, died in 1865. After her death Mr. Willson married, August 26, 1867, Mary Bartly, born in 1832 in Edinburg, this county. Our subject is the father of seven children, five of whom are now living: Ellen, Omar O., John T., George E. and Alice. Mr. Willson is a carpenter by trade, but of late years has been engaged in farming. He owns eighty-one acres of nice land in Edinburg Township, where he and his family reside. E.C. YOUNG, farmer, P.O. Edinburgh, was born in Williamstown, Berkshire Co., Mass., May 19, 1809; son of John and Clarissa Young, natives of Massachusetts, who remained there until their death. Our subject came to this county November 30, 1831, and afterward returned to Massachusetts, where he was married April 26, 1836, to Maria H. Goodrich, born in that State January, 1813, daughter of Aaron and Affable Goodrich, who died in New York State. Mr. and Mrs. Young are the parents of five children, three of whom are now living: Clarissa R., Edgar J. and Sarah M. The deceased are Mary E. and Martha. Mrs. Young died August 1, 1846. After her death our subject married, September 13, 1853, Betsey M. Goodrich, a sister of his first wife, born in Massachusetts September 29, 1829. To this union have been born two children: George E. and Affa. Mr. Young, who has always been a farmer, owns sixty-five acres of land where he and his family reside. -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V00 Issue #31 ******************************************