OHIO STATEWIDE FILES OH-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List Issue 167 *********************************************************************** 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 167 Today's Topics: #1 Bible Record, 1842, Greene Co. [DHoltonjp@aol.com] #2 ELY look-up [Gina Reasoner Subject: Bible Record, 1842, Greene Co. Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit John Osborn's Bible bought of Cowdy & Ewing Xenia, Greene Co Ohio John Osborn's Bible August 21st 1842 John Osborn Marriages John and Margaret (Skeen) Ozburn was married September the 28th 1820 Deaths Margaret Osborn Died January 19 1868 John Osborn Died April 26th 1877 Births John Ozburn was born August 17th 1795 Margaret Ozburn was November 8th 1800 Delilah Ozburn was born July 4th 1821 Sarah Ozburn was born March 31st 1823 Joseph Ozburn was born Febuary the 16th 1825 Phebe Ozburn was born March the 30th 1827 John Alexander Ozburn was born August the 25th 1829 Silas Roberts Ozburn was born November the 19th 1831 Milo Allen Ozburn was born July the 8th 1834 Andrew Wesley Ozburn was born Movember 1st 1836 George Clinton Ozburn was born October the 5th 1839 Mary Catherine Ozburn was born March 11th 1843 Not in the Bible John and Margaret were said to have both been born in Virginia. They died in Andrew Co. Missouri. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 01:03:05 -0400 From: Gina Reasoner To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.20000523010136.00964220@pop.prodigy.net> Subject: ELY look-up Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > From The Pioneer Families of Cleveland 1796-1840 By Gertrude Van > Rensselaer Wickham, 1914 > >Volume II, page 493-494 > > Merrick Ely of Deerfield, O., was a member of the distinguished > family of that name, many generations of which have lived in Springfield, Mass. > His father Lewis Ely was a soldier of the Revolution and came to > Deerfield in 1799 from Granville, Mass. His mother was Anna Granger Ely. > Merrick Ely married Lovisa Farnum, daughter of Elisha Farnum, a > soldier and pensioner of the American Revolution. Her mother was Thankful > Day Farnum. Lovisa Farnum was born in Blanford, Mass., and while yet a > young girl her parents moved to Deerfield, O. The Elys continued to > reside in Deerfield, untilt heir family consisted of a son and four > daughters, when, having purchased a farm on what is now Kinsman Road, Mr. > Ely concluded in 1834 to occupy it. > The family left Deerfield on July Fourth in a stage coach drawn > by four horses, and their household goods in tow wagons; but such was the > terrible condition of the roads at this time that it required four horses > to draw each wagon and three days to make the journey of 50 miles. > Previous to his marriage Merrick Ely and his brother Lewis Ely > kept a store of general merchandise in Deerfield, O. An account-book kept > by Mr. Ely, one year, contains the name of Jesse Grant, father of Gen. > U.S. Grant, and shows that he was a frequent customer. > This old account-book is now in the possession of Mrs. Louise > Johnson Smith, the only granddaughter of Merrick Ely. > With William H. Otis of Cleveland,Mr. Ely took a contract for > carrying the U.S. Mail from Pittsburgh to Cleveland, which called him to > Washington, D.C., two or three times each year. > He was a major in the state militia, and in much demand on > Training Day, a popular event in early times. > The Ely farm was five miles south-east of the Public Square. Mr. > Ely did not confine himself exclusively to tilling it, but carried on a > business in Cleveland. The road between the two places was a wretched > country-road, one of continuous mud-holes; on each side of it were woods. > Between Erie street cemetery and the Square was a long stretch of scruboaks. > In 1838 Merrick Ely died suddenly, leaving a wife and four > children. He lies in Erie street cemetery. > Mrs. Ely was a patient, forbearing woman, and self-sacrificing to > a fault. She was ever considerate of the comfort and happiness of others, > and a mother who gave good advice to her children,and impressed upon them > the duties and responsibilities of life. In short, she was a noble, > Christian woman. > She was a notable cook, and a generous provider. the many > neighborhood and church-gatherings which were the only social functions > of that day, often met at her house, and it is said that the children > were always pleased when she entertained because she invariably passed > two kinds of pie with the doughnuts, whereas all other hostesses seemed > to think one kind sufficient. > The daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Merrick Ely received good > educational advantages and all in their youth were school-teachers. >Louisa Ely, m. Luke D. Johnson >Lucinda Ely, m. Luke D. Johnson >Sarah Ely, m. Isaac Bears > A string of gold beads belonging to Mrs. Lovisa Ely and worn by > her for many years is still worn occasionally by her granddaughter Mrs. > Charles H. Smith. > >Volume II, page 540 >Under a bio for MATHER is the following paragraph: > The marriage of Samuel Holmes Mather to Miss Gregory in > 1842 united two famous lines of American ancestry. He was a descendant of > the Rev. Richard Mather, and related to the celebrated Increase and > Cotton Mather. His bride was the daughter of Dr. W.M. Gregory of Albany, > N.Y., and her mother was Lucretia - Ely - Gregory, member of the famous > Massachusetts family of that name. > >Volume II, page 528 > Luke Dewey Johnson and his wife Hannah King Johnson were living > in their native town in Pittsfield, Mass., when in 1855 they decided to > come west. > They settled in Newburgh where Mrs. Johnson died. Luke D. Johnson > then married Louisa Ely, daughter of Merrick and Louisa Farnum Ely. She > lived but a short time, and Mr. Johnson married 3d her sister Lucinda > Ely. The latter was but nine years of age when her parents removed from > Deerfield, O., to Newburgh. She was educated at a private school on > Prospect street, and one in Elyria, after which she taught school at > Doan's Corners, boarding meanwhile with Mr. and Mrs. Miller Spangler. > After her marriage, Mrs. Johnson's home was on Lake street. > Within a few years the family moved to the Ely farm on Kinsman Road, > where Mr. Johnson died. He was buried in Erie street cemetery. Mrs. > Lucinda Johnson after long years of absence from this farm recently built > a pretty home on it for herself and to be near her children who occupy > adjoining bungalows. She was a member of the First Methodist Church when > its congregation worshiped on St. Clair street. She lived to be very > aged, but her faculties were preserved to a remarkable degree. Few people > had such vivid memories of bygone days, or had witnessed such wonderful > changes in the city's growth and population; fields and meadows where > once horses and cattle grazed, or where wheat and corn swayed in the > wind, now closely built up streets of houses or business blocks. > The children of Luke D. and Lucinda Ely Johnson: >Merrick E. Johnson, m. Louisa Moreau, granddaughter of the pioneer Thomas >Rummage. Mr. Johnson is a well-known business man of the city. >Louisa Johnson, m. Major Charles H. Smith (recently deceased). > Mrs. Smith has long been a useful society and club woman. She is > a member of the Western Reserve Chapel D.A.R., state regent of the > society, War of 1812, and assistant historian of the Woman's Department > Cleveland Centennial Commission. Her three married daughters, cultured > and charming women, reside near their mother. > >Volume II, page 503 >Under a bio for Edmond and Lucinda Caswell it states their daughter, >Caroline Mott, m. Stebbins Ely and removed to Iowa. > >Volume II, page 478 > > George Beckwith Ely was one of the foremost citizens of Cleveland > for many years. His brother Alfred Ely, 15 years his junior, came at a > much later day, but was equally well known as a business man of the city. > They were the sons of Alfred and Patience Beckwith Ely of Great > Barrington, Mass., and Ellsburg, N.Y. George B. Ely came to Cleveland in > 1834, at the age of 17 years. He was book-keeper for Pease and Allen, > pioneer forwarding merchants on River street, until 1843. About that > time, Milan, Ohio, was having a business boom, and Mr. Ely left Cleveland > and for a few years was associated in business with John B. Wilbur, then > of Milan, but later of Huron, Ohio. > Some time in the early '50's he returned to this city and engaged > actively in the coal trade and in railroading. In 1856, he was the > treasurer of the Cleveland and Erie Railroad, and his brother Alfred was > paymaster of the Pittsburgh Railroad.Mr. George B. Ely married Gertrude > S. Harman, born in Oswego, N.Y. Their children were: >George Frederick Ely, m. Mattie Keller >Helen Ely, m. Ralph Worthington > >Volume I, page 170 >Under a bio for Elisha Taylor is the following: > Some time after the death of his wife, Ann Dunlap, Elisah Taylor > married Elisabeth Ely, a daughter of Nathaniel Ely of Long Meadow, and of > a distinguished Massachusetts family. She was about 35 years of age at > her marriage, and well fitted to care for the very young children > entrusted to her. She was a very calm, quiet woman, who never made > remarks to be regretted or answered a question hastily. She had a little > habit, peculiar to herself, of placing her finger to her lips, pondering > over the subject, and then saying, "I think it was so and so.," and one > felt sure that her "think" outweighed the affirmative of several others > combined. > She outlived her husband 13 years, dying in 1874. After Mr. > Taylor's return from the east, he built a large stone cottage on what was > once Vine Street off Woodland Ave. > The family rest in Erie Street Cemetery, not far from the Erie > Street entrance. -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V00 Issue #167 *******************************************