OHIO STATEWIDE FILES OH-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List Issue 345 *********************************************************************** 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 345 Today's Topics: #1 Bio - 1885 - Portage Co, OH, Suffi [Betty Ralph ] #2 Fw: BIO: JOSEPH BENSON FORAKER, Ha ["MaggieOhio" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <2.2.32.20001116024105.006f81ec@HiWAAY.net> Subject: Bio - 1885 - Portage Co, OH, Suffield # 4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Bios: Moulton, Paulus, Russell, Sausaman, Saxe, Schulz, Slabaugh - Portage County, Ohio, from "History of Portage County, Ohio" published by Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885 ************************************************************************ 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 ANSON MOULTON, retired farmer, P.O. Suffield, born December 7, 1800, in Hampden County, Mass.; son of Jermiah and Martha Moulton, also natives of Massachusetts, who came to Brimfield Township, this county, in 1817. The father of our subject served two terms as Associate Judge, was active in township affairs and attended largely to the settlement of decedents' estates. Mrs. Moulton died in 1846, and Mr. Moulton then again married. He died at the age of seventy-two years. Our subject married, August 31, 1820, Daphne Minard and they are the parents of the following children: Anna (Mrs. Wilson), in Rockford, Ill.; Jeremiah C., in Mogadore, Summit County; Myron (deceased); Carlista (Mrs. Russ), deceased; Charles; Sarah (Mrs. Williams); Calvin H. in Lead City, D.T.; Harmon Benton; Lydia (deceased); Bierce, in Kansas; Almon; Wilson, who was a soldier in the Twenty-seventh Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and died at Murfreesboro, Tenn., in May, 1863; Perry, who was a member of the Brough Guards and was drowned at the sinking of the steamer "Sultans" in the Mississippi River, April 27, 1865, and Cordelia (deceased). Mr. Moulton resided in Brimfield Township until April, 1864, when he removed to his farm of ninety-five acres in Suffield Township, where he now resides with his son Almon. The latter married Miss Kate Crine and has two children: Elmer and Walter. Our subject has always been a Democrat; has served the township in a public capacity repeatedly, and is a man above reproach. WILLIAM PAULUS, retired farmer and Justice of the Peace, P.O. Suffield, was born March 16, 1825, in Stark County, Ohio; son of David and Catharine Paulus, natives of Pennsylvania, and early pioneers of Stark County, and who removed to Suffield Township in 1839, where they died at the advanced age respectively of eighty-three and seventy-one years. When sixteen years of age our subject left home and removed to Stark County, where he learned the blacksmith trade, and where, March 1, 1846, he married Rebecca Brouse, by whom he has had the following children: Urias, a member of the One Hundred and Eighty-fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, who died at Nashville, Tenn., June 29, 1865; Mary E. (Mrs. Sethman); Isaac; James B.; Jane (Mrs. Neubauer); Jefferson and Catharine (Mrs. Schwartz). After his marriage Mr. Paulus settled in Suffield Township, this county, and followed his trade for six years, which he was obliged to abandon on account of failing health. Upon his partial recovery from a prolonged illness, he engaged in farming and also in contracting for the erection of buildings. In 1849 he was elected Constable, serving nearly two terms. In August, 1851, he was elected Justice of the Peace and has held the position to this day, the longest continuous term of service in the county. In 1852 he was elected Township Clerk, which office he served two terms. In 1869 he was elected Land Appraiser, and also in 1879. In addition to the above he held the position of Acting Manager of the Public Schools for several years. He now owns a farm of fifty acres in this township, one of seventy-eight acres in Stowe Township, Summit County, besides valuable town property. Politically he is a Democrat. Mrs. Paulus is a consistent member of the Lutheran denomination. FRANKLIN P. RUSSELL, M.D., P.O. Suffield, was born October 29, 1852, in Valparaiso, Ind., son of Newell Russell, a native of Aurora, this county, who married Miss Paulina Blakeslee, of Porter County, Ind. They removed to Iowa and remained there until 1860, when the located at Quincy, Ill. Mr. Russell served three years in the army, after which he engaged in mining in the Western Territories and died at Denver, Colo., November 5, 1874. His wife died at Quincy, Ill, July 29, 1867, leaving the following children: F.P.; Chester N., in Streetsboro, this county, Ohio; Agnes V. (Mrs. Seaton), Omaha; Lola L. (Mrs. Folger), of Akron, Ohio, and Charles Henry, of Streetsboro, Ohio. Our subject came to this county when fifteen years of age, and in 1877 began the study of medicine under Dr. Belden, of Ravenna, taking the degree of M.D. at the University of Wooster, Cleveland, Ohio, in 1880. After practicing nearly two years in Streetsboro, this county, he, in December, 1881, located at Suffield, this county, where he has built up for himself a large and influential practice. On May 13, 1880, the Doctor married Miss Lillie E. Tucker, of Streetsboro, this county, and is the father of one daughter - Cora Leona. ISAAC SAUSAMAN, farmer, P.O. Suffield, was born June 8, 1838, in Suffield Township, son of John and Catherine Sausaman, who came here from Union (now Snyder) County, Penn., in 1829. Our subject, who is the only one of their nine children remaining in Suffield Township, spent about three years in Indiana when a young man. September 5, 1865, he was married to Miss Sarah, daughter of Benjamin and Catherine Swinehart, and settled where they now reside. They have three children living: Daniel, Salome and Benjamin, and four - Louisa, Nathan, Zaida and Mabel Amelia - who died of diphtheria within the space of six days in November, 1881. Mr. and Mrs. Sausaman are highly respected for their integrity and upright character. He and his wife are members of the German Reformed Church. AMOS H. SAXE, farmer, P.O. Mogadore, Summit County, born December 2, 1829, in Springfield, Summit Co., Ohio, son of Michael and Sarah Saxe, natives of Bucks County, Penn., who lived a few years in Lancaster County, thence moved to Summit County, Ohio, in 1820, where they remained about nine years, and finally settled in Suffield Township, Portage Co., Ohio. This was then an entirely new county, and they had to contend with various difficulties in the wilderness. Game of all kinds was plentiful, and many were the adventures which these settlers experienced in their struggle for existence. Only a small place was cleared for a house, which was 16 x 16, the floor of which was made of split-logs, a blanket doing service for a door, and in this house they managed to exist for several years, the family numbering nine when the house was first occupied. They were faithful members of the Disciples Church and regular attendants at church, having to walk two miles (oxen only being then employed). Michael Saxe was a tailor by trade, therefore the management of the farm fell upon the eldest son (Amos H.), when but a boy. Mrs. Saxe was a kind and devoted mother; a peacemaker in her family of children, always ready to listen to their troubles and furnish some means of relief. She died January 16, 1868. Mr. Saxe died December 10, 1882, at the home of his son Amos H., aged eighty-two years. Of their family of twelve children, six are now living in this county, two in Suffield Township: Amos H, and John H. Amelia (Mrs. Harter), Jeremiah and Elizabeth are residents of Brimfield Township, and Jennie (Mrs. Shirtleff), of Kent. Our subject was married May 11, 1865, to Amanda Harter, and they have the following children: Florence, Grace and Ray. Mrs. Saxe is a member of the disciples Church. By industry they have acquired a fine farm of 165 acres of well-improved land. Mr. Saxe is a life-long Democrat; has served his township six years as Trustee and as School Director fifteen years. PETER SCHULZ, farmer, P.O. Suffield, was born February 15, 1826, in Hemsback, Baden, Germany, son of George and Margaret Schulz, who came to America August 9, 1843, settling at once in Randolph Township, this county. They were parents of the following children: Adam, Eve (now Mrs. Eberly) and Peter. George Schulz died about 1857; his widow followed him January 5, 1874. Our subject was married March 15, 1852, to Catherine Shafer, by whom he has the following named children: Margaret, Emeline (now Mrs. Andrews) and three who died in childhood. Mr. Schulz lost this wife April 20, 1862, and he subsequently married Mary Kaiser, a native of Wurtemberg, Germany. He settled where he now resides April 1, 1863, and here he has a fine farm comprising ninety-seven acres well-improved land. He is a man of integrity, much esteemed by the whole community. He and his wife and daughters are members of the German Baptist Church. ISAAC SLABAUGH, farmer, P.O. Suffield, was born March 15, 1830, in Columbiana County, Ohio, son of Christian and Nancy Slabaugh, natives of Lancaster County, Penn., who settled in Rootstown Township, Portage Co., Ohio, about 1835. Here Christian Slabaugh died about 1848. His widow subsequently moved to Elkhart County, Ind., where she remained until her death. Of their family of twelve children, Isaac is the fifth. Our subject was brought up on the farm and attended the limited schools of the home district. He early learned the brick-maker's trade, which he followed about eleven years, in Akron and the surrounding county, being four years foreman of a large brick-yard in Akron. He was married July 4, 1850, to Catherine, daughter of Samuel J. and Elizabeth Wise, of Stark County, Ohio. Their children are Lewis, Ella (now Mrs. Alexander, of Akron) and Emma. In 1868 they settled where they now reside in Suffield Township, and here by industry have acquired a fine farm or 107 acres of well-improved land. Mr. and Mrs. Slabaugh are pioneer members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which they have belonged for twenty-five years. He is a stanch Republican; a successful farmer; an upright citizen respected by all who know him. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 02:21:50 -0500 From: "MaggieOhio" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <017301c04f9f$43f99b80$0300a8c0@local.net> Subject: Fw: BIO: JOSEPH BENSON FORAKER, Hamilton County, 1902 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ----- Original Message ----- Dianne L. Springer-Fulton dfulton@hmcltd.net Oct 30 2000 JOSEPH BENSON FORAKER, Republican, of Cincinnati, was born July 5, 1846, on a farm near Rainsboro, Highland County, Ohio; enlisted July 14, 1862, as private in Company A, Eighty-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which organization he served until the close of the war, at which time he held the rank of first lieutenant and brevet captain; was graduated from Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., July 1, 1869; was admitted to the bar and entered upon the practice of the law at Cincinnati, Ohio, October 14, 1869; was elected judge of the superior court of Cincinnati in April, 1879; resigned on account of ill health May 1, 1882; was the Republican candidate for governor of Ohio in 1883, but was defeated; was elected to the office in 1885, and re-elected in 1887; was again nominated for governor and defeated in 1889; was chairman of the Ohio delegation in the convention of 1884 and 1888, and presented to both of these conventions the name of Hon. John Sherman for n! omination for the Presidency; in the conventions of 1892 and 1896 served as chairman of the committee on resolutions, and as such reported the platform each time to the convention; presented the name of William McKinley to the convention of 1896 for nomination to the presidency; was elected United States Senator, January 15, 1896, to succeed Calvin S. Brice, and took his seat March 4, 1897. His term will expire March 3, 1903. This bio was found on page 60, in a book titled "The Ohio Hundred Year Book, 1803-1902, compiled by Elliot Howard Gilkey, Published by Fred J. Heer, State Printer, Columbus, OH 1901. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 02:30:19 -0500 From: "MaggieOhio" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <017901c04f9f$44dcf6a0$0300a8c0@local.net> Subject: Fw: OBIT: ROSS, Clyde, Muskingum County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ----- Original Message ----- --- Joe Stone, Jr JOECS@PRODIGY.NET Oct 10 2000 ROSS, Clyde Obituary Transcript Prepared by; Joe Stone - JOECS@prodigy.net Source: Muskingum County Library Genealogy Department, Ohio, USA Times Recorder ROSS, Clyde 16 Feb 1963 TR SAT Ross Service Services for Clyde Ross, 75, of 334 Wayne avenue will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at DeLong and Baker Funeral Home. Evangelist Hailey Smith will officiate. Burial will follow in Memorial Park. Mr. Ross was a widley known fiddle player throughout Ohio. He once had a radio program here known as Clyde Ross and the Buckeye Fiddlers. He took part in a number of oldtime fiddlers contests and in 1957 won first place and in 1958 won third place at the Muskingum County Fair. He died Thursday at the Good Samaritan Hospital shortly after suffering a heart attack at home. ~also~ Newspaper clipping from Mary Ann Ross scrapbook Wayne Ave. Man Dies Clyde Ross, 75, of 334 Wayne avenue died at 7 p.m. Thursday in Good Samaritan Hospital a few hours after being admitted, following an apparent heart attack at home. He was born at Crooksville Jan. 11. 1888, a son of Charle L. and Angie Crosby Ross, and had resided here for 35 years. Surviving are two sons, Ronald of 839 Western avenue and Dale of Newark; two daughters, Mrs. Rosetta Taylor with whom he made his home and Mrs. Raymond Douglas of 230 Harrison street; 11 grandchildren and 11 great - grandchildren; a brother, Charles Ross of 1016 Spring street; two sisters, Mrs. George Getz of Columbus and Mrs. Paul Kelly of Washington, Pa. Friends may call after 6 p.m. Saturday at Delong and Baker Funeral Home.. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #4 Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 02:20:28 -0500 From: "MaggieOhio" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <017201c04f9f$43d068a0$0300a8c0@local.net> Subject: Fw: BIO: RUSSELL, Tuscarawas Co. Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ----- Original Message ----- --- Dee Bouse Dee6465@aol.com September 11 2000 Hugh Russell and wife Ann Webb Russell married in Hagerstown, Md. and migrated to Tuscarawas Co., Ohio by l820 where they lived in Sandy Township. Hugh died May 4, l825 and is buried in Sandyville Cemetery. They had just completed building their house when he died. Ann never remarried but tended the home and the four children that lived to adulthood. Ann died in l847 and is buried beside her husband. Children who lived to marry and have families were Hugh, Jr, Pointon, John and Isaac Russell. Hugh, Jr. married three times, Catherine Shaffer, Hannah, Sowders, and Sarah Jane Mc Murray. Children by Catherine were William H.who married Frances Frelich; Rebecca who married David Cribbs; Malissa who died age five, and Nathaniel who married Anna Marie Sternberger. By Hannah he had Margaret A. and Harriet. By wife Sarah Jane, he had Carrie Webb Russell. Pointon Russell was born in Md in l8l4 and died l89l in Coffey Co., Ks. Pointon married Elizabeth Steel Smith in Stark Co.,in l842. They had Martin L. who married Maggie Crawford in Ohio; Anna Russell who married A. Caleb jones in l865 Tuscarawas, and Catherine Russell. Pointon, wife and children left Ohio to meet with his brother John Russell in Iowa who was going to Kansas. Elizabeth became ill, and died enroute to Iowa. Pointon returned to Tuscarawas and left the two young girls with his brother, Hugh and family. The l860 and l870 census includes these along with his own family. Martin and Pointon, John and his wife continue the trip to Kansas arriving there by the spring of l857. The girls remained in Ohio with Hugh until about l874 when Martin returned to Tuscarawas for his siblings. By then Anna had married and had a family. Martin returned to Kansas with his sister, Catherine Russell who married John H. Cayot in l875. Margaret and Carried Webb Russell, daus. of Hugh Russell,Jr. also accompanied them on the journey. Margaret never married; and Carrie married Dan Simmons of Burlington, Coffey Co.,Ks. Martin returned again to Ohio where he married Maggie Crawford in l877. Pointon died in l89l in Coffey Co., Ks. Hugh Russell, Jr. left a will, naming Nathaniel as the executor, Aunt Charlotte Kelly and her two children, his children, including Carrie, Margaret, Cribbs children, and Harriet should she regain her sanity, she is to inherit her share. He death occuried ll June l886 and he is buried between wives Hannah and Catherine as per his will instructions. This would be Lower Sandyville Cemetery, and also where his parents are buried. John Russell born in l82l in Tuscarawas, Ohio attended what school was available at that time period. He was sent to Oberline College, located in Oberlin, Ohio to obtain more schooling. He attended l843 to l846, when he came down with a fever and had to return home. Finally in l852, he returned to college and in l854 obtained a teaching degree except for languages. He was also enrolled during l854 and l855. By l855, he was teaching in Grundy Co., Iowa where he met and married Mary Palmer Strang who had migrated with her parents and siblings from Erie Co., N. Y. John and Mary married in l856 in Grundy Co., Iowa and in l857 joined Martin and Pointon on the trip to Kansas. John and Pointon both purchased land in Avon Township in Coffey Co., Ks. and returned to farming. John and Mary had nine children but only three reached adulthood. Mary's Strang family history is recorded in a diary which she began in the l850's and ended before they left N. Y. for Iowa. John Russell wrote his biography of his life in Tuscarawas and the trip to Kansas. He described building a house and furniture for their new home. When his health failed in the late l890's, the family left Kansas for Colorado, Oregon, and Washington. Their youngest child was born in Colo. in l897. By l900 the family is back in Coffey Co. Prior to his death he had dau. Ellen Russell help him finish the bio. Son Edwin also kept records and a diary of his trip from Ks to Texas and La and then back to Texas where he made his home until his death. Documentations are census for Washington Co., Md.,Tuscarwas Co., Ohio, and Coffey Co., Ks. Cemetery records for Tuscarwas and Coffey Co., Ks. Marriage records, biographies, and the diary of Mary Palmer Strang. Letters from Oberlin College and copy of his degree. DAR records for the Strang family. Will of Margaret Webb and Hugh Russell, Will of John Russell and obits for the Kansas Russells families. Tuscarwas land record, Ks. land records, ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #5 Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 02:23:11 -0500 From: "MaggieOhio" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <017401c04f9f$441b2d40$0300a8c0@local.net> Subject: Fw: WALTER D. GUILBERT, Guernsey Co., 1902 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ----- Original Message ----- "Walter D. Guilbert, Auditor of State of Ohio," Dianne L. Springer-Fulton dfulton@hmcltd.net Oct 30 2000 WALTER D. GUILBERT, was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, of French-Irish ancestors, and was reared on a farm. His great-grandfather on the maternal side settled in Maryland about 1750 and played an active part in the Revoluntionary War. He was wounded several times, and at the battle of Brandywine only escaped capture by the thoughtfulness of his comrades, who carried the wounded man to a swamp and securely hid him until the British had withdrawn. The father of Mr. Guilbert came to this country from France when a youth and settled in Guernsey County. The subject of this sketch was educated in the public schools and at Wenona Academy, Illinois. He was twice elected Auditor of Noble County, Ohio, and proved himself a most capable official. In 1888 he became chief clerk in the Auditor of State's office, continuing in that position until 1896, when he succeeded to the important office of Auditor of State, having been nominated by the Republican party and elected in the fall of 1895. In his career as a public officer, Mr. Guilbert is a genial, patient and painstaking official, combining with these virtues an earnest intention to perform his duties in such a manner as to insure the best results for the people of Ohio. It is no flattery to say that his manner of transacting the business of his department has made him one of the most popular men who ever occupied a position in the state capitol. He was renominated unanimously in 1899 and elected by an increased plurality for a second term on which he entered in January 1900. Mr.! Guilbert has been active in the affairs of his party having served as chairman of his county committee for a number of years, and as a member of the state executive committee. He was also a delegate to the national republican convention in 1888. Mr. Guilbert was married February 5, 1868, to Miss Mary L. Jordon, of Noble County. They have a family of three children, two sons and one daughter. He is connected with a number of secret and social organizations, being a Mason, a Knight Templar, a member of the Mystic Shrine, of the I.O.O.F., of the K. of P., and I.O.R.M. This bio, with a nice photo, is found on pages 345-346 of a book titled "The Ohio Hundred Year Book, 1803-1902, compiled by Elliot Howard Gilkey, published by Fred J. Heer, State Printer, Columbus, OH 1901. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #6 Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 02:31:09 -0500 From: "MaggieOhio" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <017a01c04f9f$45062980$0300a8c0@local.net> Subject: Fw: OBIT: ROSS, Charles L. , Muskingum Co. Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ----- Original Message ----- --- Joe Stone, Jr JOECS@PRODIGY.NET Oct 10 2000 ROSS, Charles L. Obituary Transcript Prepared by; Joe Stone - JOECS@prodigy.net Source: Muskingum County Library Microfilm, Ohio, USA Zanesville News - Tues 8 May 1945 Mr. Charles Ross Charles L. Ross, 78, of 634 Zane street, died at 3:15 P.M. Monday in his home after an illness of heart disease. Mr Ross was born in Morgan county and had resided in Zanesville since 1928, coming here from Crooksville. He was a member of the Crooksville Methodist Church. Surviving in addition to his wife, Eva, are three sons, Clyde R., Charles, Jr., of Zanesville, and John R. of Ravenna; three daughters, Mrs. Fay Kunkle of Columbus, Mrs. Mildred Getz of Cloumbus, and Mrs. Helen Herrey of Washington, Pa.; three stepchildren, Don Stewart, Miss Ella Stewart and Mrs. Ada Donaldson, all of Columbus; one sister, Mrs. Ann German of Putnam avenue. The body is in the Dean Funeral Home.. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #7 Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 02:27:08 -0500 From: "MaggieOhio" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <017601c04f9f$44677880$0300a8c0@local.net> Subject: Fw: OBIT: GERMAN, Lawrence, Muskingum Co. Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ----- Original Message ----- Joe Stone, Jr JOECS@PRODIGY.NET Oct 10 2000 GERMAN, Lawrence Obituary Transcript Prepared by; Joe Stone - JOECS@prodigy.net Source: Muskingum County Library Genealogy Department, Ohio, USA Times Recorder - 8 Sept 1962 Lawrence Ray German, 68, of Roseville, Route 2 near Crooksville, father of Mrs. Ruth Leaman of 957 Echo avenue, died at 4 p.m. Friday at his home after a brief illness. He was born in the Crooksville vacinity on Nov. 25, 1893, the son of Dell and Anna Ross German. He was employed at the Burley Clay Pottery, South Zanesville, about 6 yaers. He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Clarence. Surviving are his widow, Mayme Brunton German; two daughters, Mrs. Leman and Mrs. Joy Lynsky of the home; three sons, Douglas and Robert of Cincinatti and Glen of the home; one sister, Mrs. Beulah Thompson of Roseville; one brother, Denny of Crooksville; 10 grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. The body was taken to Fred L. Cannon Funeral Home in Crooksville where friends may call after 6:30 p.m. today.. -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V00 Issue #345 *******************************************