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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 284 Today's Topics: #1 OBIT: ACKLEY ["JOYCE FULLEN" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: OBIT: ACKLEY Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" "Lesta Hazel, eldest child of Luther and Bertie Ackley, died of peritonitis January 5th, at the home of her parents three miles south of Caldwell, aged 12 years, 4 months and 7 days. Lesta was a bright and lovable girl and the home is very sad without her. She was taken sick Christmas eve and suffered intensely until a short time before her death. Her prayer was mercifully answered and her spirit peacefully passed away. The bereaved family consisting of father, mother, a sister and brother are heartbroken at their loss, but have the sincere sympathy of a host of neighbors and friends. Special and appropriate services at the home, conducted by Pastor McCall, were largely attended and the body lovingly and tenderly laid to rest in the Dudley cemetery to await the coming of Him who said, "Suffer the little children to come unto me." This is a clipping from my great-aunt's belongings. The little girl was her and my grandfather's cousin. I do not know which newspaper it come from, but I believe the year was 1909. From the OH Historical Society Archives Noble County Ohio, Cemetery Inscriptions, Olive Twp, Pg 21 "Lestie Ackley - 23 Aug 1896 5 Jan 1909 d/o D.L. & B. - Angels ever bright and fair have taken her in tender care." ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 18:48:26 EDT From: MMacmurph@aol.com To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <9c.78aecee.26ffdeba@aol.com> Subject: Milton BARNES Guernsey Co. Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Page 157& 158: Chapter: Political Stories Sub-heading: Campaign of 1876 For the first time in its history, Guernsey county had a candidate on the state ticket. Milton BARNES, of Cambridge, who had served the county two terms as prosecuting attorney, was nominated by the Republicans for secretary of state. He was successful at the election and was reelected two years later. Stories of Guernsey County, Ohio by William G. Wolfe Published by the Author Cambridge, Ohio 1943 Copyright, 1943, by William G. Wolfe Typography, Printing and Binding in the USA by Kingsport Press, Inc., Kingsport, Tennessee. According to On-Line Database of all the on-line library card catalogs anywhere in the world (OCLC): Reprint. Originally published: Cambridge, Ohio: the author, 1943. work has lapsed into the public domain. transcribed and/or paraphrased and submitted by: Marilyn Murphy, Ft. Worth, TX, 2000 MMacMurph@aol.com ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 19:45:46 EDT From: MMacmurph@aol.com To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: KEENON, Guernsey Co. Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit KEENON Stories of Guernsey County, Ohio by William G. Wolfe Published by the Author Cambridge, Ohio 1943 Copyright, 1943, by William G. Wolfe Typography, Printing and Binding in the USA by Kingsport Press, Inc., Kingsport, Tennessee. According to On-Line Database of all the on-line library card catalogs anywhere in the world (OCLC): Reprint. Originally published: Cambridge, Ohio: the author, 1943. work has lapsed into the public domain. transcribed and/or paraphrased and submitted by: Marilyn Murphy, Ft. Worth, TX, 2000 MMacMurph@aol.com pg 953 John Kennon, Jr. is said to have surveyed more land than any other Guernsey county man. Born in Pennsylvania in 1803, he came with his father, John Kennon, Sr., to the southeastern part of what afterwards became Oxford township, in 1806. The Kennon family lived for several months in a rude hut made by standing up four posts, across the tops of which poles were laid and covered with brush. Bark was used for siding the hut. At the opening left for a door a dog was kept at night to protect the family against panthers, wolves and bears. A log cabin twelve feet square was built later. The roof was made of clapboards weighted down by poles. The door swung on wooden hinges. When other settlers arrived a log schoolhouse, sixteen feet square was built. Greased paper was used to admit light. The seats were made from split logs hewn smooth. John, Jr. here learned to read, write and cipher. he became interested in mathematics, took up the study of surveying without a teacher, and at the age of sixteen he made his first survey, which was for the noted stone church near Fairview. When the National Road was built through Eastern Ohio, he was engaged as an engineer by several contractors. As land appraiser in 1846, he made what was claimed to be the first true map of Guernsey county. John Kennon, Jr. lived to be nearly one hundred years old, dying in Fairview where the last years of his life were spent. - ------------------------------------------------- Newell Kennon pg 125 Newell was a member of one of the first families to settle in Oxford township, his father, John Kennon, coming there in 1806. From this one family, the township sent out a state senator, an associate judge, a probate judge, a county treasurer and a county surveyor. - -------------------------------------------------- James KEENON pg 1019 James Keenon was determined, by dates available, to be the third white child born in Guernsey County. "Oxford township had an entrant for the title of first-born. Claim was made that in the spring of 1806, Alexander Campbell, from near Winchester, VA, moved to what is now Oxford township, near the Belmont county line. Shortly after he arrived, John Kennon camped near his home while looking around for a place to settle, and here his son, James Kennon was born the following September." -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V00 Issue #284 *******************************************