OHIO STATEWIDE FILES OH-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List Issue 16 *********************************************************************** 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 01 : Issue 16 -------------------------------- From: "Ralph W. Cokonougher" Subject: Obit:Francis Shinn,George Shinn,Elizabeth Lytle, 1851, Adams Co. Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 21:02:56 -0000 From the Wednesday, July 2, 1851, “Adams County Democrat” newspaper, Vol. VII, No. 41, West Union, Adams County, Ohio (Ohio Historical Society microfilm roll # 34942), page 3, cols. 3 & 4: “DIED. In this place, on Friday morning last, the 27th ult., of chronic diarrhea, Mr. FRANCIS SHINN, aged about 45. Mr. S. was” (this part unreadable due to the age and moisture damage to the paper) “He left a wife and “ (unreadable) “children to mourn his loss.” (unreadable) “he discharged his duty promptly, cheerfully, and entirely. The Odd Fellows, of which order Mr. S. was a member, accompanied his remains to their final resting place, and interred the body with the ceremonies peculiar to that order. They have since handed us for publication the following tribute of respect to his memory. ----- At a called meeting of DeKalb Lodge, No. 138, I.O.O.F., held June 28th, 1851, the following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted: WHEREAS, It has pleased Almighty God, in the dispensation of his Providence to remove from our midst, our much respected and worthy brother, FRANCIS SHINN, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That we sympathise most deeply with the bereaved family of our deceased brother, in the loss of a husband, father, and friend. RESOLVED, That in the sudden and unexpected death of brother Shinn, we are again admonished of the uncertainty of life and the certainty of death. RESOLVED, That although we mourn with anguish, the death of brother Shinn, we are rejoiced to learn, that he, in the hour of death, gave to those around him, evidence of a sure hope of a blessed immortality beyond the grave. When informed by a brother, of his approaching dissolution, he exclaimed: ‘I am in the hands of the Lord; he will do what is right.’ RESOLVED, That as a mark of our respect and esteem for the departed brother, the lodge room be clothed in mourning , and the members wear the usual badge for thirty days, RESOLVED, That the foregoing preamble and resolutions be signed by the N.G. and S. and recorded on the minutes of this lodge, and that the N.G. present a copy thereof to the bereaved widow and family; also that he send a copy to the Adams County Democrat, People’s Intelligencer, and the Ark and Odd Fellows Magazine for Publication. WILSON PRATHER, N.G. JOHN HARSHA, S. .......................................... From the Wednesday, July 9, 1851, “Adams County Democrat” newspaper, Vol. VII, No. 42, West Union, Adams County, Ohio (Ohio Historical Society microfilm roll # 34942), page 3, col. 4: “DIED. On Tuesday, the 2nd inst., in this place, of cholera, Mr. GEO. SHINN, aged about 75. On Sunday, the 6th inst., of cholera, Mrs. ELIZABETH LYTLE, aged about 70. On Monday, the 7th inst., of cholera infantum, FRANCIS A.G. SHINN, infant son of Francis and Sarah Shinn. Four times, in less than two weeks, has the angel of death entered this family circle, and deprived its widowed head of husband, father-in-law, mother and son! Surely, she is entitled to the warmest sympathies of all humane persons. -------------------------------- From: "Ralph W. Cokonougher" Subject: Obit: Parker Young, 1851, Adams Co. Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 21:05:48 -0000 From the Wednesday, July 2, 1851, “Adams County Democrat” newspaper, Vol. VII, No. 41, West Union, Adams County, Ohio (Ohio Historical Society microfilm roll # 34942), page 3, col. 4: “DIED. On the 30th ult., of cholera, Mr. PARKER YOUNG, aged about 27. Mr. Young resided about four miles from this place.” -------------------------------- From: "Ralph W. Cokonougher" Subject: Obit: Young, 1851,Adams Co. Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 21:09:02 -0000 From the Wednesday, July 9, 1851, “Adams County Democrat” newspaper, Vol. VII, No. 42, West Union, Adams County, Ohio (Ohio Historical Society microfilm roll # 34942), page 3, col. 4: "DIED. On the 8th inst., on Beasley’s Fork, Monroe tp., of cholera, Miss ____ YOUNG.” -------------------------------- From: "Ralph W. Cokonougher" Subject: Obit: cholera epidemic deaths,1851,Adams Co. Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 21:16:02 -0000 h n gole margaret buchanan mary lafferty john buchanan thomas prather henry prather wilson prather anne prather owen hartness From the Wednesday, July 23, 1851, “Adams County Democrat” newspaper, Vol. VII, No. 43, West Union, Adams County, Ohio (Ohio Historical Society microfilm roll # 34942), page 2, col. 1: “CHOLERA. In our last issue of the 9th inst., we announced to our readers, that we, in common with the names of our citizens in West Union, believed that the dreaded cholera had done its work in this place. We were most grievously mistaken. After a cessation of a few days, (from Sunday, the 6th instant, to Wednesday, the 9th) it broke out again, with increased malignity, and, in a few days, had numbered among its victims, some of our most useful and highly esteemed citizens. The first victim was H.N.Gole. Though slightly indisposed, he ate his dinner as usual, on Wednesday, the 9th inst., and at 9 o’clock that night, he was a corpse. Mrs. Margaret Buchanan was attacked the same afternoon, and at 2 o’clock, the next morning, her spirit had taken flight to another world. On the next day, Mrs. Mary Lafferty breathed her last. She had been for several days laboring under a billious attack, but her disease in its last stages assumed a choleraic type. Mr. John Buchanan was the next victim, he died Saturday morning, the 12th inst. On Sunday morning, Thomas Prather, a little boy four or five years old, son of Henry Prather, was attacked, and in a few hours was numbered with the dead. On the same day, Mr. Wilson Prather was attacked, and on the next day, he, and his daughter, Anne Olivia, were consigned to their graves. Thus, in about five days, were seven of our neighbors, but one of whom had passed the meridian of life, nearly all of whom had as fair prospects for life as any persons in our place, and some of whom enjoyed more than ordinarily robust health, cut off and assigned a place among the dead. A death is an event which, in the ordinary course of affairs, occurs not more than once in several months in West Union . It may, therefore, be readily supposed that these numerous deaths, happening in so short a period of time, from this dreaded disease, which baffles the greatest medical science, and the numerous cases then prevailing in our midst, occasioned no small degree of alarm among our citizens. The cholera season of 1851 will be remembered by the residents of West Union, so long as the present generation exists, as a time of acute anguish by those who have been bereft of beloved relatives, as a period of dread by all. To the credit of our citizens be it said, they all remained in the place whilst the epidemic raged, and in no instance did the afflicted suffer for want of attention and assistance. The alacrity with which some of the our young men rallied to the relief of the victims of this disease, is worthy of all commendation; and to their promptness many persons in West Union, no doubt owe their lives. Since Monday week, the 14th inst., we have had no death from cholera in this place, and probably no new case. Of those attacked on, and prior to, that day, all, except those of whose deaths we have given account, are either well, or recovering. There have been two deaths in the family of Mr. Owen, residing about three miles north of this place, his wife and daughter. A son of Mr. Hartness, grand-child of Mr. Owen, has also died. Besides these, we have heard of no other cases in the county.” -------------------------------- From: "Ralph W. Cokonougher" Subject: Obit: Gordon, Daggy, Ellis, 1851,Highland Co. Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 21:19:32 -0000 From the Wednesday, July 23, 1851, “Adams County Democrat” newspaper, Vol. VII, No. 43, West Union, Adams County, Ohio (Ohio Historical Society microfilm roll # 34942), page 2, col. 4: “CHOLERA. This dreaded disease is prevailing in the western part of this county. At Dodsonvill, and immediate vicinity, there have been ten fatal cases. Six of the Gordon family, Rev. Mr. Daggy, widow Ellis, and two others, have fallen victims. In the neighborhood of Pricetown, there were several cases, only two of which, so far as we heard, proved fatal. There have been several cases in the neighborhood of Lynchburg, 3 of which proved fatal. There is considerable alarm in the infected districts. We can only recommend cleanliness, care as to diet and exposure in the night air, cheerfulness and equanimity of temperment. We believe it is well established that excitement and alarm predisposes to the disease – Hillsborough Gaz.” -------------------------------- From: "Ralph W. Cokonougher" Subject: Election: Andrew Smalley,1851,Adams Co. Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 21:22:50 -0000 From the Wednesday, July 23, 1851, “Adams County Democrat” newspaper, Vol. VII, No. 43, West Union, Adams County, Ohio (Ohio Historical Society microfilm roll # 34942), page 3, col. 2: “OCTOBER ELECTION. One dollar will be expected in all cases, for announcing the names of candidates for nomination. ….. Mr. Editor: You will please announce the name of ANDREW SMALLEY, as a candidate for Treasurer of Adams County, subject to the decision of the primary election, and oblige MANY DEMOCRATS” -------------------------------- From: "Ralph W. Cokonougher" Subject: Obit: Davis Lovejoy, 1851, Adams Co. Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 21:25:50 -0000 From the Wednesday, July 23, 1851, “Adams County Democrat” newspaper, Vol. VII, No. 43, West Union, Adams County, Ohio (Ohio Historical Society microfilm roll # 34942), page 3, col. 2: “DIED. On Gift Ridge, in Monroe tp., on Friday the 18th inst. of an affection of the spine, Mr. DAVIS LOVEJOY, aged 24 years. The deceased has endured pain, some times the most excrutiating, for the last 18 years, occasioned by a fall which he received from a horse when quite young. From the effects of this fall he never recovered, but endured pain therefrom until the hour of his death. This he bore with the most exemplary patience and resignation, never murmering nor complaining. With a soul beyond the power of his body, he strove by the labor of his own hands, to earn a support for himself. The deceased enjoyed largely the confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens, and at the time of his decease he was clerk of Monroe tp. By all with whom he was acquainted, he enjoyed the reputation of an honest, high minded, most excellent young man, and his death is universally regretted." -------------------------------- From: "Ralph W. Cokonougher" Subject: Obit: Jeremiah Grant, 1851, Adams Co. Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 21:28:51 -0000 From the Wednesday, July 23, 1851, “Adams County Democrat” newspaper, Vol. VII, No. 43, West Union, Adams County, Ohio (Ohio Historical Society microfilm roll # 34942), page 3, col. 2: “DIED. In West Union, on Saturday the 19th inst. JEREMIAH GRANT, aged about 8 years." -------------------------------- From: "Ralph W. Cokonougher" Subject: Obit: Jonathan Waits, 1851, Adams Co. Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 21:31:15 -0000 From the Wednesday, July 23, 1851, “Adams County Democrat” newspaper, Vol. VII, No. 43, West Union, Adams County, Ohio (Ohio Historical Society microfilm roll # 34942), page 3, col. 2: “DIED. In the vicinity of Eckmanville Adams co. on the ______ inst. MR. JONATHAN WAITS, an honest and useful citizen." -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V01 Issue #16 ******************************************