OHIO STATEWIDE FILES OH-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List Issue 132 *********************************************************************** 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 132 Today's Topics: #1 CENSUS: 1880, Hamilton Co. ["ann weisel" ] #2 MARRIAGE: Weisel, 1901, Hamilton C ["ann weisel" ] #3 LETTER: Weisel,1902, Hamilton Co ["ann weisel" ] #4 Death Cert.: Hannah Long / Hannah ["Ralph W. Cokonougher" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: CENSUS: 1880, Hamilton Co. Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Source: 1880 Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio FHL film 1255027 NAF T9-1027 Page 216B Albert Weissel, self, m , m, w, 30, OH Fa: BAV Mo: BA Elizabeth Weissel, wife, f, m, w, 20, OH Fa: SAX Mo: SAX Edward A. Weissel, son, m, s, w, 2, OH Fa: OH Mo: OH Address: 96 Logan Street George Stempert , self, m, m, w, 34, BADEN Fa: Baden Mo: Baden , Occ: teamster Maria Stempert, wife, f, m, w, 29 BAV Fa: BAV Mo: BAV , Occ: keeps house ? Stempert, Dau, f, s, w, 7, OH Fa:BADEN Mo: BAV ? Stempert, son, m, w, 6, OH Fa: BADEN Mo: BAV annie Stempert, dau, f, s, w, 4, OH, Fa: BADEN Mo: BAV ? Stempert, Son, m, s, w, 2 OH, Fa: BADEN Mo: BAV ? stempert, son, m, s, w, 1, OH, Fa: BADEN Mo: BAV Fredrick Kirchoffer , other, m, s, w, 20 BADEN Fa: BADEN mo:BADEN OCC: teamster John Buerger, self, m, m, w, 24, OH, fa: BAV mo: BAV Catherina Buerger, wife, f, m, w, 23, OH, Fa: BAV Mo: BAV Margaretha Siogenthaler, f,?, w, 60, BAV ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 11:03:28 -0400 From: "ann weisel" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: MARRIAGE: Weisel, 1901, Hamilton Co Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" William V. Weisel of Cincinnati, Ohio and Catherine Farrell of New York City were united in Holy Matrimony according to the usages of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the laws of New York at 2190 7th Ave on the first day of December in the year of our lord one thousand nine hundred and one. Willie P. Odell minister of the Gospel. Oscar G. Schmidt and Marini Schmidt , witnesses. Guests Oscar G. Schmidt and wife, Mrs. Eva Engel, H.A. Schmidt, Jeeus M. Van Do?u, Abraham M. Hauline, Harry ? Weisel, John D. ? olthop, and Michael ? Mechan ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 11:04:28 -0400 From: "ann weisel" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: LETTER: Weisel,1902, Hamilton Co Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Fort Slocum, NY November 12,1902 To whom it may concern: I hereby certify that William Weisel , who was this day discharged as a private from Co. C, 16th , Infantry has been employed on extra duty as a clerk in the subsistence department at this post about two and a half years. since I have been Commissary, he has performed his duties to my entire satisfaction,and I am informed that he gave like satisfaction to my ? signature seems to be elevaco. T. Dounelly 1 st Lt. Artillery Corp commissary ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #4 Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2001 15:05:30 -0000 From: "Ralph W. Cokonougher" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: Death Cert.: Hannah Long / Hannah Hester, 1917, Ross Co. Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed ==== OH-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List ==== This list if for Archive Material Only. No Queries Allowed. For Ohio Queries visit http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maggieoh/Maillist/maggiemaillist.html and sign up for Maggie_Ohio-L or OHROOTS-L ==== The following is a transcript of death certificate of Hannah (Long) Hester. Hannah's husband was Joseph Hester, son of Zachariah Hester , and her children were Frank, Hattie, and Myrtle Hester. "STATE OF OHIO. BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS. CERTIFICATE OF DEATH. Place of Death - County of Ross, Township of Buckskin. Registration District No. - 1127. Primary Registration District No. - 5722. File No. - 23101, Registered No. - 12. FULL NAME - Hannah Hester. 3. Sex - Female. 4. Color or Race - White. 5. Single, married, widowed, or divorced - Married. 6. Date of Birth - May 2, 1852. 7. Age - 64 yrs., 10 mos., 27 ds. 8. Occupation - House wife. 9. Birthplace - Ohio. 10. Name of Father - Alexander Long. 11. Birthplace of Father - Ohio. 12. Maiden name of Mother - Rebecca Long. 13. Birthplace of mother - Ohio. 14. The above is true to the best of my knowledge - Signed/Joseph Hester; Lyndon, Ohio. 15. Filed 4-1-1917, F.A. Everhart. 16. Date of Death - March 29th, 1917. 17. I hereby certify, that I attended deceased from Jan. 1st, 1917, to Mch. 29, 1917, that I last saw her alive on March 20, 1917, and that death occurred on the date stated above, at __m. The cause of death was as follows: cerebral hemmorhage, duration 10 days. Contributory - Bright disease, duration - 2 yrs. Signed/Edward J. Tulley, M.D. 4-1-1917. Address - South Salem, O. 19. Place of Burial or removal - S. Salem Cemetery; Date of burial - Apr. 2nd, 1917. 20. Undertaker - Signed/A.L. McWilliams; address - Greenfield, O. I hereby certify that the above certificate is an exact copy of the original certificate which is registered and preserved in the Division of Vital Statistics of the Ohio Department of Health. Witness my signature and the seal of the Department. Signed/ John H. Ackerman, Director of Health. Apr. 29, 1976." *********************************************************** _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #5 Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2001 15:34:08 -0000 From: "Ralph W. Cokonougher" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: Miscellanea: Hester/Long families, 1826-1918, Ross County Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed +++ The Zachariah Hester household from the 1850 federal census - Schedule I; District 130; Free Inhabitants in Buckskin Township, Ross County, Ohio, enumerated on 23 Nov, 1850 by James McLean, Asst. Marshall: Zachariah F Hester : age - 47, sex - male, profession - carpenter, value of real estate owned - 1000, place of birth - PA. Daniel Hester: age - 23, sex - male, profession - laborer, place of birth - Ohio. Margaret Hester: age - 42, sex - female, place of birth - Ohio. Rebecca Hester: age - 17, sex - female, place of birth - Ohio, attended school within the year. Rosanna Hester: age - 15, sex - female, place of birth - Ohio, attended school within the year. Rachael McFarland: age - 13, sex - female, place of birth - Ohio, attended school within the year. Timothy Hester: age - 11, sex - male, place of birth - Ohio, attended school within the year. John W. Hester: age - 6, sex - male, place of birth - Ohio, attended school within the year. Zacariah F. Hester: age - 4, sex - male, place of birth - Ohio. Wm. I. W. Hester: age - 4, sex - male, place of birth - Ohio. Joseph A. Hester: age - 1, sex - male, place of birth - Ohio. *********************************************************** +++ The Zachariah Hester household in the 1860 federal census - Page No. 44; Schedule I; Free Inhabitants in Buckskin Township, Ross County, Ohio, enumerated on the 27th of July 1860; Lyndon, Ohio Post Office; G.W. James, Asst. Marshall: Zackeus Hester: age - 56, sex - M, profession - farmer, value of real estate owned - 4150, value of personal estate - 411, place of birth - Pa. Margaritte: age - 51, sex - F, place of birth - Ohio. Timothy: age - 18, sex - M, place of birth - Ohio, attended school within the year. John: age - 16, sex - M, place of birth - Ohio, attended school within the year. Taylor: age - 12, sex - M, place of birth - Ohio, attended school within the year. Worth: age - 12, sex - M, place of birth - Ohio, attended school within the year. Jackson: age - 10, sex - M, place of birth - Ohio, attended school within the year. *********************************************************** +++ The Zachariah Hester household in the 1870 federal census - Page 31; Family # 215; Schedule I; Inhabitants in Buckskin Township, Ross County, Ohio, enumerated on 5 August 1870; Greenland Post Office; James Templin, Asst. Marshall: Hester, Zacariah: age - 66, sex - M, color - W, profession - House Carpenter, value of real estate - 800, value of personal estate - 300, place of birth - Penn, male citizen of U.S. of 21 years of age & upwards - yes. Hester, Margaret: age - 62, sex - F, color - W, profession - Keeps House, place of birth - Ohio. Hester, Joseph: age - 20, sex - M, color - W, profession - Farm laborer, place of birth - Ohio. ********************************************************** +++ The Taylor Hester household in the 1870 federal census - Page 31; Family # 214; Schedule I; Inhabitants in Buckskin Township, Ross County, Ohio, enumerated on 5 August 1870; Greenland Post Office; James Templin, Asst. Marshall: Hester, Taylor: age - 23, sex - M, profession - farmer, value of personal estate - 250, place of birth - Ohio, attended school within the year - Nov. (I think this is in the wrong column. It should be in the "If married within the year state month" column), male citizen of U.S. of 21 years of age & upwards - yes. Hester, Margaret: age 26, sex - F, color - W, profession - Keeps home, place of birth - Ohio, attended school within the year - Nov. (I think this is in the wrong column. It should be in the "If married within the year state month" column). Hickson, Peter: age - 19, sex - M, color - W, profession - Works in Ironmelt, place of birth - Ohio. ***************************************************************** +++ The Taylor Hester household in the 1880 federal census, in South Salem, Buckskin Township, Ross County, Ohio, date - 2 June 1880: "Taylor Hester, white, male, age - 33, married, farmer, unemployed in the census year, place of birth - Ohio, father's place of birth - Penn., mother's place of birth - Ohio. Margret Hester, white, female, 36, relationship to head of family - wife, married, occupation - keeping house, place of birth - Ohio, father's place of birth - Wales, mother's place of birth - Vir. Charles M. Hester, white, male, 9, relationship to head of family - son, single, place of birth - Ohio, father's place of birth - Ohio, mother's place of birth - Ohio. Lucy B. Hester, white, female, 7, relationship to head of family - dau., place of birth - Ohio, father's place of birth - Ohio, mother's place of birth - Ohio. Main Hedrick, white, male, 23, relationship to head of family - boarder, single, place of birth - Ohio, father's place of birth - Ohio, mother's place of birth - Ohio." ****************************************************************** +++ The Joseph Hester household on page 12 of the 1880 federal census of Buckskin Township, Ross County, Ohio, enumerated on 4 June 1880: Hester, Joseph: color - W, sex - M, age - 28, civil condition- married, occupation - farmer, unemployed in the census year, place of birth - Ohio, father's place of birth - Penn, mother's place of birth - Ohio. Hester, Hannah: color - W, sex - F, age - 24, relationship to head of family - wife, civil condition - married, occupation - Keeping House, place of birth - Ohio, father's place of birth - Ohio, mother's place of birth - Penn. Hester, Hattie: color - W, sex - F, age - 4, relationship to head of family - daughter, civil condition - single, place of birth - Ohio, father's place of birth - Ohio, mother's place of birth - Ohio. Hester, Frank: color - W, sex - M, age - 3, relationship to head of family - son, civil condition - single, place of birth - Ohio, father's place of birth - Ohio, mother's place of birth - Ohio. ****************************************************** +++ From page 185, No. 155, "Abstracts of Will Books A,B,C, and D. Ross County, Ohio. Including Records of Administrations of Estates in Back of Will Book A and Abstracts of Inventory Book No. 1 of Ross County, Ohio" by D.A.R., Washington C.H. Chapter. Washington C.H.: D.A.R., 1961 : "Henry Hester and Zacheus Hester, witnesses to will of John W. Pool. Oct. 7, 1823." *************************************** +++ A marriage record from the Ross County, Ohio Probate Court Marriage Record Book C - D, page 51 : "State of Ohio Ross County ss. I do hereby certify that on the 7th day of May 1826, I joined in marriage Zacheus Hester & Margaret Hixon. Saml. Swearingen J.P." ******************************************************* +++ Joseph and Hannah (Long) Hester are buried in the South Salem Cemetery in South Salem, Ross County, Ohio. Their tombstone reads, "JOSEPH HESTER. NOV. 28, 1850. DEC. 13, 1918. HANNAH HIS WIFE. MAY 2, 1852. MARCH 29, 1917." ********************************************************* +++ From the 15 August 1907, Greenfield, Ohio "The Greenfield Republican" newspaper, Vol. 7, No. 17: "LOWER TWIN VALLEY. Mr. and Mrs. Harcy Storts, of Pricer's Ridge, and son Alonzo, Sundayed with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hester." ****************************************************** +++ From the 9 Jan. 1908 Greenfield, Ohio "The Greenfield Republican" newspaper, Vol. 46, No. 38: "LOWER TWIN VALLEY. Mrs. Harcy Storts and family were the guests of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hester." ****************************************************** +++ From the Thursday, 19 March 1908 Greenfield, Ohio "The Greenfield Republican" newspaper, Vol. 46, No. 48: "LOWER TWIN VALLEY. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Storts and two children spent Saturday and Sunday with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hester." ****************************************************** +++ From the Thursday, 23 July 1908 Greenfield, Ohio "The Greenfield Republican" newspaper, Vol. 47, No. 14: "LOWER TWIN VALLEY" Mrs. Myrtle Storts and children spent Saturday night with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hester. . . . . . . Left over from last week: Mr. Arthur Long and brother of Owlcreek, called on their uncle Mr. Joseph Hester, Saturday night and Sunday." ****************************************************** +++ From the Index of Deaths in the Ross County, Ohio Probate Court (Hattie was the daughter of Joseph and Hannah [Long] Hester): Hester, Hattie. White. Female. Died Dec. 11, 1885. Aged 9 yr., 4 mo., 4 days. Cause: typhoid fever. Place of death: Buckskin Twp., Ross County. Recorded in Vol. 3, page H. ******************************************************* +++ From the Ross County Probate Court Marriage Affidavits Book 1871-1876, page 486: "The State of Ohio, Ross County, ss. This 3rd day of June 1875 personally came Joseph Hester and made oath, that he is twenty-one years of age, and that Hannah E. Long is eighteen years of age, and a resident of this County, that both said last named persons are unmarried, and are not nearer of kin than second cousins. Subscribed and Sworn to before me the day and year aforesaid. Signed/N.L. Walker, Probate Judge. Signed/ Joseph Hester." ********************************************************* +++ From the 1850 Census, Page 684, District No. 164, Schedule I, Free Inhabitants in Twin Township in the County of Ross, State of Ohio, enumerated on the 19th day of Sept. 1850 by Booth Eggleston, Asst. Marshall: Alexander Long, age - 32, sex - male, profession - farmer, place of birth - Ohio, cannot read and write. Elizebeth Long, age - 28, sex - female, place of birth - Maryland, cannot read and write. Thomas Long, age - 9, sex - male, place of birth - Ohio. Jane Long, age - 5, sex - female, place of birth - Ohio. John Long, age - 2, sex - male, place of birth. ********************************************************* +++ Household # 462 of Alexander Long, in the 1860 Federal Census - Page No. 66; Schedule I; Free Inhabitants in Twin Township in the County of Ross, State of Ohio, enumerated on the 5th day of July 1860; Post Office - Bainbridge; J.M. Baere, Asst. Marshall: Alexander Long: age 31, sex - M, profession - Boss Farmer, value of personal estate - 600, place of birth - Ohio. Elizabeth Long: age - 30, sex - F, place of birth - Maryland. Thomas Long: age - 18, sex - M, profession - farm hand, place of birth - Ohio. Eliza J. Long: age - 15, sex - F, profession - housework, place of birth - Ohio. John Long: age - 12, sex - M, place of birth - Ohio. Hannah Long: age - 9, sex - F, place of birth - Ohio. Mary Long: age - 5, sex - F, place of birth - Ohio. ********************************************************** +++ From the 1870 census: Page 27, Schedule I, Inhabitants in Twin Township in the County of Ross, State of Ohio, enumerated on the 13th day of June, 1870, post office - Bainbridge: Long, Alexander; age - 48, sex - male, color - white, profession - farmer, value of personal estate - 320, place of birth - Ohio, male citizen of U.S. of 21 yrs and up. Long , Ann; age 44, sex - female, color - white, profession - keeping house, place of birth - Ohio. Long , Hannah; age - 18, sex - female, color - white, profession - at home, place of birth - Ohio. Long, Alexander; age - 9, sex - male, color - white, place of birth - Ohio, attended school within the year. Porter, James; age - 15, sex - male, color - white, profession - at home, place of birth - Ohio, attended school within the year. Porter , Ella; age - 7, sex - female, color - white, place of birth - Ohio, attended school within the year. ***************************************************************** +++ From the 1880 census: From page 38, Twin Township, Ross County, Ohio, date - 18 June 1880: Long, Alexander; color - white, sex - male, age - 60, relationship to head of family - husband, civil condition - married, occupation - farm laborer, number of months unemployed in census year - checked, place of birth - Ohio, father's place of birth - Penn, Mother's place of birth - Penn. Long , Anna; color - white, sex - female, age - 53, relationship to head of family - wife, civil condition - married, occupation - keeping house, place of birth - Ohio, father's place of birth - Penn, mother's place of birth - Penn. Long , Minnie; color - white, sex - female, age - 8, relationship to head of family - daughter, civil condition - single, place of birth - Ohio, father's place of birth - Ohio, mother's place of birth - Ohio. ****************************************************************** _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V01 Issue #132 *******************************************