OHIO STATEWIDE FILES OH-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List Issue 020 *********************************************************************** 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 02 : Issue 20 Today's Topics: #1 Originally from Putnam County, Ohi ["Bakers" ] #2 Obituary/Betty (Nadler) Schroeder ["Bakers" ] #3 Obit/Richard W. Agner ["Bakers" ] #4 First Court Sessions in Guernsey C [MMacmurph@aol.com] #5 "A Heroine of the Civil War" - Mar [MMacmurph@aol.com] #6 Obit: Charles Boylan, 2002 ["Ralph W. Cokonougher" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <00d501c1abed$61451240$3d04bfc3@iu5k3> Subject: Originally from Putnam County, Ohio/Evelyn (Eberle) McKinney Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Arizona Republic...Phoenix, Arizona. Tuesday, February 17, 1959, pg. 16 Evelyn E. McKinney...Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. tomorrow in Palms Chapel, Grimshaw Mortuary, 334 W. Monroe, for Mrs. Evelyn E. McKinney, 68, who died Monday in St. Luke's Hospital. Requiem high mass will be sung at 9:30 a.m. Thursday in St. Gregory's Church, 3424 N. 18th Avenue. Burial will be in St. Francis Cemetery. Mrs. McKinney came to Phoenix in 1947 from Dayton, Ohio. She lived at 1518 W.Windsor. She is survived by three sons, Harold A. McKinney, of Stow, Ohio; Martin Trame, of Phoenix; and Ralph B. Trame, of Dayton; two daughters, Mrs. Edgar R. Bardley, of Vandalia, Ohio; and Mrs. Cleon Perry, of Eugene, Ore; five sisters, and 12 grandchildren. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 14:28:51 +0100 From: "Bakers" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <00e301c1abed$8e1627a0$3d04bfc3@iu5k3> Subject: Obituary/Betty (Nadler) Schroeder Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit SCHROEDER, BETTY T. - February 1, 2002 - 5:31 PM Betty T. Schroeder, 38, of Leipsic, OH, died at 4:30 am, Friday February 1, 2002 at the railroad crossing on Rd H, Leipsic. Born June 4, 1963, she was the daughter of Paul and Clara (Koch) Nadler. They survive in Miller City, OH. On November 5, 1983, she married Joseph Schroeder, and he survives in Leipsic, OH. Also surviving are seven children: Jason, Megan, Luke, Drew, Erin, Kurt, and Amie Schroeder, all at home; a brother: Gary Nadler, Leipsic, OH; three sisters: Judy and Carlos Toscano, Katy, TX, Dolores and Don Schroeder, Leipsic, OH, and Nancy and Jim Reynolds, Westerville, OH; and paternal grandmother, Rosena Nadler, Leipsic, OH. Mrs. Schroeder was a homemaker. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Leipsic, OH; was a 1981 graduate of Miller City High School; a 1982 Licensed Practical Nurse graduate of Northwest Technical College, Lima, OH; was a Room Mother for St. Mary's School; and was a member of the Putnam County Farm Bureau. A funeral mass will be celebrated at 10:30 am, Monday, February 4, 2002 at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Leipsic, OH. Fr. John Joseph will officiate. Burial will be in the parish cemetery. Friends may call from 5-9 pm Saturday, and from 2-9 pm Sunday at Love Funeral Home, Leipsic, OH, where a rosary will be recited at 8 pm Saturday, and a scripture service will be held at 3 pm Sunday. Memorial donations may be made to the Schroeder Children's Educational Fund in care of the funeral home. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 14:31:52 +0100 From: "Bakers" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <010601c1abed$fa27dd80$3d04bfc3@iu5k3> Subject: Obit/Richard W. Agner Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From the Lima News, Lima, Allen County, Ohio, Friday, Feb. 1, 2002 Richard W. Agner, 83, died at 1:20 a.m. Jan. 31, 2002, at St. Rita's Medical Center. He was born Nov. 20, 1918, in Ottawa to Charles and Mary Deck Agner, who preceded him in death. On Nov. 1, 1947, he married Lydella Lammers, who survives in Ottawa. Mr. Agner retired from Whirlpool Corp., Findlay. He was a life member of VFW Post 9142, ..... Survivors include two sons, Gerald (Beatrice) Agner of Prospect and Thomas (Catherine) Agner of Toledo; two daughters, Carolyn Agner and Mariulyn Agner, both of Fairfield, IA; two sisters, Harriett Johnson and mary (Dick) Bracy, both of Ottawa; and three grandchildren. He is preceded in death by a brother, Lomar Deck; and threee sisters, Margaret Goff, Marcine Crawford and Martha Bockrath. Services will be at 11:00 am Saturday.......... Condolences may be sent to www.lovefuneralhome.com ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #4 Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 13:48:19 EST From: MMacmurph@aol.com To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <155.84e862f.298d8e73@aol.com> Subject: First Court Sessions in Guernsey CO - Wm Wolfe Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Page 67 "The First Court Sessions" [1810] The first judicial act of Associate Judges KIRKPATRICK, GOMBER and SPEER was to appoint county officers. They could not very well hold court without a prosecuting attorney, a sheriff and a clerk. Samuel HERRICK was appointed prosecuting attorney by the court; Thomas KNOWLS, sheriff; Cyrus P. BEATTY, clerk; George METCALF, surveyor; Robert JOHNSON, recorder; and Absolom MARTIN, William DEMENT and James DILLON, commissioners. There are records in the court house today, made by some of these officials, which indicate that they were neat, careful and efficient public servants. Associate judges were not required to be attorneys. Not many of the men who served as such between 1810 and 1851 were lawyers. They held sessions between court terms to grant licenses and consider minor civil and criminal cases. The major cases were assigned for hearing before the president judge. The first term of court was in session for one day only, and there was not one case for trial. Six unimportant cases were docketed for the second session, which were disposed of in one day, too. Attorney Samuel CULBERTSON presented the petition of Josiah BOWERS, an insolvent debtor, who desired relief. The court ordered that the fourth Monday in August be appointed of the final hearing, and that notice of same be published in The Muskingum Messenger. (Guernsey county had no newspaper before 1824.) Licenses were granted John PATTERSON, Abraham CLEMENTS and Christian WINE to keep houses of public entertainment. This first judicial body announced that each township in Guernsey county might have two justices of the peace. It would seem that the infant county with its occasional visits of the president judge, its three associate judges, and the two justices of the peace in each township, was well prepared to consider all cases that might arise. That there may have been more provisions for court than were necessary is shown by the fact that Thomas OLDHAM, although he was a justice of the peace for twenty-one years, had only three suits brought before him. 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, Santa Fe, NM 2002 MMacMurph@aol.com ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #5 Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 14:15:10 EST From: MMacmurph@aol.com To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <149.8da43b3.298d94be@aol.com> Subject: "A Heroine of the Civil War" - Mary Jane Leeper Franks Downs Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" 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 McCormick Murphy, Santa Fe, NM 2002 MMacMurph@aol.com Page 292: A Heroine of the Civil War The capture of a Guernsey county woman as a spy, her imprisonment by the rebels, and her thrilling escape from the enemy compose the outline of this little story of Civil War days. For love of country and husband a young wife left her home in Richland township when the war opened, and offered her services to the Union. Some of her experiences within the Confederate lines were more remarkable than those of the average soldier. After the war was over she was awarded a pension by the federal government. Descendant of Patriotic Families. - Mary Jane Leeper, daughter of Alexander and Charity Wines Leeper, was born in Guernsey county. Her grandfather was Robert E. Leeper who kept a tavern east of Washington, on what is known as the Aaron Patterson farm. Her grandmother was a daughter of George Wines, a member of one of Guernsey county's leading pioneer families. Both the Leepers and the Wines were noted for their patriotism, a family characteristic that Mary Jane may have inherited. A short time before the beginning of the Civil War Mary Jane Leeper became the wife of Robert L. Franks, and the young couple established a home near New Gottengen in Richland township. When Lincoln's call for troops came, the husband announced his intention to enlist in the army. Mary Jane declared that she, too, would go to war, in order that she might be near her husband and perhaps find something to do that would aid in the preservation of the Union. Taken prisoner by the Rebels. - Robert L. Franks enlisted in the One Hundred Twenty-second Regiment, under General J. Baux, in the Sixth Army Corps. Mary Jane followed her husband on the march and worked as a cook when the army camped. Inside the Confederate lines, she volunteered to serve as a nurse. During her camp experience she had learned much concerning military tactics that was not a requisite for nursing. Alert and keen to serve her country aside from caring for the wounded, she engaged in a type of war work that very few women have ever dared do. Suspected by the Confederates of passing important information through the lines to the Union army, she was arrested and placed in prison. Escapes from Prison - The most remarkable incident connected with Mary Jane Franks' war experience was her escape from prison. Mrs. Eliza Potts, ninety-two years of age, who is now living in Cambridge, is a first cousin of Mrs. Franks. She knew her before she entered the war and talked to her many times after she returned home. "I do not remember her telling how she got out of the prison," Mrs. Potts remarked, "but I do recall her saying, 'I ran and I ran and I ran.'" Mrs. Potts remembers her adding that as she ran she kept repeating, "Legs, if you ever intend to do me any good, do it now." At length she reached a Northern sympathizer who carried her in an ox-cart forty miles to the Union lines. She was then taken to a railroad by which she returned to Guernsey county. Her capture occurred a short time before the Battle of the Wilderness in which her husband was wounded. He was taken prisoner and sent to Andersonville where he died of his wounds. Mrs. Franks did not learn of her husband's capture, imprisonment and death until she returned home. Died in 1913 - Some years after the war Mrs. Franks married Upton Downs. After the death of Downs at Jonesboro, Indiana, about the year 1907, Mrs. Downs lived at the home of her brother, Dr. John A. Leeper, Columbus, Ohio, where she died in 1913. She was buried at Zanesville, Ohio. All her five brothers and sisters are dead with the possible exception of Edward who became a prominent actor and went to London, England. Two first cousins of Mary Jane Franks, in addition to Mrs. Potts, are now living in Guernsey county; John H. Leeper and Mrs. Angeline Secrest (Congressman Robert T. Secrest's grandmother), both of Senecaville. Some nephews and nieces are living within or near Cambridge. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #6 Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2002 03:28:40 +0000 From: "Ralph W. Cokonougher" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: Obit: Charles Boylan, 2002 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed The following obituary is from the Friday, 18 January 2002 issue of the Washington C.H., Ohio "Record-Herald", page 2A, col. 5: "CHARLES R. BOYLAN. Charles R. Boyland died on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2002. He is survived by his wife, Mary Lou (Dulle) Boylan; two children, Richard J. (Mary) Boylan and Anne M. (Rick) Dischar; one grandchild, Alyssa Dischar; two siblings, James R. (Barbara) Boylan of Westerville and Jean Ann Boylan of Washington C.H. The Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Cecilia Church on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2002 at 10:30 a.m. There will be no visitation. Memorials may be directed to St. Cecilia Church, 3105 Madison Road, Cincinnati, OH 45209, or Our Daily Bread, 1730 Race St., Cincinnati, OH 45210. Arrangements are by the George H. Rohde & Son Funeral Home in Mount Lookout." _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #7 Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2002 03:32:35 +0000 From: "Ralph W. Cokonougher" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: Obit: Fred Hoffman, Highland Co. Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed The following obituary is from an unnamed and undated newspaper clipping from my mother, Viola (Hester) (Cokonougher) Cassidy. "FRED D. HOFFMAN. Service for Fred Dawson Hoffman, 79, will be held Friday at 2 p.m. in United Brethren church. Rev. Hubert Sharp will officiate and interment will be made in Greenfield cemetery by the Anderson funeral home. Friends may call at the funeral home from noon Thursday until noon Friday and then at the church. A retired plumber, he died Monday at 11 a.m. in Greenfield Municipal Hospital. He was transferred to the hospital from the Buckingham nursing home two weeks ago. He leaves his wife, the former Mary Elizabeth Quick, 715 Lafayette st., four step-children, 11 step-grandchildren, and 13 step-great-grandchildren, and a brother, Ralph Hoffman, of Fruitdale. He was predeceased by two wives, the former Margaret Stultzenburger and Lulu Wisecup, and by 11 brothers and sisters. He was a member of United Brethren church." _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #8 Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2002 03:35:52 +0000 From: "Ralph W. Cokonougher" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: Obit: Toni Rich, Toni Davis, 1995, Clinton & Fayette Co Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed The following obituary is from the Friday, 16 June 1995 issue of the Washington C.H., Ohio "Record-Herald": "TONI LEE RICH DAVIS. Toni Lee Rich Davis of Lincoln St., Wilmington, died at 2:45 a.m. Friday in Wilmington. Funeral arrangements are pending at Littleton Funeral Home, Sabina. ************************************ The following obituary is from the Saturday, 17 June 1995 issue of the Washington C.H., Ohio "Record-Herald": "TONI LEE RICH DAVIS. Toni Lee Rich Davis of Lincoln Street, Wilmington, died at 2:45 a.m. Friday in Wilmington. She was born June 18, 1953 in San Diego, Calif., the daughter of John William Rich Jr. and Gloria Lee Agee Rich. She was a member of the Wilmington Fellowship Christian Ministry, a 1972 graduate of Washington High School and a graduate of Southern State College. She was preceded in death by her father. She is survived by her mother, Gloria Rich of Washington C.H.; children, T.J. Davis of Portland, Conn., and Shayne and Shannen Davis, both of Wilmington; brothers, Richard and Jamey Rich of Chillicothe and William Rich of Washington C.H.; aunts and uncles, Richard Rich, Raymond and Andy Agee, Ethel (Robert) Miller and Barbara (Estil) Banks. The funeral will be 1:30 p.m. Monday, June 19, in the Littleton Funeral Home, Sabina, with burial to be in Highlawn Memory Gardens. Friends may call on Sunday, 2 - 4 p.m. Memorial contributions may be directed to Hospice of Clinton County." ************************************** _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #9 Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2002 03:38:56 +0000 From: "Ralph W. Cokonougher" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: Obit: James Shoemaker, 2002, Adams & Fayette Co Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed The following obituary is from the Friday, 18 January 2002 issue of the Washington C.H., Ohio "Record-Herald", page 2A, col. 5: "JAMES ARTHUR 'OTT' SHOEMAKER. James Arthur 'Ott" Shoemaker, 91, of Washington C.H. died Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2002 at St. Catherine's Care Center. Mr. Shoemaker was born April 10, 1910 in Adams County to Charley B. and Verna Mae Miller Shoemaker. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was preceded in death by his parents, Charley B. and Verna Mae Miller Shoemaker; sisters, Hazel Shoemaker, Edna Mowen and Leathe Lee Shoemaker; and two brothers, Ralph and Edward Shoemaker. The funeral service will be held at the Littleton Funeral Home in Sabina on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2002 at 2 p.m. Calling hours will be Sunday at noon until time of service. Burial will be in the Milledgeville Plymouth Cemetery." _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #10 Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2002 03:42:34 +0000 From: "Ralph W. Cokonougher" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: Obit: Mary Waldren, Mary Cartwright, 1993, Pike Co. Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed The following obituary is from the 12 February 1993 issue of the Greenfield, Ohio "Greenfield Daily Times", page 8: "WALDREN. Mary L. Waldren, 100, of Morgantown, Ohio, died at 6:45 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, 1993 in Pleasant Hill Manor in Piketon. She was born Sept. 26, 1892, in Pike County to Charles and Clementine Fowler Cartwright. She was a member of the Morgantown Church of Christ in Christian Union. On June 11, 1908, she married John M. Waldren, who died in 1966. She is survived by one daughter, Mary Leeth of New Fain Road, Peebles; a daughter-in-law, Clearel Waldren of Chillicothe; seven grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two sons, and one great-grandchild. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 14, at the Smith-Moore Funeral Home in Bainbridge. Rev. Don Humble will officiate with burial to follow in Gardner Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday." _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #11 Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2002 03:45:46 +0000 From: "Ralph W. Cokonougher" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: Obit: Earl Green, 2002, Pike & Fayette Co. Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed The following obituary is from the Thursday, 17 January 2002 issue of the Washington C.H., Ohio "Record-Herald", page 2A, col. 5: "EARL GREEN. Earl Green, 77, of 180 Jasper Coil Road, died at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2002 at the Chillicothe Veteran's Administration Medical Center. He was born in Latham, Ohio, on Feb. 5, 1924, the son of Edward and Anna (Caplinger) Green. He had lived in Fayette County since 1958. Mr. Green served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was captured on Feb. 18, 1944 and was held in Germany as a prisoner of war until April 14, 1945. Mr. Green was a retired life-time farmer in Jasper Township. He was preceded in death by his parents; son Earl Lee Green in 1985; wife Ruth Ann Green in 1982; brothers Lucas, Frank and Carl Green; sisters Ruth Diehl, Maude Thompson and Clarice Trimble; grandson William Doan; and great-granddaughter Casandra Montoya. Mr. Green is survived by a son, John A. Green, of Portland, Tenn.; three daughters, Betty A. (Michael S.) Wright of Jamestown, Donna Jean Hynes of Mount Pleasant, Mich., and Susan M. (William) Doan of South Padre Island, Texas; two brothers, Eldon Green of Brighton, Ill., and Edward Green of Aurora, Ind.; four sisters, Jessie Ritchie of Lawrenceburg, Ind., Madge Trimble of Springfield, Ohio, Wanda Hilderbrand of Aurora, Ind., and Julia Sowards of Peebles, Ohio; 11 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. The funeral service will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2002 at the Morrow Funeral Home in Washington C.H. Burial will be in Milledgeville-Plymouth Cemetery. Friends may call from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. on Friday at the funeral home. Memorials may be directed to the WW II Memorial Fund - American Battle Monument Commission, Attn: GR048, P.O. Box 96074, Washington, D.C. 20090-6074." _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V02 Issue #20 ******************************************