OHIO STATEWIDE FILES OH-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List Issue 022 *********************************************************************** 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 22 Today's Topics: #1 Obit: Nathan Hoffman, 1938, Ross C ["Ralph W. Cokonougher" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: Obit: Nathan Hoffman, 1938, Ross Co. Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed The following obituary is from an unnamed and undated newspaper clipping: "HOFFMAN RITES TO BE HELD AT MURRAY CO. FRIDAY. Funeral services for Nathan Dawson Hoffman, 77-year-old farmer of R.F.D. 1, Greenfield, and a life-long resident of Buckskin township, Ross county, will be conducted from the Murray Co. chapel, Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. Franklin Norris, pastor of the United Brethren church, will officiate at the last rites and at interment in Greenlawn cemetery, Frankfort. Neighbors will serve as pallbearers. Hoffman died about noon, Wednesday, at his home in the Slate Hill community. He had been in ill health for two years. Deceased was born Aug. 24, 1861, the son of John and Margaret Freshour Hoffman. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Hile Kennedy and Miss Blanche Hoffman, both of whom lived with their father; a granddaughter, Margaret Kennedy; and one sister, a resident of Holliday's Cove, W. Va. Hoffman's wife, Miss Minnie Bell before their marriage, preceded him in death in 1936. Relatives and friends may view the body at the Murray Co. Funeral Home." _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2002 13:08:04 +0000 From: "Ralph W. Cokonougher" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: Obit & fire: Nellie Hoffman, Nellie Kennedy, 1982, Ross & Fayette Co. Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed The following obituary is from the 29 Sept. 1982 issue of the Greenfield, Ohio "Greenfield Daily Times": "KENNEDY. Nellie Maranda Hoffman Kennedy, 83, of 2902 S. West Armburst Rd., Washington C.H. died Tuesday at 12 p.m. at her residence following a four month illness. Born August 7, 1899 in Ross County, she was the daughter of Nathan Dawson Hoffman and Minnie Bell Taylor Hoffman. The wife of Jahile Kennedy, Mrs. Kennedy's husband preceded her in death on March 18, 1963. A member of the Ohio Retired Teachers Association, the American Legion Auxiliary, Paul Hughey Unit No. 25, Washington C.H.; the Immanuel Baptist Church, Washington C.H.; Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 108, Chillicothe; Fayette County Auxiliary of WWI No. 2291, and former deputy registrar of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles in Ross County. Mrs. Kennedy was a 1916 graduate of Buckskin High School and a 1955 graduate of Wilmington College. She taught school for 49 years in the Wilson, Black, Lyndon, Waugh, South Scioto at Massieville and Buckskin Schools. She retired in 1966. She is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Elwood (Margaret) Cokonougher of S. West Armburst Rd., Washington C.H.; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. One sister preceded her in death. Funeral service will be held Friday at 10:30 a.m. in Murray's Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Greenlawn Cemetery in Frankfort. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Thursday." *********************************** The following article is from an undated and unnamed newspaper clipping, but, given the age of N.D. Hoffman as listed in the clipping, the date of the clipping must have been about 1938. "FIRE DESTROYS KENNEDY HOME ON SLATE HILL. Believed to have originated from a defective flue, fire completely destroyed the five-room house of Mr. and Mrs. Hile Kennedy, near Slate Hill, and burned a large part of the contents, yesterday. W. N. Kennedy of Salinas, Calif., visiting with his son after being on the west coast for 16 years, suffered a loss of $500 in travelers' checks, $200 in postal saving certificates, and his return ticket. The elder Kennedy had taken $100 in cash with him when he left the house shortly before the fire. The structure - the ancestral home of Mrs. Kennedy's family and said to be more than 100 years old - was completely razed. The loss was not covered by insurance, according to reports. Neither Mr. nor Mrs. Hile Kennedy was at home at the time. When Miss Blanche Hoffman, a sister of Mrs. Kennedy, and N. D. Hoffman, 77, her father, discovered the blaze, the upper part of the house was in flames. They were able to remove a radio, a suit of clothing, some bedding, and a few pieces of furniture. Neighbors aided in saving sheds and barns near the burning structure. Hile Kennedy was in Greenfield; Mrs. Kennedy in Chillicothe where she is employed as a teacher in the WPA nursery school. Their daughter, Margaret, was at school in South Salem. The family will stay for the present at the home of Mr. Hoffman's brother-in-law, on the Jacob Taylor farm." _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2002 13:11:20 +0000 From: "Ralph W. Cokonougher" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: Obit: Maggie Schiller, Maggie McMullen, 1993, Adams & Ross Co. Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed The following obituary is from the 12 Feb. 1993 issue of the Greenfield, Ohio "Greenfield Daily Times", page 8: "SCHILLER. Maggie M. Schiller, 95, of South Salem, Ohio, died at 11:45 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, 1993, in Greenfield Area Medical Center. She was born Oct. 28, 1897 in Adams County, Ohio, to David and Rosa Mae Thomas McMullin. She was a cafeteria employee of the Buckskin Schools. She was a self-taught weaver and spent much of her time weaving rugs. She was a member of the South Salem United Methodist Church. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Arnold (Romaine) Smith of Greenfield; six grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gilbert E. Schiller on April 10, 1970, and one son, H. Dale Schiller on Dec. 28, 1983. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 15, 1993 at Murray Funeral Home. Rev. David Dunaway will officiate with burial to follow in South Salem Cemetery. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home." *********************************************** The following article is from the 19 November 1979, Greenfield, Ohio "Greenfield Daily Times". A photo of Maggie Schiller is part of the article. "TRAVELLERS REST RECEIVES RUG. Maggie Schiller, 82, of South Salem, sits in the Presbyterian Memorial Room at Travelers Rest on a chair which is resting on the all wool, old-fashioned rug that she made for the building. The rug is 15 feet long and over nine feet wide. Mrs. Schiller made the rug on a hand loom. She has been making rugs for 23 years and says she enjoys 'every bit of it.'" ************************************************ _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V02 Issue #22 ******************************************