OHIO STATEWIDE FILES OH-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List Issue 013 *********************************************************************** 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 13 Today's Topics: #1 Family Bible: George Miller family ["Ralph W. Cokonougher" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: Family Bible: George Miller family, 1864-1966, Ross County Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by ohmx02.mgw.rr.com id g0JAGEJI022570 The following information was copied from the family record section of the Miller (George and Henrietta Miller) Family Bible. It is second-hand information and the location of the Bible is now lost, but, as any genealogist knows, you never know where you might find that one fact that puts the whole story together. This information was supplied by Jaunita "Weedie" Colburn, daughter of Minnie (Miller) (Tucker) Williams, and granddaughter of George and Henrietta Miller, who gave her permission for this posting. I have included sections of applicable e-mails, below the information, to document how she obtained the information, and because they contain additional valuable information that future descendants will want to know. I particularly like the personal stories, because they, instead of they dry dates and facts, are what really allow our ancestors live on beyond their time. A Copy From The Family Bible. Births Gearge (sic George) C Miller July 26, 1864 Father Henrrietta (sic Henrietta) A Miller Nov. 27, 1867 Mother Edna M Miller Feb. 24, 1888 Blanch Ellen Miller May 21, 1889 Georgia Alice Miller May 26, 1891 Grover Clement Miller Jan 12, 1893 Mammie (sic Mamie) Rebecca Miller Oct. 8, 1894 Ralph Walter Miller Aug. 28, 1897 Amelia Orena (sic Irene) Miller July 21, 1900 Katie Meria (sic Maria) Miller Mar. 20, 1902 Minnie Cora Miller Sept. 5, 1905 Deaths Heneretta (sic Henrietta) A Miller May 12, 1907 George C. Miller April 25,1908 Blanch Ellen Miller Jan 4, 1902 Edna A (sic M) Miller Yeager Feb 16, 1940 Georgia A. Miller Bishop Dec 24, 1941 Katie Meria (sic Maria) Miller Henshaw Nov no date 1953 Mamie Rebecca Miller Smith Feb 8, 1955 Amelia Irene Miller Cokonougher June 2, 1963 Grover C Miller June 25, 1964 Thur Minnie (Cora Miller Williams) Aug 7, 1966 (No recorded date for Ralph Walter) ******************************************************* From Juanita Colburn to Ralph Cokonougher on 14 January 2002: "Just thought of this..........somebody had to enter the dates of deaths for Amelia and Grover. The handwriting is different...........(I added my mother Minnie) Maybe the bible belonged to Grover. Grover's wife Pansy lived after him. She was in a nursing home when she passed and the house and furnishings were sold. Puzzle.......puzzle Your grandmother was always very kind to me. When I was 10 years old my then stepfather took me and my half sister to your grandmother's house for her annual Easter Egg Hunt. (I was living with my father at that time) After that I was allowed to spend a week (some times 2 weeks )during the summer. I always looked forward to that. After I was 15 I never visited again in the summer but Amelia and I always kept in contact one way or another. On a comic note..........My husband and I flew over the farm one summer day and tried to find a place clear enough to land but gave up, waved our wings and went on." ***************************************************************** From Juanita Colburn to Ralph Cokonougher on January 13, 2002: "Hello cousin Ralph, Thank you for your inquiry concerning information taken from a family bible and the request for permission to pass this information on for posterity. . Unfortunately, the information requested concerning the Bible title page, date of publication etc. or even who owned the bible to my knowledge does not exist. Lola Miller Hahn who passed this information on to me is unfortunately afflicted with Alzheimer's or dementia and cannot supply us with further information. The written material that she gave me a number of years ago is hand written and appears to be a copy made expressly for passing on to other interested persons. I can only surmise that the bible was in the house hold of Lola's father, or your grandmother Amelia. I recall seeing a well worn bible in the first floor bedroom of Aunt Amelia's house when I was permitted as a child to visit them in the summer. The Bible laid on a table top (don't know what piece of furniture) in that bedroom. We have no way of proving the information other than my own recollection of conversation as a child and in my growing up years. You have my permission of course to send the information to any Archival site if the site will accept it without any means of proof. Where the bible with this information is located at this time is any body's guess." ****************************************************************** From Juanita Colburn to Ralph Cokonougher on 14 July 2001: "TAKEN FROM THE FAMILY BIBLE: hand written and given to me my Grover's daughter. George C Miller, born July 26, 1864, died April 20, 1908...(age 43) Henrietta Amelia Steinmetz Miller, born Nov. 27, 1867, died May 12, 1907...(age 39) Children of George and Henrietta: Edna M Miller born 1-24-1888, died 1-16-1940......(age 52)..age 20 when father died...married Toops and then Yeager. 2 daughters by Toops, 1 son and 1 daughter by Yeager(all deceased) Blanch Ellen Miller born 5-21-1889.....died Jan 4, 1902.....(age 13)... died before parents Georgia Alice Miller born May 26, 1891....died Dec. 24, 1941......(age 50).....age 17 when father died. Married Patterson and then ? No children. Grover Clemet Miller born Jan 12, 1893....died June 25, 1964.....(age 70).....age 15 when father died Married Pansy ? 2 Daughters and l son. Daughters still living and in their 80's. Mammie Rebecca Miller born Oct 8, 1894.....died Feb. 8, 1955.....(age 60).....age 14 when father died. Married ? Lived Indiana. No children. Ralph Walter Miller born Aug. 28, 1897....died? Married Sarah? No children Amelia Irene Miller born July 21, 1900.....died June 2, 1963....(age 62)....age 8 when father died. Married John Cokonougher. 4 sons, 1 daughter. (all deceased) Katie Meria Miller born March 20, 1902...died Nov. ?1952....(age 49).....age 6 when father died. Married Henshaw(?) lived Penn. No children Minnie Cora Miller born Sept. 5, 1905....died Aug 7, 1966......(age 60)......age 3 when father died. Married Charles Tucker then Nelson Eugene Williams. 4 children by Tucker. l living. 1 child by Williams still living. Juanita's children are: Charles age 50 and he has 3 sons. Pamella age 54, 3 daughters, 1 son." **************************************************************** From Juanita M. Colburn to Ralph Cokonougher on 14 July 2001: "There are four living grand children of George C/Henrietta A Steinmetz Miller. Lola Miller Hahn and Mary Miller Knotts the daughters of Grover C. Miller, and Juanita Tucker Colburn and Betty Jean Williams Walden the daughters of Minnie Cora Miller Tucker Williams. The Miller girls are in their 80's. Lola is presently in custodial care with Alzheimer's, Mary is widowed and lives alone. Betty Jean has had scoleosis (spelling) from about 10yrs of age and is in guarded health. Betty is in her late 60's. She was very fond of Amelias daughter Jerry. I am 75 and enjoy excellent health. Now and then I must take an aspirin. Edna had 2 daughters by Toops, l daughter and one son by yeager. All deceased. Blanch died early in life. Georgia had no children Grover had 2 daughter (still living) and l son who is deceased Mamie had no children Ralph had no children Amelia had 4 sons and 1 daughter. All deceased. Katie Meria had no children Minnie Cora had 3 daughters and 1 son by Tucker and l daughter by Williams. 2 daughters and 1 son died in infancy. 1 Tucker daughter still living (Juanita). 1 Williams daughter still living (Betty) Grover's children still living: Mary -----has one daughter. (living in Alabama) Lola------- has one son and one daughter.(living in Springfield) Minnie's children still living: Betty -----has one son and I think two daughters (I do not know these children) Juanita --------has one son and one daughter.( Son lives in Chillicothe (55yrs) daughter at St. Mary's (55yrs) My half sister Betty and I were raised by different families." **************************************************************** From Juanita Colburn to Ralph Cokonougher on July 13, 2001: "Dear MR. Cokonougher, May I introduce myself? My name is Juanita and Amelia was one of my mother Minnie's sisters. And a dear aunt. IT is gratifying to know that even though our ancestors are no longer walking the planet they are not forgotten. If you do not already have a complete listing for the George C/Henrietta Amelia Steinmetz Miller family, I am privy to that information. My listing was taken from a family bible and includes the dates of birth and death for all except for one brother's death. Besides the parents there were nine children. Two boys and 7 girls. Weedie is a nickname given me by the family when one of the little children couldn't pronounce Juanita." _________________________________________________________________ Join the world=92s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail.=20 http://www.hotmail.com ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 03:22:03 +0000 From: "Ralph W. Cokonougher" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: Obit: Horace Townsend Jr., 2001, Butler & Clinton Co. Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed MIME-Version: 1.0 The following obituary is from page 2 of the 19 Oct. 2001 issue of the Hillsboro, Ohio "Times Gazette", Col. 1. A picture of 'Bus' Townsend, Jr. accompanies the obituary in the newspaper. "HORACE R. 'BUS' TOWNSEND, JR. 1922 - 2001 Horace R. 'Bus' Townsend, Jr., 79, of Wilmington, died at 8:40 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2001 in hospice care at the Wilmington Nursing and Rehabilitation Residence. He was born July 13, 1922 in Hamilton, the son of the late Horace R. Townsend, Sr. and Mary Hazard Townsend. He graduated in 1940 from North High School in Columbus and received a Bachelor's of Science and Agriculture from the Ohio State University in Columbus in 1946. He received a Master's of Science in Teaching in 1972 from Colby College in Waterville, Maine and pursued further graduate studies in secondary school administration at Xavier University in Cincinnati. He served in World War II with the U.S. Army 976th and 26th Field Artillery Battalions and received the Purple Heart and Silver Star decorations. He was a lifelong farmer and educator. He was also a supervisor of teachers for Highland County School District. After teaching high school science for many years in Leesburg, he established their boy's golf team. He was a member of the Wilmington Friends Meeting and was an avid golfer and a longtime member of Snow Hill Country Club. He is survived by his wife Dr. June H. Townsend, of Wilmington, whom he married Sept. 7, 1947; sons and daughters-in-law, Horace Raymond 'Ray' (Connie) Townsend, of Wilmington, Thomas Lawrence (Mary) Townsend, of Dayton, and Christopher Randolph (Melissa) Townsend, of Marietta, Ga.; daughter, Timi Jane Townsend, of Hilliard; brother, Richard H. Townsend, of Wilmington; sister and brother-in-law, Elizabeth (William) Pyson, of Sandusky; grandchildren, Jessica Ray Mastin, Abigail June Bills, Nick Townsend Wilson, Jason Townsend Wilson, Betsey Townsend, Anna Townsend, Grace Townsend, Kaleigh Townsend and Benjamin Townsend; and great grandchild, Erik Daniel Blair. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Esther Townsend Rader. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, 2001 at the Reynolds-Smith Funeral Home in Wilmington with Everett Bailey and David Brindle officiating. Burial will be in the Martinsville I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Wilmington. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Dayton, 324 Wilmington Avenue, Dayton, Ohio 45420 or The National Parkinson Foundation Inc., Development Dept., c/o Marc Lichtman or Lois Heffernan, 1501 N. W. 9th Avenue, Miami, Fla., 33136-1494 (the National Parkinson's Foundation can also be contacted at http://www.parkinson.org/reqform.htm.)" _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 03:24:38 +0000 From: "Ralph W. Cokonougher" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: Obit: Bill Mitchell, 2001, Highland & Montgomery Co. Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed MIME-Version: 1.0 The following obituary is from page 2 of the Friday, 19 October 2001, issue of the Hillsboro, Ohio "Times-Gazette", col. 1. "BILL MITCHELL. 1935 - 2001. William 'Bill' Mitchell, 66, of Miamisburg, formerly of Lynchburg, died at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, 2001 at his residence. He was born June 7, 1935 in Kentucky, the son of the late Thomas Mitchell and Ruby Mitchell, of Wilmington. He recently retired from Bush Leasing Inc. He was an avid supporter of the National Rifle Association and was a member of the Dalton Lodge F. & A.M. # 578. He is survived by his wife Anne Mitchell, whom he married Jan. 14, 1989; son and daughter-in-law, William R. (Laurie) Mitchell, of Batavia; daughters and sons-in-law, Barbara A. (David) Blacker, of Blanchester, Patricia K. (Mike) Mitchell McCown, of Maineville; brothers and sister-in-law, Ronnie Mitchell, David Mitchell, and Larry (Karen) Mitchell; stepchildren, John Hansen, Joe Hansen, Bob Hansen, David Hansen, Bill Hansen, Paul Hansen, Jim Hansen and Anne Marie Ducceschi; 31 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Oct. 22, 2001 at St. Columbkille Catholic Church in Wilmington with Father Chuck Mentrup celebrant. Burial will be in the Clinton Memory Gardens in Wilmington. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the Reynolds-Smith Funeral Home in Wilmington with Masonic services starting at 7:30 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Highland County, 61 E. Main St., Wilmington, Ohio 45177 or Highland District Hospital Oncology Unit, 1275 N. High St., Hillsboro, Ohio 45133." _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #4 Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 03:27:39 +0000 From: "Ralph W. Cokonougher" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: Obit: James Adams Jr., 2001, Highland Co. Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed MIME-Version: 1.0 The following obituary is from page 2 of the Thursday, 6 Dec. 2001, issue of the Hillsboro, Ohio 'Times-Gazette', col. 1. "JAMES LEE ADAMS, JR. 2001 James Lee Adams, Jr., infant son of James Lee and Kristy Myria Lemley Adams Sr., of Hillsboro died at University Hospital in Cincinnati on December 3, 2001. He is survived by two sisters, Pamela Lee Adams and Raven Lee Adams II. His paternal grandmother, Rose Adams and maternal grandfather Mervin Back; uncles, Floyd Adams and Lloyd Adams; aunts Kelley Adams Case; Great Aunt Betty Shenkle; and several cousins, great uncles and great aunts. He was preceded in death by grandparents and greatgrandparents, Raven Adams, Retha and Floyd Hester and Lillie and Ray Adams, Mary (O'Hare) Lemley and Homer Lemley; and a great uncle, Gene Shenkle. Services will be conducted at the Littleton Funeral Home at 1:30 p.m. Saturday with visitation one hour prior to the service. Contributions, if desired, can be made to the James Lee Adams Jr. Fund c/o the family." _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V02 Issue #13 ******************************************