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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 200 Today's Topics: #1 [OH-FOOT] Fw: MILITARY: Weisel, 18 ["Maggie" ] #2 [OH-FOOT] Fw: Know Your Ohio -- Th ["Maggie" ] #3 [OH-FOOT] Fw: Reports of Births/18 ["Maggie" ] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from OH-FOOTSTEPS-D, send a message to OH-FOOTSTEPS-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #1 Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 19:50:21 -0400 From: "Maggie" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <04fe01c265b7$80018900$0300a8c0@local.net> Subject: [OH-FOOT] Fw: MILITARY: Weisel, 1898,hamilton Co. Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ----- Original Message ----- From: "ann weisel" To: "OH" Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 1:32 PM Subject: MILITARY: Weisel, 1898,hamilton Co. William Weisel, Private of company H, of the first regiment of Infantry, Ohio volunteers, who was enrolled on the 25th day of June one thousand eight hundred and ninety eight to serve two years or during the war, is hereby DISCHARGED from the service of the UNITED STATES, by reason of muster-out per S.O. # 88 H'dqrs 7th Army corps. The said William Weisel was born in cincinnati, in the State of Ohio and when enrolled was 18 Years of age, 5 feet 6 1/2 inches high, fair complexion, blue eyes, lt brown hair, and by occupation a baker. Given at Cincinnati, Ohio this 25th day of October ,1898 . signed Percy ? Hawkins Captain 1 st Ohio Vol. Inf. commanding the company. countersigned can't make out 1 st Lieut, 6 th Infantry. Pd in full $? 8.81 cincinnati, Oct. 25 1898 George B. Guilda Major and add'l paymaster, U.S.V. remarks: character. Excellent Service : Honest and faithful --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.391 / Virus Database: 222 - Release Date: 9/19/02 ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 21:01:31 -0400 From: "Maggie" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <008e01c265c1$6fa0d520$0300a8c0@local.net> Subject: [OH-FOOT] Fw: Know Your Ohio -- The Manx Settlers of Ohio. Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darlene & Kathi kelley" To: Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2002 4:08 AM Subject: Know Your Ohio -- The Manx Settlers of Ohio. Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Darlene E. Kelley Aug 16, 2002. *********************************************** Historical Collections of Ohio And Then They Went West S.L. Kelly diaries Series of articles by Darlene E. Kelley Manx Settlers of Ohio -- Article 3 and 4. ********************************************* Manx Settlers of Ohio -- Article 3. Another Letter from Ohio. We willing insert this letter, as it contained much local information, and is written in a style that is likely to take to the writer's friends. He recommends his friend when he writes to employ a good scholar to write for him as the letters would run the gauntlet of the American village of Cleveland, and this privilege he appears to have taken himself. The language is very American, particularly the word " fetch" for bring and the scribe writes better then he composes. Some facts too, slip out, the climate is to be guarded against, for within a few months of his arrival he had lost a child, his friend Cannell, and his father was dying in this Garden of Eden. The truth is, intermitting fevers did preveil every spring and autumn over the whole of America,- and yet more, near the rivers. Liberty and Freedom United -- Concord Township County Geunga State of Ohio North America Jan 2nd., 1828. " Dear Friends; I have took my pen to write these few lines to you, hoping they will find all my friends in Kk.Lonan in good health, as I and my family are at present, excepting my father -- Thanks be to God for the same, and for many blessings he has bestowed upon us since we left our native land. We had a fine passage over the Atlantic of 6 weeks; We had two very severe storms but did not last very long. One morning at 4 o'clock we Manxmen were called up to help the sailors to furl and reef the sails, the first mate told us what rope to put our hand in; such wind I never felt, nor ever saw such high sea. I could not compare it to nothing but high mountains, we had no sail but the fore and main top sail, and these were closed reef,---one would think that the ship was sometimes thrown 100 yards by heavy seas; this wind was in our favour and blew from the N.E.; Our ship was good on the wind but very wet, she was a dull sailer before the winds, she was very tight, we had not to pump her but once in a 24 hours; we had very good officers and sailors; the ship 500 tons register, her name ANACREON of Liverpool, coppered and copper fastened, built in St. John's, New Brunswick, North America.Your father have sat many a time with a crooked stick under his arm, but what if he had got the spokes of our ship's steering wheel in his hand, that had given him another trial how to steer. We carried away our sliding jig-boom going down between Scotland and Ireland, by carrying too heavy sail, we were a week on the banks of Newfoundland in calm weather; there is a fog here still so you can get nothing dry. These banks are 300 miles long and 150 broad, the shallowest place is 18 fathoms deep, our soundings was from 30 to 90 fathoms water. with grey sand on the plumb of the lead; there is hundreds of fishing ships here, although it is 600 miles from land. Except the land of Newfoundland, the first we saw was Sable Island, 400 miles from New York, The first land was Long Island. We came to anchor at the quarantine ground Tuesday the 4th of September, anchored there till Saturday morning; this place is 9 miles from New York; we had the liberty to go on shore leave; we got liberty to go to the Sailors Hospital garden and eat as many apples and peaches as we had in mind to and pocket none. On Monday we hired two carts to carry our goods from the ANACREON to the boat tow inspector, a distance of one mile; On Wednesday at 10 o'clock we started for Albany; the towboat was 40 yards long and 9 yards wide, towed by steam boat Swiftsure. We arrived in Albany in 21 hours a distance of 160 miles, paying for our passage 1 dol; for children under 12, 1/2 dol. That day we started for Buffaloe in the canal boat Lawrence, Capt Jas Crowell, and arrived at Buffaloe in 6 days, paying 1 cent a mile for grown persons, half price for children under 12 years; length of the grand canal 363 miles. Next day we took our passage for Fairport on the schooner Andrew of Buffaloe, Capt Joseph Larby, and arrived there in 25 hours, and paid one dol for grown ups, and children under 12, half dol. On Saturday Sept 22nd we hired a team of oxen to carry our goods to the village of Painesville, a distance of three miles and paid 1 1/2 dol; rented a house with a cellar, 2 floor rooms, 2 fireplaces and a loft, for 2 1/2 dol. per month from David Hull, slept there that night, the first on land in America, after 80 days from my native place. This first night we were here there were 33 Manx people in our house at a time. Manx is spoken here in plenty but there is no Manx family here now but us; they have all bought land and are gone into the country, but owing to my father's sickness we can not leave this place. He has been sick now for 8 weeks and there is no prospects of him getting better--- when we came here he was pert and healthy as he was and lied this place well; the girls that came with us are all active at 2 dol per week; Christian Tear is in Orange Lyman the Presbyterian priest's house; Anne Quay is at John Beck's, a tailor, Isabelle Kelly, my sister, was at Dr. Storin Rose's house, but now is home nursing her father. Isabella Callister is a Avery Tracey's shopkeeper. Our Jane is in Col Stoor's house, the richest man un the village; This man's hired girl married last Friday and he gave her as portion 200 acres of land, and I hope that he will give Jane 200 too if she stops in. This gentlemen has 18,000 acres of land and hundreds of thousands of dollars and has a grand of house as any in Douglas; his girls all ride in carriages with their misses, and go to balls with them, and are thought of as if they were their own girls, They all eat at the same table. Here they scorn to be called a mistress or master, or eat in a parlour-- nothing is too good for a worker they say. The women here go very grand-- a great many of them wear veils but they have no pride. A poor man that behaves himself and keeps sober ( for they hates a drunkard ) is as much thought of as the richest; you do not want to put your hand in your hat and humble yourself to the dust when you speak to a gentleman here like you do on the island. A labouring man can earn as much in 2 days that will keep a family of 7 or 8 persons a week. The girls here do not work in dunghills like slaves as they do on the island. Christina Tear and Ann Quay have earned as much since they came here as they would in a year on the island. You that have boys come here, and you will get trades and school for nothing and those of you that have no boys but all girls be not discouraged, they will tae them from you too. I am hard enough to keep my girls from them.-- the more children you have the better as there is no cry for victuals here-- no begging, no man in rags, no man striving for work; there is plenty for all-- all is liberty, union, and love. Chynda; yn duillag iny vannanagh as jeegh chew eiley " ********************************************* ********************************************* Article 4 -- Continuation of letter in previous article. " This village is situated on the grand River Ohio, which empties itself into Lake Erie, 3 miles from here at Fairport there is a good harbour there and a fine trade between Buffaloe, north lat. 42 long west of London 81. Day in summer 1hour 40 minutes shorter; in winter 1 hour and 40 minutes longer; when it is 5 o'clock with you it is 12 with us so that when we eat dinner your ladies drink tea; but they have tea at every meal here. What of this land that is not cleared is all covered with timber, the trees are very large. I have seen trees laying on the ground 45 steps long, and some 7 or 8 feet through. They grow very straight, you can hardly see a crooked tree. The land is very rich and do not manure it at all. Even their gardens -- they let the dung be in heaps and is of no use. I have seen orchards with 5 or 6 hundred apple and peach trees in them. Pears are scarce here. Different kinds of timber, 2 kinds of oak, 2 kinds of ash, 3 kinds of maple or sugar trees, 2 kinds of walnut, 3 kinds of elm, 2 kinds of hickory, sycamour, pine, hemlock, cedar, buttonwood, cucumber, beech, fir, ironwood, whitewood, boxwood, chestnuts, and wild vine which produces excellnt grapes. They make fences of timber, the women here makes their own linen and soap. They spin the wool, and then they dye it, then makes it into waering apperel, they are good for housework but do not work out of doors. A township is just like your parishes but larger; the State of Ohio is divided into 45 counties, then into townships of five miles square, 22 townships to a County. You see by this if your under debt you'd better come here. But those of you that have lands clear of debt stop where you are. Thecost and trouble is great and more than you are aware of; but every poor man that an not find work and yictauls for his children would get plenty of both here The men that promise so much wages to a boy or girl, if they work well, will give them more wages than they did promise them. On the island they give them less if they could. Gristmills, sawmills, furnaces, forges, and fulling mills and dye houses are here.They do so abundance of iron ore in this state and in the township near this place. If any one will come don't go to Cleveland, it is a sticky place; a great many Manx people have died there. I would have you shun that place. If any of you will come be sure that you come here in the later end of September or the beginning of October, then you will have the climate as you had on the island. A different climate brings a change on the body. Mind this if you value your health. I ave been in the Township of Painsville, Perry, Meton, Kirkwood, Concord, Hamem. Leroy, Chardon, looking for a farm. I think that I am hard to please, for there is plenty for sale but at last I pitched upon a farm in Concord containing 72 acres. There is a meadow of 18 acres, good plough land, plenty of timber, well watered, a river is the boundary line on one side, a good sugar orchard and orchard of 100 apple, peach, and 5 pear trees. A barn 4 feet long an 30 broad and a good dwelling house with out offices. There is half of it clear, the purchase money is 800 dollars. I have a credit of six months bought of Spincer Phelps, the said farm on the 1st of January 1828. It lieth 2 miles from the village of Pinesville, 5 miles from Fairport on the lake, there being a saw mill about 300 yards from my timber lot and a dye house and fulling mill 1/4 mile from my house. There is an excellant living springs on said farm. Canals are numerous here and anything can be carried very cheap from place to place. Any joiner that will come, let him bring his tools, except the rip saw and cross cut; saw mills are so plenty here there is no need for this last mentioned tools. Bring a holster full of rye grass seed and a few pounds of red clover seed. " **************************************************************************** ****************** to be continued. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.391 / Virus Database: 222 - Release Date: 9/19/02 ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 23:43:37 -0400 From: "Maggie" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <02d001c265d8$132183a0$0300a8c0@local.net> Subject: [OH-FOOT] Fw: Reports of Births/1889/1890 Belmont County,Ohio Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ----- Original Message ----- From: To: ; ; Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 11:22 AM Subject: Reports of Births/1889/1890 Belmont County,Ohio Document from Ohio Probate Court Hazel Burrows Dec. 22,1889 Bellaire James Harvey Bell Oct. 28,1889 Parents:George W. Bell Lizzie Treasure Ardalia Brothers July 4,1889 Parents: Frank Brothers Anna Campbell Carrie Parker March 1, 1890 Parents:John Parker Louise Headsloyer Edward Beck Nov. 20, 1889 Parents: John Beck Pauline Gartynsky Mary K. Burk April 30,1889 Parents: John Burk Mary Groghan Sarah L. Barlow Sept. 18,1889 Parents:William Barlow Emma Clark Mary Burdolph Sept. 7,1889 Parents:Albert Burdolph Golda Baugh Oct. 14,1889 Parents:John Baugh Elizabeth A. Long Nellie M. Bradford Feb. 10,1890 Parents:William Bradford Lena Bauer Mary E. Blakeney June 15,1889 Parents:Charles Blakeney Agnes A. Clark Robert Boyd Sept. 26,1889 Parents: Luther Boyd Virginia Woods Submitted by; Sandra Setty records from Belmont County Probate Court --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.391 / Virus Database: 222 - Release Date: 9/19/02 -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V02 Issue #200 *******************************************