OHIO STATEWIDE FILES OH-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List Issue 17 *********************************************************************** 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 03 : Issue 17 Today's Topics: #1 [OH-FOOT] Biography: George M. Sto ["Carolyn J. Burns" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <015a01c2c8cb$0d723520$363c1f41@woh.rr.com> Subject: [OH-FOOT] Biography: George M. Stoker, 1866, Hancock County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit George M. Stoker Centennial Biographical History, Hancock County, Ohio Page 14-15 With the industrial interests of McComb this gentleman is closely associated, being a member of the firm of Stoker Brothers, owners of the planing mill. He is a young man of enterprise and business capability and in his undertakings is meeting with desirable and well merited success. Mr. Stoker is a native of Hancock county, his birth having occurred in Allen township, upon his father's farm, in the year 1866. He is a son of T. A. Stoker, a well-known agriculturist of this community. He remained upon the old homestead until fourteen years of age, during which time he pursued his education in the public schools of the neighborhood, and through the summer months and in the periods of vacation he worked in field and meadow, assisting in the cultivation of the farm, but believing that another pursuit would prove more congenial, when fourteen years of age he began learning the carpenter's trade, which he followed continuously until 1897. He became a proficient workman and evidences of his skill are seen in many substantial buildings of the county. In 1897 he joined his brother in the establishment of a planing mill business in McComb, and in the new enterprise they prospered, their business assuming large and profitable proportions. The Stoker Brothers are now manufacturing the Little Star grain separator for the company of which they are now members, and of which company George M. Stoker is the manager. In the year 1888 Mr. Stoker was united in marriage to Miss Lily Stout; and they have one son, Fred. Mr. Stoker is a prominent Odd Fellow, belonging to both the lodge and the encampment, and in the former he has filled all of the chairs. He is now serving as treasurer of the town, being elected on the Republican ticket by a majority of ninety-five, although the usual majority is about thirty, --the increased vote indicating his personal popularity and the confidence and trust reposed in him by his fellow townsmen, who recognize his capability and his loyalty in citizenship. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 20:51:04 -0500 From: "Carolyn J. Burns" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <016401c2c8cb$371f2720$363c1f41@woh.rr.com> Subject: [OH-FOOT] Biography: Wilson C. Stoker, 1845, Hancock County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Wilson C. Stoker Centennial Biographical History, Hancock County, Ohio Page 464-465 Photos available for W. C. Stoker and Katie (Grubbs) Stoker The above named is one of the children of Jacob and Mary R. (Pence) Stoker, whose family history is fully given in the sketch of their son Darius and need not be repeated at length. As therein stated three of the brothers served in the Union army and two of them, as the lamented Lincoln said at Gettysburg, "paid the last full measure of devotion that the nation might live." Stoker Post, Grand Army of the Republic at Findlay, is named in honor of the brothers who wee killed on the field of battle at Stone River, and this is only one evidence of the high regard in which the Stoker family is and has long been held by the people of Hancock county. Since their father's arrival in 1845, there has been no time when the Stokers were not conspicuously identified with the county's farming interests and they have grown in wealth and influence, as well as numbers, from year to year during the last two generations. Wilson C. Stoker, youngest of the children by his father's second marriage, was born in Hancock county, October 18, 1845, and as he grew up he received a common school education while learning farm work between terms. When he reached manhood he became a farmer on his own account and has achieved unusual success in this occupation. He is practical in his methods, progressive in business and thorough-going in everything relating to agricultural pursuits. As a result he at present owns two valuable farms in the county, consisting of three hundred and twelve acres, and on his land are found twenty-three producing oil wells. He ranks among the leading farmers of the county and is a representative citizen in every sense of that term. Mr. Stoker was fortunate in the selection of a wife, to whose wise counsel and good management he owes much of his success. His marriage occurred December 30, 1869, the bride being Miss Katie, daughter of Jacob and Mary Grubbs, who was born near Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 1846. This union, which proved happy and congenial in every way, resulted in the birth of three children: Laura M., David D., and Elmer O. David D. Stoker, the only one of the children now living, was born February 14, 1874, and was given a good education by his parents and teachers as he grew to manhood. April 25, 1901, he was united in marriage with Miss Ella M., daughter of Nelson and Hannah Altman, who are residents of Hancock county and the former one of the leading farmers of Marion township. Mr. Wilson C. Stoker's political affiliations are with the Republican party and he and wife are members of the United Brethren church. The family are among the best people of the county socially and no man enjoys higher reputation in the business world than Wilson C. Stoker. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 20:52:28 -0500 From: "Carolyn J. Burns" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <016e01c2c8cb$695fd680$363c1f41@woh.rr.com> Subject: [OH-FOOT] Biography: Darius R. Stoker, 1806, Hancock County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Darius R. Stoker Centennial Biographical History, Hancock County, Ohio Page 472-473 Photos available for Darius R. Stoker and Mary M. (Strother) Stoker The Stokers, now one of the strong and prosperous family connections of Hancock county, have been identified with the county's affairs for more than half a century. The paternal ancestors were of German origin, and the first of the name who appeared in America was John Stoker, who eventually found his way to the west. His son, Jacob Stoker, was born in Perry county, Ohio, June 29, 1806, but in early life located in Fairfield county, where he remained a number of years. In 1845 he came to Hancock county and purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land, to which he subsequently added eighty acres, and all of this he cleared and improved by his own labor. He was a fine specimen of the sturdy pioneer, of evenly balanced character, industrious habits and not to be discouraged by any kind of hardships. Eventually he succeeded in converting his originally wild land into a good estate, which increased in value as the years went by and made a comfortable inheritance for his descendants. By a marriage in 1828, with Elizabeth Hartsock, he had a daughter named Athelinda. The first wife dying, he was married March 4, 1830, to Mary R. Pence, who was born in Fairfield county, Ohio, January 4, 1812. The children by this second union were: David P., born January 4, 1831; Tunus A., September 4, 1832; Dicy R., February 21, 1834; Darius R., December 27, 1836; Cyrus H., born July 19, 1939; Mary J., November 22, 1841; and Wilson C. Jacob Stoker died February 28, 1866, and his wife on July 14, 1889. Three of their sons entered the Union service during the Civil war and made highly honorable military records, two of them sealing their devotion with their lives. Darius and David enlisted September 19, 1861, in Company F, Twenty-first Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and their brother Cyrus joined the same command a year later. They took part with their regiment in the bloody battle of Stone River, near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, in the early days of 1863, and fared badly as a result of the desperate fighting. Cyrus was killed on the battlefield and David was so badly wounded that he lingered but a short time after the battle. Darius also received a wound, but recovered, and at the end of two years' service was honorably discharged. After returning from the army Darius R. Stoker engaged in farm work, and pursued it with such success as to eventually gain standing as one of the leading farmers of this country. At the present time he owns one hundred and forty-three acres of good land in Liberty township, which is well improved as to buildings, fences and other adjuncts of an up-to-date farm, and this estate is managed and cultivated by Mr. Stoker according to the best modern methods of scientific agriculture. October 13, 1863, Mr. Stoker was married to Miss Mary N. Strother, who comes of a noted old Virginia family that is deserving of more than a passing notice. John and Anna Strother, who came from Virginia to Licking county, Ohio, in 1818, had a family of seven children. One son, Isaac J. Strother, who came to Ohio at the same time, engaged in farming and achieved success in that line. By his first marriage, with Hannah Beardsley, he had one daughter named Eliza Ann. In March, 1838, his second marriage took place, with Elizabeth Hall, by whom he had six children: Mary M. (now Mrs. D. R. Stoker), Amos B., Caroline V., Absalom H., Lucy D. and Emily T. Mrs. Stoker's mother died in August 1866, and her father in 1868. The union of Darius R. and Mary M. (Strother) Stoker resulted in the birth of four children. Clemma A., the eldest of these, was married in 1982 to Frank P. DeBrandt, and has three children. Viola M., second child of Mr. and Mrs. Stoker, became the wife of Aeneas Collingwood in 1892. Luella D., the third of the family in order of birth, was married in 1894 to Nelson C. Altman, and has four children. Arthur H., youngest child and only son of Mr. and Mrs. Stoker, was married in 1900 to Frankie D. Ullom. The family attend religious services at the United Brethren church, of which Mr. Stoker is a trustee, and for ten years was superintendent of the Sunday-school, in which he took much interest. It should be added as a matter of pathetic interest and showing the regard in which this family is held that Stoker Post, Grand Army of the Republic, at Findlay, is named in honor of the brother killed at the battle of Stone River. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #4 Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 21:02:32 -0500 From: "Carolyn J. Burns" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <019801c2c8cc$d13cc6e0$363c1f41@woh.rr.com> Subject: [OH-FOOT] Biography: Marion Bell, 1856, Hancock County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Marion Bell Centennial Biographical History, Hancock County, Ohio Page 501-502 Perhaps the best judge of horses in Findlay today is Mr. Marion Bell, who has made a study of horses all his life. His earliest life was connected with horses, having been born and brought up on a farm, and in every calling in which he has engaged ever since, it has been one in which he has employed horses. Mr. Bell is of pioneer Ohio stock, his grandfather, Jack Bell, having been a native of Fairfield county, Ohio. His father, Alfred Bell, was also born in Fairfield county, but came to Hancock county in early manhood. He was a farmer all his life, and died in Wyandot county in 1891. He was married in 1847 to Emmeline Glick, daughter of David Glick, of Hancock county, and they had nine children, of whom six now survive, as follows: Russell B.; Joseph T.; Emma, widow of Soloman Zimmerman; Marion; David; and Charles. The mother of this family died in 1883. The life of Marion Bell has mostly been passed near his native place. He was born November 23, 1856, and lived on his father's farm until he was fifteen years of age, attending the country schools. He decided to start out for himself, and for eight years worked on the farm of M. J. George; this was followed by a year's work for George June, at Fremont, Ohio, who was a horse trader. Mr. Bell then contracted to carry the mail from Findlay to Mt. Blanchard, and from Mt. Blanchard to Forest for a year. AT the end of that time he bought a half interest in a steam thresher, which he ran for three years. His acquaintance throughout the country being considerable, he began the business of buying and trading horses, in which occupation he has ever since been engaged. Mr. Bell was married in 1883, at Mt. Blanchard, to Carrie H., daughter of M. J. George, and they had one child, Eva L. The wife died in 1889, and Mr. Bell was again married, on May 21, 1891, to Sarah E., daughter of Grundy Ake, and they have one son, Frank Rice Bell. Mr. Bell belongs to no church and to no secret order. In politics he is a Republican in good standing. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #5 Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 14:20:24 -0500 (EST) From: cathy361@webtv.net To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <27486-3E3ACC78-358@storefull-2278.public.lawson.webtv.net> Subject: [OH-FOOT] Misc. Obits: 1950 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Columbus Dispatch Dec. 5, 1950 p.4A Columbus, Ohio CLOSSON, Sarah Elizabeth, Dec. 4, age 90. Survived sister, Mrs. Gertrude ALEXANDER; 2 sons and several nieces and nephews. Service at Stockdale Memorial Funeral Home, Westerville. Interment Ploneer Cemetery. CROWN, Frank J., age 64, Sunday, Mt. Carmel. Survived by wife, Emma; daughters, Mrs. Ann CALLIF; son, Francis J. of COLUMBUS; brother, Charles; 2 grandchildren. Service at St. Augustine's Church. Interment, St. Joseph Cemetery by Egan-Ryan Co. DAILEY, Karen Lee, 2 1/2 month old daugter of Mr. & Mrs. James DAILEY. Survived by grandparets, Mr. & Mrs. Floyd WALLS and Mr. & Mrs. John DAILEY. Service at residence. Interment Sabina Cemetery by Wylie S. Shroyer. EVANS, Nettie Louise, age 50, Saturday at White Cross Hospital. Survived by husband, John O.; son, John O. Jr.; sister of Mrs. Bess FLECK, Roy, Minor, Clyde and L. P. REED/READ (blurry). Service at D. Harvey Davis Funeral home. Interment Thurman, Ohio. GEHRING, Charles D. or B.(blurry), age 51, Tuesday. Survived by wife, Mildred R.; son, Charles Lee (Bud); daughter, Shirley Ann; brothers, Ben H. and Louis C. GEHRING; sisters, Mrs. Ella BITTLER and Mrs. Esther URIGH. Services at Schoedinger State Chapel. Interment, Glen Rest. KING, Jack, E. 4th Ave, Monday. Survived by wife; Virginia KING; son, Richard JOHNSON; daughter, Betty JOHNSON; father, Bert WALKER; 2 brothers; James and Miles WALKER; 2 sisters, Mrs. Mary SCOTT, Mrs. Beatrice HARDY. Member of the Franklin Lodge, No. 208, I.B.P.O.E. of W. and Usher of Trinity Baptist Church. Interment, Union Cemetery. Cathy -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V03 Issue #17 ******************************************