OHIO STATEWIDE FILES OH-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List Issue 165 ************************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. 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No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #1 Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 20:52:12 -0500 From: "Charlene Bauer" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <000801c4de5a$def46cc0$aec6ba40@oemcomputer> Subject: OBIT: Caton, 1948, Putnam County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" The Republican-Courier, Findlay, Ohio November 18, 1948 MAN IS DROWNED IN OTTAWA CREEK Rites Are Saturday For Philip Caton, 75 Ottawa, Nov. 17 The body of Philip Caton, 75, of Ottawa was found Wednesday afternoon in a creek that runs through the northwestern part of Ottawa. Coroner J.R. Echelbarger in returning a verdict of accidental death by drowning, said he was told that the man had been missing from his rooming house in Ottawa since Nov. 11, but that the landlady, Mrs. John Ridge, supposed that Mr. Caton was visiting relatives. Mr. Caton's body was found at 2:30 p.m. by Charles Hamilton and Chief of Police, Pete Klausing, who were conducting a sewage survey of the creek. A son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Caton, he was born in Ottawa, December 4, 1872 and spent his lifetime in the community. He was a retired farmer. Mr. Caton is survived by a son, Desso Caton, McComb; a daughter Mildred H. Caton, Reno, Nev., a sister, Mrs. Emma Hale, Defiance, and a brother, James Caton, Napoleon. There are two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Last rites will be held at 2 p. m. Saturday in the Fischer funeral home in Ottawa. Internment will be in Ottawa River cemetery. The body will remain in the mortuary for services. *Note Mr. Caton is related to the Kavanaugh, Noon, and Welch families of Putnam County, Ohio and to the Dangler, DeVeaux families of Defiance, Ohio. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 21:47:13 -0500 From: "Mike & Kathy" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <000601c4de62$8dfc25d0$30891141@yourxhtr8hvc4p> Subject: Morrison/Kennedy Obit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I found these obits in an old book that was given to me. I am sorry the dates are not listed anywhere, but perhaps the names listed will be of help to someone. FUNERAL OF MRS KENNEDY Funeral services for Mrs Ellen Morrison Kennedy, were held Friday at 1 p.m. in the Methodist church at Lakeview, the pastor, Rev. F.W. Siffrin conducting the service. The deceased was aged about 70 years. She was a widow of the late Thomas Kennedy, whose death occurred a year ago. The family home was in Hardin county on the Harimon farm, one mile south of Roundhead, where Mrs Kennedy's death occurred of heart trouble, Wednesday evening, November 3rd at 10 p.m. She leaves three children, a daughter, Nettie, who is blind, and two sons, Foster and Beryl, who mourn the loss of a devoted mother. Besides these, there are five sisters, Mrs Mary Reed, Mrs Jack Walters, Mrs Pete McGee of Lakeview, Mrs Henry McGee of West Liberty, Mrs John Lind of Alger, and two brothers, Edward Morrison of Lakeview and Cyrus Morrison of Haviland, Ohio. Burial was made in the Walnut Hill cemetery east of New Hampshire. DEATH OF CYRUS MORRISON Mr and Mrs Jack Walters attended the funeral Tuesday of the latter's brother, Cyrus Morrison, held at Haviland, Paulding county, where death occurred Sunday morning. The deceased was aged about 65 years, and death was due to dropsy. Besides Mrs Walters, other sisters and brothers remaining are Mrs Mary Reed, Mrs Jane Lynn, Mrs Amanda McGee and Ed Morrison of Lakeview. The wife also remains. Burial was made in Walnut Hill cemetery east of New Hampshire. -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V04 Issue #165 *******************************************