OHIO STATEWIDE FILES OH-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List Issue 78 ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenwebarchives.org ************************************************************************** OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 05 : Issue 78 Today's Topics: #1 Oh-Warren Co. Deed (Hopkins) [Archives ] #2 Oh-Meigs Co. Bios (White) [Archives ] 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: 20 Jun 2005 13:54:52 -0000 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20050620135452.23930.qmail@mail.best1-host.com> Subject: Oh-Warren Co. Deed (Hopkins) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Warren County OhArchives Deed.....Janner Or Janney, Martha B. - Hopkins, Philip April 17, 1882 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Bo Timme btimme@hotmail.com June 20, 2005, 9:54 am Written: April 17, 1882 Know all Men by these Presents: That Philip Hopkins and his wife Margaret E Hopkins of the County of Warren and State of Ohio, inconsideration of the sum of Five Hundred Dollars,to him paid by Martha B Janney (or Janner), of the County and State aforesaid, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, doth hereby Grant, Bargain, Sell and Convey, to the said Martha B. Janney, her Heirs and Assigns forever, the following Real Estate, situate in the County of Warren in the State of Ohio, and in the Town of Waynesville and bounded and described as follows, viz: Being part of Lots numbered Eleven(11) Twelve(12 and Thirteen(13) in Chapman's Addition to the said town. Beginning at a stone, Corner to Lot numbered thirteen (13) and corner to North and Fourth (4th) streets N 32 degrees E one hundred and fifty (150) feet to the east line of Lot number eleven (11) Thence with said line S 58 degrees E. 51 feet to a stake. Thence parallel to Fourth (4th) Street S. 32 degrees W. one hundred and fifty (150) feet to the East side of North Street. Thence with said Street fifty one (51) feet to place of beginning. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/warren/deeds/hopkins54dd.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: 21 Jun 2005 03:53:04 -0000 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20050621035304.23916.qmail@mail.best1-host.com> Subject: Oh-Meigs Co. Bios (White) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Meigs County OhArchives Biographies.....White, Albert DeKalb December 5, 1849 - June 5, 1925 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Barbara White-Melin bwmelin@hotmail.com June 20, 2005, 11:53 pm Author: Barbara White Melin Albert DeKalb White was born Dec. 5, 1849 in Meigs County, Ohio. At the age of 13, he went to work for the government, driving a mule-drawn wagon carrying munitions for the Union Army over the Cumberland Mountains between Kentucky and Tennessee. In 1864, he enlisted in the 174th Ohio Infantry, probably lying about his age in order to join up, as he was just 14 years old at the time. He was mustered out in July 1865 in Washington DC, after which he returned to Ohio and worked for two years boring wells. In 1872, he moved to Hancock County, Iowa, where he ran oxen-driven ditching plows. In 1875, he purchased a farm one mile north of the town of Klemme. In 1876 he married Margaret Anne (Maggie) Cusick and moved with her to the farm in 1877 which he wryly called "Poverty Hill." Despite the name the farm proved fruitful, as did his marriage: four children were born to the Whites, starting with Josephine in 1877, Albert Roster in 1877, Gittie May in 1882, and Mary in 1883. In 1884, he was elected to the post of County Supervisor, rented his farm and moved to the newly annexed town of Goodell (formerly Cashman) where he built a store and the town's first grain elevator, and apparently invested in other enterprises, including shares in the local bank and considerable real estate. For a number of years, White was a successful grain buyer in Hancock County, and a respected, well loved figure in Goodell. He hosted parties and fancy dress balls at his store for the entire community, donated land for a new church, and contributed time and money to a number of charitable and civic efforts. An article in the Garner (Ohio) Leader by Wisconsin University literary critic Cholm Houghton titled "The Old Home Town," reflected fondly: "And 'Dad' White - everyone called him 'Dad' - had the reputation of being the youngest man to enlist in the Civil War. How well I remember the early summer evenings when I waited for 'Dad' to come strolling by with his customary handful of wintergreen for me. It's funny how different that common candy tasted to me then! Maybe it was because it came from 'Dad' White, who'd fought in the Civil War." The Whites' good fortune continued through the end of the 19th century, but World War I brought changes. His two oldest daughters, Josephine and Gittie, set out to homestead in Wyoming, one seeking adventure and opportunity, the other escaping an unhappy marriage that ended in divorce. His son, Albert Roster, suffered from ill health, and White's own health began to fail after his store burned to the ground in 1919. Soon afterward, White sold his grain business and settled into retirement with his devoted wife and youngest daughter in a new house, the first in Goodell to boast electricity and indoor plumbing. He died June 5, 1925 and was buried in Amsterdam Cemetery, alongside Maggie who died in 1930, and his son who died in 1935. The Whites' only grandchild (by their son, Albert Roster and his wife, Ethel) was Albert Thomas White, lost the last of the family's property in Hancock County during the Depression and moved to Colorado shortly before the outbreak of World War II. Albert Thomas, who died in 1962 of the same health problems that killed his father, had three children: Loretta Jean (who died in Sherman TX in 1987), Albert Nelson, and James LeRoy. Albert Nelson White, who married Dolores Marie Bradley of Strasburg CO in 1955, had four children and lives today in Aurora CO. His son James LeRoy, who married Sharon Hammond in 1959, also had four children, and currently lives in Texas. Additional Comments: I am Barbara White Melin, the oldest child of Albert Nelson White. Albert DeKalb White was my great-great grandfather. I am currently engaged in researching my family history. I would appreciate any information on Albert DeKalb White's early life in Ohio before the Civil, as we know nothing about his family or his life before the Civil War. I can be contacted at (303) 514- 3206 or by email at bwmelin@hotmail.com. 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