OHIO STATEWIDE FILES OH-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List Issue 67 ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenwebarchives.org ************************************************************************** OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 06 : Issue 67 Today's Topics: #1 Oh-Hardin Co. Bios (Althauser) [Archives ] #2 Oh-Hardin Co. Bios (Armstrong) [Archives ] #3 Oh-Hardin Co. Bios (Baker) [Archives ] #4 Oh-Hardin Co. Bios (Baker) [Archives ] #5 Oh-Hardin-Fairfield-Noble Co. Bios [Archives ] #6 Oh-Hardin-Fairfield Co. Bios (Coat [Archives ] #7 Oh-Hardin-Wyandot Co. Bios (Cook) [Archives ] #8 Oh-Hardin Co. Bios (Cummins) [Archives ] #9 Oh-Hardin-Muskingum Co. Bios (Dick [Archives ] #10 Oh-Hardin Co. Bios (Dickson) [Archives ] #11 Oh-Hardin Co. Bios (Druschel) [Archives ] #12 Oh-Hardin Co. 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All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com May 5, 2006, 12:27 am Author: Warner & Beers (1883) CHRISTIAN ALTHAUSER, farmer, P. O. Kenton, is a native of Baton, Germany, where he was born, August 31, 1819. His father, John Althauser, emigrated to Ohio when our subject was fourteen years of age. Our subject learned the trade of carpenter when a youth, but of late years has given his attention chiefly to farming. He is the owner of a farm of seventy acres of land in this township. Be was married, August 7, 1845, to Barbara Ann Pfeiffer, daughter of Michael and Cathem Pfeiffer. Barbara Pfeiffer was born in Hashia, Germany, November 1, 1823, and has lived in this county since fourteen years of age. Of the six children that resulted from this union, five are living, viz., George William, Elizabeth, John, Mary Ann and Caroline; the deceased was a child that died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Althauser are members of the German Lutheran Church, and the former is a well known farmer of this county. Additional Comments: Goshen Township Excerpt from "The History of Hardin County, Ohio" containing A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY; HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS, ETC., ETC. CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO. 1883 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hardin/bios/althause189gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ohfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 00:31:13 -0400 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <200605050431.k454VDI01788@genrecords.org> Subject: Oh-Hardin Co. Bios (Armstrong) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hardin County OhArchives Biographies.....Armstrong, Thomas 1804 - ************************************************ 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: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com May 5, 2006, 12:31 am Author: Warner & Beers (1883) THOMAS ARMSTRONG, retired farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., June 14, 1804. He is a descendant of the old pioneers who settled in the eastern part of Pennsylvania in the colonial times, and moved, after the conflict for independence, with their families and goods on pack-horses Westward over mountain trails, and settled in various parts of Westmoreland, Allegheny and Armstrong Counties. where many of their descendants are still to be found. Of those families most nearly related to our subject, are the Armstrongs, Sloans, McCreas and McQuowns. The Sloans went to Armstrong County, the McCreas to near Pittsburgh and the others to Westmoreland County. Thomas Armstrong, grandfather of our subject, a native of Ireland, married Jane McCrea and died in 1820, at the age of ninety years. Ann (McQuoin) Armstrong, subject's mother, was born in 1780, died in 1860. William Armstrong, father of our subject, was born in 1774 and in 1822, moved with his family to Mansfield, Richland Co., Ohio, and settled near the town on a farm of 160 acres, on which he lived fifteen years. He died in Goshen Township in 1861. Our subject received a good education, attending high school, and learned surveying under a competent teacher. For several winters he was teaching school, and for two or three years was busy studying medicine, but never entered into the practice of it. Mr. Armstrong was a Captain in the Mansfield company of volunteer riflemen in a regiment of ten companies. On April 8, 1830, he was married, by Rev. James Rowland, to Margaret McQuown, by whom he had three children-G. W., in Kenton; Eugenia, wife of Mr. W. Peck, of Wyandot County, and Margaret Jane, who died in her twentieth year. Additional Comments: Goshen Township Excerpt from "The History of Hardin County, Ohio" containing A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY; HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS, ETC., ETC. CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO. 1883 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hardin/bios/armstron190gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ohfiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 00:37:41 -0400 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <200605050437.k454bfW05713@genrecords.org> Subject: Oh-Hardin Co. Bios (Baker) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hardin County OhArchives Biographies.....Baker, James M. 1824 - ************************************************ 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: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com May 5, 2006, 12:37 am Author: Warner & Beers (1883) JAMES M. BAKER, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in what was then Brooke County, Va., October 19, 1824. His parents, Morris and Mary (Connard) Baker, were Virginians, and were there married, coming to Hardin County, Ohio, in 1836, when James was thirteen years of age. His father entered 160 acres of land in Section 8, Goshen Township, on which he erected a cabin, and there spent his pioneer days. For their bread, they were obliged to go to West Liberty, Champaign County, taking axes along there being no roads, and as no feed could be procured for the teams, the latter were worked only part of the day and then turned out in the woods. No roads were then built to Kenton. Mrs. Baker died in 1849, and Mr. Baker in 1873. The subject of this sketch was reared in a family of eight children, of whom five were boys and three were girls. After helping to clear the old home, he started out in life for himself. and bought seventy acres of land in Section 7, Goshen Township. He has been a prosperous farmer, adding acre to acre until he now owns 585 acres, mostly improved land, all paid for. He was married, January 9, 1851, to Miss Susanna, daughter of Thomas and Mary Scott. By this marriage the following children have been born, viz.: Chester J., born August 18, 1853; Mathew A., born September 11, 1855: Mary E., born September 9, 1857; Guernsey M., born October 20, 1859; Sarah J., born August 22, 1863; Eva R., born January 5, 1866, and Robinson, born July 6, 1868. Mrs. Baker was born on September 27, 1831. Her parents were born near Wooster, Ohio, and died in Wyandot County, Ohio, on the farm which they had entered. Mr. Baker has been Township Clerk several terms, Trustee for eight or nine years, and School Director almost continuously. Additional Comments: Goshen Township Excerpt from "The History of Hardin County, Ohio" containing A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY; HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS, ETC., ETC. CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO. 1883 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hardin/bios/baker191gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ohfiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #4 Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 00:40:28 -0400 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <200605050440.k454eSx06560@genrecords.org> Subject: Oh-Hardin Co. Bios (Baker) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hardin County OhArchives Biographies.....Baker, Irvin S. 1846 - ************************************************ 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: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com May 5, 2006, 12:40 am Author: Warner & Beers (1883) IRVIN S. BAKER, farmer, P. O. Larue, is a native of this county, and was born December 25, 1846. He is a son of Joseph and Matilda (Carmack) Baker, both natives of Pennsylvania and of German parentage. Our subject's father moved to this State in 1844 and settled in this county. where he died at the age of thirty-three years. The mother of our subject is still living, and resides in Kenton. Our subject was educated at the common schools of this county, and since his youth has followed the occupation of a farmer. He is the owner of ninety acres of land in Goshen Township, where he has resided for five years. He also raises stock, making a specialty of sheep, at which he has been very successful. Our subject was married, October 4, 1877, by the Rev. J. T. Sellers, to Miss Jane Hastings, daughter of James and Rachel (Hones) Hastings, the latter a native of Virginia. Mr. Hastings emigrated from Ireland at an early day. Mrs. Baker was born in this county October 30, 1846. By this union there have been two children-Hoyt L., born December 29, 1880, died May 8, 1881, and Minnie A., born July 24, 1882. Mrs. Baker is a member of the Presbyterian Church and Mr. Baker of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is Steward and Trustee and Assistant Superintendent of the Sunday school, and Class Leader. Mr Baker is a Republican in politics; has been a member of the Freemasons seven years, Larue Lodge, No. 463; was Township Assessor in 1882, and is one of the useful citizens of Goshen Township. Additional Comments: Goshen Township Excerpt from "The History of Hardin County, Ohio" containing A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY; HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS, ETC., ETC. CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO. 1883 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hardin/bios/baker192gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ohfiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #5 Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 01:11:15 -0400 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <200605050511.k455BFm26268@genrecords.org> Subject: Oh-Hardin-Fairfield-Noble Co. Bios (Burnside) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hardin-Fairfield-Noble County OhArchives Biographies.....Burnside, M. V. 1855 - ************************************************ 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: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com May 5, 2006, 1:11 am Author: Warner & Beers (1883) M. V. BURNSIDE, farmer, P. O. Kenton, is a native of this State, Fairfield County, born March 22, 1855. His parents were J. R. and Louramah (Fish) Burnside. Our subject was educated at the common schools of this county, and has followed the occupation of farmer through life. On September 30, 1880, he married Sara M., a daughter of Thomas J. and Miranda (Melon) James. Mrs. Burnside was born in Noble County, Ohio, May 1, 1862, and has had but one child-Hattie L., who was born October 9, 1881. Mr. and Mrs. Burnside are members of the United Brethren Church, and the latter owns ten acres of land in Noble County. Additional Comments: Goshen Township Excerpt from "The History of Hardin County, Ohio" containing A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY; HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS, ETC., ETC. CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO. 1883 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hardin/bios/burnside193gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ohfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #6 Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 01:34:59 -0400 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <200605050534.k455Yxv05400@genrecords.org> Subject: Oh-Hardin-Fairfield Co. Bios (Coats) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hardin-Fairfield County OhArchives Biographies.....Coats, J. R. 1829 - ************************************************ 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: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com May 5, 2006, 1:34 am Author: Warner & Beers (1883) J. R. COATS, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Richmond County, Va., in 1829. His father, Joseph Coats, of Scotch descent, moved to Fairfield County, Ohio, when subject was three years of age, and resided there until 1852. In 1853, subject was in California, where he worked in the mines, and returned to this county in the fall of 1854, and lived here for ten years, when he spent another year in California, doing odd jobs. He was married, December 14, 1848, to Rebecca Jane Cross, daughter of Samuel Cross, who bore him twelve children. viz.. Samantha J., Martha Elizabeth, Robert P., William S. (deceased), an infant and twins (all deceased), Laura, John F., Joseph G., Ida May and Lilly Nancy. Mr. Coats owns a fine farm of 106 acres, eighty of which are and is one of our self-made men of Goshen Township. Additional Comments: Goshen Township Excerpt from "The History of Hardin County, Ohio" containing A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY; HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS, ETC., ETC. CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO. 1883 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hardin/bios/coats194gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ohfiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #7 Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 01:37:23 -0400 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <200605050537.k455bNA07147@genrecords.org> Subject: Oh-Hardin-Wyandot Co. Bios (Cook) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hardin-Wyandot County OhArchives Biographies.....Cook, William C. 1851 - ************************************************ 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: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com May 5, 2006, 1:37 am Author: Warner & Beers (1883) WILLIAM C. COOK, farmer, P. O. Marseilles, is a native of Wyandot County, Ohio, where he was born in 1851. His parents were James and Hannah (Corwin) Cook, both natives of Pennsylvania. Our subject was married, April 10, 1872, to Dilla, daughter of Peter and Leah (Annesly) Johnson. Mrs. Cook was born in this State November 17, 1855. The result of this union has been three children-James P., born May 5, 1876; Harley, born April 12, 1878, died in 1880, at the age of two years: and Lenora, born December 12, 1880. Mr. Cook owns a fine farm of forty-four acres, located ten miles east of Kenton, on the Bellefontaine pike, of which place he has been a resident the last six years. Additional Comments: Goshen Township Excerpt from "The History of Hardin County, Ohio" containing A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY; HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS, ETC., ETC. CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO. 1883 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hardin/bios/cook195gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ohfiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #8 Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 01:41:31 -0400 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <200605050541.k455fV408342@genrecords.org> Subject: Oh-Hardin Co. Bios (Cummins) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hardin County OhArchives Biographies.....Cummins, J. S. 1825 - ************************************************ 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: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com May 5, 2006, 1:41 am Author: Warner & Beers (1883) J. S. CUMMINS, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in New Jersey October 28, 1825, and is a son of G. M. and Delilah (Shaffer) Cummins, the former of German and the latter of English parentage, and who emigrated to Ohio in the year 1835. Our subject was brought up to the occupation of a farmer, has followed it through life and is now the owner of ninety-three acres of land on Section 22, Goshen Township. In 1850, Mr. Cummins was united in marriage, by Squire Jacob Yauger, to Sarah F., daughter of Peter and Ann Eliza (Robinson) Schwartz, natives of New York State. Mrs. Cummins was born February 2, 1835, and is of German lineage. To this union have been born eight children, four living-George W., deceased; Delilah, married; Peter W., deceased; Mary E. (deceased), Ida, James S., (deceased), Ann Eliza, single; and Willis H., married. Mrs. Cummins is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Cummins is a man of good judgment and a representative citizen of the township. Additional Comments: Goshen Township Excerpt from "The History of Hardin County, Ohio" containing A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY; HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS, ETC., ETC. CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO. 1883 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hardin/bios/cummins196gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ohfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #9 Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 01:42:49 -0400 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <200605050542.k455gnu09848@genrecords.org> Subject: Oh-Hardin-Muskingum Co. Bios (Dickson) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hardin-Muskingum County OhArchives Biographies.....Dickson, John 1825 - ************************************************ 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: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com May 5, 2006, 1:42 am Author: Warner & Beers (1883) JOHN DICKSON, farmer and gardener, Kenton, was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, in November, 1825. His parents were Robert and Mary (Anspaugh) Dickson, the former a native of Ireland and the latter of Pennsylvania and of German parentage. Our subject received a common school education, and selected the occupation of a farmer and gardener. He was married, in 1852, to Elizabeth Hamilton, by whom he has had nine children, eight boys and one girl. Mr. Dickson owns three acres of land in Goshen Township; also owns land in Illinois. He is a quiet, energetic man and a good citizen. Additional Comments: Goshen Township Excerpt from "The History of Hardin County, Ohio" containing A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY; HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS, ETC., ETC. CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO. 1883 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hardin/bios/dickson197gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ohfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #10 Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 01:45:31 -0400 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <200605050545.k455jVc10755@genrecords.org> Subject: Oh-Hardin Co. Bios (Dickson) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hardin County OhArchives Biographies.....Dickson, John 1825 - ************************************************ 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: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com May 5, 2006, 1:45 am Author: Warner & Beers (1883) C. B. DRUM, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Pennsylvania September 7, 1831. His father, John Drum, who was of German descent, was born March 8, 1778, and died June 17, 1855. The mother of our subject was Martha (Lambertson) Drum, of Scotch extraction. She and her husband emigrated to Ohio when our subject was but six weeks old, and spent here the remainder of their lives. Mr. C. B. Drum received a common school education and learned farming as an occupation, and he has, after great toil, accumulated 228 acres of land, located in Section 30, Goshen Township. On January 18, 1876, he was united in marriage to Rebecca Jane, daughter of Joseph and Isabel Cowan. Mr. Drum was a member of the One Hundred and Twenty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company having enlisted August 22, 1862, and was discharged June 13, 1865. He, participated in the following battles: Winchester, Va , June 13 and 15, 1863; Sucker's Ferry, Va., July 18, 1864; Winchester, July 24, 1864; Martinsburg, July 25, 1864; Berryville, September 3, 1864; Winchester, September 19, 1964; Fisher's Hill, September 22, 1864; Hatcher's Run, Va., March 3, 1865, and High Bridge, April 6, 1865, at which latter place they were captured. Mr. Drum is a member of the Grange Association, and for eight or nine years has acted as Township Treasurer. Additional Comments: Goshen Township Excerpt from "The History of Hardin County, Ohio" containing A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY; HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS, ETC., ETC. CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO. 1883 Photo: http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/hardin/photos/bios/dickson198gbs.jpg File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hardin/bios/dickson198gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ohfiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #11 Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 01:48:23 -0400 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <200605050548.k455mNG12731@genrecords.org> Subject: Oh-Hardin Co. Bios (Druschel) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hardin County OhArchives Biographies.....Druschel, Martin 1836 - ************************************************ 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: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com May 5, 2006, 1:48 am Author: Warner & Beers (1883) MARTIN DRUSCHEL, farmer, P. O. Grant, son of Nicholas and Catharine (Winebrinner) Druschel, was born in Hesse-Cassel, Germany, January 7, 1836. He is a member of a family of seven children, of whom six were sons and one daughter. He came to this country in 1852, landing in New York on the 9th of June, and at Kenton on the 19th of the same month. He has followed railroading and farming ever since, with the exception of about one year spent in the service of his country during the rebellion. He enlisted September 7, 1864, in Company K, One Hundred and Eightieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was honorably diacharged at the close of the war, having participated in several battles. He was married, June 11, 1868, to Amelia C., daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Gottier) Darendinger. The three children born to this union are as follows: George F., born March 15, 1869; Amelia C., born July 10, 1871, died September 1, 1872, and one still-born October 4, 1872. Mrs. Druschel was born on March 3, 1847, in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. Her parents were natives of Switzerland, but were married in this country, coming to Washington township, Hardin Co., Ohio, in 1853. Mr. Druschel bas a good farm which he cleared up from the stump, and is an energetic and enterprising citizen. Additional Comments: Goshen Township Excerpt from "The History of Hardin County, Ohio" containing A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY; HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS, ETC., ETC. CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO. 1883 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hardin/bios/druschel199gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ohfiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #12 Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 01:50:13 -0400 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <200605050550.k455oDZ13238@genrecords.org> Subject: Oh-Hardin Co. Bios (Frey) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hardin County OhArchives Biographies.....Frey, John 1806 - 1868 ************************************************ 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: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com May 5, 2006, 1:50 am Author: Warner & Beers (1883) JOHN FREY, deceased, was born in 1806 in Germany, whence he emigrated in 1835 to Ohio, and died in 1868 in Pleasant Township. He followed the occupation of a farmer. His wife was born in 1808, and was a daughter of Marcus and Mary Elizabeth (Ream) Hide, who emigrated from Germany to Pennsylvania, where they lived three years, and thence moved to Crawford County, Ohio, and finally came to this county, the home of our subject. Mr. Frey had a family of seven children, two-A. F. and John-living; those deceased are Barbara Elizabeth, Mary, Rachel, and two sons who died in infancy. Additional Comments: Goshen Township Excerpt from "The History of Hardin County, Ohio" containing A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY; HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS, ETC., ETC. CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO. 1883 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hardin/bios/frey200gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ohfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V06 Issue #67 ******************************************