OHIO STATEWIDE FILES OH-BMD Project Mailing List Issue 42 ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenwebarchives.org ************************************************************************** OH-BMD-D Digest Volume 06 : Issue 42 Today's Topics: #1 Oh-Ottawa-Sandusky-Franklin Co. Ob [Archives ] #2 Oh-Lucas-Sandusky-Cuyahoga Co. Obi [Archives ] #3 Oh-Fayette Co. Obituary (Smith) [Archives ] #4 Oh-Ross-Highland Co. Obituary (Smi [Archives ] #5 Oh-Ross Co. Obituary (Smith) [Archives ] #6 Oh-Pike-Highland Co. Obituary (Smi [Archives ] #7 Oh-Ross Co. Obituary (Schmidt) [Archives ] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from OH-BMD-D, send a message to OH-BMD-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. To contact the OH-BMD-D list administrator, send mail to OH-BMD-admin@rootsweb.com. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #1 Date: 26 Feb 2006 15:27:29 -0000 From: Archives To: OH-BMD-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20060226152729.5797.qmail@mail.best1-host.com> Subject: Oh-Ottawa-Sandusky-Franklin Co. Obituary (Jackson) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Ottawa-Sandusky-Franklin County OhArchives Obituaries.....Jackson, Laura Vesta February 11, 1913 ************************************************ 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: Patricia Fuller munrofuller@yahoo.com February 26, 2006, 9:27 am Sandusky Register, 02/13/1913, Page 2, Column 7 Pt. Clinton Wife Dies, Port Clinton, Feb. 12. Laura Vesta Jackson, wife of Philip Jackson, died at her home on South Jefferson street last evening after a lingering illiness of several months. Deceased was 66 years old and is survived by a husband and two daughters, Mrs. Wm. Starkloff of Columbus and Mrs. Isaac Fought of Genoa. The funeral will be held on Friday afternoon from the United Brethren church, Rev. Fellers in charge, burial at the Lake View cemetery. Additional Comments: Death certificate states she was born Sept. 30, 1846 in New York State. Parents; Joshua Rogers, mother Jerusha (maiden name unknown) and both were born in Vermont. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/ottawa/obits/jackson779ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: 26 Feb 2006 16:31:22 -0000 From: Archives To: OH-BMD-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20060226163122.16448.qmail@mail.best1-host.com> Subject: Oh-Lucas-Sandusky-Cuyahoga Co. Obituary (Polite) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Lucas-Sandusky-Cuyahoga County OhArchives Obituaries.....Polite, Joseph February 6, 1912 ************************************************ 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: Patricia Fuller munrofuller@yahoo.com February 26, 2006, 10:31 am Sandusky Register, 02/08/1912, Page 6, Column 2 Joseph Polite, 74, Lake Shore engineer, the man who was at the throttle of the Twentieth Century Limited train, is dead at Toledo. Mr. Polite was in failing health for weeks and had been a sufferer from locomotive ataxia. Heart disease recently developed and this caused his demise. Mr. Polite's career as a railroad employe covers a period of more than 40 years. Most of this time he was employed by the Lake Shore road, beginning as a freight brakeman and continuing up the ladder until he was chosen to pull the Twentieth Century train from Toledo to Cleveland on its maiden trip east. It was Polite who established the record time on the century train, having made a few years ago a speed of 104 miles an hour between towns near Cleveland. He has to his credit many other high records on the same train. Mr. Polite had lived in Toledo for nearly half a century. He was born in Morristown, N.Y. and at the age of 18 came west. He enlisted in a Michigan regiment formed near Detroit, fought in the civil war, and was a prisoner in the Libby prison, where after four months he was exchanged for a southern prisoner. Mr. Polite was shot several times, once so seriously that it was necessary to cut 14 pieces of bone from his chest. Becomes Engineer. Having been honorably discharged Mr. Polite returnd to Toledo and entered the employ of the Lake Shore. He was brakeman on a freight train, later conductor, fireman on a passenger, and then engineer. When he started upon his railroad career the railroads used nothing but wood and oil for fuel. The speed was very slow, but wrecks strange to say, were plenty. Polite's collarbone was broken three times in railroad accidents. In 1872 an engine of which he was in charge crashed into the rear of a freight train. He was hurled many feet and badly injured. A few years ago Polite's train, a flyer, travelling at high speed, bumped into a pony engine near Cleveland. Polite was thrown from the cab, sustained a fractured collarbone, and for weeks was given up. Mr. Polite also had an accident in Fremont years ago which disabled him for a long time. Many years ago Polite was at the helm of a Lake Shore train carrying passengers. The bridge at Fremont was washed away by the flood and a section hand of the Lake Erie & Western railroad flagged the train Polite was drawing. Sticks to His Cab. While operating a fast Lake Shore train three years ago Mr. Polite had his left leg fractured when the reachrod of his engine broke and struck him. Despite his injury he continued the trip to Toledo from Elkhart. Mr. Polite was the odlest engineer in this section of the country in point of service and was one of the most popular engineers in the service. Additional Comments: Death certificate states he was born July 4th, 1845 in Ogdensburg, N.Y.; Parents David Polite and Genett Kidd. The obituary was written as part of the news and there are several errors. 1) I do not think he died of locomotor ataxia, his death certificate states he died of Uremia, contributory factors; arteriosclerosis and granular kidney. 2) His family was in Michigan as early as 1850, so Jospeh would have been 5, not 18. 3) He married after the Civil War to Harriett Brown of Branch Co., MI. I not believe he lived in Toledo before the war at the obituary/article states. 4) He enlisted in Co. C, 19th Inf. Sept. 12, 1862 at Dowagiac, MI. and Batt. D, Feb. 17, 1864 at Coldwater. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/lucas/obits/polite780ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 4.1 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: 26 Feb 2006 17:52:16 -0000 From: Archives To: OH-BMD-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20060226175216.15077.qmail@leaf3.bananic.com> Subject: Oh-Fayette Co. Obituary (Smith) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Fayette County OhArchives Obituaries.....Smith, Margaret R. (Gochanour) August 13, 1996 ************************************************ 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: Ralph W. Cokonougher rcokon@hotmail.com February 26, 2006, 5:52 pm >From the 14 Aug. 1996 Washington C.H., Ohio “Record-Herald”: MARGARET R. SMITH. MARGARET R. SMITH, 67, … died at 12:50 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 13, 1996 at Courthouse Manor. She was born May 1, 1929 in Joliet, Ill., the daughter of RUEBEN GOCHANOUR and LUELLA GOCHANOUR. She lived most of her life in the Jeffersonville area. She worked for many years as a cashier at Stop 35 Truckstop. Her husband, LESTER H. (LECK) SMITH, preceded her in death. She was also preceded in death by her parents, two sisters, EDNA and RUBY JENKINS and a great-granddaughter, CARRIE RUTH TRUBEE. She is survived by sons and daughters-in-law, ROGER and JANIE COLAW of Havelock, N.C., TERRY and BECKY SMITH of Jeffersonville and STEPHEN and PAM SMITH of Jamestown; stepson and daughter-in-law, RONALD and MARGARET SMITH of Fairborn; daughter and son-in-law, BARBARA and LARRY CAMPBELL of Jeffersonville; brother, MERL and NANCY JENKINS of Jeffersonville; sisters, LETA JENKINS of London, LEONA and WENDELL HUNT of Washington C.H. and CAROL and FEROL LEWIS of Bloomingburg; nine grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; three step-great-grandchildren and one step-great- grandchild. The funeral will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 16, 1996 at the Morrow Funeral Home in Jeffersonville. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday at 2-8 p.m. at the funeral home. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/fayette/obits/smith212nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ohfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #4 Date: 26 Feb 2006 18:06:37 -0000 From: Archives To: OH-BMD-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20060226180637.30316.qmail@leaf3.bananic.com> Subject: Oh-Ross-Highland Co. Obituary (Smith) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Ross-Highland County OhArchives Obituaries.....Smith, Harry L. December 20, 1990 ************************************************ 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: Ralph W. Cokonougher rcokon@hotmail.com February 26, 2006, 6:06 pm >From the Hillsboro, Ohio "Press Gazette", page 2, Tuesday, Dec. 25, 1990: HARRY L. SMITH HARRY L. SMITH, 90, of Greenfield, died Thursday, December 20 at the Greenfield Area Medical Center. He was born May 31, 1900, in Ross County, the son of HIRIAM SMITH and EMILY (COUNTRYMAN) SMITH. He was a member of the Fourth Street Holiness Church. He is preceeded in death by first wife, VIOLET, second wife, NORA, one son, PAUL SMITH, six brothers and four sisters. He is survived by four daughters, DOROTHY ROSE of Greenfield, MARY GRAGG of Frankfort, OLIVE GOOD of Greenfield, JANICE HAMPTON of Portsmouth, one son, CARL HATFIELD of Washington C.H., 28 grandchildren, 27 great grandchildren, and five great great grandchildren. Services were Saturday, December 22 at the Murray Funeral Home with Rev. Kenneth Burchett officiating. Burial followed at the South Salem Cemetery. Additional Comments: Harry was the second husband of Nora Ellen (Spurgeon) (Hester) Smith, who was the daughter of Alexander and Lillie Spurgeon. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/ross/obits/smith213nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ohfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #5 Date: 26 Feb 2006 18:17:35 -0000 From: Archives To: OH-BMD-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20060226181735.8367.qmail@leaf3.bananic.com> Subject: Oh-Ross Co. Obituary (Smith) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Ross County OhArchives Obituaries.....Smith, Helen M. (Cokonougher) September 23, 1975 ************************************************ 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: Ralph W. Cokonougher rcokon@hotmail.com February 26, 2006, 6:17 pm >From the 24 Sept. 1975 issue of the Greenfield, Ohio "Greenfield Daily Times": SMITH. Helen M. Smith, 67, 647 McKell av, Greenfield, died at 10:15 p.m. Tuesday at Greenfield Municipal Hospital. She had been ill for one year. She was a member of the Rainsboro Methodist Church. Born Dec. 13, 1907, in Ross County, she was the daughter of Adtson Elsworth COKONOUGHER and Hannah Mazetta Huriless. She was married to Mark I. Smith, who died Nov. 20, 1953. Survivors include four sons, Mark Smith Jr., Frankfort Rt. 1; Arnold Smith, Greenfield Rt. 1; John W. Smith, New Port Ritchie, Fla., and Lloyd E. Smith, Dayton; two daughters, Mrs. David (Helen) L. Leaverton, Greenfield, and Mrs. Loren (Roberta Lou) Karnes, Hillsboro Rt. 1; three sisters, Mrs. John (Helen) Hollar, Lyndon Rt. 1; Mrs. Stanley (Audria) Fordyce, Florida, and Mrs. Kenneth (Evelyn) Staats, Bainbridge Rt. 1; one brother, Harold Cokonougher, Massachusetts; 11 grandchildren and three great- grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two sisters. Service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Murray Funeral Home, officiated by Rev. Ken Marckel. Burial will follow in Greenfield Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Thursday." File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/ross/obits/smith214nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ohfiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #6 Date: 26 Feb 2006 18:37:18 -0000 From: Archives To: OH-BMD-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20060226183718.9223.qmail@leaf3.bananic.com> Subject: Oh-Pike-Highland Co. Obituary (Smith) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Pike-Highland County OhArchives Obituaries.....Smith, Lula B. (McEdwards) August 1977 ************************************************ 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: Ralph W. Cokonougher rcokon@hotmail.com February 26, 2006, 6:37 pm >From the 8 Aug. 1977 issue of the Greenfield, Ohio "Greenfield Daily Times": SMITH. Lula B. Smith, 83, 1032 Mirabeau st, Greenfield, died 11:55 p.m. Sunday at Greenfield Municipal Hospital. Born Feb. 23, 1894, in Pike County, she was the daughter of George and Rachael Spurgeon McEdwards. Her husband, Charles A. Smith, died Dec. 18, 1961. Surviving are a son, Eldon R. Newland, 1019 Mirabeau st, Greenfield, and three grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two sisters. Funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Anderson- Funeral Home, Greenfield. Burial will be in South Salem Cemetery. Friends may call 4 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Additional Comments: Some Ancestors of Lula B. McEdwards Generation No. 1 1. Lula B. McEdwards, born February 23, 1894 in Pike County, Ohio; died August 1977 in Greenfield. Highland County, Ohio. She was the daughter of 2. George Henry McEdwards and 3. Rachel Ellen Barfell. She married (1) Charles A. Smith. She married (2) ? Newland. Child of Lula McEdwards and ? Newland is: i. Eldon R. Newland. Generation No. 2 2. George Henry McEdwards, died February 14, 1916. He married 3. Rachel Ellen Barfell May 10, 1885. 3. Rachel Ellen Barfell, born May 02, 1866; died November 16. She was the daughter of 6. Fulthy Barfell and 7. Sarah Ellen Lytle. Children of George McEdwards and Rachel Barfell are: i. Anna E. McEdwards, born March 15, 1899; died February 20, 1966; married ? Ralph. 1 ii. Lula B. McEdwards, born February 23, 1894 in Pike County, Ohio; died August 1977 in Greenfield. Highland County, Ohio; married (1) Charles A. Smith; married (2) ? Newland. iii. Anita Kathleen McEdwards, died October 14, 1932. Generation No. 3 6. Fulthy Barfell, born Abt. 1810; died July 28, 1887. He married 7. Sarah Ellen Lytle July 06, 1863 in Pike County, Ohio. 7. Sarah Ellen Lytle, born April 1824 in Ohio; died September 13, 1915 in Highland County, Ohio. She was the daughter of 14. ? Lytle and 15. ?. Children of Fulthy Barfell and Sarah Lytle are: i. Artamissa Emeline Barfell, born March 29, 1864; married James W. Coe. 3 ii. Rachel Ellen Barfell, born May 02, 1866; died November 16; married George Henry McEdwards May 10, 1885. Generation No. 4 14. ? Lytle, born in Germany. He married 15. ?. 15. ?, born in Germany. Child of ? Lytle and ? is: 7 i. Sarah Ellen Lytle, born April 1824 in Ohio; died September 13, 1915 in Highland County, Ohio; married (1) James Thomas Spurgeon May 01, 1845; married (2) Fulthy Barfell July 06, 1863 in Pike County, Ohio. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/pike/obits/smith215nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ohfiles/ File size: 3.3 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #7 Date: 26 Feb 2006 18:44:49 -0000 From: Archives To: OH-BMD-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20060226184449.2892.qmail@leaf3.bananic.com> Subject: Oh-Ross Co. Obituary (Schmidt) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Ross County OhArchives Obituaries.....Schmidt, Anna Mae (Cokonougher) January 28, 1978 ************************************************ 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: Ralph W. Cokonougher rcokon@hotmail.com February 26, 2006, 6:44 pm >From the 30 Jan 1978 issue of the Greenfield, Ohio "Greenfield Daily Times": SCHMIDT'. Anna M. Schmidt, 85, South Salem, died noon Saturday in Greenfield Manor. Born Sept. 17, 1892, in Ross County, she was the daughter of Zachariah and Mary E. Wisecup Cokonougher. A member of the South Salem Methodist Church, Mrs. Schmidt was a member of the United Methodist Women. She owned and operated a grocery store in South Salem. Her husband, John A. Schmidt, died July 22, 1962. Surviving are two foster children, Mrs. Patty Leach, Middleport, Ohio and Alvin Conaway, South Salem and six grandchildren and three great- grandchildren. Six brothers and a sister preceded her in death. Funeral service will be held 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Murray's Funeral Home, Greenfield. Rev. Tom Rogers will officiate and burial will be in Greenfield Cemetery. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/ross/obits/schmidt216nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ohfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb -------------------------------- End of OH-BMD-D Digest V06 Issue #42 ************************************