Butler High School - Class of 1910

L>R: Freda Stickler, Supt. Edw. Bell, Juliet Tigner, Clark M. Garber, Ethel Snyder, Gail Swadner, Lulu Spohn, Martha Culler (Principal) and Mary Dixon.

RICHLAND COUNTY , OHIO

APRIL—JUNE, 2012 VOLUME XXXI, NO. 2

THE PASTFINDER

Meeting

Schedule

May 24th., 7 p.m. - Steve McKee of the Gorman Na-ture Center will present “It’s a Jungle Out There!”

June 21st., 7 p.m. - Shirley Hodges will present “Writing Your Family History” (note the date change)

July - No meeting

August 23rd., 6 p.m. - Pot-luck supper at OGS library meeting room. Beverages and table service provided. Bring a covered dish to share. NO desserts please as there will be a special cake to honor our new line-age society members. We will be recognizing the new members of our four lineage societies with a special pres-entation of pins and certifi-cates.

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohrichgs/

ISSN 1083-7833

Editor: Amy E. Profit Armstrong

Quarterly Newsletter of the Richland County Chapter, OGS

Did They Know Each Other

Back Home?

Immigrant ancestors who married in their new country might very well have known each other back in their homeland. If you have located one of them in the "old coun-try" and cannot find the other, consider looking for them in the same area. It was not uncommon for men to immi-grate, get settled and write back that they were looking for a bride. © Michael John Neill, "Genealogy Tip of the Day” http://goo.gl/OHRO6

Administrator's Bondsmen

A bondsman on an executor's or administrator's bond is guaranteeing that if the executor or administrator of the es-tate runs off with the estate's property without paying the bills of the estate that the court can come after the individu-als who signed the executor's or administrator's bond. So generally speaking, if someone signed the bond your ances-tor posted as an estate administrator, that bondsman trusted your ancestor enough to know that he wouldn't run off leav-ing unpaid bills of the estate. And the judge knew that the bondsmen were "worth enough" to cover the value of the estate if the administrator defrauded the estate. ©Michael John Neill, "Genealogy Tip of the Day” http://goo.gl/05zWQ

Lineage Society Application Deadline

Extended

The deadline for applications to one of our Chapter’s four lineage societies has been pushed back. You now have until June 30th. to submit your applications for ap-proval.

Roster of Ohio Soldiers in the War of 1812 http://ohsweb.ohiohistory.org/portal/publications-p.shtml

Trouble finding people

on the SSDI?

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The following material is NOT included on microfilm. Ran-dom issues have been found in the collections of local mu-seums, antique stores, eBay and individual researchers.

BELLVILLE INDEPENDENT: 14 March 1895

Bellville.

Shan Steel was at Butler on business Saturday.

J. Bowers, of Crestline, was in town on business Friday and Saturday.

Walter Oberlin and family, of Mansfield, were the guests of relatives here over Sunday.

Schuyler Zent gave his newly invented engine a trial Mon-day night and those present say it worked like a charm. It was attached to a boiler at Leppo’s foundry and clearly demonstrated that it will accomplish all the inventor claims for it.

In probate court Benton L. Garber, of Bellville, has filed a deed of assignment in favor of O.H. Gurney, of that place, by which he conveys all of his property in trust for the bene-fit of his creditors. The real estate assigned consists of 66 acres of land valued at $3,000 and personal affects amounting to $1,500. Assignee Gurney gave bond in the sum of $9,000 with S.M. Douglass as securities. The court appointed as appraisers E.L. Swank, Harmon Farber and A.H. Brown. Mr. Garber was at one time regarded as one of the solid farmers of the county. A short time ago his flour mill at Bellville, quite a valuable property, was burned to the ground without insurance which was partially the cause of the owner’s collapse financially. Notwithstanding this loss the assignment will cause a genuine surprise throughout the country. - Mansfield News.

Mr. Garber’s friends in this vicinity sincerely regret the mis-fortune by which he has been overtaken; he has the assur-ance of public sympathy in the series of financial adversi-ties which have necessitated his making an assignment.

A RICH FIND. The Mansfield News of the 12th. Inst. has the following account of an important discovery in the vicin-ity of Butler, Worthington township. If the realization shall come up to expectation the discovery will certainly prove to be one of benefit to the citizens of this entire portion of the county. We certainly hope there may be no disappointment about it; but that the brightest hopes may be fully realized. A rich vein of coal and strong indications of oil in Richland County occasion a deal of excitement in the quiet village of Butler. Henry P. Cassell is the owner of a farm of 115 acres, two miles west of Butler, upon which has recently been discovered a cave or cavern. An exploring party with lanterns, torches, picks and shovels struck a vein of coal about 20 feet deep from the entrance that is equal in quality to Hocking valley or Massillon coal. A singular feature of the find was the strong odor of the coal oil in the cavern,

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NOT ON MICROFILM Election of

Officers, 1874

At the annual meeting on Tuesday evening, the following officers were elected by Mans-field Chapter Royal Arch Masons: H.P.—H.W. Alvord; K.—Geo. W. Cole; S.—G.L. Fuller; C. of H.—R.C. Davis; P.S.—Dr. A.E. Keyes; R.A.C.—Wm. Ackerman; M. 3d Veil—S. Stocks; M. 2d Veil—J.W. Myers; M. 1st Veil—John G. Spencer; Treasurer—Abner Wright; Re-corder—J.W. Waugh; Guard—D. McCullough [Richland Shield & Ban-ner: 05 December 1874]

* * * QUERY * * *

John Bishop (b. PA 1804, d. RCO 1887) married a woman whose name alternately ap-pears as Asenath, Zenith, or Tiney Delong in RCO in 1824. They had eight children, according to John’s obituary, five of whom were Joseph, Stephen, John, Samuel, and Daniel. “Tiney” (probably a nickname) died or was divorced from John before 8 Nov 1841 when he married Abigail Gaunt/Gant of Columbiana County, Ohio,, with whom he had an-other 13 children. The informa-tion that I need is the names of the additional three children of John and Tiney, and birth and death information about Tiney herself, as well as the names of her parents. Can anyone help? Letha A. Chunn 1716 Alpine Meadows Lane, Unit 1702 Prescott, AZ 86303 dabombmom@cableone.net

* * * QUERY * * *

Elizabeth (maiden name un-known) Dorcas was the wife of John Dorcas, a United Brethren minister living in Troy Twp., RCO. She was born about 1793 in PA, and was married to John in abt. 1814. They had four children. Either she died or they were divorced between 1850 and 1856, the latter being the time when John remar-ried. Can anyone give me a death date for Elizabeth and/or a subsequent spouse? Thank you.

Letha A. Chunn 1716 Alpine Meadows Lane, Unit 1702 Prescott, AZ 86303 dabombmom@cableone.net

1,286 watches were taxed in

Richland County in 1878, valued at

$26,064. [Ohio Liberal:

12 March 1879]

One Name For Several

Jurisdictions

In some locations, there may be a city, township, and county all with the same name. Make certain you know to which location someone or something is referring. In United States loca-tions, a city and town-ship with the same name are not neces-sarily the same place. © Michael John Neill, "Genealogy Tip of the Day” http://goo.gl/E1XHJ

Who Do You Think You

Are? to be Canceled

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which upon examination developed to be abundant in little pools upon the floor or bottom of the cavern. Experts who have examined it pronounce it a good quality of crude pe-troleum. The vicinity of Butler is hilly and broken land just such as would be expected to produce coal and oil. Mr. Cassell, the owner of the land, and the people of Butler are congratulating themselves on the discovery. No plans are yet made for the future but it is expected to develop the property at once and ascertain the extent of coal and oil.

Wm. Post was at home over Sunday.

County Commissioners J.N. Atherton and C. Etz were in town Monday.

Miss Jennie Gerhart, who has been quite ill with la grippe, is improving.

Several members of the family of Prof. J.J. Houser have been seriously afflicted with the la grippe the past week or two.

John M. Fry was at Fredericktown Saturday.

H.M. Krebs, Mansfield, was in town Monday on business.

Miss Pollock, of Lexington, visited friends here the first of the week.

W.W. Reed, of Mansfield, was in town Saturday on busi-ness.

Al Lacey, who is employed at Shelby, spent Sunday with his family.

Will Post and Al Lacy will move their families to Shelby about April 1st.

Wm. Hass and family visited friends at Widowville Sunday and Monday.

Miss Amanda Brichard is at present lying quite seriously ill at the home of Dr. Kelly.

Miss Katie Cover, of Johnsville, visited her sister, Mrs. Dr. E. Stofer Saturday and Sunday.

Daniel Harter, of Mansfield visited relatives in this place and vicinity the latter part of last week.

Wm. Wayne, of Chicago visited his wife and children who are stopping with Mrs. W’s parents, D.W. Zent and wife. He left for home Sunday evening.

At the democratic township primary held Saturday, H. Far-ber was nominated for treasurer, Geo. Bollinger for trustee, and S.F. Warner, assessor.

Miss Maggie Blair returned Thursday from Mansfield, where she has been the past two weeks on account of the sickness and death of her sister, Mrs. Aungst.

(Continued from page 14) The County Commissioners examined the bridge at the old Greenwood mills, east of town last Monday. They report it “just about as it used to be”, or in other words, safe as it ever was. The only improvement will probably be a little blocking up on the middle pier.

Constable Shaffer sold the Streby saw-mill Monday to Hon. James Howard.

Mrs. Jake Shaffer was at Mansfield Monday on business. She was accompanied by her friend Jos.

Mrs. W.G. Heltman, wife of Mayor Heltman, of Ashland, Ohio, is visiting relatives west of town.

Dr. W.H. Hetrick, B.&O. physician, was in town Monday to see Wm. Bridgeland who is sick.

Mrs. Margaret Shafer is seriously ill at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Long on South Fitting Ave.

Miss Isa, a little daughter of Mr. & Mrs. L. Ginsberg, was quite sick the latter part of last week.

Mrs. Annie Derry, of Mansfield, is here assisting in the care of her sister, Miss Jennie Gerhart, who is quite ill with la grippe.

Chas. A. Seiler looked after the legal side of a slight un-pleasantness in the affairs at Forest Hall Saturday.

Mrs. D.A. Lanehart left Monday forenoon for Chicago, Ill., where she will visit relatives and friends for a short time.

Miss Lou Ireland, of Palmyra, has been suffering with la grippe for the past three weeks, but is reported better at this writing.

O._. Dunlap who visited his sister, Mrs. Al. Lacy at this place, is reported dangerously ill at his home at Utica, O.

Bro. J.A. Price, of the Messenger, has been quite seriously ill for several days past. We heartily wish him a speedy recovery.

H.M. Brown and brother Charles have purchased a stock of hardware at Loudonville and will engage in business at that place soon.

Dr. Will Ridenour, who is attending the Reserve Medical College, Cleveland, was in town over Sunday shaking hands with his many friends.

Married—At the residence of the bride’s mother, at Hast-ings, Ohio, Wednesday evening, March 13th., 1895, by Rev. W.F. Barnett, Mr. Sherman Myers to Miss Etta Don-nan.

Louis Sprow has sold his farm of forty acres, located north of town, to Herbert Patman, of this place. Mr. Patman will take possession April 1st., at which time the farm will be vacated by the present occupant, George Kauff.

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The record will provide residence, par-ents, occupations and minister’s name.

Groom Age Bride Age Date Page

George W. Snyder 26 Fenella Hunter 25 1/1 193

Charles Glenn Fisher 21 Julia May Ensminger 19 1/2 193

Mathias Fritz 26 Cora Beal 24 1/3 194

William A. Cunningham 47 Anna M. (Deorth) Shepard 48 1/4 194

Thomas Kurtz 23 Clara Etta Reed 18 1/7 195

C.E. Cashman 21 Faye E. Crum 19 1/7 195

Albert H. Massa 27 Edith M. Straub 28 1/11 196

Simon Beer, Jr. 26 Katherine Muller 19 1/7 196

A.M. Frank 23 Jennie M. Molder 20 1/7 197

Virgil D. Johns 19 Ella Ross 19 1/7 197

George Gale Dignor 26 Euphemia Mae Juame 23 1/10 198

Joseph F. Jironsek 21 Marguerite Hafer 17 1/12 198

Malcolm Hardy 18 Florence Muth 21 1/14 199

Marion E. Myner 30 Mable Horn 24 1/14 199

Claude Butdorf 23 Iva M. Barnes 20 1/15 200

Ben E. Welty 23 Jennie Kershner 45 1/14 200

Barton L. Wireman 40 Stela M. Davidson 35 1/14 201

Williard F. Snavely 24 Hattie May Piper 20 1/15 201

Harry Hursh 23 Lulu Fay 19 1/14 202

Fred M. Black 22 Floid E. Gribben 18 1/21 203

David H. Dunmore 35 Emiline J. Davis 30 1/20 203

Albert H. Walker 35 Grace Olive Durbin 22 1/21 204

John M. Yunker 28 Ida B. Gadfield 24 1/24 204

George F. Noyes 22 Lois V. Ackerman 22 1/25 205

Morris Schwartz 32 Pauline Tcharkey 26 1/27 205

David W. Brown 22 Jennie Huston 25 1/28 206

Samuel J. Ebersole 22 Lillie B. Gutshall 18 1/28 206

Arthur J. Rice 23 Blanche G. Gates 19 1/28 207

William A. Bushey 27 Florence L. Miller 24 1/29 207

Leander M. Ferguson 45 Edith Brown 26 1/31 208

George B. Smith 22 Cora D. Post 21 2/2 208

Charles A. Grice 27 Sadie Gatton 22 2/4 209

C.F. Hart 25 Belle Brooks 16 n/a 209

Howard E. Hamblin 20 Bertha L. Muth 20 2/4 210

Homer Lemley 21 Lizzie Reamsnider 19 2/4 210

Glenn McBride 23 Ada Hildebrand 25 2/5 211

Jacob Rumbaugh 67 Mary Weimer 49 2/5 211

Calvin D. Smith 25 Matilda Hager 18 2/11 212

Charles J. Roth 26 Jennie Reamy 26 2/7 212

John Branigan 32 Rose Bailey 25 2/11 213

Alonzo Grinnell 23 Maggie Daugherty 23 2/10 213

Vance Dean 20 Estella Fike 19 2/11 214

W. Lester Miller 26 Zella M. Ferguson 23 2/12 214

Clyde Fisk 36 Sarah Malone 31 2/11 215

Alexander Schwab 37 Emma Lowry 28 2/11 215

MARRIAGE RECORDS, 1903

Forest Hall.

Master Glen Maglott has gone to live with his grandfather T. Maglott but will attend school at Forest Hall until the close of the school this week.

Miss Olive Robinson has returned home having finished her winter term of school.

Mr. Freeman Morgan moved Monday into the house formerly occupied by John Armstrong.

Miss Cora Morgan has been sewing for Mr. Jacob Maglott last week.

Mr. Gustave Etz has been in the neighborhood looking up the hay business.

Pleasant Hall.

G.W. Charles made a trip to Darlington Friday on business.

Jacob Stelts went to Mt. Vernon Sunday to have an operation performed on his face.

Mr. Warner Charles is making preparations to build a new barn this summer.

Miss Emma Bear is seriously sick with an ab-scess on her face.

O.M. McCready attended examination at Mans-field last Saturday.

Glen Maglott is making his home with his grand-father, Peter Maglott.

Miss Cora Morgan received a certificate from Mansfield last week.

Frank Fulton and wife spent Sunday will his grandmother in Pleasant Valley.

Charley Swank, of Findlay, is the guest of Z.T. Morgan’s this week.

W.A. Maglott will close his term of school at Pl___ March 23rd. A free concert will be given in the evening.

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Mr. John Armstrong moved last Monday in the house with his mother, and Freeman Morgan will move into the house vacated by him.

Miss Libbie Armstrong and her aunt Margaret Finney visited a few days last week with Sam Douglass of Lexington, who is very sick.

Hastings.

Miss Eva Maglott is able to be out again.

Abraham Huston is quite poorly at this writing.

Misses Joy and Meredith Berry are suffering with the mumps.

Miss Emma Baer is improving slowly.

Mr. O’Brien from near Washington, moved on the old Stewart farm last Thursday.

C.H. Harter commenced work for William Hoo-ver last Monday.

Dr. Ridenour who is attending the Medical Col-lege at Cleveland, visited in this neighborhood over the Sabbath.

Pleasant Hall school closes March 23rd. with a free entertainment in the evening. Come one and all and have a good time.

Maple Grove school closes March 27th.

Glen Maglott is staying with his grandparent, P. Maglott at present.

S.A. Maglott will farm for Donnan the coming summer.

Rev. Bone is spending this week with his family.

Mr. Davis Ruhl, of near Darlington, and Mr. [sic.] Ellise Keister, of near Perrysville, were the guests of Abe McDaniel Saturday and Sunday.

Mr. Dan McDaniel and Miss Cora Bixler made a flying trip to Mansfield Tuesday.

Bangorville.

M.M. McDonald called on J.W. Kensinger Sun-day.

Ray West was in town Tuesday of last week on business.

Gibson Purdy and wife, of near Chesterville, were guests of Frank Shaffer’s Sunday.

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Edwin H. Trauger 23 Mable May Mohn 20 2/12 216

R.A. Wilson 44 Maggie Hamm 43 2/12 216

Peter J. Burrer 21 Aditha Henderson 17 2/12 217

Willie B. Hersh 31 Verda V. Bierly 27 2/18 217

Carson J. Myers 23 May E. Caton 21 2/19 218

Frank Glenn 22 Drusilla Winters 18 2/18 218

Clayton J. Hopkins 26 Ethelwyn Patterson 25 2/21 219

Stephen Clyde Wrenn 24 Dora Lucretia Weaver 23 2/21 219

Arthur W. Moser 26 Addie E. Sheller 24 2/26 220

Will S. Newton 32 Rena B. Letts 21 2/26 220

Curtis Allen Zellner 27 Lizzie Waddell 20 2/26 221

Clide J. Sawhill 18 Lela Pearl Copeland 16 2/27 221

Byron E. Mohn 24 Mabel E. Barnes 22 2/20 222

William Weirick 30 Myrtle Fulton 24 2/28 222

Alexander Shortess 34 Lucinda Perry 51 2/28 223

Walter Hanna 23 Bertha Sutch 18 2/28 223

Frank Tucker 48 Ethelia Tucker 32 3/2 224

John C. Yarger 26 Maud B. Enzor 18 3/5 224

John M. Edmondson 21 Ethel D. Briggle 19 3/4 225

W.F. Klauer 27 Edith J. Williams 22 3/3 225

John Konrad Arnold 29 Sarah Katy Doll 28 3/5 226

Hoyt Mitchell 25 Nona Light 25 3/5 226

Clayton V. Wentz 28 Maud Malone 23 3/5 227

Lawrence Eller 26 Watie Schroeder 17 3/9 227

Ira E. Stevens 21 Edith C. Taylor 21 3/10 228

Paul E. Myers 24 Hattie Chalmers 18 3/9 228

Dellno Spayde 35 Emma Guard 38 3/10 229

Isaac Rock 49 Alice Boals 48 3/10 229

C.R. Snodgrass 24 Clara M. Freitchen 23 3/10 230

Walter C. Fleming 24 Florence Kersteter 24 3/11 230

A.R. Keiser 24 Myrtle Henry 20 3/11 231

John Gobletz 25 Rosalia Geist 18 n/a 231

W.F. Fletcher 21 Blanch Preston 20 3/12 232

Jason O. Secrist 26 Nettie V. Smith 17 3/18 232

John L. McCrory 24 Daisy M. Goodhart 25 3/18 233

C.F. Hart 25 Belle Brooks 16 3/18 233

Horatio S. Miller 22 Pearl Woods 21 3/18 234

Andrew Bobcik 25 Maria Boleratz 24 3/22 234

Christian Kuehner 51 Anna Burger 31 3/21 235

Anton Oweiser 50 Margaret Werner 47 3/21 235

Denton A. Shields 28 Shirley E. Showaker 21 3/29 236

Harry Crowell 28 Lowie Bloom 26 3/25 236

M.D. Bracey 27 Sarah A. Lansinger 34 3/24 237

Ray B. Bower 23 Zoe M. Finney 22 3/25 237

Frank A. Fox 21 Maud E. Butler 21 3/26 238

Cyrus W. Rieder 24 Ethel Kithcart 19 3/28 238

MARRIAGE RECORDS, 1903 (contd.)

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DAR, through participation in the Society’s various pro-grams and activities, you can continue this legacy by ac-tively supporting historic preservation, promotion of educa-tion, and patriotic endeavors.”

The overarching principles of NSDAR are:

1. HISTORY -- To perpetuate the memory and spirit of the men and women who achieved American independence.

2. EDUCATION -- To carry out the injunction of Washing-ton in his farewell address to the American people "to pro-mote, as an object of primary importance, institutions of the general diffusion of knowledge."

3. PATRIOTISM -- To cherish, maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom, to foster true patriotism and love of country, and to aid in securing for mankind all the blessings of liberty.

To these ends Daughter of the various chapters involve themselves in a variety of activities. Some are listed on the website:

“In communities across the country and around the world chapters participate in…

* restoring and maintaining historical sites

* preserving genealogical records, artifacts and historical documents

* locating, restoring and marking Revolutionary War patriot gravesites and headstones

* supporting schools through donations and volunteer ef-forts

* providing scholarships and awards to outstanding stu-dents throughout the country

* promoting education and citizenship through youth pro-grams

* sponsoring American history essay contests for youth

* providing volunteer time to assist military veterans

* supporting America’s service personnel through a variety of programs

* sponsoring special programs promoting the Constitution

* celebrating with new citizens at naturalization ceremo-nies”

Eligibility for Membership

“Any woman 18 years or older who can prove lineal, blood-line descent from an ancestor who aided in achieving American independence is eligible to join the DAR. She must provide documentation for each statement of birth, marriage and death, as well as of the Revolutionary War service of her Patriot ancestor.”

With a few exceptions eligible service will have been ren-dered between 19 April 1775, The Battle of Lexington and 26 Nov 1783, the withdrawal of British troops from New York. A complete list of acceptable service can be seen at: http://www.dar.org/natsociety/become_member_how-service.cfm

(Continued on page 19)

Learn More About DAR

by Laverne Ingram Piatt

Founding

National Society Daughters of the American Revolution was founded on October 11, 1890 by four women whose pur-pose was to establish this organization as one to honor the sacrifices of the American men and women who fought and otherwise supported the cause of liberty for which the Ameri-can Revolutionary War was waged.

Mary Desha of Lexington, Kentucky, was a teacher who taught in Sitka, Alaska and Washington, DC, as well as in Lexington, Kentucky. Her experiences in Alaska caused her to call for the improvement of living conditions for the Alaska Natives. She later worked in the Office of Indian Affairs in Washington, DC.

Mary S Lockwood was born in Chautauqua, New York, and moved to Washington, DC, when she was in her forties. She was a prolific author, founder of the Travel Club, and served as President of the Women’s Press Club. It was at her home at the Strathmore Arms in Washington that the organizational discussions for NSDAR were held.

Ellen Hardin Walworth was from Jacksonville, Illinois. She earned her law degree from New York University. After the death of her husband, Mrs. Walworth operated a private school in Washington, DC. She wrote extensively on his-toric and patriotic subjects and was one of the first support-ers of the efforts to restore Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington.

Eugenia Washington was born near Charlestown in what is now West Virginia. She moved to Frederick, Virginia, with her family when she was 19. Her experiences as a witness to the Battle of Fredericksburg during the Civil War and in caring for the wounded of that battle influenced her to be a part of the founding NSDAR. In this she hoped to assist women from North and South to come together to honor their shared heritage of patriotism stemming from the Ameri-can Revolution.

The efforts of these Four Founders established the National Society Daughter of the American Revolution. They per-suaded First Lady Caroline Scott Harrison of Ohio to as-sume the office of the first President General.

Scope

Today NSDAR numbers nearly 3000 local chapters in the United States and around the world. Membership is cur-rently upwards of 168,000 with 10,000 new applications a year. All time membership is nearing 1,000,000.

The location of any chapter can be found on the NSDAR website: http://www.dar.org Purpose

The purpose of the National Society Daughters of the Ameri-can Revolution can be found on the website.

“Membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution honors and preserves the legacy of your Patriot ancestor. Over two hundred years ago, American Patriots fought and sacrificed for the freedoms we enjoy today. As a member of

Misc. Early Marriages from the Western Sentinel & Richland County

Weekly Advertiser, 1830 –1832

*Marriages from these papers were published in the Past-finder in 1991. The following were not included in that group.

Married, On the 1st. Instant, by Elder D.J. Swinney, Mr. Sam-

uel Platt, to Miss Eliza Gilkison, all of this town. [6/9/1830]

Married, At Vernon, on the 17th. Inst. By the Rev. H.O. Shel-don, Mr. Orisimus Case, to Miss Sarah Williams. [6/23/1830]

Married, On the 17th. Inst., by Benjamin Jackson, Esq., Mr.

Elias Hartley to Miss Malinda Spear. [6/23/1830]

Married, In Worthington, on the 4th. Inst. By the Rev. H.O. Sheldon, Mr. George Carl, of Marion County, to Miss Corde-lia Wright, of Worthington Township, Richland County. [8/18/1830]

Married, on the 12th. Instant, by the Rev. John Cox, Mr. Finley Carr to Miss Mary Dragoo, both of Vermillion town-ship, Richland County. [8/18/1830]

Married, on the 22d. Inst. By the Rev. Mr. Janes, Mr. John Williams to Miss Sarah Burns, all of Vermilion township. [11/2/1831]

Married, On the 20th. Inst. By Jared Irwin, Esq., Mr. Thomas Moore, son of Geo. Moore, Esq., to Miss Mary, daughter of

Mr. John Cole, all of Richland County. [11/2/1831]

Married, on Wednesday evening, 29th. Feb. by the Rev. D.J. Swinney, Mr. Baldwin Bentley, merchant of this town, to Maria R., daughter of Mr. Henry Arnold, of Lancaster, Ohio. [3/7/1832]

The original newspapers are housed in the manuscript room at the OGS Library in Bellville, Ohio.

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Early Marriages from the Mansfield Gazette & Richland

Farmer, 8/31/1831—9/14/1831

Married—On the 25th. Ult. By the Rev. J. Rowland, Mr. Wil-

liam Lowrey to Miss Peggy Spaid. [31 August 1831]

Married—On the 30th. Ult. By the Rev. J. Rowland, Mr. Henry

Fackle to Miss Catharine Crawl. [31 August 1831]

Married—On the 1st. Inst. By the Rev. J. Rowland, Mr. Wil-

liam Wilkinson to Miss Caroline Collins. [31 August 1831]

Married—In Washington Township on Tuesday the 6th. Inst. By the Rev. Mr. Janes, Mr. Lancelot B. Conwell to Miss.

Catharine Slusser. [31 August 1831]

Married—On Wednesday, 31st. Of August, by the Rev. John Cox, Mr. George A. Knight, Merchant of Olivesburgh, to

Miss. Susanna Burget. [31 August 1831]

Married—On Thursday the 1st. Of September, by the Rev. John Cox, Mr. John McGary of Richland County, to Miss. Drusilla Young, daughter of John Young, Esq. of Wayne Co., Ohio. [31 August 1831]

How to Join

Usually the first step to membership in NSDAR is for the prospective member to fill out a pedigree chart. Begin with information known and then work backwards through traditional genealogical methods. When you find ances-tors who were of an age to have given military service check for the names in the GRS at the NSDAR website.

GRS is the Genealogical Research System where all es-tablished patriots are listed. The listing includes the ser-vice attributed to the patriot as well as genealogical infor-mation known—birth date and location; death date and location; names of spouse(s). Also included in the listing are references to each NSDAR member who has filed for membership on this ancestor.

You may find that one or more of the members who have filed on your patriot also share a portion of your lineage with you. Clicking on the D icon for any member will show the lineage for that person. See if any of the lineages match yours. If they do, you can link to the application of the established member at the point where your lineages join.

If you do not share a lineage with a member you can still prove your lineage back to the patriot and establish your lineage through a “new child” of the patriot.

If your patriot is not already in the GRS you may still join NSDAR by proving your lineage to him or her and then establishing that person’s patriotic service to current stan-dards used by NSDAR. If you establish a New Patriot, his or her information will be added to the GRS.

There is no requirement for you to have a relative in NSDAR before you can join.

National Society Daughters of the American Revolution maintains an extensive website at: http://www.dar.org

The answers to most questions and information on what NSDAR is all about can be found there. Genealogical forms and helps are there, too.

The website offers an opportunity for the prospective member to sign herself up as prospective member. That request will to go the Membership Chairman of the state. The Membership Chairman will usually communicate with the prospective member and then assign her to a chapter that is close geographically or otherwise meets the re-quirements of the prospective member.

Videos about NSDAR and its activities can be seen on the official You Tube NSDAR channel at: http://www.youtube.com/user/todaysdar

Even in the world of today’s Busy Woman, NSDAR is a growing organization.

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David Daily and Andrew Weller attended Albert Lanehart’s sale east of Bellville Saturday.

Ross McDaniel returned home from Ada., O., Friday, where he has been attending school.

Harvey Oberholtzer’s winter term of school closed last Friday at Culp’s. Harvey is a splen-did teacher and gave good satisfaction.

George Beans, who has been visiting friends in this vicinity for several weeks left last Thursday for his home in Wisconsin.

Frank Black and wife are visiting with his father west of Fredericktown, who is very bad with hemorrhage of the lungs.

Golden Wedding. The comfortable home of Mr. & Mrs. Lyman Andrews, on Bell Street, was the scene of a very pleasant affair Tuesday of this week, the occasion being the 50th. Anniversary of their wedding day. About forty guests re-sponded to the invitations previously issued and at the hour appointed for assembling, the walls of the old home sheltered from the chilling winds of a March day as happy and congenial a company as fate in this rugged old world is ever so kind as to bring together. There were a num-ber of relatives present, three generations being represented in the assembly. A sumptuous dinner was served during the hour between 12 and 1 o’clock, which proved to be a very enjoy-able feature of the event. Mr. & Mrs. Andrews were also made the happy and grateful recipi-ents of a number of handsome and useful pre-sents: a watch chain for Mr. A., and a pair of gold-frame spectacles for Mrs. A., being in-cluded in the list. The venerable couple have resided in this immediate vicinity during the en-tire period of their married life and by reason of the irreproachable lives they have led, com-mand the respect and esteem of all who know them. The day was devoted to the festivities and amusements which are so enjoyable to both old and young, and the aged couple will ever refer to the event as one of the pleasantest episodes of their lives.

A man who is supposed to have jumped or fallen from local freight, No. 31, was found lying between the rails at Shafer’s siding Tuesday. He was discovered by Wesley White and A.G. Fry. Fry volunteered to “Keep the vultures away” while Wesley departed at a Jay-Eye-See gate ____ of the “ambulance” which arrived on time, in charge of Geo. Helliwell, with Wm. Hass and Chas. Gerhart as assistants. He (the corpse, not George) was taken to the depot and Chas. Mock, the swiftest man in town — was

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MARRIAGE RECORDS, 1903 (contd.) George Hadley 23 Irene Sanders 21 3/28 239

G.L. “Fred” Zellner 22 Georgia Sackman 22 3/31 239

Albert D. Taylor 23 Ella B. Roseberry 23 4/2 240

William Merrill 22 Marie Erust 19 4/1 240

M.F. Crawford 26 Minnie V. Boyce 26 4/1 241

E.R. Delong 29 Ulma H. Freed 17 4/3 241

John Watson 32 Sarah (Lomax) Wise 27 4/4 242

Alford Lomax 22 Mary Gross 22 4/4 242

A.H. Terry 22 Ida Cline 22 4/8 243

W.C. Alban 21 Grace V. Sackman 18 4/9 243

William T. Hawley n/a Jessie A. Fordney 33 4/9 244

Archie M. Kirkpatrick 23 Mildred Hunter 22 4/9 244

C.J. Stotts 57 Mary Elizabeth (Beam) Reed 47 6/12 245

A.J. Priest 48 Ella (Layers) Artz 38 4/10 245

John Davis 26 Mary (Dunmire) Miller 24 4/11 246

George Stahl 29 Lillie Walker 26 4/12 246

Godfrey Schick 20 Malvina Haus 22 4/11 247

John H. Merrell 31 Mary E. McKenna 35 4/14 247

A.B. Dean 26 Myrtle Frish 18 4/15 248

James Herbet Hess 21 Chatty Bell McCarty 17 4/15 248

John Harmon 24 Rosa Smith 18 4/16 249

Fred Aungst 24 Lizzie (Gutekunst) Flockerzie 25 4/16 249

Charley Wirick 25 Maggie M. Wagaman 20 4/18 250

Curtis W. Cline 20 Anna M. Schelter 20 4/22 250

A.B. Loiselle 31 Anna Marie Theis 30 4/22 251

Jacob Walter 20 Charlotte Wentz 18 4/22 251

Charles Pifer 42 Effie Driver 39 4/21 252

Orvill F. Earick 20 Maggie Haley 17 4/23 252

Anton Ross 20 Mary Miller 20 4/27 253

David Melton Bridges 25 Nettie Anna Ernest 18 4/25 253

Walter R. Cox 33 Jennett Keinath 21 4/26 254

Alvin Snavely 25 Lulu Snyder 19 4/26 254

Lewis A. Seibert 45 Rebecca (Daugherty) Norris 58 4/27 255

W.H. Cox 23 Effie Morrison 24 4/29 255

Jacob H. Bruback 22 Bertha A. Fisher 22 4/29 256

Arthur L. Butler 25 Estella May Snyder 21 4/30 256

Herbet Austin 24 Nellie Austin 18 5/2 257

William Ernst 30 Verniel Terry 22 5/3 257

Joseph Broach 24 Nannie M. Conley 31 5/2 258

Adam Keffinger 21 Katharine Schemine 18 6/13 258

Norman Tripp 24 Catharine Rondy 23 5/5 259

J. Meryman 20 Dorotha Rutter 19 5/6 259

Louir D. Gaul 25 Anna Matthes 25 5/6 260

M.A. Kell 38 Ella (Whitford) Batchelor 40 5/7 260

Fred Ewing Wales 27 Blanche Groscost 20 5/9 261

Philip Beck 24 Martha McNeal 23 5/11 261

Albert V. Rank 22 Anna M. Tomlinson 16 5/14 262

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dispatched for Dr. Stofer, to act as physician or coroner, as the case might require. The doctor viewed the “remains” and decided that entirely too much “remained” for an inquest and not enough for medical attendance. The “body” was viewed by a number of our people and finally identified as that of a man named Blair, a cigar maker by trade, who formerly lived at Fredericktown. An “autopsy” was held by John Shafer, C.A. Ingham, Mart Caudy, A.G. Fry and Geo. Helliwell, by which it was found that he was suffering from the effects of a compound fracture of the north-east corner of the brain, the result of lingering too long at the shrine of king “gambrians”. The case was made worse by numerous out-side bruises caused, evidently by too close “communion” with mother earth, cinders and railroad ties. The rescue, although treated as a joke, was most opportune, as the man would have been almost surely killed by fast line No. 7, had he not been discovered.

Butler

Mrs. A.W. Mishey is quite sick.

A.R. Stichler expects to move back to town in the near future. We understand he has pur-chased J.B. Pearce’s interest in Pearce and Weant’s dry good store.

Cookman Bender is having a very serious time with this eye. His brother, Wilbur, will accompany him to Columbus where he will have an operation performed.

Mr. Myers and sister, Mrs. Shaffer, of Bell-ville, were in town Tuesday.

Mr. & Mrs. Alex Switzer were at Mansfield Tuesday.

Levi Heiple visited at E.A. Plank’s Monday.

Miss Emma Baker is confined to the house with the mumps.

Rev. J.S. Fitterer is holding meeting at the Salem church.

Alta

Mrs. E. Hetler is very ill at this writing.

Edith Sunuck was at Mansfield Monday.

Rev. W. Ballentine has returned from Beaver

(Continued from page 20) MARRIAGE RECORDS, 1903 (contd.) Charles J. Beam 26 Bessie Finigan 20 5/13 262

Clide Turner 21 Cleo Pugh 20 5/16 263

Emil E. Tanner 26 Louisa R. Green 26 5/17 263

Charley Washburn 21 Dorah Sturtz 19 5/19 264

Allen Repp 23 Clara D. Smith 19 5/19 264

George Haumer 26 Effie O. Reis 18 5/19 265

Jacob Foulks 21 Minnie Lay 16 5/20 265

Harry Floyd Lee 21 Fern Noggle 17 5/23 266

S.J. Wilson 31 Tena (Ogie) Davis 33 5/21 266

Thomas H. Logan 24 Della L. Norman 16 5/20 267

Frank Patterson 20 Lillie Cook 22 5/23 267

Joseph H. Mackley 26 Frankie Greer 18 5/23 268

Chas. A. Crawford 32 May Lee Vetta Mitchell 31 5/25 268

Morgan Pittinger 27 Clo. F. Russell 19 5/26 269

William Gutekunst 18 Linnie Roadpouch 20 5/26 269

James Guiher 25 Libbie Sigler 21 5/27 270

Frank C. Finnerty 35 Britty (White) Eastham 24 6/1 270

Theodore Hazzard 22 Minnie Voiral 16 6/3 271

Jacob Wiegand 29 Anna Mary Deskoska 20 6/2 271

William F. Fisher 29 Edna B. Knittle 21 6/4 272

Joseph F. Morris 35 Lula Belle Remy 21 6/4 272

William A. McCarty 26 Myrtle M. Lindsey 23 6/3 273

Ovid W. Mitchell 28 Estella M. Aby 28 6/3 273

J.E. Lutz 23 Alice Maffett 26 6/3 274

William Groff 26 Dora Leathers 20 6/4 274

John G. Izer 34 Cora M. Morgan 30 6/4 275

H.D. Ellsworth 24 Etta Appleman 24 6/7 275

Herbert W. Taylor 44 Olie Wiles 38 6/9 276

Eugene J. Tobias 22 Laura A. Jhonson [sic] 22 6/17 276

Harvey Lemley 25 Mae McGearry 24 6/10 277

Harry B. Nole 22 Lilly May Richard 20 6/6 277

W.A. Pittenger 39 Nettie Haverfield 26 6/7 278

Philip J. Schambs 29 Clara B. St. John 26 6/7 278

Geo. W. Benson 31 Grace M. Wolfe 24 6/8 279

Chas. D. Weaver 24 Jessie Mossholder 18 6/10 279

Louis A. Stober 29 Elizabeth Kemmler 31 6/10 280

Roy Goard 21 Cora Seymour 21 6/10 280

John H. Miller 33 Minnie J. Beer 22 6/10 281

Dr. E.F. Stratford 28 Anna Beilstein 25 6/10 281

Thomas C. Harris 21 Verna Pittinger 18 6/11 282

J.G. Cusick 33 Linda Balcom 29 6/13 282

Kirby K. Longacre 23 Helien Peppard 16 6/13 283

Homer D. Hunt 26 Nora Viola (Spilter) Maguire 24 6/15 283

T.W. Pifer 23 Sarah E. Wertman 26 6/16 284

Elmer J. White 31 Blanch Belle Messinger 26 6/17 284

H.G. Winemiller 33 Lula Belle Traxler 27 6/16 285

J.W. Rondy 30 Mary O’Rourke 27 6/17 285

Learn more about the Civil War Widows’

Pension Digitization Project at the NARA

Watch video at http://goo.gl/5lTlx

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Sold by Gerberich Brothers, Mansfield, Ohio

All Those Releases of Dower

If your ancestor bought and sold property after property, the deed work can be tedious. However if he were married during those land transactions, his wife would have had to "release" her dower when the property was sold. The name of the wife on those releases could provide clues as to the existence of more than one wife and approximately when he was married to which one. A Mary releasing dower in 1802 and 1805 and a Susannah releasing dower in 1810 and 1817 could be a good clue. ©Michael John Neill, "Genealogy Tip of the Day.” http://goo.gl/ujOMj

Poll Book: Mansfield 1st. Ward

04 April 1859

No. and Name of Elector

1 Samuel Ritchey 2 R.C. Smith

3 H. Colby 4 John Super

5 T.H. Ford 6 John Pool

7 Lester Armentrout 8 Z.S. Stocking

9 I.P. Drennan 10 James Laramore

11 Samuel McCrom 12 George T. Smith

13 S.B. Matson 14 J.B. Weeks

15 Wm. Kelso 16 James Moon

17 R. Brinkerhoff 18 James Cobean

19 Michael Dell 20 G.H. Dougherty

21 B.J. Mercer 22 Theodore Boles

23 William Carter 24 Abraham Herr

25 Abraham Emminger 26 Josiah Larimore

27 Henry Leyman 28 John Armstrong

29 John Y. Glessner 30 Jonas Smith

31 James Armstrong 32 Thos. Casey

33 Christian Brickman 34 F. Bird

35 E. Johnston 36 John Ritter

37 Wm. Ritter 38 D.B. Eister

39 G.W. Geddis 40 Peter Auckerman

41 John L. Skeggs 42 George P. Rowley

43 C.T. Sherman 44 W.S. Hickox

45 M.L. Miller 46 D.N. Osburn

47 Jacob Emminger 48 George Armentrout

49 John Burkhart 50 Benedict Stoop

51 Thos. G. Snyan 52 Valentine Barrach

53 Geo. Crouse 54 H.B. Felt

55 J.Y. Cantwell 56 O.H. Booth

57 Unah Jameson 58 Patrick McCrory Sworn

59 Geo. Kling 60 John Sherman

61 J.N. Mowry 62 John Wood

63 Jas. Rowland 64 S.S. Nash

65 G.S. Wood 66 Fred Strong

67 Alexander Abernethy 68 John B. Davis

69 C.R. Taft 70 Moses DeCamp

71 S.B. Witter 72 D. Sturges

73 E.W. Smith 74 N.S. Reed

75 L.J. Tracy 76 Robert Spencer

77 Henry Smunk 78 Peter Yearling

79 J.R. Hooker 80 Joseph Ritter

81 F. Wharf 82 U. Stevens

83 James Wilkinson 84 Thos. Willett

85 Samuel Young 86 J.A. Vance

87 Samuel Smith 88 Thompson Eckert

89 H.L. Greene 90 Henry Sturges

91 J.A. Heldman 92 Robert Weiskoten

93 Joel Myers 94 John Kirkland

95 Isaac Hedrick 96 Wm. Maswell

97 Jas. Purdy 98 Edward Sturges

99 L.B. Scott 100 Benjamin Blymyer

101 F.M. Jolly 102 Anthony Younker

103 Edward Vananthrop 104 John Meridith

105 A.R. Pool 106 R.B. Smith

107 David Blymyer 108 I.A. Lee

109 G.M. Wilkison 110 Simon Fenner

111 Solomon Shule 112 Jas. Hunt

113 William Buck 114 B.F. Blymyer

115 Geo. M. Endly 116 Wm. B. Bowland

117 Cyrus Askew 118 Felix V.N. Spice

119 A.T. Bates 120 S.M. Wilkison

121 E. Dennison 122 L. Roberts

123 J.A. McKee 124 John Dickey

125 A.L. Grimes 126 Y.S. Blymyer

127 S.C. Northrop 128 James Dickson

129 Benjamin Henry *

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W.A. McMillen, formerly bookkeeper of John Staub & Co. has removed to Morenci, Mich. He leaves many warm friends in Mansfield, as he was a genial, pleasant gentleman. [Ohio Liberal: 03 October 1877]

A.R. Pool, formerly of our city, but now residing in Hebron, Porter County, Indiana, about fifty miles this side of Chicago, is in the city stopping with friends. We had a friendly chat with him, and find him to be the same pleasant gentleman as of old. [Ohio Liberal: 24 October 1877]

John Reed and wife, formerly of our city (Mansfield), but now residents of Indianapolis, are in the city the guests of James D. Bell. [Ohio Liberal: 31 October 1877]

John J. Sturgus (sic.) of this city, leaves this evening for Wyoming Territory to accept a situation with Howard Clugston near Laramie City. M. Clugston has resided there during the past seven years, and has been visiting his friends in Ashland during the past week. [Ohio Liberal: 07 November 1877]

Charles Larimer, of Sherman, Texas, but formerly a tele-graph operator in our city at the A. & G.W. depot, came back here one day last week. We learn that he was married in Ashland on Christmas, to Miss Hattie Gray. They will leave for their home in Texas next Monday. [Ohio Liberal: 26 De-cember 1877]

The following parties will leave here about the 20th. Of next month for Ellis, Kansas: Wm. Hamblin, Alfred Morris, Henry Morris and Wm. Hulitt, expecting to make that place their future home. [Ohio Liberal: 09 January 1878]

Wm. Sheffler and wife, of St. Paul, Minnesota, are visiting his parents in our city. Billy left here on coming home from the army, some ten or twelve years ago, and most of his time since has been in the far West. For the last five or six years he has been train-dispatcher in the employ of the Northern Pacific, St. Paul & Duluth railroad. His many friends in the city will be please to see him. [Ohio Liberal: 16 January 1878]

Ira Myers, a former Mansfield boy, has just returned here after an absence of about twenty-two years. We learn he has been most of the time engaged in mining in the far west, and for some time past has been a resident of Deadwood, Dakota Territory. He is looking we learn, almost as young as when he left here. He called in to see Wm. Ritter a few days ago, and after a recognition between them he showed Mr. Ritter a couple of letters written by him over twenty-two years ago which he has carried in his possession ever since. Mr. Ritter, no doubt, considered this quite complimentary. [Ohio Lib-eral: 23 January 1878]

Earnest Young, a nephew of Wm. Foss, and a resident of Atchinson, Kansas, returned here in company with his uncle last Sunday morning, after an absence of twenty-four years. His father, Peter Young, formerly resided in Washington Township. Father and son are engaged in the grocery busi-ness in Atchinson. [Ohio Liberal: 24 April 1878]

Which Man Was Our Ancestor? by Verna Forbes Wilson, member, Ogden, Utah

This brief article is aimed at all genealogists who have “lost” relatives that are actually just hiding in the bushes of erratic spelling, misplaced vowels or mis-spelled transcripts.

The United States Federal Census records, as presented by Ancestry.com, are a wonderful tool for find-ing ancestors IF the census taker spelled their names correctly or the person who transcribed it didn’t err. In the case of such errors, it might be helpful to those who have been unable to locate an ancestor to consider try-ing the following suggestions.

First a few examples: My John Rist was listed in the 1790, 1800 and 1810 censuses of Fayette County, Pennsylvania as Reist, Rist and Rhist. Unfortu-nately, there was also an actual John Reist living there at the same time. So how did I decide which person was my ancestor? By counting the number of children and their sex based on later census reports.

Later in time, my John Henry Wrampelmeier and his father-in-law Gustave Heinig both went missing in Louisville, Kentucky’s 1870 census. That took a differ-ent finding technique: looking at the entire 10th. Ward of Louisville on a photocopied microfilm. More time con-suming but worth the effort. Wrampelmeier was spelled there as “Rampelmire” and Heinig as “Heining” so did not appear on the index correctly.

Then consider the names Forbes. I have found relatives whose names have been changed by census takers to Fobes, Forbis, Forbs and even Forby. In fact, the very earliest 1600s town records in Massachusetts show our John Forbes as John Vobes. That was likely because he had lived in Holland after being outlawed in Scotland. In Germanic type languages, the letters “b” and “f” and “y” all sound very much alike when spoken. Add to that the British way of pronouncing the letters “rb” in succession by slurring them into kind of an “awb” sound. So Forbes becomes Vobes and then later “Fawbs” to the ear of the listener, people spell it like it sounds, and you have a situation which causes painful headaches for us in the modern generations.

So the moral to this story is: First, don’t give up. Second, use your imagination. Third, look for friends and neighbors or view a whole section of the original census on microfilm. Those relatives will eventually show up—unless they pulled up and moved out to California as a couple of mine did. That was a difficult find but they fi-nally came to light by combining all of these techniques with a lot of prayers for help.

Very best luck to all of you! Remember that you are not alone and never give up!

During 1878, two hundred and eighty-five sheep were killed by dogs in this county, valued at $788, and 168 were injured, valued at $201. [Ohio Lib-eral: 02 July 1879]

Richland County Genealogical Society c/o The Ohio Genealogical Society

611 State Route 97 West Bellville, Ohio 44813-8813

Message Boards for Richland County http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.ohio.counties.richland/mb.ashx

The Presswood Collection

In September 2011 the Richland County Genealogical Soci-ety was contacted by a local historian and archivist, Marian Bailey Presswood, from Polk County, Tennessee. Someone had offered her original documents from the Richland County, Ohio Courthouse that had found their way to Tennessee, probably about 1968, when the old courthouse was torn down. Marian contacted the chapter to see if we wanted the papers. She wanted to find them a caring home. Chapter members gladly accepted the papers, sorted them, and named the collection after Presswood. The collection con-tains an assortment of documents from common pleas and probate courts. You may order copies from the chapter.

View the index at the Chapter’s website … http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohrichgs/Presswood.htm

McFarland Reunion, 1899

The third annual reunion of the McFarland family was held at the South park Thursday, Aug. 3, with about 150 per-sons in attendance. After a short business meeting the dinner was disposed of, after which a very interesting fam-ily history from their first settlement in this country was given by Dr. Joseph McFarland of Corsica. Recitation by Miss Cantwell and Mr. Abbott were listened to with inter-est. Letters of regret were received from Portland, Ore., Pueblo, Col. and Lawrence, Kas. Many old acquaintan-ces of the family were present. Among those present from a distance were Mrs. Jennie Doney, of Canton, Ill., the Rev. E.M. Cantwell, Wilmington, Del., the Rev. Mr. Kern, Wooster, and Mrs. H.L. Stone, Cleveland. The or-ganization for the ensuing year is: Samuel McFarland, president; William McFarland, vice-president; R.G. McFarland, treasurer; M.W. McFarland, secretary. The next gathering will be held the first Thursday in August, 1900. [Mansfield News: 04 August 1899]

Officers & Directors of the Mechanic’s Building & Loan

Association, 1886

Directors: Andrew Burneson (Treas), Samuel M. Marriott (Attorney), Geo. Knofflock, Wm. L. Lentzy (Pres), Wm. Acker-man (Vice-Pres), Joseph Martin, John Cahall, Chas. H. Pile (Sec), I.S. Donnell, Thos. T. Dill and John L. Baxter. Meet-ings at No. 9 East Fourth Street, Mansfield [Mansfield Her-ald: 04 March 1886]

Upcoming MAGIC meetings

The Mohican-Area Genealogists Interested in Computers will meet on July 16th. at 6 p.m., Aug. 20th. at 6 p.m. and on Sept. 29th. at 1:30 p.m. The group meets in the meet-ing room at the OGS library in Bellville. Meetings are free and open to everyone.