January-February 1993

Henry County Genealogical Society Newsletter
Volume 7, Number 1, January-February 1993

MEETINGS

January 18, 1993, Monday, 7:00 pm

Research and work night. Microfilm will be available, including the complete 1920 Ohio Census which we have just purchased.

February 15, 1993, Monday, 7:00 pm

Jackie Sautter, a member of both the Henry County Genealogical Society and the Henry County Historical Society will speak to us on “Happenings of the Historical Society.”

SURNAMES TO SHARE

    Each January in the hardcopy version of our newsletter, we print a list of the surnames being researched by our members. This issue includes this list and a list of our current members. We hope this will assist you in making “connections” and finding ancestors you are searching for. If your surnames do not appear, you are welcome to send your list to us. They will be printed as we are able to use them and will be included in the list printed next January.

PUBLICATIONS

    The Freedom Twp. and Ridgeville Twp. Cemetery Inscription book is now available at a cost of $8.00 plus $2.00 postage.

Deshler Flag Obituaries from 1928 through 1931 will be available after January 18. This is Vol. VII and the cost is also $8.00 plus $2.00 postage.

REMEMBER, we print queries FREE for members, so send us yours!

BACHMAN FAMILY INFORMATION

    On September 1, 1992 we learned of another private family burial ground in Flatrock Township in Henry County, Ohio. The area is along the Maumee River in section 18 between Henry County Roads J and K, and 18 and 19. My brother found one of the markers while mushroom hunting last spring.
After getting permission from the land owner to cross the field to get to the area, and then getting a man to direct us to the location, we crawled through the brush to locate the grave stones.
Two engraved stones were found and recorded. We were told that perhaps at one time there were more stones, but they were not found amid the overgrowth of weeds and brush.
We recorded the following information printing of the Flatrock Township Cemetery

1. Stone lying on ground

2. Flat Stone – No engraving

3. Flat Stone – No engraving

4. (BACHMAN), Friedrich, b. 2 Feb 1862, d. 20 June 1862. Tall white stone standing 4 feet high by 9 inches square.

5. Flat Stone – No engraving

6. Flat Stone – No engraving

    Finding this information lead us to wondering more about this family, so we looked for them in the 1860, 1870, and 1880 census of Henry County. They were listed in Flatrock Township, although the name was listed as BAUGHMAN in the 1860 census. By comparing the three records and the grave stone information we learned and concluded several things.
The father, Joseph, was born in 1804 in Wurtwenburg and died 22 July 1867; the mother, Margaret, was born in Pennsylvania in 1819 and died 18 October 1898. They had eleven children: Joseph, born in 1841; Mary, born in 1843; Catherine, born in 1848; Roseanna “Rosy”, born in 1852; John, born in 1854 – died in 1861; Twins, born and died in 1856; Ellen “Ella”, born in 1858 – died in 1862; Friedrich, born and died in 1862; and Amelia, born in 1863.
The birth years were concluded by their age at the time of the census being taken, and some deaths by those missing 10 years later and grave stone information. There is conflicting information between the 1860 and 1870 census as to which children were born in Pennsylvania and which in Ohio. It would seem that they came to Ohio about 1856.
By 1880 the younger Joseph had married Mary (Kimberly) and they had two children: James J., age 7; and Ann E., age 2. His mother-in-law, Ann Kimberly, age 73, was living with them.
It is surprising to know how much can be learned about a family with only a few census records and a little gravestone information.
If anyone knows anything about this family it would be nice to hear from you. Let us know how accurate (or inaccurate) our conclusions are.
–Phyllis LaRue and Lucille VanScoyoc

    Thanks to my brother, Franklin Bruback, for telling me about the burial area; to Bill Wachtman, who gave us permission to cross his field; to Larry Samlow, who lead us to the exact location; and to my husband, Dwight LaRue, for driving us to the location.
— Phyllis LaRue

AND a BIG THANK YOU to Phyllis and Lucille for their diligence in seeking out and recording the cemeteries of Henry County. They have had some help, but they have done most of it themselves. We appreciate them!

    The remainder of the newsletter contains only members’ names and addresses, and the surnames they are researching. For reasons of privacy, neither of those lists is reproduced in this electronic version of the newsletter.