Henry County Genealogical Society Newsletter
Volume 15, Number 1, January-February 2001
MEETINGS
January 15, 2001, Monday, 7:00 pm
Business and organization meeting. All materials at the library are available for research.
April 19, 2001, Monday, 7:00 pm
Video on “Genetics and Genealogy.”
FIRST FAMILIES
If you are interested in applying for First Families of Henry County, contact Kathy Bishop at Information Request for more details. Be sure to check out the First Families link on our Web site as well.
SURNAMES
In our January-February issue each year we publish the surnames being researched by our members. We also publish the membership list from the previous year, assuming that not everyone will renew their membership by the time this issue goes to press. For privacy reasons, we do not reproduce those lists on this Internet version of the newsletter. Thus, the January-February electronic edition of the newsletter is always very small.
WE ARE PUBLISHING…
We will be publishing a new volume of ancestor charts. We would like to encourage everyone to send us their information, using a standard 5-generation chart. PLEASE TYPE OR WRITE IN INK. We have received several charts written in pencil, which will not copy well. If you have sent one of them, please re-submit your chart in ink. The deadline for submission is February 1.
EARLY SETTLERS OF HENRY COUNTY
(from OHIO, The Cross Road of Our Nation, Records & Pioneer Families, July-Sept 1974, Vol. XV, No. 2. Used with permission)
BOYER, Charles W. b. Montgomery Co., OH 1859, son of Michael & Susan (GOOD). Michael b. 1818. His father b. PA a pioneer of Montgomery Co. and his grandfather a native of Germany. Michael & Susan had Frank (of MO), Alice (HEATH), & Charles W. Charles W. m. Mrs. Jennie (BARTON) DECKO, dau. of Wm. & Catherine of Wood Co., OH and had Frank, Guy & Harry C.
BRETZ, Dow b. Ionia Co., MI 1856, son of Samuel & Anna (SEITZ). He was the grandson of David BRETZ early in Fairfield Co., OH from PA and gr-grandson of Valentine BRETZ of PA. David went to Seneca Co., OH 1834, then to Hancock Co., OH where he died. David m. Fanny KAGY. Samuel b. Fairfield Co., OH 1828 m. in Seneca Co.; went to MI, then back to Henry Co. Anna SEITZ was dau of Louis & Barbara SEITZ. Samuel & Anna had Dow, George (of IN) & Franklin. Dow m. Sarah ROBISON of Crawford Co., OH, dau of Wm. & Mary.
From The Maumee Valley Chronicle (a list of early settlers)
These people settled in what is now HIGHLAND TWP., DEFIANCE CO.:
1826
James and Frances SHASTEEN and James Jr., Napoleon Twp.
1824
John SANFORD – First settler, Justice of Peace, Powell Creek Twp.
Davis SKIVER, Powell Creek Twp.
Jacob KRAFT, Powell Creek Twp.
Harvey HILL, Powell Creek Twp.
William BRAUCHER, Powell Creek Twp.
Henry BRECHBILL, Powell Creek Twp.
B. HENDRICKS, Powell Creek Twp.
William MANSFIELD, Powell Creek Twp.
HENRY COUNTY
1916 FARMERS’ DIRECTORY
ABBREVIATIONS — a, means acres; bds., boards; B. tel., Bell telephone; 4 ch., 4 children; H&L, house and lot; Flrk 10, Flatrock Township Road No. 10; O, owns; R1, Rural Route No.1; ret, retired; T, tenant; 4h, 4 horses; 2c, 2 cattle.
The abbreviations used for the Townships of Henry County are as follows:
Bartlow, Bar.; Damascus, Dms.; Flatrock, Flrk.; Freedom, Fre.; Harrison, Har.; Liberty, Lib.; Marion, Mar.; Monroe, Mon.; Napoleon, Nap.; Pleasant, Ple.; Richfield, Rhfd; Ridgeville, Rid; Washington, Wash.
Names in CAPITALS are those of Farm Journal subscribers-always the most intelligent and progressive people in any county. No Tumbledowns, for no farmer can keep on reading the F. J. and being a Tumbledown, too. Many have tried, but al1 have to quit one or the other. Note: this comment was left in for a laugh — all last names have been changed to all CAPITALS.
WALKER, J. E. (Hattie C.) 2 ch painter O H&L Damascus St Liberty Center.
WALKER, J. F. (Blanche) 3 ch farming O 84a T 160a 7h 10c Rl Deshler Bar 87a Ind tel.
WALKER, Sarah J., Sr. O H&L High St Liberty Center Ind tel.
WALKER, S. H. farmer RD Napoleon Dms.
WALKER, S. S. (Catherine) 2 ch farmer O 20a 3h 3c R5 Napoleon Dms 7.
WALLACE, Harmon (Emma) 1 ch carpenter O H&L Holgate.
WALLACE, James C. (Ida M.) 8 ch farmer O 20a 2h lc R1 Colton Wash. Wallace, M. L. RD Deshler Bar.
WALP, Frank (Emma) 4 ch farmer T 193a R10 Napoleon Lib 13 Ind tel.
WALTER, Carl (son John) farmer bds R3 Holgate Flrk 60 Ind tel.
WALTER, Christ F. (Anna) 3 ch farmer T 80a 3h 10c R2 Holgate Ple 63 Ind tel.
WALTER, Daniel (Almedia) 1 ch farming O 20a T 120a 3h 6c R3 Hamler Mar 99.
WALTER, Harmon (son John) farmer bds R3 Holgate Flrk 60 Ind tel.
WALTER, Joe (Lillie} 4 ch cattle buyer & butcher O H&L lc Florida Flor Ind tel.
WALTER, John (Mary B.) 1 ch farmer T 160a 6h 5c R3 Holgate Flrk 60 Ind tel.
WALTERS Carl (Josephine) grocery clerk Grelton Har 79.
WALTERS, Ed. (Rosie) 3 ch grocery prop O H&L Grelton Har 79.
WALTERS, Geo. (son Ed.) laborer bds Grelton Har 79.
WALTERS, Joseph farmer Florida.
WALTERS, Mary A. (wid Frederick) ret O 54a R9 Napoleon Nap 69.
WALTERS, R. C. farmer RD Deshler Bar.
WALTER, Daniel farmer Hamler.
WALTHER, Fred (Amelia) 2 ch farmer O 140a 4h 3c R4 Deshler Bar 30.
WALTHER, George (Anna) 3 ch farming O 41a T 40a 3h lc R3 Hamler Mar 97 Ind tel.
WALTHER, John (Malinda) 8 ch farming O 80a 3h 4c R3 Hamler Mar 98 Ind tel.
WALTHER, Nicholas (Elizabeth) ret O 100a 3h lc R3 Hamler Mar 99.
WALTIMIRE, G. C. RD Deshler Bar.
WALTIMIRE, J. C. RD Deshler Bar.
WALTIMIRE, Mrs. Nancy RD Deshler Bar.
WALTIMIRE, Ora laborer bds with J. A. Andrews R3 Napoleon Flrk 26.
WALTMAN, W. H. RD Deshler Bar.
WALTON, R. S. Holgate.
WARD, A. A. (Elizabeth J.) salesman O H&L Mary Ann St Liberty Center.
WARD, Bernice RD Deshler Bar.
WARD, Chas. A. (Cora) 3 ch teamster T 2h lc Naomi Fre 56.
WARD, Dale (son G. M.) laborer Rl Napoleon Har 82 Ind tel.
WARD, Frank 3 ch farmer O 60a 4h 5c R2 McClure Dms 69 Ind tel.
WARD, G. M. (Delia) 7 ch gardener & farmer O 20a 2h 4c Rl Napoleon Har 82 Ind tel.
WARD, Mary RD Deshler Bar.
WARD, May (dau G. M.) housekeeper Rl Napoleon Har 82 Ind tel.
WARD, M. O. (Iona) 3 ch section foreman O H&L Pleasant Bend.
WARD, N. H. RD Deshler Bar.
WARD, S. J. (Dortha) 3 ch farming O 40a 3h 3c R4 Leipsic Mar 52 Ind tel.
WARD, Wm. RD Deshler Bar.
WARNCKE, Carl H. (son Sophia H.) laborer 1h bd3 Naomi Fre 56.
WARNCKE, Fred W. (Mary) 3 ch farmer O 40a 2h 2c R2 Napoleon Fre 55 Ind tel.
WARNCKE, Harmon H. (Agnes) 2 ch mgr Naomi Grain Co O H&L Naomi Fre 56 Ind tel.
WARNCKE, Henry G. (Doris) 5 ch farmer O 70a 5h 12c Rl Okolona Nap 23 Ind tel.
WARNEKE, Sophia H. (wid Harmon, Sr.) 1 ch ret O H&L Naomi Fre 56 Ind tel.
WARNCKE, Wm. F. (Ethel) mgr Gerald Grain & Stock Co O H&L R2 Napoleon Fre 59 Ind tel.
WARNER, A. J. (Cora H.) 1 ch farmer O 73a 3h 2c R2 Liberty Center Wash 42 Ind tel.
WARNER, A. L. farmer Liberty Center.
WARNER, D. L. (Ellen) ret farmer O 240a H&L W Maple Ave Liberty Center Ind tel.
WARNER, Frank farmer RD Napoleon Har.
WARNER, Frederick O. laborer bds Rl Colton Wash 79.
WARNER, F. B. (Ruth E.) farmer T 140a 3h 3c R1 Liberty Center Wash 97 Ind tel.
WARNER, F. L. (Clara A.) ret O 92a 3c Grelton Dms 22 Ind tel.
WARNER, G. W. ret bds O 80a 1h Rl Colton Wash 79.
WARNER, Kirby M. (Della) 3 ch farmer & thresher O 40a 2h 3c R3 Liberty Center Lib 86 Ind tel.
