Henry County Genealogical Society Newsletter
Volume 24, Number 2, March-April 2010
A PUBLICATION OF:
THE HENRY COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
P. O. BOX 231
DESHLER, OHIO 43516
www.henrycountyohiogenealogy.org
The Henry County Genealogical Society Newsletter is now published bi-monthly. The editor reserves the right to accept or reject any material submitted. The Newsletter is copyright protected, but the Society gives permission for material to be copied for personal research and to other chapter newsletters for their use. Any other use of this material should carry written permission from the Henry County Genealogical Society and acknowledge the source. Annual membership is $10.00 for 1-2 people at the same address.
Meetings will be held quarterly or as announced in the newsletter. Publications for sale are listed on the last page with the newest ones appearing on the first page.
We print all queries that are related to Henry County – membership is not required. Send queries to Henry Co. Genealogical Society, P. O. Box 231, Deshler, OH 43516 or to the editor as “Query” at wendypen@wcnet.org. After May 2016, queries may be directed to our website and will appear there.
Officers:
President – Jim Rebar – jamesrebar@roadrunner.com
Vice President – Phyllis LaRue
Treasurer/Membership Chmn. – Lucille Van Scoyoc – elvrrv2c@centurylink.net
Corresponding Secretary – Phyllis LaRue – 409 W. Maple St. Deshler, OH 43516
Recording Secretary and First Families Chmn. – Kathy Bishop – 10-292 Rd. E, Hamler, OH 43524 skbshp@embarq.com
News Reporter – Patricia Marshall – antiquepat@aol.com
Newsletter Editor – Karen Sunderman – wendypen@wcnet.org
Webmaster – Jim Rebar – jamesrebar@roadrunner.com
Meetings
March 15, 2010, Monday, 7:00 p.m.
Arnold Miller will join us for a round table discussion on the history of Monroe Township and Elery.
April 19, 2010, Monday, 7:00 p.m.
Business meeting and research night.
May 17, 2010, Monday, 7:00 p.m.
The history of Napoleon Township will be the topic for the evening with Russell Patterson as our speaker.
New Members
#482 Sharon G. Whitney, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405
#483 Judy Zilka, Toledo, OH 43615
#484 Ron Garrison, Gladstone, MO
Membership is $10 per year. Dues are paid the first of each year and newsletters are mailed from that date. Please address correspondence to the website, the editor, or to our P. O. Box. Include your membership # (on address label). All Henry Co. queries are printed free.
New Publications
We have now published Deshler Flag Obituaries Vol. XXIII (2007-2009), which is priced at $12.00 and Northwest Signal Obituaries Vol. XXIII (2009) — two books priced as one), which will cost $22.00. Each of these will also have a $2.00 charge for tax and postage.
MICROFILM…
$1,000 has been donated to the Edwin Wood Memorial Library to be used to purchase microfilm of early Henry County newspapers to fill out their collection. This would include The Henry Co. Demokrat (a German-language newspaper) from 1900-1941, The Napoleon Star from 1857-1858, and The Northwest News from approx. 1923 to 1959.
Queries
BROWNING, HOOVER, LOWMASTER, WEAKS, CALDWELL
Researching families of John Isaac Browning and Kinninger Peter Browning. They moved as children with mother Elizabeth Ann (Hoover) Browning by 1865 from Franklin Co. OH. They lived in Richfield Twp. area. John Isaac b. 1859 and Kissinger Peter b. 1861. John m. Alice Lillian Lowmaster 1885. A grandaughter of Jacob Weaks and great-grandaughter of Chas. Caldwell of same area. Jacob & Chas. buried Hockman Cemetery. The Lowmaster, Browning and Hoover families came to Henry County in 1863 From Franklin Co. Caldwell and Weaks families came to Henry Co. 1864 from Wyandot Co. Jacob Weaks b. Fairfield Co. and Charles Caldwell in PA
Submitter: LaVonne E. Hipsher, Fostoria, OH 44830-1842
COHRS, WALTER
Looking for info on Henry Cohrs b. Hannover, Ger. 1854, immigrated to US in 1870.
The 1880 census shows his residence as Napoleon, Hen. Co. Seeking info on when he
actually settled there. Henry m. Fredericka Walter in Hen. Co. 14 Feb 1879. She was b. about 1860 in Hannover. Seeking info on her arrival and death in Hen. Co.
Submiitter: Jeff Frye, 1Uniontown, OH 44685
Addition to Membership and Surname List
Member #243 Janet Blake is researching surnames WEST and SPEIGLE
Henry County Genealogical Society News
A list of projects we would like to complete appeared in the May-June 2009 newsletter. Some can be done by computer if you live out of state. We only have a handful of active members, so we welcome help from others. Two new ideas for projects are to copy from court house records “Registry of Alien Enemies” and “Probate Final Record” information. Both of these are rich sources of genealogical information if someone has time to help record them.
PIONEER SKETCHES (from Henry County Signal, 30 Sept 1886)
by Rev. N. B. C. Love [Ed. Note: Rev. Love was a Methodist Pastor in Deshler, OH. Later he pastored the Old (Indian) Mission Church in Upper Sandusky, Wyandot Co., OH.]
The English colonists were a hardy, daring, self-reliant set of men, unlike former periods in the old world when their nation was often suddenly overrun both in their military and migratory movements. They pushed gradually forward, and while many were destroyed they yet succeeded in reducing the Indians to a state of submission through fear of extermination, while on the other hand the pioneer, relying entirely on his own bravery and prowess with what aid each could render the other in times of attack upon the settlements, etc., long held possession of a large region of country, and thus aided in laying the structure of future greatness. Long accustomed to exposure and the vicissitudes of a life on the frontier and in the wilderness, it is not surprising that these hardy men became daring and implacable, often restless for the achievement of some momentary victory or revenge. Adventurers now soon began to crowd upon the Indians; their lands were being overrun by the colonists, and while the Indians were inclined to be friendly they still cut down the settlers. Born and bred amid scenes of hardship, these early pioneers were naturally hardy and active, caring but little for the common comforts of life or the roughest weather. Wild as untamed nature, they could scream with the panther, howl with the wolf, whoop with the Indian and fight all creation. It is related of one of these strangely rough adventurers in the history of the west, that having been tomahawked and his scalp started, stated that he might be killed sometime, for lightning had tried him on once and would have done the business up for him if he hadn’t dodged. Constantly associating with the Indians, many of them not only became demi-savage but frequently assumed the whole savage character.
A little description of their appearance, ordinary costume, habits of life, houses, &c. will be of interest to the present generation: A coon skin cap with the tail dangling at the back of the neck and the snout dropping upon the forebear; long buckskin leggings, sewed with a wide fringed welt down the outside of the legs; a long narrow strip of coarse cloth passing round the hips and between the thighs, which was brought up before and behind under the belt and hung down flapping as they walked; a loose deer skin frock open in front and lapping once and a half around the body was belted at the middle, forming convenient pockets on each side for chunks of hoe cake, tow, jerked venison, screw driver, and other fixings, and a pair of Indian moccasins completed the hunter’s most unique apparel. Over the whole was slung a bullet pouch and powder horn. From behind the left hip dangled a scalping knife, from the right protruded the handle of a hatchet, both weapons stuck in leather cases. Every hunter carried an awl, a roll of buckskin and strings of hide called [change? illegible] for thread. In the winter loose deer hair was stuffed into the moccasins to keep the feet warm.
The War of 1812 – The Story of Johnny Logan
A very smart man named Gandhi once said, “You must BE the change you wish to see in the world.” I have lived all of my life in the mighty arms of a democracy that is the United States of America. It is my home and I understand its culture, speak its language, even comprehend its quirky justice system and mind-numbing bureaucracy. What would it be like to see the world that I grew up in begin to change, and change so fast that I was forced to make a decision about what I would believe in and who I would follow into the future?
I never gave it much thought until a cold day in October 2008 when I took a walk across the rolling terrain of the fort grounds in Defiance, near the public library. In my hand, I held a small American flag and I was on a mission. I was going to place that flag on the grave of a brave American veteran who gave his life for his country. A white marble headstone had recently been placed at the fort grounds to mark the grave of a Native American military scout.
His name was Captain Johnny Logan and he was killed in action while serving the American government in the War of 1812. He was also a full-blooded Shawnee Indian who was named Spemica Lawba. Captain Logan had been raised in the same Indian nation as the powerful War Chief, Tecumseh. It was Tecumseh who had been determined to unite the Indian tribes so that they could repel the white settlers who were laying claim to the native hunting grounds; bringing with them new languages, religions, and belief systems. The old ways were under attack.
During the War of 1812, Tecumseh sided with America’s enemy, the British. Johnny Logan had great respect for the War Chief of his people but he also respected the opinion of the Chief of his village, Black Hoof. Black Hoof believed that the Shawnee could work with America so that all the peoples could live together. The young warrior was torn between the world he had always known and the changes that were occurring in his homeland.
A historic marker has been installed beside the gravestone and it tells Logan’s story. In September, 1786, Captain Benjamin Logan of Kentucky captured a young Indian boy during a raid across the Ohio River on the Machachac tribe towns of the Shawnee nation. Upon returning to Kentucky, Capt. Logan made the 14-yr.-old boy part of his family and provided him with an education until he was forced by treaty to return him to his native people. The boy was called Johnny by his adoptive American family. As an adult, Johnny Logan joined the American army to fight against the British.
In November of 1812, Gen. Harrison directed Johnny Logan to take a party and scout the area near the Rapids of the Maumee River. Encountering a large enemy force, Logan’s party retreated and he was accused of disloyalty by an American officer. Indignant, Logan took two friends [Bright Horn and Otter] and attempted to prove his innocence. During the scouting of the enemy he was captured and had to fight his Way to freedom. During the escape, he was seriously wounded [at the mouth of Turkeyfoot Creek in what was later Henry County].
An article in a Defiance newspaper, dated June 7, 1937, talks of an engraved stone that was installed on the Fort Defiance earthworks. Lettering on the native stone says, “Grave of Capt. John Logan, Indian Chief and Scout, 1788-1812.” The article reports that after the scouting party returned to the Defiance area with the wounded Logan, “the ball was removed from Logan’s body but shortly he died. The soldiers fixed up a rude sled and laying Logan’s body upon it, six officers dragged it over the snow to Fort Defiance, where they buried his remains to prevent his being dug up and scalped by hostile Indians.”
The old 1937 marker is still in place on the hillside of the fort grounds. I read a quote a few years ago that attempted to define the meaning of the word ‘veteran.’ “A veteran is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to the United States of America, for an amount ‘up to, and including his life.’”
My fingers were so cold that I could hardly grip the American flag that I held in my hand as I walked to the gravestone. The fort grounds were deserted except for the wind. I placed the flag on the headstone and I stepped back. Slowly, with great meaning, I saluted Capt. Johnny Logan, Shawnee Scout. American soldier. Veteran.
This was written by Tanya Brunner, who is a veteran and is employed at the Defiance County Veterans Office and is used with her permission. By strange coincidence, the newsletter editor had read Johnny Logan, Shawnee Spy by Allan W. Eckert just before Mrs. Brunner wrote this account and thought it would be of interest to our readers. Johnny Logan is a largely forgotten footnote to our Henry County and Northwest Ohio History.
From the Henry County Signal, 4 January 1883
Ridgeville Items
A little “unpleasantness” occurred at the store of Mr. R. P. FAUVER & Co. on Saturday evening before Christmas. A few of our young bloods visited BOSTLEMAN’S Saloon on the Bryan Pike at which notorious resort they became so inspired by the alcoholic devil, that they made the night air hideous by their demoniac yells, as they journeyed toward the Ridge. On arriving at this place they found the store of Mr. FAUVER open although quite late. They entered and asked for candy, which they failed to get by reason of their boisterous conduct; upon which they made considerable disturbance, one of their number pulling out, and flourishing a revolver. The result was that on Monday evening they were arrested, with the exception of one of their number who made good his escape. On Tuesday they were brought before W. B. TUBBS, J. P., who, after a hearing of the case, fined one of them $25 and costs and also sentenced him to twenty days in the county jail, and two others fined $10 each, made to pay costs and were released on bail.
Mr. Theodore RENEKE lost a valuable colt a few days since. Its death was caused by its running against a barbed wire fence.
Our young friend Mr. Amos FETZER is home on a holiday visit from Delaware, where he is attending school.
Mrs. A. S. HIGBY has just returned from visiting friends in Canandauga and in Steuben Co., NY.
68th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
From The Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohioin the War of the Rebellion 1861-1866, Vol. V.
The 68th was organized in Nov. and Dec. 1861 at Camp Latty, Napoleon, OH and mustered out July 10, 1865 at Louisville, KY. Due to the huge amount of information, only the soldier’s name, his company, rank, age and pertinent information such as being wounded or killed is included here. Note that being detached to a colored regiment does not mean that a soldier was black. Colored regiments had white officers.
Mustered in Dec. 13, 1861 at Camp Latty, Napoleon, O., by James J. VORHES, Captain; Thomas QUIGLEY, 1st Lieut., and John DWYER, 2nd Lieut 68th O. V. I. Mustered out July 10, 1865 at Louisville, KY by Cyrus M. ROBERTS, Captain 78th O. V. I.
Company E
OTTINGER, Elias R., Capt., 29
BARTLETT, Jacob, 2nd Lieut., 24
HUNTER, Henderson, 2nd Lieut., 38
LINGLE, William A., Sgt., 21,
PALMER, Martin V., Cpl., 22
READER, Andrew J., Cpl., 21
KELLEY, Samuel, Cpl., 28
BARNES, Francis M., Cpl., 19
REESE, Sanford, Cpl., 25
SKEELS, Nelson A., Capt., 24, Killed 22 July 1864 in battle of Atlanta, GA
LAMBERT, Thomas T., 1st Lieut., 24
HIGHSHEW, Wm. Harrison,
1st Sgt., 21, Wounded 16 May 1863 in battle of Champion Hills, MS
SHAW, Enos M., 1st Sgt., 22,
Wounded 16 May 1863 in battle of Champion Hills, MS
BELDING, Mortimer, 1st Sgt., 23
CORNELL, Charles W., Sgt., 26
HIGLEY, Miles W.,
Sgt., 19, Wounded 16 May 1863 in battle of Champion Hills, MS
STILES, John B., Sgt., 18
WILLIAMS, Edward, Sgt., 27,
Died 23 Mar 1862 at Savannah, TN
JONES, Daniel W.. Cpl., 22
OTTINGER, Elias R., Capt., 29
BARTLETT, Jacob, 2nd Lieut., 24
HUNTER, Henderson, 2nd Lieut., 38
LINGLE, William A., Sgt., 21
PALMER, Martin V., Cpl., 22
READER, Andrew J., Cpl., 21
KELLEY, Samuel, Cpl., 28
BARNES, Francis M., Cpl., 19, Wounded 16 May 1863 in battle of Champion Hills, MS
REESE, Sanford, Cpl., 25
Company E Privates
ANDREW, Daniel, 24,
Died 22 March 1862 at Savannah, TN
AUSTIN, James C., 26,
Discharged Detroit Barracks 1 Nov 1862 Cert. of Disability
BARBER, Oscar H., 19
BARBER, Osmer, 18,
Died 25 Mar 1862 in Hosp. Savannah, TN
BATY, William C., 28, On muster roll, never reported for duty
BAYES, Thomas M., 23,
Discharged 30 Oct 1862 St. Louis, MO order of War Dept.
BIERY, Samuel, 19,
Died 3 Sept 1862 in Hosp. Bolivar, TN
BRINK, Watson, W., 18, Died 6 Sept 1862 Hosp at Bolivar, TN
BURVILLE, Judson, 21, Mustered out as Judson BURWELL
BURK, John, 23, Discharged 18 July 1862 Columbus, OH Cert. of Disability
CALL, Thomas J., 32, Mustered in as Thomas I. COLE
CONNELLY, Elisha C., 23
CONNELLY, John D., 20, Discharged 18 May 1865 Wash. DC, Cert. Disability
CONNELLY, Andrew H., 24
COX, Straus, 20, Died 4 June 1864 in Hosp. Vicksburg, MS
CLARK, William B., 23
CREGLOW, Noah, 27, Died 20 Mar 1862 Crump’s Landing , TN
COTTMAN, Oscar, 21, Discharged 18 Feb 1864 enlist Battery H. 1st MI Light Artillery
CULBERTSON, Ithamer, 21 Musician
DICKSON, Charles, 25, Discharged 25 Nov 1862 St. Louis, MO Cert. of Disability
DUCK, Thano
DUKE, Thomas, 25
ELSVORT, Sylvester, 19, On muster roll, never reported for duty
FORD, Henry E. , 18
EMICK, James P., Discharged 21 Apr 1862 St. Louis, MO Cert, of Disability
FOSTER, Thomas D., 19, Discharged 3 Jan 1863 at Columbus, OH on Cert, of Dis.
GRAETZ, Francis G, 22
FOWLER, Benjamin, 25, Discharged 15 Dec 1862 St. Louis on Cert, of Dis.
FOWLER, John, 22, Discharged 15 Dec 1862 St. Louis, MO Cert, of Disability
FOWTY, Stephen, 24
GALER, James, 44, On muster roll, never reported for duty
GELBRETH, James, 44, Disch. 6 Mar 1863 Memphis, TN Cert, of Dis.
HALE, Smith, 19, Died 8 Oct 1862 at Bolivar, TN
HALL, Lewis, 18
HART, Julius C., 32, Disch. 22 Apr 1862 Crump’s Landing, TN on Cert, of Dis.
HIGLEY, Sheldon, 37, Disch. 20 Sept. 1863 Vicksburg, MS on Cert, of Dis.
HAVERFIELD, James, 19, Killed 22 July 1864 battle of Atlanta, GA
HAYWARD, Ralph D., 18
HIGBY, Elisha, 25, Died 2 Mar 1862 at St. Louis, MO
HIGBY, William, 27, Died 5 Apr 1863 at Memphis, TN
HIGLER, Austin, 31, Died 25 July 1864 Hosp. near Atlanta, GA
HOFFMIRE, John, 18, Disch. 25 July 1862 on Cert, of Disability
HONE, Daniel H., 18, Disch. On Cert. of Disability (no date/location given)
HUTCHINS, Meredy, Died 14 Apr 1862 at Savannah, TN
KELLEY, John, 18
LARIMER, Linos L., 19
LINGLE, Elmore Y., 18
LINGLE, Oscar B., 18
LONGER, George, 18
LYONS, Elias, 26, Disch. 31 July 1862 Camp Chase Columbus. OH Cert, of Dis.
LOOZER, John I., 18, Died 17 June 1862 at Wauseon, OH
LYONS, Sylvester, 27, Died 16 Oct 1862 Hosp. at Jackson, TN
MARKLY, George H., 18, Died 19 May 1865 Findley Hosp. Washington, D C.
MATTESON, George F. , 18
MIKESELL, John B., 24, Died 11 Mar 1862 Ft. Donelson, TN
MILY, Benjamin, 19, Disch. 3 May 1862 St. Louis, MO on Cert, of Dis.
MOYER, Daniel, 22, Died 20 May 1862 Hosp. Pittsburg Landing, TN
OLDFIELD, Gilbert, 44, Disch. 17 Oct 1862 at Bolivar, TN Cert, of Dis.
OSBORN, George, 18, Disch. 21 Apr 1862 St. Louis, MO on Cert, of Dis.
PARDY, Alford, 22
PENNEL, John, 18
POMEROY, Timothy, 24, Disch. 14 Aug 1863 at St. Louis, MO for wounds rec’d 16 May 1863 in battle of Champion Hills, MS
PURDY, John, 24
RADCLIFF, Thomas, 30, Disch. 10 Feb 1865 Columbus, OH Cert, of Dis.
REEDER, David, 19, Died 25 Apr 1862 at Keokuk, IA
REESE, Charles M., 18
RICHARDS, Curtis, 18
RICHARDS, Israel, 30, Died 14 Mar 1862 at Cairo, IL
RICHARDS, Wilson S. , 19
ROASNER, Daniel, 20(?)
ROGERS, George W., 19, Died 15 Mar 1862 Mound City, IL
SHANK, Henry H., 21, Disch. 29 Jan 1863 Memphis, TN Cert, of Dis.
SHELLENBERGER, Nicholas, 32, Disch. 24 July 1862 Columbus, H Cert, of Dis.
SHELLLENBERGER, Daniel, 20
SILSBEE, Morris, 24, Died 25 Apr 1862 at Keokuk, LA
SMITH, Lewis O., 22, Disch. 18 June 1862 Columbus, OH, Cert, of Dis.
SOMERS, Edward, 19
SOMERS, Martin, 28
SWEENEY, Elijah, 18
Land, Town Lots and Chattel Returned Deliquent
By the Treasurer of Henry County, January, 1853
More information on the taxes owed is in the book, but not included here. These were early settlers or land owners in these townships.
All entries here are in Flatrock Township
| Owner’s Name | Sec. | Description | Acres | ||||
| BROOKS, T. | 26 | N 1/2 SW & S 1/2 NW | 160 | ||||
| BOWEN, heirs of | 8 | W pt. N fr NE | 6 | ||||
| BELL, J. D. | 17 | SW NE | 60 | ||||
| BUREAU, Abur | 29 | SW SE | 40 | ||||
| CLARK, G. | 17 | W fr NW | 80 | ||||
| CLARK, Hiram | 29 | NW NW | 40 | ||||
| COOK & GOODYEAR | 8 | Pt W ptN fr NE | 1/2 | ||||
| DAUGHUTY (?), Nathan | 12 | E fr NE | 80 | ||||
| DUOLD, Nicholas | 26 | SW SR & SE SW | 80 | ||||
| FOX, Mathias | 33 | W l/2 SW | 80 | ||||
| GROSS, Peter | 33 | SE SW | 60 | ||||
| GRINNER, ANTHONY | 35 | SW 1/4 | 160 | ||||
| HEATH, Joseph | 3 | E pt. NE E 1/2 House | 47 | ||||
| HOPKINS, Seth | 9 | NW cor W 1/2 SW | 1 | ||||
| OH, State of | 8 | E pt N fr NE | 57 | ||||
| OH, State of | 8 | NE fr NE | 27 | ||||
| OH, State of | 35 | NE 1/4 | 160 | ||||
| OH, State of | 8 | W 1/2 E 1/2 SE | 40 | ||||
| PASTON, John | 19 | W fr SW fr 1/4 | 42 | ||||
| RICHER, John | 24 | E 1/2 NE | 80 | ||||
| REED, M. M. N. | 32 | SE NW | 40 | ||||
| SPARKS, J. S. | 34 | NE NE | 40 | ||||
| THORNBERRY, Thomas | 23 | NE SW | 40 | ||||
| THORNBERRY, Thomas | 23 | SE SW | 40 | ||||
| WELLS, Joshua | 3 | NE 1/4 | 160 | ||||
