Henry County Genealogical Society Newsletter
Volume 26, Number 6, November-December 2012
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 – Bill Latta – billatta8@gmail.com
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, HaMIer, OH 43524 skbshp@embarq.com
News Reporter – Patricia Marshall
Newsletter Editor – Karen Sunderman – wendypen@wcnet.org
Webmaster – Jim Rebar – jamesrebar@roadrunner.com
Meetings
November 19, 2012, Monday, 6:30 p.m.
Ruth Wilhelm, from the Putnam Co. library in Ottawa, will be speaking on “Migration Patterns.” We will meet at The Red Pig Inn in Ottawa. Reservations may be sent by Nov. 12 to our P. O. box, to elvrrv2c@centurvlink.net or to wendvpen@wcnet.org.
December 2012 – No Meeting. Happy Holidays!
January 21, 2013, Monday, 7:00 p.m.
“The Future is Now” will be Jim Rebar’s topic as he speaks about online books.
February 18, 2013, Monday, 7:00 p.m.
“Faces of America,” a DVD about tracing ancestors.
New Members
#508 Kay Baldwin, Defiance, OH 43512
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.
November Meeting Changed
Please note that the November dinner has been changed to a new location and time.
First Families
We have no proven First Families of Henry County members this year. If you are interested in proving your ancestors for this honor, contact Kathy Bishop at 10-292 Co. Rd. E, HaMIer, OH 43524. GOLD = in Henry County before 31 Dec 1870. SILVER = in Henry County before 31 Dec 1885.
Records
A CD version of a spreadsheet of the complete Death Records of Henry County from 1867 to 2011 has been completed. Copies will be given to the Health Dept, and the Napoleon and Deshler libraries. Work is progressing on a database of the Birth Records and old Probate Records as well as an update of the Cemetery Records. If you’d like to volunteer to help with copying, contact Jim Rebar.
Queries
KESLING
Looking for information on Herbert Benton Kesling b. 10 Nov 1898 in Deshler, OH, d. 3 Mar 1981. Possible he, his brothers and father all worked for the same trucking company. Would like to know the names of his mother and father and any other avail, info. Thank you.
Submitter: Kim Kesling, Springboro, OH 45066
Try This With Care
The editor found an old clipping from a “Hints from Heloise” column. Try this at your own risk and it is suggested that you try it the first time on a piece of paper that is not precious to you. To preserve newspapers and other clippings that are beginning to turn yellow: Mix two tablets of milk of magnesia and one quart of club soda, chill in the refrigerator for approximately eight hours. Pour the mixture into a pan that is long and wide enough so the clippings can be laid flat inside of it. They should not be stacked on top of one another. Let them soak for an hour.
Take the clippings out of the solution and place them between layers of white paper towels or absorbent material and gently apply enough pressure to remove as much of the moisture as possible. Remove them and allow to dry.
From The Deshler Flag, June 1901
Dr. William NACE, pioneer druggist, sold his building and drug stock to Felix SMITH. The Flag stated that Dr. NACE was one of three business men in town that had been in business here for over 25 years. The other two were A. A. SUBER and Hiram COLE. The Nace drug store was located in the building now occupied by the same kind of business and conducted by John A. DONOVAN [in 1926].
The Deshler Granite and Marble Works had opened up for business in the C. R. CALIHAN room, with L. W. UNDERHILL, manager, and W. D. PORTER as stone cutter. The sale and lettering of monuments was the main part of the business.
There was a double murder and a suicide in the family of M. GROVE in Monroe township. Leroy Grove, 17, stabbed his sister, Ida, 20, in the heart with a pocket knife and choked his brother, Melvin, 18, until he died. Leroy then went to the barn, and after setting it on fire, shot himself with a rifle. The father succeeded in saving the stock and neighbors rescued the body of the suicide.
RIDGEVILLE – Mr. Cale FAUVER was sent as a delegate, from our place, to attend the convention held at Columbus last week.
Harry GAOFFICE leaves this week for the southern part of the county where he will engage in well boring and wheel making.
Wm. ABBE and wife were called to Payne Friday by the death of a granddaughter.
J. SMITH and family have moved back to the Comers after a residence of several years on Wm. ABBS’ farm east of the Comers.
Charles HARMES, of Freedom township, has rented Mr. ABBS’ farm and will move onto the same in a few days.
From the Democratic Northwest, 13 Oct 1881
BARTLOW ITEMS – Considerable ditching in this locality at present, which will be the means of improving this part of the country.
The sawmill owned by Messrs. E. & J. SHELBY which was burned sometime ago has been rebuilt and is doing a lively business. We wish the firm success.
Mr. Joe FISH’s sister of this place, formerly of France, has moved to Hancock County.
We understand that Mr. J. BAKER of Belmore, formerly of this place, intends moving back on his farm next spring.
Mr. Elroy MARVIN has erected himself a cage, but he hasn’t caught the bird yet. Young ladies there is a chance. [He’s built a house, but not married. – Ed.]
Miss Mary CHANEY, of Malinta, who has been employed in teaching school in this vicinity has returned home, her school closing . .. She is a young teacher but has succeeded in giving entire satisfaction.
LIBERTY NEWS – [An essay on death …] .. .In the present case Mrs. ALSPAUGH, daughter of Mr. Alex. TRESSLER, of your city, was one of the victims, in the bloom of life, a highly intelligent and respected neighbor, leaving three motherless infants, the youngest but a few weeks old to be cared for by father and friends. The other a bright and pretty little daughter of the widow KERSHNER, but four years old, a little bud snatched almost without warning from an unfavorable turn of the measles to appease the unerring law of nature. …
From the Democratic Northwest, 17 Mar 1881
On the 9th of March 1881, Elmer E. MARGRAT, of Harrison township, Henry County, OH aged 18 years, 7 months, and 15 days. He died from the effect of poison, taken [by] accidently eating of a root; supposed to be spikenard; but which proved to be wild anise, or something of that class. He died within 6 hours of eating the root. He was a fine young man, of quiet habits, inoffensive in his manner, loved and respected by all who knew him.
John W. MYERS, Texas [correspondent?]
Ida SNYDER was bom March 2, 1864, and died in Richfield township, Henry County, OH, March 7, 1881, aged 17 years and 4 days. Ida was an uncommon good girl and beloved by all who knew her. After bidding father, mother, sisters, brothers and neighbors good-bye, her spirit took its flight to its home above.
Causes of Death
From the Southwest Cuyahoga OGS newsletter submitted by Ruth Berner
Agitaus – tossed about, disturbed mentally
Antrophy of Brain – excess fluid
Apoplexy – a malady, sudden in its attack, which arrests the powers of sense and motion, usually caused by an effusion of blood serum in the brain.
Bright’s Disease – a generic term including several forms of acute and chronic diseases of the kidney.
Carcinoma – cancer.
Cerebral Apoplexy – referring to the brain.
Consumption – progressive wasting away from pulmonary tuberculosis.
Cholera – a disorder, ateneded with vomiting, stomach ache and cramps.
Dementia – madness, insanity.
Diptheria – acute contagious disease of the heart.
Dropsy – abnormal excess of fluid.
Dysentery – inflammation of the large intestines.
Edema – see dropsy.
Enteritis – inflammation of the intestines.
Ersiphelas – inflammation of the skin and subcutaneous tissues.
Gastritis – inflammation of the coat of the stomach.
General Debility – used to describe the condition of many whose weakness is the most apparent trouble.
La Grippe – influenza.
Marasmus – often termed “tabes mescenterica,” wasting away of the body, especially in young children.
Myelitis – inflammation of the spinal cord.
Nephitis – inflammation of the kidneys.
Neuralgia – an affection of one or more nerves, especially of he head or face.
Neuroma – tumor.
Puerperal fever – infection following childbirth.
Sardoma – malignant tumor.
Senile Debility – incident to old age.
Septicaemia – septic poisoning.
Tetanus – disease characterized by spasm and rigidity of some or all of the voluntary muscles, usually occasioned by a wound on the surface of the body.
Tuberculosis – to waste away from a pulmonary disease.
Uremia – severe kidney disease.
Online Resource
The Hayes Presidential Center Library in Fremont, Ohio has an online Obituary Index at www.rbhaves.org/index. It is possible to contact them for a photocopy of the obituary and/or information contained in it.
Land, Town Lots and Chattel Returned Delinquent
By the Treasurer of Henry County January 10, 1854, Delinquent 1853.
More information on the taxes owed is in the book, but not included here. These were early settlers or landowners in these townships.
| Township | Owner’s Name | Owner’s Name |
|---|---|---|
| Ridgeville | WADSWORTH, James | |
| Freedom | SWORDEN, (written over) B/G/Zenaz | |
| Napoleon | ROWEN, J. T. STOCKMAN, Henry CLAY, Conrad |
SHERIDAN, John TEASE, Terry |
| Flatrock | COLE, Amos LOWREY, B. |
SHUMAN, W/M.? |
| Pleasant | DEDRICK, M. | |
| Marion | AGNER, Allen ADAMS, Thos. |
BEEVER, Josiah |
| Monroe | MULFORD, John SONNAFRANK, John and Harris A. |
MARTIN, Geo. DURBIN, James |
| Harrison | RITTER, Charles RITTER, Peter ORVEHETT ?, Asa |
PINDAR, G. and George G. SENTER, Harper |
| Liberty | REDMAN, B. D. ROCKWELL, Sam’l K.? |
KILPATRICK, D. |
| Washington | BISHER, Aaron | SMITH & DURBIN |
| Damascus | CONN, R. R. WHITORN ?, Jas. F. |
HOPKINS, Phineas |
| Richfield | DAVIS, Orpha |
Ken Thompson Translations for German Scrapbooks at Library
Several years ago a three-volume set of family scrapbooks was donated to our society. The items were cut from at least one German-language newspaper from this area, but not dated or identified. It is believed the articles came from Der Defiance Herold (1895-1920) and included items regarding families in western Henry Co. and in Twps. transferred to Defiance Co. Ken Thompson is translating the items for us. An index is being published as space permits. Vol. I translation is completed.
ABELE, Pearl Catherine – dau. of Jakob D. ABELE, obit. Vol. 1 pg. 61
ABELE, Roy – son of John G., confirmed. Vol. 1 pg. 126
ABELL-HARLEY, Rebah – wife of J. C. HARLEY,d/o M/M B. C. ABELL, obit. Vol. 1 pg.61
AINSWORTH, John Marion – husband of Sarah A. [PARKER], d. in Toledo, obit. Vol. 1 pg. 119
ANDERSON ?, Lydia – age 18, d/o Frank & Anna [PETERSON] NELSON ? (see Nelson), obit. Vol. 1 pg. 74
ANDREWS, Susan – widow, nurse in camps during Civil War. Obit. Vol. 1 Pg. 38
ANSBERRY, T. T. – traveling to Ml, Vol. 1 pg. 139
ARCAND, Wilfred – widower?, obit. Vol. 1 pg. 155
ARCHAMBAULT, destine – wife of Louis ARCHAMBAULT, obit. Vol. 1 pg. 62
ASCHBACHER, Anna [ROOS] – widow of Johann Michael ASCHBACHER, d. in Toledo, obit. Vol. 1 pg. 71 ASCHBACHER, Friedrich – husband of Friederike [HASCH] ASCHBACHER, obit. Vol. 1 pg. 121
ASCHBACHER, Johann Michael – husband of Anna [ROOS] vol. 1 pg.31
ASCHBACHER, Lloyd and Irene – son and daughter of Arnold ASCHBACHER, confirmed. Vol. 1 pg. 126
ASCHBACHER, Marie Ellen – wife of Daniel ASCHBACHER,d/o Johann and Lavina HEISTER, obit.Vol.l pg.64
ASPACHER, Hermann – son of Christoph, confirmed. Vol. 1 pg. 126
AVERY, Violet Ida [BROWN] – wife of A. W. AVERY, d. in Delaware (OH?), obit. Vol. 1 pg. 86
AYERS, Clara J. [PORTER]-widow of Alfred A. AYERS, obit. Vol. 1 pg. 98
BABBITT, Dr. Dwight S. – vet of Civil War, survived by 3rd wife, obit. Vol. 1 pg. 124
BAKER, Henry Carl – husband of_, obit. Vol. 1 pg. 34
BAKER, Henry – husband of ___, obit. Vol. 1 pg. 51
BAKER, Robert Andrew – d. in Portland, Maine, age 2, s/o Mr & Mrs. Charles BAKER, obit. Vol. 1 pg. 114
BALL, Mary – widow, d/o Barnhart BAAL ?, obit. Vol. 1 pg. 125
BALL, Susanna – wife of George BALL, obit. Vol. 1 pg. 110
BARBER, Donald – 14 yrs. Son of Arthur BARBER drowned, obit Vol. 1 pg. 33
BARR, Dale – baptism, son of Wm. BARR. Vol. 1 pg. 140
BARRINGER, Levi V. – husband of Gertrude [BOTH], obit. Vol. 1 pg. 91
BARTELS, Wilhelm Sr. – m1 Maria_, m2 Friederike [ADERMANN] BARTELS, obit. Vol. 1 pg. 116
BAUER, David Daniel – husband of_, of Grass Lake, Ml, obit. Vol. 1 pg. 97
BAUER, Elisabeth [UMBS] – widow of Alwin BAUER, obit. Vol. 1 pg. 143
BAUER, Erhart,–widower of Henriette [VOLLEI] BAUER, obit. Vol. 1 pg. 81
BAUER, Olympia [EMMERT] – wife of Joseph Bauer, obit. Vol. 1 pg. 109
BAUM, Hedwig and Emma BAUM, confirmed. Father, Wilhelm BAUM. Vol. 1 pg. 135
BAUMANN, Baby boy – 5 month old son of Mr. and Mrs. Whilhelm BAUMANN, obit. Vol. 1 pg. 59
BAUMANN, Dolly – age 6, dau of Harman J. & Magdalena [MUNTZ] BAUMANN, obit. Vol. 1 pg. 143
BAUMANN, Herold – son of Hermann BAUMANN, confirmed. Vol. 1 pg. 126
BECHTOLD, Dorothea [SCHULTZ] – Widow of Johan BECHTOLD, obit. Vol. 1 pg. 97
BECKMANN, Christian – husband of Dorothea Sophia [SCHULZE]. Obit. Vol. 1 pg. 36
BEEZ, Wilhelmine [WEBER] – wife of Johann B. BEEZ, d/o Michael & Ottilia WEBER, obit. Vol. 1 pg. 49
BEHRINGER, Josephine [BERNARDINE] – wife of Co. Comm. Charles BEHRINGER vol. 1 pg. 32
BEIKER, Magdalena – widow of 1/Hans Ulrich MULLER & 2/John BEIKER, obit. Vol. 1 pg. 72
BELEAU, Maria – widow of____, obit. Vol. 1 pg. 50
BELL, Marion – wife of___BELL, age 26, no children, obit. Vol. 1 pg. 48
BENDER, Joseph – husband of Karoline [BUTSCH] BENDER, obit. Vol. 1 pg. 92
BENDER, Karoline [BUTSCH] – wife of Joseph BENDER, obit. Vol. 1 pg. 56
BENIEN, Johann Hermann – husband of Katharine Maria [SCHEELE], obit. Vol. 1 pg. 143
BETHGE, Joachim Christoph – m1 Anna Dorothea [MULLER], m2 Anna Margarethe [BOHM] obit Vol.l pg 57
BEYER, Henry Ernst – husband of Catherine BEYER, obit. Vol. 1 pg. 78
BIEDE, Carl Friedrich Wilhelm – husband of Dorette [BOHNER], 1st hardware in Defiance, obit. Vol. 1 pg.77
BIEDE, Dorette [BOHNER] – widow of Carl F. W. BIEDE, obit. Vol. 1 pg. 95
BIEDERMANN, Katharine – wife of Johann BIEDERMANN, boit. Vol. 1 pg. 71
BISHOP, Jakob – widower, over 100 yrs. old? s/oChrist & Elizabeth
BISHOP, obit. Vol. 1 pg. 73
BLUE, Dr. Nelson U. – husband of_, obit. Vol. 1 pg. 114
BLUE, Ellen C. [STERN?] – wife of Frank G. BLUE, obit. Vol. 1 pg. 111
BLUE, James U. – Civil War vet, husband of Elisabeth [COLEMAN] BLUE, obit. Vol. 1 pg. 100
BLUE, Lewis D. – widower of _____, s/o Uriah and Margaret [Duveece] Blue Obit. Vol. 1 pg. 38
BLUE, Mrs. James U. – b. Samantha [TERRY], wife of James U. BLUE, obit. Vol. 1 Pg. 39
BLY, George Washington – widower, obit. Vol. 1 pg. 85
BOGERT, Heinrich – widower of Karoline Friedericke [PFHALERT] BOGERT, obit. Vol. 1 pg. 49
BOGERT, Karoline [PFAHLERT] – wife of Heinrich BOGERT. Obit. Vol. 1. Pg. 39
BOGERT, Mrs. August – swallowed a needle. News item Vol. 1 pg. 36
BOHLKE, Louise, confirmed. Father, Wilhelm BOHLKE. Vol. 1 pg. 135
BOHLMANN, Tillie, confirmed. Father, Heinrich BOHLMANN. Vol. 1 pg. 135
BOHM, Johann Nikolaus – widower of Katharine LANDSCHMIDT, obit. Vol. 1 pg. 55
BOHM, John Louis married Miss Frences CAMERON. Vol. 1 Pg. 140
BOHM, Mrs. N. – ill. Vol. 1 pg. 139
BOHM, Reba – widow of George BOHM, confirmed. Vol. 1 pg. 126
BOSLING, Anna – wife of Dietrich BOSLING, dau. of Heinrich CORDES (Holgate), obit. Vol. 1 pg. 51 BOYD, Thomas Alphaus – husband of Maria [MENTLEY] BOYD, Justice of the Peace, obit. Vol. 1 pg. 65
BRECHBILL, Abraham T. – m1 Susan J. TATE, m2 Lucy M. KEPLER, surv., obit. Vol. 1 pg. 106 BRECHBILL, Henry A. – widower of Della [RICHARDSON] BRECHBILL, obit. Vol. 1 pg. 94
BRECHBILL, Rebecca Angeline [DUNN] – widow of ____ (2nd hus.), m1 _____ LAMBERT, obit., Vol. 1 pg. 108
BREMER, Anna Nina – infant daughter of Frank & Laura BREMER, obit. Vol. 1 pg. 56
BROWN, Abraham N. – husband of Elisabethe [BREMER] BROWN, Civil War Vet., obit. Vol. 1 pg. 59
BRUNS, Friedrich – husband of ____ BRUNS, obit. Vol. 1 pg. 57
BRUNS, Johann Heinrich Friedrich – husband of Anna [ROSEBROCK] BRUNS, obit. Vol. 1 pg. 42
BUCHHOLZ, Louis – husband of _____, s/o Pantalien and Appolimia [FUTTER] BUCHHOLZ, obit. Vol. 1 pg. 66
BUFFINGTON, Jonathan P. – husband of Harriet [PIPER] BUFFINGTON, obit. Vol. 1 pg. 93 BUTSCH, MINNIE, confirmed. Father, Johann BUTSCH. Vol. 1 pg. 135
CAMERON, Frances and Louis BOHM marriage. Vol. 1 pg. 139
CARPENTER, Samuel W. – son of S. W. & Elisabeth [ROSE] CARPENTER, age 26. Obit. Vol. 1 Pg. 38
CHAPMAN, Ellen [MYERS] – wife of Dr. E. E. K. CHAPMAN, obit. Vol. 1 pg. 111
CHUBB, Adella – baptism, daughter of George CHUBB. Vol. 1 pg. 140
CLEMMONS, Mary D. – wife of B. H. CLEMMONS, obit. Vol. 1 pg. 49
COCAYNE, Phoebe, confirmed. Father, Charles COCAYNE. Vol. 1 pg. 135
CONRAD, Elisabeth [WEHRLE] – wife of Friedrich CONRAD, obit. Vol. 1 pg. 124
CONWAY, Bridget [JENNINGS] – wife of James CONWAY, obit. Vol. 1 pg. 110
COOPENHAVER, Harry and wife Maria N. [DISCHINGER] will reside in Garrett, IN, wedding. Vol. 1 pg. 135
