11 January 2011

Commemorative Gleanings - The G's

Williams County Ties - Gleanings from Commemorative Biographical Record, Northwestern Ohio Including Defiance, Henry, Williams, and Fulton, Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co,1899

By Pamela Pattison Lash


P101 - Peter Gares (22 Dec 1836, Bavaria, Germany - 30 Sept 1897, Tiffin Twp, Defiance Co, OH)
Came to US 1839 to Richland Co, OH; to Wms Co 1842
Parents Jacob and Mary Elizabeth Drum Gares; son Peter eldest of 8 children
Peter res of Tiffin Twp, Defiance Co, OH
M Christina Toberen, 2 Dec 1858; b. 5 Apr 1837, Tiffin Twp; d/o Henry and Elizabeth Beiderwell Toberen, natives of Prussia, Germany; first to Massillon, OH
Children John W, Jacob H, Orestes P, Mary E, Frederick W, 4 youngsters, dec, Sarah dec

P279 - Jacob Garver (b. 4 Apr 1829, Fayette Co, PA)
Grandfather Martin Garver, Sr., native of Washington Co, MD, b. 29 Mar 1764; d. 19 Apr 1850, Tuscarawas Co, OH
Father Martin Garver, Jr., b 1804, Fayette Co, PA; m. Susan Shaffer, b. 1808, also native of Fayette Co, PA; m c1829 and moved to Tuscarawus Co, OH; moved to Wms Co 1853; he d. Williams Center 1864; she d. Bryan, 31 Jan 1897; children: Jacob, John, George, Anna, Mary, Benjamin, David, Martin V.
M Catherine Garver, Aug 1851, Tuscarawus Co, OH; b. 16 Aug 1829, Fayette Co, PA; d/o Joseph Garver, d. 1882, Wayne Co, OH
Children - Franklin, Jane Donze (Peter),dec, Susan, Alma, dec, Ada Musser (William F), Edward, Charles
Came to Wms Center May 1852

P402 - Martin V. Garver (b. 17 June 1848, Bucks Twp, Tuscarawus Co, OH)
Father - Martin Garver, b. 1804; m. Susan Shaffer; came to Bryan,Wms Co 1852
M Ella Lane, 1872
Children - Mabel, Olive

P189 - Dr. Richard Gaudern (b. 26 July 1832, Oneida Co, NY); CW Vet 68th Bat OVI
Parents Richard and Abigail Stewart Gaudern; he b. England; twice a widower before traveling to US where he mar Abigail d/o Solomon W. Stewart of Hudson, NY; 1835 to Coshocton Co, OH; 1840 to Bridgewater Twp, Wms Co, OH; children: William, Catherine Perkey (Judge), Abigail Champion, Theodosia Graves; he d1850; she d1872
M1 Lucinda Pennell, 1857; d/o Reverend Abram Pennell of NY; she d. Sept 1862; child died at age 3
M2 Lucia R. Pitts, 1863 of NY, d/o Peter Pitts; she d. 1870
Children Abigail S., Bessie, Edward (Cora Patten)
M3 Mrs. Mary Jane Gross, 1874; d/o John Kelly

P425 - Joseph Greek (b. 12 Jan 1844, Richland Co, OH) CW Vet Co F 38th OVI; Co H 68th OVI
Parents - Frederick and Margaret Brubaker Greek, b. PA; 1840 to Richland Co, OH; then Hancock Co, OH; in 1850 to Madison Twp, Wms Co, OH; children: 2 infants dec, John, Elizabeth Conley, Fanny Hendrix, dec, Nancy Burkholder, Joseph, George, Wesley B, Elias, Martha Gill, Jane Throne, William F, Margaret Oxinger
M1 Malissa M. West, 15 Oct 1867; native of Stark Co, OH; came to Wms Co 1863; she d. 19 Jan 1886
Children - Ada Wolcott, Amanda Weidner, Emerson C, Arthur J, Carrie L, dec
M2 Sarah J. Drum, Sept 1888; she b. 1858, PA; came to Wms Co 1860
Children - Carl E (b. 3 Feb 1890), Glen D (b. 23 Sept 1894)
Res. Millcreek Twp, Wms Co, OH

P295 - John C. Grim (b. 14 July 1857, Bryan, Wms Co, OH)
Parents Joseph S. and Allison Cairns Grim; he b. Stark Co, OH; she b. Scotland; he CW vet Co H 25th OVI; he d. honey Hill, SC Dec 1864; she d. 5 May 1891, Bryan; children: Martha, Margaret, dec, John C, Andrew, dec, Francis
M Myrtle Lockhart, 7 Apr 1886; d/o Clark and Martha Towers Lockhart; he d. Ashland Co, OH; widow mar John Scott of Springfield Twp
Children - Florence, Ruth E, Leland

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