17 January 2011

Gleanings for Wms Co, OH Ties in the "Butler Record", DeKalb Co, IN

Gleanings for Wms Co, OH Ties in the "Butler Record", DeKalb Co, IN

By Pamela Pattison Lash

(This material was extracted from a series of newspaper obituaries; the first date for each person is the date in which the obit appeared; other pertinent data was copied as printed; if you find someone who fills a connection for you, it would be a good idea to consult the full obituary.)

15 Jan 1897 - James Burkhart
b. 29 June 1831, Greenburg, PA
d. 2 Jan 1897 @65Y 6M 3D, Butler, IN
came to Wms Co 1847
m. 1853, Eliza Bevers
8 children/7 survive (6 sons; 1 daughter) plus a brother
burial -  Slater Cemetery
Note: found in 1850 St. Joseph Twp federal census - 10 Sept 1850

2 Oct 1896 - Mrs. A. E. (Venoah) Grindle
b. 17 May 1848, NY
d. 18 Sept 1898 @48Y 4M 1D
family kept handles and nameplate from coffin
m. Enoch Grindle, 16 July 1871
7 children/ 5 survive (4 sons; 3 daughters)
Note: found these names in various materials for this county

2 July 1897 - John Shaffer
b. 28 Aug 1809, Urweiler, Germany
d. 16 June 1897, home of E. Blum
m. Elizabeth Zabst, 1830
came to US 1835 to Crawford Co, OH; to 1865 Montpelier, OH; 1875 wife died and lived with children in Ashland, Crawford Co, OH
funeral in Montpelier
burial - Cogswell Cemetery, Wms Co, OH

23 July 1897 - Henry Kissinger
d. 23 July 1897, CW vet
burial - West Buffalo Cemetery, Wms Co, OH

4 Mar 1898 - Edward Wilson Eakright
b. 13 Aug 1857, Wilmington Twp, DeKalb Co, IN
d. 26 Feb 1898 @40Y 6M 13D
brother JJ Eakright; parents - Abraham and Susannah Arkwright
m. Susan Barnhart, daughter of John and Eliza Barnhart, 4 May 1884
children - Nora Effie, Earl Edwin
survived by wife, son, aged mother, 2 brothers, 2 sisters
burial - Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Note: found Arkwright in NW Twp and Hillsdale Co, MI

18 Mar 1898 - James Steller (may be Stuller)
b. 11 Jan 1836, Carroll Co, OH
came to Edon with father in 1854
m. Phoebe Foster, 11 Apr 1857
5 children
moved to Edgerton on 3 Mar 1877; then spring of 1886 to Butler
survived by wife, 4 children, 4 brothers, 2 sisters
burial - Edgerton, OH, Wms Co, OH

6 May 1898 - Calcina Decker
wife of Isaiah Decker
b. 20 Jan 1828, Niles, Cayuga Co, NY
d. 25 Apr 1898 @70Y 8M 5D
age 18 in Huron Co, OH married Isaiah when he was 20
5 children/ 2 boys survive
burial  - Greenwood Cemetery, Auburn, IN
relative - George Webber and wife of Bryan, OH

30 Sept 1898 - Sarah Simpkins Warner
b. 10 Oct 1820, Fayette Co, PA
d. 21 Sept 1898
came to OH with parents in 1834
m. John Warner in 1841; he died 1873
7 children/ 4 survive (only mentioned three): Lucinda Olive, w/o Rev Alonzo Gaff of Lagrange, George F of Edon, OH, Anna M w/o William A. Watson of Troy

11 Nov 1898 - Mrs. Josephine Lybold
b. 18 May 1828, Wittenburg, Germany
d. 2 Nov 1898 @70Y 5M 14D
came to US in 1850 and went to Carlisle, Holmes Co, OH
m1 Fred Ringenberg (had son Ed and daughter Mrs. M. Bowman)
m2 Fred Lybold (had sons Fred and Henry plus deceased infant)
1865 went to Edgerton area where Lybold died
burial in Edgerton, OH

9 Dec 1898 - Clinton Rising
Spanish-American War vet Pvt Co I 157th IN USV
Committed suicide by taking wood alcohol, invalid, res. Montpelier, OH

8 Dec 1899 - Francis Edgar Stoner
oldest son of AB Stoner of West Unity, OH
b. 24 Feb 1857
d. 29 Nov 1899, Butler, IN
m. Anna Tressler, 19 May 1876 of Jefferson, OH
survived by 2 children, wife, parents, 1 sister, 2 brothers

15 Dec 1899 - Helen M. Blaker Firestone
b. 4 Oct 1865, Edgerton, OH
d. 7 Dec 1899 @34Y 2M 3D
m. Elmer Firestone, Dec 1888
burial - Butler Cemetery

26 Jan 1900 - Eliza A. Boise Scott
b. 14 Oct 1815, NY
d. 13 Jan 1900
m. Cornelius Scott, 1832; W1812 vet
8 children/6 survive (4sons, 2daughters)
1844 from OH to Michigan
lived with daughter Mrs. Bavin of Alvarado, Steuben Co, IN
1880 received widow's pension
burial - Bethel Cemetery 3 miles west of Edon

26 Jan 1900 - Ruth Kisbeth, daughter of Frank Kisbeth
d. 19 Jan 1900 @2M 1D
burial - Edgerton, OH

23 Feb 1900 - Joseph D. Bell, postmaster of Arctic, IN
b. 5 May 1850, Stark Co, OH
1860 came with parents to DeKalb Co, IN
survived by wife, 1 daughter, 4 brothers, 1 sister
m. Lulu Casebeer, 10 Mar 1892
burial - Edgerton, OH

30 Mar 1900 - Abner Stoner of Garrett, IN
b. 21 Feb 1835, Mansfield, OH
d. 14 Mar 1900, Garrett
lived for a time at Battle Creek Sanitarium for pneumonia
came to Lagrange with parents where father died
mother lives in West Unity, OH
m. Jane A. Cox, 1854, West Unity
5 children (4 sons, 1 daughter)
survived by wife, 2 sons, 1 daughter, 2 brothers)  One son named SG Stoner
ran a drug store

28 Dec 1900 - Robert Worthington
b. 31 May 1833, Medina Co, OH
d. 17 Dec 1900
at 4 years of age went with parents to IN; then age 15 to Wms Co
m. Alice Wilson, 6 Mar 1851; she died 12 Nov 1898
lived with only daughter
burial - Edgerton, OH

25 Jan 1901 - Mary Jane Houlton Bratton
b. 9 Dec 1837, Highland Co, OH, oldest child of Francis and Eveline Houlton
d. 20 Jan 1901 @68Y 1M 11D, DeKalb Co
came to DeKalb in Mar 1838; her father murdered by Abbott
m. William Bratton, 30 Oct 1861; he died on 1 Oct 1865
two sons: John B and Francis O
sister: Mrs. Isaac Loutzenheiser of Edgerton, OH
foster daughter: Sarah Sewell
Mr GA Young helped family for 28 years
Burial - Hamilton, IN

1 Feb 1901 - Almira King Cummins
b. 24 Dec 1857, Hancock Co, OH
d. 22 Jan 1901 @43Y 29D, Butler
daughter of George and Nancy King
came to Steuben Co, IN as child
m. George Cummins, 20 Aug 1879; moved to Edgerton, OH
moved 10 years ago to Butler
4 children/3 survive: Maude, Jimmie, Georgia
mother, 4 sisters, father died before her
survived by step-mother, sister (Mrs. Otis Monday), husband, 3 children
burial - Edgerton, OH

7 June 1901 - John Shafer
b. 19 Feb 1830, Baltimore, MD, son of Jacob and Lydia Shafer
early age went to Doylestown, Wayne Co, OH; one of 10 children, had 4 brothers, 5 sisters
m1. Frances Bordner, Doylestown, 22 July 1849
came to Wms Co 1860; 1884 to Edgerton where Mrs. Shafer died Sept 1887
4 children/ 3 survived (Mary d. 1887, Howard, Caroline, Anson)
one daughter , Mrs. AJ Ackerman lives in Butler
m2. Mrs. Amelia Engel, 1892
funeral through Edgerton Lodge

5 July 1901 - Lee Hine
Mr. And Mrs. Charles Hine of Edon went to Auburn, IN for funeral of his brother Lee Hine; another brother SM Hine, ex-treasurer of DeKalb

13 Sept 1901 - Abram Plowe
b. 19 Dec 1821, Little York, PA, son of David and Catherine Plowe
d. 3 Sept 1901 @79Y 8M 15D at daughter's home in Kendalville, Noble Co, IN
came with parents to Wayne Co, OH
m. Jane Glime, 31 Jul 1851
7 children
in 1853 to Bryan, OH; 4 years later to Wolcottville, Lagrange, IN
in 1880 to Jamestown, ND where wife died
survived by 5 children, 1 sister, 1 brother

8 Nov 1901 - Augustus Porter
b. 4 Oct 1815, Cuyahoga Co, OH
d. 25 Oct 1901 @ 86Y, S. Haven, MI
burial - Butler, IN
2 granddaughters, son Clark's children, and son-in-law Rev Charles Ticknor of Clarksville, IA
came to Steuben Co, IN 1838 and later lived in Wms Co
in 1892 moved to S. Haven
m1 Rachel McLaughlin, 1845; she died bef 1892
m2 through advertisement in newspaper, a lady from Massachusetts who traveled to Kalamazoo, MI; they married in home of Lewis Burget; she survived him
(also 6 June 1902 - Mrs. Grace Porter Ticknor)
d. 25 May 1902 @37Y
daughter of Augustus; buried next to him
she died of consumption
graduate of Butler High School
m. Rev Charles Ticknor, 26 Feb 1889
funeral in home of Mrs. Jacob Showalter

21 Feb 1902 - Mary Thayer Olds Fry
b. 19 Sept 1819, Massachusetts
d. 8 Feb 1902 @82Y 4M 19D in Edgerton, OH
m1 Mr. Olds, had 4 children
m2 Mr. Fry
survived by 6 children, one daughter died (Mrs. Swager)
burial - Clarksville Cemetery, Wms Co, OH

28 Feb 1902 - Louis Planson
d. in Boulder, Montana, County Hospital @70Y
he left west at 25 years old and wanted to make his fortune and live as he once had
his wife and son went to Montana 2 years ago
survived by wife, daughter Mrs. GE Crider, son GL Planson of Montpelier, OH

19 Sept 1901 - Mary Emmeline Bowersox Casebeer Weitz
b. 10 Mar 1839, St. Joseph Twp, Wms Co, OH
first child born in that school district and township
d. Arctic, IN, 9 Sept 1902
m1. Jarius Casebeer, 1855; he died May 1860
she was widow with 2 children - 1 survived her
m2 DW Weitz, 11 Oct 1868
5 children - 3 survive her
burial - Farnham Cemetery, Wms Co, OH
survived by husband, 4 children, 2 brothers, 1 sister

12 Dec 1902 - Sarah Oxenrider
b. 16 Aug 1860, Wms Co, OH
d. 5 Dec 1902 @42Y 3M 19D, Butler, IN
family moved to IN when she was 17; married at age 18; had 7 children
survived by mother, 3 brothers, 1 sister who lives in ND, 1 sister in MI
burial - Butler Cemetery

16 Nov 1903 - Joseph Skelton
b. 24 Jan 1823, Stark Co, OH one of 7 sons and 5 daughters
d. 23 Oct 1903, Edgerton, OH @80Y 8M 29 D
m. Margaret Holm, 26 Mar 1846; she died 10 Sept 1891
in June 1851 moved to St. Joseph Twp, Wms Co; 1871 to Edgerton
9 children/7 survive
one daughter, Mrs. Cummins of Edgerton

12 Feb 1904 - Russel Hammel
b. 22 Nov 1817, Wayne Co, NY
d. 1 Feb 1904, Fremont, IN
in 1844 came to Defiance, OH with parents, Robert and Catherine Hammel
lived in Wms Co
m. Henrietta Van Wermer, 28 Aug 1853
children: Mrs. Thomas Baum of Montpelier, Otis of Fremont, IN
moved to Fremont in 1902
survived by aged wife, 1 daughter, 1 son
burial - West Buffalo Cemetery, Wms Co, OH

19 Feb 1904 - Mrs. Hively
died in Edgerton, OH in a house fire

6 May 1904 - Ida Jane Emig
b. 6 Jan 1861, Primrose, Wms Co, OH
d. 26 Apr 1904, Pioneer, OH and the home of her mother
m. John H. Topper, June 1897
survived by mother, father, 2 brothers, 5 sisters, 1 child (2 died in infancy)
burial - Primrose Cemetery, Wms Co, OH

27 May 1904 - Mrs. Edward Hinkle
d. North Troy, IN
burial - West Buffalo Cemetery, Wms Co, OH

5 Aug 1904 - Jesse M. Mountz
b. 20 Mar 1828, North Georgetown, Columbiana Co, OH
d. 27 July 1904, Troy Twp
m. Celesta C. Fugate, 16 Apr 1853
2 sons and 1 daughter
moved to Edgerton in 1860; to Troy Twp in 1865
survived by wife, 2 sons, 1 daughter, 1 sister
burial - Farnham Cemetery, Wms Co, OH

7 Oct 1904 - Mary Hable Boos
b. 1821, Gemesfebt, Germany
d. 1 Oct 1904, Edgerton, OH @83Y 5M 20D
went to Wooster, OH 1852; 1854 to Cleveland, OH where she married John Boos
moved to Edgerton 1860
7 children/4 survive
survived by husband, 2 sons, 2 daughters, (John G. Boos, Charles Boos, Mary Hawn, Mrs. JM Spier),1 sister, 1 brother
burial - Edgerton Cemetery, Wms Co, OH








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