tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217045706117765596.post6749725007956334456..comments2023-05-02T05:23:58.921-04:00Comments on Williams County, Ohio Genealogy: Black Sheep Stories of Williams County, Ohio - WhinneryPamela Lashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16309624637243728662noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217045706117765596.post-33886144210247786572010-12-24T23:05:02.992-05:002010-12-24T23:05:02.992-05:00"Harry Albert and Atha later became the paren..."Harry Albert and Atha later became the parents of other children, Paul, Mayme J, Harry or Robert A., and Isabel."<br /><br /><br />Paul, Emily Mae (my grandmother), Robert, and Isabel.<br /><br />gregUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08610727228187816858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217045706117765596.post-50498159464239818022010-12-09T06:53:41.833-05:002010-12-09T06:53:41.833-05:00I'm intrigued by the reference to Benjamin BOR...I'm intrigued by the reference to Benjamin BORTON as guardian for Elmer Whinnery in 1873.<br /><br />(1) My great(2)-grandfather Edward Kemp Marvin died in 1863 and left in Williams County, Ohio a widow Lucy Ann (COOPER) Marvin with 6 children. My great-grandfather Francis Marion Marvin (age 6) was sent back to Richland County, Ohio, to live with John and Margaret CLAY (whose son William Clay lived in Williams County). John Clay died in 1870, and Francis Marion Marvin returned to Williams County where (according to his obituary) he lived with John BARTON (which I believe is a typographical error and should be BORTON). Francis Marion Marvin married Ella Lucretia KIME in 1874 and so would have been part of the Borton family at most 1870-1874.<br /><br />(2) Goodspeed's 1880 history of Williams County (available at Google books) says that John Borton had a brother Job who "reared four children by adoption." John and Job were in the business of "raising peppermint and distilling its oil." A Borton family history online at<br />http://www.archive.org/stream/historybortonan00masogoog/historybortonan00masogoog_djvu.txt<br />also says that Job Borton "took three different children and reared them to woman and man's estate."<br /><br />Do other readers of this blog know anything about the unrelated children raised by various Borton family members?<br /><br />Frances Van Scoy<br />FrancesVanScoy@aol.comFrances Van Scoynoreply@blogger.com