22 December 2010

Family Report - Chaney


Family History Report for John Chaney in Superior Township, Williams County, Ohio

By Pamela Pattison Lash

1 John M. Chaney
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Birth:            Apr 1811, Richland Co, OH1,2,3,4
Death:            28 June 1889 or 29 Jan 1889, Williams Co, OH5,6
Burial:            Union Chapel Cem, Superior Twp, Wms Co, OH7,5
Father:            Charles Chaney (1779-1841)
Mother:            Sarah (1780-)

1830 Hopewell, Seneca Co, OH federal census
John Chaney 1-1-0000-1/1-1-000-1
also Charles Chaney

1850 Hopewell, Seneca Co, OH federal census
106/206
John M. Chaney 36 OH farmer
Mary 28 OH
Sarah J. 10 OH
Rachael M 6 OH
Eleanor 4 OH
David 1 OH Jacob Ruse 15 OH
107/206
Aaron Chaney 41 OH
Elizabeth 45 MD
Ammanuel 15 OH
Mahala 17 OH
Jacob 13 OH
Tirza 6 OH
George A 5 OH
105/206
George P. Chaney 41 PA
Lucinda 34 NY
Charley L 14 OH
Sarah AM 14 OH
Eli RD 9 OH
Marcus DL 2 OH

George P b 1805 PA s/o Charles 1778 VA-6 Jan 1841 Seneca Co, OH and Sarah 1780 Seneca Co, OH; s/o Jacob Chaney 1756 Pittsylvania, VA and Mary Mills; s/o Jacob; s/o Charles

Carol Wright <ccwright@bdo.com>


1860 Superior Twp, Wms Co, OH federal census, 18 July 1860, p201-201a
Chany, John M  48 OH farmer
Mary 34 OH
Rachael 16 OH
Martha 13 OH
John M 9 OH
Margaret 5 OH
Mary 4 OH
Eliza 1 OH1

1870 Superior Twp, Wms Co, OH print p10
Chaney, John M 62 OH farmer
Mary 50 OH
Albert 19 OH
Margaret 18 OH
Mary 14 OH
Eliza 12 OH
William 9 OH
Jessie 7 (m) 7 OH
Clement 5 OH2

1880 Superior Twp, Wms Co, OH federal census p35
Chaney, John 71 OH-MD-PA
Mary 53 ? OH-NJ-PA
William 19 OH-OH-OH
Jesse 16 OH-OH-OH3

William E. Chaney/Clara Gunyan 23 Aug 1885 Wms Co, OH V5 #698
Sarah J. Chaney/Samuel Shaul...James C. Shaull 27 Dec 1873 Superior p56

JM Chaney Tombstone 78Y 1M 21D5

John M. Chaney was born in Richland Co, OH and moved to Seneca Co, OH where he married Polly Lott.  Shortly after their marriage they moved to Williams Co, OH.  John was a shoemake and plied his trade here for 2 years and then moved to a farm. Six of the 15 children were living by 1920.  4

Johny Chaney was an early settler to Hopewell Twp c1824.  He and Charles Chaney had a lease on Sec 16 of Hopewell Center in Seneca Co, OH; these two and their families were probably the first settlers of Hopewell Twp, Seneca Co, OH along with Jacob Ruie or Ruse.  The Chaneys helped to build the first township school house.8

Spouse:            Mary "Polly" Lott
Birth:            1826, Seneca Co, OH or Lancaster Twp, Fairfield Co, OH1,2,3,4
Death:            10 Nov 1899, Williams Co, OH9
Father:            Reuben Laycock Lott (1789-1882)
Mother:            Margaret Micheal/Mitchael (1797-1880)
Marr:            28 Nov 1841, Seneca Co, OH10

Children:            Ann (->1920)
            Ellen (->1920)
            Sarah J. (1839-1912)
            Rachael (1842-<1920)
            George R. (1845-1845)
            Martha Eleanor (1846-<1920)
            David (1849-)
            John Albert (1851-1871)
            Margaret E. (1852-<1920)
            Mary (1856->1920)
            Eliza (1858->1920)
            Charles William E. (1861-<1933)
            Jessie (1863-<1920)
            Clement L. (1865-<1952)

1.1 Ann Chaney
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Death:            aft 1920

Ann was the oldest daughter.4

Spouse:            Isaiah Bechtol

1.2 Ellen Chaney
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Death:            aft 1920

Spouse:            George Flumerfeldt
Marr:            6 Sep 1865, Seneca Co, OH

1.3a Sarah J. Chaney*
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Birth:            16 November 1839 or later, Tiffin, Seneca Co, OH5
Death:            17 Apr 19125
Burial:            Union Chapel Cem, Superior Twp, Wms Co, OH5

Sarah J. Chaney/Samuel Shaul...James C. Shaull 27 Dec 1873 Superior p56

Spouse:            John Brim
Marr:            24 Mar 1859

Children:            George
            Jeptha M
            Esther A
            Mary M

Other spouses:            Samuel Shaull

1.3a.1 George Brim
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1.3a.2 Jeptha M Brim
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1.3a.3 Esther A Brim
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1.3a.4 Mary M Brim
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1.3b Sarah J. Chaney* (See above)
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Spouse:            Samuel Shaull
Birth:            18165
Death:            19085
Marr:            4 Mar 1868

Children:            James
            Jacob

Other spouses:            John Brim

1.3b.1 James Shaull
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1.3b.2 Jacob Shaull
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1.4 Rachael Chaney
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Birth:            1842/1844, Seneca Co, OH1
Death:            bef 1920

1.5 George R. Chaney
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Birth:            Sep 1845
Death:            26 Dec 1845
Burial:            Null Cemetery, Hopewell Twp, Seneca Co, OH

1.6 Martha Eleanor Chaney
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Birth:            1846, Seneca Co, OH1
Death:            bef 1920

1.7 David Chaney
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Birth:            1849

1.8 John Albert Chaney
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Birth:            1851, OH1,2
Death:            17 October 1871 or 24 Nov 1872, Williams Co, OH5,11
Burial:            Union Chapel Cem, Superior Twp, Wms Co, OH5

Tombstone 21Y 5M 9D5

1.9 Margaret E. Chaney
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Birth:            1852, OH1,2
Death:            bef 1920

Spouse:            Thomas Ingram , JR.

Children:            Minnie Etta (1875-)

1.9.1 Minnie Etta Ingram
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Birth:            1 Oct 1875, Florence Twp, Wms Co, OH12

1.10 Mary Chaney
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Birth:            1856, OH1,2
Death:            aft 1920

pos Mary Ellen/James Foust...Cintha 15 Oct 1877 Monpelier p113

Spouse:            Sherman Leek

1.11 Eliza Chaney
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Birth:            1858, OH1,2
Death:            aft 1920

Spouse:            James Fisher

1.12 Charles William E. Chaney
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Birth:            28 Jul 1861, Williams Co, OH2,3,13
Death:            bef 23 Oct 193313
Burial:            Riverside Cem, Montpelier, Superior Twp, Wms Co, OH13

William E. Chaney/Clara Gunyan 23 Aug 1885 Wms Co, OH V5 #69814

1870 Superior Twp, Wms Co, OH p23-24 print
Gunyan, William C. 43 NY farmer
Phebe 40 NY
Abraham 22 CT
Aaron 19 NY
William 18 NY
Mary 16 NY
James 15 NY
Angelia 9 OH
Clara 5 OH
Sidney 4 OH
Alonzo 3 OH2

1900 Superior Twp, Williams Co, OH federal census: they had 5/4 ch m14Y

Charles W. went to Sandusky Co, OH where he farmed for 7 years and came back to Wms Co where he married Clara Gunyan, 23 Aug 1885.  She was educated in Montpelier.  They lived for three years on the Chaney farm and then moved into Montpelier where they lived for one year and then they rented a farm where they lived for five years.  They then bought a farm of 40 acres where they lived as of 1920.  They were members of Mount Zion English Lutheran Church and he was a member of the board of trustees plus a member of Montpelier Lodge 547, Free and Accepted Masons and Knights of Pythias Lodge 502. He was a Democrat but has voted of late with Republicans. 4

Williams Co, OH Probate
Charles William Chaney #9297 - 23 Oct 1933 estate
Clement L. Chaney #14954 - 18 Nov 1952 estate
Mary F. Chaney #4679 - 20 Mar 1905 miscellaneous

Spouse:            Clara L. Gunyan
Birth:            28 Sep 1864, Williams Co, OH2,3,13
Death:            194513
Father:            William E. or C. Gunyan (1827-1877)
Mother:            Phebe Crissey/Cressy (1830-1908)
Marr:            23 Aug 1885, Williams Co, OH14

Children:            Willis A. (1886-1962)
            Clarence McCoy (1889-1959)
            Blanche M. (1890-1979)
            Olive Vera (1892-1965)
            Lola Pearl (-1899)

1.12.1 Willis A. Chaney
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Birth:            10 Dec 188613
Death:            4 Oct 196213
Burial:            Riverside Cem, Montpelier, Superior Twp, Wms Co, OH13

WWI Vet13
He served in Co E 329th Infantry at Camp Sherman and then 83rd Division Supply Co when he left for France on 12 June 1918 and was discharged from there on 19 Apr 1919, spending 90 days in the hospital.4

1.12.2 Clarence McCoy Chaney
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Birth:            15 Feb 188913
Death:            28 May 195913
Burial:            Riverside Cem, Montpelier, Superior Twp, Wms Co, OH13
Occ:            Carpenter

WWI Vet13
He failed to pass the physical on his first enlistment but later passed and was with his brother through the service and was discharged on 16 July 1919; he served in Co E 329th Infantry at Camp Sherman and then 83rd Division Supply Co and was sent to France on 12 June 1918.4

He was a retied carpenter @70Y upon his death in the VA Hospital in Ann Arbor, MI.  He lived at the Smith Hotel in Montpelier.15

Spouse:            Mildred Melissa Pitcher
Marr:            1914, Hillsdale Co, MI

1.12.3 Blanche M. Chaney
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Birth:            Mar 189013
Death:            197913
Burial:            Riverside Cem, Montpelier, Superior Twp, Wms Co, OH13

Spouse:            Oscar L. Calvin
Birth:            188913
Death:            194513

Children:            Hazel (1909-1951)
            Lauren L. (1913-1942)

1.12.3.1 Hazel Calvin
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Birth:            190913
Death:            195113
Burial:            Riverside Cem, Montpelier, Superior Twp, Wms Co, OH13

Spouse:            Evans

1.12.3.2 Lauren L. Calvin
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Birth:            191313
Death:            194213
Burial:            Riverside Cem, Montpelier, Superior Twp, Wms Co, OH13

1.12.4 Olive Vera Chaney
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Birth:            Oct 1892
Death:            1965

She lived in E. St. Louis, IL in 1959.15

Spouse:            Milo Patterson

1.12.5 Lola Pearl Chaney
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Death:            7 Nov 1899, Williams Co, OH9

She died young in womanhood.4

1.13 Jessie Chaney
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Birth:            1863, OH2,3
Death:            bef 1920

1.14 Clement L. Chaney
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Birth:            1865, OH2,16
Death:            bef 18 Nov 195216
Burial:            Riverside Cem, Montpelier, Superior Twp, Wms Co, OH16



Sources

1. Williams County Genealogical Society, Wms Co, OH 1860 Census and Index of Superior Twp, Mary Bowers Teeter, 2006, p17 (201a of census).
2. Williams County Genealogical Society, 1870 Superior Twp, Wms Co, OH Federal Census, Carol Sindel Schad, 1998, p10.
3. Williams County Genealogical Society, 1880 Superior Twp, Williams County, OH Federal Census, Carol Sindel Schad, p35 print.
4. Charles Bowersox, History of Williams Co, OH, 1920, p318.
5. Williams County Genealogical Society, Superior Twp, Wms Co, OH Cemeteries, p381.
6. “Williams County, Ohio Deaths,” V2 p48, Williams County Records Center, Bryan, OH.
7. Williams County Genealogical Society, Superior Twp, Wms co, OH Cemeteries: Union Chapel.
8. History of Seneca Co, OH.
9. “Williams County, Ohio Deaths,” V3 p20, Williams County Records Center, Bryan, OH.
10. Marriages of Seneca Co, OH, V2, p23.
11. “Williams County, Ohio Deaths,” V1 p20, Williams County Records Center, Bryan, OH.
12. Williams County Genealogical Society, Williams County, OH Births V1, p79.
13. Williams County Genealogical Society, Superior Twp, Wms Co, OH Cemeteries, p208.
14. Pamela Pattison Lash, Williams Co, OH Marriages V5, Williams County Genealogical Society, 1993, V5 #698.
15. “Rites Held for Clarence Chaney,” June 1959, Montpelier, OH, Obituary (print).
16. Williams County Genealogical Society, Superior Twp, Wms Co, OH Cemeteries, p45.


Index

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            Sarah            parent of 1
Bechtol
            Isaiah            spouse of 1.1
Brim
            Esther A            1.3a.3
            George            1.3a.1
            Jeptha M            1.3a.2
            John            spouse of 1.3a
            Mary M            1.3a.4
Calvin
            Hazel            1.12.3.1
            Lauren L.            1.12.3.2
            Oscar L.            spouse of 1.12.3
Chaney
            Ann            1.1
            Blanche M.            1.12.3
            Charles            parent of 1
            Charles William E.            1.12
            Clarence McCoy            1.12.2
            Clement L.            1.14
            David            1.7
            Eliza            1.11
            Ellen            1.2
            George R.            1.5
            Jessie            1.13
            John Albert            1.8
            John M.            1
            Lola Pearl            1.12.5
            Margaret E.            1.9
            Martha Eleanor            1.6
            Mary            1.10
            Olive Vera            1.12.4
            Rachael            1.4
            Sarah J.            1.3a
            Willis A.            1.12.1
CrisseyCressy
            Phebe            parent of spouse of 1.12
Evans
            UNNAMED            spouse of 1.12.3.1
Fisher
            James            spouse of 1.11
Flumerfeldt
            George            spouse of 1.2
Gunyan
            Clara L.            spouse of 1.12
            William E. or C.            parent of spouse of 1.12
Ingram
            Minnie Etta            1.9.1
            Thomas , JR.            spouse of 1.9
Leek
            Sherman            spouse of 1.10
Lott
            Mary "Polly"            spouse of 1
            Reuben Laycock            parent of spouse of 1
MichealMitchael
            Margaret            parent of spouse of 1
Patterson
            Milo            spouse of 1.12.4
Pitcher
            Mildred Melissa            spouse of 1.12.2
Shaull
            Jacob            1.3b.2
            James            1.3b.1
            Samuel            spouse of 1.3b

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