Divorce Action in Williams Co, OH - Minerva W Sharpless Cook v John W Cook

By Pamela Pattison Lash

Minerva W. Sharpless Cook v John W. Cook (Journal 14 p307 - 21 Mar 1888; p380 - 23 June 1888; p495 - 1 Dec 1888; p569 - Mar 1889; Roll 52 case number 3333 - 1890)

            There was a continuance and then a divorce was granted based on John's abusive behavior.  On 31 Jan 1888 he hit Minerva and forced her from their residence.  Their daughter Anna M. Cook is past the age of majority.  Later there was a change made in the amount of alimony he had to pay.

John W Cook (8 Dec 1834 Washington Co, PA – 24 Feb 1904 Williams Co, OH @69Y 2M; burial at Floral Grove, West Unity, Brady Twp, Williams Co, OH); Death V3 p21; Brady Twp Cemeteries p30; son of Daniel and Rebecca Kenney Cook, both buried at Floral Grove Cemetery, West Unity, Brady Twp, Williams Co, OH; father died in 1870; mother died in 1882; Brady Twp Cemeteries p30 – Rebecca Cook, Bryan Press, 2 Nov 1882

John W Cook, according to his death record, was a widower in 1904, born in Washington Co, PA; died in West Unity, Brady Twp of a heart condition; he was buried beside his young daughter, Olive, and next to his parents.  Note he was also buried near Sharpless – Oliver, Geo H, Mary H(Hazen), and Jonathan Sharpless.  This Jonathan Sharpless was the brother of Minerva W Sharpless Cook.

John W Cook married Minerva W Sharpless, 28 April 1859, Knox Co, OH

Minerva W Sharpless Cook (21 Oct 1828 Erie Co, PA or Fayette Co, PA – 4 Sept 1905 Morris Twp, Knox Co, OH @76Y; burial at Mound View Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Knox Co, OH); d/o Samuel Sharpless and Eliza Rudof, married, housewife, according to Minerva’s death record. Note online sources state her parents were Samuel Sharpless and Elizabeth Piersol.

Children

1. Olive (4 Dec 1860 Williams Co, OH - 2 Dec 1861 Williams Co, OH; burial at Floral Grove, West Unity, Brady Twp, Williams Co, OH, Brady Twp Cemeteries p30)

2. Anna May (26 Mar 1866 Williams Co, OH – 12 July 1935 Mt Vernon, Knox Co, OH @69Y 3M 26D, burial at Mound View Cemetery) practical nurse, single, d/o John Cook and Minerva Sharpless; informant Margaret Hilliard of Mt Vernon

1850 Perry Township, Richland Co, OH, NARA Series M432, Roll 724, page 417A, Enumeration Date: 12 September 1850. Lines 1-8, dwelling 83, family 83

h/h Cook, Daniel 45 Germany miller

Rebecca 37 PA

Theadore 20 PA clerk

John W 17 PA laborer

Hannah S 12 PA

Bentley 8 PA

James W 4 PA

Orlando 6/12 OH

1850 Jefferson, Fayette, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_780; Page: 270B; Image: 126.

h/h 8/8 Sharpless, Elizabeth 55

Craft, Edith 28

Sharpless, Minerva M 21

Craft, William S 6

Sharpless, Jonathan 19 carpenter

Brence, Elizabeth 20

1860 Brady, Williams, Ohio; Roll: M653_1052; Page: 156; Image: 318; Family History Library Film: 805052.

h/h /471 Cook, JW 26 PA

MW 28 PA female

Note living in the neighborhood of Lockport near his parents, Daniel and Rebecca Cook

1864 Williams Co, OH Atlas – JW Cook, Section 10, Brady Twp; his father, Daniel Cook, Section 9, Brady Twp

1870 Brady, Williams, Ohio; Roll: M593_1282; Page: 5A; Image: 13; Family History Library Film: 552781.

h/h 65/68 Cook, John W 35 PA farmer

Minerva 41 PA

Anna M 4 OH

Williams Co, OH Probate, 1 Oct 1883, case number 1386 – Daniel Cook, estate

1874 Williams County, OH Atlas – JW Cook, Section 10, Brady Twp; his father died in 1870 so this is listed as Daniel Cook, estate, Section 9, Brady Twp

1880 Brady, Williams, Ohio; Roll: 1077; Family History Film: 1255077; Page: 499A; Enumeration District: 005; Image: 0633.

h/h 73/73 Cook, John W 45 PA-Germ-PA farmer

Minerva wife 52 PA-PA-PA

Annie M dau 14 OH-PA-PA

Williams Co, OH Probate, 2 Jan 1883, case number 2453 – Rebecca W Cook, estate

John W. Cook married Sarah C Mann on 8 Feb 1890, Williams Co, OH by John Poucher, GM

1894 Williams County, OH Atlas – JW Cook, Sections 10 and 15, Brady Twp

1900 Brady Township, Williams Co, OH, NARA Series T623, Roll 1332, page 15, Enumeration District: 101, Sheet Number: 3A, Enumeration Date: 9 June 1900. Line 48, dwelling 56, family 57:

h/h 56/57 Cook, John W 66 (Dec 1833) PA-Germ-PA divorced

1904 Williams County Plat Map – JW Cook, Section 9, Brady Twp

Williams Co, OH Probate, 11 Mar 1904, case number 4545 – JW Cook

Sometime between 1888 and 1900 Minerva Cook and her daughter Anna M moved back to Knox Co, OH. Note Minerva is identified in the 1900 census as a widow, but John W Cook is still alive.  This in my opinion is why looking at the divorce records is vital in understanding the family dynamics.

1900 Frederickton, Morris, Knox, Ohio; Roll: 1291; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 60; FHL microfilm: 1241291

h/h 98/101 Cook, Anna M 34 (Mar 1866) OH-OH-OH single, farmer

Minerva mother 72 (Oct 1828) OH-PA-PA widow 2/1 ch

Beckholt, Floyd J in. charge 2 (June 1897) OH-OH-OH

1910 Morris, Knox, Ohio; Roll: T624_1199; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0075; Image: 1084; FHL microfilm: 1375212.

h/h 52/56 Cook, Anna M 44 OH-PA-OH single, own income

Beckholt, Floyd J boarder 12 OH-OH-OH

There is also a second probate filing for JW Cook – Williams Co, OH Probate, 21 Jan 1910 case number 5315.  

A Case of Insanity and Death in Williams Co, OH - 1894 - McCoy

By Pamela Pattison Lash

What I found personally interesting to me was the fact that this family originally came from Spring Twp, Crawford Co, PA, which is home to my Stewart/Stuart and Tarr lines – small world.  The old newspapers, as always, bear fruit for genealogical research.  As you read the entries, it seems hard to believe that one is deemed “insane” at the beginning of September and sent away but by the end of October the person is back in Williams County.  I wonder if he was sent to Toledo for observation and then released (probably never know).  Then add into the mix the death record(s) which I’ve also added; this information adds more – did our subject become too ill to be properly treated in the asylum to the extent that he was sent back home to die?

The Bryan Democrat, 6 Sept 1894 p5 c1

Collins McCoy of Jefferson has been adjudged insane by the Williams County Probate Court and taken to the insane asylum at Toledo.

The Bryan Democrat, 1 Nov 1894 p5 c1

Collins McCoy of Jefferson Township died Wednesday morning, aged 30 years.

Williams County, Ohio Probate – Collin A McCoy, 25 Sept 1894, case #3525, misc (aka usually insanity, which in this case is the situation; this record is unfortunately sealed)

Williams County, Ohio Death Records, V3 p93 – 2 entries apparently for the same man except the death years are different as are the age components (I actually looked at old paper copies)

1. C S McCoy, died 31 Oct 1895 @29Y 4M 13D in Jefferson Twp of Lagrippe; born in OH; farmer, single

2. Collins McCoy, died 31 Oct 1894 @29Y 10M 3D in Jefferson Twp of Lagrippe; born in PA, farmer, single

Williams County, Ohio Death Records, V3 p93 (online)

Collins McCoy, single, farmer, died on 31 Oct 1894 in Jefferson Twp, Williams Co, OH

Obit – Bryan Press, 8 Nov 1894 (not found yet)


Jefferson Township, Williams Co, OH Cemetery Records - Shiffler Cemetery burial records (WCGS, p72)

McCoy, Collins S died 31 Oct 1894 @29Y 10M 3D s/o Robert and Mary A McCoy

Also buried there were Addie B McCrea, Wilton D, Robert (a Civil War veteran), Mary A, and Flora McCoy.

Once I identified Collins in the above mentioned records, the obits for the parents, and the 1880 census I could piece together his family and add more details.  His father’s obit was extremely helpful.

(Father) Robert McCoy died on 11 July 1901 in Jefferson Twp, Williams Co, OH @74Y, married, buried in Shiffler Cem; born c1827 Springboro, PA; his father was William R McCoy and his mother was Amy Stu…Eban??

Obit – Bryan Democrat, 18 July 1901 p5 and 25 July 1901 p1 and 19 Sept 1901 p4; Bryan Press, 18 July 1901 and 25 July 1901

Bryan Democrat, 18 July 1901 p5 c3

Mr Robert McCoy another old resident of this community (Jefferson Township) passed away quite suddenly last Thursday after a brief illness of 3-4 days.  Mr McCoy was well up in years, having lived a few years over the allotted time of man.  He was a good citizen and in every respect a model man.

Bryan Democrat, 25 July 1901 p1 c4 (very long obit so I picked out the vital info)

Robert McCoy, born in Springboro, PA, 26 Sept 1826; married 7 Apr 1859 Mary A Stanford; had 3 children – 2 sons and 1 daughter: Addie (Mrs Will McCrea) of Danville, IL, Collins, a young man of promise was snatched away by death, and Wilton who lives on an adjoining farm. He lived for 6 years on a farm in PA and then came to Williams Co living on a farm 3 miles east of Edgerton for 8 years while he engaged in school teaching part of the time; then he purchased a farm in Jefferson Township where he lived until he died.  He was buried Shiffler Cem – survived by 2 children, 3 grand-children, 2 brothers, 1 sister, and his wife.

(Mother) Mary Ann Stanford died on 31 Jan 1919 in Bryan, Pulaski Twp, Williams Co, OH @80Y 7M 17D, widow, buried in Shiffler Cem; born 14 June 1838 in PA, the daughter of James Stanford of England and his wife (unknown) Logan

Obit – Bryan Democrat, 4 Feb 1919 p1; Bryan Press 6 Feb 1919

1860 Spring, Crawford, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1100; Page: 921; Image: 300; Family History Library Film: 805100.

h/h 1832/1731 McCoy, Robert 33 PA farmer

Mary 22 PA

Note they lived next door to his parents (Collins’ grandparents), William and Amy McCoy plus his siblings; Robert is 23 PA in the 1850 Spring, Crawford, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_770; Page: 18B; Image: 43, living with his parents and siblings, Asa, James, Sarah, Ella, and Julia

1870 Florence, Williams, Ohio; Roll: M593_1282; Page: 79B; Image: 162; Family History Library Film: 552781.

h/h 289/289 McCoy, Robert 43 PA farmer

Mary A 32 PA

Wilton 9 PA

Collins 5 PA

Ada B 3 PA

1880 Jefferson, Williams, Ohio; Roll: 1077; Family History Film: 1255077; Page: 517B; Enumeration District: 006; Image: 0669.

h/h 14/15 McCoy, Robert 53 PA-PA-PA farmer

Mary A wife 42 PA-PA-PA

Wilton D son 19 PA-PA-PA (born Mar 1861, Springboro, PA; died 16 June 1943 Bryan, Williams Co, OH; buried in Shiffler Cem) mar Flora Hughes, 27 Mar 1895, Williams Co, OH

Collins S son 15 PA-PA-PA

Adda B dau 12 OH-PA-PA (born 24 June 1867; died 8 Feb 1913 as Adda  B McCrea, divorced; buried in Shiffler Cem) mar William McCrea, 26 Mar 1890, Williams Co, OH; by 1910 she’s married to David G Harter with her mother Mary McCoy living with them in Bryan, Pulaski Twp, Williams Co, OH

1900 Jefferson, Williams, Ohio; Roll: 1332; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 106; FHL microfilm: 1241332.

h/h 24/24 McCoy, Robert 73 (Sept 1826) PA-PA-PA mar 41Y farmer

Mary wife 62 (May 1838) PA-Eng-PA 3/2 ch

Note son Wilton and his family live next door; Wilton’s place of birth is listed as OH

A Tale of Two Newspaper Accounts - Altorfer

By Pamela Pattison Lash

Here’s an example of how two Bryan newspapers treated a suicide.  The Press gave many details not only of John Jacob Altorfer but of his wife whose obituary followed several days later.  The Press may have given a far better picture of his circumstances than The Democrat, but you be the judge.  Also note the differences in the spelling of the surname.

The Bryan Press, 22 Aug 1895 p3 c3

John Jacob Altorfer of Stryker, head of the family of the same name, which has engaged the attention of several grand juries in recent years, committed suicide by hanging last Friday night.  He was found by his wife about half past ten hanging to a rafter in a small room off the woodshed at his home, his feet touching the floor.  Life was extinct, and Squire Hester, acting as coroner, after an examination, pronounced the case to be one of self-destruction.  The deceased was about 65 years old, a veteran of the late war, a kindly disposed and inoffensive German, who for several years had been totally blind.  Last fall his wife was convicted in the common pleas court of keeping a disorderly house, and incarcerated in the Toledo work house.  Notwithstanding this lesson, the various members of the family have continued their shameful practices and it is supposed that his inability to control his wayward wife and daughters was the cause of the father’s act.

The Bryan Democrat, 22 Aug 1895 p5 c2

John J Altaffer who resided at the west end of Stryker committed suicide last Saturday morning by hanging himself in a summer kitchen.  He was a soldier in the Union army, had become blind after the war, and failing to secure the pension he wanted became despondent and took his own life.  He was buried by Bradley Post GAR.

The Bryan Press, 5 Sept 1895 p3 c5

Mrs. Altofer, whose husband hung himself some weeks since, expired Monday.  The undertaker in his report of her death, said she had cancer or tumor. Her home had been infamous several years.  A few nights since a dynamite cartridge was exploded upon the porch of her house, shattering front windows.  Two or three daughters were living with her.  Citizens of the neighborhood hope the resort will be closed.

From these obits I was able to piece together more about this family.

Williams County, Ohio Deaths, V3 p1 – J A Altoffer, died 16 Aug 1895 in Springfield Twp, Williams Co, OH; born in PA, laborer, age 61Y, married

Williams County, Ohio Deaths, V3 p1 – Rebecca Altoffer, died 31 Aug 1895 in Springfield Twp, Williams Co, OH; born PA, age 56Y, housewife, married

(Her name was possibly Rebecca Magdalene Beals)

Williams Co, OH Probate - 5 Sept 1895 case #3652 - Rebecca M Altaffer (note spelling) - there could be letters of administration and/or a will; no probate was found for her husband

Margaret C Altofer, dau of Jacob and Rebecca Beek Altofer, was born in Pike Twp, Fulton Co, OH on 26 June 1872 (Births V1 p61) – I found referencing to Beek, Beck, Bial, and Beal; Margaret C “Maggie” Altorfer married Eli Berrier in Paulding Co, OH on 7 May 1898 (Marriage V5 p506)

Using familysearch.org I found this same daughter of the couple (note different b-dates) -

name:            Christina M Berrier

burial date:            16 Jul 1927

burial place:            Bryan, Ohio

death date:            16 Jul 1927

death place:            Toledo, Lucas, Ohio

age:            56

birth date:            28 Jun 1871

birthplace:            Wauseon, Ohio

occupation:            At Home

race:            White

marital status:            Married

spouse's name:            Eli Berrier

father's name:            John J Altofer

father's birthplace:            Switzerland

mother's name:            Rebecca Bial

mother's birthplace:            Holland

indexing project (batch) number:            B07145-6

system origin:            Ohio-EASy

source film number:            1689660

reference number:            p 90 cn 2321

I also found this son listed:

name:            Charles Milton Altofer

event:            Birth

event date:            06 Sep 1879

event place:            Wauseon, Fulton, Ohio

registration date:           

registration place:           

gender:            Male

father:            John L. Altofer

father's titles & terms:           

father's birthplace:           

father's age:           

mother:            Rebecca Beal           

reference number:            pg 6-7

film number:            909018

digital folder number:            4017207

image number:            258

Charles Milton Altofer married Ella Gross Gaffney on 14 Apr 1908 in Montgomery Co, OH.

Then I used the federal census records and CW online sources to piece together the family.  Here’s what I found:

1860 German, Fulton, Ohio; Roll: M653_965; Page: 348; Image: 163; Family History Library Film: 803965

h/h 1088/1099 Intham, John 30 clothier Switz

Barbara 23 Switz

Henry 2 OH

Lydia 1 OH

Elizabeth 1/12 OH

Olderfer, Jacob 28 day laborer Switz

1861 John Altraper

Age at enlistment:            29

Enlistment Date:            9 Dec 1861

Rank at enlistment:            Musician

State Served:            Ohio

Survived the War?:            Yes

Service Record: Enlisted in Company S, Ohio 14th Infantry Regiment on 12 Sep 1861.

Mustered out on 10 Sep 1862 at Bowling Green, KY.

Birth Date:            abt 1832

Sources:            Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio

1870 Clinton, Fulton, Ohio; Roll: M593_1202; Page: 48A; Image: 99; Family History Library Film: 552701.

h/h 317/316 Oldoffer, Jacob 33 Switzerland corn laborer 899/120

Rabeca 27 OH

Albert 6 OH

Mary 5 OH

William 3 OH

Caroline 1 OH

Susan 1 OH

1880 Swanton, Lucas, Ohio; Roll: 1044; Family History Film: 1255044; Page: 87A; Enumeration District: 056; Image: 0333.

h/h 6/6 Altorfer, John J 49 laborer Switz-Switz-Switz

Rebecca M 37 wife OH-PA-PA

Albert L 16 OH-Switz-OH laborer

Mary L 14 dau OH-Switz-OH

William H 12 son OH-Switz-OH (pos m Amelia Anna Thierry)

Caroline 11 dau OH-Switz-OH

Susan A 11 dau OH-Switz-OH

Margarett C 9 dau OH-Switz-OH (mar Eli Berrier)

Rosa A 7 dau OH-Switz-OH (mar William H Umstead, 30 Oct 1897, Defiance Co, OH)

Cora A 5 dau OH-Switz-OH

Flora E 3 dau OH-Switz-OH

Charles M 9M son OH-Switz-OH (Charles Milton, b 6 Sept 1879, s/o John Altorfer and Rebecca Beal)

General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration; Roll # T288_7 John J Altorfer applied for a Civil War Pension on 21 Apr 1880 for service as musician in Reg Band 14^th OVI; application #360,420; certificate # 319, 513

1890 Stryker, Springfield, Williams, Ohio; Roll: 61; Page: 4; Enumeration District: 194. Veterans Schedule – John J Altorfer: enlisted 12 Sept 1861; discharged 13 Sept 1862 (1Y 1D); musician; Co O 14^th OVI

Their children appear to be

Albert L (1864 OH - )

Mary Lucenda (1866 OH - )

William Henry (27 Oct 1867 Wauseon, Fulton Co, OH – 26 Oct 1893 Mark Twp, Defiance Co, OH)

Susan A (1869 OH - )

Caroline E (1869 OH - )

Margaret Christena (28 June 1871 or 27 June 1872 Pike Twp, Fulton Co, OH - )

Rose Matilda (1873 OH - )

Cora A (1875 OH - )

Flora Ellen (1877 OH - )

Charles Milton (6 Sept 1879 Swanton Twp, Lucas Co, OH -)

At this time I do not know if Rebecca is the Rebecca Beal of this family – her mother was unknown as this David Beal married a Lucinda as a later spouse:

1860 Morenci, Lenawee, Michigan; Roll: M653_551; Page: 741; Image: 741; Family History Library Film: 803551.

h/h 2120/2125 Beal, David 40 PA farmer

Lucinda 28 OH

Rebecca 18 OH

Charles 14 OH

William 6 OH

Caroline 4 OH

Franklin 2 MI

Mary 1 MI

             

             

             

             

            

Brickwall - Robert McCoy, son of William and Jane Mills McCoy

By Pamela Pattison Lash

The interest in this family stems from an email inquiry I had concerning a brickwall for the researcher of the William and Jane Mills McCoy family and their son Robert McCoy.  If this family is familiar to you, please email me and I’ll put you in contact with the researcher.

William McCoy (c1820 – c1896 Washington Co, IA)

Jane Mills (c1820 OH – c1882 Washington Co, IA)  pos dau of Joseph Mills who lived in Springfield Twp, Wms Co, OH in 1850 fed census

The couple married in Williams Co, OH 14 July 1842 (Marriage V1 p59)

Also Daniel McCoy married Hannah Smith in Williams Co, OH on 12 Dec 1841 (V1 p54)

The children of William and Jane McCoy were:

Israel (23 May 1843 Springfield Twp, Williams Co, OH – 19 Dec 1916 Little Falls, MN) married Mary Alta Bonebrake; by 1874 lived in Marion Co, IA (perhaps Attica)

Co C 100^th OVI

Julia Ann (c1847 OH - ) mar John Agan 20 Jan 1869

Margaret (c1851 OH - )

Robert (c1853 OH - )

Joseph (c1857 OH - )

Partial tracing through the census shows the following:

1850 Van Buren, Jackson, Iowa; Roll: M432_184; Page: 352A; Image: 446.

h/h 1050/1030 McCoy, William 29 NY laborer

Jane 30 OH

Israel 7 OH

Julia 3 OH

1860 Springfield, Williams, Ohio; Roll: M653_1052; Page: 72; Image: 147; Family History Library Film: 805052.

h/h /1085 McCoy, William 40 NY

Jane 40 OH

Israel 18 OH

Ann 13 OH

Margaret 9 OH

Robert 7 OH

Joseph 3 OH

1870 Washington, Marion, Iowa; Roll: M593_409; Page: 304A; Image: 612; Family History Library Film: 545908.

h/h 48/48 Agan, John 23 IN farm laborer

Ann 23 OH

Sarah 7/12 IA b Oct

McCay, Robert 17 OH farm laborer

1880 Lotts Creek, Ringgold, Iowa; Roll: 362; Family History Film: 1254362; Page: 117A; Enumeration District: 202; Image: 0705.

h/h 89/86 McCoy, William 60 NY-OH-NY farmer

Jane wife 61 OH-MD-OH

Joseph son 33 OH-NY-OH works on farm

Sad Event in Bryan, OH - 1900 Suicide - Krepps/Crepps

By Pamela Pattison Lash

Note the surname can be Krepps and Crepps within a span of one week in the same newspaper, so researchers need to look for both spellings so as not to miss vital clues.  I also noted from online sources on this family that there were no pieces of info on this young boy.

Bryan Democrat, 1 Feb 1900, p5

Thomas Krepps, aged about eighteen years, son of constable David Krepps, committed suicide last Sunday night by taking a large dose of morphine.  He was a genteel sort of young man, of good appearance, industrious, and possessed of no bad habits.  The cause of his self-destruction is attributed to unrequited affection.

Bryan Democrat, 8 Feb 1900, p5 c5-6

Tommy Imes Crepps was born Feb 21, 1881 at Monclova, Lucas Co, OH, and died Jan 29, 1900 at Bryan, OH, aged 18Y 11M 8D.

He was the youngest son of David and Janey Crepps.  He leaves his father, 4 brothers and 1 sister, also the only mother he ever knew, Mrs Sarah Crepps, second wife of his father, his own mother having died when he was but 13 months old also 2 step-sisters, Alberta and Daisy Shouf.  He was baptized by Prof LM Sniff on 23 Apr 1893.

He was a boy that was proud of himself as he a right to be; he was a natural musician, he had a lovely voice for singing when he would sing, which was not often; he drew beautifully with pen and pencil; as a cartoon artist for a person with no instruction he could not be excelled; as a boy he was good and obedient both at home and at school.  His teachers always spoke highly of him and he had carried himself through the temptations of youth as well as he was doing he would have made a man to be proud of.  He had a large circle of friends who will miss him greatly.

We wish to thank our neighbors and friends for their kindness in our great affliction.

We wish to thank the Show Case boys and WRC and all others for contribution of flowers……David and Sarah Crepps and Family

Thomas Imes Crepps (21 Feb 1881 Monclova, Lucas Co, OH – 29 Jan 1900 Bryan, Pulaski Twp, Williams Co, OH @18Y 11M 8D)

Father – David Russell Crepps (29 June 1843 North Woodbury, Richland Co, OH – 22 Nov 1928 Clausen, Oakland Co, MI)

1890 Veterans Schedule – Pulaski Twp, Williams Co, OH, David Crepps, private in Co F 100^th OVI, 1862-1865

Mother – Janey/Jancy Adams (20 June 1841 OH – 20 June 1882, Monclova, Lucas Co, OH) Mar 10 Dec 1865, Monclova, Lucas Co, OH

Three Charges of Criminal Behavior - Richmond Bennett, 1881

By Pamela Pattison Lash (updated 10 June 2012)



Bryan Press, 22 Sept 1881 p5
Richmond Bennett was arraigned last week, before Esq Teams and plead guilty to three charges, viz: Arson, burning the Catholic church in Florence, burglary and larceny, entering and stealing property from Solomon Scott’s house, also in Florence township.

Bryan Democrat, 1 December 1881, p5

The Grand Jury adjourned last Saturday after reporting 63 indictments.  Two indictments were found against Richmond Bennett, one for burglary and one for shooting with intent to kill.

So who is Richmond Bennet?

His father

James M Bennet (1787 VT – 17 Nov 1854 Center, Williams Co, OH

m Eunice Matilda Hickok Clark, 27 Mar 1845, Lorain Co, OH

His mother

Eunice Matilda Hickok/Hickcox (4 Aug 1817 Henrietta, Monroe Co, NY – 7 Oct 1909, Pioneer, Madison Co, OH; buried in Floral Grove Cem, Pioneer, Madison Twp, Williams Co, OH), daughter of David Close Hickok and Lucy Tillotson

M1 William Clark, 30 Dec 1833, Lorain Co, OH

M2 James Bennett, 27 Mar 1845, Lorain Co, OH

M3 John Glore, 14 Jan 1864, Amboy, Hillsdale Co, MI

1850 Center, Williams, Ohio; Roll: M432_741; Page: 71B; Image: 144.

h/h 103/105 Bennett, James 63 VT farmer

Unice 34 NY

James B 23 OH m Narcissa Kemp, 23 June 1852, Williams Co, OH (Marriage V2 p124)

Nathaniel 21 OH

Fanny 18 OH

Perry 14 OH  aka Perry W. Clark, ( - 25 Jan 1864 @28Y 9M 20D, buried in Floral Grove Cem, Pioneer, Madison Twp, Williams Co, OH); Co G 68^th Regt OVI

1860 Bridgewater, Williams, Ohio; Roll: M653_1052; Page: 100; Image: 204; Family History Library Film: 805052.

h/h 112/107 Bennett, Eunice 42 NY

Perry W 25 OH

Richmond 10 OH

Lucy 73 VT

1870 Florence, Williams, Ohio; Roll: M593_1282; Page: 78B; Image: 160; Family History Library Film: 552781.

h/h Glore, Eunice 52 NY

Bennett, Richmond 20 OH


Bryan Press, 27 Nov 1873 p3
Richmond Bennett, who was sentenced to the penitentiary for two years for burglary, at the recent term of court, was taken to Columbus last week by Sheriff Walker.

From 1880 – 1910 I could not find him, but more research would need to done on this……

1900 Madison, Williams, Ohio; Roll: 1332; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 107; FHL microfilm: 1241332.

h/h 139/140 Glor, Eunice M 82 (Aug 1817) widow 1/0 ch NY-NY-CT

Brause, Thomas Richard 50  (Jan 1850) stepgrandson OH-unk-OH day laborer

1910 Madison, Williams, Ohio; Roll: T624_1241; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 0124; Image: 786; FHL microfilm: 1375254.

h/h Bennett, Richmond B 60 lodger, widower, odd job laborer OH-OH-OH living w/Frank and Dora Turner family

An online source states he died in Montcalm Co, MI c1913.

Divorce Action in Williams County, Ohio - Pancoast, 1900

By Pamela Pattison Lash

Flora Gates Pancoast v Nathan Dunn Pancoast

The Bryan Democrat, 8 Mar 1900 p5 c4 – decree for pltf on grounds of gross neglect; alimony $75 now and $500 in 30 days; each to hold household goods in their possession except 1 carpet and 1 etching “Baby’s Bath” to go to pltf

Note the newspaper article did not give the first names of the parties.  I had to discover that for myself using other sources.

Nathan D Pancoast (2 Sept 1871 Williams Co, OH or Franklin Twp, Fulton Co, OH-12 Dec 1931 Denver, Colorado; bur Fayette, Fulton Co, OH) was the son of George W Pancoast and Elizabeth Borton

Nathan Dunn. Pancoast married Flora A Gates on 28 September 1892 in Fulton Co, OH with Rev DF Helm, Minister of the Gospel, officiating.

The divorce was final as of 8 Mar 1900.

Nathan Dunn Pancoast took out a license to marry Ida Dean on 16 Mar 1900 in Williams Co, OH (Marriage V8 p129).  Ida was the daughter of Charles K and Mary A Hutchinson Dean. Note that license was listed as do not publish and was taken out 8 days after the divorce was announced in the newspapers and the license was supposedly not acted upon – in other words, there was no official marriage performed.  Both the parties lived in West Unity, Brady Twp, Williams Co, OH, with Nathan, born in Williams Co, OH, a barber, and Ida, also a Williams Co, OH native.  He was once previously married while she was not married.

However, on 21 Mar 1900 in Detroit, Wayne Co, MI Nathan D Pancoast married Ida Dean with William Stokes, JP officiating.  He was 29 and she was 32; he was a barber; both were from West Unity, OH with their parents names listed.

1880 Brady, Williams, Ohio; Roll: 1077; Family History Film: 1255077; Page: 499B; Enumeration District: 005; Image: 0634.

h/h 74/74 Pancoust, George W 36 NJ-NJ-NJ farmer

Elizabeth wife 28 OH-NJ-NJ

Nathan son 8 OH-NJ-OH

Josiah Albert son 5 OH-NJ-OH

Orton William hired hand 18 OH-OH-OH

1900 Morris, Grundy, Illinois; Roll: 303; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 53; FHL microfilm: 1240303.

h/h 61/68 Pancoast, Nathan D boarder 29 (Sept 1870) mar 0 years OH-NJ-OH barber

Ida wife 29 (May 1871) mar 0 years OH-OH-PA

Living w/ Gould, Cassius M and family

Nathan and Ida must have divorced sometime between 1900-1910

1910 Denver Ward 9, Denver, Colorado; Roll: T624_116; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0108; Image: 93; FHL microfilm: 1374129.

h/h Pancoast, Nathan D 38 divorced OH-NJ-OH commercial transfer furniture

Domenick, Carleton 44 divorced NY-NY-NY commercial transfer jewelry

Nathan Dunn Pancoast married Kate Baldwin, 7 May 1913, Denver, Colorado.  Katherine was the daughter of Charles and Anna English Baldwin.

1920 Denver, Denver, Colorado; Roll: T625_161; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 230; Image: 1035.

h/h 82/318 Pancoast, Nathan B 48 OH-NJ-OH commercial transfer furniture, renter

Katherine F wife 33 ND-MO-Canada secretary of furniture company

1930 Denver, Denver, Colorado; Roll: 237; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 241; Image: 907.0; FHL microfilm: 2339972.

h/h 158/167 Pancoast, Nathan D 58 mar 1x mar @41 OH-NJ-OH no occup

Katherine B wife 43 mar 1x mar@26 ND-MO-Canada no occup

1932 Denver Colorado City Directory – Katherine Baldwin Pancoast of 1919 Glencoe, widow of Nathan D Pancoast

So what happened to Flora Gates Pancoast?

Flora A Gates (26 May 1869 Stryker, Springfield Twp, Williams Co, OH – 6 June 1947) daughter of Calvin Luther Gates and Emerette Taylor

1880 Stryker, Williams, Ohio; Roll: 1078; Family History Film: 1255078; Page: 662C; Enumeration District: 013; Image: 0185.

Gates, Calvin 47

Emmerette wife 46

Flora A dau 11

Arthur son 8

1900 Stryker, Williams, Ohio; Roll: 1332; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 116; FHL microfilm: 1241332.

Gates, Calvin 67

Emmerette wife 67

Flora A 31 single

Flora Gates Pancoast married Henry A Cooper sometime between divorce of Mar 1900 and 1920.

1920 Pulaski, Williams, Ohio; Roll: T625_1450; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 163; Image: 321.

Cooper, HA 53 OH-Eng-OH NYC Agent for Railroad

Flora wife 50 OH-PA-NY

Morris, Bernice dau 19 divorced OH-OH-OH clerk in office

Nedra Marie grand-dau 11/12 OH-OH-OH

Gates, Emmerette mother-in-law 86 NY-NY-NY

1930 Bryan, Williams, Ohio; Roll: 1891; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 17; Image: 319.0; FHL microfilm: 2341625.

Cooper, Henry A 63 mar @22Y of age freight agent for rr OH-Eng-OH

Flora wife 60 mar @23Y of age OH-PA-NY

Divorce Action in Williams County, Ohio - Fackler, 1886

By Pamela Pattison Lash

Laura (St John) Fackler v Marquis Fackler (Journal 14 p3 - 15 Nov 1886; Roll 44 case number 1654 - 26 Jul 1886)

            The couple was married on 27 June 1879.  They had an infant and they cohabited as husband and wife.  He is active and energetic as a businessman and is capable of earning large sums of money but he did not provide for his daughter.  She charged that he was guilty of gross neglect and willfully absent for three years and more, plus bigamy. Laura received $600 in alimony as part of the divorce settlement. 

The divorce was declared in The Bryan Democrat, 18 Nov 1886, p5 under Frackler v Frackler.

From the Richland Shield and Banner, 31 July 1886

Mrs. Laura Fackler, of Bryan, Williams County, has commenced suit for divorce from her husband, Marcus Fackler, who lives in Franklin Township, this county.  This will probably be a surprising bit of news to the friends and neighbors of Mr. Fackler, owing to the fact that his is now living with another woman, formerly Miss Sarah Powell, whom he married since leaving his first wife.  The plaintiff alleges that Marcus had been guilty of gross neglect of duty, adultery, desertion and willful absence for more than three years.  She says they were married at Hillsdale, Michigan, June 27, 1879, and have one child, now aged five years.  Mrs. Fackler asks also to be granted reasonable alimony.  If her statement be true, her husband has been guilty of bigamy, which is a penitentiary offense.

The divorce proceedings, the newspaper account, and the clues within gave me some items to check.  Here’s what I found:

Marquis Q Fackler (10 Mar 1861 Richland Co, OH – 18 Sept 1937 Wright Twp, Hillsdale Co, MI; buried in Walnut Grove Cem, Millcreek Twp, Williams Co, OH) was the son of Daniel Henry Fackler and Lydia Ann Cole.

M1 – Laura St John, 27 June 1879, Hillsdale Co, MI; divorced Nov 1886

M2 – Sarah J Powell, 29 July 1882, Richland Co, OH

M3 – Mary A Barkdoll, 3 Jan1893, Adrian, Lenawee Co, MI

M4 – Ella Emma Kitz Barrick, 4 June 1917, Ashland Co, OH

Laura St. John Fackler Davis (26 Oct 1861 Richland Co, OH – 18 Oct 1909, Bridgewater Twp, Williams Co, OH @47Y 11M 22D; buried at Nettle Lake Cem, NW Twp, Williams Co, OH) was the daughter of Burr St John and Hetty Fesler.

Laura St John married Lyman B. Davis on 5 Mar 1887 in Amboy Twp, Hillsdale Co, MI by HC Kintigh; both were residents of NW Twp and he was 27 from NY but her age was unknown, aside from birthplace of Richland Co, OH.  Their witnesses were Curtis Metzer and Crain D Rice, both of Amboy Twp, Hillsdale Co, MI.

Lyman B. Davis (1860 from tombstone but 1900 census says July 1861- 9 March 1919, Amboy Twp, Hillsdale Co, MI; buried at Nettle Lake Cem, NW Twp, Williams Co, OH) was the son of Hiram Davis and Rachel Jane Rogers.

This is the timeline I’ve made for the principals:

Hillsdale Co, MI Marriages, V3 p338 - On 17 June 1879 in South Wright Twp, Hillsdale Co, MI, Marquis Fuckler married Laura St. John by Volney Reynolds, JP.  (I looked at the original book and it does say Fuckler).  Both were 19 years old, both residents of Williams Co, OH, and both born in Richland Co, OH.  Witnesses were RW and Hattie Reynolds of Wright, MI.  Marquis was listed as farmer.

1870 Madison, Williams, Ohio; Roll: M593_1282; Page: 112A; Image: 227; Family History Library Film: 552781.

h/h 149/152 St John, Burr 34 OH farmer

Hetta 30 OH

Laura 9 OH

Elmira 7 OH

Edwin 4 O

Lucinda 2 OH

Note Burr St John is living next door to his future second wife, Athelinda Bollinger

Marcus Fackler and Laura St John are married on 17 June 1879 in Hillsdale Co, MI

1880 Madison, Williams, Ohio; Roll: 1077; Family History Film: 1255077; Page: 466B; Enumeration District: 003; Image: 0567.

h/h 57/56 Fackler, Marcus 21 OH-OH-OH laborer

Laura wife 20 OH-OH-OH

According to Laura St John Fackler’s divorce proceedings, the couple has a daughter born c1881 but I have not found any birth records in Williams Co, OH for this; sometime after the birth, Marcus left Laura and their child and moved back to Richland Co, OH c1881-1882.

Richland Co, OH Marriages – On 29 July 1882 Marquis Fackler married Sadie Jane Powell, by J S Broadwell, Minister of Gospel, Mansfield, Richland Co, OH

Bellville Star (Richland Co, OH), 17 August 1882, there is a marriage notice for Marcus Fackler and Sarah Jane Powell.

Laura St John Fackler institutes her divorce 26 July 1886 to 18 November 1886, when she is free of Marquis.  Whether Marquis was brought to trial on charges of bigamy has not yet been established so his history from 1886-1893 is currently unknown.

Laura Fackler married Lyman Davis on 5 Mar 1887 so her motive in wishing a divorce may have something to do with wanting to remarry.

On 4 Jan 1893 Marquis Fackler married Mary A Barkdoll in Lenawee Co, MI by James M Kerridge, Methodist minister with Emmerwilda Kerridge and Margaret Allen as witnesses; both were residents of Adrian, MI; he was a machinist and both stated they had never been married before.  His parents were DH Fackler and Lydia Cole; her parentage was not stated.

1900 Mansfield Ward 8, Richland, Ohio; Roll: 1316; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 125; FHL microfilm: 1241316.

h/h 80/90 Fackler, Marquis 40 (Mar 1860) OH-*-* married 7Y clerk in dry goods store

Mary wife 39 (Apr 1861) 0/0 ch OH-MD-Germ

Possibly 1910 Adrian Ward 4, Lenawee, Michigan; Roll: T624_660; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0048; Image: 818; FHL microfilm: 1374673.

As Martin Q Fackler 48 OH-OH-OH machinist for railroad with wife Mary 48 OH-MD-MD and adopted daughter Marie L 13; he was married 2x and 20Y in this marriage

Marquis Fackler married Ella Barrick on 4 June 1917 in Ashland Co, OH

.

1920 Adrian, Lenawee, Michigan; Roll: T625_780; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 59; Image: 940.

Marquis J Fackler 57 OH-OH-OH carpenter for railroad and wife Ella 51 OH-PA-PA with several Barrick children

1930 Adrian, Lenawee, Michigan

Marquis Fackler 68 OH-OH-OH no occup mar @22Y of age with wife Ella married at 18Y of age (not to each other then) with several Barrick children

When a Comma Can Make a Difference - Suit of Hardy v Christy, 1870

By Pamela Pattison Lash

Bryan Democrat, 13 Oct 1870, p2 (began legal notice on 31 Aug 1870)

Legal Notice

Martha Jane Hardy v Miller, Christie

“Martha Jane is a resident of Williams Co, OH and an unmarried woman who is now pregnant with a child, that if born alive, will be a bastard, and that said Miller, Christie is the father of the child.  An order of attachment has been sent from the court with proceedings pending.” Note – in this newspaper article there is a comma separating the Miller and Christie, so the error I made at first was that the “father” was Christie Miller.  Instead in other records it appears the “father” is Miller Christie, borne out from the

Civil and Criminal Court Records, Roll 22 case number 44 – 1870 Hardy v Christie.

In the Williams County, Ohio Birth Records, V1 p54 there is a Cora Ellen, daughter of Jane Hardy and Miller Christy, born on 17 Oct 1873 in Springfield Twp. With this idea I checked the 1880 census and found that Cora was indeed their daughter, but not their first:

1880 Tiffin, Defiance, Ohio; Roll: 1011; Family History Film: 1255011; Page: 250A; Enumeration District: 242; Image: 0725.

h/h 133/135 Christy, Miller 34 farmer OH-PA-PA

Martha J wife 28 OH-VA-VA

Charles W (William) son 9 OH-OH-OH

Mary B (Bell) dau 9 OH-OH-OH

Cora 6 dau OH-OH-OH

Note – neighbors to both Christy and Hardy families

Next I checked the marriage records for the couple and found that Miller Christy and Jane Hardy were married in Williams Co, OH on 13 Oct 1872 (Marriages V4 p242) and then I rechecked births using familysearch.com and located this record:

William Christy born 15 Dec 1870, son of Miller Christy and M Jane Hardy, whose baptism/christening place was Williams County, OH and a Mary Bell Christy with the same birth date and parents; therefore it appears that Martha Jane was pregnant with twins when she filed the suit.

Note Charles William Christy’s death certificate states that his birth date is 15 Nov 1870, Defiance Co, OH.

Here’s what else I’ve found on this family:

Miller Christy (18 Dec 1845 OH or PA – 14 Mar 1925 Tiffin Twp, Defiance Co, OH @79Y 2M 26D; burial at New Evansport Cem, Evansport, Defiance Co, OH) son of Robert Christy and Margaret Lesnet

1860 Evansport, Defiance, Ohio; Roll: M653_947; Page: 417; Image: 287; Family History Library Film: 803947

h/h 1017/1005 Miller Christy 13 OH, w/parents Richard and Margaret and siblings Mary, James, Robert, Fred, and Richard

1870 Tiffin, Defiance, Ohio; Roll: M593_1195; Page: 178A; Image: 359; Family History Library Film: 552694.

h/h 21/21 Miller Christy 24 OH with mother Margaret and siblings Mary, Frederick, and Richard

Martha Jane Hardy (26 Mar 1849 pos Delaware Co, OH but death certificate says Alleghany, MD - 15 June 1937 Tiffin Twp, Defiance Co, OH @88Y 2D 19D; burial in New Evansport Cem, Evansport, Defiance Co, OH) informant, Clinton Christy; Martha Jane is the daughter of William and Angeline Hardy

1850 Harlem, Delaware, Ohio; Roll: M432_675; Page: 143A; Image: 103.

Martha J Hardy 1 OH with parents William and Angeline and siblings Edward, Mary, Sarah, Randolph, Rebecca, and Elizabeth

1860 Richland, Defiance, Ohio; Roll: M653_947; Page: 318; Image: 87; Family History Library Film: 803947.

Martha J Hardy 10 OH with parents William (48 VA) and Angeline (46 MD) and siblings Rudolph, Rebecca, Elizabeth, William H, and Caroline.

1870 Springfield, Williams, Ohio; Roll: M593_1282; Page: 210B; Image: 426; Family History Library Film: 552781

Martha J Hardy 21 OH with parents William and Angeline

1900 Tiffin, Defiance, Ohio; Roll: 1263; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 18; FHL microfilm: 1241263.

h/h 293/297 Christy, Miller 53 (Sept 1846) farmer mar 31Y OH-OH-OH

Jane M wife 52 (Mar 1848) OH-OH-OH 7/7 ch

Mae dau 16 (Aug 1883) OH-PA-OH

Edward J son 8 (Mar 1892) OH-PA-OH

1910 they still reside in Tiffin, Defiance Co, OH but by 1920 they live in Springfield, Williams Co, OH

Brickwall - Jeremiah Dike

By Pamela Pattison Lash (updated 24 May 2012)

The man is Jeremiah Dike, whom it is recorded, was born in Williams County, OH.  Nothing to date has been found in our county records to verify this.  Another mystery exists in that he is NOT found yet in any census before 1850.  If you have any info on this man, email me and I'll pass it along to a researcher who would like to know more about his ancestry.

Here's what we know so far:

Jeremiah Dike (14 Aug 1844 Williams Co, OH – 24 Dec 1920 Maywood, Frontier Co, NE), supposedly s/o Jeremiah Dike SR and *** Tachout

Loughry – Steuben Co, NY to Lorain Co, OH sometime c1832-1842, sometime to Branch Co, MI 1842-1846, to Orland, Steuben Co, IN 1850-1855

1850 Noble, Branch, Michigan; Roll: M432_347; Page: 426A; Image: 312.

h/h Loghry, Joseph 24 NY

Loina (Calkins) 24 NY

Next door to James 22 NY and Lucy A 21 MA

Close to John 47 NY and Electa (Foster) 45 NY

1860 Millgrove, Steuben, Indiana; Roll: M653_298; Page: 703; Image: 263; Family History Library Film: 803298.

h/h 1923/1960 Lowrey, Joseph 34 NY farmer

Lavina 23 NY

Elizabeth 5 IN

Mary P 3 IN

Elsie A 8/12 IN

Dyke, Jeremiah 19 IN no occup

Name:            Jeremiah Dike

Residence:            Pontiac, Illinois

Enlistment Date:            19 Mar 1864

Side Served:            Union

State Served:            Illinois

Service Record:            Enlisted as a Private on 19 March 1864.

Enlisted in Company D, 17th Cavalry Regiment Illinois on 30 Mar 1864.

Mustered Out Company D, 17th Cavalry Regiment Illinois on 20 Dec 1865.

Regimental History

ILLINOIS

17TH CAVALRY

Seventeenth Cavalry.-Col., John L. Beveridge; Lieut.-

Cols., Dennis J. Hynes, Hiram Hillard; Majs., Hiram Hillard,

Lucius C. Matlack, Philip E. Fisher, Jesse D. Butts, Charles

Parker. This regiment was organized under special authority

from the war department, issued Sept. 11, 1863, to Hon. John

F. Farnsworth. The rendezvous was established at St. Charles,

Kane county, and eight companies were mustered in on Jan. 22,

1864, for three years. Four other companies were mustered in

and the organization of the regiment completed Feb. 12, 1864.

By the close of the following April, 650 horses had been

brought in by the men under instruction from the cavalry

bureau and sold to the government. On May 3, the regiment

moved under orders from the general-in-chief to report to

Maj.-Gen. Rosecrans, commanding the Department of Missouri, at

St. Louis. For a period of 4 months the three battalions of

the regiment were separate and remote from each other, their

duties being mainly escort and provost guard duty. Among the

fights engaged in by the 2nd battalion may be named one near

Allen on the North Missouri railroad in July, one near the

Porsche hills, and a third near Rocheport. The service of the

regiment was wholly within the Department of the Missouri, and

while it did not experience any severe engagements, it

performed hard and valuable services in frequent skirmishes

with the enemy, in routing guerrilla parties, and in long and

weary marches. Its last important work was accompanying the

commissioners who went to Fort Smith to treat with the

Indians, at the great council held in Sept., 1865. It was

mustered out in Nov. and Dec., 1865, at Leavenworth, Kan.

Source: The Union Army, Vol. 3

Battles Fought

Fought on 16 Aug 1864 at Dripping Springs, MO.

Fought on 22 Sep 1864 at Centralia, MO.

Fought on 20 Nov 1864.

Fought on 20 Dec 1864.

Fought on 3 Apr 1865 at Lyons Creek, MO.

Note – also in that unit – Orson and Benton Beebe

D 17^th IL Cavalry – private – pension Mar 1881

1870 Momence, Kankakee, Illinois; Roll: M593_238; Page: 186A; Image: 375; Family History Library Film: 545737.

h/h 208/213 Beebe, Orson 59 lawyer and farmer VT

Ann 52 VT

Dike, Jeremiah 23 IN laborer

Whitemore, Emmeline 24 servant VT

Clark, John 18 laborer NY

m1 Mary Alice Farr (21 Feb 1852 IN – 7 Apr 1876 Aroma Park, Kankakee Co, IL; bur Beebe Family Cem)

11 Jan or 1 Nov 1874 Kankakee Co, IL

d/o Alfred and Margery Rush Farr

1850 Concord Twp, Elkhart Co, IN

Farr, Alfred 26 Eng farmer

Mrs 22 IN

Servilla ? 3 IN living with Phillip Freeby family

1870 Ganeer, Kankakee Co, IL

h/h 73/73 Farr, Alfred 50 Eng farmer

Margery 43 IN

Alice 18 IN

And other siblings b IL

m2 Mary Paulina Loughry (23 June 1857 Orland, Steuben Co, IN – 7 Nov 1918 Maywood, Frontier Co, NE)

7 Apr 1878 Peoria, Peoria Co, IL

1880 Tisdale, Cowley, Kansas; Roll: 377; Family History Film: 1254377; Page: 613B; Enumeration District: 183; Image: 0784.

h/h 85/86 Dike, Jeremiah 32 OH-NY-MA farmer

Mary 23 wife IN-NY-MI

Nettie 1 dau KS-OH-IN

Lougury, James 16 boarder IL-NY-MI farm laborer

Albert 11 boarder IL-NY-MI

Scott, James B 22 boarder IL-IL-IL

1885 Belle Prairie, Fillmore Co, NE, Nebraska State Census

h/h 118/118 Dike, Jerry 38 OH-OH-OH

Mary wife 28 MI-OH-OH

Nettie dau 6 KS-OH-OH

Edward son 4 NE-OH-OH

Lorela dau 4/12 Sept NE-OH-OH

Albert brother 14 farmer IL-OH-OH

1895 Winfield, Cowley, Kansas, Kansas State Census

h/h 324/321 Dike, Jerry 48 OH laborer, from NE

Mary 38 IN

Nettie 16 NE

Eddie 14 KS

Luella 10 NE

Guy 8 NE

Minnie 6 NE

John 3 NE

Willie 2 KS

1900 Winfield Ward 1, Cowley, Kansas; Roll: 476; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 67; FHL microfilm: 1240476.

h/h 261/289 Dike, Jerry 54 (Aug 1845) mar 22Y OH-OH-OH day laborer

Mary wife 43 (June 1856) 8/8 ch IN-OH-OH

Nettie dau 21 KS

Eddie son 19 NE

Lulu dau 15 NE

Guy son 13 NE

Minnie dau 11 NE

John son 9 NE

William son 7 KS

Nellie dau 1 KS

Tony, Hary L grandson KS (May 1900)

1910 Lincoln, Frontier, Nebraska; Roll: T624_845; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0064; Image: 1348; FHL microfilm: 1374858.

h/h 46/46 Dike, Jeremiah 65 mar 2x mar 33Y OH-US-US farmer

Mary P wife 55 mar 1x 8/8 ch IN-OH-OH

Guy W

John E

William E

Nellie M

Next door to Edward H and family

1920 Laird, Frontier, Nebraska; Roll: T625_983; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 74; Image: 514.

h/h 79/87 Dike, Jeremiah father to head of house William D…75 OH-OH-OH widower, no occup

Divorce Action in Williams County, Ohio - Gorrell, 1870

By Pamela Pattison Lash (20 May 2012)

Thanks to eyes of Beth Gubbins, I have another divorce from Williams Co, OH, 1870.  If any one knows the parentage of either party, please contact me.

Ann S (Bowlby) Gorrell v James Madison Gorrell

Bryan Democrat, 1 Sept 1870 p2

Ann Gorrell filed a divorce petition in the Court of Common Pleas on 31 August 1870 charging James with adultery with Mary D Zeigler.  His residence is unknown. The notice appeared in the newspaper for six consecutive weeks.

This needs to be checked - Civil and Criminal Court Records - Roll 22 case #39 – 1870

The couple was married on 23 Sept 1858 in Williams Co, OH (Marriage V3 p26).  Note – the groom was listed as Madison Gorrell; the bride as Anna Maria Bowlby.

James Madison Gorrell (25 Dec 1836 Beaver Co, PA - 26 Jul 1924 at the I.O.O.F Home in Springfield, Clark Co, OH; buried in Grove Street Cem, Huron Co, OH)

1860 Bryan, Pulaski Twp, Williams Co, OH, p40 – my handwritten compilation

h/h /602 Ganel, Madison 23 OH

Ann 23 NJ

Ella 1M OH

Note – possibly Ann related to Zilpha Bowlby 20 NJ living in Bryan as well as father and step-mother, Adam and Mary Bowlby, all from NJ - see below

Note – Mary Covill with Henry Gorrell also in Bryan; Mary 60 MD and Henry 26 OH

1870 Kendallville Ward 3, Noble, Indiana; Roll: M593_347; Page: 187B; Image: 380; Family History Library Film: 545846.

h/h 124/111 Zeiler, Mary 29 OH

Ezra E 8 OH

Gorrel, Madison 33 OH stone cutter

James M Gorrell married Mary Drusilla Macomber Ziegler on 5 Nov 1870 in Noble Co, IN (Marriage Book 2 p450).  Mary was the widow of John Zeigler/Zigler and had a son Edward Ezra Zeigler (28 Sept 1861 Richland Co, OH – 2 Jan 1904 Plymouth, Marshall Co, IN); Mary married John Zeigler on 30 Aug 1860 in Richland Co, OH.

Mary Macomber (6 June 1841 Blooming Grove, Richland Co, OH - 24 Apr 1918, New London, Huron Co, OH; buried at the Grove Street Cem, Huron Co, OH); d/o William J and Elsie M Ferguson Macomber.

1880 New London, Huron, Ohio; Roll: 1035; Family History Film: 1255035; Page: 134D; Enumeration District: 149; Image: 0270.

h/h 96/97 Gorrell, James 43 PA-PA-PA marble cutter

Mary wife 38 OH-NY-NY

And William San Clair family possibly as boarders

1900 New London, Huron, Ohio; Roll: 1288; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 28; FHL microfilm: 1241288.

h/h 77/82 Gorell, James M 63 (Dec 1836) PA-PA-PA mar 30Y renter, marble cutter

Mary wife 58 (June 1841) 1/1 ch OH-NY-NY

1910 New London, Huron, Ohio; Roll: T624_1200; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0032; Image: 552; FHL microfilm: 1375213.

112 High St

h/h 108/114 Gorrell, James M 73 mar 2x mar 30Y PA-PA-PA monument dealer, own shop

Mary D wife 68 mar 2x 3/0 ch OH-NY-NY

From Rutherford B Hayes Presidential Center (online):

James Madison Gorrell

Nickname:            Uncle Jimmy

Birth Date:            25 Dec 1836

Death Date:            26 Jul 1924

Age at Death:            87

Death Place:            Springfield, Ohio

Spouse:            Mary Drusilla (Macomber)

Marriage Date:            14 Nov 1870

Newspaper:            New London Record, New London, Ohio, 31 July 1924 p1 c3

Newspaper Repository: New London Public Library, OH; New London Public Library, OH

What happened to Ann Gorrell?

1850 Pulaski, Williams, Ohio; Roll: M432_741; Page: 88B; Image: 176.

h/h Bowlby, Adam R 39 NJ farmer

Mary 39 NJ

Ann 14 NJ with siblings John, William, Samuel, Andrew, Annina, Oliver McGrue, Hannah, and Emmeline

Note – Ann was the daughter of Adam Riley Bowlby and first wife, Martha McDaniel.

1870 Bryan, Williams, Ohio; Roll: M593_1282; Page: 180B; Image: 364; Family History Library Film: 552781.

h/h 95/95 Garl, Ann 32 NJ

Flora 8 OH

Cora 6 OH

Ann M Gorrell married John Saultzman, 8 Jan 1878 in Williams Co, OH (Marriage V4 p555)

1880 Bryan, Williams, Ohio; Roll: 1078; Family History Film: 1255078; Page: 658D; Enumeration District: 012; Image: 0178.

h/h 596/624 Suttsman, John 57 insurance agent OH-OH-OH

Ann wife 42 OH-NJ-OH

Belle dau 16 OH-OH-OH

Flora L Gorrell married George A Newcomer, 17 Oct 1878 in Williams Co, OH (Marriage 4 p599)

Bryan Democrat, 14 July 1881/Bryan Press, 14 July 1881 – John Saltzman

Williams Co, OH Probate - 25 June 1898 Ann Saltman – misc – case #2934

Bryan Democrat, 30 June 1898 – Two cases of lunacy were up before the Probate Court last week – Mrs Jessamine Denman of Montpelier and Mrs Ann Salzman of Bryan.  They were committed to the asylum at Toledo.

1900 Toledo Ward 15, Lucas, Ohio; Roll: 1299; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 113; FHL microfilm: 1241299.

Toledo State Asylum

Ann Saltzman patient 63 (May 1837) OH-OH-OH 2/2 ch widow

1910 Toledo Ward 10, Lucas, Ohio; Roll: T624_1209; Page: 17B; Enumeration District: 0131; Image: 1164; FHL microfilm: 1375222.

Toledo State Asylum

Ann Saltzman  inmate 73 widow 2/0 ch NJ-unk-unk

Fountain Grove Cem, Bryan, Pulaski Twp, Williams Co, OH

Saltzman, John Co E 21^st OVI

Ann M no dates

Dimma May 1895-1898

Ann Saltzman (May 1837 – 28 Aug 1911, Toledo State Asylum, Lucas Co, OH; bur Bryan, OH; widow; lived there 13Y)

Bryan Democrat, 1 Sept 1911 p1 c2 – Ann Saltzman

Ann Saltzman died at the Toledo State hospital Monday morning on 28 Aug 1911 at the age of 74.  The remains were brought to Bryan Monday evening and taken to the Deck undertaking establishment.  The funeral was held from there Wednesday morning and the remains laid to rest in the Fountain Grove Cemetery.