Spring, 1995

Volume 4, Number 2

Edited and published by

Paul H. Replogle

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Battle Creek, MI 49017-9508

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By Justin Replogle

(Justin is working on a book about his ancestors. The following has been extracted from it. He wrote: "I looked around for some part of my MS that seemed ready to go with some light editing..." See also his letter, p. 6 in this issue.)

Most of our early ancestors speculated in land. The evidence may be indirect, but it seems clear enough. First of all, there are so many transactions. People didn't just settle into a "home farm." For instance, from the 1740s to the 1760s Stephen Ulrich purchased at least seven pieces of property. Then there’s the size, the amount of acreage. There were no modern implements. The steel plow hadn't been invented. It’s hard to imagine a man farming more than about 40 acres, and this after he’d cleared the land. Yet these ancestors often bought hundreds of acres. Stephen Ulrich bought a 235 acres tract in 1752, and by 1766 had expanded to 694 acres.(1) By 1784 Jacob Cripe was taxed for 900 acres in Frankstown Twp. (2) In 1777 Christian Shively and his brother got 1000 pounds for a property near Hagerstown (this in a day when land sold for less than one pound per acre).(3) Not everyone was equally prosperous, of course, Abraham Konig’s farm was sold to a son for 100 pounds at his death in 1766, and Rinehart’s Replogle's wife Barbara only got 10 pounds from the will. Still this apparently helped finance their move to Frederick County, and to purchase property there.(4) Eight years later when she gave up dower rights to property Rinehart sold, they got 500 pounds for it (5) 500 pounds would buy a lot of land on the frontier.

This pattern continued later on as the families moved to Morrisons Cove and then Ohio. Naturally they had grown bigger, and more land was needed for children and grandchildren. But in many cases speculation (or investment) had obviously paid off. Most of our ancestors’ land holdings increase from, say, 1730 to 1800 and beyond. That’s clear. What’s not clear is the value of money. What does it mean that Rinehart Replogle got 500 pounds for some land.? What was its buying power? That’s very hard to assess, especially in the 18th century. Money was not even common on the earliest frontier. Traders, for instance, measured worth by pelts. In 1761 George Croghan’s table of equivalencies included "2 does a Buck...1 large Buck Beaver a Buck...6 Raccoons a Buck." One "Match" coat three bucks, stockings one buck, four small knives, tin kettles, one to three, etc. (6) Joseph Doddridge reported that when he was a boy on the frontier in 1770, a bushel of salt was worth "a good cow and calf.’ (7) Currency figures appear both in pounds, shillings, and pence, and in dollars and cents(some places in Virginia used pounds and shillings up to the Civil War.) That makes assessing values difficult. Then too money inflated and deflated in buying power, just as it does today. The Revolution, especially, caused great monetary confusion. The new provisional government issued scrip many considered next to worthless. Add to all this complexity the fact that land transactions seldom mention whether buildings are included, whether the land is cleared; they don't mention its fertility, topography, the proximity of streams, etc. Naturally swampland or sand or a mountainside sold for less than fertile rolling ground with a creek open all winter. A fort in the neighborhood helped prices too, or at least a block house And the known proximity of hostile Indians made some land nearly worthless. (Northwest counties of Pennsylvania still had cheap land after the Revolution.) The chance of getting clear title added to the value too. All these difficulties might make assessing the worth of property hopeless. But the topic is too interesting to let go.

The Harmony records show a specific example. In 1804 George Rapp and members of his Harmony Society began clearing 5000 acres of mostly virgin land that cost $20,000. Seven years later, with lots of improvement, it was valued at $220,000.(8) This may be an unusual case, of course. Rapp had lots of workers. What was ordinary land usually worth in the 18th century? And what was the exchange rate for dollars and pounds? A rough approximation comes from the following: In 1769 Pennsylvania opened a government office to receive "applications for warrants" on new land west of the Alleghenies. This was at the beginning of the big migration, when land beyond the mountains first opened up for settlement, the period when many Germans from Frederick County went to Morrisons Cove. Government land cost one shilling or $.13/ acre. (9) That makes the pound worth $2.60. In 1777 Christian Shively and his brother got 1000 pounds for land they sold near Hagerstown.(10) If Christian got half, he got the equivalent of $13,000. That money, taken west over the mountains, could buy 10,000 acres of government land at $.13/acre. Of course prime land probably cost more, and by 1784 the government price had risen to $.26/ acre.(11) But at that price he could still buy 5000 acres. In actuality in 1787 Christian owned 250 acres in Morrisons Cove (almost certainly improved) valued at $195 or $.78/ acre. And that included five horses and five cows. (12) That left plenty of capital for other investments. In 1773 Rinehart Replogle bought a "Resurvey on Smith’s Lott" for 500 pounds and sold it a year later for the same price. (13). 500 hundred pounds is 10,000 shillings, and government land cost one shilling per acre. Maybe Rinehart wanted better land than the average government offering. Maybe inflation had increased prices , and deflated the currency. But even the roughest approximation shows that Rinehart’s 500 pounds would buy a very large spread on the frontier. In 1783 he’s taxed for 300 acres in Frankstown Twp. The next year he’s taxed for 380 in Colerain Twp. Whatever the mystery about which of these was his home place, he could easily have bought both and had plenty of money left over. Even if he paid $.78/acre (the value of Christian Shively’s land about this time) for 500 pounds he could still have bought more than 1600 acres. In 1770 Filip Stoner paid five shillings ($.65) for the rights to 100 acres "on the south side of Juniata including ...improvements in Cumberland County...." (14)

Veterans of the Revolutionary War often got land vouchers in partial payment for services. In 1785 not many people wanted that land. Indian hostilities were too high (by 1792 53,000 acres of this land had been sold for taxes ).(15) Land of this sort that lay along the Ohio River was sold at auction in Philadelphia for an average of two shillings ½ pence per acre.(16). But at the same time, according to the Bucks, Indian treaties of 1784-85 jumped land prices up to as much as 3 pounds per acre (17). Even then undesirable land in northwest Pennsylvania sold for less than two shillings an acre (18). By 1792 the government land office priced land at three levels: $.07, .$13, and $.20/acre. These categories probably reflect land quality at this late date. But the economy was booming, prices were expected to rise, and speculators bought up "rights" to large tracts. These were traded like futures, and eventually much of the land fell into the hands of three large land companies. If you were lucky, or held on long enough, you could make a killing on the frontier Or you could lose. In 1793 the Holland American Land Company owned about a million and a half acres on both sides of the Allegheny, bought at about $.40-$.50/acre. They sold quite a bit at $1.50-$2.00/acre, but the boom collapsed, and the company took a loss. Frontiers were impossible to police. Squatters on the land organized and formed governments, many settlers defaulted on payments, and others just passed over the property for cheaper land in Ohio. (19)

If an acre cost a shilling in 1769 and two shillings in 1784, what else would a shilling buy? In 1774 Joseph Doddridge says his father’s apprentice, on the frontier, sold the "preemption right" to 200 acres for "a cow and a calf and a wool hat." (20) It’s hard to translate that into currency., but if land cost $.13/acre, a cow, and calf, and a wool hat were worth about $26.00 or ten pounds. The Shively brothers could have bought a lot of cattle and hats with their 1000 pounds. Not many people worked for wages in the 18th century frontier, so the cost of labor is hard to determine. Christopher Sauer does say in 1725 that a day laborer or artisan arriving without debts "in two or three years...can buy property of one hundred acres...." (21) Almost 60 years later, in 1784, a Methodist minister is on record as having a yearly salary of $64. At $.26/acre that year’s salary would have bought 246 acres. Today a minister’s salary of, say, $50,000 would buy about 50 acres of average farm land. By the end of the 18th century, J. E. Wright says, prosperous farmers paid from 10 to 16 pounds per year to farm laborers.(22) That sum could buy a good sized piece of raw land. On the frontier, in other words, land was cheap.

How did land prices compare with consumer products? Not many products sold on the frontier before 1800. But by 1796-1800 in Pittsburgh, sugar was $.35 per lb., calico $1.25/yard, coffee $.58/lb., a wool hat $2.00, a ton of hay $2.00, a scythe $6.00, 5 lbs. of nails $1.00 (23). So a wool hat might pay for four or five acres, and a scythe maybe I0 or 12.. Even a ton of hay might be worth several acres. Today, with land worth $1000/acre and hay worth about $75 a ton, a ton of hay might buy a load of dirt, and a wool hat maybe a sackful. In June 17, 1785 Stephen Ulrich’s heirs sold 322 acre tract of "Good Neighbors" for 1510 pounds or 4.68 pounds/ acre. Nobody knows what it cost more than 30 years before. But in 1785 land along the Ohio River could be had for less that 3 shillings / acre. At that price 1510 pounds would buy more than 10,000 acres (24). The heirs knew this too.

In 1804, one big land speculator reported that $4.00/acre was a good average price for land in the western Pennsylvania counties(25). If you'd paid $.26/ acre ten years before you could sell out, take that money to the frontier, and buy half a township. One of my 4th great grandfathers (Philip Jacob Miller) sold his modest farm in Frederick County, MD in 1796 and bought 2000 acres of good Ohio land for $1.10/acre. (26) Stephen Ulrich III was in Montgomery County Ohio by 1803. So were some Replogles. It paid to go west.

1. John Hale Stutesman, "Stephen Ulrich of Washington County, Maryland," Mennonite Family History (April 1993), p.78.

2.PA. Archives, ser 3, v 22.

3.George W. Andrews, The Shively Family, p. 10. 4. RRG, p. 393. 5. RRG, p.7.

6. Alfred Proctor James and Charles Morse Stotz, Drums in the Forest, 1958, pp. 113-114.

7. Joseph Doddridge, Notes on the Settlement and Indian Wars of the Western Parts of Virginia and Pennsylvania,1912 (originally published 1825), p. 97.

8. Solon and Elizabeth Buck, The Planting of Civilization in Western Pennsylvania, 1939, pp. 290-291.

9. Buck , p. 143..

10. Andrews, p. 10.

11. Buck, 146.

12. Andrews, 10.

13. RRG, p.7.

14 John Hale Stutesman, Jr., Jacob Stutzman (?-1775) His Children & Grandchildren, 1983, p. 88.

15. Helen Vogt, Westward of ye Laurall Hils, 1976, p. 54.

16. J. E. Wright and Doris S. Corbett, Pioneer Life in Western Pennsylvania, 1940 (1977), p. 38.

17. Buck, p. 146.

18. Wright, p. 38.

19. Buck, pp. 207-212.

20. Doddridge, p. 84.

21. Donald F. Durnbaugh, The Brethren in Colonial America, 1967, p. 38.

22. Wright, 72.

23. Wright, 210-211.

24. Stutesman, "Stephen Ulrich," p. 78

25. Vogt, p. 38.

26. Gene Edwin Miller, Michael Miller (1784-1865), 1984, p. 5.

WHO IS THIS REPLOGLE - REPROGLE?

(Lineage needs to be established.)

William H. Replogle ( Unknown ID U-120), b. 2 May 1842 at Montgomery Co OH, resided Wayne Twp, Starke Co, IN in 1900. We have two different wives for William, so assume he m. twice: He m. (1) Mary Galliger; m. (2) Lizzie __. Ch of William: Charles Gilman Replogle. See also letter from Unetta Ford, below.

LETTERS

From JOHN HALE STUTESMAN of 305 Spruce St., San Francisco, CA 94118, dated 25 October 1994: "I do not have much to add to the data in my book, Jacob Stutzman (? - 1775) which you have seen, but recently I came across a copy of the original record of the 1789 tax of Woodberry Township, Bedford County, (PA), which you can purchase from James Boor, a local scholar, at RD 1 Box 203, New Enterprise, Pa. 16664. I noted in that record that the tax collector noted the ages of some of the tax payers, including:

"Rinehart Rapogle Sr. "on Wollis's Land," 476 (acres);

"Rinehart Rapogle Jurn (Junior) "on Walliss's Land," (age) 26."

A letter from James D. Boor dated 28 Nov 1994 subsequently noted that "The Wollis's land -- I think is a non-resident or land speculator -- notice that others have the same notation. I do not have proof."

From ERIK P. CONARD of 6352 Pierson Ct., Arvada, CO 80004-4550, dated 25 Oct 1994: "Paul= I had a stroke Nov 89 complications from diabetes cost me my right leg. Am in not good shape. Son a jr in college, got dau grad CU in '93. What you been up to? Hope enclosed info welcome... My great grandpa Abel Taylor Trower Armstrong (1848) was 1st cousin to Mrs. Matthias B. Replogle (1850). My grandma, Nellie Corbin Armstrong's sister Emma Della m. Elmer S. Replogle. Nellie & Emma Della's 1st cousin, Ella May Adkins, m. John Allen Replogle, bro. to Elmer, & sons of Matthias Replogle. I am, therefore, kin to all of Matthias Replogle's descendants and doubly so to John Allen & Elmer Sylvester's." He enclosed extensive notes relative to the Balzer Replogle line, which were many corrections and additions to the 1984 book.

From MERTON LEON ALEXANDER of 45789 Drexel Rd., Canton, MI 48187 (his brother Gaylord Ray Alexander's spouse is Jane Ann Amsbaugh Alexander; her father Verl Leon Amsbaugh was the son of Ruth May Replogle. Her line was Ruth May / Philip William, Jr. / Philip William / Philip / John Philip / John Rinehart / Philip / Andreas / ? ) dated 1 Nov 1994: "Attached is additional information on my brother, Gaylord Alexander. I sent the other information to my sister-in-law. Hopefully, she will be able to fill in some more blanks."

From JEAN ELIZABETH REPLOGLE CHRISTIAN of 5855 Petersen Ct., Indianapolis, IN 46254 (Frank Samuel, Sr. / Samuel Brumbaugh / Daniel Brown / Rinehart (Jr.) / John Rinehart / Philip / Andreas / ? ) dated 9 Nov 1994, information about her family.

From DOUGLAS M. SCHOREY (Internet address: [email protected]) dated Nov 1994: A computer file of information about descendants of Nancy Replogle Whitacre (Philip / John Philip / John Rinehart / Philip / Andreas / ? ). Shorey's line is Anna Marie Whitacre Marsh / Dwight Edwin Whitacre / Philip Sheridan Whitacre / Robert Baldwin Whitacre / Nancy Replogle Whitacre.

From BILL HARDEMAN of Ormond Beach, FL 32174 (Internet address: [email protected]) dated 16 Nov 1994: Information about Replogle descendants "...extracted from Alexander Mack the Tunker and Descendants, by Rev. Freeman Ankrum, A.B., a history of the Church of the Brethren in the U.S. listing the descendants of its founder Alexander Mack. The book contains thousands of names but is not indexed."

From STAN REED (Internet address: [email protected]) dated 19 Nov 1994: A list of Replogle researchers as supplied to him by Cheryl L. Medlin (Internet address: [email protected]); following is the list with Internet addresses:

Walter H. Vandevender, [email protected]

Jim Agnew, [email protected]

Lou DiPalma, [email protected]

Michelle Taunton, [email protected]

Of these, I have heard from Cheryl Medlin, Michelle Taunton and Lou DiPalma; no word yet from the others.

From JAN SNODGRASS (Prodigy ID: HKSW83A) dated 22 Nov 1994: Concerning Jane (Jennie) Decker Replogle Houck Bloom of Indiana Co., PA who m. 1st George Replogle, "I finally received Jennie Decker's death certificate. She is listed as Jennie Bloom, b. 14 Oct 1832 in PA, d. 4 Nov 1919. Her father was John Decker and mother Rebecca Thompson b. Ireland. Jennie was a widow and is buried in New Millport? looks like PA. The informant was listed as a Perch Bloom of New Millport."

In the Fellowship of Brethren Genealogists Newsletter for Fall, 1994, p. 50, is mention of Catharine Replogle (Samuel M. / Rinehart (Jr.) / John Rinehart / Philip / Andreas / ? ), b. c1829 at PA, d. 1852 at Henry Co., IN, m. Jan 1846 at Henry Co IN to Philip Metsker (1824 - 1904) b. Morrison's Cove PA d. Douglas Co KS, son of Jacob & Elizabeth (Christian) M. Metsker. Catharine had 3 ch, evidently Samuel, Sarah, and Lucinda. Philip m. 2nd Barbara Longnecker. This info came from Delores Baker, 1001 E. MacArthur #321, Wichita, KS 67216.

From LANNY LEE REPLOGLE (Lionel L. / George Negley / John, Sr. / John Henry / John Philip / John Rinehart / Philip / Andreas / ? ) dated 9 Dec 1994, info on his family. He has ch Eric Scott and Steven James.

From JOE CHAMBERLAIN (John R. Chamberlain / Nancy Ellen Stickler Chamberlain / Esther Replogle Stickler / Abraham Replogle / Rinehart (Jr.) / John Rinehart / Philip / Andreas / ?) of Cambridge Court #4, 7541 Old Post Road, Lincoln, NE 68506, dated 8 Dec 1994: "I'm still working on a list of corrections and additions..."

From JAMES D. BOOR of RD 1 Box 203, New Enterprise, PA dated 28 Nov 1994: A photocopy of the booklet Woodberry Township Bedford Co PA 1789 Tax Records, 39 pages; also, Replogle Family Cemetery, located in Bloomfield Township, Bedford Co PA, 9 pages; also, price lists for the following Bedford Co PA items:

Bedford Co Tax Records, PA.

Newspapers Births, Deaths, Marriages and Historical Items.

Books by Boor.

Books compiled by Frank Bayer.

Etc.

See also letter from Stutesman, above.

From GALE E.S. HONEYMAN of 470 Grove #2, San Francisco, CA 94102, a contributor to FOBG Newsletter, a letter received 29 Dec 1994 along with much data relative to various Replogle lines: "Took your Replogle book to work and went page by page. The enclosed is what I had entered as additions. I have marked more than three dozen pages which I know I have considerable more in my files. Right now I do not have time to dig into it. Am in the process of completing a manuscript on the Deeter's and when that is completed in Jan., I have to complete the Spitler's for a second edition. Time is not on my side just now."

"Tiny Tafels" are short descriptions of families (in my case, the Replogle family) for which genealogical data is being sought. I entered a Tiny Tafel into a computer bulletin board system nearby (Grand Rapids, MI) and on 1 Jan 1995 received my first "Tiny Tafel Matching Report" showing names and addresses of two people who are/were also seeking info on the Replogle family: 1) Bill Scholtes, 1443 S. Aurilla Dr., St. Joseph, MI 49085, looking for "Repllogh, Replogle / IN" in 1990 and 2) Michael Horton, 7909 W 85th Terrace, Overland Park, KS 66212 looking for "Replogle \ Pennsylvania / Unknown" in 1991. No word back from either yet.

From DELORES BAKER of 1001 E. Mac Arthur Rd. #321, Wichita, KS 67216 dated 22 Dec 1994: data on Philip Metsker and Catharine Replogle (Samuel M. / Rinehart (Jr.) / John Rinehart / Philip / Andreas / ?) and their descendants. Some of this came from Metsker Cousins by Dozens, by Gulah and Garman Daron. Delores writes she is a Metzger descendant but not a Replogle. Also, Susan Blickenstaff "was a foster dau to Susan Cripe and David Musselman, and as you know Susan Cripe is dau to Christian and Catharine Replogle Cripe (Peter / John Rinehart / Philip / Andreas / ? ). Susan Blickenstaff was a dau to Anna Musselman (a sister to the above David) and Jacob Blickenstaff. Both of her parents d. in 1891, in Marion Co IL, near Salem. Susan m. Herbert E. Mylan, and lived in MI in 1931."

From SHIRLEY BRENDTKE (see RRGN for Fall 1994, p. 8) of 10715 Footprint Ln., Port Richey, FL 33468-2713 dated 29 Dec 1994: "With regard to our travels to Strasbourg and the surrounding area, my husband was working with General Motors at their manufacturing plant. At this time I had no idea that the Replogles came from this location. The town is lovely and is like a small Venice as it has many canals and even a lock for small boats. It is located on the Rhine River, in fact we could see it from our apartment. It also is the center for the European Council or Council of Europe. Strasbourg also boarders on the Vosges mountains to the west. Along the sloping edges of the Vosges are many vineyards primarily for white wines. These wines, many of which are world renown, are equal to many German wines. Of course one must understand that this judgement depends entirely upon ones taste! Regarding the people, they are friendly in a French way. Their primary language is French, however, being located next to Germany they also speak German and what words I didn't know in French I could insert the German word. Strasbourg is also known for its sauerkraut and I must say it is superb cooked in their white wine. The Cabbage used for the kraut is raised in the surrounding fields and at harvest time it can be smelled for miles around... the eating is absolutely great anywhere in Strasbourg.

"Regarding the origination of the Replogles in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, about the only thing I have to offer is that Luther (Replogle) mentioned it to me at the time we visited him in Iceland, where he was the U.S. Ambassador. We stopped there on our way to the States for home leave. I have nothing more to offer on this but you may wish to contact Elizabeth (Betsy) Replogle Dickie. She is Luther's daughter."

From JUSTIN REPLOGLE of 7925 Kaehlers Mill Rd., Cedarburg, WI 53012 (see also his article on p. 1 of this issue) dated 31 Dec 1994: "I've been working hard on my family history since October. I've got the first draft of a fair-sized chunk. I wish I knew more. There's so much to know, and I got such a late start. But I'm writing a version with what I know. If I wait nothing may get done. I can keep on learning afterward. It is fascinating material. It's surprising how the picture fills in when the notes get put together -- like a jigsaw puzzle. Oddly enough the Morrisons Cove years are the most unclear to me. And Rinehart Sr.'s activities up there are really baffling. Some of the (alleged) records are contradictory. It's totally unclear to me where he actually lived, as opposed to where he paid taxes or bought property, etc. I'll probably write a piece on this for the Newsletter, sometime in the future. Do you offhand know where I could find the boundaries of Colerain Twp. in the 1770s and 1780s? I recently reviewed the Margaret Replogle facts more closely too, and she gets more and more mysterious. Do you know what source has her born in Colrain Twp., in 1756? It just doesn't fit at all. And yet so many things about her don't fit. Where was she supposedly born in 1751?

"Actually I've finally got out of the 18th century and am now immersed in the Ohio years. I feel pretty ignorant about this too. But I spent a couple days at the Germantown, OH library, and I'm not as ignorant as before.

"I wish we could get Newsletter subscribers from the main research centers -- Hagerstown (MD), Morrisons Cove (PA), Montgomery County, OH, etc. There are dozens of Replogles living in Morrisons Cove today. If they'd just get interested in this stuff, and read the Newsletter, we could really make some progress. Just run down to the Bedford courthouse and look at the Colerain Twp tax records for 1779 - 1785. Are some years missing? Otherwise how do you explain, say, that the Roof family gets taxed for 1779, 1783, and 1784 -- almost certainly on the same property? What happened to the missing years? Why is Rinehart Replogle taxed in Colerain only for 1779? I've come to see that writing a person's biography based on property and tax records is a risky business. It's astonishing how these pioneers traveled around. A property record doesn't mean they lived there, or were necessarily there at all ..."

From SUSAN REPLOGLE PICKLES (Newsletter Fall 1994 p. 7) dated 28 Dec 1994: "May I make a suggestion for the next RRG? I believe it would be especially appreciated by the non-genealogists to have a short (10 pages) history of the family at the beginning of the volume. The genealogical notation is difficult to plow through for us novices, though it is second nature to you. And as a historian, I would also like to see the family history set in larger political / religious / economic / social historical context. For example, what we know about how the family lived in Alsace, occupation, class, religion, why they moved to America, how and why they were involved in the Revolution, why the conversion to Brethrenism, Replogles on both sides of the Civil War, Replogles on wagon trains ... how they were part of the larger social drama and what made them tick. I believe the family would really appreciate such a chapter, and it might just lure the non-genealogists deeper into the volume and into research.

"I made an effort myself to query a historian about the possible motivation of our ancestors in leaving Alsace. My old European history professor, Dr. Fred Paxton of Connecticut College, said that he could think of no social / religious / economic / political reasons that would drive our family, Lutheran bakers, from Alsace, 1751 - 1753. His presumption was yours: that our ancestors were adventurers lured to seek their fortunes in the New World. He also did not think it was accidental that an ancestor from Alsace (disputed French - German territory) wound up in Louisiana. His first question was 'Do you have ancestors that emigrated to Quebec or Louisiana?' "

Justin Replogle in his letter dated 14 Feb 1995 had this to say about Susan's idea: "Susan Pickle's suggestion about a short history of the Replogles is of course exactly right in all particulars. In fact the wish to get his kind of perspective is exactly what set me off on my book. On the other hand, present knowledge doesn't allow for many of the things she would like to know. No one knows anything about the Replogles in Europe, why they moved to America etc. And some of the suggestions would take years of research (following ALL the Replogles through the Civil War etc.) As to what made them tick. Wouldn't I love to have some info on that ... I could trace out Rinehart's line from Hanover to Hagerstown to the Cove, then Ohio (seven of them) and Indiana -- where I stop about 1840. This would be like a precis of my book ..."

From UNETTA ANNA HARVEY FORD ( Ruth Replogle / Charles Gilman / William H. / ? ) of 2940 Archer Lane, Springfield, OH 45503 dated 3 Feb 1995: "My grandfather was either Charles or Charlie Replogle and was m. to Ella Payne - they had six ch - the one girl Ruth was my mother. The other ch were Orville, Charlie, Eunice, Tency ... I have tried so hard to get any family history on the Replogle name ... My grandparents were m. someplace in Illinois I think -- but then moved to North Judson, Indiana where they raised their family -- my grandfather was a barber and also an excellent painter of beautiful scenery pictures. He had a photographic mind & once a year after providing everything for his family he would take a boxcar & ride either to Arizona or Florida and would be gone about a month. When he came back he had his barbershop set up so he could also paint the things he remembered.

"My mother had three of his pictures and I was to receive them -- but alas as you know other (family) members stepped in and took what they wanted ... I have a picture of my grandfather holding one of his paintings, it was published either in the Indianapolis paper or Chicago. I never knew which for sure -- But he was an excellent artist -- was known by the name of 'Rep' -- as he was called there in Judson ..."

From CLARENCE WATKINS (see Newsletter, Summer 1994 p. 7) dated 4 Feb 1995: "While reading the book Baseball by Ken Burns, I saw this reference to Hartley Replogle He is number 114:412:4 (in RRG 1984). I hope this is of interest to you. If you are not a baseball fan this was concerning the Black Sox Scandal of 1919. Apparently Hartley was a very prominent lawyer. There was a movie made about this several years ago called 'Eight Men Out.' I don't recall Hartley Replogle being mentioned in it." From the book Baseball p. 142:

"Joe Jackson confessed, too, in a colloquy with Assistant State's Attorney Hartley Replogle:

" 'REPLOGLE: Did anybody pay you any money to help throw that series in favor of Cincinnati?'

" 'JACKSON: They did. ' "

(Etc., trial transcript continues with Hartley asking questions.)

JERRI BURKET has sent me photocopies of articles mentioning any member of the Replogle family, from the series printed in the Morrisons Cove Herald newspaper during the period 1933 - 1943, by Ella M. Snowberger. Jerri highlighted the Replogle names mentioned. I had seen pieces of this before, but never this kind of systematic study of the entire series. Jerri wrote in a message of 30 Jan 1995: "Some of the articles barely mention any one (named Replogle), but there are a few with more information about the family. I become engrossed with the stories even if they aren't about anyone for whom I'm hunting."