Huron County, Ohio, Queries Posted For

Huron County, Ohio

Queries Posted For March 1998





Surnames: BURRAS, STANDISH
Researcher: Ken & Bev Shute
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Sunday, March 1, 1998

High on my list as one of the most interesting characters I never met would have to be Reuben BURRAS, my wife Bev's great- great- grandfather. Reuben was born 1812 in Cayuga County, New York, and died 1902 in N. Fairfield, Huron County, Ohio. He married Sally STANDISH in N. Fairfield, Huron County, Ohio in 1835. Sally was born 1815 in Plympton, Massachussetts, and died 1866 in N. Fairfield, Ohio. They had six children, all boys, born between 1845 and 1855. By 1845, Reuben owned a farm of 79 acres in Fairfield Township, section 3, lots 16 and 17. Following the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in California on January 24, 1848 by a New Jersey-born carpenter named James Marshall, thousands of men and women throughout the country followed the lure of gold to California. One such was Reuben, who like a number of his fellow Huronians (Huron Countians?) headed for the gold fields in 1850 (some earlier). Much of what we know about Reuben's journey to California, and his life in the camps there, are contained in letters he wrote home to Sally. These letters were published in The Norwalk Experiment (an Ohio Newspaper), Thursday, May 16, year unknown. The article was entitled: "Old Letters By Fairfield Man Describe Perils of Long Trip to Gold Fields of California." The letters contain a chronic, but understandable, lament on the dearth of letters from home. While in the gold field camp, late in his stay, Reuben notes in a letter to Sally that he had sent 10 letters home, but had only received two in return. The good news for home though was that Reuben had been consistently placing some gold dust or gold nuggets, or both, in his letters. His commentary of life along the way to California, and in the camps, is colorful and gives the reader a feeling of almost being there in person. Rooting in Bev's files on Reuben, I've pieced together the following account of his journey, and some of his more interesting observations on his life in camp. For those subscribers who have the computer software to view graphics, I'm including, as an attachment (burras~1.jpg), a picture of Reuben in his later years, top hat and all. Travel to California from the East often took three general routes: overland; by ship to Panama then by ship to California after transiting the Isthmus of Panama; or by ship around Cape Horn to California. Reuben chose the second route. Here is an outline of his itinerary: January 1, 1850. By railroad to Cincinnatti. Cost of ticket: $5.60. Reports extensive number of cases of smallpox in Cincinnati some 3,000. (in the article California or Bust: Some Huron County Gold Rush Emigrants by Thomas Stephen Neel, published in the Firelands Pioneer, 1984, Page 2: "Reuben BURRAS of Fairfield twp, who departed Jan. 1, 1850, on the isthmus route by way of New Orleans, ..........") (January 4?). Took passage on steamboat Silas H. Wright, traveling down Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to New Orleans. Cost of passage: $10.00. January 12. Arrived New Orleans. o/a January 15. Departed New Orleans on steamship Falcon for Chagres, Panama. Paid $45.00 for passage. (Sometime January-March). Transited Isthmus of Panama. March. By ship to California. Paid $150.00 for passage. By April 1. Began mining on the American River, about 50 miles northeast of Sacramento. July 27. Began mining in Coloma, on the south fork of the American River, "near the place where gold was first seen." August 21. Visiting Sacramento. October 18. Reuben BURRAS Listed in U. S. Census Index for El Dorado County, California. (Fall of 1850). In article "The Lure of Gold" by Henry Timman, published in the Reflector Herald, Norwalk, Ohio, June 14, 1974: "(A.W. Lee of Bronson) reported in the fall of 1850 that .........Reuben BURRAS of Fairfield was about to leave for his Ohio home. BURRAS arrived back in February 1851." 1850/1851. Returned home by ship around Cape Horn. In same article as above: "When he (Reuben) was ready to return by ship around Cape Horn, he carried a considerable amount of gold with him. The ship sank in the Carribean, and the passengers were not allowed to carry any baggage into the lifeboats, so the miners stuffed what gold they could into their boots, and the rest sank to the bottom." February, 1851. Reuben arrived back home. See article above. In letters of July 27th and September 8th, Reuben describes the sickness to the miners that is life threatening. On July 27th: "I had rather be in the States than here. Many die here with the diarrhea." On September 8th: " I have seen a man that lived near New Orleans die here with a diarrhea at nine o'clock in the evening in a grog shop, a crowd of men in the same room, gambling, drinking, swearing, quarreling, at the same moment the sick man was absentmindedly speaking of his home and his family continually. No female nurse or woman's hand to wipe the cold death sweat, no friend to shed a tear. I said to the grog seller, 'Lyle is dying.' He said he knew he was. The next day noon I was in the room- the corpse lay as it did the evening I left without being disturbed. He was afterwards buried. Man has few of days and full of trouble." Reuben describes the scene at his mining site in Coloma (American River) thus, in his letter of July 27th: " A disagreeable place it seemed to me, like one of nature's penitentiaries. It is on the south fork of the American River. It is three miles travel from the river to the top of the hill on either side. The river runs very swift, the water comes from moutains covered with snow which can be seen from here. It makes a noise like a thunder shower nearby, running along the tumbling rocks. Some tall pines grow along the ravines. Other places brush grows about three feet high. Some parts of the banks are barren and rocky. I am 7 miles toward Sacramento." His living conditions are touched on in his letter of September 8th in which he talks of a "cold wet ground for (my) bed, an oak tree for (my) shelter, with little provision and that of the poorest kind, with two blankets for (my) bed, surrounded with dishonorable men.....and the savage Indian, the rattlesnake, and the bears.....a sickly climate, and a pathless ocean between (me) and home." In various letters, Reuben comments on expenses and cost of living. He notes that what 10 cents can buy in Ohio would cost $1.00 in camp. He paid $21.00 a week for board, and $70.00 for a tent and some cooking utensils. A meal costs $1.50, and a night's lodging costs $1.00. Whiskey is 25 cents a drink. He also reported that he paid $100.00 for provisions to eat during the winter. He sums up his feelings with the remark: "Money is quick earned here and as soon parted with." At various times he remarks on his earnings from mining the gold. On some days he makes $24.00 a day, and thinks he "can get an ounce a day. " In a letter of May 26th, after working on Weaver Creek, he reports he had earned but $200.00. In his letter of July 27th he mentions he had $460.00 in gold, while some men had made $2,000.00, and that gold was worth $16.00 an ounce. On September 1st he tells his wife that he had made $74.00 clear of expenses. In letter of August 21st he describes a gold nugget as " commonly the size of a man's finger or thumb. They are sometimes fastened together like the seeds in a sunflower, the pointed ends all upwards." Bev and I visited Myles and Dort BURRAS in N. Fairfield , Ohio some years ago. Myles was a great grandson of Reuben BURRAS, and the first cousin to Bev's mother. Eventually, the conversation at the time of our visit to their home turned to Reuben BURRAS and his gold field experience. With a little coaxing, Myles brought out for us to view a small nugget that Reuben had sent home, and which had passed down to Myles. It didn't take a great deal of imagination to picture Reuben hard at work in "one of nature's penitentiaries" to produce this miniature glow of gold. Sadly, both Myles and Dort are now deceased.


Surnames: BELDING, BURGESS, CHANDLER, CLAWSON, COLLINWOOD, FOSS, FULLER, HOPPOCK, JAMES, MALLERY, MALLORY, MILLER, MONROE, PHILLIPS, POST, SMITH, SNOW
Researcher: Susan Simmons
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Sunday, March 1, 1998

I am researching several names that are in Huron Co. The patricarchs of the two families are Isaiah POST who died July 35 1838 in Huron Co. and Ezekial PHILLIPS born abt 1783 probably in NY and died in Hartland Twp Huron co. OH in July of 1856. Isaiah Post's wife's name is unknown but she died in 1840. From a History of Huron and Erie Co they had a family of 13 children, 3 of which were still living in 1879. Lydia POST the wife of Ebenezer CHANDLER of Townsend OH, Parley K POST of Hartland who married Amy PHILLIPS, and Isaiah Jr of Wisconsin. Does anyone know the other childrens names? Ezekial PHILLIPS married Maria SMITH in NY State. Maria was born on April 9, 1791 in Dutchess Co, NY and died Oct 1 1877 in Huron co., OH. They had 9 children, 5 of which were still living in 1879. Amy PHILLIPS wife of Parley K POST of Hartland, Mrs. HOPPOCK and Mrs BURGESS of Wisconsin, Dorcas PHILLIPS the wife of John CLAWSON of Clarksfield OH, and Canarius N PHILLIPS, who married Alzina JAMES, of Branch Co., MI. Need other children. Parley K POST and wife Amy PHILLIPS children were: Almera F 1837 married a Mr SNOW, Jennett Eliza 1840 married a Mr. FOSS, Dudley W 1842 married Nancy MONROE, Gridley M 1844 married Florence FULLER, Exarissa Julia 1847 m James COLLINWOOD, Parly P 1849 died 1850, Lydia M 1851 married S. W. BELDING, Murray K 1854, Ladora M 1856, and Joseph H 1859 married Minnie E MILLER. Gridley POST�s wife, Florence FULLER's parents were John and Eliza FULLER of OH. Gridley and Florence were married in Branch Co. MI. Gridley and his brother Dudley moved to this area, where their Uncle Canarius PHILLIPS also lived. I found a source that says a John FULLER and Eliza MALLORY were married Feb 25 1847 in Huron CO. OH. Gridley POST remarried a Belle MALLERY after his first wife died. I would appreciate any help in locating these people.


Surnames: ALLEN, HOGAN, POST
Researcher: Elaine Morris
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Sunday, March 1, 1998

My great grandfather's sister, Persis ALLEN, married Horace POST in Huron County, OH on November 16, 1841. Soon after, they migrated to Stephenson County, IL, where they had several children. By 1878, Persis had remarried to a man named "HOGAN", so Horace probably died before that time According to the 1850 and 1860 census, Horace was born in NY. In 1850, his age was recorded as 27; in 1860, his age was 43. Do you know who his parents were?


Surnames: ALLEN, MOORE, MORE
Researcher: Elaine Morris
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Sunday, March 1, 1998

Hiram ALLEN's daughter, Selinda ALLEN, married Jackson S. MOORE in Elkhart Co, IN in 1858. Jackson was the son of John B. and Mary J. MOORE. "History of the Fire Lands" indicates that a John MOORE (MORE) was a neighbor of Hiram ALLEN at Olena, OH in the late 1830's. Could this be the same John MOORE family?


Surnames: HUBER, LEYES
Researcher: Larry Gerhardstein
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Monday, March 2, 1998

This response is from David Velten, e-mail address: [email protected] In the Kuebelberg family book (LDS film 0400423, p. 346), there is a family which I believe is the one Larry is looking for: LEYES, Joseph, fil. Henrici et A.M. Peifer in Schmittshausen, agror. custos in Schmittweiler cath. conj. 17.4.1815. HUBER, Agatha, fil. Mich. et Marg. Burgard in Schmittweiler, n. 22.3.1799. Liberi: 1. Joannes, n.1.b.2.5.1816, +23.12.1816. 2. Margarita, n.17.b.18.2.1818. 3. Joseph, n.19.b.20.1.1821. 4. Catharina, n.25.b.27.4.1823. 5. Joannes, n.27.b.28.2.1826, +28.10.1840. 6. Petrus, n.15.b.16.2.1829. 7. Agatha, n.b.16.10.1831. 8. Jacobus, n.b.31.8.1834. 9. Paulus, n.7.b.8.2.1840. notation: familia imigranit in Americam. From the above I get that the family lived in Schmittweiler. Joseph came from Schmittshausen, which is not covered by the Kuebelberg register. Agatha was from Schmittweiler and her family is listed on page 216. Son Adam must have been born in the U.S. Other info I have on the family: Joseph died Sep 1969 (Huron Co. Deaths, vol. 1, p. 13, no. 177.) Agatha died 5 Oct 1882 (Huron Co. Deaths, vol. 1, p. 99, no. 230.)


Surnames: ATHERTON, COLE, PREY, SMITH, TAYLOR
Researcher: Beverly Bannesmth
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Monday, March 2, 1998

This response is from Ken Shute, e-mail address: [email protected] Dear Beverly, This refers to your posting of 1/15 re the marriage of Marie J. COLE: In the Huron County, Ohio Marriages, Compiled and Published by Scheuer Publications, Warsaw, IN, 1992, I find that Maria (vs. Marie) J. COLE married Franklin SMITH 7 Nov 1847. I also found a few other marriages of some interest, but not necessarily relatable to your SMITH/COLE (at no extra charge): Franklin SMITH m. Fidelia TAYLOR 1 Jul 1840. Maria Jane COLE m. Ebenezer ATHERTON 3 Jul 1836. Maria COLE m. Frank E. PREY 25 Nov 1862.


Surnames: HUBLEY, KEELER, KELLER, MARVIN
Researcher: Art Keller
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Monday, March 2, 1998

This response is from Frances Van Scoy, e-mail address: [email protected]. Art KELLER wrote about his Jacob KELLER who migrated to America in 1833 and lived for awhile in Richland County, and had brothers George and Joseph in Richland County, Ohio. I may have a *different* Richland County, Ohio, KELLER family. My ancestor Adam HUBLEY was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in 1823. He died in Butler Township, Richland County, Ohio, in 1891. He married in Richland County, Ohio, in 1852, Elizabeth KELLER. Elizabeth KELLER was born in Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio, in 1831, which is why she's probably from a different family from his. She died in 1885 and was buried in the Winebrennerian Cemetery, Butler Township, Richland County, Ohio. I want to check the 1850 census for Richland County, Ohio, to see whether I can find her living with her parents (whom I don't know). I've checked the published marriage records for Richland County, 1813-1871 (but one original volume of records is missing) and found only one marriage of a KELLER man in 1831 or earlier: Eric KELLER m. Sally MARVIN 10 July 1821, but there is a note that says "researcher should view the original record" which I have not done. I *do* have a copy of a MARVIN family history which gives the groom's name as KEELER, not KELLER. (And I *think* the Marvin book gives a Huron county connection for the KEELER-MARVIN couple. I'm at the office and my book is at home.)


Surnames: FITZGERALD, HULY, HUNE, LEIDORF, LEIDORFF, LEYDORF, LEYDORFF, MATTIFORD, VONSLAGLE
Researcher: Jeff Leydorf
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Monday, March 2, 1998

This response is from Ken Shute, e-mail address: [email protected] Jeff, I checked my Huron County resources for this name but I'm afraid I didn't come up with too much. Here is what I found: 1. 1880 Census Index, Huron County, Ohio, published by Huron County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society: Jacob LEIDORF, HUNE (New Haven Twp), 129A. John A. LEIDORF, HULY (Lyme Twp), 100B. 2. Huron County, Ohio Marriages, Compiled and Published by Scheuer Publications, Warsaw, IN, 1992: George S. LEIDORFF m. Grace E. MATTIFORD 17 Nov 1897. Kunigunda Chri LEYDORF m. John Louis VONSLAGLE 9 Aug 1888. Lena LEYDORFF m. Charles E. FITZGERALD 7 Jul 1895. Hope some of these may link with your line.


Surnames: COLE, SANFORD
Researcher: Tim Cole
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Monday, March 2, 1998

This response is from Ken Shute, e-mail address: [email protected]. Tim, I checked our Huron County publications again and was unable to locate any references to your Cordelia D. COLE and Arville COLE. Sorry. You might consider posting a copy of your e-mail to me, with your interesting information on the COLE family, to the OH Huron mailing list. I'm sure Iris Peppers, and other subscribers, would like to see it. I may be wrong, but from your e-mail to me I have the feeling that you didn't get a chance to see my mailing list posting of 1/14 on the SANFORD/COLE families, in response to a posting by Iris Peppers. It contains information on Bethuel COLE and his family.


Surnames: BOISE, GOODRICH, SCOTT
Researcher: Susan
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Monday, March 2, 1998

This response is from Ken Shute, e-mail address: [email protected]. Susan, here are references I found in our Huron County publications on these surnames 1. History of the Firelands, Comprising Huron & Erie Counties, Ohio by W. W. Williams, 1879: Under Lyme Twp, page 381: "Jacob GOODRICH and family, in 1817, settled on lot number 22 in the third section, on the place now owned by Spencer W. Boise, where he lived for many years, and then moved to the west. John Seelye, a young man, came in with Mr. GOODRICH, remained a few years, and then went to some State further west." Page 386: "Horatio S. Todd.........purchased of Jacob GOODRICH, a part of lot fifteen in the third section, the same now occupied by E. W. BOISE, and resided there until his death." 2. Plat Book of 1845, Huron County, Ohio: George GOODRICH, Lyme Twp, page 3, section 3, lot 14, 99 acres. 3. Atlas of 1873, Huron County, Ohio: George GOODRICH, Lyme Twp, page 7, section 3, lot 14, 78 acres. 4. Ten Years of the Kinologist, 1986-1995, published by the Huron County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society (Judy Kelble): a. Huron County Kinologist, Summer 1995, Vol. 10, No. 2, page 18: "Seek parents of Sarah (Sally) GOODRICH b. 4 May 1819 Auburn (Cayuga) NY, who m. Isaac SCOTT 21 Jul 1836 Lyme twp (Huron). Son Wm. J. SCOTT b. 1845 (Sandusky) found with wife Josephine in 1880 OH census. Also seek parents of Isaac b. 1815 in PA. (Iona B. Thacker 2476 Collins Rd. P.O. Box 58, Collins, OH 44826-0058. Iris A. Hamilton, 408 Old State Rd. S., Apt. 11, Norwalk, OH 44857-9597.)" b. Kinologist, Fall 1995, Vol. 10, No. 3, page 34: "#1. Looking for parents of Sarah (Sally) GOODRICH b. 4 May 1819 Auburn (Cayuga) NY, d. 3 Aug 1901, m. 21 Jul 1836 Isaac SCOTT. (Iris A. Hamilton, 408 Old State Rd. S., Apt. 11, Norwalk, OH 44857-9597.)" 5. 1880 Census Index, Huron County, Ohio, published by HCC/OGS: Isaac B. SCOTT HUCL (Clarksfield Twp) 023. Hope some of this may help.


Surnames: BROWN, GOODRICH, JAMES, NEWCOMB, RICHARDS, SALSBURY, SCOTT, WALES
Researcher: Susan
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Monday, March 2, 1998

This response is from Ken Shute, e-mail address: [email protected]. Susan, here are two more findings on these surnames (GOODRICH and SCOTT.) The first is from a Huron County, Ohio publication. The second is from a Sandusky County, Ohio publication. I was tipped to check Sandusky County from item 4.a. of yesterday's posting wherein the query mentions: " Son Wm. J. Scott b. 1845 (Sandusky)." 1. Huron County, Ohio Marriages, Compiled and Published by Scheuer Publications, Warsaw, IN, 1992: Edwin GOODRICH m. Olive RICHARDS 23 Jun 1848. Ezekial L. GOODRICH m. Charlotte M. BROWN 8 May 1821. Ezekial L. GOODRICH m. Hannah JAMES 1 Jan 1824. Leonard GOODRICH m. Ann Eliza SALSBURY 17 ? 1830. Stephen GOODRICH m. Esther Ann NEWCOMB 20 Jan 1836. 2. Sandusky County, Ohio. U.S. Census Index 1850. The following SCOTT family was listed for York Twp, Sandusky, Ohio, in 1850: Isaac, Head of family, 939 36. Sally A., Wife, 939 30. Eliza, daughter, 939 3. Lydia A., daughter, 939 10. 2. Lydia Ann. Rosetta, daughter, 939 3/12. Susan A. daughter, 939 7. Wm. J., son, 939 6. Also listed for York Twp in 1850: Norman GOODRICH, a wagon maker, 934 22, living with WALES family. I note with interest that the above York Twp, Sandusky County, Ohio, abuts Lyme Twp, Huron County, Ohio where George GOODRICH and family resided.


Surnames: BLISS, SAURER
Researcher: Beth Saurer-Atuatasi
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Monday, March 2, 1998

This response is from Ken Shute, e-mail address: [email protected]. I couldn't find anything on the specific names you provided in my Huron County publications, except I did find the following in the Web site for Ancestry's Social Security Death Index (http://www.ancestry. com/ssdi/advanced.htm): Bernice SAURER, b. 23 May 1916, d. Feb. 1985, residence was zip code 44618 (Dalton, Wayne, OH), SSN 275-32-7029, Issuing State- Ohio, Issued between 1952 and 1953. There are 123 Mary SCOTTs listed for Ohio. There was no Archie BLISS listed for OHIO. And there was no BLISS listed with the last residence of Huron County, Ohio.


Surnames: BAKER, CHEW, LONNY, TONGUE
Researcher: Nola Donley
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Monday, March 2, 1998

This response is from Ken Shute, e-mail address: [email protected]. Nola, in checking my Huron County, Ohio publications I ran across the following references to surnames TONGUE and CHEW: 1. Huron County, Ohio Marriages, Compiled and Published by Scheuer Publications, Warsaw, IN, 1992. Margaretta CHEW m. Henry LONNY 24 Mar 1870 (apparently "LONNY" is a misreading for TONGUE from the original document). 2. Atlas of 1873, Huron County, Ohio: J. TONGUE, Ripley Twp, page 43, section 1, plot 1, 73 acres. 3. Atlas of 1891, Huron County, Ohio. TONGUE & BAKER, Ripley Twp, page 45, section 1, plot 1, 73 acres. 4. Ten Years of the Kinologist, 1986-1995. Published by the Huron County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society, Judy Kelble. Volume 7, No.1. Page 217: "William TONGUE 207" is seen in a list of names contained in a 315 page grocery store account book kept by Benjamin J. Jenney in Greenwich Twp, Huron County, Ohio, from 1852 to 1856. The account book was donated to the Ohio Genealogical Society Library, P. O. Box 2625, Mansfield, Ohio 44906-0625.


Surnames: FREDERICK, HESS, HOFACKER, HOFAKER, KANNEY, KRAMER, TICKNER
Researcher: Frederick Mann
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Monday, March 2, 1998

This response is from Ken Shute, e-mail address: [email protected]. Here are some references to the surname HOFACKER which I located in my Huron County, Ohio publications. Most have different first names than those which you cited, but I've included them in case they might relate. 1.Huron County, Ohio Marriages, Compiled and Published by Scheuer Publications, Warsaw, IN, 1992: Charles H. HOFACKER m. Jessie B. TICKNER 26 Nov 1891. John HOFACKER m. Julianna FREDERICK 20 Jan 1891. Joseph HOFACKER m. Amelia KANNEY 23 Feb 1892. Caroline HOFACKER m. Andrew HESS 22 Jan 1884. Elizabeth HOFACKER m. William L. KRAMER 27 Apr 1897. 2. Atlas of 1873, Huron County, Ohio. W. HOFAKER, Peru Twp, page 21, section 3, lot 6, 11 acres. 3. Atlas of 1891, Huron County, Ohio. N. HOFAKER, Peru Twp, page 23, section 3, lot 6, 11 acres. 4. 1996 Ancestral Card File Index, published by Huron County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society (HCC/OGS). The name Julia HOFACKER was submitted by Rev. Karl L. Burger (no address listed). 5. Ten Years of the Kinologist, 1986-1995, published by Judy Kelble, HCC/OGS. Burial Records from St. Joseph Catholic Church, Monroeville, Ohio from 1863 to 1900. Volume 1, Page 11: Anna HOFACKER d. 2 Apr 1864, b. 7 Sep 1863. Frederica HOFACKER d. 7 Apr 1864 age 2 y. 9 m. Volume 1, page 39: Nickolaus HOFACKER d. 8 Jul 1883 age 56 y. 6. Gateway to the West, Vol. 1, by Bowers and Short. Page 357: Caption is Darke County, Ohio Naturalizations 1856- 1873. "1-1-1861. Martin HOFACKER a native of Wertemberg, Germany, aged 31 years, emigrated from Germany 2-11-1852 and arrived New York 5-20-1852."


Surnames: DANIELS, RUFFING
Researcher: Robert J. Oprisch
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Monday, March 2, 1998

This response is from Ruth Reed e-mail address: [email protected]. In the 1910 census of Norwich twp, Huron Co. I noticed that several of the family of Frank's children were enumerated in consecutive entries (George, Ben w/ John, Jacob, and Frank). Yes, they were all farmers and lived near one another. Yes Daniels Road was named because the DANIELS lived on it and still do. Frank Sr.'s farm was on Daniels Rd and Frank Jr's farm was around the corner on Greenfield Section Line Rd. (where my son & family now live). They have a picture of Frank Jr and his three young children in front of their home. Sandy is the 4th generation to live in the home. It is an old (1860) brick house with 3 courses of brick on the exterior walls and one interior wall. It has a full second story over half of the downstairs and a 1/2 story over the other half of the downstairs. and still looks the same as it did then because there has been no major changes made to the original layout. Sandy's uncle or cousin now owns Frank Sr's home. The next road to the east is Sectionline 30. There are several DANIELS that live there also. The RUFFING Book has the whole family accurately printed out, starting with Frank SR. I did not know the connection to the other brother and sister until you sent me the info, so I have not researched the others. But there are still DIEHMs in the neighbor- hood and Red knew they were related but didn't know how. By the way, all the DANIELS have nick- names. So Red is Sandy's father because he had red hair. Ducky is a cousin of Red's. He got his nickname because he carried a duck's head in his pocket as a child. Junny is Red's brother. He was Junior.


Surnames: SHERMAN, VINING, WOODFIELD
Researcher: Barb
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Monday, March 2, 1998

Can someone tell me if there is an index to the 1870 Ohio Census? Library of Michigan does not have one. I am looking for families names VINING, SHERMAN, and WOODFIELD. Ebeneezer VINING appears in the 1850 & 1860 in Huron County, Townsend twp, Ohio. He is in Berlin twp, Erie County, in 1880. Where in 1870? Also looking for Fred SHERMAN, born in Ohio in 1868. Found him in 1900. His father might be Walter. Is anyone working on any of these names? Would appreaciate anything anyone has.


Surnames: BRYANT, EASON, VINING
Researcher: Barb
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Monday, March 2, 1998

This is a response from Joyce Cummings e-mail: [email protected]. I have the VINING line quite well documented from Mary and Lydia two daughters of Rev. Ebenezer VINING (1754-1843) back to the immigrant Robert VINING who came from Wincanton, Somerset, England to Weymouth, MA in 1652. The daughters Lydia and Mary both married Royal Tyler BRYANT. Royal T and Mary were in Townsend Township about 1830 to 1840. Mary was in Iowa in 1850. The Rev Ebenezer VINING (above) was a chaplin in the Rev War and died at Ellicottville, NY. He and his wife Abigail EASON had 13 children. Your Ebenezer would probably be a grandson.


Surnames: BRYANT, RUMSEY, VAN PELT, VINING, WILLIAMS
Researcher: Barb
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Monday, March 2, 1998

This is a response from Joyce Cummings e-mail: [email protected]. The first settled pastor was Elder R. W. VINING who began his labors in 1837." The Sarah Ann VAN_PELT marriage could have been a second wife. If it is the same Records VINING, he would have been 67 yrs old. > >His first wife is supposed to have been Lydia WILLIAMS. BRYANT family: Royal Tyler and Mary (Vining) BRYANT--sister of R.W above Sardius BRYANT (who is his wife?) Ansel and Lydia (Vining) BRYANT--maybe daug. of R.W. above Collins W. and Louisa (RUMSEY) BRYANT--Mine! Jesse BRYANT (who is his wife?) I don't think I have all the siblings in this family and would love to pick up some more bits and pieces.


Surnames: BROOKS, COIT
Researcher: Robert & Joan Bahur
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Monday, March 2, 1998

I am interested in hearing from descendants of Elias COIT, moved from CT to Huron County about 1835, was a whaling captain. He sailed a ship that was owned by one of my forebears & migrated to Huron County at the same time as my ancestor Thaddeus BROOKS, also a whaler. I am interested in trying to find out if they knew each other & possibly traveled to Ohio together.


Surnames: ABBOTT, BAILEY, BARBER, BOARDMAN, BOTT, BREWSTER, BRYANT, BRYANTS, ELLIS, FAIRCHILD, FREEMAN, FRENCH, FRESHNEY, GRAHAM, HALL, ISLIP, KINNEY, KYLE, MILES, PHILLIPS, RICHMOND, RUMSEY, SIMMS, TEED, VINING, WEBER
Researcher: Barb
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Monday, March 2, 1998

This is a response from Ken Shute e-mail: [email protected]. Rregarding the Peace Baptist Church in Townsend Twp, Huron Co., Ohio, and the surname BRYANT. Here is the item in full regarding the Peace Baptist Church, followed by the first two paragraphs on the Methodist Episcopal Church in Townsend which mention an A.D. BRYANT and a "Mrs. VINING." According to the index to the History of the Firelands, these are the only references (page 248) to the surnames VINING or BRYANT, apart from a reference to a George VINING on page 84. With one exception, I had no success in locating your named BRYANTS in any of our Huron, Seneca, Sandusky, Erie or Lorain County publications. The one exception: In the Huron County, Ohio Marriages (1815-1900), Compiled and Published by Scheuer Publications, Warsaw, IN, 1992, I did find the marriage of Collins W. BRYANT to Louisa RUMSEY 19 Sep 1846. History of the Firelands, Comprising Huron and Erie Counties, Ohio, by W. W. Williams, 1879: Page 248. Section on Townsend Township, Huron County, Ohio. Under "Religious": "The Baptist Church was organized in Penfield, New York, in 1816, and consisted of five members, namely Abijah BARBER, Benjamin BAILEY, Acsah BAILEY, Jasper MILES and Betsey MILES, all of whom removed to this township (Townsend) the following year. It was originally called "The Peace Baptist Church", one of the articles of its constitution condemning "all carnal wars and fighting, and the use of carnal weapons, in self defence, as unwarranted by Scripture." The members, on removing to this township, kept up their organization, the earliest meetings being held at their respective dwellings. Elder FRENCH, a Baptist minister, preached the first sermon in the township. Elder PHILLIPS, of Berlin, was also one of the earliest preachers of that denomination that preached in the township. The first settled pastor was Elder R. W. VINING who began his labors in 1837. Since Mr. VINING, J. R. ABBOTT, J. FREEMAN, F. P. HALL, A. J. ELLIS, D. B. SIMMS. John KYLE, E. R. RICHMOND, J. P ISLIP, and S. A. F. FRESHNEY have successively officiated as pastors. The latter's term of service has not yet expired. A church building was erected at the center, in 1850, costing about five hundred dollars. The society has at present a membership of fifty-three. Edwin KINNEY is clerk; William BOTT and John TEED, deacons; Edwin KINNEY is superintendent of the Sabbath school, which is small, numbering twenty-five or thirty scholars." Immediately following the above is the text on "The Methodist Episcopal Church": "We are indebted to George A. WEBER, pastor of the church, for the facts in the following statement: The church was in existence at Townsend Center in the spring of 1839; how long before that, or by whom organized, can not be ascertained. The first meetings were held in an old red school house a short distance southeast of the center. The building is now used by H. BOARDMAN as a bee-house. There were then two other M. E. Societies in the township, one of which met in a school house on the east town line, and the other in a school house (recently burned) about two miles further west. The society at the center had a precarious existence until the completion of its house of worship in 1852, at which time the other classes referred to disbanded, some of the members uniting with the church at the center and others going elsewhere. In 1849, when the Brothers Burton and Curtis FAIRCHILD with their wives united, there were only eleven members, themselves included. The names of the other members were as follows: A. D. BRYANT (leader), his wife and father, Zenas GRAHAM, Alva BREWSTER and wife, and a Mrs. VINING


Surnames: POST
Researcher: Susan Simmons
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Monday, March 2, 1998

I have noted two families of POST in Huron co. Mine is the Isaiah POST family. According to records Isaiah had 13 children. I only know the names of 3 of them. Isaiah's son Parley was born in 1811 in Jefferson co. NY and the family was in Madison co NY prior to 1831 when they came to Huron co. OH. The other POST family is Stephen POST. I have (I believe) all of his children. In researching Stephen I have found that he did have a brother named Isaiah, so I am hoping to find information on the relationship between these two POST groups.


Surnames: POST
Researcher: Bill Oliver
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Tuesday, March 3, 1998

There has been quite-a-bit of discussion on the POST family in early history from the New Netherlands area on [email protected].


Surnames: BLACKMAN, POST
Researcher: Tracie Johnson
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Tuesday, March 3, 1998

I have a Clarissa BLACKMAN who married an Isaiah POST, 6 Sep 1827 in Huron Co.


Surnames: BLM
Researcher: Jim Davis
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Tuesday, March 3, 1998

BLM - If anyone is interested in buying a CD listing old Ohio land records so members can search them on their own, it is available on one of the General Land Office Automated Record System CDs. They are available from: Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954. In 1994, they were $15 each. At that time, they were available for Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The Ohio one is CD-ROM 024-011-00188-3.


Surnames: COLE, FORD
Researcher: Elaine Morris
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Tuesday, March 3, 1998

I hope someone will be kind enough to help me with the following Huron County items: FORD marriages between about 1842 and 1846. FORD cemetery information, in particular, Anna (Lyons) Ford who died about 1834, perhaps in Hartland Twp. Also any nearby Ford graves prior to 1847. I am looking for burials of children of George and Anna, and of George and Amanda Ford. Census index for 1860 and 1870, if available, to locate the Miner COLE family, probably living in Norwalk twp, but no luck finding so far. Sometimes local genealogical societies make more complete indexes just for their county. Does such a thing exist for Huron for 1860 or 1870?


Surnames: BOWMAN, CLARK, GRIBBLE, KELLOGG, STOVER
Researcher: James H Clark
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Tuesday, March 3, 1998

Catherine KELLOGG in Oregon, thinks that Andrew CLARK may have come from Conn. to the Firelands because he was "burned out" in the war of 1812. Is there a list of those who were "burned out" and settled in the Firelands of the Western Reserve? Catherine KELLOGG also stated that John CLARK had a younger brother, James,( Jim) ( who was a twin of Jane), and that he was in the civil war. After the war he came walking back from Kentucky and stopped to visit his sister, Susan CLARK GRIBBLE in Calhoun County, Mich. He gave her his army jacket, which Catherine's father remembers seeing his grandmother wear. He then went on to Ohio. She also said to check on the BOWMAN name in Richland, County. Would anyone in Richland County have record of Jane Priscilla BOWMAN marriage to Andrew CLARK, or of his son, John CLARK's marriage to Margaret STOVER?


Surnames: BROOKS
Researcher: Drew Spevak
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Tuesday, March 3, 1998

Lemuel BROOKS, a character in my family tree*, also received land for having lost property due to the burning of CT....My great-aunt had a book with , I think, a list of those people.....a fairly long list, as I remember...I will try to contact her and see if she can send it to me.


Surnames: BENSCHOTEN, BLISS, BRADY, BREWSTER, GRIFFIN, GUNN, HOWLAND, NICHOLS, SAURER, SMITH, STEVENS, STILES, TILLEY, TRIMBRELL, VAN BENSCHOTEN, WASHBURN, WOOSTER
Researcher: Beth Saurer-Atuatasi
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Tuesday, March 3, 1998

John WASHBURN + Martha (TRIMBRELL) STEVENS ...William WASHBURN ...+ Jane (NICHOLS?) ......Hope WASHBURN ......+ Mary STILES, m. ~1660 .........William WASHBURN, b. 3/8/1668, d. 1/28/1741 .........+ Hannah WOOSTER, m. 8/20/1696, d. 4/1/1737 ............John WASHBURN, b. 1705, m. 11/15/1729 ............+ Sarah GUNN, b. 4/3/1713 ...............Joseph WASHBURN, Sr. ...............+ Rosan(n)ah Monica ..................James WASHBURN, b. 2/18/1766, d. 1812 ..................+ Juda GRIFFIN, b. 4/18/1767, m. 12/24/1788, d. 9/12/1848 .....................Walter WASHBURN, b. 1/4/1790, d. 5/21/1865 .....................+ Nellie (Penelope) VAN_BENSCHOTEN, b. 12/29/1786, d. 2/18/1828 ........................Henry Griffin WASHBURN, b. 5/31/1813 ........................+ Ann Maria VAN_BENSCHOTEN, b. 8/23/1823, m. 2/20/1842, d. 3/30/1812 ...........................Jay WASHBURN, b. 4/14/1852 in HURON CO., Ohio, d. 3/30/1912 ...........................+ Mary E. BRADY, b. 7/19/1852 in Ohio, m. 6/20/1873, d. 1/4/1934 ..............................Etta Lucille/May WASHBURN, b. 10/6/1895, d. 2/16/1919 in Ohio ..............................+ Archie Paul BLISS, b. 9/16/1892, m. 10/23/1913, d. 1977 in Ohio .................................Bernice May BLISS, b. 5/23/1916, d. 2/4/1985 in Ohio .................................+ Elmer Ray SAURER, b. 10/2/1907, m. 10/31/1939, d. 12/7/1992 in Ohio ....................................Harold Dean SAURER, b. 10/19/1940, m. 6/22/1963 in Ohio.....my *Dad* :) Supposedly these Washburns hook-up with John HOWLAND and Elizabeth and John TILLEY of the Mayflower and Ann Maria Van BENSCHOTEN's line hooks up with Reverend Nehemiah SMITH and Elder William BREWSTER.


Surnames: WASHBURN
Researcher: Elaine Morris
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Tuesday, March 3, 1998

My great grandfather's sister, Susan Allen, married James WASHBURN in Huron County in 1851. I don't know anything about James or his background. He was born about 1825 in Ohio. I haven't located the family in 1860, but I do know they stayed in Ohio at least until both known children were born, George abt 1853 and Ella abt 1857. In 1870, they were living in Ionia Co, MI, near another of Susan's siblings. James apparently died before 1880. In that year, Susan and George were living in Robinson Twp, Ottawa Co, MI, now near Two of Susan's sibs. George married in 1885, and the family dropped out of sight. Probably moved west, but I'm hoping to discover where, as I would like to obtain vital information on Susan if it is available.


Surnames: BOWMAN, CLARK, STOVER
Researcher: James H Clark
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Tuesday, March 3, 1998

Andrew CLARK may have come from Connecticut to the Firelands because he was "burned out" in the war of 1812. Would anyone have a record of Jane Priscilla BOWMAN's marriage to Andrew CLARK, or of his son, John CLARK's marriage to Margaret STOVER?


Surnames: POST, RICE, RUSSELL, SMITH, WILSON
Researcher: Barb
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Friday, March 6, 1998

I am looking for William J W WILSON. He was in Sherman Twp in 1850 He was 32 in 1850 and his wife was Harriet RUSSELL. In 1850 they only had Riley age 2. They had 6 children altogether but I only know of 3: Riley, John W., (who moved, I believe, to Oklahoma) and Anna (who married a Mr. POST). I believe this William WILSON went to jail for murder for some years. His wife and children ended up in Cass County, MI. His wife Harriet remarried to Nelson SMITH in 1864, then to Orville RICE in 1885. She died in Van Buren County, MI.



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