Huron County, Ohio, Queries Posted For
Huron County, Ohio
Queries Posted For June 2002
- Surnames: CRAIG
Researcher: Doug Smith
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Saturday, June 1, 2002
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I have been searching for a Benjamin CRAIG who had a son by the name of Lewis CRAIG. Lewis was born appx. 1827 or 1828. I have found only two Benjamin CRAIGs in the 1850 Ohio census index. One was in Huron County, and the other was in Washington County. I am keeping my fingers crossed for a reply from someone on this list who is either researching the CRAIG family or has any knowledge of either Lewis CRAIG or Benjamin CRAIG.
- Surnames: CRAIG
Researcher: Doug Smith
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Saturday, June 1, 2002
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Ethel Look Up Results -1850 Census, Ohio, Huron County, Ripley township, # 3029/3094. CRAIG, Benjamin, 29, Farmer, b OH; Anna, 27, b PA; William, 5, b PA; Ira, 3, Male, b OH. 1850 Census, Ohio Huron County, Ripley township, # 3028/3029. Archibald CRAIG, 53, Farmer, b PA; Anna CRAIG, 54, b VA; Joseph CRAIG, 18, Laborer, b OH; Margret NOBLE, 32, b OH; Franklin NOBLE, 5, b OH; Angalina, 1, female, b OH; Jeremiah CRAIG, 21, Laborer, OH. 1850 Washington County, OH, Warren Township. Benj. CRAIG, 52, farmer, $500, b PA; Sarah CRAIG, 45, b PA; Benj. F. CRAIG, 20, b PA; Andrew S. CRAIG, 19, b PA; Sathamanth A. CRAIG, 5, female, b PA. 1850 Census Indiana, Tipton County, Liberty township. Lewis CRAIG, 23, farmer, b OH Margaret A. CRAIG, 21, b VA Mary, 9/12 (months), OH. Note- This Lewis CRAIG lives between those with surnames of MILLS, should you need information on them.
- Surnames: FRANCIS, HATFIELD, HOWELL, ROWCLIFF, WETMORE
Researcher: Chaplain Bob
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Sunday, June 2, 2002
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I am new to this list as I just traced my ancestry to (thru) Huron County, OH. Until recently, all I had was some 'oral tradition' regarding farming in the Western Reserve. My Gr-Gr-Gr-Grandfather is Nathan HATFIELD who was married to Cynthia WETMORE in Wyoming County NY. They moved to Huron County in 1833 with at least 4 children and bought and cleared land in Peru Township (Section 2-30). They had six children, Mary A., who I know nothing about; Elmirea moved to North Dakota with her husband Cyrus FRANCIS; Hanna L. resided in OH with her husband James HOWELL; William H. moved to Rock County WI in 1856 [this is my line], after his mother's death; Harriet moved to Peoria County IL with her husband George ROWCLIFF; and Charles N. who died at age 13. Nathan died in 1846 and Cynthia died in 1855. They along with Charles, are buried in Peru Center Cemetery.I would appreciate any other information that someone may have. The dates I am most interested in are 1833 to 1856. I am planning on visiting the area and would like some help finding the original farm and the Peru Center cemetery
- Surnames: HATFIELD
Researcher: Chaplain Bob
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Monday, June 3, 2002
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Nancy Paramore Look Up Results - The cemetery is located four miles south of Monroeville on the north side of Peru West Section Line Rd #65, west of Peru Center Road, in Sect. 1, Twp. 3, Range 23. It is owned and operated by the Peru Twp. Trustees. [right on the corner of Peru Center Rd and Section Line Rd. 65] HATFIELDs buried in Row 7, stone #6. That's all I see buried in Peru Cemetery.
- Surnames: HATFIELD
Researcher: Chaplain Bob
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Monday, June 3, 2002
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Ken Shute Look Up Results - Following are references to your Nathan HATFIELD family which I found in our Huron County, Ohio publications. 1. Huron County, Ohio Cemetery Inscriptions. Peru Center (Schoolhouse Cemetery), Peru Township, Page 717. Row 7. 6 Cynthia W. HATFIELD, w/o N. HATFIELD, d. 6 Nov 1855 ag 56y 1m 18d. (front). Nathan HATFIELD, d. 2 Feb 1847, age 51y. (left) Charles N., s/o N. & C. HATFIELD, d. 11 Feb 1849, age 12y 8m 13d. (right). (Note- from page 716- The Peru Center or Schoolhouse Cemetery was apparently in use from 1826 until 1966 with most burials between the 1830's and 1910's. The cemetery is located four miles south of Monroeville on the north side of Peru West Section Line Road #65, west of Peru Center Road, in Section 1, Twp. 3, Range 23. It is owned and maintained by Peru Twp. trustees.") Brightman Cemetery, Bronson Township, Page 2. Row 1. 4 James Harvey HOWE, b. 11 June 1826, d. 6 June 188_. Hannah Louise HATFIELD HOWE, his wife, b. 24 Feb 1830; d. 29 Jan 1900. (Note- The Brightman Cemetery is located in the northwest corner of lot 31 in Sect. 4, Twp. 3, Range 22, Bronson Twp. It is on the Peru-Bronson town line, 1/4 mile north of the village of Peru on Peru Hollow Rd. (old Route 61, East side of the road.) (Map locations of cemeteries in Huron County can be viewed on the Huron County, Ohio home page. Go to ww.rootsweb.com/~ohhuron, then click on "Pioneers, History and Maps." Then click on "Detailed Township Maps." Finally, click on the square for Peru Township, or Bronson Township.) 2. Huron County, Ohio Marriages, 1815-1900, by Scheuer Publications. Almira HATFIELD m. Cyrus FRANCIS 1 Jan 1849. Hannah L. HATFIELD m. James H. HOWE 9 May 1850. Harriet HATFIELD m. George ROSCLIFF (sic) 25 Mar 1853. Mary Ann HATFIELD m. Henry JOHNSON 16 Jul 1839. 3. 1850 Census, Huron County, Ohio. Read Page, Line, Name, Age & Place of Birth. 140a, 19, Cintha HATFIELD, 50, NY. 140a, 21, Harriet E. HATFIELD, 16, NY. 140a, 20, William H. HATFIELD, 18, NY. (To view this census, go to the Huron County, Ohio home page and click on "1850 Census.") 4. Plat Book of 1845, Huron County, Ohio. Nathan HATFIELD, Peru Twp, Section 2, Lot 30, Page 26. (To view this map page containing the location of Nathan's property, go to the Huron County, Ohio home page and click on: "1845 Plat Map Index/Images. Then click on "Peru Twp., Sect. 2, Pg.26." Lot 30 will be toward the bottom of the page in the middle.) 5. History of Huron County, Ohio by A.J. Baughman, 1909. Vol. 2, Page 407. Biographical sketch on Charles SUHR. Article mentions that- "In 1891 Mr. (Charles) SUHR was married to Miss Millie A. HOWE, a native of Peru, Huron County, Ohio, and a daughter of James and Hannah L. (HATFIELD) HOWE." 6. Early Estate Index, Huron County, Ohio Court Records, 1812-1852. Nathan HATFIELD, Will, Mar. 1847, Husband of Cynthia. Sources- Packet (original papers which still exist). Will Record "A," page 187 (transcribed copy). Probate Docket # 1, page 251 (original & transcribed). Common Pleas Journal # 8 (original). (You could try to obtain copies of these papers by writing to the Probate Court, Huron County Courthouse, Norwalk, Ohio 44857.)
- Surnames: BOWLBY, GARMEN, MCCLURE, TOWNSEND
Researcher: Charles Blake
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Tuesday, June 4, 2002
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I am just learning about my mother's ancestors and recently joined the OGS & HCC. I found the List site trying to determine the address of the land where my mother's mother was born so I can see it when I come up there July 11, 2002. My mother's mother, Bertha Roselle BOWLBY was born in Plymouth, 10 October 1871, the daughter of Edward Thomas BOWLBY and Mary (MCCLURE) BOWLBY. Mary was born 4 July 1835, the daughter of Thomas & Rachel (TOWNSEND) MCCLURE of Havana, New York. I don't know if their farm was in Huron or Richland County. Edward was born 13 March 1829 in Hunterdon County New Jersey, the son of Samuel BOWLBY and Martha (GARMEN) BOWLBY, who settled in Huron County, Ripley Township by 12 May 1846. Samuel died 10 September 1850 and is buried in Delphi Cemetery. Edward and family bought a farm in Plymouth by 1870 and moved to Dixon, Illinois by 1878.
- Surnames: SANDERS, SAUNDERS, SMITH
Researcher: Jean
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Wednesday, June 5, 2002
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I am looking for Ezra Allen SMITH (his father was Hezekiah) and his wife Harriet Melissa SANDERS. They lived in Berlin Heights or Berlin for a while before moving to Indiana. So, I was curious if there were any SANDERS/SAUNDERS in that geographic region earlier? I don't know where Melissa's family came from but possibly from NY into Ohio early.
- Surnames: BOWLBY, GARMEN, MCCLURE, TOWNSEND
Researcher: Charles Blake
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Friday, June 7, 2002
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Ken Shute Look Up Results - In our 1873 Atlas, Huron County, Ohio, I find the following- M. BOWLBY, (Town of) Delphi, Ripley Twp, lot 20, page 71. (This lot faces New Haven Street.) S. BOWLBY, Ripley Twp, Section 3, Lot 15. page 43. (This property is on the northern outskirts of Delphi.) (I could find no reference to a Thomas MCCLURE in our Plat Book of 1845, nor in our Atlases for 1873 and 1891, Huron County, Ohio.) The 1850 census for Huron County, Ohio, appearing as a link on the HCC/OGS home page (sites.rootsweb.com/~ohhuron), lists the following "BOUBLYs" for census page 212b. Read line #, first name, age, and place of birth- 29, David, 3/12, OH; 35, Dennis S., 3, NY; 33, Edward, 20, NJ; 26, Emanuel, 29, NJ; 27, Lucretia, 25, NJ; 31, Martha, 50, VA; 28, Martha, 2, IA; 32, Matilda, 25, NJ; 30, Samuel, 74, NJ; 34, Samuel, Jr., 16, NY. The biggest plum, however, came through the use of the Google search engine. If you go to the web site www.bowlbyfamily.org/ancestor/index.htm, you will pull up a lengthy and detailed description of the "Descendents of Richard BOWLBY." You will be particularly interested in the "Ninth Generation" which discusses Samuel BOWLBY and his children from his first wife, Ann HENDRICKSON, and his children from his second wife, Martha GARMON/GARMAN. The web site for this "Ninth Generation" is www.bowlbyfamily.org/ancestor/d4644.htm. The "Eleventh Generation" describes the connection between Lydia BOWLBY and Wheeler HACKETT. The web site for this is www.bowlbyfamily.org/ancestor/d10419.htm.
- Surnames: MCDAVITT
Researcher: Darlene
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Friday, June 7, 2002
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Is there a listing for a Joseph Lester MCDAVITT or Ida S. MCDAVITT in your cemetery book?
- Surnames: MCDAVITT
Researcher: Darlene
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Saturday, June 8, 2002
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Nancy Paramore Look Up Results - Only one listing of McDAVITT in the Huron County, Ohio Cemetery Inscriptions by the Huron County Chapter of the OGS. Also tried some other variations of spelling and came up empty handed. New Greenwood Cemetery, New Haven Township, page 337. Row 8 - Section B-4. 1 MCDAVITT, Linda Lee, 5 Apr 1946 "Baby".
- Surnames: BOSLER, WHITRIGHT
Researcher: Jean Whitright
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Friday, June 14, 2002
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Looking for marriage records for Deborah BOSLER and Peter WHITRIGHT. Deborah BOSLER lived in Ruggles Twp.
- Surnames: BOSLER, WHITRIGHT
Researcher: Jean Whitright
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Friday, June 14, 2002
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Cathy Lauer Look Up Results - I found Peter and Deborah on the 1850 ASHLAND Co., Ruggles Twp. OH. Peter, age 65, b. PA; Deborah, 50, b. PA; Rachael, 22, b. PA; Julietta, 15, b. OH; George, 11, b. OH; Lydia, 9, b. OH; Franklin, 6, b. O. If this information is correct, it appears that they were married before coming to Ohio. I checked the marriages for Ohio 1835-1840, but did not find anything.
- Surnames: BERRY, BOSLER, SHOEMAKER, WHITRIGHT, WITRIGHT
Researcher: Jean Whitright
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Saturday, June 15, 2002
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I'm looking for a marriage record of the second marriage for Peter WHITRIGHT/WITRIGHT. I believe that his first wife Elizabeth SHOEMAKER died, most likely in Montgomery Township, Ashland Co. and Peter married second to Deborah BERRY BOSLER the widow of George BOSLER of Ruggles Township, Huron County. Can anyone offer suggestions as to where I might find the death record for Elizabeth SHOEMAKER WHITRIGHT, ca 1835? Both the marriage and death record have eluded me for years. Does anyone know if there is a "gap" in birth, marriage, death records for the time period 1830-1840 for Huron/Ashland/Richland Counties? It appears that it is most difficult to locate them. Are there any printed church records? This family was Lutheran.
- Surnames: BOSLER, WHITRIGHT
Researcher: Jean Whitright
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Saturday, June 15, 2002
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Ethel Look Up Results - I didn't find the marriage of Peter and Deborah, but I did find a couple of email addresses that might help you. Thomas A Stobi SFO, at [email protected] says that Deborah was in Hamilton Twp, Decatur County, Iowa by 1856. I found the 1860 census for Decatur and am listing it though you probably already have it- Peter WHITRIGHT, 74, b PA, farmer, worth 300/100; Deborah, 60, b PA; Lydia, 17, b OH. Found a military record for Peter - 2 Regiment (Hindman's), Ohio Militia, entered-Priv., exited- Priv., roll box 230, roll exct 602. Another note by someone was George BOSLER d bet 1836-1837 (possibly narrowing the year of marriage of Deborah to Peter). Another email address that is researching this is [email protected].
- Surnames: BERRY, BOSLER, SHOEMAKER, WHITRIGHT, WITERECHT, WITRIGHT
Researcher: Jean Whitright
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Monday, June 17, 2002
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Ken Shute Look Up Results - I had no luck in finding the death date and place for Elizabeth SHOEMAKER WHITRIGHT, nor the marriage date for Peter WHITRIGHT and Deborah BERRY BOSLER, but I did find the marriage date for Peter and Elizabeth SHOEMAKER, if you don't have it already- From our Gateway to the West, Compiled by Bowers and Short, Vol. I, Page 308. Columbiana County, Ohio Marriages, 1803-1818. Peter WITERECHT to Elizabeth SHOEMAKER 2 April 1809.
- Surnames: WEST
Researcher: Sophie
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Wednesday, June 19, 2002
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My husband and I are trying to research the family of Timothy and Prudence WEST. We are stuck on Truman and Emily WEST. We know the family lived in N. Fairfield, Ohio. They are buried in Old N. Fairfield Cemetery. They both died in the year 1837. We would love to know what happened to cause their death, and who was given the responsibility of raising their two children, Judson and Alma WEST.
- Surnames: WEST
Researcher: Sophie
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Saturday, June 22, 2002
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Ken Shute Look Up Results - I was unable to find the answers to your specific questions, but here are some references to your WEST family from our Huron County, Ohio publications. Maybe there's a clue buried in there. I suspect you may already have most if not all of this information, but if not, here it is- 1. History of the Fire Lands, by W.W. Williams, 1879,Page 354. Fairfield Township. "Timothy WEST, of Cayuga County, and his sons Geroge R., William and Sexton D. came into the county early in 1831 and took up residence upon lot twenty-one, section four." 2. Huron County, Ohio Cemetery Inscriptions. Old North Fairfield Cemetery, Fairfield Township. Page 71, Row 17. 20 Prudence WEST w/o Timothy WEST, d. 6 Dec 1852 aged 71y 11m 15d. 21 Timothy WEST, d. 15 Mar 1842 AE 67y 8m 7d. 22 Emily WEST w/o T.W. West, 1814-1837. 23 Truman W. WEST, 1811-1837. Page 72, Row 20. 13 W.G. WEST, d. 28 Mar 1864 aged 45y (3)m 1(3) d. 14 William G. WEST 18 Dec 1819-28 Mar 1864. Betsy J. FITCH, his wife, 18 Aug 1825-10 Dec 1901 WEST (front). A(b)(b)y A. WEST 23 Feb 1847-25 Feb 1847. Emma K., 2 Mar 1864-2 Apr 1864. Alma L. 28 Nov 1855-18 Mar 1873; Children of W.G. & B.J. WEST. 15 Emma (E.) WEST d/o W.G. & B. WEST d. 2 Apr 1864 aged 1 m. 16 A(b)y A. WEST d/o W.G. & B. WEST, d. 25 Feb 1847 aged 2d. 17 Alma L. WEST d/o W.G. & B. WEST, d. 18 Mar 1873 aged 17y 3m 18d. 3. Early Estate Index, Huron County, Ohio Court Records, 1812-1852. Timothy WEST, Will, 8 Jun 1842. Sources- Common Pleas Journal # 7; page 253. Will Record "A;" page 119 (transcribed copy). 4.Plat Book 1845, Huron County, Ohio. Timothy WEST, Fairfield Twp, Section 4, lots 27-28, page 52. 5. Atlas of 1873, Huron County, Ohio. Heirs of W.G. WEST, Fairfield Twp, Section 4, lot 21, page 33. (Note- This is the same lot that Timothy WEST is described as settling upon (1831) in Williams' History of the Fire Lands, item 1 above.) Atlas of 1891, Huron County, Ohio. Betsy WEST, Fairfield Twp, Section 4, lot 21, page 35. (Presume this could be Betsy (FITCH) WEST who died 1901, and was the w/o William G. WEST who died 1864.) 6. 1870 Federal Census, Huron County, Ohio. The following WESTs, all born in Ohio, appear on Census page 276, Fairfield County, Ohio. Read first name and age. Betsy, 44 Alma, 14 Anna, 18 Hattie, 11 Mary, 7 Milton C., 20. (Presume this is the family of Betsy (FITCH) WEST, widow of William G. WEST who died 1864 at age 45.)
- Surnames: THOMPSON
Researcher: Dave Nielsen
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Sunday, June 23, 2002
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I am looking for the gravesite of George THOMPSON who died in late 1850. He and his wife Lucy Bell were married in Huron County in 1828 and, although he is shown as having real estate valued at over $8,200 in the 1850 census, he is not shown on the 1845 plat map for Huron County. He is listed living with his wife and children in the 1850 Ohio census in Ridgeway Township, Huron County. Is there any George THOMPSON listed in the cemetery book that died in 1850? Also, could you look to see when Lucinda THOMPSON died? Perhaps that is the long form of Lucy. Were there any more THOMPSONs near George or Susan?
- Surnames: THOMPSON
Researcher: Dave Nielsen
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Sunday, June 23, 2002
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Nancy Paramore Look Up Results -I did this look up for someone on 1/23/01. You might want to go to the Huron Co. web site archives and check out who it was. Riverside Cemetery, Ridgefield Township, page 764, Section E - Row 14. 5 THOMPSON, George, d 21 Sept 1850 ae 44y 7m 26d; 6 THOMPSON, Susan, d 22 Dec 1847 ae 35y 11m 23d. Bellevue Cemetery, Lyme Township, page 213, Section VII & VIII - Row 2. 2 THOMPSON, Lucinda 1855 - 1916; 3 THOMPSON, William H. 1846 - 1917. There are no THOMPSON's buried close to George, but there are other THOMPSON's buried in that cemetery. You might go through the index and see if you can match a first name.
- Surnames: KNOWLTON
Researcher: Joe Dinger
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Monday, June 24, 2002
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I have 3 questions that I'm hoping you can help me answer, or can steer me to someone who may have the answers- 1. Was there a village or town, in Huron County in the early 1800's named Knowlton? 2. If there was a Knowlton, where was it located? 3. Where can I find a circa 1820 Huron County Map?
- Surnames: KNOWLTON
Researcher: Joe Dinger
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Monday, June 24, 2002
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Tom Neel Look Up Results - Knowlton was located where the B&O Railroad crosses State Route 60 just south of New London across the line in Ruggles Twp., Ashland Co., Ohio. The railroad station was known as Hereford, and the post office was called Knowlton. There was some effort to call it South New London, but that name was never popular. Local residents call it Hereford today, although no buildings survive except the farmhouses at the top of the hill on either side. The depot was built at Hereford in 1891, so its creation date is well beyond the formation of Ashland County in 1846. It was not a town when it was part of Huron County. The Valley Hotel at Hereford caught fire and was destroyed in 1923, and the place died out quickly after that. In the 50's, I believe, the bridge was built for SR 60 over the railroad tracks. Now, you have to go down the old road via a private residence driveway to access the railroad. There are still remnants of foundations of railroad buildings and the like between the railroad and Buck Creek on the east side of Route 60. The Knowlton name came from the KNOWLTON family who lived at the top of the hill - Hereford Hill. The term Hereford came from the Hereford cattle that the KNOWLTONs raised. The KNOWLTON family lived there long before the railroad was built, and perhaps the post office is older. I'll have to check the postmaster records. The early town of Fiddler's Green, with lots on either side of the Huron/Ashland Co line, at the intersection of Rt 60 and County Line Road, was located just a stone's throw north of Hereford as you go into New London. When the railroad (Big Four) was built through New London in 1850/51, they physically moved the store buildings at Fiddler's Green into New London.
- Surnames: BURDGE, WILLIAMS
Researcher: Cliff Wiedman
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Sunday, June 30, 2002
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My G.grandparents were Ira William BURDGE and Eliza Jane WILLIAMS, Ira's parents, Richard and Louisa BURDGE have me baffled. They all lived in the North central part of Ohio. Richard died in 1883 and Louisa in 1882, both died in Toledo but do not appear to be buried there. A friend of mine who just returned from a trip to Ohio said that she found in "Cemetery Inscriptions of Huron County" an entry for "Laura daughter of R & L." buried in 1848. From what I can find on the net this must be an entry for Laura A. on page 706, and could very likely be a daughter of Richard and Louisa. I do not know the layout of this book or just what information it gives but can I get a copy of that page or any information that will help me in my search for BURDGE ancestors?
- Surnames: BURDGE, WILLIAMS
Researcher: Cliff Wiedman
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Sunday, June 30, 2002
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Nancy Paramore Look Up Results - Here is what I found in the Huron County, Ohio Cemetery Inscriptions, 1997, by the Huron County Chapter of the OGS- Centerton Cemetery, Norwich Township, page 706; Section A - Row 7. 5 BURDGE, Mi___a M., d/o H.H. BURDGE & L.A. BURDGE [illegible] 6 BURDGE, Laura A., w/o H.H. BURGE, d. 26 Dec 1871 age 17y 10m 8d
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