Huron County, Ohio, Queries Posted For

Huron County, Ohio

Queries Posted For August 2005





Surnames: DICKSON, ROGERS
Researcher: Randi Bowles-Meentzen
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Monday, August 1, 2005

Is anyone out there researching the DICKSONs of Huron County? I am trying to trace the line of my gggrandparents Charles E. ROGERS who married Leona/Leora DICKSON. They married in 1878 in Huron County.

Surnames: DICKSON, MAYNARD, PALMER
Researcher: Randi Bowles-Meentzen
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Monday, August 1, 2005

David C. Maynard Look Up Results - I may be able to help a little. I guess you could call DICKSON a collateral line for me. Lorinda Mary PALMER was the second wife of my gg-father, David T. MAYNARD. They married August 6, 1865 in Huron County and had one child, Diana Maude MAYNARD. Diana was born 24 June 1868 in Ripley Twp and died 29 May 1924 in the county infirmary in Norwalk. Lorinda Mary PALMER had previously been married to Stephen DICKSON. She was born 29 August 1827 in NY. Stephen was born July 1915 in PA, died 16 January 1864 and is buried in Edwards Grove Cemetery in Ripley Twp. They were married in Huron County, 25 October 1847. They had 3 children- Leander W. DICKSON, b. 23 August 1848 in Ripley Twp., D. 5 March 1858 in Ripley Twp., buried in Edwards Grove Cemetery; Leona M. DICKSON, b. May 1860 in Ripley Twp. And Leola M. DICKSON b. 1862? in Ripley Twp. Lorinda died 2 January 1893 and is buried with her son and Stephen DICKSON in Edwards Grove Cemetery. Her estate states that she is survived by 3 daughters- Leona ROGERS, Leola FERRIS and Maud MAYNARD.

Surnames: MAYNARD, PALMER
Researcher: Randi Bowles-Meentzen
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Monday, August 1, 2005

I would be interested in the line of David MAYNARD. Did Lorinda and David have children as well? Am I reading correctly that Maud is their only child? Do you have your tree posted anywhere on the web? Mine is at www.genealogy.com/users/m/e/e/Randi-Meentzen/. I have other PALMERs in my line and would like to learn more about Lorinda�s line.

Surnames: KNAPP, VAN SCOY
Researcher: Frances Van_Scoy
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Monday, August 1, 2005

In 1982 Melwood Van Scoyoc published the first volume of his three volume work Descendants of Cornelis Aertsen Van Schaick. According to Van Scoyoc, (1) Selon VAN SCOY was the son of Abraham VAN SCOY and his wife Mary KNAPP. (2) Selon and his twin brother Helon were born about 1818 in Westchester County, New York. The twin died at a young age. [I think he is buried in the Cat Ridge Baptist cemetery, North Salem, Westchester County, New York.] (3) "Selon, sometimes spelled Ceylon, owned a farm on Ninevah Road in Huron County, Ohio. Abraham and Mary lived there with the younger children. After Selon's death the farm went to his younger brother, Bishop K. Selon was a Union soldier in the Civil War from Ohio." [It would have been difficult for a man who died in 1845 to serve in the Civil War! I believe this statement refers to a second brother named Helon.] (4) Selon's father, Abraham VAN SCOY, died in 1849. The published cemetery records of Huron County, Ohio, show Selon VAN SCOY as dying 2 June 1845 and being buried in the Nineveh Cemetery, Greenwich Township, Huron County, Ohio. ( The only VAN SCOY or similar entry in the 1845 plat book is for C. VANSCOY, New London. I believe this is Cornelius VAN SCOY, whom Melwood Van Scoyoc says is a first cousin of Abraham VAN SCOY (father of Selon). The 1850 census of Greenwich Township, Huron County, Ohio, shows 1162 1182 Mary VANSCOY, 55, F, NY. George, 27, M, farmer, Ohio. Abram, 23, M, farmer, Ohio. Harriet, 20, F, Penn. Bishop, 17, M, farmer, Ohio. Helen, 14, F, Ohio [I think this is a male, Helon, who died while serving in the Civil War]. Hannah, 11, F, Ohio. The 1860 census of Greenwich Township shows 1097 1009 Bishop VANSCOY, 27, m. Rachel, 21, f. Judson, 1, m. 1098 1010. Polly Vanscoy, 65, f. Healon, 23, m. The 1870 census of Greenwich Township shows 100 102 Bishop VANSCOY, 37, m, farmer, 5000, 800, Ohio. Rachel, 35, f, keeping house Ohio. Judson, 11, m, at school, Ohio. Clara, 5, f, at school, Ohio. Ida, 1/12, f, Ohio, b May. Mary, 75, f, no occupation, New York. The 1880 census of Greenwich Township shows B K VANSCOY, 47, farmer, Ohio, NY, NY. Rachel A, 45, wife, keeping house, Ohio, NY, Va. Judson L, 21, son, farmer, Ohio, Ohio. Clara, 14, daughter, Ohio, Ohio, Ohio. Ida M, 10, daughter, Ohio, Ohio, Ohio. Allie C, 17, daughter, Ohio, Ohio, Ohio [I'll have to recheck this one. I may have mistranscribed it]. Mary P, 85, mother, NY, NY, NY. Are there any published land or estate records that could help me identify whether Selon VAN SCOY owned land in Huron County in the 1840s? Are the old county records still at the courthouse in downtown Norwalk? https://sites.rootsweb.com/~ohhuron/court.html I have a vague memory that some records might have been moved to the old Norwalk Truckline building.

Surnames: DICKSON
Researcher: Randi Meetzen
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Wednesday, August 3, 2005

Where can I find a list of soldiers who enlisted in the civil war out of Huron County? Myggggrandfather died in 1864, Samuel DICKSON, and I thought perhaps he may have died in the war?

Surnames: BOWLES, DICKSON, ROGERS
Researcher: Randi Meetzen
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Wednesday, August 3, 2005

Does anyone have access to the Huron County death book of the time period 1900-1910? Both of my ggrandparents , George BOWLES and Ida ROGERS BOWLES died in that time period and thier children were raised by Idas mother, Leona DICKSON ROGERS. I would be interested to know the cause of death and if they died at the same time or separately.

Surnames: BOWLES
Researcher: Randi Meetzen
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Wednesday, August 3, 2005

Pat Hansen Lookup Results-- The book only goes from 1867-1908. The only BOWLES showing are an infant who died Jan. 1, 1874, and Richard BOWLES who died on January 1, 1875. George and Ida do not show in the Cemetery book, either.

Surnames: DICKSON
Researcher: Randi Bowles-Meentzen
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Saturday, August 6, 2005

Gloria Bauer Ishida Look Up Results - In checking Civil War sites, there are several Samuel DICKSONS. Yours, if he indeed was in the Civil War, may have been in Infantry, 60th regiment. This regiment was mustered in at Cleveland and Columbus in 1864 and were involved immediately in several serious battles; lost 110 men in total. The site does not tell who was killed though.

Surnames: FACKLER, UPP
Researcher: Fackler
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Saturday, August 6, 2005

Seeking information on the FACKLER family history beginning with Jonas FACKLER and his wife Elizabeth UPP. They were my paternal gg/grandparents.

Surnames: DABBS, HUNTLEYS
Researcher: Sarah Crook
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Saturday, August 6, 2005

Please look in your death records book and see of there are any DABBS or HUNTLEYs.

Surnames: PLATT, PRATT, WIEDEL
Researcher: Pam Moyer
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Tuesday, August 9, 2005

Looking for Information on Charles PLATT (could be PRATT) married Kate WIEDEL. Originally from Erie Co. Ohio, thought to of moved to Norwalk or Monroeville. He was a farmer. Kate was born around 1858, she died before 1915. I have checked records in Erie, Huron and Sandusky Co. With no luck. Any assistance would be appreciated.

Surnames: FREY, REMELE
Researcher: Andrew Waber
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Wednesday, August 10, 2005

I am wondering if anyone can access the Norwalk newspaper for Mayor Louis FREY's obit? He was the grandson of Louis FREY and great grandson of Rosina REMELE.

Surnames: FREY
Researcher: Andrew Waber
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Friday, August 12, 2005

I recently purchased from eBay two old tools (an ice pick and tack puller) which bear the inscription "Joseph FREY Ice and Coal" Does anyone know anything about this?

Surnames: FREY
Researcher: Andrew Waber
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Saturday, August 13, 2005

Jessie Deith Look Up Results - The 1910 Norwalk Township, Huron Co. Ohio census has a 43 year old Joseph FREY who is the proprietor of a coal yard.

Surnames: FREY, GFELL
Researcher: Andrew Waber
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Saturday, August 13, 2005

Ken Shute Look Up Results - On page 481, Vol. 1, of the History of Huron County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman, 1909, there is a biographical sketch of Joseph D. FREY. Highlights- 1. He was a successful business man of Norwalk, OH. He came to Norwalk in 1892, working in the ice business for two years, then extending his commercial interests to include coal, concrete blocks, and building materials. 2. Joseph D. was born Dec. 23, 1866 in Ridgefield Township, Huron County, OH. His parents were Benedict and Philomena (KRABACH) FREY. 3. His paternal grandfather, Joseph FREY, was a native of Switzerland who came to America in 1858. On reaching Huron County, OH, Joseph purchased 40 acres of land, adding to it until he eventually owned 107 acres. 4. Joseph D. FREY, the eldest son of the family, was reared on the old family farm and was educated in county schools. 5. Joseph D. married Dora GFELL, native of Huron County and of German descent, in 1892. They were parents of three daughters and a son- Lenora, Esther, Verna and Arthur. 6. He was elected to the city council (of Norwalk?) on the Democratic ticket in a Republican Ward. (No date given).

Surnames: BOWLES, DICKSON, ROGERS
Researcher: Randi Meetzen
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Saturday, August 13, 2005

Does anyone have access to the Huron County death book of the time period 1900-1910? Both of my ggrandparents, George BOWLES and Ida ROGERS BOWLES died in that time period and their children were raised by Ida�s mother, Leona DICKSON ROGERS. I would be interested to know the cause of death and if they died at the same time or separately.

Surnames: BOWLES
Researcher: Randi Meetzen
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Saturday, August 13, 2005

Patricia Hansen Look Up Results - The book only goes from 1867-1908. The only BOWLES showing are an infant who died Jan. 1, 1874, and Richard BOWLES who died on January 1, 1875. George and Ida do not show in the Cemetery book, either.

Surnames: BOWLES
Researcher: Randi Meetzen
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Saturday, August 13, 2005

Deborah Orth Look Up Results - I checked our index of Huron County, Ohio deaths for 1908-1919, but didn't find any BOWLES listed.

Surnames: LYON, LYONS
Researcher: Jessie Deith
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Monday, August 15, 2005

I have a name I would like checked in the death index - David LYON or LYONS. He lived in Fairfield, New Haven and possibly Plymouth Ohio. His death was 13 August, 1900. It is possible that there is an obituary in the Plymouth Advertiser although I haven't found it yet. His wife's name was Eunice.

Surnames: LYON, LYONS
Researcher: Jessie Deith
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Monday, August 15, 2005

De-Vonna Clark Look Up Results - Sorry, but David and Eunice are not in the Huron County Death Index 1867-1908 or in the Huron County Cemetery Inscriptions.

Surnames: LYON, LYONS
Researcher: Jessie Deith
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Monday, August 15, 2005

Tom Neel Look Up Results - The Huron County Chapter OGS sells a book, "Death Index, Huron County, Ohio 1867-1908." I checked under LYON and LYONS and unfortunately do not see an entry for David - 13 Aug 1900. The village of Plymouth is split between two counties. Perhaps he died on the Richland County side of town.

Surnames: STEERS, WEAVER
Researcher: Pam Weil
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Monday, August 15, 2005

Does anyone have any information on Peter STEERS who came into Huron County in 1850? Also any information on his brother, James, or his sister, Mariah, STEERS who married a WEAVER? I thought I had found Peter in Ohio but now am not sure. I found the rest of the family in Michigan in the late 1850's. I think they might be my great-grandfather�s family.

Surnames: LYON, LYONS
Researcher: Jessie Deith
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Ken Shute Lookup Results-- I couldn't find David LYON(S) in either our Huron County, Ohio Cemetery Index, or in our Death Index, Huron County, Ohio, 1867-1908, or in the RB Hayes Obituary Index. I also checked the obituary and death links on the Richland County, Ohio web site without success. Yet David appears to have firm roots in New Haven Township, Huron County, Ohio, in the 1890's, and even in 1900, just two months before his death on 13 Aug 1900. Details- 1. Huron County Atlas of 1891. David LYON, New Haven Township, Section 1, Lots 130 (40 acres), 131 (28.5 acres) and 134 (55 acres). 2. Picturesque Huron County, Ohio, 1896. Page 151 shows a picture of the " Residence of David LYON, near Plymouth, New Haven Township." 3. Ancestry.Com's 1900 Census for New Haven Township, Huron County, Ohio, taken 9 June, 1900. Read name, relation, birthdate, age, place of birth, place of birth of father, place of birth of mother, occupation (where applicable). David LYONS, head, Sep. 1822, 77, NY, VT, NY, farmer. Eunice, wife, Feb. 1832, 68, OH, NY, NY. Harry, son, Oct. 1870, 29, OH, NY, OH, farmer. So the mystery of David's final resting place continues. However, the Ohio Death Certificate Index for a Eunice M. LYONS, presumably David's wife, might give a clue. Details- Name- Eunice M. LYONS. County- Huron. Date- 7/30/1917. Volume No.- 2322. Certificate No.- 46455. Our Huron County, Ohio Marriages, 1815-1900, by Scheuer Publications shows- David LYON m. Eunice CARPENTER 18 Nov 1852, old book 3, page 307. Also, John LYONS m. Melissa CARPENTER 13 Jan 1852, old book 3, page 259. Could David and John be related, as well as Eunice and Melissa?

Surnames: FREY
Researcher: Andrew Waber
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Thursday, August 18, 2005

I was wondering whether there are any more mentions of someone with the FREY surname in the "History of Huron County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman, 1909"?

Surnames: FREY
Researcher: Andrew Waber
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Thursday, August 18, 2005

Ken Shute Lookup Results-- There's only one other mention of the name FREY in the Baughman book. This is on page 195 of Volume 2 where the names Rosella FREY and Emma FREY appear. They appear in a biographical sketch on a Blasius Simon. It mentions, in part, that Blasius married Kathryn Hills on 4 Jun 1861. Kathryn was the daughter of Joseph and Mary Ann (Biddle) Hills. They had six children- Amelia, Albert, Rose, George, Edward, and Andrew. George, living in Monroeville, married Rosella FREY. They had five children. Edward married Emma FREY, lived at home, and managed his father's farm.

Surnames: STALEY
Researcher: Nancy Wood
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Does Huron County have any kind of records for Civil War deaths?? I'm still looking for my Israel STALEY and found one about the right age had enlisted in the Union Army!

Surnames: STALEY
Researcher: Nancy Wood
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Bonnie Lookup Results-- I have searched the 1860 census and cannot find this family. Census taker must have mispelled the name. I did find this which you probably already have- 1850 United States Federal Census, Ohio, Huron, Clarksfield. 462/475 Israel STALEY age 24 Farmer born Penn. Lucy age 21 born Penn. Joseph 4/12 born OH. Levi Goodwin age 12 born OH.

Surnames: STALEY
Researcher: Nancy Wood
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Jessie Deith Lookup Results-- There is a Civil War record site - www.militaryindexes.com/civilwar/ On it I found 3 Israel STALEY from Ohio. The one only listed his rank in. The other two had rank out so were not killed. The one with only rank in was in the 187 Ohio infantry as a private. There is much to explore at that site. I found it by doing a google search on Civil war records. There are lots of other sites that might give you even more information.

Surnames: STAHLY, STALEY, STEAL, STELLY
Researcher: Nancy Wood
Email: [email protected]
Date posted: Wednesday, August 31, 2005

I have been looking for my ggg grandfather Israel STALEY/STEALY/STELLY/STAHLY etc. who was born about 1825/26 in PA according to 1850 and 1860 censuses. (He's listed as Isreal STELLY in 1860 Clarksfield Twp., Huron Co., OH census!!) I know his wife Lucy Ann /Louisiana died August 1868 and 4 of their 5 children are in her parents' Milton Twp., Ashland Co., OH census by 1870, but one son and Israel have fallen off the face of the earth after the 1860 census!!

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