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51 "DESCENDANTS OF HANS GRAF" by Lindsey M. Brien (handtyped book at
Allen County Public Library, Ft. Wayne, IN, 1966) "Hans Graf, the
second, otherwise called John Graf, or John Grove, son of Hans Graf
and wife Susanna, is named in the will of his father. His wife was
Elizabeth Carpenter, daughter of Heinrich (Zimmerman) Carpenter. In
1763 Hans sells to his brother David, a tract of 197 acres, being part
of a tract of 1419 acres granted to his father." " Hans Graf, Jr.
went with his sons into Maryland, about 1763, and settled in Frederick
County A note appended to his will states that his heirs write the name
'Grove.' Both Hans and his wife Elizabeth are buried at Keedysville,
Washington County MD. Their graves are simply marked with a slab on
which is cut their initials. These were legible in 1912." "Sharf's
History of Western Maryland mentions a resurvey made of Groff's
Forests, which had been granted to John Groff; also mentions a survey
made of Groff's Content in 1788, to Jacob Groff." "John Grove (Hans
Jr.) and his son Jacob, signed the Oath of Fidelity and Support to the
State of Maryland, at the March Court 1778, Sharpsburg Hundred,
Washington County (Washington from Frederick County in 1776). (See
Revolutionary Records of Maryland, by G. M. Brumbaugh, p. 14)"
"THE GROFF BOOK" by Clyde Groff, Walter Groff, and Jane Evans Best,
(Groff Hist. Associates, 1985) "John Groff (E8) was granted 197
acres from the heirs of Hans Groff (E) on 30 July, 1746....John Grove
of Earl twp. purchased 422 acres of land in Newberry twp., York County on
the Conewago Creek on the west side of the Susquehanna River, on 2 May
1763. In 1769 he was listed as living in Newberry twp. when he
purchase land in York Twp. from Michael Gross...by 1779 John Grove had
sold his land, signing his mark HG."
IN 1783 HANS SELLS TO HIS BROTHER DAVID A TRACT OF 197 ACRES, BEING PART OF THE TRACT OF 1419 ACRES GRANTED TO HIS FATHER. (RECORDED BOOK N PAGE 17 OF LANCASTER CO PENN. DEEDS) INDENTURE, APR 15, 1763 BETWEEN THAT OF HANS GRAF OF EARL TOWNSHIP , YEOMAN, AND ELIZABETH HIS WIFE OF THE ONE PART AND DAVID GRAF OF THE SAME, YEOMAN OF THE OTHER PART; TO DAVID GRAF OF EARL TOWNSHIP 197 ACRES, PART OF A LARGER TRACT GRANTED BY A PROPRIETARY PATENT TO HANS GRAF THE FATHER OF SAID HANS GRAF DAT ED 8 NOVEMBER 1737 AND RECORDED IN PHIADELPHIA PATENT BOOK A, VOL 8 PAGE 292.

HANS GRAF WENT WITH HIS SONS INTO MARYLAND ABOUT 1763, AND SETTLED IN FREDERICK COUNTY. A NOTE APPENDED TO HIS WILL STATE THAT HIS HEIRS WRITE THE NAME "GROVE". BOTH HANS AND HIS WIFE ELIZABETH ARE BURIED AT KEEDYSVILLE, WASHINGTON COUNTY, MARYL AND. THEIR GRAVES ARE SIMPLY MARKED WITH A SLAB ON WHICH IS CUT THEIR INITIALS. THOSE WERE LEGIBLE IN 1912.

FHARF'S HISTORY OF WESTERN MARYLAND MENTIONS A RESURVEY MADE OF GROFF'S FOR WHICH HAD BEEN GRANTED TO JOHN GROFF; ALSO MENTIONS A SURVEY MADE OF GROFF'S CONTEN 1788 TO JACOB GROFF.

JOHN GROVE AND HIS SON JACOB SIGN THE OATH OF FIDELITY AND SUPPORT TO THE STATE OF MARYLAND AT THE MARCH COURT 1778, SHARPSBURG HUNDRED, WASHINGTON COUNTY. (WASHINGTON FROM FREDERICK IN 1776) SEE REVOLUTIONARY RECORDS OF MARYLAND (RUMBOUGH) PAG E 14. 
Graf, Hans Jr. (I288)
 
52 "HANS GRAF AND HIS DESCENDANTS" by Lindsey M. Brien. (Handtyped book
at Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, IN: "The name du Bois means
from the forest and was a family name in Artois and Normandy before
William the Conqueror left his native shore. The Heraldic Records in
the Royal Library of Paris declare that the DuBois family is one of
the oldest of the noble families of the Bailiwick of Contentin,
Normandy. The genealogy begins with Geoffroi du Bois, a Knight
Banneret under William the Conqueror whom he accompanied in 1066 into
England." The Du Bois is a very old family, also a military family
and furnished to France some able soldiers. From Welles Ancestral
Chart: "Louis DuBois was the progenitor of the family in America.
He was the son of Chretian DuBois and was born on the farm at Wicres,
Oct 27 1626, but little is known of his early life. His hand writing
proves that went to school...It is certain that he was a protestant
and a calvinest, or one who in his native land was called a Huguenot.
When a young man he left his native land and went to Manheim in the
Paltz, or German Palatinate; while there he married Catherine
Blanchin, Oct 10, 1655. She was the daughter of Matthys or Matthew
Blanchan, who came to New Amsterdam, 27 Apr. 1660 on the ship "Gilden
Otter" (the wife of Matthew was Madelin Gore (or Goore or Jorissen, as
it is sometimes written)" Baid--The Huguenot Immigration to America,
p. 187 "Among the Walloons that came to New Netherland in the last
days of Dutch occupation, was Louis DuBois, founder of the Huguenot
settlement of New Paltz, in Ulster County, N.Y. Louis was the son of
Chretian DuBois, an inhabitant of Wicres, a hamlet in the district of
LaBarree near Lille in Flanders, where he was born, 27 Oct. 1627."
Two sons of Chretian DuBois came to America, Louis and Jacques. Louis
was called "par excellence, the Walloon." The date of their landing
is not definitely known. The will of Louis DuBois is dated 16 May
1679 and proved June 23, 1696. His widow survived him many years and
married, second Jean Cottin of New York."
"AMERICAN VAN METRE FAMILY" Smyth, (Allen County Public Library, Fort
Wayne, IN) "Louis du Bois de Fiennes, born Oct. 10, 1626, in
LaBasse, near Lille, in the province of Artois, France, married, Oct.
10, 1655, at Mannheim, in the Lower Palatinate of Germany, to
Catherine Blanchan, daughter of Mathese and Madelaine (Jorisse)
Blanchan, who were co-refugees with the du Bois from French Flanders
to Wieres, Artois, France. Louis died 1695. Monsieur Le Turque, of
the Genealogical Institute of Paris, has developed a line of ancestors
running back to the days of the Scyrri which includes descent from
Charlemagne, Emperor of the West; Alfred the Great; Hugh Capet, King
of France, and Henry I, Emperor of Germany. The most important of
these lines have been compared and verified; and where the line is
broken the cause is attributed to the summary action of Louis XIV's
minister, Cardinal Mazarin, and Marshall Turenne, who decreed that the
names of many of the noble families of France, who espoused and held
the faith of Protestantism, should be erased from the rolls of
nobility and their property confiscated.....thousands of French
families fled to England, Germany, Switzerland, and Holland. It was
during the latter part of this reign of terror that the father of
Louis du Bois found shelter in the Palatinate of the Rhine.
According to this tracing of the family the line begins wtih Guelph,
Prince of the Scyrri, A.D. 476. Azo, Marquis of Liguria, A.D. 1030, a
descendant of the Prince in the fourteenth generation, married Marie,
a descendant of the powerful house of Este, in Italy. The Estes were
of the Aetii of Rome who settled in Lombardy about 500 B.C. Guelph,
grandson of Azo and Marie, Count of Bavaria and Saxe, A.D. 1107,
married Judith, a descendant of Charlemagne. A great grandson of
Guelph and Judith, Henry V, Duke of Bavaria and Saxe, A.D. 1195,
married Mathilde, a descendant of William the Conqueror, thru Henry I,
and Henry II, of England. Henry VI, son of the Duke of Bavaria and
Saxe and Mathilde, married A.D. 1200, Agnes, Countess of Palatine, a
descendant of Alfred the Great. A descendant of Henry VI, and Agnes,
Madame Claude de Lanney, married Charles du Bois, Seigneur des
Querder, who was a descendant of MacQuaire du Bois, Count de Roussey,
A.D. 1110 The oldest children of Louis du Bois were born in
Mannheim; and in 1660 the family came to America. Upon their arrival
here they proceeded to New Village (New Pals) in Ulster Co. NY, wher
Louis rapidly rose to prominence in the local civil and religious
affairs....Louis was also a member of the first Court of Sessions held
at Kingston, the seat of Ulster County He led in demanding of the
English government...that there should be no taxation without the
consent of the people, and for this daring attitude he lost his
commission, thus anticipating the crisis of 1775 In 1663, Louis du
Bois headed an expedition against the Minnisink Indians, and was of
the colonial forces against them in 1670. The first-named punitive
expedition of June 7, 1663, was known in New York history as the
Eusopus War. It was organized at the time the settlement was attacked
by the Minnisinks, who burned Hurley, killed and injured some of the
settlers, and carried away prisoners, the wife of Louis du Bois, his
three children, and at least two of Jan Joosten's. These were taken
to the fastnesses of the Catskill Mountains and there remained in
captivity for months, but were rescued on the eve of torture by du
Bois and Capt. Martin Kreiger's company of Manhattan soldiers; the
trainband finally rounded up the Indians and defeated them on Sep. 3,
1663. In connection with this tragic experience the following
statement is quoted: "About ten weeks after the capture of the women
and children, the Indians decided to celebrate their own escape from
pursuit by burning some of their victims and the ones selected were
Catherine du Bois, and her baby Sara, who afterward married her
companion in captivity, John Van Metre. A cubical pile of logs was
arranged and the mother and child placed thereon; when the Indians
were about to apply the torch, Catherine began to sing the 137th Psalm
as a death chant. The Indians withheld the fire and gave her respite
while they listened; when she had finished they demanded more, and
before she had finished the last one her husband and the Dutch
soldiers from New Amsterdam arrived and surrounded the savages, killed
and captured some, and otherwise inflicted terrible punishment upon
the, and released the prisoners" (from Martin Kreiger's Journal,
Mackenzie's Col Fam. U.S. VII, p. 472) Louis du Bois was one of the
founders, and first elder of the Reformed Dutch Church at New
Paltz...After his death, in 1695, his widow married Jean Cotton."
"HISTORY OF SHEPHERD AND RELATED FAMILIES" by Frank Shepherd (1858-?)
pub 1943 (Indiana State Library), p. 3,4,6 "When Louis du Bois grew
to a man's estate and could not bring himself to accept the religious
faith of the Jesuits--when he saw with horror the bloody axe of the
guillotine and knew that would be his fate if he refused to bow the
knee to their demands and surrender the right to obey his conscience,
to save his life he fled to the lower Palatinate of Germany where many
other Huguenots had found refuge. Here, on Oct. 10, 1655, he married
Catherine Blanchan the daughter of Mathese Blanchen a co-refugee with
him from Flanders. For five years they lived at Manheim Germany
until their first two children were born. But Germany even in those
early days over populated and crowded and many were looking towards
the new world across the sea for new homes. To escape we find Louis
du Bois and his family emigrating to America in 1660 on the good ship
Saint Marie to land in New Amsterdam, (now New York City) and went up
the Hudson River to settle at 'Nieum Village' now known as Hurley near
Kingston in Ulster County At this time there were but a few settlers
there and the Minnesink Indians, who claimed all that country, were
suspicious and troublesome. Life in outlying settlements was very
insecure. Indian raids and massacres were frequent happenings while
the new settlers lived in constant dread of surprises and capture not
knowing the tragic moment of an Indian uprising with all its horrible
possibilties--death was ever in their thoughts." (after the capture
of his wife and child and subsequent return) Seven years later the
Indians went on the warpath again and Louis du Bois served in the
Colonial force against them. Soon after Louis du Bois came to Ulster
County he rose to promince in the civil and religious life of the
settlement. He was one of the 12 original patentees of New Peltz, a
village next to Hurley. He later became one of the magistrates of a
jurisdiction comprising both New Paltz and Herley. He is credited
with being the founder of and first elder in the French Reformed
Church at New Paltz. Louis du Bois lived to a ripe old age of 70. At
his death in 1696 (his will probated on Mar. 27) he left a widow and
ten children." 
Dubois, Louis (I303)
 
53 "HISTORY OF ELKHART County" by Deahl, p. 604-605. "Hannah is widow of
Wm. Dorsey, a resident of Kosciusko County; she was a teacher in several
counties in Indiana." 
Milner, Hannah (I1410)
 
54 "HISTORY OF SHEPHERD AND RELATED FAMILIES" by Frank Shepherd
(1858-?) pub 1943 (Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN) "John
III was an enterprising fellow who, in this Twentieth century would
have been called a money maker, a colonizer. He was a shrewd Indian
trader and thoroughly knew their ways. He continued to add acre to
acre until he had a vast landed estate at his death in 1745 consisting
of 3750 acres and much other property." 
Van Meter, John (Jan) III (I2088)
 
55 "HISTORY OF SHEPHERD AND RELATED FAMILIES" by Frank Shepherd
(1858-?) published 1943. (Indiana State Library) The first
Maximillian besides being a Count was 'Marischall des camps et armees
du roi' 
Dubois, Maximillian Des Fiennes Count (I2063)
 
56 "HISTORY OF SHEPHERD AND RELATED FAMILIES", by Frank Shepherd
(1858-?) pub. 1943 (Indiana State Library) "Maximillian was a
Lieutenant-General "du armes du roi." 
Dubois, Maximillian Des Fennes (I2062)
 
57 "HISTORY OF SHEPHERD AND RELATED FAMILIES", by Frank Shepherd
(1858-?) Pub. 1943 (Indiana State Library, Indianapolis) p. 7. "Upon
Sept. 12, 1662, another ancestor, Jan Joosten Van Meter with his wife
and five children, oldest fifteen and the youngest two and a half
years old, arrived in New Amsterdam (New York City) on the good ship
Fox from Teiderwaltd, Holland. Soon after landing they went up the
Hudson River to settle in what is know Kingston, Ulster Co. NY. At
that time it was called "Wiltwik" by its Dutch settlers. It may not
have been religious persecution that brought the Van Meters to the New
World for they were traders and here were great opportunities for
barter with the Indians as well as acquisi(tion)-free acres to be had
for the asking. John Van Meter's wife's name was Macyken Bendrichsen
and she was from Mrpellen in the Province of Drueth Holland." (family
record taken from this book). "The name of Jan Joosten appears among
those who took the oath of allegiance to the New Netherlands Oct.
1664. After this time his name appears prominently in the civil and
religious life of Kingston and vicinity. In 1665 he was referee in a
lawsuit and later appointed 'schepen', a minor judiciary position in
civil matters less than 100 guilders ($60.00)....in 1667 he was
elected a deacon of the Dutch Reformed Church in Kingston...When New
Netherlands passed from Dutch to English control, Jan Joosten took the
oath of allegiance to the new monarch." "Twenty-four year after his
first purchase of land in Ulster County, we find Jan Joosten hunting in
East Jersey for lands to buy. All desirable farm land around their
home was now occupied and they must look to the southward for fertile
lands for their children to settle on." "The exact date of his death
or that of his wife is not known. His will made in New York, Dec. 16,
1681 was offered for probate June 13, 1706. Listed in the inventory
as file is this interesting item: a slave with wife and four children
valued at 145 pounds. The total value of the estate was 245 pounds,
14 shillings....His son Jooset Jans was dead and his grandson, John
Van Meter was the executor of the will. Under its terms according to
ancient custom the older son (Jooste Jans/John Van Meter) was to
inherit one half the entire estate and the rest divided among the four
heirs at law." "...the Van Meters continued to buy land...about 6000
acres in all."
"JAN JOOSTEN'S FAMILY" His will is found filed, with an inventory of
his personal property, in the Burlington County Surrogate's office...This
instrument is endorsed 'Will of Jan Joosten of ...June 13th, 1706,'
and is further marked 'Dutch'. His personal estate included six
slaves, a negro man, woman and four children...(also) a 'testamentary
disposition' signed jointly by Jan Joosten and his wife, Macyke
Hendricksen, and dated 16th Dec. 1681, which reads: 'Macyke
Hendricksen shall retain full possession of the estate. She consents
that the survivor shall possess everything, lands, houses, personal
property, money, gold, silver--coined or uncoined. After their
decease the property is to be inherited by their children."
Birth date and 1685/Long Island,NY death taken from Ancestral file 
Van Meter, Jan Joosten I (I301)
 
58 "MICHEAL STOCKER AND HIS DESCENDANTS" by Charles L. Stocker and
Jennie Stewart: " Andrew Stocker, third child and second son of the
family of Andreas and Julianna, was born May 25, 1778, as determined
by the inscription on his tombstone. His birthplace was Northampton
County Pa, in what is now the Boro of Stockertown in Forks Twp. Here he
lived until he was about 37 years of age, when he sold his farm and
with wife and 3 or 4 children joined his four brothers and sister who
were seeking a new home in the Ohio country. Moving by team and wagon
over the Pa. mountains and across the Ohio, they continued to the
valley of the Huskingum, later called the Tuscarawas. Here they
settled within a few miles of each other, Andrew on a fine farm on the
bank of the river about two miles west of Gnadenhutten...and here
Andrew lived out his life." "Public records show that he carried
with credit his part as a citizen of a pioneer community...His space
in the old Moravian Cemetery at Gnadenhutten is near the graves of his
brothers Adam and Christian, and is marked by a simple marble slab set
upright, with the inscription stating that he died Dec. 6, 1852, aged
74 years, 6 months and 12 days."


Family Data Collection - Individual Records
about Andrew Stocker Stocker
Name: Andrew Stocker Stocker
Spouse: Mary Magdalene Haas
Parents: Andrew Stocker Stocker, Julianna M Watuert
Birth Place: Berks, Zionsville, PA
Birth Date: 25 May 1778
Marriage Place: Easton, Northampton, PA
Marriage Date: 1800
Death Place: Gradenhutten, Tuscarawas, OH, USA
Death Date: 6 Dec 1852

1850 United States Federal Census
about Andrew Stocker
Name: Andrew Stocker
Age: 72
Estimated birth year: abt 1778
Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Gender: Male
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Salem, Tuscarawas, Ohio
Family Number: 295
Household Members:
Name Age
Andrew Stocker 72
Mary Stocker 52
Margarett Stocker 13
Richard Stocker 8 
Stocker, Andrew (I1060)
 
59 "Polly" never married Pletcher, Mary "Polly" (I2202)
 
60 "SHEPHERD AND RELATED FAMILIES" by Frank Shepherd (1858-?) Pub. 1943
(Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN) "Washington Co. MD was set
off from Prince George County. It would appear that Capt. Thomas had
in all probability, been living in MD before his marriage to Elizabeth
Van Meter....It is supposed that the Shepherds came to this country
from England...in 1890 Mrs. Abraham Shepherd of Shepherdstown had in
her possession by inheritance a piece of ancestral plate upon which
was engraved a crest or coat of arms that almost an exact copy of the
one that has been used by the Shepherds of Devonshire, England for
many centuries." "In a will of a Thomas Shepherd probated in Cecil
County MD we find: 'To my cousin, Thomas Shepherd of Columpton in
Devonshire in the Province of Old England, the sum of fifty pounds.'"
"The spot Thomas Shepherd and his wife chose for their home was on
the west bank of the Potomac River about a mile above the Packhorse
Ford, the only fordable crossing for many miles either way. It had
been used by the Indians for centuries and at that time by the 'Old
Winderness Road' traveled by the settlers on their way up the Valley
of Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina, KY, Tenn. and Georgia.
It became the historic artery thru which flowed the stream of
emigrants that settled up this country." "To the original 222
acres--the homestead--Thomas Shepherd added by purchase on June 12,
1751 from Lord Fairfax 450 acres,...1762 from Richard Morgan 50 acres,
...1768 Lord Fairfax deeds him 222 acres more. Thus by purchase they
had acquired almost 1000 acres. Elizabeth...inherited from the estate
of her father John Van Meter III, 300 acres a part of his homestead in
Frederick County VA...in addition 160 acre tract in Prince George County
MD...they possess more than 1400 acres of land." "Thomas Shepherd
was shrewd enough to realize the value and importance of a location
along this Old Wilderness Road and its strategic advantages for barter
and trade with the Indians as well as the white settlers who were
pouring over his land like a stream on their way to points further
south." "Before Shepherd had settled here a few German mechanics
from Lancaster and York County PA attracted by the latent waterpower of
the little stream....to encourage them to become permanent residents
he put a dam across the stream and put in a sawmill and gristmill for
them to work in. Shepherd himself was a miller by trade and some of
his sons in later years followed the trade." "To protect his own
family (from the Indians) and the people in the little village
springing up around them Thomas Shepherd built a fort in the center of
it to which they might flee in times of any Indian trouble. This fort
was built of stone but in 1812 this was replaced with a brick
building. It would seem probable that it was the building of this
fort that gave him the title of Captain Thomas Shepherd." "The
village was first called Mechlenburg by its German...The name was
changed to Shepherdstown after the death of the founder in 1776.
Shepherdstown is said to be the oldest chartered town in the state."
"It was here that Thomas Shepherd and his wife spent their entire
married life. In their religious beliefs they attended the Episcopal
Church...Thomas and his sons were ardent patriots and took an active
part in political life. They were men of ability and...strong
partisans of the colonists....They were among those who advocated a
complete separation from British authority. When the struggle came,
four of his sons were in the army (David, Col. on western frontier;
William, Westmoreland militia and western border; John, pvt. in 4th VA
Regulars; Abraham, Capt. in vicinity of home and at Cambridge, Mass.).
Capt. Thomas did not live to see the final outcome of the war, but
died in the summerof 1776...Both he and his wife are buried int the
family cemetery in the village....Capt. Shepherd was tall and rather
slender in form."


U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
about Thomas Shepherd
Name: Thomas Shepherd
Gender: male
Spouse Name: Elizabeth Van Metre
Spouse
Birth Place: NJ
Spouse Birth Year: 1715
Marriage
Year: 1733
Number Pages: 1

Capt. Thomas Shepherd's Land holdings and Connection with Geo. Washington

Thomas Shepherd Sr. was a man of vision and settled on the west bank of the Potomac River above the only fordable crossing in that section of the river. His land, 222 acres, was patented, Oct. 3, 1734.

A little village grew on the west bank called "Pack Horse Ford", and was marked on the maps of the time as on the "Old Wilderness Road", the historic passageway to the territory to the West, used since ancient times by the Indians.

Thomas Shepherd Sr. platted his town lots at this site and sold them the same as land developers do today. Thomas Shepherd purchased 457 acres from Lord Fairfax on 12 June 1751. This land was adjacent on the west of his patent land to present-da y Mechlenburg Heights at John VanMeter's (Thomas's father-in-law) 1,786 acre land patent of 1734. (Tract 132, Map 2 of Cecil O'Dell's book). The land then runs south along VanMeter's east line to John Welton's 1734 patent of 442 acres at the sou thwest line. (Tract 23, Map 1 from Cecil O'Dell's book). On the east side of his patent land, Thomas purchased 50 acres from Richard Morgan's 155 acre Fairfax grant.

Adjacent to this 50 acres, he bought 32 acres from Fairfax on 15 January 1768, east of today's Shepherdstown, about one-half mile along the edge of the Potomac River.

Thomas Shepherd petitioned the Orange County Court on 26 February 1737/38 requesting to be discharged as constable-Sherundo as soon as Richard Morgan was sworn in his place. He built a grist mill and sawmill on his 222 acre patent land, and by 1 776, he had a new mill erected on his 457 acre grant land.

Permission to establish a ferry across the Potomac River was granted by an act of the Assembly of Virginia in October 1762 to Thomas and in November 1762 he was authorized to erect the town of Mechlenburg. After his death (in 1776) the name wa s changed by an act of the Virginia Assembly to Shepherdstown. The first lots in the town were sold on 21 July 1764.

These were the times of George Washington, land surveyor and Virginia militiaman. Captain Thomas Shepherd Sr., based on the records, was an acquaintance of George Washington. Voting records for the election of the Commanding Officer of the Virgi nia Militia exist showing that Thomas voted for George to be Commanding Officer.

His will was written 23 March 1776 and was proved on 20 August 1776. He bequeathed the sawmill and acreage to son William, the grist mill and acreage to son Thomas, the new mill and acreage to son John, the remaining land to son Abraham, two acr es and house to wife Elizabeth, a Mechlenburg lot to grandson Thomas Thornburg and 100 pounds each to his daughters Mary, Sarah and Elizabeth plus lots in Mechlenburg to Susannah and fifty pounds to Martha.

Elizabeth's will was written July 10, 1786, and was probated June 18, 1793. It is recorded in will Book #2 at Martinsburg, Berkley County, WV. When Thomas, her husband, died, he left a large estate. 
Shepherd, Thomas (I297)
 
61 "STREVEY FAMILY HISTORY" by Maxine Strevey Scott, p. 4,5 and 6
"Jacob Strieby ...crossed the Atlantic on board the St. Andrew
skippered by Capt. Robert Brown, arrived Port of Philadelphia on the
afternoon of Oct. 7, 1743. Nothing is know of Jacob before his
arrival in America. It is assumed that he is widowed, since the only
family that he brought with him was his son Hans Michael." "Of all
twelve children, most retained the spelling of Strieby, but if one
looks at the passenger list the name was spelled both ways. Jacob and
Hans Michael signed it Strieby, but when it was printed under "those
who took the oath of allegiance" it was spelled Strevey.
"Pennsylvania German Pioneers": the foreigners whose names are
underwritten imported in ship St. Andrew, Capt. Robert Brown from
Rotterdam, last from Cowes, England did this day take the Oathe of
Qualification, vis dated Oct. 7, 1743." "Jacob Strieby and his son
Hans Michael were the first Striebys to come to the new land. Jacob
was born in the Lower Rhine Valley in the Palitinate area of Germany
in 1699. He was 44 years old on that Oct. day in 1743 when he and his
son Hans Michael said goodbye to Capt. Robert Brown on the ship St.
Andrew and set foot on American soil for the first time. Young
Michael (he followed the German custom of using his middle name) was
one of the "young foreigners who came from Rotterdam by way of Cowes,
England". At the time of his arrival he was 17 years old. After they
left the ship they walked a short distance to the courthouse in
Philadelphia where they were the 13th and 14th men, respectively, to
sign the "Oathe of Allegiance" to the crown of England. (Pennsylvania
German Pioneers, Strassburger Vol.11, p. 366)." "Jacob and Michael
stayed in the Philadelphia area for the next 10 years, and while there
Michael met and married Barbara ______, and their son Jacob was born."
"Not much is learnedof Jacob after this. It is assumed that he
lived a quiet life as a clockmaker. He lived to a ripe old age, and
was laid to rest in Westmoreland County Pa." 
Strieby, Jacob (I1505)
 
62 "STRIEBY Genealogy and History 1726-1967" by Byard B. Strieby, B.
Beatrice Strieby, and Irene M. Strieby (MacDonald Letter Services County,
Des Moines, Iowa, 1967) John Strieby--"An improved county road,
which leads from the little village of Bolivar, OH, in Lawrence Twp.,
Tuscarawas County, to the slightly larger village of Strasburg, in the
neighboring twp. of Franklin, takes one over the beautiful hill
country near Stark County line. Crossing this road, about a mile south of
Bolivar, is the "Old Strasburg Rd.", a winding gravel trail thru
scenic territory, forking to the NW. On the left hand side of the
road, about a mile from the junction is an abandoned cemetary almost
hidden from view. It is here that the compiler found the graves of
John Strieby and wife in a plot with corner posts, indicating it was
once enclosed by an iron chain fence. The large tombstones had been
laid flush with the ground rather than in upright position and were
scarcely visible thru the overgrowth of myrtle...This cemetery is
probably located near the old home of John and his wife in Lawrence
Twp." "John Strieby also owned land in Salem Tract farther south in
Tuscarawas County Several deeds in County records give evidence of his
various transactions as also on his estate administration documents
and Chancery records." "That the family clung to its German
background is evidence by books in that language listed in the sale of
property (Probate Bk. 4:396ff) as well as their membership in the
Reformed Church. About 1835, Conrad Zutavern and wife, Anna Maria,
together with John Strieby and wife Anna Maria, sighed a deed for
parts of Lots 16 and 17, Sec.2, Twp. 10, for a "German Presbyterian
and Lutheran Church to be known as Paul's Chruch" (Deed Bk. 10:212).
John was trustee of this church said to be torn down about 1925.
According to Beer' p. 573, Strieby, Fernsells, and others were members
of a Lutheran Society formed in 1822.
"HISTORY OF KOSCIUSKO COUNTY" "William (brother of Margaret
Strieby/Stocker) was born in PA March 23, 1811, a son of John and
Maria (Richel) Strieby, also natives of Pa. In the same year that
William was born his parents moves to Tuscarawas County OH...."
"STREVEY FAMILY HISTORY" by Maxine Strevey Scott, p. 6. " After
the death of his father, John Strieby chose John Mosher of Whitehall
Twp. for his guardian." 
Strieby, John (I1474)
 
63 "THE DORSEY FAMILY" by Maxwell Dorsey and Jean Muir Dorsey, 1947
"Ann Dorsey, wife of Edward is thought to have outlived her husband,
and to have returned to their former home in Virginia, for no further
records is found of her in Maryland. It seems reasonable to suppose
that their children were born in Virginia." 
Anne (I1630)
 
64 "THE DORSEY FAMILY" by Maxwell Dorsey and Jean Muir Dorsey, 1947
"Mary Dorsey, wife of Elisha, was the daughter of Josias and Mary
(Day) Slade. She died in 1782 when her son Nicholas was born."
Birth date taken from Ancestral File 
Slade, Mary (I1606)
 
65 "THE PLETCHER OR PLETSCHER FAMILY IN AMERICA" "The family name of Pletscher (with various changes in spelling due to the region the family lived is an old family name in the community of Schleitheim in the Canton (state) of Schaffhausen,n S zrland. The Swiss authorities state that the name of Pletscher has been in their community since the 15th Century. The family has always been Mennonite, and the early members of the family were deacons and leaders in their churches." " The f amily was a large one, and was settled in Switzerland, in Germany, and in France. The center for those of Mennonite faith, was Schleitheim, in Switzerland. In February of the year 1524, the Mennonites held their first Synod in tha city and a p aper was drawn up listing the beliefs of their faith. That paper is still preserved to this day in the Community of Schleitheim." "Our family came from the region near Schleitheim, in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. The first record we have is of th e father, believed to be named Martin Pletscher, his wife Mary (Marie) and their two sons, Samuel and Henry. Martin is believed to have been born about 1730 in Switzerland. The family was forced to move into the Alsace region of France, near Mu elhausen (now Mulhouse). It was probably here that Martin met and married his wife Mary. She has been listed as being of French birth, born about the year 1731. They were married either in the Alsace region, or the German section lying betwee n the Alsace and Switzerland." "Because of their faith, the Mennonites were forced to move around to escape persecution. Family tradition has always listed the birth place of the sons Samuel and Henry as being in Germany near the Swiss border . One tale handed down from father to son thru the generations says that the family lived so near the Swiss border that when the men chopped wood the chips flew into Switzerland." "...About the year 1757, this family, consisting of the fathe r (presumed to be Martin), his wife Mary, and the sons Samuel and Henry (now aged 6 and 1 years) emigrated to America. The usual procedure in those days, was to travel from their native country to a Dutch port....The usual voyage then took abou t 8 or 9 weeks, depending on weather. From all records available, it appears that the husband named Martin died aboard ship on the way to America." "Family histories relate the advertisement of the widow Mary and her two sons in Philadelphi a papers for the payment of certain charges put on them while on board ship...they were not 'bound' passengers, but the extra charges could have been for funeral expenses of the father while on board ship." "An uncle of Mary's named Frederic k Maynard, who lived near Lancaster, PA took them into his home. After Mary had worked as a housekeeper for the length of time to repay the charges, he married her. He was a widower at the time. The sons, Samuel and Henry Pletcher, were then r aised unger his protection on his farm near Lancaster, PA. The widow Mary Pletcher was listed as being a resident of Conestoga Twp. Lancaster County in 1750, so her marriage must have occurred after this date. Nothing further is known of the m other of Samuel and Henry except the notation that she was married to a man named Schenck after her marriage to Frederick Maynard." "225 YEARS OF PLETCHER FAMILY" of Lancaster and Centre Counties (Information from Howard Pletcher, Goshen, IN " The year was 1756. Because of religious persecution in Germany, many Mennonites were coming to PA. One of the many ships arriving was the Snow Chance, and on it was a young widow and her two sons. When Mary Pletcher arrived in Philadelphia i n 1756 with her five-year old son, Samuel, and her newborn son Henry, she was unable to pay for her voyage (perhaps her husband had died during the six-month trip) and so advertised for hire. Mary Pletcher met and married Frederick Maynard (Me nart) about 1760; he was a widower and a Mennonite who owned land on Conestoga Creek in Lancaster County He had at least two children by his first wife, Jacob and Mariah (who was to marry Michael Schenck). When Henry and Samuel came of age, th ey became apprentices at shoemaking and weaving respectively. Both served as volunteers in the Revolutionary War." 1981--Leroy and Ann Sathre, 1103 Observatory Dr., Orlando Fl. 32808
Symposium on the early Pletcher family--by Pam Pletcher (info from Howard Pletcher, Goshen,IN) "Mary Pletcher and her husband (unnamed, but perhaps Samuel Ploetscher) left their German Palatinate home near Switzerland to go to America in 17g with them their Samuel who had been born Jan. 28, 1751. On their 6-month voyage, Mary's husband died and was buried at sea, and Mary's youngest Henry was born at sea. They may have been passengers on the ship Snow Chance, which landed at P hiladelphia, Nov. 10, 1756, being the only ship reported landing German passengers there during 1756, owing to hostilities between France and England..." "Both (Samuel and Henry) volunteered for Revolutionary War service, where Henry worked a t his trade in making shoes for the soldiers. No record is available...concerning Samuel's activities as a soldier..." Information from Howard Pletcher. In Germany the name of Pletcher (or Pletscher as it in German) is very common and is the e quivelant of Schwinn, being famous for bicycles manufacturing. Pletchers were originally Catholic from Schaffhausen, Switzerland. They converted to Mennonite and suffered persecution under the Swiss government which did not allow members of t he Mennonite faith to own land. After the 100 year war, Germany invited the Mennonites to come and farm their lands. The Pletchers then moved to the Wieslach area of Germany. It is thought that Samuel the immigrant son may have been a "home-s tyle" preacher. The Pletchers were "renegade" Mennonite. 
Pletcher, Martin? Samuel? (I401)
 
66 1850 Census, Ohio, German twsp., Clark County, Page 30B, Dwelling 405, has Mary living with her parents, age 22.
John King 52 MD, shoemaker, Susan 44 OH, Mary 22 OH, Elizabeth 20, James 19, William 17, Oliver 14, Matthew 12, Lutetia 10, Thomas 8, Sarah J. 6, Harriet 4


OBITUARY - West Liberty Banner, dtg. Thursday January 4, 1894, West Liberty, Logan County, Ohio.

DEATH - MARY E. KING was born August 17, 1826, near Tremont, Ohio, and died at her home near West Liberty, Dec. 27, 1893, aged 67 years, 4 months and 10 days.
She united with the M.E. church in 1845, being a member for nearly forty-nine years. She was married to SAMUEL SOWER, Jan. 2, 1851, at Tremont. Of this union, nine children were born, eight sons and one daughter. The husband and four soner world, leaving four sons and the daughter, and a large number of friends and relatives to sincerely mourn her death.
Funeral services were conducted at South Union church by Rev. Swank, on Friday, and the body was laid to rest in Fairview Cemetery. 
King, Mary Ellen (I3936)
 
67 1860 Census, Indiana, Richland twsp., Grant County, page 359, dwelling # 826, has Edward living with his parents, age 2.

1870 Census, Ohio, Brown twsp., Miami County, Dwelling 306, Page 265B, has Edward living with parents, age 12.

1880 Census, Ohio, S.V. Dist. 2, E.D. 21, Dwelling 13, Harrison twsp., Champaign County, has Edward living with parents, age 22.

1900 Census, California, Vol. 39, E.D. 152, Sheet 20, Line 38, Valuntario St., Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, has Edward Sour (Sowers) living with his wife Emma. The census indicated his occupation as a farm laborer, married for 19 years a nd never having children.

1910 Census, California, 109-0067-0179, Santa Clara County, has Edward Sawer (Sowers) living with his wife Emma.

1920 Census, California, Vol. 120. E.D. 123, Sheet 4, Line 6, 52 North First Street, Campbell, Santa Clara County, has Edward Sower living with wife Emma. 
Sower, Edward (I3929)
 
68 1870 Census, Noble County, Washington Twp., Wilmot 1860 Census,
Tuscarawas County, Clay Twp., Gnadenhatten 1850 Census, Tuscarawas County,
1840 Census, Tuscarawas County, Clay Twp. 1830 Census, Tuscarawas County,
Clay Twp., Gnadenhutten
Death Certificate lists cause of death as malignant tumor of liver and
stomach
Andrew Stocker January 4, 1883
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION: William Stockler (Stocker) has been appointed administrator of Andrew Stocker estate.


Family Data Collection - Individual Records
about Andrew Stocker Stocker
Name: Andrew Stocker Stocker
Spouse: Mary Magdalene Haas
Parents: Andrew Stocker Stocker, Julianna M Watuert
Birth Place: Berks, Zionsville, PA
Birth Date: 25 May 1778
Marriage Place: Easton, Northampton, PA
Marriage Date: 1800
Death Place: Gradenhutten, Tuscarawas, OH, USA
Death Date: 6 Dec 1852 
Stocker, Andrew A. (I847)
 
69 1870 Census, Ohio, Adams twsp., Champaign County, Page 196B, Dwelling 64, has has John (Edward) living with parents, age 8.

1880 Census, Ohio, Vol. 7, E.D. 17, Sheet 10, Line 10, Adams twsp., Champaign County, has John E. living with his father, age 18.

1900 Census, Ohio, Vol. 92, E.D. 114, Sheet 3, Line 28, Liberty twsp., Logan County, has John living with wife Laura; three daughters, May (Alda Mae), Cecil F. and Adda B. (Addie); three sons, Floyd P., Willis R. and Percy R.

1920 Census, Ohio, Vol. 123, E.D. 191, Sheet 11, Line 75, 220 Oak Land Square, Bellefontaine, Logan County, has John living with wife Laura; four sons, Floyd P., Willis, Ray P., and Hershal R.; one granddaughter, Dorothy I. Bolen.

John lived in West Liberty, Ohio for thirty years. He was associated with the Niagara Steam Company of West Liberty; Volunteer Fire Department from March 9, 1892 to and after 1917. He worked as a Lamplighter for West Liberty before they haci. he also helped take care of the jail and worked at the West liberty Condensery as a stationary engineer. They moved to Bellefontaine (220 Oakland Square) in the spring of 1923. John died of a combination of intestinal flu and blood po isoning. He received the blood poisoning from a metal splinter in his finger. He was a member of the Christian Church in West Liberty and the International Order of Odd Fellows Lodge#6.



OBITUARY - West Liberty Banner, dtg August 23, 1923 - Logan County, Ohio.

J.E. Strayer (John Edward) - 62, son of Joseph and Emily Strayer, DeGraff, wife Laura Sowers, daughter Mrs. May Bolen died 8 years ago, her daughter Dorothy lived with him. Sons, Floyd P. of Urbana, Ray of Springfield, Herschel and Wils and Mrs. Ernest Yoder of West Liberty.



More About JOHN EDWARD STRAYER:
Burial: Buried in Fairview Cemetery, Lot 41, West Liberty Cemetery, Logan County, Ohio. 
Strayer, John Edward (I3951)
 
70 1900 Census, Ohio, Vol. 92 E.D. Sheet 3, Line 28, Liberty twsp., Logan County has John living with wife Laura; three daughters, May (Alda Mae, Cecil F., and Adda B. (Addie); three sons, Floyd P., Willis R., and Percy R.

1920 Census, Ohio, Vol. 123, E.D. 191, Sheet 11, Line 75, 220 Oakland Square, Bellefontaine, Logan County has John living with wife Laura, four sons, Floyd P., Willis, Ray P., and Hershal R.; one granddaughter Dorothy I. Bolen

1890 Census, Indiana, Richland twsp., Grant County, page 359, dwelling #826, has Laura living with her parents, age 9 month.

OBITUARY - Bellefontaine Examiner, dtg Friday, July 8, 1935, Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio.

PARALYSIS CAUSES DEATH - Funeral of Mrs. Laura Ellen Strayer To Be Held Saturday - Mrs. Laura Ellen Strayer died Thursday at 2:15 p.m. of paralysis after an illness of but a few days. She was stricken Tuesday at her family home, 220 Oaklanor some time. Living in the home with her were her son, Herschel Strayer, and wife and baby son and another son, Ray Strayer.
Laura Ellen Sower-Strayer was born Sept. 5, 1859, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Sower. When she was quite young they moved to a farm near Tremont City, later moving to the vicinity of West Liberty. She was the only daughter in a fafhhers having preceded her in death.
She was united in marriage with John E. Strayer, July 11, 18885, his death occurring in August of 1923. They moved to a farm in the vicinity of West Liberty, later moving to West Liberty, then to Bellefontaine.
The deceased was the mother of seven children. Those who remain are Mrs. Ernest Yoder, of West Liberty; Floyd P. Strayer, of Urbana; Willis W. Strayer, Ray Strayer and Herschel Strayer, of Bellefontaine. There are 12 grandchildren and threng. One granddaughter, Mrs. Dorothy Bolen Stevens, who now resides in Lima, was reared by Mrs. Strayer from infancy.
The following brothers remain, John Sower, of West Liberty; Rev. Grant Sower, of Ferry, Mich., and Edward E. Strayer of Campbell, Calif.
Mrs. Strayer was long a member of the Congregational church in West Liberty. She was a loving mother and always helpful and considerate.
Services will be held Saturday at 1:30 p.m. in the Leonard & Eichholtz Funeral Home with Dr. C.E. Rice pastor of the Lutheran church, in charge. Burial will be made in the West Liberty cemetery.



Funeral Services - Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio, dtg. July 1935.

MRS. STRAYER IS BURIED - Services for Mrs. Laura Strayer were held in the Leonard & Eichholtz Funeral Home Saturday at 1:30 p.m. with Dr. C. E. Rice, pastor of the Lutheran church, in charge.
The following pallbearers served at the burial in West Liberty cemetery. Floyd, Willis, Ray and Herschel Strayer and Ernest Yoder and Glenn Willitts.




Death certificate: Vol: 7878, Cert. NR. 43968, Logan County, Ohio 
Sower, Laura (I3931)
 
71 1900 Census, Ohio, Vol. 92, E.D. 114, Sheet 14, Line 65, Liberty twsp., Logan County, has Fred J. living with parents, age 8.

1910 Census, Ohio, 110-0134-0107, Logan County, has Fred living with parents, age 18.

1920 Census, Ohio, Vol. 123, E.D. 195, Sheet 3, Line 8, Logan County, has Fred J. living with wife Florence M. and two daughters, Mable F., and Mildred I.

Obituary - Bellefontaine Examiner, dtg October 20, 1980, Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio.

FRED JOHN SOWERS - BELLEFONTAINE - Fred John Sowers, 88, of 1104 Erie St., died in Mary Rutan Hospital at 12:55 a.m. Sunday following several days of illness.
A retired farmer, he was born in Liberty Township, Logan County, on March 16, 1892, a son of John and Mary Crowl Sowers. He was a member of the First United Church of Christ in West Liberty.
He married the former Florence Tilton at West Liberty on Feb. 14, 1914. She died on Oct. 18, 1972.
Survivors include a son, John F. of Bellefontaine; two daughters, Mrs. Gorden (Mable) Graham of Bellefontaine and Mrs. Wilbur (Mildred) Allender of Springfield; one sister, Lulu Hartman of Urbana; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandch
Services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Eichholtz Funeral Home, Bellefontaine, by the Rev. Tom Marlin, pastor of the United Church of Christ in West Liberty. Burial will be in the West Liberty Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home Tuesday from 2 to 4 and from 7 to 9 p.m


The Farm Journal Directory of Logan County for 1916, found in the Logan County Library states that Fred abd Florence Sowers were tenants on a 106 acre farm in Union Twp. Logan County Ohio. They had 4 horses and 35 cows. Mabel is not listed alt hough she was born in 1915. They had a telephone. 
Sowers, Fred John (I3923)
 
72 1920 Census, Ohio, Vol. 123, E.D. 191, Sheet 11, Line 75, 220 Oak Land Square, Bellefontaine, Logan County, has Herschel living with parents, age 17.


- OBITUARY - Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio, dtg August 1959

Herschel Robert Strayer, 56, 721 south Main Street, died at 1025 p.m. Saturday in Mary Rutan Hospital. Hospitalized on several occasions, he had last been a patient at Mary Rutan hospital Dec. 12.
He was an engine dispatcher for the New York Central System for 37 years. Born July 28, 1902, in West Liberty, a son of John Edward and Laura Sower Strayer, he was graduated from Bellefontaine high school in 1921. In 1939 he married tol

The deceased became ill about five years ago when he experienced such tired feeling that a local physician advised a series of blood tests be taken for confirmation and diagnostic reasons. He entered University hospital, Columbus, whedt
rles Doane, confirmed that Mr. Strayer was ill of a disease of the bone marrow which is unable to manufacture red blood cells. While at the hospital in Columbus, four blood transfusions were administered and his health then improved.
In the earlier stages of the disease only a pint of blood was needed every three or four weeks but it progressed so rapidly that he received 71 pints in 1957 and many more than 100 pints in 1958. He had a rare type of blood, A-Negatit co-operative in having this type of blood available at regular intervals via the Red Cross blood program.
Surviving with his wife are a son, John Robert, of Pensacola, Fla., and three brothers, Floyd Strayer, Urbana; Willis Strayer, Dayton and Ray P. Strayer, R.F.D. 4, Bellefontaine.
The deceased was a member of the First Lutheran Church and of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Eichholtz funeral home in charge of Rev. Olen A. Peters. Burial will be made in West Liberty Fairview cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home.------ 
Strayer, Herschel (I3956)
 
73 30th Indiana Infantry Regiment

The 30th Indiana Infantry was organized at Fort Wayne, Indiana and mustered in for a three year enlistment on September 24, 1861 under the command of Colonel Sion S. Bass.
The regiment was attached to Wood's 2nd Brigade, McCook's Command, at Nolin, Kentucky, to November 1861. 5th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to December 1861. 5th Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of the Ohio, to September 1862.

Ordered to Camp Nevin, Ky., and reported to General Rousseau October 9. Camp at Nolin River, Ky., until February 1862. March to Bowling Green, Ky., thence to Nashville, Tenn., February 14-March 3. March to Savannah, Tenn., March 16-April 6. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6? 7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 6.

UNION INDIANA VOLUNTEERS
129th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

Overview:
Organized at Kendallsville and Michigan City, Ind., December 16, 1863, to March 1, 1864. Mustered in March 1, 1864. Duty at Michigan City till March 30. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., March 30-April 7. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to June, 1864. 4th Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to August, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to December, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to February, 1865, and Dept. of North Carolina to August, 1865.

Service:
March to Charleston, Tenn., April 7-24, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstrations on Dalton, Ga., May 8-13. Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Movements on Dallas May 18-25. Cartersville May 24. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Ruff's Mills July 3-4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. Nashville Campaign November-December. In front of Columbia November 24-27. Columbia Ford November 29. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. At Clifton, Tenn., till January 15, 1865. Movement to Washington, D. C.; thence to Morehead City, N. C., January 15-February 24. Campaign of the Carolinas March 1-April 26. Advance on Kinston and Goldsboro March 1-21. Battle of Wise's Fork March 8-10. Kinston March 14. Occupation of Goldsboro March 21. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Provost duty at Charlotte, N. C., May 9 to August 29. Mustered out at Charlotte, N. C., August 29, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 19 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 166 Enlisted men by disease. Total 189.

Birth date calculated from death record information 73 y, 10 mo, 19 da. Elkhart County Death Record Bk. H-14, p. 27. Cause of death Valv. disof heart and locomator ataxia. Occupation Barber. PENSION RECORD FOR CIVIL WAR: Civil War Veteran. wesion for service as a private in Co. K 30th Regiment and County E 129th Regt. Indiana Vol. Infantry. (Certificate no. 336,978) Died Jan 31 1916, cause of death apoplexy (cerebral hemorage), had been nursed by relatives. Total bill for fune ral $110, $50 to be paid by county.
5/25 Casket $27.50 rough box 2.50 embalming 5.00 undertaking ser. 10.00 hearse 5.00
Total 50.00 Cerificate of disability states he enlisted at Fort Wayne, IN on the 24th day of Sep. 1861, to serve 3 years, he was born in Columbiana County Oh. He is 32 years of age, five feet, nine and one half inches high, dark com yrown? hair, occupation farmer. Discharged 19th June 1862 at Louisville, Ky, on account of "his having chronic Bronchitis and Lumbago, and has done no duty for 8 months." He was a member of Lieut. McGuire's Company. Re-enlisted County E , 129th Regt. Ind. Inf. Jan. 1 1864, at Kendallville, IN and was discharged at Charlotte, North Carolina, Aug. 29, 1865. County E. 129th Regt. Indiana Inf. enrolled Jan 1, 1864 to Aug 29, 1865. Age 35 years, 5 ft. 10 inches, dark complexion, haz el eyes, dark hair, born Columbiana County Oh, farmer. Held the rank of Pvt, Sgt. and Pvt. Rolls show present: Aug. 31, 1864, in Hospital Marietta, GA Oct. 31, 1864, In hospital at Jefferson County IN Dec. 31, 1864 in hospital
Aug. 17, 1864 to ? Diarrhoea
Aug 30 to Oct 1, 1864 Quotid int. fever, furloughed
Oct 1, 1864, ret'd Dec. 1 , 1864 Dec 1 to 5, 1864, spinal disease Dec. 6, 1864 to Jan 21, 1865 Lumgabo, ret'd to duty. 1850 census listed with father Levi, Sr.--age 21, Farmer, born in OH No 1860 census found 1870 Elkhart, Orpenter--40, born in OH 1880 Elkhart County, Olive twp., Wakarusa, Barber--age 53, Born in OH, father born inPA, mother born in PA















































































































































































30th Regiment Infantry History

Organized at Fort Wayne, Ind., and mustered in September 24, 1861. Ordered to Camp Nevin, Ky., and reported to General Rousseau October 9. Attached to Wood's 2nd Brigade, McCook's Command, at Nolin, Ky., to November, 1861. 5th Brigade, Army of t he Ohio, to December, 1861. 5th Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of the Ohio, to September, 1862. 5th Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Right Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland , to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to June, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, to August, 186 5. Dept. of Texas to November, 1865.

SERVICE.--Camp at Nolin River, Ky., until February, 1862. March to Bowling Green, Ky., thence to Nashville, Tenn., February 14-March 3. March to Savannah, Tenn., March 16-April 6. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corin th, Miss., April 29-May 30. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 6. Buell's Campaign in Northern Alabama and Middle Tennessee June to August. March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg, August 21-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky Octo ber 1-22. Near Clay Village October 4. Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8 (Reserve). March to Nashville, Tenn., October 22-November 7, and duty there until December 26. Reconnaissance toward Lavergne November 19. Reconnaissance to Lavergne Nov ember 26-27. Lavergne, Scrougesville November 27. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro until June. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7 . Liberty Gap June 24-27. Occupation of Middle Tennessee until August 16. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-20. Duty at Whiteside, Ty ner's Station and Blue Springs, Tenn., until April, 1864. Demonstration on Dalton, Ga., February 22-27, 1864. Near Dalton February 23. Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23-25. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-Septembe r 3. Tunnel Hill May 6-7. Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton May 8-13. Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8-9. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Near Kingston May 18-19. Near Cassville May 19. Advance on Dallas May 22-25. Operations on line of Pumpki n Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's S tation, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4. Chattahoochee River July 5-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2- 6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 20-November 3. Consolidated to a battalion of 7 companies October 3. Nashville Campaign November-December. Columbia, Duck River, November 24-27. Battle of Franklin Novembe r 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. Moved to Huntsville, Ala., and duty there until March, 1865. Operations in East Tennessee March 15-April 22. Duty at Nashville until June. Moved t o New Orleans, La., June 16, thence to Texas July, and duty at various points until November. Mustered out November 25, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 133 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 274 Enlisted men by disease. Total 412.





























































































































129th Regiment Infantry

Organized at Kendallsville and Michigan City, Ind., December 16, 1863, to March 1, 1864. Mustered in March 1, 1864. Duty at Michigan City until March 30. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., March 30-April 7. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Ar my Corps, Army of the Ohio, to June, 1864. 4th Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to August, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to December, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to February, 186 5, and Dept. of North Carolina to August, 1865.

SERVICE.--March to Charleston, Tenn., April 7-24, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstrations on Dalton, Ga., May 8-13. Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Movements on Dallas May 18-25. Cartersville Ma y 24. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Muddy Creek June 17. Noy es Creek June 19. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Ruff's Mills July 3-4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Lovejoy Station Se ptember 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. Nashville Campaign November-December. In front of Columbia November 24-27. Columbia Ford November 29. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nash ville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. At Clifton, Tenn., until January 15, 1865. Movement to Washington, D.C.; thence to Morehead City, N. C., January 15-February 24. Campaign of the Carolinas March 1-Apri l 26. Advance on Kinston and Goldsboro March 1-21. Battle of Wise's Forks March 8-10. Kinston March 14. Occupation of Goldsboro March 21. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of John ston and his army. Provost duty at Charlotte, N. C., May 9 to August 29. Mustered out at Charlotte, N. C., August 29, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 19 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 166 Enlisted men by disease. Total 189.


Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920 about Levi B. Groves Name: Levi B. Groves Date: 7 Apr 1903 Location: Wakarusa Age: 73 yr Gender: Male Race: White Source Location: County Health Office, County Health Office Goshen Source Notes: The source of this recor d is the book H-20 on page 3 within the series produced by the Indiana Works Progress Administration.


Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 about Levi B. Grove Name: Levi B. Grove Spouse Name: Permelia J. Swartz Marriage Date: 20 May 1866 Marriage County: Elkhart Source Title 1: Elkhart County, Indiana Source Title 2: Index to Marriage Record 1 850 - 1920 Inclusive Vol Source Title 3: Original Record Located: County Clerk's Office Gos Book: 2 OS Page: 472


1900 United States Federal Census about Levi B Grove Name: Levi B Grove [Lewis B Grove] Home in 1900: Olive, Elkhart, Indiana Age: 71 Birth Date: May 1829 Birthplace: Ohio Race: White Gender: Male Relationship to Head of House: Head Father's Bir thplace: Pennsylvania Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania Spouse's name: Permelia J Marriage Year: 1866 Marital Status: Married Years Married: 34 Residence : Wakarusa Town, Elkhart, Indiana Occupation: View on Image Neighbors: View others on pag e Household Members: Name Age Levi B Grove 71 Permelia J Grove 63 John Swartz 43 Vera Fields 10


1880 United States Federal Census about Levi B. Grove Name: Levi B. Grove Home in 1880: Olive, Elkhart, Indiana Age: 53 Estimated birth year: abt 1827 Birthplace: Ohio Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head) Spouse's name: Permilla Father's b irthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's birthplace: Pennsylvania Neighbors: View others on page Occupation: Barber Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Cannot read/write:

Blind:

Deaf and dumb:

Otherwise disabled:

Idiotic or insane: View image Household Members: Name Age Levi B. Grove 53 Permilla Grove 43 Albert Swartz 24 Charity D. Grove 13 Hattie B. Grove 10 Charles B. Grove 8 Tete Leroy Grove 6


Ohio Obituary Index, 1830s-2009, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center about Levi Grove Name: Levi Grove Death Place: Ohio Spouse: Nancy Murphy Marriage Date: 10 Jun 1852 Newspaper: Kalida Venture, Kalida, Ohio Newspaper Date: 18 Jun 1852 News paper Page: p. 3, col. 2 Newspaper Repository: Putnam County District Library; Putnam County District Library Notes: 1852 Entry - Marriage Announcement Library Link: 726848


American Civil War Soldiers about Levi Grove Name: Levi Grove Residence: Elkhart County, Indiana Enlistment Date: 24 Sep 1861 Side Served: Union State Served: Indiana Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 24 September 1861. Enlisted in Compan y K, 30th Infantry Regiment Indiana on 24 Sep 1861. Discharged from Company K, 30th Infantry Regiment Indiana on 19 Jun 1862. Sources: 76


American Civil War Soldiers about Levi Grove Name: Levi Grove Residence: Wakarusa, Indiana Enlistment Date: 16 Jan 1864 Side Served: Union State Served: Indiana Service Record: Enlisted as a Sergeant on 16 January 1864. Enlisted in Company E, 12 9th Infantry Regiment Indiana on 16 Jan 1864. Mustered Out Company E, 129th Infantry Regiment Indiana on 29 Aug 1865 at Charlotte, NC. Sources: 76


1850 United States Federal Census about Levi Groves Name: Levi Groves Age: 21 Estimated birth year: abt 1829 Birth Place: Ohio Gender: Male Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Greensburg, Putnam, Ohio Family Number: 59 Household Members: Name Ag e Levi Groves 53 Mary Groves 47 Levi Groves 21 Nancy Groves 19 Mary Groves 15 Stephen Groves 12 Elija Groves 5

From Wakarusa Tribune
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Early Wakarusa Barber's Photo Found
Descendants of Levi Grove came across these photos recently and shared them with the Tribune. The photo below shows Levi Grove sitting in a chair in front of his barbershop in Wakarusa.
The shop was located on the East side of North Elkhart Street. North of the Bank. While there is no sign, a striped Barber's Pole call be seen out in front of the shop.-
The family picture at left shows Levi & his wife Permilla in the front row, and in the back row their children (1-r) Leroy ("Tete"), Della, Hattie, and Charlie ("Charl'') Grove. The Picture is presumably taken at the side of the Barbershop tto have served as the family home.
Levi Grove was a Veteran of the Civil War, and first set up shop as a "Barber & Hairstylist" in Wakarusa in 1873. He passed away in 1902.
Thanks to Larry De Langhe for sharing these photos. He can be reached via e-mail at "ledel@kconline.com" for anyone who would like to have further information. or has information they would like to share concerning his ancestors. 
Grove, Levi B. Jr. (I280)
 
74 A Cumberland Presbyterian Minister went to Oregon, from "History of
Shepherd and Related Families", by Frank Shepherd. 
Henderson Rev. (I2671)
 
75 According to the "Strieby Book" Heinrich Ulrich Rishel, native of
Germany, came to America in 1753, settling in Bucks County, Pa. 
Rishel, Heinrich Ulrich (I1479)
 
76 After the death of Edward's mother, no one was able to care for him, his brother Robert and his sister Dorothy. Dorothy was taken in by her mother's parent and Edward, along with his brother Robert, was placed in the Richland County Childreo e in Mansfield, Ohio. Room and board, plus clothes was paid by his father. Later, they moved to the Crawford County Children's Home that was recently opened and was much better for it had far less children and was more like a big family. It wa s a very unhappy part of their life. The superintendents were a retired couple with 3 children of their own. Edward was in the 7th or 8th grade at the time. In 1920, when his father remarried, he came to live in Mansfield with his brother, Rob ert. In 1923, Edward was forced to drop out of school in his junior year when his father burned his hands in order to help out with the family. Edward went to work for the Ohio Brass Company in Mansfield. He was able to finish hiseducation b y taking extension courses at Lincoln University in Cleveland, Ohio. Edward stayed with the Ohio Brass up to the time he retired. Bolen, Edward Hartley (I3993)
 
77 All information from Hal Ferguson Pletcher, Anna (I2345)
 
78 All information on William Stewart and Mary Ann Dormyer (and her
parents) taken from family group sheets from Becky Hines. 
Stewart, William J. (I2656)
 
79 At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Garza, Amanda Maria (I3702)
 
80 An obituary of Sandra Sue Henesy states that she died from second and third degree burns on 75% of her body when her dress caught fire June 24. When her sixth birthday came, her parents gave the party in her hospital room. She still wast w , but improvement seemed to be rapid later. Her mother put the cake in the freezer - "for when she came home." Mrs. Henesy said Sandra's death was sudden An autopsy was held, but the results were not known Wednesday night. Sandra's parents a re not sure how her dress caught fire. The little girl told them about a "fire in a can," but they think she was playing with matches. The mishap occurred outside, behind a shed. She attended Sunday School at St. Paul Lutheran Church. Henesy, Sandra Sue (I3983)
 
81 At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Strayer, John Robert (I3961)
 
82 BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

There is conflicting information about John's place of birth. Sherwood, Ohio and Wyandot County, Ohio are both mentioned as birth places. Sherwood, Ohio is in Defiance County. Research of censuses is continuing at this time.

John's occupation was that of cooper as was the occupation of his father, Andrew J. Williams. In his later life of retirement in Portland, he had a passion for gardening and fishing. He raised a large garden, and had a rowboat that he used fo r fishing on Grand River, not far from his home in what was then called Culver Town, but is part of Portland. He worked as a cooper in Portland until the cooperage closed. He continued to work part time at his trade in the Knox Farm apple ware house, near the old mill on U.S. 16, and sold apples at roadside during apple season. He was still doing this in the early 1930's.

In December of 1977 Dorothy Aker sent, to Clela Williams Van Amburg, a letter which contained a clipping of an advertisement about a dinner theatre called "True Grist Ltd." which is located in the old mill at Homer, Michigan. She thinks this ma y have been where John worked when he and his family lived in Homer.

Original clippings from the Portland paper include one on their Golden Wedding celebration in 1925 as well as obituaries of John Henry and his wife, Samantha Harriet. These also are held by Pamela Reddin Luttig. Others in the family have copie s of them.

John's paternal grandmother was Mary Coy and his grandfather John Williams. In a letter re-printed in the research notes for John's wife, Samantha Harriet, she refers to an "Ivine Coy" whom she visited somewhere enroute to or from Lawton, Michi gan in 1886. Research is still going on for more information about the Coy family. Andrew J. Williams' death certificate merely states that his parents were John Williams of Ohio and Mary Coy of Pennsylvania.

Near the grave site of Andrew J. Williams and wife, Harriet Hannah Huggins, in the cemetery at Hillsdale, Michigan, there are two old grave markers for Henry and William Shoemaker who are half brothers of Andrew J.. Dorothy Aker remembers he r mother, Addie, referring to them as Uncle Billy and Uncle Henry. They lived at 17 Champaign St. (now Willow) in Hillsdale according to the 1900 census.

In a letter to Clela from Harry Williams, Jr., he mentions the Shoemakers as half brothers to somone on the Williams side of the family and mentions that they were both carpenters, and that Henry was exceptional.

The grave markers show that Henry was born in 1841 with no death date engraved, and William was born in 1849 and died in 1914. Henry's grave has a Civil War marker beside it.

Dorothy also noted in one of her letters that she had pictures that belonged to her mother, Addie. There are some of Andrew and his wife, Harriet, as well as some of their two children, John Henry and Agnes. 
Williams, John Henry (I4194)
 
83 BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION on CORTLAND S. LAMMOND
written by Georgia Haines

Information on Cortland S Lammond was obtained through family records, obituaries, and census reports.

In the 1850 census for Putnam County, Greensburg Township, Ohio he is listed as age 19, living here with his parents, 3 brothers and 5 sisters. His occupation is farmer and his birthplace is New York. His name is given as Courtland Lemon.

According to the August, 1860 census for Putnam County, Ohio, he was then residing in Greensburg Township with his wife, Nancy and three children, Levi, age 7, Samantha, age 3, and Alvaro, age 3 months. The census taker reported that Cortland w as born in New York and his wife, Nancy, in Pennsylvania. His occupation was reported as that of farmhand.

Family records contend that Samantha was born in St. Marys, Ohio which is currently in Auglaize County. Orange C. Lamond?UAs wife lived at St. Marys part of the time while Orange was in the Civil War. All information seems to point to the thre e Lammond brothers, Henry, Cortland, and Orange as residents in various places in what are now Auglaize, Allen, Putnam and Mercer Counties. Towns near, or in, which they lived were St. Marys (Auglaize), Lima (Allen), Ottawa (Putnam), Kalida (Pu tnam), and Mendon (Mercer). Information on other siblings and their descendants has not yet been researched. The obituary of their son, Stephen, states that he was born in Putnam County in 1864, and in that same year they moved to Wakurasa, In diana. They lived there until the summer of 1885 when they moved to Lawton, Michigan. Cortland and Nancy farmed in Lawton, Michigan and lived there until their deaths in 1913. Theyraised peaches and possibly grapes. 
Lammond, Cortland S. (I4196)
 
84 BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION on NANCY JANE GROVE
Researched and written by Georgia Haines

Nancy Jane Grove?UAs birth location of Piqua, Ohio is not currently verified by official records, but rather is from information passed down through the family. Some censuses give her birthplace as Pennsylvania. In 1840 her father, Levi Grove, i s living in Putnam County, Greensburg Township, Ohio. In his household are listed the following:

Age less than five: 1 male (Probably Stephen, about age 2)

Ages five to ten: 1 male (Probably Levi, Jr. 2 females (Nancy would be 9 and Mary 5)

Ages ten to fifteen: 1 male and 1 female (Both unknown, however the male may be George Grove who appears in the 1850 census for Putnam County with wife Susannah, both age 23, and a son, John, age 6 months. Putnam county marriage records show Ge orge Grove married to Susan Eger April 5, 1848.)

Ages fifteen to twenty: 1 male (Probably John, about age 18)

Ages thirty to forty: 1 female (Probably Mary, age 37)

Ages forty to fifty: 1 male (Probably Levi, age 43)

This census gives only the name for the head of the household. The connections listed above are based on information in subsequent censuses.

Nancy is listed living with her parents, Levi and Mary Grove(s), two brothers and two sisters in the 1850 census for Putnam County, Greensburg Township, Ohio. This census report states her age as 19 and that she was born in Ohio. It also menti ons that she had been in school during the past year.

The 1860 census for Putnam County, Greensburg Township, Ohio, where she and her husband were then residing, reports that she was born in Pennsylvania. The 1860 census taker also reported that she could not read or write, and reported her age a s 27 which would have put her birth date at 1833 instead of 1831 which is the date in her obituary and on her gravestone.

The following is a quote from a letter written by Clela (One of Nancy Jane?UAs granddaughters) at age 83 to daughter, Georgia, on March 1, 1986 in which she related some recollections of her grandparents. This is unedited and copied as Clela wrot e it, except she used the hand written + symbol in place of the word "and".

"My grandma and grandpa Lammond I do remember they both died when I was 10 years old. My Mother used to take Carl and I and sometimes Arthur and go on a train to see them. They lived in Lawton Mi. My grandma couldn?UAt walk and grandpa used to c arry her from one room to another or out on the porch. One day my grandpa took me and grandma for a ride in a buggy. I was afraid of the horse. They had to get the buggy close to the porch, so as to get grandma into it. I guess I thought th e horse was going to climb onto the porch. Another thing I remember about her was that she sat in a chair by a window and smoked a pipe. It was a little clay pipe. My grandpa didn?UAt smoke. She used tobacco out of a little cloth bag. That?UA s one thing my grand or great grandchildren won?UAt remember me by." 
Grove, Nancy Jane (I4197)
 
85 BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION:

According to his son Harry, Jr., written in a letter to Clela, Harry Sr. was born on Sumpter's Island which is in one of the lakes near Milford, IN in Kosciusko County. Its county seat is at Warsaw. He did live in or near Angola, Steuben Co , IN as a small boy. According to a letter written by his mother, Samantha Harriet (Mattie) Lammond Williams, post marked in Lawton, MI Aug 11, 1886 he had accompanied her there. The letter was addressed to her husband, John Henry Williams, i n Leslie, MI where he may have been working. Mattie and the three children, Addie, Guy and Harry Sr., were visiting her parents, Cortland and Nancy Jane Lammond, in Lawton, Michigan. She probably traveled by train, possibly from Hillsdale wher e they might have been living at the time. It appears that his parents moved around a lot in those early years. In her letter she mentions renting a "hack" to go to see an Ivine Coy, and that Guy and Harry hadfun driving the horses.

Harry Williams, Sr. worked as a Machinist and Foreman and owned his own machine shop. 
Williams, Harry Cortland , Sr. (I4190)
 
86 BIOGRAPHY
o Death site
Buried Oak Grove Cem, Lawton, MI
Stephen, a midget as an adult, lived with his parents until the death
of his father in Sept of 1913. He then lived with his sister, Ida Mae
Smeltzer in Wakarusa, IN until his deathabout 5 months after his
father's death. He was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Lawton, MI
beside his parents. Funeral held at the home of his brother, Levi. 
Lammond, Stephen E (I4176)
 
87 Birth calculated from tombstone record--Nancy Grove, died Dec. 20,
1865, 33 yrs., 2 mo., 27 das. (Meth.) 
Murphy, Nancy (I281)
 
88 Birth date and full name taken from Ancestral file (did have Helena
Catherine Heller 
Heller, Ann Helena Catherine (I1466)
 
89 Birth date calculated by Yr. Months and days calender Death date
taken from tombstone 
Sollenberger, Catherine (I1644)
 
90 Birth date calculated from death date and 76 yrs, 3 months and 15
days from tombstone


Widow Stemler January 28, 1886 (Republican Indianian) North Webster
DEATH: Died on Wednesday, January 20, Widow Stemler, and old and respected citizen of this place. She was a sister to
Father Henry Kline whose obituary was published last week. She was over 70 years of age.

Christina Baugher
January 21, 1886 Republican Indianian --North Webster
DEATH: Father Henry Kline, an old and respected citizen of this place, died at his residence Wed. morning, January 18. He was born in Warsbach, Canton,
Otenbery Rheim, Bavaria Sept. 1815 and settled in Tuscarawas county, Ohio when he came to America in 1837. January 10, 1839 he was united in marriage to Christina Baugher, who survives. In 1842 he sought and found peace in the Lord. In the fa ll of 1844 he came to Kosciusko County and settled on a farm in Tippecanoe township, but soon after sold it and moved to North Webster where he was engaged in the mercantile business for about 37 years. He was also a prominet member of the Maso nic Lodge. He was 70 years, 4 months, and 11 days of age. Surviving with his Wife is a son, John Kline.


1880 United States Federal Census
about Catherine Stemler
Name: Catherine Stemler
Home in 1880: Webster, Kosciusko, Indiana
Age: 70
Estimated birth year: abt 1810
Birthplace: Bavaria
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Father's birthplace: Bavaria
Mother's birthplace: Bavaria
Neighbors: View others on page
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Gender: Female 
Kline, Catherine (I1560)
 
91 Birth date calculated from death date, 73 yrs, 4 month and 0 days.
1860 Census Kosciusko County In--listed as a boot and shoemaker both
being from Germany. Jacob-aged 58, Catherine-aged 53. 1870
Census-Kosciusko County In Jacob Stemler, Sr. --Boydston Mills,
Tippecanoe Twp.
"HISTORY OF KOSCIUSKO County IN" p. 410. article on Randolph Allison
mentions Leuesa (Stemler) Allison, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth
Stemler, son of Jacob and Catherine Stemler. Of Leuesa Stemler, it
say: "Her parents were both native of Germany. Her father came to
this country when a young man and her mother with her parents. They
married in Ohio and from there moved to North Webster."


1870 United States Federal Census
about Jacob Stemler
Name: Jacob Stemler
Birth Year: abt 1804
Age in 1870: 66
Birthplace: Bavaria / Bayern
Home in 1870: Tippecanoe, Kosciusko, Indiana
Race: White
Gender: Male
Value of real estate: View image
Post Office: Baydstons Mills
Household Members:
Name Age
Jacob Stemler 66
Catharine Stemler 61 
Stemler, Jacob (I1559)
 
92 Birth date calculated from tombstone, 0 yrs, 7 months, 13 days. Dorsey, Minnie (I1740)
 
93 Birth Date calculated from Yrs, months and days Death Date from
tombstone record
Census Record: 1850 Noble County, Sparta Twp. 1860 Noble County,
Sparta Twp. 1870 Noble County, Sparta Twp.
ALVORD'S HISTORY OF NOBLE County IN., P. 207 article on William
Knepper: "William Knepper...was born Aug 18, 1851, in Sparta Twp.,
Noble County IN, and is the son of Anthony and Catherine (Sullenberger)
Knepper, both natives of Franklin County PA. This worthy couple were
united in marriage in their native state, came to Washington twp.,
Noble County IN in 1848, and soon afterward moved onto the farm in Sparta
twp., where Anthony Knepper passes away July 22, 1899, while she had
passed away about six years previously. To the union of this worthy
couple were born five children: Phares, deceased; Sarah C., who became
the wife of William Stocker; Susan; Margaret, married to Charles M.
Prentiss; and William, subject of this sketch."
Obituary Notice of Sarah Catherine (Knepper) Stocker states that the
family moved from PA to Indiana when she was two years of age--born
Jan 29, 1847.

1880 United States Federal Census
about Anthony Knepper
Name: Anthony Knepper
Home in 1880: Sparta, Noble, Indiana
Age: 61
Estimated birth year: abt 1819
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Spouse's name: Catheran
Father's birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's birthplace: Pennsylvania
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members:
Name Age
Anthony Knepper 61
Catheran Knepper 57
Susan Knepper 30
William Knepper 28
Ester T. Knepper 24
Frances Knepper 6


1870 United States Federal Census
about Anthony Knepper
Name: Anthony Knepper
Birth Year: abt 1818
Age in 1870: 52
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1870: Sparta, Noble, Indiana
Race: White
Gender: Male
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
Anthony Knepper 52
Catharine Knepper 48
Susan Knepper 21
Margaret Knepper 16
William Knepper 18

1860 United States Federal Census
about Anthony Knepper
Name: Anthony Knepper
Age in 1860: 40
Birth Year: abt 1820
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1860: Sparta, Noble, Indiana
Gender: Male
Post Office: Cromwell
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
Anthony Knepper 40
Cathrine Knepper 36
Cathrine Knepper 18
Susan Knepper 11
William Knepper 8
Margret Knepper 6

1850 United States Federal Census
about Anthony Nepper
Name: Anthony Nepper
Age: 32
Estimated birth year: abt 1818
Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Gender: Male
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Sparta, Noble, Indiana
Family Number: 31
Household Members:
Name Age
Anthony Nepper 32
Catherine Nepper 27
Phares Nepper 5
Catherine Nepper 3
Susan Nepper 1

U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918
about Anthony Knepper
Name: Anthony Knepper
State: Indiana
Tax Year: 1864
Roll Title: District 10; Annual, Monthly and Special Lists; 1864
NARA Series: M765
NARA Roll: 37 
Knepper, Anthony (I1643)
 
94 Birth date take from Birth Record Kosciusko County Book H-3, p. 9. Date
recorded in book as 27 Oct 1889.
Daniel Baugher's Bible records the birth being as Oct 20, 1889. 
Baugher, Cora Belle (I1509)
 
95 Birth date taken from Ancestral file Hendricksen, Macyken (I302)
 
96 Birth date taken from Ancestral file Laeckervelt, Hendricks Of (I2851)
 
97 Birth date taken from Birth record St. Joseph County Book H-8, p. 95 Grove, Donald David (I792)
 
98 Birth date taken from Jacob Baugher's Bible Baugher, Elizabeth "Lizzie" (I1557)
 
99 Birth date taken from Jacob Baugher's Bible Baugher, Rosa (I1558)
 
100 Birth date taken from St. Joseph County Record Book H-8, p. 41 Grove, Alma (I793)
 

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