The Bushong Bulletin Fall 1994 Volume 10, Number 3 Page 35 Editor: Carol Willsey Bell OTTO C. BUSHONG. Homer: Otto Conrad "Connie" Bushong, 70, of Homer, died Tuesday Jan. 28, 1992, at home after a long illness. Mr. Bushong was born Dec. 26, 1921, in Demont, Ind. to Kearney H. & Della (Radle) Bushong. He spent most of his life in Calhoun County and attended Wilder Creek School/ He served in the Army during World War II in the Pacific Theater and received a Purple Heart. He was a farm laborer before the war. After the war, he was a supervisor at Union Steel Products Co. in Albion for more than 40 years. After his retirement, he worked for Pine Knoll Nursery in Coldwater for eight years, retiring in 1989. He was a life member of the National Rifle Association and the Wilder Creek Conservation Club. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, landscaping and growing trees from seed. He married the former Reatha Bleam on May 6, 1944, in grand Rapids. She survives. Also surviving are a son, Conrad Bushong of LaOtto, Ind.; daughters, Penny Baird of Union City and Fraya Weiss of Homer; seven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; a brother, Clarence Bushong of Eckford; and sisters, Ruth Tobias of Albion and Myona Lapland of Marshall. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Craig and Kearney David; and two sisters, Beatrice O'Dell and Marjorie Bushong. Services 11 am Friday in Fairview Cemetery, Homer, with Rev. Ron Mills officiating. Memorials: Good Samaritan Hospice Care Inc. (Battlefield Creek Mich: BATTLE CREEK ENQUIRER, 29 Jan 1992) (submitted by Rick Gamber, Lansing, MI) NOTE: Left off Rick Gamber's street address which was included. ------------- Copied and Submitted by Gloria Neiger Bushong

Good Morning Boschong Subscribers, I have made a decision to keep posting to this List. However, it will not be my research but will be straight from the Bushong Bulletin. That way there can be no critics and I will cite my source. ------------------ The Bushong Bulletin Fall 1994 Volume 10, Number 3 Page 36 JOHN H. BUSHONG, Milford - John H. Bushong, 78, a life resident of the Milford area, died at 7:30 am Thursday at Elkhart General Hospital. He had been ill about six months. Mr. Buishong was born near Milford on 6 January 1886. On June 21, 1913, he married Isabelle Wogoman. She died in 1945. Mr. Bushong was formerly a janitor at Milford High School and most recently was associated with his son in the plastering business. Survivors include his son, Jerrold, Milford Rt. 1; a daughter, Mrs. Charles peeple, Milford Rt. 2; a brothre, Charles of Syracuse; a sister, Mrs. Alice Linkofelt of St. Paul, Minn; and 4 grandchidlren. Funeral services will be at 3:30 pm Sunday at the Milford Christian Church where Mr. Bushong was a member. Burial will be in Milford Cemetery. Friends may call at the Mishler Funeral Home after 7 tonight. (Elkhart IN: ELKART TRUTH, Fri 24 Apr 1964) {note: other data shows he was the son of HEZEKIAH & MINERVA (KIRKENDALL) BUSHONG, descending from JOHN & BARBARA of Stark Co. OH., and that he was married 28 Nov 1906 to Ethel I. Lavering, b 1888, d 1910, having no children. The obituary misspells his son's name, which should be Gerold Lewis, and his daughter Joan Irene is married to Charles Teeple.} ---------------- Copied word for word from the Bushong Bulletin Submitter of obit to Bulletin not acknowledged

Good Afternoon Boschong Subscribers, I hope all of the 93 members of the Bushong Reunion Facebook Page are enjoying the scanned copies of the original documents and old photos that I am posting to that Page. I am giving the sources while posting. If anyone wants a copy of these scans, all they have to do is e-mail me and I will be happy to send them along. None of what I am posting to that Page was ever shown in the Bushong Bulletin with the exception of the Page I posted showing Carol Willsey Bell's submission in 1985 of her Bosang research which includes an entire page. At the bottom of the page it states: Submitted by Carol Willsey Bell, C. G. Well that certainly would give any researcher the idea that Bosang was Bushong since the purpose of the Bulletin as stated on the first page of every issue is: A GENEALOGICAL PUBLICATION ABOUT BUSHONG FAMILY LINES That sort of says it all don't you think? And I cited my source! One has a lot of nerve critizizing a Facebook Page that they are not a member by their choice and have never even seen the contents of the Page. That is quite a trick. If you really want to be credible with your criticism, you must view the Page and it's contents first. That's just being a good researcher. Just saying......... Gloria Neiger Bushong

Good Beautiful Morning Boschong Subscribers, I have posted more scans of original records and photos onto the Bushong Reunion Facebook page. Hope everyone is enjoying them. Lots more to come through the year. Please don't respond here publicly. Thanks, Gloria Neiger Bushong

Good Beautiful Morning Boschong Subscribers, If you have not already become a member of the Bushong Reunion Group on Facebook, you are missing a lot. I just posted a copy of the original Marriage Bond and the Permission Slip, hand written by Jacob Acard, for his daughter Elizabeth to marry David Bushong in Shenandoah County, Virginia. It is a pleasure to be able to share these original records with you. Records that my husband Russell and I have obtained over the years on our various research trips. Blessings! Gloria Neiger Bushong

Boschong Subscribers, Last month I posted an obit for Daniel Scott Fear. He was the son-in-law of Conrad and Carra Bushong, regular Reunion attendees. I notice today that on the Bushong List it was pointed out by Fraya that I had called Dan his middle name of Scott. I apologize for that. I guess it was because at the time of that post, I was thinking about my own son Scott and it was just a mental slip when typing. I was so sad for Conrad, Carra and family. So again I sincerely apologize for naming him as Scott when he was called Dan. A simple e-mail from Fraya to me at the time of the mistake would have been considerate and I would have gladly corrected it at the time. Gloria Neiger Bushong

Boschong Subscribers, I am posting slowly, original documents to the Bushong Reunion group Page at Facebook. Since it is a private group, only those that are members can see these. There is no Share button. That's what private is all about. But if you are a member and want a copy of any of the documents that I post, I will be more then happy to send them to you in an e-mail. I just shared the original court documents for the marriage of Andrew Bushong and Elizabeth Calvert on the Facebook page. It proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that there was a huge mistake made by early researchers and passed around for years. I was even guilty, like one of the sheep, of passing along information because it was published in The Bushong Bulletin and certified by Carol Willsey Bell. Well I'm sorry for that and when I started actually going to courthouses with my husband and looking into that old information to verify it's validity, we both came to the conclusion that some of it was fabricated. That is why I do my own research. You should too! If that's power, then so be it. Power over telling you to be your own person, do your own research and do the right thing with the integrity of the research. Power is in the original documents not in trying to control people's minds. Gloria Neiger Bushong

Boschong Subscribers, I am reworking this post since it is important and was deleted. I had hoped someone would say something about the undocumented and absolutely off the wall post on Tessie Marie Bushong on the other List but no one did and in a way I truly understand why. :) I may be far from a perfect researcher but I am smart enough to know that with Tessie Marie Bushong, there is a lot more to know concerning this girl. That's is why back in December 2005 with the post on Lewis, I never actually came out and said that Frank was Tessie's father. I was skeptical of that information then and I still am. That was Stormy's information on the Forum, not mine. I just told the person that put the query on that Bushong Surname Forum, that I had researched Frank Bushong, son of Lewis Bushong, which was the truth since she had mentioned a Frank. And then there was some discussion between Stormy and others on that forum and a conclusion was reached and then this month submitted to the Bushong List without a single document. I would never have gone as far as to say publicly on any List that Tessie Marie Bushong was the child of Frank Bushong and his sister Elizabeth Bushong and as the result of incest. YIKES! What kind of genealogy is this? Did our researcher do any research in the Archival records of the Orphanage where Tessie Marie Bushong was living in 1930? I'll bet not. Did he send for an obit on Elizabeth, Frank and Tessie? I'll bet not. Has he sent for a death certificate for Tessie which may or may not give proper information, depending on who the informant was? I'll bet not. Has he talked to a living descendant? I'll bet not. Tessie's history remains a mystery until properly researched by someone who really knows how to do that and that obviously isn't the submitter of that post or there would have already been documentation to go with the post. Tessie is never in a single census living with Frank Bushong or his sister Elizabeth so other then some very shaky Oral history and the fact that they married in the same county that Frank was a resident of, where is the proof? Many people from other counties went to Poinsett County to marry. In fact the ONLY census record I could find Tessie in, is the 1930 census in the orphanage in Little Rock, a long way from Poinsett County back in those days. We don't know how she acquired that name. I am changing the statement about her not be enumerated in the 1920 census. She isn't found with the Bushong name. If you believe that she is the SSDI person born 8 January 1920 in Greene County, Arkansas, then she is in the 1920 census under another name not Bushong. The starting date for the 1920 census was April 1st so she would have been about 3 months old. The child in the household of Frank and Ollie Bushong in 1920 is their daughter Essie Mae Bushong who died in 1922 at the age of 10 years. Owen Chapel Cemetery Greene County, Missouri ESSIE MAE BUSHONG d/o J. F. and Ollie 26 September 1912 26 September 1922 ------------------------- TESSIE MARIE BUSHONG Born: About 1920-1921, Arkansas Died: Unknown Married: 4 July 1936, Poinsett County, Arkansas to Orville Dawson Buried: Unknown ------------------------- SSDI Tessie M. Dawson 8 January 1920 January 1984 If this is Tessie Marie Bushong and collecting social security, someone in her family should write to the Social Security Administration and get a copy of her original application, as it will give information on where she was born and her real name. --------------------------- The only census Tessie is found in is the 1930 census. Tessie was in an Orphanage in 1930 in Little Rock, Arkansas as a 9 year old. Census states she was born in Arkansas, parents unknown. But when did she enter that orphanage? As an infant? By July 1936 at age 16 she has married Orville Dawson in Poinsett County, Arkansas probably to get away from the orphanage. I could not find her in the 1940 census but she is definitely NOT living with Frank, Ollie and his sister Elizabeth who are living in Little River Township, Poinsett County, Arkansas in 1940. 1940 Federal Census: Arkansas Little River Township, ED 56-9, Poinsett County Enumerated 10 April 1940 Page 171A, Sheet 10 Lines 26-28, HH 188 Frank Bushong Head/M/W/49/Md/5thGradeEd/OwnsHome/FurnitureManufacturer/1935livinginTrumann/BornIL Ollie Bushong Wife/Female/White/45/4thGradeEd/WorkingInHome/BornArk Lizzie Bushong Sister/Female/White/40/Single/3rdGradeEd/WorkingInHome/BornArk During the 1920s and 1930s, Arkansas along with several other states was going through a terrible depression and drought of great magnitude. Tuberculosis was rampant in the country. Many people could not care for their children and placed them in Orphanages, sometimes even leaving them on the doorstep and fleeing. Thus Tessie is in an orphanage possibly because of the sad circumstances of some family. But even with oral history, it is ridiculous and bad genealogical research to conclude that she was the product of Bushong incest without some sound proof. Someone really blew this research. Tessie's lineage remains a mystery until a document between 1920 and 1930 can be found to explain her circumstances and her parentage. Perhaps or perhaps not, Elizabeth was her mother and the baby was dropped off at the orphanage after her birth because of illegitimacy. Perhaps Frank got some girl pregnant while married to Ollie and the girl dropped the baby off at the orphanage, knowing she couldn't give her a life with two parents. But I do not believe for one minute that brother Frank Bushong and sister Elizabeth Bushong are the natural parents. Like I stated, won't know until the orphanage records are read. As a point of reference just remember that written histories have proven to be flawed, Oral histories have been proven to be flawed and even with research, sometimes you are wrong because you may not have all the pieces. Since the proof is in the pudding and we know that Mitchell is not a Bushong as proven by DNA, the fallacy would have lived on for eternity. Ta, ta. Gloria Neiger Bushong

John, Why am I not surprised that you are coming to the defense of Rick? LOL I believe you are the one that needs to read more. Rick said in that conversation with Stormy that Tessie was Frank and Ollie's daughter and that she is enumerated with them in the 1920 census. This is not true. The child enumerated in the 1920 census with Frank and Ollie is Essie Mae Bushong not Tessie Marie Bushong. Essie died when she was 10 years old. FINDAGRAVE Owens Chapel Cemetery Greene County, Missouri Tombstone Inscription ESSIE MAE BUSHONG d/o J. F. & Ollie Bushong 26 September 1912 26 September 1922 Gloria

Know all men by these presents, That we Elizabeth Bishong, Aaron Foster, James Latta Jr., and David Breedlove, all of Ross County, and State of Ohio, are held and firmly bound unto the State of Ohio, in the penal sum of One Thousand Dollars, current money, to the payment of which, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents. Witness our hands and seal, this 24th day of October 1825. WHEREAS, The Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid have this day appointed Elizabeth Bishong and Aaron Foster Administrators of all and singular the goods and chattels which were of John Bishong, late of said county, deceased. Now the conditions of the above obligation is such, that if the above bound Elizabeth and Aaron, Administrators as aforesaid, shall and will faithfully perform all the duties required of them by law, then this obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue. ELIZABETH BESONG, Her X mark A. FOSTER JAMES LATTA JR. DAVID BREEDLOVE, His X mark Signed, Sealed and Delivered in the presence of The Court Attest: N. Fullerton, Clerk ------------------- Copied in the Hancock County Ohio Library by Mareetta Brewer by my request and Transcribed and Submitted by Gloria Neiger Bushong

Boschong Subscribers, I just transcribe them the way they are written by the Clerk of the Court at the time it was recorded back in the 1840s and this particular part of the suit stated Eve Tentsman, widow of Abraham Myers, late of Hancock County, deceased. I cannot explain why this is stated that way since this is not 1840s and I cannot talk to the Clerk who wrote it down, but since Eve received 1 full third share of the Estate rather the one 21st share, she was pretty high up in the relationship with Abraham Myers. I thought perhaps she is a daughter but the only place it states a relationship to Abraham Myers is right here and it states widow. I can't explain it but I'm sure some brilliant mind out there will figure it out. GB --------------------- THE STATE OF OHIO, HANCOCK COUNTY SS To the Sheriff of said County GREETINGS: We command you without delay by the oaths of Andrew Rickets, John F. Perkey, and John Rose, You cause Eve Tentsman, widow of Abraham Myers, late of Hancock County deceased by endowed of one full thirds part of the following real estate situate in said County of Hancock and state of Ohio to wit: The south

CORRECTION on year. I made a typo error. The year was forty four (1844) not fifty four. Sorry about that. Gloria So it should read: On the 12th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four, Isaac Tentsman and EVE TENTSMAN his wife filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court aforesaid the following petition for partition to wit: To the Court of Common Pleas Hancock County State of Ohio, Your petitioners Isaac Tentsman and EVE TENTSMAN of Seneca County and State aforesaid represents that they have legal rights to and are seized in fee simple of one undivided parts of the following real estate situate in the County of Hancock and State of Ohio described as follows:

Boschong Subscribers, I am posting this because I am not sure how Isaac and Eve Tintsman/Tentsman fit exactly into the scheme of the Bushong, Myers, Rodabaugh, Stover family but believe that Eve might have been a Myers. Since they are the ones who instituted the Chancery suit that I just posted, they have to be one of the Heirs of Abraham Myers. ---------------------- 1850 Federal Census: Ohio Loudon Township, Seneca County Enumerated 23 September 1850 Page 363A Lines 36-42, HH 180/180 Isaac Tintsman 66/Male/Retired/$1800/PA Eva Tintsman 62/Female/Maryland Susan Tintsman 23/Female/Maryland Joseph Tintsman 26/Male/Maryland Catherine Grove 11/Female/OH Henry Peters 10/Male/OH Sarah Peters 5/Female/OH ------------------------- >From LDS files: Seneca County Ohio Will Book 1860 In the name of the benevolent Father of all, I, Isaac Tintsman of Loudon Township, Seneca County, Ohio, do make and publish this my last Will and Testament. First item: I give and devise to my beloved daughter in law Anna Tintsman, Widow of my son Joseph Tintsman, deceased, and to her heirs, the farm on which I now reside in Loudon Township, Seneca County, Ohio containing about eighty acres of land during her natural life and at her decease the same shall pass to her heirs on the condition that my daughter in law Anna Tintsman, shall pay to my Daughters or their heirs the sums which I bequeath to each of them; Anna English the sum of fifty dollars; Sarah Riteman the sum of fifty dollars; Elizabeth Chance the sum of fifty dollars; Barbara Chance the sum of fifty dollars; Susan Clemens the sum of fifty dollars. Second item: It is my further Request that my said Daughter in Law Anna Tintsman in consideration of the above bequest is to keep me during my natural life on the premises above bequeathed furnishing me every thing suitable to my condition in life using me and treating me kindly and furnishing me with all things necessary to my comfort and happiness. Third item: My said Daughter in Law Anna Tintsman is to have the use, occupation and Benefits of the farm above Bequeathed to her by me with the bequests above mentioned during my natural life. Fourth item: I do hereby revoke all former Wills by me made. I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this 20th day of June in the year 1860. ISAAC TINTSMAN, his signature and seal Signed and acknowledged by said Isaac Tintsman as his last Will and Testament in our presence and signed by us in his presence. I. N. JONES JAMES LEWIS -------- Whereas I, Isaac Tintsman, on the 20th day of June in the year 1860 made my last Will and Testament of that day, do hereby declare the following to be a Codicil to the Same. In Item first of Said Will A is my Request that the property then bequeathed to Anna Tintsman and her heirs, Shall go, at my decease, to Said Anna Tintsman and her Legitimate heirs of my Son Joseph Tintsman, Deceased and to the others Except four hundred Dollars of the Same which belongs to her in her own right. In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this 27th day of September 1860 ISAAC TINTSMAN, signature and Seal Signed and acknowledged by Said Isaac Tintsman codicil to his Last Will and testament in our presence and signed by us in his presence I N Jones T Hays ----------------- Researched and Submitted by Gloria Neiger Bushong

PART 3 OF 3 - Continuation of previous posts --------------------- And Afterwards to wit: On the eighteenth day of October A. D. 1843 on Motion to the Court by John Morrison, Counsel for the petitioners, and upon producing the proceedings of the Sheriff and the reports and proceedings of the Commissioners herein before appointed and the same being examined and it appearing from said report that the premises described in the petition of the said Isaac Tentsman and Eve Tentsman cannot be divided without great injury to the same, it is Ordered that said proceedings and reports be and the same are hereby approved and confirmed and thereupon neither of the parties electing to take said Estate at the valuation thereof, as returned by said Commissioners, on Motion of the petitioners it is ordered that said Estate be sold at public auction by the Sheriff of said County of Hancock according to the statute in such case made and provided. And Afterwards to wit: On the twenty seventh day of November A. D. 1843, the foregoing Order was copied sealed and certified and issued to the Sheriff of Hancock County. And Afterwards to wit: On the 27th day of May and year last aforesaid, the said Order was returned to the Court aforesaid by said Sheriff endorsed as follows to wit: After going more than thirty days notices previous to the day of sale of the time and place of sale by a notice published in the HANCOCK FARMER, a newspaper published in Findlay, and in general circulation throughout the County of Hancock, I offered the within described lands and tenaments for sale on the first day of January A. D. 1844; Then Ronald Reese became the purchaser of the within described tracts of land as follows to wit: The east half of the south east quarter of section numbered thirty six, township two south, range ten east for the sum of one hundred and sixty dollars that being the two thirds of the appraised value. The said Roland Reese being the highest and best bidder. Also on the same day Roland {Reese} became the purchaser of Inlot number one in Williamstown, Hancock County, Ohio for the sum of Ten dollars that being the two thirds of the appraised value and said Roland Reese being the highest and best bidder. On the thirteenth day of February 1844, Jacob Shively became the purchaser of the south west quarter of number thirty in township number two south Range number eleven (subject to the Dower estate of widow) for the sum of four hundred and sixty six dollars and sixty seven cents that being two thirds of the appraised value and Jacob Shively being the highest and best bidder. E. Brown, Sheriff 27th May 1844. And Afterwards to wit: On the day and year first aforesaid to wit: On the 28th day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four. The Court this day having examined the proceedings of the Sheriff and the sale by him made, upon the Decretal Order issued in this cause and being satisfied that the sale has in all respects been in conformity to the Statute in such case made and provided, Do Order the Clerk to make entry on the Journal that the Court are satisfied of the legality of the sale and that he also executed an Order on the Sheriff to make the purchasers a Deed for the lands and tenaments so sold, all of which is entered accordingly. Mat. Tilden Probate Judge. ------------------------ Copied in the Hancock County Ohio Library by Mareetta Brewer by my request and Transcribed and Submitted by Gloria Neiger Bushong

PART 2 OF 3 - Continuation of previous post ----------------- And it is further ordered that a writ of partition issue to the Sheriff of Hancock County commanding him to cause said Dower to be assigned and said partition to be made accordingly and this cause is continued and afterwards to wit: On the 22nd day of December and year last aforesaid, the following writ of partition was issued out of the Clerk's office aforesaid to wit: THE STATE OF OHIO, HANCOCK COUNTY SS To the Sheriff of said County GREETINGS: We command you without delay by the oaths of Andrew Rickets, John F. Perkey, and John Rose, You cause Eve Tentsman, widow of Abraham Myers, late of Hancock County deceased by endowed of one full thirds part of the following real estate situate in said County of Hancock and state of Ohio to wit: The south west quarter of section number thirty in township numbered two south of Range number eleven and the East half of the south East quarter of Section number thirty six in township number two south of Range number ten and inlot number one in the Town of Williamtown and also in like manner and by the like oaths of the same Andrew Rickets, John F. Perkey and John Rose, You cause partition to be made of the same lands subject to the said Dower estate amount the following persons and in the following proportions to wit: To Moses Myers one equal 21st part, To John Musser one equal 21st part, To Lydia Musser one equal 21st part, To Jacob Ludy one equal 21st part, To Barbary Ludy one equal 21st part, To Jacob Shively one equal 21st part, To Ann Shively one equal 21st part, To John Stover one equal 21st part, to Anne Stover one equal 21st part, To Barbary Shively one equal 21st part, To Isaac Shively one equal part, To John Rodabaugh one equal 21st part, To Abraham Rodabaugh one equal 21st part, To Simon Rodabaugh one equal 21st part, To Mahlon Rodabaugh one equal 21st part, To Richard Sims one equal 21st part, To Susanna Sims one equal 21st part, To Lydia Rodabaugh one equal 21st part, To Jonas Rodabaugh one equal 21st part, To Simon Bushong one equal 21st part, To Catharine Bushong one equal 21st part. And that your proceedings in the premises, you distinctly Certify under your hands to our Court of Common Pleas within and for said County of Hancock together with this writ. WITNESS, William L. Henderson, Clerk of said Court of Common Pleas this 22nd day of December A. D. 1842. William L. Henderson, Clerk. And Afterwards to wit: On the twenty sixth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three, the said writ was returned to the Court aforesaid by said Sheriff endorsed as follows to wit: I have executed this writ by the oaths of the within named Commissioners whose report is herewith returned. Elisha Brown, Sheriff. ----------------------- TO BE CONTINUED: Copied at my request at the Hancock County Ohio Library by Mareetta Brewer and Transcribed and Submitted by Gloria Neiger Bushong

Good beautiful Morning Boschong Subscribers, This particular Hancock County Ohio Chancery record has a lot of information relevant to the genealogy of the Hancock County Bushongs and must refer you back to questions I posted long ago on the List. See BOSCHONG Archives for September 2006, July 2008, April 2009, June 2009, April 2010, July 2010, May 2011, July 2011, August 2011, May 2012, June 2012, and June 2013 for more information. During these posts, I went back and forth with John Bushong vs wives Anna Rodabaugh and Anna Stover and still it is not totally resolved and this Chancery record puts a lot of credibility to my questions about the real relationship with John and Ann Bushong buried in Williamstown and the Augustine Bushong family and it's correctness with the Stovers, Bushongs and Rodabaughs, rather then with Jacob Bushong and Eve Bossert. I have always said that John Bushong married to Barbara Kreighbaum is the son of Jacob Bushong and Eve Bossert and this Chancery may help to add credence to my claim. The name Tentsman in this Chancery record is also spelled Tintsman in other records. They are one and the same people. I believe that Eve Tentsman/Tintsman was a Myers. And for more clarity I believe that Stover and Stoner can be interchangeable too in their spelling. The Chancery is clearly spelled Stover. -------------------- PART 1 OF 3 --------------------- Hancock County Ohio Chancery Records Book 1, Page 229 Isaac Tentsman and Eve Tentsman his wife VS Moses Myers et al The State of Ohio Hancock County In Partition Proceedings in the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Hancock and State aforesaid on the twenty eighth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four before M. N. Tilden President, John Ewing, William Roller, and Mordecai Hammond associate Judges of said Court. Sitting to hear and determine pleas in partition & c. to wit: Be it remembered that heretofore to wit: On the 12th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four, Isaac Tentsman and EVE TENTSMAN his wife filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court aforesaid the following petition for partition to wit: To the Court of Common Pleas Hancock County State of Ohio, Your petitioners Isaac Tentsman and EVE TENTSMAN of Seneca County and State aforesaid represents that they have legal rights to and are seized in fee simple of one undivided parts of the following real estate situate in the County of Hancock and State of Ohio described as follows: The south west quarter of section number thirty township two south of Range eleven and the East half of the South east quarter of section number thirty six township two south of Range ten and inlot number one in the town of Williamstown, Hancock County and State of Ohio. And your Petitioners further represent that Moses W. Myers, John Musser, Lydia Musser, Jacob Ludy, Barbara Ludy, Jacob Shively, Ann Shively, JOHN STOVER, ANN STOVER, Barbara Shively, Isaac Shively, John Shiverly, John Rodabaugh, Abraham Rodabaugh, Simon Rodabaugh, Richard Sims, Susanne Simms, Mahlon Rodabaugh, Lydia Rodabaugh, Jonas Rodabaugh, SIMON BUSHONG, CATHARINE BUSHONG of the State of Ohio are copetitioners with your petitioners in said premises and that BARBARY MYERS of Hancock County, Ohio is entitled to Dower in said premises. Your petitioners therefore prays that partition of said lands may be made and the Dower of the said Barbary Myers assigned therein or if the same cannot be done without hereto manifest injury that there such other proceedings may be had in the premises as are authorized by law for the Morrison attorney for petition and afterwards to wit: At the May Term A. D. 1841, continued and afterwards to wit: At the October Term A. D. 1841 continued, and afterwards to wit: At the May Term A. D. 1842 continued. And afterwards to wit: at the October Term A. D. 1842 and motions to the Court by Mr. Morrison Counsel for the Petitioners, the following notice was put on file. Moses W. Myers, John Musser, Lydia Musser, Jacob Ludy, Barbara Ludy, Jacob Shively, Ann Shively, John Stover, Ann Stover, Barbara Shively, Isaac Shively, John Rodabaugh, Abraham Rodabaugh, Simon Rodabaugh, Richard Sims, Susanna Sims, Mahlon Rodabaugh, Lydia Rodabaugh, Jonas Rodabaugh, Simon Bushong, Catherine Bushong and Barbary Myers, widow of Abraham Myers deceased, will take notice that a petition was filed against them on the 12th day of October A. D. 1840 in the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Hancock in the State of Ohio by Isaac Tentsman and Eve Tentsman and is now pending wherein the said Isaac Tentsman and Eve Tentsman demands partition of the following real estate to wit: The South west quarter of section numbered thirty township two and South of Range eleven, And the East half of the South east quarter of section numbered thirty six township two south of Range ten and Inlots numbered one in the town of Williamstown, Hancock County and at the next term of said Court, application will be made by the said Isaac Tentsman and Eve Tentsman for an order that partition may be made of said premises. 16th May A. D. 1842. Upon which said notice was the following endorsements to wit: We the undersigned acknowledge service of the within dated 10 June 1842. Barbara Shively, Isaac Shively, Jacob Ludy, Barbara Ludy, ANN STOVER, JOHN STOVER. And afterwards to wit: On the 9th day of October to wit: At the October Term of the court aforesaid A. D. 1842, On motion to the Courts by Mr. Morrison, Counsel for the petitioners, it is ordered that by the oaths of John F. Perkey, Andrew Rickets and John Rose, an full equal thirds part of lands in said petition described to wit: South west quarter of section number thirty township two south East quarter section number 36 township two south Range Ten and in lot number one in the town of Williamstown, be assigned and set of the said Widow as her Dower estate and that by the like oaths of the same J. K. Perkey, Andrew Rickets, and John Rose, partition be made of said land subjects to said Dower estate in the following proportions to wit: To Moses Myers one equal 21st part; to John Musser one equal 21st part; to Lydia Musser one equal 21st part; to Jacob Ludy one equal 21st part; to Barbara Ludy one equal 21st part; to Jacob Shively one equal 21st part; to Ann Shively one equal 21st part; to JOHN STOVER one equal 21st part; to ANN STOVER one equal 21st part; to Barbara Shively one equal 21st part; to Isaac Shively one equal 21st part; to JOHN RODABAUGH one equal 21st part; to ABRAHAM RODABAUGH one equal 21st part; to SIMON RODABAUGH one equal 21st part; to RICHARD SIMS one equal 21st part; to SUSANNA SIMS one equal 21st part; to MAHLON RODABAUGH one equal 21st part; to LYDIA RODABAUGH one equal and 21st part; to SIMON BUSHONG one equal 21st part; to CATHARINE BUSHONG one equal 21st part. -------------------- TO BE CONTINUED: ------------------- Copied at the Hancock County Ohio Library at my request by Mareetta Brewer and Transcribed and Submitted by Gloria Neiger Bushong

Sorry Herb. No date. GB -----Original Message----- From: herbjb <herbjb@aol.com> To: boschong <boschong@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sat, Jul 6, 2013 12:16 am Subject: Re: [BOSCHONG] Obit for Marjorie Ellen Clark, d/o Della Bushong Clark, granddaughter of James A. & Julia Bushong Gloria, Do we know the date of this Obit? -----Original Message----- From: Russell Bushong <chochoruss@aol.com> To: boschong <boschong@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, Jul 4, 2013 8:03 pm Subject: [BOSCHONG] Obit for Marjorie Ellen Clark, d/o Della Bushong Clark, granddaughter of James A. & Julia Bushong Obit provided by Judy Bushong Chrismer ---------------- FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MARJORIE CLARK Funeral services for Marjorie Ellen Clark, 16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Clark {Della Bushong} were held at the Church of Christ, Tuesday afternoon. She died at the home of her parents on Grove street Saturday afternoon. Afflicted with a heart ailment for five years she was seriously ill for the past two weeks. Because of her illness she attended school only four months since the sixth grade but with assistance of a tutor kept up in her studies and was a junior in high school at the time of her death. She was associated with the Church of Christ and a regular attendant at Sunday school. Surviving are her parents, two sisters, Mrs. Wade Shook of Summerville, Massachusetts, and Joan, at home; two brothers Jack Clark, pharmacist's mate, at the naval base, Quantico, Virginia, and James at home, and her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Julia Bushong of Columbus Grove. Rev. E. J. Penhorwood of Lima, former pastor of the Bluffton Church of Christ officiated at the funeral services assisted by Rev. E. N. Bigelow of the Presbyterian Church. Burial was in Maple Grove Cemetery. --------------- Sent to me by Judy Bushong Chrismer and Submitted by Gloria Neiger Bushong ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOSCHONG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOSCHONG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Gloria, Do we know the date of this Obit? -----Original Message----- From: Russell Bushong <chochoruss@aol.com> To: boschong <boschong@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, Jul 4, 2013 8:03 pm Subject: [BOSCHONG] Obit for Marjorie Ellen Clark, d/o Della Bushong Clark, granddaughter of James A. & Julia Bushong Obit provided by Judy Bushong Chrismer ---------------- FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MARJORIE CLARK Funeral services for Marjorie Ellen Clark, 16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Clark {Della Bushong} were held at the Church of Christ, Tuesday afternoon. She died at the home of her parents on Grove street Saturday afternoon. Afflicted with a heart ailment for five years she was seriously ill for the past two weeks. Because of her illness she attended school only four months since the sixth grade but with assistance of a tutor kept up in her studies and was a junior in high school at the time of her death. She was associated with the Church of Christ and a regular attendant at Sunday school. Surviving are her parents, two sisters, Mrs. Wade Shook of Summerville, Massachusetts, and Joan, at home; two brothers Jack Clark, pharmacist's mate, at the naval base, Quantico, Virginia, and James at home, and her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Julia Bushong of Columbus Grove. Rev. E. J. Penhorwood of Lima, former pastor of the Bluffton Church of Christ officiated at the funeral services assisted by Rev. E. N. Bigelow of the Presbyterian Church. Burial was in Maple Grove Cemetery. --------------- Sent to me by Judy Bushong Chrismer and Submitted by Gloria Neiger Bushong ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOSCHONG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Richard J. Bushong and Myrtle Dunn were married in Hamilton County, Ohio 22 December 1906. Leon E. Bushong, son of Richard J. Bushong and Myrtle R. L. Dunn was born 15 March 1909 in LaGrange County, Indiana. ----------------------- 1900 Federal Census: Ohio Franklin Township, ED 5, Brown County Enumerated 15 June 1900 Page 49A, Sheet 7 Lines 13-19, HH 143/144 Nancy Dunn Head/W/F/Sept1847/52/Widowed/12children12living/OwnMtgFarm/OH/OH/OH William E. Dunn Son/W/M/Sept1874/25/Single/FarmLaborer/OH/OH/OH Milton E. Dunn Son/W/M/aug1876/23/Single/FarmLaborer/OH/OH/OH Rosa E. Dunn Dau/F/W/March1884/16/AttendedSchool/OH/OH/OH MYRTLE R. L. DUNN Dau/F/W/June1886/14/AttendedSchool/OH/OH/OH Eva W. Dunn Dau/F/W/Oct1888/11/AttendedSchool/OH/OH/OH Charley R. Dunn Son/M/W/Jan1891/9/AttendedSchool/OH/OH/OH ----------------- 1910 Federal Census: Ohio Franklin Township, Brown County Nancy Dunn Head/Female/White/63/Widowed/OH/OH/OH Allan L. Dunn Son/Male/White/28/Single/Farmer/OH/OH/OH Rebecca A. Gardner Dau/Female/White/28/Widowed/OH/OH/OH Charles P. Dunn Son/Male/White/19/Single/OH/OH/OH Zola J. Gardner Granddau/Female/White/8/AttendedSchool/OH/OH/OH Ray E. Gardner Grandson/Male/White/3/OH/OH/OH LEON E. BUSHING Grandson/Male/White/1yr1mos/IN/Michigan/OH -------------------- 1920 Federal Census: Ohio Franklin Township, Brown County Charles P. Dunn Head/Male/White/29/Married/Farmer/OH/OH/OH Clara Dunn Wife/Female/White/23/OH/OH/OH Hilda Dunn Dau/Female/White/1/OH/OH/OH Nancy Dunn Mother/Female/White/72/Widowed/OH/OH/OH LEON BUSHONG Nephew/Male/White/10/AttendedSchool/IN/IN/OH --------------------- 1930 Federal Census: Ohio Norwood, Hamilton County Thomas J. List Head/Male/White/36/Married/OH/OH/OH Jessie H. List Wife/Female/White/28/OH/OH/OH LEON BUSHONG Cousin/Male/White/21/Single/IN/IN/OH Walter Stitt Cousin/Male/White/21/Single/OH/OH/OH ------------------------- 1940 Federal Census: Ohio Pleasant Township, Georgetown Village, ED 8-23, Brown County Enumerated 23 April 1940 Page 193B, Sheet 13 Lines 54-55, HH 443 Water Street Leon Bushong Head/OwnsHm/$3000/Male/White/31/Married/HS1yr/CarpenterOwnsBusiness/BornIN Ruth Bushong Wife/Female/White/28/HSGrad/ClerkSoilConservation/BornOH ------------------------------- SSDI Leon Bushong 15 March 1909 13 October 2004 Issued Ohio ---------------------------- Ohio Death Index LEON E. BUSHONG Died: 13 October 2004 Place: Brown County General Hospital, Brown County, Ohio Male, White, 95 yrs of age, Widowed Born: 15 March 1909 Father: Bushong Mother: Dunn ------------------------ Researched and Submitted by Gloria Neiger Bushong

See BOSCHONG Archives for September 2006, November 2007, October 2008, February 2009, April 2009, May 2009, May 2010, January 2011, May 2011, July 2011, April 2012, May 2012 for further information on this Bushong family. ------------------ The Bushong Bulletin Volume 3, No. 4 Winter 1987 Page 43 Editor: Carol Willsey Bell J. R. BUSHLONG Phillip Dunn, last child of Levi and Rebecca (Kratzer) Dunn, was born 24 October 1847 and died 30 August 1899. He married Nancy Hendrickson, who died at Arnheim, Ohio, about 1926. They had 12 children, among them: MYRTLE DUNN who married J. R. BUSHLONG in Cincinnati. She died 19 February 1910. They had one son, LEON BUSHLONG born 15 March 1909. He married Ruth Bach on 13 January 1935. Leon is a carpenter and lives on the Arnheim-Day Hill Road. They have 2 children: Nancy Kay and William. Nancy Kay Bushlong was born 21 April 1942, married Charles Ashmore, and they live in Georgetown, Ohio. The couple have three children: Robert, born 18 November 1962; Jeffry, born 19 February 1964; and James, born 28 December 1966. William Bushlong was born 30 June 1946, and is in the armed services in Viet Nam. {HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF BROWN COUNTY, OHIO by Carl N. Thompson. (Ripley OH: author, 1969) page 747 - submitted by Gertrude Dennis, RFD #2, Georgetown} (Editor note: (Carol Willsey Bell) It is possible this should be Bushong instead of Bushlong as there were Bushongs in this area of Ohio.) --------------------- BOSCHONG Post September 2006 LAGRANGE COUNTY INDIANA BIRTH RECORDS Parents: Richard J. Bushong and Myrtle Dunn Name of Child: Leon E. Bushong: Born 15 March 1909 Book H-7, Page 37 --------------------- Copied and Submitted by Gloria Neiger Bushong