Boschong Subscribers, We did further research on the Schillers. We discovered that the name was misspelled in various records and became a permanent misspelling as Sheeler. We are pretty secure in our research. It is interesting how family histories are spun and evolve. CHRISTOPHER SCHILLER Born: 1771, Switzerland Married: 1812 to Rebecca Boschen/Buschen {Rebecca Bushong, d/o John?} Died: After 1850 census REBECCA BOSCHEN Born: 1785, Switzerland Died: After 1850 census Burial: Unknown ------------------------ Maryland Births and Christenings LDS - 1650 - 1995 Name of Child: Christopher Schiller Male Christened: March 1816 Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland Born: 3 January 1816 Father: Christopher Schiller Mother: Rebecca --------------------- History of Western Maryland Volume II Page 1063 & 1064 Residents of Hagerstown, Maryland - 1805 - 1815 Christopher Schiller Painter & Glazier -------------------- U. S. Returns from Military Posts - 1806 - 1916 Maryland Fort Severn January 1815 - 1845 3 March 1834 Christopher Schiller - Recruit Company E Battalion Major J. Irving, 4th Artillery ------------------- 1820 Federal Census: Maryland Election District 2, Washington County Page 93 Enumerated 28 October 1820 CHRISTOPHER SHEALER 2 males up to 10 years of age {Christopher Jr & ?} 2 males 45 and up {Christopher Sr. & ?} 1 female up to 10 years of age 1 female 26 and up to 44 years of age 1 female 45 and up {Wife Rebecca Boschen} 1 slave 3 not naturalized -------------------- 1830 Federal Census: Maryland Could not find him in census under name Christopher yet I know he was still alive. There was a Christian Schiller though. I did find a military record for either him or his son at age 18 years. U. S. Returns from Military Posts - 1806 - 1916 Maryland Fort Severn January 1815 - 1845 3 March 1834 Christopher Schiller - Recruit Company E Battalion Major J. Irving, 4th Artillery -------------------- 1840 Federal Census: Maryland Cavetown District, Washington County Page 140 CHRISTOPHER SHEELER 1 male 10 and under 15 years of age {Harmon & ?} 1 male 60 and under 70 years of age {Head of Household Christopher Schiller} 1 female 20 and under 30 years of age {Daughter Rebecca Schiller} 1 female 50 and under 60 years of age {Wife Rebecca Boschen} 1 engaged in manufacture and trade ----------------------- NOTE: We believe this first name Christian was transcribed incorrectly and it should be Christopher as everything fits with the above census records and newspaper accounts in the Hagerstown newspapers as his occupation as Painter and Glazier. 1850 Federal Census: Maryland Smithsburg, District 1, Washington County Enumerated 3 September 1850 Page 244B Lines 1-4, HH 1822/1897 Christian Schiller 79/Male/White/Painter/Germany Rebecca Schiller 65/Female/White/Germany Rebecca Schiller 20/Female/White/Maryland Harmon Schiller 22/Male/White/Laborer/Maryland -------------------------- 1850 Federal Census: Maryland Baltimore City, 13th Ward, Baltimore County Enumerated 25 July 1850 Page 351B Lines 36-38, H 268/318 Christopher Schuler 31/Male/White/Tailor/Germany Philimina Schuler 32/Female/White/Germany Amelia Schuler 3/Female/White/Maryland ---------------------------- Between the 1850 and 1860 census probably around 1857, Harmon Schiller married Hester Ann Bair, daughter of Daniel and Sarah Bair. They must have divorced or he deserted her and married a second time. ---------------------------- 1860 Federal Census: Ohio Canal Dover, Tuscarawas County Enumerated 4 June 1850 Page 129B Lines 13-17, HH 111/127 Harman Sheeler 32/Male/Clerk/$500-$40/Maryland Ester H. Sheeler 23/Female/OH {Wife Hester Ann Bair} Edward H. Sheeler 2/Male/OH George W. Sheeler 4mos/Male/OH Anne Fox 10/Female/OH -------------------------- Official Record of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio Name: Harmon Sheeler {Schiller} Age: 37, Private Enlisted: 28 March 1865 Company E, Ohio 198th Infantry Regiment. Mustered out: 8 May 1865 at Camp Bradford, Baltimore, Maryland -------------------------- September 1869 in Tuscarawas County, Ohio Harmon Schiller married Dorcas J. Reardon. -------------------------- 1870 Federal Census: Ohio Dover Township, PO Canal Dover, Tuscarawas County Enumerated 1 June 1870 Page 51B Lines 11-19, HH 30/31 John Crist 45/Male/White/WorksOnFurnace/----$800/OH Amphier Crist 29/Female/White/Wife/OH Jeremiah Crist 19/Male/White/OreMiner/OH Franklin Crist 15/Male/White/WorksOnTannery/OH Mayetta Crist 4/Female/White/AtHome/OH Harmon Sheeler 42/Male/White/ClerkInGrainWarehouse/---$200/MarriedWithinYearSeptember{1869}/ParentsForeignBorn/Maryland Dorcas J. Sheeler 35/Female/White/Wife/OH Unnamed Sheeler 1mosBornMay/White/OH M. J. Reardon 8/Female/White/AtHomeAttendedSchool/OH -------------------------- 1880 Federal Census: Ohio Sugar Creek Township, ED 230, Tuscarawas County Enumerated 9 June 1880 Page 348A Lines 20-26, HH 93/95 Daniel Bair White/Male/67/Farmer/Married/OH/PA/PA Sarah Bair White/Female/64/Wife/KeepingHouse/OH/PA/PA HESTER SHEELER White/Female/42/Dau/Widowed/OH/OH/OH {Actually Divorced} Edward Sheeler White/Male/22/Grandson/Single/WorksOnFarm/AttendedSchool/OH/MD/OH George Sheeler White/Male/20/Grandson/Single/WorksOnFarmAttendedSchool/OH/MD/OH Daniel Sheeler White/Male/16/Grandson/WorksOnFarm/AttendedSchool/OH/MD/OH Mary Ties White/Female/18/Servant/Single/OH/Bavaria/OH ---------------------------- Sugar Creek Twp. - DANIEL BAIR, retired farmer, P. O. Winfield, was born in 1813 in this county. His parents, Leonard and Eve Bair, natives of Pennsylvania, were very early settlers of this county, coming here in 1810. The county was then very new, Indians, and wild animals abounding, but they took up a lease on a tract of 320 acres of land, which they cleared and developed into a home. The father died in 1826, the mother in 1839. Of their family of eleven children, only two are living - our subject and Esther, widow of Abraham Knaga, of Whitley County, Ind. Our subject was raised on a farm, and obtained his education in the limited schools of those early days. In 1836, he was united in marriage with Sallie Welty, a native of this township. Mr. Bair lived on rented property for several years after his marriage, and then bought a farm, and by hard work and careful management has gradually increased it until the home place now comprises 176½ acres of well-improved land. They have one child - Esther Ann, who was married to Harmon Sheeler (deceased), by whom she had three children - Edward, George and Daniel. Mr. Sheeler died in 1870, and Esther is living with her father. Mr. Bair died June 27, 1880. She was a member of the Lutheran Church, and was a faithful wife and kind mother. Mr. Bair is a life-long advocate of the Democratic party, and cast his first vote for Andrew Jackson. He is a member of the Lutheran Church. Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Combination atlas map of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Strasburg, Ohio: Gordon Print., 1875, 359 pgs. L H Everts ~ Page 928 TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTION Bunker Hill Cemetery Tuscarawas County, Ohio Zion Lutheran Church DANIEL BAIR 20 March 1813 13 August 1890 ----------------------------- 1900 Federal Census: Ohio Sugar Creek Township, ED 132, Tuscarawas County Enumerated 11 June 1900 Page 204B, Sheet 5 Lines 52-57, HH 93/93 G. W. Sheeler Head/W/M/Jan1860/40/Md10yrs/Farmer/RentsFarm/OH/MD/OH {George W. Schiller} Emma H. Sheeler Wife/W/F/April1864/36/4children3living/OH/OH/OH Russel R. Sheeler Son/W/M/Aug1891/8/AttendedSchool/OH/OH/OH Harmon Sheeler Son/W/M/aug1896/3/OH/OH/OH HESTER A. SHEELER Mother/W/F/April1837/63/4children3living/Widowed/OH/OH/OH Jess Espensheid Servant/W/M/Jan1884/16/FarmLaborer/OH/OH/OH ------------------------------- Researched and Submitted by Gloria Bushong