Is anyone sesrching any of these family lines?

Belmont Co., OH Marriage Book Five 1838-1844 RIGGS, William & GRAY, Isabella Ross on 02 Mar 1842 by B. Mitchell Min: pg. 305 Belmont Co., OH Marriage Book 7 1844-1849 McCLEARY, Joseph & RIGGS, Isabella R. on 31 May 1848 by James Alexander Min; Pg. 308 ----- Original Message ----- From: <Sue12632@aol.com> To: <ohbelmon-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 7:14 PM Subject: [OHBELMON] GRAY - RIGGS - MC CLEARY - ALEXANDER - MITCHELL > Isabella Ross GRAY b. 1822 Belmont Co., OH - d. ? in ? (dau. of Robert > GRAY > (1783 PA - 1860 Morgan Co., OH & Agnes ALEXANDER 1792 Belmont Co., OH - > 1825 > Belmont Co., OH > m. 1st 1843 Belmont Co., OH to Wm. RIGGS (no dates) - no known issues > m 2nd 1848 Belmont Co., OH to Jos. C. MC CLEARY b. 1812 in ? - 1894 in ? > ISSUES: > 1. Clarke MC CLEARY - (no dates) > 2. Geo. W. MC CLEARY(1849 OH - d. 1936 St. Petersburg, FL) m. Effie Maria > MITCHELL (1854 in ? - 1921 in ?) - Issues 1. Joseph Le Roy; 2. Edna > Bracken; 3. > James Potter & 4. Guy Mitchell MC CLEARY. > 3. John MC CLEARY - (no dates) > > Anyone researching this family who can fill in some of the missing data? > _Sue12632@aol.com_ (mailto:Sue12632@aol.com) > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHBELMON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Isabella Ross GRAY b. 1822 Belmont Co., OH - d. ? in ? (dau. of Robert GRAY (1783 PA - 1860 Morgan Co., OH & Agnes ALEXANDER 1792 Belmont Co., OH - 1825 Belmont Co., OH m. 1st 1843 Belmont Co., OH to Wm. RIGGS (no dates) - no known issues m 2nd 1848 Belmont Co., OH to Jos. C. MC CLEARY b. 1812 in ? - 1894 in ? ISSUES: 1. Clarke MC CLEARY - (no dates) 2. Geo. W. MC CLEARY(1849 OH - d. 1936 St. Petersburg, FL) m. Effie Maria MITCHELL (1854 in ? - 1921 in ?) - Issues 1. Joseph Le Roy; 2. Edna Bracken; 3. James Potter & 4. Guy Mitchell MC CLEARY. 3. John MC CLEARY - (no dates) Anyone researching this family who can fill in some of the missing data? _Sue12632@aol.com_ (mailto:Sue12632@aol.com)

Robert GRAY b. 1783 PA - 1869 Morgan Co., OH) m. 1st Agnes ALEXANDER 1815 prob. in Belmont Co., OH She died 1825 Belmont Co., OH 4 issues of the marriage - all b. 1816 - 1822 prob. in Belmont Co., OH 1. James Alexander GRAY - m. 1st Jane JUNKINS & 2nd Martha LASH - total of 12 issues (dau. Jennie Gray from 2nd marriage m. Thos. W. SHREVE - my husband's gt. grandparents0 2. Robert Jefferson GRAY - m. Hannah HARRISON - 7 issues 3. Narcissa Jane GRAY - m. Robert ALEXANDER - - 8 issues 4. Isabella Ross GRAY - m. 1st Wm. RIGGS & 2nd Jos. McCLEARY - no info on issues I have further info on children 1,2, & 3. Robert GRAY m. 2nd to Ann/ Anna _______ abt. 1825/26 prob. in Belmont Co., OH 11 issues of the marriage 1. Mary m. _____ BUCHANNON 2, Alcinda m. Geo. HENRYMAN 3. Andrew 4. John 5. Ross 6. Sarah m. Jos. FUCHER 7. Benj. 8. Nancy Ida 9. Anna 10. Finley m. Mary HARDESTY 11. Ruth Looking for Robert GRAY's parents & siblings. The maiden name of 2nd wife Ann/Anna _________ Info on any of Robert GRAY's 15 children. In the 1840 & 1850 US Census' Robert was residing in Wheeling Twp., Belmont Co., OH. In the 1860 US Census Robert's widow Ann was residing with some of her children in Morgan Co., OH. She is listed as 53 years of age, born in OH. _Sue12632@aol.com_ (mailto:Sue12632@aol.com)

Barbara, What a great story that is! Incredible! So revealing about the times. And it also reminds me that, for men with ambition or daring, a new country like Kansas must have been full of opportunities. Jae On Nov 3, 2006, at 7:34 AM, NLyon@aol.com wrote: > Hi All.. > thought I would add my husband's family story of Kansas > migration. Benjamin > F Simpson went to Kansas in 1857,urged on by family friend Wilson > Shannon( > from Blemont Co) who had been appointed Gov of the Kansas > Territory. Benjamin > Simpson ended up being a founder of this state, the youngest signer > of the > Kansas constitution at age 21.. he was the first state Attorney > General, a US > marshall ( friend of Wyatt Earp's), a State senator and > representative ,Speaker of > the House, a representative to the Republican National Convention, > etc..he > really did make his mark on the new state of Kansas, locating in > Paola, Miami > Co, Kansas. His brother Basil joined him after the Civil War and > was the > publisher and editor of one of the leading newspapers there. To > add considerable > interest and intrigue to this whole family story is that their > father William P > Simspon, in St Clairsville,a lawyer and the Sheriff of Belmont Co > went to > the State Penitentiary having been convicted in a sensational trial > in Belmont > Co for horse stealing,( we think for Gen Morgan) this was a 63 > year old man > who went to Kansas to plead with his sons to fight on the "right" > side in the > Civil War, William P being a "states rights" man from Maryland, who > had tried > to join the confederacy. It must have created quite a stir in > Belmont Co. > William P & Gen Morgan were in the same prison in Columbus and he > died within days > of General Morgan escaping from this infamous prison in Columbus. > We suspect > colusion and the guards being enraged. My husband and I traveled > to Columbus > to see the prison before it was taken down and to look at the > prison records.. > we had to laugh, William P Simpson was the only "attorney at law" > in the > prison, convicted for horse stealing at age 63!! So we really do > have a horse > thief in the family. Sadly we have never found where he was > buried, if family > came to claim his body, etc. > His sons however did make their mark on Kansas and we have a > great story > out of all of this and it makes for interesting research!! > Barbara in Tennessee > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHBELMON- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Hi All.. thought I would add my husband's family story of Kansas migration. Benjamin F Simpson went to Kansas in 1857,urged on by family friend Wilson Shannon( from Blemont Co) who had been appointed Gov of the Kansas Territory. Benjamin Simpson ended up being a founder of this state, the youngest signer of the Kansas constitution at age 21.. he was the first state Attorney General, a US marshall ( friend of Wyatt Earp's), a State senator and representative ,Speaker of the House, a representative to the Republican National Convention, etc..he really did make his mark on the new state of Kansas, locating in Paola, Miami Co, Kansas. His brother Basil joined him after the Civil War and was the publisher and editor of one of the leading newspapers there. To add considerable interest and intrigue to this whole family story is that their father William P Simspon, in St Clairsville,a lawyer and the Sheriff of Belmont Co went to the State Penitentiary having been convicted in a sensational trial in Belmont Co for horse stealing,( we think for Gen Morgan) this was a 63 year old man who went to Kansas to plead with his sons to fight on the "right" side in the Civil War, William P being a "states rights" man from Maryland, who had tried to join the confederacy. It must have created quite a stir in Belmont Co. William P & Gen Morgan were in the same prison in Columbus and he died within days of General Morgan escaping from this infamous prison in Columbus. We suspect colusion and the guards being enraged. My husband and I traveled to Columbus to see the prison before it was taken down and to look at the prison records.. we had to laugh, William P Simpson was the only "attorney at law" in the prison, convicted for horse stealing at age 63!! So we really do have a horse thief in the family. Sadly we have never found where he was buried, if family came to claim his body, etc. His sons however did make their mark on Kansas and we have a great story out of all of this and it makes for interesting research!! Barbara in Tennessee

The answer came via a Stone business Owner,retired. If you have a smooth surface on Gravestone,clean it with a brush and soap,evtl. SEPIA -Schale (Tintenfisch-Schuppe) (cattle-fish =sepia,Schale means dish) If the surface is rough,then buy a acid free Cleaner for it. Tintenfish -cattle-fish Schuppe -means scale,sqama,dandruff.. Good Luck,Doris with the help of others.

The site is called Dead Fred Genealogy Photo Archive. http://www.deadfred.com Yolanda Campbell Lifter Malabar, FL member, Association of Professional Genealogists http://apgen.org Ohio Family Research http://ohiofamilyresearch.com OH Genealogy http://ohgenealogy.com county coordinator, Brown County, OHGenWeb http://ohgenealogy.com/brownco county coordinator, Pike County, OHGenWeb http://ohgenealogy.com/pikeco county coordinator, New Castle County, DEGenWeb http://ohgenealogy.com/newcastleco ----- Original Message ----- From: <Adodge74@aol.com> To: <ohbelmon@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 8:18 PM Subject: Re: [OHBELMON] Query abt access to old houses... > There are 2 gentlemen who have a website about Photos mostly > from OHIO. Something with FRED...Ancestry had it featured once in their > newsletter. > > Greetings Doris. > > Boger from Wuerttemberg 1817, Harmonites. > > -------------------------------

There are 2 gentlemen who have a website about Photos mostly from OHIO. Something with FRED...Ancestry had it featured once in their newsletter. Greetings Doris. Boger from Wuerttemberg 1817, Harmonites.

Looking for others who are researching Zachariah Francis and Margaret Methany. Barb

You would stand a better chance filling out and Ebay want list. An Amazing amount of personal stuuf from Barnesville comes on there. I picked up all four of the yearbooks from high school 1936-1940 with my mother and aunts and uncles in there along with numerous cousins. There are usualy some studio photos with only a last name, although I do try to post a note to the group when I see something like that. Just last week I got an old textbook on Physiology and it was originally signed out to Ms. Copeland from Somerton (this is what drew me to it because my dad was from there) and unbelieveablly for me, the next pupil was Louis Applegate which was a distant relative. So I got it just for grins:))) Pam

Do you mean, how can you get into an empty house your family use to live in? First, you need to know who owns it, etc. I've had good luck asking neighbors. Generally nothing goes on in a neighborhood that everyone doesn't know....particularly in a small town like Barnesville...although, I wouldn't count on there being any mementos or pictures of your family in it. Generally, everyone who moves into a house, tosses anything left and fills it with their 'stuff'...so, I'd think anything in the house would stand a better chance of having belonged to the last who lived there..,..(unless, that was YOUR family?) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Goins" <rgoins@interlync.com> To: "Ohio Belmont County" <OHBELMON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 2:14 PM Subject: [OHBELMON] Query abt access to old houses... > My last and first visit to Barnesville, Belmont County, Ohio was three > years ago. I was amazed by the rolling hills in Belmont County, Ohio > because I was born in the relatively flat lands of Central Ohio. When I > was in Barnesville and Belmont County I found one of the houses of my > family still standing and perhaps empty--at least that's how it looked > from the seat of moving vehicle. When I get a chance to get back to > Barnesville, Belmont County and Ohio, I wonder how I can gain access to > this link to my past? I go to bed most nights wondering if there are > pictures and other pieces which might be valuable to my genealogy? > > > Robert > San Francisco, CA > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHBELMON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.13.23/513 - Release Date: 11/2/2006 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.13.23/513 - Release Date: 11/2/2006

My last and first visit to Barnesville, Belmont County, Ohio was three years ago. I was amazed by the rolling hills in Belmont County, Ohio because I was born in the relatively flat lands of Central Ohio. When I was in Barnesville and Belmont County I found one of the houses of my family still standing and perhaps empty--at least that's how it looked from the seat of moving vehicle. When I get a chance to get back to Barnesville, Belmont County and Ohio, I wonder how I can gain access to this link to my past? I go to bed most nights wondering if there are pictures and other pieces which might be valuable to my genealogy? Robert San Francisco, CA

My Beaty ancestor also came from Belmont County, Ohio to Kansas. He and his family settled in Marshall County, Kansas. Kansas seemed to be one of the logical places to go next! Cindy -------------- Original message -------------- From: Jae BROWN <jberry@indy.rr.com> > > Robert, > > That is quite a migration the Smith's made from Belmont County to > Kansas! > > Do you know any stories about that trip, by chance? > > I am always amazed that people had the sheer endurance to go out > west. They were extraordinary people. > > jae > > > On Nov 1, 2006, at 9:16 AM, Robert Lindsey wrote: > > > Looks great. I bet by gg-grandfather, William Rea Smith > > (1848-1927), and his wife, Margaret Jane Doty (1857-1917), had > > some adjustments going from the hilly, tree-filled Belmont Co. > > to flat, few-small-trees McPherson Co., Kansas. I've never been > > that far east and really enjoyed seeing pictures of where the > > family comes from. Thanks. > > > > --- Jae BROWN wrote: > >> I did a quick catalog of the gravestone photos I took in > >> Belmont County and loaded them on my mother-in-law's Web site > > ... > >> http://www.pentecostalsongs.com/Belmontcounty/ > >> > >> Jae > > > > > > Robert M. Lindsey > > http://www.geocities.com/rlindsey58/ My published writing > > (including blogs) > > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=rlindsey My > > genealogy > > http://community.webshots.com/user/poncho58 Genealogy pictures > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHBELMON- > > 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 > OHBELMON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message

I just figured out that an important census entry has a mistranslation, I guess you would call it. My ancestor (Jesse Berry) lives with a stone mason in 1850 in Barnesville. The Ancestry translation has his name as "Evan Butter" but after staring at the name and trying fruitlessly to trace it, I realize the name is actually Evan Butler. Makes much more sense since there is an Abram Butler family around Barnesville in 1840 or so. Anyway, I was hoping Sandra that you could look up Evan Butler in your History of Barnesville. Thanks in advance, Jae Brown Mairon IN

I respect people's need to read what's on the ancestors' stones, but they won't be there for the next generation if we aren't careful. Here is a method of reading hard to read grave stones that I have not seen posted here yet. I read it in a Genealogy magazine and have used it once and it worked like a charm. Ingrediants: box of Corn Starch, two old nylon stockings or pantyhose Place the two nylons together, put some corn starch in the toes and then gently tap the face of the stone with the dangling nylons. This leaves just enough corn starch on the stone to read the recessed inscriptions and is not supposed to harm the stones - will be washed away with the next rainfall. These ingredients are easy to carry in the car as well - one zip lock bag holds it all. Good luck and happy reading! - Glenda

Wow that is really a lot of info! Family fortunes really changed after the Depression. Do you have any idea where the old homestead is? When I first started working on my family history, one of the first things I found out was that my people went to Iowa in a covered wagon in a wagon train. That really surprised me since it was just after the civil war. Somehow I thought all the covered wagon transportation was significantly earlier. But here your people were traveling in a wagon even after the train system went across the continent. I guess I shouldn't be surprised, though, since they had to carry their household goods. Jae On Nov 1, 2006, at 11:50 AM, Robert Lindsey wrote: > Jae, > > The only things I know are: They came out west in 1878 in a > covered wagon. They had one son who was only about 1 year old. > I don't know if they came alone or with others. They bought a > farm from a Black man that had homesteaded the land. Went from a > sod house, to a stone house to a 2 story frame house. My > g-grandfather and grandmother were both born in the same frame > house. They lost the land when my g-grandfather got sick during > the Depression. My grandmother is 85 and still alive, but she > doesn't know much about the family before the move to Kansas. > Her grandfather didn't talk about the past much. > >> From William Rea Smith's obit. "The family came to Kansas in > 1878 and purchased the home place in McPherson county where he > has resided for almost half a century. He has shared in the > development of the state and had his share of experiences of the > pioneers. He was a member of the Presbyterian church in Ohio, > but when he came to Kansas there was no Presbyterian church in > the vicinity, so he placed his membership in the Methodist > Episcopal church and was ever faithful and very active as long > as permitted by health." > > Robert > > --- Jae BROWN <jberry@indy.rr.com> wrote: > >> >> Robert, >> That is quite a migration the Smith's made from Belmont County >> to Kansas! >> Do you know any stories about that trip, by chance? >> I am always amazed that people had the sheer endurance to go >> out west. They were extraordinary people. >> >> jae > > > Robert M. Lindsey > http://www.geocities.com/rlindsey58/ My published writing > (including blogs) > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=rlindsey My > genealogy > http://community.webshots.com/user/poncho58 Genealogy pictures > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > ______________ > Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail > (http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/) > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHBELMON- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Regarding dates of wagon trains, I recall seeing 1866 inscribed on a preserved and protected rock face along the Snake River in So. Idaho on the Oregon Trail. I only remember the date because my grandfather was born in 1866. There were other earlier dates as well. Hank Dillon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jae BROWN" <jberry@indy.rr.com> To: <ohbelmon@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 9:33 AM Subject: Re: [OHBELMON] Photo catalog > > Wow that is really a lot of info! Family fortunes really changed > after the Depression. Do you have any idea where the old homestead is? > > When I first started working on my family history, one of the first > things I found out was that my people went to Iowa in a covered wagon > in a wagon train. That really surprised me since it was just after > the civil war. Somehow I thought all the covered wagon > transportation was significantly earlier. > > But here your people were traveling in a wagon even after the train > system went across the continent. I guess I shouldn't be surprised, > though, since they had to carry their household goods. > > Jae > > On Nov 1, 2006, at 11:50 AM, Robert Lindsey wrote: > >> Jae, >> >> The only things I know are: They came out west in 1878 in a >> covered wagon. They had one son who was only about 1 year old. >> I don't know if they came alone or with others. They bought a >> farm from a Black man that had homesteaded the land. Went from a >> sod house, to a stone house to a 2 story frame house. My >> g-grandfather and grandmother were both born in the same frame >> house. They lost the land when my g-grandfather got sick during >> the Depression. My grandmother is 85 and still alive, but she >> doesn't know much about the family before the move to Kansas. >> Her grandfather didn't talk about the past much. >> >>> From William Rea Smith's obit. "The family came to Kansas in >> 1878 and purchased the home place in McPherson county where he >> has resided for almost half a century. He has shared in the >> development of the state and had his share of experiences of the >> pioneers. He was a member of the Presbyterian church in Ohio, >> but when he came to Kansas there was no Presbyterian church in >> the vicinity, so he placed his membership in the Methodist >> Episcopal church and was ever faithful and very active as long >> as permitted by health." >> >> Robert >> >> --- Jae BROWN <jberry@indy.rr.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> Robert, >>> That is quite a migration the Smith's made from Belmont County >>> to Kansas! >>> Do you know any stories about that trip, by chance? >>> I am always amazed that people had the sheer endurance to go >>> out west. They were extraordinary people. >>> >>> jae >> >> >> Robert M. Lindsey >> http://www.geocities.com/rlindsey58/ My published writing >> (including blogs) >> http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=rlindsey My >> genealogy >> http://community.webshots.com/user/poncho58 Genealogy pictures >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> ______________ >> Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail >> (http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/) >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHBELMON- >> 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 > OHBELMON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.0.409 / Virus Database: 268.13.22/512 - Release Date: 11/1/2006 > >

Robert, That is quite a migration the Smith's made from Belmont County to Kansas! Do you know any stories about that trip, by chance? I am always amazed that people had the sheer endurance to go out west. They were extraordinary people. jae On Nov 1, 2006, at 9:16 AM, Robert Lindsey wrote: > Looks great. I bet by gg-grandfather, William Rea Smith > (1848-1927), and his wife, Margaret Jane Doty (1857-1917), had > some adjustments going from the hilly, tree-filled Belmont Co. > to flat, few-small-trees McPherson Co., Kansas. I've never been > that far east and really enjoyed seeing pictures of where the > family comes from. Thanks. > > --- Jae BROWN <jberry@indy.rr.com> wrote: >> I did a quick catalog of the gravestone photos I took in >> Belmont County and loaded them on my mother-in-law's Web site > ... >> http://www.pentecostalsongs.com/Belmontcounty/ >> >> Jae > > > Robert M. Lindsey > http://www.geocities.com/rlindsey58/ My published writing > (including blogs) > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=rlindsey My > genealogy > http://community.webshots.com/user/poncho58 Genealogy pictures > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHBELMON- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Jae, The only things I know are: They came out west in 1878 in a covered wagon. They had one son who was only about 1 year old. I don't know if they came alone or with others. They bought a farm from a Black man that had homesteaded the land. Went from a sod house, to a stone house to a 2 story frame house. My g-grandfather and grandmother were both born in the same frame house. They lost the land when my g-grandfather got sick during the Depression. My grandmother is 85 and still alive, but she doesn't know much about the family before the move to Kansas. Her grandfather didn't talk about the past much. >From William Rea Smith's obit. "The family came to Kansas in 1878 and purchased the home place in McPherson county where he has resided for almost half a century. He has shared in the development of the state and had his share of experiences of the pioneers. He was a member of the Presbyterian church in Ohio, but when he came to Kansas there was no Presbyterian church in the vicinity, so he placed his membership in the Methodist Episcopal church and was ever faithful and very active as long as permitted by health." Robert --- Jae BROWN <jberry@indy.rr.com> wrote: > > Robert, > That is quite a migration the Smith's made from Belmont County > to Kansas! > Do you know any stories about that trip, by chance? > I am always amazed that people had the sheer endurance to go > out west. They were extraordinary people. > > jae Robert M. Lindsey http://www.geocities.com/rlindsey58/ My published writing (including blogs) http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=rlindsey My genealogy http://community.webshots.com/user/poncho58 Genealogy pictures ____________________________________________________________________________________ Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail (http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/)