I think you might be interested www.myfamily.com This site is free to join. Allows you to chat, list hobbies, recipes, photos, people you are looking for etc. Sandi Orlando, FL -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 5:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [OHBUTLER-L] Admin. message The tribute should go to the parents of those serving also and I would very much like a site where we could know each other. I was impressed by the education and age of the two who responded just this afternoon. I am 67 and this is my only hobby and some days only communication with anyone other than my husband and you all know how difficult that is at time! Linda Swaney Sabin in Greene Co. but the beginning was Butler and Warren in OHIO ==== OHBUTLER Mailing List ==== Butler County OHGenWeb genealogy site ~ http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler

Hi Butler County Listers, First of all I wanted to say how helpful the Butler County Records Center and Archives was to me in my recent visit there researching my Lowry's of Butler County. My ancestor, John Lowry, first came to southern Ohio ca 1800 from Kentucky (probably Fayette or Woodford County). He was listed in Hamilton County but I believe his land was in what is now Warren County. He died there on October 28, 1801. At some point after his death, his wife, Elizabeth Fleming Lowry moved to Butler County where she left a will and died ca January 13, 1808. John and Elizabeth and their children lived near the borderline of Butler and Warren and many records are found in both counties. Their children were: Sarah (Sally) who, according to Sarah's sister Martha's will, was married to John McChen. I have found no other reference to a John McChen of this time and place and I wonder if his name could have actually been John McCain or something similar. I cannot find any further reference to John and Sarah McChen so I would love to hear if anyone had McChen's in this area and time. My best guess is that either the name was not really McChen or they moved away shortly after Sarah's mother Elizabeth died. The next child of John and Elizabeth Fleming Lowry was Fleming. He was born July 30, 1793 in KY, fought in the War of 1812 under Capt. John Robinson, and married Anny Robinson, daughter of the same Capt. John Robinson on Jan 23, 1816. He died November 2, 1818 and is buried in the Bigger Cemetery. His widow, Anny, later had three more husbands: William H. Clark, John Bigger, Jr., and Matthew Corry, Jr. The next child was my ancestor, Abraham Lowry. He was born ca 1793 in KY and married Rachel Hicks at the home of Capt. John Robinson on December 10, 1811 in Warren County. He also fought in the War of 1812. Abraham and Rachel lived in the area until the 1820's when they moved to Fountain Co., IN where Abraham died March 9, 1836. Daughter Elizabeth Lowry (Sep 30, 1798-Nov 11, 1848) married William Wakefield on Oct 29, 1816 in Butler County. This couple raised their family in Crosby Township, Hamilton Co., OH. The last known child of John and Elizabeth Fleming Lowry was Martha. She apparently never married but owned a house in the town of Monroe, Lemon Township, Butler County. She left a will and died there in October, 1823. There were two other daughters of John and Elizabeth who were mentioned (not by name) in their father John's will but not their mother's. I thus assume they died between 1801 and 1808. Finally, according to John Lowry's will he had a son named John Lowry (Jr.). This John Lowry (The Younger) was not mentioned in his wife Elizabeth's will, however. I believe this was because he was from a previous marriage of John's. Details are very scarce but in the Records Center and Archives in Hamilton I found that administration of the estate of John Lowery, the younger, was given to Fleming Lowry in 1814. Unfortunately, there were no other details. I infer from this, however, that this John Lowery (Lowry) was the son of the John Lowry that I mentioned above because of who the administration was given to: Fleming Lowry (who would probably be his half brother). I have several leads (but no proof yet) who this John Lowry the younger may have married and what some of the names of his children were. I would love to hear from anyone at all who has information on John Lowry of Butler County who died 1814. I have much information to share with anyone with Lowry connections in Butler County. Let's work together! Linda Rogers Grinnell ______________________________Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 05:57:05 EDT From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re:Wills/Probates The wills and estate packets for Butler County, Ohio are kept in the Butler County Records Center and Archives, 123 North Third St., Hamilton, OH 45011. The Center is open Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m (closed on legal holidays) if you wish to visit the Center for personal research. Copies of wills, probate packets and other official documents can be ordered via regular mail sent to the above address. You can also request documents by e-mail: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) We are not staffed to provide general research services and all requests must contain the name of the person being researched, an approximation of the date of the event and the type of document desired, e.g., wills, estates, births, deaths, etc. You must also provide us with your full name and mailing address as we do not transmit any documents electronically. The current cost is five cents per page, with the first five copies free. To this will be added mailing costs. Do not send any money with your request. If we locate the documents, we will send an invoice with them. We invite you to visit our web site for an overview of our facilitiy for additional information: _www.butlercountyohio.org/records/_ (http://www.butlercountyohio.org/records/) Bob McMaken Butler County Records Center and Archives

The tribute should go to the parents of those serving also and I would very much like a site where we could know each other. I was impressed by the education and age of the two who responded just this afternoon. I am 67 and this is my only hobby and some days only communication with anyone other than my husband and you all know how difficult that is at time! Linda Swaney Sabin in Greene Co. but the beginning was Butler and Warren in OHIO

name - Memaw [Phyllis] age - 73 where you live - VIRGINIA places you have lived - IN, MI, CA, MO, OH, PA, VA family members MY 2G GRANDFATHER MIGRATED TO IN FROM BUTLER Co OH in1860 alumnus - BALL STATE UNIVERSITY, Muncie IN other college credit - IU, USC, UVA hobbies - GENEALOGY, HANDWORK, READING LEAST favorite food - anything with cooked tomatoes occupation - RETIRED PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER - ENGLISH, LATIN, FRENCH pets - 12 AND 4/9 GRANDCHILDREN places you have traveled - HAWAII, CHILE, FRANCE, ITALY, 40 STATES places you WOULD LIKE TO have gone to - STONEHENGE, STRATFORD UPON THE AVON, SCOTLAND your connection to the list - JUST TRYING TO FEEL A CONNECTION TO MY ROOTS =LE

On Thu, 19 May 2005 13:05:02 -0400, "Kathryn" <[email protected]> wrote: >I wonder how old this cemetery is; do you know? The link that was posted... http://www.fairfield-city.org/parks/miamichapel.cfm ...says... "the cemetery's earliest burial is thought to be in 1810 and its latest in 1941" -- Dennis M. Kowallek [email protected] ******************

Hi Kathryn, This was sent to me, the church was built in 1843 and the cemetery was already there. http://www.fairfield-city.org/parks/miamichapel.cfm Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathryn" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:05 PM Subject: Re: [OHBUTLER-L] Cemetery Question >I wonder how old this cemetery is; do you know? > > Kathryn E. Stuart > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jack & Linda Dietz" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 9:05 AM > Subject: [OHBUTLER-L] Cemetery Question > > >> Hi Listers, >> I was in Hamilton yesterday to do research on my family lines >> Blue, Houser, Vannatta, Garrison and didn't have much luck. >> I know a few of my ancestors are buried in Miami Chapel cemetery, it is >> also known as Fairplay, and Blackbottom, I dind't have time to try and >> find it. According to the description it is inactive and there are 94 >> stones, it it located on River Rd & Lakeside road. Does anyone know if >> this cemetery has been read? Would anyone on this list be able to check >> out this cemetery for me? I am not from Butler Co, I am from Allen Co, >> Oh. >> Thanks so much >> Linda Blue Dietz >> [email protected] >> http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=plezzie >> >> >> ==== OHBUTLER Mailing List ==== >> Search for Butler County family names ~ >> http://surhelp-bin.rootsweb.com/surindx.pl?site=OHBUTLER2 >> >> > > > > ==== OHBUTLER Mailing List ==== > Butler County American History & Genealogy Project > http://www.usgennet.org/usa/oh/county/butler > >

Hi everyone, I've seen several replies to a post last evening on doing a different roll call. I must ask you all to refrain from replying to it. I know some of you like to do this type of thing, but, Rootsweb takes a dim view of these kinds of post. It only takes up extra space in their servers and it goes to the archives and there it stays. Also, some people have limited email quotas by their ISP and if they go over, mail starts bouncing, and they get knocked off the list. And it really is not what the list is about. On Memorial Day weekend, I will open the list for tributes to those who have served our county in any conflict. Hope you all have a nice day, Thanks for understanding, Norma

I wonder how old this cemetery is; do you know? Kathryn E. Stuart ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack & Linda Dietz" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 9:05 AM Subject: [OHBUTLER-L] Cemetery Question > Hi Listers, > I was in Hamilton yesterday to do research on my family lines > Blue, Houser, Vannatta, Garrison and didn't have much luck. > I know a few of my ancestors are buried in Miami Chapel cemetery, it is > also known as Fairplay, and Blackbottom, I dind't have time to try and > find it. According to the description it is inactive and there are 94 > stones, it it located on River Rd & Lakeside road. Does anyone know if > this cemetery has been read? Would anyone on this list be able to check > out this cemetery for me? I am not from Butler Co, I am from Allen Co, Oh. > Thanks so much > Linda Blue Dietz > [email protected] > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=plezzie > > > ==== OHBUTLER Mailing List ==== > Search for Butler County family names ~ > http://surhelp-bin.rootsweb.com/surindx.pl?site=OHBUTLER2 > >

I'm still searching for my ancestor, Joseph Edwards who died about 1840/41; lived in Columbia twp, Hamilton Co, Ohio but his wife and family moved up into Butler County. His wife was Hannah Mulford d/o Benjamin Mulford. Hannah and Joseph married, I believe, in 1799 in Washington County, Ohio and soon after came to Hamilton Co. I was reading that Ludlow Station was the first settlement in Hamilton Co and that the Butler County settlements were offshoots from that one. Is anyon working on the Edwards family of Hamilton and Butler Counties? ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 9:37 AM Subject: Re: [OHBUTLER-L] Cemetery Question > hi linda. > > this is mark gilbert, with common vannatta lines. I do not know if a list > for this cemetery exists. I have been to the cemetery and captured the > stones in the corner of the cemetery around my jospeh vannatta (my > gggrandfather). There are obviously alot more stones in the cemetery. I > captured these stones because most of these families' ancestors came from > the same area from New Jersey. > > Miami Chapel Cemetery (Fairplay) > River Road > Fairfield,Ohio > http://www.fairfield-city.org/parks/miamichapel.cfm > > The white stone shown in the picture of the above web site that is broken > into two pieces belongs to Thomas Runyon, who is listed below. He was a > brother to Susan (Runyon) Vannatta, wife of my joseph [Susan's headstone > is gone]. > > Joseph Catterlin, Sr. . b1744 d1822 . new jersey militia; revolutionary > war veteran > Joseph Vannatti . 1829-1902 . Father > Thos. Runyon . Oct 1(?), 1855 . aged 27 years 5 months > Nicholas Evay . b07/15/1831 . d 02/1876 > Emma Evay . d7/8/1862 . b08/12/1801 > Abram Howard . d 7/22/1850 > John Howard . d 7/4/1860 . age 36 yrs 4 mo 8 days > Robert Cooper . b 6/18/1812 . d01/12/1875 > Eliza Cooper . wife of robert . b 04/18/1821 . d 05/15/1906 > Benton . son of r & e.j. Cooper . b12/14/1862 . d12/15/1885 > Elza A. . daughter of thomas and l.m. Cooper d08/11/1860 age 1 yr 11 mos > 20ds > T. Cooper . d 09/09/1858 . 78 yrs old > Lillian Hudgeons . wife of James B. Cooper . . 1874-1901 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jack & Linda Dietz <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thu, 19 May 2005 09:05:47 -0400 > Subject: [OHBUTLER-L] Cemetery Question > > > Hi Listers, > I was in Hamilton yesterday to do research on my family lines > Blue, Houser, Vannatta, Garrison and didn't have much luck. > I know a few of my ancestors are buried in Miami Chapel cemetery, it is > also known as Fairplay, and Blackbottom, I dind't have time to try and > find it. According to the description it is inactive and there are 94 > stones, it it located on River Rd & Lakeside road. Does anyone know if > this cemetery has been read? Would anyone on this list be able to check > out this cemetery for me? I am not from Butler Co, I am from Allen Co, Oh. > Thanks so much > Linda Blue Dietz > [email protected] > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=plezzie > > ==== OHBUTLER Mailing List ==== > Search for Butler County family names ~ > http://surhelp-bin.rootsweb.com/surindx.pl?site=OHBUTLER2 > > > > ==== OHBUTLER Mailing List ==== > Butler County Archives and Records Center - > http://www.butlercountyohio.org/records/ > >

> name - Laura > age - 74 > where you live - FL Panhandle > family members: Daniel Kumler Brannan born 1839 Butler, OH son of Thomas Brannan (KY/ TN) & Margaret Bridge > alumnus - University of West Florida > > hobbies - Family History, gardening, exotic birds > > occupation - retired LTA (library technician) > pets - dogs, cat, birds, fish > > places you would like to go - Rhine River Cruise and Baltic States > your connection to the list - list member > >

Hi Mark, Joseph is my 1st cousin 3x times removed. I thank you for your help! Cornelius was the brother to my 2x g-grandmother, Susannah who married Richard Blue. You can go to my website as I have my Vannatta info listed there. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=plezzie Here is hoping you can help me fill in some gaps. Again thank you Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 9:37 AM Subject: Re: [OHBUTLER-L] Cemetery Question > hi linda. > > this is mark gilbert, with common vannatta lines. I do not know if a list > for this cemetery exists. I have been to the cemetery and captured the > stones in the corner of the cemetery around my jospeh vannatta (my > gggrandfather). There are obviously alot more stones in the cemetery. I > captured these stones because most of these families' ancestors came from > the same area from New Jersey. > > Miami Chapel Cemetery (Fairplay) > River Road > Fairfield,Ohio > http://www.fairfield-city.org/parks/miamichapel.cfm > > The white stone shown in the picture of the above web site that is broken > into two pieces belongs to Thomas Runyon, who is listed below. He was a > brother to Susan (Runyon) Vannatta, wife of my joseph [Susan's headstone > is gone]. > > Joseph Catterlin, Sr. . b1744 d1822 . new jersey militia; revolutionary > war veteran > Joseph Vannatti . 1829-1902 . Father > Thos. Runyon . Oct 1(?), 1855 . aged 27 years 5 months > Nicholas Evay . b07/15/1831 . d 02/1876 > Emma Evay . d7/8/1862 . b08/12/1801 > Abram Howard . d 7/22/1850 > John Howard . d 7/4/1860 . age 36 yrs 4 mo 8 days > Robert Cooper . b 6/18/1812 . d01/12/1875 > Eliza Cooper . wife of robert . b 04/18/1821 . d 05/15/1906 > Benton . son of r & e.j. Cooper . b12/14/1862 . d12/15/1885 > Elza A. . daughter of thomas and l.m. Cooper d08/11/1860 age 1 yr 11 mos > 20ds > T. Cooper . d 09/09/1858 . 78 yrs old > Lillian Hudgeons . wife of James B. Cooper . . 1874-1901 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jack & Linda Dietz <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thu, 19 May 2005 09:05:47 -0400 > Subject: [OHBUTLER-L] Cemetery Question > > > Hi Listers, > I was in Hamilton yesterday to do research on my family lines > Blue, Houser, Vannatta, Garrison and didn't have much luck. > I know a few of my ancestors are buried in Miami Chapel cemetery, it is > also known as Fairplay, and Blackbottom, I dind't have time to try and > find it. According to the description it is inactive and there are 94 > stones, it it located on River Rd & Lakeside road. Does anyone know if > this cemetery has been read? Would anyone on this list be able to check > out this cemetery for me? I am not from Butler Co, I am from Allen Co, Oh. > Thanks so much > Linda Blue Dietz > [email protected] > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=plezzie > > ==== OHBUTLER Mailing List ==== > Search for Butler County family names ~ > http://surhelp-bin.rootsweb.com/surindx.pl?site=OHBUTLER2 > > > > ==== OHBUTLER Mailing List ==== > Butler County Archives and Records Center - > http://www.butlercountyohio.org/records/ > >

hi linda. this is mark gilbert, with common vannatta lines. I do not know if a list for this cemetery exists. I have been to the cemetery and captured the stones in the corner of the cemetery around my jospeh vannatta (my gggrandfather). There are obviously alot more stones in the cemetery. I captured these stones because most of these families' ancestors came from the same area from New Jersey. Miami Chapel Cemetery (Fairplay) River Road Fairfield,Ohio http://www.fairfield-city.org/parks/miamichapel.cfm The white stone shown in the picture of the above web site that is broken into two pieces belongs to Thomas Runyon, who is listed below. He was a brother to Susan (Runyon) Vannatta, wife of my joseph [Susan's headstone is gone]. Joseph Catterlin, Sr. . b1744 d1822 . new jersey militia; revolutionary war veteran Joseph Vannatti . 1829-1902 . Father Thos. Runyon . Oct 1(?), 1855 . aged 27 years 5 months Nicholas Evay . b07/15/1831 . d 02/1876 Emma Evay . d7/8/1862 . b08/12/1801 Abram Howard . d 7/22/1850 John Howard . d 7/4/1860 . age 36 yrs 4 mo 8 days Robert Cooper . b 6/18/1812 . d01/12/1875 Eliza Cooper . wife of robert . b 04/18/1821 . d 05/15/1906 Benton . son of r & e.j. Cooper . b12/14/1862 . d12/15/1885 Elza A. . daughter of thomas and l.m. Cooper d08/11/1860 age 1 yr 11 mos 20ds T. Cooper . d 09/09/1858 . 78 yrs old Lillian Hudgeons . wife of James B. Cooper . . 1874-1901 -----Original Message----- From: Jack & Linda Dietz <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, 19 May 2005 09:05:47 -0400 Subject: [OHBUTLER-L] Cemetery Question Hi Listers, I was in Hamilton yesterday to do research on my family lines Blue, Houser, Vannatta, Garrison and didn't have much luck. I know a few of my ancestors are buried in Miami Chapel cemetery, it is also known as Fairplay, and Blackbottom, I dind't have time to try and find it. According to the description it is inactive and there are 94 stones, it it located on River Rd & Lakeside road. Does anyone know if this cemetery has been read? Would anyone on this list be able to check out this cemetery for me? I am not from Butler Co, I am from Allen Co, Oh. Thanks so much Linda Blue Dietz [email protected] http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=plezzie ==== OHBUTLER Mailing List ==== Search for Butler County family names ~ http://surhelp-bin.rootsweb.com/surindx.pl?site=OHBUTLER2

In a message dated 5/18/2005 4:30:01 PM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: name - NANCY age - 62 where you live - KANSAS places you have lived - OH, SD, KS family members MY MOTHER GREW UP IN BUTLER CO OH alumnus - WEST CARROLLTON HS and OTTERBEIN COLLEGE hobbies - WEB PAGE DEVELOPMENT favorite food - TODAY IT'S STRAWBERRIES occupation - RETIRED pets - DOG places you have traveled - JUST GOT HOME FROM EUREKA SPRINGS, AR - WANT TO SEE SOME OF WHAT WE SAW? _http://members.aol.com/Otterbein2/ecards/e-arcard.html_ (http://members.aol.com/Otterbein2/ecards/e-arcard.html) places you would like to travel - JERUSALEM your connection to the list - MAINTAIN OHGenWeb BUTLER CO WEB SITE

Hi Listers, I was in Hamilton yesterday to do research on my family lines Blue, Houser, Vannatta, Garrison and didn't have much luck. I know a few of my ancestors are buried in Miami Chapel cemetery, it is also known as Fairplay, and Blackbottom, I dind't have time to try and find it. According to the description it is inactive and there are 94 stones, it it located on River Rd & Lakeside road. Does anyone know if this cemetery has been read? Would anyone on this list be able to check out this cemetery for me? I am not from Butler Co, I am from Allen Co, Oh. Thanks so much Linda Blue Dietz [email protected] http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=plezzie

The wills and estate packets for Butler County, Ohio are kept in the Butler County Records Center and Archives, 123 North Third St., Hamilton, OH 45011. The Center is open Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m (closed on legal holidays) if you wish to visit the Center for personal research. Copies of wills, probate packets and other official documents can be ordered via regular mail sent to the above address. You can also request documents by e-mail: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) We are not staffed to provide general research services and all requests must contain the name of the person being researched, an approximation of the date of the event and the type of document desired, e.g., wills, estates, births, deaths, etc. You must also provide us with your full name and mailing address as we do not transmit any documents electronically. The current cost is five cents per page, with the first five copies free. To this will be added mailing costs. Do not send any money with your request. If we locate the documents, we will send an invoice with them. We invite you to visit our web site for an overview of our facilitiy for additional information: _www.butlercountyohio.org/records/_ (http://www.butlercountyohio.org/records/) Bob McMaken Butler County Records Center and Archives

Today on another list I am on they did a different kind of roll call. Instead of just putting your family line people listed various things about themselves for example: name age where you live places you have lived family members alumnus hobbies favorite food occupation pets places you have traveled places you would like to travel your connection to the list Some people are brief in their answers and others are more lengthy, but it has been a lot of fun "getting to know" who others on the list are. Thought it might be fun here too.

Where would I get wills/probates for Butler Co.? Brenda in TX

The Hamilton High Schools Alumni Site carries a number of more recent obits: http://www.hhsalumni.net/newpages/Welcome_Page.asp for anyone not listed there, try the Lane Public Library in Hamilton; the librarians there do lookups when they have time: http://www.lanepl.org/

At 05:54 PM 5/17/2005 -0700, you wrote: >Is there anyone able to look up an obituary for me for Butler County from >Jul 2004? What area in Butler Co.? Norma

She lived in Hamilton. Norma Adams <[email protected]> wrote:At 05:54 PM 5/17/2005 -0700, you wrote: >Is there anyone able to look up an obituary for me for Butler County from >Jul 2004? What area in Butler Co.? Norma ==== OHBUTLER Mailing List ==== Butler County Archives and Records Center - http://www.butlercountyohio.org/records/ --------------------------------- Discover Yahoo! Find restaurants, movies, travel & more fun for the weekend. Check it out!