Please view the cemetery photos for Delaware County, IN. http://www.rootsweb.com/~indelawa/cemetery-photos-info.html Shirley Pearson ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:37 AM Subject: Re: [OHBUTLER-L] Tombstone pictures The Kokomo Library in Howard County, Indiana has tombstone & obituaries on their web site. Wish more would do that. ==== OHBUTLER Mailing List ==== Butler County Archives and Records Center - http://www.butlercountyohio.org/records/

Larry I think I sent you a photo of our one room school in Kentucky. I did not attend this school but a cuzzie did. You can contact Winfred Tipton at [email protected] Vivian On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 14:13:46 -0500 "Larry Helton" <[email protected]> writes: > Hi, > I am helping a student at Ohio State University on his > doctorate. He his doing research on one room schools and asked me > if I could put him in touch with anyone who had attended one or had > taught at one. I now a few people who have. Anyone out there on > the list that wouldn't mind me putting him in contact with you, let > me know. I can be by email, mail, or phone. Thanks. Please email > me direct. > > Take care, > J. Larry Helton, Jr. > > "It's not how you die, it's what you live for." - Daniel Boone > > > ==== OHBUTLER Mailing List ==== > Search for Butler County family names ~ > http://surhelp-bin.rootsweb.com/surindx.pl?site=OHBUTLER2 > > >

Hi Larry, I suspect that you know Ruth Slade. I believe that she attended a one room school as well as teaching at Poasttown. My friend Charles Logan went with his uncles to the school at Busenbark. He was not school age yet when this was going on but the teacher would leave him stay as long as his uncles were there. If you want I can give you his address and/or phone number. Roger ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Helton" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 2:13 PM Subject: [OHBUTLER-L] attended a one room school ? > Hi, > I am helping a student at Ohio State University on his doctorate. He > his doing research on one room schools and asked me if I could put him in > touch with anyone who had attended one or had taught at one. I now a few > people who have. Anyone out there on the list that wouldn't mind me > putting him in contact with you, let me know. I can be by email, mail, or > phone. Thanks. Please email me direct. > > Take care, > J. Larry Helton, Jr. > > "It's not how you die, it's what you live for." - Daniel Boone > > > ==== OHBUTLER Mailing List ==== > Search for Butler County family names ~ > http://surhelp-bin.rootsweb.com/surindx.pl?site=OHBUTLER2 > > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.4 - Release Date: 3/18/2005 > >

on page 78: in bio on John C. BOYLE, "for a time he was employed on the John MOORE farm." May I ask for a little more information about the context around the note above. What time frame was this in and what county if it is available. My John Boyles has been a challenge and this may be a clue for me. Thank you for any help you can provide. Lin

I would like to know when and who married each other from these families. They are listed in "Everyname Surname Index to Memoirs of the Maimi Valley"

From: Memoirs of the Miami Valley, Vol. III, 1919 on page 7: in bio on Ernest J. ALEXANDER, his sister "Florence is the wife of Harry MOORE." on page 45: in bio on Daniel P. BEATON, his daughter "Elizabeth, the first girl to graduate from Miami University, in 1900, who was a teacher in the public schools until her marriage to Dr. H. M. MOORE, a practicing physician of Oxford." on page 78: in bio on John C. BOYLE, "for a time he was employed on the John MOORE farm." on page 309: in bio on George W. HILEMAN, his daughter "Ada is the wife of Stanley MOORE and they have three children Everett, Gaylin and Raymond." on page 370: in bio on Jacob KELLER, his sister "Susan, deceased, who was the wife of the late Reuben MOORE." on page 500: in bio on William MINTON, he was a member of the state militia "in the regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas MOORE." on page 507/508: in bio on Hugh Miller MOORE, M.D. Hugh Miller Moore, M. D. Of the men devoted to the science of healing in Butler county, none brings to bear upon his calling larger gifts of scholarship than Dr. Hugh Miller Moore, of Oxford. For the past decade and a half his name has been increasingly identified with the best tenets of medical and surgical science, and by many of the longest established and most conservative families his skill, resource and obliging temperament have come to be regarded and indispensable. Doctor Moore was born at Venice, Ohio, April 20, 1876, a son of Rev. D. R. Moore, D. D., and a grandson of Rev. William H. Moore, for many years a leading Presbyterian divine. Rev. D. R. Moore was born at Rising Sun, Ohio, and attended Miami university, where, he met as a fellow-student, Elvira Gilchrist, who later became his first wife, and Hugh Miller Moore was the only child of this union. She was a daughter of Dr. Hugh Gilchrist, a noted practitioner of medicine of his day. After graduating from Mi! ami university, Reverend Moore attended Lane seminary, where he received the degree of Doctor of Divinity and entered the ministry of the Presbyterian church, subsequently holding pastorates at Brookville, Logan, South Salem and Bond Hill, Ohio. When he retired from the ministry he adopted agricultural pursuits as his vocation, and at present is residing on a farm near Billingsville, Ohio. His first wife died at Brookville in 1881 and he later married Clara King, they becoming the parents of five children: Dr. Paul, a successful practising physician of Cleveland, Ohio; Stanley, a farmer, who carries on operations for his father; Ross, who is also engaged in farming, near Liberty, Ind.; Hazelett, a physician, engaged in practice in association with his brother Hugh M.; and Robert, aged seventeen years, who is a helmsman in the United States Naval Reserves. After attending the public schools Doctor Moore entered Miami university, where he secured the degree of Master of Sci! ence, following which he went to Johns Hopkins university for his medi cal training and was duly graduated after a brilliant college career with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. To further prepare himself for his life work, he took post-graduate work at Prague and Berlin, and eventually settled at Oxford, where he has since built up a gratifyingly large and prominent practice. Doctor Moore has the zeal which recognizes no limitations to his calling, and the great unrest which projects him into ever-widening channels of research. Energy, adaptability, gentleness and sympathy have blazed the way for the acquirement of valuable professional compensations, and a realization of professional ambitions, and by the same token it may be said of Doctor Moore that much is promised to a man who has, in addition, the maturity, practical experience and broad outlook on life of forty-three years. During the great war he offered his services to his Government, and was accepted as a member of the Medical Reserve Corps. In addition to his professional inte! rests, he has important connections in other fields of endeavor, and is vice-president of the Farmers Bank of Oxford, of which he was one of the organizers, and is the owner of a large farm in Franklin county, as well as valuable property at Oxford. He is a member of the various bodies of his profession, being a Fellow of the American Academy of Medicine, and has important associations in civic and social life. At the time he settled at Oxford, he was married to Gertrude Burrill, of Baird, Texas, who was a student at Oxford Female college. His present wife, with whom he was united February 19, 1919, was formerly Miss Elizabeth Beaton of Oxford, daughter of Daniel Beaton. on page 718: in bio on Percy C. TODD, he "purchased the establishment of E. T. MOORE & Sons Co., at No. 147 N. Third Street, Hamilton." on page 745: in bio on Herman H. WAGONFIELD, his father Gotlieb WAGONFIELD "was a young man when he emigrated to the United States, and tookj up residence in Butler county, where he met and married Mrs. Mary (SILVERS) MOORE, widow of Thomas MOORE, who had two children, Leander and Anderson, by her first marriage, both of these children now being deceased." Gary King Batavia IL Researching in Knox, Licking, Perry Counties, OHIO: Butcher, Crotinger, Davis, McClurg, Wheatcraft, Cooperrider, Beckenbaugh, Neighbarger, Catt, Wilkin In Butler Co., Ohio: Stahlheber, Kippenberger, Beiser, Pater, King In Clermont Co., Ohio: King, Bartlett, Hall, Aylward. In Botetourt Co. Virginia: King, Bean, Dooley, Mayo, Fouts/Foutz/Fout In McLean Co., Illinois: Crotinger, Mickens, Bierbower, Jones, Buck. In Kane Co. Illinois: Gustafson, Maier, Butcher, Keifer, Lindgren Volunteer of Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness at http://www.raogk.org/ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 14:40:05 +0000 Subject: MOORE I saw your reference to Memoirs of the Miami Valley. Do you look up people in this work? If so, would you please see if there is anything about Nathaniel Moore [1763-1851/9] or his descendants? I would really appreciate any information you might be able to give me. Please let me know if there if any reimbursement or other way I can repay your kindness. Thanks. PH DePoy Manassas VA

From: Memoirs of the Miami Valley, Vol. III, 1919 on page 23: in bio on Harry R. BACON, "in 1896 Mr. Bacon was united in marriage with the daughte of John and Magdelena YOUNG, natives of Germany and Cinccinnati, Ohio, respectively. Jacob Young came to the United States in 1855, and lived for a time in Chicago, Ill. When he was forty-five years old, he was married, adn they later moved to Hamilton, Ohio. They had five children born to them, of whom two now survive, one being Mrs. BACON, and the other, Mrs. Anna JOHNSON, who lives in Hamilton." on page 157: in bio on Almond DAVIS, it mentions Eunice Kerr, married as Mrs. YOUNG, of Cleveland, Ohio. on page 188: in bio on John F. DUFFIELD, "in 1903 married Edith Reed of West Elkto" as his second wife. on page 227: in bio on Robert Frazee, was married "August 27, 1874, to Mary, daughter of James M. and Sylvia Ann (ANTRIM) YOUNG, the latter a daughter of John ANTRIM. Mr. Young was a farmer all of his life and a Republican in politics, and he and Mrs. YOUNG were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. His death occurred in Aptril, 1914, when he was eighty-one years of age, while Mrs. YOUNG passed away February12, 1894, at the age of fifty-nine years. They were the parents of four daughters: Alice, the widow of John SHAFFER, of Seven Mile; Mrs. FRAZEE; Lulu, the wife of David McCUNE, of Miami, Fla.; and Eva, who married John DUFFIELD. of Somerville, Ohio." on page 291: in bio on George R. HANSEL, "Adeline HANSEL married Oren E. YOUNG." on page 402: in bio Henry J. KUMLER, Jacob KUMLER was married to Elizabeth YOUNG" in Lancaster county, Pa. on page 416: in bio on George LAMB, a son of George Charles and Bena (YOUNG) LAMB. on page 426: in bio on William B. LEFFERSON, his children included "Thomas, a farmer, who married Anna Eliza YOUNG, and resides on Park street, Middletown, and where Thomas died." on page 463: in bio on Charles M. MARTIN, "Minnie HITES, the wife of Ed YOUNG." on page 519: in bio on George C. MUNNS, M.D., mentions his sister, "Jennie, deceased, who was the wife of the late Alexander YOUNG." on page 532: in bio on Alexander G. McDILL, "Mollie YOUNG, who married Thomas McDILL" on page 616: in bio on Aaron L. SCHENCK, his son, "Raymond J., a carpenter of Trenton, who married Anna YOUNG." on page 621: in bio on Frederick SCHNEIDER, he "entered the grocery business in Hamilton, purchasing a store and stock at No. 1001 Heaton street, formerly owned by the Misses WEBB and YOUNG." on page 638: in bio on William L. SHAEFFER, he "was born in Collinsville, Ohio, in April, 1874, and is a son of John and Sarah Alice (YOUNG) SHAEFFER, both of Butler county, Ohio." on page 780: in bio on Samuel B. WILSON, "is a son of Burns and Melinda (YOUNG) WILSON." on page 790/791/792: in bio on William E. YOUNG: "William E. Young. The career of William E. YOUNG, one of the highly esteemed residents of Collinsville, now retired, presents an example of diversified activity in many fields of endeavor and of versatile gifts of a business character finding expression in the founding and conduct of numerous enterprises. Mr. Young's activities have invaded widely diverse fields of commercial endeavor, in all of which his abilities have served to gain him a full measure of success, and his life has been a full and honorable one, culminating in the winning of a competence for his declining years. He was born in Preble county, Ohio, July 4, 1845, a son of William YOUNG, a native of Pennsylvania, who was but a lad when brought by his parents to Milford township, Butler county. The community at that time was practically a wilderness and William YOUNG grew up amid pioneer surroundings, depending upon the primitive district schools for his education. He married Margaret WHITE, of South Caroli! na, and following their union they went to Preble county, Ohio, where Mr. YOUNG accumulated a property of 240 acres and passed the rest of his life in farming, dying at the age of sixty-one years. He was an industrious and God-fearing man, a member of the Presbyterian church, and a staunch Republican in his later years, having been originally a Whig. Mrs. YOUNG died in 1847. They were the parents of twelve children: Abram, who died at the age of nineteen years; Samuel, who died aged thirty; Mary, aged forty; Alexander, aged eighty-eight; David, aged forty-five; Sarah, aged thirty-five; James, aged eighty-three; Cornelia, February 16, 1919, as the wife of Reuben JACOBY; Andy, in 1863; Frank, deceased; William E.; Frank's twin; and Elizabeth, widow of William B. HAUK, of Indianapolis, Ind. William E. YOUNG attended the district schools of Preble county and also spent one term in the public school at Seven Mile, and resided on the old home place until he was fifteen years ! of age. He and his brothers farmed the homestead for one year, and an other property east of Somerville for two years, and when but eighteen years of age, in 1864, Mr. YOUNG enlisted in the Union army for service during the Civil war, becoming in 1864 a member of Company H, 167th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He enlisted at Somerville, whence he was sent to the Kenesaw valley of Virginia, and, under Colonel MOON, took part in several engagements and a number of skirmishes. He had a number of close calls during his service, but eventually came through unscathed and received his honorable discharge, in October, 1864. Upon his return, he remained with his brother David for seven years, and then went to Anderson, Ind., where for two years he was engaged in the grain business. Later he engaged in traveling through the country as a lightning-rod agent, continuing this until called home to settle the estate of his brother. He also settled the estate of his sister and then went to Casey, Clark county, Ill., where for seven years he was engag! ed in the hardware business. Mr. YOUNG then turned his attention to farming for a time in Oxford township, Butler county, but was again called to commercial affairs and for three years was engaged in the hardware and tinware business at Oxford. His health failing, he was compelled to retire from active pursuits for a time, and, much against his nature, remained idle from 1880 to 1888. He then erected a home at Oxford and embarked in the manufacture of hand-made shoes, a business which he built up until he was employing eight men. Three years later he sold out and was again out of business for five or six years, although he did something in the way of dealing in real estate during this period. Returning to the manufacture of shoes, he continued in that business for eighteen years, eventually disposing of his interests to A. F. SLOAN. Mr. Young's next venture was the erection of dwellings at Oxford, where he owned a number of lots on Main street, incidentally making num! erous improvements there. While he still retains considerable propert y at Oxford, he sold his house there in 1918 and moved to his present residence at Collinsville. While of late years Mr. Young has been considerably troubled by the loss of his eyesight, he is still active, alert and capable, with a splendid memory and a zest for participation in life's various activities. In the various communities in which he has resided he has been always a progressive citizen, and this was particularly apparent at Oxford, where, as a member of the city council, he fought persistently for the grading of the streets and the installation of cement sidewalks, a battle in which he eventually came out victorious. He is a staunch Republican in his political adherence, and his fraternal affiliation is with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. For twenty years he has been a deacon in the Presbyterian church, and throughout his life has been active in religious work. In each of the communities in which he has lived he has gained the respect and confidence th! at are only granted to those whose integrity is unassailable. Mr. YOUNG was married at Liberty, Ind., to Sophia SHELLENBERGER, of Darrtown, Ohio, who died October 20, 1918. They were the parents of two children both of whom died young." Gary King Batavia IL Researching in Knox, Licking, Perry Counties, OHIO: Butcher, Crotinger, Davis, McClurg, Wheatcraft, Cooperrider, Beckenbaugh, Neighbarger, Catt, Wilkin In Butler Co., Ohio: Stahlheber, Kippenberger, Beiser, Pater, King In Clermont Co., Ohio: King, Bartlett, Hall, Aylward. In Botetourt Co. Virginia: King, Bean, Dooley, Mayo, Fouts/Foutz/Fout In McLean Co., Illinois: Crotinger, Mickens, Bierbower, Jones, Buck. In Kane Co. Illinois: Gustafson, Maier, Butcher, Keifer, Lindgren Volunteer of Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness at http://www.raogk.org/ -----Original Message----- From: Kagy K To: Kingsk1117 Sent: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 15:00:43 -0500 Subject: Book look-up? Hi! I don't know if I have the right person--are you doing look-ups in a book that covers Butler Co.? If so, I am interested in Moses Young of Liberty TWP. He was born about 1799 and died about 1870. His daughter Christiann married Lewis (Louis) Emmons and lived on the family farm in Liberty until she died about 1902. Thanks, if you can do this! Kathy Klobas

The Kokomo Library in Howard County, Indiana has tombstone & obituaries on their web site. Wish more would do that.

The donate all the pictures, sounds nice but doesn't work. I have a couple of thousand pictures of tombstones from Butler County- not the nickel and dime "my relative stuff". It really would be nice if Butler County could get all the tombstones in one place with the Transcripts. Matching photos to "good" data was my first plan. I found that many tombstones have been missed in the 1960's surveys. Liberty Township will put the Liberty Township Photos on their site. I guess the rest of Butler county can do what it wants. Caroline ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adina Watkins Dyer (by way of Norma Adams <[email protected]>)" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 6:52 PM Subject: [OHBUTLER-L] Tombstone pictures > There is a Butler County Tombstone Photo project on Rootsweb. Here is the > link on how to contribute photos: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/oh/tombpics/donate.htm > > Adina > > > ==== OHBUTLER Mailing List ==== > Butler County OHGenWeb genealogy site ~ > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler >

There is a Butler County Tombstone Photo project on Rootsweb. Here is the link on how to contribute photos: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/oh/tombpics/donate.htm Adina

There's room. It's time I'm short on. We just downsized and moved, and I'm still playing catch up. In fact, Gary King (right name?) sent me the pictures from the Memoirs book that he regularly uses to answer questions and I still don't have all of them processed (ie., set up and identified). Nancy In a message dated 3/28/2005 4:11:03 PM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 16:47:26 EST, [email protected] wrote: >So maybe Caroline will just upload them somewhere >that I can link to them? Nancy: That's all you need to do. Isn't there room on http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler/ for tombstone photos? I would think it would be preferable to keep them all in one place. If you link to other sites, you run the risk of broken links when people rearrange their sites or change ISPs. Some of the links on http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler/butler-cem.html are broken as we speak. -- Dennis M. Kowallek [email protected]

Since these cemeteries are already transcribed I would think it would be be easier to attach the photos to the names and all the info would be in the same place. Vivian On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 17:10:18 -0500 Dennis Kowallek <[email protected]> writes: > On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 16:47:26 EST, [email protected] wrote: > > >So maybe Caroline will just upload them somewhere > >that I can link to them? > > Nancy: > > That's all you need to do. > > Isn't there room on http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler/ for tombstone > photos? I > would think it would be preferable to keep them all in one place. If > you link > to other sites, you run the risk of broken links when people > rearrange their > sites or change ISPs. Some of the links on > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler/butler-cem.html are broken as we > speak. > > -- > > Dennis M. Kowallek > [email protected] > > ****************** > > > ==== OHBUTLER Mailing List ==== > A History and Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County Ohio ~ > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler/cyc/index.html > > >

On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 16:47:26 EST, [email protected] wrote: >So maybe Caroline will just upload them somewhere >that I can link to them? Nancy: That's all you need to do. Isn't there room on http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler/ for tombstone photos? I would think it would be preferable to keep them all in one place. If you link to other sites, you run the risk of broken links when people rearrange their sites or change ISPs. Some of the links on http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler/butler-cem.html are broken as we speak. -- Dennis M. Kowallek [email protected] ******************

Think I should adopt the name of your email company... Thanks, Michael. So maybe Caroline will just upload them somewhere that I can link to them? Nancy In a message dated 3/28/2005 10:59:23 AM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Notice that Caroline said she has taken digital photos that do not need to be scanned.

Does anyone know anything about a cemetery "three miles east of Oxford OH".....this would be in the 1850's. My 3 g grandparents are supposed to be buried there..........Nathaniel and Jane Tolbert Moore. Thanks. -- PH DePoy Manassas VA

Hi, I am helping a student at Ohio State University on his doctorate. He his doing research on one room schools and asked me if I could put him in touch with anyone who had attended one or had taught at one. I now a few people who have. Anyone out there on the list that wouldn't mind me putting him in contact with you, let me know. I can be by email, mail, or phone. Thanks. Please email me direct. Take care, J. Larry Helton, Jr. "It's not how you die, it's what you live for." - Daniel Boone

Would anyone be able to help Caroline scan her photos so we can get them added to the Butler Co OHGenWeb site? Or even so she could set up a separate site, maybe at Rootsweb? Nancy _http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler/butler-cem.html_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler/butler-cem.html) In a message dated 3/28/2005 10:17:52 AM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I have taken digital photographs of all the visible tombstones in the Jacksonburg Cemetery in Wayne township (winter 2005). I have not found a way to post all the photgraphs on the web to date. I have pictures of Ruth Smith Cunningham and Elizabeth Cunningham's tombstones that can be emailed to those who have an interest. I have taken digital phtographs of tombstones throughout Butler County . I have taken pictures but not necessarily transcribed all the visible old tombstones at; Clawson Cemetery, Liberty Township section 8 Baker burial ground, Liberty Township Section31 Ayers Whitehead burial ground, Liberty Township Section 1 Woodmansee Sugar Valley burial ground, Liberty Township Section 3 Springhill Cemetery, Liberty Township Section 20 No stones visible of the Hunt cemetery Liberty Township, Section 20 or section 14 Smiley burials on the Elks Club Golf Course, Liberty Township Section 10 Gregory Burials, Lemon Township Section 35 Amanda Cemetery, Lemon Township Section 26- all photos online at www.rootsweb.com/~ohmidcem/ Pleasant Hill/ North Monroe Cemetery oldest stones only, Lemon Twp Section 18 Samuel's Cemetery, Hanover Township section 28 When I get Liberty Township under control I hope the Township will post the tombstone information online. It would be nice to get all of the old tombstones in Butler County photographed before more of the stones are buried and the graveyards/ cemeteries are lost. Please contact me if you have an interest in a Liberty Township tombstone photograph or other tombstones in the area. Caroline Huppi, Liberty Township [email protected]

I have taken digital photographs of all the visible tombstones in the Jacksonburg Cemetery in Wayne township (winter 2005). I have not found a way to post all the photgraphs on the web to date. I have pictures of Ruth Smith Cunningham and Elizabeth Cunningham's tombstones that can be emailed to those who have an interest. I have taken digital phtographs of tombstones throughout Butler County . I have taken pictures but not necessarily transcribed all the visible old tombstones at; Clawson Cemetery, Liberty Township section 8 Baker burial ground, Liberty Township Section31 Ayers Whitehead burial ground, Liberty Township Section 1 Woodmansee Sugar Valley burial ground, Liberty Township Section 3 Springhill Cemetery, Liberty Township Section 20 No stones visible of the Hunt cemetery Liberty Township, Section 20 or section 14 Smiley burials on the Elks Club Golf Course, Liberty Township Section 10 Gregory Burials, Lemon Township Section 35 Amanda Cemetery, Lemon Township Section 26- all photos online at www.rootsweb.com/~ohmidcem/ Pleasant Hill/ North Monroe Cemetery oldest stones only, Lemon Twp Section 18 Samuel's Cemetery, Hanover Township section 28 When I get Liberty Township under control I hope the Township will post the tombstone information online. It would be nice to get all of the old tombstones in Butler County photographed before more of the stones are buried and the graveyards/ cemeteries are lost. Please contact me if you have an interest in a Liberty Township tombstone photograph or other tombstones in the area. Caroline Huppi, Liberty Township [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 7:55 AM Subject: [OHBUTLER-L] Memoirs of the Miami Valley - CUNNINGHAM > Surnames mentioned: Cunningham, Weaver, Smith, Everhart, Snyder, Coochis, Landis, Hush, Clark, Rush > > From: Memoirs of the Miamia Valley, Vol. III, 1919. pages 152, 153, 154 > > Harry H. Cunningham. Nearly a century has rolled around since the first settlement of the Cunningham family in Ohio, and during that time its members have been leading citizens and prosperous agriculturists of Butler county. Of the men who worthily represent this name today, one who has made a success of his operations is Harry H. Cunningham, of Wayne township. Mr. Cunningham was born in this township, January 2, 1880, a son of Andrew and Sarah Jane (Weaver) Cunningham. The founder of the family in the United States was the great-grandfather of Harry H. Cunningham, Samuel F. Cunningham, who was born in Ireland in 1770, and came from Conway, Ireland, to America about the year 1795, locating at Trenton, N. J. He was there married in 1800 to Mary Smith, and took up his residence near Trenton, N. J. In 1820 he came to Trenton, Butler county, Ohio, where he passed the rest of his life in farming. He was the father of six children: James; Robert, who went to Illinois; George, wh! > o settled at Pittsburg, Pa.; and three daughters. James Cunningham, the grandfather of Harry, went, in about 1860, to Illinois, where he passed the rest of his life as an agriculturist and died in 1891 at the age of eighty-eight years. July 28, 1829, he married Ruth Smith, who was born at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1801, and died in Wayne township, Butler county, in 1854. She was a daughter of James Smith, born in 1763 in Cumberland county, Pa., who settled at the mouth of Four Mile creek, in St. Clair township, Butler county, and died in 1834. James and Ruth (Smith) Cunningham were the parents of six children: William, born in 1830; Elizabeth, born in 1831; Isabella, born in 1833; James, born in 1834; Andrew, born in 1836; and David K., born in 1838. Andrew Cunningham, the father of Harry H., was born near Seven Mile, on the banks of Cotton Run creek, Butler county, October 3, 1836. He was married May 6, 1860, to Sarah Jane Weaver, who was born near Jacksonboro, Ohio, in 1! > 842. Following their union they settled in Wayne township, where they > passed the remainder of their lives, Mrs. Cunningham passing away in 1884 and her husband in 1914, and both being buried at Elk creek. They were the parents of the following children: Mary M., Martin W., Esther, Sarah E., John A., William J., Harry H. and Edith. The history of the Weaver family in America is a long and honorable one. The direct immigrant ancestor of Harry H. Cunningham on his mother's side was Frederick Weaver, who came from Germany and in 1730, lived in Lower Sancon township, Northampton county, Va. He was a member of the Lutheran congregation and the Weavers in direct descent from him were of the Lutheran faith, up to and including the grandfather of Harry H. Cunningham. Frederick Weaver had five children: Jacob; George; Michael, the ancestor of Mr. Cunningham; and two daughters, one of whom married Arnold Everhart. Eight of the grandchildren of Frederick Weaver fought as soldiers of the Revolution, and most of them were in the service under Gen. Geor! > ge Washington. The record of one of these patriots, Jacob Weaver, is as follows: Jacob Weaver, Northampton county, Pa., ensign 3d Pennsylvania Battalion, April 22, 1776; taken prisoner at Fort Washington, November, 16, 1776; exchanged December 12, 1776; was retained as captain of company to rank of independent company, January 13, 1777; annexed to the 10th Pennsylvania, November 7, 1777; retired in January, 1781. About 1750 Michael Weaver married Catherine Snyder, a native of the same county, and they had six children: John; Henry; Michael; Philip, the great-grandfather of Harry H. Cunningham; a daughter who married Thomas Coochis and settled at Darrtown, Ohio, in 1805; and a daughter who married Mr. Landis, and whose descendants are still found numerously in Butler county. Philip Weaver, the great-grandfather of Harry H. Cunningham, was born in Northampton county, Pa., in 1765, and died in 1835. He was married August 11,1787, to Catherine Hush, who was born in 1767, in No! > rthumberland county, Pa., and died in 1845, in Butler county. They wer > e the parents of four children, Henry, Michael, Catherine and John, all born in Pennsylvania, and all dying in Butler county, Ohio, and were buried in Elk Creek cemetery, which has been used as a burial place by this family for over a century and is still the resting place of the younger descendants. The order of births and deaths follow: Henry and Michael were born in Lancaster, Lancaster county, Pa., the former born in 1789, and died in 1875. The latter was born in 1792, and died in 1813. Catherine was born in 1795, about ten miles north of Doylestown, Bucks county, Pa., and died in Butler county in 1865. Catherine Weaver married Samuel Snyder, of Madison township, Butler county, Ohio. Philip Weaver, Mr. Cunningham's great-grandfather, was a drummer boy during the Revolutionary war, under General Washington, when he was but twelve years of age. By the close of the struggle, however, he was able to bear arms, and subsequently received a pension for the services which ! > he rendered as a soldier of the line. In 1808 Philip Weaver and his family migrated from eastern Northampton county, Pa., over the Alleghany mountains in the old-fashioned way, by wagon to Pittsburg. There the family and household goods were placed on one raft and the livestock on another and thus the little party and its worldly effects traveled down the Ohio river to Cincinnati. They then followed the Miami river as far north as Hamilton, and in 1809 settled on a farm in Wayne township. Henry Weaver, of the above family, served in the War of 1812. After the surrender of Hull the whole country was in a state of commotion and the necessary troops to keep up the defenses of the western frontier were drafted, among the men thus chosen for service being Henry Weaver. His time was originally set for sixty days, but he was out only twenty-six days, under General Winchester, at Fort Defiance, when he was relieved. John Weaver, the grandfather of Harry H. Cunningham, was bor! > n ten miles north of Doylestown, Bucks county, Pa., and ten miles sout > h of the Weaver homestead, located in Lower Sancon township, Northampton county, Pa., in 1799, and died in Butler county, in 1880. He was married October 14, 1824, to Esther Clark, who was born near Trenton, N. J., in 1805, and died in 1873. They became the parents of five sons and five daughters: Jacob, born in 1825, who died in infancy; Catherine, born in 1826; Elizabeth, born in 1829; Mary Ann, born in 1831; Henry, born in 1833; Philip, born in 1835; John C., born in 1837; Martin, born in 1840; Sarah Jane, born in 1842; and Eliza Ellen. Of these children, Sarah Jane Weaver married Andrew Cunningham, and their eight children were as follows: Mary Ann, born in 1861, who is deceased; Martin W., born in 1863; Esther, born in 1867, who is deceased; Sarah E., born in 1870; John A., born in 1873; William J., born in 1876; Harry H., born in 1880; and Edith, born in 1882. Harry H. Cunningham received a common school education in Wayne township and worked on the home farm, being! > identified therewith until 1916, when he came to his present property in Wayne township. This is a tract of seventy-eight acres, which he has put under a high state of cultivation and in the management and operation of which Mr. Cunningham has shown himself a capable and industrious agriculturist. The manner in which he has conducted his business transactions has created a favorable impression upon his associates and his standing is correspondingly high in commercial circles. With the members of his family he, holds membership in the Presbyterian church and has always faithfully discharged the obligations and responsibilities of citizenship, and during the war period was a generous contributor to all activities. Mr. Cunningham married Eleanor May, daughter of William Rush, of Henry county, Ohio, November 18, 1909, and to this union there have come two children: Fay, born October 22, 1910, who died in infancy; and Floyd, born in Henry county, Ohio, February 4, 1913.' > > > Gary King > Batavia IL > Researching in Knox, Licking, Perry Counties, OHIO: Butcher, Crotinger, Davis, McClurg, Wheatcraft, Cooperrider, Beckenbaugh, Neighbarger, Catt, Wilkin > In Butler Co., Ohio: Stahlheber, Kippenberger, Beiser, Pater, King > In Clermont Co., Ohio: King, Bartlett, Hall, Aylward. > In Botetourt Co. Virginia: King, Bean, Dooley, Mayo, Fouts/Foutz/Fout > In McLean Co., Illinois: Crotinger, Mickens, Bierbower, Jones, Buck. > In Kane Co. Illinois: Gustafson, Maier, Butcher, Keifer, Lindgren > Volunteer of Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness at http://www.raogk.org/ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: rbsdws <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 15:57:47 -0600 > Subject: Lookups > > > Hello, > > I would like to see if you might be able to find anything on James & Ruth (Smith) Cunningham. She is buried in the Jackskonburg Cem. Butler Co., OH with a daughter named Elizabeth. Ruth was born Feb. 15, 1801, they were married July 28, 1829 also in Jacksonburg. > > Thank you, > Richard B. Smith > [email protected] > > > > ==== OHBUTLER Mailing List ==== > To SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE: Send a message to: > [email protected] or [email protected] > Put SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE (whichever you want to do) >

Notice that Caroline said she has taken digital photos that do not need to be scanned. Michael -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 8:52 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [OHBUTLER-L] Tombstone photos Would anyone be able to help Caroline scan her photos so we can get them added to the Butler Co OHGenWeb site? Or even so she could set up a separate site, maybe at Rootsweb? Nancy _http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler/butler-cem.html_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler/butler-cem.html) In a message dated 3/28/2005 10:17:52 AM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I have taken digital photographs of all the visible tombstones in the Jacksonburg Cemetery in Wayne township (winter 2005). I have not found a way to post all the photgraphs on the web to date. I have pictures of Ruth Smith Cunningham and Elizabeth Cunningham's tombstones that can be emailed to those who have an interest.

From Memoirs of the Miami Valley, Vol. III, 1919: on oage 522: in bio on Harry MURPHY, it mentions "After leving school he engaged in farming with his father until he married Inez Vinnedge, daughter of Franklin R. VINNEDGE, when he took up farming for himself." on page 569: in bio on William D. PHARES, it mentions his son, Harry C. PHARES, "for his second wife married Cornelia, a dqaughter of Isaac and Mary (VINNEDGE) SKILLMAN, natives respectively of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and farming people of Hamilton county, O., both of whom are deceased." on page 624: in bio on Andrew SCHUL, it mentions his son "Homer, husband of Hazel Vineage, and father of three children, Gertrude, Donald and Robert E." on page 74: in bio of John D. BOBENMAYER. "The cemetennial year, 1876, marked the marriage of Mr. BOBENMAYER to Miss Emma VINNEAGE, who was a native of Fairfield township, as was also her father, the late Moor VINNEAGE, who had the distinction of being the firsat white child born in this township, . . . " on page 212: in bio on Timothy D. FESSENDON, it mentions his aunt, "Rebecca Caroline (McNEIL), who married L. H. VINNEDG." Gary King Batavia IL Researching in Knox, Licking, Perry Counties, OHIO: Butcher, Crotinger, Davis, McClurg, Wheatcraft, Cooperrider, Beckenbaugh, Neighbarger, Catt, Wilkin In Butler Co., Ohio: Stahlheber, Kippenberger, Beiser, Pater, King In Clermont Co., Ohio: King, Bartlett, Hall, Aylward. In Botetourt Co. Virginia: King, Bean, Dooley, Mayo, Fouts/Foutz/Fout In McLean Co., Illinois: Crotinger, Mickens, Bierbower, Jones, Buck. In Kane Co. Illinois: Gustafson, Maier, Butcher, Keifer, Lindgren Volunteer of Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness at http://www.raogk.org/ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected]; [email protected] Sent: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 04:51:55 +0000 Subject: Vinnedge family lookup I am looking at the index for the Memoirs of Miami Valley and noticed that my family name is listed. Could you please tell let me know what information is included in this book? Thanks, Karen Jenkins Mott