In a message dated 3/19/2005 5:01:51 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > - Lucas County, Ohio, Index to Deaths 1867-1908, by Jana Sloan Broglin, > Willow Bend Books, c2003, new, 304 pgs., large paperback, $15.00 postpaid. > I'm interested in the above book. Thank you, Jill

- True Steel, by Christy Borth, The story of George M. Verity & his associates in the American Rolling Mill Company who in the turbulent world of steel, built a great industry with cooperation based on understanding, photos, dust jacket, hardback, 319 pgs., c1941, 4 copies available: 1. c1941, tight, poor condition, animal teeth marks at bottom, $4.00 postpaid 2. c1941, tight, dust jacket good condition, book very good condition, $5.00 postpaid 3. 1973 reprint, tight, very good condition, $5.00 postpaid 4. 1978 reprint, tight, dust jacket good condition, book very good condition, $5.00 postpaid - Middletown Memories, A Bicentennial Year, 1991, c1991, tight, two very light pop can rings on front cover, a name and address written on 1st page, large paperback, photos and timeline history of Middletown, Ohio, other than marks mentioned in very good condition, $4.00 postpaid. - Middletown U.S.A. All-American City, by George Crout, c1960, tight, hardback, 160pgs., photos, drawings, three can or glass marks on cover, $4.00 postpaid. - Brown's Run Country Club, The First 40 Years, 1956-1996, c1996, large paperback, 56 pgs., photos, very good condition, $4.00 postpaid. - Lucas County, Ohio, Index to Deaths 1867-1908, by Jana Sloan Broglin, Willow Bend Books, c2003, new, 304 pgs., large paperback, $15.00 postpaid. - A Grass Roots History of Baseball - Days of the Rosewood Bat and Silver Ball, by Richard Staata, c2004, new, paperback, photos, 152pgs., beginnings of baseball in NE Ohio in 1867, $5.00 postpaid. - Blue Jacket, by Allan Eckert, 1983 printing, tight, large paperback, good condition because someone had to roll it up like a magazine so it the book has a curl to it, $4.00 postpaid. - Images of America, Lafayette's Lexington, Kentucky, by Thomas House & Lisa Carter, Arcadia Publishing Co., c1998, tight, paperback, 127 pgs., very good condition, a photo history of Lexington from the 1920s to the 1950s, $5 postpaid. - Images of America, Fairfield, Connecticut, by Fairfield Historical Society, c1997, tight, paperback, 126 pgs., book very good condition, cover good condition, photo history of Fairfield, $4.00 postpaid. - Southwestern Ghost Town Atlas, by Robert Johnson, c1968/73, paperback, 48pgs, some photos, tight, yellowing, water marks on cover, maps of Utah, Colorado, Arizona, & New Mexico, shows mining camps, fort sites, logging camps, & other sites, $2.00 postpaid. - Killing Custer, by James Welch, c1994, hardback, book very good condition, dust cover good condition, $4.00 postpaid. - She Who Remembers Me, by Linda Lay Schuler, c1988, hardback, slight front cover warpage otherwise okay, $3.00 postpaid. - The Art of Rock, by Paul Gruskin, c1989, hardback, book in almost excellent condition, dust cover in good condition, rock-n-roll art, very large and heavy book, $20.00 postpaid. PLEASE EMAIL DIRECT WITH ANY QUESTIONS OR IF YOU'D LIKE TO PURCHASE ONE OF THESE BOOKS, THANKS. [email protected] Take care, J. Larry Helton, Jr. 6570 Crest Circle Middletown, OH 45042-9233 "It's not how you die, it's what you live for." - Daniel Boone

Bob Did you know Samuel Seward and his 1st wife, Abigail are not buried in the Seward Cemetery any more? They were removed to Greenwood in 1873. I believe his Grandson through Benjamin had them removed. Melanie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert A. VanDyne"

Surnames: Reed, Cummings, Stockton, Van Schaick, Stipes, Clark, Daugherty, Melrose, Foster, Tredwell, Valentine, McClellan, Tellison, Ripple, Elliott, Kinsey, Bell, Evanette, Field, Chappelier, Witters From Memoirs of the Miami Valley, Vol. III, 1919: on page 588/589/590: William S. Reed, M. D. Gilbert Reed was the first of the noted Reed family to cross the Alleghanies and carry the standard of the family into the great west. His father was a revolutionary soldier, and another of the same family, George Malsbury Reed, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Gilbert Reed settled at Franklin, in Warren county, and here he married Catherine (Cummings) Stockton, daughter of John Noble Stockton and Jane (Van Schaick) Stockton. John Noble Stockton was a son of the Rev. Philip Stockton, an Episcopalian minister, who descended from a Richard Stockton, of Princeton, N. .T. A grandson of Richard Stockton, Judge John Stockton, donated the land for the occupancy of Princeton university, and was in a measure responsible for the establishment of this seat of learning. A brother of the Rev. Philip Stockton, was also a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Another son of the Rev. Philip Stockton, Lucius Withan Stockton, and a Mr. Stipes o! rganized the National Stage company, operating stages in the early days, prior to the construction of the National highway, from Baltimore. Md., Columbus, Ohio, and Indianapolis, Ind. At one time this company had 200 stage coaches in operation between these cities. Jane Van Schaick, who married John Noble Stockton, was of Dutch ancestry of Albany, N. Y., and descended from Seigfreid Schaick, who was with Capt. Henry Hudson when he made the memorable trip on the Half Moon up the river which bears his name. Seigfreid Schaick settled in New York state, and one of his descendants, Goosey Van Schaick, became a colonel in the Revolutionary war. Gilbert Malsbury Reed, after his marriage to Catherine (Cummings) Stockton, became a farmer near Franklin, Ohio, and to him and his wife were born: John Reed, Richard Cummings Stockon Reed, Gault Redding Reed, Lucius William Reed, Ann Stockton Reed, Lucius Nelson Reed and Lucius Witham Reed, II. Richard Cummings Stockton Reed, father of! our subject, received his education at home; in a private academy at Philipsburg, Ohio; Starling Medical college of Columbus, Ohio, and Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio. He has also taught school near Point Union, and at West Chester and Twenty-mile stand. He married, first, Nancy Clark, of Somerville, Ohio, daughter of John Clark, who was a member of the Ohio legislature from Butler county. To Richard Cummings Stockton Reed and Nancy (Clark) Reed were born John Gilbert Reed, in 1853, and Charles Alfred Lee Reed, in 1856. John Gilbert Reed was educated in the National Normal School, Lebanon, Ohio, and Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, and after graduation, practiced his profession in Elmwood, Ohio, and Cincinnati. Charles Alfred Lee Reed graduated from the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, and in 1880, married Irene Daugherty, daughter of John G. Daugherty and Susan (Melrose) Daugherty, of Jersey county, Ill. To Charles Alfred Lee Reed and Irene (Daugherty) Reed were born Winnifred Van Schaick Reed an! d Charles Lawson Reed. Charles Lawson Reed married Pauline Foster, and to this union two children have been born: Pauline and Lawson. Charles Lawson Reed was educated in private schools in Cincinnati, Culver Military academy and Yale university. In the World war he was Captain of the 322d Field Artillery, 83d Division -- was in the memorable engagement at Chateau Thierry, saw other active service in Argonne and was with the Army of Occupation at Coblenz. Winnifred Van Schaick Reed married Roger Culver Tredwell, of the U. S. Consular service in Yokohama, Mukden, Dresden, London, Rome, Milan, St. Petersburg, and for six months was in Turkestan during the Bolshevik disturbances. Dr. Charles Alfred Lee Reed is a noted surgeon and practices in Cincinnati and elsewhere. He is considered one of the best and most skillful surgeons, and calls are made for his services from every part of the country. During the war, he served as Major in the Medical Corps, U. S. A., and was on t! he General Army staff. His services were of a high order especially i n the organization of the Medical Corps of the U. S. Army. Richard Stockton Reed was married, secondly, to Susan (Valentine) McClellan, widow of Carey McClellan. To this second union were born Horace Greeley Reed, Kate Luella Reed and William Stockton Reed, the immediate subject of this sketch. Horace Greeley Reed was educated in the public schools of Stockton, and the private schools of College Hill, Ohio. He married Elizabeth Tellison, and from this union resulted three children: Richard Cummings Stockton Reed, Anna Reed and Stella Reed, who married John Ripple and has one child. Kate Luella Reed married Frank Elliott and had three children: Charles Alfred Lee Elliott, Ruth Elliott, Harriet Elliott. Ruth Elliott married Gilbert Kinsey, of Los Angeles, and has three children. Charles Alfred Lee Elliott married Anna Bell and has two children. Harriet married Benjamin Evanette, now deceased; has one child, Benjamin. Dr. William S. Reed, the immediate subject of this sketc! h, was educated in the public schools and in the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery. After his graduation from this institution, he established himself at Stockton, Ohio, where he still continues, receiving a splendid practice from the citizens of Stockton and vicinity for miles surrounding. In 1887, he married Luana Field, daughter of Mason and Minerva (Chappelier) Field, of Butler county. To Dr. Reed and wife were born Hazel Van Brough Reed, Reginald G. Reed, Catherine Reed, Stockton Reed. Mrs. Reed died in Stockton. Ohio. Of the children, Hazel is married to Jefferson Hamilton, of Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. Reed is very popular with the people with whom his lot in life has been cast. One of the pioneers, and coming in contact with so many persons, friendships have been made that will be lasting even as time itself. Of intensely patriotic ancestry, he was of course, very active in behalf of the measures for which the Government requested support during the war. A! s to politics, the Doctor is a Democrat. He holds membership in the Kn ights of Pythias, Elks and Moose lodges. on page 599: in bio on Amel Ritter, it mentions his father, Jacob Ritter had several children, one of which was "Elizabeth, the wife of Wilbur Daughtery, of Seven Mile." on page 785: in bio on William H. Witters, "he was married in 1890 to Miss Anna Dougherty, daughter of Solomon Dougherty, who died in 1903, leaving two children: Fidella, who is deceased; and Nina, now Mrs. Lester Simms, of Dayton." 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: Smdew48 To: Kingsk1117 Sent: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 7:34:12 AM Eastern Standard Time Subject: Daugherty/Dougherty Am looking for information and dates for the Nathan Daugherty/Dougherty family as well as John Morris Daugherty/Dougherty of Butler Co, Ohio Many family members remained in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Nathan married Sarah Dickey of Butler Co Aug 11, 1813 in Butler Co b 1791 Md and d 1858 Not sure of burial or dates Sarah died after 1858 John Morris Daugherty married Sarah Hunt on Jun 2, 1818 in Butler Co. b 1795 Md d Sep 5, 1821 at the age of 26 Do not know anything about Sarah Hunt Would appreciate any info should your book mention these 2 families. Memoirs of the Miami Valley, Butler Ohio Daugherty 589, 599 and Dougherty 785 Not sure if these are the ones I am seeking. Appreciate any info. Sue Erwin Dew Sunbury, Oh

>Would you be so kind as to look-up the references for the following surname, that are found in your resource "The >Memoirs of The Miami Valley, Vol. III, 1919": > >Imhoff, 21, 389, 764 on page 21: in bio on August K. Augspurger, it mentions his paternal grandfather having several children, including "Catherine, now Mrs. Peter IMHOFF." on page 389: in bio on Samuel D. Kochendarfer, his son Stanley "later married the daughter of a prominent farmer, Mr. and Mrs. Henry IMHOFF of near Oxford. The marriage took place December 25, 1919, and in the future he will give his time and attention to agriculture, operating a farm near Reily, Ohio." on page 764: in bio of James T. Welsch, it mentions one fo his brothers, William, "deceased, is survived by his widow, Mary (IMHOFF) Welsch." 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/

BlankPlease email them directly thanks Deb Morrison My great great grandmother was born in Butler Co Ohio, married in Butler Co Ohio to Zephaniah Beall on Sept 23, 1819. I am trying to find more information about her. They had 10 children and both are burried in Indiana. I cannot document her birth, supposedly 28 Aug 1804. Died 7 May 1875. Do you have records of old families? Hopefully, Louise Wagoner E-mail [email protected]

Bob, Please refer to this link. www.cem.va.gov/hm.htm I think they may be able to help. Sandi Orlando, Florida -----Original Message----- From: Robert A. VanDyne [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 9:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [OHBUTLER-L] Butler County Cemetery Workshop dear Butler Co.,OH chat members; As to the many Revolutionary soldiers buried in Butler County Seward Cementery in [Liberty twp? or Union twp] contains my direct Revolutionary ancestor - Matthew Vanduyn [1752-1837], on last photos of his tombstone [that laid face up on the ground having broken off many years ago or just fell over] has been reduced to almost unrecionaizable script. If I had been monetarly well off I would have like to up right it, but its to far gone to save. Bob VanDyne os Salina,KS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Caroline Huppi" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 3:59 PM Subject: [OHBUTLER-L] Butler County Cemetery Workshop > Thank-you for running the notices and getting the news out for the > CHAPS Cemetery Workshop held Feb. 26, 2005 at the Hanover Township Hall. > Forty-three "Butler County residents" attended the Cemetery Workshop. The > workshop speakers included Valerie Elliott, Smith Regional Library, Jim > Irwin, Greenwood Cemetery Board, Patrice McCracken, Joan Cunningham and > Sue Drew one time and current 3rd grade teachers from Fairfield District > Schools, Howard Dirksen, Fairfield City Councilman and Caroline Huppi, > Liberty Township resident. The Butler County Engineers Office provided > Butler County Maps for attendees and Hanover Township graciously provided > space and amenities for the workshop. > > > > The speakers/ topics included; > > Valerie Elliott- Cemetery Resources: Butler County Research > > Jim Irwin- Ohio Law and Cemeteries > > Susan Drew, Joan Cunningham, & Patrice McCracken- Symmes Cemetery > Preservation > > Howard Dirksen- Walking Path & Access to the Symmes Cemetery > > Caroline Huppi- Handouts for Inventorying a cemetery and 1991 Funeral Home > map time ran out by the time I was to speak, Oh well- the handouts would > have to due. > > > > Not many people braved the cold to visit the local cemetery and begin > to learn about hands work to inventory the Samuel's Lutheran Cemetery. > Eight of the attendees were interested in pursuing more information about > Butler County Cemeteries. I guess the bottom line is that family members > are responsible for tombstones. If the tombstone falls, not due to > vandalism, and is not a danger to anyone, the stone is left to perish. I > had hoped people would step forward to inventory the cemeteries in their > own townships but that has not happened. I'll have to be happy with my > own work in Liberty Township and continue to work to putting what I can > online. > > > > Butler County residents can be proud to know that it holds over 140 > cemeteries, many being resting places for southwest Ohio pioneers. The > Symmes Burial Ground in Fairfield, is the burial location for Celedon > Symmes, from Symmes Purchase historical fame. Revolutionary War veterans > are buried throughout Butler County in small burial grounds as well as > Greenwood and other larger Butler County Cemeteries. Young women and > hoards of children are also buried in Butler County cemeteries testifying > to the hardships and costs of being a pioneer in Ohio's early years. > People who once lived or grew up in Butler County settled much of the > western United States. Of course early southwest Ohio pioneers came from > further east but Butler County was a stepping-stone in United States > History. The 1882, A History and Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler > County Ohio is a wonderful resource, available at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler/cyc/, and tells some of the history of > many people b! > uried in Butler County's early cemeteries. > > > > Thank you all on this mailing list for supporting this attempt to educate > and motivate Butler County residents. I also can not thank enough those > who put the "Butler County Cyclopedia" online. Putting the Cyclopedia > online has made my efforts in the cemeteries worth while. All my > relatives are in other states and the easy access history helps me care > about Butler County when long time residents don't have a clue. > > > > Caroline Huppi > > > > > > > ==== OHBUTLER Mailing List ==== > SW Ohio Genealogy, History Family Reunion Calendar ~ > http://www.calendars.net/cals/ohbutler > ==== OHBUTLER Mailing List ==== A History and Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County Ohio ~ http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler/cyc/index.html

On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 20:27:58 -0500, "Charles C Counceller" <[email protected]> wrote: >I wonder if Lane libraty in Oxford has this book? You can search their holdings at http://www.lanepl.org/. -- Dennis M. Kowallek [email protected] ******************

Hi, I would be very interested in any Johnson/Johnston or Bridgeford mention. I wonder if Lane libraty in Oxford has this book? Thanks, Chuck Counceller, Connersville, IN ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 9:27 AM Subject: [OHBUTLER-L] Re: Memoirs Of the Miami Valley - McDILL > Surnames: JOHNSTON McDill Young Simpson McCracken Paxton Slicker Buck > > >>From Memoirs of the Miami Valley, Vol. III, 1919. > > on page 361: > in bio of William T. Johnston, it mentions that his parents, Mr. and Mrs. > William Johnston were the parents of 10 children, including "Melissa, who > is the > wife of Edward R. McDill, a retired farmer of Oxford." > > on pages 531/532/533: > There is a bio of Alexander G. McDill, a son of Thomas C. McDill. > > > Alexander G. McDill. Among the citizens of College Corner who have laid > aside business cares for the peace and comfort of retirement is Alexander > G. > McDill, who for many years was widely and favorably known in the milling > business. > Mr. McDill was born June 26, 1863, in Preble county, Ohio, a son of Thomas > C. > McDill. The first of the McDill family to come to America was the > great-grandfather of Alexander G. McDill, Thomas McDill, a native of > County Antrim, > Ireland, who left his native home twelve miles from Belfast and sought his > fortune > in South Carolina, where his death occurred. His son, Thomas McDill, was > born > in South Carolina and as a young married man came to Preble county and > settled in the vicinity of Hopewell church, which was organized in 1808 in > the barn > of David McDill. The members of this family were all great church workers, > and > Mollie Young, who married Thomas McDill, was one of the charter members of > the church and the last one to be buried there. She and her husband were > the > parents of the following children: John, who resided in South Carolina; > David, > who lived near Morning Sun, Ohio; Thomas C., the father of Alexander G.; > James, > who went to Illinois, where he died; Alexander, who died in South > Carolina; > Samuel, who located in Union county, Ind., in 1816 and married there; and > Margaret, Peggie and Jennie. Martin McDill located at Morning Sun, Ohio, > as did > sister Janet. John lived on the old home place, and married Janet Simpson > of New > York, who died leaving three children, Samuel and George, deceased, and > Elida > A., who always lived on the home place. After the death of his first wife, > John > McDill married Eliza J. McCracken, and both died on the home farm. Thomas > C. > McDill was born in 1801 in South Carolina, and was eight years old when he > accompanied his parents to Preble county, the family settling on an > unimproved > farm in Israel township. There the lad assisted his father in clearing and > cultivating the land, in the meantime attending the public school. He was > brought > up in a God-fearing household, for his parents were devout members of the > Hopewell church, for the building of which modest little edifice, his > father had > the distinction of having cut the first log. Mr. McDill passed his life as > a > farmer and mill man in Israel township, where his death occurred in 1881. > He > married Mary Paxton, of that township, a member of the United Presbyterian > church, > and they had four sons: Thomas Albert, who is living in retirement at > Oxford; > Charles Robert, deceased, who was in the milling business at Jamestown, > Ohio; > Walter, deceased, who was a foreman in the twine mill at Jamestown for a > quarter of a century; and Alexander G. Alexander G. McDill was educated in > the > home schools, and in 1882 went to Springfield, where he secured employment > with > Worden & Bonnett, a concern with which he continued to be identified for > five > years. Next he went to Cedarville, Ohio, where for nine years he was in > the > milling business with his brother, Thomas Albert McDill, and then located > at Oxfor > d, where for nine years he was in business as a contractor. Mr. McDill > eventually located at College Corner, where he built the Model Rolling > mill, of > 100-barrel capacity and continued to conduct it for eighteen years, then > selling > out his interests. In 1912, he built the Oxford mill, in which he still > owns an > interest, and in addition is the owner of a farm property of 160 acres > lying > west of College Corner. During his active career Mr. McDill established an > excellent reputation for integrity, and has always been known as a good > and > useful citizen. In political matters he supports the Republican party, and > his > church affiliation is with the United Presbyterians. Mr. McDill married > Gertrude > Slicker, of College Corner, and they are the parents of: Mabel, who > married A. > A. Buck, a farmer, bookkeeper and rural free delivery mail carrier of > College > Corner, and has a son, Harold; Laura, who died at the age of twelve years; > and > Nellie, who lives with her parents. > > > > > In a message dated 3/11/2005 7:37:49 PM Central Standard Time, KennettW > writes: > I would appreciate a lookup for McDill, pages 361,531, 532 and 533. > Gary King > Batavia IL > > > ==== 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)

dear Butler Co.,OH chat members; As to the many Revolutionary soldiers buried in Butler County Seward Cementery in [Liberty twp? or Union twp] contains my direct Revolutionary ancestor - Matthew Vanduyn [1752-1837], on last photos of his tombstone [that laid face up on the ground having broken off many years ago or just fell over] has been reduced to almost unrecionaizable script. If I had been monetarly well off I would have like to up right it, but its to far gone to save. Bob VanDyne os Salina,KS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Caroline Huppi" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 3:59 PM Subject: [OHBUTLER-L] Butler County Cemetery Workshop > Thank-you for running the notices and getting the news out for the > CHAPS Cemetery Workshop held Feb. 26, 2005 at the Hanover Township Hall. > Forty-three "Butler County residents" attended the Cemetery Workshop. The > workshop speakers included Valerie Elliott, Smith Regional Library, Jim > Irwin, Greenwood Cemetery Board, Patrice McCracken, Joan Cunningham and > Sue Drew one time and current 3rd grade teachers from Fairfield District > Schools, Howard Dirksen, Fairfield City Councilman and Caroline Huppi, > Liberty Township resident. The Butler County Engineers Office provided > Butler County Maps for attendees and Hanover Township graciously provided > space and amenities for the workshop. > > > > The speakers/ topics included; > > Valerie Elliott- Cemetery Resources: Butler County Research > > Jim Irwin- Ohio Law and Cemeteries > > Susan Drew, Joan Cunningham, & Patrice McCracken- Symmes Cemetery > Preservation > > Howard Dirksen- Walking Path & Access to the Symmes Cemetery > > Caroline Huppi- Handouts for Inventorying a cemetery and 1991 Funeral Home > map time ran out by the time I was to speak, Oh well- the handouts would > have to due. > > > > Not many people braved the cold to visit the local cemetery and begin > to learn about hands work to inventory the Samuel's Lutheran Cemetery. > Eight of the attendees were interested in pursuing more information about > Butler County Cemeteries. I guess the bottom line is that family members > are responsible for tombstones. If the tombstone falls, not due to > vandalism, and is not a danger to anyone, the stone is left to perish. I > had hoped people would step forward to inventory the cemeteries in their > own townships but that has not happened. I'll have to be happy with my > own work in Liberty Township and continue to work to putting what I can > online. > > > > Butler County residents can be proud to know that it holds over 140 > cemeteries, many being resting places for southwest Ohio pioneers. The > Symmes Burial Ground in Fairfield, is the burial location for Celedon > Symmes, from Symmes Purchase historical fame. Revolutionary War veterans > are buried throughout Butler County in small burial grounds as well as > Greenwood and other larger Butler County Cemeteries. Young women and > hoards of children are also buried in Butler County cemeteries testifying > to the hardships and costs of being a pioneer in Ohio's early years. > People who once lived or grew up in Butler County settled much of the > western United States. Of course early southwest Ohio pioneers came from > further east but Butler County was a stepping-stone in United States > History. The 1882, A History and Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler > County Ohio is a wonderful resource, available at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler/cyc/, and tells some of the history of > many people b! > uried in Butler County's early cemeteries. > > > > Thank you all on this mailing list for supporting this attempt to educate > and motivate Butler County residents. I also can not thank enough those > who put the "Butler County Cyclopedia" online. Putting the Cyclopedia > online has made my efforts in the cemeteries worth while. All my > relatives are in other states and the easy access history helps me care > about Butler County when long time residents don't have a clue. > > > > Caroline Huppi > > > > > > > ==== OHBUTLER Mailing List ==== > SW Ohio Genealogy, History Family Reunion Calendar ~ > http://www.calendars.net/cals/ohbutler >

Thank-you for running the notices and getting the news out for the CHAPS Cemetery Workshop held Feb. 26, 2005 at the Hanover Township Hall. Forty-three "Butler County residents" attended the Cemetery Workshop. The workshop speakers included Valerie Elliott, Smith Regional Library, Jim Irwin, Greenwood Cemetery Board, Patrice McCracken, Joan Cunningham and Sue Drew one time and current 3rd grade teachers from Fairfield District Schools, Howard Dirksen, Fairfield City Councilman and Caroline Huppi, Liberty Township resident. The Butler County Engineers Office provided Butler County Maps for attendees and Hanover Township graciously provided space and amenities for the workshop. The speakers/ topics included; Valerie Elliott- Cemetery Resources: Butler County Research Jim Irwin- Ohio Law and Cemeteries Susan Drew, Joan Cunningham, & Patrice McCracken- Symmes Cemetery Preservation Howard Dirksen- Walking Path & Access to the Symmes Cemetery Caroline Huppi- Handouts for Inventorying a cemetery and 1991 Funeral Home map time ran out by the time I was to speak, Oh well- the handouts would have to due. Not many people braved the cold to visit the local cemetery and begin to learn about hands work to inventory the Samuel's Lutheran Cemetery. Eight of the attendees were interested in pursuing more information about Butler County Cemeteries. I guess the bottom line is that family members are responsible for tombstones. If the tombstone falls, not due to vandalism, and is not a danger to anyone, the stone is left to perish. I had hoped people would step forward to inventory the cemeteries in their own townships but that has not happened. I'll have to be happy with my own work in Liberty Township and continue to work to putting what I can online. Butler County residents can be proud to know that it holds over 140 cemeteries, many being resting places for southwest Ohio pioneers. The Symmes Burial Ground in Fairfield, is the burial location for Celedon Symmes, from Symmes Purchase historical fame. Revolutionary War veterans are buried throughout Butler County in small burial grounds as well as Greenwood and other larger Butler County Cemeteries. Young women and hoards of children are also buried in Butler County cemeteries testifying to the hardships and costs of being a pioneer in Ohio's early years. People who once lived or grew up in Butler County settled much of the western United States. Of course early southwest Ohio pioneers came from further east but Butler County was a stepping-stone in United States History. The 1882, A History and Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County Ohio is a wonderful resource, available at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler/cyc/, and tells some of the history of many people b! uried in Butler County's early cemeteries. Thank you all on this mailing list for supporting this attempt to educate and motivate Butler County residents. I also can not thank enough those who put the "Butler County Cyclopedia" online. Putting the Cyclopedia online has made my efforts in the cemeteries worth while. All my relatives are in other states and the easy access history helps me care about Butler County when long time residents don't have a clue. Caroline Huppi

Surnames: JOHNSTON McDill Young Simpson McCracken Paxton Slicker Buck From Memoirs of the Miami Valley, Vol. III, 1919. on page 361: in bio of William T. Johnston, it mentions that his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Johnston were the parents of 10 children, including "Melissa, who is the wife of Edward R. McDill, a retired farmer of Oxford." on pages 531/532/533: There is a bio of Alexander G. McDill, a son of Thomas C. McDill. Alexander G. McDill. Among the citizens of College Corner who have laid aside business cares for the peace and comfort of retirement is Alexander G. McDill, who for many years was widely and favorably known in the milling business. Mr. McDill was born June 26, 1863, in Preble county, Ohio, a son of Thomas C. McDill. The first of the McDill family to come to America was the great-grandfather of Alexander G. McDill, Thomas McDill, a native of County Antrim, Ireland, who left his native home twelve miles from Belfast and sought his fortune in South Carolina, where his death occurred. His son, Thomas McDill, was born in South Carolina and as a young married man came to Preble county and settled in the vicinity of Hopewell church, which was organized in 1808 in the barn of David McDill. The members of this family were all great church workers, and Mollie Young, who married Thomas McDill, was one of the charter members of the church and the last one to be buried there. She and her husband were the parents of the following children: John, who resided in South Carolina; David, who lived near Morning Sun, Ohio; Thomas C., the father of Alexander G.; James, who went to Illinois, where he died; Alexander, who died in South Carolina; Samuel, who located in Union county, Ind., in 1816 and married there; and Margaret, Peggie and Jennie. Martin McDill located at Morning Sun, Ohio, as did sister Janet. John lived on the old home place, and married Janet Simpson of New York, who died leaving three children, Samuel and George, deceased, and Elida A., who always lived on the home place. After the death of his first wife, John McDill married Eliza J. McCracken, and both died on the home farm. Thomas C. McDill was born in 1801 in South Carolina, and was eight years old when he accompanied his parents to Preble county, the family settling on an unimproved farm in Israel township. There the lad assisted his father in clearing and cultivating the land, in the meantime attending the public school. He was brought up in a God-fearing household, for his parents were devout members of the Hopewell church, for the building of which modest little edifice, his father had the distinction of having cut the first log. Mr. McDill passed his life as a farmer and mill man in Israel township, where his death occurred in 1881. He married Mary Paxton, of that township, a member of the United Presbyterian church, and they had four sons: Thomas Albert, who is living in retirement at Oxford; Charles Robert, deceased, who was in the milling business at Jamestown, Ohio; Walter, deceased, who was a foreman in the twine mill at Jamestown for a quarter of a century; and Alexander G. Alexander G. McDill was educated in the home schools, and in 1882 went to Springfield, where he secured employment with Worden & Bonnett, a concern with which he continued to be identified for five years. Next he went to Cedarville, Ohio, where for nine years he was in the milling business with his brother, Thomas Albert McDill, and then located at Oxfor d, where for nine years he was in business as a contractor. Mr. McDill eventually located at College Corner, where he built the Model Rolling mill, of 100-barrel capacity and continued to conduct it for eighteen years, then selling out his interests. In 1912, he built the Oxford mill, in which he still owns an interest, and in addition is the owner of a farm property of 160 acres lying west of College Corner. During his active career Mr. McDill established an excellent reputation for integrity, and has always been known as a good and useful citizen. In political matters he supports the Republican party, and his church affiliation is with the United Presbyterians. Mr. McDill married Gertrude Slicker, of College Corner, and they are the parents of: Mabel, who married A. A. Buck, a farmer, bookkeeper and rural free delivery mail carrier of College Corner, and has a son, Harold; Laura, who died at the age of twelve years; and Nellie, who lives with her parents. In a message dated 3/11/2005 7:37:49 PM Central Standard Time, KennettW writes: I would appreciate a lookup for McDill, pages 361,531, 532 and 533. Gary King Batavia IL

Is anyone on this list researching Dr. Boles, a veterinarian in the 1920's in Butler Co., probably around Venice or Ross. He had a daughter named Nora. I have some pictures of them and would happy to share them. Researching LINGLER from Hamilton, and MEEKER in Venice. Lin

Can't remember which list had the question on outhouses, so I'm sending it to both. Why a moon on outhouse doors? Vents often doubled as gender symbols. Luna is the ancient crescent shaped figure that is a universal symbol for womanhood. So, a moon was cut out for the women's outhouse in early innkeeping days. Sol is the sunburst pattern, so a sun was cut out for the men's. These symbols were necessary in the Colonial times because not many people could read. As time went on, many of the men's outhouse fell into disrepair and many even disappeared. Ones for women were better taken care of and that is why more moons can be found today on those that have been preserved through time. The general population lost the factual meanings of the symbols in the mid-1800's. I thought of this today when I was in my mother's bathroom looking at her outhouse border - all of the outhouses have moon's cut out of the doors. I thought most people knew it was to distinguish between men's and women's outhouses. I just asked my wife if she knew why a moon was cut on some outhouse doors - her respo! nse - "I guess it's because they call your butt a moon." Wish me luck also, I got some outhouse plans from 1908 last week and I plan to construct one to take down to my Kentucky property to replace the one there now. Wouldn't be such a big deal except lumber was true to size in 1908 - a 2" x 4" was actually 2 inches by 4 inches then - today it's something like 1 3/4" x 3 1/2" or something close to that. Take care, J. Larry Helton, Jr. "It's not how you die, it's what you live for." - Daniel Boone

Roger, From the SSDI C. Richard Greathouse, b. Aug 17, 1927; d. Died: 28 Sep 2002 Last Residence: Middletown, Butler Co. Oh Norma At 01:02 PM 3/12/2005 -0500, you wrote: >Does anyone have a date for when C. Richard Greathouse passed away? He was >a long time Middletown, Ohio, attorney as well as operating the family's >three generation men's clothing store. I would like to know when he passed >away. It would have been within the last five years. >Roger Miller > > >==== OHBUTLER Mailing List ==== >Butler County OHGenWeb genealogy site ~ >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler

Does anyone have a date for when C. Richard Greathouse passed away? He was a long time Middletown, Ohio, attorney as well as operating the family's three generation men's clothing store. I would like to know when he passed away. It would have been within the last five years. Roger Miller

For anyone on the list that has family buried in Middletown Cemetery on First Avenue in Middletown or anyone that has an interest in seeing that this vandalism stops. Recent damage to the cemetery grounds and monuments is drawing great attention from around the area. Please check out channel nine news today at 5:30 or if you are not in Middletown or the Channel nine viewing area check out the Articles in the Middletown Journal online at http://middletownjournal.com. one of the articles is in the news storys and the other is in the opinion page under Editorial. We would love to hear your views on this matter [email protected] or [email protected] Subject: Middletown Cemetery on TV Channel 9 at 5:30 Sam Ashworth, of the Middletown Cemetery Committee met with Channel 9 TV today at the Middletown Cemetery to discuss all the damage to the tombstone. It will be shown about 5:30 tonight. Vivian =======================================================================

My grandmother was born Pauline Mary Lindgren, April 30 1905. She currently lives in Batavia. I was wondering if she might be related to the Batavia Lindgren's you have. She married a George Ward whose grandfather was Samuel Ward, born 1825 in Middletown, Butler Co., Ohio. If you have come across any of this please let me know. I can't find anything past Samuel.

Surnames: BECKETT BROSIER WATT HARRIS FICHTER SHAFER REILLY MARTIN LAURIE RIGDON Memoirs of the Miami Valley, Vol III, 1919 pages 50/51 Charles L. Beckett. Butler-county has many fine farms, and they are owned to a large extent by members of old families of the Miami valley. In Hanover township, a part of the old Beckett farm is owned by Charles L. Beckett, one of the enterprising and well-to-do agriculturists of this locality. Mr. Beckett has been the architect of his own fortunes, and has earned his present possessions through honest effort, ordinary prudence and the exercise of natural good judgment. He was born on the homestead place in Hanover township, and is the only son of John C. and Sarah L. (Brosier) Beckett. Educated in the local schools, when he laid aside his studies he began working for his father, but after his marriage, in 1893, began farming on his own account on his present property, a farm of ninety-one acres, which he purchased from his parents. Here he has been successful in his operations as a farmer and raiser of live stock, and has taken much pride in his surroundings, his buildings ! of all kinds being attractive and substantial. A friend of the public schools, he has served efficiently in the capacity of member of the board of education, and his good citizenship was also shown when he acted as captain in war drives. With his family, he belongs to the Methodist church. Mr. Beckett was married in 1893 to Mamie A., daughter of Robert and Martha E. (Watt) Harris, farming people of Milford township, Butler county, Mr. Harris being a Union veteran or the Civil war. Mrs. Beckett has one brother, Alva, who is engaged in farming in Hanover township. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Beckett: Nellie E., formerly a student at Miami university, who is now engaged in teaching school and is becoming very popular as an educator; Orveda, who attended school at Miami university, and is now the wife of Joseph W. Fichter, principal of Hanover township centralized school, with one child, Jean Marie; Marguerite, who is the wife of Charles Shafer, engaged in farmi! ng in Hanover township, with one daughter, Sarah Jane; and John, who is assisting his father in the cultivation of the home farm. The children have been carefully reared and well educated, and have gone to fill stations in life in which they are reflecting credit upon their parents and their community. The Beckett Paper Company. In order to present the facts regarding the inception of the Beckett Paper company, it is necessary to delve nearly three-quarters or a century into the business history of Hamilton. In the year 1848, one Reilly, from the east, came to Hamilton and secured a site at the corner of Buckeye and Lowell streets, where he commenced the construction of a paper mill. With him, Reilly brought two millwrights, John L. and Frank Martin, and a Scotch paper maker, Adam Laurie. The two Martins had charge of the erection of the structure and it was stipulated that Laurie was to run the mill after its completion. However, when not much more than the foundations had been completed, Reilly got into financial difficulties, failed, quit the town and left the Martins and Laurie stranded. These men consulted William Beckett at that time a successful practicing attorney of Hamilton with the result that Mr. Beckett interested F. D. Rigdon, another Hamilton lawyer, and the! y, with the Martins, formed what proved to be the beginning of the present Beckett Paper company, under the firm style of Beckett, Martin & Rigdon. Adam Laurie was retained as foreman. In 1850 Mr. Beckett purchased the interests of the two Martins and the firm style was changed to Beckett & Rigdon. Two years later a second machine was added, the business having grown to such an extent that such a move was found necessary, and in 1854 Adam Laurie bought an eighth interest in the concern. In 1862 or 1863 Mr. Rigdon retired, the firm style at that time becoming Beckett & Laurie, and this later was changed to Beckett, Laurie & company when Adam Laurie, jr., in 1870, was taken into partnership. Under their auspices, Thomas Beckett had his training, and in 1885 he was taken into the firm. The Becketts then bought the Laurie interests and at that time the Beckett Paper company was incorporated with $100,000 capital. The mill was subsequently rebuilt, new machines and engines were i! nstalled which had been built by Hamilton concerns, and from that time on the business grew steadily. Improvements continued to be made, however, in paper making machinery and several years ago Mr. Beckett again decided to reconstruct the entire mill. This was done in 1906, the old machinery being entirely scrapped and the building razed to make room for the present structure. At the present time the Beckett Paper company has the finest equipment of its kind to be found in the country, and the purchase of this large amount of machinery from Hamilton companies attested to the worth of their product installed twenty years earlier. In 1913 a third story was added to the mill to enable the company to take care of the rapidly growing business and the end is not yet. The company lost heavily in the flood of March, 1913, but was able to resume operations in April, and at that time a "Flood Bulletin" was sent to the company's customers and dealers all over the country, in which occu! rred these words: "We got pretty wet when the Miami rose last March. It was eight feet deep on the main floor. But it did not get high enough to dampen our enthusiasm." Which may be called a pretty good Butler county sentiment. -- Gary KingBatavia IL     Researching in Knox, Licking, Perry Counties, OHIO: Butcher, Crotinger, Davis, McClurg, Wheatcraft, Cooperrider, Beckenbaugh, Neighbarger, Catt, WilkinIn Butler Co., Ohio: Stahlheber, Kippenberger, Beiser, Pater, KingIn Clermont Co., Ohio:    King, Bartlett, Hall, Aylward.In Botetourt Co. Virginia: King, Bean, Dooley, Mayo, Fouts/Foutz/FoutIn McLean Co., Illinois: Crotinger, Mickens, Bierbower, Jones, Buck.In Kane Co. Illinois:   Gustafson, Maier, Butcher, Keifer, LindgrenVolunteer of Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness at http://www.raogk.org/

Surnames: WINTERSTEEN TRUSTER FERRIS HOOD BOOMERSCHINE GROSS STOKES CONORROE RAY FRANCIS CORNTHWAITE WAGNER GERBER LINTNER CHAPIN. From Memoirs of the Miami Valley, Vol. III, 1919 page 781/782 Lewis G: Wintersteen. Of the agriculturists who have helped to sustain the farming integrity and prestige of Butler county during the past several decades, mention is due Lewis G. Wintersteen, of the Jacksonboro community. He has been a resident of this locality all of his life and has been a constructive factor in assisting in the progress of one of the most fertile and productive sections of the great Miami valley. Mr. Wintersteen was born on a farm near Jacksonboro, a son of WilIiam and Anna (Truster) Wintersteen. His father, who was a successful agriculturist, served for a number of years as the village squire of Jacksonboro, and was a man universalIy respected and esteemed. He died January 20, 1915, while his widow is still living and makes her home at Jacksonboro. Lewis G. Wintersteen was educated in the public schools and was reared in a family where honesty and industry were held in high esteem. His brothers and sisters, like himself, were given good advantages and s! trict training, and those who survive have gained places of honor in the communities in which they reside. The first child died in infancy; Frank married Cora Ferris; Lewis G. is the third in order of birth; Myrtle is now Mrs. Hood; Lizzie is deceased; May married Sam Boomerschine; and Myrtle is the wife of Earl Gross, of Camden. Lewis G. Wintersteen, on attaining his majority, engaged in agricultural pursuits on his own account, and recently purchased the Samuel Stokes farm, a tract of 160 acres near Jacksonboro, which he has placed in the finest of condition. He has modernized the home and other buildings, and has improved the land with drainage, and everything about the property shows that good management is present. He is a Democrat in politics and a good citizen, and he and the members of his family attend the Methodist church at Seven Mile. Mr. Wintersteen was married in 1905 to Myrtle, daughter of George G. and Catherine (Conorroe) Hood, of Somerville, and to this uni! on there has been borne one son: Vernon, aged twelve years, who is attending the public school. Mrs. Wintersteen's father died August 8, 1904, and her mother August 9, 1912. There were nine children in their family: Mrs. Wintersteen; Ella., who married Harry Ray; Setta, who married George Francis; Minna, who married Charles Cornthwaite; Ed Hood, who married Lola Wagner; Ralph, who married Ida Gerber; Susie, who married Henry Lintner; Harvey; and Cora, who married Ora Chapin. -- Gary KingBatavia IL     Researching in Knox, Licking, Perry Counties, OHIO: Butcher, Crotinger, Davis, McClurg, Wheatcraft, Cooperrider, Beckenbaugh, Neighbarger, Catt, WilkinIn Butler Co., Ohio: Stahlheber, Kippenberger, Beiser, Pater, KingIn Clermont Co., Ohio:    King, Bartlett, Hall, Aylward.In Botetourt Co. Virginia: King, Bean, Dooley, Mayo, Fouts/Foutz/FoutIn McLean Co., Illinois: Crotinger, Mickens, Bierbower, Jones, Buck.In Kane Co. Illinois:   Gustafson, Maier, Butcher, Keifer, LindgrenVolunteer of Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness at http://www.raogk.org/