HI GROUP, JUST FOUND OUT THAT ANCESTORS JOHN B. WORTHINGTON AND SARAH HALFHILL WERE MARRIED IN CLERMONT COUNTY, OHIO, NOT SURE OF THE DATE. HAS ANYONE HEARD OF EITHER OF THESE FAMILIES?? MARILYNN

Bob had cancer,and he had Parkinson's. Maybe rootsweb.com isn't the proper place to announce his death, but so many of us grew up with Bob Braun on the Ruth Lyons TV show, and then on his own show,that nobody in Greater Cincinnati was better know. And,when Bob's show's was replaced by Sarah Jessie's talk show, Bob spent another several years in the business at L.A.,till the Northridge earthquake. Bob's son has been anchor man on our Cincinnati TV news years, and Bob was drive time am radio on WSAI til cancer made it impossible. 1st time I ever saw Bob Braun was in swin trunks,at the big swimming pool at Coney Island, with microphone in hand, interviewing kids [pretty girls] for his om radio show. So handsome,and well built. So,I'm guessing his age at late 60's. That's Bob 'with microphone in hand!" Nobody could give commercials more naturally,and without teleprompter's. Day after day: year after year, Bob filled Cincinnati's TV noon hours. With Ruth Lyons,and then alone. I'm glad I don't have memories of him wasted by cancer,and shaking with Parkinson's. . There was always something not quite 100% natural about Bob,on TV. Then he told us all just what it was. He had what's called a "Lazy upper lip" that did not move ,so his upper teeth were never seen. Good bye.Bob. Thanks for a million memories!

If any of you drive east on RT 125 from the RT 222 South traffic light about a mile, you will come to the metal towers on a high power line carrying electricy from the power plant,on the Ohio east of New Richmond, to the Uranium plant in Pike Co,Oh. My hikes are carrying me under this power line all the time. Nobody wanted it to cross their farms. 1950-52 era. Our next door neighbor was farmer,but mostly lawyer, Robert Justice Harris, and the plans put the tall metal towers on his land. Three times, where a tower was planned on his farm,he established a 'paper" cemetary. And,three ties the power company moved their towers slightly. As I hike, I note the 3 towers out of line with the main power line,and chuckle at the giant game of checkers once played there. I don't know how many churchyards started out as family cemetaries,but several Calvery west of RT 743,on 756's old section was 1st the Alexander Buchanan family cemetary with several burials before it became a church yard in 1816. The church may have buried on my Rev George Brown's cemetary, w RT 743,and n Indian creek til then. Maybe. The church once called by Alexander Thompson,and now called Mt Holly Christian , had Murdock's and kin before that. S side RT 125 EAST OF Rt 132 nORTH. Could be the widow Chandler buried her husband at Old Bethel before Rev John Collins buried a son in 1807. The pioneer churchyard of n Main,Bethel was the Denham's,and kin,but they were also,mostly the Baptist church. I'll guess Mt Moriah started as the Witham extended family Baptist ceetary. Gatch's became Milford's. Almost all those early churches were built on land beside a little run of water. Smyrna,Hopewell,Calvery,Old Bethel,Bethel,Clover,Mt Moriah, etc. Maybe there was [is?] a spring nearby. Certainly Witham's Big Spring was at Mt Moriah., People and horses needed some water. Camp meeting grounds needed water. I've always thought the lone well at the RT 743-756 intersection might have been dug for Gregg';s camp grounds. . [Where was the water for the great Cane Ridge camp meeting on 1801 8 miles n e of Paris,Ky.

From: Hendcoa@aol.com T watalley@kih.net Cc: GRANT-L@rootsweb.com Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 17:44:50 EST Subject: Re: Simpson and Pres-Gen U Simpson Grant Sat, 13 Jan 2001 17:45:10 -0500 (EST) Received: from Hendcoa@aol.com tdditions by HB FAGLEY Hermon: Here is the rundown on Ulysses Simpson Grant from" ANCESTORS OF AMERICAN PRESIDENTS," by Gary Boyd Roberts: 1. Gen Ulysses Simpson Grant m. Julia Boggs Dent. m IN MO D NY son,Buckeye born Bethel,Tate Twnsp,Clermont Co,Oh s e Plane and Union Sts 2. Jesse Root Grant b. near Greensburg, PA 1794- d. Covington KY 1873 Mayor of Bethel,Ohio wealthy tanner 3. Hannah Simpson, b. Horsham, PA 1798 - d. NJ 1883 AT DAUGHTERS 4. Noah Grant III, Tolland, Conn. 1748-d. Maysville KY 1819. in Greensburg PA 1792 5. Rachel Kelley, sometimes called Mrs. Rachel Miller Kelly. d. Maysville, OH 1805 6. John Simpson, Jr. 1767 - d. BethelTate, townsp Clermont OH 1837 - Hartsville PA 1793 7. Rebecca Weir, d. ca. 1801-02 Phila-Montgomery co,S E Pa likly buried Neshamminy Presbyterian,s e Bucks Co,Pa 2nd Sarah Hair Hare 8. Noah Grant, Jr. Tolland, Conn. 1719 - in mil. svc. 1756- in Tolland 1746. 9. Susanna Delano, Tolland 1724 - Coventry, CN till 1806. De Lano's French Mayflower? 12. John Simpson b. Ire. 1738, of Horsham PA, d. 1804 Bucks Co,Pa. 13. Hannah Roberts d. Doylestown PA 1820-1821. Bucks Co,Pa b N WALES-GWYNEDD,PHILADELPHIA-MONTGOMERY CO,PA 14. Samuel Weir b. 1731 d. New Britain, PA 1811.Bucks Co,Pa 15. Mary _______ d. ante 1796 [McKinstry?] 16. Noah Grant, Windsor, Conn. 1693 - d. Tolland, Conn. 1727 17. Martha Huntington, Norwich, Conn. 1696 - d. prob. 1779 Tolland, m. 2) Peter Buell. 24. William Simpson, b. Ireland c. 1710 in Buckingham PA, d. 1794. Bucks Co,Pa 25. Jane Hines 32. Samuel Grant, Jr., in Windsor, Conn by 1688. b. 1659- d. 1710 48. Thomas Simpson, N. Ireland ca. 1683 - d. Paxtang, PA 1762 near Harrisburg,Pa Rev Elder's Presbyterian congregation 64. Samuel Grant, Dorchester Mass. 1631 - d. Windsor, Conn 1718. 96. (possible) John Simpson, Scotland to N. Ireland. b. ca 1660. 128. Matthew Grant 1601-1681. in Windsor, Conn. by 1625. Marilyn Coalla On Sat, 13 Jan 2001 16:43:40 -0600 Terry Stewart <twstew1@swbell.net> writes: > My name is TERRY STEWART and of course I have a COUSIN who states > that > when he looks a $50.00 Dollar Bill or any picture of Hiram U. Grant > he > see's his Father with out the Beard. The story is whe are kin to him > > thru his Mother Hannah Simpson and her Father JOHN SIMPSON well I > know > it sound's typical well I thought I would ask you any way. My > thought's > are and my study as such has led me to dead ends in this I believe > That > JOHN decends through WILLIAM Simpson who was Hiram Grants GREAT > GRANFATHER and he had several son's and one was named WILLIAM, Jr. > who > went from PA. to VA. and raised several son's but I loose tract of > all > his linage. He also had a wife whose father left her property in > South > Carolina and they looked at are sold it about 1818 are so near > Abbeville > County. My JOHN SIMPSON was born in ABBEVILLE County 1819....... > My Question do you have any INFO are links to any one that may > have > info on this part or line of Simpson's for I know may be the typical > I > think so but this Cousin's father tells that his father told his > children they were kin to President Hiram U. GRANT for if the other > kid's in the area knew it they would throw rocks at them as they > live in > Middle Texas after the Civil War when this Story was told them and > the > real reason is there is they had one of the few houses with Glass > windows in it. > And my connection is thru my mother who is a SIMPSON..... > I have all of the line from JOHN KELLEY SIMPSON, Sr. born in > Abbevile > County, S. C.1819 down I have his wife's family back several > Generation's...... He died in Cuero, Texas 1887 and is buried in > TERRYVILLE, Texas......I just cannot connect to any of JOHN's > family > are any relating to him and have tried and there are several other > who > support my efforts but to no avail as they to are at the BRICKWALL > so to > speak.... > I have to agree that which you wrote about John Simpson is what I > had > found... > > > Thanks For Your time, > TERRY STEWART > 2110 Savanna Ct. North > League City, Texas 77573 > 281-316-3901 > twstew1@swbell.net > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

I was wondering if anyone could help me with a Charlie Sweet? My mother-in-law Altha Carter Blair, had a cousin named Charlie Sweet who came from Cincinnati to see his grandma. Not sure who grandma was bit she was the daughter of George (Wash) Carter & Alice Dell Kirgan. Altha was born in Williamsburg, Clermont County, Ohio June 14, 1892. I have photos of them together & the look to be about the same age. I have not been able to find the name of Sweet in this line...anyone have an idea? Thanks, Eileen Blair

Hello... Thank you so much for this information! It seems to confirm my sketchy info that has the Sloans in Marion County IN for several years before some them went into Boone County, IN. I will certainly persue that diligently. Thanks again for your help. Virginia  >In the book "Boone Co., Indiana History" published 1984, page 418, a >biographical sketch of the Norman & Thelma Sloan family, makes mention of the >following: "...his second great grandfather, William Slone/Sloan, came from >Clermont Co., Ohio to Marion Co., IN in the 1830's. And his third great >grandfather, George Slone/Sloan, came from Pennsylvania to Ohio in 1817." >Elsewhere it states: "Norman's great grandfather, Marquis De LaFayette Sloan, >came to Boone County from Marion Co., IN in 1890...Norman Wayne Sloan was >born in Center Township, Boone Co., IN on February 22, 920.....His son, >William Lee, born April 27, 1944...actively works with family genealogy". > > >==== INBOONE Mailing List ==== >This mailing list is hosted by Rootsweb. For information on how your >donation can help, go to: http://www.rootsweb.com. > - ------------------------------ --part1_db.f06d255.279871ac_boundary--

Fellow researchers: Please be advised that I have just posted an update to my web page. Point your browsers to http://members.home.net/johntippet/ and click on Beckelhymer and then Behymer Tax Records. Changes with this update are the following: (1) I have added a transcription of the 1786 to 1803 Personal Property Tax Lists for Franklin County, VA for Beckelhymer/Picklesimer and allied family names. These include Archer, Dillman, Fishburn, Harger, Kinsey, Landis, Lazena, Lemon, Logan, Phares, Prator, Rinker, Trout, and Waggoner. I have proof read these and I think the information there is accurate. There are still some of the allied names, however, that are missing. I have to go through the list one more time before I can be sure. I will post an update in the near future. (2) I have added a transcription of the 1816 to 1824 Duplicate Tax Records for Clermont County, OH for Beckelhymer and allied family names. These include Archer, Custer, Fitzpatrick, France, Gray, Kinsey, Littleton, Logan, Lower, McCord, Mattox, Parvin, Robb and Shultz. At this time, most of the allied family names are only included for the years 1816 through 1817 or 1818 (however, Kinsey and Lower are complete). I will be adding the allied family names for the remaining years in a future update. Enjoy! John Charles Tippet johntippet@home.com

I'm weeping already. Amanda,of Savil,of Rev Jesse Justuce lived where I type.Our treasures include her diary,and autograph book [signed by 2 sisters of Pres Grant. 2 tombstones,as close as any to Old Bethel Methodist -mother church of the Jersey settlement in mid Clermont Coi,Oh. 1805,her grandfather sold farms n Swedesboro,NJ to come to this Bethel,Oh farm. 1815,her others,James and Ruhama Blackman came from nw of Atlantic City. 1818 her grandfather Blackman built the present Old Bethel church on his sister Sarah Blackman collins farm 1803,Sarah and Rev John Collins,and colony came. She had lost brothers to the sea, and didn't want to loose sons also. 1807 is the nearby tombstone showing she failed. Her son,buried by the original log church on Corker's Run 1824,Savil Justice married Ruhama,a 16 year old Blackman twin and I can see the site of their 1st log cabin,and the depression where they dug clay,for brick,for their 2nd house-in my yard. Both were old enough to remebember the long trip from s NJ,VIA LAND,AND RIVER,TO e Cincinnati. 1827,their 2nd,Amanda was born, and she kept a diary from her late teens til her early,and sudden death. My daily hikes east are almost to the cabin of a young couple she went to nurse thru the cholera. But,she came home, and quickly died, and the wedding dress she had made to marry Edward Wilshire Salt was her burial clothing. Jan 9th,I stood between the tombstones [2] of Amanda and her parents and siblings,and the adjoining one of E.W.Salt, and her sister,Ann C,who married him. Amanda's 14 year old brother, Lewis V Justice died slowly,in 1847, and his grandmother, raised Elizabeth Wilson,on Woodbury Creek,NJ took to her own bed then,and died the next day. Amanda's diary starts out with the teen age Amanda,and friends, making house calls to cheer up old Silas Williams,a mile north. And then comes a wedding of Williams nephew,John to Nacky Smith, at Old Bethel, and not thru the last 90% of the diary did old Silas Williams get another visit. Young John had been the real object.of her calls. Maybe,I'd better post data I remember hearing here- Silas Williams had come as a young farm hand,from N WALES,SE Pa with the John Simpson's. And made a trip back near Bucks Co,Pa to bring his desc sister's little boy,John Williams,to live with him. Welsh. The teen age Amanda Justice had her grandfather,James Blackman, and Justice and Latta uncle's in downtown Cincinnati that she often visited. He father hauld many loads of hay,and on of cherries,to Cincinnati,from ' this farm. James was Methodist class leader for Wesley Chapel,downtown on e 5th,where P+G's towers now are. And his brother,Rev Learner Blackman's tombstone was found under that church. Lot of little boys in the Jersey settlement namd for the eccentric traveling minister,Lorenzo Dow,or for Rev Learner Blackman, who drowned at the Cincinnati river ferry in 1815. I'VE LONG GUESSED Lardner Clark was his grandfather,and namesake,on the Little Egg Harbor River,of NJ. dUSK,TIME FOR 1 LAST HIKE.

In the book "Boone Co., Indiana History" published 1984, page 418, a biographical sketch of the Norman & Thelma Sloan family, makes mention of the following: "...his second great grandfather, William Slone/Sloan, came from Clermont Co., Ohio to Marion Co., IN in the 1830's. And his third great grandfather, George Slone/Sloan, came from Pennsylvania to Ohio in 1817." Elsewhere it states: "Norman's great grandfather, Marquis De LaFayette Sloan, came to Boone County from Marion Co., IN in 1890...Norman Wayne Sloan was born in Center Township, Boone Co., IN on February 22, 920.....His son, William Lee, born April 27, 1944...actively works with family genealogy". ______________________________ - ----------------------------

Myt grandmother Ruie Ely Brown wrote a little family history in the 1920's . [d 1838] .Much of her life was spent on the farm north of the John Jr> Samuel Simpsons. She pasted in the following obit-I will abstract only, and she hand wrote a note that ' grandma Justice was with his mother, [Mrs Samuel Simpson] when he was born. The following married a Fagley, and was my Dad's uncle. No date, but 1925-30 era,and location one of Cincinnati's best neighborhoods. Robert Belville Simpson, died at his daus,Mrs Louise Hahn. Walnut Hills Presbyterian: Spring Grove Cemetary [Cincy's largest] . He was 94 years old,and died of pneumonia. His parents came from Germantown,Pa to Bethel,Oh . [Germantown is nw Phila suburb, but his grandfather was further nw a few miles at Gwynedd,or North Wales, ow Montgomery cO,but then Philadelphia Co. in 1818 Capt,184th Infantry,and G.A.R. Simpson was appointed in the 1st year of US GRANT'S presidency a US REVENUE AGENT,and held same position til 1919. [4 years around 1900,Capt Will Fagley joined him as revenue agent. Whiskey tax collecter. Revenuer. Besides his daughter,he leaves a sister,Mrs Walter Burroughs,90,of New Richmond: a son,John Simpson,of L.A.,A DAU,Mrs C.W.HAHN,NEW YORK CITY, AND A GRANDSON,WM S SIMPSON,broker,Cincy. A BROTHER [CAPT] Wm A sIMPSON DIED 8 YEARS AGO,AND HAD BEEN VP OF CINCY'S CENTRAL TRUST CO. ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Kids of Capt-Lt-Rev-JP George Brown-will written 1814 RT 743 and Indian Creek,Washington Twnsp,Clermont Co,Oh .Do I know them- no. Capt-Lt-JP-Rev George Brown's does not mention all his children. "Or" it does not mention all the Brown's in his near neighborhood. And the waters got muddied 1-2 years ago when we met akabrat830@earthlinknet, and by some data from the joint EMAIL group, MCQUEEN-L@rootsweb.com . I can prove a no of Brown's the age of his children nearby . The problem is that Henry Brown lived nearby a few years,and his childen [child] are the right age,and likely 1st cousins . And that Henry Brown's son Washington Brown m a McQueen also. I'm much more sure Capt-Lt-Rev-JP George Brown,d 1814 was raised in the Hampstead-Westminster,Md area. And have many more hints that he was son of John Brown m Ruth [?] mCQueen, and grandson of George and Mary Stevenson Brown[e],whose land adjoind,n e Westminster ,Md Dugal and Grace McQueen's, from 1743. John Brown's dau ,Mary,was in MADISON CO,KY m to Edward Logsdon,Jr, her cousin. I think Henry,above,is John's son,also. Jeanine,since you have Ashburn's I'm going to repost here what BCJBogie posted to Simpson-l@rootsweb.com This is about the Simpson's whose farm adjoined my grandmother Brown's. My grandfather Brown owned part of the Simpson farm. From: BJCBogie@aol.com To: sonskimp@webtv.net (John Simpson) Cc: hermfagley@juno.com, Hendcoa@aol.com Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 18:45:56 EST Subject: Simpsons Message-ID: <30.f19684f.279242b4@aol.com> Received: from mx8.boston.juno.com (mx8.boston.juno.com [63.211.172.130]) by m12.boston.juno.com with SMTP id AAA7GB4PPAK8377J for <hermfagley@juno.com> (sender <BJCBogie@aol.com>); Sat, 13 Jan 2001 18:50:05 -0500 (EST) R To: sonskimp@webtv.net (John Simpson) Dr. Simpson, The following information is copied from Beer's 1880 edition of the History of Clermont County, Ohio; Page 317-318; Tate Township chapter: On the farm of one of them (Thomas Page) occurred an event which had much to do with the destiny of the nation, ---the marriage of the parents of Gen. U. S. Grant. In the fall of 1818, John Simpson moved from Montgomery Co., PA, and settled on the Page place(which he had purchased the year before), moving into a brick house, part of which was erected in 1807 and fully completed in 1811, and which yet stands in good condition.[old brick burned,with multiple loss of life abt 1900. Fine modern home on it's site] Mr. Simpson was a man of intelligence, and bore an excellent reputation among his neighbors. He died Jan. 20, 1837 in his seventieth year. His family consisted of Mary, who married James Griffith, Jan. 29, 1813, in Pennsylvania, and moved to Bethel in 1817, where he carried on his trade, blacksmithing, until his death. He was the father of John S., William L., R.McK., O.P., L W., and A.R. Griffith, and of daughters who married George B. Johnson and T. Q. Ashburn of Batavia. The second daughter of John Simpson, Hannah, married Jesse R. Grant, June 24, 1821, at the Simpson Homestead in Tate[township], the Rev. Moses Edwards, a Baptist minister, performing the ceremony. [HB Fagley daily walking to corner of farm] The fruits of this union were Pres-gen Hiram Ulyses (later called Ulyses Simpson GRANT ), born April 27, 1822, Samuel Simpson, Orville L., Rachel C. (died single), Virginia Payne (Mrs. A.L. Corbin), and Mary Frances (Mrs. M.J. Cramer). Jesse R. Grant died at Covington Ky., but Mrs. Grant still lives with her daughter, Mrs. Corbin, at Jersey City, N.J. The fourth daughter of John Simpson, Ann, married James Ross, also a Pensylvanian, who came to Clermont County in 1818, and who lived at Bethel until his death in 1849. Their children were Helen, Orlando H., and Marcellus. The former married W.T. Burke (now of Portsmouth, Ohio), and at the breaking of the war, in 1861, U.S. Grant, Orland H. Ross, and W.T. Burke were all serving as clerks in Grant and Co.'s leather-store, at Galena, Ill.; and Ross, after holding many positions in the Army, was assigned to a position in the Treasury Department, which he still holds. The only son of John Simpson is Samuel Simpson, who married Elizabeth Griffith, and yet lives near Bantam, in Tate [Township] nearly eighty four years of age. He reared two sons, Capt Robert B., living in Cincinnati,[who was HB Fagley's great uncle] and John, a captain in the United States army, in New York. Of his five daughters, Harriet E. is single; the others married William Elrod, George S. Gatch, Benj. Winans, and Walter E, Burroughs. Perhaps I should explain my interest in all this. All of my mother's family were in Clermont County from very early until recently. This makes Hermon Fagley a very distant cousin, through the Browns. Mother had told me we had some connection to Gen. Grant; my aunt and cousin didn't know exactly what. When I went looking, I found that Mary Ellen Griffith, the daughter of James Griffith and Mary Simpson, was the first cousin of Gen. Grant. She was also the second wife of Judge T.Q. Ashburn, who was my grandmother's uncle. So you see, I really can't claim any relationship. It is still interesting, though. Hope this is of a little help. Jean Bogart bjcbogie@aol.com

I'm looking for more info on my grandfather, Alfred H. CRAIG (1880-1972) married to Minnie GRIFFITH (1889-1985). He was the son of Alfred A. CRAIG (1850-1887) and Patience Isabella DAY (1851-1884). After his mother died when he was very young, his father remarried and he went to live with an uncle. His uncle was known as "Doc Day" (maybe a vet or doctor?). His cousins' names were Clint and Clarence. I'm trying to find out who this uncle was, and I've narrowed down the possibilities to Patience's brothers, who were John, Percival, Daniel and Joseph. I would appreciate any information anyone may have on these families. Thanks, Ann

Virginia, The Ohio Historical Society has some newspapers from Clermont County at this site: http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/database/newsfilm/c.txt My forebears were involved in several journalism ventures in Clermont County in the late 1820's. From the Joseph HERRON bio: "When New Richmond became the county-seat, the sons established a weekly county paper, called it the “Luminary” and placed at its head the motto - “Enlightened minds and virtuous manners lead to the gates of glory”. They also published a monthly magazine - “The Columbian Historian” - one of the earliest of its kind. Joseph, having gone as far in his studies as his teachers could lead him, was prevailed upon to take charge of a county school in the “Franklin neighborhood”. Here the youthful teacher succeeded in inspiring his boys and girls with a love for learning, taught them to declaim and organized a debating society in which not only the farmer’s sons but the farmers themselves came to listen and to discuss the questions of the day, and “Franklin School House” became the center of an intelligent community which has remained such to an unusual degree. On Saturdays Mr. HERRON set type in his brother’s office for the magazine, committing to memory every article he arranged." I believe that they were also involved with the Ohio Star. Good luck with your search. Ed in CA Researching: Researching: John HERRON m Rebecca CLARKE. They moved to New Richmond, Clermont Co, in 1816 - children of this marriage: David HERRON m Lydia GRISSELL James HERRON m Margaret ARCHARD John HERRON William HERRON Andrew HERRON m Mrs. Mary GRAY Anna HERRON, spinster Rebecca HERRON m Moses RARDIN Joseph HERRON b 1809, Lancaster, PA m Elizabeth RODGERS, 7/17/1828 New Richmond, the daughter of James and Lucy RODGERS. After Elizabeth died in 1832, Joseph married Cordelia WEEKS. Virginia Petitti wrote: > > Would like to know if there are any newspapers from around 1830 available on microfilm. I'd like to verify or disprove a rumor that my gr. grandmother met with foul play. My gr. grandmother Sarah Moyer married David Metzger on Oct. 31 1825 when she died he married Sarah's sister Lucinda Moyer on July 21 1831 David was the son of Conrad Metzger of Brown Co. I found David and Sarah on the 1830 census with 2 small children and the after Lucinda and David married could never find where they went.

I am looking for information on George Washington Hill born September 3, 1854 in Milford, Ohio, Clermont County. Also, looking for information on his wife Clara Belle Davidson born August 3, around 1863. She was the daughter of Joseph Davidson and had at least 1 sibling, Josephine. Clara and George were married July 4th around 1877 in Batavia, Ohio. I am so hoping that someone out there can help me with information.

Karen, Withamsville is not a separate town but rather an area. So far as I know it was never an incorporated village. Currently we nearby locals recognize it as extending along Ohio rt125, known as Ohio Pike, from I-275 on the west to a little east of Glen Este-Withamsville Rd. Mt Moriah Cemetery is an active cemetery with offices at 686 Mt. Moriah Dr. Withamsville (P.O. would be Cincinnati OH 45445). Phone is 513-752-1773. Most likely you will get an answering machine. I think hours are 7:30-3:00 EST. Herman Kleine -----Original Message----- From: Karen J. Erickson <kje11@hotmail.com> To: OHCLERMO-L@rootsweb.com <OHCLERMO-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, January 08, 2001 2:39 PM Subject: Withamsville, Mt. Moriah >Is Withamsville still considered a separate town? > >Who keeps records for Mt. Moriah cemetery? I'm looking for possible burials >that may not have been recorded in the Monument Inscription book. >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > >______________________________

I was born to Ruhama Brown Fagley, 1901-94,who had a Bantam,Oh schoolmate ,Jim Vail ,as officer in the Valley National BANK,AZ Mom's mother was Ruhama Ely Brown,whose grandmother,Ruhama Blackman m Savil Justice in 1824 and lived where I type.Her father,James Blackman,in 1815 joined his sister Sarah Blackman Collins,in the s e corner of Batavia twnsp,where, 1826,Samuel Vail owned land. Back w of Atlantic City, the Blackman's mother was Ruhama Champion and her mother,Ruhama Ingersol. And,was her's Ruhama Townsend? Rev carlely@juno.com 10 years ministered a Batavia twnsp church where Robert and Elizabeth Vail Armstrong buried 2 infants, and said Carl Ely rode bus 7 driven by their g grandson. On Fri, 12 Jan 2001 11:40:34 EST Silvadv1@aol.com writes: > Hello Hermon: Happy New Year! You have helped me before and I have > so > appreciated your comments on my Vail line in Clermont Co., OH, so I > appreciate your indulgence with the following further questions: > > My Vail line stems from Thomas, through REV. John, the Quaker > Preacher. > What is a mystery to me, is what happened to all of the rest of my > ancestors > in that line. There was absolutely no communication or ties. The > only ones > I know something about is my GG Grandfather, Joel, Sr., his son my G > > Grandfather, Joel, Jr., and my Grandfather. I know nothing of any > of the > other children of Isaac in VA; Samuel and Mary in Clemont (except > for Joel, > Sr.), or Joel and Rebecca. I am posting the names here, in hopes > that you or > someone may know of their fates. Some of the names are distinctive > and > unusual (maybe not for that time?), such as Paulina, Rosa Lilla, > Ruhame and > Ruhama. ANy ideas???? Thanks Hermon > ____________________ > Generation No. 5- Ancestors of Mary Vail Silva: > > 16. Joel Vail, died in Clermont County, Ohio. He was the son > of 32. > Samuel Vail and 33. Mary .... He married 17. Rebecca Carter. > 17. Rebecca Carter, died in Clermont County, Ohio. > > Children of Joel Vail and Rebecca Carter are: > i. John Vail > ii. Rhuhama Vail > 8 iii. Joel Vail, died in Bellingham, Washington; married > Alice > Delila Jolly. > iv. Rebecca Vail > v. Elizabeth Vail > vi. Paulina Vail > vii. Rosa Lilla Vail > > Generation No. 6 > > 32. Samuel Vail, born Abt. 1771 in Virginia; died April 18, > 1833 in > Clermont County, Ohio. He was the son of 64. Isaac Vail and 65. > Elizabeth > Jennings. He married 33. Mary .... > 33. Mary ..., died August 10, 1854 in Old Gatch Cemetery, > Milford Ohio. > Children of Samuel Vail and Mary ... are: > i. Samuel Vail > ii. Isaiah Vail > iii. Ruhame Vail > iv. Rebecca Vail > 16 v. Joel Vail, died in Clermont County, Ohio; married > Rebecca > Carter. > vi. Thomas Vail > vii. William Vail > viii. Elizabeth Vail > ix. Lydia Vail > x. James Vail > > Generation No. 7 > > 64. Isaac Vail, born February 11, 1726/27 in Morristown, New > Jersey; > died 1805 in Charlestown, Jefferson County, Virginia. He was the > son of 128. > Rev. John J. Vail and 129. Martha Fitz Randolph. He married 65. > Elizabeth > Jennings. > 65. Elizabeth Jennings, died 1805. > > > Notes for Isaac Vail: > He was brought up as a Quaker but was excommunicated for marrying a > Presbyterian lady. "Isaac Vail in early life was settled in New > Jersey, but > through false evidence or swearing lost his estate in that State. > This event > was a sore trial to him, and together with the loss of his wife and > eldest > daughter, perhaps induced him to leave his native State and seek > another > country." > > Children of Isaac Vail and Elizabeth Jennings are: > 32 i. David > ii. Samuel Vail, born Abt. 1771 in Virginia; died April > 18, 1833 > in Clermont County, Ohio; married Mary .... > iii. Rebecca > iv. Susannah > v. Agnes > vi. Mary > vii. Martha > viii. Catherine > > > > > >

Hi Hermon, You seem to know a lot about the history and people of the old Brown & Clermont Co's. I just wonder if you have ever heard of "Sarah Ann Logan"? She married Joseph Keethler/Keithler 16 Sept 1840. She was born in Va 1767. Was Logan her maiden name? or was she married before she married Joseph and Logan was her married name. Sarah was 12 - 13 years older than Joseph and he was 60 when they were married. Sarah died in Scott Twp in Sept 1874 at the age of 109 yrs and 6 mos. What family was she living with at the time of her death? If you don't know the answers to any of this, maybe some one on the list will. I hope you can give me some help on this. I don't know who her parents were or just when she came to Brown Co. I havn't been able to find where Joseph or his first wife Betsy Holton are buried either. There was a Keethler Cemetery in Mt Orab, not far from the Mt Orab Cemetery, but it is probably not there any more. My guess is they were buried there. Thanks for any help you may give me. Rita (Keethler) Ingersoll

I have read in some articles of a piece of Brown County E. of Felicity was at one time Clermont County. Why the change and what is the location of this area? Raised in Clermont recently moved to Brown. Believe this could be part of the territory but not sure. Also there is a very old cemetery at the bottom of Buckey RD. Just pass Utopia, Ohio. Can anyone tell me the name of the cemetery. I do know that Shinkle's were early settlers there but this looks to be more of a family plot. Haven't got to investigate yet due to dog located next to it. The cemetery seems to be un kept. Any info would be great! Hermon, calling on you again. smile. Do love this group. ============================== Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com

Today,my w Bethel,Ohio hike took me where I was in the northern part of the farm where Jesse Root Grant m Hannah Simpson in 1821. I could see,in the distance,the site where the old brick Thomas Page had sold John Simpson,Jr had been located. Thomas Page then started a tannery at Pt Pleasant,Oh,on the Ohio,where, 1822,Hannah Simpson Grant and Jesse Root Grant had the future Prs- Gen US GRANT. Said house burned with multiple loss of life,1900 era. Ohio Rt 125,then s Sugartree Rd,3\4 mile. I have a picture of the house,someplace 3 days ago,I saw the Simpson tombstones in Old Bethel churchyard,a mile north of Bantam,Oh in East Fork State Park. John Simpson[Jr ]d Aug 26,1851 78 years Sarah [Hare-Hair] Simpson, d Aug 26,1851 78 years [2nd wife-1st was a Weir?] Samuel Simpson b Oct 4,1796 [the Gwynedd,Pa of old Phila Co,Pa . d Apr 4,1887-90y Elizabeth [Griffith] d April 15,1847 Sarah,dau of John Simpson d Aug 30,1823 23 years Thomas G Simpson d Aug 21,1843 2 m 20d [another son of Samuel was my Dad's uncle,Capt Robert Belville Simpson, d Walnut Hills,Cincinnati. Thomas Page had 400 acres from 1805. He built the neighborhood's 1st,or 2nd brick and sold the whole to the John Simpson's [Jr] in 1817 era. I know the site of a 2nd ,very old ,cabin and well on the property. Simpson had a Griffith son-in-law with him,and another dau m [James?] Ross. Neshamminy Presbyterian, in s e Bucks Co,Pa had been a church of Simpson,Jr. John Simpson,Sr had attended one near Harrisburg,Pa ministered by Rev Elder. Terr Gov Samuel Medary wrote of attending elementary school with Hannah Simpson Grant,in s e Pa .My memory is that it was a Quaker school, though both Medarry and Simpson had Nesamminy Presbyterian ties. But they lived in the Gwynedd-North Wales ,Pa colony across the county line south. 1698, Gwynedd,North Wales was settled, and many of the Welsh became quaker. Medary had a Welsh Harris mother.John Simpson,Jr had a Welsh Roberts tie, plus the Griffith's were Welsh- 2 Simpson siblings m 2 Griffith's. Prof and US GRANT expert John Simon tells me of Hannah Simpson Grant being so quiet. I think she was educated as a Quaker-for sure,she was raised amid nw Philadelphia suburbs Quakers. Ks-Mn Territory Gov Samuel Medary wrote of attending Quaker school with Hannah. A power in Ohio State politics,and a Columbus,Ohio newspapermam, this childhood friend of Hannah's was jailed in the war by Gen Grant for his Peace Democrat newspaper writings. 1825,Sam Medary had stopped his migration west at Bethel,Ohio because of the Simpson's. I'm from his sister,Mary Medary Iden,who stopped at Bethel,in 1834,after gettig a Quaker certificate of removal from n Wash DC in Md Quakers. Hannah Grant's nephew m a Fagley Hannah Grant's bro-in-law,Oliver Grant m a Medary, with a Bucks Co Quaker mom. But,the Simpson farm adjoins not my Dad's Fagley's, but my Mom's Justice-ELY-Brown farm. I was raised in the Bantam Presbyterian,1940's because, 1865, Samuel Simpson converted my Mom's Justice's and Ely's from the Methodist Old Bethel. But all are buried at Old Bethel.Which is not,and is 5 miles west of the Methodist church in Bethel who had Jesse Root Grant as leader. A block east of the latter was an Underground RRer Methodist. Actually ,on a corner of the 400 acres of John Simpson was a 2nd Underground RRer church. Which makes one think. The Grant's were so-so on slavery,but the Simpson's? A farm cut from the 400 acres of Page-Simpson was Underground RRer Rev Isaac Holmes Brown's. Samuel Simpson's son,Capt Robert Belville Simpson married a sister of a proven Underground RRer.,Capt Will Fagley. When a Presbyterian church became available at Nicholsville,the Simpson's attended it. And the Presbyterian's were anti-slavery. Was Samuel Simpson,or son,guilty of breaking the Federal law and helping slaves escape? JOHN SIMON? My Justice's,on the 1st farm north, named a son,HENRY CLAY,so not them On Thu, 11 Jan 2001 19:29:55 -0600 (CST) sonskimp@webtv.net (John Simpson) writes: > There were lots of Samuel Simpsons. My > gr grandfather was Samuel Tusten Simpson. > I am told he was from VA. His son > John William Simpson,M.D was born 1816 > place unknown. He attended U of PA med Sch > 1839 -40. Married Catherine Feagan 1844 > Fauquier Co. VA Moved to TN 1848. He was my grand father. Died 1876 > Marion Co TN > I have full data since1848 I was born 1906 > Jasper,Marion Co TN > Have clue there is grave marker Ayden,Pitt Co > NC with Samuel Tusten Simpson on it, but I > hit brick wall there > PS I know that Ulysses Simpson Grant's > mother was a Simpson. Also that Jefferson Davis' mother was a > Simpson. > Hope you can help. John W.Simpson,M.D.. > > > >

Bob Fagley, you send me a post card of Supt of Locust Corner High School Bob Fagley's students,1913. He writes his elder brother, likely Supt of Ridgeville,Ind schools saying 'This is my bunch' [of students" Bring your violin home with you Christmas,as I want to introduce you to some new girls' likely including Bob's futie wife,Nellie Kiester. Evedently,Walter forgot his violin,for he did not marry Eula Kiester. Anyway, 1970-75 at the Harry Wolf Produce firm below 2nd,on Plum,Cincinnati, Harry,and 2 other older men always mentioned my Uncle Bob Fagley,teacher at Locust Coner. Somebody posted a local news article from Locust Corner the next year of Owensville High Schools Supt of Schools,Bob Fagley, returning to Locust Corner on a visit [to see Nellie Kiester]. Mention should be made the same Bob Fagley's 2nd wife celebrated her 90th biurthday last Sunday. I've studied the post card's students faces. Any post card from any Locust Corner SCHOOL had to be 1\2 Behymer's. I've picked the 1\2 I think were Behymer's,including one I think ws East End grocer-Mt Moriah Ralph Behymer,who,I don't think was the noted genealogist,but he did buy many of our apples.