If not already mentioned, the book below traces the migration of Fairfield County BEERY ancestors from Edom, Rockingham, Virginia. My direct line of BEERY/MCLAUGHLIN ancestors, Michael & Anna (BEERY) MCLAUGHLIN, came to Logan, Hocking, Ohio, before moving to Fairfield County. This book is available online at Ancestry.com, or at libraries listed at, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5156503&referer=brief_results<http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5156503&referer=brief_results> History of the descendants of Abraham Beery, born in 1718, emigrated from Switzerland to Pennsylvania in 1736, and a complete genealogical family register with biographies of many of his descendants, from the earliest available records to the present time, giving dates in three centuries. by Joseph H Wenger<http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3AJoseph+H+Wenger&qt=hot_author> Scott Maurer Boise, Idaho ----- Original Message ----- From: LouAnn Cameron <mailto:lspyres1@suddenlink.net> To: ohfairfi@rootsweb.com<mailto:ohfairfi@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 7:29 AM Subject: Re: [OHFAIRFI] Beery Ridge Road/Beery family Karl, Thank you so much for you help. Please pardon my tardy reply. I have been going through my stash of papers that I brought home from a recent genealogy trip to IN and IL. I sure wish I had had this information during that trip, as one of my stops was in Logansport, Cass Co., IN. There is a small group of researchers trying to trace the descendants of Thomas Hollenback b abt 1745, place unknown. Thomas had 14 children, all of whom lived to have at least one child. Nancy Jones Beery's mother, Margaret Jones was a child of Thomas. Two of Margaret's brothers, John and George Hollenback also spent some time in Fairfield Co., OH. Both migrated west, first George to Hancock Co., OH, then John to Cass Co., IN. It would make sense that John's niece might also move there. All of John's children appear to have migrated with him, except one, his son Edmond. Edmond married Mary Catherine Bucher in Fairfield in 1837. They remained until her father Jacob died, then they joined the others in Cass Co., IN. It's fairly easy to get the males in our group to track those named Hollenback. That leaves me to trace the females. I'm very appreciative when someone is willing to give me assistance! Thanks for taking the time to look up this family for me!! LouAnn Cameron Washington, NC -----Original Message----- From: ohfairfi-bounces@rootsweb.com<mailto:ohfairfi-bounces@rootsweb.com> [mailto:ohfairfi-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Karl or Pat Seitz Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 8:53 PM To: ohfairfi@rootsweb.com<mailto:ohfairfi@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [OHFAIRFI] Beery Ridge Road/Beery family LouAnn: I may have found some leads on Samuel Beery for you from "Centenial History of Lancaster" by C.M.L. Wiseman, published in 1898. The book is available for viewing on both Heritage Quest and ancestry.com. The book has a brief biography of what seems to be the Samuel Beery you're looking for on pages 310-311. The bio is primarily his business history, but it does say he was born in Virginia and came to Ohio in 1805 and became a resident of Lancaster in 1819. He died in 1867 after a painful illness. On pages 182-3, Wiseman lists some weddings, including "Samuel Beery to Mrs. Ann Matlack, mother of Mrs. Judge Biddle of Indiana, August 1, 1840 by Rev. William Cox" Some research on the Website of the Ohio Genealogical Society uncovered a marriage between Samuel Matlack and Nancy Jones in Oct. 1823. It is not beyond reason that a woman might be known as both Ann and Nancy. If this isn't the right marriage, Samuel had a brother named John who could be researched. According to page 346 and 347 of the Centenial History, John died in 1834 and Samuel moved to Indiana in 1838 and died a year later. Although I was not able to pin down for certain the name of Judge (Horace P.) Biddle's wife (they were separated for most of their marriage), I think I found her in the 1860 census for Cass County, Ind. as Ann M.M. Biddle and in 1870 as Anna Maria Biddle. Both have her birth date as circa 1822. If she is Ann Jones Beery's daughter, it is by Ann's first marriage to a Matlack. As for Samuel Beery, I am unable to place him with certainty in the extensive Beery family of Fairfield County. However, Wiseman says in another book (Pioneer Period and Pioneer People of Fairfield County, Ohio) that Samuel is an unspecified relative of Nicholas Beery, the patriarch of the Fairfield County Beerys. My personal guess is that Samuel is a son of Christian Beery (nephew of Nicholas) and Catherine Frank. But that is only a guess. -- Karl Seitz >I have a Beery family from Fairfield Co. I believe that Ann Jones >married a Samuel Beery about 1830, but I don't have a marriage record. >Also, there was more than one Samuel Beery in the area in 1830, so I'm >not sure that I have identified the proper couple prior to 1850. > >In 1850 they lived in Lancaster; they were still there in 1860 where >Samuel was a grocer. By 1870 Samuel has died. I don't have a death record for him. >Ann is still in Lancaster with her son Lawrence and her mother Margaret >Jones living with her. Ann was b abt 1806 and Samuel abt 1800. Both >were b VA. > >By 1880 Ann is living with her son Charles, age 40, on 2nd Street in >Chillicothe, Ross Co., OH. He's listed as a telegraph operator. > >Does anyone know anything about the Beery family in Lancaster? >LouAnn in NC > >