Jerry, I agree with you.....any added notations can be a huge help!? One example of this is the name "George Lewis"? In the cemetery book that has his father "Hiram E Lewis" it shows a George Lewis, his wife Martha, and their son who died at an early age.? Many people have mistaken this George for mine and so have the wrong George in their research (This George is George Washington Lewis whom I have not yet found a connection to).? Someone has hand-written in a description of the cemetery and directions on how to get there which was most helpful!? It is on Private Property and has not been in use since about 1915.? Many of the headstones are broken and/or unreadable.? We have documented and taken photos of what is left even tho none are of my family and have uploaded info from the trip and others from pages copied and sent to me before my trip from another researcher who has been helping me out (She lives up there and I only get about 2 days a year there with visiting family! too).? When someone knows who someone is/was married to and possibly even the childrens' names...it helps to know if you have the correct person or not.? Louisa -----Original Message----- From: Gerald Deckard <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: Neil G_Elvick <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 8:07 pm Subject: [OHGALLIA] Updating Printed Cemetery 'Books Cemetery books are very important. I am sure we all appreciate the effort gone into collecting and publishing this information. I assume updated cemetery books are the result of volunteers, generously donating their time, going through cemeteries, grave by grave. And this effort probably occurs every fifteen years maybe. I recently received a comment that the only thing that should go into a cemetery book should be what recorders read off the grave stones. I have a problem with this. Does this mean that: o we can not use what was previously printed as being on the grave stone because time has now made the grave stone partially or totally unreadable? o we can not make corrections based upon previously identified errors or omissions? See my recent email on Campbell Deckard. o we can not add information about a grave site person that will further help identify that person? See http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/oh/tombpics/index.htm Gallia, Gerald A. Deckard, Vinton Memorial Cemetery, Roas M. Deckard o we can not add grave site information that will help us locate a grave site if we have a grid map? If the answer to the above questions is yes, I think we will have a cemetery book that may not be worth printing. One partial solution might be to print, in bold characters, what the recorders actually read on the grave stone followed optional information in non-bold characters. I would appreciate the owners of the cemetery books making comments on this email. Thank you. Jerry Deckard ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.

Cemetery books are very important. I am sure we all appreciate the effort gone into collecting and publishing this information. I assume updated cemetery books are the result of volunteers, generously donating their time, going through cemeteries, grave by grave. And this effort probably occurs every fifteen years maybe. I recently received a comment that the only thing that should go into a cemetery book should be what recorders read off the grave stones. I have a problem with this. Does this mean that: o we can not use what was previously printed as being on the grave stone because time has now made the grave stone partially or totally unreadable? o we can not make corrections based upon previously identified errors or omissions? See my recent email on Campbell Deckard. o we can not add information about a grave site person that will further help identify that person? See http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/oh/tombpics/index.htm Gallia, Gerald A. Deckard, Vinton Memorial Cemetery, Roas M. Deckard o we can not add grave site information that will help us locate a grave site if we have a grid map? If the answer to the above questions is yes, I think we will have a cemetery book that may not be worth printing. One partial solution might be to print, in bold characters, what the recorders actually read on the grave stone followed optional information in non-bold characters. I would appreciate the owners of the cemetery books making comments on this email. Thank you. Jerry Deckard

Jerry, I made the change from Cam to Campbell. It would seem straightforward from your close family information that Jacob K. Deckard and Elizabeth Rees Deckard would be husband and wife and that this information would be solid enough to add h/o and w/o to their cemetery entries. Okay? Neil In a message dated 8/11/2007 6:11:03 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Brush Cemetery Huntington, Gallia, OH I believe the "Cam Deckard" entry in o Cemeteries if Huntington Township, page 7 and in o http://www.galliagenealogy.org/cemeteryrecords should be changed to "Campbell Deckard" See details below: Jerry Deckard Summary of Campbell DECKARD - 11 Aug 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Name: Campbell DECKARD Sex: Male Father: Jacob Kent DECKARD (5 Feb 1850 - 1934) Mother: Elizabeth REES (4 Dec 1856 - 17 Feb 1914) Individual Facts Birth 12 Sep 1885 Huntington, Gallia, OH, USA1 Death 14 Dec 1917 (age 32)1,2 Burial Huntington, Gallia, OH, USA1,2 Marriages/Children 1. Alice ?? Marriage 1-3 Notes (Individual) Burial:. Cem book and web site both incorrectly show "Cam Deckard" Notes (Family #1) Marriage: mar Jacob Deckard married Helen Elizabeth Rees. a cousin to my grandmother Karen Seibert mar, Ancestry.com - One World Tree shows Ethetia Angelett Hartsook (with Elizabeth Rees as alternate name) as the wife of Jacob Kent Deckard and the mother of Campbell Deckard Ethetia Angelett Hartsook, b. Oct 1859, Huntington, Gallia, OH d. 1941 mar. Jacob K. Deckard and Elizabeth Rees are buried next to Campbell Sources 1. Email - Debbie Hodge Debbie Hodge [email protected] 2. Brush Cem. Huntington, Gallia, OH Located in Section 33 of Huntington, Gallia, OH at the junction of Scott School Road and Mt. Tabor Road. Copied by 17 Mar 1979 by Charles A. Murray Dan A. Blazer and Donald Deckard. Brush Cemetery is a peaceful rural cemetery. This is the area where the Deckards lived for several generations. A visit by Gerald A. Deckard, 11 May 2004, found the small cemetery to be in good condition. It use to be called Huntington Church Cem. - Karen Vackert It was also known as Deckard Cemetery because there are so many Deckard's buried there. Land for Brush Cem. was donated by John Deckard (1817-1883) as a public burying place. 7 Aug 2007. 3. Karen Seibert Email address: [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Brush Cemetery Huntington, Gallia, OH I believe the "Cam Deckard" entry in o Cemeteries if Huntington Township, page 7 and in o http://www.galliagenealogy.org/cemeteryrecords should be changed to "Campbell Deckard" See details below: Jerry Deckard Summary of Campbell DECKARD - 11 Aug 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Campbell DECKARD Sex: Male Father: Jacob Kent DECKARD (5 Feb 1850 - 1934) Mother: Elizabeth REES (4 Dec 1856 - 17 Feb 1914) Individual Facts Birth 12 Sep 1885 Huntington, Gallia, OH, USA1 Death 14 Dec 1917 (age 32)1,2 Burial Huntington, Gallia, OH, USA1,2 Marriages/Children 1. Alice ?? Marriage 1-3 Notes (Individual) Burial:. Cem book and web site both incorrectly show "Cam Deckard" Notes (Family #1) Marriage: mar Jacob Deckard married Helen Elizabeth Rees. a cousin to my grandmother Karen Seibert mar, Ancestry.com - One World Tree shows Ethetia Angelett Hartsook (with Elizabeth Rees as alternate name) as the wife of Jacob Kent Deckard and the mother of Campbell Deckard Ethetia Angelett Hartsook, b. Oct 1859, Huntington, Gallia, OH d. 1941 mar. Jacob K. Deckard and Elizabeth Rees are buried next to Campbell Sources 1. Email - Debbie Hodge Debbie Hodge [email protected] 2. Brush Cem. Huntington, Gallia, OH Located in Section 33 of Huntington, Gallia, OH at the junction of Scott School Road and Mt. Tabor Road. Copied by 17 Mar 1979 by Charles A. Murray Dan A. Blazer and Donald Deckard. Brush Cemetery is a peaceful rural cemetery. This is the area where the Deckards lived for several generations. A visit by Gerald A. Deckard, 11 May 2004, found the small cemetery to be in good condition. It use to be called Huntington Church Cem. - Karen Vackert It was also known as Deckard Cemetery because there are so many Deckard's buried there. Land for Brush Cem. was donated by John Deckard (1817-1883) as a public burying place. 7 Aug 2007. 3. Karen Seibert Email address: [email protected]

Have a child born to Daniel and Elizabeth Fry...6/15/79...Gallia Co, named William...also have a Daniel and Jane Donalson...child born...11/10/76...named William also... Could be same Daniel???? ...just jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Wallace" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 9:17 AM Subject: [OHGALLIA] Elizabeth Fry b.1852 > I'm searching or Elizabeth Fry b. 1852 who married Daniel Miller b. 1844. > They are buried in Sandfork Cemetery, Walnut Township, Gallia County, > OHIO. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Magdalena Rosina Huggins who married Franklin E. McElhinny is the daughter of Magdalena Rosina Catharina Herrmann, the woman that married Joseph Huggins and he then ran away with her sister. Magdalena Rosina Huggins and Franklin E. McElhinny had 3 children: Blanche Sarah McElhinny, born on March 1893 in Rutland Township, Meigs County, Ohio Robert "Raymond" McElhinny, born on 28 December 1894 in Cheshire Township, Gallia County, Ohio And Maggie J. Mcelhinny, born on April 1897 in Rutland Township, Meigs County, Ohio. Teresa Herrmann Columbus, Ohio

In a message dated 8/4/2007 8:01:32 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Births for that period are on line at http://www.galliagenealogy.org Thank you very much Mary. Ken ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Births for that period are on line at http://www.galliagenealogy.org -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 10:53 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [OHGALLIA] Lookup please Looking for possible marriage record for FRANK E. McELHINNY & LENA ( possibly Huggins or Higgins ) abt 1892 in Gallia Co. Also looking for possible birth date for AUDRA PEARL STEWART abt 1902 in Gallia Co. Thanks, Ken ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks very much Kathy & Mary for the info on Frank & Magdalena McElhinny. Ken ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Frank E. McElhinny and Magdalena Huggins were married May 11 1892 by T.B. White Vol. 7 page 256 Mary -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 10:53 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [OHGALLIA] Lookup please Looking for possible marriage record for FRANK E. McELHINNY & LENA ( possibly Huggins or Higgins ) abt 1892 in Gallia Co. Also looking for possible birth date for AUDRA PEARL STEWART abt 1902 in Gallia Co. Thanks, Ken ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Who were Audra Pearl Stewart's parents? ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 10:53 AM Subject: [OHGALLIA] Lookup please > Looking for possible marriage record for FRANK E. McELHINNY & LENA ( > possibly Huggins or Higgins ) abt 1892 in Gallia Co. > Also looking for possible birth date for AUDRA PEARL STEWART abt 1902 in > Gallia Co. > Thanks, Ken > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL > at > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Source: Ohio Marriages, 1803- 1900. Record states Frank E. McElhinney and Magdalena Huggins married 11 May 1892, Gallia Co., OH ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 10:53 AM Subject: [OHGALLIA] Lookup please > Looking for possible marriage record for FRANK E. McELHINNY & LENA ( > possibly Huggins or Higgins ) abt 1892 in Gallia Co. > Also looking for possible birth date for AUDRA PEARL STEWART abt 1902 in > Gallia Co. > Thanks, Ken > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL > at > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Can't find the birth for Audra...there was a female born 3/31/02 no name given...to Joseph Stewart and Lula Wagoner...in gallia Co.....just jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 10:53 AM Subject: [OHGALLIA] Lookup please > Looking for possible marriage record for FRANK E. McELHINNY & LENA ( > possibly Huggins or Higgins ) abt 1892 in Gallia Co. > Also looking for possible birth date for AUDRA PEARL STEWART abt 1902 in > Gallia Co. > Thanks, Ken > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL > at > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Looking for possible marriage record for FRANK E. McELHINNY & LENA ( possibly Huggins or Higgins ) abt 1892 in Gallia Co. Also looking for possible birth date for AUDRA PEARL STEWART abt 1902 in Gallia Co. Thanks, Ken ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

I'm searching or Elizabeth Fry b. 1852 who married Daniel Miller b. 1844. They are buried in Sandfork Cemetery, Walnut Township, Gallia County, OHIO.

The following article was printed in the "Gallipolis Daily Tribune", on Thursday, March 03, 1932: "HOME FROM HOSPITAL Willard McLeod was taken from Holzer Hospital to his farm home on the Portsmouth Road this forenoon in his own car, Mrs. McLeod driving. He has recovered rapidly from the fun shot wound he received on Washington's birthday, but his right arm and hand are still sore and stiff. A 22-caliber bullet from a new type of high-speed cartridge entered his nape and made its exit from his right jaw near the chin. The Gun was fire accidentally by McLeod's brother-in-law, Willis L. Russell, Columbus, while McLeod was moving a target at which the two had been shooting." [Teresa Herrmann]

The following obituary was printed in the "Gallipolis Daily Tribune" on Thursday, March 03, 1932: "JOHN SWISHER DIES FUNERAL SATURDAY John Swisher, 79, passed away late Wednesday evening at his home near Little Kyger. He will be buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery following funeral services at Little Kyger Christian church Saturday, 1 p.m. By Rev. Scott Mossman. Arrangements are in charge of J. L. Coleman, of Bidwell. Mr. Swisher is survived by four sons and two daughters: Arthur of New York, Bud of Columbus, Ermin and Duffy, at home, Mrs. Peters, Cheshire and Mrs. Hulda Jenkins of Kyger." [Teresa Herrmann]

The following obituary was printed in the "Gallipolis Daily Tribune" on October 03, 1931, Saturday: "GALLIA COUNTIAN KILLED WHEN TRAIN HITS CAR Isaiah Shoemaker, 63, a resident of the Poplar Ridge neighborhood, Gallia County, was instantly killed Tuesday of this week near Marysville, when the automobile in which he was riding with his sister-in-law, Mrs. Laura Shoemaker, who was also killed, when their machine was struck by a train. Mr. Shoemaker, who was blind, had arrived at the home of his brother John, in Union County, last Sunday for a visit. He had been cared for at the Gallia county home for years, Superintendent Thomas McClaskey reports, going about once a year for a visit with his brother." [Teresa Herrmann]

Hi Teresa thanks for your help on the Bonecutters search I will write the cem there and ask if George and Jane are buried there. I went to the court house and the Library there in Mason last week end and there were no death records for George and Jane at all. I did find their marriage record but that was all so I guess I will keep on looking and again thanks for your help shirley

I have a photo copy of three ZIRKEL marriages that took place in Shenandoah Co, VA. They were sent to me by Julie who has a copy of The Shenandoah Co. Minister's returns 1835-36. If anyone would like a copy of the original marriage information from this list for --- Michael Zirkel & Susanna Pence, Samuel H. Moore & Anna Zirkel, and Jacob Zirkel & Hannah Shover contact me off list and I will send yo u a copy. Connie Cotterill-Schumaker ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour