I found the obit and it was listed Winfield , WV, I just think that Jean maybe didn't see the WV. The other thing is that so many people from this area already knew that Winfield was down the Kanawha from Gallipolis. Her ancestor was a riverboat captain so, it is natural for the editor or reporter to just say Winfield especially when talking about the river. River traffic in those days was packets that went from Gallipolis to Winfield then on to Charleston and returned. It was very logical for people to only use the name of the town and not add the state, it was in their backyard so to speak. Cheryl Gobobcats22@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 3/27/2005 4:08:18 AM Eastern Standard Time, charlie@hazlett.net writes: On 3/27/2005, "Tom Griesan" wrote: >Hi! > I found a mention in a Gallia County obituary of the town of >Winfield. Where is the nearest community of Winfield? I found a listing of >several Winfields, the most likely being in Putnam County, West Virginia, >but also in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, and in Marion County, West Virginia. > - Jean Griesan > Colorado Jean, I have found that when the town is in another state, it is included in the obit ie Winfield, WV. I would guess that Winfield is in Ohio. (Unless this was a West Virginia obit that was also posted in the Gallia newspaper.) ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== Check the address you are replying to before sending your message. Be Well, Do Good Work , Keep In Touch --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Make Yahoo! your home page

That is great news, we are gathering in alot of new never before proven ancestors. The forms are here and we will be more than happy to help you apply. Cheryl JJwherebee@aol.com wrote: Thanks Cheryl, for getting back to me. Hope to see you soon. Also want to apply for first family of ohio for frederick taylor who was there in 1818. thanks again. judi ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== Check the address you are replying to before sending your message. Be Well, Do Good Work , Keep In Touch --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site!

Thanks Jean, that is a very helpful map. Didn't know that it existed and you can click on Winfield and find out all about it. Cheryl Tom Griesan <griesantomjean@msn.com> wrote: Hi! I thought that it might be helpful to share this with the group. Here's a link to a map of the spot where Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky come together. It shows county names and community names in all three. I frequently have had ancestors who migrated over state lines, crossed the river, and moved to the next county, but the map shows just how close all of these places are. I hope that it will help someone else too. http://www.herald-dispatch.com/communities/index.html - Jean Griesan Colorado ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== Please keep your topic related to genealogical research in Gallia County, Ohio. Be Well, Do Good Work , Keep In Touch --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site!

Judi, The wills if they are in the index, are housed at the society. That is if it says C-#### or C-T-# that means a case file and they are definitely at the society. Yes, we are open from 10am to 4pm Monday thru Friday. Mary Lee or myself will be there to help you pull the wills from the files. If you come to the society first, we can then see what you need and if it is at the courthouse, well it is only a block from us.| I will be nice to meet you and put a face to the email address. I am looking forward to be of assistance. Cheryl Enyart| VP of the Gallia County Genealogical Society 412 Second Avenue Gallipolis, Oh 45631 740-446-7200 histsoc@zoomnet.net JJwherebee@aol.com wrote: Hi Cheryl, I am looking for wills of Taylor Surname , Are they at the court house or does the society have them? Charles , Maggie, Everett, John, Elizabeth, Isaac, so many others connected with the Taylor surname. Will be coming to gallia on Thursday for searching. Will the society be open and the Museum also. Thanks for any help. Judi ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== Check the address you are replying to before sending your message. Be Well, Do Good Work , Keep In Touch --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site!

In the past couple weeks there has been mention of the Waugh family. I just realized last night as I was entering past researched data into the computer that I have Waugh's in Gallia County. I have a George Waugh ( died in Gallia in 1858) married to Susannah Brown ( died in 1855) and were buried there. Also his brother Henry who died there in 1825 and his wife Elizabeth Brown. Anyone researching these lines who could fill in info for me or maybe find burial and take a photo. Anything at all I appreciate it. This is such an interesting and so helpful list. Thanks, Barbara in Idaho

Hi! I thought that it might be helpful to share this with the group. Here's a link to a map of the spot where Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky come together. It shows county names and community names in all three. I frequently have had ancestors who migrated over state lines, crossed the river, and moved to the next county, but the map shows just how close all of these places are. I hope that it will help someone else too. http://www.herald-dispatch.com/communities/index.html - Jean Griesan Colorado

COULD SOMEONE PLEASE LET ME KNOW HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST FOR A LOOK-UP. I CAN'T SEEM TO FIND A RELATIVE ANYWHERE, AND I WAS HOPING MAYBE SOMEONE AT THE SOCIETY COULD HELP, PLEASE. THANKS, DEBBIE

Ernie, I know you have Wrights, that is embeded in my noggin, but Fraizers I didn't know. I keep a pretty good list going so will add that to it. If I had found any in the HQ list I would have sent the to you but so far out of about 125 I haven't run across Wrights. Oh also to answer your Query about the JC Rawn boat accident in 1939. I looked for an article on the incident and didn't find one. I ran out of time so I wrote down the date I got to and will go back. I remember Dad talking about it and even taking us on a Sunday drive to see the bell. There wasn't an obit on Robert Smith, I don't know why I couldn't find anything.. I did find however several articles on the Steamer Kanawha sinking and the lives lost. Also the wreck of the Sam Brown and the Ruth were among the 1916 era papers that I also looked at. I also go through as I hunt for people's obits, and find old time rivermen. I have started a collection of these. Be assured Ernie, I will not forget you and Charlie are my Wrights. Cheryl Ernie Wright <skee1749@yahoo.com> wrote: Cheryl , I have interest in WRIGHT , and also FRAIZER m Ernie WRIGHT cheryl enyart wrote:Ginny, I am preparing a CD of biographies out of books on Heritage Quest. I think that I will add this as part of the group that comes from Indiana. Who knows someone just might walk through the door looking for this info. Thanks for the imput. Cheryl LethaH@aol.com wrote: This includes a Charlotte Rife so thought it might be interesting to the Rife hunters amoung us. Ginny Be Well, Do Good Work , Keep In Touch --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== Check the address you are replying to before sending your message. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== For those of you on Digest mode, please don't quote the entire digest when replying. Also, check your subject line; making it meaningful will increase your chances of being read. Be Well, Do Good Work , Keep In Touch --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site!

That would, most likely, be Winfield, West Virginia. On 3/27/2005, "Tom Griesan" <griesantomjean@msn.com> wrote: >Hi! > I found a mention in a Gallia County obituary of the town of >Winfield. Where is the nearest community of Winfield? I found a listing of >several Winfields, the most likely being in Putnam County, West Virginia, >but also in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, and in Marion County, West Virginia. > - Jean Griesan > Colorado > > >==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== >For those of you on Digest mode, please don't quote the entire digest when replying. Also, check your subject line; making it meaningful will increase your chances of being read. >

Cheryl , I have interest in WRIGHT , and also FRAIZER m Ernie WRIGHT cheryl enyart <trayne1837inc@yahoo.com> wrote:Ginny, I am preparing a CD of biographies out of books on Heritage Quest. I think that I will add this as part of the group that comes from Indiana. Who knows someone just might walk through the door looking for this info. Thanks for the imput. Cheryl LethaH@aol.com wrote: This includes a Charlotte Rife so thought it might be interesting to the Rife hunters amoung us. Ginny Be Well, Do Good Work , Keep In Touch --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== Check the address you are replying to before sending your message. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site!

In a message dated 3/27/2005 12:01:53 AM Eastern Standard Time, griesantomjean@msn.com writes: I myself would think the Winfield in Putnam Co., WV is the nearest to Gallia Co. I have relatives that live in Winfield. It is near Buffalo WV. Between Buffalo and Nitro WV. Bev > Hi! > I found a mention in a Gallia County obituary of the town of > Winfield. Where is the nearest community of Winfield? I found a listing of > several Winfields, the most likely being in Putnam County, West Virginia, > but also in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, and in Marion County, West Virginia. > - Jean Griesan

Hi! I found a mention in a Gallia County obituary of the town of Winfield. Where is the nearest community of Winfield? I found a listing of several Winfields, the most likely being in Putnam County, West Virginia, but also in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, and in Marion County, West Virginia. - Jean Griesan Colorado

--part1_97.5c203be1.2f777a9f_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This includes a Charlotte Rife so thought it might be interesting to the Rife hunters amoung us. Ginny --part1_97.5c203be1.2f777a9f_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <INDIANA-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-ya01.mx.aol.com (rly-ya01.mail.aol.com [172.18.141.83]) by air-ya03.mail.aol.com (v104.18) with ESMTP id MAILINYA32-1404245ceac259; Sat, 26 Mar 2005 16:06:12 -0500 Received: from lists2.rootsweb.com (lists7.rootsweb.com [66.43.18.39]) by rly-ya01.mx.aol.com (v104.18) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINYA110-1404245ceac259; Sat, 26 Mar 2005 16:05:51 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists2.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8) id j2QL5bd5006912; Sat, 26 Mar 2005 14:05:37 -0700 Resent-Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 14:05:37 -0700 X-Original-Sender: Lora1957@aol.com Sat Mar 26 14:05:36 2005 From: Lora1957@aol.com Message-ID: <1e6.3835265e.2f7728a1@aol.com> Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 16:05:37 EST Old-To: INDIANA-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Mailer: 9.0 SE for Windows sub 5011 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.38 Resent-Message-ID: <4ESqsD.A.UrB.h6cRCB@lists2.rootsweb.com> To: INDIANA-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: INDIANA-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: INDIANA-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <INDIANA-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/7660 X-Loop: INDIANA-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: INDIANA-L-request@rootsweb.com Subject: [INDIANA] Hoover, Rife, Yost, Bartow, Wright, Bouslog, Benbow, Fraizer, X-AOL-IP: 66.43.18.39 Compendium of Biography Of Henry County, Indiana Typed By Lora Radiches March 25, 2005 Surnames in this biography are: Hoover, Rife, Yost, Bartow, Wright, Bouslog, Benbow, Fraizer, DAVID F. HOOVER. It is not an easy task to describe adequately a man who has led an eminently active and busy life and who has attained a position of relative distinction in the community with which his interests are allied. But biography finds its most perfect justification, nevertheless, in the tracing and recording of such a life history. It is, then, with a full appreciation of all that is demanded and of the painstaking scrutiny that must be accorded each statement, and yet with a feeling of satisfaction, that the writer essays the task of touching briefly upon the details of such a record as has been that of the honored subject whose life now comes under review, Elder David F. Hoover. David F. Hoover is the son of George and Catherine (Rife) Hoover and was born in Jefferson township, Henry county, Indiana, on the 9th of November, 1846. The Hoover family is of German extraction, though the immediate ancestors of the subject were natives of Rockingham county, Virginia. The subject's maternal ancestors were also natives of the Old Dominion, and there grew to maturity. Shortly after his marriage George Hoover and his wife left their native state and located in Henry county, Indiana. This was in 1836, when the country was mostly covered with woods, but he bought a tract of land from his brother and entered upon the task of creating for himself and family a home. In 1859 he erected the house in which the subject now resides and lived in that house until his death, in 1889. He was the first elder in the German Baptist Brethren church in this community and held that position for the long' period of thirty-five years. He was prospered in his business undertakings and gave each of his children a good start in life. At his death so methodical and precise had his arrangements been that no administrator was required to settle the property. He was the father of the following children: Joseph R.; Anna A., the wife of Jacob W. Yost, deceased; John J., deceased; Mary, deceased; David; Sarah, the deceased wife of John Bartow, and Elizabeth, the deceased wife of Charles Wright. The subject of this sketch was reared upon the home farm and received the benefit of a good common school education. He prepared himself for the profession of teaching and at the age of nineteen years taught his first school in Iowa. He was remarkably successful in this vocation and continued it through fifteen terms. In 1877 he was chosen to the ministry of his church and in 1885 was made an elder and has since had charge of the congregation to which his father had ministered for so many years. Since that time he has done much effective work in the cause of the Master, being at times engaged in special evangelistic work, and he has united in marriage about one hundred couples. He received at his father's hands about fifteen hundred dollars with which to commence life and he has exercised such wise judgment in his business affairs that he is today the owner of one hundred and fifty-five acres of good land and is entirely free of debt. Politically he has been affiliated with the Democratic party and in 1882 was elected trustee of his township, in which office he served efficiently and to the satisfaction of his constituents. In 1887 he was chosen trustee of the Aged Persons' Home and Orphans' Asylum, in Jefferson township, of the German Baptist church, and is also the editor of the Home and Orphanage Monthly, a paper established in February, 1902, whose circulation is principally among the members of this church. Mr. Hoover was united in marriage on the 22d of February, 1872, to Miss Mary C. Bouslog, at South English, Iowa. She was born in Henry county and was a schoolmate of her husband. To this union were born seven children, five still living, the names of the latter being as follows: Joseph L., born November 12, 1872, married May Benbow and both are engaged in the occupation of teaching; John J., born February 18, 1874, married Allegra Fraizer; Charles E., born February 15, 1880, is unmarried and lives at home; George H., born October 28, 1881, and Paul, born April 16, 1885. There are few men in Jefferson township who have more richly earned or more universally given the highest meed of admiration and respect for the work he has accomplished in life and as he has gone about endeavoring to follow out the teachings of the lowly Nazarene he has accomplished a measure of good which can only -be calculated in "that great day." He has won many loyal friends who have come to know and appreciate his true worth. 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On Ebay there is a group of 16 pictures that are of a Gallipolis family. The family of JULIUS HENRY BOSTECK? It has 5 days on it. the number is # 616609740. The opening bid is $9.99 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=14279&item=6166097402&rd=1 Cheryl Enyart Be Well, Do Good Work , Keep In Touch --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site!

While at the library today I found an obit for a Mrs. J. S. McCall. Her reall name was never given nor her parents but her children's names were given. Her maiden name must have been Northup because, she had a brother Theodore Northup. I did not record the date but I believe it to be in 1922 Mrs. M'Call Was Burned to Death At Her Home In Harrison Tp. On Saturday Morning Mrs. J. S. McCall, aged nearly 7O years, a resident at the Clay Lick neighborhood in Harrison township, was burned to death at her home Saturday morning, March 18. 1916, between eight and nine o'clock. � Mrs. McCall, who was alone in the house at the time, stood on a chair to wind the clock, which stood on a mantel shelf above an open first* fire. The draft of the Are drew her aprov into flamei and in a moment her clcith-was abl�7*. She ran to the front door of the house. where her screams attracted the attention of Rev. John L. Porter, who passing. Mr, Porter called to her to lie down in the snow and he ran to her aid. Her son Claude, who reaides at home, also ran to her side, and the two men fought the flames as best they could. Her clothes was burned entirely away and the hands and faces of Rev, Porter and Mr.McCall were quite badly burned. Mrs. McCall was fatally burned and in a short time passed away. She is survived by three sons. Otto, Cyrus and Claude McCall, a daughter, Mrs. Nelson of near Patriot and a brother , Theodore Northup of Gallipolis, The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon, Interment in the family cemetery. Mrs. McCall was a flne woman with many friends. Her husband paasing away about isix years ago being, found dead in his barn. Be Well, Do Good Work , Keep In Touch --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site!

Ginny, I am preparing a CD of biographies out of books on Heritage Quest. I think that I will add this as part of the group that comes from Indiana. Who knows someone just might walk through the door looking for this info. Thanks for the imput. Cheryl LethaH@aol.com wrote: This includes a Charlotte Rife so thought it might be interesting to the Rife hunters amoung us. Ginny Be Well, Do Good Work , Keep In Touch --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site!

I looked into the abstract for Vol 3-C and 4-D. They are in the yellow book, Vol C October 14, 1829 Luther Case Widow reliquishes her right to admistration, Adam Fillmore was appointed Administrator. Securities , Theodore G. Hearn, Samuel Holcomb, Appraisers, James Guy, Jr.Andrew Guy and Moses Russell. Vol D. Were where the appraisers gave Inventory and appraisment pg 570\ pg 173, and 184 were Administrator Accounts given. I will look into Journal Will Book, E, pg 565 on Monday and report that to you. Cheryl Enyart S Edwards <suze2300@yahoo.com> wrote: Good Morning, >From the Gallia County Genealogical Society's Index to Wills and Estates, and Abstracts of Vol 3-C and 4-D, I have the following information: Index: Case, Luther E-1828; JWBC, pp. 465,570; JWBD,pp. 34,173, 184 Case, Giles S. E-1849; JWBE, p. 565 Abstracts: Pages 34, 173 are not included..... ???? Does this mean that they no longer exist? How would I go about getting copies of the above pages (not abstratcts) for both Luther and Giles? SuzEd NY __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== Check the address you are replying to before sending your message. Be Well, Do Good Work , Keep In Touch --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site!

http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/townco.cgi If you enter the name of the town and the state, it'll look up the county for you. Pam

In a message dated 3/26/2005 8:01:02 AM Eastern Standard Time, OHGALLIA-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > Tom, > Ironton is in Lawrence Co., Ohio > CHeryl > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tom, Like Cheryl said it is Lawrence which is a neighboring county of Gallia. This is a great website for genealogy for Lawrence County http://www.lawrencecountyohio.com/ I have used it often and found it very informative. I see they have also added a message board. This site has many searchable area and I have used it to help find my own Lawrence County ancestors. Marjorie L. Wood President, Gallia County Genealogical Society ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------- Thanks to both Cheryl and Marjorie for helping me with my query about Ironton. This list has always been so helpful that it is a pleasure to be on it. Tom Powell in New Hampshire

Hi one and all, Having read with interest todays Gallia List may I make a small suggestion? If one needs things from anyone willing to do look ups and send information it should be limited to a reasonable number each time. I have helped this way for ten years or more and did come to that point after the first year! My suggestion is never more than five names at a time. Go back for more but don't make it a major undertaking for the month all at once for the volunteer-understand that this is a great help and can't be used more than a few a day anyway. Hope I am not stepping on toes and do wish one and all a very wonderful Easter. Ginny