Posted on: Guernsey Co. OH Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Oh/Guernsey/1210 Surname: EDWARDS ------------------------- Looking for the Rev. Hugh B Edwards who was in Cambridge, Guernsey Co. Ohio in 1900 at the death of his brother Rev. Charles H Edwards. They were affiliated with the Methodist Church, I think. Please e-mail me if you can help.

Dear Listers, Sorry, this should have been posted to the Belmont Co list instead of Guernsey. Thomas did move to Guernsey but Enoch lived in Belmont. Sorry for any confusion. It was a long day is all I can say. Denny Shirer - drdx@neo.rr.com Shirer Family Genealogy Project http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mysong > Subject: [OHGUERNS] Enoch Stanton descendants > Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 18:51:38 -0400 > From: Denny Shirer <drdx@neo.rr.com> > To: OHGUERNS-L@rootsweb.com > > Dear listers, > > I was at the library today looking for clues to my brick wall, Thomas N. > Stanton and finally was able to locate a reference to a Thomas old > enough to be him. He shows up in the 1850 census for Somerset Twp. as > living with Enoch and Mary Stanton. This Thomas is probably their son > but is listed as a labourer as he was 22 at the time and most adult > males professions were listed. Enoch, a farmer, was previously from RI > so is not directly connected with the NC Stantons of Belmont and > Jefferson counties although he is probably connected farther back as > those Stantons were originally from RI before moving to NC and then to > OH. > > Listed in Enoch (60) and Mary (60) Stanton's household was a daughter, > Ruthannah (21) an Elizabeth Johnson (6) and a Charlotte South (25) also > from RI and her daughter Mary F. South (2). > > I would appreciate anyone recognizing this family or the people living > with them to contact me. > > Denny Shirer - drdx@neo.rr.com > Shirer Family Genealogy Project > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mysong

Posted on: Guernsey Co. OH Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Oh/Guernsey/1209 Surname: McCormick, Armstrong, Gillespie, Bennett, Stewart, Thompson, Rankin ------------------------- Stories of Guernsey County, Ohio by William G. Wolfe Published by the Author Cambridge, Ohio 1943, Copyright, 1943, by William G. Wolfe Typography, Printing and Binding in the USA by Kingsport Press, Inc., Kingsport, Tennessee. --------------------------- According to On-line Database of all the on-line library card catalogs anywhere in the world (OCLC): Reprint. Originally published: Cambridge, Ohio: the author, 1943., work has lapsed into the public domain. -------------------------- Transcribed and/or paraphrased and submitted by: Marilyn M. Murphy, Ft. Worth, TX, 2000; MMacMurph@aol.com -------------------------- Quaker City. The naming of Quaker City, and it's history from the period it was named Quaker City is described in Wm. Wolfe's Stories of Guernsey Co. beginning on page 914: In 1870 Alex Cochran, came to Milwood and opened a drug store. Here was a man with a vision. From the day he entered the won to engage in business until his death in 1904, he was active in development of the community. Having sensed the possibilities of the place, he immediately after his arrival succeeded in getting a progressive movement started that changed the sleepy little village to a bustling town. A Fair Association was organized in 1871, of which Mr. Cochran was a leading spirit. The fair grounds included the land now occupied by Broadway and Fair Street. Mr. Cochran purchased a part of the grounds from the fair board, still leaving enough for the fair, and laid out, "Cochran's Addition" or Broadway. He sold what lots he could and then built houses on the others. On the Northwest corner of Broadway and South street he erected the Beecher House in 1875, said to have been the finest hotel between Wheeling and Zanesville. On the opposite corner he erected a three-story block of business rooms, including a hall for public gatherings. In 1871 the Methodists reorganized and built a church at the Northwest corner of Main and Pike streets. The old Christian church on East Main Street being no longer adequate, the members of that denomination erected a new edifice at the Southeast corner of Broadway and South Street, in 1874. Although the town had been platted as Millwood, the name of the postoffice was Leatherwood. The railroad station was called Millwood. Mail meant for the Leatherwood postoffice was often addressed to Millwood and reached a town by that name in Knox County. To avoid this confustion, the citizens held a meeting on February 17, 1871, to consider changing the name to one that might apply to the post office, the railroad station and the community in general. A vote was taken by those present, which resulted in fifty-three for "Quaker City," twenty-five for "Guernsey City," and three for "Guernsey." Application was made to the state legislature for a change of name and it was granted. Although the fairs were a success, more room was needed for the growing town, and after holding fairs a few years, the organization laid out the grounds in 100 lots and opened Fair Street. The most of these lots fell to Alex Cochran, as he was one of the largest stockholders. Within a short time he built ten or twelve dwellings on the street. Alex Cochran's chief desire was to see Quaker City prosper. He owned much land in the community and directed the farming of it. He was an extensive coal operator, giving employment to many men. He engaged in mercantile enterprises, managed a hotel and livery barn, dealt in timber and was proprietor of on of the largest planing and saw mills in that section and which is still operated under the name of The A. Cochran Company. [1943] So closely was he identified with all activities of Quaker City that the village was sometimes referred to as "Cochrantown." In the middle 70's a macadamized road was completed between Quaker City and Summerfield, Noble County, thus diverting the southern trade from Spencer's station to Quaker City. In 1879 a large brick school builking was erected at the corner of Fair and South streets and a high school was established. This building was in use until 1927 when it gave place to a more modern structure. The Quaker City National Bane, which had been established on Main Street in 1872, moved to its new building at the Southwest corner of Broadway and South Street in 1909. The Methodists built a modern church in 1908 to replace the one erected in 1871. The Quaker City Window Glass Company was organized in 1884, with Isaac W. Hall, one of the largest stockholders, as president, ant T.M. Johnson, secretary. Its capital was $60,000. A ten-pot factory was erected, composed of three main buildings and several smaller structures - a furnace room (160 by 130 feet), a flattening house (120 by 80 feet), a wareroom (100 by 80 feet), a pot-house, cutting room and offices. About 100 men were employed at this plant. The oldest continuous industry in Quaker City is now known as the Community Mill. It was built in 1854, the year the railroad entered the town, by Isaac W. Hall, Thomas Moore and others, at a cost of $15,000. for many years this mill produced an average of seventy-five barrels of flour a day. The A. Cochran Company's planing and saw mill had its beginning in 1871. J.B. Lydick was the original owner. Millwood (Quaker City) had a population of 216 in 1850, 246 in 1860; and 367 in 1870. The population of Quaker City was 594 in 1880; 845 in 1890; 878 in 1900; 746 in 1910; 732 in 1920; 613 in 1930; 634 in 1941.

Dear listers, I was at the library today looking for clues to my brick wall, Thomas N. Stanton and finally was able to locate a reference to a Thomas old enough to be him. He shows up in the 1850 census for Somerset Twp. as living with Enoch and Mary Stanton. This Thomas is probably their son but is listed as a labourer as he was 22 at the time and most adult males professions were listed. Enoch, a farmer, was previously from RI so is not directly connected with the NC Stantons of Belmont and Jefferson counties although he is probably connected farther back as those Stantons were originally from RI before moving to NC and then to OH. Listed in Enoch (60) and Mary (60) Stanton's household was a daughter, Ruthannah (21) an Elizabeth Johnson (6) and a Charlotte South (25) also from RI and her daughter Mary F. South (2). I would appreciate anyone recognizing this family or the people living with them to contact me. Denny Shirer - drdx@neo.rr.com Shirer Family Genealogy Project http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mysong

Posted on: Guernsey Co. OH Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Oh/Guernsey/1207 Surname: ARCHER, MCCLEARY ------------------------- Can anyone tell me when Archer and McCleary Photographers were in business in Pleasant City, Guernsey Co. Ohio? Email me at knowlton1@compulinx-net.net

Posted on: Guernsey Co. OH Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Oh/Guernsey/1205 Surname: COLLINS ------------------------- William H. collins was born 1849 in Pa. He is not in Pa. in 1850. In gurnsey there is george 179 and John 431, 162 these are family names I hope little William is with them.

Posted on: Guernsey Co. OH Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Oh/Guernsey/1204 Surname: Barnes, Angus, Young, Van Der Heuvel ------------------------- I am looking for information in Guernsey county, Jefferson township on Amos P. Barnes married to Norma J. Angus. They had a daughter, Silva Barnes on November 16, 1893. Silva married a Leroy "Snapper" Young, they had a daughter Kathryn Virginia Young born in 1913. Any Information on any of these people, please email to jonesrk3@yahoo.com

Sorry guys for the Childrens home post again. I posted on the Guernsey Co. Query, Rootsweb site and of course it automatically posts on this list. While I'm at it, have you seen the Guernsey Page lately? Scott has done a really nice job with it. <<http://www.usgennet.org/usa/oh/county/guernsey/index.html>> Until next time.... Happy hunting! Marilyn McCormick Murphy - MMacMurph@aol.com Direct ancestors in eastern OH - 1813 to 1900 Belmont Co.: GILLESPIE, MCCORMICK, MCKNIGHT, RANKIN, THOMPSON, Guernsey Co: ARMSTRONG, BAIRD, BENNETT, COOKE, GILLESPIE, HENDERSON, MCCORMICK, MCCLEAN, PATTERSON, THOMPSON Harrison Co.: ANDERSON, BENNETT, COOKE, MCKNIGHT, MOORE, ROGERS Jefferson Co.: BENNETT Knox Co.: PATTERSON Tuscarawas Co.: BENNETT, ROGERS, STEWART »ïÏï«,¸¸,»ïÏï«,¸¸,»ïÏï«,¸¸,»ïÏï«,¸¸,»ïÏï«,¸¸,»ïÏï«,¸¸,»ïÏï« Collateral names: ALLENDER, BENEPE, BOYD, CLARK, CULBERTSON, DEAN, GROSS, HEADE, HUNT, KIRK, LIEUZANDER, MCCRACKEN, MCCULLEY, WALKER, WARNE, »ïÏï«,¸¸,»ïÏï«,¸¸,»ïÏï«,¸¸,»ïÏï«,¸¸,»ïÏï«,¸¸,»ïÏï«,¸¸,»ïÏï«

Posted on: Guernsey Co. OH Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Oh/Guernsey/1203 Surname: McCormick, Armstrong, Bennett, Gillespie ------------------------- Stories of Guernsey County, Ohio by William G. Wolfe Published by the Author Cambridge, Ohio 1943 Copyright, 1943, by William G. Wolfe Pg. 488-489 The Children's Home Care of Children at First. - A Guernsey county institution that was established in behalf of the weakest and most helpless of its population - the children who have been abandoned, who are orphans, who have been neglected, or whose parents are unable to provide for them - is the Children's Home on Highland Avenue, in Cambridge. It is maintained at public expense. The county commisssioners include the expense of its maintenance in their annual budget, and each taxpayer pays his proportional share. However, nobody objects to the slight increase in his taxes for this purpose. Before 1866 these unfortunate children in Ohio were cared for in almshouses, along with the adult inmates. They were often surrounded by influences that were vicious and degrading. The General Assembly passed a law authorizing county commissioners to establish homes where such children could be placed and kept apart from older indigent persons. This was the first law of its kind in the United States. Counties were slow to act under its provisions, and as late as twenty years after its enactment, homes had been established in less than half of the counties of the state. The first home for the care of the unfortunate children of Guernsey county was opened in a large brick residence at the top of the Dewey Avenue hill, under the management of Rev. J.H. Nash, a United Prebyterian minister. Although successfully operated, it was soon evident that it was inadequate for the accommodation of the many children of the county, needing public care. Built in 1886 - In 1886 the site of the present Children's Home, consisting of ten and one-half acres, was purchased for $2,500, and steps were immediately taken for the erection of a building. The original cost of the building was $17,000. Such a structure would cost much more that that amount today. [1943] Since it was built many additions and improvements have been made. Control and Administration - Although the county commissioners have general control of the institution, its administration is placed in the hands of a non-partisan board of trustees, composed of five members. This board is appointed by the county commissioners, one member each year, for a term of five years. The present [1943] trustees are E.C. Allison, J.B. Stewart, T.H. Lewis, David Cox and Fred J. Hall. The trustees elect superintendent, who, as general manager, is directly responsible for the conduct of the home. T.C. McDowell has efficiently served as superintendent since 1920. Rev. J.H. Nash, who was the only superintendent of the old home, was the first of the new. He resigned in 1887 and was succeeded by J.S. Prouse, Mrs. J.S. Prouse succeeded her husband. Then Gay Merry, F.M. Secrest and the present incumbent followed in the order named. Mr. McDowell is assisted in his care of the home by a head matron, a boys' governess, a girls' governess, a cook, a laundress, and a dining room girl. At the present time there are fifty-five children in the home, twenty-eight boys and twenty-seven girls, whose ages range from two to seventeen years. During the past thirteen years the least number of children in the home at any time was forty; the largest, seventy-two. It was during the flu epidemic, when many children were made orphans, that the home contained the largest number. The present number is about an average of those of all the years since the home was established. Admission is made through the Probate Court. Children of the county, for whom there are none who may be charged with their support, are placed here after a careful investigation has been made. One of the duties of the trustees is to find homes in private families for the children. Much care is taken that they shall always be placed where they will be surrounded by proper influences. Education - The children of school age are enrolled in the Cambridge schools, several of them in the high school. Excepting those admitted from the city, the cost of their education does not fall upon the taxpayers of Cambridge. It is borne by the village or rural district from which they come. At the end of each school year a list of all pupils and their addresses is given the county auditor and the tuition costs are transferred from the funds of the districts in which they last resided, to the school fund of the Cambridge city district. Each child in the home, that is old enough to work, is assigned a regular daily task. The boys care for the large garden and the lawn, and perform other work about the place. The older girls assist in the kitchen and dining room, in the laundry, and in the care of the rooms. They thus acquire habits of industry; also of neatness and order, which are necessary for their success and happiness after they leave the home. -end Stories of Guernsey County, Ohio by William G. Wolfe Published by the Author Cambridge, Ohio 1943 Copyright, 1943, by William G. Wolfe Typography, Printing and Binding in the USA by Kingsport Press, Inc., Kingsport, Tennessee. ----------------- According to On-line Database of all the on-line library card catalogs anywhere in the world (OCLC): Reprint. Originally published: Cambridge, Ohio: the author, 1943. work has lapsed into the public domain. --------------------- Transcribed and/or paraphrased and submitted by: Marilyn M Murphy, Ft. Worth, TX, 2000 MMacMurph@aol.com

Posted on: Guernsey Co. OH Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Oh/Guernsey/1202 Surname: KESTER ------------------------- Please advise if you can make a connection to the following individual. Please advise as to origin of Quaker Town. Thanks. William Henry Kester Born: Quaker Town, Guernsey? Ohio B: 11-14-1847 M: 2-13-1873 to Manira Ann Rape (Annie) (aka Laura A., Marry Alice) M: 3-23-1906 to Sarah Ellen Sword D: 3-26-1929 Civil War Veteran, 31st & 115th Indiana Infantry Residences: Ohio; Indiana; Christy's Prairie; May Twsp. Christian Cy., Illinois; Guthrie Center, Iowa; Burwell, Nebraska; Blue Rapids, Kansas; Tyrone, Mo. children through Manira Ann Rape: Cora Bell Minnie Barbara Francis (Fanny Parker) Bertha Elvira (Bertha Gardner)

Posted on: Guernsey Co. OH Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Oh/Guernsey/1201 Surname: Decker, Gross, Haas, Schramm ------------------------- I am looking for information on the children of this marriage Jacob Schramm(B. Sept 1830) m. Caroline (Haas?) had the following children: Henry W. Schramm(B.1867)m.Catherine G. Gross on June 26,1892 in washington Co. Ohio John Schramm B.ca.1859 Caroline L. Schramm B.ca.1862 m. Haas???? Emma P. Schramm B.ca.1864 Jacob Schramm B.ca.1865 Nora Schramm B.ca.1870 Clara Schramm B.ca.1874 Fredrick Schramm B.ca.1876 Harmon Schramm B.Aug.1877 m. Emmy Decker???/ In one way or another they all seem to have ties to Guernsey County Ohio. I believe all the children were born in Washington County and the family moved to Guernsey County. I have them on census in Guernsey, Washington and Noble Counties. Looking to find out who these children married and where they are buried. I believe Jacob(Sr.), Catherine (Mother), Henry and his wife are buried in Guernsey County. Fredrick with wife and Harmon with wife are buried in Noble County I believe. thank you in advance.

Posted on: Guernsey Co. OH Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Oh/Guernsey/1200 Surname: ------------------------- My connection to the Luzadders is collateral. Deborah Lawyer, who married Isaac Luzadder in Guernsey County in 1821, was a sister of my great-great-grandfather, William Martin Lawyer. I am puzzled by your stement that Isaac Luzadder married Rachel Timmons and had 13 children. Must be a different one. See my respnse to another of your queries for more information on the Guernsey County Luzadders.

Marilyn, Thanks much for the clip on the poorhouse and the last message on the poor house. I guess if it was operational in 1841 then there would be some kind of records either in probate or at the home itself. I know Newark's poor house have card files still in existence from that period (on file in the genealogy society), maybe they do as well. I'll try writing them and check it out. Denny Shirer - drdx@neo.rr.com Shirer Family Genealogy Project http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mysong > Subject: [OHGUERNS] Poor House - Infirmary - County Home > Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 14:02:11 EDT > From: MMacmurph@aol.com > To: OHGUERNS-L@rootsweb.com > > drdx@neo.rr.com writes: > << 1855...stated in his card file was that he was a pauper and "a resident of > Guernsey Co., Ohio, in Newark Twp., six weeks". >> > <<If the Children's home was not operational back then, does anyone know of a > poor > house or a prior incarnation of the Children's Home in Guernsey?>> > > The home first called Poor House, later Infirmary and then County Home, was > established in 1841 located in Wills township, two miles south of Washington > on 212 acres. (this info was published in 1943) This is the only home and > location of its kind listed in Wm Wolfe's Stories of Guernsey Co. > Marilyn McCormick Murphy - MMacMurph@aol.com

Posted on: Guernsey Co. OH Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Oh/Guernsey/1199 Surname: Melone, Lawyer, Patterson, Moorhead, McElwee ------------------------- Here's an outline of what I have on the Luzadder family. Aaron Luzadder, b. Sept. 29, 1731 Mound Brook, NJ d. April 2, 1834 Grafton, (West) Virginia marr. (1) Mary Bartley Revolutionary War Soldier (Note: I haven't done this research; so I don't know if this man was really 103 years old or whether there is confusion with another Aaron Luzadder.) Abraham Luzadder (son of Aaron) b. December 20, 1757 d. December 14, 1826 Guernsey County, OH m. June 14, 1786 Leah Hogue (She was born 1768; died June 6, 1850) Abraham was a soldier with George Rogers Clark. Isaac Luzadder (son of Abraham) b. 1799 d. Feb. 1866 Guernsey County, OH m. Mar. 4, 1821 in Guernsey County Deborah Lawyer (She was born April 2, 1802 in New Jersey(?) died Dec. 24, 1859 in Guernsey County) Deborah Lawyer was a daughter of John and Mary Lawyer and a sister of my great-great-grandfather, William Martin Lawyer (born 1809 in Greene County, PA) Isaac Luzadder's will, signed January 30, 1866 and admitted to probate on February 22, 1866, names eight children: George, Alexander, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Aaron, Andrew J., and Matilda Dawson. The will mentions real estate in Guernsey County and in Martin County, Indiana. I have information on some of these children. Alexander Luzadder, b. ca. 1830, married Margaret Askins on April 29, 1852 in Guernsey County. The 1880 cenesu for Martin County, Indiana living in Ceter Twonship of that county with his wife Margaret and six children. he was a dry goods merchant. Abraham Luzadder: Probably the ABraham Luzadder who died in Ray County, Missouri on April 2, 1913. Death certificate gives his birth date as January 16, 1831 in Ohio. Parent's' names were not known to John Luzadder, who gave the information. My recollection is that Abraham gave "Gernza" County, Ohio as his birthplace in his Civil War pension application. Abraham was a farmer. Isaac Luzadder, b. Dec. 1834;d. Oct. 18, 1906, married Mary ____, who was born ca. 1827 and died between 1880 and 1900. this Isaac was a farmer and lived in Center Township of Guernsey County. A niece, Mary E. Smith, was listed as living with him and his wife in the 1870 and 1880 censuses. Jacob Luzadder, born March 30, 1836; d. Jan.21, 1926, married Sophia Scarborough after Oct. 17, 1861 (license issued that date.) She was born in May 1842 and died 1914. They had six children. Jacob was a farmer in Center township of Guernsey County. Aaron L. Luzadder, b. Feb. 1838; d. March 2, 1907 in Lore City of consumption. (His age is given as 66 years, 7 months, 17 days.) He married Elizabeth Newbern March 5, 1863. She was born Feb. 1838 and died 1902.) They had 8 children, only one living in 1900. He was a dry goods merchant. Andrew J. Luzadder, b. ca. 1845; d. Dec, 9, 1927, married Delilah Scarborough (a sister of Sophia Scarborough); she was b. 1864 and d. 1927. They had two children. Andrew was listed in the 1880 census as a silversmith. Matilda Luzadder. Married ______Dawson on Feb. 5, 1852. The index to marriages lists his name as Jacob Dawson, but the actual record on file lists him as Noah Dawson. In addtion to the 1821 marriage record for Isaac Luzadder and Deborah Lawyer, Guernsey County marriage records include the following early Luzadder marriages. Rachel Luzader to Jesse Bunnell 12 Sept. 1815 Patty Luzader to Jonathan Warne 21 Sept. 1815 Sarah Luzader to David Dougherty 8 Oct. 1818 Leah Luzader to Anthony Smith March 4, 1821 "Patty" is the usual nickname for Martha. I found a biography for Dewett Clinton Warne, b. March 10, 1830 in Center Township of Guernsey County. His parents were Jonathan Warne (b. Oct. 30, 1791 in New Jersey; d. July 19, 1855 who married in 1815 Martha Luzadder, b. PA Dec. 17, 1797; d. 1856.) (I think it is more likely she was born in New Jersey but lived in Greene County, PA as a small child.) I think the four women were sisters of Isaac Luzadder, son of Abraham. Ther is also a Guernsey County death record for John Luzadder, b. PA d. June 10, 1878 in Center township at the age of 70 years, 3 months and 10 days. He was a farmer; death was attributed to pneumonia

Posted on: Guernsey Co. OH Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Oh/Guernsey/1198 Surname: ferguson, newell, johnston ------------------------- Guernsey County. The descendants to me from Samuel F. Ferguson and Lucinda Newell are Son Charles M. Ferguson and Mary Ann Peckham > Leona Dora Ferguson and Ross H. Cooper > Carroll L. Cooper. I do know of other descendants and I sure hopoe you can help me solve my 20 year problem of finding Lucinda's father and Harriet's husband's first name. Thanks. Carroll L. Cooper

drdx@neo.rr.com writes: << 1855...stated in his card file was that he was a pauper and "a resident of Guernsey Co., Ohio, in Newark Twp., six weeks". >> <<If the Children's home was not operational back then, does anyone know of a poor house or a prior incarnation of the Children's Home in Guernsey?>> The home first called Poor House, later Infirmary and then County Home, was established in 1841 located in Wills township, two miles south of Washington on 212 acres. (this info was published in 1943) This is the only home and location of its kind listed in Wm Wolfe's Stories of Guernsey Co. Marilyn McCormick Murphy - MMacMurph@aol.com Direct ancestors in eastern OH - 1813 to 1900 Belmont Co.: GILLESPIE, MCCORMICK, MCKNIGHT, RANKIN, THOMPSON, Guernsey Co: ARMSTRONG, BAIRD, BENNETT, COOKE, GILLESPIE, HENDERSON, MCCORMICK, MCCLEAN, PATTERSON, THOMPSON Harrison Co.: ANDERSON, BENNETT, COOKE, MCKNIGHT, MOORE, ROGERS Jefferson Co.: BENNETT Knox Co.: PATTERSON Tuscarawas Co.: BENNETT, ROGERS, STEWART »ïÏï«,¸¸,»ïÏï«,¸¸,»ïÏï«,¸¸,»ïÏï«,¸¸,»ïÏï«,¸¸,»ïÏï«,¸¸,»ïÏï« Collateral names: ALLENDER, BENEPE, BOYD, CLARK, CULBERTSON, DEAN, GROSS, HEADE, HUNT, KIRK, LIEUZANDER, MCCRACKEN, MCCULLEY, WALKER, WARNE, »ïÏï«,¸¸,»ïÏï«,¸¸,»ïÏï«,¸¸,»ïÏï«,¸¸,»ïÏï«,¸¸,»ïÏï«,¸¸,»ïÏï«

Stories of Guernsey County, Ohio by William G. Wolfe Published by the Author Cambridge, Ohio 1943 Copyright, 1943, by William G. Wolfe Typography, Printing and Binding in the USA by Kingsport Press, Inc., Kingsport, Tennessee. ----------------- According to On-line Database of all the on-line library card catalogs anywhere in the world (OCLC): Reprint. Originally published: Cambridge, Ohio: the author, 1943. work has lapsed into the public domain. --------------------- Transcribed and/or paraphrased and submitted by: Marilyn M Murphy, Ft. Worth, TX, 2000 MMacMurph@aol.com Pg. 488-489 The Children's Home Care of Children at First. - A Guernsey county institution that was established in behalf of the weakest and most helpless of its population - the children who have been abandoned, who are orphans, who have been neglected, or whose parents are unable to provide for them - is the Children's Home on Highland Avenue, in Cambridge. It is maintained at public expense. The county commisssioners include the expense of its maintenance in their annual budget, and each taxpayer pays his proportional share. However, nobody objects to the slight increase in his taxes for this purpose. Before 1866 these unfortunate children in Ohio were cared for in almshouses, along with the adult inmates. They were often surrounded by influences that were vicious and degrading. The General Assembly passed a law authorizing county commissioners to establish homes where such children could be placed and kept apart from older indigent persons. This was the first law of its kind in the United States. Counties were slow to act under its provisions, and as late as twenty years after its enactment, homes had been established in less than half of the counties of the state. The first home for the care of the unfortunate children of Guernsey county was opened in a large brick residence at the top of the Dewey Avenue hill, under the management of Rev. J.H. Nash, a United Prebyterian minister. Although successfully operated, it was soon evident that it was inadequate for the accommodation of the many children of the county, needing public care. Built in 1886 - In 1886 the site of the present Children's Home, consisting of ten and one-half acres, was purchased for $2,500, and steps were immediately taken for the erection of a building. The original cost of the building was $17,000. Such a structure would cost much more that that amount today. [1943] Since it was built many additions and improvements have been made. Control and Administration - Although the county commissioners have general control of the institution, its administration is placed in the hands of a non-partisan board of trustees, composed of five members. This board is appointed by the county commissioners, one member each year, for a term of five years. The present [1943] trustees are E.C. Allison, J.B. Stewart, T.H. Lewis, David Cox and Fred J. Hall. The trustees elect superintendent, who, as general manager, is directly responsible for the conduct of the home. T.C. McDowell has efficiently served as superintendent since 1920. Rev. J.H. Nash, who was the only superintendent of the old home, was the first of the new. He resigned in 1887 and was succeeded by J.S. Prouse, Mrs. J.S. Prouse succeeded her husband. Then Gay Merry, F.M. Secrest and the present incumbent followed in the order named. Mr. McDowell is assisted in his care of the home by a head matron, a boys' governess, a girls' governess, a cook, a laundress, and a dining room girl. At the present time there are fifty-five children in the home, twenty-eight boys and twenty-seven girls, whose ages range from two to seventeen years. During the past thirteen years the least number of children in the home at any time was forty; the largest, seventy-two. It was during the flu epidemic, when many children were made orphans, that the home contained the largest number. The present number is about an average of those of all the years since the home was established. Admission is made through the Probate Court. Children of the county, for whom there are none who may be charged with their support, are placed here after a careful investigation has been made. One of the duties of the trustees is to find homes in private families for the children. Much care is taken that they shall always be placed where they will be surrounded by proper influences. Education - The children of school age are enrolled in the Cambridge schools, several of them in the high school. Excepting those admitted from the city, the cost of their education does not fall upon the taxpayers of Cambridge. It is borne by the village or rural district from which they come. At the end of each school year a list of all pupils and their addresses is given the county auditor and the tuition costs are transferred from the funds of the districts in which they last resided, to the school fund of the Cambridge city district. Each child in the home, that is old enough to work, is assigned a regular daily task. The boys care for the large garden and the lawn, and perform other work about the place. The older girls assist in the kitchen and dining room, in the laundry, and in the care of the rooms. They thus acquire habits of industry; also of neatness and order, which are necessary for their success and happiness after they leave the home. -end

Dear Listers, Does anyone know the starting operational dates of the Children's Home in Cambridge? The reason I ask is that my great grandfather, Owen Foster Stanton, was transferred to the Licking Co., Infirmary in Newark around 1855 and the only thing stated in his card file was that he was a pauper and "a resident of Guernsey Co., Ohio, in Newark Twp., six weeks". I don't know whether this meant he had lived in Guernsey or had been transferred from Guernsey. The Newark Infirmary was also known as a poor house. If the Children's home was not operational back then, does anyone know of a poor house or a prior incarnation of the Children's Home in Guernsey? I know I'm grasping at straws here. I don't have much else to go on as no other records seem to exist for Thomas N. and Elizabeth Stanton, Owen's parents. Since the children were put in a home, they might also have been born indigent and a record might exists at an infirmary of their birth. Elizabeth may have died in childbirth as there is no more mention of her. The father did serve in the Navy during the war but disappears afterwards. Any help would be appreciated. Denny Shirer - drdx@neo.rr.com Shirer Family Genealogy Project http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mysong

I don't know...I'm sure if you wrote too them...They may have some sort of archives. It never hurts to ask... Pt'y Cambridge Children's Home...274 Highland Ave....Cambridge, Ohio 43701 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marsha Bradley-Luthy" <pmml@navicom.com> To: <OHGUERNS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 8:24 PM Subject: Re: [OHGUERNS] Cambridge Childrens Home, Guernsey, Co. > Is there a list of the children who resided there???pmml@navicom.com >

Posted on: Guernsey Co. OH Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Oh/Guernsey/1197 Surname: Thompson, McCormick ------------------------- Dear Marilyn, I looked at my PAF notes and saw that perhaps Darrell had given me Nancy's birthdate only. I have Sarah Frame McWilliams as her mother, and that info. came to me from Warren Louis "Tuck" Forsythe forsythe@televar.com I will have to do some digging among the papers, which are in large storage boxes, to find if cousin "Tuck" Forsythe sent me the information about Nancy's parentage. Sorry. These Guernsey County Thompsons are so many!