This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1YB.2ACI/872 Message Board Post: HELEN A. HARRIS Helen A. Harris, 93, a resident of Sunnyslope Nursing Home at Bowerston the past two and one half years, formerly of Scio died Sunday, December 5, 1999, in Harrison Community Hospital at Cadiz after a brief illness. Born August 9, 1906, in Stock Township, Harrison County, she was a daughter of the late Albert and Anna Lucas Miller. A graduate of Tallmage High School, she had worked for the Scio Pottery Company for many years. She was a member of Scio United Methodist Church and Scio Elevian Club. Preceding her in death were her husband, Joseph Harris, on November 21, 1977 ; a sister, Margaret Luneman ; and an infant brother. She is survived by three sons and a daughter, Jo Ann Eisele of Mantua, George (Shirley) Harris of Scio, Bruce (Aneta) Harris of Cinnamon, Oh., and Fred Britton of Monroe, La. ; 14 grandchildren ; and 23 great-grandchildren. Services will be held Wednesday, December 8, 1999, at 1 p.m. in Scio United Methodist Church with Revs. Brian Harris and Jonathan Butera officiating. Burial will follow in Grandview Cemetary at Scio. Friends may call Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 in Koch Funeral Home at Scio.

BEST,Christian 1649 by Capt.Raph Wormely. BEST ,William 1643 by Henry Neale,James County. BEST,Thomas 1652 by James Forster and Audrey Bonny. BEST,Willam 1650 by Mrs.Frances Townshend(widow) Northumberland Co. BEST,Mary wife of Thomas Best 1640 by Toby Smith Warwick River County. BEST,John and 2 children 1640 by Toby Smith Warwick River Co. BEST,Thomas 1640 by Toby Smith Warwick River Co. BEST,George 1639 by Walter Pakes ,James County. Besse,William 1652 by George Pace Charles City County. BESTON,Thomas 1635 by William Wilkinson (minister)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1YB.2ACI/871 Message Board Post: If you have not already done so, please feel free to place your posting to the Hearts Of Adoption (reunion registry) located at http://heartsofadoption.hypermart.net/cgi-bin/register.html The data base is World Wide and is linked to others...postings are circulated amongst the internet and various adoption mailing lists. Warm regards.

Household: Name;Martain Best gender male race white age 54 Birthplace MD Occupation Tinsmith Father birth place MD Mother birth place MD. Elizabeth H.Best wife female white age 49 keeping house birthplace Oh father birthplace Oh.mother birthplace Oh. Note she was born in Carroll County maiden name Clark. Eva Best single Daughter female white age 23 oh at home MD,OH. Grant Best son male w age 16 Oh Aprentice to printing Business. Clem V. Best son male Oh ,Md Oh.

October 22,1924 Page 10 Column 3 HEMMORRAGE FATAL TO MATRON HERE. Mrs. Mary A. Best ,69,of 1617 Woodland ave NW,died in her home Tuesday enening from cerebral hemmorrhage. Mrs.Best was the daughter of MR. and Mrs. William Hentzell, old Canton residents.She lived here all her life. She was a member of the First M.E. church Surviving are her husband C.V.Best;two sons C.E.Best and H.G. Best,of Canton a daughter,Mrs.Charles Johnston of Wellsville;a grandchild,and two sisters,Mrs.Joseph R. Myers and Mrs.Louis A. Piero,of Canton Buried at Westlawn Cemetery.

November 16,1921 Page 7 Column 2 Mrs. E.C.BEST DIES AT 91 YEARS. Mrs. Elizabeath C.Best ,91,widow of Martin L.Best ,died Wednesday morning at 7 0'clock in her home at 811 Tuscarawas st. E. She ws a member of the Simpson M.E. Church and had lived in Canton for 65 years.She leaves three children ,C.V.Best anf J.B.Best ,of Canton Mrs. Eva D.McDonald,of Los ANgeles,Cal., and seven gandchildren ,Private funeral service will be held in the late home Friday afternoon at 2 0'clock. Rev.W.S.Chapman,of the Simpson M.E.church will officiate and burial will be in Westlawn Cemetery. NOTE:Jean Scarlott would have a hay day in this Cemetery. Billy Sunday is buried in this Cemetery.

DOD August 13,1977 Stark County,Alliance Hospital DOB August 1,1898 Indiana Married to Monte Best Father:James Saltsgiver mother Anna Informant Paul Strain of Alliance,Ohio +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Obit from funeral home records Aug 14,1977; Mrs.Irene Strain Best; Mrs. Irene Strain Best 79 ,a resident of the Alliance Health Center,died there at 12;20pm Saturday after being in ill health for four years. Mrs.Best was born in Mishawka,Ind.Aug 1,1898 to James and Anna Saltgiver,and had lived in this area most of her life.Surviving are her husband,Monte of California.three sons Paul Strain of Alliance and Donald Strain and Tony Best,both of California; five grandchildren ;and three great-grandchildren.Graveside services will be held at 2pm tomorrow at Scroggsfield Cemetery in Carroll County with Dr. John Norton Williams of First Christian Church officiating.Friends may call at the Cassady and Turkle Funeral Home this afternoon and evening. The family will not be present.

Sept 11,1937 ,page 8,colum 7 Charles E.Best .Charles E.Best ,60 ,who resided two miles east of East Canton on the Lincoln Highway,died in the home Friday afternoon from a complication of diseases.A son of the late Mr.and Mrs.Clemont Best,he was a life resident of Canton.Mr.Best was a member of the Reformed Church and Lily Lodge,Knights of Pythias.He leaves his widow .Mrs. Anna K. Best;a son,Clarence best;a brother Howard G. Best,and a sister Mrs. Charles Johnston,all of Canton.Sunday morning the body will be taken to the home of his niece, Mrs. August Schimm ,1629 Market ave S, from the Seesholtz Memorial. Services will be held at Northlawn Cemetery. Note:He is buried at Westlawn Cemetery.

I am fortunate enough to have obtained the index of Harrison County Wills, by Nancy Boothe Schaar My question is, how do I go about requesting copies from the County Courthouse, will they do this by mail?? If so does anyone know the procedures? Thanks for the help John W. Lindsay jlindsay@wi.rr.com

Earlier this year there was some discussion on a Thompson Family. I was wondering if someone could help me with some death dates. Samuel and Mary Copeland Groves six children born in Jefferson Co, but raised them in Harrison Co. They were: Oscar Benton Groves who married Jessie Alice Lee( 1882-1981). I have Jessie's obit and it says that her husband died in 1963, but I have not been able to prove that or find a more exact date. Anthus Mae Groves (1882-1956) married William T. Wilson. I have her obit, but when did William die? Amanda Eva Groves married William L. Gardner. I have no information on this family. Clara E.(Carrie) Groves married Fred A. Thompson. I have birth dates of 21 Feb 1891 and 16 June 1888 respectivly for them, but no idea where or when they died. Lucie E. Groves married Clarence Stewart. I have obits for both of them. Lizabeth Maude (Bessie) Groves married James Forrest Hosterman. I found an obit for James, but would like to know when Bessie died. Most of them are probably buried at Fairview Cemetery in Jewett. I would like to find obits if possible, but without death dates... Serena in Michigan

FYI..... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3513968965&category=29216 This is a history/geneology/family history book about the Dining Fork Valley [a branch of the east fork of the Tuscarawas River] in Harrison & Carroll Counties, Ohio. It is drawn mainly from the letters of John Harrison [founder of the town of Scio in 1826] and his descendants. The book includes a chapter on the Civil War, the Custer family and General George Armstrong Custer, who was born and lived there until called to arms.... Title: THE STORY OF THE DINING FORK by Joseph T. Harrison Limited Edition Cincinnati, Ohio: The C. J. Krehbiel Company, 1927 First edition 9-¼" tall, blue cloth hardcover with gilt lettering and a gilt turkey on the front cover, xvii and 370 pages, illustrated with plates and photos Slightly worn, rubbed and soiled, contents slightly agetoned, else in Very Good condition, hinges strong.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1YB.2ACI/855.1 Message Board Post: I am also seeking this family. Contact me at Evilsizer3@aol.com. I posted a notice on the McPeck Board also.,

While some of the Germans dwelling in Russia and Ukraine learned the local languages and adoped Slav customs,manyremained Germans,living in German-speaking towns with German names,often under the legal system known as Magdeburg law,which took its name from the German city of Magdeburg.As early as the twelfth century German adventures,merchants and missionaries were active in the Baltic region and Estonia,names which have been long established in these regions.Thus ,by the time that famly names were developing,the German culture and language had been broadly diffused throughout Europe. The German family name Best is classifided as being of personal name origin.According to scholars the oldest and most pervasive type of suename is derived from a given name. Such family names may be derived from a parental first name from the font name of the grandfather or indeed a more remote ancestor of the original bearer of the surname.With regard to the family name Best, it indicates son of Best ,a pet form of the first name Sebastian, which is, in turn, a derivative of the Greek Sebastianos ,meaning revered,venerable, In the middle ages,parents were encouraged to name their children after saints in hope of thus evoking the protection of the particular saint.According to legend,St.Sebastion was a tribune in the Roman imperial army, but was put to death under the Emperor Diacletian for his Christian beliefs.In the fifteenth century,the cult of St. Sabastian was widespread in southern Germany and he was the patron saint of Nurnberg.Variants of the name Best include Beste and Bast.

German surnames may also be encountered in Russia and Ukraine while interestlingly enough Slav names are also frequently documented in Germany,particularly in Eastern Gemany. Following the Mongel invasions in the thirteenth century,the authorities in the Ukraine and Russia recruited German merchants and artisans,who may have numbered one or two members of the Best lineage.To revitalize towns which had been devastated by the Mongol hordes.In the eighteenth century,at the invitation of the Russian Empress Catherine the Great,German settlers established themself in the fertile lands in the region of Volga river,west of the Ural mountains ,perhaps some adventurous member of the Best family being included amongst them. These Volga Germans eventually numbered seven thousand and a significant number remain in Russia in this day. Interestingly the mother of Vladimir Llyich Hiyanov (Lenin),was herself a Volga German.

Distinguished names such as that borne by the Best family have been recorded in Germany proper and in other regions of Europe from medieval times. Native German surnames are commonly found in Switzerland,Austria,Luxembourg and Alsace-Lorraine,as well as in Germany proper. In addition ,there are other European regions where German family name occur as a result of specific historical circumstances. Among these areas are Siehenburgen ( Seven Castles), a territory in the region of Transylvania, Located within the borders of the modern nation of Romania.In or around the year of 1150,a large number of settlers from the Moselle region of Germany were settled in this area,where they were referred by the native as (Saxons) the term community applied to all Germans by peoples of the Balkins. Interestiingly enough, this occurred a century before the establishment of Berlin. Indeed ,ancestors of the illustrious Best family did not see the documented birth of the city of Berlin untill the year 1244,several years after that of its sister city Kulin. The two towns were established for geographical and mercantile reasons,as they commanded a natural east-west trade route over the Spree River much as towns on the main commanded a north-south route with both rivers serving peoples on each side,including no doubt the honorable forefathers of the Best family.

One of the earliest reference to this name or a variant is a record of one Best der junge,who is listed in documents from 1441.However ,research is of course ongoing and this name may have been documented earlier tan above indicated date. Johann Jacoby Best and Catharinia Schneider were married in Weitersladl, Starkenburg,Hesse,on November 27,1677 and Jacobus Best ,son of Lorentius and Eva Best ,was christened in Arenberg,the Rineland,on October 7,1766.Notable bearers of this name include Wilhelm Best (1683-1719),the jurist and Albert Johan Freiherr (barron) de Best (died 1804), the army officer. This name was introduced to America as early as 1767 in which year we find a record of the emigration of one Heinrich Best ,who settled in Pennsylvania.The name could of course have been first introduced to that country at an earlier date.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1YB.2ACI/870 Message Board Post: Harrison County Will Book Vol. 1 - page 75 JOHN KAIL In the Name of God Amen I, JOHN KAIL of the county of Harrison and State of Ohio being weak of body but of sound mind, memory and understanding, Blessed be Almighty God for the same, calling to mind the mortality of the body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and publish this my Last Will and Testament. First of all I recommend by soul unto the hands of Almighty God who gave it and my body to the earth to be buried in a decent Christian like manner at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named, and touching such wordly estate that it has pleased God to bless me in this life, I dispose of the same in the following manner. First I direct and allow all my lawfull debts and funeral expences to be paid. Secondly, I will and bequeath to my beloved wife CATHERINE KAIL one bed and bedding also one cow and all the dresser furniture of every description. I also bequeath to my beloved wife the one third of my real estate during her natural life. I direct that all my property both real and personal (excepting that part of my personal property already willed to my wife) to be sold within one year after my decease, and the monies from such sale to be divided into three equal shares. Two of which shares shall be divided equally between my five sons viz. HENRY KAIL, GEORGE KAIL, JOHN KAIL, JACOB KAIL, and FREDERICK KAIL. Share and share alike. And one share to be divided between my five daughters to wit: BETSY FISHER, POLLY ARNOLD, PEGGY KAIL, NANCY KAIL, and ANNE KAIL.. Share and share alike. It is my will that if my Executors cannot sell my real estate within one year without making a sacrifice and that they do not sell the same in less time than two years, this shall be discretionary with my Executors if it should be sold in less than two years, and in that case I allow my son FREDERICK KAIL to to occupy and enjoy it until it is sold. He assisting out of the proceeds of the same to support the family should they stay together and apply their time to the support also of the family. Lastly I constitute and appoint my two sons HENRY KAIL and JACOB KAIL sole Executors of this my Last Will and Testament. Hereby revoking and disannulling all former wills by me made declaring this and no other to be my Last Will and Testament. In testamony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this thirty first day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one JOHN his X mark KAIL (seal) Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said JOHN KAIL to be his Last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in the presence of the Testator have subscribed our names hereto: witnesses JOHN ZOLLARS - SOLOMON ARNOLD At a special Court of Common Pleas began and held at Cadiz in said county on the ninth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one personally appeared in open court JOHN ZOLLARS and SOLOMON ARNOLD, the Subscribing Witnesses to the foregoing Last Will and Testament of JOHN KAIL deceased and upon their solumn oaths did declare that they were present when the Testator, JOHN KAIL signed and acknowledged the foregoing will and that they saw him sign and seal the same and heard him pronounce and declare the same to be his Last Will and Testament, and that they believed the Testator to be of sound mind, memory and judgements at the time of so doing. WILLIAM TINGLEY - Clerk John and Catherine (Rouch) Kail are buried in the Zion Cemetery in German Township

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1YB.2ACI/869 Message Board Post: My ancestors were James ROBISON/ROBINSON who married Jand POLLOCK 22 March 1811 children: Thomas ROBISON born 24 Nov 1811 Belmont Co., Ohio, Wheeling Twp. John ROBISON/ROBINSON born 17 Oct 1814 (my ancestor) married Nancy COLVIN in 1836 or 1837 in Belmont Co., Ohio. Children: Sarah Robison born about 1837 Mary Ann Robison born 10 May 1839 James T. Robison born 26 Jan 1840 William H. Robison born 24 Jan 1844 Margaret Robison born 23 Aug 1846 John C. Robison born 10 Aug 1848 Charles W. Robison born 27 June 1851 Franklin Pierce Robison born 1 Aug 1853 my ancestor Jesse B. Robison born 15 Feb 1856 Nancy C. Robison born 20 May 1858 Elmer Elsworth Robison born 18 Aug 1861 died 29 Feb 1848 Wheeling Twp., Belmont Co., Ohio FRANKLIN PIERCE ROBISON married Isolina WILABY daughter of Samuel WILABY born 2 Oct 1833 Knox Co., Ohio died 12 Feb 1916 Knox Co., Ohio. (Samuel was in Harrison Co., Ohio on 14 Dec 1857 when he married Rebecca McADAM), they lived in Harrison Co., Ohio then Samuel Wilaby returned to Knox Co., Ohio and died in Knox Co., Ohio) Rebecca McAdam was the daughter of John McADAM and Susannah DUNLAP. Family of Samuel WILABY/WILLOUGHBY/WILLOBY/WILLABEE ( this family spelled it's name many ways.) Samuel WILABY was the son of Henry Willoughby born Oxfordshire, Oxford England in 1790 or 1791 and died in Knox Co., Ohio on 1 April 1881 Henry Willoughby married Mariah FURNESS/FURNICE in Knox Co., Ohio on 14 June 1821. Children of Samuel WILABY and Rebecca McADAM were: Isolina Willoughby born 1858 Harrison Co., Ohio died 1927 who married Franklin Pierce ROBISON on 21 Oct 1875. Franklin Pierce Robison died 15 July 1924. children were: Eva Estella Robison born 28 July 1876 married John Wilbur FORD in March of 1898 Charles Colvin Robison born 30 Aug 1878 died 1963 married Elda Odessa "Dessie" KENNEDY born 1875 died 1965 Winifred McADAM ROBISON born 14 Jan 1881 died 1953 married Ruth Ann KNOX 1881-1953 they married 2 Aug 1906 Elmer Franklin ROBISON my ancestor born 14 Dec 1883 died 1945 married Ruth Ann WALLACE in 1910. Ruth Ann Wallace was the daughter of Joseph WALLACE and Martha/Mattie TODD Samuel LeRoy ROBISON born 30 Oct 1885 died March 1888 Nancy Annie Rebecca Robison born 14 Feb 1889 married Charles CLAY on 17 March 1909 infant died 1899 Chalmer McCarty ROBISON born 20 Feb 1901 married Roxanna STEVENS 19 Oct 1921 CHILDREN OF SAMUEL WILABY AND REBECCA McADAM are: Isolina WILABY who married Franklin Pierce ROBISON in 1875 Harrison Co., Ohio John D. Wilaby born 1863 Anna Belle Wilaby born 26 Sept 1865 died 1952 Smyrna, Ohio married Joseph DECKER born 1836 ? died Nov 1919 Joseph DECKER and Anna Belle WILABY married 13 Nov 1884 in Harrison Co., Ohio Their children were George C. DECKER born 21 Jan 1886 in Freeport, Harrison Co., Ohio died 1962 married 7 Oct 1908 to Jennie Belle GRISSINGER born 4 April 1882 Freeport Twp., Harrison Co., Ohio died 15 March 1952 Lena DECKER born 1910 died 1989 Buelah Jane DECKER Marvin C. DECKER Rachael A. DECKER Harry H. DECKER Malinda Mary DECKER born 10 July 1898 Freeport, Ohio. CHILD of George Clinton DECKER 1886-1962 was Lena DECKER 1910-1989 wife of Boyd WALLACE 1909-1988 they married 1925. Boyd WALLACE died 1988 Mary Ellen WILABY born 31 Dec 1867 Moorefield Twp., Harrison Co., Ohio died 28 Nov 1888 of consumption James H. WILABY born 28 Sept 1870 died 4 Aug 1941 buried Union Cemetery Urichsville, Ohio married 9 Jan 1902 to Anna E. CARROTHERS, Anna CARROTHERS was the daughter of James CARROTHERS. George W.. WILABY born 22 Feb 1875 died 1962 buried Patterson married 4 Sept 1902 to Amanda Belle CARROTHERS born 1867 died 1954 buried Patterson Union Cemetery Deersville, Harrison Co., Ohio. CHILD of George Wilaby and Amanda Belle CARROTHERS married 4 Sept 1902 daughter was Harriet Lena WILABY born 1903 died 1928 Harriet was married to Jesse McKinley GREEN born 1897 James Roy Wilaby born about 1904 Emma Susan WILABY born about 1876 Harrison Co., Ohio married Oscar KIRBY born 22 Dec 1875 they married 2 March 1902 in Harrison Co., Ohio. Father of Oscar KIRBY was John Wesley Kirby Mother was Martha Jane PHILLIPS CHILDREN Howard KIRBY born 16 April 1903 in Scio, Ohio died 30 March 1977 Perrysville, Ohio married Martha BRACKIN born about 1903 died 1976 Vivian KIRBY who married Robert McIntosh they married in Loudenville, Ohio Dorothy KIRBY who married James MILLS in Scio, Ohio Anna/Anita KIRBY who married Bruce HARRIS I hope I typed this right and there are not too many mistakes. I would appreciate any help with this family. Thank you Peggy at peggywise@ecr.net

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/1YB.2ACI/791.1.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Sarah Arnold Moore, b. April 21, 1869 (d. aft 1944) married Frank Albert Hagedorn b. June 1, 1868 Cadiz, O d. April 13, 1935, buried St. Clairsville; was county commissioner at Belmont County two terms, merchant at St. Clairsville, Ohio. Four children; Myrtle, Floyd, Samuel, & Dorothy. Sarah d/o Louisa Pittis b.March 8, 1843 d. Jan. 27, 1923, aged 80; married Aug. 2, 1866 Samuel Alexander Moore, b. Sept 22, 1843 Mt. Pleasant, Jefferson Co., d. Jan. 1921 aged 77; both buried Cadiz. Samuel s/o Andrew and Sarah McCormick Moore. He enlisted in the 1st Regt. W.Va. infantry at the outbreak of the Civil War and spent four years and eight months in the service; was in the battles of Winchester, Va; 2nd Bull Run, Cedar Mountain, Cross Keys and New Market; was taken prisoner at New Market June 15, 1864, and was in Danville and Libby prisons until Feb. 22, 1865; was in the Quartermaster's dept. until the close of the war; was not wounded but was near death in a hospital at Cumberland, MD., from drinking spring water that supposedly had been poisoned by the rebels. He bought and lived on the farm three miles south of Deersville that had been the James and Sarah Pittis Abraham farm. When George Pittis, his father-in-law, moved to Scio in 1882, he bought the George Pitt! is house, moved to Deersville and took charge of the grocery and produce store and the packing and shipping of produce to Pittisburgh for four years. He was elected county treasurer and served two terms 1886-90, residing in Cadiz. He held a responsible position in the building of the present courthouse; was traveling salesman for several years for E.M. Long & Sons, lumber-dealer of Cadiz; bought the McGavern farm near Connotton, where they lived for more than ten years until his death. Seven children, the eldest and youngest born in Deersville, five born on the farm south of Deersville. pgs. 252-253, & 254-255 of The Pittis Genealogy, compiled by M.B. Pittis.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/1YB.2ACI/791.1.1.1.2 Message Board Post: I'm the gg-grandson of Samuel A. Moore and Loiusa Pittis, they had a duaghter who marraied a Hagedron and resided in St. Clairsville. The daughter of this union married a Harpley and also resided in St. Clairsville, Oh.. Any infromation on this branch of the Pittis/Moore would be appreciated. Neil