I have information on Andrew Sparlin who married one of my ancestors, Elizabeth Spurgeon. Am away from my records for a couple of weeks (vacation!!) but will get information I have to you at a later date. In the meantime, I will keep reading the news digest to see what other people know. Sally Spurgeon Connors saljocon@aol.com

Researching the Benjamin and Ann R. Sparlin family who were in Holmes Co., OH on the 1850 census. Does anyone have any information on this family or other Sparlin families who might have lived in Holmes Co.? Dianne Erwin erwin1@neto.com

Does anyone have info on: Dunbar, Jane 1810-1886 (same stone) Jane Shadle 1830-1914 Dunbar, Robert b Cumberland Co. PA 1792 d May 16, 1872 Soldier War 1812 (Obituary) Scott Watson San Diego, CA

Ran across a neat site listing guidelines for writing the kind of biographies all of us dream about finding.... the kinds that give ALL the "answers" but aren't really long! See--> http://www.starbase21.com/kybiog/biooutln.txt Cindy Kimes

DOWNS/HALL REUNION 2002 JUNE 21,22,23 FRIDAY, JUNE 21st We will begin the reunion Friday evening with a meal in an Amish home. We will be meeting at 6:30 p.m. Eastern time at the home of Mrs. Maude Raber, 3497 C.R. 135, Millersburg, Ohio. Her home is located between Berlin and Walnut Creek. Coming from Berlin, the road will be on your right after you pass the little rest area. Coming from Walnut Creek, it will be on your left, so if you pass the rest area, you have gone too far. County road 135 is clearly marked so you should have no trouble finding it. Mrs. Raber lives in the first house on the left after you pass the sawmill. Mrs. Raber enjoys a fine reputation as a wonderful cook, is a contributor to "Taste Of Home Magazine", and if you have never eaten in an Amish home you are in for a treat. The meal will cost $12.00 plus tip and includes chicken and steak, mashed potatoes, gravy, dressing, vegetable, salad, homemade bread, homemade pies, coffee, and tea. Children will be $6.00 and under three eat free. There is limited seating in Mrs. Raber's home so to guarantee a meal with the group GET YOUR RESERVATION IN EARLY by e-mailing me or calling. See end of page to contact me. This is the only part of the reunion that will have limited space. SATURDAY, JUNE 22nd At 9:30 a.m. we will meet in Mt Hope, Ohio at Lehman's Hardware Store for a visit to the Mt. Hope (Downs-Hall) Cemetery. The first burial being Alfred Downs (eight years old) June 13, 1836 and the oldest person buried there being Curtis Downs (1777-1845) The Cemetery is one and a half miles from the hardware store and though we drive most of the way wear comfortable shoes and clothes as we do have to walk through a field and into a woods. We will finish marking the family graves this year. We have restored several in the past. IN ORDER TO GO TO THE CEMETERY--JUST SHOW UP AT LEHMAN'S HARDWARE ABOUT 9:30. Mt Hope is very small and you can't miss the hardware. After the visit to the Cemetery we usually take a little time to explore the area or just have a leisurely lunch and relax, or to do some genealogy research. There is an antique train at Sugar Creek that travels through the heart of Downs-Hall territory and is an enjoyable trip. You will be provide information if you are interested. Saturday evening many of us eat together again at a local restaurant that we agree upon. If you wish to join in just follow the crowd. We then head for the hotel or local pub and exchange stories about the Damn Downes. SUNDAY, JUNE 23 There is a restaurants in the hotel and we gather between 8 & 9 to eat and say our final good-bye. You are invited to come for all or any part of the three day reunion. If you live close by in Ohio you may not need a hotel. For those who do, a block of rooms has been reserved at the Carlisle Village inn at Walnut Creek. Just ask for the rooms held under Downs Reunion, phone # 330/893-3636. If the rooms are taken by the time you call, there is another motel a block away, The Inn at Walnut Creek, phone # 1 800/262-7181. Or in Berlin, the Amish Country Inn phone # 330/893-3300. No block of rooms is set aside in the last two inns. Amish Heartland is Mt. Hope and Holmes County, Ohio. For more information go to http://www.amish-heartland.com. To make reservations for the Amish meal Friday evening, or for more information e-mail or call @ 219/223-2420 work 219/223-2080 home Jim Downs Some of the other Holmes County surnames that are linked are STOPHER FORMAN REED BLACK KERR MCBRIER SHIDLER NELVIL HARDGROVE FAITH FRITCHEL BERGER BEVINGTON BUROWAY DUNMIRE ENGEL FISHER ROYCE WENGARD

Does anyone have a current e mail address for Tom KAUFMAN who is one of my EWING cousins? (EWING-Holmes Co 1830 on) Haven't heard from him in awhile and last email was returned. Thanks Judy Warth

Is anyone researching MILLER`S in Washington twp, Holmes Co.,OH? I have a...... JACOB H.MILLER b.abt 1812 in Wirt WV w.FREELOVE COX/MILLER b.abt 1820 in OH married 7-1843 in Brown Co.,OH Was living in Washington twp,Holmes Co,OH pg.227 on the 1870 Census Would appreciate any information on them. Thank you all, Sue suesisk@yahoo.com

Bea, Thanks for all the informatoin you have provided. It truely is appreciated. Rick

I'm sorry I don't know anything more about this family. If I find out, will let you know. Bea McDonald

Hi listmembers - We are trying to obtain photographs of the tombstones of the grandchildren of Michael Franks I (c1725-1793 Fayette Co. PA). I have a dozen or two that I've taken myself, but I wondered if anyone on the list might be a descendant of one of the following and have a photo of their tombstone they would be willing to share? Abigail Moore, wife of Conrad Franks; Jacob Franks II (son of Jacob I) - Jacobs Lutheran Cemetery, Fayette Co. PA Michael Franks III and his wife, Amy First; buried at Mount Moriah Baptist Cemetery, Fayette Co. PA Jacob and Sarah Franks Stroh (Straw), buried at Saegertown Cemetery, Crawford Co. PA Sarah Livengood, wife of Jacob Franks II, buried at West Lawn Cemetery, Paint Township, Wayne Co. OH Jacob Hatfield, buried Acme Lutheran Cemetery, Guilford Township, Medina Co. OH. Catherine Franks Hatfield, buried Easton Memorial Cemetery, Chippewa Township, Wayne Co. OH Phineas First, buried Old Fredericksburg West Cemetery?, Wayne Co. OH. Husband of Elizabeth Franks Fluhart First. John and Barbara Franks Barrickman, probably buried at Barrickman Cemetery, Blackville, West Virginia. James Fluhart (Crawford Co. PA?), husband of Elizabeth Franks Fluhart First. Nicholas and Mary Franks Helmick, ? Abraham and Margaret Kechler Franks, Bureau County, Illinois? John Franks, Sr.; Hillsdale County MI or Hancock Co. OH? George Franks, Greene County, PA? Also Michael Franks II, son of Michael I, burial location not known. John and Catherine Franks Baccus (daughter of Michael Franks I), and their children - Peter and Barbara Hoover Baccus Michael and Margaret Baccus Christian and Sarah Baccus James/Jacob and Nancy Smith Baccus John and Mary Baccus William and Sarah Baccus Snyder Although there are still a few details to finalize, we are hoping to "go to press" with the reprint of the Michael Franks Family History and Genealogy by March 1. The publisher is currently running a limited offer of free photo pages, and we felt this might be an interesting appendix to the original book. Please email me (sflein@aol.com) if you are able to help out on this tombstone photo "quest!" Thanks, Susan Franks Leininger

I have been interested in your messages regarding Joseph Mattocks. Do you have any knowledge of this Joseph and Elizabeth Mattock (see census record below) that are living in the household of Parkinson Grant? From notes I have, Eliz. husband' s name was Joseph Mattock and he died. Elizabeth was living in Parkinson Grant household in 1850. "Probable reason", but no SOURCE for this, is that Elizabeth Mattock was the mother of Parkinson Grant's wife Mary Ann Mattock (b. abt 1820 OH) and that Joseph would be Mary Ann's brother. My 4th gr-grandfather Jonathan Grant, was one of the earliest settlers in Holmes Co. and Parkinson descends from him. Donna Ellis dellisnctc.net ----------------------------- 1850 Holmes Co. Census Index + Additions #865 Grant, Parkinson 22 OH Prairie Twp Mary A. 30 OH Mattock, Elizabeth 75 MD Sloniger, James 5 OH Mattock, Joseph 35 OH Flack, John 10 OH ------------------------ ----- Original Message ----- From: <rcole4682@aol.com> To: <OHHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 7:59 PM Subject: Re: [OHHOLMES] MATTOCKS/GWIN/GUIN and SHELTERS > Hi Bea, > While doing some research in census today I discovered this info. > Find it interesting that all 4 families are listed right after each other. > > 1830 Holmes Co. OH Salt Creek Twp pg 301

Hi! Can anyone tell me where Hostetler Run is located? There is a reference in a book by Kaufman and Beachy, Amish in Eastern Ohio, p. 14 "Jacob Zook, 62, and apparently well to do, secured two quarter sections in the next valley north (of Hostetler Run)." Time period would have been 1812. I would appreciate any help. Joseph R. Murnane 4219 Jersey Rd. Williamson, NY 14589 315-589-6631 JMurnane77@aol.com Surnames: Holderman, Seese, Kolb/Culp, Godshalk, Eller, Crater, Scharrer, Thornton, Smith, Beasecker, Miller, Hertel, Brumbaugh, Lechlitner, Wise, Kreider, Page, Stoner, Brody, Replogle, Lape, Cook, Peterson, Fike, Fromm, Fisher, Moyer, Anglemyer

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I am searching for information on (1) Philip and Alice Kendrick BAKER and (2) Oliver Perry and Isa Bell BAKER who appeared in Salt Creek Twp., Holmes Co., OH in the 1920 census. Oliver and Isa Bell appear with three children in the home of Oliver's parents. I'm particularly interested in Isa Bell who was the daughter of Isaac and Sarah Louise SMETZER HAY. Sarah Louise was married, previously, to a BURKHOLDER and had three sons by her first marriage. Prior to the Bakers' appearance in Holmes Co., they were in Richland Co., OH. Welcome any help! Carol Dorward

Sorry, I thought I was sending my Gwin/ Mattock email private and not to the group. Please forgive me for sending it to the group was a mistake. Thank you, Rick Cole

Hi Bea, While doing some research in census today I discovered this info. Find it interesting that all 4 families are listed right after each other. 1830 Holmes Co. OH Salt Creek Twp pg 301 Jacob Gwin males 1 under 5 2 -5-10 1-30-40 females 1 under 5 1-5-10 1-15-20 1-30-40 James Gwin males 2under 5 1-20-30 females 2-5-10 1-15-20 1-20-30 Elizabeth Mattocks males 2- uner 5 1- 10-15 1-15 -20 2-20-30 females 2-5-10 1-15-20 1- 40-50 Margaret Mattocks no males listed females 1- under 5 1- 4-10 1-20- 30 There has to be some connection. Rick

I am compiling a list of names at the Prairie Township Cemetery north of Holmesville, Ohio to be later posted for the Tombstone Transcription Project. The URL is below. I started with a list from 1970, found in the Holmes County Library. There have obviously been many burials there since then. Anyone wishing a copy of this list may email me directly thebeef@san.rr.com specifying MS Word or text format. Corrections and additions to the list are also requested. http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Ecemetery/ohio/holmes.htm Scott Watson San Diego, CA

My folks sent me a clipping from the 3/20/96 Lansing (MI) State Journal, presumably found in the papers of my mother's mother, whose grandmother was Mary Jane Aultman of Holmes Co, OH and moved to Clinton Co, MI after she married John Beck. My folks were wondering if the Aultman mentioned in the article was a relative. Some excerpts: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ovid - Planted here 89 years ago, Paul Aultman's church roots have sprouted $100,000 for the United Church of God. Not pennies from heaven, but a gift from the Florida estate of Aultman's widow. The $100,000 surprise from the late Gertrude (Aultman) Gray of Margate, Fla., is equal to a year of collection plate money at the red-brick church Aultman joined in 1907. "Isn't that something - that she would want to do that because her husband came here as a boy?" marveled choir director Gwen Kelley [...] Ovid, population 1,604, is 22 miles northeast of Lansing in Clinton Co. [...] Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of Gray's gift is that her motive is cloaked in time. Nobody at the church remembers hearing about Gray or Aultman, a 1909 graduate of Ovid High School. [...] Gray was born Gertrude King on Feb. 26, 1897. She met Aultman in Akron, Ohio, about 1920, said James Dolan of Margate, who was Gray's accountant. Aultman was an executive with Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., a University of Michigan graduate, and he had attended Albion College from 1913 to 1915 on a Methodist scholarship. He died in 1942. Gertrude Gray invested a small inheritance left by Aultman, Dolan said. "The accumulation of her wealth took place over the years from savings and common stocks." She died in 1989 at age 92. Her estate was divided last fall, following upon the 1994 death of her second husband, Rollin Gray. In addition to the $100,000 for the Ovid church, the Gertrude Gray estate left: - $1 million to Albion College for scholarships - $1 million for scholarship for residents of Florida's Broward County, in the Fort Lauderdale area. In Ovid, the 270-member United Church congregation- which evolved through a 1942 merger of Methodist-Episcopal and Congregational churches here - hasn't had to scrape for major projects, [Rev. Steven] Pearson said. The 1893 building of what began as a Methodist-Episcopal church was paid for by one swoop of donations then, he said. [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- As to whether or not he was a relative, I have the following family group sheet for Mary Jane Aultman Beck's brother Riley Aultman (both were children of George & Margaret (Conrad) Aultman of Holmes Co, OH): ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Riley J. Aultman b. /1858 Holmes? Co, OH (212417) d. /1937 Ovid?, MI? Arabella Morgan b. /1857 d. /1934 Ovid?, MI? b) Eureka Cem, Eureka, MI m. 11/28/1887 Holmes Co, OH 1. Ralph Aultman, m) Escanaba, MI 1935 b. /1888 d. /1936 Ethel Clark b. /1888 d. /1963 b) Eureka Cem, no children m. 2? Paul Aultman b. d. Gertrude Gregory b. d. no children m. 3? Lois Aultman b. /1900 b) Eureka Cem. d. /1936 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm not sure of my source for the above - it's probably the booklet on George put together by Floyd Aultman (I either don't have a copy, or don't know where it is). I'm a bit confused that it says Paul's wife was Gertrude Gregory vs the article's Gertrude King, but I believe this same Aultman booklet listed me as Ronald _Cressman_ Bauerle instead of Ronald _David_ Bauerle, so nothing's perfect I guess :^| By CC to the Aultman list and especially Jim Sherlock, maybe somebody can confirm Gertrude's maiden name, but assuming this is the same one as in the article, then I am Paul Aultman's first cousin, three times removed. Note that unless they had other children that I don't know about, it looks like Riley Aultman's line died out :^( At least there was this bequest to remember his son by... Thanks, Mom and Dad, for the article! Hopefully the Clinton & Holmes Co and Aultman lists found this interesting... Ron Bauerle (no Aultman page yet, but my Becks are at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bauerle/beck/beck.htm

Harvy: I'm sorry, I don't have anything on James or Sarah. By the time of their marriage, I was looking in a specific twp of Wayne Co and hadn't had a need to search county-wide. If you haven't already, email a query to the Wayne Co Library. Outstanding staff and wonderful collection. -Jennifer http://www.wayne.lib.oh.us/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohwayne/library.htm http://wayne-health.org/wc_genealogy.html http://www.tomsnet.com/~barneyk/waynevet/toc.html <--New URL Veterans buried in Wayne Co. Ohio Researching: GRIFFITH, MATZ, DEHAVEN, SPEICHER, COBLE, MOORE, BRANDENBURG, FOLTZ, WOLGAMOTT, HIMES, EASON, LATIMER, FAFLIK, SCHWARTZ, RUSSELL, LYNN, ZEMAN, STROEMPL, WAYNE CO. OHIO, METZENSEIFEN ANCESTORS, CLEVELAND, OHIO And the seasons they go round and round And the painted ponies go up and down We're captive on the carousel of time We can't return we can only look behind From where we came And go round and round and round In the circle game -Joni Mitchell ----- Original Message ----- From: Harvy Miller To: OHHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 12:16 PM Subject: RE: [OHHOLMES] Griffith/Kieffer/Lowe BENJ. Griffith Do you have any more info on the Griffith family? My grandmother was Margaret Ellen Griffith daughter of James Griffith and Sarah McBride. Thank you.. Dottie Miller -----Original Message----- From: Jennifer [mailto:hnybny@apk.net] Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 6:35 PM To: OHHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OHHOLMES] Griffith/Kieffer/Lowe BENJ. Griffith Commenting on Benjamin Griffith m. Mary Hites I have some documents as I am researching John Griffith b. 1790 m. Margaretta (Newell?), living in Holmes and Wayne Co's., Ohio. I don't know if all this is your Benj. Griffith, but I thought I'd pass the info on: Benjamin Griffith m. Mary Hites 6/9/1831 James Hockenberry, J.P. (Marriage Records of Holmes Co 1825-1865) Harriet Griffith b. 1841 Township 'Su' to Benjamin+Mary ; m61AndrewBickstn Source: BE-041 Census: 1830 Sugar Creek Twp., Wayne Co., Ohio Griffith, Benjamin Males btwn: 5-10 one 10-15 one 40-50 one Females btwn: 5-10 one 10-15 two 40-50 one 1850 Prairie Twp Griffith, Benjamin age 36 b. PA Mary 37 OH Mary J. 19 OH Benjamin 17 OH Catherine 16 OH Persilla 14 OH (m. Sidwell Dougherty 1862) Daniel 10 OH (m. MaryAnn Lowe 1864) James 8 OH (m. Sarah McBride 1874) Elijah 7 OH Luticia 3 OH William 2 OH (m. Isabella Henry 1870) Silas 10m OH Ben Griffiths m. Mary Hites June, 9, 1831 ----- Original Message ----- From: Ronald D Bauerle To: OHHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 11:07 PM Subject: [OHHOLMES] Griffith/Kieffer/Lowe Dear Patricia (Brown): I received your letter of 1/8/02 asking for information on the following family since I have Kieffer/Lowe connections: Benjamin Griffith b. Mary Hites b. m. 6/ 9/1831 Holmes Co, OH 1? Daniel Griffith b. /1840 Mary Ann Lowe b. m. 4/ 2/1864 Holmes Co, OH 2? William Griffith b. /1847 d. /1915 ? ? b. d. m. 1? Charles Porter Griffith b. (your great-uncle) Mary Kieffer b. m. Unfortunately, my info on both of these branches is rather skimpy :^( Google searches for "Charles Griffith" and "Kieffer", and "Daniel Griffith" and "Lowe" returned nothing. Neither did searches on the LDS site, and the Rootsweb Worldconnect site :^( The latter _did_ return the following on another son of Benjamin and Mary though: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1120600 &id=I53343838 Michael John GRIFFITH b: Aug 30,1853 in Holmes, Ohio A google search for "Griffith Hites" did return the following: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/4243/hites.htm which lists a Mary Hites 1812 - 1878 m. Benjamin Griffith 1814 - but the childen listed don't include either Michael or Daniel :^( So I'm CCing this to both the Holmes Co, OH list, and a couple of Lowe cousins in the hopes that somebody out there might have information on either branch. You might also want to poke around on my Kieffer page, but note that some of the links are broken and I haven't had time to update them yet :^( Regards, Ron Bauerle http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bauerle/kieffer/kieffer.htm ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 ______________________________