In a message dated 10/29/2003 1:22:35 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > Subj:Huron County , Ohio Cemetery Incriptions > Date:10/29/2003 1:22:35 PM Eastern Standard Time > From:<A HREF="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A> > To:<A HREF="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A> > Sent from the Internet > > > > Hi Ken, > I hope I am not out of line in emailing you, but I say your name where > you responded to someone inquiring about a cemetery for an ancestor in Huron > County, Ohio. I decided to take a chance and email you to see if you might > have some information regarding my great-great-great aunt, Deborah Rule. I > found in the book of cemetery inscription where they are listed on page 546, and > I found an obituary in the Ohio Archives for Deborah & John Rule's son, > James H. The obituary gave his month and day, but no year of death. > I don't know the name of the cemetery, but the names are: > Deborah Rule > John H. Rule > James H. Rule > Mary Ann Rule > Also included on page 546, is Baby Rule and Ellen D. Rule, so I am > assuming this must also be family members. > I would greatly appreciate any help of any kind, but if you can't or > would rather not, then thank you very much for taking the time to at least read > my email. > Yours truly, > Loretta Taylor > Hi Loretta, Here are some references I found to your Rule family in our Huron County, OH publications, and an online resource: 1. Huron County, Ohio Cemetery Inscriptions St. Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Norwalk Township. Page 546. 291 John H. Rule d.. 17 Jul 1867 age 73y; (masonic emblem). 292 Deborah H. Rule d. 26 Oct 1882 age 85y 17d 293 Ellen D. Rule d/o John H. & Deborah Rule d. 15 Sep 1836 AE 1y 5m 21d. "This lovely bud so young and fair, Called hence by early doom. Just came to show how sweet a flower, in Paradise would bloom." 294 James H. Rule d. 17 Mar 1882 age 54y 295 A Baby Rule d/o J.H. and M.A. Rule d. 28 Nov 1871 age 28d. Woodlawn Cemetery, Norwalk Township Page 565. Section 3 West-Ave A- Row 3. 19 Mary Ann Rule 1832-1926. 2. Huron County, Ohio Marriages, 1815-1900, by Scheuer Publicatios. James H. Rule m. Mary A. Wilkinson 20 Nov 1855, Book 1, Page 24. 3. History of the Fire Lands, by W.W. Williams, 1879 Page 58. Mentions that the newspaper The Experiment was first published Aug. 20, 1835, and that in 1854 James H. Rule and W.W. Redfield became owners of the paper. They remained in partnership until Aug. 31, 1858 when Mr. Rule retired. Page 149. Mentions J.H. Rule was a member of Huron Lodge No. 37, I.O.O.F. which was first instituted at Norwalk, Apr., 14, 1845 4. 1870 Federal Census, Huron County, Ohio The following Rules are found on census page 415, Norwalk Village. Read Name and Place of Birth: Charles, OH Deborah, RI James H., OH Mary A., OH William, OH 5. 1880 Census Index, Huron County, Ohio James H. Burke, Norwalk City, Ward 1, 297D. 6. Ancestry.Com's 1880 Federal Census Name: Deborah Rule Estimated Birth Year: 1798 Born: Rhode Island Relation to Head of House: Mother L (mother-in-law?) Marital Status: Widowed Home in 1880: Akron, Summit (Co.), Ohio Head of Household: Augustus D. Poners Father's Birthplace: Rhode Island Mother's Birthplace: Rhode Island. 6. Death Index, 1867-1908, Huron County, OH Charles H. Rule d. 12/19/1904, Vol. 2, Page 174 Infant Rule, d. 12/01/1871, Vol. 1, Page 24 James H. Rule d. 03/17/1883, Vol. 1, Page 99 John Henry Rule d. 07/17/1867, Vol. 1, Page 1. (Note: the death year for James H. Rule is given here as 1883, while it's given as 1882 in the Cemetery Inscription) 7. Gateway to the West, Vol. I, by Bowers & Short Page 549. Huron County, Ohio-- Death Records 1867-1868 John Henry Rule; d. 7/17/1867; age 73; married; place of death: Norwalk; place of birth: Headington, Scotland. 8. Just Like Old Times, Book II, by Henry Timman, published originally in the Norwalk Reflector Article titled: "Tracker John Rule" dated Jan. 7, 1977. The article describes John H. Rule as a blacksmith by trade, but also an expert tracker of escaped criminals in the early days of Norwalk. He was a native of Scotland and came to Norwalk from Cayuga County, NY in 1832. (Following the above, the article continues with a description of how John Rule tracked down two criminal fugitives) The Rule family in Norwalk lived for a time on Whittlesey Ave., just north of Washington St., but made their last home at No. 54 North Foster St. This home was the home of their son James H. Rule who was an employee (or owner at times) of the former EXPERIMENT newspaper in Norwalk.. Also mentioned in this same article: The John H. Rule family, consisting of wife Deborah and several small children, came to Ohio from Cayuga County via the Erie Canal and Lake Erie. Mrs. Deborah Rule was one of the several "Mothers of Israel." These selfless women spent hours nursing the sick, soothing the dying, dressing the dead for burial, and more cheerfully, washing and dressing newborn babies. 9. Just Like Old Times, Book VI, by Henry Timman, published originally in the Norwalk Reflector. Article titled: "The weather got nasty this time of year in 1859," dated May 29, 1987. Mentions James H. Rule as the owner of a grocery store in Norwalk on East Main Street. Hope this fills in some holes in your family history. Regards, Ken Shute ([email protected])