----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Eyman" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 10:04 PM Subject: [OHHURON-L] New member looking for assistance > My name is Eric Eyman and I am the newest member of the OHHURON mailing > list. I am originally from Erie County but have many ancestors from Huron > County, going back to at least the 1830's. > > My current quest is for information regarding Sumner Messenger, who was my > great grand-father. If any one could provide assistance it would be greatly > appreciated. What we know so far is listed below. > > . > He was born about 1859, since the 1870 Census for Fairfield Township, Huron > County, lists his age as 11. The same census has him living with Elizabeth, > who we presume to be his Mother, age 29, and a younger brother age 7. We > have no other information about who his parents were > The 1880 Census has him, age 20, living with the family of Emery Carpenter. > Emery's Father, Leonard is living just 3 houses away. Sumner's brother is > living with the family of Samuel Harvey, just 2 houses away. Elizabeth > Messenger is no longer to be found. > Sumner married Elizabeth Carpenter, the daughter of Leonard Carpenter in > October 1880. Their daughter Blanche was born on January 20, 1882. The 1900 > Census has the family in Blackriver Township, Lorain County. > Family records indicate that Sumner died in 1901. On the Huron County > website I found "Huron County, OH Cemetery Inscriptions" published by The > Huron County Chapter of OGS, 1997. This lists Sumner, his wife Elizabeth, > and his Mother-in-law as listed on page 81. Does anyone have the actual text > of that page? > > Hi Eric...... Huron County Cemetery Inscriptions, 1997 by the Huron County Chapter of the OGS. NORTH FAIRFIELD CEMETERY, OLD - FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP Row 46 1 MESSENGER, Sumner R., 1859 - 1901 Elizabeth, his wife, 1860 - 1940 Not much info, but hope it helps get you started. Cheers, Nancy If this information has assisted your research, would you consider sending a donation to the Huron County Chapter of the OGS. They have produced a cemetery book that any chapter could use for an example. Over 1,000 pages and completely indexed. They do have a copyright but have graciously put their index on the Huron Web page to make it available to your research. Mail to:Huron County Chapter/OGS, PO Box 923, Norwalk, OH 44857-0923 OHHURON Mailing List Enjoy your stay in Huron County, Ohio. See more Huron County research at:http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohhuron > > ==== OHHURON Mailing List ==== > Don't forget to stop by the Huron County, Ohio Website > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohhuron >