In a message dated 2/9/2004 3:35:47 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > Subj:[OHHURON-L] Getting back at it with my own brick wall of STOTTS! > Date:2/9/2004 3:35:47 PM Eastern Standard Time > From:[email protected] > Reply-to:[email protected] > To:[email protected] > Sent from the Internet > > > > Hi List, > > I am still looking for a tie between Reuben STOTTS (1806) of Huron County > and William STOTTS (1845) born to Rachel Clark and a Reuben STOTTS... Any > information would be appreciated! I do have a greatly appreciated amount of > research and info on Reuben of Huron County. I am so grateful to Ken Shute for > sending that onto me and all the work done on it.... Thank you so much Ken! > > Thank you again,... Karen STOTTS Myatt Hi Karen, Thanks for the kind words. >From what I found, it appears that the Huron County Reuben Stotts, b. 1806, is a different person than the Reuben Stotts who married Rachel Clark and had a son named William Stotts. The Huron County Reuben was born 1806, married a Martha Fisher in 1865, and was still married to her in 1880 according to the Federal census for Ripley Twp, Huron County, of that year. I found no record of any other marriage of this Reuben, either before or after 1865. His family in 1880 consisted of Martha, age 33; a daughter Ella, age 18; and a son Reuben, age 6. I could find no death date for Martha. The Reuben Stotts who married Rachel Clark was born about 1829. Rachel Clark was born in 1831 in Allegheny County, MD, died Oct 1870, and was buried in Tedrow Cemetery, Dover Twp, Fulton County, OH. They had one son named William W. STOTTS born 1845 in Wauseon, Fulton County, OH. William was listed as having four wives (sequentially, not concurrently). Apart from this Reuben being born about 23 years after the Huron County Reuben, his wife Rachel died in 1870, five years after Martha Fisher married the Huron County Reuben. Details: 1. Huron County, Ohio Marriages, 1815-1900, published by Scheuer Publications. Reuben Stotts m. Martha Fisher 18 Sep 1865, Book 1, Page 486. 2. Huron County, Ohio Cemetery Insciptions Woodlawn Cemetery, Norwalk Township. Page 552. Section 1-- Ave C-- Row 7. 22 Reuben Stotts d. 20 Sep 1882 age 76y 3d. Jacob (Stotts) d. 26 Nov 1864 in his 80th year. Sarah S. (Stotts) d. 15 Nov 1870 age 1y 11m 22d. 3. Death Index, Huron County, Ohio, 1867-1908. Reuben Stotts d. 09/20/1882, Vol. 1, Page 100. 4. Ancestry.com Reuben Stotts appears in the Federal Censuses for Ripley Twp, Huron County, OH in the years 1860 through 1880. The image for the 1880 Census shows (read name, age, relationship, occupation, place of birth, place of birth of father, place of birth of mother: Reuben Stotts, 73, farmer, OH, __, __. Martha Stotts, 33, wife, keeping house, Eng., Eng., Eng. Ella, 18, daughter, at school, OH, OH, Eng. Reuben, 6, son, OH, OH, Eng. 5. Family Search.org. Family Group Record. Husband's name: Ruben Stotts Born: Abt. 1829 Place: <Allegany County, MD> Wife's name: Rachel Clark Born: 30 May 1831 Place: Allegany County, MD Died: Oct 1870 Buried: Tedrow Cem., Dover Twp, Fulton Co., OH. Father: Ebenezer Clark Mother: Mary Dye Children: William W. Stotts. Born: 2 Oct 1845 Place: Wauseon, Fulton Co., OH Died: 30 Oct 1925 Place: Liberty Center, Henry, OH Buried: 2 Nov 1925 Place: ( Heath Cemetery) Colton, Henry OH. And from an Individual Record for William W. Stotts, his Marriages included: Emma Barkdul, 5 May 1884 Jennie Lewis, 20 Jun 1900, Providence Township, Lucas, OH Lydia Buckmaster, 29 Sep 1870 Eliza. Were you interested in determining whether the Huron County Reuben Stotts was the same person as the Reuben Stotts who married Rachel Clark, or were you trying to determine if both Reuben Stotts had a common ancestor? Regards, Ken Shute ([email protected])

Dear Ken, WARNING! THIS LETTER IS LONG! I cannot express enough the gratitude I have to you for taking any interest at all in this project! You have been kind over and above. I have some comments about your observations! This Reuben STOTTS thing is very difficult! How appropriate was your subject line. 1. I have found no marriage record whatsoever for Reuben and Rachel. I would love to but I cannot. Rachel Clark was 13 when William (my great grandfather) was conceived and 14 when he was born. I can find no marriage her other than one to Nathaniel Riddle a mere 2 years after the baby William was born. I never saw him listed as a STOTTS on any census records. He was listed on the 1850 census and onward until adulthood as a Riddle if I am remembering correctly. The only marriage listed in the family Bible for her is the one to Nathaniel Riddle. 2. I cannot find one single reference anywhere to substantiate a birth for any Reuben in 1829. My own aunt was the one that submitted the work to the LDS Family Group Record. She admits she had no documentation at all! She guessed and based it on the birth of Rachel. Not very accurate. She admits the same thing for the place of birth. She just "figured" that he would have been born in the same place and time as Rachel. 3. I can find no earlier marriage for Reuben STOTTS before Martha Fisher. NONE! He was 59 years old when he married her. What was he doing those years previous to that? He traveled in various counties around Ohio and bought up properties. I have found a tax record in Williams County (I believe the same Reuben) right next to Fulton County. It looks to be a straight line of about 15-20 miles along the railroad to the Clark family farm. It is easy to speculate at the point. He also bought land in Hancock county and possible in LaPorte County, Indiana where Rachel's uncles bought. At least, some Reuben did. 4. I have seen some of the pictures of the Stotts people in Huron County or from there. There is a striking resemblance between a man named Abraham Stotts and my grandfather Lee STOTTS the son of William born to Rachel and Reuben. 5. There are more than a few physical things that need to be considered. Not the least of which is the diabetes that was a contributing factor in Reuben of Huron County and my William and my own grandfather (not dead yet but suffering with it nonetheless). I am ok if you think the following is silly. They were circus performers right. Ella, the daughter of Reuben was very limber and lithe. Runs in the family very strongly. I can still at the age of 47 do things I could do as a cheerleader in school. My sister too is like a ragdoll. Not big people it seems. I am 5'. William was 5'6 according to his military records. He had auburn hair and hazel eyes. My dad has both. My dad is 5'8 or so. 6. Personality traits. Oh yes, I have looked into this as well. I am going to say some things I would not want repeated anywhere. My STOTTS people are mean. My grandpa was extremely abusive and could not control his anger. I have strong and unpleasant memories of cousins and others in the family being literally beaten by him. No thought for anything but what he thought he needed to do. That family has a real problem with uncontrollable anger and bipolar or manic problems. Very interesting. I asked a psychologist in the family (1st cousin) if there was any merit to building a family profile on such emotional and psychological things and was told that many of these problems are indeed familial and to keep researching it to see if I can find a solid paper-type link. I am going for it. Oh, by the way, he knew nothing of these things I found, only about our own grandfather. I found a story about a STOTTS guy who was institutionalized "not because he was insane,! but for him inability to control his temper"... This man was from Huron County and ended up institutionalized in FT. Wayne, Indiana.... One Stotts man through his baby up against a wall because he would not eat. One abused his son so badly that the boy hung himself... did not die but was never the same again. Just stuff like that from the fringes of the STOTTS family in Huron County. Not to mention how Reuben STOTTS Junior took the farm away from his renters just because he wanted to come back.... Unfair. Probably enough of that. Ok, just one more thing... Reuben STOTTS parents were divorced. That was Jacob STOTTS and Matilda Clarry. She claimed (I was told anyway) that he beat her and slept around. Supposedly that is in the divorce papers. I have never read them, but the info was unsolicited and volunteered. 7. Every other Reuben I found was so much older than her that is was disgusting or so much younger that it was impossible. You are right, this guy was what? 35 years older than our Rachel? Seduction? Rape? Stupidity? Who knows? The more I read and look at their pix, the more convinced I become. It is difficult be cause there seems to be no paper trail that I can really sink my teeth in. Every thing I have is circumstantial. Everything thusfar that is. Because of computer problems, I have lost many of the letters that told me these stories. Not sure if I copied them off of not before I lost them.... Need to look I guess. Do you know if there are any pix of Reuben Jr, the circus performer? I would love to compare them to my grandfather. If my hypothesis is true, they would be half brothers. I would love to see if there is a resemblance... Again, thank you so much for your interest in My STOTTS mess. I really do appreciate you. I have done my homework and am still doing it. I guess I will never be done with it! Karen Myatt PS... Where do you live? How do you pronounce your last name? My dad said he went to school with a boy by the last name of Shute there in Liberty Center, Ohio. They pronounced it shootee... with a long "e" sound on the end of it. ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 1:03 PM Subject: [OHHURON-L] Re:Will the real Reuben STOTTS please stand? In a message dated 2/9/2004 3:35:47 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> writes: > Subj:[OHHURON-L] Getting back at it with my own brick wall of STOTTS! > Date:2/9/2004 3:35:47 PM Eastern Standard Time > From:[email protected] > Reply-to:[email protected] > To:[email protected] > Sent from the Internet > > > > Hi List, > > I am still looking for a tie between Reuben STOTTS (1806) of Huron County > and William STOTTS (1845) born to Rachel Clark and a Reuben STOTTS... Any > information would be appreciated! I do have a greatly appreciated amount of > research and info on Reuben of Huron County. I am so grateful to Ken Shute for > sending that onto me and all the work done on it.... Thank you so much Ken! > > Thank you again,... Karen STOTTS Myatt Hi Karen, Thanks for the kind words. >From what I found, it appears that the Huron County Reuben Stotts, b. 1806, is a different person than the Reuben Stotts who married Rachel Clark and had a son named William Stotts. The Huron County Reuben was born 1806, married a Martha Fisher in 1865, and was still married to her in 1880 according to the Federal census for Ripley Twp, Huron County, of that year. I found no record of any other marriage of this Reuben, either before or after 1865. His family in 1880 consisted of Martha, age 33; a daughter Ella, age 18; and a son Reuben, age 6. I could find no death date for Martha. The Reuben Stotts who married Rachel Clark was born about 1829. Rachel Clark was born in 1831 in Allegheny County, MD, died Oct 1870, and was buried in Tedrow Cemetery, Dover Twp, Fulton County, OH. They had one son named William W. STOTTS born 1845 in Wauseon, Fulton County, OH. William was listed as having four wives (sequentially, not concurrently). Apart from this Reuben being born about 23 years after the Huron County Reuben, his wife Rachel died in 1870, five years after Martha Fisher married the Huron County Reuben. Details: 1. Huron County, Ohio Marriages, 1815-1900, published by Scheuer Publications. Reuben Stotts m. Martha Fisher 18 Sep 1865, Book 1, Page 486. 2. Huron County, Ohio Cemetery Insciptions Woodlawn Cemetery, Norwalk Township. Page 552. Section 1-- Ave C-- Row 7. 22 Reuben Stotts d. 20 Sep 1882 age 76y 3d. Jacob (Stotts) d. 26 Nov 1864 in his 80th year. Sarah S. (Stotts) d. 15 Nov 1870 age 1y 11m 22d. 3. Death Index, Huron County, Ohio, 1867-1908. Reuben Stotts d. 09/20/1882, Vol. 1, Page 100. 4. Ancestry.com Reuben Stotts appears in the Federal Censuses for Ripley Twp, Huron County, OH in the years 1860 through 1880. The image for the 1880 Census shows (read name, age, relationship, occupation, place of birth, place of birth of father, place of birth of mother: Reuben Stotts, 73, farmer, OH, __, __. Martha Stotts, 33, wife, keeping house, Eng., Eng., Eng. Ella, 18, daughter, at school, OH, OH, Eng. Reuben, 6, son, OH, OH, Eng. 5. Family Search.org. Family Group Record. Husband's name: Ruben Stotts Born: Abt. 1829 Place: <Allegany County, MD> Wife's name: Rachel Clark Born: 30 May 1831 Place: Allegany County, MD Died: Oct 1870 Buried: Tedrow Cem., Dover Twp, Fulton Co., OH. Father: Ebenezer Clark Mother: Mary Dye Children: William W. Stotts. Born: 2 Oct 1845 Place: Wauseon, Fulton Co., OH Died: 30 Oct 1925 Place: Liberty Center, Henry, OH Buried: 2 Nov 1925 Place: ( Heath Cemetery) Colton, Henry OH. And from an Individual Record for William W. Stotts, his Marriages included: Emma Barkdul, 5 May 1884 Jennie Lewis, 20 Jun 1900, Providence Township, Lucas, OH Lydia Buckmaster, 29 Sep 1870 Eliza. Were you interested in determining whether the Huron County Reuben Stotts was the same person as the Reuben Stotts who married Rachel Clark, or were you trying to determine if both Reuben Stotts had a common ancestor? Regards, Ken Shute ([email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>) ==== OHHURON Mailing List ==== Join and support the Huron County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Soc. We meet the 4th Monday of every month, save December. 7:30pm at the Senior Center, Norwalk, Oh.

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