In a message dated 8/24/00 7:16:20 AM Eastern Daylight Time, verolme@pheidis.nl writes: << Subj: HCC lookup Date: 8/24/00 7:16:20 AM Eastern Daylight Time From: verolme@pheidis.nl (Marcel Verolme) To: kwsroots@aol.com Hello Ken, I found your name on the Huron County genealogy website as a volunteer for lookups for a couple of books. Therefore, I would like to request a few lookups. I do know of a marriage of Ashbel B. Johnson to Maria R. Lyon on September 1st, 1841 in Huron County. I wondered if the book gives any more information on this couple. Ashbel probably remarried to a certain Abigail, who seems to be his wife in the 1850 census, then living in Fitchville township. Ashbel is then 30 years old, Abigail is 33. There is a 7 year old child in the family, named Rolla. Apparently, Ashbel's parents, Allen (59 years) and Elizabeth (56 years) Johnson are living with them in the same house, as is a certain 17 year old Lucien Mead, whose relationship to the Johnsons is yet unknown. I hope you can help me out with Ashbel's marriages. Maybe you can also check for Ashbel or his father Allen in the 1845 plat book. Thank you very much in advance, Marcel Verolme, verolme@pheidis.nl the Netherlands >> Hi Marcel, I checked our Huron County, Ohio publications and found the following JOHNSON references which appear to relate to your JOHNSON family. All publications cited are by HCC/OGS unless otherwise indicated. 1. Huron County, Ohio Marriages, 1815-1900, by Scheuer Publications, 1992. Ashbel B. JOHNSON m. Maria R. LYON 1 Sep 1841. A.B. JOHNSON m. Amy A. LYON 20 Feb 1850. Betsey M. JOHNSON m. Theodore L. MEAD 28 Feb 1872. 2. Huron County, Ohio Cemetery Inscriptions. Fitchville Cemetery, Fitchville Township. Page 109. Section 2- Lot 146 (Allen JOHNSON lot owner). 14 Elisabeth JOHNSON, w/o Dea. Allen JOHNSON, b. 10 Dec 1793 Durham, NY; d. 26 May 1872. 15 Deacon Allen JOHNSON, d. 21 Sep 1855 age 64y. 16 A. Barnard JOHNSON 1821-1874. Ann Abigail, his wife, 1819-1905. Betsey JOHNSON MEAD 1853-1876. Seely JOHNSON 1854 (d. 3 Jan 1924, cemetery record). Rolla, 1844-1888. Ada MEAD, 1874-1880. 3. 1870 Census Index, Huron County, Ohio. The following JOHNSONs are found on census page 287A for Fitchville Township. Read first name, age and place of birth. A.B., 49, NY Abby, 52, NY Betsey, 19, OH Robly ? (probably ROLLY), 28, OH Seeley, 15, OH. Note: Also in our 1870 Census Index a Lucien MEAD is listed as age 37, born in OH, on census page 287 for Fitchville township. 4. 1880 Census Index, Huron County, Ohio. Abbie JOHNSON, Fitchville Township, 044A. 5. Death Index, 1867-1908, Huron County, Ohio. Abbey JOHNSON d. 03/22/1905. Vol. 2, Page 105. Rolly Ambrose JOHNSON d. 03/05/1888. Vol. 1, Page 136. Bernard A. JOHNSON, d. 03/10/1873. Vol. 1, Page 29. 6. History of the Fire Lands, by W. W. Williams, 1879. Page 330. Section on Fitchville Township. "Allen JOHNSON of Greene County, the same State (NY), came in (ca 1825) and located upon lot thirty-seven, section three, bringing with him his wife and a large family of children, all of whom were sick the first season. Four or five years after his arrival, JOHNSON went to Peru township, but returned to Fitchville and died in the township some years later." Page 331. Mentions the Allen JOHNSON family, and a Miss Nancy Post-- a half-sister of Mrs. JOHNSON-- came to Fitchville from Buffalo (NY) with an Ebenezer Osborne in 1825. Page 333. "The first Sunday school in the township (Fitchville) was held by Allen JOHNSON at his house in 1825, the pupils being Edward and Benjamin Green, Barnard JOHNSON, Louisa JOHNSON, and Sara Palmer. Mr. JOHNSON's assistants were Ebenezer Osborne and Zetta Green. 7. Atlas of 1873, Huron County, Ohio. A.B. JOHNSON, Fitchville twp, page 35, section 2, lots 4, 5 & 35. A.L. JOHNSON, Fitchville twp, page 35, section 3, lots 2 & 7. Regards, Ken Shute, in MD (kwsroots@aol.com).