FYI There were a LOT of People from Belgium who came to Knox Co. to work in the glass works... Carol ----- Original Message ----- From: Pam <woates@ccis.com> To: <OHKNOX-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2000 8:25 PM Subject: Re: Knox County Glassworks > The following is found in the "History of Knox County, Ohio 1876-1976", edited by Frederick N. Lorey, published by > the Knox County Historical Society in 1976. > "An industrial directory of 1910... The glass factories were Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., producing machine-made > window glass, Camp Glass Co., making window glass, the Hartford City Flint Glass Co., making glass tops for fruit > jars, and the Essex Glas Co., a milk bottle producer." > > Under a section titled "Industries in 1911" in Volume 1 of the "Past and Present of Knox County Ohio", published in > 1912, Albert B. Williams, editor in chief: > "The glass industry came with the successful operations in natural gas at Mt. Vernon, in the early nineties. It has > grown to be one of much value to the city. The Pittsburg plate glass works produce machine-made window glass, and > operate in the large brick building erected in the nineties for a steel plant, by a stock compnay which was headed > and promoted by General Coxey, who at one time marched an army of laboring men to Washington from the Pacific states > and known as "Coxey's Army." These work were a flat failure and local stockholders lost much by the wild schemes of > Coxey. > "The Camp Glass Company, in the northwestern part of the city, makes window glass exclusively, also. > "One glass factory makes nothing but the tops for fruit jars, and the Essex works makes a specialty of milk bottles, > all machine made. Their works, near the Reeves Engine Company, are just being enlarged to a wonderful capacity." > > The KC Historical Society is often overlooked as a gen resource. I visited there a few months ago and found pictures > of several of my aunts and uncles as students (early to mid 1900s) in a one room school. The people there were very > helpful, offering to make copies and staying past closing for me. The address for the society is" > 997 Harcourt Rd, Mt Vernon 43050. The phone number is 740-393-5247. Their hours are somewhat limited. > > Hope this info helps. > Pam > > ______________________________

Hi All, Has anyone run into these two characters. Martin was born around 1767 and I think he was in the 1810 Maryland Census (Allegheny County). In 1820 and 1830 he showed up in Knox County, Ohio. He died in 1836. He lived very close to Elias Engle (near Howard, Ohio) who supposedly was from PA. He also was a brewer (of spirits?). I believe they must be related (father-son, uncle-nephew?) although I have not as yet been able to make a connection to PA. The family lore says Germany near the Dutch border.(?) The names show up a bit in other families so I don't know if there was a family connection or the names were just popular at the time. Elias married and had children. Some related families who married Engle children were Porter and Elwell. Elias had a son named Elias (who married a woman named Ruth). My descent is from Joseph Engle who became Catholic and married into the Durbin/Mattingly/Logsdon line. Can anyone out there connect my Engles to their family? Glad to hear from anyone. Thanks and Best Wishes to All, Ron Hemmer Phoenix P.S. I'm cross posting this on Engle list.