This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HZB.2ACI/840 Message Board Post: The Chapter on Medina County from the 1888 edition of Henry Howe's "Historical Collections of Ohio" is now available at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~henryhowesbook/index.html This chapter is part of larger project to put the entire book on one searchable website, and is not meant to undermine any of the fine sites that this chapter may be a part. Included with this site is a registry for those who have ancestor's mentioned in this book, a search engine, guestbook, and a link to a site where scans of the actual pages may be found.

Hi! Looking for information on Levi Clark who appears in the 1820 census in Medina County, Ohio. He may be related to Miles Clark (per guardianship records). Also looking for info on Jonah and John Turner who appear in the early census records. Any help appreciated, Donna M. Wolf

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Spellman Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HZB.2ACI/821.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Sorry, I can't be of help concerning country of origin. Ah, your search continues. . . .

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HZB.2ACI/821.1.1 Message Board Post: Yes, Thank You Carol very much for your kind response. I have looked at this Spellman Rockefeller Line before. I don't know if I belong to them. That is my dilema. My Great Grandfather's Obituary says he was born; William Alonzo Spellman b. December 31, 1832 Wadsworth, Medina County Ohio. His parents were James & Eliza Spellman. I guess there were 3 Spellman Families, all in Wadsworth, Ohio in 1832, and they all copied each others childrens names. There were the English Spellmans, the German Spellman's, and the Irish Spellman's. Which strain is mine, I'm trying to find out. ??? Can you help me with this? Sincerely, and with MUCH Appreciation! Jeanine Downer

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HZB.2ACI/821.1 Message Board Post: Jeanine, This is not a direct response to your query, but perhaps the following information from WADSWORTH HERITAGE by Eleanor Iler Schapiro, 1964, will provide some clues and direction for your research: Harvey B. Spelman, the mother of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Sr. started a chain store business in Wadsworth. "In a financial partnership with Mr. Roswell Kent of Middlebury, Mr. Spelman opened a branch store in Wadsworth in 1833 . . .It appears that the building he reected there was both a store and a home for his family, for here his younger daughter, Laura Celestia Spelman, was born on September 9, 1839." "Not long after Laura Spelman's birth the family moved to Kent, where her father conducted another branch store, and in 1841 to Akron, where Mr. Spelman, in partnership with Charles Clapp, had a mercantile business. . .At the same time he also had a branch store at River Styx. In 1841 he also became a member of Akron's first school board, and in 1849 he was elected a rewpresentative to the Ohio Legislature..." "Laura Spelman Rockefeller's mother was Lucy Henry, before her marriage a pioneer schoolteacher in a log schoolhouse at LeRoy." Eventually Harvey Spelman moved to Cleveland, where his daughter Laura attended old Central High School, then on Euclid Avenue opposite East Sixth Street. . ." Laura had a sister named Lucy. Also, check out http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/oh/medina/1840/pg177.txt.Several Spellman's, Brown's, and at leat one Curtis are listed.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HZB.2ACI/838.2 Message Board Post: I got the photos today and will send them to your direct email!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HZB.2ACI/116.131.2.1.1 Message Board Post: I'm researching the family of John HUNT and Mary KNETTLE who moved to Wadsworth in 1844. I have a copy from the courthouse of a deed index that says: "1833, Oct. 19-Jonathan Hunt from Eliazur Morton, Vol. G, Page 459, Twp. 11 (York) Tr. 1 Lot 13 116.95 ac (Ogden-Monroe Co., New York)" There are two other transactions, in 1839 and 1848, the last being a sale (with wife Hannah) of 33.77 acres to C.J. HUNT. Hope this is helpful in your search!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HZB.2ACI/839 Message Board Post: I'm looking for information about or descendants of John Hunt and his wife, Mary Knettle. Here's what I've gathered so far: 1. JOHN1 HUNT was born 1804 in PA, and died June 11, 1880 in Wadsworth, Medina Co., OH. He married MARY KNETTLE. She was born 1807 in PA, and died July 15, 1882 in Wadsworth, Medina Co., OH. Children of JOHN HUNT and MARY KNETTLE are: 2. i. MARGARET J.2 HUNT, b. Abt. 1832, PA; d. unknown; m. William H. Jaquith of Sharon, Medina, OH. ii. MARY ELLEN HUNT, b. 1836, PA; d. Aft. 1920; m. THOMAS SCREENE, Unknown; b. Abt. 1832, England; d. Aft. 1920. iii. JAMES HUNT, b. 1837; d. WFT Est. 1838-1927. iv. CATHERINE HUNT, b. 1840; d. Aft. 1880. v. EDWARD HUNT, b. 1842; d. WFT Est. 1843-1932. vi. SARAH HUNT, b. 1847; d. WFT Est. 1848-1941; m. ? VAN ORSDALE. vii. JOHN FRANKLIN HUNT, b. June 07, 1849, PA; d. April 16, 1925, Wadsworth, Medina Co., OH. Generation No. 2 2. MARGARET J.2 HUNT (JOHN1) was born Abt. 1832 in PA, and died WFT Est. 1830-1934. She married WILLIAM HENRY JAQUITH, son of JOSIAH JAQUITH and NANCY ?. He was born Abt. 1827 in Vermont. Children of MARGARET HUNT and WILLIAM JAQUITH are: i. MARY3 JAQUITH, b. Abt. 1851. ii. CHARLES JAQUITH, b. Abt. 1855. iii. NANCY JAQUITH, b. July 1859. 3. CATHERINE2 HUNT (JOHN1) was born 1840, and died Aft. 1880. She married JOSEPH LYLE. He was born 1844 in PA, and died Aft. 1880. Child of CATHERINE HUNT and JOSEPH LYLE is: i. IDA E3 LYLE, b. 1870. 4. JOHN FRANKLIN2 HUNT (JOHN1) was born June 07, 1849 in PA, and died April 16, 1925 in Wadsworth, Medina Co., OH. He married ANNA MARIA MILLER WFT Est. 1866-1897. She was born July 24, 1850, and died Bef. 1900. Child of JOHN HUNT and ANNA MILLER is: 5. i. CLYDE FRANKLIN3 HUNT, b. February 17, 1873, Wadsworth, Medina Co., OH; d. April 26, 1951, Dunsmuir, SIskiyou, CA. Generation No. 3 5. CLYDE FRANKLIN3 HUNT (JOHN FRANKLIN2, JOHN1) was born February 17, 1873 in Wadsworth, Medina Co., OH, and died April 26, 1951 in Dunsmuir, SIskiyou, CA. He married CORA L. HULCE November 24, 1892 in Fulton, Kalamazoo, MI, daughter of RUGGLES HULCE and MARY WOOD. She was born November 14, 1874 in Athens, Calhoun Co., MI, and died February 21, 1970 in Battle Creek, Calhoun Co.,MI. Children of CLYDE HUNT and CORA HULCE are: 6. i. MILDRED MARIE4 HUNT, b. October 15, 1896, Wadsworth, Medina, OH; d. November 09, 1942, Jackson, Jackson, MI. 7.ii. MARY ANN HUNT, b. May 26, 1899, Wadsworth, Medina, OH; d. June 10, 1930, Sturgis, St. Joseph, MI. Mildred Marie Hunt is my grandmother. Does anyone know where in PA this family came from? According to a deed index, John Hunt bought 50 acres from David Woolley in Wadsworth in 1844. I have no "handed down" information on this family as Clyde Hunt moved out of state when my grandmother was very young. Any leads would be greatly appreciated!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HZB.2ACI/838.1 Message Board Post: Hi Lori, I would be happy to get photos of those graves for you! I will try to get them either today or tomorrow. Dawn

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HZB.2ACI/838 Message Board Post: Requesting photos to be taken of family headstones in the Westview cmty in Brunswick twnshp, Medina Co. OH. Porter & Beal in section 2, near driveway row 2.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HZB.2ACI/837 Message Board Post: requesting photos taken of family headstones in Westview Cmty. Porter and Beal family.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HZB.2ACI/827.1 Message Board Post: Just saw your post. - FROM: TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS FROM THE CEMETERIES IN MEDINA CO., OH - PAGE 433 - Westview Cmty - Section 2 (near driveway) Row 2 BEAL, I. G., d. Sept. 28, 1830 - 41y " , Christopher, 1833 - 1910, Co. 1, 12 Regt. O. Cal. CLARK, Mary w/o John, Mar. 4, 1820 - Apr. 13, 1887 PORTER, Ida May, 1855 - 1920 BEAL, Theodore s/o IG.&T., d. July 15, 1846 - 12y The above are all next to each other in Row - I thought maybe the BEAL burials might be important to you.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HZB.2ACI/835.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Ken, Sorry, guess I misunderstood your posting. Good luck in your research. Patricia

The Great Lakes Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists is sponsoring an Advanced Genealogy Discussion Group. The next meeting is on Saturday, September 11, 2004. The purpose of the group is to discuss advanced genealogical methodology as presented in case studies that have appeared in various scholarly genealogical publications. The group meets the second Saturday of the month, starting at 10:00 am, at the Medina County District Library annex meeting room in September, October and November of 2004. The library is located at 210 South Broadway St., Medina, OH. The meetings last about one and one-half hours. There will be no meetings in July, August, or December. The discussions are free but pre-registration is required. Any experienced genealogical researcher is welcome to attend. As a pre-requisite, participants should be familiar with Dr. William M. Litchman's article, "Teaching Analysis, Logic, and the Research Process: A Seminar Approach", from the NGS News Magazine, Nov/Dec 2000, pages 340-343. Each participant is requested to read several times, in advance of the meeting, the article to be discussed at the meeting. The article chosen for the September 11, 2004 discussion appeared in the National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 82, no.3, September 1994. It is titled "The Four Fathers of Amzi Leach: Analysis of Conflicting Evidence," beginning on page 207. To register, or for any questions, contact Donna Gruber at djg@bright.net or call (419) 846-3533.

Why dont you contact Mrs Harry Feeman in Wadsworth. They have been in Wadsworth since the beginning of time .She might know of your people Her children are oler now. She is taking care of her husband last time I spoke with her. Tell her Russell's wife Marie said hello.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HZB.2ACI/569.1.3 Message Board Post: Forgot: My grandmother was Veronica Pauline Reutter, b: 1873; d: 1930

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HZB.2ACI/569.1.2 Message Board Post: I am a decendent of the Reutter family. Johan Jacob Reutter, b: 1843; d: 1909 Married: Veronica Haas, b: 1845; d: 1915 There were 9 children. Parents were in Nebraska City, Philadelphia, Penn, and the Dakota Terrority/North Dakota. Johan and Veronica and oldest son, Ludwig, immigrated some time during/after 1868. Whilhelmina Christiana was 8th child.

Is there anyone out there who can do a cemetery lookup for a specific individual or family? I am looking for Ezra Tower aged 80+ who died between 1850-1860. In 1850 he was living in Westfield. I am also interested in Philip Davis who d. 1860-1870 (Westfield) and his wife Matilda who died after 1880, at Westfield or Medina. --any help or guidance would be appreciated. -Ken

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HZB.2ACI/835.1.1 Message Board Post: Pat I have the death certificate of Moses Bensinger. It states last place of residence as York Township, Medina County, Ohio. I have looked in the book "Inscriptions of Medina County" and he is not listed. His wife Polly died before him and is buried on the edge of Harris & Homer Townships. I thought there might be some cemeteries in York Township that weren't listed in book.