Wouls sure like to thank you for all of this work. You are what it is all about! Kelly in RI -----Original Message----- From: fmlyfndr <fmlyfndr@email.msn.com> To: OHMONROE-L@rootsweb.com <OHMONROE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, November 08, 1999 8:02 PM Subject: [OHMONROE-L] Dillon, McFadden, Wells, West >>From Monroe Co., Ohio > >Obituaries of Monroe Co., Oh >Sunday, Jan 25, 1948 > >Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth Fisher, 87, resident of St. Jo, Belmont Co., Oh died >Saturday at noon at her home, following an extended illness. > >She was born near Woodsfield, Ohio, March 1, 1861 and educated in the public >schools. Surviving are a step-daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Owen, a brother, >Duncan DILLEN, of Woodsfield, Ohio & three grandchildren, Mrs. Vera Evonak, >and James and Clayton Duval, all of Toledo, Ohio. She was a member of the >Church of Christ of St. Jo., Ohio > >The body has been removed to the Walter Bauknect funeral home at Bellaire, >pending funeral arrangements. > >McFadden >Nothing found > >Wells >Nothing found > >Harry David King was born Feb 4, 1903, at Reader, W. Va., a son of Thomas >Harvey & Carrie Black King. > >He came to Hannibal, Ohio, with the family in the Spring of 1918. Most of >his life was spent in this community and nearby vicinities. > >He had been in ill health during the past year, but his condition was not >considered serious. On july 21st he went to Mechanicstown, Ohio, to work on >his uncle's farm, where he became suddenly seriously ill. > >He was brought to his home Thursday, August 25th, and on Friday morning was >removed to the Wetzel County Hospital at New Martinsville, W. Va., where he >quietly passed away Sunday morning, August 28th, at the age of 35 years, 6 >months, and 24 days > >Harry used to attend church and Sunday School at Buckhill church, but later >became a member of St. John's Evangelical Sunday School of Switzer. > >He was loved by all who knew him and made friends wherever he went. > >Deceased is survived by his mother, Mrs. Carrie King; three sisters, Mrs. >herman Gheen of Moundsville, W.Va., Mrs. Harry WEST of Cumberland, Ohio, and >Mrs. Henry Springer of Hannibal, Ohio; two brothers- Brady King of New >Martinsville, W. Va., and Marshall King of Hannibal, Ohio; also his very >near friend of several years standing, Miss Dora Bigler of Powhatan, O and >several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends. His >father, and one brother, Robert, preceded him in death. > >Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the late >home by Rev. S.M. Firestone and assisted by Rev. H. Grunwald and interment >was made in Buckhill cemetery. > >Monroe Co., Oh Cemetery Inscriptions: Ohio & Lee twps > >Dillon >Nothing found > >McFadden >Nothing found > >Sardis Cemetery Lee Twp ># 5. Nesbitt, Caroline WELLS b. 24 Nov 1826 d. 9 Nov 1885 w/o James >Nesbitt Age 58y11m15d > >Mt. Vernon Cemetery Ohio Twp ># 80. Wells, Charles Nesbitt 1917-1986 SF 2 U.S. Navy WWII >......... Wells, Leota POTTS 1920-1968 > >Harter Cemetery Ohio Twp >#41. Wells, Martha d 19 July 18?? age 26y7m11d consort of James (broken >stone) > >West >Nothing found > >Nine Communities of Monroe Co., Oh: A History > >Dillon >Nothing found > >McFadden >Nothing found > >Stafford, Ohio 1887 >Joseph Ball was at the beginning of the war running a harness and saddler >shop just south of Robinson's store in the building for some time occupied >by Charles WELLS as a dwelling and grocery, afterwards occupied by Lewis >Shipley, formerly of Woodsfield, as postmaster. WELLS was the third husband >of Steel's mother-in-law, WELLS and Ball were contemporaries. Ball was >among the first to enlist, a considerable number going with him into the >25th Ohio Infantry. He held a commission as Lieutenant. Three companiew >were organized in the town. Milton WELLS being Captain of the one assigned >to the 27th Ohio Infantry. Wm. Wheeler who had been the 2nd teacher in the >new school-house was Captain of Co. D, 92d, and A.G. Hughes entering the >army as a Private was in a short time promoted to a Lieutenancy. The >neighborhood was represented in various other organizations the enlistments >making in the aggregate all that was asked of them. Capt. Thos. Wilson >still living near town also distinguished himself. > > >THE SCHOOLS > >Next came L.K. Evans, up to this time perhaps the ripest scholar who had >taught here. He not onnly held up the standard established but took >advanced ground. After leaving Stafford he was for many years a successful >journalist. Then came Milton WELLS who was here till 1861. He was school >examiner of the county and has since been prominent in church and politics >in West. Va. > >More to follow > >______________________________