Hi! We live about 3 hours away from Stark County and I was wondering if anyone on the list might live near the Massillon City Cemetery. I am trying to connect my Austin line and everything fits except the date of death for Theodora Austin. According to Stark county Cemetery Inscription Book Vol. 6, page 272 - Theodora (written in the book as Theodore) Austin died June 16, 1862. I am hoping this might be 1832. I don't know how else to check this date without seeing the headstone. The headstone is in Section 24 (North to South) face East and about 1/3 of the way down the list of stones. She is among the Knapp's and McLain's. Would it be possible for someone to check this for me or does anyone know of someone who does this kind of research for a fee? There is mention of cemetery records, but I don't know where I would find these records. I would appreciate any information that might clear up this date. Thank you so much! Joey Joeysearch@aol.com P.S. We live near Henry, Fulton, and Lucas County and I would be happy to return the favor for anyone who needs assistance in these areas. Thanks again!

Hi Michael, The SierraHome site I found through a Cyndi's List link, I think. I was clicking links all over the place trying to find something that would give me what you found in the OHS library. That is a wonderful historical account. My Agler family tradition does have something similar, but I am trying to verify it. Maybe the OHS has something like yours, I hope. I just logged onto the OHS website and found the Adjutant General's Roster of the War of 1812 Soldiers for Ohio and found my William Agler in Capt. Latta's company and his term of service. Now, I shall have to followup on some possible historical account. The SierraHome military link, by the way, has only the name and units and is from the NARA index, same as Ancestry.com where I originally found my William Agler. Many thanks for your suggestion. Colleen > [Original Message] > From: Michael R. Swigart <swigart@onemain.com> > To: Colleen Eagan <cme332@earthlink.net> > Date: 10/31/2000 9:13:03 PM > Subject: RE: [OHSTARK] War of 1812 > > I missed the Sierra Home suggestion you referred to what was it? > > Here is an account of war experience by my gg grandfather who enlisted in > the War from Stark in 1813 or 1814: > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Account of John Swigart's life which was printed in the Ohio Liberal. > > "I was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania in 1793. In the year 1806 > my father moved to Stark County, Ohio, then a perfect wilderness. There as > only one cabin in Canton and that was a tavern. I was then about 13 years > old and remember well the hardships and privations which attended our life > int he woods. Wild beasts and wild men roamed the forest in all directions. > I helped my father to clear out two farms of about fifty acres on each. > I had many encounters with bears and wolves, the howls of the latter being > kept up nightly the year round. I have also killed many deer and wild > turkeys. Rattlesnakes were abundant, thousands being scattered over the > woods. > In the spring of (1813 or) 1814, I joined the army under Col. Cotgrove, > at Cleveland, and then marched to Detroit through mud and swamp. At night, > in many places, we had to build brush heaps for our beds to keep us out of > mud and water. At Detroit we got in open boats and rowed up the river, to > the mouth at Huron Lake and there helped to build a small fort. > On the 13th of July, we entered on board a fleet commanded by Commodore > St. Clair, and sailed on Lake Huron till the 4th of August, when we were > landed on the Island of Mackinaw, where we had a battle with the British and > Indians. The battle was obstinate and bloody and we were forced to retreat > with the loss of sixty-seven men killed and wounded. Among the killed were > Major Holmes, Capt. Sanborn and Lieut.Jackson, three brave and fearless > soldiers, who bared their bosoms to the storm of battle with a gallantry > worthy of being held in perpetual remembrance. Poor Fellows! They died > covered with martial honors. > The next day after the battle we sailed down through the lakes and > landed at Shargrin River and from thence were marched to Painesville on > Grand River, where we were discharged. On receiving my discharge, I > immediately set out for home, which I reached in safety. > In the year 1815, I came to Richland County, and taught the first school > in Orange township. My wife and myself were the first couple married in > this township, which took place in the spring of 1816. We then commenced > our life in the woods, surrounded with a dark and interminable wilderness. > But, although our home was solitary and alone, yet joy and happiness reigned > in our midst. > In a few years I had cleared twenty-five acres, when I sold it, and in > the spring of 1821 moved into Monroe township, near the mouth of the Rocky > Fork and settling down once more cleared forty acres more, besides killing > any number of rattlesnakes, as there was a den of them on my farm. I > counted at one time twenty of these reptiles lying in the shelving rocks; > but I could not get at them to kill them. It was in the spring, and warm > sun was shining over head, and the reptiles were leaving their rocky den to > bask in its warm > rays. I suppose there were hundreds and probably a thousand of these > reptiles lying in this den at that time. > In the spring of 1832 I moved into the woods again, on Citizens Run, > near Hastings Post Office and cleared 125 acres more, and erected a Saw > Mill. In 1852 I sold again and moved to an improved farm one mile further > north, and lived there until the spring of 1857, when I moved to my present > location ad-joing the village of Lucas. I have raised a family of five sons > and four daughters, all married but one daughter. I have thirty-five > grandchildren and three great-grand children." > > This account was found among other clippings pasted in a book that appeared > to have been some sort of insurance journal. It is in the Ohio Historical > Library at Columbus, Ohio, the numbers on it were R 977, 1280OH-3. > > When John and Barbara first came to Monroe township, they settled on the > Southwest corner of Sect. 11. He moved in the morning in the woods without > any shelter but the trees and in the evening he had a cabin 16 x 16 feet > erected and one half of the roof on: He moved his family into this cabin > the same evening. Again in 1832 he moved into the woods, on the farm later > occupied by his son, George (in 1977 it was occupied by George's grandson, > Walter) it being a part of Sect. 20. Later he moved to Lucas where he died > in 1870. > > Regards, > Michael > Swigart@intelligencia.com > > Alternate locations for gedcom 'Swigart' at > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=swigart > > or > > http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/w/i/Michael-R-Swigart/index.html > > or > > http://www.my-ged.com/swigart/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Colleen Eagan [mailto:cme332@earthlink.net] > Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 5:45 PM > To: OHSTARK-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [OHSTARK] War of 1812 > > Well, thanks to Luke for the SierraHome suggestion. I stumbled on to that > one in my search, too, but it gives me the same information, Name and > regiment. So what I am looking for is some historical information on the > following War of 1812 militia unit: > > 1st Regiment (Andrew's) Ohio militia. My ancestor who served in that unit > is WILLIAM AGLER. His wife was MARY FOX and I noticed there was an ABRAHAM > FOX who also was in the same unit. Any help will be appreciated. Surely > someone has done a history of those militia units? > Will appreciate some suggestions on where to look. Meanwhile, I'll check > with the Stark Co. Genalogy Library online. > Colleen > Colleen > > > ==== OHSTARK

Well, thanks to Luke for the SierraHome suggestion. I stumbled on to that one in my search, too, but it gives me the same information, Name and regiment. So what I am looking for is some historical information on the following War of 1812 militia unit: 1st Regiment (Andrew's) Ohio militia. My ancestor who served in that unit is WILLIAM AGLER. His wife was MARY FOX and I noticed there was an ABRAHAM FOX who also was in the same unit. Any help will be appreciated. Surely someone has done a history of those militia units? Will appreciate some suggestions on where to look. Meanwhile, I'll check with the Stark Co. Genalogy Library online. Colleen Colleen

If someone could post this answer to the list. I also have someone who served in this militia. I did send for a file at NARA and got 2 pieces of paper, that's all. I was hoping to find at least country of birth origin on something or date of birth. I know, I am dreaming! Carole Lubbers, Marietta, Ga. researching Willard: Tuscarawas, Stark, Summit, Portage & Henry Counties, Ohio Immel: Burlaswagen, Germany to Holmes Co., Ohio Thomas G. Kemp: Cornwall, Engl. to Dover, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio Paczkowski/Paszkowski/Patzkowski: Prussia to Russia to Marion Co., Kansas Ruth Lloyd b. 1848 Merioneth Co., Wales, Father was John Lloyd b. 1816 Gwyddelwern Joseph Roberts b. 1848 husband of Ruth, can't locate anything for Joseph Dennis Hogan b. 1850 Ireland to Cleveland, Ohio abt. 1870 Mary Ellen Gleason b. 1852 Ireland to Cleveland, wife of Dennis Hogan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colleen Eagan" <cme332@earthlink.net> To: <OHSTARK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 4:48 PM Subject: [OHSTARK] War of 1812 Militia > Help! > I have been searching the Ohio websites and cannot find information on the Ohio militia in the War of 1812. I recently found a Stark Co. ancestor's service in this militia and want to find some historical information on when and where this military unit served in particular battles. > Can someone point me in the right direction? Will appreciate it very much. > Colleen > cme332@earthlink.net > > > > ==== OHSTARK Mailing List ==== > To UNsubscribe to OHSTARK-L, send click on the following: > <mailto:OHSTARK-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe> >

Looking for any information on the Lentz family in Stark Co, Ohio. I show a John George Lentz marrying a Catharine Harry on Nov. 28, 1837. At least 3 of the children were raised by a maternal aunt and uncle. Any info would be helpful. Thanks

Help! I have been searching the Ohio websites and cannot find information on the Ohio militia in the War of 1812. I recently found a Stark Co. ancestor's service in this militia and want to find some historical information on when and where this military unit served in particular battles. Can someone point me in the right direction? Will appreciate it very much. Colleen cme332@earthlink.net

Dereck and the rest of the list, I thought the list might be interested in this. For Stark County the library's site is GREAT, you can email requests and they mail you copies for minimal charge. a copy of my gg grandmother wedding record was under $1.00. They just send you an invoice. :-)I got my stuff in about a week. Tracie Sheldon http://www.stark.lib.oh.us/gene.html Here's a list of some of the things they have: BIRTH RECORDS 1867-1908 (all years indexed) CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS 1809-1900 with an every-name index 1900 to the 1980s with a surname-only index CENSUS Kentucky 1800-1880 (all counties) Maryland 1790-1880 (all counties) New York 1790-1880 (all counties) Ohio 1820-1920 (all counties) Pennsylvania 1790-1880 (all counties) Virginia 1790, 1810-1880 (all counties) West Virginia 1870 & 1880 (all counties) District of Columbia 1800-1880 COURT RECORDS Probates (estates and wills) 1809-1920 Estate Index 1809-1914 Will Index 1809-1986 Naturalizations 1809-1852, 1861-1903 Guardianships 1809-1920, index 1809-1900 Deeds 1809-1894, index 1809-1916 DEATHS 1867-1908 (all years indexed) MARRIAGES 1809-1986 (indexed up to 1972) MILITARY RECORDS Revolutionary Veterans Buried in Stark Co., OH The Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion D.A.R. Patriot Index D.A.R. Honor Roll, Vols. 1-166 1890 Ohio Union Veterans' and Widows' Census Stark County Veterans' Grave Registrations MISCELLANEOUS Stark County histories History of Stark Co., OH by Wm. H. Perrin (1881) Old Landmarks of Canton and Stark Co., OH by John Danner (1904) A Standard History of Stark Co., OH by John H. Lehman (1916?) The History of Stark Co., OH by H. T. O. Blue (1928) The Stark Co. Story by E. T. Heald (1950s) Stark County Atlases: 1855, 1875, 1896, 1914 (city of Canton only), 1923? City Directories: Alliance - scattered years 1916 to the present Canton - 1859, 1876 to the present Massillon - 1915, 1927, 1942, 1958 to the present Obituary indices to The Canton Repository 1956 to the present Mormon I.G.I. for North America and most of Europe Periodicals Newsletters from Ohio Genealogical Society chapters Family Histories Ancestor Card File Immigration and Passenger -----Original Message----- From: Dereck Dietz [mailto:dietzdl@mpdr0.detroit.mi.ameritech.net] Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2000 3:35 PM To: OHSTARK-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [OHSTARK] Researchers Are there any researcher in Stark county who would be available to do research to obtain photocopies of birth, marriage and death certificates? Thanks very much. Dereck L. Dietz dietzdl@ameritech.net ==== OHSTARK Mailing List ==== Search the USGenWeb Archives: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm>

Are there any researcher in Stark county who would be available to do research to obtain photocopies of birth, marriage and death certificates? Thanks very much. Dereck L. Dietz dietzdl@ameritech.net

Is he listed in the 1924 Alliance City Directory? His wife Mamie Alice was expecting a child which was born in Glade, Webster Co., WV October 1924. They also had Paul 2 and Ralph 1. Any info appreciated. Thanks.

They had 2 sons, Paul and Ralph and a daughter born in October in West VA.

Interested in talking to any descendents of John Reese and wife Hannah Reese. They arrived in Stark CO abt 1812,(from Franklin Co.PA, and before MD). They raised a family of 11 (8 boys and 3 girls). I have quite a bit of data on the family, but need to go back on the John Reese line. Any help will be appreciated. Ann/WI

Hi All I have a lot of info but some of my pieces still not there. Could SKS look up obit for Alice Pyle, married to Archie. Alice formerly of PA was born Alice Turner. Her sister Jane Turner Taylor died Sept 1938 age 51 so I would say poss death 1950's Also obit for Ona Marie Blocker ?? re-married. buried beside grandfather Belvin Ottis Blocker in Massillon Cenetery 1971. they lived on Rt 4 in Massillon for almost 30 yrs big yellow stucco house by railroad tracks. BO as grandfather was known by worked for the Nichel Plate R&R for over 30 yrs as did his son Dale V Blocker. Everyone is gone now except one daughter & her children, still in Massillon & myself. Betty Rochelle Taylor-Hill born im Massillon 12/31/1937 to Nila Irene Blocker-Taylor and John Thomas Taylor of Canton. John and two brother living. Alice Pyle was his Aunt. If you have ant infoon y famiy and can help in any way I'd be very greatful Thanks Shelly Hll Shelley (in Juneau Alaska)

I have been searching for ancestors of Barbara Sluss b. 1794 d. 1840 in Crawford Co. She married Peter Sells in Stark County in 1813. I do know there are quite a few people of the Sluss name in the early settling of Stark Co, John, William, Elizabeth, to mention a few, but can not make any kind of connection to Barbara Sluss. I would appreciate a response if anyone has in their Sluss ancestors a reference to a Barbara SLuss. Thank you Kathy

I'm seeking info re Elizabeth Stump HAWK who was widowed with 5 children in 1813. She may have moved to OH to be with family, her father Michael STUMP or brothers Frederick, Nicholas or Michael STUMP. Her two sons(John S. HAWK and Jacob HAUCK) stayed in or returned to PA, I have records of them there and in MD from ca 1830 on. Nothing on the daughters, who may have married in OH. Does this ring any bells with HAWK or STUMP researchers? -- Bill Hawk

----- Original Message ----- From: BONNIE POTTER To: Ruff-L@rootsweb.com ; OHSTARK- LIST@ rootsweb.com ; OHCAYUHOGA-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 9:21 PM Subject: Re: Bonnie Potter- Ruff Miller Sproat Hi ! Everyone, Just the other day I asked the group if anyone new of my Ruff line in Ohio. Below is the info from Rootsweb that I found today. Below is the Biography of my paternal Grandfather. Please note that the info I gave before was the middle initial for my Great-Grandfather was S. it is F. My Grandmother is Olive G. Ruff, the G. is probably for Gertrude, as that was what they called her. Before I didn't know my Great-Grandmothers name nor did I know, but, I did suspected due to the ages of my father's parents when he ( Eugene C.) was born in 1916 that he most likely ther were older siblings other than the Ruth. Even she was 13 years older. I hope this will help someone else in the group. Kindest regards, Bonnie Potter (nee: Miller) bonniejpotter@earthlink.net - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The file you requested is shown below. The free access to this USGenWeb Archives file is provided through the courtesy of RootsWeb.com Inc. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CNIDR Isearch-cgi 1.20.06 (File: miller2.txt) MAHONING COUNTY OHIO - BIOS: MILLER, Jesse S. (published 1925) *********************************************************************** OHGENWEB NOTICE: All distribution rights to this electronic data are reserved by the submitter. Reproduction or re-presentation of copyrighted material will require the permission of the copyright owner. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/oh/ *********************************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Submitter: MRS GINA M REASONER Email: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com Date: 23 September 1999 *********************************************************************** History of Ohio The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925 Volume III, page 138 HON. JESSE S. MILLER, one of the prominent members of the Alliance bar for over twenty years, is also known outside that city for his able work as a legislator, having served two terms in the Legislature as a representative of Stark County. Mr. Miller was born at North Benton in Mahoning County, Ohio, January 23, 1865, son of Jacob F. and Isabella T. (Sproat) Miller. He was reared in a country district, acquired his first educational advantages there, and from 1885 to 1890 was a student in Mount Union College at Alliance, and attended Wooster University at Wooster, Ohio, from 1893 to 1895, where he graduated with the Bachelor of Arts and Master of Philosophy degrees. Mr. Miller was admitted to the Ohio bar March 17, 1899, and to the United States Circuit Court for the Northern District of Ohio on February 28, 1901. He has been engaged in individual practice as an attorney at Alliance since May 31, 1900. Mr. Miller represented Stark County in the Legislature in the Eighty-second and Eighty-third General Assemblies. He is author of the Miller Utility law passed in 1919, a measure forbidding discontinuance of service by any public utility without the consent and approval of the State Utilities Commission. He is also author of the bill creating municipal courts in Alliance and Massillon. This measure has permitted an important economy of judicial arrangements, since it consolidates all the courts of small cities with the adjoining townships into a single jurisdiction, with extensive powers. The courts established under the act primarily proved so satisfactory that a similar system has been adopted by Akron, Newark, Portsmouth, Zanesville, Canton, Warren and East Liverpool, Ohio. Mr. Miller at one time was a private in Company H, of the Eighth Regiment in the Ohio National Guard, he is a Knight Templar Mason at Alliance, a member of the Junior Order United American Mechanics, and was founder of the Wooster chapter of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. He served as city solicitor of Alliance from 1902 to 1906. In politics he is a republican. He belongs to the Alliance, the Stark County, and Ohio State Bar Associations. Mr. Miller married Miss Olive G. Ruff, of Shreve, Ohio, August 8, 1895. Their four children are Jessie M., Harold M., Ruth A., and Eugene C. ________

I need information on Jacob KISER(KEYSER, KEISER) and Margaret HEMMINGER who both died in Stark County, Ohio, in 1848 and 1822 respectively. They are buried in German Cemetery, Pike twp, Stark County, Ohio. Their son, Jacob (my ancestor) married in Stark County in 1816, but died in Fostoria, Seneca County, Ohio. Jacob's daughter was born in Richland County, Ohio in 1834. She married in Tuscawaras County, Ohio, and came on to Blue Ridge, Mo., and to Oklahoma where she died. I have no other children for Jacob and Margaret KISER, nor anything else about them except their parents names and connections to Pennsylvania and Germany. Thank you for any information on this part of my heritage, Judy FAIR Forehand.

Looking for information on origins, ancestry of John Swigart, died in plain twp Stark Co in 1828. Emigrated from Penn in 1806. Regards, Michael Swigart@intelligencia.com Alternate locations for gedcom 'Swigart' at http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=swigart or http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/w/i/Michael-R-Swigart/index.html or http://www.my-ged.com/swigart/

----- Original Message ----- From: BONNIE POTTER To: OHSTARK-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 7:52 PM Subject: Fw: Ruff / Miller ----- Original Message ----- From: BONNIE POTTER To: ruffbj@juno.com Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 7:13 PM Subject: Ruff October 12, 2000 While searching Rootsweb for possible links to my German Grandmother's family I came across your message. I believe her last name was Ruff as I have an Amos Curits Ruff listed as a Grandfather or Brother. Also a Robert A. Ruff, Grandfather or Brother. Her name was Gertrude b.1877, Ohio. She was married to my Grandfather Jesse (Jessie) Sproat Miller b. 1867, Ohio. According to the 1920 Census Stark County, Ohio, USA. They had 2 children listed at that time Ruth age 16 and my Father Eugene Curtis age 3 4/12 ( 1916) born in Alliance, Stark County,Ohio. I never new my Fathers Family as my Mother left him when I was 3 months old and he was 32 at the time I was born. He was married before and I have a Brother ( Andrew ?) Miller born approx. 1945. Do you know this Ruff Family ? Kindest regards, Bonnie J. Potter

I am still trying to find the parents of my gggparents Samuel S Blackford and Julia Stevens. They were married in Stark Co in 1855 and lived in Marlboro. Julia died ca 1866. Samuel was a Capt in the CW in CoA 51 OVI. According to the 1860 census, Samuel was born in PA ca 1832. Julia was born in MA ca 1837. They had two children Myra Helen BLACKFORD b. 1856 and Frank BLACKFORD b.1863 Frank was killed in a bar fight in DC in 1886. Samuel died of a stree heartattack in 1887 in DC trying to stop a new bar from being put in his neighborhood. All bodies were returned to Marlboro for burial. Samuel remarried aft 1866 and his widow died in 1928. She is buried next to Samuel also. I have been unable to determine Samuel's parents/siblings or Julia's parents/siblings. Any connections???? Bill Boyle

Looking for collins,Basil,Ballard,Evan,Samuel any ifo woyld be of great help.