Hello, You can request information through the library's online request forms. The address is http://www.starklibrary.org/requestforms. They only charge for the cost of copying. Carol Stark Co. Coordinator, OHGenWeb -----Original Message----- From: ohstark-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ohstark-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jackie Mitchell Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 4:18 PM To: ohstark@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OHSTARK] Bachtel pioneer and murderer Maybe someone can give you the e mail address of the Stark County Library at Canton, Ohio....They have a wonderful genealogy section and they are very helpful. Jackie Mitchell ----- Original Message ----- From: <jakesjag@aol.com> To: <ohstark@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 4:06 PM Subject: Re: [OHSTARK] Bachtel pioneer and murderer >I would like to learn more about this too.? I used google book search to >check on the book and what librarys have it.??? Only one was University of >Michigan.? I wonder if anyone could get a copy of the story. > > Thanks > Marilyn > > > > > > > > > > > > > University of Michigan, William Clements Library > > Ann Arbor, MI 48109 United States > > > > > > ? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: rricabee@aol.com > To: ohstark@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 4:15 pm > Subject: [OHSTARK] Bachtel pioneer and murderer > > > > > > > The Bachtels were among the earliest settlers in Jackson Twp., and I've > noticed > many land records under their names in Jackson Twp.?In researching this > on-line > I have found that it is claimed in one post that Christian Bachtel > murdered his > wife in Stark Co. It was claimed he "hit her in the head with the back of > an ax, > while she was asleep, " and he was the first person executed in Stark Co. > for > the crime of murder.?? The source for this was listed as "A History of > Capital > Crimes in Stark County, Ohio, and a Sketch of Four Murderers". Published > by > Democrat Steam Printing House, 1880."? If anyone has access to that please > share > further details, or confirm this if possible.? There are conflicting dates > given > for the deaths of both Christian and his wife Katherine. If this account > is > correct then she may have been murdered in October of 1833, and he was > executed > Nov. 22 of the same year.? > > Jacob Bachtel may have been Christian's brother, as he was born just two > years > previous.? Jacob father, and therefore Christian's father too, was likely > another Jacob Bachtel, who was a minister of the gospel.? It seems unusual > that > one of his sons would commit such a horrendous crime, but some children > aren't > like their parents at all.??Then, like today, domestic disputes can end > tragically. ?As far as I know they were members of the Reformed church. My > family was distantly related to Jacob Bachtel's wife, and later?lived in > the > same place the Bachtels left from in PA, and may have followed to Stark > County > some twenty years later, as they settled in the same Jackson Twp. and > attended > the same Reformed church.? I know of no early records of this church, > however. A > few from my family also moved on to the same St. Joseph Co. IN where your > Christian Bachtel's son moved to. > > Richard > > > The Bachtels were among the earliest settlers in Jackson Twp., and I've > noticed > many land records under their names in Jackson Twp.?In researching this > on-line > I have found that it is claimed in one post that Christian Bacht > el murdered his > wife in Stark Co. It was claimed he "hit her in the head with the back of > an ax, > while she was asleep, " and he was the first person executed in Stark Co. > for > the crime of murder.?? The source for this was listed as "A History of > Capital > Crimes in Stark County, Ohio, and a Sketch of Four Murderers". Published > by > Democrat Steam Printing House, 1880."? If anyone has access to that please > share > further details, or confirm this if possible.? There are conflicting dates > given > for the deaths of both Christian and his wife Katherine. If this account > is > correct then she may have been murdered in October of 1833, and he was > executed > Nov. 22 of the same year.? > > Jacob Bachtel may have been Christian's brother, as he was born just two > years > previous.? Jacob father, and therefore Christian's father too, was likely > another Jacob Bachtel, who was a minister of the gospel.? It seems unusual > that > one of his sons would commit such a horrendous crime, but some children > aren't > like their parents at all.??Then, like today, domestic disputes can end > tragically. ?As far as I know they were members of the Reformed church. My > family was distantly related to Jacob Bachtel's wife, and later?lived in > the > same place the Bachtels left from in PA, and may have followed to Stark > County > some twenty years later, as they settled in the same Jackson Twp. and > attended > the same Reformed church.? I know of no early records of this church, > however. A > few from my family also moved on to the same St. Joseph Co. IN where your > Christian Bachtel's son moved to. > > Richard > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHSTARK-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of > the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHSTARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHSTARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message