Hello, list. My name is Dave Weekley. My gg-grandparents were Peter Burnett and Bathsheba Axtell Burnett. He came from Trumbull County, she from Mercer County, PA. Both were deaf/mutes. Both were born in 1812. Given the distance and the difficulties of travel in those days, and infrequent occasion to leave the farm, it has always amazed me that these two deaf people found each other. I have assumed that they probably met at school - a school for the deaf. My question to the List: does anybody know of such a school that was operating in the vicinity in this time frame? I queried the Western PA School for the Deaf in Pittsburgh a month or so ago, but no one responded. Any help would be appreciated. Dave Weekley

I wonder if someone could suggest how I can track down some probate/guardianship records that exist in the following: Supposedly my g-g-g grandfather was Nathen Johnson(Johnston). This from an elderly relative. He married Anna Scott in Youngstown on 1/1/1807 (already confirmed). Of course Youngstown was in Trumbull at the time. Supposedly Nathen died around 1826 in Youngstown, leaving my g-g grandfather, John S. Johnson (Johnston), and 3 younger brothers: William, Moses and Nathen or Nathaniel. John was 19, but the others were young enough for guardians to be appointed, and supposedly records exist on this. My elderly relative, unfortunately, doesn't consider documentation to be important, so I don't yet have a verifiable link between Nathen Sr. and the named sons, especially John S. Can anybody give suggestions? Thanks, Doug Johnson, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Hello my name is Don McNemar. I'm looking for a birth record for Charles Homer McNemar 1869, Mother Lydia Margaret McNemar father unknown, any information would be greatly appreciated. I also need a lookup in the Trumbull county census for 1870 for the same people - Who were they living with, etc.. thanks don

Hi, Looking for information on the following people: GRAY - SWARTSWELTER/SWARTSWELLAR Amos S. GRAY born April or May 1823 married Elizabeth SWARTSWELTER born July 1, 1823 on January 18, 1844. She was a native of Trumbull County Ohio and a member of the M. E. Church in Brookfield Ohio. They moved in 1865 to Winterset, Madison County, Iowa. They had three children William Albert GRAY born September 1850 in Ohio and two daughters Samantha Married a COOK and the other Married Theodore ARMSTRONG. SWARTSWELTER/SWARTSWELLAR Matthias SWARTSWELLAR married Catherine ROOF b. NJ both buried in Hubbard township Trumbull County Ohio Children: Catherine Margaret Rosanah Barbary b. 1788 NY married Robert MOORE in 1833 John P. Matthias Jr. married Zillah BURNETT Martin b.1787 Margaret Martin SWARTSWELLAR b. 1787 NJ d. Dec. 19 1878 married Margaret MCMURREN b. MD 1792 both buried in Hubbard township, Trumbull County, Ohio. Children: (birth years based on age at 1850 Census) Thomas b. 1818 Ohio Adaline b. 1835 Ohio married Archibald PRIECE Elizabeth b. July 1, 1823 Ohio married Amos S. GRAY George Wasington b. 1828 married Elizabeth WEBER Anna b. 1825 Ohio Thank you Patty at rohne@rconnect.com

>2. Trumbull Co OH Tax records Film # 514187 > 1816 John Cust 100 acres T2 R3 & 24 acres T2 R3 > Jacob Custer 100 acres T3 R5 > 1817 Jacob Custer 100 acres T3 R5 Newton > James Moore 17 acres T1 R4 Ellsworth > John Moore 102 acres T3 R1 Hubbard > 1818 John Cust 100 acres T2 R3 & 28 acres T2 R3 Austintown > JacobCuster 100 acres T3 R5 > 1819 John Moore 194 acres T1 R1 Poland > John Cust 100 acres T2 R3 & 28 acres T2 R3 > 1820 Jacob Custer 100 acres T3 R5 Newton Norma Rice 12929 16 Mile Road Rodney, MI 49342 nbrice@netport.com

-----Original Message----- From: Sandra Johnson [mailto:ladyd@dnaco.net] Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 1999 10:36 AM To: OHGEN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [OHGEN-L] Need Help Hello Everyone, My name is Sandra Johnson. I am the Coordinator for Ohio African American Genealogy ("The Ties That Bind") I am in need of any records that pretain to African Americans in Ohio. If you have such records Please Please let me know. Thank You All, Sandra Johnson Ohio African American Genealogy "The Ties That Bind" http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohafram/index.html ********************************************** " A people without knowledge of their history is like a tree without roots" Marcus Garvey ______________________________

Seeking family of John Briggs and their relationship to the Joseph Custer family, Trumbull Co., OH. Have read that on early mortgages, often the names of first mortgage witnesses are the father of the bride, (part of her dowry). Administrator of Joseph Custer, Deceased, 1837-1842. Soldier of the War of 1812. Joseph Custer, b. c1800, m. Elizabeth Hayes 30 January 1821, Alleghany Co., MD. Married about the same time was Ann Custer, b. 26 June 1804, Cresaptown, Allegheny Co., MD, m. Federick Wagner 06 September 1821, Alleghany Co., MD. Ann was the daughter of John Custer & Catherine Valentine. Descendants of Joseph Caster 1 Joseph Caster Abt. 1800 - . +Elizabeth Hayes [Elizabeth Williams?] ........ 2 George S. Caster ........ 2 John P. Caster ........ 2 Samuel E. Caster ........ 2 Amos Caster ........ 2 Judah Caster ........ 2 Lucy A. Caster ........ 2 Joseph Caster John Custer, b. 26 February, 1782 Colebrookdale Twp., Berks Co., PA, d. 16 Dec. 1830, Allegheny Co., MD. On the 1830 Federal Census, Brookfield Twp., Trumbull Co., OH, there was an elderly fedale and a younger female living in the Joseph Custer family. Were Ann Wagner and Joseph Custer siblings? Norma Rice 12929 16 Mile Road Rodney, MI 49342 nbrice@netport.com

Is/was there an institution named Stateline? I have a relative whose daughter died at Stateline. The relative lived in the Hubbard, OH. area. The daughter may have had Down's Syndrome. Joani H.

Hi all, In the mid 1800s several of my KENDALL ancestors (including 4th gr grandparents) are thought to have lived in Bloomfield, Trumbull County. The only other name I know that connects to this family is SMITH -- I believe there was Asa and his wife Olive; Orsamus and his wife Elmira. It is possible parts of this family spilled over into Ashtabula County, so would consider information about any KENDALLs from there also. Would love to connect with descendants of any of these families, or learn any bits and pieces YOU might know about any of these folks. Thanks. Hope to hear from someone soon. Carol Jo

This may be the sign that genealogy, like other collectibles, is about to get more expensive. Look at the web sites taken over by large corporations. We have become a market and someone who has something someone else wants will try to get the most for it. Maybe the predictions that genealogy will become the biggest use of the internet may bring about the actual reduction to a hobby of the wealthiest. I hope I am wrong. There is nothing you can do except pay for the letters. If you refuse, and nobody else wants them that bad, the price will come down. It is unlikely that someone will destroy something they hope to get some return for. Ed Hagan > Subject: I need advice, please! > Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 00:34:46 -0500 > From: "Wendy L. Miller" <wink@abts.net> > To: OHTRUMBU-L@rootsweb.com > > Hi fellow researchers, > > I have a bit of a dilemma I'm hoping some of you might help me with. I > have Civil War letters and a diary of my great-great-grandfather, Dwight H. > Cory, which I've transcribed and put on the internet. He served in the 6th > OH Cavalry out of Greene, Trumbull County, Ohio. The letters mention many > of the other citizens at the time. A museum curator in Cincinnati wrote to > me and told me of someone who has letters of a brother of Dwight's. She > isn't of the family line; she bought the letters at an estate sale. There > are 137 letters of the same time period and she's been offered, she says, > $2000 for them. The museum had asked her to lend them and I asked her to > copy them but we haven't had success. Neither the museum nor I are in the > position to purchase the letters. She says her potential buyer will sell > them individually and doesn't want them copied. What would you do? I hate > to see a potential genealogical goldmine go to waste, but I don't know any > descendants on that line to inform of the problem. I'd appreciate any > advice. > > Thanks, > > Wendy Miller > (letters are at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~lovelace/cory.htm )

Hi fellow researchers, I have a bit of a dilemma I'm hoping some of you might help me with. I have Civil War letters and a diary of my great-great-grandfather, Dwight H. Cory, which I've transcribed and put on the internet. He served in the 6th OH Cavalry out of Greene, Trumbull County, Ohio. The letters mention many of the other citizens at the time. A museum curator in Cincinnati wrote to me and told me of someone who has letters of a brother of Dwight's. She isn't of the family line; she bought the letters at an estate sale. There are 137 letters of the same time period and she's been offered, she says, $2000 for them. The museum had asked her to lend them and I asked her to copy them but we haven't had success. Neither the museum nor I are in the position to purchase the letters. She says her potential buyer will sell them individually and doesn't want them copied. What would you do? I hate to see a potential genealogical goldmine go to waste, but I don't know any descendants on that line to inform of the problem. I'd appreciate any advice. Thanks, Wendy Miller (letters are at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~lovelace/cory.htm )

Hi List Thought I'd see if a photo I have might be useful to anyone. It's not particularly old as genealogy goes but if it includes a member of your family it's certainly worthwhile. I have a large photo of a gathering of WW 1 Vets (at least that's what it appears to me) taken in a meeting room with military photos on the wall where a dinner is being held. Probably an American Legion in Warren Ohio. Photo taken by Trinity Court Studios Nov 6 1943. I'd think related to Remembrance Day possibly. Some of the people have been named in handwritten script at the bottom of the page. I'll give the names I have & if they are useful to anyone let me know & I can scan the photo. Possibly I may have misinterpreted spellings as could the original writer. There are some blanks where the writer did not know the person's name Lt Col A E SIMON Sgt L W Rusiski (?sp) E A BERTALETT Melvin J MAAS Gustave A PETERMAN James DECOUREY Paul E DIGGAN I (or J) Lee AUSTIN Capt S C GREBE James E NICHOLSON Wm I LOVEJOY Charles N (or H) SAGER Raymond H BOYD (my grandfather) Hope this proves useful to someone Linda Phoenix AZ

Will be in Trumbull Co. in the next couple weeks to root around and am working with another family researcher to find the grave of Robert Karr. We still own some land in the area, I'm not familiar with the roads mentioned, but I do have a map from 1874 with our farm and the 'suspected' gravesite on it, so any help is appreciated! Robert Karr believed to be buried with Nettie Parker (second wife) in the old Parker farm cemetery, one mile north and mile east of the Hartford-Greenville road (now known as the Hunt farm, near a fence post. Another source says that he's buried on a farm on Maysville road. George, Robert's son, owned the farm where Winnie and Dutch Karr lived. Just northeast is the William L. Parker farm, west of Moses Jewell, south of John Morford. That's now Orangeville-Kinsman road. It looks like section 9 of that tract (Granger?). 1. Can anyone tell me the current names of these roads? 2. Does anyone know who now owns the Parker farm. 3. I don't know that Nettie is William Parker's daughter, but I suspect from the proximity that this is true. Any other information on the Carr/Karr clan is welcome. We're trying to tie some loose ends together! Jean

Accidently mis-identified 2d husband of Elizabeth Custer this morning. Elizabeth m. 2. Benjamin Hapgood 3. John Tribby. Should read Elizabeth m. 2. Benjamin Honey 3. John Tribby CHURCH RECORDS: OH, Trumbull Co.: Brockway Mills Methodist church., 11 August 1872., Pg. 4., MINUTES: Elizabeth Tribby was a full member 11 August 1872. Not found later. Dec'd? John Tribby, b. 1797, Exeter, Washington Co., Rhode Island, Aft. 05 December 1873, Bowerstown, OH? Norma Rice 12929 16 Mile Road Rodney, MI 49342 nbrice@netport.com

-----Original Message----- From: Shupe <SHUPE@CITCOM.NET> To: Norma Rice <nbrice@net-port.com> Date: Tuesday, March 16, 1999 4:02 PM Subject: Jos. Caster marriage AllegCoMd. >Here is a marriage you could be looking for?????? in Allegany Co., >Md.-----C. >Allegany County Marriages in Groom Order (1791-1825) >***************** >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/md/allegany/malemar1.txt > >File transcribed and contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives >by Harriet Moore hmoore1@mindspring.com >and the Genealogical Society of Allegany County > >The transcription is based on notes donated to the Society by members, >whose collected the data from original Courthouse records. > >1821 01/30 Caster, Joseph Hayes, Elizabeth >

Looking for relatives of Joseph Custer and Elizabeth Williams. Lived in the Connecticut Western Reserve. Brookfield Twp., Trumbull Co., OH, Hartford Twp. Settled in BurgHill, 1826, Trumbull Co., OH. CHILDREN; Seeking parents/grandparents of Joseph Custer. George S., m. Hannah Unknown John P., m. Susannah Unknown Samuel E., Mary Ann Varnes, d/o George Varnes Amos, m. Elizaabeth Drake, d/o Henry Drake Judah, m. Nancy Lavina Moor, d/o James Moor & Elizabeth Bruce, d/o the Rev. John Bruce & Eleanor Unknown, bur. Canfield Cemetery Lucy A., m. ???William Hause??? Joseph, Jr., m. Nancy M. Drake, d/o Henry Drake Elizabeth m. 2. Benjamin Hapgood 3. John Tribby. CHURCH RECORDS: OH, Trumbull Co.: Brockway Mills Methodist church., 11 August 1872., Pg. 4., MINUTES: Elizabeth Tribby was a full member 11 August 1872. Not found later. Dec'd? John Tribby, b. 1797, Exeter, Washington Co., Rhode Island, Aft. 05 December 1873, Bowerstown, OH? Norma Rice 12929 16 Mile Road Rodney, MI 49342 nbrice@netport.com

In 1831, Joseph Custer bought a 55 acre farm from Frederick & Margarett Wireman and John & Mary Pfouts. Trumbull County, OH Deed Volume 29, pp. 45-46 Joseph Purchased 55 Acres John Pfouts, Frederick Wireman & Wives and Joseph Custer. To all persons to whom these presents shall come--Greeting-- Know ye That We, John Pfouts and Mary Pfouts, wife of the said John of Hartford in the county of Trumbull and State and Frederick Wireman and Margarett Wireman, Wife of the said Frederick of Brookfield in the County and State aforesaid, for the consideration of two hundred and fifty dollars received to our full satisfaction of Joseph Custer of Brookfield Township, number four in the first Range of Townships in the Connecticut Western Reserve in the State of Ohio, and which is also in the County of Trumbull and is known by the part of lot number 72, and is bounded as follows: said lands and tennements are bounded and described as follow to wit-- being known as part of lot No. 72, in the township of Brookfield, in the county of Trumbull and state of Ohio and bounded as following viz: Beginning at the South East corner of said lot and running South 88 degrees 30 feet West 11 chains and 94 links to a post, thence Northerly in a parallel line with the East line of said lot 46 chains and 10 links to the place of Beginning and contains fifty five acres of land--with all and singular the appurtenances and privileges thereto belonging to." 20th August 1831, etc. [Entered July 16 1831, recorded 17 July 1831], by Lyman Potter, Recorder. thereto belonging to." Norma Rice 12929 16 Mile Road Rodney, MI 49342 nbrice@netport.com

Joani, That street is Hager. What relation to you is Leonard? That is the "Lollie" I mentioned. He sponsored a team in the Uptown Golf League(of which I was secretary) for many years during the 60's & 70's. Gayle

Joani, >From the Youngstown, OH phonebook for 1927: Hubbard section: Hubbard Coal & Supply Co 828 N Main Hubbard-274 Stevenson F M r Christian av Hubbard-271-F-2 Stevenson W G r Hager Hubbard-6-F-12 Stevenson Williard r Hagar st Hubbard-184 Note: Hager and Hagar are as the appear in the book. Don't know if there are two streets with those names or one is a typo. Any locals who can help us out? There were no RYSERs in the Hubbard or Youngstown portions of the book. Ed Hagan > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: STEVENSON > Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 15:57:45 EST > From: JHami828@aol.com > To: OHTRUMBU-L@rootsweb.com > > I am looking for information about William George STEVENSON of Hubbard, > OH. He was my grandfather. I know his birth/death dates. He owned the > Hubbard Coal and Supply Store from 1922-1971. My grandmother was Mary RYSER > STEVENSON. Any interesting information or stories about my grandparents > would be appreciated. > > Joani

I am looking for information about William George STEVENSON of Hubbard, OH. He was my grandfather. I know his birth/death dates. He owned the Hubbard Coal and Supply Store from 1922-1971. My grandmother was Mary RYSER STEVENSON. Any interesting information or stories about my grandparents would be appreciated. Joani