In a message dated 3/3/01 9:02:02 PM US Mountain Standard Time, OHUNION-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << X-Message: #1 Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 21:37:58 -0600 (CST) From: ibim@webtv.net (Sherry Bowling) To: OHUNION-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <27555-3AA06716-1193@storefull-241.iap.bryant.webtv.net> Subject: [OHUNION] SHIRK Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Looking for Cyrus "Cy" SHIRK of Union County. According to the marriage certificate (5/11/1907) of William SHIRK (2/1/1879 - 4/24/1946) and Lillian "Lillie" SWANIGAN (3/18/1888 - 8/12/1932), Willam's parents were Cyrus and Nettie WHITE. The document states Cyrus was married once previously, with that wife (name unknown) dead. Any help is appreciated. >> Sorry for such a late reply. I show no marriages or burials in union co OH for Cyrus SHIRK. There were two Silas Shirk marriages but don't know if your research shows those names interchanging or not. I looked on my 1880 OH census index and there is NO Cyrus Shirk, but in union co OH there is a Silas Shirk -- Census Index: OH, 1880, Shirk, Silas Township : Liberty Microfilm : Page 039C If you have looked at the 1880 census index for union co OH at my site, you know there are about 20 or more Shirk listed on it. And "Cy" and "Si" are very close in pronunciation. Don't know if this helps any or not. Larry <A HREF="http://unioncoohio.homestead.com">http://unioncoohio.homestead.com </A> My Union County, OH, genealogy help web site. Visit it soon.

In a message dated 3/25/01 2:10:41 PM US Mountain Standard Time, OHUNION-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << ------------------- X-Message: #1 Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 15:05:44 -0500 From: "Searcher" <zxcqwe123@netzero.net> To: OHUNION-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <000201c0b4a3$45f7a3a0$60e13604@computer> Subject: [OHUNION] 1883 Beers & Co's history of Union Co. Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Is there anyone who could do a lookup for me in the in W. H. Beers & Co's history of Union Co. Part 2 p. 124 for Mr. and Mrs. John Mitchell? I would surely appreciate it. Richard >> Richard -- Go to this web site and look for it. It is the site of Allen Potts. He has a genealogy research firm in, I think, Orem, UT. If you get stuck on an ancestor, he may be able to help you. But, he does it for money. But I was told by one lady stuck in her tree, that she told him what she was looking for and for $100 received hard copies of German documents containing 5 generations back beyond what she had been able to find. I do not know the man but thanks to him I have found more than I could have found on my own. <A HREF="http://heritagepursuit.com/">http://heritagepursuit.com/</A> When the page opens go down to union county. The history of union co 1883, by W. H. Beers, will open. Then go down to part II and look to your hearts desire. Hope this helps you and many others on this list. It is a very helpful site with many searchable databases, expecially in marion co OH where many of my older ancestors immigrated to from Germany. Larry <A HREF="http://unioncoohio.homestead.com">http://unioncoohio.homestead.com </A> My Union County, OH, genealogy help web site. Visit it soon.

In looking at the Historty of Union County Ohio, I see that the name REV. J.T. CALDWELL shows many times as the OFFICIATOR Does anyone have any information about this REV? Am looking for JAMES THOMPSON CALDWELL BORN 1808 in Ohio. He was the son of DANIEL CAULDWELL and RACHEL POTTER. Am trying to find a connection for JAMES THOMPSON CALDWELL b 1831 in Union County Ohio. Died 1894 in Washington Iowa. He married CATHERINE ELIZABETH AMERINE/AMRINE. Thanks. Dawn

Richard wrote: Is there anyone who could do a lookup for me in the in W. H. Beers & Co's history of Union Co. Part 2 p. 124 for Mr. and Mrs. John Mitchell? <snip> The 1883 History of Union County, Ohio is available online at www.heritagepursuit.com and here is the information you are looking for: JOHN MITCHELL, JR., retired, Marysville, is a ion of John Mitchell, who was the youngest of eight children, and was born in Cumberland County, Penn. He moved to Milford Center in 1823, being among the pioneers a of that township. The same year he was married to Miss Susanah Kingery, a Virginian. He was a hatter by trade, and began the struggles of life with little, if any means. He applied himself closely to his business, and with the elements of energy and frugality accomplished success. He was of a quiet unostentatious nature and a lover of home. In 1835, he purchased 500 acres of land upon which he resided until near the close of his life, in 1882, in the eighty-second year of his age. The widow who survives him resides in this city at the advanced age of eighty-one years. Their children are Rolls, eldest son, who married Anne. Deland, and resides in Platt County, Ill.; John, Jr.; William D., who enlisted in August. 1861, in Company B, Thirty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was killed at the battle of Atlanta, July 22, 1864; James, who enlisted in same regiment and served the full time of enlistment, and was discharged in August, 1864; and George D., who married Sarah Converse, of this county. The subject or this sketch was born in Milford Center, Union Township, February 13, 1826. He was raised on the homestead farm, and in 1847 was married to Miss Harriet, daughter of William and Mary Stansfield. She was of English descent, and with her parents came to this country when she was seven years of age. Her father was a merchant at Columbus, Ohio, some years, and died while on a visit to Illinois in 1836. His widow subsequently removed to Shawnee County, Kan., where she died in 1861. Mr. M. disposed of his estate in Union Township, in 1876, and moved to this city, where he has since lived in quiet retirement. He served his native township as Justice of the Peace eight years and Trustee for seven years, and was otherwise identified with the township. He is the father of six children, five of whom are living, viz.; Emily L., Elizabeth A., Francis I., John M. and Carrie M.

Is there anyone who could do a lookup for me in the in W. H. Beers & Co's history of Union Co. Part 2 p. 124 for Mr. and Mrs. John Mitchell? I would surely appreciate it. Richard Shop online without a credit card http://www.rocketcash.com RocketCash, a NetZero subsidiary

This came to me from the Hocking Ohio List. I took this survey, it is a bit lengthy but interesting. The Fullerton Genealogy Study Informed Consent for the Fullerton Study of Genealogists - Genealogy Survey A Master's Thesis Project by Pamela Drake California State University, Fullerton Nearly 60% of U.S. residents participate in some genealogical activities. Yet there is sparse information about the millions of people involved in this rewarding hobby and what needs are met by the pursuit of one's ancestors. A thesis project designed to address these questions is being conducted at California State University Fullerton. Interested genealogists and family historians are being asked to fill out a 20 minute survey online. All information will be anonymously collected and no identifying information about individual answers will be divulged. See the survey at: http://psych.fullerton.edu/genealogy This research project is being conducted by Pamela J. Drake, a Master of Arts student in Psychology at California State University, Fullerton and is supervised by William D. Marelich, Ph.D. Questions or comments about the study may be directed to the researchers at: email: genealogy_study@hotmail.com telephone: (714) 761-3592 _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Relatives and the sender of data: Job Smith whose sister may have married Peter Mattocks please e-mail me. jeannet@mstar2.net

Here's a link to a page at the Saving Graves site concerning Brannon Cemetery in Magnetic Springs: http://www.savinggraves.com/usa/oh/brannon.htm Somebody on the list might have relatives buried here!

In a message dated 3/18/01 3:02:49 PM US Mountain Standard Time, OHUNION-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << X-Message: #1 Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 15:45:34 -0600 From: "Jeannet" <jeannet@mstar2.net> To: OHUNION-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <000501c0af2b$998ec8e0$2e3e1840@deseretonline.com> Subject: [OHUNION] Mattocks/Smith/Johnson 1837 Deed Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Seeking families of Peter & Elizabeth Mattocks and Job & Mary Smith who sold 120 acres to David Johnson in Union Co., OH 9 Jun 1837. Jeannet >> Jeannet I found some cemetery info for you -- Union Co, Liberty twp, New Mill Creek Cemetery, row 16, has SMITH, Job, 20 Jan 1813 - 14 Jan 1895, 81y 11m 24d , Mary, wife of Job, 20 Aug 1873, 54y 9m 25d No Mattocks or Mattox (spelling variation) of the above names were found in union co OH cemeteries. The following marriages in union co OH -- None on Mattocks / Mattox, Peter Smith, Job, married Moore, Mary on 21 Jul 1836, source in Marysville OH court house, book 2 page 4. Smith, Job, married Lockwood, Julia A, on 27 Oct 1875, book C page 254. I did find two marriages on Peter Mattocks / Mattox not in union co OH -- Take your pick but I am betting the second one is your man. Marriage Index Ohio, 1789-1850, has Mattocks, Peter, Spouse Levitzer, Sarah, Marriage date : Sep 7, 1820, County of record : Clark Co., Sex : M. Marriage Index Ohio, 1789-1850, has Mattox, Peter, Spouse Smith, Elizabeth, Marriage date Aug 26, 1831, County of record Logan Co., Sex : M. It is possible, in these two couples, that Job and Elizabeth are brother and sister. Both have surname SMITH. Hope this helps, Larry <A HREF="http://unioncoohio.homestead.com">http://unioncoohio.homestead.com </A> My Union County, OH, genealogy help web site. Visit it soon.

Mathew Johnson (b. 1826) owned 120 acres by buying out the shares of his brothers and sisters and widowed mother, Are there any desc. of his still in Liberty Twp. Union Co., OH presently that I might correspond with? Jeannet

Seeking families of Peter & Elizabeth Mattocks and Job & Mary Smith who sold 120 acres to David Johnson in Union Co., OH 9 Jun 1837. Jeannet

http://www.military.com/index/0,11455,,00.html -- Maybe this will help someone. You do have to sign up. Jacquie

http://www.flash.net/~leimer/register.html Maybe this will help someone. Jacquie

Looking for Cyrus "Cy" SHIRK of Union County. According to the marriage certificate (5/11/1907) of William SHIRK (2/1/1879 - 4/24/1946) and Lillian "Lillie" SWANIGAN (3/18/1888 - 8/12/1932), Willam's parents were Cyrus and Nettie WHITE. The document states Cyrus was married once previously, with that wife (name unknown) dead. Any help is appreciated.

Dear Lists: With the gracious help of a very kind soul, I'm going to take a different approach to hunting my mysterious maternal grandfather, Harold Lee BISHOP born August 1900 in MA. According to 2 Akron obituaries, dated 1939 for his father Howard Emerson BISHOP and 1940 for his step-mother, Theresa, Harold Lee was not mentioned in either one. Although, his sister, Georgina M. was mentioned in both. (Georgina died in 1977 in Akron.) Harold Lee's & Georgina M's mother, Margaret Jane HAYMAN-Bishop died 1921 and is buried in East Akron Cemetery (although no marker has been found). A large scale search for a death certificate for Harold Lee BISHOP has turned up nothing! For Harold Lee BISHOP, I have scoured the SSDI and every other suitable database I can find (even in Canada) to no avail. I was wondering if anyone had easy access to directories for the Summit County areas of Sawyerwood, Barberton & Akron -- and the -- Union County area of Marysville & Plain City and the Madison County area of Plain City from the year 1926 to 1939 to see if there is a Harold Lee Bishop is listed anywhere in those areas. Sometime between 1922 and to his 1926 disappearance, Harold Lee BISHOP was to have worked as a garageman for a man named Briggs Mercer at "MERCER'S GARAGE" in the Madison Co. portion of Plain City. [NOTE: A Harold L. Bishop with wife Dorothy B. was found in 1940s directories - this person was also named Harold Lee Bishop - he is not my missing grandfather.] Much thanks in advance for any help that anyone might be able to give me. Jacquie (California) "A misplaced Buckeye" "OHSUMMIT-L@rootsweb.com" "OHUNION-L@rootsweb.com" "OHMADISO-L@rootsweb.com" "OHROOTS-L@rootsweb.com"

Dear Lists: I just rec'd these URLs - http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/bhartlen/ - http://www.monmouth.com/%7Essteinhauer/ - for pages about "The Butterbox Babies". Hope this helps! Jacquie Gary Hiseler wrote: > Hi Jacquie > > I would suggest you check out the following web site for info on the Ideal > Nursing Home and the 'Butterbox Babies'. > > http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/bhartlen/ > > Gary > ----- Original Message ----- > > > Dear List, > > > > Since seeing the postings of last week about the movie, "The Butterbox > Babies", I > > found the TV listings for cable & local stations and posted for those who > might be > > interested. However, I don't know anything about the TRUE story behind the > movie. > > Would anyone who knows the true story be willing to post to the list? I've > gotten a > > couple more inquires from another of my lists for information about these > babies of > > adoption. > > > > Jacquie (USA, California) > >

Dear Lists: A few days ago a note about "The Butterbox Babies" came through one or two of my lists. I'd seen an advertisement on TV about a movie that was going to be on this week. Since I'm PST, here's the times listed for today's showing of the 1995 movie. PAX TV - Channel 30 - KPXN at 9 p.m. PAX TV - Cable Channel 255 (also DirectTV) starting at 6 p.m pacific, 7 p.m. mountain, 8 p.m. central & 9 p.m. eastern. Hope this helps. Jacquie

Seeing Kelly's note on the Courthouses reminds me that about two years ago some gentleman has announced that he, in cooperation with the Union County Historical Society, was going to publish a book on businesses in Union County prior to the turn of the century (1850 to 1900). I have never heard anything of that since. My great (3X) uncle, Thomas S. Loveless, had the Loveless, _______ , & _________ Fur & Textile Co. in Marysville from about 1850 to 1890. I would love to get my hands on a picture of the store or an ad that might have been placed in county newspapers. It was a major fur trading company that delt in all sorts of general supplies of the time. Can anyone help me with this? Jim in Kansas City. Kelly Smith wrote: > I just found a relly neet site.. It shows all the Ohio County Courthouses.. > > Ours is the nicest looking !!!! > > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maggieoh/Courthouses/county_courthouses.html > > Thought I'd share. > > Kelly Smith > Marysville, Ohio > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > ==== OHUNION Mailing List ====

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