OHIO STATEWIDE FILES OH-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List Issue 202 *********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 01 : Issue 202 Today's Topics: #1 Obit: Lewis Dewey, 1996, Ross & Fa ["Ralph W. Cokonougher" <rcokon@hot] #2 Obit: Martin Sever, 2001, Ross & H ["Ralph W. Cokonougher" <rcokon@hot] #3 Obit: Hiram Mullins, 2001, Highlan ["Ralph W. Cokonougher" <rcokon@hot] #4 Obit: Elsie Walden, Elsie Biggers, ["Ralph W. Cokonougher" <rcokon@hot] #5 Mar: Isaiah Kerns & Sarah Grofs, 1 ["Ralph W. Cokonougher" <rcokon@hot] #6 Obit: Kenneth Massie, 2001, Pickaw ["Ralph W. Cokonougher" <rcokon@hot] #7 HISTORY--Barngrover, Highland Coun [BarngroverBook@aol.com] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from OH-FOOTSTEPS-D, send a message to OH-FOOTSTEPS-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #1 Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2001 14:43:12 +0000 From: "Ralph W. Cokonougher" <rcokon@hotmail.com> To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <F31uJfEg897BqgFoFnC0001e2a9@hotmail.com> Subject: Obit: Lewis Dewey, 1996, Ross & Fayette Co. Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed MIME-Version: 1.0 The following obituary is from the 6 Sept. 1996 issue of the Greenfield, Ohio "Greenfield Daily Times", page 10, column 1: "DEWEY. Lewis G. Dewey, age 76, of Frankfort, died at 10 p.m. Wednesday, September 4, 1996 at Valley View Care Center in Frankfort. He was born February 8, 1920 in Washington Court House, the son of Mack and Virgie (Moore) Dewey. Mr. Dewey was a retired timberman, a World War II U.S. Army veteran and a member of Joseph Ellsworth White American Legion Post 483. Survivors include his wife, Maxine (Temple) Dewey, whom he married on January 21, 1946; one daughter and son-in-law, Diana and Robert Speakman of Washington C.H.; one son and daughter-in-law, Nick and Kathy Dewey of Frankfort; sister Ellene Storts of Frankfort; brothers and sisters-in-law, Harley and Mag Dewey of Beaver, OH and Charles and Edith Ann Dewey of Waverly; sisters-in-law Dorothy Bossert, Viola Lykins and Marian Shaffer and her husband, Ivan; five grandchildren; three great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a brother, Boyd Dewey. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, September 7, at the Fisher-Anderson-Ebright Funeral Home in Frankfort, with the Rev. Jack Norman officiating. Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery in Frankfort, where military honors will be accorded by the Frankfort American Legion. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. Friday, September 6." _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2001 14:47:07 +0000 From: "Ralph W. Cokonougher" <rcokon@hotmail.com> To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <F3iCQNaf7PJFTpm6c0400004b15@hotmail.com> Subject: Obit: Martin Sever, 2001, Ross & Highland Co. Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed MIME-Version: 1.0 The following obituary is from the 6 Aug. 2001 issue of the Hillsboro, Ohio "Times-Gazette", Monday, page 2, column 1: "MARTIN LUTHER SEVER. 1923-2001. Martin Luther Sever, 77, of Hillsboro, died at 11:45 a.m. Aug. 4, 2001 at home with his special companion, Mary Priest, in the loving care of his family and the Clinton County Hospice. He was born Sept. 20, 1923 at Austin, son of Charles and Nellie Sever. On Nov. 10, 1945 he married Evelyn Kinnamon. They had nine children. Evelyn preceded him in death on July 8, 1977. Surviving are four sons: Charles of Chillicothe, Lawrence (Ina), of Greenfield, Robert (Shirley), of Frankfort, Lee, of Clarksburg; two daughters, Jan (David) Garcia, of Loxahatchee, Fla., and Jean Ann (Roger) of Chillicothe; step grandchildren, Pamela (John) Mottie, of Hillsboro and Thomas (Ruth) Priest, of Highland; 28 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Also surviving are one brother, James, of Washington C.H.; four sisters, Vivian 'Till' Smith, of Fairborn, Virginia Bradley, of Springboro, Mary Lou Tangeman, of Frankfort, Lib Sowers, of Washington C.H., and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; two daughters, Ann McCloud and Evelyn Mae Sever; a son, Marvin Seyfang; three brothers, John, Bill and Donald Sever; sister, Polly Starkey; and great grandson, Jacob McDonald. He served with the U.S. Army in World War II in Germany. He was a lifetime member of the VFW in Greenfield, Frankfort American Legion and the AmVets of Hillsboro and also belonged to the Eagles Lodge in Greenfield. Mart was a professional wrestler, known as 'Tiger'. He was retired and a previous worker of many trades. He was a wonderful father and companion with a host of friends and loved by all who knew him. At this time, Mary and family would like to thank everyone for their prayers and support during this loss. Funeral services will be 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2001 in the Frankfort United Methodist Church with the Rev. Glen Hiles and Craig Reichert officiating. Burial will follow in the Greenlawn Cemetery in Frankfort where military rites will be accorded by the Frankfort American Legion. Friends may call at the Fisher-Anderson-Ebright Funeral Home in Frankfort from 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday where Eagles service will be held at 7 p.m." ********************************************** The following obituary is from the 6 August 2001 issue of the Washington C.H., Ohio "Record-Herald", page 2, Monday, column 5: "MARTIN LUTHER SEVER. Martin Luther Sever, 77, of Hillsboro, died on Aug. 4, 2001 at 11:45 a.m. at home with companion Mary Priest and in the care of his family and Clinton County Hospice. He was born on Sept. 20, 1923 in Austin, Ohio, son of Charles and Nellie Sever. On Nov. 10, 1945 he married Evelyn Kinnamon. They had nine children. Surviving are four sons: Charles of Chillicothe, Lawrence (Ina) of Greenfield, Robert (Shirley) of Frankfort and Lee of Clarksburg and two daughters, Jan (David) Garcia of Loxahatchee, Fla., and Jean Ann (Roger) of Chillicothe; stepchildren, Pamela (John) Mottie of Hillsboro and Thomas (Ruth) Priest of Highland; 28 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren; a brother, James, of Washington C.H.; four sisters, Vivian 'Till' Smith of Fairborn, Virginia Bradley of Springboro, Mary Lou Tangeman of Frankfort, Lib Sowers of Washington C.H., and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death on July 8, 1977 by his wife. Also preceding were his parents; two daughters, Ann McCloud and Evelyn Mae Sever; a son, Marvin Seyfang; three brothers, John, Bill and Donald Sever; one sister, Polly Starkey, and a great-grandson, Jacob McDonald. He served with the U.S. Army in World War II in Germany. He was a lifetime member of the VFW in Greenfield, Frankfort American Legion, AmVets of Hillsboro and also belonged to the Eagles Lodge in Greenfield. Mr. Sever was a professional wrestler known as 'Tiger'. He was retired and a previous worker of many trades. The funeral will be 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2001 in the Frankfort United Methodist Church with the Rev. Glen Hiles and Craig Reichert officiating. burial will follow in Greenlawn Cemetery, Frankfort, where military rites will be accorded by the Frankfort American Legion. Friends may call at the Fisher-Anderson-Ebright Funeral Home in Frankfort on Tuesday, 5-9 p.m. where Eagles service will be held at 7 p.m." ************************************************* _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2001 15:00:07 +0000 From: "Ralph W. Cokonougher" <rcokon@hotmail.com> To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <F113KLELe2A2u26KLJf000096d2@hotmail.com> Subject: Obit: Hiram Mullins, 2001, Highland & Clinton Co. Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed MIME-Version: 1.0 The following obituary is from page 2 of the 8 Sept. 2001, Hillsboro, Ohio "Times-Gazette", Col. 1, Saturday: "HIRAM MULLINS. 1949-2001. Hiram Mullins, 52, of Sabina, formerly of New Vienna, died at 2:20 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 6, 2001 at Clinton Memorial Hospital in Wilmington. He was born May 2, 1949 in Wheelright, Ky., the son of the late James and Pricie Mullins. His wife, Rita Mullins, survives. Services will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 10, 2001 at the L. Eugene Smith & Son Funeral Home in New Vienna. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 10, 2001 at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of the donor's choice." _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #4 Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2001 15:05:16 +0000 From: "Ralph W. Cokonougher" <rcokon@hotmail.com> To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <F70tIfPm7R9Qz9IPUS9000013ed@hotmail.com> Subject: Obit: Elsie Walden, Elsie Biggers, 2001, Adams Co. Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed MIME-Version: 1.0 The following obituary is from the 6 Aug. 2001 issue of the Hillsboro, Ohio "Times-Gazette", Monday, page 2: "ELSIE R. (BIGGERS) WALDEN. 1927-2001. Elsie R. (Biggers) Walden, 75, of Winchester, formerly of Tompkinsville, Ky. died Friday, Aug. 3, 2001. She was born at Tompkinsville, Ky. on Feb. 2, 1927, the daughter of Ethrie and Evie (Fish) Biggers. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 6, 2001 at the Yokley-Trible Funeral Home at Tompkinsville, Ky. Burial will follow in the Skaggs Creek Cemetery. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Skaggs Creek Baptist Church, in care of Gary Emberton, Head Road, Tompkinsville, KY 42167. Local arrangements were under the direction of the Bradford-Sullivan Funeral home in Winchester. To sign the online guest book, visit www.thompsonfuneralhomes.com." _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #5 Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2001 15:14:06 +0000 From: "Ralph W. Cokonougher" <rcokon@hotmail.com> To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <F140gfnNVvxKvYkU17A0000315f@hotmail.com> Subject: Mar: Isaiah Kerns & Sarah Grofs, 1847, Virginia Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed MIME-Version: 1.0 The following transcribed document was found in a box of the personal effects of Norma P. Stevens of Greenfield, Ohio. I purchased the box at her home at public auction just a few days after her death. The source of the document is not given, but it must be from the Morgan County, Virginia court records. "VIRGINIA, MORGAN COUNTY, to wit: KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That we, Isaiah Kerns and Peter Grofs, are held and firmly bound to the Commonwealth of Va. in the sum of One Hundred and Fifty Dollars, for the payment whereof, well and truly to be made to the said Commonwealth of Virginia for the use of the Commonwealth, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals, and dated this 8th day of December A.D. 1847. THE CONDITION OF THE ABOVE OBLIGATION IS SUCH, That whereas a Marriage is shortly intended to be had and solemnized between the said Isaiah Kerns and Sarah Grofs of this County. Now, if there is no lawful cause to obstruct the said Marriage, then the above obligation to be void, else to remain in full force and virtue. Signed, Sealed and Delivered in presence of: Signed/ Isaiah Kearns. Signed/ Peter Grofs. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #6 Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2001 15:17:01 +0000 From: "Ralph W. Cokonougher" <rcokon@hotmail.com> To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <F1023wsGSaVkpCCuc5b000029d9@hotmail.com> Subject: Obit: Kenneth Massie, 2001, Pickaway & Fayette Co. Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed MIME-Version: 1.0 The following obituary is from the Friday, 26 October 2001 issue of the Washington C.H., Ohio "Record-Herald": "KENNETH E. MASSIE. Kenneth E. Massie, 71, of Bloomingburg, died on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2001 at Mount Carmel Medical Center. He was born in Pickaway County on June 20, 1930 to Oliver and Mildred (Oty) Massie. Mr. Massie served in the Ohio National Guard and lived most of his life in Fayette County. He was retired from Pennington Bakery after 35 years of service. He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers. He is survived by his wife, Carol Lee (Scott) Massie of Bloomingburg; children, Dorothy (Rodney) Whiteside, Robert 'Bob' (Jane Ann) Massie and Oliver (Teresa) Massie, all of Washington C.H., Jimmy (Pam) Massie of Ashville, Mary Jane (John III) Queen of Bloomingburg; grandchildren, Anissa and Chris Dennis, Kelli Brown, Monica and Ronnie Curnutte, Christy and Hib Queen, Jimmy, Sarah, Matt, Kenny, Brittany, Josh and Amanda Massie; step-grandchildren, Kelli and Kyle McGraw, Carolyn Hall, Shelly, Tracy and Phillip Groves; great grandchildren, Adam and Cierra Dennis, Renee and Courtney Curnutte and a great-grandson on the way; two brothers, Harry (Mary) Massie of Xenia, Bobbie Massie of Washington C.H.; three sisters, Norma Jean Insko of Lima, Marie Wisecup of Washington C.H., Betty (Richard) Fair of Florida; and by a special friend and neighbor, Cheryl Adkins. Funeral service for Mr. Massie will be held on Saturday at 1 p.m. in the Wellman-Kinzer Funeral Home with burial to follow in Highlawn Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Friday from 2 to 4 p.m. and again from 6 to 8 p.m. Memorial contributions may be directed to the American Diabetes Association." _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #7 Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2001 13:59:02 EST From: BarngroverBook@aol.com To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <76.1251c912.2916e9f6@aol.com> Subject: HISTORY--Barngrover, Highland County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by ohmx02. mgw.rr.com id fA595sb15174 Although this is a transcript from Dallas county, Iowa, it tells a lot ab= out=20 the Barngrovers in Highland county. From the Historical and Biographical Record of Iowa, The LewisPublishing Company, Chicago, 1896, pages 649-651. JOHN SMITH BARNGROVER isnumbered among the pioneer settlers of Dallas County, Iowa.=C2=A0 He has seen the wild lands transformed intobeautiful homes and farms, the log cabins replaced by substantial residences,while churches and schools have been built, villages and towns established,industries and enterprises introduced, while the work of progress andcivilization has been carried forward until the county of today bears littleresemblance to that of a third of a century ago. Mr.Barngrover has borne his part in the work of development well deservesmention among the leading and influential citizens. He was born in Highland county, Ohio, September 26, 1822, and is a son of George and Sarah (Badgley) Barngrover. The family is of Swiss origin. The grandfather, Six Barngrover, emigrated from Switzerlandto America, and after reaching this country was bound out for a time to pay for his passage money. The father of our subject was born in Kentucky, October 18, 1789, and when a young man removed to Highland county, Ohio, whence he afterward went to Johnson county, Indiana, andlater to Howard county, that State, where he died at the age of sixty-twoyears, his death occurring on the 2d of May, 1851. His wife,who was born January 10 1794, died February 13, 1835. Of their family of eleven children, four sons are yet living. The father of this family was a solider of the war of 1812, and was present at Hull's surrender. The maternal grandfather of our subject died at the home of his daughter, Jrs. Barngrover, the grandmother having died several years previous. They were natives of Canada, whence they came to the United States. The gentleman whose name heads this review spent his early boyhood days on the old home farm, and at the age of sixteen started out to make his own way in the world, serving a four-years apprenticeship to the tanner's trade. He then entered the employ of Jesse R.Grant, father of Ulysses S. Grant, and was working for that gentleman when the future general and president returned from West Point. Mr. Barngrover left for Ohio in 1843 and went to Indiana in time to vote for James K. Polk the following year. He remained in the Hoosier State until 1846, when he enlisted in the service for the Mexican war as a member of Company C, First Indiana Infantry, under Colonel James P. Drake. He remained at the front for a year, and now receives a pension in recognition of his service. After his return, Mr. Barngroverwas united in marriage, on the 13th of April, 1848, with Sarah A. Kinnick, who was born in Marion County, Indiana, and is a daughter of William and Sarah (Clark) Kinnick. Her father was a native of North Carolina and when a young man removed to the Hoosier State, where he made a farm. He had visited the site of Indianapolis before a house marked the place and continued agricultural pursuits in Johnson County for some years, but at length came to Iowa. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Barngrover were natives of Maryland and North Carolina, respectively. The maternal grandparents, Alexander and Sarah (Glenn) Clark, were natives of Kentucky and early in life removed to Indiana, where they spent their remaining days, the former dying at the age of sixty-five, while his wife survived until eight-two years of age. By their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Barngrover became the parents of ten children, of whom a daughter died at the age of two years, and one son in his twentieth year. Eight of the family are now living: George, who married Elizabeth Butler, resides in Crawford, Nebraska, and has onechild, Sarah who is living in California; Mary E., wife of W. W. Rudrow, a farmer of Dallas county, and has one son; JamesA., a resident of Montana; Charles E., who married Bertie May Gosling, is farming in Nebraska, and has two children; Harvey M., who married Lucy A. Lyle and resides in California; Nettie, who married Dr. E. E. Emerson, a resident of Brown county, Kansas; and Frank, who manages the old home farm. Upon his marriage, Mr. Barngroverrented a farm in Indiana, and lived in Johnson County for about six years. In 1854 he sold all his property in that State, and in the month of June came to the West, making the journey by team. On reaching Illinois, he went to the home of his brother James, with whom he remained until August, and then drove across the country to Fairfield, Iowa, where he stopped one week with his brother, William J., and then came to Dallas county, where a week later he purchased eighty acres of land upon which his present home now stands. His wife and two children who had been born in Indiana accompanied him. They took up their abode in a little log cabin, and the following year Mr. Barngrover purchased forty acres of land on which a better cabin stood. It was the birthplace of four of the children and continued to be the residence of the family until 1867, when the present house was erected. They went through all the experiences and hardships of pioneer life, for Dallas County was an undeveloped region when they here located. Our subject preformed the arduous task of developing a good farm from a tract of wild land, as no improvements had been made upon the place save about ten acres cleared and the little cabin built when it came into his possession. He soon had richly cultivated field and good buildings, while the neat and thrifty appearance of the place indicates his careful supervision. Since casting his first presidential vote, Mr. Barngrover has been a stalwart advocate of the principles of Democracy, but has never sought or desired political preferment, giving his entire time and attention to this business interest. He was formerly a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and contributed liberally to support and to all matters pertaining to the public welfare. Socially, Mr. B. has been a memberof the A.F. & A. M. for many years, having obtained the Royal Arch degree. Andree C. Swanson, MHR, MAOM Webmaster, Barngrover Genealogy OnLine 303-683-7373 -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V01 Issue #202 *******************************************