Tombstone Tuesday - George Gates 1810-1877

   George Gates, my 4th great grandfather is buried in Roselawn Cemetery, Preble County, Ohio.  George is a mystery man - as I have no clue who his parents are.  With him dying 22 OCT 1877, there was no real death certificate so locating parents names isn't possible that way.   Let me tell you what I do know. 

  George was born 17 JAN 1810, from calculations based on his age at the time of death (67y/9m/5d).  Some sources say he was from Adams County, Pennsylvania others say Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. 

  I have two "obits" for George, one I know the source of, the other came in an email, but the address so longer works.  They basically give the same info -

   George Gates, died October 22, near Lewisburg, age 67 years 9 months, 5 days. Born in Adams Co., Pennsylvania in 1810, emigrated to Ohio in 1827.  Married Feb. 13, 1840. Had 9 children. Totally blind for 4 years.  Buried at Lewisburg.
   [This "obit" was found in my obits in an email letter.  Email address is no longer working.]
          ************************
  From the Dayton Daily Journal, Nov. 2, 1877, Pg. 1, Col. 6:
  "GATES, Near Lewisburg, Preble County, Ohio, Oct. 22, 1877. Mr. George Gates, Aged 67 years 9 months 5 days."

So as you can see neither leads me to his parents.  Here's the rest of what I know....

He marries Luezer (yep, that's her name!) Fowler, daughter of Joseph Fowler on 13 FEB 1840 in Preble County, Ohio. 

They are the parents of 9 children - 
Hannah Angeline (my ancestor), Minerva, Oliver, Elzina, Francis, George, Mary, Martin and Elmira.  All married and had families except Mary Isabella. 

Luezer is buried with him as well.  But her stone and story are a different day, different blog entry.

Do you know George?  IS he perhaps in your file?  Maybe your ancestor married into the family?
Can you help locate the family that George came from?  I'd love to hear from you if you do!

Happy Researching!
Karen

Tombstone Tuesday - Forgive & Forget - Doesn't Appear So!

Headstone Ann Margaret "Martha" Cook

1774-1863

  The headstone of my 5th great grandmother, Ann Margaret "Martha" Cook.  She was married to my 5th great grandfather, Christian W. Cook.  I wish I could tell you who her parents were, but I don't know.  

  Margaret dies 13 NOV 1863 at the age of 89 years, 9 months and 2 days.  She rests in Slifers Cemetery, Jackson Township, Montgomery County, Ohio.  Her husband, Christian rests in an unmarked grave next to her (according to the readings I have found).  

 Margaret left a will, dated 21 JUN 1852, Montgomery County Will book Vol. G, Pg 17.  In it she names her children - Ann Margaret, Henry, Frederick, Elizabeth (heirs of),  Mary (heirs of), John (Heirs of), Sarah, Christina and Michael.  She names one other daughter, Catherine Cook Boomershine, but leaves her and her family only $1 in her will.  

I believe the following had something to do with that decision:

  "Boomershine, Abraham & wife, Catherine vs Margaret Cook et al 28 MAR 1849. Petition for partition for 1/10th share of SE 1/4 S23 T4 R4 -160 acres owned by Christian Cook dec'd. in Jackson Twp. Left widow Ann Margaret......."

Seems Margaret didn't take lightly to that little challenge and didn't forget about it either!  I wanted the paper to prove the relationship but I'd rather have found it shown in other ways!  

Tombstone Tuesday - Clay & Powell

Headstone images by Mark Krugman

2008

The joint stone inscriptions for Jesse H. Powell & his wife, Nancy "Nannie" Clay Powell. 

Jesse married Nancy Clay, daughter of Edmund B. Clay & Sarah Jones in 1867 in Decatur County, Georgia.  They rest together in Bethel Baptist Cemetery, Decatur County, Georgia.

Nancy is a second cousin several generations removed.

                         BELOVED WOMAN PASSES TO BEYOND 

MRS. JESSE H. POWELL PASSED AWAY AT CYRENE, SATURDAY, JULY 10TH

In the death of Mrs. Nannie Clay Powell, Cyrene and community have lost one of their most prominent citizens. As a result of a third strike of paralysis, the end came on Saturday afternoon, July 10th, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. B. Donalson, in Cyrene. The news of her death brought a shock to the community though she had been in very poor health for more than a year.

Mrs. Powell was born and raised in Talbot county and shortly after the Civil War came to Decatur county with her two brothers, David and John Clay. In 1867 she was married to Mr. Jesse H. Powell, and together they established a home known by many for its royal hospitality and prominence in the upholding of the section and community. For forty years this Christian couple lived and taught by precept and example, the blessed truths of righteousness. No begging hand ever left this home empty nor was a deaf ear ever turned to a needy call. Two citizens have invested their lives in a most genuinely useful and helpful way than did this Godly couple. Since childhood, she had been an active and consistent member of the Baptist church. Nothing brought to her more pleasure than serving in some capacity for the progress and maintenance of her church.

She leaves two sons, W. G. Powell, of Cyrene and J. T. Powell, of Brinson and eight daughters, Mrs. E. S. Perry, of Iron City; Mrs. E. Rich, Mrs. A. J. Rich, Mrs. J. B. L. Barber, of Bainbridge; Mrs. P. D. Rich, of Colquitt; Mrs. W. C. Sims, of Brinson; Mrs. J. B. Donalson, of Cyrene; Mrs. Walter Love, of Jacksonville, Fla.; more than thirty grandchildren and great-grandchildren loudly lament the loss of this admirable woman.

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at Bethel church, conducted by her pastor, Rev. H. H. Shell, of Bainbridge. By six of her stalwart grandsons, her body was borne to the grave and there deposited by the side of her husband, who preceeded her several years.

 *The Post-Search Light*, Bainbridge, Georgia, on microfilm (Bainbridge, Georgia: Gilbert H. Gragg Library), obituary for Nannie Clay Powell, vol. 6 no. 16, Thursday, 22 July 1920, page 1.

Tombstone Tuesday

Truman C. Wolf & his wife, Lucille L. Baker Wolf.  

Photo by Mark & Karen Krugman

2009

Truman Wolf (1911-1973) and wife, Lucille Baker Wolf (1914-1971) married 27 SEP 1941, Liverpool, Medina County, Ohio.  Buried in Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Valley City, Medina County, Ohio.

See blog entry on 17 JUN 14 for more information on this couple. 

Happy Researching!

    Karen

Tombstone Tuesday - Benton Lutheran, Elkhart, Indiana

Fallen headstone of Anna Margaret Rumbarger Boomershine, wife of Peter Boomershine.  Margaret was born 29 JAN 1782 in Pennsylvania and died 29 OCT 1867 in Elkhart County, Indiana.  She rests with her husband, Peter Boomershine in Benton Lutheran Cemetery, Elkhart County, Indiana.

*Photo by Mark Krugman

Tombstone Tuesday - William A. Abram

 

The Medina County Gazette, Medina, Ohio

Friday, 19 NOV 1993, Pg. A2

William A. Abram, 78, of Parma, died Wednesday, Nov. 17, 1993, at Parma Community Hospital.
   He was born in Bedford and had been a resident of Medina County until 1988, when he moved to Parma.
  Mr. Abram retired in 1977 after 23 years at Ford Motor, Brook Park.  He had been a manufacturing test engineer.
  He was a member of Royal Redeemer Lutheran Church, North Royalton and a former member of Zion Lutheran Church, Valley City.  Mr. Abram was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. 
  He is survived by his wife, Mildred (nee Steck) to whom he was married 51 years; daughter and son-in-law, Nancy and Robert Messenger of Parma and grandson, Michael Hathaway of Columbus.
  Memorial Service:  Noon Saturday at Zion Lutheran Church, 2233 Abbeyville Road, Valley City.  Pastor William Reinhardt and Pastor Jon Steingass will officiate.
  There will be no visitation.  Memorials suggested, if desired, to Royal Redeemer Lutheran Church.
  Bauer Funeral Home, 2089 Columbia Road, Valley City, is handling the arrangements.

Tombstone Tuesday - George W. & Sarah M. Kreitzer

George Washington Kreitzer was born 13 NOV 1866 in Montgomery County, Ohio and died 12 Ap 1916 in Greenville Township, Darke County, Ohio.  His death certificate (#24356) indicates that he died of Bright's disease.  He was buried 15 APR 1916 in Abbottsville Cemetery, Van Buren Township, Darke County, Ohio.  

George was the son of Thomas Kreitzer (1838-1906) and his wife, Anna Heck (1840-1914).

He married 17 APR 1892, Montgomery County, Ohio to Sarah Maria Valentine.   She was born 21 SEP 1867 in Miami County, Ohio and died 28 OCT 1918 in Greenville,  Darke County, Ohio.  She was buried 31 OCT 1918 in Abbottsville Cemetery, Darke County, Ohio. Her death certificate (#61774) indicates that she died of cardio asthma.  Sarah was the daughter of George H. Valentine (1840-1907) and Susannah Deeter (1847-1922).

George & Sarah were the parents of five children -
Isaac Leroy "Roy" Kreitzer (1895-1967)
Clarence Franklin Kreitzer (1897-1942)
Anna Susannah Kreitzer (1900-1928)
Lawrence Edward Kreitzer (1902-1975)
Charles Elmer Kreitzer (1905-1906)

Tombstone Tuesday - John W. Kreitzer, No Longer Missing!

John W. Kreitzer & his wife, Mildred R. Kreitzer are the featured headstone today.  Work on this couple & their family is a real work in progress.

Several weeks ago Mr. Brown Eyes and I went down to Dayton to visit a good friend who had recently been released from the hospital.  After a nice visit and lunch we headed back to his home.  Having recently moved we decided to do a quick drive thru the cemetery that is located on the street behind his home.  With him being a genealogist as well,  we found it to be a nice drive.

Partially thru the cemetery we came across this stone.  I know who John W. Kreitzer's parents are, I just had no idea what had happened to him.   This headstone is not on Find A Grave so my searches there for him always went no where.

A search of death records on FamilySearch.org gave me full death dates on both, but so far no obits.  So I'll be adding them to my obit search list for Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio.  Gee, another research trip for next summer!  Break my heart!

John W. Kreitzer (16 OCT 1907 - 3 FEB 1979) is the son of John D. Kreitzer (1878-1962) and Minnie M. Stauffer (ca 1885 - ?).  Mildred's parents are unknown to me as of this writing, but she was born in 1911 and died 5 JUN 1979.

If you have further information on this couple I'd love to hear from you!

Karen

Tombstone Tuesday

Charles M. Boomershine and his wife, Mary Ann Landis Boomershine share this joint stone in Arlington Cemetery, Clay Township, Montgomery County, Ohio.   They were married 25 MAR 1894 in Wayne Township, Darke County, Ohio.   Charles and Mary Ann were of the Brethren faith.

Charles was born 6 APR 1869 to John Boomershine (1830-1914) and his wife, Malinda Brooks (1838-1902).  Mary Ann was born 8 NOV 1874 in Darke County to Joseph G. Landis and his wife, Leah Hoke. 

Charles & Mary Ann were the parents of two children, Myrtle Olive Boomershine Mack (1895-1966) and Ray Boomershine (1908-1984). 

Charles died 17 APR 1955 in Clay Township Montgomery County, Ohio and Mary Ann died 20 APR 1949 in Montgomery County, Ohio.

Charles obituary was published in The Gospel Messenger,  11 JUN 1955, Pg. 28, Col. 2 and is as follows:

Boomershine, Charles, son of John and Malinda Boomershine, wsa born April 6, 1869, and died April 17, 1955.  In 1896 he wsas baptized into the church.  On March 25, 1894, he was united in marriage to Mary Ann Landis, who died in 1950.  Surviving are one daughter, one son, six grandchildren and one brother.  Funeral services were conducted by Brethren Henry T. Barnhart and James C. Boitnott.  -- Mrs. W. Russell Miller, Brookville, Ohio.

Mary Ann's obituary was published in The Gospel Messenger, 11 JUN 1949, Pg. 26, Col. 3 and is as follows -

Boomershine, Mary Ann, daughter of Elder Joseph C. & Leah Hoke Landis, was born Nov. 8, 1874, near Gordon, Ohio, and died April 20, 1949.  On March 25, 1894 she was united in marriage to Charles Boomershine, and to this union were born one daughter and one son.  On Jan. 8, 1897, she was baptized into the Church of the Brethren at Pitsburg, Ohio.  She is survived by her husband, one daughter, one son, six grandchildren, one sister and two brothers.  Funeral services were held at the Brookville Church, Ohio by Brethren Frank Shank and James H. Beahm and interment was in the Arlington Cemetery. 

-- Mrs. W. Russell Miller, Brookville, Ohio

If you would like further information on this family be sure to leave a comment in the comments area of this blog and I will get back to you as soon as possible.

Happy Researching!

Tombstone Tuesday - Tapp Family Plot

Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky - Pressley H. Tapp, His wife, Hattie Wisdom and three of their five children - all buried in the Tapp Plot. For more information on this family contact me or leave a comment.

Tombstone Tuesday

Fanny Hurst nee Nunn, was born ca 1789 probably in Virginia.  I do not know who her parents were.  She married William Hurst, son of John "Mill Creek" Hurst and his wife, Elizabeth Breedwell, ca 1815 probably in Claiborne County, Tennessee.  They were the parents of at least six children -
- Jackson Columbus Hurst, Jefferson Hurst, Levi Hurst, Malinda Hurst, Claiborne Hurst aned Washington Hurst. 

She died 20 APR 1873 and is buried next to her husband in Deer Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Greencastle, Putnam County, Indiana. 

Work on this family is on going, so if you have more information on this family I'd love to hear from you. 

Tombstone Tuesday - Big Spring Church Cemetery, Claiborne Co., TN

This is pretty much all that's left of the Big Spring Church Cemetery, a few small headstones here and there.  The meeting house is still standing after all these years.  Over in one corner you find this large stone. I find it interesting as the stone clearly states, the memorial is for "...Pioneers buried in the Reuben Floyd Stone Family Cemetery".   Many Hurst and Breeding family members are buried in Big Spring Cemetery and they intermarried with the Stone family.   Below is the old Big Spring Church meeting house. From the air conditioner in the window it would suggest that perhaps the church is still in use today.

Tombstone Tuesday - Jacob & Mahala Boomershine Fuls

Fuls, Mahala Boomershine, was born Aug. 16, 1853, in Montgomery County, near Johnsville, Ohio, and departed this life Feb. 20, 1932, aged 78 years, 6 months, and 4 days.  She was left motherless at the age of twelve years, after which time she made her home with her uncle Philip Priser until her marriage with Jacob Fuls Feb. 28, 1872.  Surviving are two daughters, four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.  Fifty years ago Sister Fuls accepted Christ as her Saviour and had always lived a faithful and devoted Christian life, finding her greatest happiness in serving others.  She enjoyed the work of the church, and was a faithful worker in the Dayton Aid Society during the sixteen years she resided in that city.  Funeral services by the writer in the Greenville church.  Burial in the Abbottsville cemetery.  -- Paul E. Wingerd, Greenville, Ohio.

*The Gospel Messenger, 23 APR 1932, Pg. 30

Fuls, Jacob, born near New Lebanon, Ohio, Dec. 3, 1846, died May 19, 1922.  Feb. 28, 1872, he married Mahala Boomershine.  About thirty-two years ago he united with the Church of the Brethren and died in that faith.  A few weeks before his death he was anointed.  Several years after his marriage he moved to a farm near Greenville, Ohio, later to Pitsburg, and in 1906 to Dayton, where he resided until his death.  He leaves his wife, three daughters, four grandchildren, two brothers and four sisters.  Services at the Abbotsville church by the write, assisted by Dr. Bell.  Burial in the cemetery near by. -- D. M. Garver, Trotwood, Ohio.

*The Gospel Messenger, 24 JUN 1922, Pg. Unk

Jacob & Mahala are both buried in Abbottsville Cemetery, Van Buren Township, Darke County, Ohio.

Tombstone Tuesday

Services Held Here Monday
  Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the John A. Arpp Funeral Home, Germantown, for George O. Kreitzer, 79, of West Carrolton, who died Friday morning at the Delp Nursing Home, Dayton. He had been in failing health for the past year.  Pastor Paul Ressler officiated at the services and burial was in Germantown Cemetery.
  Kreitzer was a member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Germantown, and a retired machine operator at Moraine Box Co. in Dayton.
  Survivors are four daughters, Mrs. John Fox and Mrs. Lawrence Miller of Germantown, Mrs. Ray Phillips of Bradenton, Florida and Mrs. Gerald Zeck of Columbus; a son Firman Kreitzer of Miamisburg; a brother, Clarence Kreitzer of Farmersville; 14 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren.

Tombstone Tuesday -

Ann Margaret "Martha" Cook

Wife of Christian Cook (ca1770-1814)

Ann Margaret "Martha" Cook, maiden name unknown to this writer, was born 11 FEB 1774, Pennsylvania and died 13 NOV 1863 prob. Farmersville, Ohio, at the age of 89 years, 9 months and 2 days. Burial in Slifer's Cemetery, Farmersville, Ohio.

Her maiden name remains unknown to compiler as of this writing.

Her children include:

John Christian Cook (1796-1844)

Catherine Cook (1797-1876)

Ann Margaret Cook (1800-1886)

Henry Cook (ca1801-1848)

Mary Polly Cook (1806-? )

Frederick Cook (1808-1884)

Elizabeth Cook (ca1809-1849)

Sarah Cook (1810-1888)

Christina Cook (1812-1888)

Michael Cook (1814-1890)

**The names of the children of Ann Margaret & her husband Christian Cook came from a guardianship bond dated 27 AUG 1816, Montgomery County, Ohio generated after the death of Christian Cook. 

**Headstone photo taken by Mark & Karen Krugman, July 2007

**Christian & Margaret Cook are my 5th great grandparents.

Tombstone Tuesday - Jacob Frank (1823)

J. Jacob Frank who died 12 MAR 1823...

Buried Zion Cemetery, Medina County, Ohio

Do you know how he fits into the Frank line that lived in Medina County?

If so, I'd love to hear from you.

(Yes, I've seen the stuff posted on Ancestry - problem is no has enough documentation to really prove their relationships for me!)

**Headstone photo by Mark Krugman 2006

Tombstone Tuesday

Jacob Barth, shown in records as Johan Jacob Barth, was born 7 NOV 1826 in Germany and died 5 FEB 1905 in Belden, Lorain County, Ohio.  He married 22 JUN 18562 in Lorain County, Ohio to Rosina Cathrina Merkle.  Rosina was born 28 DEC 1833 in Germany and died 19 Oct 1916 in Belden, Lorain County, Ohio.  They were the parents of 11 children -
Jacob B., Henry F., Friederich, John J., Maria, Martha, Catherine E., Wilhelm, George, Henry J. and Karl T.

Jacob & Rosina are buried in the Belden Cemetery, Grafton Township, Lorain County, Ohio.  There is a discrepancy in the death date for Jacob.  Civil records show Jacob's death date to be the 5th of Feb while church records show the death actually occurring on the 2nd of Feb?

Sources for the information shown above include church records of Zion's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Census and death certificates.  Sources available upon request.

Tombstone Tuesday

Reusch, Dora (nee Pfarr), beloved wife of the late Andrew, mother of Howard, Edna, Harvey, and Dorothy, sister of Mrs. Catherine Herley and Leonard Plan, grandmother and great-grandmother, residence, 9401 Ramona Blvd. Friends may call at Thomas Funeral Home, 12512 Miles Ave. Services Friday, Aug. 27, at 2:30 p. m.

*Burial at Acacia Park Cemetery, Cleveland.  Photo by Mark Krugman.

Tombstone Tuesday

William C. Barkalow, was the son of James Tapscott Barkalow and his wife, Lydia Corwin.  William was born 9 Oct 1817 and died 5 Dec 1872 in Franklin Township, Warren County, Ohio.  He is buried in the old Barkalow Cemetery, Warren County, Ohio with his wife, Mary Ann Vorhis (1825-1891), with whom he had eight children - Lydia Ann, James K., Albert V., George B. Amnon, Catherine, Margaret and one unnamed infant. 

William & Mary Ann were married 9 Jan 1845 in Warren County, Ohio. 
If you have further information on this family I'd love to hear from you.

Thanks!

*Headstone photo by Mark Krugman

Tombstone Tuesday - Exactly Who Is This Anna Boomershine?

This Boomershine headstone lies in Benton Lutheran Cemetery, Elkhart County, Indiana.

The only question is, who is she? 

If you know who this Anna Boomershine is I'd love to hear from you.