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

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 - 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 - Jacob & Mahala Fuls

   Jacob F. Fuls born 3 DEC 1846, died 19 MAY 1922 in Dayton buried with with his wife, Mahala Boomershine Fuls born 6 AUG 1853, died 20 FEB 1932.  Buried together in Abbottsville Cemetery, Van Buren Township, Darke County, Ohio. 

The Gospel Messenger, 24 JUN 1922 -
  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.

Gospel Messenger, 23 APR 1932 -
 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.

Wedding Wednesday - An Anniversary!

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                      Gunckle's Observe 75th Anniversary
   Versailles -- Mr. and Mrs. Leo Gunkle, 215 S. Olive Street, Versailles, will quietly celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary Sept. 10, with a family dinner.
   Mr. and Mrs. Gunckle are now residing at the Brethren Home, 750 Chestnut St., Greenville.
  The couple were united in marriage Sept. 10, 1913 by the Rev. Clarence McDaniel.  Mrs. Gunckle is the former Helen Moore.
   They are the parents of one daughter, Mrs. Gerald Kerns of Versailles. The couple have three grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
   Mr. and Mrs. Gunckle have been active in community affairs and served in many different offices of the United Church of Christ of which they are members.  Mr. Gunckle was editor of the Versailles Policy for 50 years.


Leo John Gunckle born 14 MAY 1891 in Darke County, Ohio, died 28 SEP 1991 Darke County, Ohio married 10 SEP 1913 Darke County, Ohio to Helen G. Moore, daughter of William Moore and Margaret Fulkerth.  Helen born 6 JUL 1895 Darke County, Ohio died 2 MAY 1995 Darke County, Ohio.  They were the parents of one daughter.

The couple are buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Versailles, Wayne Township, Darke County, Ohio

**Source: Garst Museum & Research Library, Surname files, Darke County, Ohio

Obituary Sarah M. Kretizer (1918)

--The Gospel Messenger

Kreitzer, Sarah M., born near Pleasant Hill, Ohio, died Oct. 28, 1918, aged 51 years, 1 month and 7 days. April 17, 1892 she married George W. Kreitzer, who, with one son, preceded her. She united with the Church of the Brethren in 1897. She leaves three sons, one daughter and two grandchildren. Services at the home by the writer. Hugh Miller, Gettysburg, Ohio

Note: Sarah was born Sarah Maria Valentine, she is a sister to John D. Valentine, who was featured obituary on the blog earlier this year.  Sarah & George W. Kreitzer were the parents of - Isaac, Clarence, Anna, Lawrence and Charles.  The son who died before Sarah was Charles E. who was born in 1905 & died 1906.  Her husband George W. Kreitzer was born 13 NOV 1866 and died 12 APR 1916 of Brights Disease.   Sarah's cause of death was shown as Cardio Asthma.

Sublers to Celebrate 70 Years Together (1938-2008)

Subler's To Celebrate 70 Years Together

  Basil & Annabell (Apple) Subler will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary beginning with a Mass of Thanksgiving at 11:00 am, Sunday, August 17, 2008 at St. Denis Catholic Church in Versailles and an open house later from 2 to 4 pm at the Versailles K of C Hall on SR 47W.  Please no gifts.

  Basil and Annabell were married on August 20, 1938 by Father John Brinker at the St. Denis Catholic Church Rectory.  They have three children, sons Wayne and John, both deceased and son and daughter in law, James & Diana Subler; four grandchildren, James Jr. (Stacey) Subler of Greenville, Shane Subler of Washington, D.C., and Lucas Subler and Lauren Subler of Versailles and two great grandsons.

Names & Faces... A Very Good Thing!

As I promised on yesterday's blog, I want to update you on how the first day of our group research went. 

I must admit I was a bit apprehensive.  I mean, 8 or 9 strangers all in one room researching at the same time?  Especially concerned because most of us had never seen each other face to face!  As usual I worried about nothing. 

The Garst staff had permission to allow us in to research at 8:30, and being the die-hards that we are, most of us were there at the appointed time.  Very quickly the computers & papers came out, introductions were made all around and soon the chatter & research began. 

I think most everyone there today found something they didn't have.  I personally only made $7.25 in copies, mostly obits that filled in many little holes for me.  Mostly I heard things like...  you have THOSE in your data base?  I have them too!  Wow! If you are related to that couple then you are related to me.  I know I heard lots of laughter, which is always good! 

Thanks to the great ladies of Garst for your help & for opening early - we do appreciate it VERY MUCH!  Also a big round of applause to Bob Welch & his wife for hosting our porch dinner and more genealogy talk! A great time was had by all!

Today we are going to the Brethren Heritage Center in Brookville to explore the newspapers & holdings there in hopes of learning more about our ancestors! 

It was great meeting the new people off the Darke County mail list that we had not met before, its always a great time putting faces to the names that we see on the list all the time. 

New faces & names - Its a really good thing!

Happy Researching!
Karen

Travel Tuesday - Darke County, Ohio

Yesterday morning, we left Kentucky and headed back north to research in Ohio. This week we are heading up a group of researching in Darke & Montgomery County, Ohio. All are members of the on line Darke County mail list. All together I think there are 10 of us.

So today we will be researching at the Garst library & Museum. I'm really looking forward to this week, researching with all these friends I've not met before!

Some of the surnames I'll be researching there will be:
McCune, Boomershine, Moore, Arnett, Teaford, Baker, Mendenhall, Sherry, Warner, Foreman, Crumrine, Krousbein, Landis, Harper and many more!

Tomorrow, I'll fill you in on how it went and share with you the surnames and research plans for the Brethren Research Center on Wednesday the 6th.

Happy Researching!
Karen

The Song That Never Ends...

Did you ever hear that song? I think it was made popular on one of the children's shows of yesteryear. Don't ask which one, it might get that song going in my head again. I just remember it seemed that once you got it started there was never an end to it.

Funny that's how it sometimes seems genealogy is. Or should I say my genealogy projects are? I've got typing going on from Darke County, Ohio, its just obits, deeds, wills - stuff like that. Obits from Dayton and more stuff from my last research trip to Ft Wayne. But even I need a break from that now and then. SO after thinking, pondering, contemplating... and a discussion at lunch with one of the Wild Ones - I decided today was the day to just jump right in! I'll be back typing alot of that this weekend while hanging around the hotel in Traverse City, for now it was time to do some newspaper searches.

When you've been doing genealogy a while sometimes you start to rethink the way you are doing things. I've been contemplating redoing a few of my sources, not major redo's but just tweeking them a bit. One of the biggies that I've wanted to tweek was my newspapers. I've got quite a few - I do ALOT of newspaper research, from many different area's. And to be quite honest, I just didn't feel that my newspaper source information was as complete as I thought it should be!

So yesterday after a nice lunch I opted to start on the newspaper source redo instead of laundry! Now that was a tough decision! I'm going thru each newspaper listed on my source list. As I locate the newspaper I go on a hunt on line for such information as, year founded, published or owned by, where copies are available, legal name etc., filling in the information as requested on my source form in Legacy. I didn't get anywhere near a good dent made in the listing of papers, but I am really happy with the amount of information that I have found.

It's amazing what a little work with a search engine and a list of newspaper names will get for you! Tweeking your master sources - Its a very good thing!

Happy Researching!
Karen

I Just Love Research Road Trips, Don't You?

Wow! It's been quite a week on this research trip. I must say I am very happy with the success that we've had. I thought I'd bring you up to date on what we've gotten!

We left reasonably early on Monday, driving from Detroit down into Ohio. Our first stop was some cemeteries in Miami County, Ohio. We had not photographed the stones in Piqua, Miami County, Ohio - so we decided to start there. We went to Forest Hill - a rather large cemetery, and we had not contacted the office (we usually don't). There were 11 headstones we went in search of and found all but one. I'm not positive but its possible that person is in another cemetery as the obit & death certificate did not agree. Not a bad start to our trip I'd say!

Next cemetery was Riverside Cemetery in Troy, Miami County, where we were after 10 and we got 7 of the stones we wanted. Our final stop of the day was Highland Cemetery in Covington, Miami County - of the 14 we wanted there we got five. Disappointed but not overly concerned, alot of the cemetery was not accessible without huge amounts of walking & with the temps we have had here we opted out on that.

We had a great dinner Monday night with friends Michael from Dayton, Gale & Steve - all from the Darke County Researchers list. Steve had driven down from Michigan to research and Gale lives in Miami County. A great dinner and then conversation at Gale's.

Tuesday we spent the morning at the Dayton Public library. Using their online Obituary index I was able to put together quite a list - 10 pages of obituaries I needed from my data base. We only had two & half hours before we had to meet another group from the Darke County researcher list. We managed to get 7 of the 10 pages done. Not too bad!

After lunch we decided to go out & spend some time at a local cemetery, we were experimenting with dousing wires - we had some succcess & many laughs. Downside of this trip is that our friend Steve, had to leave after the cemetery. When he got home he discovered he had lost his wedding ring. We also experimented with the use of flour to help read stones. WOWSERS! Does this trick work! Watch for photo's probably next week on this great experiment!

Today we spent at the Garst Research library in Darke County. We were there when it opened... and man did the time fly! But then it always does when you are having fun. With several thousand surname files to go thru, family history files, court records, cemetery records and more how could a researcher NOT have success here. We found tons of stuff... to put it in perspective... copies were .15 each and my bill was $18.00 !!!!!!

Estate packets, wills, obituaries and more... The way I see it, I'll be typing until at least 2012 on this stuff. Mark is already working on the obits and some bible records we found.

I didn't break down any brick walls, but I did fill some holes - got some parents names, picked up some death dates, some burial dates, some burial locations - and had tons of laughs with some old friends & made some new friends as well.

I just love research road trips, don't you??

Happy Researching!
Karen

Lists

Santa isn't the only that checks his lists twice... next week Mark & I are off to research in Darke County, Ohio. I do imagine we will be slipping over the border into Preble County as well.

So I've got my list ready for the Darke County research at the Garst Museum/Library in Darke County and a headstone search list for Preble County.

Also almost ready with my list for Ft Wayne on Friday.

So I've learned from Santa and I've made my list now I'm checking them once, twice maybe three times... wanna be ready to get the job done when the opportunity presents itself!

On your mark, get set, GO!

Happy Researching!
Karen

Week in Review

So here we are, its Saturday! I don't normally blog on Saturday but I thought I'd check in today since I was out yesterday.

I've been working more on that slowing down thing - I'm making progress on my data entry from our trip to Pennsylvania - its slow go, as I am searching out other missing information when I do the entry on the things I found. Mark & I have decided that during his week off July 3-10, we're going to do a mini research trip down to Darke County, Ohio.

So now I've got to go over my to do list for that county, fine tune it & prepare for a few days there. I imgine while there I'll slip over into Dayton for a few more obituaries from there. Seems like its a never ending process. Also have some headstone photo's I want to grab while there.

The gardening continues, the weather has been very helpful this week, with mild temps - so I've been putting down more of the organic composted black mulch and pulling weeds. If you want some photo's of the front beds I put up an album on my facebook page.

Today's temps are not condusive to working in the garden so I'll be here doing data entry. Did I mention the oldest two grandsons, Nick & Carter are here since yesterday afternoon and will probably be here most of the day? Youngest grandson will be here later today, so we'll see just how much I get done.

For now grandpa Mark is looking for breakfast as are the two grandsons. Sounds like a "cuppa" tea is in order for this still waking up grandma!

Have a good weekend everyone!
Karen

Headstone Readings DCO Way...

Today instead of my usual rambling, I want to feature a website that I have found very helpful and I'm sure I am not alone. I met Rebecca & Roger at the DCO listfest a few years ago. Both are Darke County, Ohio natives. Both are on the Darke County, Ohio mailing list and attend the annual listfest. Listfest is where people who are on the list come from all over the US to share a meal, a speaker and a day of genealogy in Darke County, Ohio.

Rebecca has written a piece about the beginnings of the project, I can't put the whole thing here but I will put as much as I can along with the link to their ongoing project. Stop by & check out the work these two have done. Now on with Rebecca's intro.
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Spencer & Stephens Photographic Cemetery Readings

After years of researching our family descendants it became apparent to Roger and I that when returning to long ago visited cemeteries that far too many of each of our family headstones had become increasingly harder to read in legibility. Some of the older family stones had become chipped or broken over the years, some of the cemeteries grounds we not as nicely taken care of as in years past and the most horrible occurrence was that stones were just “simply gone” and no one seemed to know what had happened to them. Roger and I had each taken pictures of family tombstones in past years for our own personal records. But not enough to save some of our family monuments that now are simply gone or so much harder to read.

It was in 2000 that the idea of doing a photographic cemetery reading came about in a discussion between Roger and I when working one weekend on family data. It had been approxiamentlly 40 years sense the last text reading had been performed by Anita Short and Ruth Bowers. Even with those records available that many of us had used for years in our researching Roger and I wanted to do a more complete permanent record that left little room for error in documenting what each and every stones inscriptions actually were.

With both of our families roots deriving from Darke County and connecting to each others lineage we came up with the concept of reading and photographing the cemeteries in which our family descendents were buried. It would be our way of honoring our deceased family members. It then was decided upon to also incorporate our personal family information in these books. We could include family pictures and documents and even a brief family history of each of our lines. It was explained as to how both Roger and I were related to one another. Some of our more distant “family branches” of those buried in these cemeteries were briefly touched up and pictures, obits., and documents of these individuals were included as well. We only intended at the beginning to do just the cemeteries in which our family members were interred.

Not only were the cemeteries with our relatives buried in them declining each and every year and needed their burials documented but we felt that it was imperative that many other cemeteries and stones falling into disrepair and needed to be done as well. We were by that time being asked by others as to what cemetery we planned on doing next. Friends were urging us to continue on with our work. Jane Barr was our most avid believer in what we were doing. We decided that doing the family histories etc. in our books was too time consuming. With the number of cemeteries that needed read and photographed before further decline happened we knew we needed to do more then one or two cemeteries a year. In 2004 we read and photographed 19 cemeteries and published 6 books. 10 cemeteries / 4 books in 2005. 4 books / 15 cemeteries in 2006. 2007 - 13 cemeteries / 3 books. 2008 3 books / 8 cemeteries. 2009 - 9 cemeteries 3 books plus the index book Vol. 1 that covered the 76 cemeteries and the 25 books we have done thus far.

Our goal is to continue our photographic cemetery reading series of all the cemeteries in Darke Co. Ohio but for possibly one or two of the very largest ones. We will cross that hurtle of doing those cemeteries when all the others have been completed.

Roger and I sat out in accomplishing a quest that actually neither of us in the beginning had anticipated to be so time consuming yet so enjoyable and passionate in our doing. Neither did we ever think from the beginning of our work that 10 years later we would have the number of cemeteries read that we have nor accomplished so much. The work at times can be exhausting but is always very gratifying. Each and everyone of us are put on this earth for a purpose and hope to leave a legacy once we have passed on from this earth. Our books will remain forever. Spencer & Stephens legacy will be in leaving the best documentation they possibly could of those that are buried in the cemeteries among the rural farm lands of Darke County, Ohio.

To visit the website for Rebecca & Rogers photographic cemetery readings click here .

If you have ancestors in Darke County, Ohio, please take a minute & stop by Rebecca & Roger's site. They do fabulous work.

I get no kickback's or recognition for this blog, it is done because I believe cemetery preservation in any form is a neccessary activity if we hope to save the burial locations of our ancestors. Photographing these stones has taken an enormous amount of time & dedication for these two people & I felt some sort of recognition was due.

Happy Researching!
Karen

On The Road Again....

Yep, we are off another great adventure! This time we are headed for Darke County, Ohio for Darke County List Fest 2009 ! This will be the 10th & final list fest unless someone steps up and takes over the planning end of this great event! Listfest was started 10 years ago by Jane & Wayne, for researchers on the Darke County researchers list. An idea turned into a some planning and brainstorming and suddenly listfest was born. Researchers come from all over the country to attend this great event.

The event started meeting in a park and after a few late summer meetings with the heat, bugs and other distractions it was decided to move indoors where it has been ever since. So rain or shine listfest goes on! A donation has been taken in past years to pay the fee for using the facility where we now enjoy our day!

The event is a fabulous one - with lots of genealogy - information exchanges, speakers and then a pot luck lunch to compete with any commercial buffet. Some bring crockpots full of wonderful food, others bring delightful desserts and baked goods. Never a shortage, plenty for all. After nine years sometimes it seems more like a family reunion than a genealogy get together.







A great time is always had by all! So if you happen to have some Darke County, Ohio roots, check out the website above- and if you can stop by and say hi! There's always more than enough food - and certainly no shortage of genealogy!

Thanks Jane & Wayne for all your hard work - Mark & I will certainly miss our yearly trek south for listfest!

Happy Researching!
Karen

Brick Wall Thursday... McCune Family

John McCune – At times I think John was somehow linked to the McCune family who lived & are buried in Darke County, Ohio – but with a name like John/Jonathon it’s a tough one. His death certificate & marriage record were no help. His children were put in the Montgomery County, Ohio children’s home (I have copies of the papers) after his wife, Rebecca Tanreuther McCune dies May 30, 1894. I have no clue where Rebecca is buried, her death record says she was taken away by friends. Why weren’t John & her family the ones who took her away? Where was she taken?

Is the John McCann/McCune in the infirmary cemetery really MY John McCune? Most of all, who are John’s parents? Here’s my text file on John, Rebecca & their children. Tracking down the children (or at least the ones I could find) has been a challenge.

Its not like this is ancient stuff, John’s daughter, Edna is my great grandmother. She was indentured out and I have a quilt she made celebrating the birth of her oldest son, My grandfather. What tore this family apart? SO MANY SECRETS! At this point, just finding John’s parents & siblings would be awesome for me!


Descendants of Jonathon G. McCune


First Generation

1. Jonathon G. McCune was born in Mar 1853 in Ohio, died on 20 Dec 1925 in
Jefferson Township, Montgomery County, Ohio at age 72, and was buried on
22 Dec 1925 in Montgomery County Infirmary Cemetery, Jefferson Township,
Montgomery County, Ohio.

Birth Notes:
John's death certificate shows a birth date of 20 DEC 1855 in Ohio.

Burial Notes:
McCune, John, aged 70, died Dec.20,1925, of "Arterio Sclorosis", b. in OH, had
been admitted on 04-25-1925, was a widower,
County Infirmary Cemetery, Section 3, Row 4, Grave #1925-20
McCann, John, d. 20 Dec 1925, age 79

The only thing on the headstone is 1925 - 20. The other information was
obtained from the Infirmary death ledgers at the Archives.


Found a burial for a John McEwoen, on pg. 22 of Darke Co Cemetery Records.
Basic info shows John 1855-1920. He is listed with several others with the
same last name. No Rebecca.

* He appeared on the census on 1 Jun 1880 in Farmersville, Jackson
Township, Montgomery County, Ohio.
1880 Census shows John MCCUNE (W M 26 Married Ohio Ohio Ohio),
Blacksmith,
Rebecca (W F 21 Married Ohio Bavaria Maryland), Housekeeping, and
James, Son (W M 6/12 Ohio Ohio Ohio).
They lived on Walnut Street.

* He appeared on the census on 1 Jun 1900 in Dayton, Dayton Township,
Montgomery County, Ohio.
1900 Census shows John MCCUNE, Patient (W M MAR 1853 46 Married Ohio
Ohio Ohio), in the Apple Street Deaconess Hospital. (note: Rebecca his wife had died in 1894, so is this my John remarried or is this another John?)

* He appeared on the census on 1 Jun 1910 in Jackson Township, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
1910 Census shows Jonathon MCCUNE, Boarder (M W 56 Widowed Ohio
Massachusets Ohio), Farm Laborer, Working Out.
He is enumerated with Hiram KREITZER, Head (M W 55 M1 36 Ohio Ohio
Ohio), Farmer, General Farm,

* Death Certifict: #71705, 22 Dec 1925, Jefferson Township, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
John's death certificate does not tell us alot about his life. It
shows nothing about his parents or their birthplaces, those lines are
marked "unknown".

Jonathon married Rebecca Tanreuther, daughter of Frederich Tanreuther and
Margaret Montabaugh, on 5 Mar 1879 in Montgomery County, Ohio. Rebecca
was born on 31 Oct 1858 in Farmersville, Jackson Township, Montgomery
County, Ohio and died on 30 May 1894 in Montgomery County, Ohio at age 35. Her final resting place has yet to be discovered. It is believed she was buried on someone's farm, so she may never be found.

Marriage Notes:
Marriage record found in Book N, page 378, Montgomery County, Ohio.

* She appeared on the census on 1 Jun 1880 in Farmersville, Jackson
Township, Montgomery County, Ohio. 1880 Census shows Rebecca McCune,
Wife (W F 21 Married Ohio Bavaria Maryland), Housekeeping.

CHILDREN OF JOHN & REBECCA MCCUNE

+ 2 M i. James McCune was born on 11 Nov 1879 in Farmersville, Jackson
Township, Montgomery County, Ohio.

James married Minnie L. Smith (d. 3 Dec 1964) on 23 Sep 1905 in Hancock
County, Indiana.

+ 3 F ii. Gertrude McCune was born in Feb 1880 in Ohio, died on 12 Jun
1961 in Darke County, Ohio at age 81, and was buried in
Ansonia Cemetery, Darke County, Ohio*.

Gertrude married Charles R. Ireland (d. 8 Nov 1907).

Gertrude next married George W. Miller (d. 11 May 1947) about 1912 in
Ohio.

+ 4 M iii. Otto J. McCune was born on 18 Jun 1884 in Dayton, Dayton
Township, Montgomery County, Ohio.

+ 5 F iv. Edna Martha McCune was born on 8 Apr 1888 in Greenville,
Greenville Township, Darke County, Ohio, died on 16 Dec 1970
in Grand View Hospital, Miamisburg, Miami Township,
Montgomery County, Ohio at age 82, and was buried on 18 Dec
1970 in Springboro Cemetery, Clearcreek Township, Warren
County, Ohio*.

Edna married Elwood William Phillips (d. 15 Feb 1963) on 23 Dec 1908 in
Miamisburg, Miami Township, Montgomery County, Ohio. Elwood & Edna are my great grandparents!

+ 6 M v. Jonathon F. McCune was born on 16 Oct 1889.

If this surname is in your file and you find connections to this family I would LOVE to hear from you! Thanks for looking in...

Note:Images posted here today are of the Montgomery County, Ohio infirmary Cemetery. The headstone image is that of 1925-20, supposedly that of John McCune.

Ready or not....

As I mentioned in past posts we are leaving for vacation in a few days, and I am so ready... or at least I think I am... hope I am?

I'm a firm believer that in order to make best use of my research time I need a plan, I need a to do list. Where am I going? That part I know. Hotels are reserved, libraries have been questioned. So those things are in place. But what about things like cemeteries & libraries? Okay so I know how to get there, the GPS is programmed and ready but am I?

For quite some time now I've been adding to my research lists for the trip. SO I thought I would give some sort of itinerary and see if YOU, my reader can think of anything I missed... ready?

First stop - Elkhart County, Indiana public library - primary research focus will be obituaries. This library has an obituary index online - if you are interested you can google Elkhart Public Library, and I'm sure you'll find it. Anyway, I've been copying & pasting from my searches on their obit index into my to do list for that library. I know that the index covers from 1921-1952, 1962 to current. I also know they have a WPA index that covers from 1882-1900. SO I may have some obits that I need to actually search the papers for. I sent them an email and I found out that the newspapers are on the second floor and that they are not self serve, so that will slow me down a bit. I also learned that they have three film copiers but seldom are they all in use so I should be okay there. Cost is .15 per, no copy card but they do have a change machine. Not taking chances, I've been saving change for a while so I have that covered.

While I am in Elkhart I need to do some cemetery work with the info I find in the obits, so the second day, Saturday, I plan on doing some headstone photographs. The weather forecast shows warm & sunny, Camera is packed and both batteries are charged. The charger for the camera will be plugged in while we are driving to assure I have plenty of charge for my headstone work. I have the locations of all the cemeteries in Elkhart County, so that is prepared.

As we head south from Elkhart County, we are traveling down the western side of Indiana, headed for Tell City. I've gone thru the counties, working with Legacy, my genealogy software, and I've determined that we have cemeteries in many counties along the way, avoiding Indianapolis. I've mapped those out and made my lists in the Legacy software of the cemeteries I want to photograph stones in along the way. Those will be printed out & bound tomorrow (Thursday).

Skip a day or two, and we are going to be researching at the Tennessee State Library & Archives. My inquiries there indicated that copies from microfilm are .25 per page. My interest in the library & archives is their newspaper collection - I can get obits from all over the state of Tennessee without having to do all that running. The other item of interest is death certificates for Tennessee from 1908-1955. At .25 each I can do alot of work here without spending the money in my gastank. The focus will be female lines. So we will be working together but seperately here, with myself working on obituaries and Mark will be after the death certifcates. Again the focus will be on the females in the line, especially those whom we have no surname for. I've been building two lists for this research facility, one for obits and one for death certificates. Those will be printed tomorrow after a quick review later today. After three days of this we will be off again.

The last leg of our research trip will be in Ohio. Specifically the Butler & Warren County area's of Ohio. Although most of my Ohio ancestors were in Montgomery, Preble & Darke there are a few that wandered off into other counties. So for the last few days of our trip I want to focus on getting obituaries and headstone photo's of them, basically cleaning up and verifying what I know. This is what I need to work on today. My to do list for this area is the final "trip prep" that I need to do.

I'm really excited about this trip and to be honest poor studmuffin, he knows me so well, this morning he warned me about wanting to leave early. He knows from past experience that I will be "chompin' at the bit" to get out of here, and that chances are I'll try my best to get him to leave Thursday night instead of Friday morning. So he's already done his mule thing, locked himself into place and declared, "not this time you're not!"... but we shall see eh?

I guess its alot like the children say when they play hide & seek.....

Ready or not......