Allen County, Ohio

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BAUGHMAN, FREEMAN, GAITHER, RADABAUGH posted by Jacqueline Thompson on Sunday, August 20, 2006

I am looking for Susan Alice RADABAUGH BAUGHMAN . She married John W. Baughman and they lived in Payne Ohio. Susan died around 1909 give or take couple years. She had 2 children Jenny P BAUGHMAN and Golda Mae BAUGHMAN before her husband left her. She had a daughter named Mae FREEMAN and later a son named Ezra who was half indian. Susan apparently ate some bad apples and became very ill and was hospitalized and later installed in a mental ward for this sickness. Maybe Cholera or consumption also known as TB . It is said that Ezras father was a John GAITHER and when Susan died he went to live with her parents . Golda went to live with Nathan Mahaffey unsure on others although relatives took them somewhere. I am looking for any info on this line. Who Were Susans parents? Where she is burried ect. any help would be most appreciated.

HARROD, MARRIOTT, SHAPPELL posted by Dee Shappell on Monday, August 28, 2006

SHAPPELL, Soloman b. 1847 m. Sarah HARROD Jul 1852. Children: Torrence Obediah b. Jan 1876, Rolland P. b. Jun 1880 m. Louise E. MARRIOTT who was born Mar 1882. Rolland and Louise children were Harold Dale SHAPPELL b. 1 Sep 1899 and Dallas P. born July 1909. I have traced all of these relatives to Allen Co., Oh. If you know of any of them please drop me a note.

PARKER posted by Jeanne Schutt on Wednesday, September 6, 2006

PARKER, Cyrenus U. born in Ohio 1843 lived in Ohio entire life. Died around 1900. His wife's name was Margaret also born in 1843 died after 1910. On the 1880 Census it states that they lived in Bath, Allen, Ohio and in the 1900 Census they still lived there. Margaret is living with children in 1910. I have some things that may be of interest to decendants of this family. My Great Uncle was Charles U. PARKER born in Ohio in 1870 he was married in Iowa and died in MN in 1947. If anyone knows of this family please contact me.

CROSSON, LONG posted by Linda Speckman Oliver on Friday, October 20, 2006

CROSSON, Columbia C. Born abt. 1826 in Ohio. Wagon maker. Married Margaret LONG ( I am not sure of this last name for Margaret.) He served in the Civil War 1861 to 1865. He had children Z. A. CROSSON, William, Atwilda and others that died as infants. I do not have a death date for Columbia, Nor do I have parents. According to census (Allen Co) his parents were born in Ohio. I would appreciate any information on this family. I have a tin type picture of Columbia and Margaret that I am willing to share. Columbia is my Great Great grandfather on my mothers side.

JOHNSON, POLLING posted by Jon Athey on Friday, October 20, 2006

JOHNSON; Requesting obituary lookup for two individuals. Gettus D. JOHNSON, b. August 1883, d. 06 April 1959 in Lima, Allen Co., OH. Bertha (POLLING) JOHNSON, b. 21 June 1887, d. 19 November 1946 in Lima, Allen Co., OH. Gettus was a younger brother of my great grandfather Cassius JOHNSON, b. 08 January 1870 in Van Wert Co., OH, d. 11 April 1935 in Gladwin Co., MI.

KEPHART posted by Joe Kephart on Wednesday, December 13, 2006

I am seeking more information about Peter KEPHART. Born 5 (or 28) May 1818 Died in 1874 in Allen County, Ohio Buried in Spencerville Cemetery, Allen County, Ohio. I seek Birth Certificates, Death records, Articles Pictures Etc. There is information about Peter KEPHART on the web but it seems that from Peter Kephart to George (his father?) to Simon (Simeon) Kephart (Gebhart, Gephart, ??) there are many irregularities in the information. Thank you for any help in this search.

BEDINGER, BIEDINGER, RICE posted by Richard L. Rice on Monday, January 1, 2007

Looking for any information on Sam Rice and Melissa BEDINGER (BIEDINGER, Biddinger ) who had two children in Allen County, OH. Their two children, Hazel RICE born 1984 and Osa RICE , born 1986. These children were living with their maternal grandparent Rachel BEDINGER in Ottowa Township, Allen County during the 1910 Census. What happened to Melissa and Sam? Has anyone seen them in the 1900 Census? Sam and Melissa were married in Jay County, Indiana on 10 December 1887. This was a second marriage for Sam RICE. He was born in 1861 in Darke Co, OH but was orphaned within a year. Melissa was born in Mercer Co, OH in 1868. Her parents were James Biddinger & Rachel Hughes I have been looking for these people for over 20 years, but cannot find and listing of their death. Sam is my Great Grandfather. A lengthy pedigree chart is available for the RICE family. If anyone has information on these four people, please contact me.

MEYER posted by Gary Meyer on Sunday, January 21, 2007

I would like to find out the real story behind my 2nd great-grandfather's accidental death. I have two different accounts of his death by two different family members. He died 19 June 1877 in Spencerville, Ohio. His name was Wilhelm/William A. F. MEYER. One account has him unloading a load of logs from a wagon and a chain broke loose and a log struck him on the head killing him instantly. The second account says that while making improvements on the second floor of a grist mill he was killed instantly by a falling timber that struck his head. I checked one newspaper at the library in Lima and I didn't find any story concerning the accident. Of course I may have been looking in the wrong place. I also checked the death records at the Allen County courthouse and all that was written was "accidental death". If anyone could tell me where I might find out the true story I would greatly appreciate it very much.

BREESE, DAVIS, MORRIS, RUGGLES posted by Roberta Flittner on Tuesday, January 30, 2007

I am looking for information on the death date for Ebenezer DAVIS b abt 1844 in Ohio and Dorotha Jane MORRIS b. abt 1844 daughter of Edward and Sarah (BREESE) MORRIS. Re-married to Almond RUGGLES abt 1900 and maybe re-married after his death 1/9/1910. They resided in Allen County, Ohio. Children known of Ebenezer and Dorotha Jane (Morris) Davis are: Clara b abt 1868 in Ohio; Rosa B. b abt 1875 in Ohio; Edward b 9/1877 in Ohio; Sarah E. b abt 1879 in Ohio.; Thanks for any help.


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