Monday, March 31, 2008

James Lockwood Conger

John Conger, who settled in Woodbridge, N. J., in 1667, was the ancestor of nearly all the native-born Congers in the country. He had two wives and a large family of children. From that day there has been a steady stream of Davids, Johns, and Josephs in succeeding generations of the family, most bewildering to one member of it, Mr. Charles L. Conger of McIntosh, Minn., who is patiently compiling a Conger Genealogy.

Very little has been preserved of the Cleveland life of James Lockwood Conger, a lawyer residing in the city between 1826 and 1840, save through a package of old letters written by Mrs. Conger to her only sister, Mrs. Erwina Miner of Centerville, Fairfield Co., Ohio. James L. Conger, b. in Trenton, N. J., was the son of David and Hannah Lockwood Conger, who later lived in Phelps, N. Y. He received his general education in that locality and studied law with Judge Ewing of Ohio.

In December, 1824, he married in Lancaster, O., Miss Paulina Belvedere Clark, daughter of Dr. Ezra and Sarah Clark, pioneers of that county and formerly of Middletown, Vt. James Conger was only nineteen years old and the bride but eighteen. The youth of the couple and the fact that they remained in Lancaster two years, suggests that he may have pursued his law studies after the marriage. A little boy named Seneca was born to them in Lancaster, who died young.

In April, 1826, they started for New York State to visit Mr. Conger's parents and perhaps with a view of settling near them. An acknowledgment of money received by the couple at that time is here given because of its phraseology

"Received, Lancaster, O., April 25, 1826, of our revered father, Dr. Ezra Clark, three hundred and fifty dollars towards our portion. J. L. CONGER. PAULINA B. CONGER."

They drove a span of horses all the way to eastern New York and return, as far as Cleveland, which they reached September 6th of the same year. And in this month begins the series of letters previously mentioned, a half-dozen only, but covering several years of the Conger's residence in Cleveland. These letters are unusual for that day and generation. The penmanship is beautiful, the composition correct in every particular. The writer must have been a woman of charming personality; a brave woman possessing great fortitude, but shy and sensitive, sweetly grateful for every kindness shown to her.

The depth of her affection is revealed in the messages to her aged fatherwhom she seems to have idolized and whom, so far as the letters reveal, she never met again in this life. On her trip to New York she met Mr. Conger's family for the first time. Of these new relatives she writes

"I frequently think of the remark you made when we were last together, `Do not be too sanguine in your expectations of James' parents,' and I was cautious not to be so. But my own could not do more for me. James' sisters were all equally kind, each striving to be most so. I was almost afraid to mention anything I wanted for fear one of them would get it for me, and they seemed to think they could not give me enough. I really think the whole family would have liked to come on to Cleveland with me, they were so truly attached.

"Father Conger and James went to New York City, returning before July 5th. They purchased about three hundred and fifty dollars worth of books and other things. Father brought me a beautiful figured silk dress and other smaller presents."

The young couple drove back to Cleveland, but various and sundry household furnishings donated by the elder Congers were shipped by canal and Lake Erie. One barrel when opened was found to contain everything necessary for the laundry, while mop and dish-cloths had been tucked into another one. Nothing necessary or convenient in that line had been omitted or forgotten. And, just as the team was about to start on the long western journey, father Conger had placed a bill in his young daughter-in-law's hand, to be used by her for any personal need on the way.

When they reached Cleveland they found Mrs. Reuben Wood, wife of the future governor of the state, preparing for a visit to her former eastern home. Her sister was to accompany her, and they intended to remain until spring. Evidently the Conger and Wood families were previously acquainted. The latter at once turned over the house they occupied, with all the heavier furniture to Mr. Conger, at a rental of $80 for the eight months' use of it. This sum also included the kitchen garden well stocked with a variety of vegetables and five bushels of peaches yet ungathered.

The departure of Mrs. Wood and her sister is told in one of the letters. "They started on Sunday, September 10th. We went out on a lighter about a mile from shore to the steamboat with them. The waves were very high and became seasick on the way. Notwithstanding, on the whole I had a pleasant ride."

The young wife seems to have been very lonely in the new strange town, her only acquaintance in it having been Mrs. Wood whose return she pathetically anticipates. Meanwhile, Mr. Conger had purchased a lot on the south-east side of the Public Square. The east corner of the May Co.'s big department store now covers the site, and upon this he began the erection of a small frame-house, which, four years later, was considerably enlarged.

Mrs. Conger dwells upon the delights of its possession; speaks with pride of the sodding of her "door yard," and of her planting in it a rose, a lilac, and a snowball bush; of the high board fence surrounding three sides of the lot, and a little later of the arbor covered with five kinds of grapes, and of the square of English strawberries each side of the arbor, from which she picked sixteen quarts of fruit.

Stand, if you will, in front of the towering Cushing Building and imagine the little home, the lilac, and the snowball bush!

The furnishing of their house progressed slowly.

"I believe all the furniture we have, so far, are fees. James has sent to Pittsburgh, by a man who owes him, for a carpet for the front chamber and hall, and I have just finished a pretty rag-carpet for the back room."

The second summer after the house on the Square was occupied Mr. Conger's sisters, Hannah and Phebe, both mentioned as "beautiful young girls," make the family a long visit. We can imagine how pleasant those months must have been when we are told that "there are numerous young men in town, but very few young women." And in connection with this who can not read romance in the opportunities afforded in the statement, "There are many beautiful walks and rambles on this delightful lake. Every Sunday, after meeting, James and I take a walk by the lake, and often through the week we stroll through the Square and Ontario street to it and spend the twilight hours there." This was written August, 1827.

James Conger must have given evidence of unusual ability in his profession for one so young, or he never would have found himself associated with Thomas Bolton, one of Cleveland's most able jurists. "Bolton & Conger, Attornies and Counsellors, Hancock Block, No. 93 and 95 Superior Street," they announce professionally.

Some time after the panic of 1837, that was the cause of scattering many of the numerous Cleveland lawyers and doctors to all points of the compass, James L. Conger removed to Belvedere, Mich., where in 1847, after fouryears of battling with tuberculosis, Mrs. Conger died, aged forty-one. Mr. Conger married again, but there is no record furnished of this union. He became a prominent man of that community and at one time represented it in the lower house of Congress in Washington. He died in St. Clair, Mich., in 1876, aged seventy-one, and was buried in Columbus, O.

Children of James L. and Paulina Clark Conger:

Seneca Conger, b. 1825; died in infancy.

Helen Edwina Conger, b. Jan., 1827; m. Thomas Lough.

William James Conger, b. 1829; m. Abby Louise Meckler. He died in Columbus, O., 1882.

Three younger children died in infancy.

Helen Edwina Conger was born four months after her parents arrived in Cleveland, and often returned in after years to her native town, ever since it became "Greater Cleveland." She was welcomed each time in the homes of our oldest families as a loved and honored guest, for she was an unusually bright, attractive woman. She died but recently, leaving two daughters.

Mrs. W. B. Waggoner, one of them, resides in the city.

When James L. Conger removed to Michigan, he sold his Cleveland residence property to Dr. Erastus Cushing. He may have received less than $1000 for it. Today the lot is worth $8000 a foot front; a traffic tally recently taken showed that in the business hours of the day an average of 5134 persons pass this spot hourly.
(Source: The Pioneer Families of Cleveland, 1796-1840 by Gertrude Van
Rensselaer Wickham, Vol. I & II;Found on the Internet, April 2006)
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Eddy Family Leaves Monroe County, Ohio

I never paid any attention to the fact that the Eddy family left Monroe County, Ohio and went to Appanoose County, Iowa. My interest was always in the McCoy and Conger families who made the move from Ohio to Iowa.

I own a copy of the book, Monroe County Ohio Families. On pages 131-132 there are several articles about the Eddy family and three photographs. The piece about the Eddy - McCurdy family mentions Appanoose county, Iowa. Here's a little bit from the article that mentions Appanoose county, Iowa emigration.

Azel Eddy and Sarah Piles (dau. of Zachariah and Rachel (Wright) Piles) had a son Isaac:
Isaac and Lucretica (McCurdy) Eddy married and they had:
Mahala Eddy who married James J. Seals, she died in 1886 in Appanoose county (great-grandparents of Capitola Seals
Henry who wrote the piece about this family)
Alpheus who married Elizabeth Jefferies, he moved to Appanoose County
John (married and killed in an accident)
Joseph who married Elizabeth Goudy
Rachel married John Culverhouse
Mary married Stephen Gadd
Moses married Mary Grant
Baby who died young
Nathaniel who married Margaret Nixon, went to Ottawa county, Kansas, his mother went too
Leander who married Hethy Garrett, went to Ottawa county, Kansas and later lived and died at Lawrence, KS
Lucretia who married John Fisher

A place called Tescott in either Ottawa or Franklin county, Kansas is mentioned in the paragraphs about the folks who moved to Kansas.

Some of the other Eddy families went across the Ohio River to Tyler and Wetzel counties in West Virginia.

Dick Henthorn

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Isaac Conger


Introduction

As one who has a significant interest in Rooks County, the town of Codell, and the Conger Cemetery, I thought possibly that you did not have the following information regarding the CONGER family which resided in Paradise Township.

The quoted information is taken from "Lest We Forget" published by the Rooks County Historical Society, Stockton, KS, printed by the Osborne Publishing Co., Osborne, KS, 1980 (reprinted in 1998 by Western Books, Woodston, KS). Pages 111-113.

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ISAAC CONGER

Isaac Conger was born at Marietta, Marion County, Ohio on July 26, 1847.
[Note: The birthplace is in error. He was born in Maryette, Monroe Co., OH. Richard E. Henthorn]

His parents, James and Elizabeth, were the parents of eleven children, which included two sets of twins; Isaac had a twin brother, John.

When Isaac was nine years of age, the family decided to go on west and settled on a homestead near Centerville, Appanoose County, Iowa, where he lived until his marriage on March 12, 1871, to Emma Jane Thompson. She was born near Bradyville, Page County, Iowa on February 12, 1850. Her father was killed when Emma was very young and her mother, Eliza, married Wesley Farrens.

Isaac and Emma ventured farther west, homesteading on the banks of White Rock Creek near Burr Oak, Jewell County, Kansas in 1871. Their trip was made in a covered wagon drawn by two oxen, and their possessions were a few pieces of walnut furniture made by Emma's step-father, Wesley Farrens. They also had a dog, pig, and a cow.

Their first home was a dugout where their first son was born. It was not unusual for friendly, but curious, Indians to visit them. Most of their meat was buffalo meat. Isaac would sometimes be away for several days at a time hunting buffalo, leaving his young wife and son alone at the dugout. Pioneers accepted these things as the usual type of occurrences.

In 1878 they sold their claim and migrated to Rooks County where they purchased land near a little town known as Old Motor. Here the first home was in a dugout, also, until a stone house could be constructed. Later a larger frame house was built, and in time the little stone house became a bunk house for ranch help. In this east Paradise Township home, in the southeastern part of Rooks County, the nine children were reared. Cattle and crops were the order of the times in this part of Kansas, and the size of the ranch increased over the years to indicate prosperity and industry.

Ike, as he was known, served his community as a leader, as a commissioner, and twice as a member of the state legislature. Such successes of early times could seldom happen but for the strong support of a wife and mate such as Emma. She was the hub of the wheel around whom her family and friends gathered for strength and guidance. T he Conger family were members of the Codell Methodist Church, later transferring to the Natoma church when a storm destroyed the Codell church building. They were active members always.

On March 12, 1921, Isaac and Emma celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with many relatives and dear friends coming long distances to congratulate them. Seven of the nine children were with them. The two sons missing from the family circle were Russell A. and Isaac, Jr., both of whom died as young men.

The Congers, their children and families have taken part in, and seen many beginnings and developments in Rooks County since 1878 wh en they first came to call this good area "home". Their lives have gone with this growth. Today none of the children are living, but five of their grandchildren remain to remember Isaac and Emma.

Isaac died March 28, 1932, near Codell, Kansas. His wife, Emma, died May 15, 1929 at the home near Codell. Burial was in the East Paradise Cemetery.

James Lloyd Conger was born in a dugout on the homestead in Jewell County, near Burr Oak, Kansas on October 15, 1871. He moved with his parents to Rooks County in 1878, where he grew up at the family home. He was a teacher as a young man, and later a rancher-farmer on his own ranch which joined his parents' ranch on the east.

He was married married August 3, 1898 to Serena Bromley at Plainville, Kansas. Two sons were born to this couple: Ralph Lloyd and Halbert Mark.

Jim, as he was known, was active in community affairs, and as an adviser in business. He was well liked and a friend to many.

After living about forty years at his home, he died there May 23, 1940, the third son of Isaac and Emma to pass away.

Lida Estella Conger, daughter of Isaac and Emma, was born in Iowa at Bradyville in Page County on December 20, 1874, and soon traveled with her parents to their homestead in Jewell County, Kansas. In 1878 she moved with her family on westward to a new and permanent home in Rooks
County, east of Codell, Kansas, where she spent the rest of her life.

When Lida was about seven years old she suffered a very serious illness with whooping cough which greatly damaged her health. She was never a strong, healthy person again. Her life was devoted to be a kind helper in the family home with its many activities and needs. She passed away at the family home on January 10, 1932.

Russell Addison Conger was born in Jewell County, near Burr Oak, Kansas, August 1, 1877. He moved with his parents to Rooks County in 1878 and grew up at the family home east of Codell. He was a teacher before going to Wyoming where he worked on a ranch before volunteering for service in the Hispano-American War. He was a member of General Torrey's "Rough Riders" in Company "A", Troop "E", 2nd U.S. Volunteer Cavalry. While in the service he became ill with typhoid fever and was sent home on a furlough to recuperate. He was unable to regain his health and died on November 11, 1898. He was the first of the Conger children to pass away.

Jennie Nevada Conger, daughter of Isaac and Emma was born April 16, 1880, at the family home east of Codell, where she grew to womanhood. She was married to Walter W. Sidwell on September 20, 1903. This couple were the parents of three children, a daughter and two sons: Vera Arlene, Milo Roscoe, and Richard Dean.

Jennie and Walter lived on a farm south and east of Plainville most of their years together. Jennie was a most loving wife and mother, and devoted much of her time and energies caring for members of her family who were invalids or ailing. She was a faithful and enduring woman. She was loved by all who knew her, but lost her own battle with life on October 10, 1940.

William Thompson Conger, son of Isaac and Emma, was born August 7, 1882, at the family home near Codell. He grew up helping on the home ranch. He was married to Bethena Hoskins, April 6, 1910, and they moved to their own home which joined the homes of both her parents and his. Four children, two boys and two girls, were born to this couple: Grant Vester, Ardna LoRee, Mildred Ruth, and William Duane. Bill, as he was known by his friends, was a helpful neighbor, and a good friend to all who knew him well. He spent the rest of his life at this same home as a successful rancher-farmer. His life ended December 23, 1964, the last of the five sons of Isaac and Emma.

Marshall Martin Conger, son of Isaac and Emma, was born December 7, 1884, east of Codell in the family home. He grew up learning the role of rancher-farmer with his father and brothers. As others left home, his help was needed more and more, so in time it became necessary for him to manage the ranch affairs and perform the farm duties. Marsh, as he was known by his friends and family, married Meta Hires on July 25, 1917 at Stockton, Kansas. Lager they adopted a daughter, Peggy Lou, who was a great joy in the home. A better neighbor than Marsh would be hard to find, and his friends were many. He passed away October 3, 1951, the fourth son of Isaac and Emma.

Isaac Conger, Jr. was born March 18, 1887 at the family home of Isaac and Emma Conger near Codell. At just sixteen years of age, as a brilliant pupil of Codell High School, he suffered a severe attack of what would be called appendicitis today. Medical science was unable, at this time, to cope with this situation and he passed away on May 8, 1903. He was the youngest son of the family, and the second to die.

Cloie Ethel Conger, daughter of Isaac and Emma, was born January 19, 1890 at the family home east of Codell. She attended Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina. It was a severe blow to Cloie when the man she was to marry was killed in the service of his country. The many duties of the home and services to her church and community gave Cloie a full and busy life. After the death of her parents she left the family home and married Leonard C. Uhl on August 14, 1937. Smith Center, Kansas was her home for the remainder of her life. She passed away on December 7, 1968. She was the last of the nine children of Isaac and Emma Conger.

Vesta Lee Conger, daughter of Isaac and Emma, was born at the family home east of Codell, April 22, 1893. She was the youngest of the nine Conger children. After local schools, she went to a Kansas City school from which she graduated as a deaconess. Lee was married to Clarence P. Ellis, August 2, 1916 at the family home. To this union were born a son and a daughter: David Clarence and Elfra Maralee. This talented couple spent most of their years together working as evangelists in many different states. Their work was very rewarding and their friends were many. After retiring they moved to Pasadena, California where they spent their last years. Lee passed away on May 9, 1961.

--Submitted by Ardna L. Miller

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Conclusion

Hope this information will be of use to you. I have several relatives buried in the Paradise Cemetery. Those surnames of interest are JOHNSON, McCORD, RICHMOND.

Best of luck in your research.

Clarence E. Lott, in the Mile High City, Denver, CO, and a native of Hill City, Graham Co., Kansas. Mon, 29 Mar 2004
(Shared With Joyce Posey)

Jonathan Godfrey (Kenuchel) Yoho

Jonathan Godfrey (Kenuchel) Yoho

AKA: Jonathan Godfrey Kenuchel

BIOGRAPHY: According Linda Lou Wilcox Cowart, his name was Jonathan Godfrey
Kenuchel and he was born in Feb 1846 in Eglestorf, Bern, Switzerland. About
1862/1863 he changed his surname, to Yoho because Kenuchel was hard to
pronounce and spell.

COMMENT: Denver Clayton Yoho stated, as of Oct 1995, that so far his
embarkation record has not been found. He came to America abt. 1860 and was in
Sandusky, OH at this time. Since he was married in Woodsfield, Monroe Co., OH
was he part of the Peter and Margaret Baker Yoho line? There was also a John
Yoho in Sandusky, OH about 1850. Were these two related? Much additional
work remains to be done on this branch.

Census: 1880, in Meade, Tyler Co., WV, M012
Jonathan G. Yoho, WM, 34, son, works on sawmill, SZ SZ SZ
Catharine C., WF, 25, wife, keeping house, OH OH OH
David F., WM, 1, son, OH SZ OH
Mary Reece, (s), WF, 18, servant, housekeeper, OH OH OH
David W. Ewers, WM, 24, boarder, works at sawmill, OH OH OH
(Source: 1880 Census of West Virginia - Compiled by William A. Marsh)

CEMETERY: New Cumberland Cemetery, New Cumberland, Hancock Co., WV

Isaac Yoho

Isaac Yoho

RELATIONSHIP: Elden Tucker Jr., MD; 1599 Monaco Circle; Salt Lake City, UT 84121 was a descendant of this couple. Does anyone know the details of the relationship?

RESIDENCES: 1850, 1860 & 1870 census in Marshall Co., VA/WV; 1880 census in Wetzel Co., WV.

CENSUS: 1850 Marshall Co., VA, #1478 - From Published Copy
  • YOHO, Isaac Je. ?? 32 VA
  • Elisabeth 28 VA
  • Jane 9 VA
  • Margaret 7 VA
  • Lucy 1 VA
(Furnished by Clarice Stanley)

CENSUS: 1860 Marshall Co., VA, #181 14 June 1860, Woodland PO
  • YOHO, Isaac 42 VA
  • Elisabeth 36 VA
  • Mary J. 17 VA
  • Margaret J. 15 VA
  • Malissa 9 VA
  • Katherine M. 7 VA
(Furnished by Clarice Stanley)


CENSUS: 1870 Marshall Co., WV, Franklin Dist. #198
  • YOHO, Isaac 49 VA
  • Elizabeth 46 "
  • Mary J. 26 "
  • Melissa 18 "
  • Catherine M. 16 "
  • Margaret 60 PA (Must be Isaac's mother, & w/o Jacob Yoho)
(Furnished by Clarice Stanley)


CENSUS: 1880 Grant, Wetzel Co., WV, Green Dist. #187-187 or 119B
  • YOHO, Isaac 52 VA VA PA
  • Elizabeth 52 VA VA VA
  • WETSON, Matilda 13 VA OH VA Adopted (surname might be Watson)
(Furnished by Clarice Stanley & Larry McCullough)


DEATH: Finnicum and Briggs report that he was 70 years old at the time of his death in 1891.

DEATH: Isaac Yoho died 10 May 1891, age 70 yrs, (no months or days listed), Head of Shenango, Dropsy of heart, no parents, no wife mentioned, T.M. Stone was the Informant.
(Source: Wetzel Co., WV, Book S-Z, p. 103 - furnished by Clarice Stanley)

Richard P. Yoho

Richard P. Yoho

BIRTH: A date of 1848 has also been listed; Clarice Stanley lists, May 1847, Monroe Co., OH.

Census: 1860, in Marshall Co., VA, #210
  • James Rine, 38, VA; Margaret, 32, VA
  • Joseph, H.A., 11, VA; Mary H., 6, VA; Barbara E., 3, VA
  • William R., 11/12, VA;
  • Richard P. Yoho, 12, OH; Rebecca A. Yoho, 9, OH

MARRIAGE: Richard P. Yoho, 20, born in Ohio, s/o Peter and Margaret Yoho and
Anna R. Eller, 20, born in Marshall Co., WV, d/o Peter and Jane Eller were married on 5 Nov 1868 in Marshall Co., WV.
(Source: Marshall Co., WV, Marriage Book A2, p. 45 - furnished by T. Vernon Anderson)

Census: 1870, in Marshall Co., WV, Meade Dist., #138
  • Richard Yoho, 22, OH; Rebecca, 22, VA
  • Rubin W., Nov. 1869, WV
(Furnished by Vernon Anderson)

MARRIAGE: 12 Jul 1878 in Wetzel Co., WV, Richard P. Yoho and Sarah Alma Wade who was born in Belmont Co., OH.
(Source: Wetzel Co., WV, Marriage Book 1, page 333 - furnished by Clarice Stanley)

Census: 1880, Proctor, Wetzel Co., WV, Proctor Dist., p. 77A
  • Richard P. Yoho, 32, OH OH VA, farmer
  • Alma, 24, OH OH OH
  • Ruben W., 11, WV OH VA
  • James E., 5, VA OH VA
  • Harry, 2 months, VA OH OH
(Furnished by Clarice Stanley & Larry McCullough)

MARRIAGE: 21 Aug 1884 in Tyler Co., WV to Martha Ann Hensel. He was 36 and she was 38.
(Source: Tyler Co., WV, Marrige Book 2, page 56 - furnished by Clarice Stanley)

RESIDENCES: Lived for a while in Wheeling, WV
(Furnished by Clarice Stanley)

RESIDENCES:
The following information was copied from the Old City Directories of Wheeling, W.Va. by Clarice V. Stanley on Nov. 5, 1984.
  • 1892-95
  • James E. Yoho - Laborer, Bds. 460 Main St. - 2nd Story
  • Reuben W. Yoho - " " " " " " "
  • Richard P. Yoho - " Same...
  • 1896
  • Richard P. Yoho - Canvasser, Res. 615 Grandview St. (He was a drug salesman, according to his grandson Percy Yoho of New Martinsville, WV)
  • 1898-99
  • Richard P. Yoho - Canvasser, Res. Corner Pike & Market Sts.
(Furnished by Clarice Stanley)


Census: 1900, in Wetzel Co., WV, Green Dist., #12
  • James Yoho, Mar 1876, 24, WV OH WV Marr. 1 yr. Merchant
  • Fannie E., Apr 1877, 23, WV WV WV
  • Richard P., May 1847, 53, OH OH WV Farm Lab.
(Furnished by Clarice Stanley)


DEATH: 27 Apr 1914 in Wetzel Co., WV
(Source: Wetzel Co., WV, Book S-Z, page 104-a - furnished by Clarice Stanley)

CEMETERY: According to Clarice Stanley he is buried in the Wells Cemetery in Wetzel Co., WV and there is no marker.

James A. Rine

James A. Rine

MARRIAGE: Marshall Co., VA/WV, Bk 1835-1853, pg 27 (marriage to Elizabeth Parsons)

Census: 1850, in Marshall Co., VA, 33rd District, #314, Reel #959
  • James Ryan, 27, VA; Elizabeth, 25 PA,
  • Joseph, 2 or 3, PA; George W., 1/12 or 2/12, PA,
  • Lucinda Scott, 18, VA
  • Henry Parsons 68 or 70 PA 1500, Hannah Parsons 70 PA
[Note: Elizabeth Rine, the youngest daughter of Joseph and Hannah Parsons,was married to James Rine. REH]
(Furnished by Claude R. Burton and Vernon Anderson)

MARRIAGE: James Rine was the 2nd husband of Margaret Yoho. James Rine, 33, born in Marshall Co., WV, s/o Lazarus and Mary Rine and Margaret Yoho, 28, born in Marshall Co., WV, d/o William and Rebecca Yoho were married on 14 Oct 1855 in Marshall Co., WV by Edward Dowler.
(Source: Marshall Co., WV, Marriage Record Book 2, p. 91 - furnished by T. Vernon Anderson)

Census: 1860, in Marshall Co., VAV, #210
  • James Rine, 38, VA; Margaret, 32, VA
  • Joseph, H.A., 11, VA; Mary H., 6, VA; Barbara E., 3, VA
  • William R., 11/12, VA;
  • Richard P. Yoho, 12, OH; Rebecca A. Yoho, 9, OH
(Furnished by Vernon Anderson)

Census: 1870, in Marshall Co., WV, Franklin Dist. #193a
  • James Rine, 48, VA; Margaret, 43, VA
  • Joseph A., 22, VA;
  • Rebecca A. Yoho, 18, OH; Barbary E. 14, VA; William R., 12, VA;
  • Catherine, 9, VA; James M., 7, WV; Thomas C. 2, WV
(Furnished by Vernon Anderson)

RESIDENCES: James Rine family lived out back of New Martinsville (about 7 miles) toward Middleboure. The Wetzel County line passed through their house or farm.
(Source: Rine (Ryan) Family History, p. 108)

CENSUS: 1880, in Ellsworth, Tyler Co., WV, FHL Film 1255414, Natl. Archives Film T9-1414, Page 68C
  • James Ryan, 58, VA VA VA, farmer
  • Margaret, 57, VA VA VA
  • William R. Ryan, son, 20, VA VA VA, works on farm
  • Catherine Ryan, dau, 18, VA VA VA
  • James M. Ryan, son, 15, WV VA VA
  • Thomas Ryan, son, 11, WV VA VA
  • Foster G. Ryan, son, 7, WV VA VA
  • Reuben W. Yoho, GSon, 11, WV VA VA
  • James E. Yoho, GSon, 6, WV VA VA
[Note: The second wife of James Rine was Margaret (Yoho) Yoho who was first married to Peter Yoho. Richard P. Yoho, the son of Margaret and Peter Yoho, was married to Anna Rebecca Eller and they had two sons. These are the grandsons who were living in the James Rine household at the time of the 1880 census. REH]
(Furnished by Larry McCullough)

James Buckhannon Yoho

James Buckhannon Yoho

PARENTS: Harrison Yoho and Martha Goddard.

AKA: Was his middle name, Buchanan?

Problem: Was the date of birth, 11 Jan 1849 or 17 Jan 1849? Hugh L. Yoho has it, 17 Jan 1849 as does the author of the Richmond family book and Hardesty.

RESIDENCES: The James Yoho family lived in Belmont Co., OH.

OCCUPATION: James was a farmer and drove a horse and wagon for Alex Neff's Lumber Company in Belmont, OH.

RELATIONSHIP: Siblings, Martha Matilda and James B. Yoho married, Wesley Garloch and Sarah Ann Garloch, respectively. Wesley was the uncle of Sarah Ann. Their common ancestor was David Garloch.

CHILDREN: It has been reported that James and Sarah Yoho had 8 children. Who
were they?

CENSUS: 1880, in Grant, Wetzel Co., WV, 108-109, p. 126 or p. 119B
  • James B. Yoho, 30, VA VA PA, farms
  • Sarah A., 30, OH OH VA
  • Lemuel P., 9, WV VA OH
  • Friend D., 8, WV VA OH
  • Matilda A., 4, WV VA OH
  • Jasper T., 2 months, WV VA OH
(Furnished by Clarice Stanley & Larry McCullough)

CENSUS: 1910, in Belmont Co., OH, Pultney Twp., 26 Apr 1910, p. 91
  • James B. Yoho, 61, WV WV WV; Sarah A., 60, OH OH WV
  • married 40 years, 8 children, 5 living
  • Eva, dau, 16, OH WV OH; Willie, grandson, 8, OH WV OH
(Furnished by Clarice Stanley)

CENSUS: 1920, in Belmont Co., OH, Pultney Twp., 116/137, line 58, p. 57B, 29 Jun 1920
  • James B. Yoho, 71, farmer, rents, WV WV PA
  • Sarah A., 70, OH OH VA
(Furnished by Clarice Stanley)


DEATH: Death record at the Moundsville, WV Courthouse reads, "died of exposure and starvation near Moundsville, age 86." Found dead in a hollow on Roberts Ridge, Marshall Co., WV. He was a widower.

DEATH-CONFLICT: It has been reported that he died on 10 Dec 1934. This is in conflict with a copy of the death certificate which clearly reads, 10 Sep 1934 at the age of 86 years, 9 months, 15 days.

George Washington Yoho

George Washington Yoho

Problem: George Yoho appears in the Ancestral File more than once: 1QDK-HP, JGGM-JB.


BIRTH: George W. Yoho was born in VA/WV.

OCCUPATION: George W. Yoho was a farmer.


Problem: Was he born, 30 Apr 1789, Abt. 1784 (96 in 1880 census), 1790, or Abt. 1794?

Census: 1850, in Wetzel Co., VA (now WV)

  • George Yoho, 60, m. VA, farmer, $1665; Sarah, 43, f. PA
  • John, 23, m, VA, farmer; Rachel, 21, f, VA; Mary Ann, 19, f, VA
  • Rebecca, 16, f, VA; Eliza, 14, f, VA; Margaret, 11, f., VA
  • Kathrine, 9, f. VA; George, 8, m. VA; Nancy, 4, f. VA


Census: 1860, in Wetzel Co., WV, 749

  • George Yoho 66 VA Farmer
  • Sarah (Cook) 52 VA
  • Margaret 21 VA
  • Catherine 19 VA
  • George 16 VA
  • Nancy 14 VA


CENSUS: 1880, in Proctor, Wetzel Co., WV, FHL File 1255425, Natl. Archives Film T9-1415, Page 76C

  • George Yoho, 96, VA VA VA
  • Sarah, wife, 72, PA MD MD

(Furnished by Larry McCullough)


RESIDENCES: George W. Yoho lived on Paugh Ridge near the Antioch Church in the area of Proctor, Wetzel Co., WV. He is buried in the Antioch Church Cemetery.


Source: "Ohio Valley Richmonds" - Millard Dunham sketch Wetzel Co., WV History 1983 - Goddard family history.

Denver Yoho writes: There are two men named George Yoho buried in the Antioch Cemetery. This George Yoho was called, George Sr. to distinguish him from the other George Yoho who was called, George Jr. George Jr. was the son of George Yoho senior's cousin, Henry Yoho and Annabelle Buchanan.

Some Confusion

Denver Yoho writes: Millard Dunham says there was another daughter, Polly, who married Daniel Finch. But other reliable records show that Mary Yoho, daughter of Jacob Yoho and Margaret, married Daniel Finch. George Yoho of this family, and Jacob above, were first cousins. The Mary Yoho who married Daniel Finch is said to be buried on the George Yoho farm and this would give credence to Millard Dunham's statement. Daniel and Mary's son, Jacob Finch, married Mary Yoho the daughter of Lewis Yoho and Eleanor Cooper. There also could have been a third Mary (Polly) Yoho who married a Finch.

Sarah Yoho (mother of Alva and Elizabeth Goddard) and Mary Yoho (who married Daniel Finch) were daughters of Jacob Yoho and Margaret. All this inter-marriage may have confused Millard Dunham as he remembered his ancestors.


CEMETERY: Tombstone at Antioch Christian Church Cemetery, Wetzel Co., WV reads, in part: GEORGE YOHO; DIED; Jan. 31st. 1881.
(Source: Photograph furnished by Darlene Bacon)

Monday, March 24, 2008

Recollections and Comments About Jackson Genealogy

Retired FBI agent, Albert Geddes Macdonald, wrote a document Jackson genealogy. I don’t remember when I obtained a copy or who shared it with me. Years ago I typed each section as a separate file. In March 2008 I discovered all of the files when I was reviewing some unlabeled floppy discs. I combined all of the files into what I thought was the best order, added section headings and made a few corrections of typos and spelling errors.

I assume Mr. Macdonald was living in Florida at the time he wrote the piece. From one sentence in the piece we can deduct that it was written sometime after he moved to Florida in 1966.

Here’s the bibliography item for the document that I wrote and placed on my website years ago.

Macdonald, Albert G. (Geddes) Descendants of Hugh and Mary Jackson, Sr. and related families - Craft, Dunaway, Fuller, Henthorn, and McCleary. undated and unpaged.

Contents: Hugh Jackson Sr. came from Ireland about 1750, and settled in Maryland.

Includes: Jackson, Craft, Dunaway, Fuller, Henthorn, McCleary. Includes index.

Source: LDS Library at Salt Lake City, UT, Call Number: 929.273 A1 no. 3617 - USMB US/CAN Book, Also on 1 35mm microfilm - FHL US/CAN Film [0874260, item 4]; DAR Library, Washington, DC; Maryland Genealogical Society; Chester County Historical Society, West Chester, PA; Hagerstown Library, Hagerstown, MD; Ottawa Library, Ottawa, IA; Peabody Library, Baltimore, MD; Streator Library, Streator, IL; Uniontown Library, Uniontown, PA; Wisconsin Historical Library, Madison, WI; Pennsylvania State Library; Illinois State Library; Carnegie Library, Pittsburgh, PA; Genealogical Society of Utah; Mr. Richard E. Henthorn's personal possession.

The genealogy, comments and recollections are of interest to anyone working on the genealogy of the Jackson, Henthorn or Thompson families.

Note Mr. Macdonald states that the Jacksons came from Ireland. Anyone working on Henthorn genealogy should consider whether this is where the idea that James and John Henthorn came from Ireland might have originated.

Richard E. Henthorn, Hyattsville, MD, 24 Mar 2008

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Sylvanus Henthorn

DESCENDANT CHART - 26 Feb 2002


1 - Sylvanus HENTHORN
Born - Abt 1863/1864 Belmont, OH
Note - Sylvanus Henthorn

Problem: Is Sylvanus Henthorn the son of Elijah and Nancy Henthorn who lived in Green Twp., Monroe Co., OH 206-205, in 1870 when the census was taken? He was 7 years old at the time of the census which would make his birth Abt 1863. The family is still in Green Township at the time of the 1880 cenus, 140-155, with Sylvanus Henthorn listed as 17 years old, OH OH OH.

MARRIAGE: Index to Marriage Records of Marshall Co., WV, page 199. Sylvanus Henthorn and Rebecca Stine were wed in 1885. Their marriage record is in Book C, page 382.

MARRIAGE: Sylvanus Henthorn, 21, b. Belmont Co., OH, m. Rebecca Stine, 18, b. Belmont Co., March 9, 1885, living in Marshall Co., WV. From Marshall Co., WV marriage records. (Furnished by Betty Cronin)

CENSUS: 1910 in Wetzel Co., WV, Proctor District, -67

  • Sylvanus Henthorn, 47, married twice, 3 years, OH OH OH, farmer
  • Martha, 33, married once [sic], 1-1, WV WV WV
  • Peral, s-da, 10, WV WV WV
  • Walter, sn, 14, WV OH OH, laborer

(Furnished by Richard E. Henthorn)

sp- Rebecca STINE
Born - Abt 1867 Belmont, OH
Mar. - 9 Mar 1885 Marshall, WV
Note - QUESTION-PARENTS: Who were the parents of Rebecca Stine?

2 - Walter HENTHORN
Born - Abt 1896 WV
sp- Martha UNKNOWN
Born - Abt 1877 WV
Mar. - Abt 1907
Note - CHILD: Had a daughter, Peral, in a relationship previous to her marriage to Sylvanus Henthorn. At the time of the 1910 census of Wetzel Co., WV she had been married to Sylvanus Henthorn for three years and had given birth to one child who was living. Peral was listed as 10 years old, born in WV with both parents born in WV.

Ten Websites of Interest

Here are links to ten websites that may have information that will help in your genealogy quest. I checked today to make certain that all of the links work. If you find something useful please let the folks who shared their information know you visited their website and that you appreciate their efforts. Thanks.


Okey Family Genealogy Forum

Descendants of Stockdale Coddington (Conger Links)


The Websites of Linda Cunningham Fluharty - West Virginia Genealogy, History &


Ray & Diane's Family Tree (Letter From Anna Carrothers to Mary A. Alford, Mentions Yoho)


Shelby Co, IN Genealogy, Obits - Conger


ISAAC SHARP of PA: clarifying daughters' marriages (Includes Conger)


PicoSearch: Cataloging Your Corner of the Web: Results
- Conger Links

MOZENA - BRUHN - BIER - CHAPLINE - Jerry Bhuhn


Janet and Michael Downing (Includes OKEY, CARMICHAEL)


Dennis Surname

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Publishing Your Work

Have you published any of your work yet? If you haven't maybe it is time you think about it. After you are gone will anyone be able to find the genealogy work you did?

Please consider using your genealogy program to print out a report about your family. Put a copy in a binder that you keep in your house. Make one or more copies that you send to one or more genealogy libraries. Consider donating copies to the genealogy library of the Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City, Utah and to the library in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

It isn't necessary to bind the copies you send to these libraries. The LDS library will probably photograph the pages either on microfilm or microfiche. That's easier to do when the pages aren't bound. Once the genealogy is on film and in the LDS catalog a copy of the genealogy can be sent, on film, to any Family History Center in the world for use there. In the case of microfiche the film remains at the local Family History Center. The last time I checked microfilm was returned to Salt Lake City after the loan period.

Putting your genealogy in either of these libraries will insure that others can find the document because both have online catalogs of their holdings.

There are many other good candidate libraries where you could also donate. Consider The Library of Congress; the DAR Library; the libraries of your local historical or genealogical societies.

During the years when I was very actively working on genealogy I often found reference to the work that someone had done in the past. Most of the time, even when I was able to contact members of the family where the work was done, I wasn't able to find a copy of the genealogy. What a pity.

Don't let this happen to your work.

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Roster of Ohio Troops - Vol. 8, pages 181-185

Some Monroe Co., OH soldiers who served during the Civil War and some dates when units formed or disbanded.

116th Regiment OVI, mustered in from 18 Aug to 29 Sept 1862; mustered out 14 June 1865 at Richmond Va..

Co.D - David Conger, private, age 31, enlisted 4 Jan 1864; 3 years; Transfered to Co.E- 62nd OVI 14 June 1865, under Capt. Frederick H. Arckeno.

Co. D - David Conger, private, age 21, enlisted 21 Aug 1862; 3 years; wounded 5 June 1864 in battle of Piedmont, Va.; mustered out with company 14 June 1864.

Co. C- John Conger, private, age 29, enlisted 16 Aug 1862; 3 years; Captured 15 June 1863 at the battle of Winchester, Va.; exchanged 20 Oct 1863; mustered out with company 14 June 1864.

Co.E - Samuel Henthorn, age 19, died 22 June 1863, at Winchester Va..

Co. E - Gilbert McCoy, private, no age, died 24 April 1865 of wounds received 8 April 1865 in action near Appomettox, Va..

Co. F- mustered in Oct 27 1862, camp Marrietta, Ohio. Consolidated with the 62nd OVI 14 June 1865. Capt. Matthew Brown.

Co.F - Corp. Peter Yoho, age 33, captured 16 Feb 1863 in action near Romney Va.; returned to company 19 Mar 1863; died 22 Oct 1864 at Philadelphia, Pa., of wounds received in action.

123rd Regiment - OVI - Roster of Ohio Troops Vol.8
Co.B- Elijah Conger, pvt. age 25, enlisted 21 Aug 1862; 3 years; killed 13 June 1863 in battle of Winchester, Va..


Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Other Nice Websites

If you are interested in the relationship between the Henthorn and Jennings family visit this very comprehensive website created by Norma Faith (Bender) Jennings.

Bender, Jennings and Associated families

Conger researchers visit the website of Freda Babcock who lives in Oregon.

Freda Babcock's Home Page

Conger family in the southeastern part of the United States.

Rounsaval

Monday, March 10, 2008

Request for Comment

To anyone visiting my genealogy website and reading this I'd like to get your opinion.

After trying out my idea for conveying news, comments and articles that might be of interest to website visitors what do you think about the creation of another journal like this? The new journal would be used for posting obituaries. They wouldn't appear in any particular order. The name of the deceased would be in the first line of the obituary. I have many obituaries that are already typed. The reason I haven't put them on my website is that it takes a lot of time to create the webpage for the obituary and to post the name to my obituary index. Using a journal to make the obituary available would cut the amount of time needed to post an obituary to a matter of minutes.

Please let me know what you think.

Another Day

Another Day

Well folks I left the computer I'm using to access the Internet running all night long. This morning I'm back writing this journal note. I've survived the "perils of computing" for another day. Only time will tell whether I can continue without interruption.

Sunday, March 9, 2008

The Winland House - Sunfish Creek, Monroe Co., OH

Jacob Winland, a brother of Joh[n], built the first water-operated grist mill in Center Township on Sunfish Creek and in the northwest quarter of section #25 (T-5, R-5) - before the township was erected. It became the "Minor Mill" and stood on land of Theophilus, Sr., and then Robert and Rachel Minor. Theophilus Minor, Sr., (May 26, 1770-Mar. 2, 1851), one of Center Township's earliest settlers, was the son of William and Frances (Phillips) Minor and descended from Thomas Minor (1608-1690) who came to America and the Virginia Colony about 1630. Minors erected a mansion near Natchez, Mississippi. Located off U.S. Route #61 & just south of Natchez, those "Antebellum Houses" have a lasting appeal and their location is now a National Point of Historical Interest. I believe I was informed that the Minor Mansion is being restored.

An accomplished millwright, Jacob Winland erected three mills on Sunfish Creek before his death. Jacob (1773-Nov. 20, 1821) and Margaret [Driess] Winland (1777-Apr. 19, 1821) made the first payment on the northeast quarter of section #31 (T-5, R-5), Feb. 5, 1811, the final payment, Jan. 21, 1818, and their government land patent for 122 47/100 acres ($244.94) was dated, June 3, 1818. Jacob built a water-powered grist mill in this quarter section of land & on Sunfish Creek. Robert Clingan (Apr. 8, 1817-June 4, 1895) later erected a large frame mill structure on the same site. Clayton Christman now owns the land it stood on.

Jacob Winland also erected a water mill on Sunfish Creek and in the northwest quarter of Center Township's section #31 (T5, R-5). Stephen Cisne assigned this land to Jacob Winland. The first payment to the government was made, July 5, 1825 [sic, First payment date can't be before the last payment date. REH]. The final payment wasn't made until, Apr. 4, 1825, some three and one-half year's [Shouldn't this say, "four and one-half year's"? REH] after Jacob's death [Nov. 20, 1821], & the patent deed was dated, Aug. 25, 1825. This mill was later owned by Jacob Pfalzgraf (1833-Feb. 4, 1873) - a son of George Michel, Jr., (Aug. 24, 1809-Jan. 2, 1867) and Elizabeth (Diehl) Pfalzgraf (July 12, 1808-July 17, 1883). Jacob Pfalzgraf drowned in the mill dam, Thurs., Feb. 4, 1873. I recently readof his drowning in the Feb. 11, 1873 issue of "The Spirit of Democracy." The item gives no particulars.

On Tues., Mar. 26, 1811, Mary Winland (Feb. 24, 1796-Dec. 22, 1867) [Researchers are not in agreement on either the birth or death dates. REH] a daughter of Jacob & Margaret Winland, was married to Peter Palmer (Sept. 30, 1789-Apr. 6, 1863) [Researchers are not in agreement about the date of birth. REH] by Levin Okey, Esq., (1761-June 21, 1829), a Revolutionary War Veteran, and in the following month, Apr., 1811, Peter & Mary moved into a log cabin on Sunfish Creek and in section #25 (T-5, R-5).

Margaret Winland died, Apr. 19, 1821, and Jacob married again within a few months. Jacob died the same year, Nov. 20, 1821, and Sarah [Ann], his second wife for a short time, later married Abraham Davis. to be continued.
(Source: Early Area Histories - Historical Sites & Structures, by Clyde Decker, Jerusalem, Ohio 43747 - published in The Spirit of Democracy - Woodsfield, Ohio, Nov. 13, 1981 - Vol. 138, No. 45; republished on page 228 of: Family Research in Monroe County, Ohio, Volume V by Catharine Foreaker Fedorchak)

John Conger

John Conger & James Lockwood Conger

John Conger, who settled in Woodbridge, N. J., in 1667, was the ancestor of nearly all the native-born Congers in the country. He had two wives and a large family of children. From that day there has been a steady stream of Davids, Johns, and Josephs in succeeding generations of the family, most bewildering to one member of it, Mr. Charles L. Conger of McIntosh, Minn., who is patiently compiling a Conger Genealogy.

Very little has been preserved of the Cleveland life of James Lockwood Conger, a lawyer residing in the city between 1826 and 1840, save through a package of old letters written by Mrs. Conger to her only sister, Mrs. Erwina Miner of Centerville, Fairfield Co., Ohio. James L. Conger, b. in Trenton, N. J., was the son of David and Hannah Lockwood Conger, who later lived in Phelps, N. Y. He received his general education in that locality and studied law with Judge Ewing of Ohio.

In December, 1824, he married in Lancaster, O., Miss Paulina Belvedere Clark, daughter of Dr. Ezra and Sarah Clark, pioneers of that county and formerly of Middletown, Vt. James Conger was only nineteen years old and the bride but eighteen. The youth of the couple and the fact that they remained in Lancaster two years, suggests that he may have pursued his law studies after the marriage. A little boy named Seneca was born to them in Lancaster, who died young.

In April, 1826, they started for New York State to visit Mr. Conger's parents and perhaps with a view of settling near them. An acknowledgment of money received by the couple at that time is here given because of its phraseology

"Received, Lancaster, O., April 25, 1826, of our revered father, Dr. Ezra Clark, three hundred and fifty dollars towards our portion. J. L. CONGER. PAULINA B. CONGER."

They drove a span of horses all the way to eastern New York and return, as far as Cleveland, which they reached September 6th of the same year. And in this month begins the series of letters previously mentioned, a half-dozen only, but covering several years of the Conger's residence in Cleveland. These letters are unusual for that day and generation. The penmanship is beautiful, the composition correct in every particular. The writer must have been a woman of charming personality; a brave woman possessing great fortitude, but shy and sensitive, sweetly grateful for every kindness shown to her.

The depth of her affection is revealed in the messages to her aged father whom she seems to have idolized and whom, so far as the letters reveal, she never met again in this life. On her trip to New York she met Mr. Conger's family for the first time. Of these new relatives she writes

"I frequently think of the remark you made when we were last together, `Do not be too sanguine in your expectations of James' parents,' and I was cautious not to be so. But my own could not do more for me. James' sisters were all equally kind, each striving to be most so. I was almost afraid to mention anything I wanted for fear one of them would get it for me, and they seemed to think they could not give me enough. I really think the whole family would have liked to come on to Cleveland with me, they were so truly attached.

"Father Conger and James went to New York City, returning before July 5th. They purchased about three hundred and fifty dollars worth of books and other things. Father brought me a beautiful figured silk dress and other smaller presents."

The young couple drove back to Cleveland, but various and sundry household furnishings donated by the elder Congers were shipped by canal and Lake Erie. One barrel when opened was found to contain everything necessary for the laundry, while mop and dish-cloths had been tucked into another one. Nothing necessary or convenient in that line had been omitted or forgotten. And, just as the team was about to start on the long western journey, father Conger had placed a bill in his young daughter-in-law's hand, to be used by her for any personal need on the way.

When they reached Cleveland they found Mrs. Reuben Wood, wife of the future governor of the state, preparing for a visit to her former eastern home. Her sister was to accompany her, and they intended to remain until spring. Evidently the Conger and Wood families were previously acquainted. The latter at once turned over the house they occupied, with all the heavier furniture to Mr. Conger, at a rental of $80 for the eight months' use of it. This sum also included the kitchen garden well stocked with a variety of vegetables and five bushels of peaches yet ungathered.

The departure of Mrs. Wood and her sister is told in one of the letters. "They started on Sunday, September 10th. We went out on a lighter about a mile from shore to the steamboat with them. The waves were very high and became seasick on the way. Notwithstanding, on the whole I had a pleasant ride."

The young wife seems to have been very lonely in the new strange town, her only acquaintance in it having been Mrs. Wood whose return she pathetically anticipates. Meanwhile, Mr. Conger had purchased a lot on the south-east side of the Public Square. The east corner of the May Co.'s big department store now covers the site, and upon this he began the erection of a small frame-house, which, four years later, was considerably enlarged.

Mrs. Conger dwells upon the delights of its possession; speaks with pride of the sodding of her "door yard," and of her planting in it a rose, a lilac, and a snowball bush; of the high board fence surrounding three sides of the lot, and a little later of the arbor covered with five kinds of grapes, and of the square of English strawberries each side of the arbor, from which she picked sixteen quarts of fruit.

Stand, if you will, in front of the towering Cushing Building and imagine the little home, the lilac, and the snowball bush!

The furnishing of their house progressed slowly.

"I believe all the furniture we have, so far, are fees. James has sent to Pittsburgh, by a man who owes him, for a carpet for the front chamber and hall, and I have just finished a pretty rag-carpet for the back room."

The second summer after the house on the Square was occupied Mr. Conger's sisters, Hannah and Phebe, both mentioned as "beautiful young girls," make the family a long visit. We can imagine how pleasant those months must have been when we are told that "there are numerous young men in town, but very few young women." And in connection with this who can not read romance in the opportunities afforded in the statement, "There are many beautiful walks and rambles on this delightful lake. Every Sunday, after meeting, James and I take a walk by the lake, and often through the week we stroll through the Square and Ontario street to it and spend the twilight hours there." This was written August, 1827.

James Conger must have given evidence of unusual ability in his profession for one so young, or he never would have found himself associated with Thomas Bolton, one of Cleveland's most able jurists. "Bolton & Conger, Attornies and Counsellors, Hancock Block, No. 93 and 95 Superior Street," they announce professionally.

Some time after the panic of 1837, that was the cause of scattering many of the numerous Cleveland lawyers and doctors to all points of the compass, James L. Conger removed to Belvedere, Mich., where in 1847, after four years of battling with tuberculosis, Mrs. Conger died, aged forty-one. Mr. Conger married again, but there is no record furnished of this union. He became a prominent man of that community and at one time represented it in the lower house of Congress in Washington. He died in St. Clair, Mich., in 1876, aged seventy-one, and was buried in Columbus, O.

Children of James L. and Paulina Clark Conger:

Seneca Conger, b. 1825; died in infancy

Helen Edwina Conger, b. Jan., 1827; m. homas Lough.

William James Conger, b. 1829; m. Abby Louise Meckler. He died in Columbus, O., 1882.

Three younger children died in infancy.

Helen Edwina Conger was born four months after her parents arrived in Cleveland, and often returned in after years to her native town, ever since it became "Greater Cleveland." She was welcomed each time in the homes of our oldest families as a loved and honored guest, for she was an unusually bright, attractive woman. She died but recently, leaving two daughters.

Mrs. W. B. Waggoner, one of them, resides in the city.

When James L. Conger removed to Michigan, he sold his Cleveland residence property to Dr. Erastus Cushing. He may have received less than $1000 for it. Today the lot is worth $8000 a foot front; a traffic tally recently taken showed that in the business hours of the day an average of 5134 persons pass this spot hourly.
(Source: The Pioneer Families of Cleveland, 1796-1840 by Gertrude Van Rensselaer Wickham, Vol. I & II; Found on the Internet, April 2006)

Data Tags

Here's a list of most of the Data Tags I used in the Note fields in my genealogy files.

ADOPTION:
AKA:
ANNIVERSARY:
APPEARANCE_TRAITS:
BIBLE:
BIOGRAPHY:
BIRTH:
BURIAL:
CEMETERY:
CENSUS:
CHILD:
CHILDREN:
CHRISTENING:
CHURCH_AFFILIATION:
COMMENT:
CONFLICT:
DEATH:
DIVORCE:
EDUCATION:
EMIGRATION:
FATHER:
HEALTH_HISTORY:
HISTORY:
HOBBIES:
ILLNESS:
IMMIGRATION:
LAND:
LEGAL_MATTER:
MARRIAGE:
MILITARY:
MOTHER:
NAME:
NEVER_MARRIED:
NO_ISSUE:
OBITUARY:
OCCUPATION:
ORGANIZATIONS:
PARENTS:
PROBATE:
PROBLEM:
PUBLIC_SERVICE:
QUESTION:
RECOLLECTIONS:
REFERENCE:
RELATIONSHIP:
RESEARCHER:
RESIDENCES:
SEX:
SIBLINGS:
SOURCE:
SPOUSE:
SSN:
TAX_LIST:

David N. Conger

David N. Conger

Joyce Posey found a military record for a David N. Conger. I think he is the David N. Conger who is a descendant of Job Conger.

1 - David N. CONGER
Born - 30 Jul 1825 Danby, Rutland, VT
Died - 21 Jul 1904 Moberly, Randolph, MO
Note - David N. Conger

PARENTS: Noah Conger and Hannah Griffen

NO_ISSUE: There was no issue.

MILITARY: David N. Conger, b. 1826, age 38, enlisted 2 May 1864; for 100 days; mustered in 14 May 1864, Hamilton, Ohio; mustered out 8 September 1864. 167th Reg Ohio Vol. Infantry.
[Is this record for David N. Conger, son of Noah and Hannah (Griffen) Conger?]
(Furnished by Joyce Posey)

sp- Flavilla REICK
Mar. - 1870

From the Personal Ancestral Files of:
Richard E. Henthorn
5403 76th Avenue
Hyattsville, MD 20784-1705
Email: Dick.Henthorn@gmail.com
(301) 459-0535

Maybe Yes, Maybe No

Oh My Goodness!

I know what you are going to tell me, "Don't count your chickens until they've hatched." This morning when I turned on the Dell laptop I got a big shock. There was a strange wailing noise coming out of the thing. I couldn't turn the computer off. I suppose that's because there's a battery inside. Finally after about ten minutes I managed to get the computer booted up. I don't really understand what happened or how I got it to stop. I have enough experience to know, if it happened once, it will happen again. If it does and I can't use the computer, I'll be back "to square one" where I was for many months. That would mean I'm not doing much with computers again, until I buy one that works.

Some of you who wanted to contact me about genealogy in recent months will probably be thinking, what's changed. You're right. For a long time I haven't been responding to genealogy queries. Visitors to the website should enjoy what is available.

Please don't expect me to respond to requests for more information at this time. Thank You.

Saturday, March 8, 2008

Henthorn Website News

Welcome to Henthorn Website News!!!!!

The purpose of this journal is to provide a place where I can post news, articles and comments about Henthorn Genealogy.

For a long time I have been wanting to find a way that would allow me to quickly and easily post "news" and other information about my genealogy activities. I think that using this journal (blog) is the answer.

Anyone interested in the latest news will be able to quickly come here to find out what I had on my mind recently.

Communication can be two-way because readers are allowed to post comments.

Let's try it out together to determine how it works and if it will be something useful. You can also send me Email if you want to comment that way.

Email: Dick.Henthorn@gmail.com

Dick Henthorn