Google Group Updates - Yoho Family

One of the benefits of finally getting high-speed Internet access is that uploading files and photographs is no longer a problem.

Today I posted around a dozen scanned images of newspaper articles about members of the Yoho family to my Google Group - Henthorn Website News. These images were shared, several years ago, by researcher, Terry Willis. Thanks Terry. They were stored on my desktop computer which has some issues. Recently I put them on a thumb drive which allowed me to access the files with the laptop computer I used to get on the Internet.

If anyone doing Yoho research looks at the images and finds them useful, I'd appreciate some feedback. I can't tell if the Google Group is being visited or not.

Mr. Dickie

Charles Atkinson

Charles Atkinson

Problem: Was he born in Lancaster Co., PA or Cumberland Co., PA.
JoNelle Linnaus lists, Northumberland Co., PA.

QUESTION: Can anyone cite a source for the birth information?

COMMENT: Charles and Elizabeth Atkinson married in Cumberland Co., PA. Some list the marriage place as Perry Co., PA. JoNelle Linnaus lists, Cumberland Co., PA. Robert Guilinger points out that counties in Pennsylvania were carved up into small counties after 1800. Therefore, a person born in a certain county in 1760 could still be in the same locality after 1800, when they died, and be listed in a different county. In the case of Charles and Elizabeth Atkinson they were probably married in Cumberland Co., PA (now part of Perry Co., PA).

MILITARY: James and Charles Atkinson, enlisted with their father, Cornelius Atkinson. These boys started careers as frontiersmen patterned after that of their father and for the next 20 years or more were frequently engaged in military service, against the Indians or otherwise in defense of their country.

Later in the Revolution, another brother, William Atkinson, enlisted in the Pennsylvania Militia, as a member of Robinsson's Rangers (Pennsylvania Archives, 3rd Series, Vol. 23, p. 196) For other sources of information see Cumberland county, PA Deed and Orphan Court Records; Dauphin Co., PA Orphan Court records; Hains History of Perry County, PA; DAR Book 140, p. 235.

Charles Atkinson applied for a pension for his Revolutionary War service and in it he mentions some of the duties performed by him and his fellow rangers in 1779. James Atkinson was a witness attesting to this service.
(Source: Catherine Fedorchak, Vol. II, p. 60 - furnished by Robert Guilinger)

MILITARY: Revolutionary War Service Records - Cornelius Atkinson and sons, James and Charles Atkinson
Cornelius Atkinson served as a Lieutenant with the 2nd Battalion of Northumberland County Pennsylvania Militia. Colonel James Potter was the Commander.
1st Company. Arthur Taggert, 1st Captain.
Cornelius Atkinson, 1st Lieutenant
85 Privates
Cornelius Atkinson's sons, James and Charles Atkinson served as Privates in the company.
(Source: Pennsylvania Archives. 5 Series. Vol. 8, pp. 641-667-F85-F854-. 67.)
MILITARY:
The Atkinsons also served as Ranger on the Frontiers - Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. 1778-1783.
Cornelius Atkinson 1778-1783; James Atkinson 1778-1783;
Charles Atkinson 1778-1780.
(Source: Pennsylvania Archives. 3rd Series. Vol. 23, pp. 245-338-343- 711.)
[Note: REH found this information about the war records in the Data File of Cornelius Atkinson at the DAR in Washington, DC.]

MILITARY: Atkinson, Charles (Monroe Co.); Pvt. Capt McCoy's Company, Cumberland Co, Pa. Mil. during 1781-1782. Bur (sic, should be born) 1760. Mar second wife, Elizabeth Stephen. Br 1769. D 1841. Ref: Mrs. Edna Quick Acomb, Nelsonville.
Tombstone standing. Fur infor by Elizabeth Zane Dew Chap.
(Source: Official Roster - "Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in Ohio. by the DAR, 1929, F.J. Hier Printing Co., Columbus, Ohio; top of page 21 reads "REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 1775-1783" - furnished by Robert Guilinger)

MILITARY: James Atkinson was a Sgt. in Capt. James Seal's Company for 265 days.
Charles was a Pvt. in the same company.
(Source: Pennsylvania Archives, 6th Series, Vol. 5, pages 618, 630)
(Source: Catherine Fedorchak, Vol. II, p. 61 - furnished by Robert Guilinger)

MILITARY:
Recd. Washington 14th February 1795 of Jno. Wilkens, Junr. forty nine dollars fifty eight cents and one third in full for my services as a soldier in Capt. James Sealses compy of State militia also two dollars for the use of my gun in said services as witness my hand
D 51-58 1-3 CHARLES ATKINSON
Test
Thos. Gilespie.
(Source: Muster and Pay Rolls, p. 630 - furnished by Robert Guilinger)

EMIGRATION: About the end of the 18th century, ca. 1799, brothers Charles and James Atkinson moved to the Northwest Territory and settled on Sunfish Creek in what is now Monroe Co., Ohio. There within the next 3 to 4 years they were joined by their brothers, William, Isaac, Mitchell and their sister, Mary Jones-Inghram.
(Source: Catherine Fedorchak, Vol. II, p. 61 - furnished by Robert Guilinger)

RootsMagic

I learned that RootsMagic has a "notes" option that could prove useful. If you want to record information that isn't shared in reports, web pages or GEDCOMs you can place curly brackets around the text in a the note fields.

I tested by putting some text into a "fact" note. Some had the curly brackets and some didn't. Then I created a Register report. The private text didn't appear in the report.

Eli C. Henthorn

Eli C. Henthorn

Eli C. Henthorn was born Abt. 1809/1810 in Ohio. He died Abt. 16 Jun 1867 in Jackson Twp., Monroe Co., Ohio.

I prepared a 94-page Register report in the PDF format for Eli C. Henthorn and his descendants. I used the RootsMagic program to store the information in my Adam Henthorn file.

If you are interested in this report contact me.

Nancy (Henthorn) Stowers

Nancy (Henthorn) Stowers

d. 9 Apr 1846

The following letter was written by John Stowers, husband of Nancy (Henthorn) Stowers, to Amos and Elizabeth Henthorn shortly after the death of this wife. John and Nancy were living in Vermillion county, IL and Amos and Elizabeth were in Iowa. The 1st wife of Amos Henthorn was Catharine Stowers, John Stowers' sister. Amos had married Elizabeth Sharp just one month before John married Nancy on 12 Oct 1843.

Vermillion co. Illinois April 14, 1846

Beloved brother and sister,
With a heart filled with sorrow I take my pen in hand to inform you of my trouble which appears to be more than I can beare. On last Thursday morning which was the ninth day, about sunup it pleased the Lord to remove by bosom companion from the scene of action and I am left with two little boys to morne the loss of a loving companion and Mother, but our loss is her eternal gain.

I wrote to you about her having the feaver, lest you did not get it I will write again. On last Sept. she took the feavers and it left her with a bad cough and she never was stout anymore, though she was able to do her work, and on the 11 day of January last, she had another fine son and we called his name, John Wesley. He is well and grows finely.

She sayed she never would recover and was ready at any time to go home when it was God's will to call her, for she sayed she was a going to glory to meet her friend that was gone before and the night before she left the world, she shouted the high praises of God til her voice failed her and at day light I ask her how she felt ans say she was going to a better world than this and talked well in her senses and soon fell asleep in the arms of her savior.

She is now safely housed in the paradise of God where I hope to shortly go and injoy her company to all eternity, this my dear friends is all that gives me any comfort here that we are not long to be parted and last my dear brother and sister, pray for your brother that I may live so as to meet my nearest and dearest friend in glory.

Her complaint came from cold. Some called it haisty consumption, her Doctor called it the dropsy of the heart. Her sufferings was great but she bore them with Christian fortitude and has gone to rest.

Tell William Henthorn she was very anxious to see him in the flesh but she could not now.

I would say o brother, live so as to meet her in the kingdom of God where if faithful until death we will all soon meet, to part no more forever.

I received your letter in February and it gave us great conmfort to hear that you was on the mend and that you was a comeing in here. I would have wrote sooner but circumstances did not of admit it. Excuse me for it please.

Let all the friends know of the fate that has befallen me and come and see me and my two sweet little boys.

I must conclude. I remain your brother until death.
John Stowers

(William Henthorn, mentioned in the letter was the brother of Amos Henthorn. This letter had been in the Amos Henthorn Bible for more than 120 years. Nancy's death date was also recorded in the Bible.)

High-Speed Internet Connection

At long last I decided to get a high-speed Internet connection. We chose to sign up with Verizon FIOS for their three-piece bundle. The installation was done on Tuesday April 21, 2009. There are still some issues with the TV installation.

The phone and the Internet seem to be working. While I used the phone to connect to the Internet there were always problems including photographs in my blog postings. Today it took only seconds to include the photograph of me that you see with this posting.

Included in the Internet part of the bundle is 10Mb of webspace. This is good news. I was disappointed in October 2008 when AOL dropped support for free webspace and I lost my genealogy website that I'd made available for many years. As time and health permit I hope to build another website.

I'll keep you posted here when there's progress.

Mr. Dickie

File Conversion Status

Genealogy Files of Dick Henthorn

Converted from PAF 2.31 to RootsMagic

As of 19 Apr 2009

For many months I have been distressed that I lost access to my genealogy files when the clock battery stopped working on my IBM laptop computer. The files weren't lost, I just couldn't read them

From time to time, as time and mood permitted, I have worked on the projects to convert the files from PAF 2.31 to RootsMagic. This document is a status report.

Files Converted:

1. PAFDat - my Henthorn, Carlson / Hagstrom file, and Melva's family
2. PAFEng - the Henthorn family of England
3. PAFJohn - the John Hinthorn family of Illinois
4. PAFNew - several small trees for families that I worked on but didn't include in the larger files.
5. PAFSma - the John Henthorn family. This is the brother of James Henthorn.
6. PAFAda - the Adam Henthorn family of Monroe County, Ohio. Converted on 14 April 2009.

Files Yet to be Converted:

1. PAFJam - James Henthorn family of Monroe County, Ohio.
2. PAFWill - William Henthorn family of Monroe County, Ohio
3. PAFCon - Conger family
4. PAFYoh - Yoho family
5. PAFOth - Collateral Henthorn families. This includes the Watson family. This PAF file was damaged and for the longest time I couldn't find a good backup. On 19 Apr 2009 I found a set of nine GEDCOM floppies created on 26 Jan 2001 that should allow me to recover this file.

File: ConvertStatus.txt