Hancock County, Ohio

Posted Queries for May thru September 2007



BOND, FLEMING, HARTMAN, LEAF, MARKLE, POLAND, WILLIAMSON, WYATT posted by Dixie Stevenson on Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Looking for the death date or death year for Albert BOND. Here's what I know about Albert BOND so far: Born: 1844 in Eagle Twp., Hancock County, OH; Died: ??; Buried: Maple Grove Cemetery in Findlay (Hancock County), OH; Albert is buried in Section A - Lot 213 near the following headstones: George BOND, Allen Bond, Augustus Bond, Alice WILLIAMSON, Jonathan WILLIAMSON, and Letitia C. LEAF. There does not appear to be a headstone for Albert BOND. Civil War Military Service: 13th Ohio Cavalry (O.V.C.), Company B Rank: Private; Wounded at Petersburg, VA (noted on page 49 Ohio Casualties in the Civil War in Hancock County Library). Albert BOND born 1844 in Eagle Twp., Hancock County, Ohio. Albert is 6 years old on the 1850 census, living with his parents, George and Alice Bond in Eagle Township, Hancock County, Ohio: 16 years old on the 1860 census living with his mother, Alice and Jonathan WILLIAMSON in Eagle Township, Hancock County, Ohio: 28 years old on the 1870 census listed with the FLEMING family as a farm laborer. He purchased land in Eagle Township, Hancock County, Ohio, from Thomas WYATT, 21 January 1865; from Joseph POLAND in Jackson Township 30 September 1865; sold land to John MARKLE, 16 Jan 1865, and Joshua HARTMAN in Eagle Township, Hancock County, Ohio, 8 April 1865. Any help you can offer will be greatly appreciated.

MCVAY posted by Shana L. Miller on Tuesday, July 10, 2007

MCVAY, Ida Louise My grandmother died sometime around 1965 in Fostoria. Am looking for information on her date of birth and death. Was somewhere around 70 or 71 at time of death.

BRENNEMAN, MYERS posted by Janet K. Pease on Sunday, July 29, 2007

Catherine MYERS in 1850 Amanda, Hancock Co., Ohio census is listed with her probably parents, Adam and Catherine MYERS. Catherine married Daniel BRENNEMAN Allen Co., Ohio 1857. I'm trying to determine if Catherine might be a sister of my (parent-less) Samuel MYERS who married Mary Catherine BRENNEMAN (Daniel's sister) 1857, Allen Co. I cannot find any of these people in the 1860 census. Samuel MYERS died in the Civil War.

CHRIST, CRIST, SMITH posted by Janet K. Pease on Sunday, July 29, 2007

Online Ohio marriages say JACOB Beck (of Amanda, Hancock Co., Ohio) married Sarah CHRIST Sept 1860 Hancock Co but the 1870=1880 census records give Jacob wife's name as "Leah" or "Layer". The family of Daniel and Catherine (SMITH) CRIST of Amanda, Hancock Co have a daughter Leah aged 6 in 1850 and 17 in 1860. Was the given name "Leah" misread as "Sarah"?

MACDONALD, MACKENL, MACKRILL, MCCONNELL, MCCORMEL, MCCRILL posted by Robert McConnell on Friday, August 10, 2007

MCCRILL, MCCONNELL: Were the people with the surname MCCRILL in Hancock County originally MCCONNELLs? In looking at the land purchase in Cass Township, I find that a John MCCONNELL purchased 40 acres of land on May 25, 1835 at 1NENE 1ST PPMN 3 N 11 E34. This is in Cass Township and it appears to match the person who is listed as John MACKENL in the 1840 census in Cass Township. I can find no public land purchases in the name of MCCRILL. In the 1850 census these same people became listed as MACKRILLs. I think they were originally MCCONNELLS and I think they are related to MCCONNELLs in Lawrence County, Ohio. There are two somewhat unusual names that are in both places: Benjamin and Elijah. In Lawrence County, Ohio there is a William Benjamin MCCONNELL, b. 1793 in PA. Previously he lived in Aleppo, Twp, Greene County, PA in 1830. This township borders what was then Virginia (now West Virginia) and some family members are shown as being born in Virginia. John MACKENL’s oldest son in Cass Township, Hancock County, OH as shown in the 1850 census is named Benjamin MACKRILL. John MACKRILL (originally MACKENL) is shown as being born in VA. The other MCCONNELL family in Lawrence County, OH was first listed in the 1840 census as Rodney MCCORMEL. In the 1850 census we see that their first son was named Elijah MCCORMEL, born in VA. These MCCORMELS later became MCCONNELLs in later census records. The oldest member of the MCCRILL family in Washington Twp, Hancock County, OH is named Elijah MCCRILL, b. PA.with a son also named Elijah. Elijah is a very unusual name among MCCONNELLs. I think these families may be related. Through my own DNA analysis, I know the MCCONNELL family in Lawrence County, OH is descended from Somerled who lived from 1100-1166. He drove the Vikings from Northern Ireland and Western Scotland and founded the most powerful clan in Scotland—the MACDONALD clan.

CAPLES, HILL, WARNER posted by Robert K. NUSSER on Friday, August 10, 2007

I am looking for the mother of James M. HILL, born March 18, 1836 in Harrisburg, PA. Died on January 17, 1887 in Fostoria, OH as a result of head injuries which he received in a bar fight. He married Mary A. CAPLES on December 23, 1858. She was born on December 5, 1839 and died November 29, 1894. They were divorced and she may have remarried. James M. HILL's fathers first name is James as well. James HILL SR. was born in 1808 and died at his home in Washington Township, Hancock County, OH on December 7, 1856. Both of the James HILL's are buried in the Fountain Cemetery, Hancock County, Fostoria, OH. I can not find any record of either of their wife's buried with them. On the back of the index file card from the Fountain Cemetery records for James HILL SR. it states "Owned original tract of land ( 5 acres ) which became the original Fountain Cemetery ( the Methodists purchased it from him in 1855 to replace their old cemetery on the hill where the hospital now stands, Cannon Hill ). James M. HILL had a son, Phillip Caples HILL and a daughter Lou HILL WARNER. Any information about the Mrs. James HILL Senior would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

FOX, SIDDENS posted by Clyde Siddens on Friday, August 10, 2007

I am interested in any information about James SIDDENS and May Ann FOX married in Hancock County 1-31-1840.

ADAMS, MCBRIDE posted by Dorothy F. Napoli on Thursday, August 30, 2007

MCBRIDE, Robert and Amelia (mn ADAMS), residents of Hancock County, OH in 1865. Searching for information on this couple who resided in Findlay in 1865 based on a family letter. Robert was born in OH abt 1824 and Amelia also born in OH about 1829. Prior to their move to Findlay they resided in Plymouth, Richland County as shown on the 1860 census. This last letter from Amelia speaks about Robert not being well. I find no Civil War record for him. The couple had five children: Edgar b. 1850 in OH, Estelle b. 1852 OH, Anas b. 1855, Frank b. 1856, and Charles b. 1859. Robert was a grocery store merchant. Any trace of this family found in Hancock Co would surely be appreciated.

SHOEMAKER, SWISHER posted by Eileen Petty on Friday, September 7, 2007

I am looking for a death certificate for Abraham SHOEMAKER, b. 1784 in PA and died 1859 in McComb, Hancock County, Ohio. He married Mary Elizabetha SWISHER b. 1786 in New Jersey. Please advise.

WALTERS, WOOD posted by Cherie Wood Meyer on Friday, September 7, 2007

WOOD; WALTERS. Looking for information about gg grandparents. Charles WOOD and Maria Walters Wood b. 1835. She was listed in infirmary along with her son in 1870 (He later went to live with the Lower & Ruth WALTERS Family. I think Maria may be buried in the infirmary Cemetery.

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