Lydia Harmening Moll - First Defiance College Class Graduate and Entrepreneur

 A continuation of the John Frederick Harmening story, with the spotlight on his oldest and only surviving daughter, Lydia, who married William Moll.  After the death of Carl, her brother, and Amelia, her stepmother and aunt, Lydia took care of the large estate of her family.  Her obituary appeared in the Springfield Union, Springfield, Massachusetts, on January 4, 1960. She inherited the business acumen of her father and continued in positions of importance until her death at 92.

"MRS. MOLL DIES AT AGE OF 92 IN W. SPRINGFIELD

WAS VICE-PRESIDENT OF LOTUS CHINA AND GLASS, MOTHER OF PRESIDENT

Mrs. Lydia H. Moll, who in late life had added a career in retailing to her previous success as a homemaker, died in her home at 1339 Riverdale St., West Springfield, Saturday at the age of 92.

Known as 'Gram'

She was a vice-president of the Lotus China and Glass Co. of West Springfield and mother of Edward H. Moll, its president.

Mrs. Moll, who had been in good health until the day after Christmas, was known to everyone in the West side store as 'Gram.'  Even her own children used that term of endearment in addressing her.

The store was a major part of her life and she had participated wholeheartedly in the Christmas season.  Among other things, she had made more than 3000 bows that decorated holiday packages.

Mrs. Moll had been active in the company ever since its first store was started in Auburn.  She came to West Springfield when a Lotus store was opened in a former house and, with other members of her family, occupied an apartment in the rear.  She retained that apartment after the store moved about 10 years ago into a new building on the opposite side of Riverdale Street.

In First College Class

Mrs. Moll had been the only surviving member of the first class to be graduated from Defiance College in Ohio - in 1888.  There were only nine in the class.  Defiance College has been in the news nationally during President Eisenhower's administration because its president, Dr. Kevin McCann, served for a period as an assistant to the President.

Mrs. Moll has continued her interest in the college since her graduation and had been able to supply to its alumni publication the only remaining picture of the first class.

Mrs. Moll has found time for some travel and had been to Alaska, Cuba, and the West Indies, among other places.  Her prime interest had been the store and its problems and her son credited her attention with keeping him and others alert to opportunities.

She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, the Women's Relief Corps and the Methodist Church.

Married in Ohio

Mrs. Moll was married in Ohio to William E. Moll, who died in 1916.  They had nine children, five of whom are living.  She went to Worcester in 1942 from Toledo, Ohio, to live with her late daughter, Lydia, and was associated in the Lotus store in Auburn.  In 1953, she moved to West Springfield to assume her interest in the Riverdale operation.

Mrs. Moll was the daughter of the late Frederick and Anna Maria (Hecht) Harmening, born March 23, 1867, in Defiance.

Besides her son, Edward H. Moll, of Longmeadow, who is the former vice-president of the American Bosch Arma Corp., she leaves another son, Carl H. of St. Joseph, Mo.; three daughters, Esther, Elizabeth and Estella, all at home; six grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

There will be visiting hours today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Curran-Jones funeral home in West Springfield.  Services will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. at the Mansfield funeral home in Defiance.  Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Defiance.

In lieu of flowers, the family has stated any contributions to the building fund of Defiance College would be appreciated."

Mrs. Amelia Hecht Harmening, Wife of Frederick - The Years After Her Husband's Death

 After Frederick's unexpected death at the age of 43, Amelia was suddenly a single mother of four children - Lydia, 16; William, 14; Carl, 9; and toddler, Fred, 3.  She was settled into her home on Warren Road in Second Ward, Defiance. In 1884, she had an addition constructed to the home.  

She became the owner of many acres of land and livestock that had to be managed. A large case was brought against her husband started in 1882 and continued into 1885 and was adjudicated in the U.S. Circuit Court in Toledo, Ohio.  The Defiance Democrat reported on its resolution on June 25, 1885, here given in part:

"In 1869 the guardian of Dick Evans Arrowsmith filed a petition in the Probate Court of Defiance County for the purpose of selling the real estate of said ward...

A short time afterwards Mr. Harmening bought 80 acres of this land and in 1870 160 acres more, all at appraised value; and in 1873 400 acres more, at 50 percent above the appraised value.  All of these sales were confirmed by the Probate Court and deed ordered to be made to Harmening.  One-third of the purchase money was paid by Harmening, cash in hand, and mortgages given to secure the balance in each sale, and all the purchase money was paid to the guardian, except about twenty-three hundred dollars, and interest, which was paid by Harmening direct to Rinaldo Evans, uncle and trustee of Dick Evans Arrowsmith.

Harmening cleared up this land, ditched, improved and cultivated it, until he made it one of the finest farms in the county.  The guardian, upon his final account, was short, unable to pay over to his successor the full amount due his ward. 

Finally, in 1882, suit in ejectment was brought by young Arrowsmith by Rinaldo Evans, his next friend, against Harmening for this land, in the Common Pleas Court of Defiance County.  The theory of the plaintiff being that as no additional said bond had been given as required by law, the Probate Court had no justification to order sale of the land, and that Harmening's deeds for and title to the land were void.  Against this, it was contended by Harmening's attorneys that Harmening bought on the faith of the judgement of a Court that had jurisdiction of the parties and the subject matter of the case; and if the Court did make an error in not requiring an additional sale bond that did not render his title void, as he had a right to rely on the finding and judgement of the Court...to be sufficient for the purchaser.  

The case was tried in the Common Pleas and District and finally in the Supreme Court of Ohio and always decided in favor of Harmening..."

Her son, William, died in 1889; his obituary appeared in the Defiance Democrat on October 31, 1889:

"Wm. Harmening, aged 20 years and 6 months, one of Defiance's best young men, died on the 23d of typhoid after an illness of two weeks.  The funeral at his late residence on Warren Road (a short street off of Holgate), Second Ward, on Sunday morning at 9 o'clock, was largely attended, as were the religious services at St. Paul's Lutheran Church at which Rev. Conrad Ide officiated."

That death was followed in 1898 by the death of her mother, Eva Elizabeth Hecht, at the age of 84.  The obituary appeared in the Defiance Democrat on March 31, 1898:

"MRS. HECHT'S FUNERAL. A Long Time Resident of Defiance County Laid to Rest.

The funeral of the late Mrs. Elizabeth Hecht occurred Thursday afternoon from the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harmening, with sermon at St. Paul's Lutheran Church by her pastor, Rev. H. Mueller. The flowers sent by relatives and friends were profuse and beautiful, some coming from the far west. The pallbearers were Michael Shultz, Herman Krell, Herman Yeager, Jacob Seible, A. Stoll and Fred Shultz.  Both the home and church were filled with sympathizing friends.  

Eva Elizabeth Madlum was born October 14, 1814, near Muehlnansen, Thueriugia, Germany and was married to John Hecht in 1834.  She came to this country in 1847 and settled first in Butler County, Pa.  In 1860, she moved with her family to Defiance County.  John Hecht died in 1862.  Her family consisted of nine children, four of whom died in infancy, Carl, Ida, May and Martha.

Her daughter, Mrs. Anna Harmening died in 1891(*1871). Her son, William Hecht, in 1895. There are still living, Karl Hecht who resides in Wyoming; Reinhold Hecht whose home is in Laramie.  Mrs. Hecht has been sick but about three years with bronchitis.  Her life has been the life of a Christian woman.  Her faith and patience an example to her posterity and her death that of a triumphant Christian." 

In the 1900 census, Amelia, 46, lived at 872 Holgate Avenue with sons, Carl, 26, single and a carpenter, and Frederick H., 18, single and working as a clerk in a drug store.  Emma Hasemeier, 18, lived with them as a servant.  Frederick would go on to attend the Philadelphia School of Pharmacy, where he passed his boards in 1901 and was licensed as an assistant pharmacist.  Whether he was at home or at school during the census is unknown.  Lydia had married William Moll in 1888.

By the 1910 census, only Amelia and Carl remained on Holgate Avenue, this time numbered 804. The home was owned free and clear, and Carl was working odd jobs at the age of 35. Carl sued his mother at least once over a land dispute, but they continued to live together until his death in 1935.

Defiance Crescent-News, April 2, 1935, page 1 -

"CARL HARMENING TAKEN BY DEATH. Rites for Defiance Native, 60, Will Be Held Thursday.

Carl H. Harmening, 60, who made his home with his mother at 804 Holgate avenue, died at 4:30 a.m. today in a Toledo hospital.  He had been in ill health for several years and had gone to Toledo about ten days ago.  Death was due to arteriosclerosis.

Mr. Harmening was born in Defiance, May 18, 1874, and spent his entire life here.  He was the son of Frederick and Amelia Harmening.  He is survived by his mother, who is now in her 81st year; a brother, Fred, Cleveland; and a sister, Mrs. Fred Moll, Toledo.

Funeral services will be held from the Mansfield Funeral Home, where the body has been taken, at 2 p.m. Thursday with Rev. Theodore Strauss, pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran church, officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery."

Mrs. Amelia Harmening died just a few years later in 1937.  Her obituary was in the Defiance Crescent-News on January 11, 1937, on page 1:

"MRS HARMENING DIES AT AGE 83. DEFIANCE WOMAN'S FUNERAL WILL BE CONDUCTED TUESDAY.

Funeral services for Mrs. Amelia Harmening, 83, who died at 7 a.m. Sunday at her home, 804 Holgate Avenue, will be held Tuesday at 1 p.m. from the Mansfield funeral home with Rev.Theodore Strauss, pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, officiating.  Burial will be in the Riverside Cemetery.  The body was taken to the funeral home where friends may call.

Mrs. Harmening had been in failing health for some time.  Her death followed a stroke of paralysis a week ago Sunday.

Mrs. Harmening was born in Saxonburg, Pa. Dec. 1, 1853, and came to Defiance when only six years old in company with her parents, Johann and Elizabeth Hecht. She was married Nov. 18, 1873, to Frederick J. Harmening who died about ten years later.  She had made her home at the present address in Holgate Avenue ever since her marriage.

She is survived by one son, Frederick H., 804 Holgate Avenue; a daughter, Mrs. William E.Moll, Toledo; 11 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.  One son, Carl, died in April 1935."

John Frederick Harmening - G.A.R., Bishop Post

 Johann Friedrick (John Frederick) Harmening was an immigrant from Lower Saxony, Germany in the mid-1850s. He married twice, fathered six children, and died at the young age of 43, having accomplished much more than many of us will.  Farmer, entrepeneur, timberman, land baron, school board member, county supervisor and inspector, postmaster - he was a busy man who contributed greatly in the development of Defiance County.

Born on November 1, 1838/1839, Frederick, as he was called, immigrated when he was in his teens. Some researchers stated that he was in Iowa after immigrating, and his pension card and Civil War records indicated that he enlisted for three months in Company K, 7th Illinois Infantry.  

This unit mustered in on April 25, 1861 and served in Altoona, Cairo, and Mound City, Illinois, and finally in St. Louis until July 25, 1861. On these merits, Frederick joined the G.A.R. in Defiance, Ohio.

However, his second wife, Amelia, did not apply for his pension until 1916 - reason unknown.

Frederick was in Defiance by June 20, 1866, when he married his first wife, Johanna Barbara Hecht.  Johanna, (born on April 5, 1844), gave birth to two children: Lydia Marie in 1867, and William F. in 1869.  The family appeared in the 1870 census, living in Defiance Township.  Frederic, 30, Anna, 26, Lydia, 3, and William, 1, along with Lucy Frichie, 11, domestic servant, lived on a farm. Frederick had real estate worth $5400 and a personal wealth of $500 - a goodly sum for the year.  Before this time, he had platted the town of Mark Center on the north side, preparing for the railroad and its benefits.  He also served as a township supervisor and in 1871 or before, he began his search for timber to produce railroad ties.

"TIMBER WANTED. - F. Harmening will buy 100,000 feet of squared timber, delivered on the R.R. track.  He will also buy standing timber, if convenient to the road - the timber to be of white or burr oak.  He can also give employment, for the winter, to twenty good choppers."  Defiance Democrat, October 28, 1871.

Sadly, on September 27, 1871, his wife, Anna, passed away at the age of 27, probably in childbirth. A new son, Henry, born in 1871, died on October 24,1871.  

From the Defiance Democrat, September 30, 1871:

"On Wednesday, September 27, Mrs. Anna, wife of Frederick Harmening, (died) in her 28th year."  She was buried in Old Riverside Cemetery.

Frederick was left with two small children, but several years later, he married Amelia (Emelia) Hecht, Johanna's (Anna) sister just before Amelia turned 20.  Amelia, born December 1,1853, in Pennsylvania, and Frederick were married on November 18, 1873, in Defiance. Frederick continued to acquire land and build his timber business.

"BIG PURCHASE - This week Fred. Harmening and W. D. Hill purchased one hundred sixty acres of land at Mark Center, on the B & O Road.  A town has for some time been located there and considerable business is done at that point.  It will make a good station."  Defiance Democrat, December 24, 1874.

Many real estate transfers appeared in Frederick 

Harmening's name - 192 acres in

Tiffin Township, more in Mark Township and all through the county. He also owned at least 400 acres in Paulding County in 1880.  He travelled to Chicago in 1882 to the stock sales where he purchased five Kentucky bred Durham cows for about a thousand dollars, the newspaper claiming he was giving much attention to raising these cows and was very successful. He also owned some store rooms on Clinton

Street.  After Amelia's death in 1937, the rooms were sold for the 

Meek Pastry Shop.

"At present about the only thing sold in the Defiance market is railroad ties.  J. F. Harmening has been purchasing largely this season, and the money he has disbursed has materially benefitted many farmers.  During the past month, nearly 40,000 were received at this station."  Tiffin Weekly Tribune, August 24, 1876.

"THE TIE BUSINESS- J. F. Harmening advertises for 100,000 railroad ties, half to be oak and half of soft wood, such as elm, black ash, beech and soft maple.  The use of soft wood for railroad ties is a new thing in this section.  Those purchased by Mr. Harmening are to be treated by the patent process of the American Wood Preserving Company, which has located in this town.  Soft wood prepared by this Company will last as long and even longer than the best oak ties.  The market for soft wood will soon become very important in this place,and will add much to the development and consequent wealth of Defiance and Paulding counties. 

Defiance Democrat, January 17, 1878.

The Harmening family lived near the now extinct town of Ashwood on a farm west of Defiance.  In 1879, Frederick was appointed postmaster there.  The 1880 census indicated that they lived on Warren Road, (a street off of Holgate Avenue) - Fred J. Harmening, 40; Amelia, 26; Lydia, 13, William, 11 (the children of her sister, Anna); Carl, 6 and Anna, 3 months. Her mother, Eva Hecht, 65, a widow, also lived with them.  Tragedy would soon strike, however, when baby Anna died in 1881.  Later, he would lease the Ashwood farm out and move into a house on Holgate Avenue in Defiance City.

"HARMENING - On Tuesday, August 2d, 1881, Anna S. E. Harmening, infant daughter of Frederick and Amelia Harmening, aged 1 year, 5 months and 8 days."

Defiance Democrat, August 11, 1881. 

Previously, a daughter, Ida Margaret, born in 1876, died in 1877.

In the meantime, his family grew with the addition of Fred H. on March 5, 1882.

Sadly, Frederick would not live to see his children grow to adulthood.  He died suddenly on October 29, 1883.  

John Frederick Harmening was buried in Old Riverside Cemetery.

Next...the story of Amelia after his death.

Surnames C - D: Birth Records Located in Defiance County, But Births Actually Occurred Elsewhere

  These are as found in the Birth Records of Defiance County or other files, originals located at the Records Center in Defiance, or as indexed by the Defiance County Genealogical Society and published as a book, available for ordering on our website.  

The DCGS index book notes the actual location of the record.  Births were usually recorded in a log book, but sometimes appeared in other files.  Remember that these are transcriptions and errors in spelling/numbers could appear.  It is always best to check the original record.

C

Campbell, Aileen (John D. Campbell & Catharine Taylor ) b. Buffalo, NY 17- June 1903

Casebeer, C. M. (Calvin & Catharine Casebeer) b. Steuben Co., IN 21 -Aug 1869

Chaney, Russell W. (Albert Chaney & Nancy Owens) b. Paulding Co., O. -9 Jan 1905

Chase, Raymond (R. E. Chase & Emily Grime) b. Fulton Co. O.-15 June 1892

Chatman, Irvin (Louis Chatman & Minnie Shanklin) b. Williams Co., O. -18 June 1888

Chauncy, Delbert Harry (Albert Chauncy & Nancy Owens) b. Paulding Co., O. -

4 June 1907

Chilcote, Emma Gilis (John & Eliza Chilcote) b. Allen Co., IN - 27 August 1869

Christy, Minnie B. (C. W. Christy & Ella Coy) b. Williams Co., O - 20 August 1903

Cirtman, Floyd Murhl (Burton Cirtman & Edith Welsh) b. Fulton Co., O - 7 Feb 1897

Claar, James Everett (James & Blanche Claar) b. Jackson Co. - 3 Jan 1900

Clark, Blancher (Blancher & Christiana Clark) b. Bryan, O - 6 Oct 1869

Clem, Kenneth Sanford (H. Russel & Mary Sanford) b. Licking Co., O - 28 Oct 1905

Clemens, Adam John (Adam Clemens & Angeline Lero) b. Seneca Co, O -15 Aug 1884

Clementz, M. Elizabeth (Joe L. Clementz & Clara Breckler) b. Putnam Co., O - 10 April 1893

Close, Ada Marie (John E. Close & Elizabeth K. Kimple) b. Williams Co., O. - 22 April 1908

Coats, Florence F. (Adam Coats & Irene M. Smith) b. Toledo, O. -15 May 1907

Coffman, Melvin Allan (Felix Coffman & Minnie Mae Jatho) b. Lucas Co., O. -7 May 1903

Coney, James A. (Thos Coney & Mary Hogan) b. Belmont Co. IL - 1 June 1888

Conkright, Bart Jay (William Conkright & Mary Elizabeth Thompson) b. Putnam Co., O - 15 June 1888

Conley, Carl Emmett (Thomas J. Conley & Abbie Gleason) b. Paulding, O. - 

29 October 1885

Conner, Marvel Orfal (Paul H. Conner & Rachel Phillips) b. Kent Co., MI -14 Mar 1901

Conway, Irene (George Conway & Clara Wahl) b. Ashland, WI - 22 May 1902

Cook, Todema R. (Aquela M. & Nella E. Hoxwerth) b. Vermont, O. ?) - 4 June 1901

Coomer, Netta Lovina (Albert Coomer & Della Miller) b. Paulding Co, O - 29 Apr 1907

Coulter, Ruth B. (Marcus Hernie & Stella Coulter) b. Denver, CO - 12 July 1902

Crawford, Milo Eber (H. E. Crawford & Birdie Prichard) b. Putnam Co., O - 14 Jan 1903

Cromley, Mary Margaret (David Cromley & Mary Powers) b. Paulding Co, O - 

13 Nov 1904

Cupp, Charles Edward (John Henry Cupp & Mary Jennings) b. Henry Co., O - 

1 Jan 1892

D

Dahms, Merta (Charles Dahms & Matilda Braun) b. Defiance/Germany - 19 Nov 1881

Daniher, Delilah E.  (Michael Daniher & Phebe C. Potterf) b. Adams Twp/Germany -

22 March 1879

Daum, Frank Albert (George Daum & Rachel Speith) b. Henry Co, O - 6 Sept 1874

Decker, Bernard S. (S. O. Decker & Florence Huston) b.Allen Co, O - 29 July 1904

Deitrick, William Anthony (Theodore Deitrick & Barbara Weber) b. Henry Co, O -

28 Aug 1888

Delvethal, Katharine Sophie (Dietrick Delvethal & Maria Haase) b. Henry Co, O -

8 March 1894

Derr, Lillia May (William Derr & Elizabeth M. Perrain) b. Cleveland - 16 March 1895

Diehl, Elizabeth (John Diehl & Appolonia Schortsteiner) b. New York -22 Aug 1876

Dietsch, Estella Gorden (Charles H. Dietsch & Ollie J. Greenwood) b. DeKalb Co, IN -

28 July 1899

Dirr, Leufy Beatrice (Irmy Dirr & Edith Goff) b. Paulding Co, O - 30 Oct 1902

Dixon, Virgil Leroy (Delno A. Dixon & Violetta Teachout) b. North Baltimore, O -

31 Jan 1897

Doan, James Arthur (Jacob Doan & Alice Geren) b. Paulding Co, O -10 Oct 1895

Doughton, Helen R. (Bruce Doughton & Dora F. Clark) b. Williams Co, O - 

19 June 1900

Douglass, Seth Lewis (William H. Douglass & Lura J. Curtis) b. Henry Co, O - 

13 Nov 1895

Dunlap, Blanch (J. E. Dunlap & Gertie Wiler) b. Hancock Co, O. - 22 June 1893

Surnames A -B - Birth Records Located in Defiance County, But Births Actually Occurred Elsewhere

 

These are as found in the Birth Records of Defiance County or other files, originals located at the Records Center in Defiance, or as indexed by the Defiance County Genealogical Society and published as a book, available for ordering on our website.  

The DCGS index book notes the actual location of the record.  Births were usually recorded in a log book, but sometimes appeared in other files.  Remember that these are transcriptions and errors in spelling/numbers could appear.  It is always best to check the original record.

A

Adams, Berniece Margaret (C. F. Adams & Ida Klingler)- b. Paulding, O. - 25 Dec 1898

Allison, John (John Allison & Minnie Hall)- b. Bryan, O. - 11 June 1905

Ames, John D. (David Ames & Josephine Dorsey) - b. Center Twp., Williams Co., O. - 27 Nov 1899

Anderson, Hazel P. (Archy S. Langham & Annie L. ) - b. Almy (Alma?), Michigan - 29 May 1904

Ashbaugh, Irel Emery (Homer Ashbaugh & Dathie E. McClure) - b. Allen Co. - 27 Oct 1907

Austin, Bertha - (Wm. H. Austin & Amanda Eckert) - b. Auburn, Indiana - 21 Dec 1905

Baden, Perry G. (H. A. Baden & Catharine Maass) - b. Edwall, Lincoln Co., Washington - 9 Aug 1905

Baker, Bernice May (Samuel Baker & Pearl M. Hoisington)- b. DeKalb Co, Indiana - 22 May 1902

Baldwin, Harley Lee (Guy Baldwin & Susan A. Harvey) - b. Paulding Co, O. -

 17 Oct 1907

Baldwin, Phoebe (John W. Baldwin & Eliza J. Waller) - b. Paulding County, O. -

 5 Oct 1895

Ballmer, Orpha Elizabeth (Wm. Ballmer & Elizabeth Miley) - b. Wood Co, O. - 

18 Apr 1906

Baltz, Pauline (John Baltz & Mary Lavia) - b. Allen Co, Indiana - 13 Nov 1896

Bapper, George J. (Michael Bapper & Dorothy) - b. Clark Co, O. - 7 June 1869

Barnes, Berenieco Belle (John J. Barnes& Sarah M. Courtright) b. Harrison Co- 10 Aug 1887

Bassett, Leona (Daniel Bassett & Olive Christman) - b. Fleet Rock - 3 June 1892

Bates, Harry Delvin (William E. Bates & Harriet H. Scofield) b. Toledo, O. - 24 May 1894

Battershall, Richard Landis (Arthur Battershell & Libbia A. Clark) - b. Wayne Co, O. -25 May 1905

Bauer, Oscar Olanzo (Charles Bauer & Dell Frederick) - b. Henry Co, O. - 12 April 1895

Baum, Harvey (John Baum & Sadie A. Deckrosh) - b. Henry Co, O.- 14 Feb 1892

Bauman, Harold William (Herman J. Bauman & Lana R. Muntz) -Henry Co, O. - 

30 July 1905

Beam, Infant male (Milo I. Beam & Alberta Degear) - b. Paulding Co, O. - 

6 Nov 1898

Bear, Haze Licile (E. Bear & Sarah J. Smith) - b. Putnam Co, O. - 9 Sept 1903

Bear, Vennily (John Bear & Mary Maddock) -b. Henry Co, O. - 9 Apr 1891

Beard, Arthur Thomas (John T. Beard & Elzetta E. Carter) b. Van Wert Co, O. -

8 Sept 1888

Beckhous, Lucinda (Henry Beckhous & Mary Nagle) b. Fleet Rock - 13 July 1892

Beedle, Romine F. (Thomas Beedle and Elizabeth Romine) b. W. Lebanon, Indiana-     22 Jan 1900

Behringer, John Louis (Adam Behringer & Katie McCartey) b. Henry Co, O.  -                  4 Feb 1898

Bennett, Bessie Gustine ( A.C. & Hattie Castiel) b. Seneca Co, O. -8 July 1902

Bindbeutel, Richard (Jacob Bindbeutel & Louise Bindbeutel) b. Cuyahoga Co., O. -20 Oct 1902

Bishop, Sarah E. (John Bishop and Cena O. Rhodes) b. Paulding Co., O.- 23 Mar 1897

Bissey, Susanna Nettie (Isaac Bissey & Mary J. Truett) b. Liberty Center, O.-                   12 June 1888

Bistel, Alvin Albert (John Bistel & Christina Catherine Gardner) b. Henry Co, O.-    

 2 Dec 1894

Bistel, Ernest John (John Bistel & Christena Catherine Gardner) b. Henry Co, O.   -

31 Jan 1890

Blair, Ernestine Devoniah (E. H.  Blair & Cora White) b. Auburn, Indiana -27 Aug 1897

Blair, Eunice M. (Wilson Blair & Grace Dunlap) b. Williams Co, O. -5 Nov 1897

Bleeks, Charles Henry ( William C. Bleeks & Elsie Gill) b. DeKalb Co., Indiana - 16 Sept 1888

Blue, Alice Elizabeth (Beret E. Blue & Mary Troey ) b. Fairfield Co., CT - 25 May 1904

Blythe, Mervin James (James Francis Blythe & Bertha Eugelia Griner) b. Edgerton, O. - 2 Aug 1908

Boff, Rosa (Ferdinand Boff & Annie K. Heffner) b. Seneca Co., O - 11 Sept 1870

Bohn, Lillie Rose (Peter Bohn & Roletta Long) b. Putnam Co., O. - 1 Feb 1904

Bohn, Clara (Peter Bohn & Maria Wolsiffer) b. Long Island, NY - 15 Aug 1891

Bordner, Arnold Fremont (Jer. Bordner & Belle Smith) b. Henry Co., O. -10 Oct 1897

Bossaman, Oliver B. (Munroe I. Bossaman & Lucy A. Krabill) b. Hancock Co., O. -         

3 Nov 1880

Bouers, Stella (John Bouers& Anna Fronk) b. Fleet Rock - 11 Dec 1892

Bower, Mabel ( Samuel Bower & Mary Acklin) b. VanWert, O. - 29 June 1894

Bowers, Ralph (Clinn Bowers & Minnie Sindel) b. Paulding Co., O.- 9 Feb 1901

Bowers, Charles (Abraham Bowers & Katie Shaffer) b. Jefferson Twp -11 Nov 1898

Bowsher, James Lewis (Thomas Bowsher & Martha Ellen Eaton) b. Wood Co., O.  -

24 Mar1901

Brandt, Gust O. (J. G. & Brandt Amelia Kreager) b. Lucas Co., O. - 16 Oct 1894

Brattain, Harry Benton (Wesley Benton Brattain & Nancy Jane Vassar ) b. Hardin Co., O. - 3 May 1887

Breckler, Louis D. (Sylvester Breckler & Rosa Smith) b. Paulding Co., O. - 28 Oct 1890

Brewer, Harold Elden ( Andrew Brewer & Emma Boyd) b. Auglaize Co., O. - 22 Mar 1898

Brobst, Dale Emberson ( Martin Brobst & Ella Bensing) b. Henry Co., O. -3 May 1896

Bronson, Lillian G. (I. Newt Bronson & Martha Devauz) b. Hancock Co., O. -4 Apr 1904

Brown, Infant female (John Brown & Amanda Haron) b. Paulding Co., O.-22 July 1897

Brown, Russel Elliot (P. E. Brown & Alice Shirley) b. Paulding Co., O., -4 Dec 1892

Brubaker, Edith Mae (George Ulysses Brubaker & Catherine Heilman) b. Henry Co., O. - 3 Nov 1895

Bucker, Jesie (Geo. Bucker & Mary Spindler) b. Wood Co., O. - 10 April 1891

Buda, Nellie (Charles Buda & Lydia Wines) b. Hayes Co., Nebraska - 2 July 1890

Budd, Nina R. (Edward R. Budd & Mary E. Carner) b. Garrett, Indiana - 9 Sept 1890

Burke, Myrtle (Charles Burke & Mary Sillson) b. Auglaize - 26 Sept 1885

Bybee, Alice Medora (William Earl Bybee & May Gipe) b. Lucas Co., O. - 9 March 1907

Byers, Josepha E. M. (John K. Byers & Louisa S. Hull) b. Santa Paula, California -

5 December 1898