Homer W. Moats, Civil War Soldier

 Homer William Moats was the brother of Virgil Moats, Captain of the 48th Army Regiment, Company F, sons of William and Mary Wilson Moats.  Homer, the younger son, also enlisted in 1861 into the same unit.

Before that, in the 1860 census, he was at home with his parents and siblings: William W., 21, a student of medicine, Lydia, 17, a teacher, Mary, 7, Harriet A. , 3, and Homer W., 30, a laborer.  He received a land grant of 160 acres through a military Warrant, in Section 32, as a result of his service in the Mexican War.  He had enlisted, at 21, with his brother, Virgil, and served in Capt. Duncan's Ohio Independent Company, being discharged August 2, 1848.  He received the land in 1851, so in this census his real estate worth was $800, he reported.

In the Civil War, Homer enlisted on October 31, 1861, as a sergeant.  He had married his wife, Elizabeth Coffman on February 17 of that year in Defiance County.  

John E. Richardson served with fellow sergeant, Homer Moats in the 48th and they shared a tent together when they camped at Pittsburgh Landing.  John wrote home to his wife, Rosetta:

"...and there we got of the boat and camp about a mile from the river, we got our tents up about dark, we eat our supper and went to bead, the stares are shining, moon also  I thot of you and drempt you fel in the river and I jumpt in and got hold of you and holard for help.  I waked up then and found I had hold of homer mots (Homer Moats) and the watter about thre inches deap in our tent, we had to get out and make a ditch around it.  in the morning we went and got some bords and laid down, that cept us out of the mud."  

John was the cousin of Virgil Moats' second wife, Eliza Richardson and is shown in the photo above.  The spelling is as he wrote it.

Unfortunately, Homer Moats contracted a very bad case of what was called "camp diarrhea" and he grew weaker and weaker.  On the troops' march back east, they sent Homer on home to convalesce.  He only grew sicker, and died on June 22, 1862.  His obituary appeared in the Defiance Democrat on June 28, 1862:

"Homer W. Moats, Sergeant in Captain V. H. Moats' Company, 48th Regiment, died at the residence of his father in Noble Township on Sunday last, June 22d.  He came home six weeks ago very feeble, soon took to his bed, lingering twixt life and death for near a month.  His age was 33 years and 6 months.  He leaves a wife and three children."

                                 He was buried in Brunersburg Cemetery.

That left Elizabeth and three young children to support.  So she filed for his widow's pension and it was received in October, 1862.  (She also filed for an increase in 1866.)

Then the investigations began to see if this was a legitimate claim to a pension.  An affidavit from Captain Coonrad claimed that the soldier died about 22 June 1862, of camp diarrhea of chronic form and that it was contracted while being transported from Paducah to Pittsburgh Landing in the month of March, 1862, and that he died at home while on regular furlough.

Neighbors and fellow servicemen wrote letters testifying to Homer's service, to his marriage, and confirming his sickness.  I. N. Thacker was his physician and cared for him during his illness.  He swore that he applied for an extension to his furlough "because it was impossible for him to report to his service."

Homer's daughters were those of the first wife, Samantha Lee, and they were Harriet, Mary and Eva.  HIs only child with Elizabeth, his second wife, was Laura, born in 1861, and died in 1862.  Elizabeth was granted an $8 a month pension.  It is unclear if that was to support the children, as well, or did the children go to live elsewhere?  In the 1870 census, an Evy Moats, 12, was in the home of Wm. and Elizabeth Gunsullas in Defiance County, and Mary Moats, 17, was a domestic servant in the home of John Tharp and his wife in Licking County.  Were these relatives who took the children in, as the ages were correct?  Harriet or Hattie Moats could not be found.  

Elizabeth Moats remarried in 1865 to Christian Althouse and in 1870, C. Althouse, 42, and Elizabeth Atlhouse, 32, were in Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana without children.  She could not be found after that.

  

Virgil H. Moats, Mexican War and Civil War Soldier of Delaware Township

 

Virgil Henry Moats, son of William Virgil and Mary S. Wilson Moats, born May 5, 1827, spent his younger years in Licking County, Ohio.  

He married Sarah McKinney and was in Defiance County for the 1850 census. On August 10, 1850, the enumerator noted Virgil H. Moats, 23, a farmer with real estate worth $800, Sarah, 18, and a couple who lived with them, Matthias and Margaret Shellebarger.  

Eventually, Virgil and Sarah had two children - Franklin, born on September 21, 1850, and Rowena, who died in infancy.  Sarah, his wife, died in 1854, and in June, 1855, he married again to Eliza Richardson.  The dates of the their children's births differ among sources, but using his pension record, William F. was born on April 7, 1856; Douglas on October 25, 1858; Charles Virgil on June 22, 1861 and a daughter, Hattie, who lived from 1858 - 1861.  

                                                         Eliza Richardson Moats

When the Mexican War broke out in 1847, he was still in Newark, Ohio, and there he enlisted in the cavalry where he served as corporal. He mustered out in 1848.  Virgil was educated enough to be a teacher and he did so until 1849, when he decided to take up farming in Delaware Township. 

In 1860, his family was enumerated in Delaware Township with V. H. Moats, 33, a farmer with real estate valued at $1500 and a personal worth of $500.  His wife, Eliza was 27 with children: Frank, 9; William F., 4, Hatty J., 2 and Douglas, 1.  With them lived John Sanders, 25 and his wife, Matilda, 21 and their children, Josephus, Margaret and Robert, along with a domestic, Louisa Longsmith.    By the next year, Virgil was at Camp Dennison where he helped organize an infantry unit for the Civil War - Company F, 48th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.  Virgil, himself, was commissioned as Captain.  His first significant battle was at Shiloh, a disaster for the Union.  He led his company through two days of fighting there and lost 100 men.

In the spring of 1863, he was promoted to Major with the 21st Regiment and went with the Army west to join the Union on the heels of the Confederates going to Mississippi. It was at the second assault on Vicksburg that Virgil was shot in the knee on May 22, 1863, and sent to the army hospital in Cincinnati where he died on July 11, 1863.  

                                                          Brunersburg Cemetery

His obituary appeared in the Defiance Democrat on July 18, 1863:

"Major V. H. Moats, 48th Ohio Regiment, late Sheriff of Defiance County, died at Cincinnati, on Saturday last, from wounds received at Vicksburg.  His wounds, at first, were not considered dangerous, but want of proper treatment in season made it fatal.  While at Cincinnati, he was in the house of his aunt, attended by his wife, father, mother and sister, and received all possible attention.  

He was in his 37th year.  He leaves a wife and several small children, hosts of friends and no enemies.  Major Moats served in a cavalry company recruited in Licking County in the Mexican War, and has been since 1849, a citizen of Defiance County, of which he was for four years the Sheriff.

In 1861, he recruited a company in this section for the 48th Regiment and has been in active, hard, fatiguing service ever since.  He was in the Battle of Pittsburgh Landing, the occupation of Memphis, the attack on Vicksburg under General Sherman last summer, at the taking of Arkansas Post, and in all the recent operations against Vicksburg up to May 22nd, when he was wounded.  

His funeral took place at Brunersburg on Wednesday last."

His widow, Eliza, applied for his pension in August,  1863.  

As was usual at the time, evidence had to be collected to assure that Eliza was the true widow, that the children's birthdates were correct and they were minors and that the pension was owed. Someone in the county took affidavits from neighbors, friends, mothers of both wives, midwives, family physicians and anyone who might have had dealings with the family and these were presented in the probate court.  In 1873, she applied for an increase in her pension.

At Virgil's death, Eliza had four children under the age of 16: Frank Wallace, 10; William Frazer, 7; Douglas, 5, and Charles V., 2.  She received $25 a month in pension plus $2 for each minor child, so $32 a month. 

                                            Part of Eliza's application with her signature

In the 1870 census of Delaware Township, Eliza was found living with her four sons.  Wallace (William), the oldest at 19, was a farm laborer. She reported real estate worth $6000 and personal goods worth $900.  Virgil had been granted land as a result of his service in the Mexican War.  The land patent read:

"To Virgil H. Moats, late a corporal in Captain Duncan's Company - Ohio Mounted Volunteers," dated July 1, 1851, signed by Millard Fillmore and totaling 78.48 acres in section 4. 

By 1880, Frank lived next door to Eliza and the remaining three sons, all who were working on the farm.  Liley Boyd, 14, her niece, lived with them, along with her father, John Richardson, 88, palsied. 

Charles, 38, and single had taken over the farm by 1900, while his mother, 66, lived with him.  Lily Richardson (formerly Liley Boyd), her divorced niece, 33, was also there.  By 1910, all the children were gone and just Eliza and Lily lived in their homestead, except that she had taken in a boarder, Harry Bayliss.

Eliza died on August 14, 1913. Her obituary:

"MOTHER OF CO. F DEAD

MRS. ELIZA MOATS PASSES AWAY AT HER HOME AT MOATS.

Mrs. Eliza Moats, known to the veterans of Defiance County as "The Mother of Company F," died at her home in Moats, Thursday evening.

The deceased was the widow of Capt. Virgil Moats, a former sheriff of Defiance county and who was Captain of Co. F., 48th O. V. I., the only full company to be recruited from Defiance county. Capt. Moats was wounded in the battle of Vicksburgh and was taken to Cincinnati where he died.  

Mrs. Moats has resided on the Moats farm at Moats ever since.  She leaves three sons, Charles, Douglas and William, all of whom live near the old home.

Mrs. Moats was a woman beloved by all.  She was known to veterans as "The Mother of the Company," and she had a wide acquaintance over Defiance county.

The funeral will occur Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock.  The body will be laid to rest in the Moats cemetery.  It is expected that a number of the members of Bishop Post G.A.R. and the W.R.C. will attend as a respect to the "Mother of Co. F."

Defiance County Teachers Hired in 1931

 

  

One room schools were slowly dying out by the 1930s.  The Defiance Crescent-News reported on May 29, 1931, that five one room schools were closed in the county that year - District 2 in Adams County, Districts 2 and 7 in Mark Township and Districts 1 and 7 in Richland Township.

Many teachers were hired or rehired in 1931 for our county schools.  M. E. Brandon was superintendent of schools for the county that year, and he reported on those hired by township. The number following each name indicated the district school number.

Adams - C. J. Ramus -1, William Walker-3, Ray Hull-5, John Strauss-6, and Florence Coressel-7

Tiffin - Isabelle Westrick -1, Mabelle Link -2, Wanda Stock -3, Agnes Rethmel -4,  John Mahon -5, Neva Farmer -7, Valeria Mekus -8, Loreta Snider -9, Beatrice Hall -10 High school: F. Blake Hopkins, Principal and Leroy Rittenhouse and Helen Rethmel.

Washington - Garnet Lentz -1, Mrs. Mildred Yarlott -2, Hilliard Koeppe - 4, Mary Ondrovek -7, Blake Rice -8.  Ney Primary - Beatrice Watson; Ney Grammar - Ruth Zulch; Ney High School - Homer Tenant, Principal, Helen Hutchins, Bertha Stephens and H. G. Putnam

Farmer - Grace Rice -1, Grace Shank -3,  Nannie Lee Rush -4, Russell Fritz - 9.               Farmer Primary - Dorothy Compo, Grammar grades - Helen Rice and Howard Stuckman.  Farmer High School - E. H. Kammeyer, Principal, Myrtle Brown, Erma Rohhar and H. G. Putnam.

Mark - Glenna Gustin -3, Carrie Sprow -4, Ruth Henderson -9.  Mark Center Elementary - Lorene Diehl, Bridgid Slattery, Anne Rossi and Henry Gecowets.  High School - P. H. Underhill, Principal, Mabel Hane and Howard Palmer

Richland - (hired, but not assigned) - Frances Povenmire, Helen Troeger, Helen Haver, Florence Brechbill, Walter Hammon, Loretta Leach and Nora Chase; one yet to be hired.  High School - W. P Bilderback, Principal, Mrs. Mary Imm and Bessie Flory

Noble - Helen Smith -1, Elizabeth Duseberg -3, Paul Speiser 4.  Brunersburg - Evelyn Smith and Mary Alice Fender

Delaware - Olive Sprow -1, Mary Lipp -2, Bessie Blacker -3, Donald Bayliss -4, Eleanor Dangler -6.  Delaware High School -Clarence Kretzer, Principal, Mrs. Helen Geren, and one to be hired.

Sherwood - Elsie Newman, Mason School, Primary - Mrs. Helen Mollencup, Intermediate - Eleanor Miller, Grammar - H. C. Hicks.  High School - Forrest Beams, Principal, Emma Rothhar and Kathryn Openlander

Highland - Elizabeth Wilson, Donald Marshall, Harriet Linebrink, Reba Watson and Esther Myers.  Ayersville - Karene Randall and Audrey Dunn.  High and Center Primary - Ruth Randall. Highland Center Grammar - Katherine Block and High School Principal - Raymond Onsted.

H. G. Putnam was hired as Smith-Hughes Instructor (Agricultural and Industrial) at Ney and Farmer High Schools.  Miss Helen Beavers as music teacher in Farmer and Mark townships and Sherwood schools.  O.C. Stroup as music instructor in Washington, Richland, Delaware and Tiffin township high schools.  The HIcksville and Defiance Township teachers were not mentioned in this article.

 

Frank Block - G.A.R., Bishop Post

Franklin J. Block was a Defiance County man from birth to death.  Born in Highland township on September 15, 1842, he served gallantly in the Civil War and was wounded, but survived.

At nineteen, he enlisted on April 23, 1861, for a three month term with Company D, 14th Regiment, serving under Sidney Sprague.  After he was discharged from this unit on July 20, 1863, he reenlisted. 

On October 28, 1863, he joined Company I of the 9th Ohio Cavalry for a three year enlistment.  He started at Camp Dennison and from there went to Alabama in the spring of 1864.  The company was employed in many skirmishes, the one at Waynesboro had the heaviest fighting perhaps.  Company D broke the enemy lines and continued on to South Carolina.  Their last battle was at 

Bentonville before they reported to Washington D.C. where they mustered out on July 20, 1865.

Frank was 38 when he married Lavina Sandoz in Defiance on December 17, 1881. The couple had two children: Valley Leonard (1885-1959) and Mildred Flora (1889-1982).  One source noted that twins were born in Nebraska in 1891, but that record was not found.  In 1890, the family had moved to Nebraska to take up the stock business.

At some point, the Block family moved back to Defiance and were counted in the Federal Census of 1900 here. The census was very difficult to read, but all the family were listed - Frank, 57, Lavina, 41, Lenard, 19 and Mildred, 11.  Not long after the census, Lavina was committed to the Toledo Hospital, where she died on August 25, 1901.

Her obituary appeared in the Defiance Crescent-News on August 26, 1902:

"MRS. LAVINA BLOCK DIES AT TOLEDO STATE HOSPITAL...

Mrs. Lavina Block, wife of Frank Block of Defiance township, died Sunday at the Toledo Hospital where she had been an inmate for the past year and a half.  She was aged 44 years.

The remains were brought to this city this morning over the Wabash.  A funeral escort met the body at the depot and conveyed it immediately to Riverside cemetery where it was placed in the vault to rest until it is interred.

The pall bearers were chosen from the G.A.R. veterans, Mr. Block being a member of the Bishop post."

Frank sold his farm in Defiance Township to William Dickey in 1902 and moved into the city.  He still invested in land, purchasing a farm in Milford Township that same year and a farm near Hillsdale, Michigan in 1907.

In January, 1909, his daughter, Mildred ("Millie") married.  Her aunt offered her home for the ceremony.  The Defiance Democrat reported on January 29, 1909, on page 1:

"PICKERING - BLOCK

Wednesday evening at six o'clock at the home of the bride's aunt, Mrs. C. H. Hunter of Summit street, Rev. W. F. Barber of the United Brethern church solemnized the marriage of Mr. Tom Pickering and Miss Mildred Block.

T

he bride, who is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Block,was attired in a handsome tan empire gown.  She was attended by Miss Alma Thien.  Mr. Leonard Block, brother of the bride, acted as best man.

After the ceremony, a wedding supper was served to the immediate friends and relatives at the home of the groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pickering.  

The young people have dispensed with the usual wedding journey and have taken up their residence at their new home on Jefferson Street."

Frank and Leonard moved back out on a farm in Highland Township where they were found in the 1910 and 1920 Federal censuses.  Frank in 1920 was 77 years old and Valley, 34, and both were working on the farm.  In May, 1916, they had a large fire.

On January 11, 1922, Valley Leonard Block, 36, married Anna V. Breckler, 27, daughter of G.M. Breckler and Mary Schmidt, residents of Paulding County.  Neither had been previously married.

By 1930, Frank, 87, had moved back into Defiance where he resided with his daughter, Mildred Pickering and her husband, Tom.  They lived at 1120 Jefferson Avenue with their two children, Melva, 16, and Vernon, 6.  

Frank died in September, 1931, and his obituary appeared in the Defiance Crescent-News on September 6:

VETERAN'S RITES ARE HELD TODAY.

Highland Township Native Served Throughout the Civil War

Franklin Joseph Block, 89, Civil War veteran, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Mildred Pickering, 1120 Jefferson Avenue, at 10 o'clock Saturday night. 

Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2 p.m. from the Pickering home and at 2:30 from the United Brethren church, Rev. O. E. Knepp, officiating. Burial took place in Riverside Cemetery.

Pall bearers, members of the American Legion, were E. J. Max, Marvin Gallup, John Bridenbaugh, Jacob Blue, Martin Schatz, and William Zachrich.

Besides the daughter, Mr. Block is survived by a son, Leonard, at Highland Township.  He leaves two grandchildren, Vernon and Melva Pickering.

Mr. Block was born in Highland township.  He enlisted in the Army at the age of 18,first in Co. D, 14th O.V.I, and upon his discharge three months later, re-enlisted in Co. I, 9th Ohio Cav., serving until his discharge at the close of thewar in 1865.  His wife was Lavina Sandoz, to whom he was married Dec. 17, 1881.

Mr. Block lived practically his entire life in and near Defiance."

Leonard died in 1959, and Mildred died in 1959.

(This is part of a series on Civil War veterans of Defiance County who were part of the G.A.R., Bishop Post, that headquartered in the city.  Formed in 1879, the post was named after a local man, Captain William Bishop, Company D, 100th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Army who died as a result of wounds received in battle.  The veterans' photos are part of a composite photo of members that has survived.  If you have other information or corrections to add to the soldiers' stories, please add to the comments!)

Surnames L - M: 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.

L

LARGE, William Henrie (John C. Large & Birdie S. Dewey)- b. Ashtabula Co., O 

- 27 October 1903

LARSON, Ella - (John Larson & Mary Olson)b. Williams County, O. - 18 August 1892

LEE, Harry W. (W. R. Lee & Rose Clever) - b. Seneca County, O. - 23 May 1902

LEININGER, Bessie Alice (Jacob J. Leininger & Alice Mary Clifton)- b. Henry County, O. - 12 April 1895

LEITHERER, Gladys C. (David D. Leitherer & Nora Sawyer)- b. Wood County, O.

 - 5 September 1905

LENLEY, Carman (Marrian A. Lenley & Emma Strahle)- b. Williams County, O. 

- 12 May 1900

LENZ, Paul Ernest (Guy Lenz & Nettie B. Krun)- b. Paulding County, O. - 10 November 1907

LICHTY, Avon Ellen (Homer Clyde Lichty & Evaline Gertrude Kinkle) - b. Paulding County, O. - 15 March 1913

LINDEMAN, Amelia (George Lindeman & Margret Naveau) - b. Henry County, O. - 

16 October 1893

LONGE, Leffa (J. W. Longe & Dora Schulti) - b. Fulton County, O. - 13 April 1897

LONGSWORTH, Beatrie S. (E.A. Longsworth & Lilly Manson  - b. Paulding County, O. - 18 April 1906

LOOMIS, Henry Edward (George Loomis & Susan C. Beery) - b. Seneca County, O. - 14 April 1877

LOOMIS, Lulu May (Edward Loomis & Ruby Coburn    - b. Benzie County, Michigan - 20 July 1903

LOUDERBACK, Herchel R. (Jefferson Louderback & Carrie Price - b. Marion County, O.- 27 July 1893

LYON, Robert -(Geo. Lyon & Altha A. Keegan) b. Sandusky County, O. - 11 November 1893

M

MACHEN, Alphonus (Alphoneus Machen & Rosa V. Short)   - b. Cleveland, O. 

- 19 January 1887

MALONEY, Nellie Marie (John Maloney & Emile Ball)- b. Toledo, O. - 15 May 1903

MANGES, Zema (Jonathan Manges & Percella Jump) - b. Paulding County, O. 

- 12 April 1893

MANSFIELD, Grover C. (F. W. Mansfield & Rosa Wible) - b. Paulding County, O. 

- 21 February 1889

MANSFIELD, Riley (Wm. V. Mansfield & Lizzie Wing)- b. Paulding County, O. 

- 6 July 1893

MANSFIELD, Zoma Otis (Southerton Bismark Mansfield & Frances Emma Shomburg)

- b. Sciota County, O. - 10 September 1899

MARCH, Clarence Vernon  (G. H. March & Thyal Steambarg)- b. Henry County, O. - 29 June 1906

MARIHUGH, Victor (Samuel M. Marihugh & Mary Jane Brown)- b. Paulding County, O. - 8 June 1900

MARPLE, Joseph N. (F. G. Marple & Sadie Blodgett)   - b. Pulaski County (Indiana?)- 10 September 1897

MARSHALL, Willie (Samuel H. Marshall & Amelia Baur)- b. Crawford County, O. 

- 19 May 1890

MARTIN, Fay Francis (Riley Martin & Rosella Steinmatz)- b. Union County, O. - 

4 December 1872

MARTIN, Hobart  (Cyrus Martin & Elizabeth Miller) - b. Fort Wayne, Indiana 

- 1 December 1896 

MARTZ, Infant Male (G. J. Martz & Mary C. Brauns) - b. Minneapolis, Minnesota -

 27 March 1902

MASON, Orpha R. (Grant Mason & Ola Culler)- b. Allen County, Indiana - 8 April 1900

MAST, Etta (George Mast & Lydia Bercaw) - b. Paulding County, O. - 19 September 1896

MATHIA(s), Infant Female (John Mathia & Mary E. Foust)- b. Williams County, O. - 

13 June 1886

MATTOCKS, Frank Edward (Albert Mattocks & Emma Sink) - b. Paulding County, O. - 16 July 1902

MAY, Laura Francis (Max Walter May & Francis Oliva Smith)- b. Fostoria, O. - 10 March 1894

McBRIDE, Carl Grover (N. L. McBride)- b. Lucas County, O. - 25 February 1884

McCAULEY, Velma O. (James E. McCauley & Eldora Garlmyer)- b. Paulding County, O. - 27 September 1905

McCULLOUGH, Beulah Mae (Orville S. McCullough & Mae C. Hollabaugh)- b. Putnam County, O. - 10 June 1903

McCULLY, Theo. Earl (Robb McCully & Eva Bunrer)- b. Paulding County, O. - 31 August 1900

McGIFFIN, Walter W. (J. M. McGiffin & Stella Roberts)- b. Tioga County, New York 

- 11 May 1887

McGOVEN, Curtis (Wm. McGovern & Eda Terry)- b. Putnam County, O. - 9 July 1895

McKOWN, Hazeltine (Wm. McKown & Pearl E. Goodson) - b. Paulding County, O. - 

23 December 1899

MEYER, Marthea (Fred C. Meyer & Caroline Meinecke) b. Henry Co., O - 9 Oct 1904

MEYER, Maxine Marguerite (Richard H. Meyer & Gertrude Vivian Ricker)- b. Fairfield County, O. - 12 June 1933 (?)

MILER, Port Nelson (William Miler & Laura E. McMichael) - b. Paulding County, O. 

- 18 April 1905

MILLER, Bryan John (Not recorded) - b. Lucas County, O. - 21 November 1895

Surnames J - K: Births Registered 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.  These have been transcribed from the originals, and errors are always possible.  It is recommended that you look at the original record.

J

JACKSON, Firmer L. (T.W. Jackson & Flora Keener)- b. Fayette, O. - 19 April 1897

JENNINGS, Otto C. (E. S. Jennings & Florence Osgood) - b. Monroe, Michigan -

 5 September 1904

JOHNSON, Freeman Ada (Myron Asa Johnson & Lorinda Louise Moore)- b. Van Wert County, 25 June 1903

JOHNSON, Lela Mildred (Wilbar I. Johnson & Eva E. Stone - b. Williams Co., O. -

10 Jan 1893

JOKAI, Ladian (Mr. Jokai & Sarah)- b. Napoleon, Henry County, 10 November 1870

JONES, Earl Wallace ((John M. Jones & Nancy Mullen) - b. Van Wert County, 19 July 1886

K

KALEY, Lionne May (D. A. Kaley & Annie Cook)- b. Leiters Ford, Fulton County, Indiana - 6 September 1903

KARNES, Lula Grace (John Karnes & Sarah E. Stover) -b. Paulding, O. -20 Oct 1887

KARR, Alvin (Tom Karr & Nelly Rhodes) - b. Toledo - 6 December 1893

KELLEY, John (Patrick Kelley & Elizabeth Brown)- b. Paulding County, O. - 6 July 1880

KETTENRING, William Carl (William Adam Kettenring & Myrtle Lillian Waterman)          - b. Lucas - 12 March 1887

KIESSLING, Lena Alma (John Conrad Kiessling & Cora Bell Lampman - b.Tillman, Oklahoma - 1 January 1909

KIMBERLY, James Benjamin (James Kimberly & Esther Jane Barrenger) - b. Henry County, O. - 31 Dec 1881

KIMMEL, Otho Harold (Thos. Kimmel & Lucinda Eastman)  -b. Paulding County, O. 

- 6 January 1904

KISMER, Freda M. ((G.E. Kimmer & Ella Andrews) - b. Paulding County, O. - 

24 September 1898

KINTNER, Charley A. (Samuel Kintner & Mary M. Hane) - b. Steuben County, Indiana - 23 December 1886

KISER, Harry Lucian (John Milton Kiser & Laura Cory)- b. Shelby County, O. - 9 April 1875

KIZER, Leroy (William Kizer & Clara Hill) - b. Williams County, O. - 22 August 1892

KLAAR, Blanch Eliza (Frderick C. Klaar & Mary Ann Hendershot) - b. Lucas County, O. - 24 January 1896

KLINE, Winnice (James Kline & Lizzie Kline)- b. Paulding County, O. - 23 January 1898

KLINGLER, Harold Nolan (C.F. Klingler & Dora Richardson)- b. DeKalb County, Indiana - 4 April 1902

KNAPP, Everett C. (John M. Knapp & Ella M. Coles) - b. Allen County, Indiana - 

2 September 1900

KNISLEY, John Francis (Joseph Kniseley & Elizabeth Cooley)- b. DeKalb County, Indiana - 28 January 1896

KNISS, Leah Josephine (George Kniss & Josephine Sleetsmith)- b. St. Joseph County, Michigan - 22 February 1899

KRABILL, Maud Elsie (J. W. Krabill & Frances M. Basserman) - b. Williams County, O. - 26 April 1892

KRAFT, Clara Wilhelmina (William Kraft & Sophia Schreck)  - b. Seneca County, O. - 

7 July 1905

KRAMER - Tony E.  (Henry Kramer & Doretta Brown)- b. Henry County, O. - 

6 November 1896

KRILL, Sarah (Samuel Krill & Christina Weber)- b. Williams County, O. - 25 September 1888

KUSZMAUL, Charles F.  (Jacob Kuszmaul & Mary E. Kintner)- b. Paulding County, O. -

11 May 1888