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Subject: Re: [MD] CONDON part 2
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:36:04 -0000

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Author: caledbet1
Surnames: CONDON
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Children of Charles David CONDON and Sarah Ann FLORY are:

1. George Franklin CONDON b. 16 Nov 1881; killed in railroad accident near Fort Wayne, IN, in 1908
2. John Wasborn CONDON, b. 25 May 1884; d. June 1943, Seattle, WA.
3. Calvin CONDON, b. and d. as infant 1887, diptheria.
4. Ira Elwood CONDON, b. 7 Mar 1890; d. Oct 1945 from "heart trouble", Seattle, WA.
5. Francis Roy (Clarence L.) CONDON, b. 7 Jul 1893; d. after 1968, Seattle, WA.
5. Charles Russel CONDON, b. 16 Nov 1898/99, m. Esther PETRY, daughter of Jacob PETRY and Catharine "Kate" WOLFORD.
- Winfield Leroy CONDON
- Myra CONDON
6. Jesse L. CONDON, b. 1901, d. 1903.
7. Mary Opal CONDON, b. 3 Apr 1906; d.
m. Forest HEATON

Opal also says:

"Three brothers went to Seattle. One was a chef in a large hospital. Another was a chef on a cruiser up to Nome, Alaska and all around. Two married Canadian sisters and had a house out over Puget Sound. One was on a Vaudeville circuit awhile, then bought a restaurant and was an excellent chef.

After mother's illness, dad went with the railroad. He was in all but two of the 48 states. He told me (Opal) never to leave Ohio, it was the best place yet."


Charles David CONDON m. 2nd Roseanne CULBERTSON FORT circa 1920, Darke Co., Ohio. Roseanne was born on 5 Nov 1859 in Montgomery Co., Ohio to Samuel CULBERTSON and Catherine BINKLEY, who were both born in Lancaster Co., PA. She died on 31 Aug 1929 in Greenvile, Darke Co., Ohio and was buried on 3 Sep 1929 at Greencastle Cemetery, Montgomery Co., Ohio. (Ohio Deaths 1908-1953: GSU Film # 1991908; Digital GS # 4022273; Image # 1952; Ref. # fn 51975) There was no offspring from this union, although some accounts state that Roseanna had children from her first marriage.

Charles David died on 12 Mar 1938 at 10:40 PM of bronchial pneumonia at his residence at 215 Hidison Ave., Greenville, Ohio, where he had been living for about 20 years. His marital status is listed as divorced from Sarah Flora (sic). (Ohio Certificate of Death, Registration District #305; File #14971, Greenville Twp, Primary Registration District 8127, Registration # 4-2; filed 15 Mar 1938) The certificate states that he was being attended to by a Doctor, whose name looks like W. E. Guntrism, and this was the signature on the death certificate. Charles David was probably buried with his brother Elwood's family in Mote Cemetery, Darke Co., Ohio, but he has no headstone.

f-2-6 - Elwood Elsworth CONDON6 (Stephen5, James4, Charles3, James2, William1)
b. 25 Nov 1867; d. 2 Nov. 1935, bur. Mote Cemetery, NE of Pitsburg, Darke Co., Ohio
Orphaned at age 8 and raised by Nelson Mote SW of Pitsburg, Ohio
m. Suzette BAKER


Children of Elwood CONDON and Suzette BAKER are:

1. Florence CONDON, b. 26 Oct 1889
2. Raymond R. CONDON, b. 19 Apr 1891; d. 14 Jan 1958
3. Mary E. CONDON, b. 21 Jun 1896
4. Stephen J. CONDON, b. 7 Jan 1898; d. 1962
5. Harry N. CONDON, b. 27 Aug 1900; d. 30 Aug 1918
6. Sarah CONDON, b. 21 Jun 1902
7. Kathryn CONDON, b 1905
8. Glen CONDON, (twin) b. 1912; d. 3 Oct 1993
9. Glenneth Ruth CONDON, (twin) b. 1912
10. Floyd CONDON, b. ___; d. as infant

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Charles Russell CONDON7 (Charles David6 ,Stephen5, James4, Charles3, James2, William1)
b. 16 Nov 1898/99,
m. Esther PETRY, daughter of Jacob PETRY and Catharine "Kate" WOLFORD.

When Charles mother Sarah was injured in about 1907, she was unable to care for him. His brother Ira Elwood tried to care for him, but eventually he ended up in the Brethren's Home Orphanage. His son Winfield says that during a somewhat fiery sermon at Castine Church of the Brethren, parishioners were compelled to open their home to orphans, and Jacob PETRY, despite already having several children of his own, made the trip up Greenville Pike the very next day, coming home with Charles and his cousin (exact relationship unknown) Eva PENNY. Charles later married his foster sister, Esther, who he adored, and was often known to say that Jake PETRY was the only father he ever had or wanted, although he continued to see his parents

Charles and Esther lived across the field from the PETRY farm in West Manchester, Ohio, in the former Brown's Station brick schoolhouse. The property consisted of the school house, a large barn with hand hewn beams, a block constructed hog house, a tractor shed, a hen house, a garage or carriage house that was original to the old town of Brown's Station that once stood at the location, a garden shed and a privy. Later, Charles Russell built the "little house", a two room cottage next to the school house that he made his home for a short while in his old age. All of these original buildings still stand except for the hog house. Esther planted a flower garden on either side of the house, consisting especially of daffodils, gladiolias and peonies, that was the wonder of the neighborhood, and people routed their Sunday drives to pass by and enjoy it. The apple orchard stood in the high meadow directly behind the homestead. During this writer's early childhood there were only thr!
ee apple trees still standing in what had become the cow pasture, but was still referred to by the family as the "orchard." The small hard fruit was a great treat for the cows. At the time of this writing, one tree remains. Inside the house, Charles lowered the ceilings and made a livable second story, building the most perfect staircase with # wide shallow steps that require almost no effort on the part of the climber, no matter how heavy the load. He also built glass fronted upper kitchen cabinets to fit between the tall windows and reach the tall ceilings. In the wide doorway between the kitchen and living area he hung a porch swing. He told his granddaughter, Debra CONDON AZBILL, how he tunneled under the house to dig the basement and poured the concrete himself. Charles and Esther's granddaughter, Cathy CONDON, purchased the house in the 1980's and has restored it, and although the old coal oil stove, tall cabinets and porch swing are a thing of the past, the original !
wood floors, interior doors and flower garden are still in evidence. T
he family tore out the plaster lathe and replaced it with wallboard, power-washed the white paint from the faade, replaced the windows, repaired the mortar, slightly changed the floor plan to accommodate a laundry room and closets and replaced the cabinets (The originals now serve as china cupboards in two of the family's other homes). Still the property is as much unchanged as it could remain, given the passage of almost one hundred years and the five generations of the Condon family that have worked, played, rested and picnicked there.
Charles Russell CONDON died in 1979 at the Brethren's Home in Greenville, Darke Co., Ohio, having enjoyed weekly visits from this writer, his three-year-old great-granddaughter.

By Cammie Colleen AZBILL LEDBETTER10 (Debra9, Winfield8, Charles Russell7,Charles David6, Stephen5, James4, Charles3, James2, William1)

Sources:

Preble County Genealogical Society Marriage archives online
Elwood Condon Obituary
Elwood CONDON estate probate records
Darke County Gen. Society Plat Maps
Letter from Mary Opal CONDON HEATON
Interviews with Winfield and Mary CONDON, Cathy CONDON and Debra CONDON AZBILL
PENNY family website
History of Miami County, 1880
History of Darke County, 1880
History of Warren County
Ohio Census Index

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