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From: Keith Dull <>
Subject: Re: [MERCER] Re: Mercer County (fwd)
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 12:20:34 -0400 (EDT)


Randy:

I will have a look to see what I have on the Andersons. I have copies of
most of the cemeteries in Dublin Township, unfortunatly, no actual church
records. This brings an interesting question, has any one tried to
compile the church records in lower Van Wert, and Northern Mercer County?

As I recall, Lucinda, widow of Sidney Goodwin and Amos Harp was buried in
Mt. Olive. Have you looked there? I will double check. I don't suppose
you know why she wasn't living with Amos in 1860.

If you have some detailed accountings of Sidney Goodwin's children, I
would be interested.

Keith

On Sun, 19 Sep 1999, Randy & Deb Anderson wrote:

> Keith, my ancestors moved to Mercer Cty in 1843 (apparently from Maryland)
> and bought land in Section I of Dublin Township. I have:
>
> Jordon Anderson, b. 6/24/1793 d. 2/16/1876
> wife Elizabeth (Cloman) Anderson b. 3/6/1791 d. 10/22/1877
>
> As far as I can tell, the children that moved to Ohio with them were:
>
> Thomas Rine Anderson b. 6/6/1819 d. 5/23/1897
> Alexandra J. Anderson b. 5/6/1830 d. 2/1901?
> Jain Anderson b. 9/24/1829 d. ?
> Hannah Anderson b. 9/10/1837 d. ?
>
> Jordon and Thomas each purchased 80 acres of land in Dublin Twnshp from the
> state of Ohio in 1843, and in 1848 they both bought more land under the
> Miami Canal Construction Act (what was that?) Alexandra (my
> g-g-grandfather) married Minerva Goodwin who was the daughter of Sidney and
> Lucinda Goodwin. They also lived in Dublin Township but by 1878 had sold
> off all their land there; I can find no record of Alexandra in later
> records. Minerva & their kids were living with her mother Lucinda Goodwin in
> the 1880 census; Minerva died in 1923 and is buried in Sherer Cemetery north
> of Mendon. I have not been able to find out what happened to Alexandra but
> a 1901 Van Wert paper mentions his daughter (Elizabeth Grove) traveling to
> Celina to attend his funeral.
>
> I could never find where Jordon and Elizabeth were buried either. I don't
> suppose you have access to any old church records from that time?
>
> Randy Anderson
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Dull <>
> To: <>
> Date: Friday, September 17, 1999 8:14 AM
> Subject: Re: Mercer County (fwd)
>
>
> >
> >
> >---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 11:11:33 -0400 (EDT)
> >From: Keith Dull <>
> >To:
> >Subject: Re: Mercer County
> >
> >Well, have I got tests for you. I have done a ton of research on the
> >area, and I'm trying to polish a manuscript I've written on all of the
> >families who settled in the vicinity of Shane's Crossing, Ohio prior to
> >1850.
> >
> >My surnames are Dull, Shlater, Putman, Roebuck, Stophlet, Kiggins,
> >Boyer, Brees, Sutton, Harp, Braun, Harruff, Shaffer, Snyder, Kull, Shope,
> >Tester, and Shock, Warner.
> >
> >I'll be happy to answer any questions I can on the Rockford/Shane's
> >Crossing families.
> >
> >Lets see, first off, Amos Harp. He is residing in Mercer County, Hopewell
> >Township, Ohio in 1870 with his daughter, Margaret Buck. Her husband
> >Cyrus died earlier in the year, and she died later that year. Amos died
> >before 1880 (presumably), and I suspect it may have been around 1870 as
> >well, however, I have been unable to locate anything that would indicate
> >his death date (probate, disappearance form tax list etc...). He is
> >supposedly buried in Stringtown cemetery, however, I have found no record
> >of it. The cemetery is seems to be well kept, so I don't know what would
> >have happened to his stone.
> >
> >I also suspect that he may appear in divorce records. His first wife
> >Margaret, died in Auglaize County, Noble Township, Ohio in the mid-1860s,
> >and Amos had two subsiquent marriages. The interesting thing is that in
> >both the 1860 and 1870 census, he is not living with his wife, he is
> >living with his family, and she is living with hers. In fact in the 1870
> >census, his wife (the widow, Lucinda Goodwin) was living in Dublin
> >Township, while he was in Hopewell.
> >
> >I've got more brain teasers where this came from. I appreciate any help
> >you can give.
> >
> >Keith
> >
> >P.S. are there any books that thoroughly outline the families of the
> >Native American landholders in Mercer County (Louis Godfrey, Black Loon
> >etc...). I have a little I pulled out of the Fort Wayne library, but I
> >was surprized that I could not find anything more complete.
> >
> >
> >On Thu, 16 Sep 1999 wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> Keith,
> >>
> >> Amusing to be able to say this, but it has been really DULL around here
> >> lately.
> >> How about opening up a good discussion or sending in your surnames for
> >> contemplation and help. There are some of us out here just waiting for a
> >> good test of our abilities and resources.
> >> Happy to have you join us.....
> >> Cheers,
> >> Diane G.
> >>
> >
> >
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