In Coolville Village ATHEY Clarissa L., d. 11 Sept. 1848, ae. 11 yrs., 1 mo. Dau. of J. O. & R. Nancy Jane, d. 21 May 1829, ae. 6 mos, 15 days. Dau. of John O. & Ruth. BAILEY Amos, d. 9 July 1847, ae. 35 yrs., 6 weeks. BLAIR Reuben B., d. 1 Aug. […]
BAHER or BAKER Clark (Sen.), d. 8 July 1856, ae. 65 yrs., 11 mos., 8 days. Ruth, d. 24 Aug. 1870, ae. 77 yrs., 1 mo., 18 days. Wife of C. Baker.
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(Loc. in Carthage twp., south of Lottridge, ¼ mile from Mud Sock Road, Orange Twp., Meigs County, Ohio) CALDWELL John, d. 7 July 1845, ae. 78 yrs. Isabell, d. 3 Oct. 1865, ae. 78 yrs. Wife of John. CHILD Ezbon, d. 23 Apr. 1850, ae. 37 yrs., 7 mos., 17 days. Seth, d. 25 Apr.
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(Loc. four miles south of Greenville on Route 121) BOWMAN Herschel V., 1861 – 1939 Cora Alice, 1865 – 1941 THORP Vida L., 1876 – 19__ Herbert L., 1872 – 1941 Judiah, b. 26 Feb. 1822, d. 16 Jan. 1882, ae. 59 yrs., 11 mos., 19 days. Helenor, b. 19 Feb. 1825, d. 18 Aug.
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(about 4 ½ miles north from US Route 50 on Route 144) BALCOM Ziba, d. 27 Mar. 1850, ae. 57 yrs., 4 days. Amanda S., d. 22 Aug. 1850, ae. 7 mos., 22 days. Dau. of E. & D. Nathan S., d. 22 Nov. 1848, ae. 3 mos., 25 days. Son of E. & D.
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ALTER Blanche, 1887 – 1947 Elizabeth T., 1882 – 1937 Emma C., 1876 – 1877 Franklin, 1831 – 1916. Wife 1 Mary S. Taylor. Wife 2 Emma Christine Weaver. Franklin Jr., 1869 – 1949 George Taylor, 1871 – 1933 Henry Tice, 1872 – 1914 Mary S. (Taylor), 1843 – 1872. Wife of Franklin Alter. Emma
GEPHART No name, b. 6 June 1835, d. 5 Mar. 1903 Mabel, b. 14 Apr. 1836, d. 5 Oct. 1913 LACY Louise, 1873 – 1893 LEPHERT MCCALL MENDENHALL STAUDT Samuel S., b. 27 Nov. 1853, d. 8 Feb. 1931 Livona, b. 18 Feb. 1852, d. 20 Sept. 1926 STRAIT
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(Loc. just off US Route 50 west of Coolville and Guysville in Carthage Twp.) CALDWELL Vincent A., d. 2 July 1892, ae. 67 yrs., 7 days. Anna Warren, d. 16 Apr. 1899, ae. 68 yrs., 1 mo., 11 days. Wife of Vincent A. Caldwell. FINSTERWALD Frederick, d. 25 Mar. 1891, ae. 69 yrs., 10 mos.,
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BEAR Anna R., 1852 – 1887. Wife of Samuel D. Bear. Joseph C., 1852 – 1902. Norman Rung, 1871 – 1949. Husband of Emma Kauffman Bear. Emma Kauffman Bear, 1873 – 1964. Wife of Norman Rung Bear. Samuel D., 1840 – 1914. Husband of Anna Rung. DICKEY Arthur, 1837 – 1874. Arthur C., d. 1947.
FALL George, d. 3 Apr. 1854, ae. 55 yrs. Deterarch, d. 30 July 1852, ae. 70 yrs., 6 mos. George, d. 14 Sept. 1847, ae. 78 yrs. Rebecca, d. 11 Nov. 1832, ae. 44 yrs., 6 days. Dau. of George & Catharine Fall. SHOE Wife of A. B. Shoe
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Frank P. MacLennan is a fortunate man. Kansas is fortunate in having him as a citizen. As a youth he took from this state the raw materials which by the alehemy of a resourceful and independent mind and a vigorous ambition he transmuted into a career which has been of even greater beneflt to the
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