Monroe County Miscellaneous Information Page



Teachers at Pumpkin Ridge School
Submitted by: Betty Goudy Cronin

Some teachers at Pumpkin Ridge School according to Gilbert Jones, dec. last of Wheeling, WV but attended this school as a child. It was about 3 miles from West Union and the Historical Society has a picture of the school and children about 1897.
Chas. Eisenbarth
Vernon Drum
Sarah Lynch
Inis Crawford
Ada Stine
Albert Polen
Spelling may be wrong. Corrections appreciated.


Marriage & Birth information for my family for Monroe County, OH
Submitted by: Sandra Kisor
There is a lot of information here.
Sarah Ann Miller married 15 Oct 1863 to John A. Martin
Mary Loper married ? Bewley
William Loper married 13 Feb 1868 to Mary C. Harper
Jacob Miller married 01 Jan 1856 to Hannah Beardmore
Emmett M. Miller married 14 Sept 1881 to Mary O. Trembley
Ophelia Miller married 14 Aug 1900 to Isaac Hartline
John B. Miller married 23 Nov 1898 to Mira M. Morris
Mattie B. Miller married 13 May 1882 Alonzo McMoore
Henry Howard Miller married 05 Nov 1853 to Sarah Jane Anderson
Mary J. Miller married 29 Jul 1885 to Jacob W. Tschappat
George W. Miller married 1854 to Ruth Ann Beal
Elizabeth Ann Miller married 04 Nov 1853 to George W. Githens M.D.
Mary Ann Evans married 1850 to James F. Ayers
Rebecca J Evans married to R.J. Thornberry
Almond G. Evens married 4 Oct 1869 to Malinda Decker
Clara Angiline Mellote married 28 May 1874 to John Miller Coleman
Sarah Louella Miller married to B.F. Melotte
C.M. Mellote married 26 Dec 1909 to Mary E. Jeffers
Margaret Jennifer Miller married 10 Oct 1886 to Wilbur Fankhauser
Ginerva Miller married to ? McVey
Elmer E. Miller married Jun 1884 to Nancy M. McDonald
Minnie May Miller married 2 Apr 1909 to Oakley Webb
George Henry Miller married to Martha Gordon
Mary Ann Miller married 13 Feb 1879 to Amos Walters
Elizabeth Pandora Miller married 1 Oct 1879 to Willliam Decker
Rosswell Miller married 1883 to Lulu Smith
Rosswell Miller married 1910 to Mary Crow
Emma B. Miller married 16 Sept 1884 to Edward Everett James
Mary A. Githens married 16 Apr 1889 to William Stockton Finley
Elizabeth Hutchinson married 19 Jun 1890 to William R. Morgan
Abigail Frances Coleman married 23 Jun 1837 Richard Mitchell Riley
Bessie Ardella Walters married 1897 to Howard Lorenza Tanley
Charles Foster Walters married 11 Jan 1908 to Cora Frances Carleton

Birth Information:
Susan Miller born 15 May 1841
John R Miller born in township Beallsville
Sarah Ann Miller born 15 May 1841
Desdamona Miller born 16 Oct 1845
Cyrus E. Miller born Jun 1848
Hannah Emaline Miller born 1849
Lorata Miller 1853
William Loper born 24 Dec 1842
Mary A. Miller 12 Jan 1857
Infant Miller 7 Jan 1859
Laura J. Miller 24 Jan 1860
Emmett M. Miller 31 May 1862
Martha E. Miller 25 Nov 1864
Ophelia Miller 29 Aug 1866
Francis Marion Miller 31 Oct 1868
John B. Miller 24 Jan 1871
Clara O Miller 25 Dec 1876
Mary Abigail Mellote 1847
Rebecca Mellote 1849
Charles B. Mellote 1851
Benjamin Franklin Mellote 1853
George Miller Mellote 1856
Francis Marion Mellote 1859
Samuel Wesley Mellote 1861
Martha Alice Mellote 1864
Ella May Mellote 1867
Josephine Mellote aft 1870
Calvin Mellote aft 1870
Cyrus David Miller 7 Feb 1878
Henry Howard Miller 24 Jan 1883
John A. Miller 1854
Ginerva A. Miller 18 Dec 1856
Elmer E. Miller 6 feb 1861
Mary J. Miller 1866
George W. Miller 20 Mar 1835
Ruth Ann Beall 28 Jul 1834
Elizabeth Ann Miller 16 Feb 1837
Rebbeca J. Evans 1838
C.M. Mellote 1878
Mary E. Jeffers 1884
James Booker Miller born 3 Jun 1873
Minnie May Miller May 1885
George Henry Miller Aug 1887
Mack Elmer Miller Nov 1892
Sarah M. Miller Nov 1894
Mary B. Miller Jun 1897
Geneva A. Miller Jan 1899
William J. Bryan Miller May 1900
Lena B. Walters 11 Aug 1891
Elizabeth Pandora Miller Aug 1859
Rosswell L. Miller 6 Feb 1862
Stella May Miller 7 Apr 1889
Emma B. Miller 4 Apr 1865
Edgar Milton James 23 Mar 1888
Minerva B. James 27 Oct 1892
John Darby Miller 07 Sept 1870
Sara Emma Myers 25 Jul 1870
Marth A. Githens 9 Jun 1861
Elizabeth Hutchinson 10 Nov 1866
Angeline K. Miller 22 Jun 1854
Anges Jane Miller 23 Feb 1856
Nora H. Loper 18 Sept 1893
Kenneth Wesley Riley 2 Oct 1899
Bessie Ardella Walters 31 Jul 1880
Charles Foster Walters 10 May 1881
All this information has come from marriage records or monroe county and birth records and family bibles. All these people are of Monroe County. Mainly Beallsville and Sunsburry Townships.


VERNON, James: Documents of Indenture
Submitted by: Patrice Melcher
Document: This indenture made the 28th of the 3.d month in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and Twenty five. Witneseth that James Vernon Son of James Vernon Deceased (of maliga Township monroe County Ohio aged sixteen years and thirteen days is placed under and bound untu William Kennard by Demsey Boswell his lawful guardian and by his own choice and consent testified by our own signatures to there preasants of the County and State afore said to learn the Business and ocupation of a farmer Which the said William Now with and with him to Dwell and serve from the day of the Date here of untill the fifteenth of the third month which will be in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and thirty During all which time the said James Vernon his said master will and faithfully shale serve his secrets keep his lawfull commands do and obey hurt to his said Master he shall no do nor willfully suffer to be done by others but of the same to the utmost of his power shall forth with give Notice to his said master the good of his said master he shall not Embezele or wast nor them lend without his consent to any he shall not Contract matromony from the service of his said master he shall not at any time depart or Discent himself without his said master leave but in all things as a bod boy Demean and have himself to ward his said master and all his during said time and the said William Kennard will teach and instruct or cause to be taight and in instructed suficiantly the said James Vernon in the business and operation of afore said to the best of his knowledge also at the Expiration of said time and at the fulfillment thereof the said William Kennard shall pay him the said James Vernon the sum of seventy dollars and one cow and one good suit of clothes over and above Common wearing appearal also give him six months schooling and aford him Suitable meat drink lodgeing washing and appearal and other necessaryes fit for an apprentice during all of said term
In witness where of of the parteys to thes preasants have herunto set there hand and seals the Day and year first above writen Signed and Sealed in the preasants of us
Jesse Brock Demsey Boswell (seal)
Mahlon Bailey William Kennard (seal)
James Vernon (seal)

This is as well as I could read it and I have tried to be true to the spelling as I read it. I found it very interesting.


KOCHER Family
Submitted by: Paula Talbert
The following is from, Monroe County Ohio Families. KOCHER

"John Jacob Kocher and his wife, Mary Ann Andres, settled in Steinersville, Belmont County, Ohio, having emigrated to this place from Switzerland in 1820. "Their son, Alexander Kocher, was born the tenth day of July, 1829, and according to his obituary and old records of St. Johns Church in Switzerland Township, he was the first child christened at the church after its organization. "On Christmas Day, 1849, Alexander was married to Hulda Blair, daughter of James and Sara (Smith) Blair. They settled on land near Blair Run which had been purchased from the State of Ohio by James Blair. They lived in a log cabin and made their living by farming. To this union twelve children were born, Harvey Wilson Kocher being the eleventh child and only boy in the family. In 1881 Alexander had a house built on the farm and he and his wife and the children that still remained at home moved into the new house. "On May 15, 1914, Harvey Wilson Kocher was married to Flora Mae Talbot, daughter of Rodrick and Nancy Talbot. They had one son, Earle Alexander Kocher, born May 10, 1915. Harvey and his wife continued to live on the farm where he was born and farmed for a living. They attended the Church of Christ at Clarington where he served as a deacon for many years. He lived on the farm until overgrown by illness. "Earle grew up on the farm and attended Blair Run School. This was a one-room building with no electricity and a burnside stove in the center of the room for heat. Eight grades were in this room and were taught by one teacher. After grade school Earle attended high school at Clarington and graduated with the class of 1935. "Earle continued to help his father on the farm until called to serve in the army in 1941. On November 3, 1941, he married Clara Roberts, daughter of Charlie and Sydney (Kirk) Roberts, at Woodsfield. After returning from the army in 1945 Earle was employed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the Ohio River locks and dam. Earle and Clara lived in Belpre and attended the Church of Christ there until he was transferred to Lock 16 at Beavertown in 1968 where Clara passed away February 11, 1973. In 1974 he married Dorothy Roberts Howell. They made their home in Woodsfield until her death in 1983. "Earle and Clara have two children, Earle, Jr., and Doris, botrh living with their families in Belpre. Earle Kocher, Jr., (Bud) works at Elkem Medals and is married to Theresa Bartlett. Theresa is a registered nurse and works at Western Hill Rehabilitation Hospital in Parkersburg. Theresa and Bud have four children, John, Renae, Earle Alexander III, and Kimberly. Doris is employed as a secretary for Belpre City Schools and has one daughter, Shele Leigh Cain. Doris is married to Rodger Ridgway who works as a pipe fitter and welder. "Earle Kocher, Sr., retired from the Corps of Engineers in January 1983 and resides in Belpre. "Submitted by Earle A. Kocher, Sr."


Mordicai MORRIS and Julia Ann LEMASTER Families
Submitted by: Pamela Klemm
The following is from the Bible of Mordicai MORRIS and Julia Ann LEMASTER. It was given to me by my grandmother Eleanor Elizabeth DENNEY WINDOM.

Mordicai MORRIS and Julia Ann LEMASTER married January 21, 1836.

Births:
Mordicai M. MORRIS was born November 4, 1814
Julia Ann LEMASTER was born May 18, 1818 in Monougahalia Co., West Virginia

Their children:
William L. MORRIS born January 4, 1837 in Belmont County, Ohio.
Mary Elizabeth MORRIS born August 11, 1838 in Belmont County, Ohio
Rachel MORRIS was born March 13, 1840 in Belmont County, Ohio
Lydia Ann MORRIS was born September 28, 1841 in Belmont County, Ohio
John Henry MORRIS was born December 4, 1843 in Belmont County, Ohio
Solomon R. MORRIS was born March 19, 1845
George MORRIS was born July 6, 1847 in Monroe County (now Noble County)
Eleanor MORRIS born November 16, 1849 in Noble County, Ohio
Emma Jane MORRIS was born August 30, 1851
Melissa Clarice MORRIS was born January 11, 1854
James MORRIS was born May 9, 1856
Amanda L. MORRIS was born March 29, 1859. Married at West Alexander, Pennsylvania, December 25, 1883
Annie B. MORRIS was born December 5, 1861

Deaths:
Mordicai M. MORRIS died October 17, 1903. Buried in Southern Cemetery, Barnesville, Ohio
Julia Ann LEMASTER died January 7 or 9 (can't read it) 1896. Buried by grandpa.
William L. MORRIS died February 12, 1914 in Columbus, Ohio. Buried in Southern Cemetery, Barnesville, Ohio
Mary Elizabeth MORRIS died in January, 1919 in Cambridge, Ohio. Buried in Quaker City.
Rachel MORRIS died December 10, 1842. Buried at Bethel.
Lydia Ann MORRIS died in Crestline, Ohio, June 21-1892. Buried in Southern Cemetery
John Henry MORRIS died December 31, 1928. Buried in Southern Cemetery.
Solomon R. MORRIS died in Newark, Ohio, February 1, 1926. Buried in Southern Cemetery, Barnesville, Ohio
George MORRIS died November 19, 1848. Burial Swazey Chapel.
Eleanor MORRIS died December 29, 1941
Emma Jane MORRIS died January 30, 1877. Buried at Bethel.
Melissa Clarice MORRIS died in Crestline, Ohio, August 30, 1886. Buried in Crestline, Ohio
James MORRIS died September 14, 1858. Buried in Bethel.
Amanda L. MORRIS died July 16 (no year given). Buried July 19 in Southern Cemetery, Campbell (Funeral Home?) Rev. Brown
Eleanor MORRIS DENNEY died December 29, 1941. Buried in SOuthern Cemetery, December 31, 1941. Foglesoug-Rev. Davis


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