Family Research in Monroe County, Ohio

by Catharine F. Fedorchak

Volume 1 Some of the families featured in this volume include Vandevanter, Rucker, Truax, Okey, Hazzard, Witten, Dickerson, Beall, Dye, Brown, Enochs, Smith, Stine, Lindemood, Voltz, Muhleman, Scott, Woods, Moose, Alexander, Beckett, Massie, Sellers, Ward, Raper, Archer, Barkes, Barkhurst, Minor, Whitney, Hill, Hollister, Hickman, Mellotts, Gourleys, Henthorne, Danford, Farra, Foreaker, Shuman, Norris, Sherman, Whitham, Hukill, Edington, Hawkins, Allen, Mitchell, Slaught, Dement, Christy, Cecil, Knowlton, Meredith, Stewart, Morgan, Alton, Mann, Harper, Cline, Duvall, Atkinson, Hall, Poe, Draper, Starkey, Davis, Talbott, Stephens, Crow, Yoho, Luthy, Baldwin, Fankhouser, Hendershot, Steel, Junkins/Jenkins, Gates, Warfield, Oden, Yunkas, Burkhart, Yockey, Lang, Fulton, Bigger, Rose, Powers, Farley, Ross, Hanna, Hartline, Boughner, Lippencott, Phillips, Fairhurst, Wetzel. Also included are Andersonville Prison, 1850 & the Gold Rush, Migrations to Illinois, Swiss-German Emigrants, War of 1812, Revolutionary War Veterans, Sale of Public Lands, Land Owners, Revolutionary Pensioners in 1840, Revolutionary veterans in 1830, Widows of Revolutionary veterans in 1830, 1850 Mortality schedule, Hannibal church records, St. John s Church of Miltonsburg. Every name index.

Volume 2 Part 1 Featured families include: Morris, Miller, Hunter, Rucker, Smith, Carmichael, Barkes, Stuckey, Brewer, Foreman, Noffsinger, Drum, Williard, Farrier, Yoho, Eddy, Morris, Sailor, Bruny, Gray, McCullough, Tingley, Atkinson, Leslie, Young, Baumgartner, Fankhauser, Brown, Truax/Wink, Hogue, Midkiff, Barkus, Mellott, Steward/Stewart, Dement, Farley, Metheny. Civil War records, Court of Common Pleas records, many biographical sketches from Hardesty s Historical Atlas, Presbyterian cemetery of Beallsville are also included. Every name index.

Volume 2 Part 2 More biographical sketches from Hardesty s History, family features on Bainum, McCullough, Fulkerson, Truax, Wink, Masters, Farley, Sill, Miller, Mills, Casteel, Smith, McClain, Edge, Brown, Tidd, Nalley, Dougherty, Latta, Highman, Poulton. Also post offices in Monroe County, Account book of John Mechem of Beallsville, Revolutionary War pension applicants, naturalizations, 1883 list of pensioners, will of Robert Grier, 116^th OVI.

Volume 3 Special features on the families of Cochran, Wilson, Davis, Carrick, Carmichael, Archer, Griffith, Evans, King, Lanam, Tisher, Rhodes, Mozena, Dougherty, Jacky, John, Ackerman, Sloan, Winland, Kinmach, Kansig, Koher, Stoehr, Neuhart, Hupp, Wilson, Dickerson, Billingsley, Drum, Getz, Kearns. Readers will also find information on African Americans in Monroe and Belmont, Church records of Miltonsburg, Middle & Lewisville, quit claim deeds, Center Twp. trustee minute book, Court of common pleas, Monroe County, German names, court records of 1849, Marriage Records of Esq. Mayes, Fulda (Noble Co.), newspaper abstracts 1844, Wayne Co. IL migrations, obituaries, court of common pleas records, underground railroad, Jerusalem cemetery, Rumbach (Germany). first will book, 116^th OVI, Jackson Co. WV marriages, early land grants.

Volume 4 This volume contains articles on the families of McElresh, Goudy, Orris, Cox, Barnes, Stine, Roos, Foreaker, Schnelle, Price, Drum, Walters, Ford, Neuhart, Dye, Hart, Keller, Hess, Hoskinson, Farmer, Schoonover, Fox, Eddy, Dennis, Hogue, Kirkbride, Willison, Massie, Weber, Lincard, Moser, Potts, Morris, Archer, Gray, Carrothers, Dye, Jones, Eickleberry, McDonnell/McDonald, Beardmore, Clegg, Frutschi. In addition, there are articles on the Sultana explosion, Zion Evangelical (Hannibal) church records, wills by women, Flat Rock cemetery, Buchanan Church, civil suits.

Volume 5 The families of Dougherty, Denbow, Burkhart, Powell, Dye, Bryson, Adamson, Rose/Roos, Mozena, Smith, Schooley, Miller, Burkhart, Kittel, Becker, Henthorne, Rucker, Pfalzgraf, Winland, Latshaw, von Trotha, Cuntz, Baker, Steed are highlighted. Rumbach, Germany church, wills, obituaries of Ashland Countians born in Monroe, Ohio land grant records, cemeteries, Civil War fatalities, Harmony Baptist cemetery, land records, O. R. & W. Railroad, Zion Evangelical church records, maiden names of women, paternity and maternity records, and naturalizations fill these pages as well.

Volume 6 Some families included are: Massie. Lunsford, Baker, Burkhart, Brubach, Yoho, Miles, Bidenharen, Mann, Ball, Walter, Clingan, Donner, Luckey, Dougherty, Bottenfield, Orange, Calvin, Cox, Lang, Lincicome, Dunn, Noffsinger, Nieb, Gates, Buskirk, Mallory, Ringer, Jones, Largent, Okey, Tisher, Von Trotha, Neuparz, Billman, Hamilton, Howell, Lang, Devoe, Green, Gates. Also War of 1812 company, Graves of Civil War soldiers, tracing land records, Zion Evangelical Church records, German-Swiss Research, Center Township Minute Book.

Volume 7 Another volume filled with information on Salem German Church Records, land records, Civil War soldiers, quit claim deeds, tombstones before 1850, and court of common pleas. In addition, Mrs. Fedorchak includes articles on the families of Drum, Dakan, Foggin, Tisher, Catlett, Fogle, Bonar, Oshel, Horn, Berry, Yost, Dicks, Kochert, Harmon, Luke, Affolter, Brooks, Hill, Beall, Weston, Talbot, Thompson, Yunkas, Allen, Diehl, Pflazgraf, Scheel, Vierheller, Brown, and Luizadder. Every name index includes thousands of names.

Volume 8 Records from the Civil War, death records, court of common pleas, cemeteries and newspapers are incorporated with features on these families: Henthorn, Weisend, Yontz, Haren, Enochs, Burkhart, Baldwin, Allen, Guthrie, , Brown, Morris, Bare, Ruch, Krebs, Trembly, Okey, Brister, Dailey, Fisher, Cooley, Sprout/Sproat, Hofer, Diehl, Fisher, Gauding, Yockey, Weaver, Pfalzgraph, Martin, Christman, Ullman and Fankahuser. Index includes thousands of other individuals in Monroe County.

Volume 9 Church, cemetery, land, and court of common pleas are just some of the records found in this volume. It also has features on the families of Carpenter, Ball, Clegg, Grandon, Sellers, Burkhart, Wise, Miller, Dearth, Yunkas, Oblinger, Pennington, McCollum, Keevert, Luke, Jones, Tisher, Hartshorn, Hamilton, Moffitt, and Farley. An every-name index numbers thousands of other individuals.

Volume 10 This is the tenth and last volume in this series comprised of genealogical columns written by Mrs. Fedorchak for the Spirit of Democracy newspaper from 1967 until her death in 1994. Cemetery, court of common pleas, marriage, land patents, death, wills, Civil War Discharges, church, items from newspapers are some of the records included in this volume. Families featured in this book include Haugh, Curtis, Davis, Dement, Schwallie-Ulrich, Edington-Edrington, Stille, Dye, Hall, Craig-Piatt, Yunkas, Cisne/Cessna, Kochert, Dicks, and more. Every name index lists thousands of other individuals. Paper. 330 pp. $20.00.Postage is $2.00 for the first item and $.75 for each additional item. Ohio residents add $1.50 sales tax.

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