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| Name: | Eric T. Deem |
| E-mail address: | vexorg@mindspring.com |
| Comments: | Just looking around.....back in the mid 80's, I, my Father and Mother, made a brief stop in your town to visit my Great-Aunt. My Father took me to the cemetary and showed me the gravesites of our ancestors up on "the hill".
Great website - I hope everyone is successful in their quest of their own family histories! |
| Name: | stella malcolm |
| E-mail address: | stella_oh@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | My grandparents are from Gallia county on my father's side.
I am still looking for the Angle(s)/Cope families. After the death of my grandfather,Daniel Angle,I have not been able to find where his wife,much younger then he was,went.Her name is Susan Angle,I have a list of possible maiden names or married ones before Daniel.Myers,Medley.Both were suppose to be born in Va. Have almost all of the families after but need before coming to Ohio and being on the census of 1860. Thank you! Stella Angles Malcolm |
| Name: | Luetta Quick |
| E-mail address: | edward.quick@verizon.net |
| Comments: | I was born in Blackfork Ohio in 1931 lived their for 37 years, My father was Estel Leonard and mother was Mable Leonard, Grand father was Luther and grandmother was Ella Kuhn Leonard |
| Name: | Sue Passmore |
| E-mail address: | bancydyffryn@yahoo.co.uk |
| Comments: | Hi, can anyone help me with the Civil War service of Isaac D Jones from Paris township Ohio who died 1 September 1864. I do have details about his family but have had no luck with the National Archives on his army time but he definitely served, says so on his gravestone.He was 26 when he died. |
| Name: | Connie Zeigler |
| E-mail address: | miconz@woh.rr.com |
| Comments: | Hi folks~
I was in to visit last week and it was a pleasure as always. You guys do such a great job there!! I picked up all the newest books. I can't seem to get away from the birth records, volume 3 and 4. I am still digging at my Sawin-William, Lewis-Halley, Mooney-Layne, Coughenour-Gordon roots. Thanks for all you do, Connie Zeigler |
| Name: | Nair Family |
| E-mail address: | snair97617@sbcglobal.net |
| Comments: | I am searching for McDaniel family members from Gallia County, Ohio, through the line of George McDaniel date of death (DOD) 15 Mar 1890 (listed on census records back to 1860)with his wife Judah (Juda) McDaniel (DOD) 24 Jan 1889 and children:
1. Amy McDaniel (Andrew Ely married 18 Oct 1863), who is my g-g-g-grandmother 2. William McDaniel (who served in the Civil War- 5th Infantry USCT Co.F and was wounded in the face & head at the Battle of New Market Heights, VA. Never married DOD 30 Jul 1909 3. Joseph McDaniel DOD 19 Oct 1933 (Della V. Jones) 4. Martha McDaniel (Simon Crow) 5. David McDaniel (Susan McDaniel) 6. Catharine McDaniel 7. Phebe McDaniel (never married on 1910 Census as single) 8. Gloria McDaniel 9. George McDaniel (Anna McDaniel) I'd like to trace ancestry in Gallia back to year of the original settlement to determine our eligibility to register with the First Families, though I do not currently live in Ohio. |
| Name: | Richard Williams |
| E-mail address: | r.williams2010@sbcglobal.net |
| Comments: | I am looking for information on our MCKEAN family. SHERMAN E. MCKEAN b. May 16, 1873 - d. Aug. 4, 1936. He married Sadie B. Towns b. jan. 23, 1878 - d. Sep. 24, 1939. Sherman's father was WILLIAM MCKEAN, b. Aug. 17, 1836 - d. Aug 9, 1913; md Susan Pritchard, b. 1851 - d. Dec. 1897. William's father, WILLIAM MCKEAN, b. 1787 d. 1851; md Mary Kerns, b. 1807 - d. 1880. All in Gallia County. Great guestbook, and the Historical and Genealogical Society are super! |
| Name: | Phyllis |
| E-mail address: | cwils@columbus.rr.com |
| Comments: | Looking for any relatives to the following;
Children of CYRUS SHENEFIELD and CELESTINE DYKE are: i. ALDY PHEBE7 SHENEFIELD, b. April 25, 1869, Ohio; m. HENRY WILSON COTTRILL, March 17, 1893, Ohio. ii. CHARLES EDGAR DYKE SHENEFIELD, b. June 28, 1871, Ohio; d. 1948, Gallia Co, Ohio; m. LOLA E. ALEXANDER, January 03, 1891, Gallia Co, Ohio; b. August 1875; d. December 21, 1938, Gallia Co, Ohio. |
| Name: | Deborah Dickey |
| E-mail address: | deborahdickey@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Sorry about my first post. I had looked at only the first few and thought I was correct in what I posted. Then I read on and found the message re:inquiries. I'll do that. Thank you! |
| Name: | Deborah Dickey |
| E-mail address: | deborahdickey@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | My 4th Great Grandfather, Francis Thierry, died in Gallia County on 2 December 1832. His son, James Noble Thierry, may have been born there in 1816. His daughter, Naragansett Caroline, is my 2nd great grandmother. She is the mother of my Great Grandfather, Frederick O Dickey who died in Illinois. I am wondering if Francis Thierry or his wife Frances have a grave site there or if my information is wrong. I plan to come to the area in Summer,2007 and hope to get some information at your historical society then. If you have any information now regarding these folks, I'd appreciate it. Thank you. |
| Name: | Janice Campbell-Stout |
| E-mail address: | janicecs@comcast.net |
| Comments: | I am researching my Campbell ancestors from Gallia County, Ohio Township. My great great grandfather was Alexander Campbell, born approximately 1825. His second wife was Elizabeth Higgins whom he married in 1852. From the 1850 and 1860 census, Ohio Township seems to have a lot of Campbells. Alexander fathered a son in approximately 1863, but his wife marries John H. Slone (Sloan)in 1870. Can anyone help with my Campbells? |
| Name: | HAROLD EUBANKS |
| E-mail address: | NAEHKE@AOL.COM |
| Comments: | I WAS BORN IN BLACKFORK OHIO IN 1938. MY MOTHER WAS INA MARIE SCOTT, MY FATHER WAS ELDON CAREY EUBANKS. I DON'T KNOW ALOT ABOUT MY ANCESTORS. |
| Name: | Sharon Hiser |
| E-mail address: | shiser8274@wowway.com |
| Comments: | This is a great way to check on ancestors in an area! I am looking for the John White and Jane Wallace families. They married in Gallia county on Nov. 27, 1857. |
| Name: | hayden johnson |
| E-mail address: | alois5@aol.com |
| Comments: | Hello i'm new to this i'm searching for my gradfather ned baber father which is listed as white on the census in galliplois,portsmoth oh and i'm going to have fun searching. either black or white we all come fom the same place from when time begin. If there is any one who is formilar with the bradbury family pleas show me the way to search i stumbled on this site by chance.Thanks
Hayden |
| Name: | John Ross |
| E-mail address: | Johneros@msn.com |
| Comments: | I'm intrested in your website. as I have traced my family tree back to Gallia County, as early as 1820 and Possiblly before with the Census. My GGG grandfather is listed around Mercerville and Ohio Twp Gallia County He is listed born in Virginia and on the 1820 Census Ohio Twp Gallia county Thru 1870 Census the family Ross can be found in Gallia Thru 1930, Other Family names branching off of this tree Waugh, Seley, King, Ellis, Trowbridge, Calhoon, Shoemaker and Delong. The family Bible listed my Gg Granfather born in Gallia. Any Info would greatly be appreciated. |
| Name: | Karl Henry II |
| E-mail address: | giking@earthlink.net |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.thehenrytimes.com |
| Comments: | I traced my Great-great grandfather David Lee Henry and his wife Mary Jackson who 12 children, 11 of the 12 were born in Gallia County. They are listed in the 1880 US Fed Census. Children: Albert Henry, Dora Henry, Catherine Henry, Margant Henry, Martha Henry, Ross Henry, Thomas Henry, Samuel Henry, Virginia Henry (my great-grand mother), Anderson Henry, and Kaziah Henry. |
| Name: | Larry McCutcheon |
| E-mail address: | landjmcc@bellsouth.net |
| Comments: | You have a wonderful website...to be envied by other communities...such pride! I signed you Dreambook and submitted a query awhile back and have since changed my e-mail address. My most current sign-in contains my new address...also submitted today. Is there anyway you can change my old address on my old query from landjmcc@mlec.net to my current address landjmcc@bellsouth.net. Thank you! Plan on leaving my home in Tennessee to visit your community this summer in hopes of finding info on Jennette S. McKnight Braley Halliday, my great great grandmother. |
| Name: | Larry McCutcheon |
| E-mail address: | landjmcc@bellsouth.net |
| Comments: | Jennette S. McKnight 1831-? (born New Brunswick Canada)first married James E. Braley 1828-1864 who is buried Miles Cemetery, Meigs County(?)...following his death Jennette married Samuel Halliday 1799-1880. I believe they lived and died(?)in Gallia County. Jennette is my great great grandmother who I have little info on. Her daughter, Emma Lou Braley McCutcheon 1848-1888 died in Fayette County, WV,is my great grandmother. I would love to have info on Jennette, place of death, remarriage following Samuel Halliday's death, etc. She is my "brick wall"...any help would be greatly appreciated. I will gladly share what info I have. |
| Name: | Ramon Lee Wright |
| E-mail address: | ShowMeAntq@aol.com |
| Comments: | Hi, From the Land of Oz in the great state of Kansas.
I am researching the family of James Rice b. 1724 in Prince Edward Co.,Va who settled in Greenfield,Gallia County,Ohio around 1806, who was the oldest man in Ohio who died at 116 yrs in 1844. Wanted any information on his children,grandchildren and the hundreds of gg grandchildren.If you are of this line please e-mail me with your info. Thanks and always follow your dreams and you may live to be 116. |
| Name: | Lula Hull |
| E-mail address: | Lulaann39@aol.com |
| Comments: | Very nice and interesting, i am searching Newland. so far no luck , any help thanks i will keep looking to see maybe a Newland will come thru in Gallia co ohio. |
| Name: | D STEWART |
| E-mail address: | stewaz99@yahoo.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.yahoo.com |
| Comments: | My relative is Randall Newman. I may be kin to Steinbergen
and Albert Price. However, I am kin to Hiram Davis family and Paris and John Miller, along with Henry Williams and Jacob Jones. I have a lot of census and death info on all. E-mail me back. |
| Name: | Francis Montabon |
| E-mail address: | narf70@centurytel.net |
| Comments: | I am third generation in the USA. Grandpa emigrated from France in 1889 (Alex Montabon). I have reason to believe a Francois R. Montabon may hve been a resident or visitor to Gallia county In 1790 or following years. He arrived in Alexandria VA. in 1790, at 16 yrs of age.He could possibly be a relative about 8 Generations removed.
My wife, Barbara, and I live in Gleason WI. We have lived in this area all our life. I am soon to be 72 and Barb is 66. Enjoy genealogy research. |
| Name: | Dennis Hazlett |
| E-mail address: | dhmdmo@worldnet.att.net |
| Homepage URL: | http://Dennis Hazlett |
| Comments: | 1 Robert Hazlett - Mary Colwell children:
2 Hugh Hazlett & Mary McFadden (6 children) 2 Isaac Hazlett & Matilda Calhoun (13 children) 3 Robert Edward Hazlett & Elizabeth Gillmore(13children) 4 George Crux Hazlett (10th child) 4-2-1865 to 3-24-20 5 Edward Gay Hazlett & Rose Lenhoff (12 children) 5 Claude Ernest Hazlett 5 Ross Crux Hazlett & Mary Biffath (12 Children) Dennis M Hazlett (7th child) |
| Name: | Rita Bogard |
| E-mail address: | rbogard@ticz.com |
| Comments: | I am from southwestern Indiana and have Ohio roots. I found this page while looking for my DILLION, CAMPBELL AND PROSE lines that came Perry Twp, and Walnut Twp. in Gallia County. I also have BOGARD, GUYER and SHOEMAKER lines that come from Ross County.
If anyone else is working on these lines, please feel free to drop me a line. |
| Name: | george stimel |
| E-mail address: | gstimel12409@scpwildblue.com |
| Comments: | I have a new email address.Still looking for info on stimmel and Rupe families in Gallia Co. |
| Name: | Kayla Johnson |
| E-mail address: | keith.johnson@Rotech.com |
| Comments: | Hello. My name is Kayla Johnson and I am a sophomore at River Valley High School. My friends Kari McFann, Kayla Payne and I are working on a National History Day performance on Bernice Payne Borden. Bernice is the great aunt of Kayla Payne and, as we have discovered, helped lead the integration movement in Gallia County. Kari, Kayla and I would love to find out more about Mrs. Borden. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. |
| Name: | George Stimel |
| E-mail address: | George Stimel@aol.com |
| Comments: | Looks very good. I was looking through it in hopes of seeing or finding info on my grandfather Otis Stimmel. My father Roy Stimel died there in 1948 I believe Otis died in 1932.Any help would be appreciated. Thank you very much. George Stimel |
| Name: | Erin Rettke |
| E-mail address: | erettke@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | I am thrilled to find that you are in existance. I am in search of my Ohio relations and can't wait to find out more through you! |
| Name: | Eleanor Clark Nance |
| E-mail address: | ejcn530@aol.com |
| Comments: |
Read for the first time the Dreambook. Great fun. Am researching the Johnson, Sheets, Clark families of Gallia County. My ggrandfather was Andrew J. Johnson (m Diana A. Rankin 08/08/1858) They had eight childred, five lived to adulthood. Grandparents buried in Mercerville Cemetery. Their daughter Eleanor was my grandmother. Eleanor m John Jesse Sheets 10/04/1885. His father was John H Sheets (1830-1901) m Frances C. Saunders 01/30/1853 Still working on the Clark side. Any help appreciated. Eleanor Nance |
| Name: | Lori Keels |
| E-mail address: | lorikeels@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | I have to say that I am ashamed of the fact that there is
so little to find in regard to my black ancestors My dad's family came from Southern Ohio. Blackfork, to be exact. The oldest African American Baptist Church was built on his ancestors land. The original church burned down, but was rebuilt and still stands off of RT. 93. Whether America wants to admit it or not, there are African Americans alive and well and they do have a history. Just because America is ashamed of the history that was forced onto the blacks during slavery, that doesn't mean that the African race should not be able to look back and find out where and who they came from. I want to know, even if it means that I find out who "owned" my great-grandparents. I have the right to know and it is Ohio's job to find out the history on all of it's residents, not just the white ones. I am very disgusted that my family tree is bare and that I have no way to make it grow. Not only for me, but for my son. I want him to know his background as well. Lori Keels (Daughter of Ronald E. Keels; Grand-daughter of Edward C. Keels and Gladys Watson-Keels). |
| Name: | Cheryl Tuck |
| E-mail address: | candltuck@sbcglobal.net |
| Comments: | My Father was Marlin Thevenin, son of Steven Jasper Thevenin' both of Gallipolis and where I was born. I am so glad I was able to attend the ceremonial placement of the monument to John and Nicholas Thevenin. I have heard there is an organization for daughters of the Founding Fathers and would like some information about it. |
| Name: | John E. Colyer |
| E-mail address: | johncolyer@mchsi.com |
| Comments: | My Great grandfather was Benjamin F. McDaniel; Great, Great grandfather was Ephraim and Great, Great Great Grandfather was Henry McDaniel Jr, etc. Benjamin F. Married Cynthia Patterson, daughter of Ansel Aretus Patterson.
I am interested in any McDaniel and Patterson history. Understand there is maybe a McDaniel family reunion there each year and a book named "Symmes Creek" I may be interested in. Please contact if you can guide me in the right direction. John E. (Ed) Colyer johncolyer@mchsi.com 717 West 4th Street Lamoni, Iowa 50140 |
| Name: | MarkKreps |
| E-mail address: | mjkreps@gmail.com |
| Comments: | George Hoppes, was a Rev. War patriot, recognized by the SAR. He is reportedly buried circa: 1812 in Gallia County. Any info would be appreciated. |
| Name: | Connie Zeigler |
| E-mail address: | miconz@woh.rr.com |
| Comments: | Just stopped in again a couple weeks ago and it never ceases to amaze me how knowledgable and helpful Mary Lee and her Gallia Co. Historical and Genealogical staff are.
They are always kind and friendly and willing to help with anything you need. Keep up the great job gang!! |
| Name: | Thelma Hearn |
| E-mail address: | rlfire2000@aol.com |
| Comments: | Thanks so much for having this guest book, I am looking for Thomas Edward Clark, born in Walnut township Gallia Co. Ohio. would like to find whohe married there. I believe he was married twice. The eldest daughter was born there in 1867- Mary. then he Married Sarah Ann Capps in Mo.& it lists 3 daughters for them, Abagil,Ida & Nancy. Thomas is my g. grandfather & any Info would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Thelma |
| Name: | Garry Hundley |
| E-mail address: | gdh0749@aol.com |
| Comments: | I am researching the Hix family and the Shoemaker family. Eli hix was born in Gallia county in 1811. His father was James Hix born in Bedford Virginia around 1788 and married Druzilla Martindale in 1804 in Greenbrier Virginia. William Hix was born in Gallia county in 1831 and married Margaret Winegar. They had my ggrandfather James Hix who married Rosetta Shoemaker and their son Ross Hix was my grandfather.
His daughter was Helen Hix born May 30, 1925 who is my mother. Rosetta's fathers name was george shoemaker. |
| Name: | Linda Sponenburgh |
| E-mail address: | sherrilsp@mindspring.com |
| Comments: | Great people and very helpful, especially Mary Lee |
| Name: | gene beauchamp |
| E-mail address: | pearlharbor19432003@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | My relative married Nicholas Thevenin- M. Louck.Their daughter married Eri Harrington who was the son of Giles Harrington from S. Hero , Vt. Eri had many children including my ggranddad Nicholas Rome Harrington who with brothers Virgil and Arista came to Ks in 1878. I have several letters written from my ggrandmother Melissa Lewis Harrington in 1873 from Gallipolis that are in perfect shape.Civil War is my passion and needless to say I have the Ohio 7th Cav co L and 173 Ohio Infantry Regiment full of my relatives Harrington/ Clark and Wetherholt. |
| Name: | James Fraley |
| E-mail address: | happytrails@iapdatacom.net |
| Comments: | Hello. Am researching my great grandfather, George Washington Fraley who married Mary Ann Bickle in Gallia County, Ohio, on 19 Oct 1865. If you can give me any assistance about those relatives and their ancestors, I thank you in advance. |