Category: Mark Holtsberry

MILITARY HISTORY IN PAULDING COUNTY

By: Mark Holtsberry William Vilas Keckley was born April 28, 1894 in Jackson Township Paulding County, the son of William Sherman, born December 15, 1858 in Union County Ohio and Alice (Bowdre) Keckley, born April 15, 1861 in Ohio. William and Alice were married March 15, 1885 in Union County, Ohio.  In 1888, a daughter,…

Military History in Paulding County

By: Mark Holtsberry  Virgil Hudson was born September 11, 1899 in Paulding, Ohio. The son of Edward E., born December 4, 1865 in Henry County, Ohio and Alma O. (Barnes) Hudson born March 20, 1870 in Jackson Township, Paulding County. This couple was married January 17, 1894 in Paulding. This happy couple were blessed with…

Military History in Paulding County

By: Mark Holtsberry Hosea Gerald Hummell was born in Antwerp, Ohio January 25, 1897. The son of Leroy, born in Ohio, November of 1873 and Catherine (Doyle) Hummell, born in Ohio, December of 1874. This couple was married June 30, 1894 in Paulding, Ohio.  By 1900 the Hummell family was living in Antwerp. The family…

Military History in Paulding County 

By: Mark Holtsberry  John Marconi Jacobs was born September 7, 1886 in Paulding Township. The son of Marconi Pettit born March 14, 1838 in Ohio and Ellen (Stout) Jacobs born May 4, 1842 in Ohio. This couple was married August 24, 1865 in Paulding, Ohio. Now this was not Marconi’s first wife. He was married…

MILITARY HISTORY IN PAULDING COUNTY

By: Mark Holtsberry Forest McKinley Jenkins was born in Haviland, Ohio, February 5, 1897. The son of John Andrew born March 30, 1862 in Jeffersonville, Ohio and Susie May (Gunderman) Jenkins born October 20, 1872 in Franklin County, Ohio. This couple was married October 23, 1895 in Paulding.  By 1900, this couple, John and Susie,…

MILITARY HISTORY IN PAULDING COUNTY

By: Mark Holtsberry  Burton Rowland Hoaglin was born May 21, 1891 in Paulding, Ohio. The son of George McClellan, born July 23, 1861 in Van Wert, Ohio, and Geneva C. (Schnorf) Hoaglin, born March 5, 1870 in Preble County, Ohio. This couple was married March 28, 1889 in Paulding, Ohio.  By 1900, this couple along…

MILITARY HISTORY IN PAULDING COUNTY

By: Mark Holtsberry Ulysses Hitchcock was born March 10, 1896 in Putnam County, Ohio. The son of John, born in May of 1856 in Ohio and Ida Madora (Barnard) Hitchcock born October 6, 1856 in Ohio. This couple married October 6, 1878 in Putnam County. By 1909, the Hitchcock family was living in Jackson Township,…

MILITARY HISTORY IN PAULDING COUNTY

By: Mark Holtsberry Robert Lain Holtsberry was born April 16, 1890 in Latty, Ohio. The son of Franklin T., born October 17, 1849 in Ohio and Sarah Ellen (Betts) Holtsberry born February 16, 1858 in Piqua, Miami County, Ohio. She is the daughter of Joseph Smith and Susan H. Betts. This couple was married on…

Military History in Paulding County

Guy Fleming Heazlit was born November 30, 1890 in Omaha, Nebraska. The son of Perry, born March of 1851 in Ohio and Mary Eliza (White) Heazlit born in 1856 in Ohio.  This couple was married in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. The Heazlit family had moved to Nebraska between the years of 1885 and 1899. Guy’s sister…

Military History in Paulding County

By: Mark Holtsberry George Henry Hetz was born in Defiance, Ohio June 16, 1886. The son of Wentzel born March 21, 1851 in Germany and Barbara (Pushl) Hetz born 1845 in Germany. The Hetz family were living in Highland Township in Defiance County in 1890. This family was engaged in farming. George was too little…

Military History in Paulding County

By: Mark Holtsberry Clyde Ervin Franklin was born May 29, 1897 in Payne, Ohio. The son of Samuel H. born February 27, 1859 in Ft. Recovery, Ohio and Mary Elizabeth (Faller) Franklin, born December 19, 1861 in Ohio.  This couple was married February 8, 1880 in Mercer County, Ohio. The Franklin family was living in…

Military History in Paulding County

By: Mark Holtsberry Herman Delmore Fuller was born in Oakwood, Ohio, December 14, 1887. The son of Alexander F. born December 13,1857 and Eveline (Burt) Fuller born April 2, 1867 in Ohio City, Van Wert County, Ohio. They were married July 3, 1886 in Paulding. From this couple’s marriage they had two children, Herman and…

MILITARY HISTORY IN PAULDING COUNTY

By: Mark Holtsberry Emra Theadore Gray was born in Paulding, Ohio April 27, 1892. The son of Harvey, born April of 1858 in Ohio. And Mary Ann (Freeze) Gray born October of 1860 in Ohio. The couple was married July 6, 1879 in Paulding. The couple was farming in the Paulding area.  By 1900 this…