By: Mark Holtsberry Chancey Boroff was born March 2, 1887 in Grover Hill, Ohio. The son of William Harrison, born December 19, 1852 in Mercer County, Ohio, and Mary Ellen (Lautzenheiser) Boroff, born March 21, 1857 in Wells County, Indiana. By 1900, the Boroff family was living in Grover Hill. William was working as a…
By: Mark Holtsberry Alva Johnson Abbott, was born August 4, 1892 in Latty, Ohio. The son of Charles and Mary (Gaines) Abbott. Charles was born January 1842 in Kentucky and Mary was born in 1851. The couple was married June 1, 1872 in Paulding. Charles served in the 117th United States Colored Troops between the…
By: Mark Holtsberry Continued from last week… Joshua C. Barrick was with Company M. 2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry at Columbus, Ohio on May 16, 1898, before the Company was sent to Camp George H. Thomas, Chickamauga, Georgia. The Company was stationed there until November 15, 1898, when they were ordered to report to Macon, Georgia…
By: Mark Holtsberry Joshua C. Barrick was born in Michigan, January 5, 1860. The son of Jonathan, born 1828, in Ohio and Rachel Jane (Hawkins) Barrick, born April 20, 1849 in Indiana. Now let’s go down the ground hog hole. Rachel’s father, Robert, was a Civil War Veteran from Antwerp, Ohio. He served with Company…
By: Mark Holtsberry Three Brothers This tragic story is about three brothers from Carryall Township: Jonathan, Reynolds and George Gordon. The Gordon boys were the sons of George and Lucinda Rachel (Shaw) Gordon. This couple was married in Williams County, October 6, 1839. Both were born in New York, Lucinda in 1823 and George in…
By: Mark Holtsberry Irl Vernon Dindot was a young man born July 21, 1893 in Delphos, Ohio. The son of John Jenkins Dindot, born December 2, 1853 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and Laura (Bayman) Dindot born in 1856. This couple married in 1878. By 1900, the Dindot family, John, Laura and ten children, Irl being the…
By: Mark Holtsberry Paul D. Yager, was born in Paulding, Ohio August 25, 1892. The son of John O., born in 1858, and Clara L. (Emmanuel), born in 1868, Yager. This couple was married in 1891. By 1900 the couple was living in Antwerp, Ohio. John was working as a Fire Insurance Agent. The couple…
By: Mark Holtsberry The Folded Flag This is a different twist on a story, but hang on for the ending. This story is about a Civil War Veteran named Nelson Hand. Nelson was born in 1829. Records are hard to find after the whereabouts of his birth place. By 1850, Nelson was living in Richland,…
The Paulding County Commissioners scheduled an Open House for December 2, 2022. The entire county was invited to tour the new County office building. The facility has been slowly prepared over the past year with various county government services relocating their offices to 451 McDonald Pike Avenue. Not all Paulding County agencies have changed their…
By: Mark Holtsberry Arthur Roy Yenser was born in Oakwood, Ohio on October 20, 1889. The son and fourth child born to John Franklin and Anne M. (Green) Yenser. This couple was married in Defiance, Ohio February 16, 1883 John was born in 1863 and Anne October 10, 1858 in Emerald Township. She became a…
By: Mark Holtsberry Charles Alvin Riley was born in Dennison, Texas May 14, 1891. The son of Dr. Charles W. and Eva May (Dix) Riley. Charles W. Riley was born in New York July 22 1851. Eva May was born in Van Wert, Ohio, May 27, 1873. She was the daughter of Dr. Peres Alvin…
By: Mark Holtsberry Basil M. Wooton was a young man born in Latty, Ohio, March 30, 1897. The son of Levi W. and Ruby E. (Hamilton) Wooton. This couple was married, August 16, 1890 in Celina, Mercer County, Ohio. They had four children: Jesse Raymond born 1893, Cora L. born 1895, Basil M. born 1897…
By: Mark Holtsberry Tragic story of two young men from Broughton, Earnest Earl Tilley and Frank Halley Doster. Earnest was born in Broughton, Ohio, April 21, 1896. The son of George H. and Bertha Tilley. The family was living in Latty until around 1915, before moving back to Broughton. When the United States was soon…
