Tag: Military History in Paulding County Ohio

Military History In Paulding County

By: Mark Holtsberry Ambrose Henry Mouser was born in Larue, Ohio November 23, 1866. The son of Dr. Justice Austin Mouser born in Marion, Ohio December 13, 1835. He served in the Civil War as Acting Assistant Surgeon of the United States Army. Ambrose’s mother was Sarah Eleanor (Delong). She was born May of 1841…

Military History in Paulding County

By: Mark Holtsberry David Rube Myers was born November 9, 1879 in Emerald, Paulding County. The son of Frederick born 1853 in Ohio and Margaret Romana (Ankney) born 1856 in Ohio.  This couple was married February 8, 1874 in Paulding. By 1880, this couple, along with children Edward born in 1875, Olive born September 13,…

MILITARY HISTORY IN PAULDING COUNTY 

By: Mark Holtsberry Verner Enoch Meek was born November 5, 1892 in Haviland, Ohio. The son of Enoch Leander born July 1859 in Ohio and Eatie E. (Everett) Meek born July 1867 in Ohio. She is the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Everett. Enoch and Eatie were married in 1884 in Ohio. By 1900, while…

MILITARY HISTORY IN PAULDING COUNTY

By: Mark Holtsberry  John William Marker was born in Paulding County, Ohio March 15, 1893. The son of George Marker, John’s mother could not be located. In 1900, found where John was living at the Children’s Home in Defiance, not sure on details.  On June 3, 1917, John while living in Briceton, Ohio, joined the…

MILITARY HISTORY IN PAULDING COUNTY

By: Mark Holtsberry  Garret Paul Mathias was  born January 1, 1897 in Payne, Ohio. The son of Abraham Lincoln born June 5, 1861 in Ohio and Margarette Annie (Deardorff) Mathias born December 20, 1862 in Logan County, Ohio. This couple was married November 25, 1883 in Paulding.  By 1900, Abraham and Margarette, along with children,…

Military History in Paulding county

By: Mark Holtsberry Milo Ames Kittle was born in Decatur, Indiana September 22, 1890. The son of Elmer Ellsworth born May 17, 1867 in Mercere County and Mary Susan (Wade) Kittle born September 12, 1867 in Van Wert County. By 1900, the Kittle family was living in Brown Township. Elmer was a farmer and he…

Military History In Paulding County 

By: Mark Holtsberry For Major Annie Guyton Fox I have to break Paulding County Veteran prodigal. But, I found this individual who served at Pearl Harbor who I felt needed to be covered. Annie was born August 4, 1893 in Pub Nico, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, Canada. The daughter of Dr. Charles James and Deidamia…

Military History in Paulding County 

By: Mark Holtsberry  Chester Earl “Smokey” Kite was born in Payne, Ohio May 23, 1894. The son of Andrew McClelland born May 5, 1862 in Champaign County, Ohio and Rose Ann (Bodey) Kite born June 26, 1872 in Shelby County, Ohio.  This couple was married December 19, 1889 in Paulding, Ohio. By 1900, this couple…

Military History in Paulding County

By: Mark Holtsberry Hubert M. Koenn Jr. was born in Cecil, Ohio May 16, 1890. The son of Hubert Sr., born July of 1855 in Hamburg, Germany and Veronica (Haep) Koenn born in Hamburg, Germany. This couple was married in Germany in 1880. They immigrated to America in 1884.  By 1890, the Koenn family consisted…

Military History in Paulding County

By: Mark Holtsberry Alfred B. Lighthill was born in Oakwood, Ohio November 30, 1891. The son of Franklin Henry born January 11, 1863 in Paulding County. And Anna Mary (Bobenmyer) Lighthill born July 18, 1865 in Brown Township. This couple was married November 23, 1884 in Putnam County. A son, David Ellsworth was born in…

MILITARY HISTORY IN PAULDING COUNTY

By: Mark Holtsberry  Clare William Keck was born May 20, 1894 in Jackson Township. The son of George Thomas born June 18, 1870 in Ohio and Eva Edith (Good) Keck born January 28, 1873 in Ohio. This couple was married October 7, 1891 in Paulding. By 1900, George and Eva had four children. Annie born…

MILITARY HISTORY IN PAULDING COUNTY

By: Mark Holtsberry  Frederick F. Johnson was born in Antwerp, Ohio in 1883. The son of James L. born December 31, 1858 in Ohio and Carrie S. (Goshorn) Johnson born in 1864 in Ohio. Her father, Andrew Jackson Goshorn, was a Civil War Veteran who served with 147 Ohio Volunteer Infantry.  Anyway, I went down…

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,…