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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
By: Mark Holtsberry Julius Reimy Dobbelaire was born June 21, 1895 in Moorslede, West Flanders, Belgium. The son of Leonard Isidoor and Silvia Pelagia (Cappelle) Dobbelaire. Julius fought in War World 1 with the Belgium Army. Serving from 1914-1918. Julius immigrated to the United States in 1920 and became a Naturalized citizen. Julius married a…
By: Mark Holtsberry Walter Edward Carlisle was born March 24, 1893 in Brighton, Lorain County, Ohio. The son of Joseph, born June 22, 1854 in Ross County, Ohio and Alice Liberty (Gaither) Carlisle, born August 31, 1854 in Pique County, Ohio. This couple was married in 1885.The birth of a son, Harry W., January 7,…
By: Mark Holtsberry The story of the Ralph Owen Brattain family is a sad but strange one and ends up being an unsolved mystery. Now that I have caught your attention, this fella was born in Antwerp February 28, 1897. The son of Dr. Giles M. born October of 1863 in Ohio and Bertie Alba…
By: Mark Holtsberry “As the world turns” (part 2) of the story of Andrew C. Jackson As the Jackson brothers, Jesse and Coe, return home in 1899, Andrew was still working as a printer at the local newspaper in Paulding. Son, Jesse, became a consul in the Middle East and Coe went into the newspaper…
By: Mark Holtsberry “As the World Turns”, the story of Andrew Carle Jackson (Part 1) This was supposed to be a simple article about a man who served in the Civil War. After going down numerous rabbit holes, which turned into uncovering mines, I believe that I have uncovered a very serious oversite. So here…
By: Mark Holtsberry Paulding County in the Civil War Paulding County’s participation in the Civil War was more that the general public is aware of. Paulding County had the highest percentage of men serve than any county in the State of Ohio. In late 1864, a recruiting officer came to Charloe to recruit men for…
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…
