GET NEW LIGHT ON JOHNNY APPLESEED Debbie (Noland) Nitsche Diamonddeb@comcast.net Wednesday January 14, 2004 12:21:29 GET NEW LIGHT ON JOHNNY APPLESEED Ohio Horticulturist Unearth Paper Written by Washington County Farmer New light on the life and character of Johnny APPLESEED, the pioneer zealot who went west with the old frontier, planting apple trees in the wilderness, is furnished by a recently discovered manuscript, written by a Washington county farmer who intimately knew Johnny. The paper is published for the first time in the 1922 annual of the Ohio State Horticultural Society. N. W. GLINES, extension specializing in horticulture at the Ohio State university, found the manuscript among the effects of his grandfather, W. M. GLINES, who was born at Marietta in 1806 and died there in 1887. A neighbor of Johnny APPLESEED’S whose real name was John CHAPMAN, Mr. GLINES recounts how the CHAPMAN family came to Marietta in 1798, and how Johnny, gathering seed from the cider mills, there planted his first nurseries in the wilderness. There, too, his father died, and Johnny and his brothers made a rough coffin and buried him. Then, Mr. GLINES writes, Johnny went to Delaware; thence to Sandusky; and thence to Mansfield. At all of these points in Ohio, he planted nurseries and tended them. He was in Mansfield as late at 1819, when he was 51 years old. After that he passed west into Indiana, making his last visit to his Marietta home in October, 1842. Mr. GLINES describes this visit completely and gives a vivid picture of the quaint, lovable old fellow, with his motley clothes, his in-kettle hat, his gentleness, and his love of all living creatures. Mansfield News (Mansfield, Ohio) November 6, 1922 pg. 2 Col. 1 Transcribed by Debbie (Noland) Nitsche Diamonddeb@comcast.net Surnames have been captilized for easy identification January 2004 NEW WASHINGTON COUNTY INFO Debbie (Noland) Nitsche Diamonddeb@comcast.net Monday January 26, 2004 15:28:22 NEW ITEMS ADDED TO THE WASHINGTON CO. OHIO HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGY "LINKS" PAGE NOLAND Census Reports WASHINGTON COUNTY, OHIO RESEARCH TIPS AND INFORMATION By Ernest Thode (Head of the Local History and Genealogy Dept. of Washington County Public Library) ----Check Out All Possibilities When Tracking Family By Name (12/24/2003) Various Death Notices 1819-1892 Various Death Notices & Obituaries (1903-1940) http://hometown.aol.com/washcohistory/Intropage1.html (copy & paste this link into your browser) BUILDING SKILLS IN GENEALOGY Debbie (Noland) Nitsche Diamonddeb@comcast.net Monday January 26, 2004 16:14:17 Skillbuilding From OnBoard: Newsletter of the Board for Certification of Genealogists VERY INFORMATIVE INFOMATION!!! Be sure to check this out. I have learned alot by reading these. LINK BELOW Titles of Newsletters: "Analyzing Deeds for Useful Clues" (January 1995) "Analyzing Wills for Useful Clues" (May 1995) "Citing Your Sources" (September 1995) "Transcribing Source Materials" (January 1996) "Analyzing City Directories" (May 1996) "Conducting Effective Oral Interviews" (September 1996) "Producing Quality Research Notes" (January 1997) "Analyzing and Reviewing Published Sources" (May 1997) "Using Indexes" (September 1997) "Censuses - Often-Overlooked Basics" (January 1998) "Good Genealogical Writing" (May 1998) "Polishing Our Everyday Writing" (September 1998) "The Social Security Death [Benefits] Index" (January 1999) "Converting Records into Reliable Copies" (May 1999) "A Judge's Notes from an Application for Certified Genealogist" (September 1999) "Educational Opportunities" (January 2000) "Citations on the Source" (May 2000) "Citation Placement" (May 2000) "Preparing Research Reports (Accurately and Clearly)" (January 2001) "Standards for Genealogical Instructors" (May 2001) "Using the Compilations of Others" (September 2001) "Finessing Your Service Mark" (January 2002) "Date Calculations" (May 2003) http://www.bcgcertification.org/skillbuilders/index.html (Copy and paste this link into your browser) Census Dates Debbie (Noland) Nitsche Diamonddeb@comcast.net Sunday February 01, 2004 06:31:21 The census takers were told to record the age of the person as of the official census date (not the date they visited the household). The following table shows the official U.S. decennial census dates. Year Date 1790 2 August 1800 4 August 1810 6 August 1820 7 August 1830–1900 1 June 1910 15 April 1920 1 January 1930–2000 1 April (From 1790 through 1820, the official census day was the first Monday in August.) Groundhog Day History Debbie (Noland) Nitsche Diamonddeb@comcast.net Sunday February 01, 2004 06:59:16 Groundhog Day History: Origins, the movie, facts, send a card, Punxsutawney present weather and 5-day forecast. http://stormfax.com/ghogday.htm copy and paste this link into your browser NEW LINKS Debbie (Noland) Nitsche Diamonddeb@comcast.net Monday February 02, 2004 14:34:22 Dear Fellow Genealogists; I am having trouble uploading new "LINKS" to the website, because the AOL site says that my JAVA is not working. However I have done everything to try to correct it. Everything else that requires JAVA is working correctly on my computer, so I am thinking the problem is with AOL. I need to contact them to see what other things I can do, so I can continue to upload the information that I have. In the meantime, I have uploaded these new "LINKS" to my site. Copy and paste them into your browser. 1943-44 NORWOOD SCHOOL- 2ND GRADE CLASS http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/n/i/t/Debra-Nitsche/PHOTO/0088photo.html Various Death Notices Of Pioneers from Washington County, Ohio 1819-1892 http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/n/i/t/Debra-Nitsche/FILE/0055text.txt Death Notices and Obituaries (1903-1940) http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/n/i/t/Debra-Nitsche/FILE/0056text.txt 1820-1910 CONFIRMATIONS (St. Luke's Episcopal) Transcribed by Pam (MENDENHALL) SCHRODER http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/n/i/t/Debra-Nitsche/FILE/0057text.txt Last Will and Testament of Samuel ALLEN Submitted by : Tom Allen - 3rd Great Grandson of Samuel Allen http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/n/i/t/Debra-Nitsche/FILE/0058text.txt SURNAME REGISTRY INDEX Farnsworth, Peterson, Caywood, Peterson, Strachan, Loynanchan, Shockley, Dye, Davis,McCurdy, Kinkade, Hill, Fearing Shirley Dye Unitymarietta@aol.com Index OF PHOTOS Debbie (Noland) Nitsche Diamonddeb@comcast.net Monday February 02, 2004 14:56:08 Here's an index to all the photo's I have uploaded on my family history website. Copy and paste this link into your browser. http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/n/i/t/Debra-Nitsche// HISTORY OF WASHINGTON CO. OHIO FOUNDERS OF OHIO Pages 22-25 Dewey Johnson James Harvey, Elisha Almon and Unknown PARKE Jason Murphy, Bill and Eddie Noland FRANK AUGUSTUS MASON The Thrasher Family JONAS HARLEY DEMING MASON 1910 PHOTO; MARKER OF THE 1ST SETTLERS OF OHIO ME Sarah "Sallie" Hazel (Johnson) Cain Amirah J. Farnsworth Death Certificate Roberta Johnson & Charlotte Mankins KEVIN & I ON "THE TODAY SHOW" Herman & Myra Johnson MASON MARRIAGES I MASON MARRIAGES II MYRA & BERTHA FARNSWORTH EDWARD ERA & LYDIA ELIZA (MCNAMEE) NOLAND BARNABUS & LUCINDA (BATTERSON) MCNAMEE SOPHRONIA MASON PARKE'S HEADSTONE SALMON PARKE Kevin & Me at Medieval Times Chelsea & Devin At Medieval Times Chelsea & Devin with Beetle Juice THE 3 STOOGES THE "CAIN" CLAN from Noble County, Ohio James McGlashan Cain and Sara Hazel Johnson Lucetta Bishop Mason Marietta Register Newpaper Ads - July 7, 1881 Newpaper Ads MARY ELIZA MASON Ezra & Francis (Eliza) Parke Mankins Fannie Mankins Johnson Cain Herman Johnson and Aunt Mary Mankins Hardie JOHNSON IS GAME KEVIN'S PIC IN THE 2002 PHILLY EAGLES YEARBOOK Joseph F. Johnson Obit Marietta Times The First 48 Settlers of Marietta, Ohio NITSCHE FAMILY PHOTO DESK - MADE BY WILLIAM BOND MASON William Bond Mason's Cup Debra Noland Nitsche Ric Johnson Monument on Front St. in Marietta NOLAND Clan Bill NOLAND and Renee BORMAN Last Will & Testament of ELISHA PARKE Kevin and I Johnson's - Photo taken in the early 1970's Family Picture at Rockerfeller Center - NYC Kevin, Chelsea, Devin and I at the TODAY SHOW Clarence and Bertha (Farnsworth) HIVNOR Home That WILLIAM BION MASON Built (629 Third St.) Happy Holidays from the NITSCHE family Kevin, Debbie, Chelsea & Devin-Central Park,NYC 1943-44 NORWOOD SCHOOL- 2ND GRADE CLASS Grandchildren of Bill and Roberta Johnson Noland Ezra Mankins Obit. March 9, 1923 WORLD TRADE CENTERS 1 & 3 Elisha Parke's Will (page 1) COL. WILLIAM BION MASON -- 77th O V I Elisha Parke's Will (page 2) 1880 Marietta Register Newpaper Kevin on front page of the Philadelphia News Civil War Era Photo Kevin on front page of Philadelphia Inquire SETTLERS WHO ARRIVED IN MARIETTA, OHIO AUGUST 1788 SETTLERS THAT ARRIVED AT MARIETTA, OHIO IN 1790 DEVIN NITSCHE HONORED BY POLICE DEPARTMENT SETTLERS THAT ARRIVED AT MARIETTA, OHIO IN 1799 SOPHRONIA (MASON) PARKE SALMON PARKE Solomon Van Buren & Elisha Almon PARKE SUSAN SOPHRONIA Index of FILES & TRANSCRIPTIONS Debbie (Noland) Nitsche Diamonddeb@comcast.net Monday February 02, 2004 15:11:30 Here's an index to all the FILES and TRANSCRIPTIONS I have uploaded on my family history website. Copy and paste this link into your browser. http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/n/i/t/Debra-Nitsche// Nov. 25, 1880 - THE MARIETTA TIMES BUCKEYE BELLE STEAMSHIP DEATHS MASON / KYLE CEMETERY WASHINGTON COUNTY, OHIO CEMETERY LIST Adams Twp. Washington Co., Ohio Civil War Roster Adams Twp. Washington County, Ohio Civil War Roster WASHINGTON COUNTY CHILDREN'S HOME EXCERTS FROM OHIO HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS GRAVEL BANK (RIVERVIEW) CEMETERY HENRY CEMETERY EARLY BURIALS IN BELPRE, OHIO A HISTORY OF BELPRE, WASHINGTON COUNTY, OHIO EXCERTS FROM OHIO HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS II UNDERGROUND RAILROAD (History of Belpre, Ohio) BURIALS (1833-1910) World War I - Belpre Roll Of Honor 1913 Flood in Ohio (City and Community Damage) FARMER'S CASTLE - Indian War of 1791 History of Farmer's Castle A list of families in Farmers Castle at Belpre in 1792 Marietta At The Point in 1792 Marietta Register - March 11, 1880 St. Luke's Episcopal Church - THE PAROCHIAL SCHOOL EARLY MARRIAGES 1789-1823 Early Marriages in Washington Co., Ohio Epidemics of 1807, 1822, & 1823 1880-1897 WATERTOWN SCHOOL RECORDS 1834-1925 MARRIAGES (St. Luke's Episcopal Church) Dunham Twp. - Civil War - Roster A TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF THE FOUNDERS OF OHIO BRIEF SKETCHES OF THE 48 PIONEERS MANKINS CENSUS REPORTS Deming, Henry, Wolcott, Wood Cemetery Union Twp. Civil War Roster LOWER SALEM CEMETERY The Family of William Bond Mason (Church History) HISTORY OF THE 148TH OVI REVOLUTIONARY WAR SERVICE OF ASA COBURN BELPRE- Civil War Roster March 13, 1880 - MARIETTA REGISTER Watertown Township - Civil War Roster Various Death Notices Of Pioneers (1819-1892) Nov. 18, 1880 MARIETTA REGISTER Washington County Imfirmary Census 1850 - 1930 Death Notices and Obituaries (1903-1940) DEATH NOTICES & OBITUARIES (1903-1940) NOLAND Census 1820-1910 CONFIRMATIONS HISTORY OF THE McNEAL FAMILY IN AMERICA Last Will and Testament of Samuel ALLEN Strangers In The Box Debbie (Noland) Nitsche Diamonddeb@comcast.net Monday February 02, 2004 15:15:48 Strangers In The Box Come, look with me inside this drawer, In this box I've often seen, At the pictures, black and white, Faces proud, still, and serene. I wish I knew the people, These strangers in the box, Their names and all their memories, Are lost among my socks. I wonder what their lives were like, How did they spend their days? What about their special times? I'll never know their ways. If only someone had taken time, To tell, who, what, where, and when, These faces of my heritage, Would come to life again. Could this become the fate, Of the pictures we take today? The faces and the memories, Someday to be passed away? Take time to save your stories, Seize the opportunity when it knocks, Or someday you and yours, Could be strangers in the box. Author Unknown Favorite "LINK" Debbie (Noland) Nitsche Diamonddeb@comcast.net Monday February 02, 2004 15:21:51 FORMATION MAP OF OHIO COUNTIES This site shows year by year formations of each county in Ohio from 1788 to 1888 http://www.negenealogy.com/oh/oh_maps/oh_cf.htm NEAT SITE!!