Happy Birthday, Marietta Debbie (Noland) Nitsche Diamonddeb@comcast.net Sunday March 13, 2005 01:05:48 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARIETTA!! April 7, 2005 MARIETTA - PIONEER CITY OF THE NORTHWEST They were men---real men---the first handul of pioneers who founded Marietta 217 years ago on April 7th. Theirs was no wild dream of hidden treasures of fabulous riches; but the undying desire to live---to breathe the air---to make happy homes for themselves and their families. Fear was not in their hearts. They dared to risk privation, possible famine and even death---because they believed in this area. The quitter---the weakling---lingered for a time, then left defeated. But those we remember---those who went on to achieve--the builders--remained to fashion one of the most beautiful and productive areas in the entire United States---MARIETTA! We, the fifth and even sixth generations, have reaped and are reaping the rewards made possible through their efforts. In agriculture, in industry, in natural resources, Marietta is rich. And it is our duty to keep the wheels of progress in motion; to preserve this abudant wealth, to make use of it wisely---for our own benefit and for the benefit of posterity. But the real progress--the actual ground work of achievement--must be credited to those first sturdy settlers. They had the will to win, the constant determination to build their lives around success--they were the kind of men and women who made America the great nation it is today. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARIETTA Names of the First 48 Settlers: Barlow, Jamez Bushnell, Daniel Coburn, Phineas Cooper, Esekiel Corey, Ebeneser Cushing, Samuel Cutler, Jervis Danton, Israel, Davis, Daniel Davis, Jonas Devol, Allen Devol, Gilbert, Jr. Devol, Jonathan Dodge, Isaac Dodge, Oliver Felshaw, Samuel Flint, Hezekiah, Jr. Foster, Peregrine Gardner, John Gray, William Griswold, Benjamin Kirtland, Elizur Leonard, Theophilus Lincoln, Joseph Martin, Simeon Mason, William Matthews, John Maxon, Henry Meigs Return Jonathan Miller, William Moulton, Edmund Moulton, William Munro, Josiah Porter, Amos Putnam, Allen Putnam, Jethro Putnam, Rufus Shaw, Benjamin Sproat, Earl Sproat, Ebenezer Tupper, Anselem Wallace, David Wells, Joseph White, Haffield White, Joniah White, Peletiah Witridge, Josiah Previously published in the April 2004 editon of this newsletter. Epidemics Debbie (Noland) Nitsche Diamonddeb@comcast.net Sunday March 06, 2005 05:39:28 EPIDEMICS Marietta suffered from three epidemics in 1807, 1822 and 1823. To read about the epidemics and the people who died in 1822 & 1823...Click the link below. http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/n/i/t/Debra-Nitsche/FILE/0030text.txt How Tick Ridge, Righteous Ridge and Cutler Got Their Names Debbie (Noland) Nitsche Diamonddeb@comcast.net Sunday March 13, 2005 23:43:05 WATERFORD TOWNSHIP - TICK RIDGE & RIGHTEOUS RIDGE From near the mouth of Olive Green creek a ridge extends in an easterly direction, familarly called, by the early settlers, "Tick Ridge", because of the unusual number of pestiferous wood ticks. On the west side of the river the ridge, in the western part of the township is commonly known as "Righteous Ridge", but contrary to what might be expected, it is said to have been so named because of the wickedness of a former class of settlers. Another place in Waterford Township is "LUKE CHUTE". It was the name of a post office, and also of a trading post, on the Muskingum river, on the western border of the township. A. Nickerson has for a number of years had a store at that point, and was in 1880 commissioned postmaster. The tradition for the origin of this name is that during the early settlement a father and his young hopeful son, whose name was Luke, were out hunting. The boy, of course, had the gun. In a deep thicket both were startled to see a bear but hesitated to fire. The father trembled for a moment and then screamed in impatient fright, "Luke stoot or give up the gun." Luke shot and the bear dropped dead. WESLEY TOWNSHIP - CUTLER Cutler station is a small vilage located in the extreme southwestern part of the township, on the Marietta & Cincinnati railroad. It was first laid out in 1857, and recieved the name of HARSHAVILLE after John M. Harsha, M.D., who owned the land on which the orginial plat was made. Dr. Harsha afterward voluntarily relinquished the honor thus conferred upon him, in favor of William P. Cutler, and the town was rechristened Cutler station...... History of Washington Co., Ohio 1788-1881, by H.Z. Williams Civil War - Fallen Soliders from Washington County, ADDENDA Debbie (Noland) Nitsche Diamonddeb@comcast.net Monday March 28, 2005 22:49:12 Civil War - Fallen Soldiers of Washington County Partial List - 624+ Names extracted from Williams History of Washington County, Ohio 1788-1881. Also, contains an ADDENDA with more information about the deaths of some of the men. --Collected & compiled by Debbie Noland Nitsche Dec. 2004-March 2005. The partial list that was extracted from Williams History has been moved!!! Now includes the ADDENDA. You can link to it from Page 7 of the website: Washington County, Ohio Historical & Genealogy "LINKS" http://hometown.aol.com/washcohistory/page7.html DEMING Families in Washington County, Ohio Debbie (Noland) Nitsche Diamonddeb@comcast.net Saturday March 05, 2005 19:35:16 Anyone researching the DEMING's from Washington County, Ohio?? I just came in possession of some information, written in 1883 about the ANCESTORS of Simeon and his nephew, Ezekial Deming of Washington County, Ohio. Simeon and John Deming were sons of David Deming. Ezekial Deming is the s/o John. If anyone is intrested in this info, please email me direct at Diamonddeb@comcast.net and I will send it to you in a email attachment file. FAMILY OF SIMEON DEMING Simeon DEMING (s/o David) was born 4 MAY 1763 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT, and died 10 JUL 1850 in Washington County, Ohio. He was buried in Deming Cemetery, Watertown Twp. Washington Co., Ohio. He married Lucy WOLCOTT 12 MAR 1789 in Sandisfield, Berkshire Co., Mass, daughter of Joseph WOLCOTT. She was born 9 MAR 1767 in Sandisfield, Berkshire Co., Mass. Children of Simeon DEMING and Lucy WOLCOTT are: i. Julius DEMING was born 19 NOV 1806 in Watertown, Washington Co., Ohio, and died 28 AUG 1879 in Washington County, Ohio. ii. David DEMING was born 25 APR 1793 in Sandusfield, Massachusetts, and died 10 NOV 1859. iii. Honor DEMING. She married Benjamin HART 28 JUL 1805 in Washington Co., Ohio. iv. Betsy DEMING. She married Judah FORD 28 JUN 1811 in Washington Co., Ohio, son of Almon FORD and Hannah PARKE. He was born ABT 1837. v. Sally DEMING. She married L. J. CONVERS. ____________________________________________________________ FAMILY OF EZEKIAL DEMING Ezekial DEMING (s/o John) was born 4 FEB 1772 in Sandisfield, Mass., and died 27 NOV 1857 in Watertown, Ohio at the age of 86 yrs.. He was buried in Old Radacker Cemetery, Washington County, Ohio. He married Hannah PARKE SEP 1799 in Sandisfield, Mass., daughter of Jacob PARKE and Eunice SMITH. She was born 10 MAR 1781 in Connecticut, and died 23 MAY 1819 in Watertown, Ohio at the age of 40 yrs.. She was buried in Old Radacker Cemetery, Washington County, Ohio. He married Abigail STANLEY 25 JUL 1820 in Washington Co., Ohio. She died 14 AUG 1823 in Washington County, Ohio. Children of Ezekial DEMING and Hannah PARKE are: i. Lucinda DEMING was born 1 SEP 1800 in Watertown, Ohio, and died 6 AUG 1889. She married Eli BINGHAM 8 NOV 1843 in Washington Co., Ohio. He was born 10 FEB 1787, and died 18 FEB 1870. ii. Mercy DEMING was born 18 OCT 1801 in Watertown, Ohio. She married Seth WOODFORD. He was born 1800, and died 4 APR 1860 in Waterford, Ohio (50 Years). iii. Hiram DEMING was born 12 FEB 1803, and died 22 JAN 1894. He married Sarah LOTRIDGE. He married Jane BARNUM. iv. James Harvey DEMING was born 2 FEB 1804 in Watertown, Ohio, and died UNKNOWN. He married Diantha COLE 25 JAN 1832 in Washington Co., Ohio. v. Harley Lindley DEMING was born 13 OCT 1806 in Watertown, Ohio, and died FEB 1879 in Watertown, Ohio. vi. Mary Ann DEMING was born 14 DEC 1808 in Watertown, Ohio, and died 26 AUG 1897 in Washington County, Ohio. She married Julius DEMING 6 JUN 1855 in Washington Co., Ohio (Washington Co. Ohio Marriages Vol. 3), son of Simeon DEMING and Lucy WOLCOTT. He was born 19 NOV 1806 in Watertown, Washington Co., Ohio, and died 28 AUG 1879 in Washington County, Ohio. vii. John Treat DEMING was born 13 JUN 1810 in Watertown, Ohio, and died 2 APR 1899 in Fleming, Wash. County, Ohio. He married Mary Ann RICHARDS 2 FEB 1842 in Washington Co., Ohio. She was born 1824, and died 1910. viii. Return Jonathan Meigs DEMING was born 22 JUL 1812 in Watertown, Ohio, and died 6 JUN 1856 in Watertown, Ohio at the age of 43 yrs.. ix. David Young DEMING was born 11 OCT 1814 in Watertown, Ohio, and died OCT 1876. x. Hannah DEMING was born 10 FEB 1819 in Watertown, Ohio, and died 6 AUG 1829 in Watertown, Ohio at the age of 11 yrs. old.. Harmar House Convalescent Nursing Home Fire Debbie (Noland) Nitsche Diamonddeb@comcast.net Sunday March 13, 2005 00:05:39 HARMAR HOUSE CONVALESCENT NURSING HOME FIRE Once located on Harmar Hill and one of the worst fires in Marietta's history. Only 1 1/2 years after the Harmar House Nursing Home was built, it was destroyed by a fire on January 9, 1970 and claimed the lives of 36-38 people from the smoke. Because of the high number of deaths, the National Guard Amory building was set up as a morgue. Many others were injured including 2 firefighters. The fire was caused by a cigarette being discarded into a plastic trash container by a patient, which spread very rapidly due to the rubberbacked carpeting, and lack of fire doors. In 1972 a $400,000 law suit was filed against a patient, six people involved in building the home, and the City of Marietta was named in the lawsuit claiming it was negligent in not keeping a nearby fire hydrant in working order. This nursing home fire devastated the community and the state of Ohio, thus leading to changes in laws pertaining to fire and building codes throughout Ohio and the U.S. Information was taken from various area newspapers. Aaron Waldo Putnam Debbie (Noland) Nitsche Diamonddeb@comcast.net Tuesday March 08, 2005 15:57:14 History of Washington County, Ohio 1788-1881, by H.Z. Williams & Bros. Chapter XXXVII - Belpre Township - Pg. 505 Aaron Waldo Putnam, whose journey to Belpre is noted that of his father, Colonel Israel Putnam, located in the middle settlement on the land now occupied by his grandson, I. W. Putnam. He immediately commenced a clearing, and the erection of a small log cabin, after some years putting up a frame house back from the river, which is the oldest frame in the township, having being built in 1800. His land lay about half a mile below the garrison. While in the garrison, he went down daily to feed his cattle and milk the cows. While at this work on two different occacions he had exciting experiences with the Indians. The first incident is related in connection with the opening of Indian hostilities. Not long afterwards, when Mr. Putnam was on a stack in his fodder yard throwing down hay for his cattle, he heard the click of a gun-lock, and turning, saw an Indian behind the fence in the act of recocking his gun, which had failed to go off the first time. Mr. Putnam jumped and ran for life. The Indian fired and missed, and being joined by two others, pursued their supposed victim, who, fortunately crossing the log bridge over the ravine before the Indians reached it, was saved. Mr. Putnam alarmed the garrison but the Indians were not caught. On the return of the Indians from the pursuit of Mr. Putnam, they spitefully shot a yoke of oxen belonging to Captain Benjmain Miles. In the spring of 1793 great anxiety was caused by the continued absence of Mr. Putnam, who had gone into the hills in search of stay cattle. On his safe return it was learned that he had traced the cattle to Fort Harmar, fifteen miles distant, and had fond the lost animals at Waterford. He returned by the rangers path leading from Waterford to the mouth of the Little Hocking. All this journey was made alone and on foot at a time when Indians were hostile and numerous. During his sojourn in the castle, he was married to Charlotte Loring, who was born in 1773. Both died in 1822, during the fever epidemic. Mr. Putnam, at the time of death, was fifty-five years old. He was the father of nine children: William P., Charlotte L., Julia H., Albigience W., Israel, Lucy E., Catharine, Bathsheba and Elizabeth. Of these, Lucy E. and Catharine are living. William Pitt was born in Farmer's castle in 1792, and died in 1871. He married Lorena Nye, who is still living. Of their ten children, five are living. Of these, the oldest, ISRAEL W., was born in 1825. He married Harriet Ripley, by whom he has had six children, five of who survive. He resides on the old homestead. He, like his father, has been prominent as a township officer and leading citizen. NEW ENLAND PUTNAM's (pdf file) Mentions, General Israel Putnam and his son, Colonel Israel Putnam and the Colonel's son, Aaron. http://www.billputman.com/OHother.pdf Some Notable People of Marietta, Ohio (Before 1902) Debbie (Noland) Nitsche Diamonddeb@comcast.net Sunday March 13, 2005 00:50:33 Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century, Chicago, IL: American Publishers' Association, 1902. page 45 ANDREWS, ISRAEL WARD, college president, author, was born in 1815 in Connecticut. He was president of Marietta College. His only published work of importance is a Manual of the Constitution of the United States. He died in 1888. page 154 BROUGH, CHARLES HENRY, soldier, legislator, jurist, was born Nov. 17, 1813, in Marietta, Ohio. He was a member of the Ohio legislature in 1840-41; commanded the fourth Ohio regiment during the war with Mexico; and was presiding judge of the Hamilton county court of common pleas at the time of his death. He died May 10, 1849, in Cincinnati, Ohio. page 154 BROUGH, JOHN, journalist, governor, was born Sept. 17, 1811, in Marietta, Ohio. In 1831 he published at Marietta the Washington County Republican, and in 1833 the Lancaster Eagle. He was a member of the legislature; from 1839 to 1845 auditor; and in 1846 opened a law office in Cincinnati and published the Inquirer. In 1848 he was president of the Madison and Indianapolis railway; and in 1853, of the Bellefontaine and Indianapolis road. In 1863 he was elected governor of Ohio. He died Aug. 29, 1865, in Cleveland, Ohio. page 347 EVERETT, DAVID, journalist, author, was born March 29, 1770, in Princeton, Mass. He was a Boston journalist; and the author of Common Sense in Deshabille, or the Farmer's Monitor; and Daranzel, or the Persian Poet, a tragedy. He died Dec. 21, 1813, in Marietta, Ohio. page 382 FRENCH, MANSFIELD, clergyman, educator, college president, journalist, was born Feb. 21, 1810, in Manchester, Vt. He was the founder of Marietta College, Granville Female seminary, and principal Of Circleville Female College, Ohio. He was president of the Xenia Female College and agent for Wesleyan university. He died March 15, 1876, in Pearsalls, L. I. page 387 GAGE, MRS. FRANCES DANA [BARKER], suffragist, lecturer, author, was born Oct. 12, 1808, in Marietta, Ohio. She was a prominent advocate of woman suffrage who lectured much on that subject as well as upon temperance and anti-slavery. She was the author of Elsie Magoes, a temperance story; Poems; Gertie's Sacrifice; Nightcaps, a Series of Books; and Sparks Upward. She wrote much over the signature Aunt Fanny. She died Nov. 10, 1884, in Greenwich, Conn. page 403 GILMAN, CHANDLER ROBBINS, physician, educator, author, was born Sept. 6, 1802, in Marietta, Ohio. He was a physician of New York city, and professor from 1841 in the College of Physicians and Surgeons. He was the author of Legends of a Log Cabin; Life on the Lakes; Life of J. B. Beck; The Relations of the Medical to the Legal Profession; and Tracts on Generation. He died Sept. 26, 1865, in Middletown, Conn. page 479 HILDRETH, SAMUEL PRESCOTT, physician, author, was born Sept. 30, 1783, in Methuen, Mass. He was a physician once prominent in Marietta, Ohio, where he settled in 1806. He was the author of History of the Diseases and Climate of Southeastern Ohio; Lives of the Early Settlers of Ohio; Contributions to the Early History of the Northwest; Meteorological Observations (with J. Wood); Pioneer History of the Ohio Valley (1848); and Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Early Pioneer Settlers of Ohio. He died July 24, 1863, in Marietta, Ohio. page 589 LINSLEY, JOEL HERVEY, lawyer, clergyman, college president, was born July 16, 1790, in Cornwall, Vt. In 1835–45 he was president of Marietta college, raising a large endowment for that institution. He died March 22, 1868, in Greenwich, Conn. page 650 MEIGS, RETURN JONATHAN, lawyer, jurist, United States senator, governor, was born in Middletown, Conn. He was judge of the supreme court of Ohio; was a senator in congress from 1808 to 1210; and was governor of the state from 1810 to 1814. He was appointed postmaster-general of the United States in 1814, and held the office nine years. He died March 29, 1825, in Marietta. page 703 OLIVER, ROBERT, soldier, was born in 1738 in Boston, Mass. For some time he acted as adjutant-general of the northern army, and excelled as a disciplinarian. In 1782 he received the brevet of colonel. He was one of the first settlers of Marietta, Ohio, in 1788, was chosen a representative in the territorial legislature in 1798, became a member of the council in 1799. He died in May, 1810, in Marietta, Ohio. page 766 PUTNAM, ALBIGENCE WALDO, lawyer, author, was born March 11, 1799, in Marietta, Ohio. He was a lawyer of Nashville, and the author of History of Middle Tennessee; Life and Times of General James Robertson; and Life of General John Sevier. He died Jan. 20, 1869, in Nashville, Tenn. page 766 PUTNAM, RUFUS, soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born April 9, 1738, in Sutton, Mass. In 1783 he was made brigadier-general; was aid to General Lincoln during Shay's rebellion; and in 1778 was superintendent of the Ohio company, and founded Marietta, Ohio. In 1789 he was judge of the supreme court of northwest territory; in 1792 was brigadier-general of Wayne's army; and in 1793, as United States commissioner, concluded an important treaty with eight tribes of Indians at Vincennes, Ind. From 1793 to 1803 he was United States surveyor-general, and was a member of the constitutional convention of Ohio. He died May 1, 1824, in Marietta, Ohio. page 775 READ, DANIEL, educator, college president, was born June 24, 1805, in Marietta, Ohio. In 1856 he became professor of mental and moral philosophy in Wisconsin university, and in 1863 entered on the presidency of Missouri State university, Columbia, which office he filled until 1876. He died Oct. 3, 1878, in Keokuk, Iowa. page 880 SPROAT, EBENEZER, soldier, civil engineer, was born in 1752 in Middleborough, Mass. In 1775 he entered the army as a captain, and became a lieutenant-colonel. He was subsequently a surveyor of Providence, R. I. He died in February, 1805, in Marietta, Ohio. page 960 VARNUM, JAMES MITCHELL, soldier, lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, was born Dec. 17, 1748, in Dracut, Mass. In 1774 he accepted the command of a company called the Kentish guards; and in 1777 was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general. In 1779 he resigned his commission in the army, and the legislature appointed him major-general of militia. From 1780 to 1782 he was a delegate to the continental congress. In 1786 he was again a delegate to congress, and served one year; and was then appointed judge of the Northwest territory. He died Jan. 10, 1789, in Marietta, Ohio. page 998 WHIPPLE, ABRAHAM, naval officer, was born Sept. 16, 1733, in Providence, R. I. In 1775 Rhode Island fitted out two armed vessels, and he was put in command and made commodore; and he fired the first gun of the revolution on the water. In 1779 he captured eight prizes, valued at one million dollars. He died May 2, 1819, in Marietta, Ohio. page 1007 WICKES, THOMAS, clergyman, author, was born Oct. 31, 1814, in Jamaica, N.Y. He was a presbyterian clergyman of Marietta, Ohio; and the author of Exposition of the Apocalypse; The Son of Man; The Household; and Economy of the Ages. He died Nov. 10, 1870, in Orange, N.J. page 1024 WING, CONWAY PHELPS, clergyman, author, was born Feb. 12, 1809, in Marietta, Ohio. He was a presbyterian clergyman of Carlisle, Pa., and long active as an abolitionist. Among his writings are History of Cumberland County, Pa.; and History of the Presbyteries of York and Carlisle. He died May 7, 1889, in Carlisle, Pa. Ohio Laws Pertaining to Cemeteries Debbie (Noland) Nitsche Diamonddeb@comcast.net Tuesday March 22, 2005 17:35:39 Want to know what the Ohio Laws are, pertaining to CEMETERIES?? If you notice that these laws are not being met, I suggest you first contact the township trustee and then work your way up the ladder. Anderson's Ohio Online Documents http://onlinedocs.andersonpublishing.com/oh/lpExt.dll?f=templates&fn=main-h.htm&cp=PORC In the TABLE OF CONTENTS window Click on "TITLE V: TOWNSHIPS Click on CHAPTER 517 CEMETERIES Click on any of the following documents. Section 517.01. Acquisition or appropriation of land for cemetery purposes. 517.02. Public road to cemetery. 517.03. Levy and taxes for expenses. 517.04. Vote on establishment of cemetery. 517.05. Notice of election; ballots. 517.06. Cemetery plat. 517.07. Sale of cemetery lots. 517.08. Expenditure of proceeds; exception. 517.09. No levy on lots. 517.10. Title to certain burial grounds vested in board of township trustees. 517.11. Care of cemetery. 517.12. Times when cemeteries are closed to public. 517.13. Additions to cemetery grounds. 517.14. Public cemetery on township lines; joint township cemetery. 517.15. Cemetery endowment fund. 517.16. [Repealed] 517.17. [Repealed] 517.18. [Repealed] 517.19. Tax levy for buildings upon grounds of cemetery; bond issue. 517.20. Appointment of directors of township cemetery. 517.21. Abandonment or discontinuance of cemetery. 517.22. Sale of cemetery. 517.23. Disinterment of body buried in cemetery. 517.24. Application for disinterment. 517.25. Writ of mandamus. 517.26. Removal of dead. 517.27. Transfer of cemeteries to board of township trustees. 517.28. Abandonment of cemetery owned by municipal corporation. 517.29. Execution sale of municipal cemetery. 517.30. Monument commemorating members of armed forces. 517.31. Care of monument. 517.32. Enclosure of abandoned cemetery. 517.99. [Repealed] All of those born in the 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s Debbie (Noland) Nitsche Diamonddeb@comcast.net Wednesday March 16, 2005 05:11:09 A friend sent this to me in an email. Thought I would pass it along in the newsletter. (Author Unknown) All of those born in the 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s: First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing and didn't get tested for diabetes. Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paints. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking. As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags. Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat. We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle. We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this. We ate cupcakes, bread and butter and drank soda pop with sugar in it, but we weren't overweight because WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING! We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on. No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K. We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem. We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms..........WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them! We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents. We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate worms and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes, nor did the worms live in us forever. We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them! Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law! This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever! The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL! And YOU are one of them! CONGRATULATIONS! You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids,before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives for our own good. Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?! New Bridge To Be Built Debbie (Noland) Nitsche Diamonddeb@comcast.net Saturday March 12, 2005 22:44:22 Well, I guess there will be a bridge that is part of the West Virginia Corridor D project is a project that links U.S. 50 at Interstate 77 around Parkersburg, WV and to connect with U.S. 50 near Porterfield, Ohio via a four-lane highway crossing the Ohio river over Blennerhassett Island. After it's finished, it will be the longest bridge in West Virginia. Read more about it here: http://mariettatimes.com/news/story/0312202005_new04firm.asp Willard GREEN(E) Debbie (Noland) Nitsche Diamonddeb@comcast.net Tuesday March 22, 2005 15:28:22 Searching for the POB, parents, siblings of Willard GREEN(E). (my 5th Gr. Grandfather) Several documents show his name spelled as GREEN and GREENE. He signed his letters as GREENE. Listed below is some of the information that I DO know about him: Willard GREEN(E) was b. about July 14, 1773 in ????. (Possibly in NY, RI or MA). He married Elizabeth COLE, d/o John COLE & Susanna Salisbury. {Place of marriage in unknown, possibly in NY. because that is where 2 of his 3 children were born.) Elizabeth was was b. in 1773 in Providence, RI. Willard first shows up in Washington Co., Ohio about 1800. Lived in Constitution, Warren Twp. He died on Feb. 10, 1839 at Constitution, Warren Twp, Wash. Co., Ohio at the age of 65Y 6M 27D. Both he and his wife are buried at Gravel Bank (Riverview) Cem. Warren Twp, Washington County, Ohio. His children (that I know of) were: 1. Dorinda, b. 1796 in New York. M. Levi Swan 1836 in Wash. Co., Ohio, d. 1869 Wash. Co., Ohio. 2. Sylvina, b. July 2, 1797 in New York. M. Joel Dodge 1816 in Wash. Co., Ohio, d. 1870 LaSalle Co., Illinois 3. Willard, Jr. b. abt. 1800 in Ohio, d. 1853 in LaSalle Co., Illinois. From Williams' History of Wash. Co., Ohio 1788-1881: Captain Willard Greene married Lizzie Cole, d/o John Cole & Susanna Salsbury Mrs. Greene lived to be 96 years old, and died in Warren Twp. on May 4, 1869. Before coming to Warren Twp, the family of Captain Willard Greene lived at Hughes River, Virginia. (Researched his area and came up with nothing.) Williams History also states in that in 1801 the first Nathan Cole was the first one to own a tavern in Warren Twp.,( later Dunham Twp.), and Willard Green was a fiddler, and played at parties and dances. Nathan Cole was Lizzie's 1/2 brother. Sometime, shortly before March 1831, Willard GREEN(E) and his family migrated north to Amherst Twp., Lorain County, Ohio., but came back sometime around the fall of 1831. I have a transcribed letter (dated 3/20/1831) written by Willard to his good friend and neighbor, Ephraim CUTLER (see info about him below) in Warren Twp., Wash. Co., Ohio. Willard tells of his travels in detail to Lorain Co. Also explains in great detail about how unhappy he and his family are there, wanting to return to his old neighborhood in Warren Twp. (letter transcribed by Linda Showalter). As of now, I am only able to connect Willard Green(e) from Warren Twp. with DUTY GREEN. Willard stated in Duty's RW Pension Application that he was well acquainted with Duty Green, having known him for 59 years and has lived in the same family with him. The statement DOES NOT give the relationship. (DARN!!) Willard was about 59 years old when he made that declaration, so he knew Duty since he has been born, which leads me to believe that the most powerful CLUE here is that they could have been relaited somehow. Either a cousin or possibly a brother, but have not been able to establish any kind of a link between the two through historical resources, and Green(e) family histories. I have not been able to connect him to the Ezra Green who had a brother, Willard More Green, but this is NOT the same as my Willard Green(e). This Willard More Greene was born about 15 to 20+ years before the one in Warren Twp. You know you're from Washington County if..... Debbie (Noland) Nitsche Diamonddeb@comcast.net Wednesday March 09, 2005 15:28:23 THIS IS JUST FOR FUN. YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM WASHINGTON COUNTY IF..... You don't think of Georgia first when someone mentions Marietta. You think Pro football teams are supposed to wear orange! You've heard of 3.2% beer. You're proud of your state fair, but would rather go to Cedar Point. You know all the 4 seasons: Winter, Still Winter, Almost Winter, and Construction. You know what a buckeye really is, and have a recipe for candy ones. "Toward the lake" means "north" and "toward the river" means "south." You know if other Ohioians are from southern or northern Ohio as soon as they open their mouths. Knows that the Ohio River belongs to the state of West Virginia. You always visit more than two amusement parks in one summer. "Vacation" means spending a day at Cedar Point or King's Island. You measure distance in minutes. Down south to you means Kentucky. Your school classes were canceled because of cold or heat. You've ridden the school bus for an hour each way. You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day. Knows that Marietta is referred to as "The Riverboat Town" You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition. Example: "Where's my coat at?" You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked. You think of the major four food groups as beef, pork, beer, and Jell-O salad with marshmallows. Know that the Muskingum River seperates the East and West sides of town, and Green Street seperates the North and South. You carry jumper cables in your car, and hardly ever lock your car doors. You know what "pop" is. You've visited Campus Martius Museum many times on school field trips. You pronounce words as they are... "picture" (not pitcher) "creek" (not crick) "Route" (not root) "Mommy" (not Mummy) You know the difference between tennis shoes and sneekers. Knows who Nancy Putnam Holister is and that she was the 1st woman mayor of Marietta, and later the 1st Female Governor of Ohio. A direct descendant of Gen. Rufus Putnam. Knows what the Cone & Shake is. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow. Know who Bob Reynolds and The Country Bobcats were. Knows what Rinky Dinks is and has been there at least once. Still refer St. Route 550 as 50A. You think that deer season is a national holiday. You know which leaves make good toilet paper. You think that the Demolition Derby & Sternwheel Festival is the biggest events of the year. You avoid State Route 7 if the State Highway Patrol is doing car inspections. You know where Fenton Art Glass, & Middleton Doll Factory are located. You've heard of Rossi Pasta. You head for higher ground at least once a year, and sometimes more because of flooding. The "Mound" is a cemetery and not anything to do with baseball. W.P. Snyder & Becky Thatcher are boats. Recommended Reading.... Debbie (Noland) Nitsche Diamonddeb@comcast.net Friday March 04, 2005 23:43:23 If you had ancestors who were early settlers of Belpre, Newbury or Little Hocking, I recommend that you read about the History of Washington Bottom, Wood County, WV. Very educational and worth checking out. http://www.wvculture.org/history/agrext/washbott.html New Links Debbie (Noland) Nitsche Diamonddeb@comcast.net Thursday March 31, 2005 03:11:13 Washington County, Ohio Historical & Genealogy "LINKS" (Page 8) http://hometown.aol.com/washcohistory2/page8.html PLACES The Castle Whipple's Run Marietta Brewing Company Washington County Fair Mid Ohio Valley Players CEMETERIES Anderson's Online Documents (Ohio Cemetery Laws) DEATHS 1893 - Willard M. BROWN Obituary Death Record of Daniel W. DYE Death of Earnest "Billy" HAROLD DEEDS Robert B. PARKE 1837 Robert B. PARKE 1843 Henry Farnsworth 1844 EARLY SETTLERS Sketch of Isaac WILLIAMS Colonel John STONE of Belpre Silas DEAN Isaac HICKS Pioneer Letters Of Gershom FLAGG MILITARY Duty GREEN - 1832 RW Pension Record & Application (Transcribed) MARRIAGES Delton COUGHENOUR & Malissa NOLAND July 13, 1909 PUBLICATIONS American Slavery As It Is - Testimony of 1000 Witnesses (Several Washington Co. names mentioned) MISC. HISTORY Ohio River Benchmarks Covered Bridges Thomas RAMSEY, windsor-chair maker in Marietta, Ohio Grandmother BROWN'S 100 Years (several Wash. Co., early settlers mentioned) FAMILY HISTORIES & PERSONAL WEBSITES John Vark O'BLENESS & Susannah HOFF Descendants of Dudley Woodbridge COLE MINDLING Family Tree (see 3rd Generation) New Photo's of PLACES in Washington County, Ohio Debbie (Noland) Nitsche Diamonddeb@comcast.net Thursday March 31, 2005 03:15:12 Old Photos of PLACES in Washington County, Ohio http://hometown.aol.com/washcopics/index.html PAGE 36 Submitted by SUZY WETZ ---Newport School Students 1928-29 (4th & 5th Grade) ---Newport Elementary School 1940's ---Newport WWII Roll Of Honor Sign (2 Photos - Close Up & Far Away) Dead Email Addresses Debbie (Noland) Nitsche Diamonddeb@comcast.net Tuesday March 01, 2005 20:03:08 If any of the following people did not recieve the March 2005 newsletter it was because it was returned to me. If you still want to subscribe, please send me an UPDATE on your email address. Christina Martinez Phil Crane Doris Benner Connie Grimm Shirla Klenk Charlene Staples Lyman Rosario If you no longer want to subscribe to the Newsletter, do nothing. If anyone has submitted their surnames to the Surname Registry Index, please check to see if it has the "current" email address. I've had emails from people lately stating that they can't make contact with the person who is doing research on a certain name. I would appreciate it if you could check your addresses http://hometown.aol.com/washcohistory/page5.html Thanks; Debbie