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Pioneer Blacks in Adams County, Ohio
Compiled by Dr. David T. Jones, 818 East Fifth St., Vinton, IA
1963
From the records of Mrs.
Charles Petit of West Union, Ohio, I secured information
of my great, great, great grandfather, John Black.
He was an emigrant from Northern Ireland.
"John Black's name was signed among the twenty with
Nathaniel Massie, Dec. 1, 1790 at Maysville or near
Washington, as one of hte settlers of Manchester."
From our family records I have the names of only two of
his children: Janet Black who was born in
Ireland, and my great, great grandfather, Samuel
Black, Sr. (b. Oct. 16, 1764 in Ireland; came to the
U. S. when 6 years old; m. Hester (or
Esther) Connell (Conel or Connel),
who died (Nov. or) Feb. 1, 1865, aged 69 yrs., 7 mo. 4
da., who is buried at Stone Chapel). Hester
Conell, his wife, was one of the daughters of
Zachariah Conell, famous founder of Conellstown,
Pennsylvania. The Blacks stopped at
Conellstown, Pennsylvania when they came to America.
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Samuel Black Sr. and Hester
(Conell) Black had eight children: |
1. Zachariah
Black, Sr. (b. Oct. 10, 1789 in
Pennsylvania) - my great-grandfather.
2. Samuel Black Jr. (b. Mar. 15,
1791)
3. William Black (b. Mar. 19, 1793)
4. Elizabeth Black (b. Feb. 2, 1795)
5. John Black (b. July 20, 1797),
whose wife was Mary "Old Polly" (Piatt)
Black
6. Rebecca (Black) Baird (b. Aug.
26, 1799)
7. Jennet (or Janet or
"Jennie") (Black) Grooms (b. Jan. 16,
1802)
8. Hester (Black) Piatt (b. July 29,
1805) The family
record of each of the above children will be
given in the order as given above. The
title of each is given in capitals.
Zachariah
Black, Sr. (b. Oct. 10, 1789; m.
Lydia Smith June 5, 1817; d. Mar. 25,
1870, aged 80 yrs., 4 mo., 15 da.) married
Lydia Smith (b. Dec. 3, 1802 in
Virginia; d. Aug. 17, 1854, aged 52 yrs.),
the daughter of David Smith (b. 1773;
d. July 8, 1853, aged 80 yrs.) and Mary
Smith (b. May 13, 1799; d. Apr. 14,
1850, aged 79; buried at Stone Chapel beside
her husband). The children of
Zechariah Black Sr. and Lydia (Smith) Black
were: (not chronologically arranged.)
1. Rebecca "Beckey" J. Chambers (b.
July 20, 1818) wife of John Chambers,
who lived on the site of Mt. Auburn, Iowa,
before the town was built, who later moved
to Kansas. Their children were: |
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a. Perry
Chambers
b. Lydia Ann Chambers
c. Zechariah R. Chambers (d. July
13, 1851, aged 5 yrs. 9 da.) who was
accidentally shot. He is buried in
Evergreen Cemetery, Vinton, Iowa, about the
fourth or fifth burial made therein. |
| 2. Zechariah
Black Jr. (b. Sept. 9, 1820), who
married Elizabeth Helterbran, Nov. 2,
1843). They had the following
children: |
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a. Kimball
(or Kemuel) "Kim" Black
of Manchester, Ohio, whose wife was Nancy
(Foster) Black, daughter of Abraham
Foster. They had a son, Ben
Black.
b. Samuel Black (deceased before
1926), husband of Lucinda "Lu" (Humphreys
or Humphries) Black. Their
children (irregular order) were: |
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(1) Rev.
Joseph Black of Westerville.
(2) Addie Elizabeth (Black) Bowman of
Ripley,
(3) Stella (Black) Jenkins of
Manchester and Cincinnati,
(4) Blanche (Black) Stephenson of
West Alexandria,
(5) Mrs. Luella (Black) Shelton of
Decatur and West Union,
(6) Mrs. Anna (Black) Lawrence (b.
May 5, 1874),
(7) James Black of Dayton, Ohio, and
(8) Ernest Black of Decatur, Ohio. |
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c. David W.
"Dave" Black (1854-1937), whose wife was
Sarah Alice (Foster) Black (1851-1945),
daughter of Abraham Foster of
Island Creek, near Manchester, Ohio.
Dave and Sarah Black had the following
children: |
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(1) Jessie
(Black) Fields, second wife of Harvey
Fields of Winchester, Ohio;
(2) Foster Black of Winchester, Ohio
(3) India (Black) Clark of
Greenfield, Ohio; and
(4) Otis Black of Greenfield, Ohio.
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On their family
lot in Manchester, Ohio, I. O. O. F.
Cemetery, is another marker, Elmer Black
(1881-1918) |
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d. Louisa
"Lu" Kirkpatrick, wife of Tom
Kirkpatrick of Manchester, Ohio.
Their children were: |
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(1) Mary
Redmond, Manchester, Ohio;
(2) Lizzie Osman, Xenia, Ohio;
(3) Ora Baldwin, Beasley's Fork,
Brush Creek, Ohio;
(4) Bessie Osman (deceased),
(5) Nettie Leonard of Island Creek. |
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e. William
"Bill" Zechariah Black of Beasley's Fork
(b. Adams Co. Sept. 27, 1855; m.
Josephine Carson, Dec. 29, 1880; he d.
in Adams Co. Apr. 9, 1921, almost 66 yrs of
age).
Bill and Josephine had the following
children: |
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Earl,
Martin,
John,
Mrs. Mamie (Black) Thompson,
Albert,
Ezra,
Hervey,
Mrs. Lizzie (Black) Pence, and
Virgil Black
Two other sons, another Albert Black
and Martin Black died in infancy |
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f. John
Chambers Black (1857-1934) is buried in
the I. O. O. F. Cemetery at Manchester,
Ohio. His wife, Ida M. Black
(1870-1951) is buried beside him.
They were the parents of: |
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Carl Black,
Hazel Ruggles, and
Oleitha Schultz of Brush Creek. |
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g. Cary
Franklin "Frank" Black (d. July 10, 1925
at Dayton, Ohio) was the husband of
Margaret (Dietz) Black. Their
children were: |
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(1) William
Black of Dayton, who has a son Donald,
and
(2) Mary (Black) Smith of Dayton, who
has two children, |
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Evelyn and
Dale Smith |
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h. Benjamin
"Ben" Satterfield Black of Stone Chapel,
Adams County, Ohio, later of Wilmington,
Ohio (b. in Monroe Twp., Adams County, Ohio,
May 29, 1868; d. Mar. 9, 1949, aged 80 yrs.,
9 mo. 10 da.) married on Nov. 26, 1890,
Minnie Tumbleson.
Their children were: |
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(1) Walter
Black of Wilmington, Ohio
(2) Russell Black of Wilmington, Ohio
(3) Mrs. Eva (Black) Fields of
Wilmington, Ohio
(4) Mrs. Mabel (Black) Lucas, Otway,
Ohio
(5) Mrs. Lizzie (Black) Jones, West
Union, Ohio
(6) Sylvia (deceased)
(7) Charles (deceased)
(8) Ethel (Black) Malone (deceased) |
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i. Watson
Black - mentioned in the records of
Mrs. Charles Petit |
3. Hester
(Black) Thoroman (b. Aug. 13, 1822; m.
Aug. 20, 1852 to Wilson Thoroman.
Their children were: |
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a. Rev.
Adaline (Thoroman) Sheeley, wife of
Louis Sheeley of West Union. Their
daughter, Mrs. Rose H. (Sheeley)
Case lives at Sardinia, Ohio
b. Ella "Ellia" (Thoroman) Storer
c. Jennie "Thoroman" Jones
d. Malissa Thoroman |
4. David S.
Black (b. Apr. 2, 1823; m. Sarah H.
Foster, Nov. 28, 1844; he d. Sept. 8,
1871). Sarah H. Foster (b. Jan.
9, 1823; d. Jan. 4, 1908 at Vinton, Iowa;
bur. at Mount View Cemetery, Mt. Auburn,
Iowa) was the daughter of Nathaniel
Foster Jr. and Martha (Hayslip)
Foster. David S. Black is
buried at Stone Chapel, Adams County, Ohio.
Their children were: |
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a. John
Wesley Black (b. Apr. 5, 1846; d. Aug.
5, 1930) of Humboldt, Illinois. He
married Alice Piatt (b. Nov. 30, 1849
in Adams County, Ohio; d. May 16, 1934 at
Humboldt, Illinois).
Their children were: |
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Elmer Black;
Craven Black;
Charles Dick Black;
Laura Black;
Minnie (Black) Edgar, wife of Rue
Edgar;
John Roy Black
Dias Gibson Black;
Doval Black;
Maude (Black) Edgar, first wife of
Harve Edgar (brother of Rue); and
Bly (Black) Foreman, first wife of
Milton C. Foreman |
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b. Milton
Watson Black (b. Sept. 29, 1848, Adams
County, Ohio; d. Jan. 20, 1888, aged 39,
Tiffin Twp., Adams Co., Ohio; bur. at Stone
Chapel Cemetery, beside his father) never
married. |
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c. Enna
(Black) Jones (b. Dec. 8,k 1861, Adams
Co., Ohio; m. Apr. 8, 1888 to J. W.
Jones; She d. June 21, 1928, near Mt.
Auburn, Iowa; bur. in Mount View Cemetery,
Mt., Auburn, Iowa) Her husband,
John William Jones (b. Feb. 14, 1862 in
Adams Co., O.; d. in Salt Lake City, Utah,
May 10, 1942; buried beside his wife at Mt.
Auburn, Iowa).
Their children were: |
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infant daughter
(born dead), bur. in Soldier Run graveyard
on the David Black farm, Tiffin Twp.,
Adams Co., Ohio;
David Tracy Jones, 818 East 5th St.,
Vinton, Iowa; and
Paul Griffin Jones, Highland View
Farm, Mt. Auburn, Iowa |
5. Mary A.
"Young Polly" (Black) Denning (b.
July 8, 1825) was the wife of John
B. Denning (b. Apr. 13, 1828; m. May 20,
1849).
Their children were: |
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William J. S.
Denning, Portsmouth, Ohio;
Lydia A. (Denning S_____ of
Cincinnati; and
Sarah Belle (Denning) Davis (bur.
Stone Chapel. |
| 6. Wesley
Black - not married. Christened
1829 in Tiffin Twp., Adams Co., Ohio,
according to records of W. M. Packer.
Wesley Black moved to
Illinois, then to Kansas. |
7. Lydia
(Black) Satterfield (b. Feb. 8, 1835; d.
Sept. 1916, aged 82 yrs.), wife of
Benjamin Satterfield, sr.
(b. Jan. 14, 1836; m. Sept. 23, 1858; d.
Aug. 17, 1923, aged 87 yrs., 7 mo. 3 da.).
Their children were: |
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a. Franklin
"Frank" C. Satterfield, Poplar Ridge,
West Union, O.
b. a still born boy
c. Elizabeth "Lizzie" H. Young,
R. F. D., West Union, Ohio, wife of
William Young.
d. Margaret "Mag" "Maggie" Fields
(d. 1940), West Union, Ohio, wife of
Albert Fields.
e. Mary Jane Young (d. 1923),
wife of Will Young (Cousin to
Lizzie's Will Young (see above)
f. Clara Bell Cross of Cherry Fork
(North Liberty), Ohio.
g. Thomas Mullin Satterfield |
| 8. William
"Billy" Black of Tiffin Twp. (b. June
20, 1837; m. Oct. 28, 1858, to Elizabeth
Hazelbaker). Their son, Hamer
Black, in 1926 was living near West
Union, Ohio. In 1909 William Black
and Elizabeth lived at Carl Junction,
Missouri. |
9. Samuel B.
Black (d. 1909 near Westville, Okla),
husband of Jane (Treber) Black.
Their family lived for awhile in Kansas;
then in Gravette, Arkansas; then in
Westville.
Their children were: |
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a. John
Chambers Black
b. Laura Black
c., d. Harry and Fred (Joe?) -
twins
e. Addie Black |
| 10. Jane
Black (b. Dec. 3, 1839; d. Nov. 2, 1842,
aged 2 yrs. 11 mo.) |
11. Harriet
G. (Black) Leech (or Leach) (b.
Jan. 18, 1843), wife of William Leech.
They had no children |
| 12. Adaline
W. Black (b. Apr. 9, 1848).
Married Milton Tolle. |
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| FAMILY OF
SAMUEL BLACK JR. (b. Mar. 15, 1791) |
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Samuel Black Jr. (b. Mar. 15, 1791 in
Penn.) was the son of Samuel Black Sr.
and Hester (Conell) Black. His
wife was Polly (Whaley) Black.
They had a daughter, Mary Jane Black,
who married Alfred Grooms of
Humboldt, Illinois. Their son James
"Jim" Grooms still lives at Humboldt |
FAMILY OF WILLIAM BLACK (b. Mar. 19,
1793) |
William Black (b. Mar. 19, 1793 in
Penn.) was the son of Samuel Black Sr.
and Hester (Conell) Black. He
married Mary Bayless, who Mr.
Packer says was christened in 1804
(according to the U. S. Census of 1850).
Their children were: |
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Jasper L.
(c. 1832, Tiffin Twp., Adams Co., Ohio) and
Lavinia (c. 1840, Tiffin Twp., Adams
Co., Ohio) |
ELIZABETH BLACK (b. Feb. 2, 1795)
We have no information, other than the above, of
Elizabeth Black, daughter of Samuel
Black Sr. and Hester (Conell) Black. |
FAMILY OF JOHN BLACK (b. July 20, 1797) |
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John Black (b. July 20, 1797), son of
Samuel Black Sr. and Hester (Conell)
Black, married Mary "Old Polly" Piatt
(c. 1800), daughter of Benjamin Piatt and
Mary (Waddell) Piatt. Mr.
Packer, from the national census of 1850
secured the following list of their
children: |
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Sarah E.
- christened 1837, Tiffin Twp., Adams Co.,
Ohio
Eliza L. - C. 1839, Tiffin Twp.,
Adams Co., Ohio
George W. c. 1840, Tiffin Twp., Adams
Co., Ohio
Henrietta - c. 1844, Tiffin Twp.,
Adams Co., Ohio
Zachariah - c. 1845, Tiffin Twp.,
Adams Co., Ohio
Samuel M. - c. 1848, Tiffin Twp.,
Adams Co., Ohio |
FAMILY OF REBECCA (BLACK) BAIRD (b. Aug.
26, 1799) |
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Rebecca "Beckie" (Black) Baird (b.
Aug. 26, 1799, in Pennsylvania) was the
daughter of Samuel Black Sr. and Hester
(Conell) Black. She and her
husband, John Baird (christened 1797
in Penn., according to Mr. Packer
from Census of 1850), had the following
children: |
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Hester J.
- ca. 1825, Tiffin Twp., Adams Co., Ohio
Rebecca Caroline (b. Jan. 13, 1826;
c. 1827, Tiffin Twp.; d. Apr. 1, 1907, aged
81 yrs., 2 mo., 18 da.; buried in Stone
Chapel Cemetery)- never married.
Samuel H. - c. 1830, Tiffin Twp.,
Adams Co., Ohio
John Zechariah - c. 1833, Tiffin
Twp., Adams Co., Ohio
James C. - c. 1836, Tiffin Twp.,
Adams Co., Ohio
Nancy - c. 1838, Tiffin Twp., Adams
Co., Ohio
Francis Asbury Baird (b. May 3, 1835;
c. 1839, Tiffin Twp., Adams Co., Ohio; d.
March 23, 1876; buried in Stone Chapel
Cemetery)
Virginia (Baird) McDermott - not
mentioned in Mr. Packer's list of
census of 1850. However my records
have no mention of Hester J., James C.,
or Nancy, other than the census
records above. |
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I have additional information on the
following in the above list: Samuel H.
Baird, John Zechariah Baird, Francis Asbury
Baird, and Virginia (Baird)
McDermott, which follows in the next
four paragraphs: |
Samuel H. Baird (c. 1830; buried in
Kentucky) was the husband of Malinda
(Fear) Baird.
They had the following six children: |
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(1) Cary
Baxter Baird;
(2) Edwin Dory Baird, husband of
Exa Baird and father of: |
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Thesna Baird
of Stone Chapel; |
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(3) William
"Willie" Homer Baird, husband of Anna
F. (Houser) Baird. She died aged
71, Monday, Apr. 7, 1952, at Columbus, Ohio,
leaving two daughters: |
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Miss Minnie
Baird of West Union, and
Mrs. Mary Hist of Columbus, Ohio,
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also a brother
James Houser of Atlanta, Ga.,
and a sister, Mrs. Ellen Kelly of Mt.
Vernon, Ohio |
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(4) Oscar
Baird, buried in Stone Chapel Cemetery
(5) Another son, named Franklin,
buried in Kentucky in a different cemetery
than his father.
(6) Leslie Baird. |
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John Zechariah Baird (usually called
Zechariah) (c. 1853, Tiffin Twp.)
married Catherine Easter. They
lived at Humboldt, Illinois. |
Francis Asbury Baird (usually called
Asbury) (c. 1839; b. May 3, 1835; d.
Mar. 23, 1876; buried in Stone Chapel
Cemetery) married Sarah Jane Mowery.
They have five children: |
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(1) Mrs. Emma
(Baird) Thoroman of Cincinnati, Ohio,
whom we saw in 1909 in West Union:
(2) Edna Olga Baird;
(3) Laura B. Fields (b. May 5,
1869; d. of stroke, Jan. 25, 1846).
She married Simon P. Fields, son of
John B. Fields.
They had four children: |
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Jessie
Angeline Fields of Stone Chapel;
Oris Fields of Martinsville, who in
turn has four: |
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2 boys:
Oris and
Olan
2 girls:
Ora (Fields Stewart, wife of
Justin (or Justus) Stewart of
Loveland, Ohio, and
Lucile (Fields) Harrison, wife of
Sam Harrison of Cincinnati). |
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(4) William
"Willie" N. Baird of Stone Chapel (b.
Jan. 23, 1872; d. Fri. Feb. 1, 1946 at 2
A.M., aged 74 years). On Dec. 31,
1901, he married Minnie Belle Crummie (d.
Feb. 26, 1926)
Then had two children: |
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(1) Mrs.
Virgil Miller of West Union, mother of
Dorothy Ruth Miller; and
(2) Orville Baird of Stone Chapel,
who married Thelma Beatrice Baldwin.
Orville and Thelma are the
parents of: |
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Mary Ester Baird (b.
about 1930) of Columbus, Ohio; and
Derryl O. Baird (b. Sept. 6,
1950). |
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(5) Jesse
Baird of Iroquois, Illinois (d. July 9,
1949, aged 84; another account says he was
71 years old in 1946). His wife was
Minnie (Grooms) Baird.
They had four children: |
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Roy Baird
of Iroquois, Ill.
Ray Baird of Wetseka, Ill.
Clara of Iroquois; and
another daughter. |
Virginia "Ginny" (Baird) McDermott was
the wife of William McDermott.
Their two children were: |
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Estella
McDermott, Homer Easter's wife, and
Alva McDermott who staid at Homer
Easter's |
FAMILY OF JENNET (OR JANET OR
"JENNIE") (BLACK) GROOMS (b. Jan. 16,
1802) |
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Jennet (Janet, "Jane", Jennie) (Black)
Grooms, the daughter of Samuel Black
Sr. and Hester (ConelL Black was the
first wife of Eli B. Grooms (c. in
1797 in Ohio; buried in Stone Chapel
Cemetery). Eli was the son of
Abraham Grooms (pvt. Virginia
Militia, Revolutionary War) and his wife
Margaret Grooms. |
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Eli B. Grooms and his first wife,
Janet (Black) Grooms (she died Apr. 11,
1877, aged 75 yrs. 3 mos., 1 da.; buried at
Stone Chapel) had four children: |
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(1) Samuel B.
Grooms
(2) Hiram Connell Grooms
(3) Maria J. (Grooms) Trefz
(4) Rebecca M. (Grooms) Fields,
mother of: |
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Linie
(Fields) Burr |
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Eli B. Grooms and his second wife,
Rachel (Easter) Grooms had four children
(order irregular): |
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(1) Elgie
(Grooms) Carrigan (d. aged 70 at West
Union), mother of Dewey Carrigan of
Seaman, Ohio.
(2) Wylie Grooms of Cherry Fork,
whose son, Trevis Grooms married
Anna Mae Satterfield, daughter of
Benjamin and Rose Satterfield of Poplar
Ridge. Trevis and Anna have
four children: |
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Eugene Grooms
(deceased);
Robert Grooms;
Margaret Marcella Grooms; and
Treva Mae Grooms. |
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(3) Charles
E. Grooms of West Union, who married
Rose Trotter. Their children are: |
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Robert Grooms
of Dayton;
James Grooms of Dayton;
Timothy Grooms of Dayton; and
Mrs. John Bayless of West Union,
Ohio. |
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(4) Euretus
(Uretus) Grooms of West Union, Ohio. |
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To come back to the first wife's family, I
have further information on Samuel B.
Grooms and Hiram Connell Grooms, given
immediately below. |
Samuel B. Grooms (b. Aug. 29, 1832;
d. Dec. 26, 1922, aged 96 yrs., 3 mo., 27
da.; buried I. O. O. F. Cemetery, West
Union, Ohio), the son of Eli B. Grooms
and Jennie (Black) Grooms,
married twice.
His first wife, Frances (Waldren) Grooms,
died Feb. 3, 1895.
His second wife, Eliza Jane (Abbott)
Grooms died June 11, 1913.
He had no children, but he and his first
wife adopted (some say "not adopted, just
reared") two daughters: Ida Grooms,
wife of Allen Morrison, and Edith
Grooms (d. Oct. 31, 1912).
Edith was the first wife of Isaac
Newton "Newt" Morrison (b. near
Beasley's Fork, May 17, 1867; d. Nov.
16, 1950, aged 83 yrs., 5 mo., 29 da.).
Newt and Edith Morrison lived five
miles east of West Union on the
Morrison farm. They had 4 sons and
4 daughters, as follows: |
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sons:
(1) Bryant Morrison
(2) Floyd Morrison
(3) Leslie Morrison
(4) Samuel Morrison, a teacher,
whose son, Richard Morrison, and
grandson, Ricky Morrison, live at
Dayton, Ohio.
daughters:
(1) Lou Morrison
(2) Maggie Morrison
(3) Mary Morrison
(4) Grace "Gracie" Morrison |
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Hiram Connell Grooms (d. Mar. 29,
1905) married Eliza Jane Cooper (b.
Jan. 14, 1843; d. Jan. 31, 1940, at the home
of her daughter, Exa Baird). Hiram
Connell Grooms and Eliza Jane (Cooper)
Grooms had six children, as follows: |
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(1) Malinda
D. (Grooms) Piatt of Youngsville, Ohio;
later of Dayton, Ohio; who, on Sept. 29
1886, married William Sherman Piatt,
son of Frank Piatt of Stone Chapel.
(2) Ann Elizabeth Josephine "Josie"
(Grooms) Moore (d. Mar. 18, 1915), wife
of William "Billy" Moore of Adams
County, Ohio, later Moscow, near Muscatine,
Iowa, still later, moved back to Ohio.
They had two sons: |
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(a) Carl
Moore of Athens, Ohio, who had two sons,
Arthur Moore and Jimmie Moore. |
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(3) Exa C.
(Grooms) Baird, wife of Edwin Dory
Baird, the son of Sam Baird.
Their daughter is |
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Thesna Baird
of Stone Chapel, Adams County, Ohio |
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(4) Elizabeth
(Grooms) Knauff (d. Tues. Jan. 15, 1957
at her home, R. 2, Stone Chapel, West Union,
Ohio; buried Memorial Park Mausoleum,
Dayton, Ohio). She is the wife of
Conrad Knauff (d. Dec. 2, 1940) of
Seaman, Ohio, later of West Union.
Their two children are |
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Edgar Knauff,
R. 2, Stone Chapel; and
Mrs. Helen (Knauff) Tumbleson, of
near Seaman. |
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(5) Smith
Grooms of Stone Chapel (b. Nov. 23,
1873; d. Oct. 3, 1953, aged 79 yrs., 10 mo.,
10 da.; buried at West Union I. O. O. F.
Cemetery.
He never married, but lived with his sister,
Exa Baird. |
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(6) Samuel K.
Grooms (d. Mon. Jan. 10, 1921, aged 39
yrs.) married Jennie B. Moore (b.
about 1888).
Their son is |
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Herbert H.
Grooms of Stone Chapel |
FAMILY OF HESTER (BLACK) PIATT (b. July 29,
1805) |
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Hester "Hetty" (Black) Piatt (b. July
29, 1805; d. Nov. 2, 1881; buried in Stone
Chapel Cemetery) was the daughter of
Samuel Black Sr. and Hester (Conell)
Black. In 1824, she married
John Piatt (b. about 1804 in Virginia),
son of Benjamin Piatt and Polly (Waddle)
Piatt. John Piatt was a brother of
Mary "Old Polly" (Piatt) Black, wife
of John Black (b. July 20, 1797)
mentioned above.
The Packer records state that John
Piatt and Hester (Black) Piatt
had eleven children, but we have the names
of only eight as follows: |
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(1) Andrew
Jackson "Jack" Piatt (b. July 14, 1825),
who married Elizabeth Young.
(2) Horatio Piatt (b. Dec. 28,
1827), who married Anne Hayslip
(3) Jane Amanda Piatt (b. May 29,
1830), who married Samuel Mowrer (Mowrey).
(4) John A. Piatt (b. Nov. 7, 1832,
Adams Co., O.), who married Mary Bridwell.
Their daughter was |
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Effie (Piatt)
Joseph |
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(5) Hester
Margaret Piatt (b. 1835). Died in
a brush fire in 1845.
(6) Lewis Piatt (b. Jan. 15, 1837),
who married Scotty Ann Baldwin
(7) Zechariah Piatt (b. 1840).
Died young.
(8) Sarah Elizabeth Piatt (b. 1843),
who was married Dec. 23, 1871 to John H.
W. Thomas. They were the parents
of the late Mrs. Charles Petit of
West Union, Ohio |
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