A Little piece of Paradise… College Hill, Ohio - SELFCRAFT

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Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsi1853 Map of Farmers’ College Experimental Farm iiTable of Contentsiii1869 Map of College Hill ivIntroductionviChapter 1 Symmes & Harrison 1Chapter 2 Early College Hill 15Chapter 3 The Land and People 20Chapter 4 The Coming of the Carys 26Chapter 5 An Old Letter 33Chapter 6 Cemeteries 35Chapter 7 Other Early Settlers 43Chapter 8 Samuel Wilson 61Chapter 9 Danforth Witherby 64Chapter 10 Schools 67Chapter 11 Mt. Healthy 82Chapter 12 Early Worship 86Chapter 13 People and Places 90Chapter 14 The Abolition Movement 99Chapter 15 6 Acres, A Hidden History Discovered 112Chapter 16 Morgan’s Raiders 113Chapter 17 College Hill as a Village 117Chapter 18 Rammelsberg & Mitchell Furniture Built to Last for a Lifetime 125Chapter 19 They Built a City The David Hummel Building Company 129Chapter 20 Town Hall 136Chapter 21 Samuel Hannaford 138Chapter 22 College Hill at the Turn of the Century 140Chapter 23 Powel Crosley, Jr., a Man for All Seasons 146Chapter 24 Local Organizations 152Chapter 25 A College Hill Landmark - Twin Towers 155Chapter 26 More about the Obed J. Wilson Family 158iii
Chapter 27 Furniture and Philanthropy: The Henshaw Family 160Chapter 28 Transportation to College Hill By Virginia M. Geyler 174Chapter 29 Later Families 176Chapter 30 Hymns of Praise - Some Later Churches in College Hill 196Chapter 31 Great Families, Great Homes 204Chapter 32 Life at Laurel Court By Chilton Thomson 208Chapter 33 The Oaks 211Chapter 34 Life at The Oaks By Chilton Thomson 213Chapter 35 An On-Going Project: Restoring the Oaks By Douglas Trimmel 216Chapter 36 College Hill Remembered By Chilton Thomson 218Chapter 37 Some Assembly Required 221Chapter 38 The Fourth of July By Mrs. Dorothy Cummings Henshaw 223Chapter 39 It Doesn’t Seem So Long Ago…By Doris Kuszler 225Chapter 40 Memories of old College Hill By Mrs. Ruth J. Wells 226Chapter 41 By Jack Klumpe The Cincinnati Post 1942-1985 242Chapter 42 Autobiography of Earl Valentine Thesken 256Chapter 43 The Developing Business District 260Chapter 44 Businesses Then and Now 262Chapter 45 North College Hill 269Chapter 46 College Hill Grows 271Chapter 47 Men and Women from College Hill Who Served in WW II 274Index for Chapters 1 to 47 276Pictures (Index P-29) P-1Appendix – Genealogy Tables (Index A-53) A-1iv
Page 1 and 2: A Little piece of Paradise.....Coll
Page 3: 1853 Map of Farmers’ College Expe
Page 7 and 8: IntroductionHundreds of years ago t
Page 9 and 10: His civil record was equally as fin
Page 11 and 12: Jacob Parkhurst, a relative of the
Page 13 and 14: the North-Western Territory printed
Page 15 and 16: avarice. It has been my particular
Page 17 and 18: This was the start of grassroots ca
Page 19 and 20: surmounted by a hollow globe open a
Page 21 and 22: The Log Cabin Song (tune of Yankee
Page 23 and 24: well was often dug before the build
Page 25 and 26: kept in good order. A maul, a few i
Page 27 and 28: Chapter 3 The Land and PeopleThe fi
Page 29 and 30: where the Sanitarium stands. Near t
Page 31 and 32: Cincinnati.Cholera was a scourge fr
Page 33 and 34: Chapter 4 The Coming of the CarysDr
Page 35 and 36: pioneers had foot treadle looms and
Page 37 and 38: Hamilton Avenue) is today. The cott
Page 39 and 40: After the land was purchased some S
Page 41 and 42: Not great poetry, perhaps, but they
Page 43 and 44: 4. Broken stone, blank5. Adiso Milt
Page 45 and 46: LaBoyteaux from their 320 acres. Th
Page 47 and 48: Cary, Anna Lewis. Second wife of Ro
Page 49 and 50: 22. William S./ Son of/ S. & M. A.
Page 51 and 52: andy.Capt. Brown was a Justice of t
Page 53 and 54: Andrew Cox 9 was born in Hampshire
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West Galbraith Road was named Giffi
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General Spenser’s Campaign in 177
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move his household and ten children
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dinner, a shadow fell across her fo
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Isaac Sparks was born November 24,
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The Wise family lived on Longworth
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saved from the demolition of Floral
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walnut that still has traces of the
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Chapter 9Danforth WitherbyDanforth
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as after the water mains, gas mains
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taught here alongside of their cous
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his former pupil, both coming to jo
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S. Ormsby (preparatory course). In
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that college courses be gradually d
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Mrs. Bishop, while she has kept me
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who started rebuilding on the same
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On April 6, 1893 workmen soldering
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Each plantation was required by law
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encompassed a total of 1,300 acres.
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numbers, many remaining in their te
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An interesting house occupied where
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house. From 1851-1861 the old Betts
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principles rather than party and hi
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extensively, both in America and ab
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married into the families of other
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Chapter 14 The Abolition MovementOh
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The tide of those escaping continue
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said they had tar and feathers alon
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artifacts were found.22. Benjamin H
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Harriet Wilson’s LetterThe typed
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severity of the climate and died of
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was under full headway, then jumped
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Chapter 16 Morgan’s RaidersEven t
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Rose Budd (Lingo) Cummins, a reside
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Chapter 17 College Hill as a Villag
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post-office and two or three dwelli
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from which are enjoyed extensive vi
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ound trip. 44In 1883 a new railroad
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Chapter 18 Rammelsberg & Mitchell 1
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Richmond, Indiana. The original rec
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Chapter 19 They Built a CityThe Dav
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The transition to brick buildings e
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Great-granddaughter, Mary Buente Mc
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In 1962 Louis was asked by the buil
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money from the Community Developmen
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several editors of the student’s
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This house was removed to the west
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It has been the policy of the prese
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Life as a Cincinnati SuburbAt the t
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It was on Davey Avenue that Powel J
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then he spent $175,000 in preferred
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company assembled ‘radar-sensitiv
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College Hill Lodge #641 2 Free and
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Chapter 25 A College Hill Landmark
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length of retaining wall and the sa
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Her ashes are buried next to those
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The men that were brought over from
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as Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisia
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Mt. Vernon and Albion.When we arriv
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took steps to retrieve our fortunes
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worst trouble we had was to pay off
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continued to do up to the present t
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after the death of her parents. Dor
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car line, for twenty-five cents. He
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Paul Briol 15 was born in Spencer,
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felting, roof coatings, plaster boa
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School.John R. Davey built the home
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Mrs. Schevene Neuzel used to go Dr.
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1863, it is located at 319 N. Third
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had an inkwell on her desk. They ha
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manufacturer from England.When firs
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Pounsford served as chairman of fou
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named Highland Avenue and Huntingto
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for a machine that formed uniform s
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two years he became a clerk on a st
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In 1996 St. Clare’s announced pla
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structure of the new building was c
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Charter members of the C.H.U.B. Chu
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While he was selling books, he also
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Despite all the finery, according t
Page 216 and 217:
My grandmother had been warmly hosp
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Chapter 33The OaksThis property was
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Chapter 34 Life at The OaksBy Chilt
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The oldest son married and moved ou
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Well we’ve seen most of the first
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the corner about 1930, adding anoth
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Chapter 37 Some Assembly RequiredTo
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Chapter 38 The Fourth of JulyBy Mrs
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Chapter 39 It Doesn’t Seem So Lon
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which the priest, Father Diehner, l
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Diehn’s candy store was on the no
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Hammond North is today was a large
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when she was in medical school and
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they kept the hose running water ov
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wrapping my arm around the neck of
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old. His younger sister, Margaret,
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Almost from its beginning College H
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against fire and theft while in our
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Older residents of College Hill rea
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Post purchased its afternoon rival
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jeopardy. For several years prior t
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had photography as a hobby was give
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photographer. And I never stopped l
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Kentucky on their approach to the G
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with my furnace job and a little cl
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Millet- Chancellor, Governor Rhodes
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1939 College Hill Retail Merchants
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Bill, Sr. repaired TVs, radio and s
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artender, Mr. Murrison also cranked
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Max purchased a lot on the north ea
Page 276 and 277:
Chapter 45 North College Hill 17An
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Chapter 46 College Hill GrowsThe po
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All of the utilities will be underg
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Speiser, Jack E.; Speiser, Sorman A
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Clark 80, 90, 99, 102, 153, 204, 20
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LaRue 28, 50, 53, 86, 89Lawrence 28
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Thornton 72, 75, 152Toepfer 194Trim
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Deborah Ann Bard, 1830-1876, age 27
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Abigail Crary GrayEthel Peirson and
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Gilbert LaBoiteaux, Mt. Healthy.Cou
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Samuel Emerson, 1802-1845.Courtesy
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Joshua PiersonCarrie Joella Arnold
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College Hill Boosters ClubRonald Re
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Freeman G. Cary’s House,5651 Hami
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College Hill Post OfficeCourtesy of
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Isaac & Mary (Toy) Betts House,6275
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Pleasant Hill Academy, about 1830.C
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Logging the site of LaurelCourt, pr
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Hamilton AvenueToll GateEd Sayre’
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P-26
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Raymond House.Graham Hotel, Belmont
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Appendix IAIKENI. Charles AIKEN 181
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Mahlon Brown Jr. born July 10, 1832
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Issue: 1. Laura H. BROWN b 11-28-18
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m 2) JANE BATES RICHARDSON, no issu
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I. HANNAH CARY b. Dec. 16, 1771, di
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Cincinnati. Both Sarah & William ar
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. Mary COMPTONccc. Mildred COMPTONd
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George W. PLINKTONbbbb. Arthur CRAR
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POTTENGER b 13 Dec 1869 d 26 Mar 19
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was Captain of a company from Butle
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L. ?Paul GIFFIN, killed by Indians,
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eight teen hundred and eighteen 181
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13. Anna M. ARNOLD 1851-185114. Syl
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iii. Oliver JESSUP 1819-1906cc. Dav
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dddd. Henry JESSUP 1863-1944 m Leul
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daughter of David Fitz RANDOLPH)6.
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. Peter VAN DYKE m Ada BLUEc. Phebe
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Monmouth Court House, where he was
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a. Samuel LABOYTEAUX b 7-10-1805 d
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Frederick Wm. b July 25, 1828Peter
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2. Anne BENEDICT3. Jean BENEDICT4.
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McKENZIEaa. Arthur POUNSFORDbb. Sus
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d. Thomas SKILLMAN3. Jacob Jr. SKIL
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H. Thomson SPARKS b 12-1-1808 d 11-
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VAN ZANDTThe Van Zandt name came fr
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1814 Sally NESMITH 1787-1873. Samue
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Appendix 1 Index for Genealogy Tabl
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Kinney A-13, 32Kipp A-24Kitchen A-1
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Williams A-14, 27, 50Wimmer A-33, 3
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