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Carbon tax, 12 years in the making
The Carbon Tax Bill is expected to be enacted before the end of 2018 and the proposal by Government is to implement carbon tax from 1 January 2019.
The 2006 Draft Environmental Fiscal Reform Policy Paper (DEFRPP) published by National Treasury provided a framework to ensure the consistent development and assessment of environmentally regulated tax proposals. The DEFRPP specified the environmental related taxes and charges available at the time, such as the levies placed on transport and aviation fuel, electricity, water supply and waste water.
Following the DEFRPP, National Treasury published the Carbon Tax Discussion Paper, Reducing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions during December 2010 for public comment (2010 Discussion Paper), where it was indicated that 80% of South Africa's carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions were produced from the electricity sector, the metals industry and the transport sector. One of the main causes of South Africa's carbon intensive economy is due to the electricity sector's reliance on low-cost fossil fuel based electricity generation.
Carbon tax (which seeks to reduce emissions through the price mechanism directly) and emissions trading (which targets specific levels of emissions through trade-in allowances) were highlighted as the two main economic policy instruments for putting a price on carbon and curbing GHG emissions. Although carbon tax does not set a fixed quantitative limit to GHG emissions over the short term, at appropriate levels and phased in over a period, will provide a strong price signal to both producers and consumers to change their behaviour over the medium to long-term.
In May 2013, National Treasury published an updated Carbon Tax Policy Paper for public comment (2013 Policy Paper), which considered the comments received in respect of the 2010 Discussion Paper. The 2013 Policy Paper elaborated on and contextualised the specific carbon tax design features briefly discussed in the 2013 Budget Review, such as carbon tax, energy-efficiency savings and the electricity levy, the increase in vehicle CO2 emissions tax and the certified emission reductions tax incentive.
The imposition of tax applied directly to actual GHG emissions or CO2 equivalents was noted as the best option for carbon tax at a proposed tax rate of R120 per ton of CO2 equivalents above the thresholds. In terms of the Draft Carbon Tax Bill 2015 and the Draft Carbon Tax Bill 2017, the proposed rate of tax of R120 per ton of CO2 equivalents has remained unchanged.
National Treasury's recent carbon tax briefing
On 13 February 2018, the Standing Committee on Finance (SCoF) held a meeting to clarify South Africa's GHG emissions reduction system, as well as provide details in respect of the Draft Carbon Tax Bill 2017.
In this meeting the need to fast track the finalisation of carbon tax legislation was emphasised by the SCoF, in order for binding legislation to facilitate the necessary transition in 2020 when the Paris Agreement on Climate Change (Paris Agreement) comes into operation. The Paris Agreement was ratified by South Africa on 2 November 2016 and aims to collectively address the threat of climate change within the context of sustainable development and includes efforts to eradicate poverty. The Paris Agreement further seeks to reduce carbon emissions globally by ensuring that the globe's temperature does not exceed a 2-degrees Celsius increase.
The main issues discussed at the meeting are as follows:
South Africa's GHG emissions reduction system
In terms of South Africa's National Determined Contribution (NDC) required by Article 4(9) of the Paris Agreement, three key elements have been identified to reduce GHG emissions:
a long-term goal in the form of a national emissions trajectory range to 2050;
a medium-term goal in the range of 398 – 614 metric ton CO2 equivalents in the year 2025 until 2030; and
provide flexibility in the form of a range which will require a periodic review in the medium/long term, taking into account science and natural circumstances.
To meet the 2-degree Celsius target, countries will have to submit more ambitious goals going forward, as the current NDCs are not sufficient to reach the proposed target.
South Africa's Mitigation System and the carbon tax phased in approach
In 2015, Cabinet approved the following key elements in respect of the climate change mitigation system framework (Mitigation System); a carbon tax, GHG inventory, national emissions trajectory, a carbon budget for each company, pollution prevention plans for companies with carbon budgets and a reporting system to gather information regarding the emissions of users, amongst others.
Regarding the introduction of a carbon tax, a phased approach has been suggested which allows for developmental challenges faced by South Africa, encourages investment in more energy efficient technology, and ensures that South Africa's competitiveness is not compromised. The Mitigation System is to be introduced in two phases:
Phase one (2016 – 2020)
Phase one will be voluntary as there is no legal basis to set emission limits for sectors or companies, however during phase one, the chief director of climate change indicated that particular attention to the 2010 Integrated Resource Plan, setting of carbon budgets, calls for pollution plans and annual reporting must take place.
National Treasury noted in the Explanatory Memorandum published with the Draft Carbon Tax Bill 2017, that the impact of phase one has been designed to be revenue-neutral, and revenues will be recycled by way of reducing the current electricity generation levy, credit rebate for the renewable energy premium, as well as a tax incentive for energy efficiency savings.
Phase one is said to last for a period between 4 to 5 years from the implementation date of the tax. During phase one, there will be no impact on electricity prices. In addition, carbon credits should be developed under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) and the Gold Standard (GS).
Companies that wish to reduce their carbon tax liability up to 5% or 10% can do so by subscribing to the carbon offset scheme as provided for in the Draft Carbon Offset Regulations.
Phase two (post 2020)
Phase two will only become mandatory when climate change response legislation is in place, and will include:
new regulatory instruments to be included in future climate change legislation, such as DEA (Department of Environmental Affairs) Indirect Emissions Mandatory Reporting Requirements, Sector Mitigation and Low Carbon Development Plans and Climate Change Response Implementation Plans;
regulatory instruments based on existing regulations, such as the National GHG Reporting Regulations and Pollution Prevention Plans Regulations;
DEA Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E), such as the National Climate Change Response M&E System; and
DEA Inventory, such as the National GHG Emissions Inventory.
The DEA and National Treasury examined various options to align carbon tax and carbon budgets for phases one and two. Phase one provides companies who participate in the carbon budget system with an additional 5% allowance, providing for a maximum tax-free threshold of 95%. Phase two contains a "in-principle agreement" in respect of the alignment option where companies cannot be penalised twice by the alignment of carbon tax and the carbon budget. The Draft Carbon Tax Bill would require additional amendment in order to allow for the aforesaid two-phase interface.
Draft Carbon Tax Bill 2017
The Carbon Tax Bill will give effect to the Polluter-Pays-Principle and assist in ensuring that firms and consumers take these costs into account in their future consumption and investment decisions, and assist with the reduction of GHG emissions.
The carbon tax policy framework in South Africa
Emissions above a certain level will be taxed.
Who will be taxed?
electricity generation and fuel combustion;
industrial processes;
fugitive emissions;
scope 1 (direct GHG emissions): stationery emissions. In terms of stationery emissions, reporting thresholds will be determined by source category as stipulated in the National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act, No 39 of 2004;
scope 2 (energy indirect GHG emissions): non-stationary emissions (as an add on to fuel tax).
Marginal rate of R120 per ton of CO2 equivalents taking into account allowance ranges from R6 to R48 per ton CO2 equivalents.
Recycling measures and tax incentives, which are said to be included with the announcement of the implementation of carbon tax.
Revenue recycling takes place where most of the revenue collected from the imposition of carbon tax is recycled to fund measures to assist with transition to a lower carbon economy, with the aim of mitigating short term negative impacts on the economy and employment. The recycling measures and tax incentives will include:
energy efficiency savings tax incentive (s12L of
the Act);
credit against Eskom's carbon tax liability for the renewable energy premium built into the electricity tariffs;
credit for the electricity levy;
support for the installation of solar water geysers;
enhanced free basic electricity/energy for low income households; and
improved public passenger transport and support for shift of freight from road to rail.
A phased-in approach starting with a relatively modest carbon tax rate, coupled with generous tax-free allowances of 60 to 95% adjusted over time. The phased in approach will minimise potential adverse impacts on low-income households and industry competitiveness;
The implementation of a carbon tax is said to level the playing field between carbon intensive (fossil-fuel based firms) and low carbon emitting sectors (renewable energy and efficient energy technologies),
The topic of carbon tax implementation in South Africa has stirred up numerous emotions and financial fears for businesses and business owners alike who are conducting activities resulting in GHG emissions above the various thresholds. Following the proposal made in the Budget that carbon tax will be implemented from 1 January 2019, the carbon tax reality is fast approaching and businesses must be adequately prepared.
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A 71 year old student inspired me to continue dreaming
My second running project went through parts of Namibia and South Africa. I wasn't still sure of what the greater purpose of my projects were. In the semi-desert regions on the Northern Cape I met the elderly woman Ou Sus Ben in the small town Garies. She shared her story and a lifelong dream with me.
She was 71 when I met her and she told me that her burning desire was to become a teacher. As the eldest of her siblings, she was fortunate enough to be able to afford to go to school. She understood the power of education, not just as a means to a job and learning, but also as a tool to fight prejudice. However, her dream of becoming a teacher ended when she was 15. Due to a broken family structure, she had to leave school and seek employment so that she could provide food and clothes for her family.
Back to school chasing part of her dream
One day, at the age of 68, she decided that while she would never be a teacher, she would at least finish her schooling, and so she re-enrolled. Even though she had never studied biology before, her time working in a library had given her a real passion for the subject, and so she signed up for matric biology. She also studied English. On the day of her final English exam, she realised that she had been registered as an English mother tongue student and she could either refuse to write the exam, and automatically fail, or attempt it. As a person whose mother tongue is Khoekhoe, with Afrikaans as her 2nd, Ou Sus Ben was faced with deciphering Shakespeare and Chaucer as if she had spoken English all of her life.
When she dropped out of school in her younger years to support her family, she started off cleaning and washing for a farmer and his family. Over time, she changed several jobs and finally ended up as a librarians assistant. It wasn't her dream job, but it was the closest she could get to a life of knowledge. After her retirement, Ou Sus Ben spent some time looking after her grandchildren and family, but she had a deep sadness that she hadn't been a teacher.
Her background didn't stop her
Ou Sus Ben is a Nama, a group of people descended from the original inhabitants of Southern Africa, the Khoisan. As a child, her family lived in collapsible houses, made from wood and animal hides, sleeping on the floor using other animal skins as bedding. It was the way of her people. Ou Sus Ben also lived under the oppressive political system of apartheid, a system that discriminated against her because of the colour of her skin.
She passed her matric. She passed it growing up in a broken family. She passed it growing up under a political system which at times regarded her as no more valuable than an animal. She passed it writing a subject she had never studied before, and she passed it writing a language exam in a language she had mostly taught herself.
The powers of dreams
When Ou Sus Ben told me her story I realised the incredible power of dreams. She sacrificed more than I can imagine, but she knew that to achieve a dream, one needs patience, belief and lots and lots of hard work.
Through meeting Ou Sus Ben I finally knew what was driving me on my runs. It's all about dreams. Finding a dream and then pursuing it. She showed me that being positive is a choice, that even if our dreams don't come true, there are other paths to follow, that a broken dream doesn't mean that we should give up.
I do these projects because it's a part of my dream. Hopefully I can also use them to inspire others in the same way that this remarkable human being inspired me.
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Bill Peters Out of Head Coaching Position of the Calgary Flames in Response to Racial Epithet Scandal
Reports have recently surfaced allegedly claiming that the head coach of the Calgary Flames, Bill Peters, used racial slurs approximately 10 years ago while on a minor league hockey team. The incident occurred in the team's locker room of the Rockford IceHogs, the AHL affiliate of the Chicago Blackhawks, in which Peter said, "I'm sick of hearing this n—–s f—ing other n—–s in the a– stuff."
In this situation Bill Peters directed the comments towards Akim Aliu and it was referring to the music that he was listening to in the dressing room. The Calgary Flames have basically forced Peters to retire as a result of this story surfacing just this past week. This was only his second year as the head coach of the of the Calgary Flames.
As Peters is out as the head coach of the Calgary Flames effective immediately, they decided to promote Geoff Ward as the interim head coach at least for the time being. Only time will tell if they decide to hire another individual to take over as the head coach of the Calgary Flames or if they choose to stick with Ward at the helm.
Reaction from the NHL:
The National Hockey League has announced that they will be meeting with all the relevant people over the upcoming week or so in order to investigate the situation. It is crazy that Aliu waited approximately 10 years to publicly explain the incident that occurred while he played minor league hockey.
This type of behavior exhibited by Peters is absolutely unacceptable, unprofessional, and obviously extremely offensive to many people. Not only did Peters lose his job, but he may have to deal with ramifications handed down by the NHL as well. I would not be surprised if he does not coach professional hockey ever again. They may decide to make an example out of him, and really make a strong statement even though this was an isolated incident.
Peters' Coaching Record:
Season Age Tm Lg GP W L T OL PTS PTS% Finish G W L T W-L% Notes
2014-15 50 CAR NHL 82 30 41 11 71 .433 8th 0 0 0
2018-19 54 CGY NHL 82 50 25 7 107 .652 1st 5 1 4 .200
2019-20 55 CGY NHL 28 12 12 4 28 .500 3rd 0 0 0
4 yrs CAR NHL 328 137 138 53 327 .498 0 0 0
2 yrs CGY NHL 110 62 37 11 135 .614 5 1 4 .200
Career NHL 438 199 175 64 462 .527 5 1 4 .200
Media Statements:
"Effective immediately, Bill Peters is no longer a member of the Calgary Flames organization," says Flames general manager, Brad Treliving.
Aliu announced on Twitter Monday night that Bill Peters, "Dropped the N bomb several times towards me in the dressing room in my rookie year because he didn't like my choice of music."
"Although it was an isolated and immediately regrettable incident, I take responsibility for what I said," Peters explained.
"I have regretted the incident since it happened and I now also apologize to anyone negatively affected by my words," Peters announced. "I meant no disrespect in what I said and it was not directed at anyone in particular. But that doesn't matter. It was hurtful and demeaning. I am truly sorry."
After the Calgary Flames organization completed a, "Thorough investigation," Treliving stated the entire situation has been, "The most difficult thing in my career, for sure."
"It's been a difficult time, but we're going to move forward," says Treliving.
"This investigation we're doing, I know everyone wants this done immediately and the world we live in is immediate," Treliving exclaimed. "I hope you can appreciate we're trying to do everything we possibly can to make sure we get it right and get all the information that needs to be gotten."
"Management handled it directly and never heard of it again and never saw anything else after that," current Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour stated. "So it was definitely dealt with, in my opinion, correctly. … We've definitely moved past that."
"I'm pretty upset," Former Hurricanes owner Peter Karmanos expressed. "And I have my calls in to Ronnie as well. I think he's the one who's going to have to tell people what he did when he found out that the coach had done these things."
According to Aliu, Peters said: "I'm sick of hearing this n—–s f—ing other n—–s in the a– stuff."
"He then walked out like nothing ever happened," Aliu explained. "You could hear a pin drop in the room, everything went dead silent. I just sat down in my stall, didn't say a word."
When asked why he waited so long to come out with the news, Aliu said, "This isn't me being bitter. I sat on this a really, really long time. It broke my heart, I think it made my career go downhill before it started. This isn't to the degree of [Colin] Kaepernick by any means, but if you play the race card, it's most likely the end of your career."
The Chicago Blackhawks released a statement saying: "The purported incident had not been reported or brought to our attention prior to [Monday] and had no effect on any player personnel decision regarding Mr. Aliu."
"I don't have any comment about that, I'm just here to talk about hockey," says associate coach, Geoff Ward who served as the Calgary Flames head coach Ward. "Everything else will be decided when everybody's done their due diligence on it."
"We all feel for everybody involved. It's not a perfect situation," Ward stated. "We'll worry about the next step once we get through this game today."
"All this extraneous stuff that's going on, we're just not even thinking about it," Calgary Flames center Derek Ryan explained. "As professional athletes, we go through different situations throughout the year where we have to block stuff out. And we're just trying to keep that as another one of those situations."
"I can guarantee you every single black hockey player has been called a racial slur at some point in their career, whether it's been younger or older," Wayne Simmonds replied. "It's something people don't like to talk about because it makes them uncomfortable. In light of this coming out, hopefully this can do some good for the hockey community and shed some light on it."
"You never want to hear things like that," says Simmonds. "Those things are extremely discouraging for people of African descent and of color. Something like that happens to you and [the] one person that's doing it to you controls kind of your destiny, it's definitely something that needs to be explored. It's extremely disheartening and I definitely feel for Akim."
"Until I get all the info I can't really comment on what exactly happened," P.K. Subban expressed. "But I can tell you this right now, the first thought of it is it leaves a bitter taste in everybody's mouth. It just doesn't look good."
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An alumna makes a $50,000 gift to the School of the Business to establish a named endowed scholarship in memory of her mother.
A gift agreement is drawn up between Geneseo and the donor, guaranteeing that her gift will be added to the general endowment fund to be used solely for its stated purpose.
The donor's named scholarship fund buys units in the College's larger endowment pool, much as one buys shares in a mutual fund.
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Should I enter the work comp attorney into the system as primary client and enter the attorneys client as a private person; or do I enter the attorneys client as my primary client and the attorney gets entered as attorney? What is best and why?
Hey Jasper, I agree. We learn the most from each other's experiences. I saw it like you do, the client should be entered as my primary client. But, the more I think about it, I'm thinking it should be the attorney. Here is why; when I complete my report, the system will automatically generate a cover letter which gets addressed to the person entered as primary client. The attorney called me and basically hired me on a referral. And if the report is forwarded to the attorney we can maintain attorney/client privilege. Hopefully someone else chimes in and provides more information/ideas.


10-11 September 2016, a WMFC First Class series tournament took its place in the German town of Nurnberg. Such event could not leave HMBIA News uninterested. Programme of the tournament throughout 2 days was as follows: 10 September – profights; 11 September – soft sword. We have contacted one of the organizers of the tournament Valentin Zerr and discussed the tournament, his impressions and the overall summary of the event.
Michael Tereschenko, an accredited judge from Moldova was a mareschal of the tournament.
Organizers decided on the free entrance for the guests of the tournament. Spectators could freely come at any time and support fighters. Such moment was certainly very pleasant for both spectators and participants, as support is very important in the course of the battle, it gives new powers, thanks to the participants' encouragement, fighters gain second breath.
Organizers themselves, Mr. Zerr in particular, are very content with the event.
"First of all, as an organizer of the tournament, I'd like to say that I enjoyed the event. It is also pleasing that our sponsor – "Russian-German center" – liked the event as well. After its closing, it became clear that the event has a potential for the further development. Secondly, I'd like to seize the opportunity and thank all the people that took part in the organization for good work. Also, I want to give big thanks to fighters for spectacular, beautiful fights".
Organizers of the event set the bar for fighters' training quite high. The event gathered experienced fighters, so the fights turned out to be quite interesting. Marina Golovina, a fighter from Russia, admired the level of training of German fighters, in the course of "WMFC First Class Germany Challenge" – 2016 she had to meet German she-fighters in the combat twice.
"As to German fighters – they do everything good due to their mentality, they always try to achieve perfectness, they carefully gather knowledge and learning materials and it allows them to achieve mastery".
After some time has passed since the closing of the tournament, Valentin Zerr went and analyzed the summary and made certain conclusions. As he stated, next time he is to pay more attention to the entertainment element for the spectators. A lot was done in the course of the tournament, but a lot more is needed to be done the next time. Also, Valentin noted that "WMFC First Class Germany Challenge" – 2016 despite it taking place for the first time ever, did not suffer the deficiency in the number of participants – their amount was optimal for both the fighting program and the possibilities of the infrastructure of the tournament.
HMBIA News wishes "WMFC First Class Germany Challenge" tournament further development; we also wish its organizer Valentin Zerr to accomplish all of his ideas.


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Dinosaur Jr. Tickets – Promo Code
Dinosaur Jr. are hitting the road in 2017 and kicking it all off on March 9th in Montreal, Quebec at Corona Theatre.
Dinosaur Jr. will be out in support of their new album, Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not.
In 1984 a rock band from Amherst, MA was formed named, Dinosaur Jr (original band name was just Dinosaur). The band was founded by J Mascis, Lou Barlow, and Murph who were high school friends. They released three albums on an independent label which led to their discovery and quick nationwide popularity. The group broke up in 1997, but in 2005 the original band got back together and the Dinosaur Jr. fan base was still there to purchase tickets. They have released four albums in 2005.
2017 Dinosaur Jr. Tour Dates
March 9 – Montreal, Quebec, Corona Theatre
March 10 – Toronto, Ontario, The Danforth Music Hall
March 11 – Detroit, Mich., St. Andrews Hall
March 12 – Cleveland, Ohio, Beachland Ballroom
March 13 – Columbus, Ohio, Newport Music Hall
March 16 – Bloomington, Ind., Bluebird Nightclub
March 17 – Madison, Wis., Majestic Theatre
March 18 – Omaha, Neb, The Waiting Room
March 19 – St. Louis, Mo., Delmar Hall
March 22 – Louisville, Ky., Headliners Music Hall
March 23 – Nashville, Tenn., Cannery Ballroom
March 24 – Athens, Ga., Georgia Theatre
March 25 – Atlanta, Ga., Variety Playhouse
March 28 – Saint Petersburg, Fla., State Theatre
March 29 – Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Culture Room
March 30 – Orlando, Fla., The Beacham
March 31 – Jacksonville, Fla., Maverick's
April 1 – Carrboro, N.C., Cat's Cradle
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52 Ancestors 2017: #1 ~ Corp. Isaac "Newton" WYCOFF ~ Civil War Casualty at The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Photo Credit: Hollie Ann Henke
Up on a ridge overlooking George's Lake near Mooretown on County Highway 53 just outside of Bergholz, Ohio, sits a Civil War monument dedicated to the memory of the fallen soldiers of Ross Township, Jefferson County, Ohio. The face of one side of the marker includes the name Newton Wycoff, my maternal first cousin 4x removed. He was the contemporary and first cousin of my second great-grandmother, Jane "Jennie" Wyckoff.
Isaac Newton Wycoff was born 13 April 1842 in Ross Township, Jefferson County, Ohio to Isaac Newton Wycoff (1814-1885) and Catherine Ann R. Frye (1818-1889). It appears that he had only one natural sibling, Cornelius William (1837-1914).
1850 Census Ross Twp Jefferson County Ohio
Church records from the Bacon Ridge Presbyterian Pioneer Church indicate that Caroline Saltsman was baptized on 01 December 1862 as the child of Isaac and Catherine Wycoff. She would have been approximately ten years old at that time. Headstone at Shane Cemetery indicates that she was the adopted daughter of Isaac and Catherine.
Shane Cemetery (Photo courtesy of Denny Goddard)
Here, she appears with Isaac and Catherine on the 1870 census.
On 12 August 1862, young Newton entered the service during the Civil War, assigned to Company G of the 52nd OVI.
On 27 June 1864, Newton, 22 years old, was killed during the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain.
Battle of Kenesaw Mountian [i.e., Mountain]–June 27, 1864–Union (Gen. Sherman, com.) … Conf. (Gen. Johnston, Com.) … circa 1891 lithograph. By Kurz & Allison., [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
Confederate troops dragging guns up Kennesaw Mountain. Circa 1888. By Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buel [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
Back in September (2016), my children invited me down to Atlanta for a long weekend. In the days leading up to my departure, I was asked what I wanted to do during the visit and my reply was that I would like to visit Kennesaw Mountain, if possible, perhaps look for Newton's grave. And so we did…
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Marietta National Cemetery (Photo Credit: Hollie Ann Henke)
Sources and Additional Reading:
Burial Ledgers. The National Cemetery Administration, Washington, D.C. (Original records transferred to NARA: Burial Registers, compiled 1867-2006, documenting the period 1831-2006. ARC ID: 5928352. Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773–2007, Record Group 15. National Archives at Washington, D.C.
Interment Control Forms, 1928–1962. Interment Control Forms, A1 2110-B. Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774–1985, Record Group 92. The National Archives at College Park, College Park, Maryland.
Official roster of the soldiers of the state of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866 [microform
by Ohio. Roster Commission; Ohio. General Assembly; Ohio. Adjutant General's Dept; McKinley, William, 1843-1901; Taylor, Samuel M; Howe, James C
Kennesaw Mountain: Sherman, Johnston, and the Atlanta Campaign
Earl J. Hess UNC Press Books, Apr 22, 2013 – History – 344 pages
The Destructive War: William Tecumseh Sherman, Stonewall Jackson, and the Americans Charles Royster Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Sep 14, 2011 – History – 560 pages
1850 United States Federal Census. Year: 1850; Census Place: Ross, Jefferson, Ohio; Roll: M432_699; Page: 464A; Image: 164
1860 United States Federal Census. Year: 1860; Census Place: Ross, Jefferson, Ohio; Roll: M653_993; Page: 140; Image: 285; Family History Library Film: 803993
http://crewhouse.weebly.com/the-civil-war.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennesaw_Mountain_National_Battlefield_Park
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kennesaw_Mountain
A continuation of Amy Johnson Crow's 2014 Challenge
Jennie on right. Her sister, Mary, on left.
Name: Jennie Marie HACKATHORN
Birth: 26 June 1900; Bergholz, Jefferson County, Ohio
Parents: Thomas John HACKATHORN and Florence "Flora" D. PAISLEY
Spouse: Joseph Fritz CHAMPION
Death: 12 July 1992; Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio
Relationship to Hollie: maternal great aunt
Born This Day in 1860 ~ James Lawrence HECKATHORN
Name: James Lawrence HECKATHORN
Birth: 25 June 1860; Carroll County, Ohio
Parents: Charles HECKATHORN and Nancy WHITLA
Spouse: Mertie Lemyra GILLETT
Death: 16 December 1939; Michigan
52 Ancestors: # 25 Grietje Cornelis Van NESS ~ The Pieter Wyckoff House
"He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home."
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Wyckoff, Peter [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Historic American Buildings Survey, E.P. MacFarland, Photographer May 8, 1934, VIEW FROM NORTHWEST. – Peter Wyckoff House, 5902 Canarsie Lane, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY
I've always felt that it would have been a wonderful feeling to know that there was an old homestead somewhere that had been in my family for generations and that there was still a part of my family living there, but that isn't the case with any of my direct family lines. With the exception, of course, of the Pieter Claessen Wyckoff House which is the old homestead of the thousands of Pieter Claessen Wyckoff's descendants that are scattered across these states (and world).
So far, I have not personally visited this place in Brooklyn as my grandmother did, but I have read a lot about it. This would have been the home of my ninth great-grandmother, Grietje Van Ness, and that of her husband, Pieter Claessen Wyckoff, and of my eighth great-grandfather, Nicholas Wyckoff, until he married. Much has been written about this house and the land that it lies on and I have not gleaned any new information to add to its story, but for those unfamiliar with it – a much abbreviated bit of information.
By Nicolaas Visscher II (1649-1702) [Public domain or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Nederlands: Vervaardigd in ca. 1684. This map of the current New England was published by Nicolaes Visscher II (1649-1702). Visscher copied first a map byJan Janssonius (1588-1664) from 1651 and added a view of New Amsterdam, the current Manhattan. The map is very accurate: each European town which existed at the time has been represented.
As near as can be determined, this house was constructed in 1652, and amazingly, still stands today. This date was determined, in part, by pottery shards dating to 1660 excavated on the property. Many additions were built onto the home over the years, including what was probably the first addition, a large kitchen wing built onto the west side of the home.
Historic American Buildings Survey, E.P. MacFarland, Photographer May 8, 1934, DETAIL OF MANTEL AND CHINA CLOSET (WEST WALL-DINING ROOM). – Peter Wyckoff House, 5902 Canarsie Lane, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY
Architectural evidence maintains that the original roof was of the "salt-box" type. Although the original roof was removed during later additions, it is thought that this particular roof was developed by the settlers of New Netherlands, probably evolving from storage sheds that had been added to the back of previously built, symmetrically gabled houses. 17th century Dutch moldings that were found within the original part of the house also support the fact that the house dates to the early years of the third quarter of the 17th century.
By Related names: Wyckoff, Peter [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
It is believed that this house on Carnarsie Lane was built on part of a large tract of land purchased by Govenor Wouter Van Twiller (Director-General of New Netherland). In the 1652, the land was seized by the Dutch West Indie Company and when Van Twiller was recalled to Holland, he claimed that he had built houses on all of his holdings. The property then went to the Duke of York when New Netherland was ceded to the English.
By http://www.geographicus.com/mm5/cartographers/sestiles.txt [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Pieter Wyckoff's descendants owned and occupied the house until about 1901 when it ended up sold to Brooklyn Realty Company. The homestead went into a rapid state of decline and was scheduled for demolition when Borough Historian, James Kelly, helped to block that action. The Wyckoff family and The Wyckoff House Association then acquired the property with the intent of gifting the house to the city to establish a city park and, hopefully, for the restoration of the house. The city accepted this gift in 1970 and now the house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is considered the oldest home in New York City.
Wyckoff Google Earth Image 2015
The house, now a museum, is located in Milton Fidler Park at 5816 Clarendon Road in the Canarsie area of Brooklyn on Long Island and was denoted as a National Historic Landmark in 1968. It is the oldest surviving example of a Dutch saltbox frame house in the United States and was one of the first structures built on Long Island by Europeans.
2014 Google Street View. Wyckoff House and Milton Fidler Park to the left.
Although the city does own the home, it is operated by The Wyckoff House & Association. And it was to this home, a bowery once owned by the Dutch West India Company, that Grietje, and her husband, Pieter, brought their two young children when Pieter agreed to superintend the bowery of Peter Stuyvesant and where they continued to raise their growing family.
Grietje Cornelis Van Ness was born to Cornelis Hendrick Van Ness and Maycke Hendrieux van der BURCHGRAEFF around 1629 (or sometime between 1624 and 1630), probably in the Netherlands. Grietje and Pieter Claessen were married about 1646 in Beverwyck, New York.
Born to them were 11 children and those children were:
Nicholas, born circa 1646, at Beverwyck. (my line)
Margrietje, born circa 1648, at Beverwyck.
Annetje, baptized 27 November 1650, at New Amsterdam.
Mayken, baptized 19 October 1653. Sponsored by Judith Bayard, wife of Peter Stuyvesant.
Cornelius, born circa 1656.
Hendrick, born circa 1658.
Geertje, born circa 1660.
Garret, born in 1662.
Marten, born in 1663.
Jan, born 16 February 1665.
Willemptje.
Grietje died between 1699 and 1703 and was buried beside her husband, Pieter, who had died between June of 1694 and 1697.
The optional theme for week 25 was "Homestead".
Name: Grietje Cornelis Van Ness
Parents: Cornelis Hendrick Van Ness and Maycke Hendrieux van der Burchgraeff
Spouse: Pieter Claessen Wyckoff
Surnames: WYCKOFF, Van NESS, Van der BURCHGRAEFF, PAISLEY
Relationship to Hollie: maternal 9th great grandmother
Grietje Cornelis Van Ness
Nicholas Wyckoff
Peter Wyckoff
Jacobus Wikoff
Joachim Wycoff
Cornelius Wycoff
Levi Wycuff
Jane "Jennie" Wyckoff
Florence "Flora" Paisley
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Historic American Buildings Survey, E.P. MacFarland, Photographer May 8, 1934, VIEW FROM EAST. – Peter Wyckoff House, 5902 Canarsie Lane, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY
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Genealogical Notes Of New York And New England Families, By Sebastian V. Talcott
http://bklyn-genealogy-info.stevemorse.org/Town/dutch/wyckoff.html
OLD DUTCH HOUSES OF BROOKLYN; By Maud Esther Dillard; 1945
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6449599,-73.9210102,3a,78.8y,150.64h,90.65t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sQJJVM4CbgQ35lEeJL1kgHA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Settlers of Rensselaerswyck, 1630-1658; By New York State Library, Arnold Johan Ferdinand Van Laer;
Van Rensselaer Bowier Manuscripts: Being the Letters of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, 1630-1643, and Other Documents Relating to the Colony of Rensselaerswyck; New York State Library Kiliaen van Rensselaer January 1, 1908; University of the state of New York
The Pieter Claessen Wyckoff House, Brooklyn, New York: An Analysis of its History and Development and a Record of its Present Condition Preparatory to Restoration...Oppenheimer, Brady & Associations, Architects. NY,NY.
52 Ancestors: #24 Erma R. Minnie PITTMAN ~ Something Saved from the Past
"We are braver and wiser because they existed, those strong women and strong men… We are who we are because they were who they were. It's wise to know where you come from, who called your name." ~ Maya Angelou
Sometime in the late '70s or early '80s I stopped by to visit my paternal grandmother, Erma, and she took me down into her basement saying that she had something that she wanted to give to me. I must have been around 21, because I didn't have a car or my license to drive until then because I either walked everywhere that I wanted to go or hopped on a city bus during inclement weather. I was surprised and touched when she pulled out some old quilt tops that she had made and asked me if I wanted them because I was the only granddaughter that she knew of that sewed.
And I did love to sew. I spent time when I was young with the Mary-Martha Fellowship at the Mennonite Church that I went to and with my favorite Sunday School teacher, Martha King, learning stitches and embroidering. My maternal grandmother taught me to basic knitting and crocheting and I remember knitting lots of headbands with variegated yarn. Because I was a kid in the late '60s and early '70s it was a time when fashions were changing and kids were splitting open the seams of blue jeans and inserting calico material to make bellbottoms. I did this, too, and also did a lot of embroidery on my jeans. At that time, embroidery was my favorite thing to do (besides reading) and I used to take whatever I was working on to church with me and work on it while sitting in the pew during services. And…I majored in Home Economics in high school along with music, art, and English – all those things that absolutely would not help me to get a job later in life. But I certainly can entertain myself!
I believe that my grandmother told me that she had made those quilt tops during The Depression but had never gotten around to actually finishing them up. So she wanted me to have them because she didn't think that she ever would. So I stored them away in tissue paper to keep them safe and have hauled them around with me wherever I have lived. In the small town where I raised my children, there was a house over on the next block that, for whatever reason, was selling off the contents of the house in yard sales for several weeks. Because it was a small town, we could walk most everywhere that we wanted to go and walked by this house often. One day my daughter and I were walking by and noticed that there was one lone item standing in the front yard that had a sign on it that said "FREE" and then I noticed that it was an old, handmade quilting frame. Yes! Perfect! My daughter and I picked it up and carried it down the alley.
A couple of years ago, I got the quilt tops out and made some minor repairs where the thread had come loose from dry rot and then packed them away again. Soon, though, as soon as time permits, I will start to work on them since I have the space to spread out and get busy. I cherish these quilt tops as being a part of the family that has been entrusted to me and I'll give one to each of my children as I finish them up.
Me and Grandma Schrader circa 1982.
One of the reasons why I adore these quilt tops is because they showed me a different side of my dad's mother. I never suspected that she sewed. It seemed at the time like a small bond between us. My two grandmothers lived for a time right across the alley from each other, which is, of course, how my parents met. When I was in 2nd grade, my maternal grandmother went to live with her cousin and we moved into Grandma's house, so for a while, we lived right behind my dad's mom and my dad's sister lived a couple of houses away. Two of my cousins and an aunt lived with Grandma, two more cousins lived nearby, and we were mostly pretty close to the same age. My grandmother's house had a parlor-ish front room with covers on the furniture that we, as kids, were not allowed to enter. What I remember the most about my grandmother at this time was that she had housework duties scheduled. Although I don't really recall what that schedule was, I'm pretty sure that she did laundry on Monday (sometimes we got to help sprinkle the clothes, roll them up, put them in a plastic bag and into the refrigerator), because Tuesday was ironing day.
She had a big metal glider on her front porch and petunias in flower boxes on the banister. In her back yard was a big bed of peonies that we kids were supposed to stay away from. That was something that we always kept in mind while playing games of "Mother May I", "Witch in the Well", "Colored Eggs", "Red Light – Green Light", and "Freeze Tag". The fence surrounding the backyard was bordered with marigolds and zinnias (with which my Aunt Dorothy taught me how to save seeds) and there were irises surrounding the house (with which Aunt Dorothy taught me how to divide). Also in the backyard was a huge cherry tree with sour cherries that were not so good for eating, but great (I hear) for making pies. Just outside her fenced in backyard was a handful of apple trees that produced very sour green apples (Which I didn't like, but some of the neighborhood kids did.)
1910 Census Wayne Twp. Belmont Ohio
I've not been able to find much of a paper trail for this grandmother, but there are some things that I do know through various documents. Erma R. Minnie Pittman was born 06 August 1907 in Flushing, Belmont County, Ohio to Jeremiah Mason Pittman and Sarah "Lena" Pool. She was the seventh of eight daughters and also had two younger brothers. So far, I have not found any actual birth document for her, but I have with her siblings.
Those siblings were:
Lottie Esther, born 11 October 1893, married William Dennis Gatten
Francis Estelle, born 10 February 1898, married James "Matthew" Brandon
Esther Mae, born 29 September 1899, married Carl Victor Medley
Eva Louella, born 24 October 1901, married John Orville Piatt
Lillie Van Vesse, born 05 January 1904, married Raymond Clarence McWilliams
Elma Jane, born 21 April 1906
Celesta Ann, born 21 November 1910, married Walter S. Burkhart
Raymond Mancel, born 12 June 1913, married Esther Ickes
Thurmond "George", married Dorothy B. Unknown
1920 Census Flushing Belmont Ohio
1930 Census Canton Twp. North Industry Stark Ohio
In the 1930 census, we find Erma living with her husband Lloyd Albert Schrader in North Industry in Canton Township, Stark County, Ohio along with his two young sons from a former marriage, Junior and Wayne, and their infant son.
1940 Census Plain Twp. Stark Ohio
In 1940, the family is living in Plain Township, Stark County with their growing family, which now includes my father, George. Lloyd and Erma would have nine children, one of whom died as an infant. The youngest, Melvin, passed away a couple of years ago, otherwise, all of my paternal aunts and uncles are living today (with the exception of my dad's two half brothers from Lloyd's first marriage who have also passed away). In January of 1943, Lloyd would die leaving Erma with a house full of young children. Erma passed away 25 May 1994 and is buried at Sunset Hills Burial Park, the same cemetery as my maternal grandmother, Elsie, in essence, making them neighbors one final time.
Grandma and my son, Timothy, circa 1990.
The optional theme for week 24 was "Heirloom".
Name: Erma R. Minnie Pittman
Parents: Jeremiah Mason Pittman and Sarah Lena Pool
Spouse: Lloyd Albert Schrader
Surnames: PITTMAN, POOL, SCHRADER
Relationship to Hollie: paternal grandmother
Erma R. Minnie Pittman
George Orren Schrader
52 Ancestors: #23 Levi WYCUFF ~ Thursday, 13 May 1847
Civil Wedding, Albert Anker [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
In preparation for this post, I exported a Marriage Report from my Family Treemaker software into an Excel spreadsheet so that I could do some sorting. Initially, my plan was to figure out what month most of the marriages of my ancestors took place in. (I, also, realized at this time just how many I didn't have.) Would it be June, the traditional wedding month? Would it be October? But then, I happened upon two marriages that took place on the same day, in the same county, within the same family – but different officiants. This information was just begging for a closer inspection…
From The Carroll Free Press, Friday, May 14, 1847
On Thursday, 13 May 1847, while the Mexican-American War raged on against Santa Anna, a sister and a brother were being newly wed. Levi Wycuff, ninth born child of Cornelius Wycoff and Leah Critzer (and third-born son) was marrying Mary Earl and Eliza Wikoff, seventh born child (and Cornelius and Leah's fifth daughter), was marrying David Donaldson.
Donaldson Wikoff Marriage Certificate
David Donaldson, the son of the Rev. John Donaldson and Mildred Goodwillie, was born 05 January 1823 in Harrison County, Ohio. Eliza was born 06 June 1820. I think that it's pretty safe to assume that since David's father was a minister attached at one time to the Scroggsville United Presbyterian Church, that this is the reason that David and Eliza were married in this particular church. The minister who performed the ceremony was James Patterson, who followed John Donaldson as minister of the church.
By Roseohioresident (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
The Scroggsville United Presbyterian Church is celebrating their 197th Anniversary this month (August 2015). The church, to this day, still holds weekly services. The Reverend John Donaldson was associated with at least three Presbyterian churches in Ohio.
Approximately 10 years after David and Eliza married, they made the move to Washington County, Iowa where they would settle for the remainder of their lives. David and Eliza Wycoff Donaldson both died in Washington County, Iowa. David on 11 September 1909 and Eliza on 24 January 1924. They are both buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Washington County.
"DONALDSON, DAVID, farmer; Sec. 36; P. O. Washington; among the pioneers of this township "is the subject of this sketch, a native of Harrison county, Ohio; was born January 5, 1823, but was raised in Carroll county, that State, on a farm, and has always followed farming as an occupation; he came to this county as early as the fall of 1853, and entered land and returned to Ohio that same fall, and in 1857 came out and located on his present homestead, which now consists of 180 acres; he is justice of the peace, and has held various other offices of trust; he was married in Ohio, November 24, 1846, to Miss Louisa Wycoff; by this union they have a family of three sons and one daughter living: John A., David O, William H., and Catharine Mildred, and two deceased : Isaac, and Martha L."
The particulars of Levi Wycuff and Mary Earl have been a bit more difficult to bring to light. My theory for this is that some families were more social than others (throughout history, of course) and that the ones that were more "sociable" would be the very ones that we find out the most information about. The quiet folks (introverts) with a small circle of friends and family are probably the ones that have just faded away into history.
Wycoff Earl Marriage Certificate
Levi and Mary were married in a civil ceremony by a Justice of the Peace in Fox Township, Carroll County, Ohio, B. Boice (Boyce.) In the United States, there is no distinction made between church marriages and civil ceremonies. Both religious and civil forms of marriage carry equal weight according to the law.
Levi Wycuff (Photo courtesy of Denny Goddard)
Levi was born 22 November 1825 in Jefferson County, Ohio, one of the 12 children that were born to Cornelius and Leah. Mary was born 22 December 1825 in Carroll County, Ohio, the daughter of William Earl and Catherine Withrow.
Mary Earl (Photo courtesy of Denny Goddard)
Levi and Mary were married for more than forty years and had seven children:
Jane "Jennie", born 29 March 1848, married Simon E. Paisley [*my line] and Henry C. Fried (Freed).
Leah Catherine, born 29 October 1849, married William M. Beadnell.
James Pierce, born 29 April 1852, married Minnie E. Harmon.
William "Henry", born 4 June 1856, married Janet "Jane" Brown.
Samuel "David", born 20 December 1858, married Bridget Hanley.
Cornelius Atwood, born 9 June 1861, never married, died young.
Thomas Ellsworth, born 8 March 1864, married Thaisa Hess.
1850 Census Washington Carroll Ohio
In 1850, we find the couple living in Washington Township in Carroll County, Ohio with their two young daughters. Levi's occupation is listed as being a farmer. I have yet to find Levi and Mary in the 1860 census even though I am like 99.8% sure that they should be in Carroll County, Ohio. I can't even imagine why I can't find them even using "creative" spellings of Wyckoff (or as Levi's family writes it, "Wycuff".) Even after attempting to go through the county page by page and line by line, I am coming up empty. All of their children from Jennie through Thomas have claimed on various documents that they were born in Carroll County, Ohio and the births of those children would cover from 1848 through 1864.
The one thing in particular that I found disturbing while trolling through those pages was the high incidence of "unoccupied" written on a line instead of a family name. Seriously. There are a bunch. In all of my years of scouring census data, I have never run across so many homes listed as unoccupied. I seemed to find the highest incidence in Fox Township. I scrolled up and looked to see who the enumerator was (or the Assistant Marshall, as it's called there) and the name is D.H. Tolan. The only likely candidate that I found was a 25-year-old David H. Tolan living in Carrollton whose occupation is listed as "Printer" living in the household of his father, the Post Master. Seems like an intelligent enough person (with very legible handwriting), so were there really that many unoccupied homes in 1860? (I get so very side-tracked in my researching…)
Map of Carroll County ~ 1915
The next thing that I did was to look up the historical population for Carroll County. From 1840 to 1850, the county saw a decrease in population of -2.3%. From 1850 to 1860, the population decreased by another -11.00%. And from 1860 to 1870, the population decreased by another -7.9%. Carroll County was (and still very much is) a rural farming community. Were people moving west as territories opened up for homesteading? Or were they just giving up farming and going to work in the coal mines?
1870 Census Salineville Columbiana Ohio
In Levi's case, it appears that he gave up farming to move to the Salineville area to work in the coal mines, because that's where we find him and his family in the 1870 and 1880 censuses.
Levi died 22 June 1888 and Mary followed him on 25 November 1894. They are both buried in West Grove Cemetery in Jefferson County, Ohio.
Levi and Mary Earl Wycuff ~ West Grove Cemetery (Photo courtesy of Denny Goddard)
As much as people think that marriage has changed in these times, it hasn't really changed so much at all. There have always been civil ceremonies and religious ceremonies throughout the different countries and throughout the ages. It is essentially a contract between two people. Around the time of these two marriages, the mid-19th century in America, marriage was beginning to change in the fact that people were starting to marry for love, and not just out of necessity to run a household. Without any kind of record of how the day progressed for these two couple, I wonder about what that day was really like. Were these couples in love? Or did the union just seem like a good deal as they were moving into adulthood? I imagine that both women wore their best dresses (that in all probability were not white). Were those dresses black, blue, or red? Did all of the families involved – the Donaldsons, the Wyckoffs, and the Earls- meet at a central place to celebrate later in the day? Was it a nice relaxing evening in mid-May where the families took a break from the toil of farming to celebrate all together? So many questions…
I'm not supposing that I'll ever know, but it is something to think about while trying to imagine the lives of our ancestors.
The optional theme for week 23 was "Wedding".
Name: Levi Wycuff
Parents: Cornelius Wycoff and Leah Critzer
Spouse: Mary Earl
Surnames: WYCUFF, WYCOFF, CRITZER, EARL, DONALDSON
Relationship to Hollie: maternal 3rd great grandfather
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AAlbert_Anker_-_Die_Ziviltrauung_(1887).jpg
History of Washington County, Iowa: From the First White Settlements to 1908. Also Biographical Sketches of Some Prominent Citizens of the County, Volume 1Howard A. Burrell January 1, 1909, S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
The History of Washington County, Iowa: Its Cities, Towns, and C., a Biographical Directory of Its Citizens ….m, January 1, 1880, Union Historical Company
Portrait and Biographical Album of Washington County, Iowa: Containing Full Page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County, Together with Portraits and Biographies of All the Governors of Iowa, and of the Presidents of the United States, Brookhaven Press January 1, 1887, Brookhaven Press
http://www.tnl-news.com/mr%20thrifty%20carrollton/2013/07/31/scroggsfield-church-to-celebrate-195-year-anniversary
http://origin.www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-2008-06-25/html/CREC-2008-06-25-pt1-PgE1354-2.htm
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Scroggsfield_%28Ohio%29_Presbyterian_1818.JPG
History of the Upper Ohio Valley, with Family History and Biographical Sketches: History of Jefferson co., O., by J. H. S. And w. M. rainer. Brant & Fuller, 1890 – Belmont County (Ohio)
History of Washington County, Iowa: From the First White …, Volume 1; By Howard A. Burrell.
The History of Washington County, Iowa: Its Cities, Towns, and C., a Biographical Directory of Its Citizens …. January 1, 1880, Union Historical Company.
History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, Volume 2 By Harvey J. Eckley, William Thomas Perry.
By R H Lee, County Engineer, Carrollton, Ohio [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Carroll_County%2C_Ohio_1915.JPG
52 Ancestors: #22 Florence PAISLEY ~ An Informal New Beginning of Sorts
Mary Catherine "Mayme" at left and sister, Florence Paisley on right
I don't remember exactly when it was that I purchased my first computer. I think that it was about 1992, but I wouldn't swear to that. Perhaps '92 was the first year that we had dial-up service with AOL. It was also somewhere around this time that I started moving my genealogy into a computer program, starting with a DOS based program that I don't remember the name of and then moving soon to a program that Broderbund had introduced called Family Tree Maker. Technology evolves and we change right along with it, so seamlessly that at times it is difficult to remember when those changes actually happened. The only year etched into my memory as far as technology goes, is 1963. That was the year that my dad bought a color TV and when the news broke about Kennedy, my five-year-old self was sitting in front of it, and I instantly made the connection to the framed portrait of the President that was hanging on the wall in our living room.
I think that I was pretty fortunate to be able to hold a subscription to Ancestry.com since its beginning days. I was also able to keep one or two other subscriptions going at one time or another, providing me with access to old newspapers and other information. All of that changed when this month, for financial reasons, I had to let those paid subscriptions go. When a company where you've worked for more than 35 years closes – there is oft times a big adjustment and this has been true for me. These last few weeks, it has become quite clear to me just how much and how often I used these services and how much I miss being able to sit down, in my home, at 6am or midnight to do a bit of sleuthing. But the good thing is that there are all kinds of places on the internet to help you with advancing your family tree that are free and this is going to force me to expand my horizons a bit. Plus, I'll still be able to access some things at the library whenever I might get the chance to spare a few hours on a Saturday.
So, as I was preparing for my next blog posting, I thought a lot about the information that was out there that I (and anyone else with access to the internet) can obtain without charge. For this post, I was able to verify 94% of the factual information against sources found online without using a paid subscription. The bulk of those references can be found at https://familysearch.org.
My great-grandmother, Florence Paisley, was born on the 15 October 1874 in Salineville, Columbiana County, Ohio to Simon Paisley and Jane "Jennie" Wycoff. Florence had two brothers and a sister who survived to adulthood. A sister, Sarah Etta, died at four months of age in 1878 and a brother, Joseph Levi, died when he was not quite two in 1884. Florence was the oldest. Her sister, Mary Catherine, who was called Mayme, was born in 1876 and she married Lewis David McConnaughy. Her brother, John Clark Paisley, was born in 1880 and married Gwendoline Lewis and her brother, Charles Elliott Paisley, born in 1885, married Jennie Myers (granddaughter of Lambert Myers and Susannah Crawford.)
When Florence was 11 years old, her father, Simon, was killed by a train. Her mother, Jennie, remarried in 1887 to Henry C. Fried, a Civil War veteran who was also widowed, his wife having passed away the year before.
Mr. & Mrs. Henry C. Fried
Florence Paisley and Thomas John Hackathorn
On 18 June 1893, Florence, or Flora, as she was called, married Thomas John Hackathorn, the son of Jacob A. Hackathorn and Mary Amna Myers. Thomas' oldest brother, Christian, vouched for them, but by my reckoning, instead of 20 and 26, they were 18 and 28.
Their first child, Mary Amna, was born on 28 December 1893. In June of 1895, Flora gave birth to twins, but only one, William Henry, would live past that first day. Unfortunately, William would only live until October of the next year before he too died. The cause of death was listed as indigestion, but I'm not sure what that would have really been.
Tragically, this wouldn't be the family's last experience with the death of a child.
Jennie (left) with sister Silvia Dora
Silvia Dora was born on 17 January 1902, and died 05 May 1904 from pneumonia.
Eva Lucille, who was born 14 October 1905, died on 20 November 1906 from whooping cough.
Robert Clyde, born 17 October 1915, passed away shortly after birth. Those children who lived to adulthood were:
Mary Amna, born 28 December 1893, married Charles Edward "Chad" Champion, died 21 September 1966.
Charles Clarence "Shorty", born 27 September 1896, married Sylvia Rebecca Jolley, died 28 August 1973.
John Thomas "Jack", born 28 September 1898, never married, died 06 October 1959.
Jennie Marie, born 26 June 1900, married Joseph Fritz Champion, died 12 July 1992.
Golda May "Goldie", born 17 January 1904, married Frank Gritser, died 08 December 1994.
Elsie Marcella, born 01 January 1908, married David Moore, died 11 December 2002.
George Ernest, born 01 January 1910, married Ruth Reising, died 26 September 1963.
Frank Edwin "Sandy", born 16 December 1911, married Ruth Palmer, died 11 March 1976.
Audra Lois, born 05 October 1913, married Joe Paris, died 27 August 1977.
1910 Census Bergholz Village
Jennie (sitting center) surrounded by her younger siblings. Elsie at far left. Jennie was 17 when Flora died. Lois, on Jennie's lap, was 3 1/2 when their mother died. This photo would have been taken just a few years prior to Flora's death.
07 May 1917, Flora went into premature labor and both she and the child, a boy, died. Her cause of death was "placenta previa" and she hemorrhaged to death. Flora had given birth to 15 babies in her short 42 years of life. She left behind six children who were under the age of 17. The oldest daughter, Mary, was a teacher and stepped in to help care for the youngest children. My grandmother was nine years old at that time.
The optional theme for week 22 was "Commencement".
Name: Florence Paisley
Parents: Simon E. Paisley and Jane "Jennie" Wycoff
Spouse: Thomas John Hackathorn
Surnames: PAISLEY, HACKATHORN, WYCOFF, FRIED, MYERS
Relationship to Hollie: maternal great grandmother
Florence Paisley
52 Ancestors: #20 Simeon BREECH ~ "Shot and Killed in a Gunfight"
Captina Cemetery (Photo used with permission of Janice Oberlin Smarr)
As I have said often, over the years, I really had not researched my paternal line with much depth. Some time had passed after I had DNA tested at Ancestry, when they introduced their DNA Circles and I had found myself plopped into a circle that I knew very little about – tracing back to a common ancestor by the name of Mary Ann Miller and her husband, my 4th great-grandfather, Simeon Breech.
I poked around a bit in the usual records of Ancestry, Family Search, and http://www.findagrave.com looking for a little more information. My curiosity was certainly piqued when I found the above tombstone of Simeon Breech. Hmm, now THAT sounds interesting! The tombstone looked fairly new and, I assumed, had replaced an old stone because the cemetery was quite old. Someone must've been caring for that grave. So on that particular day, I did a quick search of the newspaper sites looking for that story because there had to be one, right? No luck. Not a big deal…
I moved on to another family line of research and quite a bit of time had passed. Then while looking over weekly writing prompts, this tombstone came to mind immediately. I spent a good seven or eight hours laboriously reading through newspaper sites for anything around this date in 1849 that might shed some light on this gunfight. I also stumbled upon some information that declared that the gunfight was with a deputy, that both had died, and that half of Simeon's body was buried in Belmont County, Ohio and half in Brown County, Indiana. Wait…what?! So this sent me searching through Indiana newspapers. Still, no luck. Sigh.
As a last resort before entirely giving up, I posted a query on a county Facebook page to see if anyone there might know of the history of Mr. Breech. And they did. Moral of this story?
"Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see."
~ Edgar Allan Poe
Simeon Breech was born on 23 August 1782, to Thomas Briggs Breech and Mary Barger. He married Mary Ann Miller in Pennsylvania. They left Pennsylvania and traveling in a "one horse wagon" to Ohio, settled just south of Barnesville in Belmont County. Simeon and Mary Ann had eleven children together, the oldest being Elizabeth who was born about 1810 and is my line. Their children were:
Elizabeth, who married John Gray.
Charles J., who married Esther Calvert.
Isaac, who married Rachel Huff.
Mary, who married Benjamin Mellott.
Rebecca, who married Benjamin Moore.
And in the 1870 census of Brown County, Indiana, Simeon is alive and well and living with his daughter, Rebecca and her family…
1870 Census Brown County, Indiana
Yes. Simeon died 04 May 1878 in Brown County, Indiana and his entire body is buried at the New Bellsville Cemetery in Pikes Peak. According to a "Breech Family History" recorded by Mary (Breech) Mellotte in 1895, her father lived to be 96 years old and that he was a temperate, moral, and kind man who taught school when he and his wife first arrived in Ohio and that he was interested in astronomy. She mentions that he read a great deal and lists some of his books which included, "Pilgrim's Progress" and "The Life of Daniel Boone". She notes that he was a carpenter and that he stood about 5'9'' and had a fair complexion, light hair, and blue eyes. (Nothing at all like the Dick Dastardly type of fellow I had conjured in my head at the sight of "Killed in a Gunfight" on the tombstone!)
The story behind the tombstone? I don't know, perhaps something misunderstood from old family stories. I won't be pursuing the reason why it was placed. But, if nothing else, this is certainly a lesson learned for me.
The optional theme for week 20 was "Black Sheep".
Surnames: BREECH, BARGER, MILLER, MELLOTT, GRAY, MOORE
Simeon Breech
Elizabeth Breech
Lydia Jane Gray
Jeremiah Mason Pittman
Posted on June 17, 2015 July 19, 2018
52 Ancestors: #19 Silas MYERS ~ …There's a Way.
Silas Myers (Photo courtesy of Rosemary Hitt)
I have a lot of "brick walls". Don't we all? I have a handful of ones that are driving me to the point of insanity and I keep revisiting them, over and over and over and over…
My 4th great-grandfather, Silas Myers, and his wife, Catherine Eades, are one of those brick walls that I keep banging my head against. There just has to be a way to positively document who their children were and to move back in time beyond this couple. There are plenty of researchers that have been looking into these two for years. So…it's not from a lack of interest from the descendants nor a lack of determination that the particulars of this family have been so elusive. Thanks, in part, to DNA testing, many of us have found each other and are puzzling this out together. This gives me hope that one of us will have a break-through in this line sometime soon.
For this post, I'd like to lay out a lot of everything that I think that I know about these two in the hope that there are others out there, somewhere, to make connections to. If you think this is a part of your family, please, comment and let's compare notes. You Myers researchers that are out there, don't hesitate to correct me if I've got something wrong here. After 30 years of looking at these two, my notes are, quite frankly, a mess!
Silas and Catherine Marriage Certificate
What we do know for sure, is that Silas Myers and Catherine Eades were married 06 March 1806 in Columbiana County, Ohio. We don't know who the parents of Silas or Catherine are and there are no obvious candidates in the Columbiana County, Ohio area appearing about the same time as Silas and Catherine do. We're looking at Silas being born about 1788 in Virginia and Catherine being born about 1790, also in Virginia.
Acting on a hint from a fellow Myers researcher, I looked at two names of Eades persons who were married in Columbiana County near to the timeframe when Silas and Catherine married.
Nancy Eades married Thomas Cross 15 Feb 1810.
James Eades married Phebe Whitacre 12 February 1812.
I found that it was difficult to trace Nancy and Thomas Cross, only finding that they had at least one son, James, born about 1820 and that he married (at age 70) to one Mary Oesberger on 21 August 1890 in Van Buren County, Michigan, and that's about it.
James Eades also proved difficult to find, at first, until I realized that he was appearing on censuses as James "Ades". Consistently. That gave me pause because I had always pronounced Eades (in my head) with a long "e" sound, not a long "a" sound, but I can see quite clearly how that might also be a pronunciation of Eades. Or we could just be dealing with the whim of whoever was writing the names both on the census and in the marriage register. I haven't found any documents that James might have signed, yet. James and Phebe had at least seven children that I have identified and I noticed that they had a daughter named Nancy, and a daughter named Catherine, and, possibly, a son named James.
The most interesting thing about James is that he had a sister by the name of Linna (very important) and that she married, yes, Phebe's brother, Cornelius Whitacre on 20 Dec 1811 in Columbiana County. Her last name is spelled as Ades in the record. Both Cornelius and Linna Whitacre are buried in the Cool Springs Cemetery in Columbiana County. It is associated with the West Fairfield Friends Meeting. Both of these families have been identified as living in Virginia previously, Loudoun and Frederick counties, and the Whitacres seem to be associated with several Quaker Meetings. Because I didn't find Catherine Eades as a sibling to James (nor Miss Nancy, who married Thomas Cross), I'm looking to see if I can find a cousin connection by pouring through Quaker Meeting records. I think this is going to take a bit of a while. I am not familiar, at all, with looking at these records.
I found another item of interest in a family genealogy booklet by the name of History of Cornelius Whitacre and Linna Ades Whitacre & Their Descendants, July, 1916; written by M. Jeanette Haley.
Snippet from "History of Cornelius Whitacre and Linna Ades Whitacre & Their Descendants, July 1916" by M. Jeanette Haley
Another clue! Perhaps. At present, I am looking into trying to find some Baptist church records in the vicinity of Loudoun County, Virginia. If this Ades family turns out to not be connected to my Eades family, it won't be the first time that I've taken a wrong turn in trying to flush a family out. The things that I keep in mind are that, for one thing, it gives me experience in researching other types of records that I might not have explored. And for another, at least I'll know what I'm not looking for and I can close that avenue for that line. I've found family in stranger ways.
So back to Silas, we know that he bought land in Columbiana County 27 Oct 1804 because we have Ohio Land Grant records. Notice that he is listed as being from Columbiana County (CB).
Ohio Land Grants
Notice, also, that listed just above Silas is the name, Lambert Myers. Lambert is also the name of Silas and Catherine's firstborn son (that we know of) and is my line, my 3rd great-grandfather. This Lambert Myers who bought land in 1811 in Columbiana County has been giving me fits for more than 30 years. In my head, I felt that there was surely going to be something linking him and Silas together, but so far, there has not been. Note that the record lists him as being from Loudoun County, Virginia (LO). This Lambert married Mary Eveland in Loudoun County, Virginia and, among other children, had a son Lambert about 1812.
Lambert (from Virginia) had a brother Jonathan, who paid the taxes on the land that Lambert bought in Ohio, but unlike Lambert, actually lived there also. Right down the road from our Myers'. Jonathan also had a son named Lambert, born about 1811. People confuse Jonathan's Lambert and Silas' Lambert a lot. And sometimes, even manage to give (Virginia) Lambert the death date and place of Jonathan's Lambert. But…I digress, and we've not even touched on the Mahlons in Virginia or how a bunch of these families are related to the Schooley family. So, no connection has been made to these Myers families yet that might say that they're kin. But I'm hanging on to my notes because these are Quaker families also.
Another thing we know about Silas, for sure, is that he served in the War of 1812, 2nd Regiment Hindman's Ohio Militia. The above is the only paper that I've found relating to his military service.
It, also, appears that Silas did not leave a will because one has not been found yet. So we are left to try to piece together who the children of Silas and Catherine are. When I first started this family history journey, I knew of my third great-grandfather, Lambert, and that he had a brother, Mahlon. After coming into contact with others researching the same family, I've been trying to come up with likely candidates to be Lambert's siblings using census records, proximity, migration, and naming patterns. Now, we also have the added information that we can deduce from looking at DNA matches. While most of this DNA information won't tell us with certainty who the child of who is, what it can tell us is that we are related, and can help us to verify the paper trail.
Following is a list of who I think that those children are. I think that my list might differ some from others' in some ways, but I feel comfortable with this one (birth dates may be approximate):
1. Lambert (1811-1895) married Susannah Crawford 1830.
2. David (1812- ) married Margaret Crawford 1828.
3. Mahlon (1813-1869) married Rebecca Hackathorn 1837, married Elizabeth Partlow 1856.
4. *Elizabeth (1815-1848) married Lewis W. Clark 1839.
5. Linnea (1816-1900) married John Heston 1837, Married Henry Criss 1852.
6. Sarah "Sally" (1820-1898) married Ebenezer (Eber or Eben) Clark 1839.
7. Nancy M. (1823-1920) married Emmor (Emmar) Clark 1844.
8. Mordecai (1828-1913) married Miriam Emmons 1851.
9. **James Andrew (1832-1919) married Clarissa Spencer 1858.
* Elizabeth marrying Lewis Clark is the newest bit of information that I've stumbled upon. I have had the name Eliza listed as a child of Silas and Catherine for years, but never made the connection to this marriage until last week. Please keep in mind throughout this post that, in the absence of proof of these relationships, what is being done is to try to reconstruct likely scenarios. I have a book of Carroll County, Ohio Early Marriages from 1833 to 1849 and have skipped over this piece of information for years. After learning of Nancy and Sally Clark's husbands, it jumped right off of the page at me. It makes total sense since Lewis is a brother to Eber and Emmar.
The Clark family lived right next door to Christian Hackathorn and Catherine Phillis, parents of Rebecca Hackathorn who married Mahlon Myers. If this relationship doesn't prove out, I will be greatly surprised. Elizabeth and Lewis had two children. A daughter, Nancy, born in 1844 and a son, Eber, born in 1847. Elizabeth died 11 June 1848 and her daughter, Nancy, 5 days later. They are both buried in Upper Glade Run Cemetery. The 1850 census finds Lewis living in his brother Emmar's household in East Township, Carroll County and his son, Eber, living down the road in the household of one Elizabeth Reed, along with her children, Amos and Hannah. Who was Elizabeth Reed? It turns out that she was Elizabeth Edwards, daughter of John Edwards and Hannah Whitacre. Yes. She's the sister of Cornelius and Phebe, who married into the Ades family.
And what does all of this prove? Nothing. These instances could all be huge coincidences, but I like to compare it to a bunch of jigsaw puzzle pieces that look pretty much the same and after trying diligently to make them fit – realize that the pieces might belong in another box.
** James Andrew. The general consensus amongst most of the Myers researchers that I am in contact with is that Mordecai is the youngest child of Silas and Catherine and that James is a grandson. But for me personally, I feel that I need to keep him on the list as belonging to Silas and Catherine. If our estimates of Catherine's birth date are close to correct, she would have still been at childbearing age with James perhaps being a "menopause baby." The parents on James' death certificate are listed as "Unknown."
1850 Census, East Township, Carroll County, Ohio.
In the above snippet from the 1850 census. We find James with Catherine and Silas and, also, a Mary, aged seven, which would make her date of birth about 1843. We pretty much all agree that Mary is a grandchild, but who did she spring from? In the above example, we also see Mahlon and Lambert and their families. Both of the Marys belonging to them are accounted for. Linnea had a Mary who was born about 1831, but she would have been a Heston. It seems as if Nancy had a Mary or Marianne, but I don't have a date of birth for her and she would have been a Clark. It appears that Nancy's firstborn was born in 1846- and was a son. Mordecai had a Mary born in 1852 and James had a Mary born in 1862. So who does this Mary belong to? I have had an uneasy feeling that we might be missing a child (or children) of Catherine and Silas only because of the fact that they were married in 1806 and the first child that we know of, Lambert, wasn't born until around 1811. Realizing that infant mortality rates were high during the early 19th century, that fact didn't bother me too much until I started trying to place Mary somewhere into a known family.
After the 1850 census, the Myers family started to spread out. Silas & Catherine and others of the family traveled down to Meigs County, Ohio to take up residence. Some went over to East Liverpool, Ohio, some went out west, and others didn't stray too far from where they were born. I ran across a 1905 local history concerning the San Joaquin Valley out in California and found an entry for Mahlon's daughter, Mary, where it was mentioned that her grandfather, Silas "was at one time a planter and owned slaves, but being opposed to the bondage of the negro he removed to Ohio, where he freed his slaves." So far, I have not found Silas in a single document anywhere in Virginia, although I'm certain that there are possibilities that I have not researched yet.
There is other evidence that has surfaced from Linnea's descendants, that Catherine Eades parents were Cyrus Eades and a Mary, or perhaps, Mary Sophia, or vice-versa. This comes in the form of handwritten notes in an old account book. This account also mentions that they came from Wales because they were being persecuted for their religion and that they arrived the same year as William Tell. I'm pretty sure that they meant William Penn. William Penn arrived at New Castle, Delaware on 27 October 1682. If the reference to William Penn is correct, and understand that I am a poor math student, then I'm figuring that Cyrus and Mary (or Sophia) are a few generations back from being the parents of Catherine, perhaps great-grandparents. Or that Cyrus and Mary could be Catherine's parents, but that their families arrived around 1682.
I always take a family's history, published or not, with a grain of salt unless there are documents to back information up. They usually provide good clues, but I have found many things mistakenly written about members that just didn't prove out to be true. Sometimes, it's difficult to separate the fact from the fiction. Which is, after all, what we're trying to do here.
Meigs County, Ohio Deaths
Silas and Catherine both passed away in Meigs County, Ohio in the year 1875. Catherine on January 15th and Silas on May 11th. I do not know where either one are buried, but I assume them to be in the Chester/Pomeroy area. I'm expecting that at some point, the stories of Silas and Catherine and their origins will come to light because we're not really dealing with ancient history.
In the meantime, I'll just keep trying to put this puzzle together…
The optional theme for week 19 was "There's a Way".
Name: Silas Myers
Parents: Unknown
Spouse: Catherine Eads
Surnames: MYERS, EADES, ADES, CLARK, HESTON, CRISS, HACKATHORN, EMMONS, CRAWFORD, PARTLOW, SPENCER
Relationship to Hollie: maternal 4th great grandfather
Silas Myers
Lambert L. Myers
Mary Amna Myers
Thomas John Hackathorn


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Хумма Сьемен (по паспорту Семён Фомич Фомин; ; , Яншихово-Норваши, Казанская губерния — 25 сентября 1936, Чебоксары) — чувашский прозаик, поэт, драматург, переводчик.

С 1934 года член Союза писателей СССР.

Биография
Окончив Шихасанчкую 2-классную школу, продолжил обучение в сельской 2-ступенчатой школе. С 1920 работал в газете «Канаш» (Казань). Учился на вечернем отделении в техникуме землеустройства.

После образования Чувашской автономии вместе с редакцией переехал в Чебоксары. Трудился на должностях литработника, заведующего отделом, ответственного секретаря и заместителя редактора. В 1926 году посетил Среднюю Азию и Кавказ.

В одно время работал в редакции газеты «Туркменская искра» (Ашхабад).

В 1927—1932 гг. работал корректором в Чебоксарской типографии. В 1932—1936 гг. готовил к изданию художественные книги в Чувашском книжном издательстве.

Умер после тяжёлой болезни 25 сентября 1936 года в Чебоксарах. Похоронен на мемориальном кладбище города Чебоксары.

Книги
Хумма Сьемен писал рассказы, стихи, повести, романы, очерки и статьи, также переводил с русского на чувашский произведения Н. Некрасов, А. Кольцова, А. Фета, Ян Райниса, Г. Тукая, У. Уитмена, В. Гюго, Д. Рида, В. Короленко и других мастеров пера.

Печатался с 1923 г.
Избранные произведения
 «Юрӑ-сӑвӑсем» (Песни-стихи, 1922);
 «Выҫлӑх ҫулсем» (Голодные годы, 1924);
 «Ача чухнехи» (Детство, 1931);
 «Суйласа илнисем» (Избранное, 1960);
 «Штрум» (1975);
 «Пирӗн вӑй» (Наша сила, 1982);
Публикации на русском языке

Литература

 Чӑваш литературин антологийӗ / Сост.: Д. В. Гордеев, Ю. А. Силэм. — Чебоксары, 2003. ISBN 5-7670-1279-2

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Чувашские писатели
Чувашские драматурги
Члены Союза писателей СССР
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A: Yes. We are happy to transport you to and from the airport; please call to arrange pick up/drop off. Once your flight reservations are made, please send a copy of your flight plans to the Arts Center. There is a $125 fee for a round-trip airport transport.
Q: I have a scholarship from the Shell Lake Arts Center. What do I need to know?
A: If you have received a Shell Lake Arts Center scholarship, we must receive the physical copy of that scholarship before the expiration date that is printed on the certificate. You can mail it, fax it, or scan and email it to the Arts Center. Scholarships will not be honored without a copy of the certificate.
In order for a scholarship to be honored, you must be registered with a downpayment before the expiration date on the scholarship certificate. Again, we must receive the physical copy of that scholarship certificate before the expiration date that is printed on the certificate.