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Catharine (Moody) Ford William (A.) Ford, (son of Chauncy/Chancey Ford of Muskingum Co. Ohio, son of Capt. William Ford and Catherine Truman of Hartford Conn.) was born c. 1806, of Muskingum Co. Ohio, married 26 Mar 1829, Catherine Moody, b.28 Oct 1809, Muskingum Co. Ohio (poss. dau. or sister of William H. Moody of Muskingum Co. Ohio) they migrated to Licking Co. Ohio, where they appear on p. 326 of 1850 Census, then migrated to Keokuk Co. Iowa, where William Ford died 7 Jan 1870, just before death of eldest son. Catherine Moody Ford migrated with youngest dau. and died 23 Jan 1885 in Oskaloosa, Mahaska Co. Iowa. Children of William and Catherine Moody Ford: (on estate, heir papers of Keokuk Co. Iowa) 1. Ucirus/Ucyrus/Cyrus Ford b. 1829 Muskingum Co. Ohio, m. Amelia Rabb (dau. of Bowman Rabb and Sarah Squires of Licking Co. Ohio) he died 25 Feb 1870, before his father's estate was probated, Amelia migrated with her young family to Scott Co. Iowa. (My line) 2. Mary A. Ford b. 1833 Muskingum Co. Ohio, m. James L./M. Overturf. 3. Chauncey Ford b. 1835 Licking Co. Ohio (may have died young) 4. Rachel Ford b. 1837 Licking Co. Ohio poss. wife of Samuel McFarland Jr. son of Samuel McFarland of Keokuk Co. Iowa. 5. Thomas F. Ford b. 16 Mar. 1839 Licking Co. Ohio, m. 15 Oct 1852, Keokuk Co. Iowa, Susan Clubb. 6. Catherine Jane "Jennie" Ford b. 1841 Licking Co. Ohio, m. _____Obston 7. Abigail Ford b. 1843 Licking Co. Ohio, m. William Henry Kitterman, adopted son John McCLintock, and with dau. Mabel, migrated to Wapello Co. Iowa. 8. Anna "Anney" O. Ford b. 1846 Licking Co. Ohio m. ____Cesana 9. Unknown Ford female, (oral histories state there were 7 daus. and 3 sons.) 10. Rosetta Ford b. 1851 Licking Co. Ohio, m. George W. Halferty, took care of mother in later years, migrated to Oskaloosa, Mahaska Co., Iowa. Submitter note: Seeking descendants with more Moody information, place of origin, have researched Fords to Mass. (including Mary Rowlandson who was captured by Indians and wrote a book about it that was published in England 1682.) Willing to share. Transcribed and submitted by Leatha A. Betts William and Massa (Greeson, nee Kinzer) Gregory On the 8th of October 1865, William Gregory was united in marriage with Massa Greeson, a daughter of Henry and Charity Kinzer. Massa's first marriage was to John S. Greeson on 3 September 1860 registered in Jefferson County, Iowa. Massa and William had three daughters, Ada May, born 1866, Vena Eldora, born 1869 and Mary Emma, born 1872. Ada May married Milton B. Hadley and they had two children, a girl & a boy, Frankie V. and Don Milton Hadley. Frankie married Alfred Raymond Cloyd. They lived in the Ottuma, Wapello county, Iowa area all their lives. Don married Louese Abegg. Milton, Addie and Don Hadley with his wife, Louese moved out to the Yakima valley in Washington state about 1907. A descendant, David Michael Hadley lives in Kenniwick, WA area today. Mile's mother, Berniece Hadley, is still living. Dora Gregory married Oscar Hobson and they had two sons, Gregory A. and George Lee. The Hobson boys both served in the Army during WW1. Mary Gregory married James A. Seaton in 1897 and divorced him sometime after 1900. I do not know if she remarried or if she had any children. William Gregory died in 1918. Massa died in 1922 at Richland, Iowa. William and Massa Gregory are buried in the old Methodist Cemetery at Richland, Iowa. Adam Kinzer served in the Union Army from Iowa during the Civil War. He married Phoebe Ann Cox. They had two daughters, Myrtle Mae and Cora Belle and a son, Bryon H. Nothing is known about Bryron after about 1905 in Hardin County, Iowa. Phoebe is listed as a widow in the 1920 census for Hardin County but her husband, Adam, is still alive but living in Arkansas with Myrtle and Charlie Thomas. Cora married Jesse Clarkson Harvey. This family lived in Shasta County, California about 1935. Adam moved to Arkansas about 1910 to live with Myrtle Mae and her husband, Charlie Ross Thomas. He died 4 Jan 1925 and is buried in the Cass Cemetery in Boone County, Arkansas. There is a G.A.R. marker on his grave. William H. Kinzer was the youngest of the family. He also served in the Union Army from Iowa. He married Dorothy Sellars soon after the end of the Civil War. They had one child, Robert H. Kinzer. Robert died in 1905 at the age of 21. No other children were born to them. William died on 4 June 1927. Dorothy died on 28 Oct 1931. This family is buried in Highland Cemetery at Richland, Iowa.Written and submitted by Wendell Hugh Melrose. Joseph and Mary (Martin) Hillery Joseph Hillery, my 3rd great grandfather, was born about 1795 in Maryland, and came to Ohio with his father, Jeremiah Hillery, in the early 1800's. He married in Pickaway County Ohio to Sarah Griffin Parker (1820) and Mary Martin (1831). In 1833 he bought land in Vermillion County, Illinois. He was in Henry County, Iowa for the 1840 census, and bought land in Benton Township, Keokuk County, Iowa, in 1842. He signed a temperance pledge in Sigourney in 1845. Joseph Hillery died in Keokuk county in 1868, and is buried at Abel Cemetery in Keokuk county. Joseph Hillery's known children are: Margaret, b. 1833 in Ohio, married Warren Woodward in Keokuk County in 1852. Harriet, b. 1836 in Illinois, married William Jones in Keokuk County in 1855. Elizabeth, b. 1838 in Illinois, married Louis Godfrey in Keokuk County in 1866. Milton, b. 1841 in Jefferson County, Iowa, married
Sarah A. Neas in Keokuk County in 1867. Transcribed and submitted by Charliece Hillery.
August and Matilda (Ramsey) Klett The children of August (Augustus) Klett and Matilda Ramsey Klett were: Emma (married a Stein - they had four children) Anna Sofia (called "Fess") - never married; lived at home Catherine (called "Katie") - Married Nicholas Schmitt Mary Elizabeth (called "Lea") - Married John Redlinger George Edward (my grandfather) - Married Mary Ann Stein Frederick Conrad (always called "Coonie") - married Catherine Stein (sister to Mary Ann) Transcribed and submitted by Betty Johnson Benjamin F. and Harriet (Bell) Neas Benjamin F. Neas was born Ohio in 1826, and married Harriet Bell at Steubenville, Jefferson county, Ohio in 1845. He and Harriet came to Keokuk county in 1867. Benjamin died in 1879 at Slagle, and is buried at Abel cemetery. Harriet died in 1916 in Kossuth county, and is also buried in Abel cemetery. Her mother's maiden name was Lucy Overton. Children: Sarah A. Neas, b. 1846 at Steubenville, Ohio; married Milton Hillery in 1867 in Keokuk county. Died in Los Angeles, California in 1936. William Neas, b. 1848 at Steubenville, Ohio. Arabella Neas, b. 1851 at Steubenville, Ohio; married John Davis about 1870. Mary Harding Neas, b. 1854 at Steubenville, Ohio; married W. Harrison Garnes; lived in Guthrie county, Iowa, and died in Dallas County. Elizabeth Neas, b. 1857 in Ohio; married George T. West in 1881; died in Kossuth county, Iowa. Jesse Fremont Neas, b. 1861 in Ohio; lived in Guthrie county, Iowa. Several other children are buried in Abel cemetery. Transcribed and submitted by Charliece Hillery. Johannes Pauly and Jacob Sondag I am a descendant of the Sondags, Paulys, Bergs, and Wolterings in the Clear Creek, Harper, or German Twp. area of Keokuk County. 1. Johannes Pauly married Anne Lauer in Perl, Germany in 1844 and had 9 children. I have found 2 in the area: Michael and Anna, in the 1870's and beyond. Michael married Elizabeth Woltering in 1873. They had 7 children. Anna married J. S. Woltering. 2. Jacob Sondag, born in Germany, married Barbara Berg in Baden, IA. in 1869. They had about 14 children, most of whom lived in the area throughout their lives. The Pauly and Sondag families both lived in the Harper area in the late 1800s and early 1900s. My grandparents were Rosa Pauly and Matthias Sondag, who died in the 1970's and are buried in the Keota Catholic Cemetery in the town where they resided. Transcribed and submitted by Robert Sondag. |
