Hocking County, Ohio

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Looking for any information of John Jones MATHENY (1877-1941) and wife Anna DEHNEN (1882-1938) in or around Carbon Hill, Oh. They had two sons, John Wesley Matheny (1904-1944) and Walter Fredrick (1910-1983).

I would like to know more about my grandmother's family. I think they lived in Logan , Ohio because I have a picture of their farm that says Logan, Hocking County on the back. Their name was "Sniff". My grandmother was Blanche and she married Walter E. Carlisle. She had sisters, Mary and Viola. Mary married John O. Jones and Viola married Orrin Phillips. That is all I know. I am Genie Ketterl

ARNOLD. Alvin from Hocking County, married ENGLAND, Matilda, Hocking County, 27 September 1865. They had a daughter, MARY, who married MCCLOY, Charles A. There may have been other children to this union. I would appreciate any information on the above that you would like to share. I have just started my research on this line and do not have much to share at this time. Ann Conrad Abell

I am researching the WILDES family in Hocking County. Mr. M. Wayne Lowery of Jacksonville, Ohio, was kind enough to search his records for Samuel E. WILDES, a Civil War Veteran of the 161st Ohio Volunteer Infantry. This is what he found. Samuel Wildes 22 Yr. Old Enlisted - 2 May 1864 as a Private Mustered into - Co. B, 161st OVI Mustered Out - 2 Sept. 1864 At Camp Chase, Ohio Born - 17 Mar 1842 Died - 3 Mar 1917, Soldiers Home, (Dayton, OH.)?? Buried - Oak Grove Cemetery, Hocking Co., Logan, OH. Lot 138 Block No. B Gr. No. 1 As I have not been able to find Oak Grove Cemetery listings online, can someone search to see if there are any other WILDES buried there? Thanks. Bill Wildes

ASC Group is a private cultural resource management firm working with the Ohio Department of Transportation to identify important archaeological and historical sites in the proposed Nelsonville Bypass corridor. We have identified a number of ruined buildings near Diamond, Starr Township, that we believe are associated with the company town and the brick-making facility at Diamond. We are searching for a plat map or other map of the town of Diamond that shows the town lay-out and associated buildings and structures. Can you or someone else familiar with the area assist us in locating such a map? Please reply as soon as possible. Thank you for your cooperation. Al Tonetti

Looking for a marriage record for a William Alan Miles and Susan Patterson in Hocking County, about 1858. Any help with the surname Miles would be verrrry welcome. Thanks Donna

Looking for birth and death notices for Francis E. Shades born 17 Oct 1817 in Ohio, married Margaret Talley Simmons 5 Feb 1839 in Morgan Co., Ohio and according to the Family Bible (my Uncle has) died May 1882 or 1883 in Logan, Ohio. I am hoping to know more about Francis and his family. Thank you.

Need information on any KINSER that was a union soldier. My great aunt said Christopher KINSER had a son Jacob S. that may be the soldier I found. Found a tintype of a union soldier behind a picture I made for my grandmother MINNIE M.MURPHY who married ARTHUR KINSER We are trying to determind if the soldier is a relative. Any information will be greatly appreciated. ckm

hi I know of a family cemetary on the hill between Jobs and Orbiston. We used to call it the Conners Cemetary. When I was young(now 74) there was two stones that was readable biut there is only 1 now. With lots of sandstone where graves are supposed to be. I have another marker on the Morris Chapel cemetary, Henry Holdren is buried right next to his wife and when the people read the markers hers was knocked down and his name was on the side you couldnot see. I am a gr grand son of Henry and Lavina Holdren and I had the stone repared and replaced it on its base. Yours L Eldon Sowers

According to notes left by my mother, my 2nd great-grandfather, Monroe BENNET(T), was born May 9, 1830 in Starr Twp., Hocking Cty., in a little town about 8 miles from Washington Court House. His father's name was Jacob BENNET(T). The mother died when Monroe was about nine years old. Monroe had a twin brother, name unknown. Monroe married Nancy Ann INGMIRE, on January 30, 1851, and they had a daughter Rue Ann BENNET(T), born December 2, 1851. They moved to Kansas sometime later. If there is someone who can check the census for me to verify that the family lived in Ohio during these years, I would be most grateful. Lois

I am the Ohio Dept. Grave Registration Officer for the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. I received the Copies of the Hocking Co.Civil war Veterans Registration Cards from Kay Wilson and while entering them into our database I ran across a veteran, Betts, James Private 27 U.S.C.T., Co. I, who it says is buried in the Nigger Cemetery, Ward Twp., Hocking Co., OH.. Is there such a Cemetery named "Nigger" or has it been changed to something else? It seems funny since he was in a Colored Regiment. I don't see it listed in your listing on the Hocking web page. Thanks in advance for any help you can give me. Very Respectfully Wayne Lowery