Obituary:
Jasper Tilton, 73, of Caldwell Route 2 died at 9 p.m. Tuesday (Oct 12) at Bethesda Hospital following a long illness. Born March 71892 in Noble County, he was a son of the late Paul and Mary Craig Tilton. Mr. Tilton was a retired farmer.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Zona Lorey of Caldwell Route 6; two grandchildren, Mrs. Norma Jean Gordon of Airport road and Dean Lorey of Dexter City; three great-grandchildren; and a brother, Hobart of Caldwell Route 2.
The body was taken to McVay Funeral Home in Caldwell where services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday with Rev. Donald Allen officiating. Burial will be in Olive Cemetery near Caldwell. Friends may call at the funeral home 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today.
At the time of the 1850 census, 20 year old Adam Schafer lived with his parents in Enoch Twp., Monroe County, Ohio. In 1860, 36 year old farmer Adam Shaffer Jr., his wife and two daughters Mary (2) and Sara (1).lived on the farm of Adam's parents, Adam and Elizabeth Shaffer in Enoch Twp., Noble Co., Ohio.
One wonders if the two sons listed for Adam Schafer Sr. are actually the same person. In 1840, there were two children in the household of Adam Shafer... a boy and a girl, each between the ages of 10 and 15. The age of "36" in the 1860 census might easily be a "30" (closer to the age of the younger son). Both sons have wives named Elizabeth, and the first child of each son is a girl named Mary born in 1858. Only the second child in each family... Sarah in one case, and John in the other -- differentiates the two families. Also, note that the two Adams have not yet been found in the same census. Adam #1 lives with his father in the 1850 and 1860 census, and Adam #2 lives with his father in the 1870 census. Fulda researcher Roger Schockling has never heard anyone speak of a second son of John Adam Schafer Sr. His parents and neighbors did speak of John Adam Schafer Jr, known as "Honum" and his wife Elizabeth.
After the death of his first wife and youngest son in 1880, Henry remarried in Pittsburgh, PA in Nov 1881. He moved his family to Washington Co., OH in 1882.
In the Caldwell Citizens' Press, 23 Dec 1880:
John Alex, youngest child of Henry Saling died recently. Mr. Saling had removed
to his parent's home since the death of his wife.From the Fulda Locals column of The Caldwell Citizens' Press, 10 Feb 1881:
Henry Sailing has sold his farm to H. T. Miller for $650. He intends to buy
in Elk Township. [Harriettsville]The following note appeared in the "Fulda Locals" section of The Caldwell Citizens' Press on 29 Dec 1881:
N. Sorg, widower, returned from Pittsburgh with a life partner. Henry Saling, who
followed the same course, last week, bought a farm in Washington county near
Hohman's P.O.
Mary Anna Saling's obiutary appeared in the Caldwell Citzens' Press on 30 Sep 1880:
Death has claimed for its own the young wife of Henry Saling of Jefferson
township. She was afflicted for a year past, dropsy set in from which she
died. The funeral took place from the Catholic church here with very impos-
ing ceremonies. She leaves a husband and four small children to mourn her
early death."Dropsy" is a contraction of "hydropsy" which means edema (fluid retention) often due to heart failure or kidney disease.
Records conflict on date of birth: 15 Jan 1857 (Snider) vs. May 1859 (1900 census).
Fron the 1900 census: 49 year old farmer Henry Lorey lived on a rented farm in Olive Twp., Noble County, Ohio with his 45 year old wife Caroline and their nine children: Christina (15), George (13), Mary (12), John (11), Edward (9), Minnie (7), Frona (5), Emma (3), and Clarence (1). Henry and his mother were born in Ohio, his father was German. Henry and the older children could read and write English.
In 1880, 14 year old Caroline Schaffer lived and worked as a servant for the family of her aunt and uncle, John and Caroline (Herbst) Rupple in Fox Settlement, Ludlow Twp., Washington Co., Ohio. She did not attend school that year.
The 1900 census states taht Caroline Schafer Lorey had given birth to nine children, all of whom were living at the time of the census. Church records, however, indicate that Caaroline had give birth to ten children. Six year old son Emil did not appear in that census and is presumed to have died. According to the census, Caroline and her mother were born in Ohio; Caroline's father was born in Germany.Other records suggest that her mother was born in (West) Virginia. Caroline spoke English, but could not read or write.
According to her brother John's obituary, Caroline lived in Marietta, Ohio in 1946.
Records conflict on date of birth: 4 Aug 1885 (Snider) vs. Aug 1884 (1900 census)
Date of birth conflict: Snider gives 21 Sep 1980, SS Death Index gives 21 Aug 1890.
Although the 1900 census states that all nine of Emil Lorey's mother's children were living, other records indicate that she had given birth to 10 children by 1900. Six year old Emil does not appear with the family in that census and is presumed to have died prior to 1900.
According to her brother John's obituary, Rachel Way lived in Cleveland in 1946.
Served in WWI:
Name: George V. Sailing
Serial Number: 1941767
Race: W
Residence: R. F. D. 4, Caldwell, O.
Enlistment Division: National Army
Enlistment Location: Caldwell, O.
Enlistment Date: 03 Oct 1917
Birth Place: Middleburg, O.
Birth Date / Age: 22 Years
Assigns Comment: Co I 330 Infantry to 3 March 1918; 3 Co Cp Sherman O March Replacement Draft to 31 March 1918; 12 Co 3 Battalion 1 Infantry Training Regiment to 20 Apr 1918; Co E 126 Infantry to Discharge Corporal 24 Oct 1918. Aisne-Marne; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. Wounded In Action slightly 4 Aug 1918. American Expeditionary Forces 14 March 1918 to 13 May 1919. Honorable discharge 26 May 1919.From the "Letters From The Boys" column in the 15 Jan 1919 issue of the Caldwell Republican Journal:
November 13, 1918 Dear Sister
I will drop you a few lines and hope to hear the same from you all. Well, Eva, the war is just about finished and I am glad of it, but we are still on the front line but there is no firing goin on any more. They ceased firing the eleventh month, the eleventh day and the eleventh hour. I can say that I heard the last gun-fire on the front. I was so I wasn't afraid any more. I be sure, that if I ever get back, I will be glad. So I don't care how soon they send me back I know it will be the happiest trip I ever had in my life. So you know that the boys are all happy. Well, Eva, the weather is fine, it is a little frosty in the mornings but that don't hurt as much as the machine gun bullets. I can't say any thing more now. I have seen all I care to see. I can tell you more when a get back, which I think will be before so awful long. Well, Eva, I haven't got the home paper yet. I got some from Julius Ehlermann the other day, it was an old paper but I was lots of home news. So I am scarce of news and paper also. Answer soon. By by. Hope to see you soon. Your brother, Corp. George V. SALING Co. E, 126 Inft. A.P.O. No. 734
According to the 1930 census 36 year old farmer George V. Saling lived with his wife Emma (31) and his daughter Hilary J. (6) in Jefferson Twp., Noble Co., OH. Living with them was George's mother Elizabeth Saling (74), his brother Fred (40), and his sister Margaret Saling (42). All members of the household were born in Ohio as well as George and Emma's parents were born in Ohio. Elizabeth's parents were born in Germany. The family owned a radio. Elizabeth Blake Saling died just 2 weeks after the census taker visited the George Saling home.
Eleven year old Emma is not listed with the family in the 1910 census. She lived with her 71 year old grandmother, Elizabeth Herbst Schafer.
According to Leander Crock, one of the ancestral villages of the Lohrey/Lorey/Lori family was Giesel, in the western portion of Landkreis Fulda (Fulda county) in Germany. No direct connection has been made yet between John Lohrey and the town of Giesel. In the 1920 census, Joseph Lorey stated that his father was born in Bavaria (which is nowhere near Landkreis Fulda), and his mother was born at sea.
There were three Lori/Lorey/Lohrey families in early Fulda Ohio. Their progenitors were:
Faust Lorei -- 1805 - 1869
Nicholas Lorey -- 1823 - 1887
John Lorey -- c, 1835 - c. 1863
The relationship (if any) between these three men is not known. The age difference between Faust and John is too great for them to have been born to the same man.In 1860, laborer John Lowrey (25) lived in a German neighborhood in the 4th ward of Wheeling, Virginia. (West Virginia did not become a state until 1863.) Living with John was his wife, Mary (20), and children John (4), Henry (2), and George (6 months). John did not own any real estate, and the value of his personal possessions totaled $25. John was born in Germany. Mary and the boys were all born in Virginia, according to the census. (Note that the older two boys were baptized in St. Mary's in Fulda, Noble County, Ohio. Fulda is about 50 miles as the crow flies -- or 75 miles on today's highways -- from Wheeling.)
John Lori does not appear with his family in the 1870 or subsequent census records. It is assumed that he died some time between 1862 (when his youngest child was born) and 1870. Family lore has it that he died at the battle of Gettysburg, but researcher Bill Gersper has not been able to find any civil war records to confirm this. There were a number of men named John Lorey who enlisted in the Union Army from Ohio and West Virginia. Three units that fought at Gettysburg recruited men from Belmont Co., OH, Noble Co., OH and Ohio Co., WV. They were the 25th and 61st Ohio Infantry Regiments and the 7th West Virginia Infantry Regiment.
In 1870, Mary Lori (31) lived on a farm in Enoch Twp., Noble County, Ohio with children John J. (13), Henry John (12), George (10), and Joseph (8). The three oldest boys attended school. Mary, who was born in Virginia, could not read or write. Also living in the house was Mary's mother, Mary Schoup (69). Adjacent farms in the census were those of Joseph Hohman and Michael ("John") Blake. Joseph Hohman's wife died in 1873, and Mary Schaub Lori married him four years later.
Records conflict on place of birth:
In the 1860, 1870 and 1880 census, Mary's birthplace is listed as (West) Virginia. According to the 1900 census, Mary Schaub Hohman was born in May 1840 in Germany. She came to America in 1848, when she was about eight years old. This conflicts with Dale Schott's book, which states that Mary's parents arrived in America in July 1838. "St. Mary's -- 150 Years -- Fulda, OH", states that she was born in 1838. The 1910 census entry for Maria's son, John Lorey states that his mother was born at sea, as do the 1900, 1920 and 1930 census entries for her son Joseph Lorey.
The 1900 census also states that Mary had no children. (There is a 0 in the column for "Mother of how many children?") Mary spoke English, but could not read or write.
In 1880, 21 year old "Henry Lori" lived with his mother and step-father, Joseph Hohman, in Enoch Twp., Noble County, Ohio. He did not attend school that year.
Records conflict on first name:
Delores Snider cites church records for the marriage of Clem Lori and Weltha Green as stating that the father of the bride was Albert Green.
The 1900 census show 7 year old Welthy Green as the daughter of Stewart and Sarah Green in Jefferson Twp., Noble Co., OH. The Green family was enumerated next to the family of George Lori, including George's son Clem Lori.
The 1910 census gives the name as A. S. Green.