Selected Families and Individuals

Notes


Cathy Rose Kress

Attended Fulda School in the late 1950s and early 60s.


George Musher

Name in church records is John George Musher.

In 1880, 25 year old farmer George Musher lived in Enoch Twp., Noble County, Ohio with his wife Margaret (20) and son Joseph (1). Adjacent farms in the census belonged to John Cornett and Henry Harper. George Musher's father lived two doors down.

According to researcher Thomas Singer, John George Marscher went to Pittsburgh in 1881, where he died.

George Musher's brief obituary appeared in the Fulda column of the Caldwell Citizens' Press on 14 Jun 1883:
Died -- June 8, George Musher, who had been lingering
with consumption [tuberculosis] since last fall. Age 28
years.


Margaret Estadt

Records conflict on year of birth:
18 Mar 1860 -- Snider, citing church records at St. Mary's in Fulda
Mar 1858 -- 1900 census

Margaret (Estadt) and John G. Musher moved from Fulda OH to Pittsburgh, PA in 1881. They must have returned to Noble County, since John was buried there in 1883, and Margaret subsequently married Marcellus Oble hand had eight children, most of whom were baptized in St. Mary in Fulda, Noble Co., OH.

From death certificate:
Name: Margaret Ogle of Macksburg, OH
Age: 75 y, 8 m, 6 d
Occupation: At home
Birth: 18 Mar 1860, Noble Co., Ohio
Marital status: Widowed
Spouse: Marcellus Ogle
Father: Florian Estadt, Germany
Mother: Mary Abbot, U.S.
Informant: Clarence Ogle, Macksburg, Ohio [son]


John Joseph Musher

In 1880, John J. Musher lived on the farm of his mother and step-father, Maggie and Marcellus Ogle in Aurelius Twp. (near Macksburg), Washington County, Ohio. He was employed as an oil pumper.


Florian Musher

Although the 1880 census instructions are to include all persons born prior to June 1, 1880, three-month old Florian Musher was not listed with his parents and brother in the census. .


Marcellus Ogle

By 1900, the family had moved to a rented farm in Aurelius Twp. in Washington County, Ohio. Members of the household in the 1900 census were Marcellus (65), Maggie (42); their children Ellen M. (12), Edward T. (11), Fred H. (9), Clara (6), Clarence A. (4), and Martha (2), and John J. Musher (21), Maggie's child from her first marriage. Ellen, Edward and Fred attended school. Maggie had given birth to 8 children, 7 of whom were still alive in 1900. Marcellus and Maggie had been married for 14 years. According to the 1900 census, Marcellus Ogle and his mother were born in Ohio; his father was a native of Ireland.

Although the family lived in near Macksburg in Washington County, they continued to have their children baptized at St. Mary's in Fulda, Noble County, about 10 miles away, even though other Catholic churches (such as St. Henry's in Harriettsville) were closer.


Margaret Estadt

Records conflict on year of birth:
18 Mar 1860 -- Snider, citing church records at St. Mary's in Fulda
Mar 1858 -- 1900 census

Margaret (Estadt) and John G. Musher moved from Fulda OH to Pittsburgh, PA in 1881. They must have returned to Noble County, since John was buried there in 1883, and Margaret subsequently married Marcellus Oble hand had eight children, most of whom were baptized in St. Mary in Fulda, Noble Co., OH.

From death certificate:
Name: Margaret Ogle of Macksburg, OH
Age: 75 y, 8 m, 6 d
Occupation: At home
Birth: 18 Mar 1860, Noble Co., Ohio
Marital status: Widowed
Spouse: Marcellus Ogle
Father: Florian Estadt, Germany
Mother: Mary Abbot, U.S.
Informant: Clarence Ogle, Macksburg, Ohio [son]


Maria Margaret Ogle

This child is named Ellen M. Ogle in the 1900 census. Church records at St. Mary's in Fulda refer to her as Maria Margaret. Sources conflict on year of birth:
23 Sep 1887 -- Snider, citing church records at Fulda
Sep 1886 -- 1900 census


Fred Henry Ogle

Named Henry in records at St. Mary's in Fulda; called Fred H. in the 1900 census.


Martha Elizabeth Ogle

Sources conflict on date of birth:
6 Jan 1898 -- Snider, citing church records at St. Mary's in Fulda
Nov 1897 -- 1900 census
The discrepency might be accounted for if the date at St. Mary's is a baptism date, not a birth date.


Clara Elizabeth Nau

From death certificate:
Name: Clara Elizabeth Hupp
Age: 42 years 10 months 2 days
Birth: 10 Jun 1903, Caldwell, Ohio
Occupation:
Marital status: Married
Spouse: Alex Hupp
Father: Henry Nau
Mother: Lana Miller
Informant:
Death certiifcate image was unavailable when checked on 19 May 2009.