Selected Families and Individuals

Notes


Frederick August Schoen

In 1880, 31 year old farmer Frederick Schoen lived on his parents' farm in Fox Settlement, Ludlow Twp., Washington Co., Ohio. Living in the household were John Schoen (60) and his wife Margaret, their son Frederick and his wife Mary Ann (27), Frederick's children Catherine (3) and John (1) and boarder Magnus Brushel (66), a shoemaker.


Margaret Anna Kress

In the 1870 census, 17 year old "Mary A. Kress" lived and worked on her parents farm in Enoch Twp., Noble County, Ohio. Her occupation was listed as "helps mother."

From death certificate:
Name: Mary Ann Schoen
Age: 82 years 2 months 9 days
Birth: 15 Mar 1853, Nobel County, Ohio
Occupation: At Home
Marital status: Widowed
Spouse: Fredrick Schoen
Father: Anthony Kress, Germany
Mother: Eva Venner, Germany
Informant: Mrs. Lena Schoen, New Matamoras R R [daughter-in-law]


Anton Kress II

A note in the Caldwell, Ohio newspaper dated 12 Jan 1893 stated:
Andy Kress, Wm Kress, Louis Herbs, Misses Dilda Dimmerling, Katie
Dimmerling, and Katie Bosold mad a trip to Buffalo [Guernsey Co., OH] Saturday.

In 1910, 40 year old Anton Kress rented a house at 102 Braddock Ave., Braddock PA with his 38 year old wife Matilda and six children: Cleopha (11), Arthur (9), Earl (8), Elenor (6), Theodore (5), and Joseph (> 1 yr). Anton was employed as a laborer in the steel works.

In 1920, 50 year old Andrey Cress (Anton Kress) lived with his wife Matilda (46) in a home they rented at 102 Braddock Ave. in Braddock, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. Living with them were their children Arthur (19), Earl (17), Elenor (16), Theodore (14), Joseph (10) and Hazel (8). Also living with them was Matilda's brother Henry Homan (sic)(26) and boarder William Johnson (22). Elenor, Joseph and Hazel attended school. Anton worked as a truckman for an oil company, Arthur as a tool boy for an electric company, Earl as a driver for a steel works, Theodore as a clerk in a drug store, Henry as a teamster in a steel works and William as a laborer in a steel works. Anton, Matilda and Henry were born in Ohio as were their parents. All other members of the household were born in Pennsylvania.

At tetime of the 1930 census, Andy Kress (59) and his wife Matilda (56) still rented the home (rent $25/mo) at 102 Braddock Ave. Based on census data, Andy and Matilda had been married for 34 years. Other members of the family living there were their children Elenore (26) and Earl (28). Also living in the house were as a renter (rent ($20/mo) was widow Cleova Mason (31) and her daughter Deloris (8) and lodgers Hazel (18) and Bernedet (8 mos) Gadagno. It is believed that Cleova and Hazel were daughters of Andy and Matilda and that Delores and Benedet were their granddaughters. Although Hazel indicated that she was married, her husband does not appear on the census with her. Based on census data, she had been married for 2 years. Andy worked as a manager of a gas station and Earl worked as a mechanic in an auto garage. Andy, Matilda, Earl and Elenor were born in Ohio as were Andy and Matilda's parents. The remainder of the household were born in Pennsylvania. No one in the household owned a radio.


Matilda Hohman

The 1910 census states that six of Matilda Hohman Kress's seven children were living at the time of the census. Six children live in the household. Raymond Kress, who would have been 12, is not listed. Researcher Linda Kay Anderson, citing "A History of the Smithberger Family in America" states that Raymond died in 1915. The 1910 census suggests that he died prior to 1910.


Raymond Kress

Raymond Kress is not listed with his family in the 1910 census. He would have been about 12 years old at the time. Researcher Linda Kay Anderson, citing "A History of the Smithberger Family in America" states that Raymond died in 1915. His absence from the census suggests that he died prior to 1910.


Theodore Kress

In early 1920, 14 year old Theodore Kress lived with his parents and siblings in the family's rented home in Braddock, Pennsylvania. Theodore, who did not attend school, was employed as a clerk in a drug store. Theodore died less than a year after the 1920 census was taken.


George Crum

In 1900, 38 year old farmer George Crum lived on a farm that he owned in Stock Twp., Noble County Ohio with his 32 year old wife Catharine and their seven children: Mary (13), Matilda (11), Emma (9), twins John and Henry (6), Ida (4), and Cora (1). George was born in Ohio to German-born parents. Everyone in the household over the age of 10 could read and write English. The farm next door in the census belonged to George's brother Michael.

In 1910, 48 year old farmer George Crum lived with his wife of 24 years Gertrude (42) on a farm they owned in Stock Twp., Noble Co., Ohio. Living with them were their children Emma (19), twins Henry and Urban (16), Blanch (14), Cora (11), Lewis (9), Stella (6), Raymond (4), and Edna (1). Blanch, Cora, Lewis and Stella attended school. Harry and Urban's occupation is given as farm laborer. Living on the adjacent farm was George's older brother Michael and his family.

In 1920, 57 year old farmer George Crum Lived and his wife Kati (51) still owned a farm in Stock Twp. where they lived with their children Cora (21), Lewis (18), Stella (16), Raymond (13), and Edna (11). Only Raymond and Edna attended school. All members of the household were born in Ohio. George's parents and Kati's father were born in Germany. Kati's mother was born in Pennsylvania. Listed on the same census sheet with George and Kate are Kate's brother Louis Ritterbeck and his family, her nephew ( Louis' son) Albert Ritterbeck and his family, and George's brother Michael and his family.

According to an article in The Zanesville Signal on 10 Aug 1926, Mr. and Mrs. George Crum and children Raymond and Edna Crum all of Summerfield were guests in the home of George's daughter, Mrs. Frank Nauer of Kuhn, Ohio for a Crum-Nauer reunion. See Frank Nauer for full text of article.

In 1930, George Crum (67) still owned a farm in Stock Twp. next to his brother Michael's farm. Living with George were his wife, Gertrude (62) and children Raymond J. (23) and Edna (21). The Crums did not own a radio.

From The Zanesville Times Recorder, pg 10, 12 Sep 1935:
George Crum, son Raymond and daughter Edna have returned from a visit with
Mr. Crum's son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Crum and with Miss Virginia
Helsa, Clarksburg, W.Va., Mr. and Mrs. Leo Kullman and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Wilmer Sefold and daughter of Fairmont, W.Va., and other friends.

The following appeared on pg 5 of The Zanesville Signal on 25 Jan 1938:
Miss Edna Crum, Fairmont, W. Va., Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Crum and family, Miss
Genevieve Hughes, all of Clarksburg, W. Va. spent the weekend with their father,
George Crum of Summerfield community.


George Crum's obituary appeared in The Zanesville (OH) Signal newspaper on December 7, 1944.FUNERAL SATURDAY FOR GEORGE CRUM Funeral services for George Crum, 82, farmer of near Summerfield, who died
yesterday at Good Samaritan hospital, will be held at 9:30 o'clock Saturday
morning at St. Michael's Catholic church at Berne with Rev. Father J. J. Donalds-
on officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery by the Brubach funeral home
at Summerfield. Surviving are 10 children, Mrs. Leo Dimmerling of Berne; Mrs. Leo Kullman of
Fairmont, W. Va.; Mrs. Harry Michael (Michel) of Caldwell, Rt. 1; Mrs. Frank Mauer
(sic: Nauer) of Lewisville; Mrs. Lawrence Herron (sic: Haren), of Miltonsburg; Miss Edna
Crum of Fairmont, W. Va.; Louis Crum, of Fairmont; Harry Crum of Buckeye Lake;
Urban Crum, of Woodsfield, and Raymond Crum of the home; several grandchild-
ren, nine of whom are in the army. His wife preceded him in death.


Catharina Gertrude Ritterbeck

Catherine Gertrude Ritterbeck (age 2) and her younger brother Henry (1 month) were not listed with their parents and siblings in the 1870 census.

From the 1900 census: 32 year old Catherine Ritterbeck Crum had given birth to seven children, all of whom were living. Catherine was born in Ohio. Her mother was born in Pennsylvania, and her father in Germany.

From death certificate:
Name: Gertrude Crum
Age: 68 years 5 months 4 days
Birth: 24 Jan 1868, Noble County, Ohio
Occupation: Housewife
Marital status: Married
Spouse: George Crum
Father: Louis Ritterback, Germany
Mother: Gertrude Eppert, Pennsylvania
Informant: Edna F. Crum, Summerfield, Ohio [daughter]

Mother's surnname on death certificate was origially written in, then vigorously crossed out, then "Eppert" was written below. Simliarly, mother's place of birth was originally entered as Germany, then crossed out and replaced by Pennsylvania.


Harry A. Dimmerling

Excerpted from an article on page 1 of the Zanesville Signal, 16 Aug 1939:
Harry Dimmerling, 28, of near Summerfield, and Louis
Barr, 65, of Ridgeroad, who were seriously injured Tuesday in a
head-on automobile collision on Chandlersville road near Dietz
lane, were in fair condition today at Bethesda hospital.
According to Deputy Sheriff Albert Gibson, who inves-
tigated, the crash occurred when Barr drove his car from Dietz road
just as Dimmerling was passing the intersection. Dimmerling sus-
tained a broken right leg, a severe laceration over his right eye, and
also suffered from shock. Barr received several broken ribs and
cuts and bruises on his hands and face.

Harry Dimmerling was a veteran of World War II. Researcher Edward J. Miller ran across the following on <http://forums.wildbillguarnere.com/index.php?showtopic=5096> which is a site where members of the Airborne exchange stories. Harry A. Dimmerling, 82nd Airborne (This account by Harry Dimmerling was told to his granddaughter.) Didn't go to high school or college. Was drafted in the Army in 1942 and
went to boot camp in Clayburn. Took hikes, did double times. It wasn't
easy. I was 30 years old running around on 25 mile hikes. Lots of the guys
called me Grandpa. Most of them were right out of high school. We left from
Ft. Bragg, so there was no family around to say goodbye to. My rank was T4:
Technician 4. Not a Sergeant, but I ran the switchboard under General Ridge-
way. We had a two-week "vacation" at home. Went back to the Army and
everyone was talking about the 82nd Airborne. Our whole division was made
paratrooper. There wasn't a choice. Part of us were glider, part paratrooper. I
was in the glider. I laid telephone lines and worked the switchborad.. I was in
the headquarters with the general. Three battalions laid lines among them: landed
in Africa, went to Sicily (Italian island), then to Italy, France, Holland, Belgium,
Germany. All these countries on this card (pulls out his Charter Member 82nd
Airborne Card). Italy stands out most in my memory because of the mountainous terrain. Was
stationed in Naples for a while. There were about two miles between battalions.
Big shells would cut phone lines and I'd have to go repair them. I did not like
that job. I don't even like to use the phone today! The gliders held 16 men and our equipment or a Jeep and 6 men. I usually rode here.
We'd land in enemy territory ready to fight. We'd repair the lines. The gliders were
made of welded pipe with a cloth covering. We didn't get them back after they
landed. The Jeep had a cable on the back end hitch. We sat on a bench or on the side
of the Jeep. Airplanes would launch the gliders. They'd get us going fast enough to be airborne.
When they cut the cable in the air, it felt like you stopped in midair. Pilots just
picked some place to land. Didn't always know where we were. Once we found out
we were between the 101st and the enemy in Holland. I didn't want to go to Berlin to parade. I didn't like it. In Normandy, the paratroopers went in on D-Day. The gliders went in D-Day plus
six hours. We landed in France someplace behind the lines, behind the beach, out in
the country. There were big hedgerows and we had to land in between them. Somewhere there I picked up a Soviet pithe helmet. Don't recall how I got it. In Germany, we went through a concentration camp in Ludwiglost [near Woebbelin].
Prisoners were sleeping on boards, starved to death, skin and bones. We made the
German people of that town go to the camp, too. After the war, I took a year off with pay and lived at home, worked some on the farm.
I bought a quarter interest in the stone quarry and strip mine. Worked there for a year.
Then I worked for a company to lay 36-inch pipeline in Youngstown, Ohio. Then I
worked for Pure Oil which became Union 76. Did some maintenance work in Colum-
bus. After that, I retired and became a locksmith in 1974. I took a correspondence
course to qualify. I wouldn't have done anything differently about my career. I enjoyed the maintenance
work and the locksmithing. The locksmith work was built up so big, it got to be a job. I
still get calls, even though I quit four years ago. In 1956 I met Helen Stickle Bernard at a community square dance. I took her home. On
our first date, we went square dancing again. For our courtship, we went square dancing.
Then after three or four months, we got married on April 14 in Carlisle, Ohio. It was a
very small wedding. Helen died of Alzheimer's. Marriage was what I expected. We got
along. I guess if you love one another, you get along. The only organization I belong to is the 82nd Airborne. Haven't been in eight years. I keep
up my dues and get the newsletter of who died or was sick.

Harry and Helen had no children of their own, but they raised Helen's three children from her first marriage. They had eight grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.

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Partial Obituary (clipping cut off) DIMMERLING Harry A. Dimmerling, age 90, of Westerville,
October 2, 2001. Retired from Union Oil Co. and former owner
of H & H Lock and Key Shop. World War II Army Air Corps veteran,
82nd Airborne Division. Member of St. Paul Catholic Church and
82nd Airborne Assn. Survived by step-sons, William E. Bernard of
Va. and James A. (Diana) Bernard of Grove City; step-daughter,
Ruth Ann (Lester) Noble of Westerville; grandchildren, William
(Alice) Bernard, Jr., Denise (Robert) Spaniard, Laura (George)
Foster, Ta

Source: Columbus (OH) Dispatch, (newspaper),obituary of Harry Dimmerling, October 3, 2001.


Helen I. Stickle

Helen's mother's maiden name was Robinson.


Helen I. Stickle

Helen's mother's maiden name was Robinson.


Rome Edward Dimmerling

Killed in vietnam DIMMERLING ROME EDWARD PFC ARMY LOUISVILLE DOB: 12/16/48 DOD: 04/20/68 >From Louisville Obituary Index Rome is the s/o Chester C. Dimmerling Louisville Public Library Obituary Database Record Number 4677 Decedent's Name Dimmerling, Rome Ed Age at Time of Death (Years) 19 Date of Birth (unknown) Date of Death 1968-04-20 Father Dimmerling, Chester C. Location of Burial Sacred Heart of Mary Cemetery, Harrisburg, OH Obituary Date 1968-05-09 Obituary Source Louisville Herald, page 7


Alexander Dimmerling

In 1900, 21 year old unmarried Alexander Dimmerling lived and worked on his parents' farm in Enoch Twp., Noble County, Ohio.

In 1910, 30 year old farmer Alex Dimmerling lived with his wife Lizzie (23) on a farm they owned in Enoch Twp., Noble County, Ohio. Living with them was their son Edgar (3). Alex and Lizzie had been married for 5 years. All members of the household were born in Ohio as were Alex's and Elizabeth's parents. According to the 1910 census, Elizabeth had 2 children one of whom was living.

In 1920, 41 year old farmer Alex Dimerling (sic) lived with his wife Elizabeth (33) and their son Edgar (13) on a farm they owned in Enoch Twp., Noble County, Ohio. Edgar attended school.

In 1930, 51 year old farmer Alex Dimmerling lived with his wife Elizabeth (42) on a farm they owned (value $500) in Enoch Twp., Noble County, Ohio. Living with them was their sons Alfred (5) and Edgar (23) and Edgars wife Lucy (21) and his son Edgar (3 mos). Alex and Elizabeth had been married for about 24 years and Edgar and Luch for about 1 year. Alex worked as a farmer and Edgar as a farm laborer. All members of the household were born in Ohio as were their parents. They family owned a radio.


The following appeared in The Zanesville (OH) Signal newspaper on April 18, 1935: Joe Rupple farm, near Fulda, was purchased by Alec Dimmerling,
Little Creek. Mr. and Mrs. Rupple and family are now making their home
in Canton.

[Alex Dimmerling's wife, Elizabeth, and Joe Rupple were sister and brother.]

An article on page 12 of the The Zanesville Times Recorder on 25 Aug 1938 titled "Ruppel Family Reunion" lists attendees "Mr. and Mrs. Alex Dimmerlin (sic) and son Alfred [of] Caldwell" See notes of Clem Ruppel for details.

Obituary:
Services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary's Catholic church at Fulda
for Alexander Dimmerling, 86, of Caldwell Route 1. He died at 3:!5 p.m. Wednesday
[5 May 1965] at Good Samaritan Hospital where he had been a patient two weeks.
Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. today at Estadt Funeral Home at Caldwell. Burial
will be in the church cemetery.
Born Sept. 20, 1878, in Noble County, he was a son of August and Barbara Schott
Dimmerling. Surviving are his wife, the former Elizabeth Rupple; two sons, Alfred of
Caldwell Route 4 and Edgar of McConnelsville; two brothers, Leo of Caldwell Route 1
and Felix of Louisville; four sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Michael of Caldwell, Mrs. Andy
Hill and Mrs. Mary Crum, all of Caldwell, and Mrs. Sebastian Huffman of Detroit; 11
grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. A son, a brother, and two sisters are deceased.

Note: The clipping in the Zanesville Public Library obituary index card file has the handwritten date "5-5-64" on it. This conflicts with other data (Social Security Death Index and church records) which state that Alexander Dimmerling died in 1965. Further research by Ed Miller reveals that the obituary actually appeared in the Zanesville Times Recorder on 7 May 1965.


Elizabeth Ruppel

In "St. Mary's-- 150 Years -- Fulda OH," author Delores Snider has two children named Elizabeth in this family, born two years apart. The 1900 census lists only one Elizabeth. In addition, the census indicates that Elizabeth's mother had eight children prior to 1900... all eight are accounted for without the older Elizabeth. The older Elizabeth had a twin, Joseph Henry, who died before his first birthday.

Several possible explanations exist:
1) There was only one Elizabeth -- their birth dates are similar.
2) The older Elizabeth died shortly after birth and was not counted in the "number of children" Mary Hohman Ruppel had in the 1900 census. While this would not have been unusual (many families didn't count children who were stillborn or died in infancy), it seems odd that Elizabeth's twin -- who died before his first birthday -- was counted.


Edward Purcell Crum

Source of middle name: death certificate of daughter Geneva.

On June 5, 1917, 29 year old farmer, Edward P. Crum of Olive Twp., Ohio registered for the military draft. According to his draft registration card, he was born in Stock Twp., Ohio on August 22, 1887. He was married and had two children. His physical description is given as medium height and build, grey eyes and brown hair.

In 1920, Edward P. and Marian Crum owned a farm in Olive Twp., Noble County, Ohio with their three children, Luella (7), Maria (4 yrs, 4 mos.), and Herbert (1 yr, 11 mos.). None of the children attended school.

At the time of the 1930 census, Edward P. Crum still owned a farm in Olive Twp. He is listed as "married," but his wife is not in the household. Living with Edward were his four children, Marie V. (14), Herbert B. (11), Bernetta A. (9) and Gilbert J. (7). The three youngest childre attended school. The Crum family did not own a radio set.

From the classified ads of The Zanesville Times Recorder, pg 11, 10 Mar 1938
SHERIFF’S SALE
(Case No. 29404)
Edward P. Crum, Plaintiff
vs.
Elijah F. Crum et al, defendants

By virtue of an order of sale in partition of issued from the court of common
pleas of Muskingum county, Ohio and to me directed in a certain civil action
therein pending, wherein Edward P. Crum is the plaintiff and Elijah F. Crum, et
al, are the defendants, I will offer for sale at the court house (in the corridor) on Sat.
the 26th day of March A.D. 1938 at 10 o’clock a.m. the following described real
estate:
Being a parcel of ground situate in section 11, township 16 of range 14 and being
known as what is log number 8 of an unrecorded plat of subdivision number 2, of
the W. G. Burt Mule company farm. Said premises being more particularly described
in a certain deed from the W. G. Burt Mule company, a corporation, to Michael
Crum and Mary O. Crum, recorded in deed book No. 218 at page 215 of the deed
records of Muskingum county, Ohio to which deed reference is here made for said
definite and particular description.
(The above described real estate is situate at the south side of Coopermill road, just out of the limits of the city of Zanesville, in the county of Muskingum, and the
state of Ohio.)
Appraised at $300.00
Terms of sale - Cash


Mary Ann Dimmerling

Marian Dimmerling Crum was not listed with her husband and children in the 1930 census because she was hospitalized.

Obituary:
CALDWELL - Mrs. Mary Ann Crum, 77, of Caldwell, died at 7 a.m. Monday
(July 19) at an Athens hospital after a long illness. Mrs. Crum was born Sept. 24,
1887 in Noble County, a daughter of August and Barbara Schott Dimmerling and
was a member of St. Stephens Catholic church here.
Surviving are her husband, Edward; two sons, Herbert Crum of Louisville and
Gilbert of Canton; a daughter, Mrs. Marie Kress of the home; eight grandchildren;
two brothers, Leo Dimmerling of Berne and Felix of Louisville and three sisters,
Mrs. Fronia Hill of Caldwell, Mrs. Elizabeth Michel of Caldwell, and Mrs. Lonia
Huffman of Detroit, Mich.
The body was taken to Estadt Funeral Home here where the Rosary will be recited
at 8 p.m. Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Wednesday at St. Stephens Catholic
church with Rev. S.J. Pekalla officiating. Burial will be in Olive Cemetery.


Eva Luella Crum

Sources conflict on the name of the daughter born c. 1912 to Edward and Marian Crum.
Eva -- Snider
Luella -- 1920 census

The child does not appear with the family in the 1930 census.


Leo Grover Kuhn

At the time of the 1920 census, Leo G. and Elanor Kuhn owned a mortgaged home at 510 Luck Avenue in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. They lived with their two sons, Herman (1 yr, 11 mos) and Raymond (2 months). Leo worked as a packer in a glass house. All members of the household were born in Ohio as were Leo's and Elenor's parents. Living at 522 Luck Ave. was Frank J. Crum and his family. (Elenor and Frank were sister and brother.)

In 1930, Leo G. Kuhn (34) rented a farm in Stock Twp., Noble County, Ohio. Living with him were his wife, Elenora (35) and six sons: Herman F. (12), Raymond K. (10), Theodore G. (8), Michael L. (6), Earl H. (4 yrs 2 mos.), and Hubert J. (1 yr 11 mos). Based on census data, Leo and Elenora had been married for about 14 years. The family did not own a radio. Adjacent farms in the census belonged to W. E. Morrison and Asbury White.

A photo of Eleanor and Leo Kuhn appeared on page 12 of the Zanesville Signal on 18 Jan 1944 with the following article:
HAVE FIVE SONS IN SERVICE
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Kuhn of 308 North Sixth street
are shown above as they signed the Southeaster Ohio Roll
of Honor at the Service Center of the Zanesville Publishing
company, for their fifth son in service. He is Earl Harry Kuhn,
17, and is a seaman, second class, stationed at Gulfport,
Miss. He enlisted in the navy in September. The Kuhn’s
four other sons are Pfc. Herman Kuhn, stationed with the
medical corps at Homestead, Fla.; Corp. Raymond Kuhn of
Camp Forest, Tenn.; Pvt. Theodore Kuhn, who is somewhere
in the South Pacific, and Corp. Michael Kuhn of Camp Clair-
bourne, La.
Theodore and Herman are married, and the former
is the father of a one-year-old daughter, Ruth Ellen. Theodore’s
wife and child make their home at Bethesda, O. Herman’s wife
resides at Homestead, Fla. Mr. [Leo] Kuhn is employed in
defense work at the Line Material company plant here.


From the Zanesville Signal, page 7, 5 Dec 1944:
Mr. and Mrs. Leo G. Kuhn of 308 North Fifth street
are the parents of the four sons serving overseas: Cpl.
Raymond Kenneth Kuhn in the Philippines; Pfc. Theodore
Grover Kuhn stationed in New Guinea; T-Sgt. 3/c Michael
Leo Kuhn somewhere in France and Earl Harry Kuhn,
Seaman 1/c in the New Zealand area. The Kuhn’s have
another son in service: Pvt. Herman Kuhn with the medical
corps stationed at the Homestead Army Air field, Homestead,
Fla. The four boys now overseas will be enrolled as mem-
bers of the V.F.W., and their mother, Mrs. Eleanor Kuhn
admitted into the membership of the auxiliary.

Leo G. Kuhn's obituary appeared in The Times Recorder (Zanesville, OH) newspaper on August 10, 1961 LEO G. KUHN DIES AT 66 Leo Grover Kuhn, 66, of 1503 Moxahla avenue died at 9:55 p.m.
Wednesday at Good Samaritan Hospital, five hours after he had
been admitted for treatment of a heart ailment. The body was taken to Hillis Funeral Home


Elenora N. Crum

This birthday party announcement was published in the Zanesville Times Recorder on 4 Nov 1929:
SUMMERFIELD, O. - The home of Mr. and Mrs. Leo
Kuhn, Rt. 3, was the scene of a delightful party recently
when a number of friends gathered to help the latter
celebrate her birthday anniversary. A delightful time
was enjoyed with music and games after which refresh-
ments were served.
Those present included Mrs. J. W. Kuhn and son,
Edward; Richard and Roger Luman and Mr. and Mrs.
Rosa Kelly and son, James Doherty, Mr. and Mrs. G.
W. Kuhn and children Margaret Catherine, Harry,
Donald and Cleo Jeannette, Caldwell; Michael Crum,
Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Crum and daughters, Delores
Alberta and Margaret, Mary Rose and Sam Norbet,
Rt. 2, and Mr. and Mrs. Leo Crum and family.


The following article appeared in the "Service Record" column of the Zanesville Signal on Dec 5, 1944 Albert J. Noll of 1559 Hickory street, trustee for the local
V.F.W. did a real days work on Sunday when he obtained
the membership of four brothers to the post and their
mother for the Ladies Auxiliary. Mr. and Mrs. Leo G. Kuhn of 308 North Fifth street are
the parents of four sons serving overseas: Cpl. Raymond
Kenneth Kuhn in the Philippines; Pfc. Theodore Grover
Kuhn stationed in New Guinea; T-Sgt 3/c Michael Leo Kuhn
somewhere in France and Earl Harry Kuhn, Seaman 1/c in
the New Zealand area. The Kuhn's have another son in ser-
vice Pvt. Herman Kuhn with the medical corps stationed at
Homested Army Air field, Homested, Fla. The four boys now
overseas will be enrolled as members of the V.F.W., and their
mother, Mrs. Eleanor Kuhn admitted into the membership of
the auxiliary.


John William Kuhn

Sources conflict on middle name/initial:
John Simon Kuhn -- David Burkhart
John W. Kuhn -- 1900, 1910 and 1930 census
According to David Burkhart, John Kuhn is the son of Nicholas Kuhn (b. 1843), but 8 year old John Kuhn was not living with Nicholas in the 1870 census.

On the 1880 census, John was listed living with his December grandparents, as Safronia had remarried to Theodore Utsinger by then, and Nicholas Kuhn, his father, had remarried.

John W. Kuhn married Katherine “Katie” Sherman on 10 April 1888. “Katie” (Sherman) Kuhn was born on 13 January 1866. John W. died on 19 April 1937, and in his death certificate is listed his father, Nicholas Kuhn.

In 1900, John W. Kuhn (37) rented a farm in Summit Twp., Monroe County, Ohio. Living with him were his wife Catherine P. (34) and children Mary P. (14), Anna V. (11), William G. (8), Laura C. (6), Leo G. (5) and Stella J. (2). The four oldest children attended school. John Kuhn's occupation was "hugster." According to the census, both of John's parents were born in Germany.

Children from the 1900 census don't quite match up with the children from the 1910 census... At the time of the 1910 census, John W. Kuhn (50) lived in Seneca Twp. , Monroe County, Ohio with his wife of 20 years, Katherine (44), and children Jenny (19), William (17), Laura (16), Leo (14), Stella (12), Marcella (9), Grace (6), and Edward (4). John's father were born in Ohio, his mother in Germany. Adjacent farms in the census belonged to David Stallings and Wilson Carpenter.

In 1930, 70 year old John W. Kuhn owned a farm in Seneca Twp. where he lived with his wife Katheine (64) and son Edward (21). Also living in the house were John's grandsons Richard J. (11) and Roger R. Lawman (9) (sp?), both of whom attended school. The Kuhn family did not own a radio set. This census conflicts with the 1910 census, staying that both of John's parents were born in Germany. Living nearby were the families of brothers Joseph (53 John N.(50) and Peter (57) Kuhn. The relationship between the John W. Kuhn and the Kuhn brotherss is not known at this time.

The 1910 census states that the Kuhns had been married for 20 years (i.e., 1890), but the marriage date calculated from the 1930 census is 1887. The 1900 census states that the couple had been married for 15 years (1885).


Katherine P. Sherman

Sources conflict on date of birth:
1900 census -- Jul 1865
Andy Miller -- 13 January 1866

Source of maiden name: death certificate of daughter Stella Kuhn Shaw.

Katherine's parents were born in Germany according to the 1900 and 1910 census, but in Ohio according to the 1930 census. In 1910, all 9 of Katherine's children were still living.

According to Andy Miller (first cousin four times removed of John William Kuhn) Kate Sherman Kuhn travelled to a Catholic shrine in Carey, Ohio (in the northern part of the state) to "get a miracle" that would cure her son Eddie of dwarfism. She also prayed for help for Justina Crock Kuhn (wife of her Kate's husband's first cousin, Joseph A. Kuhn). Justina had a hard time with her pregnancies and lost two babies in infancy.

From the Zanesville Signal, 11 Nov 1937:
SHENANDOAH CLUB
SUMMERFIELD - Mrs. Catherine Kuhn and daughter, Mrs.
Laura Kelly, were companion hostesses at a meeting held at
the former’s home at Doherty. Quilting and social pastimes
were enjoyed and a pot-luck dinner and supper were served.
Included among the guests were Mrs. G. W. Kuhn of Caldwell,
Mrs. Daniel Carpenter, Barnesville; Mrs. Ivan Love and Mrs.
Jennie Danford of this town; Mesdames Charles Snack, Mar-
garet Nauer, Frank Scott, Ellis Brown, Martha Calland, Sallie
Carpenter, Martha Carpenter, Delia Kuhn, C. R. Calland, Celia
Smithberger, Mrs. Fred Warner and children, Ruth and Dickey,
of Berne.

From the Zanesville Signal, page 3, 27 Aug 1938
HOSTESS TO CLUB
Mrs. Katherine Kuhn, Doherty, entertained the Shenan-
doah club Thursday.
Those present were Mrs. Cora Farley, Caldwell; Mes-
dames Adda Reed, Charles Felock Sr., Maud Baker, Delia Kuhn,
Margaret Mauer, Celia Smithberger, R. T. Danford and Laura
Kelly, Lewisville; Sara Rodecker, Jennie Danford, Bessie Love,
Aetna Fields, Miss Leona Kuhn, and Mary Lou Fields, Summer-
field.


From the Zanesville Times Recorder, page 6, 18 Jan 1950:
MRS. CATHERINE KUHN IS HONOR GUEST
Mrs. Catherine Kuhn was honored on her 84th birthday
Sunday with a dinner party at the home of her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shaw of 401 Hedgewood avenue.
Mrs. Kuhn, formerly a resident of Summerfield resided at the
Shaw home.
Guests at the dinner were Mrs. Laura Kelly, Ed Kuhn,
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Kuhn, Harry Luman, Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Luman and children, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kuhn, Harry and Don-
ald Kuhn, Mr. and Mrs. James Kelly and family, all of Zanesville;
Mrs. Jennie Powell of Newark; Mrs. Paul Bishop of Wheeling
and Mrs. Grace Kelchner of Sandusky.

Catherine Sherman Kuhn’s obituary was published in the Zanesville Signal on 20 Jul 1953:
Mrs. Catherine P. Kuhn, 87, died at 3:45 o’clock Sunday
afternoon at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Robert Shaw of
402 Hedgewood avenue, leaving 94 survivors. Death ended
a lingering illness.
Mrs. Kuhn was the daughter of John and Appelonia Yontz
Sherman and was a native of Monroe county. She was a
member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Burkhart and of the
Rosary and Altar society of the church.
Her husband, John W. Kuhn, died in 1937.
Surviving are three sons, George W. of Canton; Leo of
1027 Hall avenue; six daughters, Mrs. Robert Shaw, Mrs. S.
R. Kelchner, of 121 Seborn avenue, Mrs. Laura Kelly of 969
Linden avenue, Mrs. Jennie Powell, Newark; Mrs. Fred Warner,
Lower Salem, O.; Mrs. Mary Saffel, Barnesville; Joseph Sherman
of Wheeling, a sister, Mrs. W. R. Bleifus of Triadelphia, W. Va.;
29 grandchildren and 56 great-grandchildren.
The body is at the Putnam chapel of Mader-Peoples funeral
home.


Edward R. Kuhn

Records conflict on age. Edward is 4 years old in the 1910 census, but 21 years old in the 1930 census. Edward was a dwarf; he was only about 42 inches tall. He never married.

Edward Kuhn’s obituary was published in the Zanesville Times Recorder on 5 Jan 1962:
Edward R. Kuhn, 56, of 969 Linden avenue died at 1:30 p.m.
Thursday at Good Samaritan hospital where he had been
admitted Wednesday night.
He was a native of Monroe County and was born Jan. 1,
1906, a son of John W. and Catherine Sherman Kuhn. He was
a member of St. Thomas Catholic Church and made his home
with his sister, Mrs. Laura Kelly of the Linden avenue address.
Surviving in addition to Mrs. Kelly are five other sisters, Mrs.
Grace Kelchner of 1210 Seborn avenue, Mrs. R. S. Shaw of
707 Grove avenue, Mrs. Fred Warner of Caldwell, Mrs. Mary
Saffel of Barnesville and Mrs. Jennie Powell of 422 Eppley
avenue; a brother, George of 520 Underwood street and a
number of nieces and nephews.
Friends may call after 7 o’clock tonight at Hillis Funeral
Home until services are held at 9 a.m. Monday at the St.
Thomas Church. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery at
Lewisville.