In the 1850 census, John's birthplace is listed as Ohio.
A Virginia-born 17 year old named John Miller lived and worked on the farm of John J. Weisent and family at the time of the 1860 census. John Miller's younger brother J. Leonard subsequently married John Weisent's oldest surviving daughter, Mary.
Farmer John Miller (20) lived in Enoch Twp. Noble County Ohio in 1870. With him lived his wife Mary A. (23), and children Elizabeth (2) and George (9 mos). The adjacent household in the 1870 census is that of infirm John J. Miller (61) and his wife Mary A. (67), both born in Hesse Cassel. John J. Miller does not own the property on which he lives. The relationship between the two John Millers is not known at this time; and a search of all men with a surname sounding like "Miller" born before 1820 on www.FuldaOhio.com does not reveal anyone who could be the older John Miller. (The father and step-mother of the younger John Miller are located on the previous page in the census.) John's sister Elizabeth Miller Hupp lived two households away.
In 1880, John Miller (35) was still living in Enoch Twp., Noble County, Ohio with his wife Mary A. (29) and children Elizabeth (12), George (11), Andrew (9), Barbara (6), Eddy (5), Abby (3) and Simon (3 mos). The oldest four children attended school. Adjacent households in the census belonged to C. Merry and Michael Harper. John's sister Mary Ann Crock Miller lived three households away.
John and Mary Anna (Crock) Miller moved from Noble Co., OH to Monroe Co., OH in 1884.
In 1910, John (66) and Mary A. (64) Miller owned a farm in Miltonsburg, Monroe County, Ohio. They had been married to each other for 43 years. Nine of their ten children were still living at the time of the census.
Records conflict on date of birth: 11 May 1844 (Snider & Reischman) vs. 11 Dec 1844 (Pegnato).
Alternate first name: Mary Anna
John Miller and Mary Anna Crock Miller moved their family to Monroe Co., OH in 1884.
Records conflict on date of death:
27 Jan 1892 -- Tipton
04 Apr 1922 -- Reischman
The date provided by Reischman is taken to be the correct one, since Mary Ann appears in the 1910 census with her husband.
Records conflict on month of birth:
12 Feb 1880 - Snider, citing church records
Mar 1880 -- 1880 census
Records conflict on date of birth for Elizabeth Crock Smithberger.
1) Delores Snider, citing church records of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Fulda, Noble Co., OH, gives 18 Oct 1848 as the date of birth.
2) Linda Kay Anderson, citing "A History of the Smithberger Family in America, gives 6 Oct 1847.
In 1900, 10 year old James lived with the family of his older brother Henry. He attended school.
Records conflict on date of birth: 29 May 1889 (Snider) vs. May 1890 (1900 census) vs. 29 May 1887 (World War I draft registration card).
In 1910, 20 year old James Smithberger lived and worked on the farm of his sister, Hannah Kress in Red Oak Twp., Cedar County, Iowa.
On June 5, 1917, 30 year old unmarried James Leo Smithberger of Mechanicsville, Iowa filled out a US draft registration card in Cedar County, Iowa. He gave his date and place of birth as 29 May 1877 in Harriettsville, Ohio. He stated that he worked as a farmer for Arnold Struck of Mechanicsville. James was described as being tall, and of medium build with brown eyes, brown hair, and no obvious physicial disabilities.
In 1930, James may have been living with the family of Florian and Ida (Smotzer) Timm on Stokes Ave. in North Braddock. Ida's sister Cecilia was married to James Smithberger's uncle, William Smithberger. James was employed as a laborer for Diamond Ice. He was a veteran of World War I.
According to researcher Thomas Singer, Clara Miller (daughter of John George Miller and Elizabeth Schott) found Jim Smithberger, a WWI veteran hanging in a barn.
In 1870, 19 year old Jasper Crock lived and worked on the farm of his widowed mother in Enoch Twp., Noble County, Ohio.
Casper Crock and Carolina Smithberger Crock moved their family from Fulda to Harrietsville, Noble Co., OH in 1878.
At the time of the 1880 census, farmer Casper Crock (29) and his wife Caroline (29) lived in Elk Twp., Noble County, Ohio with their three children, John (4), Henry (3) and Mena (1). Adjacent homes in the census belonged to Sebastian Hohman and Caroline's parents, John and Hannah Smithberger.
In 1900, 49 year old Kasper Crock lived in Summit Twp., Monroe Co., Ohio with his second wife, Kate (46). They had been married 11 years. Living with them were three children from Casper's first marriage Hannah (17), Alexander (15) and Michael Crock (13), a daughter from Kate's first marriage, Laura Weisent (15), and four children from Casper and Kate's marriage: Kasper P. (11), Gregor F. (10), Olvia E. (4) and Rosella J. (2). All of the children attended school except Laura, Olivia, and Rosella. Adjacent farms in the census belonged to John Burkhart (66) and Hamilton Barnhouse.
At the time of the 1920 census, 68 year old widower Casper Crock lived with the family of his daughter and son-in-law, Rozella and Dewey G. Bates, in Woodsfield, Center Township, Monroe County, Ohio. Casper was not employed. Two doors away lived 65 year old widow Matilda Agin, whom Casper would later marry.
Records conflict on year of birth.
6 Jan 1851 -- Delores Snider, citing church records in "St. Mary's -- 150 Years -- Fulda OH"
6 Jan 1851 -- calculated from date of death and age (78 y, 8 m, 11 d) on death certificate
6 Jan 1852 -- date of birth written on death certificate
6 Jan 1855 -- Linda Kay Anderson, citing "A History of the Smithberger Family in America"
Jan 1851 -- 1900 censusRecords also conflict on date of marriage to second wife Catherine Burkhart:
1889 --- 1900 census
20 Oct 1892 -- Linda Kay Anderson, citing "A History of the Smithberger Family in America"Death certificate informant was Mrs. Minnie Ulrich of Kuhn, Ohio (Casper's daughter Anna Philomena Crock Ulrich).
Carolina Smithberger Crock died died a few days short of her 37th birthday, approximately one month after the birth of her youngest child.
In 1900, Ohio native Henry Crock (22 -- Dec 1877) lived and worked on the farm of Thomas Lodge in Springdale Twp., Cedar County, Iowa. He was not married. Thomas Lodge was born in Iowa, but his parents were from Ohio, according to the census.
In 1870, 19 year old Jasper Crock lived and worked on the farm of his widowed mother in Enoch Twp., Noble County, Ohio.
Casper Crock and Carolina Smithberger Crock moved their family from Fulda to Harrietsville, Noble Co., OH in 1878.
At the time of the 1880 census, farmer Casper Crock (29) and his wife Caroline (29) lived in Elk Twp., Noble County, Ohio with their three children, John (4), Henry (3) and Mena (1). Adjacent homes in the census belonged to Sebastian Hohman and Caroline's parents, John and Hannah Smithberger.
In 1900, 49 year old Kasper Crock lived in Summit Twp., Monroe Co., Ohio with his second wife, Kate (46). They had been married 11 years. Living with them were three children from Casper's first marriage Hannah (17), Alexander (15) and Michael Crock (13), a daughter from Kate's first marriage, Laura Weisent (15), and four children from Casper and Kate's marriage: Kasper P. (11), Gregor F. (10), Olvia E. (4) and Rosella J. (2). All of the children attended school except Laura, Olivia, and Rosella. Adjacent farms in the census belonged to John Burkhart (66) and Hamilton Barnhouse.
At the time of the 1920 census, 68 year old widower Casper Crock lived with the family of his daughter and son-in-law, Rozella and Dewey G. Bates, in Woodsfield, Center Township, Monroe County, Ohio. Casper was not employed. Two doors away lived 65 year old widow Matilda Agin, whom Casper would later marry.
Records conflict on year of birth.
6 Jan 1851 -- Delores Snider, citing church records in "St. Mary's -- 150 Years -- Fulda OH"
6 Jan 1851 -- calculated from date of death and age (78 y, 8 m, 11 d) on death certificate
6 Jan 1852 -- date of birth written on death certificate
6 Jan 1855 -- Linda Kay Anderson, citing "A History of the Smithberger Family in America"
Jan 1851 -- 1900 censusRecords also conflict on date of marriage to second wife Catherine Burkhart:
1889 --- 1900 census
20 Oct 1892 -- Linda Kay Anderson, citing "A History of the Smithberger Family in America"Death certificate informant was Mrs. Minnie Ulrich of Kuhn, Ohio (Casper's daughter Anna Philomena Crock Ulrich).
Records conflict on date of birth:
19 May 1855 -- Linda Kay Anderson, citing "A History of the Smithberger Family in America"
May 1857 -- 1900 censusAccording to the 1900 census, all five of the children of Kate Burkhart Crock were still living in 1900. This conflicts with other information which suggests that she had six children (two from her first marriage, and four from her second), all of whom were alive in 1900. Kate was born in Pennsylvania to German-born parents.
Katherine Burkhart does not appear in the 1870 census with her parents and siblings. She would have been about 15 years old.
Kate died of cancer of the omentum. The omentum is a fatty later of tissue that covers the abdominal organs. Frequently, cancer of the omentum has metastized from another organ, such as the ovaries.
In 1870, 19 year old Jasper Crock lived and worked on the farm of his widowed mother in Enoch Twp., Noble County, Ohio.
Casper Crock and Carolina Smithberger Crock moved their family from Fulda to Harrietsville, Noble Co., OH in 1878.
At the time of the 1880 census, farmer Casper Crock (29) and his wife Caroline (29) lived in Elk Twp., Noble County, Ohio with their three children, John (4), Henry (3) and Mena (1). Adjacent homes in the census belonged to Sebastian Hohman and Caroline's parents, John and Hannah Smithberger.
In 1900, 49 year old Kasper Crock lived in Summit Twp., Monroe Co., Ohio with his second wife, Kate (46). They had been married 11 years. Living with them were three children from Casper's first marriage Hannah (17), Alexander (15) and Michael Crock (13), a daughter from Kate's first marriage, Laura Weisent (15), and four children from Casper and Kate's marriage: Kasper P. (11), Gregor F. (10), Olvia E. (4) and Rosella J. (2). All of the children attended school except Laura, Olivia, and Rosella. Adjacent farms in the census belonged to John Burkhart (66) and Hamilton Barnhouse.
At the time of the 1920 census, 68 year old widower Casper Crock lived with the family of his daughter and son-in-law, Rozella and Dewey G. Bates, in Woodsfield, Center Township, Monroe County, Ohio. Casper was not employed. Two doors away lived 65 year old widow Matilda Agin, whom Casper would later marry.
Records conflict on year of birth.
6 Jan 1851 -- Delores Snider, citing church records in "St. Mary's -- 150 Years -- Fulda OH"
6 Jan 1851 -- calculated from date of death and age (78 y, 8 m, 11 d) on death certificate
6 Jan 1852 -- date of birth written on death certificate
6 Jan 1855 -- Linda Kay Anderson, citing "A History of the Smithberger Family in America"
Jan 1851 -- 1900 censusRecords also conflict on date of marriage to second wife Catherine Burkhart:
1889 --- 1900 census
20 Oct 1892 -- Linda Kay Anderson, citing "A History of the Smithberger Family in America"Death certificate informant was Mrs. Minnie Ulrich of Kuhn, Ohio (Casper's daughter Anna Philomena Crock Ulrich).
At the time of the 1920 census, 65 year old widow Matilda Agin lived on South Main St. in Woodsfield, Center Twp., Monroe Co., Ohio with the family of her married daughter Pearl Schwall (25). Other members of the household were Pearl's husband, Arnold Schwall (27) and their son Roy W. (2). Everyone in the household was a native of Ohio, as were their parents, according to the census. Two households away lived widower Casper Crock, whom Matilda would marry the next year.
Seventy year old Matilda Fisher Agin Crock committed suicide by hanging herself. Death certificate informant was John Agin.
In 1900, Michael Tornes and his wife, Barbara, owned a farm in Watertown, Washington County, Ohio. Living with them were their children, Lena (15), Frank (13), Anthony (11), Nora (10), Ida (8), Clemence (Clarence?) (7), Alexander (6), and Lewis (4). The five oldest children attended school. Adjacent farms in the census belonged to Frederick Arnold and Michael's brother, John Tornes.
By 1910, Michael and Barbara Tornes had moved their family to a farm on East Main St. in Truro Twp. (White Hall precinct) in Franklin County, Ohio. Living with them were their children Clementine M. (24), Frank A. (23), Anthony W. (21), Leonora (19), Ida (18), Alexander (15) and Louis (14). The two youngest boys attended school. (Son Clarence is missing from the household, although the census indicates that all eight of Barbara's children were living.)
The family still lived in Truro Twp. in 1920. The household consisted of parents Michael (63) and Barbara (64) and daughters Clementine (34) and Nora (28), Michael's occupation was given as self employed "gardener" on a farm. (Other men on the page were listed as "farmers.")
At the time of the 1930 census, 71 year old widower Michael Tornes owned a home at 1498 Hudson St. in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio with his daughters Clemetine (43) and Nora (37). Only Nora was employed outside the home... she worked as a matron in a children's home. The Tornes family owned a radio set.
In 1880, siblings Jacob (24) and Barbara (22) Crock lived in on a farm in Enoch Twp., Noble County, Ohio No one else lived in the household. Adjacent farms in the census belonged to John Clark and John Schott.
The oldest child of Michael and Barbara Tornes is called Lena in the 1900 census and Clementine M. in the 1910 census.
In 1910 and 1920 censuses, she lived with her parents and younger siblings on the family farm in Truro Twp., Franklin County, Ohio. Clementine was employed as a dressmaker in 1910; she was not employed in 1920.
Clementine Tornes never married. She died in the Central Ohio Psychiatric Hospital.
Nora worked as a clerk in a general store in 1920. In 1930, she supported her widowed father and unmarried older sister working as a matron in a children's home. Nora never married.
In 1910, Ida Tornes lived with her parents and siblings on the family farm in Truro Twp., Franklin County, Ohio. Ida was employed outside the home as a servant for a private family.
Alexander Tornes served in the National Guard during World War I. Details of his record are as follows:
Name: Alexander M. Tornes Serial Number: 1540102 Race: W
Residence: Columbus, O. Enlistment Division: National Guard
Enlistment Location: Columbus, O. Enlistment Date: 04 Jun 1917
Birth Place: Marietta, O. Birth Date / Age: 23 Years
Assigns Comment: 4 Ambulance Company ONG (Ambulance Company 145 112 Sanitary Train) to
Discharge Wagoner 1 Jan 1918. Ypres-Lys; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. American Expeditionary
Forces 28 June 1918 to 24 March 1919. Honorable discharge 12 Apr 1919.Alexander Tornes has not been found in the index for the 1920 or 1930 US census.
Louis Tornes was a widower at the time of his death.
In 1850, 62 year old German-born farmer John Smithberger lived on the farm of his son, John, in Elk Twp., Monroe County, Ohio.
In 1880, 19 year old Henry Crock lived and worked on his parents' farm in Enoch Twp., Noble County, Ohio. He also attended school that year.
The entry for the family of Henry Crock in the 1900 census has not been verified. There are several discrepancies between data from the census and other sources. Inconsistencies include:
Henry Snider's year of birth -- 1863 (census) vs. 1861 (Snider)
Place of birth of Henry's father -- WV (census) vs. Germany (Schoen)
Son's name -- Odolv (census) vs. Adolph (Snider)
However, there are enough similarities to suggest that the family in the census is this one.From the 1900 census: 37 year old oil producer Henry Crock lived in a rented house in Jefferson Twp., Noble County Ohio with his 24 year old wife Anna and their two year old son Adolph. Henry and his mother were born in Ohio; his father was born in (West) Virginia. Henry was able to read and write.
In 1910, the Crocks lived on a rented farm on Good Hope Road in Salem Township, Washington County, Ohio. The household consisted of Henry (48), his wife Anna B. (34), and their children Odolo (11), Hildegarde E. (8) and Freida (3). Odolo and Hildegarde attended school. Everyone in the household was a native of Ohio. According to the census, Anna had given birth to three children.
The family later moved to Akron in Summit Co., OH. In 1920, 57 year old Henry J. Crock lived in a home that he owned at 1115 Seventh Ave. in Akron with his 44 year old wife Anna and three children: Odolv (21), Hilda (17), and Freda (14). Only Freda attended school. Also living in the house were Henry's nephew Andrew Estadt (23) and Henry's cousin B??? Blake (22). Andrew was the son of Henry's sister Caroline Crock Estadt. I have been unable to find a cousin of Henry Crock with a surname of Blake. Henry's occupation looks like Salesman for a rubber maker (it's very difficult to read)
At the time of the 1930 census, the Crocls lived in a home worth $6000 at 1105 Seventh Ave. in Akron. The members of the household were Henry J. Crock (59), wife Anna B. (54), and unmarried son Odolv L. (31). Henry was a machinist at a rubber maker and Odolv was the proprietor of a battery shop.
From the 1900 census: 24 year old Anna Schafer Crock and her mother were born in Ohio; her father was born in Ohio. Anna had given birth to one child who was still living at the time of the census. Anna was able to read and write English.
According to the obituary of her brother, Andy, Anna Crock lived in Akron in 1950.
In 1920, 21 year old Odolv Crock lived with his parents and siblings in a home in Akron, Ohio. He was employed as an electrician in a rubber shop. (The writing on the census is difficult to read.) Odolv was a widower at the time of his death.
In 1920, 14 year old Freda Crock lived with her parents and siblings in the family's home in Akron, Ohio. She attended school that year.
In 1900, 35 year old farmer Henry Estadt lived on a farm that he owned in Enoch Twp., Noble County, Ohio with his 32 year old wife Caroline and their children Minnie (7), Andrew (4), and Emma (1). None of the children were old enough to attend school. Henry spoke English, but could not read or write.
Henry Estadt's obituary appeared in The Zanesville (OH) Signal newspaper on February 19, 1951
CALDWELL -- Henry Estadt, 87, of Fulda, a retired farmer
and lifelong resident of Noble county, died at 1 o'clock Sunday
morning at his home following a lingering illness.
Mr. Estadt was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Florian Estadt.
Surviving are his widow, Caroline pf the home, a son Andrew
of Akron; and two daughters, Mrs. Emma Snider of Fulda and
Mrs. Amelia Schott of near Dexter City.
Funeral services will be conducted at 9:30 o'clock Tuesday
morning at the St. Mary's Catholic church, Fulda, with Rev. Fr.
B. J. Mattes officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary's cemetery.
The body will remain at the Estadt funeral home, Caldwell,
where friends may call until time for services.
In 1900, Carolone Estadt was the only member of her household who could read and write. The 1900 census states that Caroline had given birth to four children, three of whom were still living at the time of the census. The birthdate, name, and sex of the deceased child are not known.