SOURCE: Marietta Times . . Marietta, OH . . Feb 2002 . . .
LEWISVILLE - Darlene A. Kilburn, 42, of 48954 Ohio 145, Lewisville, died
Thursday (Feb. 20, 2002) near Lewisville.
She was born Aug. 7, 1959, in Cambridge to Francis and Mary Agnes Ritterbeck
Weisend. She was a 1977 graduate of Shenandoah High School at Sarahsville, Ohio. She
was a technician for Cartridge Source at Graysville and was a member of St. Joseph Catholic
Church near Lewisville.
She is survived by her husband, Stephen Kilburn, whom she married Oct. 28, 1978; one
daughter, Brandi Kilburn and her fiance', Ryan Loch, at home; one son, Preston Kilburn at
home; one sister, Diann Jennings of New Carlisle, Ohio; one brother, Duane Weisend and his
wife, Judy, of Summerfield; one stepsister, Alice Bond and her husband, Doug, of Carlisle;
three stepbrothers, Dale Feldner and his wife, Kay, and Melvyn Feldner, all of Carlisle, and
Mark Feldner and his wife, Angie, of Belle Valley, Ohio; her stepmother, Ethel Weisend of
Jacksontown, Ohio; her father-in-law and mother-in-law, Don and Judy Kilburn of Lewisville;
her special friend, Barb Smith of Geneva, Ohio; and several nieces, nephews, great-nieces and
great-nephews.
Mass of Christian burial will be concelebrated at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Mary's Immaculate
Conception Catholic Church in Fulda with the Rev. David Gaydosik and the Rev. Samuel R.
Saprano officiating. Burial is in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery at Fulda.
Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Watters Funeral Home, Ohio
78 West, Woodsfield. Vigil services are at 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Living in Lewisville, Monroe Co., OH in 2002.
Living in Lewisville, Monroe Co., OH in 2002.
Living in Jacksontown, Ohio in Feb 2002.
According to researcher Betty Hartley, John Thomas Burkhart served in the German Army and was honorably discharged in 1836.
In 1850, Thomas Burkhart (35) owned a farm worth $350 in Seneca Twp., Monroe County, Ohio. Living with him were [his wife,] Mary (25), and children Magdelena (5), Sebastian (4), and John (2).
In 1860, farmer Thomas Burkhart (46) owned property worth $2000 in Summit Twp., Monroe County, Ohio. Other members of the household were Mary (40), Magdelena (16), Sebastian (14), John (12), Michael (10), George (8), Mary A. (6), and J. Joseph (4). Thomas and Mary were born in Bavaria; the children were all born in Ohio. The family's personal possessions were valued at $830. According to the census, none of the children attended school. Adjacent families in the census were Frederick Kimelberger and John Zwick.
At the time of the 1870 census, 56 year old Thomas Burkhart's farm in Summit Twp. was valued at $6000. Also living in the household were Mary A. (45) and children Basil (23), Michael (19), George (18), Mary (15), and Joseph (10). Only Joseph attended school. According to the census, the children were born in Ohio; Thomas was from Bavaria, and Mary was a native of France. Mary could read, but could not write. Neighboring farms in the census belonged to Samuel Scott and Thomas's son, John.
Several discrepancies exist in the ages and birth order of Thomas Burkhart's children:
Birth dates supplied by researcher Betty Hartley have Sebastian older than Magdelena.
The 1850 and 1860 census show Magdelena older than Sebastian.
Magdalena is only eight and a half months older than John Burkart, according to Hartley.
Alternate maiden names:
Musher (from death certificate of daughter Mary Magdalena Burkhart)
Mercer (from death certificate of son Son Michael F. Burkhart)
Mucher (from death certificate of son Joseph T. Burkhart)In 1880, recently widowed Mary Burkhard (55) lived in Summit Twp., Monroe Co., Ohio with her son Joseph (20). MAry's age in the census is enclosed in parentheses. The significance of this is not known. Joseph's occupation was farmer, and Mary was keeping house. Mary was listed as the head of the household. Mary could not read or write. Adjacent farms in the census belonged to Reuben Dearth and William Johnson.
In 1900, 18 year old unmarried Michael Smithberger lived on the farm of his recently widowed sister, Rosa Smithberger Burkhardt (29) and her two young sons.
In 1920, farmer Michael P. Smithberger (39) lived in Malaga Twp., Monroe Co., Ohio with his wife Clara (37), and their eight children: Laura (16), Alberta (13), Leona (11), Helen (8), Vernon (6), Hilda (4), Paul (2), and Clarence (3 months).
Leona Smithberger never married. She was a resident of Newark, Licking Co., OH at the time of her death.
Eilee Smithberger's obituary appeared in the Times Leader (Martins Ferry, OH), July 23, 2006
M. Eileen Smithberger, 78, of Barnesville, Ohio, died Sunday, July 23, 2006 at Barnesville Health Care Center. She was born April 10, 1928 in Malaga, Ohio, a daughter of the late Michael P. Smithberger and Clara J. Burkhart Smithberger.
Eileen was retired from the former Ohio Bell Telephone Co., a member of Assumption Catholic Church and the Assumption Catholic Womens Club of Barnesville, Ohio.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by sisters: Laura Armbruster, Leona and Hilda Smithberger, Helen V. Bishop, and Alberta Huth; brothers: Vernon, Clarence, Harry, Robert and Paul Smithberger.
Surviving are a sister, Ruth Smithberger of Barnesville; a sister-in-law, Viola Smithberger, of Oak Harbor, Ohio.
Friends will be received Tuesday, 7 to 9 p.m., at Kelly- Kemp-Braido Funeral Home, 702 East Main St., Barnesville, Ohio.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held Wednesday, 10 a.m., at Assumption Catholic Church, Barnesville, Ohio, with Father Virgil Reischman officiating. Burial in Assumption Cemetery, Barnesville, Ohio.
Harold's World War I Draft Registration Card, filled out 18 Jun 1918, indicates that he had brown hair and brown eyes. At that time, he lived with his mother, Tillie Armbruster, at 462 Church St. in Urbana, and worked for the Sturey Cooper Company in Urbana.
Harold's World War I service record is as follows:
Name: Harold J. Armbruster Serial Number: 3853178 Race: W
Residence: 462 E. Church St., Urbana, O. Enlistment Division: National Army
Enlistment Location: Urbana, O. Enlistment Date: 04 Sep 1918
Birth Place: Urbana, O. Birth Date / Age: 23 Aug 1896
Assigns Comment: 1 Co 1 Training Battalion 158 Depot Brigade to 23 Nov 1918; Subsistence Depot Quartermaster Corps Cp Sherman O to 7 March 1919; Cons Division Cp Sherman O to Discharge Private, first class 21 Feb 1919; Corporal 14 March 1919.
Honorable discharge 22 May 1919.In 1920, Harold lived with his mother and father on Church St. in Urbana. He was employed as a bookkeeper in a store.
Birthdate calculated from age at death (52 yrs, 0 mos., 24 days) in Monroe County death records.
In 1900, Joseph (50) and Katherine (53) Burkhardt owned a mortgaged farm in Malaga Twp., Monroe County, Ohio. They lived there with their children Benjamin M. (23), Cecelie (21), Alexander (19), Clara (17), and Clements (14). Only Clements attended school. Joseph's oldest child, Jacob, lived two households away. Joseph's parents were born in Germany. Joseph could speak English, but could not read or write. (All other members of the household were able to read and write English.)
Researcher Mark Haren states that Catherine's birth date is found in two different Burkhardt, Burkhart,Burkhard family histories. One shows birthdate as 5 Oct 1847 and the other 10 Oct 1847. Birthplace shown as Germany and Ohio in separate histories. The 1900 census gives birthdate as Oct. 1846, and birthplace as Ohio. Catherine's death certificate gives her date and place of death as 5 Oct 1847 in Kuhn, Ohio.
In 1870, 22 year old Catherine Weisend lived with her parents on the family farm in Seneca Twp., Monroe County, Ohio. She was employed as a domestic servant.
By the time of the 1900 census, Katherine Burkhardt had given birth to seven children, six of whom were still living.
In 1920, a 70 year old widow named Catherine Burkhart lived alone on a rented farm in Malaga Twp., Monroe Co., Ohio. The adjacent farm was owned by her sister, 77 year old Barbara Weisend Burkhart, widow of George F. Burkhart. (Ohio, Monroe Co., Malaga Twp. ED 53, pg 10A, line 30)
Sources conflict on date of death:
13 Nov 1925 -- Hartley
24 Oct 1925 -- death certificate