Family Sketches of Ohio
Herkimer County, NY
Part 3
B. C. HALL
HALL, B. C., was born December 1st, 1831, in Newport, N.Y. He was married to Frances SERVISS, who was born in 1834. She died, leaving six children. His second wife was Helen GRAY, who was born in 1853. He enlisted August 20th, 1864, in Company K, 186th regiment N.Y. infantry, and was in the battle in front of Petersburg, Va. He was discharged June 15th, 1865. He came to Ohio in 1871 and engaged in the hotel business, which he still follows. His parents, Benjamin and Betsey HALL, are still living and reside at Newport, N.Y. [ref #3, pg 276]
Lewis J. HAMM
HAMM, Lewis J. was born in Limbach, Rhenish, Bavaria, Germany, a son of Paul and Margaret BRONSTATER HAMM. He married Mary WILT who was born in Manheim, kingdom of Baden, Germany, July 9, 1850. She was the daughter of William and Barbara (KOEHLER) WILT and immigrated with her parents about 1852. Lewis and Mary had children: Irena (b. abt 1873), m. Charles SNYDER; Nellie (b. 19 Oct 1874), m. Ralph C. VEDDER; Benjamin Franklin [biography of Hiram S. Vedder on this site and census records].
Paul HAMM
HAMM, Paul, was born about in Limbach, Rhenish, Bavaria, Germany on April 8, 1817. He married Margaret BRONSTATER who was born about 1824 in Germany. They immigrated about 1850 They had children: Catherine (b. abt 1844) m. John DAGENKOLB; Lewis J. (b. abt 1849); Anna (b. abt 1851) m. Rudolph HAAS; Mary (b. abt 1852) m. Robert McVOY; Amelia (b. abt 1857), m. George RANK; and 3 more children who died in Germany. [biography of Hiram S. Vedder on this site and census records].
Peter HANE, sr.
HANE, Peter Sr., owned a house which later was owned by James and Jesse CONKLING. His children included: 1) Peter, jr., (b. 1808), married Catharine (1811-1887) and had children: Silas (b. abt 1836), Elizabeth (b. abt 1836), James (1846-1920) who at 15 enlisted in Company C, 81st NY Inf. and 2) Barbara who married James Y. CUMMING. [ref #5, 1850 census on this site, ref #6, Ohio cemetery and ref #8, page 19-21]
William HARVEY
HARVEY, William, was born about 1828 in Canada. He married Anna who was born about 1834 in Ireland. He is first found in the NYS 1855 census in Boonville, NY. His son George, who was born in 1859, was born in Herkimer county, but the older and the next couple of younger siblings were born in Oneida county. In 1860 and 1865, the family is found in Wilmurt, NY. In 1875 and 1880, they are found in Ohio, NY. William died on 4 Oct 1891 and his wife died on 13 Sep 1898. They are both buried in Ohio Cemetery, Ohio City, Herkimer, NY. Their children were: Lydia E. (b. abt 1863), William H. (b. abt 1855), Cloe M. (b. abt 1857), George (b. abt 1859), John (b. abt 1862), Sewell (b. abt 1864), Frances (b. abt 1871). The first few were born in Oneida county, and from George on, apparently born in Herkimer county. It is likely that William is the son of William and Lydia HARVEY of Wilmurt, but this is mostly a guess at this point. [Census records from Lisa Slaski, 7/14/17].
Cornelia K. YATES HEINIG
Rome, Sept 5 - Mrs. Cornelia YATES HEINIG died this morning at her home, 115 Cottage street, cerebral hemorrhage being the cause of death. She had been an invalid the last 12 years. She was born in Oriskany 68 years ago, daughter of the late John and Margaret YATES. In Ohio, Herkimer County, she married Michael HEINIG, who was drowned in the canal here 12 years ago. She had lived in Rome the last 25 years. The following children survive, Jesse and Lena of Rome, Mrs. William MANUEL of Detroit, Mich., formerly of Rome, and Mrs. Oscar FERGUSON of St. Johnsville, and two brothers, C. W. YATES of this city, and Joseph YATES of Atwood, Kan., and one sister, Mrs. Henry HEINIG of Ohio, Herkimer County. [obituary of Heinig, Cornelia K. Yates, Utica Daily Press, September 6, 1911]
Michael HEINIG
Rome Oct 5 - Michael HEINIG of 502 North Washington Street, was found drowned this evening. He left his home Tuesday noon and this was the last his friends saw of him until they found his body in the canal under the South Washington Street bridge at 9:30 tonight. Mr. HEINIG was missed and the police were searching for him. This evening William D. DAVIS of 427 West Court Street, notified the police that at 4 pm Tuesday he had seen HEINIG sitting near the bridge on the stairway leading to the towpath. The police notified his son, Jesse, and he got the grappling hooks from the police precinct, and with Arthur LAMB, Earl LAMB, John LEWIS, Joseph O'NEIL and William MANUEL Jr. proceeded to drag the canal. They found the body near the bridge and it was taken to Wiggins undertaking rooms, where it will be examined by the coroner in the morning.
Mr. HEINIG was born in Ohio, Herkimer county 56 years ago and had lived in Rome for 20 years. He was a farmer and day laborer by occupation and for some time worked for H. S. BEDELL in his wood lot between Rome and Oriskany. He was a veteran of the civil war, having enlisted in 1861 in Co. C, First New York Volunteer Infantry. After his term he re-enlisted in Co. C 20 New York Heavy Artillery. He was a brave soldier and rose to the position of sergeant of his company. At the battle of Fair Oaks he was wounded and he has drawn a pension for some time. Mr. HEINIG was a very industrious man and highly esteemed by all. He spent his evenings at home, and those who knew him best are at a loss to account for his getting into the canal.
Mr. HEINIG married Miss Cornelia YATES, who lived near Oriskany. She survives, with one son, Jesse, and three daughters, Mrs. William MANUEL jr., Misses Lena and Jennie HEINIG, all of this city. He leaves one brother, Henry of Ohio, and three sisters, Mrs. Louis SANTMIRE of Russia, Herkimer county, Mrs. William LEWIS of Fowlerville, Livingston county, and Mrs. Carrie RADLEY of Amsterdam. [obituary of Heinig, Michael, Utica Daily Press, October 6, 1899]
James HEMPSTREET
HEMPSTREET, James, Russia, was born in Ohio in 1826. Refer to Russia Town section. [ref #3, pg 277]
John HEMPSTREET
HEMPSTREET, John, Russia, was born in Russia March 13, 1828. Ancestors settled in Ohio Town. Refer to Russia Town section. [ref #1, pg 55]
Luanna HENRY
HENRY, Luanna, daughter of William of Ohio township, married April 13, 1883 to George C. READ of Russia Twp (his second wife). Refer to Russia town section. [ref #1, pg 86]
William HENRY
HENRY, William, was born 3 Nov 1828 and died 29 Jan 1907. He was married about 1863 according to the 1900 census, but appears to be married as early as the time of the 1860 census to Margaret who was born Oct 1829 and died 21 Jan 1900. William's gravestone states that he was in the 34th Reg., Co. C in the Civil War. He was certainly in Co. B, 152nd NY Infantry, enlisting on 9 Aug 1862 at the age of 33 and discharged on 16 Jan 1863. In 1860 the family resided in Wilmurt; 1870 in Norway; 1880 in Ohio and 1900 in Norway.
William HENRY and Margaret had the following children:
- Catherine Luanna HENRY was born about 1855. She went by Luanna (see bio. above)
- Lewis HENRY was born about 1857 and likely died before 1870.
- Sarah L. HENRY was born about 1862. She is likely the "Lavilla" HENRY who married William S. Western. This Lavilla died on 21 Feb 1898 and is buried near William and Margaret in Fairview Cemetery, town of Norway.
- William Frank HENRY was born Aug 1869. He went by Frank. He died in 1904.
- unknown child who likely died young.
John HERPY
HERPY, John (also spelled HERPICH) was born about 1803 and died 31 Jan 1882. He is buried in the German Settlement cemetery in the town of Ohio. He married Christina STORK (or STARK) who was born Oct 1817 and they had the following children: 1. Henrietta (b. Oct 1846) who married Henry RANK; 2. Anna (b. May 1850, single in 1900); 3. John (b. about 1851); 4. Rachel (b. about 1853) who married Robert J. CRUIKSHANK; 5. Mary C. (b. 1856, d. 25 Jun 1876); 6. one child who likely died young. Their son John married Maggie and had children: Mary A. (b. Nov 1875) who married David W. GRISWOLD, John Lloyd (b. 1 May 1876 or 1877), baby (b. about 1879), Eva M. (b. Nov 1889) [various sources, Lisa K. Slaski]
Darwin Werdon JOHNSON
JOHNSON, Darwin Werdon, brother of James JOHNSON. Both enlisted in the 152nd NY Volunteer Infantry and served several years. Darwin lived in Gray, town of Ohio. [ref #4 - from a grandchild]
Gilbert J. JOHNSON
JOHNSON, Gilbert J., Ohio, was born in Watervliet, Albany county, September 23, 1837, a son of Henry J., who was a son of Peter F. JOHNSON, a native of Long Island. The father of Peter F. came from Holland and settled on Long Island. Peter F. married Hannah BALL, a native of Long Island, by whom he had five sons and four daughters. He was in the Revolutionary war. Early in life he moved to Knox, Albany county. Mr. and Mrs. JOHNSON died at Knox. Henry I. JOHNSON was born in Knox, Apr 17, 1804. In 1834 he married Eliza FERGUSON, a native of Watervliet, born March, 1811. They had seven sons and three daughters. April 2, 1850, Mr. JOHNSON went to Ohio and purchased a farm, where he remained until 1855. He then went to Ashtabula, Ohio. Here he resided until 1882, when he moved to Muncie, Ind., and died December 23, 1884. His wife is still living in Muncie, at the age of eighty. Gilbert J. JOHNSON was educated in the common and select schools and at the age of nineteen went to California and remained thirty-eight years, when he returned to Ashtabula, Ohio. In 1868 he went to Ohio, NY and took a contract mail route which he followed twenty-four years. He owned the grist-mill and store at Grant four years. November 1, 1865, he married Emily, a daughter of Albert ABEEL, of Ohio, and they have two children: Fred P. and Hattie M. Mr. JOHNSON is a Republican, has been deputy sheriff nine years and was postmaster at Grant four years. He has been postmaster of Ohio city since January, 1892. He was assessor three years and notary public six years. He and his wife are Methodists. He is a member of Ohio Grange, No. 686. [ref #1, pg 190]
Theodore KASSING
KASSING, Theodore, is a wagon maker and blacksmith by trade. He was born in Morehouse, N.Y., in 1845, and married in 1870 to Marion MARSDEN, who was born in 1848. They have two children, one of whom, Edith, is living. He was clerk of the town for the years 1874 and 1875. [ref #3, pg 276]
Erwin E. KELLEY
KELLEY, Erwin E., son of Loren KELLEY. Erwin's mother was a daughter of Wheelock WOOD. Erwin was a physician in Ohio, member of the state legislature and other offices. A daughter of his married Charles Ralph HEIDEL
Joel LANE
LANE, Joel Andrew, was born in Ohio, NY about 1812. He married Margaret DAVID (or should this be DAVIS?). She was born in Cold Brook, NY about 1820, died 12 Sep 1894. They moved from Ohio, Herkimer Co., NY to Morehouse, Hamilton Co., NY before 1850. They had the following children: (1) Martha, born abt 1845, married John SANTMIRE; (2) Virginia Jane, born abt 1847, married Joseph SCHLEICHERT; (3) Nancy M., born abt 1850, married Michael BUTLER; (4) Tammany Catherine., born 12 Dec 1849, married Andrew K. HAGADORN. [ref #5, various Ohio and Morehouse census records; ref #9, Ohio and Morehouse NYGenWeb sites]
Emma LAWTON
LAWTON, Emma, of Ohio at the time of her second marriage to JohnB. READ of Russia. She was first married to a Mr. WHEELER and had one daughter by him, Hattie A.. For further info see the biography of John B. READ, Town of Russia. [ref #1, pg 87]
Lewis LAWTON
LAWTON, Lewis, was born in this town in 1836, and was married in 1863 to Mary Ann CONKLIN, who died in 1869. Their children are John H. and Myra E. He enlisted May 1st, 1861, in Company C, 34th N.Y. infantry, and was promoted sergeant. He was in the battles of Edwards Ferry, Fair Oaks, the Seven Days fight, the second Bull Run battle, Antietam, Fredericksburg and Falmouth, Va., and was discharged in June, 1863. [ref #3, pg 276]
Rouse B. MAXFIELD
MAXFIELD, Rouse B., son of Rufus G. and Mehitable (BENNETT) MAXFIELD, born 29 Jun 1847, Ohio Twp, Herkimer, NY. Teacher, county clerk, pension attorney. Moved to Taberg, NY by 1875. Married Ella M. daughter of David MOYER of Taberg, NY. Two children: Grace M. and Bessie M. (who died at age 7). [ref #2, pg 374]
Philo McDONALD
McDONALD, Philo, settled in what is now Gray in 1818 and built a saw mill on the north bank of Black Creek. [ref #7]
John B. McINTOSH
McINTOSH, John B., born 1833 in Ohio, near the McIntosh bridge, a son of Nicholas and Jane McINTOSH. After returning from the Civil War, John purchased a farm from Mr. Flansburg in Ohio. John married Mary R. (1846-1927) and they had a son Bert C. who married Daisy G. Bert and Daisy had a son Donald, born 7 Feb 1907. [ref #5, 1850 census and ref #8, pages 21-3]
Isabel MCINTOSH
MCINTOSH, Isabel, was born May 23, 1812 in Albany County, New York to William MCINTOSH and Hannah FINGER. About 1833 she married Peter CAMPBELL of Scotland. He was born in 1809. To them eight children were born. They are: John [b 1835], William W. [b 1836], Peter B [b 1838], David H. [b 1840], Margaret M. [b 1842], George W. [b 1845], Dugal B [b 1848] and Martha [b 1856]. In 1840 they lived in Russia Town, Herkimer County. 1850 they lived in Trenton, Oneida County and in 1860 they were back in Russia Town. Peter CAMPBELL died January 28, 1861 in Russia Town and is buried in Gravesville Cemetery, Russia Town, Herkimer County, New York. I have not been able to find Isabel or any of the children on the 1870 Census. [Family Verbal History sent in by Bob Macoubrie]
Nicholas Visher MCINTOSH
MCINTOSH, Nicholas Visher, was born April 28, 1803, probably in Albany County, New York to William MCINTOSH and Hannah FINGER. Abt. 1826 he married Sally BLUE, probably in Herkimer County. Sally Blue was born in 1805 to Dugald BLUE and Catherine MCKELLAR both from Scotland. A male infant was born on Apr 12, 1828 and died Apr 26, 1828 five days after his mother, Sally BLUE MCINTOSH died on April 21, 1828 in Russia Town, Herkimer County. Both are buried in Gravesville Cemetery, Russia Town, Herkimer County. On July 5, 1829 Nicholas married Jane SHEARER. Jane was born in 1805 to William SHEARER Jr. and Mary HOSIER. Nicholas McIntosh and Jane Shearer McIntosh had seven children. They are : John B [b January 13, 1833], Clorinda [b 1835], Mary Jane [b 1840], James [b 1842], Hanah Anne [b 1844], Sarah [b 1848] and Ezra [b 1852]. Nicholas was a farmer. Nicholas was shown living in Ohio Town, Herkimer County on the 1860 census. By October 1862 he was probably living in Wilmurt as his son joined the 152 Vol New York Inf at Wilmurt. His son James joined the 97 Vol. New York Inf. He died from wounds he received in battle probably at the 2nd Battle of Bull Run on September 11, 1862. John B returned home in 1864 due to disability. Nicholas was on the 1870 census living in Wilmurt Town. He was not found on the 1880 census but was found in the Herkimer County 1879-1880 Directory in Wilmurt Town. On the 1874 Town of Ohio Map Nicholas was living just north of the West Canada Creek in Wilmurt. The McIntosh Bridge was named after Nicholas. The origional McIntosh Bridge crossed West Canada Creek about 1/4 to 1/2 mile east of the present Mcintosh Bridge. It hooked Nicholas' land to the other side of the creek. Nicholas was not on the next Herkimer County Directory that I found for 1889-1890. He probably died between 1880 and 1889 in Wilmurt Town Herkimer County. [Family Verbal History sent in by Bob Macoubrie]
Thomas MCINTOSH
MCINTOSH, Thomas, was born March 26, 1805 in Albany County, New York. On March 17, 1831 he married Catherine BLUE, sister of Sally BLUE who married Nicholas MCINTOSH. Catherine BLUE was born March 1, 1808 to Dugald BLUE and Catherine MCKELLAR. Both from Scotland. Thomas and Catherine MCINTOSH had ten children. They are: William Alexander [My Line][b March 18, 1833], Daniel McVicar [b October 28, 1835], Mary Matilda [b October 28, 1837], Catherine [b September 28, 1839-d March 1, 1840], Hannah Elizabeth [b Feburary 20, 1841], Dugald Blue [ b May 3, 1843], Katherine Cornelia [b April 4, 1845], Emma Marie [Emily] [b November 7, 1848], Antoinette [b February 28, 1851] and Rosette [Rose] [b May 6, 1853]. All the children were born in Herkimer County and most of them in Grant. On the 1850 Census he was living in Russia Town, Herkimer County. On the 1855 New York State Census he was still living in Russia Town. On the 1860 census Catherine was alone with five of the children the children in Russia Town. Thomas was living in Regal Town, Monroe County, New York with Jane PEEBLES MCINTOSH. There is questions on whether he ever divorced Catherine and married Jane. Thomas and Jane MCINTOSH had five more children. All born in Monroe County, New York. They are: Thomas Ely [b September 7, 1857], Hamilton [b 1858], John Fox [b April 3, 1859], Harriett Elta [b 1860] and Lafayette [b September 28, 1863]. Thomas later moved his second family to Sandusky County, Ohio. He died September 16, 1891 at Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio and is buried in Bakertown Cemetery, Sandusky County, Ohio. His tombstone shows that he was born in 1801 but his birth record shows 1805. William Alexander and Daniel MCINTOSH left the family in 1857. They moved west and lived in Illinois for awhile before moving to Kansas City, Missouri in 1858. In the spring of 1859 they moved to Bourbon County, Kansas. William homesteaded land eight miles north of Ft. Scott, Kansas. William enlisted in to Co B [Inf.] 6th Kansas Vols. in July of 1861. The unit became all Calvary in March 1862 and he was mustered out. William received a goverment pension for this service. He and Daniel had to join the Kansas Militia after his federal service. The fought at the Battle of Westport near Kansas City, Missouri in October of 1864. Dougald enlisted in the 152 New York Vol Inf in 1862. In August of 1864 he was captured and sent to Belle Isle Prison in Richmond. He was exchanged in September of 1864 because of disease. He was mustered out with his unit after the war was over. This was the same company and unit that John B MCINTOSH served in. In 1865, after the war, Daniel returned to New York and moved all but Matilda back to Bourbon County, Kansas. Matilda and her husband came to Bourbon County three years later.
Catherine MCINTOSH died August 2, 1876 and is buried in West Liberty Cemetery, Bourbon County, Kansas. Catherine her son Dougald and a daughter of Dougald all died with in three months of each other due to disease. Dougald may of died due to the disease he contracted during the Civil War. [Family Verbal History sent in by Bob Macoubrie]
William McINTOSH
MCINTOSH, William, was born Abt. 1761 in Albany County, New York. His tombstone shows that he was 88 yrs of age when he died in 1850. We believe that he fought in the New York Militia during the Revolutionary War. On the 1840 pensioners census he is listed as 80 yrs of age living in Ohio Town, Herkimer County, New York. There was only one William MCINTOSH living in Ohio Town, Herkimer County on the 1840 census. On April 30, 1793 he married Hannah FINGER in the Claverack Reformed Church, Claverack, Columbia County, New York.
Hannah was born December 15, 1771 in Albany County [now Columbia County], New York to Michael FINGER and Margaretha MOESCHER. William and Hannah had at least seven children. They are: Ann, Caty, Margaret, Nicholas Visher [b April 28, 1803], Thomas [b March 26, 1805], David [b August 7, 1808 and Isabel [b May 23, 1812]. We believe that the last four children were born in Albany County. William McIntosh may have been previously married but have no proof. Thirty one or thirty two years of age was late in life for a marriage. There may have been more children in his family. We think that he lived in Albany County until after 1820. In 1830 William and Nicholas were living in the Town of West Brunswick, Herkimer County, New York. By 1840 William and Nicholas were listed in the Town of Ohio 1840 Census and Thomas was listed in the Town of Russia, Herkimer County Census. William was a farmer. William MCINTOSH died July 5, 1850 and is buried in the McIntosh Cemetery, Town of Ohio, Herkimer County. Hannah was living with Nicholas on the 1860 census in the Town of Ohio, Herkimer County, New York. She was not on the 1870 census. She probably died between 1860-70 in Wilmurt Town, Herkimer County. William had four grandsons who fought in the Civil War, two from the Nicholas family and two from the Thomas family. [Family Verbal History sent in by Bob Macoubrie]
George E. MEHNER
MEHNER, George E., b. 17 Dec 1872. George's father was William MEHNER, Jr. and his mother was Emma DAVENPORT, daughter of Isaac DAVENPORT and Sally Maria FORNCROOK (daughter of Francis FORNCROOK and Frances WYCKOFF). It is unknown whether William, Jr. and Emma were married and divorced or if George was born out of wedlock. In William Jr.'s pension papers he said that he had not ever been married before he married Mary A. QUINN. George MEHNER was raised by his grandparents, Isaac and Sally DAVENPORT, according to census information. He later married Miss Lydia Elizabeth CARPENTER on 22 Feb 1894. She was born in Russia Town, Herkimer Co., on 21 Apr 1876. They had two girls, Mildred Emma, b. 5 Apr 1898 at Prospect, Oneida Co., NY, and Meta, b. 28 Jul 1900, Ohio Twp, Herkimer Co., NY. They moved to Aberdeen, Brown Co., SD in 1902 where two more girls and one son was born. [ref #4, Vernon Ninneman, 9/25/98]
William MEHNER
MEHNER, William, Jr., born abt 1848, Ohio Twp, Herkimer Co., son of William MEHNER, Sr. and Louisa WAGNER. According to William MEHNER's Civil War Pension file he enlisted on March of 1865 in Co. G, 193rd Regt NY Vols from Herkimer Co., NY. He was credited to have signed up at Cobleskill, Schoharie Co. on the 28th of March 1865. He enlisted under the alias name of William MEHNERD, because he said that he was 18 years and one month old. But he was only 16 yrs old. However, he corrected this before his discharge. It says that he Volunteered at Albany, NY. He and his parents lived in Ohio twsp. He had a son, George E., b. 17 Dec 1872 [see his family sketch above] in Ohio twp and later he married Mary QUINN at Cleveland, OH on 14 Jun 1876 and had eight children and lived and died in Cleveland. [ref #4, Vernon Ninneman, 9/25/98]
William MEHNER, sr.
MEHNER, William, Sr. and wife Louisa WAGNERwere from Berlin Germany. He was born 13 March 1820, and died 10 Jan 1890 at Aberdeen South Dakota and is buried in the Riverview Cem. there. His wife, Louisa, was born 3 May 1823, in Baden, Germany, and died 13 Feb 1862, and is buried at the Dutch Settlement Cem., in Ohio Twp, Herkimer Co., NY. Their children, all born in Ohio Twp, are as follows. 1) Lydia Helen, b. abt 1843, m. 8 Oct 1865 to Anton NABINGER. 2) Amelia, b. abt 1845. 3) Charles, b. 14 Oct 1847, d. 18 Dec 1863, age 16 yrs., 2mo. and 4 days. He is buried in the Dutch Settlement Cem.. 4) William Jr., b. abt 1848, m. 14 Jun 1876, Mary QUINN.5) Louisa, b. abt 1851. 6) Elizabeth, b. abt 1853, and 7) Aaron, b. 29 Jan 1862, d. 3 Oct 1862. After his wife, Louisa, died, William, Sr., married second to Alida FORNCROOK , daughter of Francis FORNCROOK and Frances WYCKOFF. William and Alida had 5 children all born in Ohio Twp, before the family moved to South Dakota. Alida returned to Ohio twp to attend a funeral of a friend and while there had a heart attack and died on 1 Dec 1896. She is buried in the Ohio cemetery across from the Ohio Methodist Church in Ohio town. [ref #4, Vernon Ninneman, 9/25/98]
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