52 Ancestors: #13 David Manuel Logan

David Manuel Logan

1773 - 1855

I have two family histories written about David Manuel Logan.  One is written by David M. Logan in 1971, Okmulgee, Oklahoma titled A Branch of the Logan Family Tree.  The introductions states, in part, "This is named "A Branch of the Logan Family Tree" because it records only a branch of the Logan family tree.  It gives, insofar as could be obtained, a list of the descendants of David Manuel Logan.  He lived in middle Tennessee shortly after the Revolutionary War.  His second child was named Tarlton Logan.  Mrs. Ora Ellen (Logan) Doyle has published "Our Logan History, 1803 - 1966," which tabulates all of Tarlton Logan's descendants.  Therefore, they are omitted from this book."  The author states "All of it has been given to Mrs. Jay Frazier, Box 184F Route 4, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma" I hope she will preserve it and make it available for a revision in later years."  This author was a very forward thinking man, genealogy research is a continuous journey. 

David Manuel Logan married Mary Hodges who died in Farmington, Tennessee in 1850.  This is in Marshall county.  Most of my searches for more information on her, came up empty.  Searching on Marshall county page, which is up for adoption, I found a list of cemeteries in Farmington.

Bethbirei Cemetery	Farmington
Cathey Cemetery	Farmington
Chapman Cemetery	Farmington
Clay Hill Cemetery	Farmington
Daniels Cemetery	Farmington
Elliott Cemetery	Farmington
Fisher Cemetery	Farmington
Hopper Cemetery	Farmington
Jones Cemetery	Farmington
King Cemetery	Farmington
Laws Cemetery	Farmington
Long Cemetery	Farmington
McQuiddy Cemetery	Farmington
Mount Lebanon Cemetery	Farmington
Powell Cemetery	Farmington
Smyrna Cemetery	Farmington
Thomas Cemetery	Farmington
Wilhoite Cemetery	Farmington

This information gives me a starting point on locating her grave in Farmington, neither of the books give the location.  

David Manuel Logan went to Mississippi, where he died between 1833 and 1838, taking with him his slaves, numbering 25 according to to David M. Logan.  David Manuel Logan's son, Tarleton, settled his father's estate prior to the Civil War.  Tarleton was living in Greene County, Missouri at the time and didn't want to take the slaves to Missouri.  He gave them each $5 and their freedom.  The author states the location could be Holly Springs, Marshall County, Mississippi.   I haven't been able to prove this.

I don't know why he went to Mississippi and left her in Tennessee.  There are a lot of unanswered questions about the life of David Manuel Logan.  

52 Ancestors: #12 Harriet Matilda Hayes

Harriet Matilda Hayes

1818 - 1884

Harriett Matilda Hayes was my third great grandmother and the daughter of Edmund Hayes and Sarah Whitacre.   Born in Columbiana County, Ohio on the 21st of October in 1818.  Her mother came from a Quaker family who migrated to Ohio from Loudoun County, Virginia.  Edmund was not of their faith so Sarah was disowned for marrying outside the faith.  Harriett was the eighth of ten children born to Edmund and Sarah.  She married Hiram B Louthan in Columbiana County, Ohio.  The entry in the marriage book states, 

H. Louthan & H. Hayes was married February 27, 1834 Hiram Louthan and Harriett Hayes by me, Thomas Whitacre, E. C. C.

Returned 10 April 1834 recorded by Clk. 

 Very little is known about the man she married, my third great grandfather.  Hiram and Harriett had five children, Oliver Perry, James Fife, John Cope, Sarah Jane and Margaret M between 1834 and 1844.  Sarah died about 1845 and apparently so did Hiram.  Burial place unknown.  Harriett's parents  moved to Washington County, Ohio  and Harriet is in Washington County and married to William Ormiston at the time of the 1850 census.  Their marriage took place there on the 13th of March in 1847. William was born in Scotland on the 25th day of June in 1824 to David Ormiston and Jane Bell.  The marriage record for Harriett and William Ormiston states,

William Ormiston to Harriet Louthan This is to certify that on the thirteenth day of March A. D. 1847 I joined in marriage Mr. William Ormiston and Harriet Louthan both of Barlow by virtue of a license for that purpose.  H N Ford Jp   Rec'd and recorded April 17 1847 Attest S M Evert Clerk

Try as I might, a death date and burial location for Hiram is no where to be found in either Columbiana County or Washington County.

Harriet and William Ormiston had eight children between 1848 and 1863.  I don't have a lot of information on these children in my database even though I have regular contact with one of their descendants.

Harriet's son, John Cope Louthan, married Anna Jane Haddow.  Anna Jane was the daughter of Robert Haddow and Janet Ormiston.  Robert and Janet were both born in Lanarkshire, Scotland in 1796 and 1799, respectively.  Janet's brother, David Ormiston. is the father of William Ormiston who married Harriet Louthan.  Confused yet?  So, I am genetically related to the Ormistons.  

Harriet's sons and husband, William, fought for Ohio in the Civil War.  I wrote to NARA and purchase copies of the pension files along with the pension file of their brother-in-law, Alexander Ellis.  I highly recommend purchasing these files for your ancestors.  They are a wealth of information.  John Cope participated in battles from Maryland to Georgia.  

Following the Civil War, John and Oliver Louthan  and Harriet and William Ormiston, moved their families to Linn County, Missouri.  Here is where Oliver remained along with his descendants.  I have yet to make contact with any of his living descendants, sadly.  John and his wife Anna, had seven children, only the first three survived to adult age, Samuel, Edwin and Robert.  Anna died in Linn County in 1881 and is buried in the cemetery at Purdin.  Harriet died there as well in 1884 and is buried in the same cemetery.  After Harriet died, William  married a woman named Adaline in 1886.  They moved to New Sharon, Mahaska County, IA where they are enumerated in the 1900 census.  William's occupation or source of income is listed as Pension. He too fought in the Civil War.  I do not have his pension file.  According to the 1895 Iowa State Census, William fought in Co. D., 148th Ohio Infantry rank of private.  Adaline was born in Ohio about 1833.  I checked for a marriage in Missouri or Iowa and came up empty.  I need to check the online family tree to see if there is more information available on William and Adaline.

John Cope Louthan remarried to Mary Ann Elizabeth Hale and they moved to Barber County, Kansas taking with them John's sons; Sam, Ed and Bert.  John and Mary Ann had ten children born in Kansas and Oklahoma. His brother, James was already living there with his family. Sister Margaret and Alexander Ellis were also living in Kansas, just north of Barber County in Stafford County.  I think these children stayed in touch throughout their lives, however, John's children did not stay in contact with any of their Louthan cousins.    Some of Harriet and William's children migrated to Seward County, Kansas and others stayed in Missouri.  

Harriet's descendants are as numerous as the stars in the sky!  I have been invited to the Ormiston reunion many times but have never made it.  Perhaps 2014 will be that year!

52 Ancestors: #11 Royal Harvey Hazelton

Royal Harvey Hazelton

1786 - 1851

Royal Harvey Hazelton was born in Vermont on the 1st of March in 1786.  He married Mehitable Arms about 1808.  This is where my search begins for more information on Royal and a possible American Revolution soldier for his father.  I read a post on Facebook about Mocavo being free to search.  I had signed up for this site a long time ago, but didn't find anything useful at that time.  This time I entered Hazelton and keyword New York.  Why New York?  Royal and Mehitable's first child Asenath was born in Madison County, New York in 1808.  As I noted in my post on Mehitable, my only source of information on this line is Lois Hupfer's book.  I was amazed to find a county history mentioning Royal H Hazelton from New York. It is a history of the Williamette Valley in Oregon!

 It is interesting to note that this Royal H. Hazelton is the third to be named Royal  in this family.  I don't have a son named C. C. in my database.  What I do show is Royal Harvey Hazelton b. 5 Nov 1819 in Tippecanoe, IN and died 5 Sept 1886 in Lane County, OR.  I only have one child identified, Royal Harvey Hazelton b abt. 1873.  

 

More questions and few answers!  This was the only hit I found searching on Mocavo.  

Going to FamilySearch.org I checked the 1850 Census for Royal Hazelton.  I found him and his wife Martha living in Polk Township, Greene County, Missouri.  The family is enumerated as:

658/658 Royal H Hazelton age 30 a Farmer born in IN, Martha age 25 born in Ten, Thomas age 9, Jane age 7, Amanda age 6, Marion age 5, Samuel age 3 and Harvey R age 10/12 all born in Missouri.  

I don't see any child name C. C. in this family.  I have Martha's maiden name as Boren.   I checked the 1860 - 1870 censuses for Oregon, since I didn't get any hits in Missouri.  

In 1860, here is the family where I expected them to be, Coast Fork Precinct, Lane County, Oregon.

R H Hazleton M 39 Indiana Wagon Maker Master
Martha A Hazleton F 38 Tennessee House Wife
Thomas P Hazleton M 19 Missouri Wagon Maker
Mary J Hazleton F 18 Missouri
Amanda Hazleton F 16 Missouri
Marion Hazleton M 14 Missouri
Hamson Hazleton M 10 Missouri
John W Hazleton M 8 Missouri
Wm Hazleton M 6 Oregon
James A Hazleton M 4 Oregon
Christophr C Hazleton M 1 Oregon
Almer Kuris M 20 Illinois Laborer
Robert Catha M 28 Missouri Wagon Maker Master

Now I know the full name of the C. C. in the biographical sketch above.  Sometimes, the author of the sketches writes in a manner that is very confusing.  

Interestingly, in 1870 R H Hazelton is in Cottage Grove, Coast Fork Precinct, Lane County, Oregon where I expected him to be, however, now he is stating he was born in New York. 

87/87 Hazelton, R H age 50 M W Farmer (real estate)$2500/$715,born in NY

No one is living with him.

The 1880 census proved very interesting, the family unit is back together, in the same location.  Perhaps Martha and the children were away visiting at the time of the 1870 census.

Self   Royal H Hazleton M 60 Indiana, United States

Wife Martha A Hazleton F 41 Iowa, United States

Stepson Hale Boren M 14 Oregon, United States

Stepdaughter Emma Boren F 12 Oregon, United States

Other Charles Webber M 51 Germany

Son Royal Hazleton M 7 Oregon, United States

Other Harrison Hazleton M 29 Missouri, United States

Two stepchildren?  Something smells fishy here.  I take a look at the actual image and find that the indexer combined two households into one.   Here is how it actually looks:

297/292 Hazelton, Royal H. age 60 Farmer Indiana New York Mass.

              Martha A Wife age 41 born in Iowa

              Royal Son age 7 born in Missouri

298/293 Boren, Hale Stepson age 14 

              Emma Stepdaughter age 12

              Hazelton, Harrison age 29 Single Wagon Maker Missouri Indiana Iowa

              Webber, Charles age 51 Physician Germany Germany Germany

My conclusion is that Harrison is the stepfather(?) to Hale and Emma Boren.  You cannot trust an index to reveal the facts!

So back to the second Royal Harvey Hazelton.  A Royal Hazelton was a Sergeant in the 129th Regiment (Farnham's) New York Militia in the War of 1812, index card on Fold3.com.  I wondered if he receive any land as a result of his service.  Checking www.glorecords.blm.gov reveals that Alpheus Hazelton did receive a patent on land just west of Republic, Greene County, Missouri in 1852.  Alpheus was Royal Harvey Hazelton's youngest brother, born 25 April 1799.  As far as I can find, Royal Hazelton did not receive any script from the War of 1812.    Royal's father was Paul Hazelton/Hazeltine who served in the American Revolution from Vermont.  This is a line that I would have to work to prove as no other person has joined NSDAR under Paul through his son, Royal.

Still going to be working on this line for a long while!

52 Ancestors: #10 Mehitable Arms

Mehitable  Arms

1786 - 1851

I am intrigued by her unusual name, Mehitable.  She was born in Franklin County, Massachusetts on the 22nd of October in 1786.  All I have for her parents are their names, Thomas Arms and Polly Coolidge.

It is quite likely that Thomas fought in the American Revolution.  I went to my favorite free place to search for family records and the first hit on my search was a birth and christening record from Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts:

Name:	Thomas Arms
Gender:	Male
Christening Date:	06 Aug 1758
Christening Place:	DEERFIELD,FRANKLIN,MASSACHUSETTS
Birth Date:	03 Aug 1759
Birthplace:
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name:	Thomas Arms
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name:	Lydia
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number:	C50172-1
System Origin:	Massachusetts-ODM
GS Film number:	0873741 IT 3
Reference ID:

Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VQXL-XF3 : accessed 09 Mar 2014), Thomas Arms, 03 Aug 1759.

This is a good likely match for the man I am looking for, I need to see if their is a marriage record for this Thomas Arms. When I click on the Massachusetts marriages link I find something interesting...here is a marriage for Thomas Arms son of Thomas Arms and Polly Coolidge. 

Name:	Thomas Arms
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Age:
Spouse's Name:
Spouse's Birth Date:
Spouse's Birthplace:
Spouse's Age:
Event Date:	12 Feb 1785
Event Place:	Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts
Father's Name:	Thomas
Mother's Name:	Polly Coolidge
Spouse's Father's Name:
Spouse's Mother's Name:
Race:
Marital Status:
Previous Wife's Name:
Spouse's Race:
Spouse's Marital Status:
Spouse's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number:	M50178-1
System Origin:	Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number:	873740
Reference ID:

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"Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FCMJ-6WG : accessed 09 Mar 2014), Thomas Arms and , 12 Feb 1785.

 The marriage date is 12 Feb 1785 in Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts.  Since Mehitable was born in  October of 1786, I would say that Polly Coolidge was more likely her grandmother, not her mother.  My source for my information was a book written by another genealogist.  I need to double check that I added the correct information to my PAF file.

The name of the book I purchased is The Rhea and Van Natta Families and Their Ancestors,  compiled by Lois Canaday Hupfer published in 1997. The Arms family is found on page 123 it states in the opening paragraph, "Thomas Arms, Jr was born August 3, 1759, Deerfield, Massachusetts son of Thomas and Lydia (Alvord) Arms."  This is pretty close to the record above, of course their is an obvious error in the record above as you cannot be christened before you are born.  According to her book Thomas Arms Jr married Polly Coolidge on the 12th of February in 1785.  Hmmmm.  Might need to do some more checking on this one!

From the same book the author states that Mehitable Arms was the fifth generation of her family to live in Deerfield, Massachusetts.  Polly Arms died in June of 1794 in Deerfield.  Thomas Jr. married  Hannah Boyden on the 25th of October in 1795 in Sunderland, Massachusetts.

I downloaded the digital version of  History of Western Massachusetts the counties of Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin and Berkshire, by Josiah Gilbert Holland. No Arms families were included in this book.  I have conducted quite a bit of research in this area of Massachusetts on my Graves family that originated there.   Now I need to take a closer look at this Arms family.

Mehitable married in New York to Royal Harvey Hazeltine/Haseltine who was  born in Vermont on the 1st of March in 1786..   They had a family of 10 children between 1808 and 1830.  The first three were born in NY and the remaining children were born in Indiana. Eventually this family ended up in Green County, Missouri.    Death dates are unknown to me for Royal and Mehitable, I have only a note of 1851 for both of them.   

As you can see, genealogy is never finished.  If I hadn't signed on for this 52 Ancestors challenge, this line of research would probably never be verified.  

52 Ancestors: #9 Mitchell Hoag

Mitchell William Hoag

1890 - 1952

Mitchell grew up on his grandparents' farm in Oklahoma after his mother died. The grandparents homesteaded in the Land Run of 1893 and built a place on the prairie for themselves and their three young grandchildren who joined them just four years later. The children's father stayed in Kansas but kept in touch with his children.
Across the creek from the homestead was the farm of John Steinmetz.  A young Volga German emigrant who was granted a homestead on his farm in 1912.  John's sister, Mary, came to live with him when she tired of teaching school.  Mitchell's sister, Elsie, was already acquainted with John and introduced him to John's sister.  After courting for a few years, Mitchell wrote for her hand in marriage.

"Mitchel W. Hoag, Mutual, Okla. Motor Route B. Box 74.

Aug. 26, 1924.

Mr and Mrs. Steinmetz, Vivi, Oklahoma.

Kind Friends,

This is to inform you of Miss Mary’s and my plans of witch you maybe aware of

and I’m writing this on my part asking of you for her hand in marriage and companionship.

Trusting that you both will be willing to consent in helping us carry out our intend plans

and will ans. any questions you wish to ask.

Yours Respectfully,

Mitchell W.”

Their reply:

“Aug 21, 1924, Vici, Okla.

Mr. Mitchell W. Hoag,

Kind Friend-

Am writing, in ans to your letter asking the hand of our daughter.

It always seems difficult to give up one of the family.

But what ever your and her wishes, may be, are ours.

We only hope that the journey of your lives will be a success together.

We both are willing to help you in any way.

Yours Respectfully

Mr. and Mrs. J. Steinmetz.”

The two were wed in Woodward, Oklahoma on the 2nd of September in 1924, John and Elsie served as their witnesses.  After the wedding Mitchell and Mary traveled to Pike's Peak, Colorado is Mitchell's Ford Runabout.  She kept a journal of their trip and the many interesting things they saw and her impression of what she saw.  The trip took them a whole month to complete.