This genealogy traces the author’s ancestors and extended family members back eight generations, from modern day times to... More > pre-revolutionary colonial America. Subject names include Cokonougher, Hester, Miller, Clark, Hixson, Steinmetz, Wisecup, Frost, Long, Storts, Spurgeon, Levy, DeVoss, Sinclaire, Barleon, Shoemaker, Wooten, and Waid, as well as many others from Southern Ohio, Michigan, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Individual profiles not only give names, dates, and locations, but also relate oral family history stories that give insight into the character and thinking of those in this family tree. Ninety-nine photographs from the last 150 years, and over 365 family group listings, complete this family history of a rugged and free-thinking people who knew their own minds, lived by their own creed, and helped build this great nation at all levels of society. Paperback. 226 pp. < Less

This unique genealogical reference book contains over 726 gravestone inscriptions from eight cemeteries in Ross County,... More > Ohio. Listed are the Wright, Nixon, Mt. Pleasant, Old Stone, Nuckols, Hixon, Hickle, and Moore Cemeteries. Their inscriptions give to us not only the names and dates of death of the deceased, but also, in many cases, a birthdate, age, eulogy, home-written poetry, or a favorite Bible quotation. Each stone is a story in itself, often reflecting, in a prose inscription, the love, hope, faith, and life of the deceased and their loved ones. Locations are given to help you find each cemetery, so that you may examine these historical and heartfelt inscriptions for yourself. If you are interested in cemeteries and the stories, messages, and records that they contain, or, if you have an ancestor from Ohio and are looking for the grave of that long-searched-for, elusive ancestor, then this reference book may just be for you. 182 pages. Large print. Paperback. < Less

This unique genealogical reference book contains over 726 gravestone inscriptions from eight cemeteries in Ross County,... More > Ohio. Listed are the Wright, Nixon, Mt. Pleasant, Old Stone, Nuckols, Hixon, Hickle, and Moore Cemeteries. Their inscriptions give to us not only the names and dates of death of the deceased, but also, in many cases, a birthdate, age, eulogy, home-written poetry, or a favorite Bible quotation. Each stone is a story in itself, often reflecting, in a prose inscription, the love, hope, faith, and life of the deceased and their loved ones. Locations are given to help you find each cemetery, so that you may examine these historical and heartfelt inscriptions for yourself. If you are interested in cemeteries and the stories, messages, and records that they contain, or, if you have an ancestor from Ohio and are looking for the grave of that long-searched-for, elusive ancestor, then this reference book may just be for you. 182 pages. Large print. Hardback. < Less

This book is the third in a continuing series of books about gravestone inscriptions in Ross County, Ohio. This particular... More > volume records all of the inscriptions in the South Salem Cemetery, at South Salem, Ohio, as of December 2008. It documents over 1500 gravestones and references approximately 2500 people. The inscriptions often give us the names, birth dates, death dates, and ages of the deceased, as well as an occasional prose comment. The reader can expect to find such names as Beechler, Brown, Cokonougher, Cox, Everhart, Hester, Hixson, Kerr, Moomaw, Parrett, Pricer, Smith, Storts, Wilson, and many, many others. A Surname Index is included to help the reader find the particular person that he or she may be searching for.
Whether connected to the Ross County area and someone in this cemetery, or researching a particular person, or just plain fascinated with cemeteries and the information that they contain, the reader will find this volume to be most helpful and interesting. 314 pp. Paperback. < Less

The earliest pioneers in Ohio had mostly only two choices of building materials for their new homes and outbuildings . . .... More > wood and stone. Using a specific area in Ross County, this book explores and documents the buildings that were built from stone. Written while the author was still a student in college, it explains the different types of stone construction, lists every stone structure discovered, tells how they were built, and explores their significance to early pioneering Ohio. Photographs of each building type are included. The results are not only interesting and informative, but can also be extrapolated to Ohio as a whole. Available as a paperback, or as an e-book. B & W. 54 pages. < Less

Fourth in a continuing series about gravestone inscriptions in Ross County, Ohio, this book records the inscriptions in... More > Fells Cemetery in Twin township, Platter Cemetery in Paxton township, Satchel Cemetery in Buckskin township, and the Old Baptist and Sharron Cemeteries in Concord township. These inscriptions date as far back as 1808 and cover burials from all levels of society, including farmers, housewives, doctors, ministers, and lawyers. There are also inscriptions for several historical figures like those of Indian fighter and trailblazer John McDonald, Civil War casualty Pvt. Isaac Hannawalt, and former slave and ordained minister Samuel Weir. By reading the inscriptions in this book, one can see how unique and interesting each and every individual in this part of the country truly was. Historians, genealogists, and people with roots in Ross County will find this and previous volumes to be most valuable and interesting. Paperback. 156 pp. < Less

This book documents the history and genealogy of German immigrants John Lawrence Hester and Godfrey Stough, and their... More > descendants, from 1752 to 1908. Upon landing in America, the new immigrants were immediately sold into indentured servitude and forced to work for many years with no pay under hard and cruel conditions. Their hard working descendants spread throughout the American continent, helping to settle the land, fighting in every war, and serving as leaders at every level of society. Written in 1905 by Martin Mason Hester of Norwalk, Ohio, the book has over eight hundred names, numbered in regular order, and alphabetically indexed, with five-generation ancestor trees. This e-book "reprint" was created by an 8th generation descendant of John L. Hester from zeroxed copies of the original book, so that all Hester and Stough descendants may have access to this part of their family history. 381 pages. < Less

The earliest pioneers in Ohio had mostly only two choices of building materials for their new homes and outbuildings . . .... More > wood and stone. Using a specific area in Ross County, this book explores and documents the buildings that were built from stone. Written while the author was still a student in college, it explains the different types of stone construction, lists every stone structure discovered, tells how they were built, and explores their significance to early pioneering Ohio. Photographs of each building type are included. The results are not only interesting and informative, but can also be extrapolated to Ohio as a whole. 54 pages. < Less

All living things die without a safe and clean water supply. This little book shows where and how the people of Southeastern... More > Ohio get their necessary water. Topics include springs, wells, cisterns, streams, and ponds, digging a well by hand, driving, boring, and drilling a well, and water drawing methods such as dipping with a rope and pail, the windlass, and pumps. The various types of water pumps and how they work are also discussed. A case study of how the inhabitants of the little village of Mineral, Ohio obtain their water supplies rounds out this interesting study. < Less

The earliest pioneers in Ohio had mostly only two choices of building materials for their new homes and outbuildings . . .... More > wood and stone. Using a specific area in Ross County, this book explores and documents the buildings that were built from stone. Written while the author was still a student in college, it explains the different types of stone construction, lists every stone structure discovered, tells how they were built, and explores their significance to early pioneering Ohio. Photographs of each building type are included. The results are not only interesting and informative, but can also be extrapolated to Ohio as a whole. Available as a paperback, or as an e-book. B & W. 54 pages. < Less