Wordless Wednesday--Reflections from the Kayak

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Tombstone Tuesday--Isaac Lepard and Sarah Ann Woollet Lepard

Yesterday I took the opportunity to drive over to Attica, Ohio in Seneca County. The Attica-Venice Cemetery is the final resting place of my first cousin three times removed, Sarah Ann Frederick Lepard.

Sarah Ann, daughter of Samuel Woolett and Catherine Frederick, was born on August 8, 1836 in Seneca County, Ohio and died on November 17, 1916 in Seneca County, Ohio.

She married Isaac Lepard on March 23, 1856 in Seneca County, Ohio. Isaac was born on May 18, 1833 in Seneca County and died on June 12, 1913 in Seneca County, Ohio.

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Veteran's Day--Dad's Service in the Korean War

Captain George VanGilder Hughes
     Dad was drafted into the Korean War just as he had set up his medical practice in the North Hills area of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. To make a little extra money, he had signed up for the National Guard. When the United States entered the Korean War, his unit was called up. Needless to say, he wondered about the intelligence of signing up for the National Guard in the first place. His service in the war was something that Dad rarely talked about. It certainly put his plans to begin his medical practice on hold for a year and a half.      Dad, a commissioned officer, spent his state side Army months at Camp Carson, Colorado. My brother Ken, was born on base. Dad was a captain with the 2nd Medical Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He spent the beginning of his tour of duty in Korea at an aid station on the front lines. On an R & R in Japan, he took his medical specialty boards. When the Army found that he had passed, he was immediately moved Seoul, Korea where he served as the Chief of Medical SVC at the 121 Evacuation Hospital. 

     Several years back, my brother, Jeff, told me about the effort by the Library of Congress to get the service histories of men and women for the Veterans History Project. As the family historian, I decided to interview Dad to put his history together. Unfortunately, by the time I got around to the interview, Dad was in the early stages of dementia and could not remember much of his service. Fortunately, I was able to find records and a large collection of photos that he took while in Korea to fill in the details.

     When Dad died in 2007, I made it a mission to complete his profile and submit the information to the Library of Congress. His information has been posted; however, the photos and the audio tape has not. Veterans History Project for the Library of Congress George VanGilder Hughes Dad's Homecoming from Korea on Flipside. Thank you Dad and all veterans for your service. 

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Sarah Ann Woollet Lepard of Attica, Seneca County, Ohio

This week I received an e-mail from another researcher who found that I had inadvertently placed a distant family member in the wrong cemetery on Find-a-Grave. Years back, when I first began working on my family genealogy, I located my maternal great grandfather, Alfred Frederick (yes the same great grandfather whose brick wall crumbled this week) living in Attica, Seneca County, Ohio in 1860 with the Lepard family.

At that time I had no idea why Great Grandfather had moved to Attica from Columbiana County, Ohio.....and why he was living, in 1860, with the Lepard family¹. Poking around in the census reports, and marriage records of Columbiana County gave me the answer. Mrs. Lepard aka Sarah Ann Woollet Lepard was Alfred Frederick's first cousin.

Sarah Ann was born on August 8, 1836 in Seneca County, Ohio (probably Venice Township). She was the daughter of Samuel Woollet and Catherine Frederick². Catherine Frederick was the sister of Joseph C. Frederick, Alfred's father. Catherine married Samuel Woollet in Columbiana County on October 10, 1831³ and the newly weds removed to Venice Township in Seneca County, Ohio.

Sarah married Isaac Lepard on Mar 23,1856 in Seneca County, Ohio⁴. Isaac a veteran of the Civil War having served with Co. M., 1st OHA⁵was employed in Attica as a house carpenter⁶ for the majority of his adult life.

During the 1870, the Lepard family removed to Clinton Township, Seneca County, Ohio and he farmed⁷. This is the same area outside Tiffin, Ohio where my husband's maternal ancestors were farmers. Small world...

In 1909, the Attica City Directory lists the Lepard family as living on Tiffin Street in Attica⁸. If I am reading an article on page 148 of Centennial Biographic History of Seneca County, Ohio, regarding Isaac Lepard...."He is one of the leading residents of that city, and for two years he has served with efficiency as its street commissioner."⁹

The Lepards had six children:

1. William H. Lepard born January 27, 1857 in Venice Township, Seneca County, Ohio, died September 12, 1939 in Venice Township, Seneca County, Ohio. William married Alica A. Finch.

2. Matella A. Lepard born February 8, 1859 (or 1861), Venice Township, Seneca County, Ohio, died May 24, 1941, Attica, Venice Township, Seneca County, Ohio. Matella married Abraham W. Hull.

3. Emma E. Lepard born April 3, 1862, Venice Township, Seneca County, Ohio, died May 15, 1946. Emma married John E. Meyers.

4. Alice R. Lepard born July 23, 1864 in Venice Township, Seneca County, Ohio, died on July 11, 1946 in Venice Township, Seneca County, Ohio. Alice married first, William H. Ayers and second, Emanuel Kaufman.

5. Edward G. Lepard born December 3, 1866 in Venice Township, Seneca County, Ohio, died on September 7, 1935 in Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio. Edward married Martha Hull.

6. Harry Lepard born July 1874, Venice Township, Seneca County, Ohio, died in 1954, Venice Township, Seneca County, Ohio. Harry married Maggie B. Smith.


Isaac died on June 12, 1913 in Seneca County, Ohio¹⁰ and Sarah Ann followed three years later on November 17, 1916¹¹. Both buried in Attica Cemetery.

Sources:

1. 1860 Ohio Federal Census, Seneca County, Venice Township, Attica Post Office page 233.

2. Ohio Death Certificate, (Ohio Department of Health, Vital Statistics), Seneca County, #73577.

3. Bell, Carol Willsey, Columbiana County Ohio Marriages 1800-1870 and Other Evidence of Marriages, (Bell Books, Youngstown, Ohio, 1990), page 322.

4. Sandusky County Ohio Marrige Record, Seneca County, Ohio Marriages, 1851-99. County court records located at Tiffin, Ohio.

5. Baughman, J. J. History of Seneca County, Volume I, 1911, page 243

6. Ohio Census 1860, 1880, 1900 and 1910.

7. 1870 Ohio Federal Census, Seneca County, Clinton Township, Tiffin Post Office, page 77.

8. 1909 Attica City Directory, Marion Directory Company, page 339

9. Centennial Biographical History of Seneca County, Ohio, Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1902, page 148.


10. Seneca County Ohio Cemetery Inscriptions (Tiffin, OH: Seneca County Genealogical Society, 1987)

11. Ohio Death Certificate, (Ohio Department of Health, Vital Statistics), Seneca County, #73577.

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Another Brick Wall Crumbles--Albert Frederick

HAPPY DANCE TIME AGAIN. Down goes another Frederick Brick Wall. This time it is Albert L. Frederick also known as Burt L. Frederick. Yep, I couldn't contain myself...find one Frederick at FamilySearch...had to add another to the search engine.

Albert has been illusive. My mother had no knowledge Albert. Her mother, Albert's sister, simply told my Mom that her brother was dead and had been for some time. I knew he was alive when my great grandmother, Lucinda Orr Frederick died in 1909. In the obituary he was listed as Burt L. Frederick, which lead me to search under that name. I found him on the 1910 Chicago Illinois census.

I have not been able to locate a census report for him for 1900 or 1920. Years back a fellow family researcher sent me a copy of a family reunion booklet that was probably printed in the early 1900's. Albert is listed with a son, Raymond; however, no wife is listed. Raymond Frederick has brought me no leads...there are too many of them to narrow down the search.

The 1910 census did tell me that Alfred (Burt L.) was married twice. His new wife Louise M. (maiden name unknown) and little daughter, Sarah and Burt are living at 5303Dearborn Street in Chicago, Illinois.

Where do I go from here....CHICAGO!!! I have to have those two obituaries.

What I learned from the death information:

Burt L. Frederick

Death Date: June 26, 1924 (NEW INFORMATION)

Death Place: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois (NEW INFORMATION)

Birth Date: July 21, 1871

Birth Place: Columbiana, Ohio (Columbiana County)

Mother: Leucinda Bell (the Bell is NEW to me--Lucinda Bell Orr Frederick)

Father: Alfred Frederick

Occupation: Railroad Man, Yard Master

Spouse: Louise M. Frederick

Burial Date: June 28, 1924 (NEW INFORMATION)

Cemetery: Beverley (NEW INFORMATION)

Thank you Family Search.org.

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Brick Wall Shattered--Alfred Frederick

     

     Happy Dance and Hallelujah!!! I have been looking for this information for over a decade....the birthplace and death place of my maternal great grandfather, Alfred Frederick. Something so easy has been so mysterious. 

     I have been to the cemetery where Alfred and my great grandmother, Lucinda Orr Frederick are buried. Lucinda was easy....she died in Bellevue, Pennsylvania and I was able to obtain her death certificate and even her obituary on a visit to Bellevue years back. Alfred lived in Bellevue and Avalon, Pennsylvania...small towns outside Pittsburgh...during the later years of his life. There are photos of my Mom as a young child with her maternal grandfather in Avalon. All of his children, except one lived in that area. His oldest son I tracked down to Chicago in 1920. I have checked both Pennsylvania and Ohio death certificates to no avail.     

Tonight, on a whim, I put his name into the Family Search Org. search engine and presto....there before my eyes was his death information. Sure enough, he died in Illinois. The information I found: Alfred Frederick Date of Death: February 9, 1927 Death Place: Highland Park, Lake, Illinois (NEW INFORMATION) Age: 90 Birth Date: May 1, 1837 (we share the same birth date!!!) Birthplace: Washington, Ohio (NEW INFORMATION) **Actually, I think this should be Washingtonville, Salem Township, Columbiana County, Ohio and not Washington** Occupation: Retired Brakeman Residence: Rail Road Men's Home Burial Date: February 12, 1927 (NEW INFORMATION) Burial Place: Columbiana, Ohio 

    Lesson Learned: Keep checking back at Family Search Org. New records are constantly added. Now please excuse me....I have some updating to do on my Family Tree Maker.

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Happy Birthday Uncle Ed

HAPPY 82nd BIRTHDAYUNCLE ED