Nancy (Dougherty) Yoho

Nancy (Dougherty) Yoho

FATHER: Edward Dougherty

Problem:  Was the surname, Daughtery or Dougherty?  The Ancestral File has Nancy Dougherty.

BIRTH-EMIGRATION-QUESTION: Some researchers say Nancy Doughtery was born in Ireland and accompanied her parents to America.  Can this statement be proven? The 1880 census (living with son, Jacob Yoho) lists her birth place as PA and that of her parents as Ireland.  The census records of other of her offspring also list her as born in PA.

MARRIAGE: Abt. 1825, John Yoho

OBITUARY: Mrs. Nancy Yoho, one of Wayne township's [Lawrence Co., PA] oldest inhabitants, died on Friday last [5 Apr 1889 at Chewton, Lawrence Co., PA].

She was the mother of 'Squire Yoho, of Newport, and had reached that good old age of 89 years [born 26 Feb 1800 in Pennsylvania].

She had been a good Christian and a kind mother of a large family.  She had not walked with out the aid of crutches for the past 24 years.
(Source: unknown newspaper, Wampum Correspondence column, hand dated 11 Apr 1889 - furnished by Larry McCullough)
2 March 2016

Byers, Ulysses S.

Ulysses S. Byers

AKA: Ulysses S. Byers; Emanuel Ulysses Byers

RESIDENCES: As of Feb 1918, Woodsfield, Route 2.

OBITUARY: Ulysses S. Byers
Ulysses S. Byers, aged 74 years, passed away at his home on the Woodsfield - Graysville road about 9:00 o'clock Tuesday morning, April 11, 1939. He had been ill for the last few weeks.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Jane A. Christy Byers; one daughter, Mrs. George Crawford, of Columbus, [OH], and two sons, Roy C. Byers of the home who is Deputy Auditor of Monroe Co., and Alonzo A. Byers, principal of the Hannibal Rural High School. Many more distant relatives and scores of friends also survive.

Mr. Byers was a lifelong resident of the Graysville community, a good farmer, fine neighbor and friend. Friendly in disposition and hospitable in his home, he was respected by all who knew him. The bereaved family have universal sympathy in their hour of sorrow.

Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon in charge of Rev. W.A. Weddle. Short services at the home were followed by final rites at Conner Ridge M.E. Church and were largely attended. Beautiful floral tributes attested the sympathy of many friends of the family.
(Source: Obituaries of Monroe Co., Ohio, Volume 2, compiled by Ruth Dougherty Hogue, p. 6)

Highman, Sarah M. (Byers)

Sarah M. Byers

OBITUARY:
Sarah M. Highman, daughter of Abner and Clarissa Collins Byers, was born July 27, 1847 and departed this life March 8, 1935, being at the time of her death 87 years, 7 months and 12 days of age.

She united in marriage to Duncan Highman on April 27, 1865 and immediately went to housekeeping on Conner Ridge [Monroe Co., OH] and lived with her husband and children all her life on the same farm.

To this union were born nine children, eight boys and one girl, whose names are as follows: Abner, Clarissa, Oliver, David, William, James, Clarence, Hamilton, and Oscar, all of Woodsfield, Route 2.

Two sons, David and William, preceded her in death many years ago. Her husband also died on May 28, 1907. Since that time she has still remained at the old home with her two sons James and Clarence who have since taken care of her.

She united with the M.E. Church at Conner Ridge early in life and remained faithful until the end and was always at church when ever her health would permit.

She leaves to mourn her death, seven children; twenty-one grandchildren; thirty-five great grandchildren; one brother, U.S. Byers; two sisters, Deborah Lucas and Isadora Christy besides a host of other relatives and friends.

Funeral services were conducted Sunday morning, March 10, by her pastor, Rev. W.A. Weddle assisted by Dwight Christy, in the presence of a large concourse of friends. Her body was laid to rest in the church cemetery to await the Resurrection Morn.
(Source: Obituaries of Monroe Co., Ohio, Volume 2, compiled by Ruth Dougherty Hogue, p. 11)

Sloan, Julia A. (Byers)

Julia A. Byers

OBITUARY: Mrs. Julia A. Sloan
This community was shocked by the news of the death of Mrs. Julia Ann Sloan which occurred in a hospital in Wheeling, where she had been taken for treatment. She had been an invalid for several years and her sufferings were severe at times but she bore them patiently.

The subject of this sketch was the wife of Andrew J. Sloan and the daughter of Abner and Mary A. Jeffers Byers. She was born Sept. 10, 1867, near Graysville and died in a hospital in Wheeling August 6, 1903, being 35 years, 10 months and 26 days of age.

She was united in marriage with Andrew Jackson Sloan, December 20, 1888, to which union were born four children who are left without a mother's care. She was converted in the year 1887 and united with the M.E. Church at Conners, in which faith she lived until called from sufferings to the "Haven of Rest."

The remains were brought from Wheeling to her late home on the 7th and on the 9th of August at 10:00 o'clock a.m. quite a number of friends and relatives congregated at the home of the deceased to weep with those that weep and pay the last rites of respect to one they loved and honored.

Services were conducted by James Cline at the Conner Church, after which the remains were tenderly borne to the cemetery nearby and there interred to await the resurrection of the just.
(Source: Obituaries of Monroe Co., Ohio, Volume 2, compiled by Ruth Dougherty Hogue, p. 6)

Byers, Garrett

Garrett Byers

CENSUS: 1880, in Monroe Co., OH, Washington Twp., 129/131
Garret Byers, 30, OH OH OH; Sarah T., 30, OH PA PA;
Cordelia J., 9, OH OH OH; Edward, 7, OH OH OH; Mary A., OH OH OH;
David A., 2, OH OH OH

OBITUARY:
Garrett Byers, while out with his little son, Edmund, burning tobacco beds, on Saturday, 22 March 1884, part of a dead tree fell on him crushing his right shoulder and breaking his left leg. His body was badly smashed. Doctors Perry and Fogle did everything within their power but to no avail. Mr. Byers died on Monday, 24 Mar 1884, and is buried at the Conner Ridge Cemetery in Wayne Twp. [Monroe Co., OH], but there is no stone for him.

He was married to Sarah Tabitha Highman, daughter of David and Jane Lowe Highman. (Sarah died 2 March 1894 and is buried on route 26 in the Bracy cemetery between Ozark and Coats Station, but there is no stone for her.)
(Source: Obituaries of Monroe Co., Ohio, Volume 2, compiled by Ruth Dougherty Hogue, p. 7)

Byers, Deborah E. (Jefferis/Jeffers)

Deborah E. Byers

RESIDENCES: As of Feb 1918, Graysville, OH

HEALTH_HISTORY: Cerebral hemorrhage on 9 Dec 1945

RESIDENCES: Graysville, OH and last 8 years in Cambridge, OH


OBITUARY:
As a result of a cerebral hemmorrhage suffered Dec. 9, [1945], Mrs. Deborah E. Lucas, 83, widow of Alva W. Lucas, died at 3:20 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 23, 1945, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. R.L. Devore, 308 North Fifth St., Cambridge, Oh., with whom she had made her home for the past eight years.

Born Sept. 30, 1862, near Graysville, Monroe County, Ohio, a daughter of Abner and Mary Ann Jefferis (Jeffers) Byers, Mrs. Lucas resided practically her entire life in the Graysville community. On December 17, 1885, she married Alva W. Lucas, who preceded her in death 14 years ago.

At an early age she united with the Conner Ridge Methodist Church in Monroe County. For a great many years she served this church in the capacity of a faithful Sunday School teacher.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Lulu Devore of Cambridge, Ohio and Mrs. Zella Adams of Olney, Ill. A daughter, Mrs. Mary Vanfossen is deceased, and a son died in infancy. She is survived by the following grandchildren: Mrs. Wilma Spitzenberger, of Toledo, Ohio; Harold Devore of Columbus, Oh; Vera Eckelberry of Cambridge, Ohio; Hila May Bowling of South Charleston, W.Va.; Roy Vanfossen, Clay City, Illinois; Leo Vanfossen of Noble, Illinois and Dean Adams who is serving in the Army Air Corps; fourteen great grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Isadora Christy of Graysville, also survive, as well as several nephews and nieces. Several brothers and sisters preceded her in death.

The body was removed to the Bundy Funeral Home, Cambridge, and returned to the Devore home for services at 8 o'clock Tuesday evening, Dec. 25, with Rev. W. Dwight Heaston, pastor of First Methodist Church, Cambridge, officiating. Additional services were conducted by Rev. Heaston at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 26, 1945 at the Hartshorn Ridge Church in Monroe Co., [OH]. Interment was in the church cemetery. (Source: Obituaries of Monroe Co., Ohio, Volume 2, compiled by Ruth Dougherty Hogue, p. 8)

Byers, Abner

Abner Byers

MARRIAGE: He was first married in 1844 to Clarissa Collins, who died 27 Mar 1854. They had three children: Sarah, Garret, and Catharine.


Census: 1850, in Monroe Co., OH, Washington Twp., 3/3, 28 Oct 1850
Abner Bires, 27, m. farmer, $700, OH; Clarissa, 25, f. PA
Sarah, 3, f. OH; Garrett, 1, m. OH
Riley Bennett, 21, m. laborer

Census: 1860, in Monroe Co., OH, Washington, Twp., (P.O. Graysville), 981/980
(13 Jul 1860)
Abner Bires, 36, m. farmer, 1600/650, OH
Mary A., 32, domestic, OH
Sarah M. 13, f. OH; Jarret, 11, m. OH; Catharine, 6, f. OH
Rebecca J., 2, f., OH; Elias J., 2/12 m. OH
Elijah Bennett, 20, m. farm laborer, OH

Census: 1870, in Monroe Co., OH, Washington Twp., 225-225
Abner Byers, 47, OH, farmer; Mary A., 44, OH, keep house;
Garet, 21, OH, Teach school; Catharine W. 15, OH, help mother;
Deborah, 7, OH, help mother; Emanuel U., 5, OH; Julia A., 3, OH

CENSUS: 1880, in Monroe Co., OH, Washington Twp., 22/22
Abner Byers, 57, OH PA MD; Mary A., OH PA PA;
Deborah E., 17, OH OH OH; Emmanuel E., 15, OH OH OH;
Julia A., 12, OH OH OH; Isadora A., 9, OH OH OH
(Furnished by Richard E. Henthorn)

OBITUARY:
Just as spring was approaching with its wealth of flowers and good cheer, the death angel called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Abner Byers near Graysville, [OH] and summoned the husband and father to future home beyond this vale of tears, where sorrow is no more and the soul is forever at rest.

Abner Byers was born near Somerton, Ohio, April 4, 1823, and died March 18, 1910, aged 86 years, 11 months and 14 days. He was twice married, first in 1844 to Clarissa Collins, who died March 27, 1854. To this union three children were born: Sarah, Garret and Catharine. In 1856 he again married. This time to Mary A. Eddy (widow of John Eddy and daughter of Elias and Deborah Jackson Jeffers (Jeferies)). Six children were born: Rebecca, Simon, Deborah, Ulysses, Julia and Isadora. Of his children, four have preceded him in death. Those living are Sarah Highman, Catharine Cumpson, Deborah Lucas, Ulysses Byers and Isadora Christy.

The deceased gave his name to the M.E. Church at Conners in 1870 and happily converted, always having a bright hope and expressing his willingness to die and that he was prepared to go.

The funeral services were conducted Sunday by Rev. Chessire, after which he was laid to rest in the Conner cemetery.

Dearest one thou hast left us, here the loss we deeply feel, but 'tis God who haft bereft us -- He can all our sorrows heal. A Grand Daughter.
(Source: Obituaries of Monroe Co., Ohio, Volume 2, compiled by Ruth Dougherty Hogue, p. 9)

Miller, Mazie (Boughner)

Mazie Boughner

AKA: Mazy Boughner

RESIDENCES: As of Dec 1869, in OH

LAND: David A. Conger of Washington Co., Ohio; Charles A. Conger, Lavinia Dougherty, wife of Joshua Dougherty, and Aaron A. Conger, all of the State of Illinois, Elijah A. Conger of the State of Kansas, Mary Purtlebaugh, wife of George of the State of Indiana, Stephen L. Conger, whose place of residence is unknown, Julia K. Walton, wife of Richard K. Walton, James M. Boughner, John M. Boughner, Margaret Boughner, Mary Boughner, Juila A. Boughner, Thomas J. Boughner, Mazy Boughner, Lavinia Boughner, Michael Boughner and Margaret Conger all of the State of Ohio, Monroe Co. will take notice that a petition was filed against them on the 2nd of day of Dec. in the court of Common Pleas by Michael Boughner for partition of N 1/2 of NE 1/4 S.12, T.3, R.4, 80 acres.
(Source: Spirit of Democracy, 21 Dec 1869, found in Fedorchak - furnished by Robert Guilinger)


OBITUARY: Mrs. Mazie Miller
Mrs. Mazie Miller, 88, Clarington, [OH] Route 2, died Thursday [27 Mar 1952] at 10:30 a.m. She was born in Cameron, Ohio, and was a member of the Church of Christ.

Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Pearl Henthorn of Beallsville Route 3, Mrs. Julia Wenzenried of Beallsville Route 1, Mrs. Edna Pritchett of Akron; three sons, Elbert of Reding, Calif., George of Clarington Route 2 and William of the home.

The body is at the Rush funeral home, Clarington, pending final arrangements.
(Source: clipping, hand dated, 28/29 Mar 1952 - furnished by Ruth Shuck)