Franklin County Ohio Genealogy Trails A part of the Genealogy Trails History Group   Newspaper Data April 5, 1830 - Francis, Davies, was drowned at Columbus, Ohio 19 Mar. He was one of the Acting Justices of the Peace of this town and leaves a wife and 2 small children. "NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER" (Contributed by Kim Torp) Mar. 25 1831- KILBOURN, John, author of the Ohio Gazetteer, formerly a Representative of Congress from Ohio, died lately at Columbus, Ohio. "NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER" (Contributed by Kim Torp)   COLUMBUS, FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO A SAD CASE Deliberate Suicide of a Young Recruit Who Had made a Mistake. Columbus, O., Feb. 1. - At fifteen minutes past ten o'clock Thursday night Recruit Thomas Mulrooney of the Depot Detachment deliberately committed suicide at the barracks by shooting himself through the heart. He has been at the garrison only about three months, and was employed as a clerk at head-quarters, where his genial and gentlemanly manner caused him to be respected by his associates. The cause of his taking his own life is ascribed by his comrades to have been a morbid feeling that he had made a mistake in enlisting in the United States army, and had thereby become dissatisfied with his surroundings. He enlisted at Milwaukee, at the same time that Edward J. Drexel, the nephew of the Philadelphia banker, enlisted, but he chose the infantry, whereas Drexel joined the cavalry. Mulrooney was also known to have been an intimate friend of young Drexel before they enlisted, and the name which Mulrooney took upon enlisting is known to have been incorrect, as he soon got tired of being called Mulrooney, and asked his comrades to call him "Mull." His real name is believed to be _anna, and his father is said to be a large dry goods merchant of Chicago. The act of suicide on the part of the deceased must have been a very deliberate one, as he unbuttoned his coat and vest and while feeling for his heart with the forefinger of his left hand, he placed the revolver close to his breast with the right hand and fired, the ball passing through his heart and shattering the forefinger, and he fell to the ground, in which position he was found by Assistant Librarian Craig. Craig immediately secured the assistance of Sergeants Needham and Roberts and they together carried the body to the post hospital where it was found that death must have been instantaneous. Feb. 2 1890 "THE QUINCY DAILY HERALD" (Submitted by Debbie Lee)     Squirrels      A letter from Chillicothe, gives the following account of the damage sustained by those little animals, the quantity of which almost exceeds belief: “As we passed thro’ the country, from Dayton to Zanesville, it is impossible to describe the havoc and destruction made by the gray and black squirrels. Whole field of corn, from 5 to 10 acres, are said to be wholly destroyed – not an ear left. During a squirrel hut of about a week in the neighboring towns about Columbus, the first part of this month nearly 20,000 were killed.      The exact number, I think was 19,626. Hundreds were seen every day swimming the Great Miami, Mad River, Scioto, and other streams. Children, from 6 to 10 years of age, would wade into into the shallow water, before the squirrels reached the shore, and kill them with sticks. Many of them are fat and fine eating – many families almost live upon them.      We saw many little boys and some men, with from ten to thirty or forty on their backs. They seem to be almost as destructive as the locusts formerly were in Egypt. They have never before been known so numerous in this section of the country. It is supposed thaty swim in to find mast, as the nuts are scarce in this quarter, and then attack the corn-fields. They will, probably, occasion a scarcity in many places.” Nat. Intel. "Gettysburg Compiler" (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) November 13 1822 Page 2 (Contributed by Nancy Piper)   A letter dated September 29, from a gentleman in Columbus, Ohio, to his friend in Baltimore, states that there never had been more sickness in that state than during the present fall. In that small town there have been three buried in one day. Forty to fifty were then lying sick. The inhabitants on the Ohio and Muskingum rivers have the yellow fever to an alarming degree. The report was, that there are more than three hundred cases of yellow fever in the neighborhood of Marietta; they are dying fast; numbers are removing from the water coursed to the highlands. The crops were abundant, but the squirrels had been very destructive to the corn.      The inhabitants had associated for the purpose of destroying the animals. On the first of September they formed themselves into two parties, and, on counting, nineteen thousand six hundred and sixty scalps were produced, besides about 500 which were not taken into the account. – American. "Gettysburg Compiler" (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) Wednesday, October 23, 1822 Page 1 (Contributed by Nancy Piper)   Paper: The Daily Ohio Statesman Date: 1845-12-17 NOTICE: - All persons interested will take notice that Moses Beers, on the 17th day of November, A. D. 1845, sued out a writ of attachment from the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin county, in the state of Ohio, against Elijah Beers, for the sum of two hundred dollars damages, which writ has been served and returned.      Atttest:                L. STARLING Jr., Clerk      L. H. Webster, Attorney for Plaintiff.      Columbus, Dec. 16, 1845 Source: DAILY OHIO STATESMAN Date: Oct. 19, 1838 NOTICE, IS hereby given, that at my instance, a writ of attachment, was this day issued, by W. T. Martin, a Justice of the Peace, of Montgomery township, Franklin county, Ohio, against the goods, chattles, monies and effects of E. P. & W. R. Pearmain, absconding debtors, and that further proceedings will be had thereon, according to law.      Columbus, Aug. 15, 1838.  R. G. TRESCOTT. Source: Lima News Date: Jul. 14, 1977 Russells Point, Oh William A. Huber, 73, died at 7:45 p.m. Tuesday in Mary Rutan Hospital, Bellefontaine. Survivors include his wife Carrie, a step-daughter, Mrs. Vernon (Margaret) Morrison of Canal Winchester; two step-sons, Merle Shumaker of Lancaster and Fred Shumaker of Columbus; 17 step-grandchildren and nine great- step- grandchildren. He was retired security guard for OSU, Columbus. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Van Horn Funeral Home, Lakeview. Burial in Glenn Rest, Reynoldsburg. Submitted by Linda Blue Dietz The Bismarck Tribune, June 15,  1883, transcribed by Linda Dietz Columbus, Ohio, June 147- J. Romick, at Hillard, near Columbus, was found dead in his room last night. He was a reputed minister of the M.E. church, and it is a great shock to the community. He leaves a wife and six children. No cause known for the suicide. Plain Dealer Apr 12, 1918 Columbus, Apr 11-  Mrs. Helen Thomas, 41, wife of H. C. Thomas, secretary of the Columbus Baseball Club, died if pneumonia yesterday.  Submitted by Linda Blue Dietz   Lima News Jan 5, 1940 Columbus Using a rope made from a bed sheet, Mrs. Jessie Grace Rogers, 43, of Barnesville, committed suicide early Monday at the state hospital, by hanging herself. Her body was found hanging to the bars of the window in her room by an attendant. Mrs. Rogers was admitted to the hospital last July, from Belmont county. The body will probably be sent to the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lawrence Roby, Barnesville for burial. Submitted by Linda Blue Dietz Lima News Jan 13, 1920 Columbus - Phillip Shelvin, 73, retired newspaperman, died here Monday. Shevlin was well-known to the older generation of newspapermen in many large cities thruout the country. During the "90's" he was telegraph editor of the Cincinnati Post. In later years his work consisted of contributions to weekly publications. Submitted by Linda Blue Dietz  1944; Galion, Ohio; Galion High School Yearbook Eileen Zent Even though Eileen was new to our school last year, she has proved herself capable and very entertaining to have around. She gave the students a bit of excitement in March after chasing Dr. Simon all over the score looking for the cymbal crashes she managed to sneak in. He found out later they were hidden under the rests! Honor Society 4; Band 4. (submitted by Ida Maack Recu) Lima News May 26, 1919 Columbus - Thomas Y. Tierman died Monday and John Thompson, William Rains and William Fairchild, all of Columbus, are badly bruised at City hospital, Lancaster, as a result of their automobile crashing into a Scioto Valley Traction car, near Lancaster, Sunday evening. The four men were returning from the Sunday outing of the Columbus Club, near Lancaster.  Submitted by Linda Blue Dietz Mansfield News Mansfield, Oh Jan 2, 1900 Columbus -  George D. Arnal aged 30, a student at the Ohio Medical university, sustained a stroke of paralysis which affected his right side and rendered him speechless. Submitted by Linda Blue Dietz Lima News Apr 4, 1930 COLUMBUS , O., April 4—(INS)— After lying in bed for eight months with a broken back which she suffered In an automobile accident, Clara, Dulin, 7, had succumbed to that injury here today. Besides her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Dulin, a brother, Louis R., also survives. Submitted by Linda Blue Dietz Evening Gazette Mar 19, 1918 Xenia, Oh Columbus, March 19- Mrs. Cecelia Alberry, 24, was in serious condition at Grant hospital Tuesday with two bullet wounds in her head, inflicted late last night by her husband, Ivan Alberry, 27, who is held at city prison for investigation. Alberry made an unsuccessful attempt to shoot himself after wounding his wife, but the cartridges failed to explode. In a statement to police Alberry said he quit his job as messenger for the Adams Express company last night and decided to kill his wife and himself because she had wrongfully accused him of infidelity. Submitted by Linda Blue Dietz JOSEPH LABAREE MOVES TO OHIO, 1829. On the 19th of November, the Rev. J. Labaree, was released from the Pastoral charge of the Church of Oxford, and dismissed, at his request, and recommended to the Presbytery of Columbus, Ohio. The Church of Oxford is now vacant. -Raleigh Register, January 14, 1830. (Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914) Submitted by Linda Rodriguez OHIO Newport Daily News (Newport, Rhode Island) Tuesday, November 3, 1846Miss Dix, the philanthropist, lies dangerously ill at the Lunatic Asylum, Columbus (Submitted by Nancy Piper)  HOME DEDICATED TO FREE GENEALOGY Submitters retain all copyrights ©2009 Genealogy Trails