Trudy Visited Oak Grove On Monday

I have a easy post today. Trudy McGuire has done all the work on this one for me and the blog. Trudy has become the Jameson's family's foot soldier in Morgan County lately. Sincerely, from myself and the readers of the blog, thank you for all of your hard work, Trudy.

If you were wondering about what the shape of Oak Grove Cemetery is currently in, well here is our Jameson plot there. Everything looks to be in good order. The date of these pictures are from last Monday, October 10, 2011.

A couple of notes that Trudy shared. Number one, I did not realize that John Jameson's engraving was on the back of the same stone of the grave of his siblings, Agnes and Archibold. Now of course, as I have said before, John's body is in New York City where he died. It only makes sence that the family honored him by not buying a new stone, but adding him to the back of the same stone of his brother and sister.  

There is another note that Trudy found that can be seen in the pictures. Trudy states "the double headstone has red flowers on John's side and white on Archibold/Agnes". It also appears in the pictures that flowers are on William and Mary's grave. You can see in the pictures that there are no flowers on the other stones all around our Jameson plot. If it was the cemetery caretakers (the church) placing the flowers, they would be on all of the graves. I wonder who placed the flowers recently on our ancestor's graves?

*****UPDATE, UPDATE, UPDATE*****

I'VE FOUND THE FLOWER LEAVING COOPERATES! THANK YOU JOYCE AND DIANE SCHUMACHER (DESCENDANTS OF CLAUDE ERLES JAMESON'S SIDE) FOR LEAVING THE FLOWERS ON THE GRAVES AT OAK GROVE, FROM ALL THE JAMESON DESCENDANTS

What Came first, the Chicken or the Egg: The Jamesons in America, 1647-1900 or our family records?

This is a story of 'what came first, the chicken or the egg'. To read this blog, I request that you read my past posting, Tom's Got Some Great Questions (in regards to question #3). The question in context is that of the arrival of William Jameson to the Americas from Scotland.

Yesterday, I was doing a little playing around on the internet. I came across an old reference. I had not looked at this reference for a number of years. The reference is that of the book; The Jamesons in America, 1647-1900: genealogiacal records and memoranda, by Ephraim Orcutt Jameson; published by Rumford Press, NH, 1901.

Before I go any further into this story, I suggest all those Jameson's that have written me trying to connect their Jameson family with mine, to read this book. For those Jameson's from our William Jameson family line, I also suggest you get a copy of this book and read it. This book is a very interesting and surprisingly, a near complete book of all of the different Jameson families that were living in the United States as of the year 1900 (1870's-1900). I must say, this is the oldest published book that contants the genealogical list of William Jameson and Mary (Haggerty) Jameson and their children, that I am currently aware of.

picture of E. O. Jameson, the author, from the index of The Jamesons in America, 1647-1900: genealogiacal records and memoranda, by Ephraim Orcutt Jameson; published by Rumford Press, NH, 1901



There are a couple of ways to obtain this book (It is very available to obtain for all who wish). My suggestion is on Heritage Quest. Most Americans have access for free to Heritage Quest from there local public library. All you need to do is have a library card and go to your county libraries webpage and follow the link from your home computer. It's free, you can download, and there are thousands of great old out of print genealogy books to access. You can also buy this book from:

Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Jamesons-America-1647-1900-Genealogical-Memoranda/dp/1120891973

Ebay (on disk currently):
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Jamesons-America-1647-1900-Genealogy-/200483693618

Another free access:

Allen County, Ohio Public Library submitted to Internet Archive: Ebook and Texts Archieve

http://www.archive.org/details/jamesonsinameric00jame this version is poorly done by a computer and is hard to read.

The Meat

Now back to the story of our part of the book. The short but interesting part of the book falls on pages 546 and 547. There are two very interesting facts that can be found on page 547.

Page 546,  The Jamesons in America, 1647-1900: genealogical records and memoranda, by Ephraim Orcutt Jameson; published by Rumford Press, NH, 1901

Page 547,  The Jamesons in America, 1647-1900: genealogical records and memoranda, by Ephraim Orcutt Jameson; published by Rumford Press, NH, 1901

Items To Note (The Interesting Parts) From The Pages Above:
Item 1: "Mr. Hagerty, Mrs. Jameson's father, was in the War of 1812, and probably was killed, Aug. 16, 1812, at Hull's surrender of Detroit, Mich."

Item 2: "Mr. Jameson came to this country in 1817, leaving a brother, Archibald Jameson, in Scotland." {Tom, you know where I am going with this one!}

Reference:
E.O. Jameson lists on page 547 "The Sears Genealogy, page 600". I have a big problem with this reference. The only reference that was in existence in 1900 that the author could have been using was: The Decendants of Richard Sares (Sears) of Yarmouth, Mass, 1638-1888 : with an appendic containing some notices of other families of the name Sears, by Samuel Pearce May, published by J. Munsell, Albany, NY , 1899. Below is the page that I believe E.O. Jameson references:

page 600, The Decendants of Richard Sares (Sears) of Yarmouth, Mass, 1638-1888 : with an appendic containing some notices of other families of the name Sears, by Samuel Pearce May, published by J. Munsell, Albany, NY , 1899.

As you can see there is nothing about the Jameson's other then the mention of Thomas Jameson and Mary E. (Sears) Jameson. So, where did this information come from of the family of William Jameson?

Is This Family Legend?

Item #1 in Detail:

Thanks to the work of my great grandfather, Hugh Edward Jameson and his relatives, I hold many copies of the Jameson records in my possession. Item #1 deals with the information from the Haggerty family. The records passed down to me say only one thing of the parents of Mary (Haggerty) Jameson. "Haggerty died serving under Hull in the Battle of Detroit ". It is hard to tell when Hugh put together his records. Most letters corresponing between Hugh and his relatives, date between 1957 to about 1972. An interesting note on the family of the Haggerty's; years ago the Mormon records of christening of Baltimore County, Maryland listed the mother of Mary Haggerty as Martha (nee Richmond) Haggerty. I, nor any other genealogist that I have know, have ever found a record of service for Mr. Haggerty during the War of 1812 from the state of Maryland. It was not till the close comparison of the 1810 US Census of Baltimore County, Maryland, did we get our first guess at the husband of Martha (Richmond) Haggarty, who appears to be Thomas Haggerty. He was the only man from the area of Ellicott Mills (now Ellicott City, Maryland) that could match the father (and family) of Mary (Haggarty) Jameson and husband of Martha Richmond. There still today have been no solid references that list this man as the father of this family. So how did Mr. E.O. Jameson find this little tidbit of information of William's father-in-law. He either had to have been told this from a families legend/ folklore or he had found some long lost record that no other descendant of this family have found on a father-in-law of a Jameson for a book only on the Jameson's. So where did this come from. I go back to the statement, what came first, the chicken or the egg.

Item #2 in Detail:
This detail is a bit more of a direct issue to this blog and our Jameson family. This detail is also why I request that the reader read the past blog that asked the question on William Jameson's arrival. Until today when doing the background research for this blog, I had never noticed the date of 1817 as of any importance of a year for the Jameson family. Today I found in thie writings wrote by Prudence (Jameson) Dangler on her great grandfather, who she listed his year of immigration as 1871 (then hand corrected to the year 1817). Prudence's work appears to closely reference earlier writings by Bessie E. (Jameson) Wolcott. No where in any part of Hugh Jameson's work does the year 1817 appear?

Now reading the page 547 we see that there is more addition information on the family of Cecil Welby Jameson then any others of his brothers or sisters. It appears that the informant to E. O. Jameson of these details might have been Cecil. If this is so, this raises one more question. Cecil is the same person that wrote the letter to Robert B. Jameson that is the basis of question #3 of my past blog 'Tom Has Some Great Questions'. Why would Cecil have left that bit of information out and added other information on the early Jameson family of America? Once again was this date a family legend/ folklore? What is going on here, what came first, our family records or this book?

The only thing I take away from all of this is, don't believe family folklore without being able to reference it and prove it. On the other side, the next time I find myself at the US National Archives in Washington, DC, I think I will start searching the year 1817 for the arrives on the James River. Are these bits of details 110 plus year old family legends?

I will leave this blog with a few big questions and will move to more stable ground on my next posting??????????????????????????????????????????????

Trudy McGuire Is On The Hunt in Morgan County

I wanted to share a fine email that I receive last week from Trudy McGuire. She has been helping with working on the Jameson line back in Morgan County and the areas around. She talks about a number of descendants of William H. and Mary Jane (Shuster) Jameson. Mainly in regards to the children of Elza Elmer and Margaret May (Kysor) Jameson from the Zanesville area.

Jameson/Vorhies Family (Pictures of Headstones)
 
Hi Skip,
 
I finally made a trip to a few Cemeteries in Morgan County today. 
 
Attached (I hope), are a few pictures. I found the Wm H Jameson headstone in the Pennsville Cemetery, Nellie & Arthur Vorhies is located in McConnelsville Cemetary and my Uncle Elza (Mom's brother) & Laura Vorhies is located in Pisgah Cemetery. I hope to check out the Oak Grove location you mentioned and have a couple others in Morgan and Noble Counties and one in Bristol Township. I was unable to locate great grandmother Mary J Scott. I am pretty sure I have seen it but may have to ask some of my older cousins for assistance. Also, due to the headstones facing West, some of the older ones are almost unreadable. On the bottom of William's, I could make out 59y 2mo 8dys but there is some 'script' beneath that. I could not read it but perhaps with a rubbing, I could. I have never done a rubbing, so not sure if there is special paper and chalk for the process. Do you know? No other wording on William's stone and no family around it that I could see.
 
I still want to visit the Oak Grove Cemetery you mentioned and there are a couple others I want to check out. One is in Young Hickory and the other is Rosehill or Rose Hill in Muskingum County. My Great Uncle Elza (Aunt May) Jameson are in Rosehill. I met two of his children (at least remember them) Dick and Helen. I went to Delmer's funeral with my Mom and Uncle Roy but other than that, never met him. Dick has a Son that lives in Dublin, OH. I met him at the Funeral Home when Aunt May passed away. Uncle Elza worked in Pottery for about 40 years and Crocheted for a hobby. I found through Ancestry.com, an article and picture of him in the Zanesville Times Recorder (Newspaper). It was about his Crocheting. He said he was taught to do this by his Mother!!
 
Skip, I will write more later and include info about my family. Hope you can open these pictures.  
Cousin Trudy 

 

 

 

 

 

The Grave of William H. Jameson: Pennsville Cemetery, Penn Township, Morgan County, Ohio; courtesy of Trudy McGuire

 

 

 

 

 

The Grave of Nellie Melvina (Jameson) and Arthur Presley Vorhies: McConnelsville Cemetery, McConnelsville, Morgan County, Ohio; courtesy of Trudy McGuire

 

 

 

 

 

Grave of Elza Herbert and Adda Laura (Dailey) Vorhies: Pisgah Cemetery, McConnelsville, Morgan County, Ohio; courtesy of Trudy McGuire

I'm Back and With Some New Pictures

Sorry not to being very active the last few months. That is not to say I have not been working here and there on the Jameson family. I have been recently contacted by a couple of the descendants of Nellie Melvina Jameson due to my last blog Finding "Georgia Vorhies of Seelysburg". To any family members, please feel free to contact me. I love sharing information and pictures. I love just talking to distant family I have never met. I recently have returned from a trip from my Grandmother Jameson's home in Florida. I was looking for the obituary of Thomas Jameson, but did not find a copy unfortunately. I did find a few new (old) pictures that I wanted to share when I was down there. Also I have received a couple pictures from Tom Jameson and Trudy McGuire that I need to share. A number of the pictures are marked 'Jameson Art Gallery, Ironton, Ohio', so some of these may not be new to you Tom. When you get a chance Tom, give me some history on your Dad and his photography. Some of these pictures will be added to our cover page.

Margaret Vestilla (Jameson) Vaughn, Bessie Elvira (Jameson) Wolcott, Mary Emaline (Sears) Jameson, taken 1885

-A few interesting notes on this picture; by the time this picture was taken, Margaret had already been married and had had her first two children. She was living with her family in Michigan and must have been visiting Deshler when the picture was taken. This is a original copy of the photo.

top: Jennie Leuretta (Walker) Jameson, Claudia A. (Frent) Jameson; bottom: Karis Mildred (Jameson) Whitmer McCutchen, Carl Woodward Jameson, Hugh Edward Jameson, Grace Laverne (Jameson) Newcomer, and Lloyd Clell Jameson- taken 1904

-A few interesting notes on this picture; this was taken shortly after Charles William Jameson and Claudia married. Most likely Charles was taking the picture.

Margaret Vestilla (Jameson) Vaughn, Carl Woodward Jameson, and Claude Erle Jameson about 1870

Cecil Welby Jameson Family and home about 1940 (or before) Toledo, Oh

-A interesting note on this picture; I would love to identify his children and their spouses, but I have no other pictures on this line at this time

Carl Woodward Jameson at Thomas Jameson's former home in Morgan County

Charles William Jameson and Carl Woodward Jameson

Frederick Bertram Jameson and Carl Woodward Jameson

-A interesting note on these two pictures; In both of these pictures, Carl is definitely marked as being on the right; my Grandmother thought that both of these gentleman on the left were Walker's men. I compared them to other pictures and labeled the gentlemen on the left as I thought who they appear to be from other photos in my collection. If I am incorrect please let me know. I am almost sure they are both Jameson men and as marked above.

Hugh Edward Jameson, Lloyd Clell Jameson, and Robert Berg Jameson take about 1910

Tom Jameson sent me another copy of this same picture from his collection a few months back.

Hugh Edward Jameson,  Jennie Leuretta (Walker) Jameson, and baby Robert Berg Jameson taken 1906

Hugh Edward Jameson, Robert Berg Jameson, and Jennie Leuretta (Walker) Jameson taken about 1910

Hugh Edward Jameson and Robert Berg Jameson taken 1907 North Robinson, Ohio

I believe to be Robert Berg Jameson, could be my Grandfather, Richard Lee Jameson

Tom, what do you think? They are interchangeable. Marking is by from you dad's photo work?

Tom's answer "I'd vote for your grandfather. It doesn't look
like any of the pictures of my dad at that age, and I have never seen a
copy of it in my dad's picture collection."

I would have to settle on this is Richard Lee Jameson about 1928

Richard Lee Jameson and Jennie Leuretta (Walker) Jameson taken 1929

Hugh Edward Jameson and Richard Lee Jameson at home in Jackson, MI taken about 1939

Avis Pearl Jameson, Jennie Leuretta (Walker), Lois Ashley Jameson; curiosity of Thomas A Jameson's collect

This is truly a one of a kind picture. These two little angels died shortly after this picture was taken. I do believe this may be the only picture of Avis and Lois to still be in existence.

Nellie Melvina (Jameson) Vorhies; curiosity of Trudy K. McGuire (I am sorry, I don't know if you have a married last name.)

Upcoming projects:

With my success from finding a number of the descendant's of Nellie (Jameson) Vorhies, I plan to post all of my genealogy list of family's on the blog. I also plan to complete my story on Ansley Sears and Thomas Jameson relationship as per the Civil War letters as I had listed before. I also plan to add a complete (as much as I can genealogy page to each family. Please feel free to contact me, to correct me! I also am going to apply for a number of marriage and death certificates through the state of Ohio. I also will continue on working to getting a copy of Thomas Jameson's obituary if it does exist.



Finding "Georgia Vorhees of Seelysburg"

I have wanted the write this blog for sometime now. Tonight I introduce you to one of the long lost or left behind lines of our family. As exhibit 'A' (below), I give you my starting point with my research of this family. The page Hugh E. Jameson left my family, was all I had to start my research. Thank god for the internet. 

A page from Hugh E. Jameson's genealogy

I have posted on William H. Jameson in a past blog. I have also touched on the three oldest children of William H. Jameson and Mary Jane (Shuster) Jameson. I leave Mary Jane Shuster and Elza Elmer Jameson for future posts. Tom Jameson has answered where Seelysburg, Ohio was in a comment. Now to Georgia...

So, who was Georgia (Jameson) Vorhees? A quick answer; she is a case of an incorrect name. The truth is, she is Nellie M. (Jameson) Vorhies of Malta Township, Morgan County, Ohio. The best I can tell, no one has put together this families genealogy together before. Now to her genealogy and a few pictures and newspaper clippings to add. One last note; in the recent sent letter from Tom Jameson, that was attached to my last blog, Cecil W. Jameson got her name correct. She was his first cousin.

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Nellie Melvina Jameson (daughter of William H. and Mary Jane (Shuster) Jameson) born 04 Apr 1882 in Manchester Township, Morgan County, Ohio; she died 28 Dec 1978 in McConnelsville, Morgan County, Ohio; she was buried in McConnelsville Cemetery, McConnelsville, Morgan County, Ohio; she married Arthur Presley Vorhies (son on Presley D. and Mary P. Wallace) on 17 Dec 1904 in Morgan County, Ohio; he was born 09 Oct 1883 in Seneca Township, Noble County, Ohio; he died 03 Jan 1968 in Stockport, Morgan County, Ohio; buried 05 Jan 1968 in McConnelsville Cemetery, McConnelsville, Morgan County, Ohio

The obituary of Arthur Presley Vorhies

Children of Nellie and Arthur Vorhies:

Presely Elmer Vorhies- born 16 Jul 1905

Elza Herbert Vorhies- born 23 Jan 1907

John A. Vorhies- born 12 Apr 1909

Mary Lucille Vorhies- born 1913

Ila May Vorhies- born 13 May 1915

Roy James Vorhies- born 08 Nov 1918

Edna M. Vorhies- born 19 Jan 1921

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Presley Elmer Vorhies born 16 Jul 1905 in Penn Township, Morgan County, Ohio; died 19 Dec 1979 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio; buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Marion Township, Morgan County, Ohio; married Devonna E. Stone 25 Dec 1943 in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi; they divorced Nov 1948 in Morgan County, Ohio; he than married Mardene Jeannette Drake (daughter of James Clarence and Ruth Jeannette (Tompkins) Drake); she was born 30 Mar 1920 in Violet Township, Fairfield County, Ohio; she died 26 Oct 2000 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

notes on Presley:

Presley appears to have had no children with either of his wives. He appears to have been a highly decorated U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He married his first wife when in training before leaving for Europe and was divorced shortly after coming home.

For those who care, Mardene is a descendant of Capt Robert Sears and Eleanor Dallas via; James Clarence Drake to his mother, Olive Josephine Sears daughter of, James Daniel Sears son of, Thomas M. Sears son of, Capt Robert Sears and Eleanor Dallas.

Elza Herbert Vorhies born 23 Jan 1907 in Meigs Township, Muskingum County, Ohio; died 28 Feb 1966 in Malta Township, Morgan County, Ohio; buried 03 Mar 1966 in Pisgah Cemetery, McConnelsville, Morgan County, Ohio; married Adda Laura Dailey (daughter of George W. and Elizabeth (Stevens) Dailey) 06 Apr 1929 in Morgan County, Ohio; she was born 13 Aug 1907 in East Bloom, Bloom Township, Morgan County, Ohio; she died 26 Oct 1984 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio; buried in Pisgah Cemetery, McConnelsville, Morgan County, Ohio.

Obituary of Elza H. Vorhies

notes on Elza:

Elza was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II



Child of Elza and Laura Vorhies:

Clifford Darrel Vorhies- born 15 Jul 1934

John A. Vorhies born 12 Apr 1909 in Meigs Township, Muskingum County, Ohio; died 28 Feb 1966 in Marietta, Washington County, Ohio; married 05 May 1949 to Bernice Scott

notes on John:

John was a veteran from the Ohio Army National Guard. Ohio Death Index list him a single, farmer, divorced, with no dependants. He was listed as cremated, no burial. I do not believe he had any children

Mary Lucille Vorhies born 1913 in Meigs Township, Muskingum County, Ohio; died 16 Apr 1988 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio; buried Malta Cemetery, Malta Township, Morgan County, Ohio; married Raymond Carlos Hosom, Sr. (son of Carlos A. and Blanche C. (Miller) Hosom) 15 Mar 1929 in Morgan County, Ohio; he was born 10 Sep 1907 in Windsor Township, Noble County, Ohio; died 26 Jul 1969 Marietta, Washington County, Ohio; buried 30 Jul 1969 Malta Cemetery, Malta Township, Morgan County, Ohio

marriage announcement of Mary L. Vorhies and Raymond C. Hosom

Grave site of Mary L. Hosom and Raymond C. Hosom, Malta Cemetery

obituary of Raymond C. Hosom

Children of Mary and Raymond Hosom:

Joan Hosom- born 1929

Raymond Carlos Hosom, Jr- born 29 Jul 1931

Roy V. Hosom- born 09 Mar 1936

Rex O. Hosom- born 09 Mar 1936

Jerry D. Hosom- born 20 May 1941

Barbara J. Hosom- born 01 Oct 1943

Carlos Arthur Hosom- born 05 Oct 1947

Debra K. Hosom- born 1954


Ila May Vorhies born 13 May 1915 in Meigs Township, Muskingum County, Ohio; died 03 Jul 2007 in McConnelsville, Morgan County, Ohio; Chesterhill Cemetery, Chesterhill, Morgan County, Ohio; she married James Ridley Stobart, Jr. (son of James Ridley and Harriet Nizetta (Grubb) Ridley); he was born 08 Oct 1908 in Meigs County, Ohio; he died 09 Jun 1971 in Chesterhill, Morgan County, Ohio; buried 12 Jun 1971 in Chesterhill Cemetery, Chesterhill, Morgan County, Ohio

Obituary of James Ridley Stobart, Jr.



Children of Ila and James Stobart:
Dorothy Stobart- born ?
James Arthur Stobart- born 1941
William Michael Stobart- born 06 May 1943
Mary Ann Stobart- born 16 Jan 1944
Harold Eugene Stobart- born 20 May 1947
Nancy J. Stobart- born 31 Dec 1949
Glenda J. Stobart- born 29 Apr 1953


Roy James Vorhies born 08 Nov 1917 in Morgan County, Ohio; died 05 May 1996 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio; buried Obetz Cemetery, Obetz, Franklin County, Ohio; married Dorothy Jean Miller (daughter of William Branson and Myrtle (Fulton) Miller) 04 Oct 1957 in Richmond, Wayne Township, Wayne County, Indiana; they divorced 24 Sep 1974 In Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio; she was born 20 May 1921 in Malta Township, Morgan County, Ohio; she died 10 Oct 1985 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio; he then married Ruby H. Little 08 Jan 1976 in Franklin County, Ohio; she was born 03 Jun 1928.

notes on Roy Vorhies:
Roy was a veteran from the U.S. Army in World War II. He never had children.

marriage announcement of Roy J. Vorhies

Roy J. Vorhies on the right

grave of Roy J. Vorhies



Edna M. Vorhies born 19 Jan 1921 in Meigs Township, Muskingum County, Ohio; she married David Lawrence McGuire (son of David Dunbar and Mary Leota (Boggs) McGuire); he was born 28 Apr 1920 in Lawrence County, Kentucky; he died 11 Jun 1967 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio; buried Glen Rest Memorial Estates, Reynoldsburg, Franklin County, Ohio.

notes on Edna:
David had two children from his first marriage. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army of World War II

Grave of David L. McGuire

Children of Edna and David McGuire:
Larry Steven McGuire- born 25 Sep 1950
Trudy K. McGuire- born 10 Jan 1952

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Clifford Darrel Vorhies born 15 Jul 1934; he married Rita Duskey in 1958.

Clifford D. Vorhies military announcement



Children of Clifford and Rita Vorhies:
Jeffrey Kent Vorhies- born 06 Feb 1965
Julie Anne Vorhies- born 22 Apr 1968

Joan Hosom born abt 1929 in Malta Township, Morgan County, Ohio; married Harold C. Raines; he was born 09 Jul 1929

Raymond Carlos Hosom, Jr. born 28 Jul 1931; died 25 Jun 2000 in Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio; buried Hallsville Cemetery, Colerain Township, Ross County, Ohio; married Patsey A. Moler 29 Sep 1972 in Morgan County, Ohio; they divorced 07 Feb 1977 in Morgan County, Ohio; he then married Elva Delores Rhoades (daughter of Charles E. and Irene E. (Mace) Rhoades) on 15 Nov 1981 in Pickaway County, Ohio; she was born 26 Jul 1951 in Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio; died  03 Jun 2007 in Chilllicothe, Ross County, Ohio; buried in Hallsville Cemetery, Colerain Township, Ross County, Ohio

Children of Raymond and Elva Hosom:
Scott Hosom- born ?


Roy V. Hosom born 09 Mar 1936; married Ada Mae Cunningham (daughter of Delmar and Ethel Cunningham) in 1953 in Pleasants County, West Virginia; she was born 25 Sep 1937 in Pinch, Kanawha County, West Virginia; died 08 Dec 2005 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio; buried 12 Dec 2005 in Malta Cemetery, Malta Township, Morgan County, Ohio

Children of Roy and Ada Hosom:
Roy Eugene Hosom- born 07 Jun 1954
Karen S. Hosom- born 26 Dec 1956
Jeffrey R. Hosom- born 11 Mar 1960
Randy L. Hosom- born 10 Aug 1962
Brenda Kay Hosom- born 22 Apr 1966
Lisa A. Hosom- born 15 Aug 1970

obituary of Randy L. Hosom

Rex O. Hosom- born 09 Mar 1936


Jerry D. Hosom- born 20 May 1941


Barbara J. Hosom born 01 Oct 1943; married John R. Raney; he was born 31 Jul 1935

Children of Barbara and John Raney:
Larry E. Raney- born ?
Roger A. Raney- born ?
Kathy S. Raney- born ?

Carlos Arthur Hosom born 05 Oct 1947; died 02 Mar 1999 in New Lexington, Perry County, Ohio; married Marie E. unknown; then married Rita Durst on 16 Apr 1974 in Perry County, Ohio.


Debra K. Hosom born abt 1954; married Charles D. Talbott


Dorothy Stobart married unknown Loeffler


James Arthur Stobart born 1941; died 08 Jun 1952 Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio; buried 10 Jun 1952 in Chesterhill Cemetery, Chesterhill, Morgan County, Ohio

obituary of James A. Hosom

William Michael Stobart born 06 May 1943


Mary Ann Stobart born 16 Jan 1944; married Jerry E. Pettit; he was born 28 Nov 1939


Harold Eugene Stobart born 20 May 1947, Glouster, Athens County, Ohio; died 07 Jan 2007 in Leesburg, Lake County, Florida; married Nancy Stewer

Children of Harold and Nancy Stobart:
Holly Stobart- born ?
Travis Stobart- born ?
Heidi Stobart- born ?


Nancy J. Stobart born 31 Dec 1949; married Derek T. Pettit; he was born 03 Sep 1945 in Athens County, Ohio; died 21 May 2001 in Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio

Children of Nancy and Derek Pettit:
Connie S. Pettit- born 05 Feb 1971
Thomas S. Pettit- born 1974


Glenda J. Stobart born 29 Apr 1953 in Ohio; died 09 Jun 1979 in Amesville, Athens County, Ohio


Larry Steven McGuire born 25 Sep 1950 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio; died 14 Apr 2009 in Pataskala, Licking County, Ohio; married a Linda Lee unknown


Trudy K. McGuire born 10 Jan 1952 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio

Tom's Got Some Great Questions On The Jameson's Of Ohio

Tom Jameson and I almost daily send emails back and forth. Lately Tom's been hitting me with some great questions, none of which I have the answers. I wanted to post a few here to see if we might pick up some leads. Please email me or Tom if you have anything that might help on any of these questions. It's fine if anyone might want to only comment, that might start a lead at least. Any bit of help is better then none...

Skip Traggorth- traggorth@hotmail.com
Tom Jameson- tajameson@juno.com


Question #1
Thomas Jameson's wife, Mary Emaline (Sears) Jameson, remarried after the death of Thomas. The second husband treated her poorly and their marriage ended shortly after. We do not have any names or dates on this marriage- can anyone help?

-added information; Thomas Jameson (her first husband) died 05 Sep 1877; Mary died 05 Aug 1894. The second marriage would have taken place between these dates. Mary's obituary does not state anything of the second marriage, but does list that she died in the town of Deshler, Henry County, Ohio. Thomas and Mary's farm was located just inside the Wood County line. This marriage would have most likely taken place in either Henry, Wood, or even possibley Hancock County, Ohio

Question #2
Agnes Jameson, the oldest daughter of Thomas and Mary (Sears) Jameson was born 11 Jul 1858 in Manchester Township, Morgan County, Ohio. In Thomas Jameson's journal (which Tom has), Thomas Jameson lists Agnes as her date of death as 19 Oct 1859. Joy (Dangler) Rayle has told to us that the cause of death had something to do with a fire. Joy had been told this by her mother, Prudence (Jameson) Dangler. -anyone know anything more about this?

-added information; It is unknown where Agnes Jameson was buried. We must be careful that we do not confuse Thomas and Mary's, Agnes, with her aunt; William and Mary (Haggerty) Jameson's, Agnes, who died 18 Oct 1857 in Manchester Township, Morgan County, Ohio. The aunt is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery and does have a headstone.

Question #3
Robert B. Jameson had wrote a letter to his uncle, Cecil W. Jameson about the early history of William Jameson (i.e., his occupation and where William lived before coming to Ohio) Cecil wrote back, dated 1931, stating that William 'first worked as a master mechanic in a rolling mill in or near Richmond, Virginia'. We know that William lived in Ellicott Mills/City (Thistle), Baltimore County, Maryland as early as 1830 as per the U.S. census records. -when and where was his arrival to the USA? -where in Richmond, Virginia was this factory that he worked at?

-added information; it is recorded that William married Mary (Haggerty) Jameson in Baltimore County, Maryland on 01 Jul 1828 (according to the Baltimore County Marriage Records). They had their first child, William H. Jameson, 06 Apr 1829 in Thistle, Baltimore County, Maryland. So, he would have lived in Maryland by at least 1828. William was born on 23 Mar 1792 in Whittingehame, East Lothian, Edinburgh County, Scotland. Most likely, he would have been in Richmond sometime between 1810 and 1827.

Part of the letter from Cecil W. Jameson to Robert B. Jameson; from the collection of Thomas A. Jameson