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HANKS, HAWLEY, GEARHART, SEITZ,
MATTOX, FUNK -- GENEALOGIES AND FAMILY HISTORIES
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Family Stories |
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Recollections of Pioneer Days in Bloom Township
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Elder Lewis Seitz. |
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In October, 1825, at the age of twenty-three, with my
wife and one child, I removed to my present home (on an adjoining
farm) in Bloom township. The name of Bloom had been suggested
by my brother
John just one year before my arrival, and adopted in 1824 at the
organization of the township. I came from my native county,
Fairfield, into an almost unbroken wilderness of forest trees, with
less than a score of settlers in advance of me. Nearly all who were
here before me had settled along the rich valley of Honey creek.
For two or three years before mine was reared, cabins had begun to
appear in our wilderness.
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 Col
George Adelbert Gearhart
1845 - 1926
A lecturer on the
Circuit Chautauqua:
"His lectures touch the lives and interests of all classes and
conditions of people in every department of human activity."
(from a
lecture flyer).
And, an author, writing
three books listed at
the Library of Congress. |
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 Ed
& Martha Seitz,
Bob & Dorothy Osborn,
Gene & Dottie Seitz
and Milt & Helen Brown
ready for an evening out, until...
The Lasagna Incident
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 Who are these circa 1900 Hawleys?
We have identified Hiram, Ellen and Lillian Hawley, but
need help with the rest of them! |
 Benjamin
Seitz Family
circa 1893 |
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