Hillbillies & Vikings

This site is focused broadly on all descendants of John Denboe, an indentured servant who came to the Crown Colony of Maryland in about the year 1664. Also, it maintains a special emphasis on the descendants of John Denbow (1797-1862) and his brother Bazeleel (1795-1857), early pioneers in the hills of Southeastern Ohio, as well as the descendants of Jón Jónsson (1841-1934) of Dalasýsla, Iceland, who was an Icelandic immigrant to Canada and now has progeny throughout North America.

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51	.U.S. Census 1850, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Goshen Township, page 505, Dwelling No. 408, taken 26 August 1850. The name Marian is sometimes seen as Mary Ann . She and her husband, John Eberhardt, and children were all listed as having been born in Ohio. John is listed as a laborer with real estate valued at $75. Mary Ann and her family are living in the same county and township as her Mother, Julian Sharp Merryman, and her sister, Sarah Jane Sharp Walker. Marian and John have two children: Margaret J.?,female, age 2; and Charles M.?, male age 1/12.	Sharp, Marian (I3858)
52	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Living (I1084)
53	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Living (I3313)
54	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Living (I5382)
55	1850 & 1860 census and deeds in Madison Co., MO, her maiden name may be Vandergraft. Witness Role: Principal 2: [I3] Mary VANDERGRIFT	Vandergrift, Mary (I3)
56	1850 Census at 147/147 said: Thomas Dillon 21 m.Farmer O. Mary 26 f. Md. Thomas 6 m. O. Minerva 2 f. O. James Dillon 74m. None Md. Witness Role: Neighbor: [I1552] Thomas DILLON	Dillon, Thomas (I1552)
57	1850 Census at 150/150 said: Vincent Denbow, 31, m., Farmer Md.; Perlina, 23, f. O.; Nancy, 5, f. O.; Jane, 1, f., O. Witness Role: Principal 2: [I1464] Perlina Jane CLINE Witness Role: Head of Household: [I1444] Vincent DENBOW	Denbow, Vincent (I1444)
58	1850 Census at 150/150 said: Vincent Denbow, 31, m., Farmer Md.; Perlina, 23, f. O.; Nancy, 5, f. O.; Jane, 1, f., O. Witness Role: Principal: [I1444] Vincent DENBOW Witness Role: Principal 2: [I1464] Perlina Jane CLINE Witness Role: Head of Household: [I1444] Vincent DENBOW	Cline, Perlina Jane (I1464)
59	1850 Census at 170/170 said: James Denbow 26 m. Shoemaker 150 Md. Rebecca 16 f. O. Witness Role: Neighbor: [I1190] James DENBOW	Denbow, James (I1190)
60	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Living (I5332)
61	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Living (I5392)
62	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Living (I5334)
63	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Living (I5383)
64	36 Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Co. H.	Sharp, Benjamin (I3805)
65	36 Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Co. H.	Sharp, Benjamin (I3805)
66	4388 DUBLIN RD. COLUMBUS, OHIO 43220	Cherry, LeRoy Byron (I5377)
67	; a substitute for William Lashley, of Beaver Twp, Noble County, 16 District.	Toland, John Watkins D.D. (I5118)
68	; at Canp Chase. Witness Role: Principal 2: [I5118] John Watkins TOLAND	Toland, John Watkins D.D. (I5118)
69	; at Tod Barracks. Witness Role: Principal 2: [I5118] John Watkins TOLAND	Toland, John Watkins D.D. (I5118)
70	; regiment mustered in 10 Aug 1863	Toland, John Watkins D.D. (I5118)
71	; regiment mustered in 9 May 1864 at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio.	Toland, John Watkins D.D. (I5118)
72	The history of Darke County, Ohio, containing a history of the county; its cities, towns, etc.; general and local statistics; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; by W. H. Beers & Co. According to this history of Darke County, Ohio: "In the summer of 1808, John Devor purchased from the United States the half-section of land which had been the site of Ft. Greenville, and in conjunction with this son-in-law, Robert Gray, laid out, partly within and partly without the old fort, what may be called the initial part of the present town of Greenville, to which a dozen or more additions have since been made. Their town plat was executed and acknowledged on the 14th Day of August, 1808, and sent to Miami County, which then included within its limits the whole of what is now Darke County, for record. On the same day that Devor entered the town half-section, he also entered for his neighbor, John Bonner, of Montgomery County, a halt-section some five miles down the creek below Greenville, and Maj. Murray, of Hamilton, entered the quarter-section on which Fort Jefferson had been built by St. Clair on his ill-starred campaign of 1791. Later in the year, Mr. Studabaker entered the tract on which he settled below Gettysburg. The patents for Bonner's and Studabaker's land were not issued for many years. After the lapse of more than seventy years, it is a matter of considerable difficulty either to state the order in which emigrants arrived in the new settlement, or even anything that would specify all who did come. It is also, at this day, a matter of considerable uncertainty, if ascertained at all, to find out when what subsequently became, by legislative enactment, Darke County, was organized as a civil township of Miami County. This much is known, that the new settlement was re-enforced by the arrival, in 1808, of Thomas McGrinnis and family from what was yet the new State of Tennessee, and Barnabas Burns, who was married to the mother of the wife of McGrinnis, who was a native of either North or South Carolina, but emigrated to Ohio from Tennessee. Both became land-owners on the west side of Mud Creek, between Greenville and the Prophet's town, as the Indian village was called, to which allusion has been made in these pages. The same year, or early in 1809, came Enos Terry, afterward an Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and entered the quarter-section northeast of the town, and laid off upon it another town plat, also called Greenville, that, subsequently to the creation of Darke County, was established as the county seat, but so continued for a brief period. The town site occupied about twenty or twenty-five acres in the northwest corner of the quarter-section. It was then the day of small things ; no man ever built upon or dwelt within the limits of the town. Horatio G. Phillips, of Dayton, purchased two lots, for which he never received a title, but for which he received in lieu a deed in subsequent years of two lots in Devor and Gray's town, to purchase his acquiescence in the measures taken to remove the seat of justice of the county to the other town on the southeast side of the creek. In 1809, came William and Joseph Wilson, from the Little Miami, to which they had emigrated a few years before, from Washington County, in Pennsylvania; both bought land settled north of Greenville, and, both being natives of the holy sod of "Ould Ireland," the name of "Ireland " was given to, and for many years retained by that part of Greenville Township where they were located. William Wilson was located on a quarter-section but half a mile north of the Devor purchase of the site of the old fort, and one mile north of his quarter was the quarter-section of his brother Joseph. Both men had families of children, some quite young and others grown up to manhood. William Wilson died in 1821, and his wife several years afterward. Joseph Wilson sold out in 1826, and, with his family, sons and daughters then grown up and married, emigrated to the West, somewhere, to "grow up with the country." Not very long after Devor and Gray had laid off the town of Greenville, probably within a year. Gray disposed of his interest in the newly laid-out town, and the residue of the half-section in which it was situated, to his aunt, Mis. Rachel Armstrong, then a widow with four young children — the eldest not ten years old — who, with her family, removed to and settled in Greenville, about the close of 1809. Devor, the other proprietor, still continued to reside in the county of Montgomery. Mrs. Armstrong, with her nephew, William Devor, a son of the co-proprietor, who came and resided as a member of her family with her; both died of a disease called the "cold plague,'' in January, 1812. Mrs. Armstrong's children were then taken in charge by her relatives in Warren and Hamilton counties; one of them, Samuel Armstrong, born in February, 1806, yet survives, unmarried and keeping bachelor's hall, at Walnut Hills, Hamilton County.	Devor, John (I1511)
73	Cornelius Vorhis (Voorhees) & Elizabeth Ann Large By Marfy Goodspeed posted at: I had a hard time finding Cornelius Voorhees in the records. That’s probably because he went west before census records got really detailed. Actually, Vorhis, as his name was frequently spelled, was quite a restless fellow. He was born in Alexandria Township [in New Jersey] in 1809 to Cornelius Voorhees, Sr. and Martha Debon. About 1830 he married Elizabeth Ann Large (1810-1864), daughter of Ebenezer Large of the Quakertown family. Cornelius and Elizabeth had a son, Van Rensalear Voorhees, in 1831. In 1837, they bought a lot in Milford from Cornelius’ brother Charles, but in 1840 they were living in Readington Township. That was the year they got their chance to try out real farming. The assignees of John S. Rockafellow of Raritan Township were putting his farm of 127+ acres on the market. Cornelius was the highest bidder, offering $3,962.79 for it. The farm that was sold to him on March 30, 1840 was bordered by Joakim Hill on the south and east, Matthias Bellis and “the road” [i.e., Route 31] on the east, Gershom C. Sergeant on the north, and Elijah Carman and David W. Bellis on the west. 5 This farm was located just east of the old Carman farm with Johanna Farms Road running along its northerly border. A nice piece of ground, as they say, but it did not suit Cornelius. After eleven years, he advertised it for sale in the Hunterdon Gazette, describing it as a farm of “127.5 acres more or less -- one hundred acres of which is arable land, which has partly been lately limed, and a good proportion being meadow. The Farm is in a good state of cultivation, divided into nine fields, enclosed with good fences; and having two streams of never-failing water passing through it. . . . It lies on the great Copper range, and ore has been found in considerable quantities thereon. The improvements consist of a comfortable Dwelling-House, Barn, Hovel, Wagon-house, and other out-buildings. There is a good well of lasting water at the door ? also three perpetual springs near at hand. There is an Apple Orchard and other fruit trees on the place.” As you can see from the map (above), the house was connected to the Trenton-Ringoes Road, not to the Carman-Hoagland Road. 6 Despite its sterling qualities, the farm was not sold until 1854. The purchasers were brothers Leonard P. Kuhl and William B. Kuhl, who paid a handsome $5,856.65 for the 127+ acres. 7 About this time, and possibly earlier, Cornelius and Elizabeth Vorhis had moved to Deerfield, Indiana with their children. But things did not go well there. Perhaps Mr. Voorhees should have heeded his own words when he described the farm he had left -- “its location is one unusually healthy.” That was not what he found in his new home. On November 14, 1854, only a few months after leaving New Jersey, Cornelius Voorhees died “after a painful illness of eleven days.” 8 He was only 45 years old. An infant daughter died about the same time. His widow Elizabeth Ann and their son Van Rensalear Large Vorhis survived. With a name like that, I suspect that the son relied on his initials. A certain “V. L. Vorhis” went back to Raritan Township sometime after his father’s death, where he met and married in 1858, Nancy Coates, granddaughter of Sarah Carman Coates and grandniece of Elijah Carman. The Vorhis couple stayed in Raritan Township for a time before moving back out to Indiana, perhaps following the death of his mother Elizabeth Ann in 1864.	Family: Cornelius Vorhis / Elizabeth Large (F1941)
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75	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Living (I1)
76	A certificate of baptism for Frederick (s. of Fred and Anna Gigax, b.31 March 1844) gives as parents Anna Gilgen of Riieggisberg (it may be Rueggisberg--spelling unclear) and Frederick Gigax, s. of Jacob of Bleienbach. Jacob Gigax is a witness, b. of the father.Thisinforamtion is from a chart given to Russell Arndts by Ruth It appears that Frederick and Hannah came to the USA in 1851. Thelast child recorded to have been born in Switzerland is Sophia (b.1851). The chart gave her name as: Hannah (Anna) B. Gigax.	Gilgen, Anna B. (I2000)
77	A certificate of baptism for Frederick, b.31 March 1844, gives his parents as Anna Gilgen of Riieggisberg (it may be Rueggisberg -- spelling unclear) and Frederick Gigax, s. of Jacob of Bleienbach. Jacob Gigax is a witness, b. of the son. This inforamtion is from a chart given to Russell Arndts by a woman named Ruth. It appears that Frederick and Hannah came to the USA in 1851. The last child recorded to have been born in Switzerland is Sophia (b.1851). After coming the the USA, the spelling of the last name was changed in this branch of the family from GYGAX to GIGAX. Other branches maintained the Old World spelling.	Gigax, Frederick (I1979)
78	a coal miner by trade. At one time he worked for the Berwind-White Coal Company in Somerset County, Pa.	Doney, Gerson Jr. (I1578)
79	a farmer, according to this census. He apparently was a farmer all of his life and continued farming even after he became a school teacher. He farmed	Egger, George Solomon (I1724)
80	a house at Witness Role: Principal 2: [I5360] Merle Harleigh BARTON	Barton, Merle Harleigh (I5360)
81	a member of four different Ohio regiments during the Civil War, here is a link to his full military and pension files: https://ln.sync.com/dl/8eb07d770/6yrydhyv-e49cnaqc-aydpxch5-mtczq2ww Witness Role: Principal 2: [I5118] John Watkins TOLAND	Toland, John Watkins D.D. (I5118)
82	a night foreman at Warren P. Simpson Co.	Koetz, John Wesley (I2721)
83	A note on a piece of stationery in the Tadsen family Bible in possession of Kathryn Tadsen Sharp indicates that Engel is the motherof Lorence Lorenzen. Tombstone in Lakeview Cemetery in Port Clinton, Ohio, reads "Engel Lorenzen, November 12, 1821, April 17, 1911." Certificate of Death. County of Ottawa. Village of Port Clinton. Registration District No. 981, File No. 9, Primary Registration District No. 3039. Full Name, Engel Christina Lorenzen; Sex, female; Color, white; Date of Birth, November 12,1821; Age: 89 years, 5 months, 5 days; Single, Married, Widowed, Or Divorced, widowed; Birthplace, Germany; Occupation, Housewife; Name of father, Mr.Johansen; Birthplace of father, Germany; Maiden name of mother, not known, Mrs. Johansen; Birthplace of Mother, Germany. The above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief. Informant, Ebka Lorenzen; Address, Port Clinton, Ohio. Filed April 20,1911, J. A. Singler, Registrar. Medical Certificate of Death. Date ofDeath, April 17, 1911. I hereby certify that I attended the deceased from October 10 to April 15, 1911, that I last saw her alive on April 15, 1911 and that death occurred, on the date stated above, at 8 a.m.The cause of death was as follows: Capilary Bronchitis; duration 14 days. Contributory, dilation of heart; duration, 1 year. Paul de laBarre M. D. April 20, 1911; Address, Port Clinton. Place of Burial or removal, Lakeview; Date of burial, April 20, 1911; Undertaker, R.Gerner, Address, Port Clinton, Ohio. U.S. Census 1880, Ottawa County, Ohio, Port Clinton, Enumeration Date 11 June 1880, Page 417D, Dwelling No. 180, Family No. 195, Lorenzen, Angel, white, female, 58, widowed, keeping house, POB Schleswig, POBF Schleswig, POBM Schleswig (for the rest of the family all birthplaces are Schleswig); Epke,white, male 27, son, single, laborer; Lorence, white, male, 23, son, single, laborer; Frederick, white, male, 17, single, laborer; Amelia, white, female, 15, daughter.	Johansen, Engel Christina (I2553)
84	A paper in Thomas Sharp Estate File, Vinton County, Ohio was signed Samuell Notestine, Mineral City, Sept. 22,1881.	Notestine, Samuel (I3298)
85	a post office employee and during part of his career he worked on post office trains sorting mail enroute. He lived in Pittsburgh.	Gigax, John Frederick (I1985)
86	a Roman Catholic and attended St. Peter's Catholic Church, Columbia	Barton, David Michael (I5839)
87	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Living (I4961)
88	A text from Arne said: "He died at 2:48 AM on the 27th. I visited him at about 4:30 PM on the 26th. He said, I don't want to wake up tomorrow. We said the Lord's Prayer together. He was more than ready." Another text from Arne: Paul Vischer, his nephew, was with him when he died. Paul said Jón seemed to be having a conversation. He said, "Okay, okay, okay," and then stopped breathing. Witness Role: Witness: [I4961] Paul Jón VISSCHER	Björnson, Jón Gunnar (I427)
89	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Living (I4415)
90	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Living (I308)
91	according the SSDI he was also married, later in life, to a man with the last name of Miller; the SSDI says that she had this last name as of	Barton, Sarah J. (I5956)
92	According to "The Story of Kilgore Goose Run and Mingo" by Iona Albaugh Burrier, "Mary followed in her grandfather's fooststeps" and is buried at Kilgore. I suppose this means she committed suicide.	Hogue, Mary (I2340)
93	According to 1870 census, this man was living with Benjamin and Elisabeth at that time. Witness Role: Principal 2: [I4739] Benjamin SCOTT	Barnes, Thomas (I4747)
94	According to 1870 census, this man was living with Benjamin and Elisabeth at that time. Witness Role: Principal: [I4747] Thomas BARNES Witness Role: Principal 2: [I4739] Benjamin SCOTT	Scott, Benjamin (I4739)
95	According to Carroll County , Ohio, Common Pleas Record (1845-1848) Book D, Pages 709, 710, 711, James and Rebecca Larkins lived in Perry County, Ohio.	Sharp, Rebecca (I3870)
96	According to Carroll County, Ohio, Common Pleas Record (1845-1848) Book D, Pages 709, 710, and 711, Solomon and Kesiah Albaugh lived in Athens County, Ohio.	Sharp, Keziah (I3848)
97	According to Gerson Doney, Sr.’s obituary he was the father of nine children, five sons and four daughters. Witness Role: Principal 2: [I1577] Gerson DONEY	Doney, Gerson Sr. (I1577)
98	According to Harold Frantz in a telephone conversation on 1/16/95,Cindy was married and she is now divorced and lives near Rome, NewYork.	Long, Lucinda (I2879)
99	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Living (I6409)
100	According to his adopted son, Dick Gramlich, Otto "lived his entire life within 3-4 blocks in Bridgeport, Ohio. He worked as a baker about all of his working life. Primarily ran a larger mixer, mixing the dough, similar to a cement mixer. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, flying motorized airplanes, making small items such as a sail boat in a bottle. He also enjoyed visiting all of his brothers and sisters, to include Bob and Romeo who lived around Buffalo, N.Y. He was one of the good guys God puts on the earth, perhaps to counterbalance some of the bad ones. Hooray for dad!!!!!"	Costa, Otto (I909)