Scudder Carll JERVIS and Mary Elizabeth PURDY updated

My great-great grandparents

Scudder Carll JERVIS (1823-1907)

 and Mary Elizabeth PURDY (1825-1897) 

Suffolk county, New York

Scudder Carll JERVIS, is the 4th of 8 children born to Joel JARVIS/JERVIS and Elizabeth SMITH.

    b. 24 September 1823 in Suffolk county, New York (in Amityville, most likely).

    d. 31 March 1907 in Copiague, Suffolk, New York 

    buried in Amityville, Suffolk, New York.

    m. 24 December 1847 in Suffolk county, New York to

Mary Elizabeth PURDY, is the 1st of 4 children born to Joshua PURDY and Rebecca SMITH

    b. 11 March 1825 in Suffolk county, New York 
    d. 20 September 1897

    buried in Amityville, Suffolk, New York.

They are the parents of two sons:

1- George Smith JERVIS 

    b. 21 March 1851 in Suffolk county, New York 

    d. 13 July 1927 

    m. 1st 24 September 1873 to Marie Antoinette LOSEE (1849-1891) 

    m. 2nd 21 September 1892 to Alice PRIMROSE (1865-1913)

2- Joshua Purdy JERVIS 

    b. 15 August 1852 Amityville, Suffolk, New York 

    d. 3 January 1939 in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Florida 

    m. 22 November 1876 to Mary Jane MILLER (Joshua and Mary are my great grandparents)

Scudder's middle name, Carll, is the maiden name of his paternal grandmother, Phebe CARLL. He is the 4th out of 8 children for Joel and Elizabeth and the first son.

Mary was the oldest child and only daughter of her parents.

George Smith JERVIS and his first wife, Marie Antoinette LOSEE, were the parents of four children:

1-Fanny Rebecca JERVIS born 26 September 1875 in New York d. 6 April 1899
2-Marie Antoinette "Mary" JERVIS born 1 April 1878 in New York d. 4 October 1952 m. Sidney Holmes SWEEZY
3-Ella JERVIS born 18 December 1879 in New York d. 1952 m. George Augustus BUSE
4-George Scudder JERVIS born 27 April 1885 in Elmhurst, Queens, New York d. May 1961 m. Elizabeth M. WRIGHT

George Smith JERVIS and his second wife, Alice PRIMROSE, were the parents of one child that I know (the 1910 census said she had 2 children with 2 still living):

1- Elsie JERVIS born March 1894 in New York m. Armand MARSHALL. They had at least two daughters: Alice MARSHALL born 1917 and Ruth MARSHALL b. 1921.

1850 US Federal Census Huntington, Suffolk, New York

Scudder C. Jarvis    28    New York    farmer

May                         23    New York

1860 US Federal Census 1st Division 9th Ward Brooklyn, Kings, New York

Schudder Jarvis    36    New York    milkman

Mary                    35    New York

George                  9    New York

Joshua                   8    New York

1870 US Federal Census Huntington, Suffolk, New York

Scudder C. Jarvis    44    New York    farmer

Mary                        42    New York

George S                 19     New York

Joshua P                  18    New York

Elizabeth                 75    New York

Kesiah Ketcham      18    New York

1880 US Federal Census Babylon, Suffolk, New York

Scuder C. Jarvis    56 New York    farmer

Mary                      55    New York

Joshua                    27  New York    works on farm

Mary J                    21    New York

Gracie P.                  1     New York

1900 US Federal Census Babylon Township, Amityville, Suffolk, New York

Scudder C. Jervis    Sept 1823    New York    widower    farmer

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Times Union

Brooklyn, New York

20 August 1891  Thursday  Page 2

    Mrs. Marie A. Jervis wife of ex-Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue, George S. Jervis, died at her residence in Newtown village yesterday morning. She was 41 years of age and was a daughter of the late Cornelius Losee. The interment will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery.

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South Side Signal

Babylon, New York

December 8, 1894  Saturday 

Scudder C. Jervis has also had a building of about the same size [50x12 feet] erected on his property, and will, we learn, engage in the raising of pigeons and Belgian hares.

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Long Islander 

Huntington, New York

September 25, 1897  Saturday 

Mrs. Scudder C. Jervis, of Amityville, who has often visited in this village, died at her home early Tuesday morning. She was a sister of Seth and Jesse Purdy and was 80 years of age. She was a woman of fine character and was much loved and respected by those who knew her. Deceased was an aunt of Albert Purdy, and aunt of the children of the late Gilbert Smith, Town Hill, many of whom now reside in this village. The funeral was held on Thursday at her late home at Amityville.

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The South Side Signal 

Babylon, New York

2 October 1897  Saturday

Amityville

The funeral of Mrs. Scudder C. Jervis, of East Amityville, took place on Thursday last from the late home of the deceased, and was very largely attended by sorrowing relatives and neighbors. Mrs. Jervis was a daughter of the late Joshua Purdy, and a sister of Messrs. Seth Platt and Jesse Purdy. She is survived by a husband and two sons--Joshua P. Jervis, of this village, and George Jarvis, of Maspeth, Queens County. Mrs. Jervis was a true woman--devoted to her wifely and motherly duties, and a kind neighbor and a friend as well. She will be much missed and sincerely mourned.

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The Brooklyn Daily Times

Brooklyn, New York

Tue. Apr 02,1907  Page 8

COPIAGUE,  April 2.--Scudder C. Jervis, a native and life-long resident of these parts, died Sunday at the home of his son, George Jervis, from a paralytic stroke, aged 83 years. The deceased was a son of the late Joel and Mary Purdy Jervis. The latter died about fifteen years ago at the advanced age of 101 years [she was 100 and 6 months], while the former, who also lived to a great age [he was 73], passed away many years previous. Joel Jervis was a for a long period a Justice of the Peace of the town of Huntington, and his name appears very frequently in the records of the old township. Scudder Jervis served for a number of years as Assessor, but otherwise never sought office. He was a life-long Democrat and a man of firm convictions and true to his ideals. He is survived by two sons, Joshua P. and George Jervis. The funeral took place at the home of the latter at 2 P.M. to-day.

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The Brooklyn Daily Eagle 

Brooklyn, New York

April 1, 1907

 Scudder C. Jervis
(Special to the Eagle)
     Copiague, L. I., April 1--Scudder C. Jervis, whose forefathers settled here prior to the Revolutionary days, and whose father was justice of the peace for a long period after the War of 1812, died yesterday at the home of his son, George Jervis, aged 83 years. The mother of the deceased, a member of the well-known Purch [sic] family, died some sixteen years ago in her 101st year. Mr. Jervis was a lifelong Democrat, and was for a number of years an assessor of the town. Two sons, Joshua P. and George Jervis, survive him.

[Purch should says Purdy]

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Long Islander 

Huntington, New York

5 April 1907  Friday 

Scudder C. Jervis, an uncle of Mrs. Alonzo Conklin, of this village, died at Copiague, near Babylon, Sunday at the ripe age of 83 years, from a paralytic stroke. Deceased was the son of the late Joel and Mary Purdy Jervis, the latter dying about fifteen years ago at the advanced age of 101 years. Joel Jervis was for a long time a justice of the peace in the town of Huntington and his name appears very often in the records of the old township. Deceased is survived by two sons, Joshua P. and George Jervis. The funeral services were held at his late home at 2 p.m. Tuesday.

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The South Side Signal 

Babylon, New York

6 April 1907 Saturday

Copiague.
Scudder Carll Jervis, a native and life long resident of this place, died on Sunday morning at the home of his son George S. Jervis, in his 84th year. Death followed an illness of some week's duration, a paralytic stroke being the direct cause of his demise. The deceased was a son of the late 'Squire Joel Jervis, for forty years an official of the old town of Huntington. In his younger days he was for a few years engaged in the milk trade in Brooklyn and later lived at Huntington for a short time. Nearly all of his long life was spent in this vicinity, where he pursued the avocation of a farmer. A Democrat in politics, he served a term or two as an assessor but was never very prominent in the affairs of his party.
   "Along the cool sequestered vale of life.
    He pursued the even tenor of his way."
Honest in all his dealings, square in every transaction he rounded out a long and useful life and passed away beloved and respected by all who knew him. Two sons, George S. and Joshua P. Jervis survive him. The funeral took place from the home of his son on Tuesday and the remains were laid to rest.
    "Good neighbor, fare thee well."

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Suffolk County News 

Sayville, New York  

21 June 1907  Friday 

Will of Scudder C. Jervis, of Amityville, leaves an estate of $10,400, of which $10,000 is real estate, which is given to his sons, Joshua P. Jervis and George S. Jervis and to his grandchildren.

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Times Union

Brooklyn, New York

16 January 1913  page 12

JERVIS--At Maspeth, N. Y., on January 15, 1913. ALICE JERVIS (nee Primrose), beloved wife of George S. Jervis, in her forty-seventh year.

Funeral services at her late residence, Grand st., Maspeth, on Friday evening at 8 o'clock. 

Interment at convenience of family.

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The Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Brooklyn, New York

15 July 1927 Friday  Page 16

JERVIS--Suddenly at Ocean City, N. J. on July 13, 1927, GEORGE S. JERVIS, beloved father of Marie A. Swezey, Ella Buse, Elsie A. Marshall and George Jervis, former resident  of Maspeth, L. I. Funeral service at the Chapel of Reinhold A. Skelton, 47 Broadway, Elmhurst, N. Y., on Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Interment Mt. Olivet Cemetery.

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The Standard Union

Brooklyn, New York

15 July 1927, Friday  Page 7

George S. Jervis Dies In Ocean City

     George S. Jervis, ex-secretary to ex-Borough President Joseph Cassidy of Queens and well known in Queens real estate circles, died yesterday at Ocean City, N.J.  He is survived by three daughters and one son.
     Funeral  services will be held Sunday afternoon at the Skelton, Funeral Parlor, 47 Broadway, Elmhurst. The Rev. Frederick S. Griffin, pastor of St. Flavia's R. C. Church, in Maspeth, Queens, will preside at the ceremonies. Interment will follow in Mount Olivet Cemetery.

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Mary Elizabeth (PURDY) JERVIS

Scudder Carll Jervis

Mary Elizabeth Purdy Jervis

George and Joshua (I think the one sitting is Joshua)

This photo is from newspapers.com from The Brooklyn Daily Times dated Sat, Jan 04, 1902 ·Page 13

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John Henry RIDDLEBAUGH, Jr. and Almeda Elvira WISELEY updated

John Henry RIDDLEBAUGH, Jr. and Almeda Elvira WISELEY are my great-grandparents. 

The situation is the same with John H. Jr. as it was with his father--he was not known to be a nice man. Elvira divorced him after about 32 years of marriage and 14 children. He later remarried three more times and had 3 more children. The post about his other families can be found here:

http://turningourhearts-beth.blogspot.com/2017/02/harriet-margaret-wilson-and-her-husband.html

John Henry RIDDLEBAUGH, Jr. 2nd of 6 children born to John Henry RIDDLEBAUGH, Sr and Ann Catherine SHOEMAKER

     b. 28 September 1859  Burnstation, Fairfield, Ohio*
     d. 28 September 1951  Findlay, Hancock, Ohio (yep, on his birthday)   

     m. 1st  Almeda Elvira WISELEY on 9 November 1882 in Pleasant Township, Hancock, Ohio (divorced 1914)

     m. 2nd  Mrs. Blanche GOOD around 1916 in probably the Parsons, Montgomery, Kansas area
     m. 3rd   Harriet Margaret WILSON 17 December 1918 in Montgomery county, Kansas

     m. 4th   Alice May RITTER 16 November 1934 in Greenup, Greenup, Kentucky

There is a separate blog post about John H. and his 3 other wives:

http://turningourhearts-beth.blogspot.com/2017/02/harriet-margaret-wilson-and-her-husband.html

*I cannot find Burnstation on the map. There are newspaper articles from Ohio where it states the people are from Burn Station. There is a Berne Station Night Club in Lancaster, Fairfield, Ohio now and I'm guessing there's a connection.

Almeda Elvira WISELEY 1st of 5 children born to Henry H. WISELEY and Lurany WISELEY

    b. 2 August 1864 in Hancock county, Ohio

    d. 31 October 1930 in Toledo, Lucas, Ohio

They were the parents of 14 children:

1-Iva Lurany RIDDLEBAUGH 

    b. 11 August 1883 Hancock county, Ohio 

    d. 14 April 1968 Findlay, Hancock, Ohio 

    m. 1st Edwin HUNTINGTON on 3 April 1904 

    m 2nd Elwood WOODARD about 1955

2-Ethel Viola RIDDLEBAUGH 

    b. 26 Apr 1885 Hancock county, Ohio 

    d. 22 Oct 1976 

    m. Porter Lincoln SHUCK 5 September 1906 

3-Oscar Ray RIDDLEBAUGH 

    b. 22 December 1886 Hancock county, Ohio 

    d. 22 November 1963 

    m. Gertrude Elnora PEPPLE 31 March 1914 

4-Howard Hayes RIDDLEBAUGH 

    b. 1 July 1888 Marion Township, Hancock, Ohio 

    d. 7 March 1976 Arlington, Franklin, Ohio 

    m.  Mattie Jane WESTCOTT 8 June 1909 

5-Earl Gillson RIDDLEBAUGH 

    b. 7 February 1890 Hancock county, Ohio 

    d. 20 November 1970 Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona 

    m. 1st Sadie I. MILLER 19 July 1913  

    m. 2nd Marie SNYDER in 1930

6-Paul Byron RIDDLEBAUGH     

    b. 15 April 1892 Hancock county, Ohio 

    d. January 1960 

    m. Marjorie Marie TINKER 24 November 1914

7-David Gilbert RIDDLEBAUGH 

    b. 14 May 1894 Hancock county, Ohio 

    d. 6 June 1969 Toledo, Lucas, Ohio 

    m. 1st  Bea NOVAK 1928-- they divorced -- 

    m. 2nd Louise Frieda MITSCHING  8 June 1940

8-Minnie Mae RIDDLEBAUGH 

    b. 15 August 1896 Hancock county, Ohio 

    d. 9 January 1986 

    m.  John Robert SCHUCK, Sr 31 December 1918

9-Alice Catherine RIDDLEBAUGH 

    b. 17 November 1898 Hancock county, Ohio 

    d. 16 December 1978 

    m. Dr. Samuel Lewis BROWN 20 August 1924 

I remember eating dinner at Uncle Sam and Aunt Alice's house and I was so afraid that I would do something wrong at the table. I also remember visiting his optometry office.

10-Doris Amelia RIDDLEBAUGH 

    b. 5 November 1900 Hancock county, Ohio 

    d. 19 April 1974 Findlay, Hancock, Ohio 

    m. Ralph R. JACOBS 15 June 1917

11- Margaret Marie RIDDLEBAUGH 

    b. 5 January 1904 Hancock county, Ohio 

    d. 13 March 1907

12-Erma Lucita RIDDLEBAUGH 

    b. 17 January 1905 Findlay, Hancock, Ohio 

    d. 11 August 1982 Sonora, Tuolumne, California 

    m.  Walter Frederick NAUTS 14 June 1924

13-Lulu Lo RIDDLEBAUGH 

    b. 5 January 1907 Marion Township, Hancock, Ohio 

    d. 6 March 1907 Marion Township, Hancock, Ohio

14-Helen Elvira RIDDLEBAUGH 

    b. 2 August 1909 Marion Township, Hancock, Ohio 

    d. 19 May 1989 East Lansing, Ingham, Michigan 

    m. 1st Theodore Gilbert MOMINEE on 18 April 1931-they divorced around 1936-37;--Helen and Ted are my biological grandparents. 

    m. 2nd Albert R GOODELL on 27 April 1940-they divorced in 1944; 

    m. 3rd a Mr. JENKINS (her name was Helen Elvira JENKINS when she married Edwin Pentecost)

    m. 4th Edwin Hare PENTECOST about January 1952

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The following article is from the 20th Century History of Findlay and Hancock County Ohio (1910), by Kimmel, J.A., pages 345-346


JOHN HENRY RIDDLEBAUGH, one of Marion Township’s well known and highly respected citizens, carries on general farming and owns 195 acres of valuable land, situated on Section 25, not far distant from Findlay, O. He was born in Fairfield County, O., September 28, 1859 and is a son of Henry and Catherine (Shoemaker) Riddlebaugh.

Henry Riddlebaugh was  born in Germany and on account of participating in the revolution of 1849, he was expelled with other revolutionists and came then to America. He located at Lancaster, in Fairfield County, O., where he followed the blacksmith trade during his active years. He still survives and in his long life of eighty-six years he has witnessed many wonderful changes, not only in his native land, but also in the one which he adopted. In 1856 he was married to Catherine Shoemaker, who was born in Pennsylvania and died in 1901, at the home of her son James, in Crawford County, O. The Shoemaker family came to Pennsylvania from Switzerland in 1742. Six children were born to Henry and Catherine Riddlebaugh, namely: Jacob, who lives in Crawford County; John Henry; James, who also lives in Crawford County; Theresa, who is the wife of John Snyder, of Hocking County, O.; Elizabeth, who is the wife of Charles Angle, of Hocking County; and Augustus, who resides in Columbus.

John Henry Riddlebaugh started out to take care of himself when he was twelve years old [due to his parents splitting up?]. He came to Hancock County and went to work for Charles Bright, with whom he remained for two years; worked then for George Wiseley, in Marion Township, for three years and for William Thomas for two years, and then went into Big Lick Township and worked one year for William Bright. He had been saving and by this time had enough capital to enable him to buy forty acres of land in Pleasant Township and later bought a second forty acres and sold the timber from both tracts. He then rented land for a short time, but in March, 1896, bought eighty-five acres of his present farm, purchasing from Charles Johnston; later bought thirty-five acres from Tolliver Jacobs; fifteen acres from A. Beard, and twenty acres from the A. Beard estate. To this was added forty acres which was given his wife. It is a fine thing to own 195 acres of valuable land, but it required much hard work to make a large part of it valuable. Mr. Riddlebaugh by his own toil cleared 100 acres of stumps, did all the necessary ditching and tiling, built his substantial barn and made the other improvements which have transformed what was once merely waiting soil into one of the richest farms and most comfortable homes of Marion Township.

On November 9, 1882, Mr. Riddlebaugh was married to Miss Elvira Wiseley, a daughter of Henry and Loraina (Wiseley) Wiseley, of Pleasant Township, and fourteen children have been born to them, the record being as follows: Iva, the eldest, is the wife of Edward Huntington, of Toledo, O. Ethel is the wife of Porter Shuck of Big Lick Township and they have one child, Pauline. The eldest son is this father’s helper and bears the name of Ray. Howard lives in Toledo. He married Mattie Westcott. Earl, Paul, David, May, Alice and Doris, all live at home. Margaret died when aged three years and Lulu died when aged two months. Irma and Helen complete the list. All the children remaining at home who have reached school age are bright, intelligent students. The family belongs to the United Brethren church. In politics he is a Republican but has never consented to accept public offices, the care of his large farm and his other duties so far absorbing the most of his time. He is identified with the Masonic fraternity at Findlay.

(obviously, this entry was written after Helen’s birth in 1909 and before the divorce in 1913-14)

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Telegraph-Forum 

Bucyrus, Ohio

24 February 1914, Tuesday,  page 5:

Findlay--The divorce case of Mrs. Almeda Riddlebaugh against John H. Riddlebaugh was heard here Thursday. The wife charges extreme cruelty and the husband is fighting the case. They have 14 children.

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Divorce trial of John Henry Riddlebaugh and Almeda Elvira Wiseley. These articles must have come from Findlay, but they had no dates or name of paper--Courier?


MOTHER OF FOURTEEN
Tells Wretched Story of Her Married Life to Judge Bapst Today.

RIDDLEBAUGH DIVORCE CASE
Attracts a Big Crowd to the Common Pleas Court Room Here

HUSBAND BLAMES CHILDREN
Interesting News Notes From the County Court House

Mrs. Almeda Elvira Riddlebaugh bared her heart to Judge Daniel Bapst, this morning, in the common pleas court in telling the wretched story of her married life in the trial of her divorce suit against her husband, John H. Riddlebaugh.

Her petition charges extreme cruelty and abuse and Franks & Franks are her lawyers.

The husband is fighting the case, not that he wants a divorce, and George E. Ross is his attorney.

What makes this case remarkable is the fact that the couple have fourteen children, twelve of whom are living. Mrs. Riddlebaugh held the youngest, four years old, on her lap while she testified. The child is a flaxen-haired little girl with rosy cheeks and she looks the picture of perfect health. The children are fine looking and there are five girls and one boy yet under age. They were in court today and it is evident that they are taking the side of their mother against their father.

Mrs. Riddlebaugh was a Ewing [sic] and she was born and reared in Pleasant township.

She and her husband lived on a farm in Marion township until about three years ago, when they moved to town. They are prominent and well known. About eleven months ago the couple separated, the mother going to live with her children. A little later she filed for divorce and this morning on the stand she told the court that in the past eleven months she had enjoyed more peace and rest than she had in many years before. She related the history of her married life, telling how she worked to help her husband.

“It was nothing,” she said, “for me to get up at 4:00 o’clock in the morning and get breakfast for seventeen people. I often washed three times a week and have churned as many as three times a day. I wanted to help along, hoping that after a while we could take our ease when the farm was cleared of debt.”

She testified that her husband whipped the children and had often shook her and tore her waists. He buggy-whipped one of the little girls once., the wife testified, until the blood ruined her clothing. “When I took off her little dress and the blood ran down over her shoulder, he sat by and grinned,” Mrs. Riddlebaugh told the court.

There are thirty witnesses and it may take all of tomorrow to hear the case if they all testify. The witnesses were excluded from the court room this morning, upon motion of Attorney Ross, who in his statement to the court declared that the case had been incited by the children and that it was wicked to have such a case in court.

At the request of the attorneys for Mrs. Riddlebaugh, Sheriff R. V. Kennedy is in the court room within easy reach of the defendant, it having been told the sheriff that there was danger of the defendant making a hostile demonstration.

There is a large attendance at the trial.


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NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ABOUT THE DIVORCE OF JOHN AND ELVIRA RIDDLEBAUGH

RIDDELBAUGH TO APPEAL
The Alimony Feature of the Divorce Decision Against Him.

WIFE GETS MINOR CHILDREN
Big Crowd Out to Hear the Opinion of Judge Bapst This Morning.

WELSH CASE TRIAL TODAY
Interesting News Notes From the County Court House.

There was a crowded court room here this morning when Judge Daniel Bapst rendered his decision in the divorce case of Mrs. Almeda Elvira Riddlebaugh against John H. Riddlebaugh, former prominent residents and farmers of Marion township.

Mrs. Riddlebaugh was granted the decree, the custody of the six minor children and she is to keep the household furniture she now has in her possession as well as the farm in her name free from any interest of the husband. He is to retain his forty-eight acre farm free of the wife’s dower or any other interest. The husband is to pay $12 a month to the clerk of the court for the support of the minor children. The divorce is granted on the grounds of gross neglect.

Before giving his decision Judge Bapst stated that the case had given him such concern for the reason that it had so many bitter features. He gave Mrs. Riddlebaugh a splendid character, but voiced the opinion that she may have been too lenient with their large family of children and that the father was doubtless too severe and radical. That was the cause of all their trouble. The father’s radical method of making his children obey was to the mother too severe and she very naturally took their part and that led to the parting of their ways. Judge Bapst paid a tribute to mothers when he said that it was the mother who always stood with ready arms to welcome and shelter any child of hers. If the child was wayward and prodigal the mother loved him all the more, which was not so with the average father.

Judge Bapst declared that he would brush aside the grave charges hurled back and forth in the case and that he would not pass on that, leaving it with the children and parents themselves:

The Divorce Entry.

Following is the entry in the case made by Judge Bapst:

Finding the defendant guilty of gross neglect of duty towards the plaintiff. Plaintiff decreed a divorce from the defendant. The plaintiff to own and possess the 40-acre tract described in her petition to which title is in her name, the defendant barred of dower and other rights therein. The plaintiff to have the household goods now in her possession and to have the custody, care and control of the minor children until the further order of this court, with the right in the defendant to visit them at all reasonable times. The defendant is to have and possess the 45-acre tract which is now in his name free from the dower and other rights in the plaintiff and to have and possess all the personal property, other than that in the possession of the plaintiff. Each to quit claim to the other in accordance with this decree within ten days from this date, and in default thereof this decree to stand and operate as such conveyance. Each party to pay costs by them made. The piano subject to selection by either party, such party so selecting to pay the balance due thereon. The defendant to pay debts incurred for the family living prior to the separation . The defendant to pay to the clerk of this court for the use and support of minor children awarded to the plaintiff the sum of $12 a month. This ordered to stand until the further order of the court. Judgment accordingly.

Defense Will Appeal.

The husband, Mr. Riddlebaugh, is not satisfied with the alimony feature of the decision and his attorney, George W. Ross, stated today that an appeal bond would be filed and the matter carried to the court of appeals. Alimony feature of divorce cases is all that can be appealed.

The evidence in the case was concluded Thursday evening and when court adjourned for the night Judge Bapst announced that he would decide the case this morning at 9:00 o’clock.

Franks and Franks were the attorneys for Mrs. Riddlebaugh. Following were the witnesses in the case: Elwood Woodard, Sherman Switzer, Mrs. Rose Wells,  Blaine Bright, Sherman Woodard, John Williams, Kelly Wingate, Mrs. Flora Eddie, Mrs. Addie Stephenson, Mrs. Lydia Hendricks, Mrs. Brass Woodward, Mrs. George Egbert, Milton Robinson, Warren Robinson, Lafayette Kring, Orto Kring, Alva Gordon, Melville Bibler, Arthur Stahl, Mrs. William Campbell, Do…baugh, Erma Riddlebau…Riddlebaugh, Mrs. H…the plaintiff and the defen…


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NOTE: It seems likely that the Elwood Woodard mentioned as a witness in the second article was Aunt Iva’s second husband, whom she married late in life--in the 1950’s.

Cousin Jody also wrote that her mother claimed that while John did beat his sons (he used a buggy whip on them) that Elvira never permitted her daughters to be beaten.

“Uncle Howard is the only one of the Riddlebaugh offspring I ever talked to who had good words to say about his father. He said he knew he was cruel to the others, and never understood why he hated his children so much--he never understood why he did not hate Howard, either. But while he beat and tormented the other boys, he indulged Howard in many ways: bought him a trotting buggy, sent him to college for a couple of years, bought him nice clothes, etc.”

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The Morning Republican

Findlay, Ohio

November 1, 1930  Saturday

EXPIRES AT SON'S

HOME IN TOLEDO

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Mrs. Elvira Riddlebaugh, 66,

Expires--Funeral in

Findlay Sunday

     Mrs. Elvira Riddlebaugh, 66, former Findlay resident, died last evening at the residence of her son, David Riddlebaugh in Toledo. She had been in failing health for several years and bedfast for the last few weeks. A complication of diseases was the cause of death.

     Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon from the First United Brethren Church, of Findlay. Rev. Fletcher of Toledo and Dr. S. F. Daugherty, pastor of the church, will officiate. Burial will be in the Mt. Zion Cemetery, east of Findlay.

     Mrs. Riddlebaugh was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wiseley and was born in Hancock County on August 2, 1864 She was married in 1882 to J. H. Riddlebaugh.

     Twelve children survive. They are Mrs. E. C. Huntington, Mrs. S. L. Brown, Mrs. Walter Nauts, Miss Helen Riddlebaugh and David Riddlebaugh all of Toledo; Howard Riddlebaugh, Philadelphia, Pa.; Earl Riddlebaugh, Dayton; Mrs. Porter L. Shuck, Biglick Township; Paul Riddlebaugh, Eagle Township; Ray Riddlebaugh, Mrs. Ralph Jacobs and Mrs. J. R. Schuck, all of Findlay. Two of the children died in infancy.

     Three brothers and a sister are living also. They are Mrs. Amelia Pickens and Scott E. Wiseley, Pleasant Township; Rev. Milton C. Wiseley, Moreland, Ind.; and David M. Wiseley, Boston.

     Mrs. Riddlebaugh had been a member of the United Brethren Church until she left Findlay to make her home in Toledo.

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unknown newspaper

Findlay, Ohio

November 3, 1930, Mon.

MRS. RIDDLEBAUGH

BURIED IN FINDLAY

     The funeral of Mrs. Elvira Riddlebaugh, 66, was held Sunday at 2 p.m. in the United Brethren Church in Findlay, O., and burial was in that town.

     Death, Friday in the home of her son, David Riddlebaugh, 504 Clark Street, was hastened by an injury received when she was thrown out of an automobile four years ago.

     Surviving are the daughters and sons: Mrs. E. C. Huntington, Mrs. S. L. Brown, Mrs. Walter Nauts, Miss Helen Riddlebaugh, David Riddlebaugh, Toledo; Howard Riddlebaugh, Philadelphia; Earl Riddlebaugh, Dayton; Mrs. Porter Shuck, Paul Riddlebaugh, Ray Riddlebaugh, Mrs. Ralph Jacobs and Mrs. J. R. Schuck,  Findlay; sister Mrs. Ben Pickens, McComb;  and brothers Scott E. Wiseley, McComb; the Rev. Milton Wiseley, Moreland, Ind., and David M. Wiseley, Boston.

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The Republican-Courier

Findlay, Ohio

September 29, 1951,  Saturday Morning,  2:6

JOHN RIDDLEBAUGH

TAKEN BY DEATH

Resident Expires

On 92nd Birthday

     John H. Riddlebaugh, Northview Convalescent Home, died at 7 a.m. yesterday in Blanchard Valley Hospital of infirmities of age. He had been in failing health for the past five years.

     Mr. Riddlebaugh, who died on his 92nd birthday, was born in Logan on Sept. 28, 1859. He was a son of Henry and Catherine (Shoemaker) Riddlebaugh.

     He moved to Findlay two months ago from Lancaster.

     His wife, the former Elvira Wisely, died in 1930. There were 14 children born, two of whom preceded him in death. Three brothers and two sisters also are dead.

     Mr. Riddlebaugh was a  member of the Masonic Lodge whose services will be held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Barnhart Memorial.

     Final rites will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, the Rev. Donald Carver of the First Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery.

Elvira Wiseley around 5 years old

John Henry Jr.

JH Jr and his buggy

Elvira with her granddaughter Jan Brown

Mae, Alice, Doris, and Erma (seated)

Mae and Alice standing, Margaret, Doris, and Erma sitting

clockwise from left: Iva, Ray, Ethel, and Howard

Earl, David, and Paul

David, Mae, Alice, Doris

Helen (Toots)--my biological grandmother

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Ann Catherine SHOEMAKER RIDDLEBAUGH JOY NORMAN (b. 1829 Pennsylvania d. 1901 Ohio)

Ann Catherine SHOEMAKER was my great-great grandmother. I have to thank a cousin, Jody Steuer, for sending several CDs with family photos on them a few years back. A true treasure.

I have only seen Catherine/Katherine's name in official records a few times.

On her marriage certificate to Henry REIDLEBAUGH it is spelled "Ann Catherine SHOEMAKER."
In the 1860 Census Greenfield, Fairfield, Ohio it's "Ann C. RADEBAUGH."
In the 1870 census Greenfield, Fairfield, Ohio, it's "Catherine RIDDLEBAUGH"
In the 1880 census Falls, Hocking, Ohio it's "Ann C. JOY"
On her marriage record to Mark NORMAN in 1891 it's "Mrs. Ann C. JOY"
In the 1900 census Whetstone Township, Crawford, Ohio it's "Alice C. NORMAN"

I mention this because Jody has the spelling of Katherine or Katherina. I'm guessing she's seen the birth or christening records and that is how it was spelled there. And perhaps even Katherine herself spelled her name that way...

Ann Catherine SHOEMAKER is the daughter of Jonathan SHOEMAKER (b. 1796 Pennsylvania d. 1852 Ohio) and Hannah KEUHNER/KEENER (b. 1798 Pennsylvania d. after 1860 Barnstallon, Fairfield, Ohio)

b. 29 August 1829 in Pennsylvania (probably Berks county, perhaps Tulssen Township or Bern Township)

m. 1st on 9 November 1856 in Lancaster, Fairfield, Ohio to John Henry REIDLEBAUGH, Sr. They later divorced. Click on his name to go to the post about him.

*m. 2nd on 14 December 1876 in Fairfield county, Ohio to John JOY (b. 1807 Maryland d. 14 Jan 1886 in Adamsville, Hocking, Ohio) of Falls, Hocking, Ohio.

**m. 3rd on 5 December 1891 in Morrow county, Ohio to Mark NORMAN (who was her son James's widowed father-in-law) (b. August 1841 in England d. after the 1900 census)

d. 21 January 1901 in Galion, Crawford, Ohio
bur. in Campbell Cemetery in Whetstone Township, Crawford, Ohio

 Another photo of Catherine, date unknown.

Ann Catherine probably immigrated to Ohio from Pennsylvania with her parents as they both passed away in Fairfield county, Ohio. She married Henry and they had 6 children:

1-Jacob Albert RIDDLEBAUGH b. 28 July 1857 Lancaster, Fairfield, Ohio d. 17 December 1915 Bucyrus, Crawford, Ohio (m. 25 November 1888 to Catharine Augusta HELFRICH)

2-John Henry RIDDLEBAUGH, Jr. (aka JH, Jr.)b. 28 September 1859 Burnstation, Fairfield, Ohio d. 28 September 1951 (yep, he died on his 92nd birthday) (m. 9 November 1882 to Almeda Elvira WISELEY--later divorced)--my great-grandparents

 Wedding photo of John Henry RIDDLEBAUGH, Jr. and Almeda Elvira WISELEY.

3-Therese Ellen RIDDLEBAUGH b. 10 March 1862 Fairfield county, Ohio d. 6 March 1949 (m. 4 September 1879 to John H. SNIDER)

4-Mary Elizabeth RIDDLEBAUGH b. 18 September 1864 Lancaster, Fairfield, Ohio d. 29 September 1940 Falls Township, Hocking, Ohio (m. 5 January 1888 to Charles ANGLE)

5-James Jonathan RIDDLEBAUGH b. 5 September 1867 d. 24 December 1945 (m. about 23 January 1892 to Olive Loretta NORMAN--who became Catherine's step-daughter)

6-Augustus Michael RIDDLEBAUGH (aka Gus) b. 10 August 1870 Greenfield Township, Fairfield, Ohio d. 10 December 1936 Columbus, Franklin, Ohio (m. 10 December 1893 to Caroline Margaretha BUNZ)

This is a photo of James, JH, Jr, and Gus.
JH was almost 8 years older than James and 11 years older than Gus.

A wedding photo of Augustus Michael RIDDLEBAUGH and Caroline Margaretha BUNZ. They were married in 1893. Caroline was deaf and four of their seven children were born deaf. Their grandson, Kenneth McVicker, was also born deaf and has done a lot of work in collecting genealogical information on the Riddlebaughs.

As far as Catherine's marriage to John JOY, I have not found a marriage record yet. I tried Morrow county (and surrounding areas) records at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and found info on John's first wife and their children, but nothing about Ann Catherine. Jody wrote and told me that there are two family versions about this marriage. After her divorce to Henry, "she went all over looking for shelter, work, and a way to survive." A widowed farmer took her in so she could keep his house and care for his children. One version of the story then goes that she bore the widowed farmer one or two children and then they married. The other is that they married and then she had the children, perhaps three in all. "At any rate, she was close to starvation when that farmer took her in."

I could not find any birth records indicating that John JOY and Ann Catherine had any children together, though family stories say they might have had 2 or 3 children together. I do know that Ann C. age 50 is listed as being his wife in the 1880 census and that Michael REDLIBAHE age 9 (Michael Augustus RIDDLEBAUGH) is listed as a son with no other children being enumerated. John JOY was listed as being 73 years old. At some point after the 1880 census, Gus went and lived with JH, Jr. and Elvira.

 This picture on the left apparently had Katherine's name with "the Pierce boys" written on it because cousin Jody's supposition was that these were the children she bore after divorcing JH, Sr. Because I since have found the John JOY connection (and his name obviously isn't Pierce), the mystery of this picture has only deepened. I had seen the photo before and just figured the 3 boys were grandchildren.
Maybe one of Mark NORMAN's daughters married a PIERCE?

Now in the 1900 census where "Alice C." is listed as the wife of Mark NORMAN, she is listed as having 8 children with 8 still living. She and Henry had 6. Also listed with Mark and "Alice" are two boys Joseph and John NORMAN, born 1870 and 1878, but they are two of Mark's children from his first marriage to Nancy Elizabeth DANA. So, is the census record wrong (or counting Joseph and John as hers) or did Ann Catherine have 2 children with John JOY that were still living? If they were still living, where are they? If they were not listed in the 1880 census and John died in 1886, they would have been between 14-20 years of age. So, I guess it's possible that she had 2 other children...

Here is what I have, which isn't much, on the other marriages and families of Catherine's other husbands:

*John JOY (b. 1807 Maryland d. 14 Jan 1886 Adamsville, Hocking, Ohio) and Mary Ann WATTS (b. 1822 Virginia d. 11 Nov 1875 Hocking county, Ohio) married 12 Jan 1837 Muskingum, Muskingum, Ohio

1-Thomas JOY b. 1837 d. 1841
2-Sarah JOY b. 1839 d. 1841
3-Henry Dexter JOY b. 1841- d. 1922
4-Francis Marion JOY b. 12 Oct 1843 d. 6 Jul 1920 Lancaster, Fairfield, Ohio
5-Elizabeth JOY b. 1848 d. 1875
6-Mary Ann JOY b. 1850 d. 1924
7-Catherine JOY b. 1852 d. 1928
8-Margaret JOY b. 1854 d. 1938
9-John JOY b. 1857 d. 1930
10-Susan JOY b. 1859
11-Ida A. JOY b. 1869 d. 1902 (where was she in the 1880 census?)


**Mark NORMAN (b. Aug 1841 immigrated 1844 d. after 1900 census) and Nancy Elizabeth DANA/DANIE (b. 28 Oct 1841 in Ohio d. 22 Feb 1885) married 4 Aug 1860 Morrow county, Ohio

1-Mary Ann NORMAN b. 1863/64 in Ohio
2-Louisa Jane NORMAN b. 1866/67 in Ohio
3-Joseph Barker/Barton NORMAN b. 1870/71 in Ohio d. 4 Jul 1939 Gilead, Morrow, Ohio (I think this is his death date)
4-Olive Loretta NORMAN b. 29 Jul 1872 Marion county, Ohio d. 6 Jul 1932 Galion, Crawford, Ohio (m. James Jonathan RIDDLEBAUGH about 23 Jan 1892 in Morrow county, Ohio)
5-Rosa Belle NORMAN b. 1874/75 in Ohio
6-John William NORMAN b. 12 Jul 1878 in Ohio d. 17 Oct 1955 bur. Fairview Cemetery Galion, Crawford, Ohio (m. 23 Jul 1901 in Galion to Dora May SOLIDAY)
7-Elizabeth Mary NORMAN b. 12 Sep 1882 Canaan, Morrow, Ohio