Marriage Record : Vernon Walker LeMaster to Helene Louise Garmhausen

Searching at FamilySearch.org's Beta site, I located the marriage record for my paternal great granduncle, Vernon Walker LeMaster to Helene Garmhausen, which took place in Auglaize County, Ohio.

Helene was a native of New Bremen, Auglaize County, Ohio and Vernon was a native of Jay County, Indiana.

groom's name:	V. W. Lemaster
groom's birth date:
groom's birthplace:	Portland, Ind.
groom's age:
bride's name:	Helene Louise Garmhausen
bride's birth date:	1893
bride's birthplace:	New Bremen, Ohio
bride's age:	24
marriage date:	30 Jun 1917
marriage place:	Auglaize Co., Ohio
groom's father's name:	L. W. Lemaster
groom's mother's name:	Mary K. Clew
bride's father's name:	Florens Garmhausen
bride's mother's name:	Cordelia Hilgeman
groom's race:
groom's marital status:	Single
groom's previous wife's name:
bride's race:
bride's marital status:	Single
bride's previous husband's name:
indexing project (batch) number:	M86841-2
system origin:	Ohio-VR
source film number:	0963061
reference number:	2:3KSTQ9T

Amanuensis Monday: Sketch of Luman W. LeMasters

Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.

Today I'm looking at the biographical sketch of my paternal 2nd-great grandfather, Luman Walker LeMASTERS, which appeared in the book "History of Jay County, Indiana: including its World War Record and Incorporating the Montgomery History", by Milton T. Jay, 1922, Historical Publishing Company, page 195.





Luman W. LeMasters, an honored veteran of the Civil War and one of the best known farmers and landowners of Jay county, proprietor of "Lookout Hill Farm" in Madison township, where he makes his home, this farm being on rural mail route No. 6 out of Portland, is a "Buckeye" by birth, but has been a resident of this county practically all the time since he was twelve years of age, a period of about seventy years, and thus has been witness to and a participant in the amazing development that has taken place in this community since what might properly be regarded as pioneer days, for there was still much of the primeval wild here when he first came to this county.  Mr. LeMasters was born on a farm in Shelby county, Ohio, October 19, 1842, and is a son of Luman W. and Nancy (Young) LeMasters, Virginians, who became residents of Ohio in their childhood days and were there married. The elder Luman W. LeMasters was born in that section of the Old Dominion that came to be organized as West Virginia in Civil War times.  He was reared as a farmer and also became a "local" preacher of the Methodist Episcopal church.  After his marriage he made his home on an eighty-acre farm which he owned in Shelby county, Ohio, and there remained until 1854, in which year he moved with his family over into Indiana and located on a quarter section of land he bought in Madison township, this county, the west "eighty" of which is now owned by his son Luman, the subject of the sketch.  On that place the elder Luman W. LeMasters and his wife spent the remainder of their days, their influence for good in that community continuing a pleasant memory in the neighborhood.  He died on April 15, 1888, and his widow survived until August 26, 1904.  They were the parents of nine children, six of whom are still living, the subject of this sketch having three sisters, Phebe J., Mary P., and Martha J., and two brothers, Jacob and John LeMasters.  As noted above, the junior Luman W. LeMasters was twelve years of age when he came to Jay county with his parents in 1854.  He grew to manhood on the home farm in Madison township, completing his schooling in the neighborhood schools and by two years of attendance at the old Farmers Academy at College Corner, and was living on the farm when the Civil war broke out.  On July 21, 1861, he enlisted his services in behalf of the cause of the Union and went to the front as a member of Company C of the 39th regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, which presently was reorganized as the 8th Cavalry, and with that gallant command was serving when on July 3, 1863, while on a charge against the enemy at Deckers Forge, two and one-half miles south of Winchester, Tenn., he was shot through the left breast, receiving a wound which terminated his further usefulness as a soldier, putting him on the invalid list.  In March, 1864, Mr. LeMasters received his discharge and in the following fall was married and began farming for himself as a renter of land in this county.  Three years later he moved over into Darke county, Ohio, and was there engaged in farming for nine years, at the end of which time he returned to Jay county and took charge of the home farm in Madison township.  In 1904 he bought the west "eighty" of that quarter section and is still living there, practically retired since 1907, renting his fields.  Mr. LeMasters is a Republican,  is a member of Henry McLaughlin Post, No. 516, Grand Army of the Republic, at Salamonia, and he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church of that village.  It was on October 2, 1864, that Luman W. LeMasters was united in marriage to Mary K. Chew, who has thus been his helpmate for more than fifty-seven years.  Mrs. LeMasters was born in Camden county, New Jersey, February 13, 1847, and is a daughter of Dr. Ezekiel and Caroline B. (Woolston) Chew, both of whom were born in that same state.  In 1855 Dr. Ezekiel Chew moved with his family from New Jersey to Farmersville, Ohio.  Two years later he moved to Ft. Jefferson, in Darke county (Ohio) and after a sometime residence there came to Indiana.  He made several changes of residence after coming to this state, but finally located in St. Joseph county, where his last days were spent, his death occurring there in August, 1888.  His wife died on February 27, 1879.  They were the parents of ten children, of whom seven are living, Mrs. LeMasters having one sister, Sarah F., and five brothers, Nathaniel D., Cooper, Charles, Virgil and Donald Chew.  To Luman W. and Mary K. (Chew) LeMasters have been born ten children, Beulah S., Luman C., William C., Elsie, Bertha, Ord O., Edith, Maude, Arthur and Vernon, all of whom are still living.  Beulah S. LeMasters married L.L. Rockwell, who is engaged in the garage business at Ft. Recovery, Ohio, and has four children, Claude, a Noble township farmer, who married Opal Loy and has two children, Catherine M. and Duetta; Opal, who married Daniel Grile, who is operating a garage at Geneva, Ind., and has two children, Lester and John Lynn; Edith, wife of Cecil Bickel, a Madison township farmer, who has one child, and Anna.  Luman C. LeMasters, a farmer of Madison township, married Belle Wehrley and has twelve children, Clarence, a Madison township farmer, who married May Bickel and has three children, Kenneth, Mary I. and Luman; Chesley, now living at Richmond, Ind., who married Clara Burkey and has two children, Donald and Doris; Bertha, who married Russell Hercules, of Richmond, Ind., and has two children, Mervil and Isabella; Floyd, a Noble township farmer, who married Opal Gagle and has one child, Remonda; Gerald, who is the garage business in Pennville and married Mabel Kantner and has one child, Maxine; Stanley, who is at home; Dorothy, wife of Charles Hunt, of Richmond, Ind.; John, a teacher in the schools of the county, making his home in Madison township, and who married Dorothy Delauter and has one child, Geraldine, and Freda, Ord, Mary O., and Elvin C., who are at home.  William C. LeMasters, who is now living at Victor, Col., where he is the proprietor of a moving picture theater, married Lella Lewis and has four children, Gladys, who married Lloyd G. Moser, of Mt. Rosa, Col., and has two children, Carrie and Bobby; Lella, who married Earl Slinkard and is living in California, and Ralph and William, at home.  Elsie LeMasters married M.J. Adkinson, a farmer of Madison township.  Bertha LeMasters married John Yaeger, who is now principal of schools at Brazil, Ind., and has six children, Clarence, Mary, Helen, John V., George W., and Luther L.  Dr. Ord O. LeMasters, now a practicing physician at Sidney, Ohio, married Emma Garmenhouser.  He and his wife have an adopted daughter, Isabella.  Edith LeMasters married Henry Mineholtz, who is now engaged in the mercantile business at Alamosa, Col., and has four children, Wilhelmina, Lucile, Helen E. and Marjorie M.  Maude LeMasters married Dr. S.W. Phillips, a veterinary surgeon, now living at David City, Neb., and has two children, Donald and Louise.  Arthur LeMasters married Maude McLaughlin and is now engaged in the garage business at Geneva, Ind.  Dr. Vernon LeMasters, a veteran of the World war and a practicing physician, now living at Sidney, Ohio, married Helen Garmenhouser and has one child, a son, Robert.  Doctor LeMasters was commissioned a first lieutenant in the Medical Corps of the United States army during the war and served for eighteen months overseas.  Mr. and Mrs. LeMasters were among the most active promoters of the movement which led to the organization of the Methodist Episcopal church at Salamonia in 1876 and thus for more than forty-five years have been prominently identified with that congregation.  Mr. LeMasters served as a member of the board of trustees of this congregation until 1920 and for more than forty years was class leader, while for many years Mrs. LeMasters was one of the leading teachers in the Sunday school.




John Newmark at TransylvanianDutch started this Monday genealogy meme, which has quickly spread throughout the Geneablogger community. I am excited to be a participant and transcribe the records of my family.

Family Milestones: June 30th

My paternal great-granduncle, Vernon Walker LeMASTERS, married on this date in 1917 to Helene GARMHAUSEN.  Vernon was the son of Luman Walker and Mary Keziah (CHEW) LeMASTERS Jr., and the younger brother of my Luman Cooper LeMASTERS.  Vernon was born December 4, 1888 in Jay County, Indiana.  Helene was born April 20, 1893 in New Bremen, Ohio.  They had 2 children.  Vernon was a physician and served in World War I.  Vernon died March 17, 1955 and is buried in Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio.

My maternal 4th-great grandmother, Elizabeth JACOBS, was born on this date in 1811 in Adams County, Ohio.  Elizabeth was the daughter of James Thomas and Isabella (FEILY) JACOBS.  Elizabeth married July 2, 1829 in Brown County, Ohio to James R. HEATON, son of Thomas and Susan (TAYLOR) HEATON.  James was born 1805 in Loudon County, Virginia.  They raised 11 children in Brown County, Ohio and Schuyler County, Missouri.  James died April 9, 1885 in Schuyler County, Missouri.  Elizabeth died January 29, 1889 in Schuyler County, Missouri.  Both are buried in the Darby Cemetery, Schuyler County, Missouri.

Family Milestones: January 1st

My paternal 3rd-great grandparents, George J. HALEY and Rachel H. GARY, were married on this date in 1835 in Hardin County, Ohio.  George J. was born December 14, 1814 in Basel, Switzerland.  Rachel was born March 25, 1816 in Fairfield County, Ohio.  George was a minister of the Evangelical Association and raised his family in Fairfield, Marion, Morrow and Erie Counties, Ohio.  They had 10 children.  George died February 27, 1888 in Huron Township, Erie County, Ohio.  Rachel died November 25, 1897 in Erie County, Ohio.  Both are buried in the Scotts Cemetery, Huron, Erie County, Ohio.

My paternal 3rd-great grandaunt, Sarah CHEW, married on this date in 1829 to John C. EASTLACK.  Sarah was the daughter of Rev. Nathaniel and Mary (WEST) CHEW, and the older sister of my Ezekiel Cooper CHEW.  I do not have the birth dates or parentage of John.  Sarah died in 1834.  Nothing further is known at this time.

My paternal great-granduncle, Martin Nimrod WEHRLY, married on this date in 1914 to Cora BURLEY.  Martin was the son of William P. and Olive Jane (SMITH) WEHRLY, and the younger brother of my Barbara Isabel WEHRLY.  Martin was born April 5, 1888 in Madison Township, Jay County, Indiana.  Cora was born in 1882.  They lived in New Castle, Henry County, Indiana.  Martin died February 5, 1954 and Cora died in 1972.

My paternal 3rd-great grandaunt, Hannah MAXSON, married on this date in 1824 to Samuel LIPPENCOTT.  Hannah was the daughter of Jesse and Sarah (SUTTON) MAXSON, and the older sister of my Prudence MAXSON.  Hannah was born March 24, 1806 in Clark County, Ohio.  Samuel was born April 22, 1803 in Pike Township, Clark County, Ohio, the son of Samuel and Amy (MAXSON) LIPPENCOTT.  They had 10 children.  Samuel died November 16, 1859 in Ohio.  Hannah died in 1892.

My paternal 5th-great granduncle, John DAVIS, was born on this date in 1754.  John was the son of Thomas William and Tacy (CRANDALL) DAVIS, and the younger brother of my Elisabeth DAVIS.  John married circa 1783 in New Jersey to Marvel MAXSON, daughter of Zebulon and Experience (DAVIS) MAXSON.  Marvel was born May 22, 1768 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey.  They had 7 children.  John died May 22, 1842 in Lewis County, Virginia.  Marvel died 1813 in Mad River Township, Clark County, Ohio.

My paternal great-granduncle, Ord Otterbein LeMASTERS, was born on this date in 1876 in Jay County, Indiana.  Ord was the son of Luman Walker and Mary Keziah (CHEW) LEMASTERS, and the younger brother of my Luman Cooper LeMASTERS.  Ord married June 12, 1907 to Emma W.G. GARMHAUSEN, daughter of John and Mary (STRAUSBURGH) GARMHAUSEN.   Emma was born June 15, 1881.  Ord was a doctor in Shelby County, Ohio.  They had 1 child.  Ord died September 15, 1937 in Clinton, Shelby County, Ohio.  Emma died February 10, 1956.  Both are buried in the Graceland Cemetery, Shelby County, Ohio.

My paternal 2nd-great grandaunt, Caroline H. METZNER, was married on this date in 1874 in Jay County, Indiana to James W. HUSTON.  Caroline was the daughter of John and Catherine (YOUNG) METZNER, and the younger sister of my John Adam METZNER.  Caroline was born March 1, 1852 in Jay County, Indiana.  James was born circa 1854 in Ohio.  They had 1 child.  Nothing further known at this time.

Tombstone Tuesday : Luman W. & Mary K. (Chew) LeMasters

My paternal great-great grandparents, Luman Walker LeMasters Jr. and his wife Mary Keziah Chew are buried in the Salamonia Cemetery, Madison Township, Jay County, Indiana.



Luman was born in Shelby County, Ohio on October 19, 1842, the son of Rev. Luman Walker and Nancy (Young) Lemasters Sr.

Mary was born in Mt. Holly, Burlington County, New Jersey on February 13, 1847, the daughter of Dr. Ezekiel Cooper and Caroline Bishop (Woolston) Chew.

Luman and Mary were married in Versailles, Darke County, Ohio on October 2, 1864 while Luman was on leave during the Civil War. Luman served as a private in Company C, 39th Indiana Infanty, which was later turned into a mounted unit and renamed the 8th Regiment Indiana Cavalry.

Luman and Mary lived out their lives in Madison Township, Jay County, Indiana in the village of Salamonia. Mary died February 22, 1927 in Salamonia, and Luman followed on November 18, 1931.

Luman and Mary were the parents of ten children, most of whom were born in Jay County, Indiana:

• Beulah Sarah LeMasters (1866-1940) married Lynn Lumas Rockwell, had 4 children.
• Luman Cooper LeMasters (1867-1933) married Barbara Isabelle Wehrly, had 13 children. They are my great-grandparents.
• Phillip D. LeMasters (1869-1869) was about four months old when he died.
• William Clifford LeMasters (1871-1922) married Lella Edith Lewis, had 4 children.
• Mary Elsie LeMasters (1872-1942) married Matthias J. Atkinson, had 1 child.
• Bertha Fidelia LeMasters (1874-1922) married John Henry Yaeger, had 6 children.
• Ord Otterbein LeMasters (1876-1937) married Emma W.G. Garmhausen, had 1 child.
• Edith Mabel LeMasters (1879-1949) married Henry Meinholtz, had 4 children.
• Una Maude LeMasters (1884-1968) married Senator Winfield Phillips, had 2 children.
• Arthur Raymond LeMasters (1885-1971) married Maude Gertrude McLaughlin, had 1 child.
• Vernon Walker LeMasters (1888-1955) married Helene Garmhausen, had 2 children.

The tombstone photograph was taken by me on March 26, 2009.

Dr. Ord O. LeMaster family - 1920 Shelby Co., OH

The Ord O. LeMASTER household was enumerated in the 1st ward of the city of Sidney in the 1920 census of Shelby Co., OH. Ord was the son of Luman Walker and Mary Keziah (CHEW) LeMASTERS. In this census, the name was rendered LeMASTER.

Ord was listed as a physician, aged 43, born in Indiana who owned his own home free of mortgage. Wife Emma was aged 38, born in Indiana as well. Ord's parents were listed as being both born in Indiana, while Emma's mother was listed as being born in Alsace Lorraine and spoke French.

Daughter Isabel, aged 9, was also enumerated with the family, but the census record did not indicate that she attended school within the year. I'm sure that she did.

Ord Otterbein LeMASTERS b. January 1, 1876 Jay Co., IN., d. September 19, 1937, m. June 12, 1907 to Emma W.G. GARMHAUSEN. Emma was born June 15, 1881 and died February 10, 1956. Their only child was daughter Isabelle Helene LeMASTERS b. August 22, 1910.

Mary Keziah Chew (b. February 13, 1847)

Today's featured relative in my database is my paternal great-great grandmother, Mary Keziah Chew.

Mary was born February 13, 1847 in Mt. Holly, Burlington Co., NJ, the daughter of Ezekiel Cooper and Caroline Bishop (Woolston) Chew. Mary married on October 2, 1864 in Versailles, Darke Co., OH, to Luman Walker Lemasters Jr., son of Luman Walker and Nancy (Young) Lemasters Sr. Luman was born October 19, 1842 in Shelby Co., OH., and died November 18, 1931 in Salamonia, Jay Co., IN. Mary died February 22, 1847 in Salamonia, Jay Co., IN. Both are buried in the Salomonia Cemetery.

Children of Luman Walker and Mary Keziah (Chew) Lemasters are as follows:
i. Beulah Sarah LeMasters b. September 10, 1866 Jay Co., IN., d. July 16, 1940 m. Lynn Lumas Rockwell
ii. Luman Cooper LeMasters b. May 27, 1867 Jay Co., IN., d. February 10, 1933 Jay Co., IN., m. Barbara Isabelle Wehrly
iii. Philip D. LeMasters b. January 28, 1869 Darke Co., OH., d. May 1, 1869 Darke Co., OH
iv. William Clifford LeMasters b. September 1, 1871 Darke Co., OH., d. July 26, 1922 Colorado, m. Lella Edith Lewis
v. Mary Elsie LeMasters b. April 26, 1872 Darke Co., OH., d. June 5, 1942, m. Matthias J. Atkinson
vi. Bertha Fidelia LeMasters b. May 31, 1874 Darke Co., OH., d. March 16, 1922 Clay Co., IN., m. John Henry Yaeger
vii. Ord Otterbein LeMasters b. January 1, 1876 Jay Co., IN., d. September 19, 1937, m. Emma W.G. Garmhausen
viii. Edith Mabel LeMasters b. September 24, 1879 Jay Co., IN., d. July 29, 1949, m. Henry Meinholtz
ix. Una Maude LeMasters b. April 26, 1884 Jay Co., IN, m. Senator Winfield Phillips
x. Arthur Raymond LeMasters b. December 28, 1885 Jay Co., IN, d. December 16, 1971, m. Maude Gertrude McLaughlin
xi. Vernon Walker LeMasters b. December 4, 1888 Jay Co., IN., d. March 17, 1955, m. Helen Garmhausen.

I descend from Luman Walker and Mary Keziah (Chew) Lemasters through their son Luman.

Today in my database : Luman Walker Lemasters Jr. (b. October 19, 1842)

Today's featured relative in my database is my paternal great-great grandfather, Luman Walker Lemasters Jr.

Luman was born October 19, 1842 in Shelby Co., OH, the son of Luman Walker and Nancy (Young) Lemasters Sr. Luman married October 2, 1864 in Versailles, Darke Co., OH to Mary Keziah Chew, daughter of Ezekiel Cooper and Caroline Bishop (Woolston) Chew. Mary was born February 13, 1847 in Mt. Holly, Burlington Co., NJ and died February 22, 1927 in Salamonia, Jay Co., IN. Luman died November 18, 1931 in Salamonia, Jay Co., IN.

Luman served in Co. C, 39th Indiana Infantry during the Civil War. The unit was later reclassifed as the 8th Regt., Indiana Cavalry. Luman was wounded July 3, 1863 in action at Deckards Ford, TN.

Children of Luman Walker and Mary Keziah (Chew) Lemasters :
i. Beulah Sarah LeMasters m. Lynn Lumas Rockwell
ii. Luman Cooper LeMasters m. Barbara Isabelle Wehrly
iii. Phillip D. LeMasters
iv. William Clifford LeMasters m. Lella Edith Lewis
v. Mary Elsie LeMasters m. Matthias J. Atkinson
vi. Bertha Fidelia LeMasters m. John Henry Yaeger
vii. Ord Otterbein LeMasters m. Emma W.G. Garmhausen
viii. Edith Mabel LeMasters m. Henry Meinholtz
ix. Una Maude LeMasters m. Senator Winfield Phillips
x. Arthur Raymond LeMasters m. Maude Gertrude McLaughlin
xi. Vernon Walker LeMasters m. Helene Garmhausen

I descend from Luman Walker and Mary Keziah (Chew) Lemasters through their son, Luman Cooper, as follows :
Luman Walker Lemasters and Mary Keziah Chew
Luman Cooper LeMasters and Barbara Isabelle Wehrly (my great-grandparents)