Public Auction : Stuber Farm

Source: Lima News, Lima, Ohio, September 10, 1944, page 26.

Public Sale

The Stuber farm having been sold and as I am moving to Indiana I will offer at Public Auction at my home located 2 miles North and one-half mile West of Lima, Ohio, on State Route 81, on 

Tuesday, Sept. 19, 1944 Commencing at 1:00 PM., Slow Time

12 Head of Cattle

Consisting of 6-year-old Guernsey and Holstein cow, fresh 10 weeks; 5-year-old Guernsey cow, fresh 12 weeks, 5-year-old Guernsey and Holstein, to freshen November 15, 4-year-old Guernsey cow, with calf by side, one Bundle heifer, bred; two Guernsey heifers, bred; four nice Guernsey heifers, under 6 months old.

11 Head of Sheep

Consisting of five 3-year-old Shropshire ewes and six Shropshire lambs. 15 ton mixed hay.

Machinery

Consisting of International manure spreader in A-1 shape; John Deere walking plow, 7-ft. McCormick grain binder; spring tooth harrow; Dane hay loader; Osborn hay tedder, 6-ft. tandem disc, two sets of harness; four collars; McCormick mower, 5-ft; 1 brooder house.

Household Goods

Consisting of medium size Sunny Home base burner, good condition; medium size Renown heating stove, coal or wood, good condition; square extension dining room table; 100-lb. side icer refrigerator; wood bed and springs; leather davenport; Aladdin lamp; three oil lamps; clothes wringer; vacuum cistern cleaner; oven for oil stove and miscellaneous articles.

Terms - Cash

Come And Spend The Afternoon

Clarence Stuber, Owner

Dorsey P. Miller, Auctioneer

Robert Hahn, Clerk

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This was the auction sale of my paternal great aunt & uncle, Clarence and Vera (Haley) Stuber.  They sold their property and moved from Ohio to Salamonia in Jay County, Indiana to help take care of Vera's parents, Eli and Cora (Metzner) Haley.  According to my uncle, Paul LeMaster, when Vera and Clarence made the move of nearly 50 miles, they did it with a wagon and a Ford tractor.

Finding Luman: Part Two

Sometimes after spinning your wheels trying to find a record for an ancestor, you just need to sleep on it.  Such was the case in finding my paternal 2nd-great grandfather, Luman Walker LeMASTERS and his family in the 1870 census.


I woke up this morning feeling as if I had received a bit of "divine revelation" on how to look for him.  Previously, I had no luck in searching for him at the Ancestry.com database for the 1870 census by name, or even a line by line browsing of the township where I thought he should be.  This morning I tried a different tack.


Focusing on his wife, Mary, I entered information in the search parameters only for her name, date of birth within 2 years, state of birth and then the presumed locality of Darke County, Ohio.  There was only one result found for the 1870 census that matched my parameters.

When I clicked on the image, I had found my family :

Source: Luman Lemasters household, 1870 census,  Allen Twp., Darke County, Ohio, dwelling 79, family 79, Ancestry.com [database on-line]

The handwriting is not good, and I can see why it was transcribed as Pemantus instead of Lemasters.  Also, for some reason, the image is indexed as Brown Township, Darke County, Ohio when it is clearly Allen Township.  I submitted an indexing correction to Ancestry.com so that others will be able to find the image in the future.

Luman Lemasters was a 27 year old farmer, born in Ohio, with real estate valued at $1000 and personal property valued at $700 and a U.S. citizen.  His wife, Mary, was aged 23, born in New Jersey and keeping house.  Daughter Eula (Beulah) was aged 5, born in Indiana, and son Luman was aged 3, also born in Indiana.  With their daughter listed as Eula it was no wonder I couldn't find her when I searched for "Beulah" before.

I thought I had tried all the possibilities, but for some reason I hadn't found them.  In this case, it was good that I listened to my intuition.

Tombstone Tuesday: Forrest L. and Lelia E. (Ehrhart) Chew

Forrest L. and Lelia E. (Ehrhart) CHEW are buried in the Salamonia Cemetery, Madison Township, Jay County, Indiana.  Forrest is my first cousin 3 times removed.


Forrest was born May 1894 in Ohio, the son of William Anderson and Emma Susan (STRAIGHT) CHEW.


Lelia was born September 23, 1898.  I do not know her parentage.


Forrest and Lelia were married on September 1, 1920 in Jay County, Indiana.


Source: Salamonia Cemetery (Jay County, Indiana), Forrest L. and Lelia E. Chew marker, photographed by Travis LeMaster, 26 March 2009.


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