Sunday, January 16, 2011

Sunday's Obituary: Bertha Fidelia (LeMaster) Yaeger (1874-1922)

Source: Commercial-Review, Portland, Indiana, March 17, 1922, page 2.

MRS. JOHN H. YEAGER DEAD BRAZIL, IND.

Mrs. Bertha Yaeger, 47, wife of John H. Yaeger of Brazil, Ind., passed away Thursday noon.  She underwent an operation Sunday noon and never recovered.  She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L.W. LeMaster of Salamonia.  Mr. Yaeger was a principal for sixteen years in the schools at Brazil, and also taught in the Madison Township schools.  Mrs. Yaeger was formerly a teacher in the Michigan schools and taught in Portland and Madison Township schools about nineteen years ago.

The deceased is survived by the husband and six children, Clarence, Mary, Helen, John Vernon, George Walker and Luther.  She is also survived by the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. L.L. Rockwell of Fort Recovery; L.C. LeMaster , west of Salamonia; W.C. LeMaster of Denver, Colo.; Mrs. M.J. Atkinson of Salamonia; Mrs. Henry Meinholtz of Alamosa, Colo.; Mrs. S.W. Phillips of David City, Neb.; A.R. LeMaster of Geneva, and Drs. O.O. and V.W. LeMasters, both of Sydney, O.

The body will arrive in this city Saturday and will be taken to the home of Mr. and Mrs. L.W. LeMaster at Salamonia, where it will lie in state until the hour of the funeral.  The complete funeral arrangements will be announced later.

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Note the surname is spelled both Yeager and Yaeger in the same obituary, almost as bad as LeMaster/LeMasters.  The tombstone in Salamonia Cemetery spells the surname Yaeger.

I didn't know that Bertha taught in Michigan, will have to research this as well.



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Saturday, January 15, 2011

S. Winfield & Una Maude (LeMaster) Phillips: David City, Nebraska

Thanks to Miriam at AnceStories for her post on Digital Archives and Databases in Nebraska, I was able to discover some photos of my relatives.  Miriam listed several databases for Nebraska research, which I'm just now getting around to discovering.


At the Nebraska Memories website, I searched under "LeMaster" and found 5 x 7 photos of my paternal great grandaunt, Una Maude (LeMASTER) PHILLIPS and her husband, Dr. S. Winfield PHILLIPS of David City, Nebraska.


The photos are under copyright of the Boston Studio Project, so I won't post them there.  How neat to find the biographical information as well.


S. Winfield Phillips was born December 22, 1883 in Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Winfield S. and Mary Jane Bates Phillips. He married Una Maude LeMaster December 22, 1907, in Salamonia, Indiana. They were the parents of two children. He worked as a farm hand until 1908 when he attended the Veterinary College in Kansas City. He moved his family to David City, Nebraska, in 1911 and opened a veterinary practice where he practiced until his retirement in 1958. He was a state senator, active in community activities, and the Methodist Church. He died September 13, 1968 in David City, NE. [My data shows December 29, 1977]
 Una was born April 26, 1884, in Portland, Indiana, to Luman and Mary Chew LeMaster. She married S. Winfield Phillips December 22, 1907, in Salamonia, Indiana. Una taught school while her husband worked as a farm hand, then moved to Kansas City, Kansas, while her husband attended the Veterinary College. They moved to David City, Nebraska in 1911 to establish a veterinary practice and animal hospital. hey were the parents of two children. She was active in community activities and the Methodist Church. She died September 13, 1968, in David City, NE.
 My dad has photos of a family trip that he took out to David City, NE in the summer of 1968 with his parents to visit them.  


L-R: Victor LeMaster, Ord LeMaster, Ruth (Haley) LeMaster, 
Una Maude (LeMaster) Phillips, Senator Winfield Phillips

Surname Saturday : METZNER

The METZNER surname is in my paternal line.  The origins are surname are German.


Ahnentafel # 11: Cora Belle Metzner (1868-1955). Cora was born August 21, 1868 in Jay County, Indiana.  She married July 21, 1888 in Jay County, Indiana to Eli Weldon Haley (1866-1957).  They raised 7 children in Noble Township, Jay County, Indiana.  Eli died July 14, 1957 in Madison Township, Jay County, Indiana.  Cora died April 28, 1955 in Madison Township, Jay County, Indiana.  Both are buried in the Mt. Zion Cemetery, Noble Township, Jay County, Indiana.


Ahnentafel # 22: John Adam Metzner (1840-1895).  John was born August 23, 1840 in Licking County, Ohio.  He married November 13, 1864 in Jay County, Indiana to Clara Moulton (1843-1899). Clara was born September 1843 in Licking County, Ohio.  They raised 4 children in Wayne Township, Jay County, Indiana where John was a farmer.  He was a Civil War veteran, serving in Co G., 40th Ohio Infantry and the 51st Ohio Infantry.  Clara died July 2, 1899 in Westchester, Jay County, Indiana.  John died December 4, 1895 in Westchester, Jay County, Indiana.  Both are buried in the Mt. Zion Cemetery, Noble Township, Jay County, Indiana.


Ahnentafel # 44: John Metzner (1805-1888).  John was born October 2, 1805 in Saxony.  He married November 4, 1839 in Newark, Licking County, Ohio to Catherine Young (1819-1910).  Catherine was born July 18, 1819 in Alsace.  They raised 11 children in Licking County, Ohio and Noble Township, Jay County, Indiana.  Catherine died June 22, 1910 in Jay County, Indiana.  John died January 10, 1888 in Jay County, Indiana.  Both are buried in the Mt. Zion Cemetery, Noble Township, Jay County, Indiana.


Our John's father has been given as Jasper Metzner, who died in 1838 at sea on the way to America by Biographical and Historical Record of Jay and Blackford Counties, Indiana (Lewis Publishing, 1887, pp. 585-6).  This mug book states that John's parents were Jasper and Hannah (Reisenberg) Metzner, and that Jasper died on the voyage.  Since this was published some 40 years after the fact, it may have been mis-interpreted, and in fact John's father died while John was at sea.  A potential line back into Germany has been discovered by cousin, Paula Metzner. She researched Heldburg Church records. I hope to discuss the evidence she found in an later post.  The coincidences are compelling, but not proof that this is the same family.  If so, the line would be as follows:


Ahnentafel # 88: Johann Caspar Metzner (1777-1838).  Johann was born July 19, 1777 at Heldburg, Saxony.  He married on August 21, 1804 in Heldburg, Saxony to Johanna Susanna Weissenborn.   They had 8 children, including two daughters and six sons (one of who had moved to America in 1837 according to Caspar's death record).  Caspar died March 11, 1837 in Heldburg, Saxony and was buried March 14, 1837 in Heldburg, Saxony.


Ahnentafel # 176: Johann Andreas Metzner.


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