Surname Saturday : Paternal Lines Recap

This post is a recap of Surname Saturday posts of my paternal lines.  Taking a six-generation view of my pedigree chart, these are the families that would be in my paternal line:

• LEMASTERS Jay County, IN>Shelby County, OH>Mason County, VA>Charles County, MD>St. Mary's County, MD
• YOUNG Pickaway County, OH>Shelby County, OH>Berkeley County, VA>Germany
• CHEW Burlington County, NJ>Gloucester County, NJ>Flushing, NY>ENG
• WOOLSTON Burlington County, NJ>ENG
• WEHRLY Jay County, IN>Preble County, OH>York County, PA
• PETRY York County, PA>GER
• SMITH Cass County, MI>Clark County, OH>New Jersey
• MAXSON Green County, OH>Monmouth County, NJ>Westerly, RI>ENG
• HALEY Jay County, IN>Erie County, OH>Fairfield County, OH>SWITZ
• GARY Fairfield County, OH
• SHERRICK Ashland County, OH>York County, PA>Lancaster County, PA>SWITZ
• JACOBS York County, PA>Lancaster County, PA
• METZNER Jay County, IN>Licking County, OH>GER
• YOUNG Jay County, IN>FRANCE
• MOULTON Licking County, OH>Rutland County, VT>Hartford County, CT
• PHILBRICK Licking County, OH>Massachusetts>Hillsborough County, NH

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Family Recipe Friday: Thanksgiving Memories and Recipes

[Mom's guest post:]

As I go dig out  my recipes for Thanksgiving, I can't help but remember the dinners my mom would prepare.  I would help her by setting the table with a cloth tablecloth and napkins.   She always made it a special occasion even if it were just the four of us.    Of course we always had the usual turkey and giblet gravy, mashed potatoes, chicken and noodles, green beans, and corn.   Mom also had candied sweet potatoes that she would put marshmallows on the top.   I remember her making the syrup on the stove and making sure she got it just right.  Unfortunately, no one in our family today eats them like we did when I was young. 

She loved to make fan tan rolls from her Parker house roll recipe.   I'd watch her  knead the dough and let it rise on the floor registers.   She would then roll it out and cut it into about 6-8 strips, stack them and then cut into 12 pieces and put them in muffin tins.  There is nothing quite a good as the smell of yeast rolls baking.   Our family would peel of the layers (fan) of the rolls and add butter to each piece and savor the taste.   Of course we didn't worry about calories or cholesterol.

We always had two kinds dressing for Thanksgiving.  Mom would make regular bread dressing for us and oyster dressing for dad.    I always think of him when I make oyster dressing at Thanksgiving.   One year, dad picked out the whole oysters and mom got upset so the next year, she cut them up so he couldn't pick them out.  Mom would always make cranberry salad which I still make today.   I'm the only one who eats but it wouldn't be Thanksgiving without it.   She always had pumpkin pie made from the Carnation recipe and pecan pie.  

Fan Tan Rolls

Bonnie Wright always made these as "fan tan"rolls for Thanksgiving.  We loved to peel away each layer and add lots of butter.

    1 cup milk                                                     
    1 tablespoon salt                                              
    1 cup lukewarm water                                           
    1 package yeast                                                
    6 tablespoons melted vegetable shortening                      
    5 tablespoons sugar                                            
    6 cups flour                         

                          

Scald milk, add sugar and salt; cool to lukewarm.  Dissolve yeast in water and add to lukewarm milk.  Add 3 cups flour and beat until perfectly smooth.  Add melted shortening and remaining flour.  Knead well.  Place in greased bowl.  Cover and set in warm place.  Let rise until double in built, about 1 1/2 hours.  Roll out into rectangle sheet and 1/8 inch thick.  Brush with melted butter and cut into strips 1 1/2 in wide.  Pile 7 strips together and cut into pieces 1 inch wide.  Place inch side up in greased muffin pans.  Cover and let rise about 1 hour.  Bake for 20 minutes at 400 degrees.

Cranberry-Apple Salad

I always make this for Thanksgiving even though I'm the only one who likes cranberries.   It is the recipe that mom used.   Afterwards, I freeze it in individual dishes for a quick dessert.

    2 cups cranberries                                             
    2 oranges, peeled                                              
    2 apples, cored and seeded                                     
    1 cup chopped celery                                           
    1 3-ounce box lemon jello  or cranberry jello                  
    1 cup boiling water                                            
    1 cup sugar                                                    
    1/2 cup walnuts                                                

Chop cranberries, apples and oranges with a food chopper or grinder.  Add sugar, nuts and celery.   Combine jello and hot water and add to fruit mixture.  Chill until set.   (It will be a soft set)

Oyster Dressing

I couldn't find mother's recipe but this is as close as to the one she used.  I usually cut it in half since only my husband and I eat it.

 1 pint oysters, drained; reserve liquid                        
    1 medium onions, chopped                                       
    2 stalks celery, chopped                                       
    6 tablespoons butter                                           
    8 slices stale bread, cubed into 1/2 inch pieces               
    1/2 teaspoon thyme                                             
    1/4 teaspoon sage                                              
    2 tablespoons lemon juice                                      
    Salt and peper                 

                                

Saute onion and celery in butter until soft, about 3-5 minutes.   Add bread cubes and saute until browned, about 7 minutes.   Remove from heat and add herbs and oysters that have been sprinkled with lemon juice.   Fold in gently, adding some of the reserved oyster liquid for a more moist stuffing.  Season to taste with salt and pepper.  

Bake in a greased 1-quart casserole dish at 350 for 25 minutes.   Makes 4 cups.

William Clifford LeMaster and Lella Edith Lewis

Located a genealogy online that contained some information on the LeMaster and Lewis families that may be of use to those researching this line. The book was located online here.  The following was found on page 207:

WILLIAM C. AND LEELA E. (LEWIS) LeMASTER (5) 

Leela Edith Lewis, daughter of Morgan B. and Hattie (Hoover) Lewis, 

was born April 9, 1876, near West Grove, Penn Township, Jay County, Indiana. 

William Clifford LeMaster, son of Luman Walker and Mary K. (Chew) 

LeMaster, was born September i, 1870, at Rose Hill, Darke County, Ohio. 

Leela E. Lewis and William C. LeMaster were united in marriage Aug- 

ust 20, 1892, in Penn Township, Jay County, Indiana. 

TO THEM WERE BORN 

Name Birth Death 

Gladys Armoral LeMaster October 20, 1893 

Leela Lewis LeMaster March 20, 1897 

Gladys A. was born in Jay County, Indiana, and Leela at Elyria, Loraine 

County, Ohio. 

A short time after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. LeMaster moved to 

Elyria, Loraine County, Ohio, where Mr. LeMaster accepted a position in the 

Old Savings Deposit Bank, which office he held until 1901, when he resigned 

and became cashier for the Elyria Savings and Banking Company. 

Mrs. LeMaster is a graduate from the common schools of Penn Town- 

ship. She is a member of the First Congregational Church, of Elyria, Ohio. 

Mr. LeMaster is of French and English descent. His father comes of a 

Methodist family of French descent, from Loraine, France. The name was 

originally LeMaitre. His mother was from New Jersey and is of English 

descent. After a common school education Mr. LeMaster attended the Normal 

College at Portland, Indiana, two terms, after which he taught in the public 

schools of Madison Township. Jay County, Indiana, one year. He then went 

to Oberlin, Ohio, where he graduated from the business college, January, 1892.

William Clifford LeMaster was my paternal great-uncle, son of Luman Walker LeMasters and Mary Keziah Chew.  He married Lella Edith Lewis, daughter of Morgan B. Lewis and Hattie Hoover August 20, 1892 in Jay County, Indiana.  I have enjoyed tracing his life journey from Elyria, Ohio to Colorado where he died July 26, 1922.