By: Mark Holtsberry Recently a citizen of Antwerp reached out to me to see if I would write an article on someone he remembers as a child, so here it goes. Percy Perry Smith was born December 28, 1893 in Antwerp, Carryall Township, Ohio. The son of William and Della (Overmyer) Smith. This couple was…
By: Mark Holtsberry Factual History of Company A. 148th National Guard up to 1938 Company A. 148th Infantry was first organized in 1907 as Company B. 2nd Ohio Infantry, with Captain Alfred N. Wilcox commanding, John N. Miller 1st Lieutenant and Dorr I. Gasser 2nd Lieutenant. Captain Charles A. Musgrave assumed command in 1910 and…
By: Mark Holtsberry Another Paulding County young man with a sad ending. Robert Patterson Staley was born May 17, 1895 in Paulding, Ohio. The son of Edward S. and Blanche (Patterson) Staley. Edward S. Staley was born in Lafayette, Indiana, March 7, 1858. Blanche was born July 25, 1867 in Fostoria, Ohio. Ed and Blanche…
By: Mark Holtsberry Terrible news strikes another Paulding World War 1 soldier. John William Essex was born January 22, 1895 in Paulding. The fifth of nine children born to Thomas Jasper and Catherine Irene (Bennett) Essex. Thomas was born October 4, 1857 in Union County, Ohio. Catherine was born March 3, 1867 in Highland County,…
By: Mark Holtsberry Iden Edwin Chatterton was a Paulding County born young man who ended up coming home. Iden was born September 21, 1888 in Paulding, Ohio. The son of George Iden, born January 21, 1856 in Ohio and Nora Ethelynne (Champion), born October 2, 1863 in Hicksville, Ohio. The Champion family had moved to…
By: Mark Holtsberry Henry Johnson aka William Henry Johnson is not from Paulding County but I found his story very interesting. Henry Johnson was born July 15, 1892 in Winston Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina. Son of Isaac and Maggie Johnson. By 1900 the Johnson family was living in North Carolina, Isaac was a day…
By: Mark Holtsberry Emmett Good was born May 5, 1892, the son of Alfred Jerome, born January 15, 1871 in Ohio and Eura Ellina (Bradford) Good born October 19, 1873 in Rudolph, Indiana. The couple was married November 19, 1891 in Paulding. By 1900, the Good family was living on Main Street, Paulding. Alfred was…
By: Mark Holtsberry Accident kills young Antwerp man. Daniel Boylan was born June 8, 1893 in Antwerp, Ohio. The son of William Nelson and Julia Ann (Rumbaugh) Boylan. William was born in Paulding County, August 25, 1861. Julia was born in Ohio March of 1859. The couple married, August 25, 1886 in Paulding, Ohio. By…
By: Mark Holtsberry Albert Wallace Treat Interesting feature person, who started out as a Corpsman in World War 1, ended up serving as a relief officer in Iran. Albert was born December 23, 1895 in Gays, Illinois. The son of William E., born 1854, in Michigan and Carrie E. (Wallace) Treat, born February 9, 1869…
By: Mark Holtsberry Bess Grace (Boyer) Garvin was one of Paulding’s World War 1 Army Nurse Corp nurses and was born May 30, 1887. The daughter of John Franklin and Sarah J. (Snyder) Boyer. John was born in 1849, Sarah was born in 1852 both were born in Ohio. The couple was married February 8,…
By: Mark Holtsberry Herman W. Coats was born in Grover Hill, Ohio, August 2, 1892. The son of Luther Elliot and Melissa C. (Harris) Coats. Luther was born January 3, 1861 in Indiana. Melissa was born July 31, 1864 in Indiana. Luther and Melissa were married, January 3, 1884 in Randolph, Indiana on Melissa’s birthday! …
By: Mark Holtsberry Alfred Henry Paul Blanchard is another young man from Paulding County who served in World War 1. He was born October 8, 1896 in Auglaize Township. The son of Philiase and Mary Elizabeth (Sieren) Blanchard. Philiase was born in Canada, April of 1848. He moved to Ohio at the age of sixteen.…
By: Mark Holtsberry Ruth Dorothy (Wuchter) Whigam was another World War 1 American Red Cross Nurse with Paulding County ties. She was born in Akron, Summit County, Ohio, December 29, 1895. The daughter of William Wallace and Mary A. (Klingler) Wuchter. William was born in 1872 in Ohio. Mary was also born in Ohio in…
