HINEMAN Marriages: Hancock Co., West Virginia

The family search site has just added marriage records for Hancock Co., WV. They don’t have digital copies, just a transcription.  West Virginia Vital Records has birth, marriage, death records, some with digital copies, but no marriages for Hancock Co. as of yet.
Here is what I found for HINEMAN, with my notes to help identify [...]

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Kessler Family continued…

As it turns out, Samuel Kessler is the brother of Jacob Kessler. I haven’t found an obituary for him, but I did find one for his wife:
Mrs. Samuel Kesslar.
Mrs. Hannah Avey Kessler, wife of Samuel Kesslar, of Marion Center, died on Wednesday evening about 7 o’clock, of a complication of diseases, aged 66 years. The [...]

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KESSLER / HINEMAN connection

NOTE: The Mrs. Jennie Hineman mentioned was Jennie Elizabeth Kessler, who was first married to John Herbert Hineman, son of Jacob and Sarah Catherine (Kauffman/Coffman) Hineman. Sarah later married a Grube (see obit).
JACOB KESSLAR. Punxsutawney.
Jan. 19–Jacob Kesslar, an old and respected resident of this city, died in his home, 414 Graffius avenue, at 1:00 a.m. [...]

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Coffman & Haskins: Pennsylvania

I don’t know if this Coffman is related or not, but they sure made sure the judge was earning his keep!
MARRIED.
On April 16, 1896, by Squire Thompson, Mr. Edward Coffman and Miss Maud Haskins, both of Blairsville.
Indiana Progress (PA) 22 Apr 1896
Saturday in court, was devoted to the hearing of surety of the peace cases.
The [...]

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Kauffman / Coffman: Pennsylvania

Information on various Kauffman/Coffman families in or around Indiana Co., PA.
First, the one I know is related; she was married to a HINEMAN:
Mrs. Sarah Grube
Mrs. Sarah Grube, wife of J.H. Grube, died at her home in Albian Friday morning at 10 o’clock after a protracted illness, at the age of 70 years. She has been [...]

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CERAMIC CITY DRY AS TINDER

This Hineman could be related, being he was apparently working in East Liverpool, OH, where some of  “my” Hineman’s also lived. A quick census search did not turn up any obvious candidates, so will need to continue to look.
(By United Press)
EAST LIVERPOOL, O., July 23.– Residents of the city, one of the largest in Ohio [...]

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Brutal Attack, then Suicide

I am still trying to find this poor girl on census records, but with no age or parents listed, it is difficult. I have also tried searching for other news articles related to this tragedy, but not luck so far.
Kane is in McKean county, and the Hineman’s there don’t appear to be related to mine. [...]

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Pennsylvania: McConnell Deaths

No known connection at this time.
James McConnell, a craneman in the employ of the Republic Iron & Stell company of Youngstown, is showing such remarkable devotion to his sweetheart that it may cost him his life. He had his right leg crushed at the works, and was attended by a surgeon, who ordered him sent [...]

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James McConnell: Devoted to His Sweetheart

As far as I know, this James McConnell is not related, but I haven’t researched him as of yet.
James McConnell, a craneman in the employ of the Republic Iron & Stell company of Youngstown, is showing such remarkable devotion to his sweetheart that it may cost him his life. He had his right leg crushed [...]

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Jailed in Spite of Mob Efforts to Lynch Him

A Texas saloon shoot ‘em up story. I had relatives living in this area back in the 1890’s.
Held Up Seven Men
SHERMAN, Tex., Jan. 17,–At Bell’s, twelve miles east of here, George Smith, a farmer, entered a saloon Wednesday night and compelled seven men at the point of a revolver to hand over their money and [...]

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