Aaron mentioned a possible census record for Jacob Hineman, (wife, Mary Bickerstaff) born about 1809, son of John Hineman Sr. and Mary Unknown. I had done some research on him and his family awhile back, but since he mentioned him, I thought I would take another look. I am posting what I have found so far.

I had an approximate death of abt. 1833 Scioto, Jackson Co., Ohio for him, but didn’t enter a source, so I think I must have gotten it from someone else’s tree info.

NOTE: I emailed a request to the Jackson County Ohio Genealogy Society for a look-up in the cemetery index. There is a surname “HINEMAH” listed, which might be a typo, since they mentioned there could be some spelling/transcription errors.

UPDATE: I got an email back regarding the Hinemah/Hineman burial and the only one listed in the index is for Joseph Hineman/Hinemah.

I looked in the cemetery books and the only Hineman (Hinemah) was a Joseph Hinemah buried at Cedar Cemetery in Scioto Twp., there are no dates listed.

Larry Patrick

Jackson County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society

Since Joseph can’t be found after 1860, I would have to guess that is him, and he died between 1860 and 1870. I checked Civil War Soldiers on Ancestry, but the only Joseph HinDman listed for Ohio would have come from Columbiana County, OH, as most of those companies came from there for the 104th Regiment Ohio Infantry. I did email the person again hoping for some Ewing info, so we will see.

Back to original post:

I decided to search for his children, Joseph and Mary Ann, since it was a good possibility that his wife had remarried by 1850.

Name:  Mary Ewing
Age: 40
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1810
Birth Place: Ireland
Gender: Female
Home in 1850: Scioto, Jackson, Ohio
Household Members:
Name     Age
Samuel Ewing 48
Mary Ewing     40
Mary Ann Hineman 19 (daughter of Jacob Hineman?)
Joseph Hineman 17 (son of Jacob Hineman?)
Leah Ewing   9 (daughter of Samuel Ewing and Mary Bickerstaff Hineman?)
Nancy Ewing 7   “                               “                                           “

By 1860, Samuel Ewing appears to be a widow, the Hineman children are still living with him, but Mary is not:

Name:  Samuel Ewing
Age in 1860: 57
Birth Year: abt 1803
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1860: Scioto, Jackson, Ohio
Gender:     Male
Post Office: Jackson
Household Members:
Name     Age
Samuel Ewing     57 PA
Mary A Hineman     28 PA
Joseph Hineman     26 PA
Nancy Ewing     16 PA

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Here is a HUGE piece of speculation: Alexander Hineman, nephew of Jacob Hineman, was married to Amanda Jane EWING. Her father was John Ewing from Pennsylvania, born about 1810/1814. Samuel Ewing was from Beaver County Pennsylvania, born about 1802/1803. Could John and Samuel be brothers or some other relation? I know, it’s a stretch, but not impossible, and also not easy to prove, given the time period.

By 1870, Samuel Ewing is no longer around (probably dead) and Joseph Hineman is also gone, and I haven’t been able to find him. Mary Ann Hineman (listed as a servant) is still living with her half sister, Nancy Ewing, who is now married to Samson Casbos Nye:

Name:  Nancy Nye
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1843
Age in 1870: 27
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1870: Scioto, Jackson, Ohio
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Camba
Household Members:
Name     Age
Catharine Nye 32 PA
Nancy Nye     27 PA
Mary E Nye     8 OH
Catharine Nye 5 OH
Lydia A Nye 3 OH
Henry A Nye 2/12 OH
May A Hineman 35 PA Domestic Servant, Real Estate 1500, Personal 100
(trans error? could be Mary or May)
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Name:  Nancy Nye
Home in 1880: Scioto, Jackson, Ohio
Age:     37
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1843
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to Head of Household: Wife
Spouse’s Name: Samson C.
Father’s birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother’s birthplace: Ireland
Occupation: Keeps House
Marital Status: Married
Household Members:
Name     Age
Samson C. Nye 42 PA PA PA Farmer
Nancy Nye     37 PA PA IRE
Mary E. Nye 18 OH PA PA daughter
Catharine B. Nye 15 OH PA PA *
Lyda A. Nye 12 OH PA PA *
Nancy J. Nye 8 OH PA PA *
John L. Nye 5 OH PA PA son
Mary A. Hineman 45 PA PA IRE sister-in-law, single (now listed as SIL)
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By 1900, Mary Ann Hineman had been married and widowed:

Name: Nancy Nye
Home in 1900: Scioto, Jackson, Ohio
Age: 56
Birth Date: Jul 1843
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Race: White
Ethnicity: American
Gender: Female
Relationship to Head of House: Wife
Father’s Birthplace: Ireland
Mother’s Birthplace: Ireland
Mother: number of living children: 6
Mother: How many children: 7
Spouse’s Name: Sampson C
Marriage Year: 1861
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 39
Residence : Scioto Township, Jackson, Ohio
Household Members:
Name     Age
Sampson C Nye 62 May 1838 PA PA PA
Nancy Nye     56 Jul 1843 PA IRE IRE 7 children, 6 living
Hulda M Nye 17 Mar 1883 OH PA PA (Hulda May Nye, note for later)
Mary A Aten 68 Sep 1831 PA IRE IRE sister-in-law, widowed, 0 children
Pearl Dickason 27 boarder
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By 1910, Mary Ann Hineman Aten is gone; I am assuming she died between 1900 and 1907 because she does not appear in the Ohio Death records that start in 1908.

Name: Nancy Nye
Age in 1910: 67
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1843
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Father’s Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Mother’s Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Spouse’s Name: Samson
Home in 1910: Scioto, Jackson, Ohio
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Female
Household Members:
Name     Age
Samson Nye     71 PA PA PA
Nancy Nye     67 PA PA PA
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Mrs. Mary E. Morris of Campbell avenue, who was called to Jackson county, reports little or no improvement in the condition of her mother, Mrs. Nancy Nye.

Portsmouth Daily Times (Portsmouth, Ohio) 06 Oct 1910

Nancy Ewing Nye dies:

Nancy Nye
b: 16 Jul 1843 PA
d: 08 Oct 1910 Scioto, Jackson Co., OH
burial: Pleasant Hill
F: Samuel Ewing PA
M: unknown (doesn’t that figure?)
Informant: Samson Nye (her husband)

Samson is now living with their son, John:

Name: Sampson Nye
Home in 1920: Jackson Ward 2, Jackson, Ohio
Age: 81 years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1839
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to Head of House: Father
Father’s Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Mother’s Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Marital Status: Widow
Household Members:
Name     Age
John Nye 44 OH PA PA car repairs, railroad
Cora Nye 39 wife OH OH OH
Hazel Nye 20
Sampson Nye 81 father

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Name:  Sampson Nye
Home in 1930: Jackson, Jackson, Ohio
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Age:     92
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1838
Relation to Head of House: Father
Household Members:
Name     Age
John Nye     55 truck dry??????
Cora Nye     49
Sampson Nye 92 father

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Samson Nye Seriously Ill

Samson Nye of Jackson, who makes his home with his son, John Nye of Jackson, has been seriously ill for several weeks. His relatives have been called to his bedside. Mr. Nye is 87 years of age and his condition is regarded as critical.

Portsmouth Daily Times (Portsmouth, Ohio) 09 Apr 1926

Sampson Casbos Nye
b: 01 May 1838 Beaver Co., Penn.
d: 07 Jun 1930 Jackson, Jackson, OH
Wife: Nancy Nye
Father: Benjamin Nye, Penn.
Mother: Catherine Casbos, Penn.

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Ohio Deaths:
Children of Sampson Nye and Nancy Ewing

Nancy Jane Nye Price
b: 14 Aug 1871 Jackson Co., OH
d: 10 Dec 1933 Columbus, Franklin Co., OH
burial: Portsmouth, OH
Husband: John J. Price

Alice L. McClure
b: 18 Mar 1877 Jackson Co., OH
d: 30 Jun 1941 Dayton, Montgomery Co., OH
burial: Washington, OH
Husband: Clement L. McClure
Informant: Charles S. McClure

Mary Ellen Morris
b: 25 Apr 1862 Jackson Co., OH
d: 20 Jul 1926 Portsmouth, Scioto, OH
burial: Jackson, OH
Husband: John V. Morris

Katie Tipton
b: 08 Oct 1864 OH
d: 23 Jan 1915 Portsmouth, Scioto, Ohio
burial: Greenlawn, Portsmouth, OH
Informant: David Tipton

John P [L] Nye (indexed as “P” but it looks like a messy “L”)
b: 18 Mar 1875 Scioto Twp., Jackson Co., OH
d: 02 Jun 1935 Jackson, Jackson Co., OH
burial: Fairmont Cem., Jackson, Jackson, OH
Informant: Mrs. John Nye

Parents are listed as S.T. Nye and Nancy Ewing, but the “T” is sort of written over.

Here is his WWI Draft Registration:

Name: John Lewis Nye
County: Jackson
State: Ohio
Birth Date: 18 Mar 1875
Race: White
Roll: 1832323

Person who will always know him: Mrs. Cora Effie Nye (his wife)

Cora E Lenhart Nye Death Record:

Cora E Nye
b: 13 Apr 1880, Jackson Co., OH
d: 11 Dec 1950, Jackson, Jackson Co., OH
burial: Fairmount
F: Peter Lenhart
M: Mary Riegel
Informant: Mrs. Raymond Bramman?

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Name: Mary E Morris (daughter of Samson Nye and Nancy Ewing)
Home in 1900: Huntington, Ross, Ohio
Age:     38
Birth Date: Apr 1862
Birthplace: Ohio
Race: White
Ethnicity:     American
Gender: Female
Relationship to Head of House: Wife
Father’s Birthplace: Pensylvania
Mother’s Birthplace: Pensylvania
Mother: number of living children: 4
Mother: How many children: 4
Spouse’s Name: John V
Marriage Year: 1888
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 12
Residence : Huntington Township (South & East Part), Ross, Ohio
Household Members:
Name     Age
John V Morris 37 May 1863 OH OH OH
Mary E Morris 38 Apr 1862 OH PA PA
Lulu V Morris 10 Aug 1889 OH
Marie G Morris 8 Aug 1891 OH
Mallahin C Morris 6 Apr 1894 KS
Gladys L Morris 3 Feb 1897 KS
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Name:  Mary E Morris
Age in 1910: 47
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1863
Birthplace: Ohio
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Father’s Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Mother’s Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Spouse’s Name: John V
Home in 1910: Portsmouth Ward 4, Scioto, Ohio
Marital Status: Married
Household Members:
Name     Age
John V Morris     46
Mary E Morris     47
Lulu V Morris     20
Marie G Morris     18
Madaline C Morris 15 (Mallalieu)
Louise G Morris     13
John M S Morris     9 (this must be Stanley)

John V. Morris
b: 23 May 1862 Cincinnati, OH
d: 22 Oct 1945 Portsmouth, Scioto Co., OH
burial: Fairmont, Jackson, OH
F: Allen Morris
M: Louisa Doan
Informant: J Stanley Morris, Dayton, OH

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Mrs. Mary Ellen Morris.

Mrs. Mary Ellen Morris, 64, wife of John Morris, died at her home, 2513 Seventeenth street, yesterday evening at 7:52 o’clock. Death came at the end of a three year illness, during which time she was confined to her bed as the result of a second stroke of paralysis.

Mrs. Morris was a member of Manley M.E. church, which congregation she joined soon after moving to this city from Jackson. She was born in Grahamsville, Jackson, county.

The family located in Portsmouth in 1900 [or 1906].

Surviving are the husband, two sons, Mallalieu and Stanley and three daughters, Mrs. C.H. Samson, Mrs. Ernest Park and Miss Lulu Morris, all of this city.

She also leaves her father, Samson Nye, 88 years old, of Jackson, three sisters, Mrs. Jane Bice [Price], Portsmouth, Mrs. May Shay [Hulda May] and Mrs. Alice McClure of Dayton and a brother John L. Nye of Jackson and five grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held from the home Friday morning at nine o’clock with Rev. A.L. Brokaw of Manly church officiating. Burial will be in Fairmount cemetery, Jackson.

Portsmouth Daily Times (Portsmouth, Ohio) 21 Jul 1926

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Here is Kate Tipton, daughter of Samson Nye and Nancy Ewing:

Name: Kathryn Tipton
Age in 1910: 46
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1864
Birthplace: Ohio
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Father’s Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Mother’s Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Spouse’s Name: David C
Home in 1910: Portsmouth Ward 1, Scioto, Ohio
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Female
Household Members:
Name     Age
David C Tipton     51 VA NC VA Proprietor, Hotel
Kathryn Tipton     46 OH PA PA
Sarah F Tipton     11 OH VA OH

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Name: Catharine Tipton
Home in 1900: Portsmouth Ward 7, Scioto, Ohio
Age:     34
Birth Date: Oct 1865
Birthplace: Ohio
Race: White
Ethnicity:American
Gender: Female
Relationship to Head of House: Wife
Father’s Birthplace: Ohio
Mother’s Birthplace: Ohio
Mother: number of living children: 1
Mother: How many children: 2
Spouse’s Name: David
Marriage Year: 1895
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 5
Residence : Portsmouth City, Scioto, Ohio
Household Members:
Name     Age
David Tipton     41 WV OH OH laborer, brick yard
Catharine Tipton     34 OH OH OH dressmaker (2 children, 1 living)
Sarah Tipton     1 OH WV OH daughter
John Tipton     21 son (David’s from 1st marriage?) iron moulder
Mary Tipton     19 daughter (David’s from 1st marriage?)
Alfred Tipton     21 brother laborer, brick yard

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This is Alice Lydia Nye McClure, daughter of Samson Nye and Nancy Ewing:

Name:  Alice McClure
Age in 1910: 39
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1871
Birthplace: Ohio
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father’s Birth Place: Ohio
Mother’s Birth Place: Ohio
Spouse’s Name: Clyde
Home in 1910: Jackson Ward 2, Jackson, Ohio
Marital Status: Divorced
Household Members:
Name     Age
Alice McClure 39 OH OH OH
Clyde McClure 21 son
Floyd McClure 17 son (guess he was living with both parents?)
Mabel Rice     19 daughter
Arthur Rice 18  (son-in-law)

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Biggs House 1890 (image from www.portsmouth.lib.oh.us)

David Tipton, Alice Nye McClure’s son-in-law leased this building for his business. I think it was a hotel, amongst other things. I will post separately on this, as there are several mentions in the newspaper.

Mrs. Mabel Rice and brother, Floyd McClure of Dayton, will arrive here today to see their mother, Mrs. Alice McClure who has been quite sick at the Biggs House. Clyde McClure has been at the bedside of his mothers for some days.

Portsmouth Daily Times (Portsmouth, Ohio) 20 Mar 1912

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Mrs. Herbert Shay and two sons and Mrs. Carl Royse [Rice] and son, Clyde, of Dayton, O., arrived Thursday evening, called here by the serious illness of their mother, Mrs. Mabel [Alice] McClure, who is being cared for by her sister, Mrs. David Tipton at the Biggs House. Mrs. McClure continues in a very critical condition.

Portsmouth Daily Times (Portsmouth, Ohio) 23 Mar 1912

**NOTE: Alice didn’t die until 1941.

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Name: Floyd McClure
Age in 1910: 17
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1893
Birthplace: Ohio
Relation to Head of House: Boarder
Father’s Birth Place: Ohio
Mother’s Birth Place: Ohio
Home in 1910: Wayne, Fayette, Ohio
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members:
Name     Age
Edward Belles     25
Elcie Belles     23
C L McClure     48 (this must be Clement)
Floyd McClure     17

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Name: Mabel Rice
Home in 1920: Washington Court House Ward 4, Fayette, Ohio
Age:     29 years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1891
Birthplace:     Ohio
Relation to Head of House: Housekeeper
Father’s Birth Place: Ohio
Mother’s Birth Place: Ohio
Marital Status: Widow
Household Members:
Name     Age
Clem Mc Clure 56 salesman, grocery (notice father and daughter living together)
Mabel Rice     29 saleslady, grocery
Clyde Rice     9

Death Record for Clement McClure:

Clem L. McClure
b: 24 Jun 1862 Jackson, OH
d: 26 Jan 1936 Washington C.H. Fayette, OH
divorced
F: Charles McClure, Jackson, OH
M: Margarette Alexandra, OH
Informant: Floyd McClure (his son)

**He froze to death

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Now, about Hulda May Nye Shay: I cannot find her death record, although I did find that she, her husband Herbert Miles Shay and son, Roy Nye Shay are all buried in the Fairmount Cemetery in Jackson County, Ohio.

Herbert Miles Shay
b: 22 Mar 1877, Jackson, OH
d: 28 Feb 1941, Butler, Montgomery, OH
burial: in Jackson, OH
Widowed
Spouse: May Shay
F: John Shay, Ireland
M: June ?, OH
Informant: Hector H. Shay (his other son)

Herbert and Hulda May Shay’s son, Roy Nye Shay was murdered. With “chums” like this, who needs enemies? This is just tragic!

Murder Victim Buried

JACKSON, July 12 — The funeral of Roy Nye Shay, 19, who was found murdered in Dayton Wednesday afternoon, was held Saturday from the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Nye. The lad was a motorcycle messenger for the Western Union Telegraph Company, and was found lying along the bank of the Miami river; the body, it is thought, having been rolled toward the river by his assailant, and caught in a wire fence near the water’s edge.

The lad is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Shay, of Dayton, and is survived by his parents, one brother, Herbert Shay, and a number of more distant relatives.

Portsmouth Daily Times (Portsmouth, Ohio) 12 Jul 1920

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Believe Murderer Of Youth Passed Through This City

Detective Howell of the Dayton police department was in the city the first of the week investigating a report that Frank Mills, charged with the murder of Roy Shay, Dayton messenger boy, who was shot and killed along the river front in Dayton on the night of July 6th, had passed through Portsmouth on July 11th, and that he had separated from his “buddy” at one of the ferry landings here.

It has been discovered that Mills, riding the motorcycle which he took from the murdered lad, passed through the city, and that he did part with his comrade here on the night of July 11th. Further trace of him has not been found.

The murdered boy, Shay, was buried in Jackson, where his people at one time made their home and where relatives live. This murder startled Dayton and surrounding territory because of the apparent lack of motive and the brutality of the crime, Shay’s body being found along the Miami river bank, and his murderer gone with the motorcycle. The machine, a Harley Davidson, was much battered and worn out, and it was believed that Mills might have stopped here for repairs.

Chief Distel and the local police are still on the lookout for Mills, but believe that he has gone south.

Portsmouth Daily Times (Portsmouth, Ohio) > 1920 > July > 22

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Held For Murder

DAYTON, Nov. 29. — Denying that he killed Roy N. Shay, Western Union messenger boy on the night of July 6, last, Frank Mills, gave himself up to Deputy Sheriff Harry Thompson this morning. Two days ago the police recovered a motorcycle, covered with blood and belonging to Shay in Greenup co, Kentucky.

Mills says he has been in that section for several weeks.

Coshocton Tribune (Coshocton, Ohio) 29 Nov 1920

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Frank Mills, who is accused of killing his boy chum, Roy Shay, a messenger boy in Dayton, is on trial in that city. Mills was arrested here and the police say he had Shay’s motorcycle when apprehended.

Portsmouth Daily Times (Portsmouth, Ohio) 23 Mar 1921

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LIFE HANGS IN BALANCE ON WEIGHT OF BIT OF LEAD
DAYTON, March 29. — The weight of a bit of lead taken from the brain of Roy N. Shay, messenger boy murdered here July 6, may be the means of Frank Mills, 20, who’s defense started Monday, freeing himself from a first degree murder charge. The defense claims the weight of the lead is of a 22 calibre bullet and not of a 32 calibre, the size of the gun alleged by the state. The defense claims there was a 22 rifle at the Shay home and that on one occasion Joseph Able, a roomer, said “I did it and am going to the police and tell them all about it.”

Chronicle Telegram, The (Elyria, Ohio) 29 Mar 1921

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Youth Found Guilty of Murder; Given Mercy

DAYTON, O., April 1. — After being out since 9 o’clock Thursday night, the jury in the case of Frank Mills 20, who has been on trial for the past two weeks in common pleas court on a charge of first degree murder for the killing last July of Roy N. Shay, 19, Western Union messenger boy, today at 6:20 a.m. returned a verdict of guilty in the first degree. Mercy was recommended.

Mills was jointly indicted for the murder with Fred Panstingle, now in the Mansfield reformatory. It was charged by the state, the two boys killed Shay in order to obtain his motorcycle to go to Lancaster, Ohio, boys’ industrial school to free Martin Wacher, a prisoner there, and a cousin of Panstingle.

Mills surrendered himself last December. His attorneys claimed that Panstingle alone killed Shay and then induced Mills to accompany him on the motorcycle, which was found in Mills’ possession when he surrendered.

Portsmouth Daily Times (Portsmouth, Ohio) 01 Apr 1921

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To be continued………..I still need to research the Nancy Jane Nye, who married John Price.

Oh, and if anyone finds anything on Joseph Hineman, son of Jacob Hineman, let me know.

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 to vote “dry,” are ????y provisioned for a thirst siege. Yesterday was the last day for two years in which liquor could be sold. So the saloonkeepers had bargain sales and men and women crowded in to get the stuff.

The saloon finish was also marked by a shooting a??ray in which Charles Hineman, a saloonkeepter, was fatally wounded. A.L. [or I] Mercer, a photographer, is alleged to have done the shooting and is held with a companion without charge pending the result of Hineman’s injuries. Hineman is said to have tried to stop a fight. Mercer and his companion escaped down the river on a ????ch [maybe launch] but were captured by detectives.

New Castle News (PA) 24 Jul 1907

Loss of life is always sad, but on the upside, with the booze ban, he was gonna be out of work anyway, so Mr. Photographer may have done him a favor. [sarcasm]

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.

ACCUSED ASSAILANT OF GIRL AT LARGE
KANE, Pa., Nov. 6,–Fred Eck, who is accused of the brutal attack on Lillian Pearl Hineman last Sunday night when she was returning home, is still at large, but the police authories expect to capture him within 48 hours.

The funeral of the little girl, who committed suicide, took place yesterday. A great number of people viewed the remains of the girl who has aroused the sympathy of the entire community.

New Castle News (PA) 06 Nov 1913

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 valuables. As he was leaving the saloon Jim Sibet, the town marshal, fired, but missed him, and Smith returned the shot and the bullet entered Sibet’s head. He will die.Smith was afterward captured, brought here and placed in jail in spite of the efforts of the mob to lynch him.

New Castle News (PA) 21 Jan 1891