Thompson A. Hineman was the son (and youngest child) of Alexander Hineman and Amanda Jane Ewing.

Because he was born in 1881, Thompson does not appear on any census record with his parents, however they are listed on his death record.

Something I noticed on the 1880 census: There was a Thompson family living near the Alexander Hineman family. Not sure if there is ANY connection at this point, but something I will try to research further.

Okay, on to what I have found so far: Thompson seems to have been a bit of a delinquent. According to the 1900 census, he was an inmate in a reformatory.

Name: Thompson Hineman
Home in 1900: Madison, Richland, Ohio
Age: 20
Birth Date: Apr 1880
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Race: White
Ethnicity: American
Gender: Male
Relationship to Head of House: Inmate
Father’s Birthplace: Virginia
Marital Status:     Single
Residence : Ohio State Reformatory, Richland, Ohio

News clips:

25 May 1899 Source: Mansfield News

NEW PRISONERS RECEIVED — Guard Anderson brought to the reformatory from Lisbon, Columbia [sic.] County, Charles Nelson, Edward Hanselman and Thompson Hineman.

Evidently, he was quite the crafty fellow:

TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS

Thomas Hineman, an alleged thief, under arrest at Chester, W. Va., escaped from the lock-up and is still at large.

The Indiana Democrat (Indiana, Pennsylvania) 24 Jan 1906

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Escaped From Jail.

East Liverpool, O., Jun 20.–Thompson Hineman of this city confined in the Chester (W. Va.) jail on suspicion of robbing two men on the bridge between East Liverpool and Newell, W. Va., escaped and is now at large. He left in his cell a dime novel with a leaf turned down to a chapter headed “A Thrilling Escape” which he seems to have studied to advantage.

The Marion Daily Star (Marion, Ohio) 20 Jan 1906

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Now, for his wives, Flora Unknown and Dessie D. Straight (Hawkins) :

FIRST WIFE: Flora Unknown

Name:  Thompson Hineman
Age in 1910: 30
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1880
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father’s Birth Place: United States of America
Mother’s Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Spouse’s Name: Flora
Home in 1910:     Wellsville Ward 3, Columbiana, Ohio
Marital Status:     Married
Household Members:
Name     Age
Thompson Hineman 30
Flora Hineman     28
Charles Dugan     31 (husband of Thompson’s sister, Myrtle Edna Hineman)

I haven’t been able to find Flora on another census, so I don’t know if they had any children or not.

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SECOND WIFE: Dessie D. Straight, born 09 Apr 1890, Marion Co., WV, daughter of:

William E. Straight, born 13 Apr 1868 WV, died 24 Dec 1936,  Mannington, Marion Co., West Virginia

and  (married 05 Jul 1889, Marion Co., WV)

Mergie L. John[s], born 30 Jul 1870 PA. , died 18 Nov 1935, Mannington, Marion Co., West Virginia

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Dessie D. Straight was first married to Charles Jasper Hawkins, on 04 Mar 1909. They had two children; a son, Merle, born about 1909 PA, and Julita M., born abt 1911 WV. Evidently, they divorced sometime before 1917.

Thompson Hineman and Dessie (Straight)  Hawkins were married on 24 Dec 1917 in Fairmont, Marion Co., WV.

Name:  Thomas A Hineman
[Thomas A Hinaman]
Home in 1920:Mannington, Marion, West Virginia
Age: 39 years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1881
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse’s Name: Dessie
Father’s Birth Place: United States of America
Mother’s Birth Place: West Virginia
Marital Status:     Married
Race:     White
Sex:     Male
Home owned:     Rent
Household Members:
Name     Age
Thomas A Hineman 39
Dessie Hineman 29
Myrle Hawkins   10 son
Julita M Hawkins 9 daughter

Hommer B Myler 60  *The rest are boarders or lodgers
Clarence E Richardson 35
Harold Bryson     23
Charlie Florer     35
George R Stwart 35
Coe W Magruder 20

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This marriage probably didn’t last very long as Dessie went back to using the Hawkins surname.

Name: Dessie D Hawkins
Home in 1930: Mannington, Marion, West Virginia
Age: 40
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1890
Birthplace: West Virginia
Relation to Head of House: Head
Race:     White
Household Members:
Name     Age
Dessie D Hawkins 40

I can’t find Thompson anywhere, under any name variation in 1930, but he should have been in East Liverpool, Columbiana Co., OH, I would think. He died there 28 Jul 1941.

Dessie Straight Hawkins Hineman Hawkins died 16 Aug 1936 in Marion Co., WV.

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As an aside, I think this is Dessie’s father in 1930:

Name:   William E Straight
Home in 1930:  Moundsville, Marshall, West Virginia
Age:    62
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1868
Birthplace: West Virginia
Relation to Head of House: Inmate

** Ancestry is being funny and won’t load any census images right now, so I can’t check to see the name of the  facility/prison or whatever. I had looked at it before, but didn’t make a note of the name.

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
View Map
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.

I am posting this information regarding Alexander Hindman/Hineman to show his connection to John and Mary (McConnell) Hineman, who were his parents.

West Virginia Death Record - cropped

This is the left portion of the death record which lists the name of parents and  the informant. Informant was Alexander’s daughter, Kathrine Elsina Hineman Wern, who went by Ella. **see her death record further down.

West Virginia Death Record -cropped

Birth: 04 Nov 1831 PA

Death: 25 Jun 1917 – Clay, Hancock Co., WV

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Daughter Kathrine Elzina (Hineman) Wern:

West Virginia Death Record - cropped

Parents: Alexander Hineman and Amanda Ewing

Informant: Thomas Wern

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Now, on to Edward McConnell Hineman (aka Eddo, Eddy, Mac, Mack) and his twin sister, Edna Myrtle.

Once again, I have cropped the image in pieces to make it easy to see the important information.

West Virginia Birth Record 1871 - Hancock Co.

This is indexed as Eldis McC  Hindman, but if you compare the last letter of his first name to other “s” on the same document, you can tell it is not an “s”. I think it is an “e” for Eddie, even though it does look different from the “e” at the end of Myrtle. In addition, Nancy too a look at it too, and noticed the “M” in McC looks like a “W” until you compare it to other ones on the page, plus it does look like the “M” in Myrtle.

Now, for the parents:

West Virginia Birth Record 1871 - cropped

NOTE: On the original image, the father and mother are listed next to each other, but I cropped and moved Amanda’s part so it would fit  better in this post. Notice it says she had 2 babies, so twins. The parents for Edna Myrtle were left blank, but then the parents of the child below them was accidentally put there, then erased, so that is what you see.

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I also found the following marriage information (which I posted previously) for Alexander and Amanda:

Hancock Co., WV GENWEB has name listed as Alexancer HINDERMAN to Amanda Jane EWING, 14 Aug 1856. Source listed as Marcie McClelland.

I have checked the WV vitals, but I can’t seem to pull up marriage records for anyone in 1856, so they must not have them on there yet.

Children (some)  of Alexander Hindman/Hineman and Amanda Jane Ewing:

Hancock Co. WV Births

Name:Mary Emaline Hindman *Did she marry?
Birth Date: 05 May 1857
Birth Place: Hardins Run, Hancock, West Virginia
Sex: Female
Mother: Amanda Jane Hindman
Father: Alex-R. Hindman

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Name:Etta J. Hindman *Did she marry?
Birth Date: 28 May 1868
Birth Place: Grant, Hancock, West Virginia
Sex: Female
Mother: Amanda J. Hindman
Father: Alexander Hindman

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Name:  Eldis McC Hindman (Eddy, Mac, Edward, Mack)
Birth Date: 20 Jul 1871
Birth Place: Grant, Hancock, West Virginia
Sex:     Male
Mother: Amanda J. Hindman
Father: Alexander Hindman

* Married Laura Tegard, then Caroline Anna Pfaffenbach

Granddaughter of Alexander Hineman/Hindman and Amanda Jane Ewing.

Daughter of Edward Mack Hineman and Laura Unknown (Tegard, see new info below) who may have died in childbirth or shortly after?

Here is her 1915 marriage record:

*This one uses the HINEMAN spelling. ** Also note it says she is 18 years-old! She was only about 14/15 years-old. Edward Stoner was quite a bit older.

Laura/Lora was living with grandparents in 1910. Alexander and Amanda give her permission to marry:

*Notice how he/she spells HINEMAN: HINDMAN

*This part also spells surname as HINDMAN.  one uses the HINEMAN spelling.

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Name:    Maud Stoner
Home in 1920: Steubenville Ward 1, Jefferson, Ohio
Age: 19 years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1901
Birthplace: Ohio
Relation to Head-of-house: Wife
Spouse’s name:     Edward
Father’s Birth Place: Ohio
Mother’s Birth Place: Ohio
Marital Status: Married
Household Members:
Name     Age
Edward Stoner 27
Maud Stoner 19
Evelyn Stoner 2 6/12

*Notice Edward has aged 3 years since the marriage and Maud has aged 1 year.

NOW, it seems they are not longer married in 1930. In fact, I can’t find a Laura or a Maud with a daugther Evelyn at all. However, I did find a Margaret married to an Edwin RANKIN, with two STONER daughters, one an Evelyn of the correct age, living in Youngstown, Mahoning, OH:

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Name:   Evelyn Stoner
Home in 1930: Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio District 62
Age: 12
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1918
Birthplace: West Virginia
Relation to Head-of-house: Stepdaughter
Mother’s Name:     Margaret
Household Members:
Name     Age
Edwin Rankin     24
Margaret Rankin 29
Evelyn Stoner     12 (step daughter)
Cathleen Stoner 9 (step daughter)

Edwin Rankin appears to have been living with his parents in Summit Co., Ohio, in 1920. The Edwin Rankin living in Summit Co., Ohio was Claude Edwin Rankin, who died in 1935, so he is not the same Edwin Rankin.

This appears to be Edwin’s Social Security Death Record:

Name: Edwin Rankin
Last Residence: 44507  Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio, United States of America
Born: 31 Dec 1905
Died: Sep 1985
State (Year) SSN issued: Ohio (Before 1951)

And here is Margaret Rankin:

Name:  Margaret Rankin
Last Residence: 44507  Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio, United States of America
Born: 25 Jul 1900
Died: Jan 1986
State (Year) SSN issued: Ohio (1965-1966)

SO….IS this Laura Maud Hineman? I don’t know.  Actually, now I do think it is the same person. I just found a tree (starr/bucey family tree) on ancestry that lists her name as Margaret Maud HINDMAN. This tree does not list any children for Maud and Edwin Rankin.

Even better, it has Laura Maud Hineman’s mother’s family listed! ANCESTRY.COM LINK

If this is the correct family, Laura’s mother was born in Delaware Co., Iowa, not in Missouri, as listed on one of the census records (1900). Her year of birth is also off, but that seems to be kind of usual for these Hinemans, and being they were living next to Mack’s father, Alexander, maybe he or his wife gave the info to the census taker.

Name: Laura M Tegard
Birth Year: abt 1882
Birth Place: Delaware
Gender: Female
Census Date: 1885
Residence state: Iowa
Residence County: Delaware
Locality: Earlville
Roll: IA1885_176
Line: 28
Family Number:     13
Household Members:
Name     Age
Josiah A Tegard 33
Laura Tegard     26
William Tegard     11
Mabel Tegard     9
Ethel Tegard     7
Laura M Tegard     3

This Tegard family did end up in East Liverpool, I think one sister was in Newell, WV.

One thing, probably not connected, but I haven’t had time to check yet: One of Laura’s (Laura Maud’s mom) sisters married a SWAN. I found a SWAN connection that is related to the DUGAN line (one of Edward Mack Hineman’s sister married a Dugan) and will post the new info after I gather it all together.

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I think I might have posted some of this info below, but just to try to keep this family in one place, I am posting again:

Edward Mack Hineman appears to be remarried to Caroline Anna Pfaffenbach by 1920, and living in Wellsville, Columbiana Co., Ohio in 1910.

Name: E M Hinsman
[E M Hineman]
Age in 1910: 38
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1872
Birthplace: West Virginia
Relation to Head-of-house: Head
Father’s Birth Place: United States of America
Mother’s Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Spouse’s name: Anna C
Home in 1910: Wellsville Ward 2, Columbiana, Ohio
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members:
Name     Age
E M Hinsman 38
Anna C Hinsman 48
Frances R Hinsman 5

Mack Hineman must have died between 1910 and 1920:

Name:  Callie Hineman
Home in 1920: Wellsville Ward 2, Columbiana, Ohio
Age: 57 years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1863
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to Head-of-house: Head
Father’s Birth Place: Germany
Mother’s Birth Place: Germany
Marital Status: Widow
Race:     White
Sex:     Female
Home owned: Rent
Household Members:
Name     Age
Callie Hineman 57
Frances R Hineman 14

Here is Caroline’s death record. Notice it lists Mac as her deceased husband:

Anna Caroline’s mother was Rosetta/Rosina, depending on the record. Frances’ middle name appears to be Rosetta, based on the West Virginia marriage record:

Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like Frances and Roy were married very long. I still need to do some more searching for her and the two STONER sisters.

I believe this Anna  was married to the James Hineman, who was the son of Alexander Hineman and Amanda Ewing. This would have been his second wife, the first (I think) being Caroline Patience McLain/McClain, from who it appears he was divorced. I am still researching this, trying to verify I have the right people.

NOTE: James Hineman’s OH death record lists his parents as Alex Hineman and Amanda Ewing, and his wife as Cary Ann Shears.

Deaths and Funerals
Wellsville Widow Dies
Mrs. Anna Hineman’s Funeral Set Monday

Mrs. Anna S. Hineman, 347 Buckeye Ave., Wellsville, died Friday afternoon at City Hospital, where she was a patient for a week. She was 91.

She was the widow of James Hineman, who died about 15 years ago. She resided in Wellsville most of her life.

Surviving are one sister, Mrs. Christene Aubiel of Loveland and several nieces and nephews.

Services will be held Monday morning at 10 at the MacLean Funeral Home by Rev. John C. Little of the First Presbyterian Church. Burial will be in Springhill Cemetery.

Friends may call tonight and Sunday at the funeral home.

East Liverpool Review (East Liverpool, Ohio) 27 Oct 1951

HER SISTER:

Death Notices
Christina Aubiel
Mrs. Christina Aubiel, 94, former Port Washington resident, died at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Marthe Reardon in Gano, O., Sunday morning. The widow of Jacob Aubiel, she is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Bryan of Menton Lake, Mrs. Ida Fields of Loveland and Mrs. Reardon; a step-daughter, Mrs. Nora Morris of Massillon; two sons, Robert Brown of Freeport, and William Dietz of Winesburg, and a step-son, Edward Aubiel of Newcomerstown Route 1. Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Moravian church in Port Washington. Rev. Dean Sauerwine will officiate. Burial will be in Union cemetery, Port Washington. Friends may call at the Ourant funeral home in Newcomerstown from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday afternoon and evening and at the church from 1 to 2 p.m. Thursday.

Coshocton Tribune (Coshocton, Ohio) 26 Jan 1959

It appears she was married 3 times; once to a BROWN, a DIETZ, then AUBIEL.

Parents of Anna and Christina were Michael Scherer and Elizabeth unknown, both born in Bavaria, according to census records.