The Annual Goshen Reunion has been set for September 9, 2012, at the Goshen Community Church of the Nazarene Social Hall, 2501- David Rd. (Near the Zeisberger Cemetery) The picnic will begin at 1:30 p.m. Those attending should bring a covered dish and soft drinks. Tableware will be provided.
Miscellaneous Pictures – From: Mike Swaldo
If you can identify these people, please comment on this post and I will
add the names to them.
L-R: Front- Dean Haney, Jack Davis (ball hat) Jane Cookson, (girl with knit hat) Frank Davis (ball hat) and Bob Haney (tallest boy) Back- Ida Mae Davis, Amelia Davis, Faye Haney and Ester Haney
L-R: Front- Frank and Jack Davis, Middle Row: Ida Davis and Faye Haney, Back Row- Amelia Davis, William Haney and Esther Haney
Both photos were taken in 1938-1939. The photo with 9 people in it was taken at the Haney Home. The photo with 7 people in it was taken at the Davis home and in the background to the right is the home belonging to Russell and Gladys Cookson. Jane Cookson, who is in the photo with the 9 people, is their daughter. That home did burn down some years later. Frank also said there was a small road leading from the the Russell Cookson place, back about a 1/4 of a mile to a log home belonging to Rusell’s father, James Cookson. James was married to Sue, who was the sister of Davis’s Grandfather Frank Hill. There was a home that cannot be seen in the photo with 7 people in it since it was taken in the back of the Davis property. That would be the home that now belongs to Eric Brokaw. It did belong to Lena Gervasi Richardson at that time. The Davis home is no longer standing.
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A Brief Hibbs History – By: Mike Swaldo
I’ve been researching Hibbses– not an easy task. The Hibbs family is very old and very large. Our Hibbses first came into Ohio in 1815. Isaac Hibbs (wife unknown, but possibly Elizabeth Cuppy) and his sons Samuel, Joseph, and Isaac Jr., and Daughter Nancy. They purchased land in Jefferson county (now Loundon Twp. Carroll County), and are listed as “Entrymen,” or original landowners in Carroll county. Isaac’s wife, Mary Lucas, died in 1828, and is buried in Kilgore Lutheran Cemetery.
During the 1840’s, Isaac Jr. (now remarried to Julianne Mathews), Step-daughter Isabella, and his two sons Mahlon and Isaac (III) purchased land and farmed up in Oldtown Valley (Co.Rd. 24). Isaac Jr. died in 1858 and is buried in Forney Cemetery (now on private property) up in Oldtown. Isaac and his wife Margaret Markley returned to Carroll County where he later served in the Civil War as a member Co. K, Reg. 98 of the OVI. Mahlon and his wife Eliza Ellen Wise stayed in Tuscarawas County and raised their six children, Harvey, Thursa (m. Daniel Meese), Enos, Almeda (m. Phillip Heldt), Charlotte, Isaac George, William, and John. Mahlon eventually left Oldtown Valley and moved into Lehn’s Valley (now Wainwright) where he had a small farm up where Sani Rd. now goes. Mahlon and Eliza were membeers of st. James Lutheran Church in Tuscarawas. Both are buried there.
Mahlon and Eliza’s oldest son, Harvey (m. Anne Elizabeth Kuhn) lived where Bob and Wilma Briggs now live. Harvey and Anne’s children were George William (m. Emma Farrell), Emma (m. Charles Toben), Ida May (m. Frederick Davis from England), Lucy (m. Joseph Mathias), Albert (m. Clara Hancy), Anne (m. William Ashbaugh), Ella (Ellen Irene) (m. August W. Brieske (Broeske)), Caroline (m. Harry Owens), and Mary (m. Evan Francis).
Harvey and Anne purchased a farm near Alliance where they continued to farm. Eventually, they relocated to Geauga County with Emma and Lucy. Harvey died in 1919 and Anne in 1923. Harvey and Anne Hibbs, the Tobens, and the Mathiases are all buried in Overlook Cemetery in Parkman, Ohio.
Homemade Meatballs by Flora Dindo
2 eggs
1/2 C water
1 C chopped onion
1/2 C chopped parsley
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
3/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1/2 C bread crumbs
2-1/4 lbs. Ground Beef
Beat eggs slightly in large bowl. Mix in water, onion, parsley, garlic salt and bread crumbs. Add beef, mix well with hands to blend thoroughly. Shape mixture into 24 balls. Place on rack in shallow baking pan.
Bake in oven at 375 degrees for 25 minutes or until meatballs are cooked through.
I make these meatballs and keep in the freezer. They come in handy to have in a hurry.
Flora Dindo
Goshen, OH
Where are they now? – Wanda Carlisle Golder
Wanda Carlisle Golder says she now resides in the “outskirts of Goshen” after living in Goshen her entire life.
“I now live in the little settlement of Ninevah,” explained Golder. “I was born in Goshen in November, of 1932. When in Goshen, I lived on what is now Route 416, S.E., near the former Loveday Store. There were 10 children in our home.”
Golder’s parents were the late James C. and Helen Carlisle. Their children were Dorothy Carlisle Hibbs (deceased), James J. Carlisle, Faye Carlisle Meese, Jeane Carlisle Crites, Joe Carlisle, Dan Carlisle, Wanda Carlisle Golder, Tom Carlisle (deceased) Margie Carlisle Levengood and Linda Carlisle Edie. Golder’s grandfather and grandmother, Robert and Bertha Carlisle, also resided in Goshen, “and that’s how I was from Goshen.” noted Golder while adding, “My sister (Margie Carlisle Levengood) and husband still live in our home place, the place where all of us kids were born.”
Golder is retired from Joy Manufacturing, of New Philadelphia and said she has very fond memories of her school years at the Goshen School.
GOOD COOKIES
1 cup oleo
2 cups white sugar
3 eggs
4 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/4 tsp. allspice
1 tsp. soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup raisins (cooked 5 minutes in 1 cup of water)
Mix all together and drop onto cookie sheets. Bake at 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes.
Eileen Harmon Roberts
Uhrichsville, OH
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Invitation to stop through Jan 1, 6-9pm and enjoy the Page Family Christmas display.
I am engaged to their oldest son, Shane. We have 2 children, Mitchell, 13 and Brayden, 6. Jim has passed down the enjoyment of putting out the Christmas display to his sons, and now our children. It’s a family affair. Our children enjoy telling everyone they come in contact with about the Christmas display and love watching children’s faces glow when they turn off of 416 onto Goshen Valley Rd. We add to the display 30-40 new items every year. We recently purchased a Winnie the Pooh from 1977, which brought Shane to tears. It was the very first blowmold his father bought for him, which was lost in the house fire. We also purchased 3 lanterns, a white, red and green, that were used in small towns 50 years ago. Each and every blowmold has a story behind it, with most of them being vintage.
We invite you to stop by through Jan 1, 6-9pm and enjoy the Christmas display we have.
Stories from Keith Schaar
Thanks everyone for all the posts on the Goshen Website. Some of my earliest memories are going to visit Mom and Dad Schaar (Lawrence and Kate) as my mother called them. She was Catherine Hansen, who around 1929, became a foster child of Lawrence and Kate. My mother attended Goshen School in the 1930’s. She eventually ended up marrying Sidney Schaar, a nephew to Lawrence.
My great, great Grandfather Joseph Schlafley settled in Goshen, in the 1840’s. He married Barbara Schweitzer who grew up just down from Goshen going towards the York area. They raised many children in the Goshen area. One of them, Roseanna ended up marrying my Great Grandfather Rudolph Schaar.
Joseph Schlafley’s older brother Moritz, followed him to Goshen many years later but didn’t have the good fortune that Joseph had. Moritz is buried in the Goshen Cemetery near the far fence.
Rudolph came to this country from Switzerland, in 1857. He settled in the New Philadlephia area and at the outbreak of the Civil War, joined the 107th OVI, a German speaking regimen for the most part. There is evidence that he was jilted during the war. The Seargent in his company was a Schlafley from the Goshen area. He came back from the war and met Roseanna. They raised four sons, Joseph, John, Lawrence and Walter Schaar and a stepson Henry Romig III from an earlier relationship Roseanna had. They spent part of their later years in Goshen and part in New Philadelphia. Rosey’s house stood for many years at the end of Schaar Lane near the entrance to the Lawrence Schaar place.
Rudy, as he went by, helped run the Schaar and Schlafley Coal and Ice Company, of Goshen and was later known as Schaar Coal. There are many entries in early Goshen noted in the county papers of Rudy having plenty of coal to sell.
Another Great Grandfather, Edward Wilson came to Goshen from England, in the 1880’s. He was also a coal miner. His daughter Elizabeth married my grandfather Walter and lived in the Goshen area for awhile. Their first child was stillborn and a boy. He is buried near the entrance to the Goshen Hill Cemetery with a simple painted stone that reads Schaar boy. Walter left the area soon after and went to work for the railroad and later settled in Dover. For many years a large reunion was held on Goshen Hill called the Schlafely, Moore, Schweitzer Reunion. I have several photos of those gatherings and hope to post a few soon.