P.O. Box 443, Napoleon, OH 43545 P.O. Box 443, Napoleon, OH 43545 Some time after the close of the War of 1812 and the conquest of the Indians in the area, the United States government had a strip of land across northern Ohio surveyed. Within that area was Harrison Township. The government then offered that…
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BENSON, JANICE
JANUARY 17, 2021 KATY BENSON LEAVE A COMMENT Janice Benson Oral History August 29, 2020 This is a transcribed version of the interview. It is meant to be transcribed not with grammar in mind but keeping to the words of the speakers along with the history and stories per the speakers. • 1:46:15 Interview Length SPEAKERS Janice…
SPANGLER, MARY
[Editor’s note: this oral history includes a written family history.] Interviewed by C. Wangrin I’m Mary Spangler; my husband is Eldon Spangler. His parents were Grover Cleveland Spangler and Clara May Spangler. . . . (a lot of geneological data omitted here) When we were first married we lived in a trailer on Rt. 5…
SPERRY, ROBERT
DECEMBER 24, 2017 JAMES REBAR LEAVE A COMMENT Interviewed by Charlotte Wangrin, March 10, 2008 CW: Will you please tell us your name. RS: My name is Robert Sperry. I was born in Colton, Ohio. CW: Colton, that is an interesting place. RS: Reading Moe Brubaker’s column “Back to the good old days” going back 100 years,…
Voigt, Louis
James RebarPosted onDecember 24, 2017 OralHistory Undated. Interviewer unknow. My name is Louis Voigt, I am the grandson of Fred Voigt, the proprietor of the resort at Girty’s Island back at the turn of the century. Now Dorothy Memmer, my next door roommate is the daughter of Winnie Voigt Zachrich who was also a daughter…
FRITZ, THEODORE
DECEMBER 24, 2017 JAMES REBAR LEAVE A COMMENT interviewed by Charlotte Wangrin, November 11, 2009, with comments by Lou Ann Limbird (LAL) CW: Would you give us your name please? TF: Theodore Fritz. CW: All right. TF: For about ninety years I was at Standley, Ohio, around Holgate. CW: Where is that, south of Holgate? TF:…
SHERMAN, MARY LUCILLE
DECEMBER 5, 2017 JAMES REBAR LEAVE A COMMENT Martha Jane Menzel, Interviewer, February 18, 2002 L. My name is Mary Lucille Sherman but it has made a lot of problems so I just now go by M. Lucille Sherman. M. Lucille, can you tell me the date of your birth? L. I was born April 1, 1913,…
HELBERG, ROGER
Interviewed by Charlotte Wangrin, October 23, 2008 RH: I am Roger Helberg from Napoleon, Ohio and we live just west of town. I was born in 1938. We are recording this at the Red Cross office. I am on the board here and I spend a lot of time here so we are recording this…
REESE, BEN AND GRACEANN (HONECK)
Interviewed by C. Wangrin, October 22, 2004 (This oral history has not been fully edited or checked for quality control.) C: They’re going to take me on a little tour of their house and tell me about it. When was this house built? B: The original portion of the house was built in 1853 by…
RIGGS, HAZEL
DECEMBER 4, 2017 JAMES REBAR LEAVE A COMMENT Interviewed By Russell and Marlene Patterson, March 24, 2008 MP: Hazel, will you please state your name and birth date. HR: My name is Hazel Ruth Saul Riggs. I was born on Fifteen Road, Napoleon, Ohio on November 15, 1903. I am now 104 years old and on November…