The Children of Nelson and Mary Ann Houseworth

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My Grandfather Samuel L. Houseworth was the 10th of 11 children born to my Great-Grandparents Nelson and Mary Ann.....the oldest 7 were born in the Waldo/Delaware County area, the other 4, including Sam, were born in Blue Creek Township, Paulding County, Ohio.

Alonzo Houseworth 5/1/1860-5/6/1912

Alonzo was the oldest of the 11 kids. "Lonnie" as he was known by his nieces and nephews was 12 years old when the family moved to Paulding County. He was married twice, first to Dora Offill on 3/14/1886 in Paulding. They had a daughter named Daisy Viola born on June 12, 1887. Alonzo and Dora divorced, and Dora and her daughter move to Los Angeles, CA, around 1900. Daisy married a man named Willard Windsor Taylor who also was from Ohio.....they lived in Sandusky, Ohio, Osborne, Kansas, and Los Angeles, they were divorced in 1929. William died in California in 1949, Daisy died in May 1967 in LA. Not sure when Dora died, but she was still alive in California in 1941.

Alonzo married Eleanor Mealey in 1904, the had 4 children, all born in Paulding County: Hazel(1905-before 1987), Gertrude Pearl (5/8/1907-before 1987), Samuel Marion (10-31-1909-9-20-1987), and Della(1912-8-30-1912). Della was born 2 months before Alonzo died, and was only 6 months old when she passed away.

Rita Houseworth(1862-before 1922)

Rita was listed a Guerila in many of the documents of the day. She is the only one of the 11 children that I do not have a date or location of death. Rita married a man named Michael Follmer in Paulding County, on July 3, 1881. Rita and Follmer had at least 3 children, two of which were named after their grandparent Houseworths...Nelson(11/14/1887) was born just 11 days after his like named grandfather. Mary Ann was born December 12, 1882, and then Sarah was born on March 4, 1886. The family apparently moved from Blue Creek and Paulding County to parts unknown by me....I have no further information at this time.

John E. Houseworth(1864-1951)

John seemed to have the typical Houseworth "wanderlust" and is tracked moving several times between Marion County, Ohio, and Paudling County. He ended up in Prospect, Ohio, which is located about 15 miles east of Waldo. I find a women named Bertha Houseworth listed on his death record, and one son named Joseph, who was born in Paulding County in February 1891. There are several Houseworths still living in the Prospect area.

John died on April 4, 1951, in the Marion, Ohio Hospital, and is buried in the Prospect Cemetery, he was 87 years old.

Elva Minerva Houseworth(1866-1945)

I have collected a rather large folder on Elva and her family. Information that I have received from her GG-Grandaughter Pam Swiler in Michigan. Elva married Henry Elmer Mumy in Paulding County on 2-21-1888. The family moved to the Centerville, Michigan, area sometime after the turn of the century.

The couple had 4 children, two which died at a young age....they are buried near their parents in Blue Creek Cemetery. Arley(1892-1907) was killed by a train when he and his team of horses where hit near Defiance, Ohio. Goldie(1899-1900), died in infancy. Oral(1891-before 1966) and Mary Francis Mumy(1886-1956) married her cousin Clyde Blank. Most of this family resides in Michigan, Elva and Henry were great Aunt and Uncle of Billy Mumy, the child actor who played in multiple movies and starred in the TV show "Lost in Space".

More photos and family information on this line will be included later in this writing/blog.

Cora Houseworth(1868-1947)

Cora was born in Delaware County, Ohio, in 1868. She was married 3 times, but only had children with her first husband Mac(or McDonald) Stookey. The couple moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana, and living in Blue Creek Township, and Kokomo, Indiana, before settling in Ft Wayne.

Children of Cora and Mac Stookey:

Hazel Stookey Thompson born Paulding County 1890 died Detroit, MI, April 1974.

Oles Stookey born Paulding Co. 8-31-1891 died Detroit in September 1969

Fred Stookey born Paudling Co. 1-19-1893 died Fort Wayne on 1-24-1962

Bessie Stookey Niggemeyer born in Kokomo, IN in 1897 died in Fort Wayne on 12-13-1918

Hazel and Oles both ended up in the Detroit area, and that is where Cora died on December 2, 1947. Mac Stookey was born in Allen County, Ohio, on 1-5-1866, he died in Fort Wayne on February 9, 1923.

Cora was also married to Charles Gooding on 12-23-1923, after he passed away she married a man named Oscar Westfall on 6-24-1936. Cora was again a widow at the time of her death, she is buried in Fort Wayne at the Lindenwood Cemetery along side her brothers Sam and Elmer.

I have much more information on Cora and her children. Cora stayed close to my Grandmother Wilda Waldron Houseworth, even after Wilda and Sam's divorce.

Hazel Thompson had a adopted daughter Roberta(1913-2000), she also lost 2 children when they were young...a son who was stillborn, and an infant daughter. Oles had a son named Gerald(1919-1980). Fred Stookey was a cement contractor in Ft Wayne. Fred was married twice, his first wife was Mary Oth(1896-1935), after she passed away, he married Hazel Bauer in 1936. Fred and his wives had a total of 9 children, the youngest Bessie Stookey Niggemeyer is the grandmother of Bessie Okray, who supplied me with the family Bible information and oldest photos of the family. Bessie Stookey married Frank Niggemeyer(1890-1973) from Athens, Ohio. The couple had 3 children, Elmer(father of Bessie Okray) 1914-1998, Deline and Core Etta, who died in 1918 as an infant. Bessie Niggemeyer died shortly after the death of her daughter in 1918, she was 21{this was at the same time as the great Spanish Flu outbreak}

Della Houseworth(1870-1952)

Della was born in Waldo, Ohio, on March 6, 1870. She married a man named Charles David Cosart in Paulding County on September 11, 1886. The couple moved to Lima, Ohio, in Allen County. Several Cosart families live in the area today. I do not have a list of children of Della and Charles Cosart, but do suspect they had children.

Charles died in Lima on 4-25-1933, Della was the last of the children of Mary Ann and Nelson to pass away, she died in Lima on September 14, 1952.

THE REST OF THE CHILDREN WILL BE LISTED IN THE NEXT POSTING.

{photos....the children of Nelson and Mary Ann Houseworth around 1900...Cora Houseworth Stookey and Wilda Waldron Houseworth(my Grandmother) about 1900}