The Children of Fred and Ursula Houseworth

All 14 known children were born in the Waldo Area(as best as my research tells me).

Twin Boy Houseworths born 1839 died 1839

Nancy Houseworth born 1840 died 8-30-1856

Mary Ann Houseworth born 1841 died 9-8-1896

I have not found my Great-Grandmother's Death Records in Paulding County. She was living in Tipton, Blue Creek Township as late as June 1896...that was 3 months before her death. I am not positive of the exact location of her death.

Gilman Houseworth born 4-17-1843 died 4-11-1915 @ Kenton, Ohio

Henry Houseworth born 1845 died 9-18-1863 @ Chickamauga, Georgia

Henry was killed in the "Battle of Chickamauga" in north Georgia on the weekend of September 18, 1863(Gilman was wounded there)...one of the most bloody battles of the Civil War

Elizabeth Houseworth born 12-14-1846 died 11-1-1923 in Michigan

John W Houseworth born 1848 died 1932 in Waldo, Ohio

Andrew Houseworth born 1850 died 10-10-1870 near Waldo

Andrew died in an accident resulting from a fall near Waldo. Her is buried along side his mother and older brother John in the Waldo Cemetery.

Harmon Houseworth born 1853 died 6-1-1853

Sarah Houseworth born 1854 died 5-2-1854

Maria Houseworth born 1857 died Unknown

Frances Houseworth born 1863 died Unknown

Amanda Houseworth born 1864 died 1938 in Marion County, Ohio

Many of the Houseworth men served with the Union Army in the Civil War between the States....the 26th Ohio Volunteer Army was the home and final address for serveral...for more information on the Houseworth men and the unit itself....go to this excellent website...you will find information provided by me and others concerning the Houseworth cousins who served in this unit....a great look at the Civil War Veterans of ours and other Ohio families:

http://www.geocities.com/ovi26th/index.html

[photo: Surviving children of Fred and Urusla Houseworth...taken in Payne, Ohio( Paulding County) about 1885....left to right...bottom Mary Ann(1841-1896), John W.(1848-1932), Maria Houseworth Young/Anderson(1857-?), Top, Elizabeth Houseworth Patton(1846-1923), Gilman(1844-1915), Frances Roads(1863-?), Amanda Luellen(1864-1938)]

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Frederick Houseworth/Ursula Scribner Houseworth

Frederick Houseworth born Bucks County, PA 1814-Died Morrow County, Ohio(about) 1865.

Frederick Houseworth is my "other" Great-Great Grandfather Houseworth. If descended from Nelson and Mary Ann Houseworth, both Fred and Solomon Houseworth are your Great Grandfathers of varying numbers of Great.

Fred was the second of three Houseworth sons born to Israel and Catherine Houseworth.

Frederick Houseworth marries Ursula Jane Scribner @ Delaware, Ohio, January 7, 1839.

It is very possible that Ursula is descended from John Alden who arrived in America on the "Mayflower"....another cousin Bertrand MacPherson of Lima, Ohio, has been doing research on this family. He is descended from a sister of Ursula....another sister, Elizabeth Scribner married Frederick and Solomon's brother George Houseworth.

Fred and Ursual and at least 14 children, although many did not live past early childhood. My Great Grandmother Mary Ann Houseworth was one of the older children, and the eldest to make it to adulthood. It is believed that Fred died about 1865 in Morrow County(near the Marion-Delaware County lines). Ursula lived in Waldo where she owned several tracts of land, including the one that currently occupies the local town park. Ursula died March 26, 1882, and is buried in a grave between two sons, John and Andrew, in the Waldo Cemetery.

[photos...grave of Ursula(center) in the Waldo Cemetery....sons Andrew(left) and John(right) are buried next to her.....second is Waldo plotted in 1878...the tracts of land circled are listed as owned by Mrs. O. Houseworth....Ursula's name is sometimes documented as Orcilla Houseworth.]

Nelson Houseworth Siblings

My Great-Grandfather Nelson S. Houseworth had at least 5 brothers and sisters(not counting the children of his mother Melinda by a previous marriage). Here they are and what little I know about each:

Delilah Houseworth
born 1841 died unknown

Delilah is the one child of Solomon and Melinda that I have no further records of. She may have died young, went by a different first name or other. No marriage or death records have been located.

Jacob Houseworth
born 1843 died about 1893

Jacob moved to Paulding County about the same time as Nelson and Mary Ann. He is listed as having a daughter name Almira who lived with the widow Felkey(wife of Christopher). Almira was born in 1867.

Jacob married Loretta Davis in Marion County in 1872, shortly before the move to Blue Creek Township in Paulding County. Jacob and Loretta had the following children all who were born in Blue Creek: Elnora(1873), Wesley(1875), Elizabeth(1877), Rosa(1879), and Joseph(1891).

Elizabeth was married in Van Wert, Ohio, in 1893, her marriage license was signed by Loretta, with Jacob being listed as "Dead" on the document. After Jacob died(between 1891-1893), Loretta married twice more, once in Van Wert County, and once in Paulding.

Parthena Houseworth
1845-1883

Parthena Houseworth married Sidney Felkey(the Houseworth and Felkey families have several marriages between family members) on November 14, 1865. When Nelson moved to Paulding County two of the Felkey families did as well. Sidney and Parthena were among those that did. Sidney was in the Civil War with the 96th OVI out of Delaware County. Sidney died of war related health problems on June 9, 1869 and is buried in the Ashley Cemetery in Delaware County.

Parthena had one child, a son named Crawford, Crawford had an illness or handicap and died in Putnam County, Ohio, at the age of 27 on January 21, 1896. Crawford was less than a year old when his father Sidney passed away in June of 1869.

Parthena moved back to the tri-county(Delaware, Marion, and Morrow)area and married a man named George Zent in Morrow County on March 14, 1873. No other children are listed and she died on May 17, 1883. Crawford meanwhile lived with his aunt Nancy Felke Nichols in Putnam County...he was institutionalized in the Putnam County Infirmary when he died @ 27.

I have the pension records for Sidney, when funds were sought for Crawford after his parents deaths....the pension was denied. My guess is that's why he ended up in and institution.

Edward Houseworth
1847-1910

Edward was the fifth child born to Solomon and Melinda. He married Teresa Coleman in Delaware County, Ohio. They had at least one son, his name was Presley who was born on November 23, 1871. Presley had a son named Vern, who died as a solider during the Spanish Flu outbreak of 1918. Teresa died in 1917. There are descendants still around today, members of this family line still live in Delaware County today.

Melina Houseworth
1849-?

Melina was the youngest of the children of Solomon and Melinda. She married Civil War veteran James P. Brynds in Delaware County in 1868. Records show at least 7 children to this couple, the oldest 2 were born in Delaware and the rest in Paulding County, Blue Creek Township.

This family left Ohio after the birth of the youngest child(1883) and moved first to Missouri then on to Cherokee County, Kansas. James Brynds died in 1894 in Kansas, Melina died sometime after, but before 1900.

The Children of James and Melina Houseworth Brynds:

Emma born 1869-Delaware County, Ohio
Ella born 1871-Delaware County, Ohio

The rest were born in Blue Creek Township, Paulding County, Ohio

Nancy 1872
Mary 1875
Twins Ora(boy) and Nora(girl) born Christmas Day 1880
Edward J on April 14, 1883.

Nora died in 1882 in Paulding County...the family left Blue Creek and moved to Missouri after the birth of Edward...Edward J. Brynds died in Kansas on August 26, 1946....there are Brynds still living in Cherokee County today.

Nelson S. Houseworth 1837-1887

Nelson Houseworth, the eldest child of Solomon and Melinda(who had 7 children by a previous marriage) was born in 1837 in Delaware County, Ohio. Making it easier to trace my family through the mid and later 1800s was the fact that Nelson married his cousin(first one no less) Mary Ann Houseworth on July 12, 1859. I was rather surprised, but as I got more into genealogy research, I came to find out this was not an uncommon practice back in the day.

Nelson served with the 186th Ohio Volunteer Infantry for a brief time during the Civil War. His service record is disputed and documented later in these writings...his war record none-the-less was suspicious to me(I do have his and other Houseworth military Civil War records).

After his service Nelson returned to Mary Ann and lived in the Waldo area of southern Marion County, Ohio. The couple had 11 children, 7 born in Waldo and the others in Blue Creek Township, Paulding County, Ohio.

Nelson, Mary Ann, and the families of his brother Jacob, along with the cousin families of Crawford and Sidney Felkey moved to Paulding County in late 1872. Blue Creek Township located on the southern tip of the county was then on the south edge of the "Great Black Swamp", Nelson lived out his remaining years and died of typhoid fever at the age of 50 on November 3, 1887. He is buried with a Civil War veteran grave stone in Blue Creek Township Cemetery.

[photos: OVI Enlistment of Nelson Houseworth February 1865/ Grave at Blue Creek Township Cemetery, Paulding County, Ohio/ Only known photo of Nelson, taken on his wedding day July 12, 1859.

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Houseworth Delaware County Marriages

Unlike the Houseworth daughters who were married in Knox County, the 3 sons of Israel and Catherine waited until the family moved to Delaware County. It should be noted that Fred and George married Schribner sisters...this(brothers of one family married to sisters of another) happens a few times in my various family histories.

You will also note that several Houseworth marriages occurred within a few years....and the Felkey and Houseworth families had several marriages and some moved on to Paulding County....the Houseworth and Felkeys are very intertwined, as you will note as we move along.

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The Houseworth Sons and Families

Solomon Houseworth & Melinda Welch Byxbe
Married March 2, 1836, Delaware Co. Ohio

Solomon is one of my 2 Great-Great Grandfather Houseworths'. He married Melinda Welch(some records say Welsh) Byxbe...this was the first marriage for Solomon, the 2nd for Melina, who was Solomon's senior by several years.

Melinda had 7 children from her first marriage to a man named Jonathon Byxbe. 2 of those children, Erastus(1825) and Ruben(1829), lived with Solomon and Melinda, and are listed in some census records as Houseworth. I have no record of what might have happened to Melinda's first husband and other children.

Melinda and Solomon started out in Oxford Township in Delaware County, then moved, like the rest to the Waldo area of Marion County.

Solomon died on March 16(my birth date), 1874, at the age of 62 years 11 months....His death is listed in the Marion County records as being caused from "Consumption". Melina died on September 21, 1887 in Waldo. Her obit appeared in the local newspaper, but I have no found her or Solomon's grave stones.

From this marriage they had at least 5 children, they are as follows:

Nelson S. Houseworth(my Great-Grandfather)
born 1837 Delaware County, Ohio
died 11/03/1887 in Paulding County, Ohio

Delilah Houseworth
Born 1841 in Delaware County
died unknown

Jacob Houseworth
born 1843 in Delaware County
died Van Wert County, Ohio 1893(?)

Parthena Houseworth
born Delaware County 1845
died Morrow County, Ohio 5/17/1883

Melina Houseworth
born 1849 in Delaware County
died (date unknown) in Cherokee County, Kansas

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1840 Census

When the 1840 Census of the United States came out...Israel was still in Delaware County, Ohio, however he was living in Marlboro Township...Israel had reached 65 years of age by this time...the sons remained in Troy Township for this census.