Rose May Stine Hopkins

'The Exhorter' ~ Church of Christ Newsletter, Vol. XXIV, No. 15, 11 April 1979
"Did You Know?
Rose Hopkins was born Feb. 21, 1901 in Sardis, Ohio in Monroe County.  She was married March 11, 1919. She and her husband spent their first six years in Akron where he was employed at Goodyear (he made $600 a month) and where he worked for 40 years. He also was a part-time preacher of the gospel for many years. They had ten children; nine of them still living.
One of Mrs. Hopkins' hobbies is making quilts -- and does she ever!  Rose makes up to two quilts a month, and can quilt one in a week!
She has also done a lot of traveling. In 1972 she went to the Bible lands.  There she crossed the Sea of Galilee, saw the presumed place where Jesus had fed 5,000, and all the other wonderful sights.
In 1974 she even went around the world! She has lived in Arizona and New Mexico, where she and her husban lived in Albuquerque until two years ago when they moved back for their children and grandchildren.  Her husband passed away a year ago. Rose is an inspiring woman and good example to the younger ladies of the church. We encourage everyone to get to know Rose, as we have, to learn what a wonderful person she is. -- The Teens"

The Hopkins Family

This is the Oliver Hopkins Family.   I thought maybe you should meet them all as they will probably end up at some point in the story.  Oliver Hopkins and Rose Stine met and married in Akron, Ohio while working at Goodyear.  Oliver was born in Slate, Wood County, West Virginia and Rose was born in Sardis, Monroe County, Ohio.  Oliver and Rose had ten children: Ova Alberta, Orville Oren aka Bud, John Sheridan, Ruth Inez, Clarence Donald, Paul Eugene, Anna May, Jack Douglas, Harry Lewis and Alice Fay (listed in birth order).  Many of the children were born in different places, Parkersburg, West Virginia, Woodsfield, Ohio, Akron, Ohio, and Atwater, Ohio.  Oliver worked at Goodyear and was a preacher for the Church of Christ in a few different churches through the years.  Bud and John both served in World War II. Bud served in the Navy.

I'll always be grateful that I knew my Great Grandma Rose and sad I was never able to meet my Great Grandfather Oliver.  I had ten years with Rose and she impacted those few years a lot.   I remember going to visit her and listening to the stories of her growing up.  I still remember one visit when she told us about how when the snow got too deep in Woodsfield they'd hook the horses up to the sleigh and ride around in the winter wonderland all bundled up.  To me it sounded like great fun.  She attended every birthday party and every holiday event as well as every Sunday morning at church.  She couldn't write well due to her ever increasing Parkinson's disease, so she would type notes, cards and letters to us.  I love coming across those notes she wrote to us.  Things for us to remember and hold on to.  Rose almost lived to her 91st birthday.  She was a special treasure to our family.

Kelly

Tombstone Tuesday ~ Charles Henry & Dollie Salicia Littrick Stone

Charles Henry Stone was born 22 November 1907 in Columbus, Hickman County, Kentucky to James Henry & May Belle Wells Stone.  Charles was their 8th child.  Dollie Salicia Littrick was born 23 February 1909 in Ottawa, Putnam County, Ohio to Carrie Belle Littrick.  Dollie's father is unknown.  
Charles and a few of his siblings came to Akron, Summit County, Ohio sometime between 1920 and 1928 looking for work.  Charles got a job at Goodyear in Akron.  Dollie came to Akron with her family by 1919.  After Dollie graduated from High School she obtained a job at Goodyear, where thru friends, Charles and Dollie met.  They were married 13 October 1928 in Summit County.  Charles and Dollie made their home in Akron and had two girls, Ethel and Helen.  
Charles passed away 13 August 1971 in Akron and Dollie passed away 16 February 2000 in Stow, Summit County, Ohio.  They are buried together at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Akron. 

 Kelly

Thursday's Thrills

I went to the Recorder's Office today to continue working on a deed project for the Norton Historical Society here in Summit County, Ohio.  I pulled over 50 deeds to get started.  But while pulling the deeds, I found two deeds that are for cemeteries in Norton.  Will be interesting to see if they are for the two known cemeteries or if they are for a now non-existant cemetery.
I also found an interesting deed as follows:
"David Hudson
to
Stephen Upson
Received Hudson Decemr 6th of David Hudson, a certian three year old black cow which I am to keep for her milk untill the first day of May next and at that time return to said Hudson at his dwelling house in good flesh unless said cow is killed by falling of trees, by wind, biting of snakes or killing by lightening or in case I do not return said cow on that day, I am to pay for said cow in good Merchantable yard wide linnen brown cloth at thirty three & one third cents pr. yard. The cow to remain Hudsons property, untill returned or paid for as above. The cow is valued at Fourteen Dollars.
Stephen Upson
Ebenezer Sheldon
George Kilbourn
Recvd March 30th & Recorded April 2nd 1811
Wm Wetmore, Recorder"
Deeds, A: 424, Summit County Recorder's Office, Akron, Ohio


Kelly

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - "I Like It"

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - "I Like It" from Randy Seaver!
Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to:

1)  A Facebook meme for women went viral this week - the "I Like It" meme which garnered responses like "I Like It ... On the Couch" or "I Like it ... on the Table."  The subject was "purse" - where to put their purse.  The mind boggled for awhile with some of the responses from supposedly proper genealogy ladies.

2)  Please write an "I Like It" post on the theme of "I like doing genealogy research" someplace, and why.

3)  Tell us about it in your own blog post, in a comment to this blog post, in a comment or note on Facebook.

I like to do genealogy at Special Collections in the Akron Summit County Public Library, Akron, Ohio!  
Special Collections, Akron, Ohio 
They have the best Librarians, who are very knowledgeable and helpful.  They can track down just about anything you are looking for!  You can tell they really love their jobs.  They also have an awesome collection of not just Ohio, but other States and Countries.  They are always working on new projects and love feedback from their researchers, casual and professional.  There is always something new to read and check out. I love Special Collections!


Where do you like to research?

Kelly


 

Madness Monday- Rheinlander Family

One source of madness in my family research are my Rheinlanders, although I have been persistently making cracks in my wall. Christ (found as Christ, Christopher, Christian, among others) was born in June 1958 in Prussia to Johann and Margaretha Everhart. He came to the US in 1864 and shortly there after was living in Canal Fulton, Stark County, Ohio. He and his brother Henry, met the Whitman sisters. Christ and Mary Whitman were married in St. Peters Church, Doylestown, Wayne County, Ohio 28 October 1881.
Christ and Mary went on to have twelve children. Christ and Mary died young in 1905 and 1907, leaving many of their children under age in Akron, Summit County, Ohio. It has been a goal of mine to track down all of the children and figure out what had happened to them. I have three more to go.
One thing that is really bothering me about Christ and Mary is about their deaths. For both of them I have their obituaries in the Akron Beacon Journal, but a death certificate or a burial location has not been found for either one of them! The churches mentioned in the obits were queried with negative results.
The following are transcripts of their obituaries and that of one of their babies.

Akron, Summit County, Ohio

Akron Beacon Journal

10 August 1907 Saturday

Page 3

Column 1

Rhilander- In Akron, O. August

9, 1907 at 6060 Washington

street of dysentery. widow

of Christ Rhilander aged 47

years.

Burial in St. Vincent’s cemetery

from St. Mary’s church Monday

at 8:30

Akron Beacon Journal

30 Dec 1905 Saturday

Rhilander- In Akron O. Dec

30, 1905 at 90 Bartges street of

consumption. Christ Rhilander

aged 47 years.

Funeral Services Tuesday at 9

a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church.

Internment in St. Bernard’s Cemetery.

Akron, Summit County, Ohio

Akron Beacon Journal

12 February 1903 Thursday

Rhilander- In Akron, O., February

11, 1903 at 123 Bartges Street of spinal

Meningitis, Leona, infant daughter of

Mr. and Mrs. Christ Rhilander.

Funeral Services at St. Bernard’s

Church Friday at 9 a.m. interment in

St. Bernard’s cemetery.

Treasure Chest Thursday ~ Family Articles

It is always great fun to flesh out our ancestors with stories and get a glimpse of what they were like in real life, not just seeing their dates on paper.

The Archival Services, University Library of the University of Akron and the Summit County Public Library have begun to scan the Wingfoot Clan Newsletters from Goodyear and put them online at www.summitmemory.org . I have a lot of family that have worked at Goodyear over the years, so I was excited to begin searching the newsletters for my family. One of the first articles I found was on my Great Great Grandfather, Francis Floyd Coghan. This little piece definitely gave us some insight to his personality!
Now can you picture my Great Great Grandpa doing this!?

Kelly

“PERHAPS MUSKRAT WAS AFTER TIRES

A full-grown muskrat was “loafing” in the vicinity

of the Goodyear police department on a recent

morning, when Francis Coghan, Dept. 181 (tanks),

came upon him. Arming himself with a club,

Coghan ended the earthly career of the animal.”[1]

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[1] Goodyear, "PERHAPS MUSKRAT WAS AFTER TIRES," The Wingfoot Clan, newsletter, Vol. 31 No. 12 (25 March 1942): page 2; JPEG images (www.summitmemory.org), Francis Floyd Coghan.