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Wayne County, Ohio
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Documented Families of Wayne County, Ohio

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Wayne County family histories

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The Armstrong Families of Wayne County, OhioThe Canaan Township pioneers and two other households from Pennsylvania and Holmes County1770 to 1853 · 5 householdsThe Brown Families of Wayne County, OhioSeparate households in Clinton, Saltcreek and Wooster Townships, from Virginia and Pennsylvania1788 to 1876 · 7 householdsThe Lance Family of Wayne County, OhioFrom Jefferson County to Lancetown and Sterling: four generations in Milton Township1794 to 1864 · 4 generationsThe Miller Families of Wayne County, OhioEight separate households from Germany, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Medina County1803 to 1874 · 7 householdsThe Taggart Families of Wayne County, OhioFour households of Irish descent at Orrville, Wooster, Smithville and Franklin Township1780 to 1852 · 4 householdsThe Yoder Families of Wayne County, OhioAmish Mennonite households from Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, in Greene and Wayne Townships1786 to 1861 · 5 householdsThe Myers Families of Wayne County, OhioFive separate households in Chester, Congress, Wooster and East Union Townships1814 to 1871 · 5 householdsThe Orr Families of Wayne County, OhioThe founders of Orrville and four other Orr households of East Union, Canaan and Salt Creek Townships1797 to 1874 · 5 householdsThe Smith Families of Wayne County, OhioFive separate households in Canaan, Chippewa, Congress and Wooster Townships1770 to 1857 · 5 householdsThe Bechtel Families of Wayne County, OhioThree Pennsylvania families in Greene Township, Wooster Township and Wooster1802 to 1843 · 3 householdsThe Snyder Families of Wayne County, OhioSeparate households from Pennsylvania and Maryland, settled between 1834 and 18381820 to 1853 · 4 householdsThe Rudy Family of Wayne County, OhioFrom Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to Dalton and Sugar Creek Township: four generations1790 to 1875 · 4 generationsThe Burkholder Families of Wayne County, OhioSwiss Mennonite farmers of Greene Township and a Pennsylvania family in Canaan Township1801 to 1873 · 4 householdsThe Taylor Families of Wayne County, OhioCanaan Township pioneers, English stonemasons and a Fredericksburgh lawyer1814 to 1875 · 4 householdsThe Zimmerman Families of Wayne County, OhioThree households: Chippewa Township farmers, Smithville cabinetmakers and a Wayne Township pioneer1798 to 1857 · 3 householdsThe Christy Families of Wayne County, OhioThree households: Wooster hardware, Orrville clothing and a Chester Township farm1841 to 1874 · 3 householdsThe Hostetler Family of Wayne County, OhioMennonite farmers of Wayne and Greene Townships: three generations1800 to 1874 · 3 generationsThe Lehman Families of Wayne County, OhioTwo Berks County, Pennsylvania, families who settled Wayne Township in 18231744 to 1849 · 4 householdsThe Brinkerhoff Family of Wayne County, OhioFrom Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, to Congress Township and Wooster: three generations1780 to 1858 · 3 generationsThe Swartz Family of Wayne County, OhioMilton Township pioneers and their college-educated children: three generations1816 to 1846 · 3 generationsThe Kean Family of Wayne County, OhioFour generations on one Plain Township farm1805 to 1857 · 4 generationsThe Landis Families of Wayne County, OhioTwo households: Lehigh County Mennonites in Wooster and a sawmill family at Rittman1829 to 1869 · 2 householdsThe Huffman Family of Wayne County, OhioFrom Switzerland to Chippewa Township and Doylestown: four generations1798 to 1830 · 4 generationsThe James Family of Wayne County, OhioFrom Somersetshire to Franklin Township: an English family of 18321817 to 1826 · 3 generations

4 families documented in Wayne County, Ohio, reconstructed from public-domain county histories and obituaries. Each page shows the family as the record gives it: parents, spouse, and children, with the source named.

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The Driscoll Family

of Wayne County, Ohio · from Roscarbery, Ireland · documented from the public record

Helen Driscoll 1838 – 1895

Helen Driscoll ⚭ Mr. Sullivan
childrenJoseph Sullivan
  • Married name Helen (Driscoll) Sullivan.
  • Mother of Joseph Sullivan, barber and County Recorder of Wayne County, Ohio.

Source: Biographical Record, Ohio

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The Scott Family

of Wayne County, Ohio · documented from the public record

William C. Scott b. 1825

parentsRobert Scott & Charlotte Cunningham
William C. Scott ⚭ Elizabeth Millhouse
childrenCharles E. Scott
  • Born January 23, 1825, in Wayne County, Ohio.
  • Father of Charles E. Scott.
  • Married November 13, 1851, in Allen County, Indiana, to Elizabeth Millhouse.
  • Removed to Bryan, Williams County, in 1855.
  • Saw-mill business then farmer in Center township.

Source: Biographical Record of Williams County, Ohio

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The Shaffer Family

of Wayne County, Ohio · documented from the public record

Moses Shaffer

parentsJacob Shaffer
Moses Shaffer ⚭ Margaret McClure
childrenAdelaide M. Shaffer
  • Dr. Moses Shaffer.
  • Practiced medicine about fifty years at Wooster, noted as a surgeon and for moral courage and benevolence.
  • Pre-eminent man of Wayne County.
  • Grandfather of Lyman R. Critchfield Jr.

Source: Biographical Record, Ohio

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The Sullivan Family

of Wayne County, Ohio · documented from the public record

Joseph Sullivan b. 1860

parentsSullivan & Helen (Driscoll) Sullivan
Joseph Sullivan ⚭ Etta M. Lance
childrenFlorence E. Sullivan · Mary E. Sullivan · Eleanor D. Sullivan · James M. Sullivan · Margaret A. Sullivan · David J. Sullivan
  • Barber by trade.
  • Active Democrat, member of Cleveland/Wayne County council 1893-1897 and 1903-1906, elected County Recorder 1910 (took office fall 1911).
  • Married Etta M. Lance of Milton Township, Wayne County, in 1886.
  • Six children.
  • Father born Bantry, Ireland, Dec 4, 1816, still living at 95.
  • Mother Helen Driscoll born Roscarbery, Ireland, 1838, died 1895.

Source: Biographical Record, Ohio

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