1 Simon Figley

 

Birth:                      1 Mar 1794, Washington Co, PA,1

Death:                     24 May 1883, Dayton, Montgomery Co, OH,1

Burial:                     Soldiers Home Cem, Dayton, Montgomery Co, OH,1

Burial Memo:           89Y 2M 23D

Father:                     Abraham Figley (1769-1834)

Mother:                   Catharine Donelson (-1806)

 

He was a War of 1812 veteran.  In March 1836 he moved to Bucyrus, Crawford Co, OH ; in Mar 1841 he moved to Noble Twp, Defiance Co, OH; in 1842 he moved to Tiffin Twp on Sec 30

 

1850 Tiffin Twp, Defiance Co, OH Federal Census p45 h/h 609

Figley, Simon 57 PA

Margaret 53 PA

Jasin 26 OH

James 18 OH

Elizabeth 16 OH

Simon W 13 OH

Lydia A 11 OH

 

1860 Tiffin Twp, Defiance Co, OH Federal Census p423 h/h 1093

Musser, E (f) 53 PA

Jacob 20 OH

Figley, S (m) 66 PA

Margaret 62 PA

Elizabeth 26 OH

Simon 23 OH

Lydia 21 OH

Roxy 3 OH

p423 h/h1094

Figley, Jo 28 OH

Mary 20 OH

Simon 2 OH

Tarr, C (f) 16 OH

 

1870 Tiffin Twp, Defiance Co, OH Federal Census p179 h/h 46

Figley, Simon 76 VT farmer

Margaret 72 VT

 

1845 Defiance Co, OH voter from Tiffin Twp

 

Spouse:                   Margaret Hannum

Birth:                      12 Feb 1798, Lancaster Co, PA1

Death:                     12 Nov/Dec 1874, Tiffin Twp, Defiance Co, OH1,2

Death Memo:            76Y 9M #831

Burial:                     Clinker Cem, Tiffin Twp, Defiance Co, OH

Burial Memo:           76Y

Father:                     Robert Hannum

Mother:                   Sarah Shields

Marr:                       27 Apr 1819, Columbiana Co, OH

 

Children:                  Eleanor Jane (1820-1840)

                              Jason (1822-1855)

                              Sarah Martha (1824-1865)

                              Silas (1826-1899)

                              Margaret (1828-1834)

                              Rachel (1829-1840)

                              James (1832-1916)

                              Elizabeth Caroline (1834-)

                              Simon Washington (1837-1872)

                              Lydia Ann (1839-1916)

 

Other spouses:          Elizabeth

 

1.1 Eleanor Jane Figley

 

Birth:                      27 Sep 1820, Columbiana Co, OH1

Death:                     6 Aug 1840, Bucyrus, Crawford Co, OH1

 

1.2 Jason Figley

 

Birth:                      4 Jul 1822, Columbiana Co, OH1

Death:                     18 Aug 1855, Tiffin Twp, Defiance Co, OH1,3

Burial:                     Clinker Cem, Tiffin Twp, Defiance Co, OH

 

1.3 Sarah Martha Figley

 

Birth:                      11 Feb 1824, Columbiana Co, OH1

Death:                     8 Apr 1865, Center Twp, Wms Co, OH1

 

Spouse:                   Samuel Neer

Birth:                      6 Jun 1817, Trumbull Co, OH

Death:                     8 Feb 1900, Jefferson Twp, Wms Co, OH

Marr:                       2 Sep 1849, Defiance Co, OH1

Marr Memo:             Marriage V1 p37

 

1.4a Silas Figley*

 

Birth:                      10 Apr 1826, Columbiana Co, OH1,4

Death:                     21 Nov 1899, Tiffin Twp, Defiance Co, OH

Burial:                     New Evansport Cem, Tiffin Twp, Defiance Co, OH

 

He settled in Evansport in 1841 on Sec 194

1850 Defiance, Defiance Co, OH Federal Census p5 h/h 63

Figley, Silas 24 OH laborer living as boarder in home of Calvin and Ann Noble

 

1860 Tiffin Twp, Defiance Co, OH Federal Census p419 h/h 1032

Figley, S 34 OH

Rachel 31 OH

John 7 OH

Simon 5 OH

Rebecca 2 OH

 

1870 Tiffin Twp, Defiance Co, OH Federal Census p179 h/h 42

Figley, Silas 44 OH farmer

Delila 31 OH

John 17 OH farm laborer

Bruce 15 OH

Rebecca 12 OH

Warren 11M OH

 

Spouse:                   Rachel Partee

Birth:                      9 Aug 1829, Noble Twp, Defiance Co, OH

Death:                     2 Nov 1864, Tiffin Twp, Defiance Co, OH1,3

Burial:                     Clinker Cem, Tiffin Twp, Defiance Co, OH

Burial Memo:           35Y 2M 28D

Father:                     Lawrence Partee (1802-1862)

Mother:                   Rebecca Webb (1802-1848)

Marr:                       26 Feb 1852, Defiance Co, OH

Marr Memo:             Marriage V1 p64

 

Children:                  John F (1853-1936)

                              Simon Bruce (1854-1930)

                              Rebecca Alice (1857-1879)

                              Hannah E (1863-1864)

 

Other spouses:          Delila Ann Acus

 

1.4a.1 John F Figley

 

Birth:                      1853

Death:                     1936

Burial:                     New Evansport Cem, Tiffin Twp, Defiance Co, OH

 

Spouse:                   Lavina Rogers

Birth:                      11 Jan 1854

Death:                     1907

Burial:                     New Evansport Cem, Tiffin Twp, Defiance Co, OH

Burial Memo:           53Y

Father:                     Alexander Rogers , JR (1824-1895)

Mother:                   Allie Sherman (1835-1901)

Marr:                       30 Nov 1876, Defiance Co, OH

 

1.4a.2 Simon Bruce Figley

 

Birth:                      1854

Death:                     1930

Burial:                     New Evansport Cem, Tiffin Twp, Defiance Co, OH

 

Spouse:                   Evelyn E Wieland

Birth:                      1860, OH

Death:                     1931

Burial:                     New Evansport Cem, Tiffin Twp, Defiance Co, OH

Father:                     John G Wieland (1823-1906)

Mother:                   Rosina Christina Kurtz (1827-1861)

Marr:                       30 Jun 1878, Defiance Co, OH

 

1.4a.3 Rebecca Alice Figley

 

Birth:                      10 Dec 1857, Tiffin Twp, Defiance Co, OH

Death:                     10 Aug 1879, Tiffin Twp, Defiance Co, OH3

Death Memo:            21Y 8M #1856

Burial:                     Clinker Cem, Tiffin Twp, Defiance Co, OH

 

1.4a.4 Hannah E Figley

 

Birth:                      1863, Tiffin Twp, Defiance Co, OH

Death:                     10 Aug 1864, Defiance Co, OH3

Burial:                     Clinker Cem, Tiffin Twp, Defiance Co, OH

Burial Memo:           1Y 2M 24D

 

1.4b Silas Figley* (See above)

 

 

Spouse:                   Delila Ann Acus

Birth:                      13 Jan 1839, Defiance Co, OH1,4

Death:                     28 Jun 1896, Tiffin Twp, Defiance Co, OH

Burial:                     New Evansport Cem, Tiffin Twp, Defiance Co, OH

Father:                     Hiram Acus (1810-1846)

Mother:                   Catharine A Winans (1819-1903)

Marr:                       29 Dec 1864, Tiffin Twp, Defiance Co, OH

 

Children:                  Warren Silas (1869-1936)

 

Other spouses:          Rachel Partee

 

1.4b.1 Warren Silas Figley

 

Birth:                      1869, Tiffin Twp, Defiance Co, OH

Death:                     1936

Burial:                     New Evansport Cem, Tiffin Twp, Defiance Co, OH

 

Spouse:                   Grace L

Birth:                      1870

Death:                     1940

 

1.5 Margaret Figley

 

Birth:                      21 Feb 1828, Columbiana Co, OH1

Death:                     13 Dec 1834, Columbiana Co, OH1

 

1.6 Rachel Figley

 

Birth:                      23 Dec 1829, Columbiana Co, OH1

Death:                     20 Aug 1840, Bucyrus, Crawford Co, OH1

 

1.7 James Figley

 

Birth:                      9 Jul 1832, Hanover Twp, Columbiana Co, OH1,3

Death:                     19163

Burial:                     Clinker Cem, Tiffin Twp, Defiance Co, OH

Burial Memo:           GAR

 

1860 Tiffin Twp, Defiance Co, OH Federal Census p423 h/h 1094

Figley, Jo 28 OH

Mary 20 OH

Simon 2 OH

Tarr, C (f) 16 OH

 

1870 Tiffin Twp, Defiance Co, OH Federal Census p179 h/h 47

Figley, James 39 OH

Mar 30 OH

Scott 12 OH

Axa 9 OH

Grant 5 OH

Justice, William 38 OH carpenter

 

Spouse:                   Mary Tarr

Birth:                      20 Mar 1840, Vernon Twp, Columbiana Co, OH3

Death:                     30 Jun 1918, Defiance Co, OH3

Burial:                     Clinker Cem, Tiffin Twp, Defiance Co, OH

Father:                     Levi Tarr (-<1850)

Mother:                   Margaret Pierce (1818-)

Marr:                       2 May 1857, Defiance Co, OH

Marr Memo:             Marriage V1 p142

 

Children:                  Scott Simon (1858-)

                              Achsa (1861-)

                              Elmer Grant (1865-)

                              James W

                              Mary B

                              Jennie M

                              Martha A

 

1.7.1 Scott Simon Figley

 

Birth:                      1858, OH

 

Spouse:                   Julia Hatfield

Marr:                       11 May 1876

 

1.7.2 Achsa Figley

 

Birth:                      1861

 

Spouse:                   Albert Motter

Marr:                       20 Mar 1880

 

1.7.3 Elmer Grant Figley

 

Birth:                      1865

 

1.7.4 James W Figley

 

 

1.7.5 Mary B Figley

 

 

1.7.6 Jennie M Figley

 

 

1.7.7 Martha A Figley

 

 

Spouse:                   Pomeroy Isaac Newton Eaton Warfield

Birth:                      25 Feb 1875, Tiffin Twp, Defiance Co, OH5

Death:                     24 Oct 1942, LaPorte Co, IN

Father:                     Archibald B Warfield (1844-1908)

Mother:                   Barbara Ann Moog (1852-1877)

Marr:                       20 Apr 1897, Evansport, Tiffin Twp, Defiance Co, OH

 

Children:                  James Pomeroy (1898-)

 

1.7.7.1 James Pomeroy Warfield

 

Birth:                      6 Jan 1898

 

1.8 Elizabeth Caroline Figley

 

Birth:                      29 Jul 1834, Columbiana Co, OH1

 

Spouse:                   Charles A Jeffers

Marr:                       11 Apr 1868, Battle Creek, Calhoun Co, MI

 

Children:                  Charles H

                              Eva L

                              Andrew B

 

1.8.1 Charles H Jeffers

 

 

1.8.2 Eva L Jeffers

 

 

1.8.3 Andrew B Jeffers

 

 

1.9 Simon Washington Figley

 

Birth:                      27 Mar 1837, Sandusky Twp, Crawford Co, OH1,1

Death:                     8 Apr 1872, Washington Twp, Defiance Co, OH1

Burial:                     Clinker Cem, Tiffin Twp, Defiance Co, OH

Burial Memo:           35Y

 

Spouse:                   Caroline Tarr

Birth:                      7 Nov 1842, Crawford Co, OH3

Death:                     19 Sep 1932, Lucas Co, OH3

Burial:                     Clinker Cem, Tiffin Twp, Defiance Co, OH

Burial Memo:           under Caroline Warfield

Father:                     Levi Tarr (-<1850)

Mother:                   Margaret Pierce (1818-)

Marr:                       11 Aug 1860, Washington Twp, Defiance Co, OH

Marr Memo:             Marriage V1 p191

 

Children:                  Lee Ellsworth (1862-1947)

                              Charity Z (1866-)

                              Kate (1868-1961)

                              Sarah Ellen (1872-)

 

1.9.1 Lee Ellsworth Figley

 

Birth:                      11 Feb 1862, Defiance Co, OH

Death:                     31 Aug 1947, Lucas Co, OH

 

Spouse:                   Alice Lavina Bunker

Birth:                      3 Jul 1869, OH

Marr:                       23 Apr 1885, Hillsdale Co, MI

 

1.9.2 Charity Z Figley

 

Birth:                      20 Jun 1866, Defiance Co, OH

 

1.9.3 Kate Figley

 

Birth:                      16 Oct 186.8, Defiance Co, OH

Death:                     14 Aug 1961, Williams Co, OH

 

Spouse:                   Abraham Hudkins

Birth:                      8 Jun 1859, Williams Co, OH

Death:                     31 Aug 1939, Williams Co, OH

Father:                     James Hudkins

Mother:                   Mary McKelvey

 

1.9.4 Sarah Ellen Figley

 

Birth:                      6 May 1872, Defiance Co, OH

 

1.10 Lydia Ann Figley

 

Birth:                      28 Jun 1839, Sandusky Twp, Crawford Co, OH1,3

Death:                     1916.3

Burial:                     Clinker Cem, Tiffin Twp, Defiance Co, OH

 

Lydia v Samuel P Moon, divorce case in M-763, Defiance Co, OH probate

 

Spouse:                   Samuel Perry Moon

Birth:                      1 Feb 1837, Tiffin Twp, Defiance Co, OH1,3

Death:                     1916.3

Burial:                     Clinker Cem, Tiffin Twp, Defiance Co, OH

Father:                     Jacob Moon , JR (1803-1887)

Mother:                   Elizabeth Ann Wiles (1812-1896)

Marr:                       30 Aug 1860, Defiance Co, OH

Marr Memo:             Marriage V1 p197

 

Children:                  Rilla B

                              Belle

                              Hulda M

                              Madora

                              Amos M

                              Wallace J

                              George W (1868-1943)

                              Lyman C

                              Frank Bostater

 

1.10.1 Rilla B Moon

 

 

Spouse:                   John H Gerst

Marr:                       23 Apr 1882

 

1.10.2 Belle Moon

 

 

1.10.3 Hulda M Moon

 

 

1.10.4 Madora Moon

 

 

1.10.5 Amos M Moon

 

 

1.10.6 Wallace J Moon

 

 

1.10.7 George W Moon

 

Birth:                      18683

Death:                     19433

Burial:                     Clinker Cem, Tiffin Twp, Defiance Co, OH

 

1.10.8 Lyman C Moon

 

 

1.10.9 Frank Bostater Moon

 

 

 

Sources

 

1. History of Defiance Co, Ohio, 1883, p335, 350-355, 357-367, 370-373.

2. Early Death Records of Defiance Co, OH 1867-1884, Defiance Co, OH Genealogical Society, 2001, alphabetical.

3. Tombstone Inscriptions for Cemeteries in Tiffin Twp, Defiance Co, OH, Defiance Co, OH Genealogical Society, Nov 2000, V5, Clinker, Kibble, McCauley, Old/New Evansport Cemeteries, Indexed.

4. Charles H. Jones, Historical Illustrated Atlas, HH Hardesty Publishers, Chicago, 1876, p20, 25.

5. Fayne Harter, Birth Records of Defiance Co, OH 1867-1908, Defiance County Genealogical Society, Apr 2001.

 

Index

 

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      Grace L                                                        spouse of 1.4b.1

Acus

      Delila Ann                                                   spouse of 1.4b

      Hiram                                                          parent of spouse of 1.4b

Bunker

      Alice Lavina                                                 spouse of 1.9.1

Donelson

      Catharine                                                     parent of 1

Figley

      Abraham                                                      parent of 1

      Achsa                                                          1.7.2

      Charity Z                                                     1.9.2

      Eleanor Jane                                                 1.1

      Elizabeth Caroline                                         1.8

      Elmer Grant                                                  1.7.3

      Hannah E                                                     1.4a.4

      James                                                          1.7

      James W                                                      1.7.4

      Jason                                                           1.2

      Jennie M                                                      1.7.6

      John F                                                         1.4a.1

      Kate                                                            1.9.3

      Lee Ellsworth                                               1.9.1

      Lydia Ann                                                    1.10

      Margaret                                                      1.5

      Martha A                                                     1.7.7

      Mary B                                                        1.7.5

      Rachel                                                         1.6

      Rebecca Alice                                               1.4a.3

      Sarah Ellen                                                   1.9.4

      Sarah Martha                                                1.3

      Scott Simon                                                 1.7.1

      Silas                                                           1.4a

      Simon                                                         1

      Simon Bruce                                                 1.4a.2

      Simon Washington                                        1.9

      Warren Silas                                                 1.4b.1

Gerst

      John H                                                        spouse of 1.10.1

Hannum

      Margaret                                                      spouse of 1

      Robert                                                         parent of spouse of 1

Hatfield

      Julia                                                            spouse of 1.7.1

Hudkins

      Abraham                                                      spouse of 1.9.3

      James                                                          parent of spouse of 1.9.3

Jeffers

      Andrew B                                                     1.8.3

      Charles A                                                     spouse of 1.8

      Charles H                                                     1.8.1

      Eva L                                                          1.8.2

Kurtz

      Rosina Christina                                           parent of spouse of 1.4a.2

McKelvey

      Mary                                                           parent of spouse of 1.9.3

Moog

      Barbara Ann                                                  parent of spouse of 1.7.7

Moon

      Amos M                                                      1.10.5

      Belle                                                           1.10.2

      Frank Bostater                                               1.10.9

      George W                                                     1.10.7

      Hulda M                                                      1.10.3

      Jacob , JR                                                    parent of spouse of 1.10

      Lyman C                                                     1.10.8

      Madora                                                        1.10.4

      Rilla B                                                        1.10.1

      Samuel Perry                                                spouse of 1.10

      Wallace J                                                     1.10.6

Motter

      Albert                                                          spouse of 1.7.2

Neer

      Samuel                                                        spouse of 1.3

Partee

      Lawrence                                                      parent of spouse of 1.4a

      Rachel                                                         spouse of 1.4a

Pierce

      Margaret                                                      parent of spouse of 1.7

      Margaret                                                      parent of spouse of 1.9

Rogers

      Alexander , JR                                              parent of spouse of 1.4a.1

      Lavina                                                         spouse of 1.4a.1

Sherman

      Allie                                                           parent of spouse of 1.4a.1

Shields

      Sarah                                                           parent of spouse of 1

Tarr

      Caroline                                                       spouse of 1.9

      Levi                                                            parent of spouse of 1.7

      Levi                                                            parent of spouse of 1.9

      Mary                                                           spouse of 1.7

Warfield

      Archibald B                                                  parent of spouse of 1.7.7

      James Pomeroy                                             1.7.7.1

      Pomeroy Isaac Newton Eaton                           spouse of 1.7.7

Webb

      Rebecca                                                       parent of spouse of 1.4a

Wieland

      Evelyn E                                                      spouse of 1.4a.2

      John G                                                        parent of spouse of 1.4a.2

Wiles

      Elizabeth Ann                                               parent of spouse of 1.10

Winans

      Catharine A                                                  parent of spouse of 1.4b