Living

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Cecil married Thelma Ruth Barnhouse. Thelma (daughter of Perl Travis Barnhouse and Mamie Arundle) was born on 13 Jul 1910 in Washington County, Colorado; died on 12 May 1942 in Washington County, Colorado; was buried in Akron Cemetery, Washington Co, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Thelma Ruth Kessinger was born July 13, 1911, 25 miles southwest of Akron, Colo and departed this life May 12, 1942 aged 30 years, 10 months, and one day in their home northwest of Akron. She was preceded in death by an infant daughter. She leaves to mourn her departure, her husband, Cecil Earling Kesinger, two children, Cecylle Evelynn, age 19, and LaVerne Allen, age 6; her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Perl Barnhouse, and two brothers, Robert and Omar, besides a number of relatives and friends. She spent most of her 30 years in and around Akron. She became a Christian in the spring of 1938 and on November 1939 joined the Pentacostal Assembly of God Church in Akro. She was a faithful member until the time of her death. She successfully fulfilled her duties as Christ Ambassador president, Sunday School teacher, and had charge of the shut in's for the past two and a half years. She was loved by all who knew her and will be greatly missed in the home church she helped to build, and leaves behind a host of relatives and friends. Funeral services were held in the Pentacostal Church in Akron Thursday afternoon and the body was laid to rest in Akron Cemetery. - Akron News-Reporter, Thursday, May 21, 1942

(Research):Taken from letter written by Anna B. Wright in answer to questions from Mrs. Mary Maomettion May 26, 1967
"Thelma Ruth (Barnhouse) Kessinger
Born: July 13, 1910 - Washington County, Colorado
Married: Cecil Kessinger (record of dates lost)
Died: May 12, 1942
Buried: Akron Cemetery, Akron, Washington County, Colorado
Children: Cecyl Evelyn Kessinger, born - September 30, 1931
La Vern Allen Kessinger, born - May 9, 1936Present address of Cecyl Evelyn is: Mrs. Roger Richardson, 818 Maryland Ct., Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001. Her father, Cecil Kessinger remarried after Thelma 's death, but he has since passed away.

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Swan Township is one of the twelve townships of Vinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 796 people in the township. Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships: Washington Township, Hocking County: north; Starr Township, Hocking County: northeast corner; Brown Township: east; Madison Township: southeast; Elk Township: south; Jackson Township: west Benton Township, Hocking County: northwest. It is the only Swan Township statewide, although there is a Swan Creek Township in Fulton County, and a Swanton Township in Lucas County.
Note: While Edna was born in South Bloomingville, Benton Twp, Hocking County (formed in 1818), Perl was born in Swan Twp, Vinton County (formed in 1850) but in both cases, the parents are residing in South Bloomingville. These townships are adjacent even though in different counties. More research will be needed to sort out Perl's seemngly disjointed birthplace.
Obituary The Akron News-Reporter, Thursday September 3, 1964 Funeral services for Perl T. Barnhouse were held Saturday morning August 29 [1964] from the Akron Presbyterian Church. Rev Thomas Westfall, pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Otis was in charge of the service. Interment was in the Akron Cemetery. Perl Travis Barnhouse, son of Ira Morgan and Mary F Albin-Barnhouse, was born in Hocking County, Ohio, May 31, 1877 and passed away at his home in Akron August 26, 1964 at the age of 87 years, 2 months and 26 days after a lingering illness of years. He resided in Washington County 77 years. His family moved from Ohio to Shelby, Nebraska where he attended school. In 1887, the Barnhouse family homesteaded 160 acres about 25 miles southwest of Akron in Abbott township which in later years was developed into a large cattle ranch. When a very young boy, Perl, in addition to helping his parents on the ranch, worked at herding cattle. The pay was $5 a month and board. The hours were long - from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. On October 29, 1907, he was married to Miss Mamie Arundle and to this union five children were born: Dora Marie, Thelma Ruth, George Howard (all deceased), Robert Victor and Omar Eugene. In 1914 he enlisted in the Colorado National Guard and attained the rank of sergeant. He was secretary of the school board of District 64 a number of years, [and] pesident of the Washington County Stockman's Association several years. He and his wife moved to Akron after retiring from ranching, where he served as Justice of the Peace, and on the Selective Service Board and as special representative of the Colorado Inheritance Tax Commission. He was secretary of Akron Lodge No. 74 AF&AM ten years, was a member of Royal and Select Masons No. 19 and No. 26 and No. 28 and Order of High Priesthood and the Shrine. Mr. Barnhouse joined the Presbyterian Church in 1951 where he was active as long as his health permitted. He leaves to mourn his passing, his wife, Mamie, two sons, Robert Victor of Oceola, Missouri and Reverend Omar Barnhouse, pastor of the Franklin Church of the Nazarene of Nampa, Idaho; eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Maude Sears of San Francisco, California and Mrs. Anna Wright of Denver, as well as nieces and nephews and a host of friends."

(Research):Taken from letter written by Anna B. Wright in answer to questions from Mrs. Mary Mainetti on May 26, 1967
"Perl Travis Barnhouse
Born: May 31, 1877, Hocking County, Ohio
Married: Mamie Arundle, October 29, 1907
Died: August 26, 1964, Akron, Colorado
Buried: Akron, Colorado - Akron Cemetery Education: Grade school, Shelby, Nebraska. No school near homestead in Washington County, Colorado. Was taught by father, Ira Morgan Barnhouse, who formerly had taught school in Ohio
Religion: Member of Akron Presbyterian Church
Occupation: Rancher and farmer all his life War Record: None, except enlisted in Colorado National Guard about 1912 (couldn't find exact dates)"

Perl married Mamie Arundle on 29 Oct 1907 in Washington County, Colorado. Mamie (daughter of Adolphus Arundle and Mary Ann Hall) was born on 29 Oct 1890 in Washington County, Colorado; died on 10 Feb 1991 in Brush, Morgan Co, Colorado; was buried on 12 Feb 1991 in Akron Cemetery, Washington Co, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Obituary The Akron News-Reporter, Thursday, February 14, 1991 "Mamie Barnhouse, 100, of Akron passed away on Sunday, February 10, 1991, at the Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush [Morgan Co, Colorado]. Graveside services and interment were Tuesday, February 12, at the Akron Cemetery with the Rev. James Cosner officiating. Mamie was born October 29, 1890, on the family homestead 20 miles southwest of Akron to Adolphus and Mary Hall Arundle. She grew up in the area and attended Washington County rural schools. She was married to Perl Barnhouse on October 29, 1907, in Akron. To this union, five children were born. They continued to live on the Barnhouse ranch until retirement in 1947 when they moved to Akron. Mr. Barnhouse passed away in August of 1964. In 1965 she moved to Idaho to live with her son, Omar, and his wife until 1968 when they all moved to Arvada, Colorado. She lived in Arvada until 1973 when she moved to the Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush, where she remained until her death. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Howard; two daughters, Dora Marie and Thelma, one brother, William, and two sisters, Minnie and Carrie. Mamie is survived by two sons. Robert V. and wife Blanch of Colorado Springs and Omar and wife Joanne of Denver, seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren."

(Research):Taken from letter written by Anna B. Wright in answer to questions from Mrs. Mary Mainetti on May 26, 1967
"Mamie (Arundle) Barnhouse
Present address: Box 328, Route 4, Nampa, Idaho 83651
Born: October 29, 1890 - Washington County, Colorado
Married: Perl Travis Barnhouse,October 29, 1907
Religion: Church of the Nazarene
Education: District school in Washington County, Colorado"

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Ira Morgan Barnhouse was born 14 Aug 1848 at Sharon, Noble County, Ohio. His youth was spent on a farm at the place of his birth. He enlisted in Co. B, 66th Ohio Volunteer Infantry* when but 15 years of age and served in the Union Army under Gen. Sherman on his triumphal [and unnecessarily destructive] "March to the Sea" through Georgia from Atlanta to Savannah then north through the Carolinas to Washington DC. He was honorably discharged at Louisville Kentucky July 20, 1865. He taught school in Ohio and Missouri from 1867 to 1873. He was married 3 Aug 1875 to Mary Francis Albin at Laurelville, Hocking County, Ohio to which union three children were born: Perl Travisd, Edna Maude, and Rose Ann Elizabeth. He engaged in various mercantile and industrial pursuits removing to Missouri, Nebraska, and Colorado in turn. He homesteaded February 1887 near Abbott, Washington County, Colorado. He was a Mason, having taken the degrees in Caldwell, Missouri at the age of 21. He was a Presbyterian by faith, having united with that church in 1876. His love of home and family gave him zeal and persistence in the field of human endeavor in their behalf. His wonderful energy but slight physical strength culminated in his enforced retirement from the more arduous labor of farm life in 1904 at which time he came to Akron, Colo. His confidence in its future was manifested in his real estate promotions at a time when many faltered. A nearly fatal accident** on 7 Nov 1907 from which he recovered through his power of will alone, left an imperfect cicatrice*** on his cheek. He was elected County Judge and began service in 1908. The facial problem he received in his accident, however, began to trouble him in 1911. It developed into cancer a year later and he was forced to resign his judgeship in 1912. The unequal struggle ended in his death at the Hahnemann Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., at four o'clock on the fourth day of April, 1914.
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*Although the Ohio 66th participated in the Battle of Antietam (17 Sep 1862), I.M. Barnhouse enlisted too late to be a part of it. The battle (also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the South), was fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, at Antietam Creek. It was the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Northern soil and was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with about 23,000 casualties on both sides.
**The nature of this accident is not known. The cause of death as written on his death certificate was "Uremic poison, contributory, Cancer face". Apparently it was not a service-related cause of death.
***Cicatrice or Cicatrix, n. pl. Cicatrices (Med); 'si-k&-"triks, &-'kA-triks. The pellicle that forms over a wound or breach of continuity of the skin that completes the process of healing and subsequently contracts and becomes white forming a scar.

(Research):Census data have been a great source of confusion for Ira Morgan Barnhouse. In three US censuses in the state of Ohio:

o 1850 census for Morgan County, Noble Twp
George Barnhouse and Rose Ann family Hiram, age 2 (this is an error of great consequence; this is really Ira M)
o 1860 census for Noble County, Ohio
George Burnhouse and Rozann family
Morgan, age 10
o 1870 census for Noble County, Ohio
George Barnhouse and Rose A. family
Ira M. age 22
Considered as a whole, two of these three census data items are consistent with a birthdate in 1848 leading to the conclusion there was no separate child named Hiram in this family. As for 1860, descendants of Ira Morgan Barnhouse have learned that Ira was known as "Morgan" in his early years. My grandfather, Nelson Sears, wrote down that name in his journal where he had Morgan's birthdate as 14 Aug 1848.

(Medical):I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 12/26/1913 to 4/4/1914 that I last saw him alive on 4/4/1914 and that death occurred on the date stated above at 4 P.M. (signed) Dr O.A. Johnson MD, April 4, 1914, 1320 Main St, Kansas City, Missouri

Ira married Mary Francis Albin on 4 Aug 1875 in Laurelville, Hocking Co, Ohio. Mary (daughter of William Slater Albin and Elizabeth Ann Tribby) was born on 20 Oct 1854 in Laurelville, Hocking Co, Ohio; died on 8 Jan 1924 in Akron, Washington Co, Colorado; was buried on 10 Jan 1924 in Akron Cemetery, Washington Co, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mary Frances Albin Barnhouse was born 20 Oct 1854 at Laurelville, Hocking County,Ohio [to William Slater Albin (1823-1902 and Elizabeth Ann Tribby (1828-1914)] She departed this life 8 Jan 1924 at the age of 69 years, 2 months and 18 days. She was united in marriage to Ira Morgan Barnhouse on 4 Aug 1875 in Laurelville. To this union three children were born: Perl Travis, 31 May 1877, Edna Maude, 24 Apr 1879 (Mrs. Nelson Sears), and Rose Ann Elizabeth, 2 Aug 1895 (Mrs. Alva Wright) all residents of Washington County, who were at the bedside of their mother when the final call was answered that called her to a heavenly home where there is no sorrow or evil but peace and joy. Mr. and Mrs. Barnhouse moved to Nebraska in 1887, then later, in 1887, moved to a homestead in Colorado. In 1904 they moved to Akron, Washington County, Colorado where they made their home. Mrs. Barnhouse was a faithful member of the Presbyterian church and a very active worker up until a few years ago when she was not able to attend church but always had prayer meetings and song services at her home, always living a Christian life, and was always bright and cheerful, with all her severe illnesses.

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According to the 1870 US census Adolphus, aged 23, was living in the Joseph and Matilde Sutherland household
----On 1 Jun 1892 a Civil War pension was filed for Adolphus Arundle as an invalid Application No. 1,114,418; Certificate No. 848822; State: Colorado
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Denver Land Office Records 1862-1908
Register of Cash Receipts, 3 vols.
Type: Preemption Act
BLM#6 Application #8610
Adolphus Arundle Township 1/North Range 54/West
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Denver Land Office Records 1862-1908
Register of Timber Culture Entries
Type: Timber Culture Act
BLM#6 Application #8308
Adolphus Arundle Township 1/North Range 54/West
----Application for Headstone to the U.S. War Dept. signed by Mary A. Arundle, Rago Colo, 5/3/1940. Adolphus was a Private in Co. A. 102nd New York Reg. N.G. Inf. Enlisted 8/1/1864, discharged 11/13/1864; Date of death 9/12/1923; Pension number 848822. Akron Cemetery
----In 1900 census the Arundles were enumerated in "Precinct 9, Clark". The designation "Clark" for Precinct 9 is misleading, Clark was a school in District 26. The Arundles received their mail at that time in Rago.

Adolphus married Mary Ann Hall on 27 Oct 1884. Mary was born on 27 Oct 1867 in Nebraska; died on 15 Jul 1966 in Fort Morgan, Morgan Co, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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On 27 Oct 1923 attorney James Tanner filed a Civil War pension for Mary A. Arundle as a dependent. Application No. 1,211,438; Certificate No. 943,699; State: Colorado