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Melville Maxwell |
Melville Maxwell was born in 1840, the son of J. Marshall and and Margaret (Johnston) Maxwell. He was 30 years of age when his twice-widowed father wed our Margaret (Miner) Sloan.
Melville grew up on his father's farm in Cardington. As an adult he stood 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighed 130 lbs.
On May 7, 1863, at the age of 21, he entered into marriage with 18-year-old Hettie Malinda Oliver (Oct. 19, 1838-1916), daughter of Johnson and Magruett (Porman) Oliver of Cardington. Local justice of the peace Jonathan Shaw presided. Shaw later remembered that he had "been acquainted with both of them ever since child hood and ... know them to be respectable people and their parents before them."
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Sleepy Cardington, looking north |
The couple produced two children, Marshall "Rudolph" Maxwell and Margaret Armentrout.
After the outbreak the Civil War, Melville went to Camp Dennison, OH to join the Union Army on April 30, 1861 and was placed in the 3rd Ohio Infantry, Company I. Dennison at that time served as a military recruiting, training and medical post. He served until mustering out on June 15, 1861 and then re-enlisted.
During that first year, he was among 3,000 Union troops posted to Elkwater, a small community in Randolph County in what is now West Virginia. On or about July 15, 1861, he contracted measles, affecting his heart and lungs and plaguing him for the rest of his life. Fellow soldiers Simon Welch and Theodore C. Callihan were present with him and knew of the affliction. He was not sent to an Army hospital but rather stayed in his tent and was treated by the regiment's surgeon.
Serving under General Joseph J. Reynolds, in September 1861, Melville and his fellow Union Army members repelled enemy forces of General Robert E Lee after the Battle of Cheat Mountain. Three months later, at the Battle of Stones River near Murfreesboro, TN on New Year's Eve 1862, he was captured as a prisoner of war. The Confederates held him in Richmond for a few weeks and paroled and released him and others at City Point, VA on Jan. 20, 1863. From there he was sent to Camp Parole at Annapolis, MD and in February 1863 marched on foot to Manchester, York County, PA, accompanied by soldiers Philander Powers, Jonathan Miller and Henry N. Rose. On that trek he "wore out his right great toe," he recalled, and "blood poisoning intervened and affected his entire foot."
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| Civil War battle action at Stones River near Murfreesboro, TN |
Melville then came home on a furlough. He treated his swollen and inflamed toe with poultices and salve. In a short time he returned to his regiment and was transferred to Camp Chase, in Columbus, OH, arriving in mid-March 1863. As of June 1864, he was assigned to duty back at Camp Dennison. He served out the duration of his term of service until receiving an honorable discharge on June 21, 1864 (or July 1865 -- record differ).
Upon his return to the home farm, he saw his brother Johnston who observed the injured toe, bad cough and lung trouble. Writing later, Johnston said when he "came home while he was a parolled prisoner ... his shoe was worn through the sole and the ball of his right great toe was worn very sore and the toe and foot and also his leg was swollen..."
The Maxwells initially made their home in Cardington but by 1868 had migrated to a farm in Linn County, MO, with a post office address of Salem, MO. For the span of seven years they lived there, from 1868 to 1875, Melville worked alongside neighbor Richard W Crump.
Then circa 1875, the family pulled up stakes and migrated further west into Kansas, settling in Clay County. Their farm tract was in the northeast quarter of Section 35, Township 6, Range 3.
He appears to have joined the Odd Fellows lodge in Clay Center and, when caught up in a problem of some type, likely an unpaid mortgage, they came to his aid. He then took out space in the Clay Center Dispatch of July 13, 1876, saying to them, "I tender my warmest thanks for their kindness to me in my adverse circumstances. May you be prosperous in all your undertakings; may success crown all your efforts, and ultimately may you reap your reward in the great Lodge above. This is the sincere wish of your fellow Brother." Melville and Hettie were named in a May 1879 edition of the Clay Center Times owing mortgage payments to John Faivre totaling $350. The matter may have been settled when the Maxwells sold the acreage to S.M. Oliver that same month.
The 1880 federal census enumeration lists them as farmers in Oakland, Clay County. In April of that year, he filed a complaint against James J. Dooley in the U.S. Land Office in Concordia "for abandoning his homestead entry No. 14233," said the Times. The tract involved was in the southwest quarter of Section 9, Township 9 South and Range 1 East. How the matter was resolved is not yet known.
Melville in 1888 was awarded a federal pension as compensation for his medical problems incurred in military service. [Invalid App. No. 640.499 - Cert. No. 678.093] He claimed that he was "not able to perform any manual labor whatever by reason of the said disability."
By 1889, the Maxwells returned to Cardington. Marshall was counted there in a special 1890 census of surviving soldiers, sailors and marines of the war and disclosed to the census-taker that he was suffering from rheumatism. During that time he received medical treatment for his wartime heart and lung ailments from Dr. Watson, Dr. Williams, Dr. Green and Dr. Neal, all of Cardington. Dr. Neal wrote in an affidavit that "I treated the toe for two or three months using carbolic washes, sodoform and other salves and succeeded in healing it although the toe never became entirely well. This winter it again broke out the whole toe becoming enlarged and breaking open, discharged very offensive pus from below and above farther back... It is still discharging and looks very much as though of a malignant nature."
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| Scott, Van Wert County, Ohio |
Records show that their final residence was in the village of Scott near Blue Creek, Paulding County, OH. His lung condition was diagnosed as emphysema and at the end he was burdened with paralysis of the right side, with medical care provided by Dr. J.B. Wilson. The last amount of pension payment he received was $17 per month.
At the end, Melville contracted a light case of malaria and died in Scott on May 24, 1899. The Marion (OH) Star reported that "Melville Maxwell, an old soldier and a brother to Sherman Maxwell of Richland township, died Wednesday of last week at his home in Scott, O. Mr. Maxwell formerly resided in Cardington." Local undertaker A.E. Reid prepared the body for burial in the Scott Cemetery.
The widowed Hettie then filed to receive a widow's pension. It was granted as of May 27, 1899. [Widow App. No. 699.139 - Cert. No. 491.999] Among her friends and neighbors providing affidavits of support in her claim were Jonathan Shaw, who had performed her marriage 36 years earlier, and J.W. Barry.
Hettie spent the final years of her life in the home of her son in Blue Creek and Haviland, Paulding County. Having borne hardening of the arteries, she was felled with a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 78 and passed away on Christmas Eve 1916. Burial was in Scott Cemetery.
~ Son Marshall "Rudolph" Maxwell ~
Son Marshall "Rudolph" Maxwell (1864-1927) -- nicknamed "Dolph" -- was born on March 27, 1864 in Morrow County.
In his youth he is known to have relocated to Jackson, MO and Oakland, KS with his parents but eventually returned to Ohio.
Rudolph in about 1885 tied the marital cord with Josephine Shaw (July 1866-1960).
The trio of known daughters of the couple were Ova B. Swartz, Hazel R. Swartz and Iva May Bennett.
The federal census enumerations of 1900 and 1910 place the Maxwells in the village of Haviland in Blue Creek Township, Paulding County, OH. There, he labored as a farmer.
By 1920, and to the end of his life, Rudolph earned a living as a teamster.
Stricken with heart disease, he died at age 63 on June 8, 1927. Interment was in Blue Creek Cemetery.
Josephine survived her husband by more than three decades. As of 1940, she resided in the Bennett dwelling in Haviland. She endured the heartaching drowning death of her 70-year-old daughter Hazel in 1958.
She surrendered to the angel of death in Van Wert, OH on Aug. 30, 1960.
Daughter Ova B. Maxwell (1887-1935) -- sometimes misspelled as "Ora" -- was born on Feb. 26, 1887 in Ohio. In 1910, at the age of 23, she was unmarried and employed as a bookkeeper at a local grain elevator in Haviland. Then on Jan. 3, 1912, at age 25, she entered into the rite of marriage with 23-year-old laborer Herman E. Swartz (Feb. 4, 1889-1963), a native of Van Wert, OH and the son of Curtis and Florella (Davidson) Swartz. Rev. W.E. Drury presided over the nuptials. The Maxwell and Swartz families were close, and Ova's sister Hazel married Herman's brother Clifton. Ova and Herman remained together for 23 years until cleaved apart by death. One daughter born into this family was A. Carolyn Harpster. Herman was employed as a locomotive engineer by the Nickel Plate Railroad and held a membership in the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Sadness blanketed the family when, at the age of 48, Ova died on Nov. 12, 1935. Burial was in Walnut Grove Cemetery in Delphos, OH. Herman survived another 28 years after her passing. He made his residence at the address of 428 North Washington Street, Delphos and retired from the Nickel Plate in 1953. At the age of 74, death carried him away on May 11, 1963 as a resident of the Pierce Nursing Home. Rev. Don Yocom led the funeral service. His obituary was printed in the Lima Citizen. On the red barre granite stone marking their grave is the epitaph "Gone but not forgotten."
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| Delphos Manufacturing Company |
- Granddaughter A. Carolyn Swartz (1914-2004) was born on Jan. 30, 1914. On May 2, 1936, at the age of 22, she married Kenneth A. Harpster (Feb. 9, 1904-1968), a native of Paulding County and the son of Grover Cleveland "Cleve" and Lilly (Dunlap) Harpster. They were the parents of an only daughter, Leah Hohenbrink. They made their residence in Delphos, OH in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. For 45 years, Kenneth earned a living with New Delphos Manufacturing Company. Carolyn was an active Bible study leader with the Trinity Methodist Church and he with the congregation's men's brotherhood. The couple's address in the late 1960s was 674 East Sixth Street. Kenneth surrendered to the angel of death at the age of 64 on June 8, 1968 while in Lima St. Rita's Hospital. The Lima News published an obituary. Rev. Otto Wortman preached the funeral sermon. Caroline lived for another 34-plus years. She passed away at the age of 89 on Jan. 27, 2004. They lie in eternal repose in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Delphos.
Great-granddaughter Leah Harpster ( ? - ? ) wed Robert Hohenbrink ( ? - ? ). In 1968, their dwelling-place was on Route 2 in Lima, OH.
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| Nickel Plate Railroad locomotive, 1930s |
- Granddaughter Evelyn "Geraldine" Swartz (1912-1965) was born on Nov. 13, 1912 in Haviland, OH. In 1935, she was united in wedlock with Albert "Raymond" Gudakunst (July 6, 1911-1979). The pair settled in Delphos and produced one known son, Dr. Gordon L. Gudakunst. She belonged to the Evangelical United Brethren Church and the Delphos chapter of the Order of Eastern Star. Geraldine suffered a serious illness for the last several years of her life. At the end, she was admitted to St. Rita's Hospital in town where she was swept away by the angel of death on July 28, 1965. Officiating her funeral service was Rev. Walter Marks. Raymond tied the knot again with Fern ( ? - ? ). He passed away at age 67 on Feb. 9, 1979. They sleep for all time in Delphos' Walnt Grove Cemetery.
Great-grandson Dr. Gordon L. Gudakunst (1935-1973) was born two days after Christmas 1935 in Delphos. He did not marry. Said an obituary, he "was a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy and served two years in Vietnam. He was a graduate of Delphos Jefferson High School and Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, and Ohio State University Medical School. He served his internship for one year at Mount Carmel Hospital, Columbus, and for the past three years has been resident psychiatrist for the Columbus Area Mental Health Center. Sadly, at the age of 37, he died at home on Jan. 27, 1973. The Lima News printed an obituary. The body was transported back to Delphos for burial.
- Granddaughter Lillian Swartz (1915-1998) was born on Feb. 17, 1915 in Delphos, OH. Unmarried at age 25 in 1940, she dwelled with her parents and worked as a presser in a dry cleaning business in Delphos. On Nov. 15, 1941, she was joined in matrimony with Harold W. Mumaw (1899-1970). The Mumaws dwelled in Delphos and became the parents of three -- Craig Mumaw, Pamela Mumaw and Jackie Osting. Sadly, Harold passed away in 1970. His remains were laid to rest in Delphos' Walnut Grove Cemetery. Lillian died at the age of 83 on Nov. 3, 1998.
Great-grandson Craig Mumaw wed Joyce.
Great-granddaughter Pamela Mumaw married Michael Noonan.
Great-granddaughter Jackie tied the knot with George Osting.
- Grandson Claude Laverne "Tweet" Swartz (1916-2003) was born on Sept. 18, 1916 in Delphos. At the age of 23, in 1940, he was a bachelor, living at home and earning a living as a laborer for a binding company. He eventually pulled up stakes and migrated to Southern California, making a home in Los Angeles in 1958. Claude remained in LA for the balance of his years and generated income through work for a dry cleaning business. He also is known to have traveled throughout the world. Claude's lifelong friend during that time was Edward Krmpotich. He was gathered away at home by the heavenly host at the age of 86 on Aug. 11, 2003. His remains were placed with his parents' in Walnut Grove Cemetery in Delphos. The Lima News published an obituary.
Daughter Iva May Maxwell (1893-1957) was born in April 1893 in Ohio. In 1911, when she was 18 years of age, she was joined in wedlock with Samuel Lawson "Walter" Bennett (1890-1959). They put down roots in Iva's hometown of Haviland and became the parents of Constance L. Baldwin, Doven "Maxwell" Bennett, Kenneth Rex Bennett, Mary Josephine Baker, Marcella Ova Agler, Thelma Bennett, Zelma Fae Bennett and Colleen Bennett. When the federal census enumeration was made in 1940, the family lived in Haviland, with Walter working as an equipment operator ("stationary engineer") in a clay works. At that time, Iva's widowed mother lived under their roof. Sadly, Iva passed away in Paulding County on Oct. 26, 1957. Her remains were laid to rest in Blue Creek Cemetery in Haviland.
Granddaughter Constance Leone Bennett (1912-1995) was born on June 6, 1912 in Haviland, OH. In 1935, at the age of about 23, she was joined in wedlock with Millard V. Baldwin (July 24, 1906-1983). They migrated to California and did not reproduce. Constance for many years was employed by Montgomery Ward Co. as an accountant. the pair lived in San Leandro, CA as of 1981. The family was plunged into mourning when Millard passed away on Jan. 4, 1983. His remains were lowered into the sacred soil of Blue Creek Cemetery in Ohio. The widowed Constance remained in San Landero, CA and then moved back to her native Ohio to spend her final years. She succumbed to the spectre of death at age 83, in Van Wert County Hospital, on Sept. 22, 1995. Her obituary appeared in the Lima News.
- Grandson Doven "Maxwell" Bennett (1914-1986) was born on Valentine's Day 1914 in Haviland. He was an alumnus of Haviland High School. When he was 19 years of age, on Nov. 15, 1933, he was united in matrimony with Pauline Cavinder ( ? -1961). The known offspring in this family were Dennis Bennett, Gary Bennett, Deloris Gosik and Garnett Roush. They resided in his hometown, where for 28 years he was employed by Haviland Clay Tile Works. He also served in the elected office of village councilman for more than a decade. Grief cascaded over the family when Pauline died in 1961. Maxwell's second bride was Lois Gene (Stephenson) Lehman (Dec. 2, 1925-2002), of Monroeville, IN, the daughter of Clarence and D'Nelle (Titel) Stevenson. They were married on Aug. 15, 1964. She brought five stepchildren into the second family -- Deanna Rodman, Devon "Joe" Lehman, D'Nell Edwards, Darlene Stroman and Vickie Gene Wells plus another son Dale Edwin Lehman who died in infancy in 1945. They were affiliated with the Haviland Baptist Church. The pair endured the death of adult daughter Vickie Wells in May 1972. Maxwell retired from Haviland Clay Tile on Dec. 20, 1975. Sadly, at the age of 72, he was stricken by a heart attack died on Aug. 2, 1986 in Paulding County Hospital. An obituary was published in the Decatur (IN) Daily Democrat and Lima News. Burial was in Middle Creek Cemetery near Groverhill, OH. Lois Gene survived for another 16 years. Death carried her away into the heavens on May 31, 2002. Rev. Bill Holt presided over her funeral service.
Great-grandson Dennis Bennett was joined in wedlock with Joann. They dwelled in Haviland in 1986 but by 2002 had moved to Hamilton, IN.
Great-grandson Gary Bennett put down roots in Payne, OH and was there in the mid-1980s-2002. He entered into marriage with Rosie.
Great-granddaughter Deloris Bennett married (?) Gosik/Gosic. Her home in 1986 was in Haviland and in 2002 in Toledo.
Great-granddaughter Garnett Bennett tied the knot with (?) Roush. Circa 1986-2002, she was in Wadsworth, OH.
Step-great-grandson Devon "Joseph" Lehman (1948-2018) was born on Jan. 22, 1948 in Decatur, IN. When he was 22 years of age, on Feb. 7, 1970, he married Theresa M. "Terri" Bruns (1951- ? ). Four children of the couple were Daniel Lehman, Jeanette Newell, Devon Lehman Jr. and Mickey Nakagome. They made a residence in Haviland. Joseph earned a living at the piston manufacturer Zollner Corporation in Fort Wayne for 35 years and at Haviland Plastics for nine years. Sadly, he died at the age of 70 in Fort Wayne on Dec. 22, 2018.
Step-great-granddaughter D'Nell Bennett wed Paul Edwards. They too settled in Haviland.
Step-great-granddaughter Deanna Kay Lehman (1943-1997) was born on Jan. 20, 1943 in Indiana. She was joined in wedlock with Harry "David" Rodman (March 6, 1943-1991). They planted themselves in Van Wert, OH. Five children they produced together were Lorie Jackson, Kenneth Rodman, Tracey Rodman, Steven Rodman and Gene Rodman. Sadly, David passed into the arms of the heavenly host on May 24, 1991. Deanna outlived him by six years. She died in Vancrest Health Care Center in Delphos, Allen County, OH at the age of 54 on Oct. 22, 1997. Burial was in Van Wert's Woodland Union Cemetery. An obituary was printed in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. As of 1997, daughter Lorie was in Ohio City, sons Kenneth, Tracey and Steven in Van Wert and son Gene in Grove Hill, OH.
Step-great-granddaughter Darlene Rae Lehman (1946-2008) was born on March 12, 1946 in Indiana. She was an alumna of Monroeville (IN) High School. Her first spouse was (?) Martin ( ? - ? ). After their marriage ended, she made a home in Norwalk, CA and studied at La Pontes School of Cosmetology. Two days after Christmas 1969, she married again to 29-year-old Frederick R. Stroman (1940- ? ). He was a graduate of Fresno High School, had attended Fresno City College and was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. The pair relocated to Fresno, CA. The angel of death cleaved Darlene away in Fresno at the age of 62 on Nov. 17, 2008. The funeral was conducted in St. Paul United Methodist Church. A brief obituary appeared in the Fresno Bee.
Step-great-granddaughter Vickie Gene Lehman (1952-1972) was born on Jan. 23, 1952 in Monroeville, Allen County, IN. She tied the knot on July 27, 1969 with Lynn Phillip Wells Jr. ( ? - ? ). The only son of this coupling was Lynn Phillip Wells III. The young family dwelled in Haviland. On the tragic evening of May 19, 1972, at the Haviland Clay Mall, the 20-year-old Vickie was killed when the motorcycle she was driving "struck a cable barrier stretched across a roadway at the mall," said the Lima News. She was rushed to Van Wert County Hospital and pronounced dead on arrival. Funeral rites were held in the Haviland Methodist Church by the hand of Rev. Albert Womer.
- Grandson Kenneth Rex Bennett (1917-1979) was born on Feb. 25, 1917 in Ohio. In 1938, he married Lola Marcile Smith (March 24, 1918-1998), a native of Hudson, MI. Kenneth was employed in Fort Wayne in 1950 as a roundhouse foreman for a railroad company. He held a membership in the Masons. Death spirited him away at the age of 62 in Oct. 1979. The remains sleep for the ages in Fort Wayne's Covington Memorial Gardens. Lola lived for another 19 years. She passed away in Fort Wayne on April 26, 1998.
- Granddaughter Mary Josephine Bennett (1918-1993) was born on April 10, 1918 in Haviland, OH. She tied the marital cord in 1936 with Harold E. Baker (1911-1991). Two sons of their union were G. Wayne Baker and Walter "Eugene" Baker. The Bakers were in Van Wert, OH in 1986. Sadly, he surrendered to the angel of death in 1991. She lived for another two years and died at age 75 in Nov. 1993. They sleep at each other's side in Haviland's Blue Creek Cemetery.
Great-grandson G. Wayne Baker (1941-2024) was born on Oct. 5, 1941 in Van Wert. He was an alumnus of Wren High School. During the Vietnam War, he joined the U.S. Navy and was assigned to the USS Champlain. For many years, he was employed as a machine operator by Pepsi-Cola Company. He also served as "president of the Allen County Chapter of the Ohio Horseman's Council and past president of the Buckeye State Sheriff's Association and Mounted Posse," said an obituary. "He was a Special Deputy for the Allen County Sheriff's Office serving with the Mounted Posse for 20 years and Hancock County Sheriff's Mounted Posse for ten years. His enjoyment in life was horses and friends, hanging with his daughters and grandchildren." On March 29, 1981, when he was 39 years of age, he was united in matrimony with Sandra K. "Sandy" Ward ( ? - ? ). Four daughters in their brood were Tina Chandler, Cindy Lange, Kelly Schimmoller and Kim Place. They made a home in Elida, OH. Sadly, at the age of 82, the angel of death plucked Wayne away at home on June 19, 2024. Interment was in Lima's Memorial Park Cemetery. As of 2024, daughter Tina was married to Doug Chandler and resided in Fort Jennings and daughters Cindy, Kelly and Kim in Delphos.
Great-grandson Walter "Eugene" Baker ( ? - ? ) was deceased by 2024.
- Granddaughter Marcella Ova "Marcille" Bennett (1922-2006) was born in 1922. She wed (?) Agler. Marcille dwelled in Van Wert, OH for decades. In 1973, she is known to have served as a trustee of the auxiliary of the Robert G. Longwell post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Van Wert. Death swept her away at the age of 83, at VanCrest Health Care Center in Van Wert on Jan. 17, 2006. The remains were lowered into rest in Ohio City's Woodlawn Cemetery, with the Lima News producing an obituary.
- Granddaughter Thelma May Bennett (1926-1981) was born on May 14, 1926 in Haviland, OH, a twin with her sister Zelma Fae. She spent her childhood years in Haviland, Paulding County. She never married. Thelma made her residence in Convoy, OH. She was employed for the last five years of her life with the Thomas Edison Training School in Van Wert. She also attended the Haviland Baptist Church.After suffering a heart attack, she was admitted to Van Wert County Hospital and died at age 54 on Jan. 6, 1981. Rev. Robert Kinney led the funeral service, with burial in Blue Creek Cemetery.
- Granddaughter Zelma Fae Bennett (1926-1927) was born on May 14, 1926, a twin with her sister Thelma May. She only lived to the age of 17 months. Tragically, after contracting influenza, death swept her away in Haviland, OH on Oct. 14, 1927. The tender remains were interred in Blue Creek Cemetery.
- Granddaughter Colleen Lee Bennett (1936-2014) was born on Jan. 19, 1936. She grew up in Haviland, Paulding County. She was unmarried and making a dwelling-place in Convoy, OH in 1981 and in Van Wert, OH in 1986. By 1995, she was in Middle Point, OH. Colleen died on Jan. 7, 2014. Burial was next to her sister Thelma in Blue Creek Cemetery.
~ Daughter Margaret (Maxwell) Armentrout ~
Daughter Margaret Maxwell (1867- ? ) was born on Oct. 12, 1867 in Ohio.
In 1884, as a 17-year-old, she tied the marital cord with Douglas Dale Armentrout (June 8, 1860-1933), son of Abraham and Mary (Baker) Armentrout of Cardington..
Together, they bore a family of four -- Franklin D. Armentrout, Mabel E. Armentrout, Alva M. Armentrout and Harry C. Armentrout.
When the United States Census was made in 1900, the family lived on North Main Street in Cardington.
Sadness washed over the family when Margaret died in 1904.
Douglas survived for another 29 years after Margaret's passing. He married again on June 16, 1926 to Martha L. Beck ( ? -1930).
He died on Aug. 15, 1933. Interment was in Cardington's Glendale Cemetery.
Son Franklin D. "Frank" Armentrout (1886- ? ) was born on April 6, 1886. He was employed in the late 1920s at a battery station in or near Cardington. On April 21, 1929, at the age of 43, he tied the marital cord with 21-year-old divorcee Maxine (Paxton) Rettig (April 25, 1907- ? ), daughter of Robert and Dorencence (Marple) Paxton. The wedding was held in Morrow County, by the hand of Rev. Harry J. Green of Mount Gilead.
Daughter Mabel "Estella" Armentrout (1889- ? ) was born on Dec. 8, 1889 in Cardington. At age 17, she first was wed on March 26, 1906 to 26-year-old clerk Harry Clyde Callihan (June 29, 1879-1918), son of Theodore and Catherine (Chambers) Callihan. Elmer H. Douglass presided over the marital rites. They remained together in Cardington for 19 years until the separation of death, with him now working as a laborer. Tragically, Harry at age 38 was stricken with a pulmonary hemorrhage and died on May 10, 1918. As of 1925, she made a home in Cardington and earned a living as a bookkeeper. Then on Nov. 6, 1925, she married a second time to 40-year-old iceman Charles M. Powers (March 10, 1885- ? ), a native of Ashley, OH and the son of Ellis and Manie (Main) Power. Officiating was Rev. O.L. Williams, and news of their marriage license was printed in the Galion Inquirer.
Son Alva M. Armentrout ( ? - ? )
Son Harry C. Armentrout (1894-1977) was born on March 3, 1894. He and his wife dwelled in Galion, OH in 1931. He died on Sept. 11, 1977.
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