Occupation: Grocer in Wheeling, West Virginia.
Occupation: Mill Worker in Wheeling, West Virginia.
In 1900, 15 year old Laura G. Weisent lived with her mother, step-father, and a variety of half-siblings and step-siblings on the family farm in Summit Twp., Monroe Co., Ohio. She attended school for seven months during the previous year.
In 1900, Fred Schell (40) owned a mortgaged farm in Summit Twp., Monroe County, Ohio. Living with him were his wife of 15 years, Mary A. (36) and their two daughters Anna C. (12) and Hannah E. (9). Both girls attended school. Everyone in the home was a native of Ohio. Adjacent farms in the census belonged to the families of Jacob J. Burkhart (27) and Charles Biedenbach (43).
At the time of the 1910 census, the Schehl family owned a farm on Willis Creek Road in Summit Twp. Members of the household were Fritz Schehl (49), his wife Mary A. (47) and their children Anna C. (22), Johanna N. (19), Leo P. (8) and Frederick E. (2). The adjacent farms in the census belonged to single men: Edward Burkhart and Adam Schehl (Fritz's brother).
In 1920, "Fritz" Schehl (59) and his wife Mary A. (57) owned a farm in Summit Twp. where they lived with their children Anna C. (32), Leo P. (17) and Fredrick E. (12). Adjacent farms in the census were those of Edward Burkhart and Henry A. Schell. The relationship between Fritz and Henry is not known.
The family still lived in Summit Twp. at the time of the 1930 census. The household consisted of Fred Schell (69), his wife Mary (67), son Leo (26) and Fred's unmarried brother Adam (86). Adjacent farms in the census belonged to Mary's first cousin, Joseph Kuhn and Roy Claus.
Sources conflict on first name:
Mary Ann -- Hartley, death certificate
Mary -- 1870 census
Margaret -- 1880 censusSources also conflict on date of birth:
between Jun 1862 and May 1863 -- 1870 & 1880 census
May 1864 -- 1900 census
1862 - 1920 census
26 Sep (no year) -- written on death certificate
25 Sep 1862 -- calculated from age at deathAccording to the 1910 census, Mary had given birth to four children, all of whom were still living. The reason for the unusual 12 year gap between the birth of Johanna and Leo is unknown.
This brief note appeared in a column about items of interest in Summerfield in the Zanesville Signal on 21May 1940:
ENTERTAIN GUESTS
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Wheatley entertained the following guests
Sunday: Mrs. Mary Schehl, Mrs. Edward Burkhart and daughter
Lillian and son Fred, and Mrs. Aetna Fields.[Note: Mrs. Mary Schehl and Mrs. Edward Burkhart were mother and daughter.]
From death certificate:
Name: Mary Ann Schehl
Residence: Lewisville Rt 1, Summit Twp., Monroe County
Age: 81 years 11 months 6 days
Birth: Sept. 26 [no year]
Occupation: Housewife
Marital status: Widowed
Father: John Kuhn
Mother: Anna December
Informant: Leo Peter Schehl, Lewisville R #1, O [son]
This note appeared in the Zanesville Signal on 26 Jan 1929:
VISITS COUSINS
Leo Schehl, who is employed at the Mosaic Tile company,
Zanesville, was the guest Wednesday night of his cousins,
Misses Leona and Tharcilla Kuhn, enroute to Kuhn to visit
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schehl.
According to the Social Security Death Index, Leo Schehl's Social security number was issued in Ohio prior to 1951.
Buried Chapel Hill Cemetery.
According to the 1930 census, Anna Lehmiller and her parents wer born in Pennsylvania.
From death certificate:
Name: Ann M. Lehmiller
Residence: N. Industry, Ohio
Age: 46 years 11 months 6 days
Occupation: house-wife
Birth: 20 Mar 1896, Leechburg, Pa.
Marital status: Married
Spouse: Jay E.
Father: John H. Fischer, Pa.
Mother: Mary Ann Metz, Pa.
Informant: Jay E. Lehmiller, N. Industry, O.
In January 1920, 30 year old widower Jay Lehmiller lived in a house that he owned in the North Industry Precinct of Canton, Stark County, Ohio. His wife, Carrie, had died less than a year earlier. With him lived his three children, John J. (7), Mary Jane (5), and Louise K. (4 yrs 2 mos). Only John attended school. Jay was employed as a manager of a general store. Jay and his mother were born in Ohio; his father was born in Indiana.
Also living in the Lemiller home in 1920 were Jay's 60 year old widowed father, Jacob, and John's three unmarried siblings: Ruth (36), Hazel (33), and Karl (18).
In 1930, Jay Lehmiller owned a house worth $4500 on Main Street in the North Industry section of Canton, Ohio. With him lived his wife Anna M. (33), and three children from their previous marriages: Mary Jane Lehmiller (16), Edward J. Lung (14) and Mary E. Lung (12). All three children attended school. Also living in the household was Anna's widowed father, John H. Fisher. (70). Jay worked as the manager of a hardware store.
According to the 1930 census, Anna Lehmiller and her parents wer born in Pennsylvania.
From death certificate:
Name: Ann M. Lehmiller
Residence: N. Industry, Ohio
Age: 46 years 11 months 6 days
Occupation: house-wife
Birth: 20 Mar 1896, Leechburg, Pa.
Marital status: Married
Spouse: Jay E.
Father: John H. Fischer, Pa.
Mother: Mary Ann Metz, Pa.
Informant: Jay E. Lehmiller, N. Industry, O.