AUNT OF ALICE MAY SHRIVER LANDES
A BIOGRAPHY OF ELIZABETH "LIZZIE" SHRIVER LEHMANN, by Laurence Overmire (great nephew), genealogist and Shriver family historian, updated June 2020:
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Shriver was born near Savannah, Ashland County, Ohio, on January 13, 1837, the second of eight children of David and Rebecca (Scott) Shriver.
Lizzie and Jacob had 3 children:
1) John Albert Lehmann (1864-1912)
2) Mary Rebecca Lehmann (1866-1923, m. David Luther Dickason)
3) Susannah Bertha Lehmann (b. 1871, m. Fred H. Bates)
Jacob Lehmann was a farmer in Clear Creek Township, Ashland County, Ohio. An 1874 map states he settled there in 1841. His plot was called Spring Valley and was bordered to the east by a plot called Grand Valley owned by William Burns (great great grandfather of the author of this sketch) and to the south by a plot called Maple Lance owned by Albert Norton Shriver, Lizzie's younger brother.
Lizzie passed away on August 12, 1911, at the age of 74. She is buried in Savannah Cemetery. Sadly, she has no living descendants.
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A BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN ALBERT LEHMANN, by Laurence Overmire (1C2R), genealogist and Shriver family historian, updated June 2020:
John Albert Lehmann (aka Lehman) was born during the Civil War on July 11, 1864, probably near Savannah, Ashland County, Ohio, the eldest of three children of German immigrant Jacob Lehmann and his wife Elizabeth "Lizzie" Shriver.
John was a farmer and a poet. He never married and apparently suffered from severe health problems. In 1900, he was living in Savannah Village (Clear Creek Township), Ashland County, Ohio, with his widowed mother and sister. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
John wrote, and independently published a book of poetry in 1906, dedicated to his mother and illustrated by his first cousin Alice May Shriver (daughter of Albert Norton Shriver). The book is of very high artistic quality with many insightful reflections of life on the farm southwest of Savannah. A copy that was given by John to his friend James A. Patterson, contains a typed letter, taped inside the front cover and addressed to “Dear Friends." In it, John writes: “Most of the reminiscences included are of interest only to immediate friendship, so that the volume is not intended for general publication, the edition being but sufficient to reach a circle of relatives and a few other friends.” Friend James A. Patterson’s copy was kept by his eldest daughter, Ethel Patterson Hopkins. Ethel’s note at the front says ”A valued friend of James Patterson and my SS [Sunday school] teacher when a girl.” It was rediscovered in early 2020 in a trunk at the farm still in possession of descendants of Ethel, four miles west of Savannah, the farm where James Patterson was born and had grown up. The letter also states that John wrote the poems as a way of coping with a "distressing and incurable illness.”
Whatever John's illness was, it apparently became to much to cope with. According to his death certificate, John died by "suicide by opium" on September 9, 1912, in Trumbull, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, at the age of 48. In his will dated April 27, 1911, John bequeathed $200 to Alice May Shriver, no doubt in part in gratitude for her illustrating his book. He also bequeathed $1,000 to the Presbyterian Church of Savannah "as a literary endowment fund…to be applied to good literature for poor and destitute children in Clear Creek township." Some of the proceeds from his real estate were bequeathed to the University of Wooster to be applied for scholarships.
John is buried with many of his relatives, and some of his friends, including James A. Patterson, in Savannah Cemetery.
Today, John's poetry book has been reprinted and is available on Amazon.com. It is considered by scholars to be "culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it."
(With thanks to Susan Hopkins for her discovery of John's poetry book, saving it for posterity, and providing background information.)
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The following excerpt from John Albert Lehmann's poem, "As They Used to Be," gives us some insight into the lives of the pioneers of Clear Creek Township, Ohio.
Blow, ye gentle winds, the years softly blow through;
And tell me the tales that I once listened to:
Tell of the fathers, who came over the sea,
To build in the forest, unhampered and free --
Of the pioneer homes, where they toiled and dwelt,
And the rustic church altars, 'round which they knelt.
And bring back to me now, those voices again,
That told of the cabins, the soldiers and men --
About Indians, deer, and game in the woods;
And trading corn and wheat, for nails and dry-goods.
Yes! tell me the stories, I so loved to hear,
Away back "in the passing" -- many a year.
A BIOGRAPHY OF ELIZABETH "LIZZIE" SHRIVER LEHMANN, by Laurence Overmire (great nephew), genealogist and Shriver family historian, updated June 2020:
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Shriver was born near Savannah, Ashland County, Ohio, on January 13, 1837, the second of eight children of David and Rebecca (Scott) Shriver.
Lizzie and Jacob had 3 children:
1) John Albert Lehmann (1864-1912)
2) Mary Rebecca Lehmann (1866-1923, m. David Luther Dickason)
3) Susannah Bertha Lehmann (b. 1871, m. Fred H. Bates)
Jacob Lehmann was a farmer in Clear Creek Township, Ashland County, Ohio. An 1874 map states he settled there in 1841. His plot was called Spring Valley and was bordered to the east by a plot called Grand Valley owned by William Burns (great great grandfather of the author of this sketch) and to the south by a plot called Maple Lance owned by Albert Norton Shriver, Lizzie's younger brother.
Lizzie passed away on August 12, 1911, at the age of 74. She is buried in Savannah Cemetery. Sadly, she has no living descendants.
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A BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN ALBERT LEHMANN, by Laurence Overmire (1C2R), genealogist and Shriver family historian, updated June 2020:
John Albert Lehmann (aka Lehman) was born during the Civil War on July 11, 1864, probably near Savannah, Ashland County, Ohio, the eldest of three children of German immigrant Jacob Lehmann and his wife Elizabeth "Lizzie" Shriver.
John was a farmer and a poet. He never married and apparently suffered from severe health problems. In 1900, he was living in Savannah Village (Clear Creek Township), Ashland County, Ohio, with his widowed mother and sister. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
John wrote, and independently published a book of poetry in 1906, dedicated to his mother and illustrated by his first cousin Alice May Shriver (daughter of Albert Norton Shriver). The book is of very high artistic quality with many insightful reflections of life on the farm southwest of Savannah. A copy that was given by John to his friend James A. Patterson, contains a typed letter, taped inside the front cover and addressed to “Dear Friends." In it, John writes: “Most of the reminiscences included are of interest only to immediate friendship, so that the volume is not intended for general publication, the edition being but sufficient to reach a circle of relatives and a few other friends.” Friend James A. Patterson’s copy was kept by his eldest daughter, Ethel Patterson Hopkins. Ethel’s note at the front says ”A valued friend of James Patterson and my SS [Sunday school] teacher when a girl.” It was rediscovered in early 2020 in a trunk at the farm still in possession of descendants of Ethel, four miles west of Savannah, the farm where James Patterson was born and had grown up. The letter also states that John wrote the poems as a way of coping with a "distressing and incurable illness.”
Whatever John's illness was, it apparently became to much to cope with. According to his death certificate, John died by "suicide by opium" on September 9, 1912, in Trumbull, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, at the age of 48. In his will dated April 27, 1911, John bequeathed $200 to Alice May Shriver, no doubt in part in gratitude for her illustrating his book. He also bequeathed $1,000 to the Presbyterian Church of Savannah "as a literary endowment fund…to be applied to good literature for poor and destitute children in Clear Creek township." Some of the proceeds from his real estate were bequeathed to the University of Wooster to be applied for scholarships.
John is buried with many of his relatives, and some of his friends, including James A. Patterson, in Savannah Cemetery.
Today, John's poetry book has been reprinted and is available on Amazon.com. It is considered by scholars to be "culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it."
(With thanks to Susan Hopkins for her discovery of John's poetry book, saving it for posterity, and providing background information.)
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The following excerpt from John Albert Lehmann's poem, "As They Used to Be," gives us some insight into the lives of the pioneers of Clear Creek Township, Ohio.
Blow, ye gentle winds, the years softly blow through;
And tell me the tales that I once listened to:
Tell of the fathers, who came over the sea,
To build in the forest, unhampered and free --
Of the pioneer homes, where they toiled and dwelt,
And the rustic church altars, 'round which they knelt.
And bring back to me now, those voices again,
That told of the cabins, the soldiers and men --
About Indians, deer, and game in the woods;
And trading corn and wheat, for nails and dry-goods.
Yes! tell me the stories, I so loved to hear,
Away back "in the passing" -- many a year.
AUNT OF ALICE MAY SHRIVER LANDES
A BIOGRAPHY OF ELIZABETH "LIZZIE" SHRIVER LEHMANN, by Laurence Overmire (great nephew), genealogist and Shriver family historian, updated June 2020:
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Shriver was born near Savannah, Ashland County, Ohio, on January 13, 1837, the second of eight children of David and Rebecca (Scott) Shriver.
Lizzie and Jacob had 3 children:
1) John Albert Lehmann (1864-1912)
2) Mary Rebecca Lehmann (1866-1923, m. David Luther Dickason)
3) Susannah Bertha Lehmann (b. 1871, m. Fred H. Bates)
Jacob Lehmann was a farmer in Clear Creek Township, Ashland County, Ohio. An 1874 map states he settled there in 1841. His plot was called Spring Valley and was bordered to the east by a plot called Grand Valley owned by William Burns (great great grandfather of the author of this sketch) and to the south by a plot called Maple Lance owned by Albert Norton Shriver, Lizzie's younger brother.
Lizzie passed away on August 12, 1911, at the age of 74. She is buried in Savannah Cemetery. Sadly, she has no living descendants.
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A BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN ALBERT LEHMANN, by Laurence Overmire (1C2R), genealogist and Shriver family historian, updated June 2020:
John Albert Lehmann (aka Lehman) was born during the Civil War on July 11, 1864, probably near Savannah, Ashland County, Ohio, the eldest of three children of German immigrant Jacob Lehmann and his wife Elizabeth "Lizzie" Shriver.
John was a farmer and a poet. He never married and apparently suffered from severe health problems. In 1900, he was living in Savannah Village (Clear Creek Township), Ashland County, Ohio, with his widowed mother and sister. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
John wrote, and independently published a book of poetry in 1906, dedicated to his mother and illustrated by his first cousin Alice May Shriver (daughter of Albert Norton Shriver). The book is of very high artistic quality with many insightful reflections of life on the farm southwest of Savannah. A copy that was given by John to his friend James A. Patterson, contains a typed letter, taped inside the front cover and addressed to “Dear Friends." In it, John writes: “Most of the reminiscences included are of interest only to immediate friendship, so that the volume is not intended for general publication, the edition being but sufficient to reach a circle of relatives and a few other friends.” Friend James A. Patterson’s copy was kept by his eldest daughter, Ethel Patterson Hopkins. Ethel’s note at the front says ”A valued friend of James Patterson and my SS [Sunday school] teacher when a girl.” It was rediscovered in early 2020 in a trunk at the farm still in possession of descendants of Ethel, four miles west of Savannah, the farm where James Patterson was born and had grown up. The letter also states that John wrote the poems as a way of coping with a "distressing and incurable illness.”
Whatever John's illness was, it apparently became to much to cope with. According to his death certificate, John died by "suicide by opium" on September 9, 1912, in Trumbull, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, at the age of 48. In his will dated April 27, 1911, John bequeathed $200 to Alice May Shriver, no doubt in part in gratitude for her illustrating his book. He also bequeathed $1,000 to the Presbyterian Church of Savannah "as a literary endowment fund…to be applied to good literature for poor and destitute children in Clear Creek township." Some of the proceeds from his real estate were bequeathed to the University of Wooster to be applied for scholarships.
John is buried with many of his relatives, and some of his friends, including James A. Patterson, in Savannah Cemetery.
Today, John's poetry book has been reprinted and is available on Amazon.com. It is considered by scholars to be "culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it."
(With thanks to Susan Hopkins for her discovery of John's poetry book, saving it for posterity, and providing background information.)
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The following excerpt from John Albert Lehmann's poem, "As They Used to Be," gives us some insight into the lives of the pioneers of Clear Creek Township, Ohio.
Blow, ye gentle winds, the years softly blow through;
And tell me the tales that I once listened to:
Tell of the fathers, who came over the sea,
To build in the forest, unhampered and free --
Of the pioneer homes, where they toiled and dwelt,
And the rustic church altars, 'round which they knelt.
And bring back to me now, those voices again,
That told of the cabins, the soldiers and men --
About Indians, deer, and game in the woods;
And trading corn and wheat, for nails and dry-goods.
Yes! tell me the stories, I so loved to hear,
Away back "in the passing" -- many a year.
A BIOGRAPHY OF ELIZABETH "LIZZIE" SHRIVER LEHMANN, by Laurence Overmire (great nephew), genealogist and Shriver family historian, updated June 2020:
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Shriver was born near Savannah, Ashland County, Ohio, on January 13, 1837, the second of eight children of David and Rebecca (Scott) Shriver.
Lizzie and Jacob had 3 children:
1) John Albert Lehmann (1864-1912)
2) Mary Rebecca Lehmann (1866-1923, m. David Luther Dickason)
3) Susannah Bertha Lehmann (b. 1871, m. Fred H. Bates)
Jacob Lehmann was a farmer in Clear Creek Township, Ashland County, Ohio. An 1874 map states he settled there in 1841. His plot was called Spring Valley and was bordered to the east by a plot called Grand Valley owned by William Burns (great great grandfather of the author of this sketch) and to the south by a plot called Maple Lance owned by Albert Norton Shriver, Lizzie's younger brother.
Lizzie passed away on August 12, 1911, at the age of 74. She is buried in Savannah Cemetery. Sadly, she has no living descendants.
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A BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN ALBERT LEHMANN, by Laurence Overmire (1C2R), genealogist and Shriver family historian, updated June 2020:
John Albert Lehmann (aka Lehman) was born during the Civil War on July 11, 1864, probably near Savannah, Ashland County, Ohio, the eldest of three children of German immigrant Jacob Lehmann and his wife Elizabeth "Lizzie" Shriver.
John was a farmer and a poet. He never married and apparently suffered from severe health problems. In 1900, he was living in Savannah Village (Clear Creek Township), Ashland County, Ohio, with his widowed mother and sister. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
John wrote, and independently published a book of poetry in 1906, dedicated to his mother and illustrated by his first cousin Alice May Shriver (daughter of Albert Norton Shriver). The book is of very high artistic quality with many insightful reflections of life on the farm southwest of Savannah. A copy that was given by John to his friend James A. Patterson, contains a typed letter, taped inside the front cover and addressed to “Dear Friends." In it, John writes: “Most of the reminiscences included are of interest only to immediate friendship, so that the volume is not intended for general publication, the edition being but sufficient to reach a circle of relatives and a few other friends.” Friend James A. Patterson’s copy was kept by his eldest daughter, Ethel Patterson Hopkins. Ethel’s note at the front says ”A valued friend of James Patterson and my SS [Sunday school] teacher when a girl.” It was rediscovered in early 2020 in a trunk at the farm still in possession of descendants of Ethel, four miles west of Savannah, the farm where James Patterson was born and had grown up. The letter also states that John wrote the poems as a way of coping with a "distressing and incurable illness.”
Whatever John's illness was, it apparently became to much to cope with. According to his death certificate, John died by "suicide by opium" on September 9, 1912, in Trumbull, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, at the age of 48. In his will dated April 27, 1911, John bequeathed $200 to Alice May Shriver, no doubt in part in gratitude for her illustrating his book. He also bequeathed $1,000 to the Presbyterian Church of Savannah "as a literary endowment fund…to be applied to good literature for poor and destitute children in Clear Creek township." Some of the proceeds from his real estate were bequeathed to the University of Wooster to be applied for scholarships.
John is buried with many of his relatives, and some of his friends, including James A. Patterson, in Savannah Cemetery.
Today, John's poetry book has been reprinted and is available on Amazon.com. It is considered by scholars to be "culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it."
(With thanks to Susan Hopkins for her discovery of John's poetry book, saving it for posterity, and providing background information.)
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The following excerpt from John Albert Lehmann's poem, "As They Used to Be," gives us some insight into the lives of the pioneers of Clear Creek Township, Ohio.
Blow, ye gentle winds, the years softly blow through;
And tell me the tales that I once listened to:
Tell of the fathers, who came over the sea,
To build in the forest, unhampered and free --
Of the pioneer homes, where they toiled and dwelt,
And the rustic church altars, 'round which they knelt.
And bring back to me now, those voices again,
That told of the cabins, the soldiers and men --
About Indians, deer, and game in the woods;
And trading corn and wheat, for nails and dry-goods.
Yes! tell me the stories, I so loved to hear,
Away back "in the passing" -- many a year.
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