February 4, 2014
N. Elinor Fowler

Star Beacon


LeROY TOWNSHIP — N. Elinor Fowler, age 94, of LeRoy Township, Ohio, passed away Monday, Feb. 3, 2014.

Born April 15, 1919, in Morgantown, W.Va., she was the daughter of Iva Jane (Hamilton) and Alva C. Harltey. She married Frank F. Fowler in Morgantown, W.Va., on April 25, 1942.

Elinor was a retired teacher.

She was a member of Thompson United Methodist Church from 1958 to 2003, where she served on the mission committees at the Local and District levels. For the last 10 years, she has been involved as a member of the Damascus United Methodist Church. Elinor was also a member of United Methodist Women, Church Choir, Chorale at Copeland Oaks, Lake County Retired Teachers Association and participated on work teams to Henderson Settlement, Kenya and Senagel, West Africa.

She is survived by her daughters, Susan (Loren) Parker of Springfield, Ohio, and Anne Elizabeth (John) Nash of Hartville, Ohio; sons, H. Kirk (Antonija) Fowler of Madison, Ohio, Frank H. (Elizabeth) Fowler of Rossland, BC, and Kevin F. (Laura) Fowler of Rock Creek, Ohio; 16 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; sisters, Alice VanLier and Jeanne Krumm; and brothers, Chester, Robert and Homer Hartley.

Funeral Service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 7th, at the Thompson United Methodist Church, 6758 Madison Road, Thompson, Ohio. The family will receive friends for one hour prior to the service at the Church. Final resting place will be at Leroy Cemetery.

Contributions may be made to Mission Fund, in care of Thompson United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 29, Thompson, Ohio 44086.

Arrangements by THE BEHM FAMILY FUNERAL HOME of Madison. Obituary and condolences at www.behmfuneral.com and starbeacon.com.


William P Mc Nary M 26 Ohio Boarder Alva C Hartley M 30 West Virginia


Name: Alva Camden Hartley Event Date: 12 Jan 1954 Event Place: Monongalia County, West Virginia Gender: Unknown Age (Expanded): 83 years Birth Date: 1871 Birthplace: Marital Status: Spouse's Name: Father's Name: Samuel Waitman Hartley Father's Birthplace: Mother's Name: Wilhelmina Menear Mother's Birthplace: Occupation: Address: Residence Place: Cemetery: Burial Place: Burial Date: GS Film number: 840904 Digital Folder Number: 4229132 Image Number: 433 Affiliate Repository Type: County Records Reference ID: v H-K p 57


Name: Carry M. Hartley Titles and Terms: Event Type: Birth Event Date: 16 Feb 1874 Event Place: Preston, West Virginia, United States Gender: Female Race: Father's Name: S. Waitman Hartley Father's Titles and Terms: Father's Birthplace: Father's Age: Mother's Name: Wilhelmina Hartley Mother's Titles and Terms: Mother's Birthplace: Mother's Age: Note: Additional Relatives: Registration Date: Registration Place: Reference ID: 9 GS Film number: 827561 Digital Folder Number: 004017233 Image Number: 00097


Name: S Waitman Hartley Event Type: Census Event Year: 1870 Event Place: West Virginia, United States Gender: Male Age: 35 Race: White Race (Original): W Birth Year (Estimated): 1834-1835 Birthplace: Virginia Page Number: 15 Household ID: 108 Line Number: 1 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: M593 GS Film number: 000553196 Digital Folder Number: 004268435 Image Number: 00735 Household Gender Age Birthplace S Waitman Hartley M 35 Virginia Wilimina Hartley F 20 Virginia Alvey Hartley M 0 West Virginia


Name: Samuel W Hartley Event Type: Census Event Year: 1850 Event Place: Preston county, part of, Preston, Virginia, United States Gender: Male Age: 5 Race: White Race (Original): Birth Year (Estimated): 1845 Birthplace: Virginia Household ID: 691 House Number: 691 Line Number: 16 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: M432 Affiliate Film Number: 969 GS Film Number: 444959 Digital Folder Number: 004206391 Image Number: 00267 Household Gender Age Birthplace Peter M Hartley M 40 Virginia Susan Hartley F 35 Virginia James E Hartley M 14 Virginia Henry A Hartley M 12 Virginia Lydia C Hartley F 9 Virginia Joseph Hartley M 7 Virginia Samuel W Hartley M 5 Virginia Sylvanus C Hartley M 3 Virginia
Name: Wilhelmina Hartley Event Date: 03 May 1917 Event Place: Morgantown, Monongalia, West Virginia Gender: Female Age (Expanded): 67 years Birth Date: 1850 Birthplace: Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Father's Name: Father's Birthplace: Mother's Name: Mother's Birthplace: Occupation: Address: Residence Place: Cemetery: Burial Place: Burial Date: GS Film number: 840903 Digital Folder Number: 4229131 Image Number: 427 Affiliate Repository Type: County Records Reference ID: v 2 p 99



Name: Loione C. Hartley Titles and Terms (Original): Event Date: 15 Dec 1932 Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois Gender: Male Marital Status: Race: Age: 60 Birth Year (Estimated): 1872 Birth Date: 29 Dec 1871 Birthplace: Masontown, West Virginia Father's Name: Samuel W. Hartley Father's Titles and Terms: Father's Birthplace: Masontown, West Virginia Mother's Name: Wilhelmena Menear Mother's Titles and Terms: Mother's Birthplace: Masontown, West Virginia Occupation: civil engnieer Residence Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois Address: Spouse's Name: Eva Grimes Spouse's Titles and Terms (Original): Spouse's Birthplace: Burial Date: 17 Dec 1932 Burial Place: Worth, Cook, Illinois Cemetery: Mt Hope Informant's Name: Additional Relatives: Digital Folder Number: 4153354 Image Number: 2647 GS Film number: 1893419 Reference ID: rn 32286

Name: Ina Jane Hamilton Event Type: Birth Event Date: 14 Dec 1884 Event Place: Kerkwood, Belmont, Ohio Registration Date: Registration Place: Gender: Female Race: Father's Name: Robert B. Hamilton Father's Titles and Terms: Father's Birthplace: Father's Age: Mother's Name: Alice Mcbride Mother's Titles and Terms: Mother's Birthplace: Mother's Age: Additional Relatives: Reference ID: v 3 p 100 GS Film number: 902141 Digital Folder Number: 004978841 Image Number: 00151


Name: Iva Hamilton Titles and Terms: Event Type: Census Event Year: 1900 Event Place: Kirkwood Township Fairview village (part), Belmont, Ohio, United States District: 5 Gender: Female Age: 15 Marital Status: Single Race: White Race (Original): W Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Daughter Number of Living Children: Years Married: Birth Date: Dec 1885 Birthplace: Ohio Marriage Year (Estimated): Immigration Year: Father's Birthplace: Ohio Mother's Birthplace: Ohio Mother of how many children: Sheet Number and Letter: 7A Household ID: 133 Line Number: 28 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: T623 GS Film Number: 1241241 Digital Folder Number: 004117692 Image Number: 00174 Household Gender Age Birthplace Head Robt Hamilton M 48 Ohio Wife Alice Hamilton F 42 Ohio Daughter Lucy Hamilton F 20 Ohio Daughter Mary Hamilton F 17 Ohio Daughter Iva Hamilton F 15 Ohio Daughter Nannie Hamilton F 12 Ohio Son Paul Hamilton M 10 Ohio Son Chesley Hamilton M 9 Ohio

Name: Robert B Hamilton Titles and Terms: Event Type: Census Event Year: 1920 Event Place: Kirkwood, Belmont, Ohio, United States District: 7 Gender: Male Age: 67 Marital Status: Married Race: White Race (Original): White Can Read: Can Write: Relationship to Head of Household: Head Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head Own or Rent: Birth Year (Estimated): 1853 Birthplace: Ohio Immigration Year: Father's Birthplace: Ohio Mother's Birthplace: Ohio Sheet Number and Letter: 2A Household ID: 26 Line Number: 9 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: T625 GS Film number: 1821349 Digital Folder Number: 004384858 Image Number: 00294 Household Gender Age Birthplace Head Robert B Hamilton M 67 Ohio Wife Alice Hamilton F 62 Ohio Daughter Nannie Hamilton F 30 Ohio


Name: Robert B Hamilton Titles and Terms: Event Type: Census Event Year: 1910 Event Place: Kirkwood, Belmont, Ohio, United States District: 7 Gender: Male Age: 58 Marital Status: Married Race: White Race (Original): White Relationship to Head of Household: Head Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head Birth Year (Estimated): 1852 Birthplace: Ohio Immigration Year: Father's Birthplace: New Jersey Mother's Birthplace: Ohio Sheet Number and Letter: 3A Household ID: 28 Line Number: Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: M1283 GS Film number: 1375169 Digital Folder Number: 004449919 Image Number: 00708 Household Gender Age Birthplace Head Robert B Hamilton M 58 Ohio Wife Alice L Hamilton F 52 Ohio Daughter Nannie B Hamilton F 23 Ohio Son Robert P Hamilton M 21 Ohio Son Chester W Hamilton M 18 Ohio


Name: Robert Hamilton Birth Date: Birthplace: Age: Spouse's Name: Alice Louisa Mc Bride Spouse's Birth Date: Spouse's Birthplace: Spouse's Age: Event Date: 20 Mar 1879 Event Place: Guernsey,Ohio Father's Name: Mother's Name: Spouse's Father's Name: Spouse's Mother's Name: Race: Marital Status: Previous Wife's Name: Spouse's Race: Spouse's Marital Status: Spouse's Previous Husband's Name: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M51432-4 System Origin: Ohio-ODM GS Film number: 0894938 V. 2-3 Reference ID:


Name: Robert Brown Hamilton Titles and Terms: Event Type: Death Event Date: 29 Aug 1937 Event Place: Kirkwood, Belmont, Ohio Residence Place: Address: Gender: Male Age: 85 Marital Status: Widowed Race: white Occupation: Farmer Birth Date: 04 Mar 1852 Birthplace: Belmont Co., Ohio Birth Year (Estimated): 1852 Burial Date: 31 Aug 1937 Burial Place: Cemetery: Hope Father's Name: John Francis Hamilton Father's Titles and Terms: Father's Birthplace: not known Mother's Name: Margaret Graham Mother's Titles and Terms: Mother's Birthplace: Guernsey Co., Ohio Spouse's Name: Alice L. Hamilton Spouse's Titles and Terms: File Number: fn 48603 GS Film number: 2023533 Digital Folder Number: 004035666 Image Number: 00801


Robert B. Hamilton Event Type: Census Event Date: 1880 Event Place: Kirkwood, Belmont, Ohio, United States Gender: Male Age: 25 Marital Status: Married Occupation: Carpenter Race (Original): W Ethnicity: American Relationship to Head of Household: Self Birthplace: Ohio, United States Birth Date: 1855 Spouse's Name: Alice L. Hamilton Spouse's Birthplace: Ohio, United States Father's Name: Father's Birthplace: New Jersey, United States Mother's Name: Mother's Birthplace: Ireland Page: 78 Page Letter: A Entry Number: 3896 Affiliate Film Number: T9-0994 GS Film number: 1254994 Digital Folder Number: 004243500 Image Number: 00364 Household Gender Age Birthplace Self Robert B. Hamilton M 25 Ohio, United States Wife Alice L. Hamilton F 22 Ohio, United States Daughter Margret L. Hamilton F 1 Ohio, United States


Name: John Hamilton Titles and Terms: Mr Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 07 Nov 1842 Event Place: Guernsey, Ohio, United States Age: Birth Date: Birth Year (Estimated): Birthplace: Father's Name: Father's Titles and Terms: Mother's Name: Mother's Titles and Terms: Spouse's Name: Margaret Spouse's Titles and Terms: Spouse's Age: Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): Spouse's Birthplace: Spouse's Father's Name: Spouse's Father's Titles and Terms: Spouse's Mother's Name: Spouse's Mother's Titles and Terms: Reference ID: GS Film Number: 000317295 Digital Folder Number: 004732830 Image Number: 00538


Name: John Hamilton Event Type: Census Event Year: 1850 Event Place: Kirkwood, Belmont, Ohio, United States Gender: Male Age: 37 Race: White Race (Original): Birth Year (Estimated): 1813 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Household ID: 683 House Number: 652 Line Number: 22 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: M432 Affiliate Film Number: 661 GS Film Number: 20209 Digital Folder Number: 004093877 Image Number: 00480 Household Gender Age Birthplace John Hamilton M 37 Pennsylvania Margarett Hamilton F 32 Ohio William Hamilton M 7 Ohio Joseph Hamilton M 5 Ohio James Hamilton M 3 Ohio John Hamilton M 0 Ohio Ephram Barnet M 18 Ohio Martha Jones F 11 Ohio



Obit gives birth date as April 15; headstone gives date as Apr 25. Also, obit has father's surname misspelled as Harltey--should be Hartley.

>daughter of Alva Camden Hartley (12 Mar 1870 WV--12 Jan 1954 WV) and Iva Jane Hamilton (b 1884 OH)
>granddaughter of Samuel Waitman Hartley (b 5 June 1845 VA) and Wilhelmina Menear (b 1850 VA)
>great-granddaughter of Peter Miller Hartley (1809 VA--1882 WV) and Susannah Swindler (1815 VA--1872 WV)
>great-great-granddaughter of Edward Hartley (1783 VA--1863 WV) and Margaret Miller (1788 NY--1826)
>3rd-great-granddaughter of Joseph Hartley (1742 PA--1824 WV) and Elizabeth Wasson (1747 PA--1834 VA)
>4th-great-granddaughter of Thomas Hartley (1700 PA--1787 PA) and Elizabeth Paxson (1709 PA--1786 PA)
>5th-great-granddaughter of Edward Hartley (1666 England--1745) and Sarah Midgley (1673 England)
>6th-great-granddaughter of Roger Hartley (1640-1714) and Alice Vipont (1643-1701)

>5th-great-granddaughter of Henry Paxson (1683 PA--1756 PA) and Ann Plumly (1688 PA--1727 PA)

>4th-great-granddaughter of John Wasson (1715 England--1756 PA) and Nancy Ann Means (b 1717 Ireland)

>3rd-great-granddaughter of Peter Miller (1759 NJ--1838 VA) and Mary (1762 NY--1845 VA)
>4th-great-granddaughter of Henry Miller and Margaret Hempen

>great-great-granddaughter of Drake Swindler (1790 VA--1879 WV) and Rebecca Hannah Soverns (b 1789 VA)
>3rd-great-granddaughter of David Swindler (b 1763 NJ) and Catherine Smalley (1757 VA--1849 VA)
>4th-great-granddaughter of Henry Swindler/Swingler (b NJ; d 1792 VA) and Mary Clayton (b 1726 NJ; d VA)
>5th-great-granddaughter of Henry Swindler/Swingler (b England; d 1725 NJ)
>5th-great-granddaughter of John Clayton (b 1702 NJ) and Catherine Rhea
>6th-great-granddaughter of Zebulon Clayton (1663 England--1744 NJ) and Mary Hartshorne (1676 NJ--1744 NJ)
>7th-great-granddaughter of John Clayton (1631 England--1704 NJ) and Alice Myers (b 1631 England)
>7th-great-granddaughter of Richard Hartshorne (1641 England--1722 NJ, son of Hugh Hartshorne) and Margaret Carr (dau of Robert Carr)

>4th-great-granddaughter of Isaac Smalley (1714 NJ--1781 VA) and Susannah Drake
>5th-great-granddaughter of Isaac Smalley (1647 MA--1724 NJ) and Mary White
>6th-great-granddaughter of John Smalley (1611 England--1682 NJ) and Ann Walden

>5th-great-granddaughter of Andrew Drake (1685-1754) and Hannah FitzRandolph (1688-1742)

>granddaughter of Robert Brown Hamilton (1852 OH--1937 OH) and Alice Louisa McBride (b 1858 OH)
>great-granddaughter of John Frances Hamilton (b 1813 PA) and Margaret Graham (b 1818 OH)