Sarah May Bosserman was the daughter of Jesse Miller Bosserman (1823-1859) and Sarah Catherine Spacht (1828-1911), who married 30 Jun 1846 at Hancock County, Ohio. After Jesse died, Sarah remarried twice more to a Mr. Jones and then to a Mr. Bradford.
Sarah married David A. Rothrock (1858-1919) on 25 Sep 1880 at Hancock County, Ohio. Sarah and David were the parents of seven known children, namely:
1. Iva Pearl Rothrock (1881-1901)
2. Joseph Lawrence Rothrock (1883-1908)
3. Milton Raymond Rothrock (1885-1957)
4. Flossie Viola Rothrock Harmony (1887-1944)
5. Delano Vance Rothrock (1892-1983)
6. Eugene Lee Rothrock (1898-1977)
7. Neva Madge Rothrock Fisk (1905-1985)
Links to Sarah's parents, husband, all of her seven known children and seven of her known siblings and half-siblings are included below.
Find-A-Grave contributor kindly supplied the following narrative:
Suggested edit: From a memoir written by Sarah Bosserman, her spelling and grammar is kept as it was found, unknown letters are marked by [?], and punctuation which is nearly always absent has been added for clarity.
"Mrs. Sarah May (Bosserman) Rothrock was born in the year of our Lord 1859 December 14th and was born near Williamstown, Ohio, was the youngest of seven, three brothers and four sisters, the names was: (all born near Williamstown, Ohio)
Lucina Bosserman
Lodema Bosserman
Edward Welcor Bosserman
Cathern Mary Bosserman
John Boserman
Jesse Senior Boserman
Sarah May Bosserman
"My Father died before I was born, my Mother was a widow for some eight year I think then she married again to my Uncle Abner Johnes. He went to the war and never came home so he left his children for my mother to care for, then was a widow for some time, they four children two boys and two girls. One little girl died when quite young, the names was:
Charles Johnes
John H. Johens
Emma J
Lizzie
Alice dead when quite small.
"Then my Mother married again (he was a soldier) to Mr. William Bradford, then they was four more children, three girls, one boy...half brother and three half sisters, the names was:
Theodosia Bradford
Eliza Bradford
Aaron Charles Bradford
Elizebeth Bradford
"then after some time Mrs. Bradford then after those children was grown then Mr. Bradford died and then my Mother was again a widow, she lived about twenty five years in her home where she lived with her mother which she inherited, my Grandmother was a Custer, that was her maiden name, her name was Catherine Mary Spacht. Pensylvania Dutch, she married John Spacht, my Grandmother was 95-1/2 year old when she died.
"My Father died sudden, he choked to death, he chewed tobaco and had a spell of some kind and choked on a chew of tobaco, they was a post mortem and they found the chew of tobacco in the windpipe. My mother was eighty two year old, died of old age the Doctor called it. My Father was just thirty when he died.
"How to fix flax to weave and make thread: You pull what you want so the thread will be long. you lay it in rows and let it lay some time. that makes the bark come. then you pull it through the breaker and get it strait then it is ready to spin. then you put it on the real and make skeins and then it is ready to weave. you must have a schuttle to put your spool of thread. we made sheets with linen and our straw ticks and table cloths and towels. it had to be bleached white.
"how to fix wool: you take you sheep down to the creek and was the sheep then when the get dry you cut the wool of the sheep then it goes to the card and make in long rolls then it is ready to spin. then to the loom and weave it into cloth or make yarn to knit into socks and stockings and sweater and so on. it will be white and it can be colored any shade you want it. my Mother had a loom wove flanel we all had a new flannel dress very fall, and knit mitten for us all and wristlets to and weave blankets and coverlids. My Mother had 200 sheep.
"we went in the big wagon to gather black walnuts along the creeks dear old eagle creek and we would hull them and dry them up in the shop loft. and we had hickory and we went fishing get sun fish and cat fish and chub and sucor fish.
"In the early spring we went to gather mushroom. they was good eating creamed and cream stew and fried like oysters. um um.
"We had so many apples in the celar and some in pits in the garden and made apple butter. you must go to the cider mill. we went with the big wagon bed and get your apple cider and boil it down and make galons of apple butter and a plenty to sell and our own vinegar. and dried apples. we had a patent drier the looked very pretty and white. we made apple butter for our shoe maker for ten year. we sold a lot of good old cider vinegar to. we had a big copper kettle to boil our apple butter in. we dried our corn in our patent drier to. we dred some to sell, it was sweet corn, very good to.
"We had quite a lot of timber land built a big barn. I was a small child then. they hewd out big trees squared all and shingles thousands of them shaved them and made them smooth. the first story was stone. my Mother had 225 acr of land. it is three farms now. we had a big orchard. then we had a well over to the barn, it was quite a lot of pumping to get everything watered. hogs and sheep and geese and chickens ducks turkeys. I helped pick the geese and we made feather beds and pillows. we had quite a large watering trough a big log holowed out for the cattle and horses to drink out of. I often went horse back riding. went to town for my Mother. the Spring of the year the roads was most impassable so I went horse back. oldest sister Lousina taught school. she had to go on a horse sometimes. she had what we called a side sadle the seat of it was covered with beautifull brocade red plush. I allways got to use the sadle when I went to town for my mother. we had a well at the house to. we didn't have windmills.
"My Married sister the second one Lodema: She married before my oldest sister. her Husband bought 160 acr of woods land about five miles from us. he built a log house and built a lean to kitchen on and quite a large room up stairs. I remember it was joining the marsh and the was so much timberland near the marsh and the wild pigeons was so thick they came from far and near to roost in the large trees. clouds of them drove after drove. when I was quite small they built a railroad across the marsh so many thought it could not be done but they did it. they drained it off and by and by farmed it. now it is the largest onion field in the united States so I read in its History.
Contributor: Joel Swink (48809984) • [email protected]
Sarah married David A. Rothrock (1858-1919) on 25 Sep 1880 at Hancock County, Ohio. Sarah and David were the parents of seven known children, namely:
1. Iva Pearl Rothrock (1881-1901)
2. Joseph Lawrence Rothrock (1883-1908)
3. Milton Raymond Rothrock (1885-1957)
4. Flossie Viola Rothrock Harmony (1887-1944)
5. Delano Vance Rothrock (1892-1983)
6. Eugene Lee Rothrock (1898-1977)
7. Neva Madge Rothrock Fisk (1905-1985)
Links to Sarah's parents, husband, all of her seven known children and seven of her known siblings and half-siblings are included below.
Find-A-Grave contributor kindly supplied the following narrative:
Suggested edit: From a memoir written by Sarah Bosserman, her spelling and grammar is kept as it was found, unknown letters are marked by [?], and punctuation which is nearly always absent has been added for clarity.
"Mrs. Sarah May (Bosserman) Rothrock was born in the year of our Lord 1859 December 14th and was born near Williamstown, Ohio, was the youngest of seven, three brothers and four sisters, the names was: (all born near Williamstown, Ohio)
Lucina Bosserman
Lodema Bosserman
Edward Welcor Bosserman
Cathern Mary Bosserman
John Boserman
Jesse Senior Boserman
Sarah May Bosserman
"My Father died before I was born, my Mother was a widow for some eight year I think then she married again to my Uncle Abner Johnes. He went to the war and never came home so he left his children for my mother to care for, then was a widow for some time, they four children two boys and two girls. One little girl died when quite young, the names was:
Charles Johnes
John H. Johens
Emma J
Lizzie
Alice dead when quite small.
"Then my Mother married again (he was a soldier) to Mr. William Bradford, then they was four more children, three girls, one boy...half brother and three half sisters, the names was:
Theodosia Bradford
Eliza Bradford
Aaron Charles Bradford
Elizebeth Bradford
"then after some time Mrs. Bradford then after those children was grown then Mr. Bradford died and then my Mother was again a widow, she lived about twenty five years in her home where she lived with her mother which she inherited, my Grandmother was a Custer, that was her maiden name, her name was Catherine Mary Spacht. Pensylvania Dutch, she married John Spacht, my Grandmother was 95-1/2 year old when she died.
"My Father died sudden, he choked to death, he chewed tobaco and had a spell of some kind and choked on a chew of tobaco, they was a post mortem and they found the chew of tobacco in the windpipe. My mother was eighty two year old, died of old age the Doctor called it. My Father was just thirty when he died.
"How to fix flax to weave and make thread: You pull what you want so the thread will be long. you lay it in rows and let it lay some time. that makes the bark come. then you pull it through the breaker and get it strait then it is ready to spin. then you put it on the real and make skeins and then it is ready to weave. you must have a schuttle to put your spool of thread. we made sheets with linen and our straw ticks and table cloths and towels. it had to be bleached white.
"how to fix wool: you take you sheep down to the creek and was the sheep then when the get dry you cut the wool of the sheep then it goes to the card and make in long rolls then it is ready to spin. then to the loom and weave it into cloth or make yarn to knit into socks and stockings and sweater and so on. it will be white and it can be colored any shade you want it. my Mother had a loom wove flanel we all had a new flannel dress very fall, and knit mitten for us all and wristlets to and weave blankets and coverlids. My Mother had 200 sheep.
"we went in the big wagon to gather black walnuts along the creeks dear old eagle creek and we would hull them and dry them up in the shop loft. and we had hickory and we went fishing get sun fish and cat fish and chub and sucor fish.
"In the early spring we went to gather mushroom. they was good eating creamed and cream stew and fried like oysters. um um.
"We had so many apples in the celar and some in pits in the garden and made apple butter. you must go to the cider mill. we went with the big wagon bed and get your apple cider and boil it down and make galons of apple butter and a plenty to sell and our own vinegar. and dried apples. we had a patent drier the looked very pretty and white. we made apple butter for our shoe maker for ten year. we sold a lot of good old cider vinegar to. we had a big copper kettle to boil our apple butter in. we dried our corn in our patent drier to. we dred some to sell, it was sweet corn, very good to.
"We had quite a lot of timber land built a big barn. I was a small child then. they hewd out big trees squared all and shingles thousands of them shaved them and made them smooth. the first story was stone. my Mother had 225 acr of land. it is three farms now. we had a big orchard. then we had a well over to the barn, it was quite a lot of pumping to get everything watered. hogs and sheep and geese and chickens ducks turkeys. I helped pick the geese and we made feather beds and pillows. we had quite a large watering trough a big log holowed out for the cattle and horses to drink out of. I often went horse back riding. went to town for my Mother. the Spring of the year the roads was most impassable so I went horse back. oldest sister Lousina taught school. she had to go on a horse sometimes. she had what we called a side sadle the seat of it was covered with beautifull brocade red plush. I allways got to use the sadle when I went to town for my mother. we had a well at the house to. we didn't have windmills.
"My Married sister the second one Lodema: She married before my oldest sister. her Husband bought 160 acr of woods land about five miles from us. he built a log house and built a lean to kitchen on and quite a large room up stairs. I remember it was joining the marsh and the was so much timberland near the marsh and the wild pigeons was so thick they came from far and near to roost in the large trees. clouds of them drove after drove. when I was quite small they built a railroad across the marsh so many thought it could not be done but they did it. they drained it off and by and by farmed it. now it is the largest onion field in the united States so I read in its History.
Contributor: Joel Swink (48809984) • [email protected]
Sarah May Bosserman was the daughter of Jesse Miller Bosserman (1823-1859) and Sarah Catherine Spacht (1828-1911), who married 30 Jun 1846 at Hancock County, Ohio. After Jesse died, Sarah remarried twice more to a Mr. Jones and then to a Mr. Bradford.
Sarah married David A. Rothrock (1858-1919) on 25 Sep 1880 at Hancock County, Ohio. Sarah and David were the parents of seven known children, namely:
1. Iva Pearl Rothrock (1881-1901)
2. Joseph Lawrence Rothrock (1883-1908)
3. Milton Raymond Rothrock (1885-1957)
4. Flossie Viola Rothrock Harmony (1887-1944)
5. Delano Vance Rothrock (1892-1983)
6. Eugene Lee Rothrock (1898-1977)
7. Neva Madge Rothrock Fisk (1905-1985)
Links to Sarah's parents, husband, all of her seven known children and seven of her known siblings and half-siblings are included below.
Find-A-Grave contributor kindly supplied the following narrative:
Suggested edit: From a memoir written by Sarah Bosserman, her spelling and grammar is kept as it was found, unknown letters are marked by [?], and punctuation which is nearly always absent has been added for clarity.
"Mrs. Sarah May (Bosserman) Rothrock was born in the year of our Lord 1859 December 14th and was born near Williamstown, Ohio, was the youngest of seven, three brothers and four sisters, the names was: (all born near Williamstown, Ohio)
Lucina Bosserman
Lodema Bosserman
Edward Welcor Bosserman
Cathern Mary Bosserman
John Boserman
Jesse Senior Boserman
Sarah May Bosserman
"My Father died before I was born, my Mother was a widow for some eight year I think then she married again to my Uncle Abner Johnes. He went to the war and never came home so he left his children for my mother to care for, then was a widow for some time, they four children two boys and two girls. One little girl died when quite young, the names was:
Charles Johnes
John H. Johens
Emma J
Lizzie
Alice dead when quite small.
"Then my Mother married again (he was a soldier) to Mr. William Bradford, then they was four more children, three girls, one boy...half brother and three half sisters, the names was:
Theodosia Bradford
Eliza Bradford
Aaron Charles Bradford
Elizebeth Bradford
"then after some time Mrs. Bradford then after those children was grown then Mr. Bradford died and then my Mother was again a widow, she lived about twenty five years in her home where she lived with her mother which she inherited, my Grandmother was a Custer, that was her maiden name, her name was Catherine Mary Spacht. Pensylvania Dutch, she married John Spacht, my Grandmother was 95-1/2 year old when she died.
"My Father died sudden, he choked to death, he chewed tobaco and had a spell of some kind and choked on a chew of tobaco, they was a post mortem and they found the chew of tobacco in the windpipe. My mother was eighty two year old, died of old age the Doctor called it. My Father was just thirty when he died.
"How to fix flax to weave and make thread: You pull what you want so the thread will be long. you lay it in rows and let it lay some time. that makes the bark come. then you pull it through the breaker and get it strait then it is ready to spin. then you put it on the real and make skeins and then it is ready to weave. you must have a schuttle to put your spool of thread. we made sheets with linen and our straw ticks and table cloths and towels. it had to be bleached white.
"how to fix wool: you take you sheep down to the creek and was the sheep then when the get dry you cut the wool of the sheep then it goes to the card and make in long rolls then it is ready to spin. then to the loom and weave it into cloth or make yarn to knit into socks and stockings and sweater and so on. it will be white and it can be colored any shade you want it. my Mother had a loom wove flanel we all had a new flannel dress very fall, and knit mitten for us all and wristlets to and weave blankets and coverlids. My Mother had 200 sheep.
"we went in the big wagon to gather black walnuts along the creeks dear old eagle creek and we would hull them and dry them up in the shop loft. and we had hickory and we went fishing get sun fish and cat fish and chub and sucor fish.
"In the early spring we went to gather mushroom. they was good eating creamed and cream stew and fried like oysters. um um.
"We had so many apples in the celar and some in pits in the garden and made apple butter. you must go to the cider mill. we went with the big wagon bed and get your apple cider and boil it down and make galons of apple butter and a plenty to sell and our own vinegar. and dried apples. we had a patent drier the looked very pretty and white. we made apple butter for our shoe maker for ten year. we sold a lot of good old cider vinegar to. we had a big copper kettle to boil our apple butter in. we dried our corn in our patent drier to. we dred some to sell, it was sweet corn, very good to.
"We had quite a lot of timber land built a big barn. I was a small child then. they hewd out big trees squared all and shingles thousands of them shaved them and made them smooth. the first story was stone. my Mother had 225 acr of land. it is three farms now. we had a big orchard. then we had a well over to the barn, it was quite a lot of pumping to get everything watered. hogs and sheep and geese and chickens ducks turkeys. I helped pick the geese and we made feather beds and pillows. we had quite a large watering trough a big log holowed out for the cattle and horses to drink out of. I often went horse back riding. went to town for my Mother. the Spring of the year the roads was most impassable so I went horse back. oldest sister Lousina taught school. she had to go on a horse sometimes. she had what we called a side sadle the seat of it was covered with beautifull brocade red plush. I allways got to use the sadle when I went to town for my mother. we had a well at the house to. we didn't have windmills.
"My Married sister the second one Lodema: She married before my oldest sister. her Husband bought 160 acr of woods land about five miles from us. he built a log house and built a lean to kitchen on and quite a large room up stairs. I remember it was joining the marsh and the was so much timberland near the marsh and the wild pigeons was so thick they came from far and near to roost in the large trees. clouds of them drove after drove. when I was quite small they built a railroad across the marsh so many thought it could not be done but they did it. they drained it off and by and by farmed it. now it is the largest onion field in the united States so I read in its History.
Contributor: Joel Swink (48809984) • [email protected]
Sarah married David A. Rothrock (1858-1919) on 25 Sep 1880 at Hancock County, Ohio. Sarah and David were the parents of seven known children, namely:
1. Iva Pearl Rothrock (1881-1901)
2. Joseph Lawrence Rothrock (1883-1908)
3. Milton Raymond Rothrock (1885-1957)
4. Flossie Viola Rothrock Harmony (1887-1944)
5. Delano Vance Rothrock (1892-1983)
6. Eugene Lee Rothrock (1898-1977)
7. Neva Madge Rothrock Fisk (1905-1985)
Links to Sarah's parents, husband, all of her seven known children and seven of her known siblings and half-siblings are included below.
Find-A-Grave contributor kindly supplied the following narrative:
Suggested edit: From a memoir written by Sarah Bosserman, her spelling and grammar is kept as it was found, unknown letters are marked by [?], and punctuation which is nearly always absent has been added for clarity.
"Mrs. Sarah May (Bosserman) Rothrock was born in the year of our Lord 1859 December 14th and was born near Williamstown, Ohio, was the youngest of seven, three brothers and four sisters, the names was: (all born near Williamstown, Ohio)
Lucina Bosserman
Lodema Bosserman
Edward Welcor Bosserman
Cathern Mary Bosserman
John Boserman
Jesse Senior Boserman
Sarah May Bosserman
"My Father died before I was born, my Mother was a widow for some eight year I think then she married again to my Uncle Abner Johnes. He went to the war and never came home so he left his children for my mother to care for, then was a widow for some time, they four children two boys and two girls. One little girl died when quite young, the names was:
Charles Johnes
John H. Johens
Emma J
Lizzie
Alice dead when quite small.
"Then my Mother married again (he was a soldier) to Mr. William Bradford, then they was four more children, three girls, one boy...half brother and three half sisters, the names was:
Theodosia Bradford
Eliza Bradford
Aaron Charles Bradford
Elizebeth Bradford
"then after some time Mrs. Bradford then after those children was grown then Mr. Bradford died and then my Mother was again a widow, she lived about twenty five years in her home where she lived with her mother which she inherited, my Grandmother was a Custer, that was her maiden name, her name was Catherine Mary Spacht. Pensylvania Dutch, she married John Spacht, my Grandmother was 95-1/2 year old when she died.
"My Father died sudden, he choked to death, he chewed tobaco and had a spell of some kind and choked on a chew of tobaco, they was a post mortem and they found the chew of tobacco in the windpipe. My mother was eighty two year old, died of old age the Doctor called it. My Father was just thirty when he died.
"How to fix flax to weave and make thread: You pull what you want so the thread will be long. you lay it in rows and let it lay some time. that makes the bark come. then you pull it through the breaker and get it strait then it is ready to spin. then you put it on the real and make skeins and then it is ready to weave. you must have a schuttle to put your spool of thread. we made sheets with linen and our straw ticks and table cloths and towels. it had to be bleached white.
"how to fix wool: you take you sheep down to the creek and was the sheep then when the get dry you cut the wool of the sheep then it goes to the card and make in long rolls then it is ready to spin. then to the loom and weave it into cloth or make yarn to knit into socks and stockings and sweater and so on. it will be white and it can be colored any shade you want it. my Mother had a loom wove flanel we all had a new flannel dress very fall, and knit mitten for us all and wristlets to and weave blankets and coverlids. My Mother had 200 sheep.
"we went in the big wagon to gather black walnuts along the creeks dear old eagle creek and we would hull them and dry them up in the shop loft. and we had hickory and we went fishing get sun fish and cat fish and chub and sucor fish.
"In the early spring we went to gather mushroom. they was good eating creamed and cream stew and fried like oysters. um um.
"We had so many apples in the celar and some in pits in the garden and made apple butter. you must go to the cider mill. we went with the big wagon bed and get your apple cider and boil it down and make galons of apple butter and a plenty to sell and our own vinegar. and dried apples. we had a patent drier the looked very pretty and white. we made apple butter for our shoe maker for ten year. we sold a lot of good old cider vinegar to. we had a big copper kettle to boil our apple butter in. we dried our corn in our patent drier to. we dred some to sell, it was sweet corn, very good to.
"We had quite a lot of timber land built a big barn. I was a small child then. they hewd out big trees squared all and shingles thousands of them shaved them and made them smooth. the first story was stone. my Mother had 225 acr of land. it is three farms now. we had a big orchard. then we had a well over to the barn, it was quite a lot of pumping to get everything watered. hogs and sheep and geese and chickens ducks turkeys. I helped pick the geese and we made feather beds and pillows. we had quite a large watering trough a big log holowed out for the cattle and horses to drink out of. I often went horse back riding. went to town for my Mother. the Spring of the year the roads was most impassable so I went horse back. oldest sister Lousina taught school. she had to go on a horse sometimes. she had what we called a side sadle the seat of it was covered with beautifull brocade red plush. I allways got to use the sadle when I went to town for my mother. we had a well at the house to. we didn't have windmills.
"My Married sister the second one Lodema: She married before my oldest sister. her Husband bought 160 acr of woods land about five miles from us. he built a log house and built a lean to kitchen on and quite a large room up stairs. I remember it was joining the marsh and the was so much timberland near the marsh and the wild pigeons was so thick they came from far and near to roost in the large trees. clouds of them drove after drove. when I was quite small they built a railroad across the marsh so many thought it could not be done but they did it. they drained it off and by and by farmed it. now it is the largest onion field in the united States so I read in its History.
Contributor: Joel Swink (48809984) • [email protected]
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