OHIO GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY 611 State Route 97 W Bellville OH 44813-8813 419-886-1903 www.ogs.org OGS FINDING AIDS Users of this collection should credit the Ohio Genealogical Society in any reference citing. The OGS Archives is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday from 9 AM to 5 PM. Inquiries may also be made using the OGS Copy Service (Library section of web site) where a Manuscript Key and OGS Finding Aids may also be found. MSS #128 Title: Martin-Finney Family Collection Bulk Dates: 1875-1910 Inclusive Dates: 1860-1953 Description: 1 box containing 2 folders and many oversize cabinet pictures and other images workshop done by Peg- Organization: File 1: Martin and Finney Family research and notes Notes taken on notebook paper by Helen Marie (McClure) Gregg at a beginner s family history gy Lauritzen in 1995. Large family tree with brackets of the James & Eleanor (Ramsey) Finney family File 2: Copies of pictures moved to the Ohio Photograph Collection to include: 1-2. Photographs made from old ambrotypes of Samuel Martin (15 Sept 1790-10 Mar 1878) and Mary (McNary) Martin (- 14 Feb 1879) who were married 30 Jan 1812 and were the parents of James Martin, Sr. 3. CDV of William Lowery Finney (1850-1916) by Potter & Walker of Mansfield, Ohio 4. CDV of Mary (Lowry) Finney (1821-1892) by Potter of Mansfield, Ohio 5. Children of Thomas Jefferson Finney & Nancy McClenahan: Ethel Frances (Finney) Lybarger (1885-1969); David Margaret Finney (1887-1965); Clarence Esly McClenahan Finney (1889-1955) by Potter of Mansfield, Ohio 6. Samuel & Elizabeth (Wilson) Martin with their baby James Martin; Samuel s brother Josiah Martin and his wife Mary Ellen (Law) Martin; and Samuel & Josiah s parents James, Sr. & Eleanor (Ramsey) Martin 7. Martin Family Reunion at the home of Margaret (Martin) & T.M. Crooks including Helen Martin (Finney) McClure; William Lowrey Finney; Elizabeth Rosella Rosa (Martin) Finney; Eleanor (Ramsey) Martin; James Martin Sr.; John Sawhill; Jay Crooks; James Merle Finney; Samuel Martin; William Patterson Martin; Max Crooks; Margaret (Martin) Crooks; Sally Sawhill and others 8. Eleanor (Ramsey) & James Martin at their home on Park Avenue West road in Ontario, west of the Erie RR tracks with their granddaughter Minnie (Martin) Shane 9. Adult children of Samuel & Mary (Lowrey) Finney about 1903: Thomas Jefferson Finney (1852-1915); Margaret (Finney) Martin (1854-1938); William Lowrey Finney (1850-1916); Samuel Stewart Finney (1858-) 10. Sarah Agnes (Finney) Wilson (1856-1887) 11. Margaret Jane (Finney) Martin (1854-1938) 12. Family of Samuel & Mary (Lowrey) Finney about 1870-1876 including: Margaret Jane (Finney) Martin; Thomas Jefferson Finney; James Patterson Finney; William Lowrey Finney; Sarah Anges (Finney) Wilson; Samuel Stewart Finney; Samuel Finney, Sr.; Mary (Lowry) Finney 13. Adult children of James Martin, Sr. & Eleanor (Ramsey) Martin taken between 1888-1912: Josiah Si Marin; Samuel Martin; Lulu Belle Lula (Martin) Wiley; James Martin, Jr.; Sarah Jane Sally (Martin) Sawhill; Margaret (Martin) Crooks; Elizabeth Rosella Rosa (Martin) Finney; William Patterson Martin 14. 1923 Martin Family reunion group picture taken at Crouch s on Park Avenue West. Descendants of James Martin, Sr. & Eleanor (Ramsey) Martin
15. House of James Martin, Sr. & Eleanor (Ramsey) Martin in Ontario, Ohio on Park Avenue West Road, east of the Erie RR; 16. James Merle Finney (1876-1955) on the porch of the William & Rosa (Martin) Finney home on Poplar Street in Mansfield, Ohio 17. James, Sr. & Eleanor (Ramsey) Martin and children about 1870: Margaret (Martin) Crooks; Josiah Silas Martin; Samuel Martin; Mary Katherine Kate Martin; William Patterson Martin; James Martin, Sr.; Lulu Belle Lula (Martin) Wiley; Eleanor (Ramsey) Martin; Sarah Jane Sally (Martin) Sawhill; Elizabeth Rosella Rosa (Martin) Finney; James Martin, Jr. 18. Descendants of James Martin, Sr. & Eleanor (Ramsey) Martin family reunion at Crouch s Woods, west of the B&O RR tracks on Park Avenue West about 1904 19. Martin brothers: Isaac Martin; William Martin; James Martin, Sr. 20-21. Headshots of James Martin, Sr. & Eleanor (Ramsey) Martin Large and oversize photographs and cabinet pictures 5 professional images brought from Egypt by Thomas Jefferson Finney (1852-1915) who was a missionary there. (c. 1870-1890) 1. Egyptian family eating in the street 2. Downtown of Alexandria, Egypt 3. Egyptian women with water vessels 4. Thomas Jefferson Finney with a large group of other missionaries and ministers 5. Egyptian men in ritual dance 2 photographs (duplicates) of James Merle Finney (1876-1955) c. 1930-1940 tracks James & Eleanor (Ramsey) Martin farm, barn and homestead on Park Avenue West Road in Ontario, west of the Erie RR James Martin, Sr. & Eleanor (Ramsey) Martin and their children on the porch of the family homestead on Park Avenue West Road in Ontario, west of the Erie RR tracks about 1888 James Martin, Sr.; Eleanor (Ramsey) Martin; William Patterson Martin; Sarah Jane; Sally (Martin) Sawhill; James Martin, Jr.; Elizabeth Rosella Rosa (Martin) Finney; Margaret (Martin) Crooks; Mary Katherine Kate (Martin) Craig; Samuel Martin; Lulu Belle Lula (Martin) Wiley; Josiah Silas Martin 28 little children the grandchildren of James, Sr. & Eleanor (Ramsey) Martin on the steps of the home on Park Avenue West Road in Ontario, west of the Erie RR tracks. Taken 1882-1884 includes: James Merle Finney; Eleanor (Finney) Auld; Mary F. Finney; Luella (Finney) Braden; Roy 1932 Descendants of James, Sr. & Eleanor (Ramsey) Martin family reunion held at Oak Park, East of Mansfield to include: Harold Proctor Finney; Richard Wilson Dick Auld; Horace A. Braden; William Samuel Bill Auld; Les Buchanan; James Alexander Allie Auld; Homer Bartlett Buchanan; James Merle Finney; Florence (Grove) Finney; William Ramsey Finney; Gerald E. Bosler; Martha Lois (Auld) Bosler; Elizabeth (Braden) Atwater; Helen Martin (Finney) McClure; Howard Everette McClure; Edith Gwendolyn Gwen (Auld) Buchanan; Irene Buchanan; Eleanor Ethel (Finney) Auld; Dorothy Rebecca (Auld) Decker; Elizabeth Rosella Rosa (Martin) Finney; Barbara Decker; Carrie( Proctor) Finney; M. Joanne Jean (Finney) Armington-Hadlock; Anna Ruth (Thompson) Finney; Luella Rosella (Finney) Braden-McMillan; Frederick Martin Fred Braden; Robert Bob Finney; James W. Jim McClure; Helen Marie (McClure) Gregg early 1930s: Grandchildren of James & Sarah Elizabeth Sadie (Knoch) McClure at Euclid Beach on Lake Erie, Cleveland, Ohio in the
Charles Augustus McClure, Jr.; James W. Jim McClure; Helen Marie (McClure) Gregg; Ruth Elaine (Harbaugh) Skeese; Curtis E. Curt Comer; Carolyn E. Comer; Marjorie Ann McClure; Richard Allen Harbaugh Grandchildren of James & Sarah Elizabeth Sadie (Knoch) McClure in 1948 Charles Augustus McClure, Jr.; James W. Jim McClure; Helen Marie (McClure) Gregg; Ruth Elaine (Harbaugh) Skeese; Curtis E. Curt Comer; Carolyn E. Comer; Marjorie Ann McClure; Richard Allen Harbaugh Finney Family Reunion in 1923 at Lybarger s Camp near Warsaw, Coshocton County, Ohio 2 photographs of the descendants of James, Sr. & Eleanor (Ramsey) Martin gathered in front of the home of Margaret (Martin) & T.M. Crooks c. 1895-1902 2 photographs of children playing Ring Around the Rosy at the Martin family reunion in the yard of the home of Margaret (Martin) & T.M. Crooks c. 1895-1902 3 photographs of the Martin family and friends while camping along the Walhonding River near Warsaw, Coshocton County, Ohio around 1901-1905 Finney family group at the home of Samuel Stewart Finney about 1890-1900 Home of William Lowrey Finney & Elizabeth Rosella Rosa (Martin) Finney on Polar Street in Mansfield, Ohio the 8 th house on the left-hand side 1878 James Martin and his wife Eleanor (Ramsey) Martin and his parents Samuel & Mary (McNMary) Martin, taken before Martin Family men in a canoe on the Walhonding River in Coshocton County, Ohio about 1904 Large funeral card for Mrs. M. Finney. Aged 72 years Copy of c. 1898 photo of the family of William Lowery Finney & Elizabeth Rosella Rosa (Martin) Finney: William Ramsey Finney; Helen Martin (Finney) McClure; James Merle Finney;Luella Rosella (Finney) Braden-McMillan; Eleanor Ethel (Finney) Auld 2 snapshots from the 50 th anniversary of James Merle Finney & Carrie E. Proctor taken in 1952 or 1953 including their son and granddaughters Damaged CDV card of Elizabeth Rosella Rosa (Martin) Finney with Agnes Taggert by Bahl & Brothers, Mansfield, Ohio Large wooden framed picture of Elizabeth Rosella Rosa (Martin) Finney (26 Oct 1853-20 Dec 1937) hanging in the library Scope and Content: This collection contains primarily photographs of the ancestors of Helen Marie (McClure) Gregg (26 Apr 1927-24 June 2000) of Mansfield, Ohio on her maternal grandparents side of the family. Helen was the daughter of Helen Marie Finney (12 May 1894-Feb 1981) and Howard Everette McClure (16 Sept 1893-19 Nov 1985). She had one brother, James W. Jim McClure (24 Apr 1925-10 Nov 1977). Helen (Finney) McClure was the daughter of Elizabeth Rosella Rosa Martin (26 Oct 1853-20 Dec 1937) and William Lowrey Finney (13 Nov 1850-3 Aug 1916). These photographs are from the siblings of William & Rosa (Martin) Finney as well as of their children and grandchildren.
MARTIN FAMILY: James Martin, Sr. (-Apr 1900) married Eleanor Ramsey (25 Feb 1822-24 Jan 1904) on 15 Dec 1842 in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania,and they had 9 children: 1. Samuel Martin (15 Sept 1843-c. 1925) who married Elizabeth Wilson in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania on 15 Sept 1864. They had one son: 1. James Martin Samuel later married Mary Campbell on 23 June 1909. 2. Josiah Silas/Si Martin (31 Apr 1845-11 Apr 1921) married Mary Law on 16 Oct 1872 and they had no children. 3. Mary Katherine Kate Martin (3 Apr 1848-3 July 1888) married Joseph Craig (1845-1920) and they had 7 children: Maud, Otta, Rosella, James, Joseph, Robert, and Ralph Craig. 4. Margaret Martin (23 Mar 1849-25 Aug 1912) married T.M. Crooks (14 Oct 1850-15 Aug 1937) and they had 7 chil- 1. Charles B. Crooks 1. Scott Crooks 2. Gladys Crooks 2. James M. Crooks 3. Rev. Ira L. Crooks (1878-) 1. Rev. Paul L. Crooks 4. Delmar A. Crooks 5. Louella (Crooks) Calhoun (12 Oct 1882-) 6. Mary K. (Crooks) Leistensnider (17 Mar 1887-) 7. Bessie J. (Crooks) Henderson (6 Nov 1888-) dren: 5. William Patterson Martin (14 June 1851-30 Apr 1925) married Margaret Jane Finney (3 Oct 1854-6 Dec 1938) on 14 Oct 1874 and they had 7 children: 1. Minnie (Martin) Shane 2. James R. Martin (-1927) 3. Samuel Martin (-1941) 4. Byron Martin (-1942) 5. Ewing Martin 6. Clarence Martin 7. Jeannette Martin 6. Elizabeth Rosella Rosa Martin (26 Oct 1853-20 Dec 1937) married William Lowrey Finney (13 Nov 1850-3 Aug 1916) on 11 Feb 1874 at Mansfield, Ohio and they had 8 children: 1. James Merle Finney (29 Nov 1876-28 Mar 1955) who married Carrie E. Proctor in 1902 and they had one son: 1. Harold Proctor Finney (17 Feb 1904-10 Dec 1969) who married Anna Ruth Thompson (19 Jan 1906-24 Aug 1982) and they had three daughters: 1. M. Joanne Jean Finney married George Eldon Armington, Jr. (30 Mar 1932-30 May 1978) and they had three children 1. Unknown Armington 2. Unknown Armington
3. Robert Armington M. Joanne Jean Finney later married Richard J. Hadlock on 21 Nov 1980 who had just divorced Peggy A. Hadlock on 17 Nov 1980. 2. Female Finney 3. Female Finney 2. Mary F. Finney (1874-1886) 3. Leililla R. Finney (1881-1886) 4. Samuel R. Finney (1883-1886) 5. Eleanor Ethel Finney (2 Dec 1879-28 Dec 1937) who married James Alexander Allie Auld (30 Apr 1877-12 Oct 1951) on 26 June 1901 and they had 6 children: 1. Margaret Elizabeth Auld (22 Apr 1902-11 Sept 1902) 2. William Samuel Bill Auld (12 Sept 1903-20 Feb 1958) 3. Edith Gwendolyn Gwen Auld (2 Jan 1906-14 May 2004) who married Les Buchanan and had at least one daughter: 1. Irene Buchanan 4. Dorothy Rebecca Auld (18 Mar 1908-13 Nov 1984) married Ralph Riey Decker 15 Feb 1902-12 June 1967) and they had 5 children: 1. Barbara Decker 2. Eleanor Decker 3. David Decker 4. James Decker 5. Virginia Decker 5. Martha Lois Auld (15 June 1910-18 July 2001) married Gerald E. Bosler (14 Jan 1907-14 Jan 1993) 6. Richard Wilson Dick Auld (12 Feb 1915-23 Nov 2002) one child: 6. William Ramsey Finney (25 Apr 1886-2 Oct 1956) married Florence M. Grove (24 Sept 1914) and they had 1. Robert Bob Finney and he had two children 7. Luella Rosella Finney (11 May 1888-26 Nov 1970) married Homer Bartlett Braden (10 Mar 1886-20 Sept 1939) and they had 3 children: 1. Horace A. Braden 917 Oct 1914-2 Mar 2005) 2. Elizabeth Braden (9 Dec 1917-16 Dec 1995) who married Jack Atwater and they had 3 children: 1. Anita Ann Atwater who married Timothy J. Silverlake on 28 Aug 1971 and divorced in Aug. 1973. She would later marry Robert L. Read on 15 Nov 1992. 2. David M. Atwater who married on 15 Nov 1992 3. Jean B. Atwater 3. Frederick Martin Fred Braden (6 June 1926-13 Mar 2011) who married Delores Jean on 29 June 1957 and they had 2 children: 1. Elisa Jean Braden 2. Frederick Mark Braden who married Linda Iwalani Luella would later marry Olin R. McMillan 8. Helen Martin Finney (12 May 1894-Feb 1981) who married Howard Everette McClure (16 Sept 1893-19 Nov 1985) in 1920 and they had 2 children: 1. James W. Jim McClure (24 Apr 1925-10 Nov 1977)
one son: 2. Helen Marie McClure (26 Apr 1927-24 June 2000) who married Carrol B. Gregg and they had at least 1. Darren Allen Gregg who married Judy 7. Sarah Jane Sally Martin (22 Dec 1856-23 Feb 1929) married John Sawhill (26 Jan 1856-26 Dec 1932)on 6 Sept 1877 and they had 6 children: 1. James Edwin Sawhill (1879-) 2. Howard Sawhill (1881-) 3. John Sawhill (1883-) 4. Florence (Sawhill) Van Skiver (1885-) 5. Eleanor (Sawhill) Weaver (1888-1983) 6. Ray Vincent Sawhill (1890-) 8. James Martin (17 July 1859-30 Nov 1916) married Geneva Craig (8 Oct 1861-16 Apr 1928) and they had 2 daughters: 1. Ethel (Martin) Hesser (3 Dec 1884-) 2. Ilene (Martin) Goard (Apr-1942) 9. Lulu Belle Lula Marin (28 Oct 1866-12 Sept 1948) married Frank Wiley (10 Nov 1860-11 Dec 1944) on 8 Oct 1884 and they had 11 children: 1. Frances Wiley (23 Apr 1885-) who married Edson Brehman 2. Arthur Wiley (19 Sept 1886-) 3. Lila Wiley (3 Mar 1888-10 Mar 1939) who married Unknown Mabee 4. Lucile Wiley (23 Oct 1893-Aug 1983) who married Willis Cole 5. Alice Wiley (12 Nov 1895-) 6. Charles Wiley (23 Oct 1897-Dec 1982) 7. James M. Wiley (13 Mar 1899-) 8. Katheryn Wiley (1 Jan 1903-) married Unknown Lash 9. Dorothy Wiley (5 Feb 1905-) 10. Robert Wiley (17 Mar 1907-15 Dec 1983) 11. Marjorie Wiley (31 Dec 1909-) married Unknown Neuman FINNEY FAMILY: Samuel Finney (1813-29 Aug 1876) married Mary Lowry (15 June 1821-10 May 1892) and they had 6 children: 1. William Lowrey Finney (13 Nov 1850-3 Aug 1916) married Elizabeth Rosella Rosa Martin (See above) 2. Sarah Agnes Finney (7 Oct 1856-10 June 1887) married Unknown Wilson 3. Samuel Stewart Finney (23 Mar 1858-) 4. Margaret Jane Finney (3 Oct 1854-6 Dec 1938) married William Patterson Martin (See above) 5. Thomas Jefferson Finney (12 Sept 1852-23 June 1915) married Nancy McClenahan and they had 3 children in Egypt where Thomas was a missionary: 1. Ethel Frances Finney (25 Jan 1885-1 Jan 1969) married Harry Swayne Lybarger (14 Nov 1888-11 May 1958) on 4 Aug 1913 and they had 4 children: 1. Nancy Lybarger (17 Sept 1915-9 Apr 2007) married Clarence Rendell Rhoades (1914-1976) 2. Edwin Lewis Lybarger (16 Nov 1917-6 Apr 1942) 3. Davida Margaret Lybarger (21 Jan 1921-) who married Richard D.H. Wilke 4. Mary Lybarger married Kins Collins 2. Davida Margaret Finney (8 Sept 1887-Mar 1965) never married 3. Clarence Esly McClenahan Finney (30 Aug 1889-10 Apr 1955) married Isabel Elliot on 23 Dec 1920 and they
had at least one child: 1. Joan Finney 6. James Patterson Finney (25 Nov 1862-3 Aug 1892) McCLURE FAMILY James McClure & Sarah Elizabeth Sadie Knoch had 6 children: 1. Sigel Vernon McClure (29 Oct 1888-6 Jan 1945) 2. Mamie Ethel McClure (10 Jan 1887-4 Apr 1979) never married 3. Charles Augustus McClure, Sr. (24 July 1892-24 Aug 1966) married Marian and they had 2 children: 1. Charles Augustus McClure, Jr. 2. Marjorie Ann McClure 4. Howard Everette McClure (16 Sept 1893-19 Nov 1985) married Helen Martin Finney (See above) 5. Marjorie McClure (28 Nov 1897-27 July 1983) married George Comer and they had 2 children: 1. Curtis E. Curt Comer 2. Carolyn E. Comer 6. Naomi Ruth McClure (14 Oct 1900-29 July 1989) married Russell L. Harbaugh (1891-1945) and they had 2 chidlren: 1. Ruth Elaine Harbaugh who married Larry E. Skeese 2. Richard Allen Harbaugh who married Katherine E. and had 3 children. Richard and Katherine divorced 27 Dec 1968 and Richard married Donna Markley on 18 Feb 1978 Both the Martin and Finney families were originally from Richland County. The Martin family homestead was located on Park Avenue West Road in Ontario, west of the Erie RR tracks. The Finney family lived in Mansfield. With the 2 Martin children (Elizabeth & William) who married 2 Finney children (William & Margaret) there was a great deal of overlap and inter-connectedness within the families. Access: No restrictions Provenance: Donated to OGS from the estate of Helen Marie (McClure) Gregg after her death on 24 June 2000. She would have inherited this collection from her mother Helen Martin Finney (1894-1981) who would have inherited it from her mother Elizabeth Rosa (Martin) Finney (1853-1937) Key Words: Martin Family; Finney Family; McClure Family; Braden Family; Auld Family; Lybarger Family; Mansfield Ohio; Ontario Ohio; Richland County Ohio; Egypt; Missionaries; Pictures; Photographs; Family Reunions; Walhonding River; Warsaw Ohio; Coshocton County; Processed by: Aaron Turner, MLIS student, August 8, 2012.