When Dorene Interviewed cousin Wilma

In 1995, I visited cousin Wilma Voight Hanck, and we talked about family history. Wilma's mother was Emma Piehl Voight, making Wilma a niece to my great grandma Lena Piehl Yeager. Wilma said that when Great Grandpa Lena Piehl Yeager and Grandpa Andrew Yeager had their fiftieth wedding anniversary, Wilma helped make food for the big celebration. Because all the families had gotten so big, I did not recall any get togethers between my branch of the Piehl family and Wilma's, but I know that Grandma Yeager and her sister Emma and their families visited back and forth, long ago, before I was born.

Below is a copy of what we talked about in 1995. God bless loved ones who share family history with the younger generation!!

 

Mrs. Ernestine Weier

Mrs. Ernestine Hetzel Weier was the wife of Louis/Ludwig Weier. She was a pioneer resident of Sandusky. This obituary for Mrs. Weier appeared in the Sandusky Register of February 22, 1895 (though her tombstone reads 1894.)

Mrs. Weier was laid to rest at Sandusky's Oakland Cemtert.

Mrs. Ada Johnson

Mrs. Ada Johnson was born in New York in 1802. At the time of her death on October 19, 1872, she was residing in Erie County, Ohio. Ada Johnson died from consumption, according to her death record at Erie County Probate Court. The inscription of the tombstone of Ada Johnson at Sandusky's Oakland Cemetery state that she was the wife of Henry Johnson.

Frank A. Ross, 1879-1938

Frank A. Ross was born in Sandusky, Ohio in 1879 to Charles Ross, and his wife, the former Amelia Bitter. For many years, Frank Ross operated a furnace business on East Monroe Street. This advertisement appeared in the Sandusky Star Journal on July 22, 1930.

During the last two years of his life, Mr. Ross moved to Fairview Park, and he continued in the furnace business. On May 26, 1938, Frank A. Ross died at the age of 59. He was buried in Sandusky's Oakland Cemetery.

Jay J. Perry, Former Erie County Sheriff

Jay J. Perry was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Perry, born in 1856 in Sandusky, Ohio. For several years, Jay J. Perry served as a policeman in Sandusky. From 1898-1902 and again from 1917-1920, Jay. J. Perry was the Erie County Sheriff. His office would have been in this building, now a part of the Sandusky Library. 

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Later Jay J. Perry was associate with the Perry and Bretz men's clothing store in Sandusky.  On February 9, 1924, Jay J. Perry died from heart disease. He was buried in the family lot at Sandusky's Oakland Cemetery. Jay J. Perry was survived by three sons. His wife had predeceased him. 

Mrs. Mary Root

Mary S. Buckingham was born in 1815 to John and Sarah Buckingham.  In 1835, Mary married Joseph M. Root, who was an attorney. He also served as a Representative to Congress from Ohio in the 29th, 30th, and 31st U.S. Congresses, and was a member of the Ohio State Senate for several terms. The Roots would have a family of five daughters. In 1876, Mrs. Mary Root became ill with consumption. She passed away at the family home in Sandusky on October 4, 1876. Mary Root was buried in the family lot at Oakland Cemetery in Sandusky, Ohio. An obituary for Mrs. Root appeared in the October 5, 1876 issue of the Sandusky Register.  Her obituary read in part, "By her noble qualities of head and heart, Mrs. Root endeared herself to a large circle of warm friends here and elsewhere, who will be inexpressibly pained to learn of her death."

Dr. Jeremiah S. Cochran

Jeremiah S. Cochran was born in New Hampshire on January 17, 1805. In 1826, he was a medical student at Dartmouth, studying under Dr. J. Dalton. According to Hewson Peeke’s book STANDARD HISTORY OF ERIE COUNTY, OHIO (Lewis Publishing Company, 1916), Dr. Jeremiah Cochran settled in Ohio in 1832, at the time of the first cholera outbreak. Peeke wrote that Dr. Cochran “rendered efficient service during its continance.”  Huron County marriage records indicate that Jeremiah Cochran married Julia Farwell on New Year’s Day of 1837. Julia was a daughter of Moors Farwell, Sandusky’s first Mayor.

An article in the Huron Reflector of August 9, 1842 lists J.S. Cochran among the members of the Liberty Party, along with several other known anti-slavery men from the Firelands area.

Dr. Jeremiah S. Cochran was in a medical practice with his brother Dr. Charles Cochran in 1844. Their medical office was on the square, in front of the Presbyterian Church. Sadly, Dr. Jeremiah Cochran died as a young man, in July of 1845. He was buried in Sandusky’s Oakland Cemetery.