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  1. Amanda Oberholtzer: Birth: 4 Feb 1853 in South Londonderry, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States.

  2. Emeline J Oberholtzer: Birth: 30 Jun 1854 in South Londonderry, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States. Death: 9 Jan 1943 in Norwood, Charlevoix, Michigan, USA

  3. Manro or Monro Oberholtzer: Birth: 20 Nov 1855 in South Londonderry, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States. Death: 3 May 1856 in South Londonderry, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States

  4. Elizabeth Oberholtzer: Birth: 9 Sep 1857 in Stark, Ohio, United States. Death: 17 Jun 1930 in S, Grand Traverse, Michigan, United States (1105 Knapp St., S.E., Grand Rapids, MI)

  5. Clara Oberholtzer: Birth: 28 Dec 1859 in Stark County, Ohio, USA. Death: 20 Jun 1921 in Petoskey, Emmet, Michigan, United States (Died of cancer)

  6. Deba Oberholtzer: Birth: 28 Dec 1859 in Stark County, Ohio, USA. Death: 19 Nov 1935 in Chapin, Saginaw, Michigan, United States (Lake Odessa after a broken hip at home of Mr & Mrs S. Chapin, MI)

  7. Agnes Oberholtzer: Birth: 6 Jan 1863 in Bloomville, Seneca, Ohio, United States. Death: 27 Sep 1946 in East Jordan, Charlevoix, Michigan, United States

  8. Jemima Oberholtzer: Birth: 27 Aug 1865 in Bloomville, Seneca, Ohio. Death: 16 Jan 1906 in Torch Lake, Antrim, Michigan, United States (Near Pressys' Camp in Torch Lake Area of Heart Disease)

  9. Martha Oberholtzer: Birth: 16 Aug 1868 in Ionia County, Michigan. Death: 5 Oct 1892 in Michigan, United States (Of typhoid pneumonia (age 24years, 1month, 19days))


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Sources
1. Title:   Ancestry Family Trees
Page:   Ancestry Family Trees
Source:   S-2108033680
Publication:   Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.
2. Title:   1870 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1870; Census Place: Sebewa, Ionia, Michigan; Roll: M593_; Page: ; Image: .
Source:   S-2137496537
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003.Original data - 1870. United States. Ninth Census of the United States, 1870. Washington, D.C. National Archives and Records Administration. M593, RG29, 1,761 rolls. Minnesota. Minnes
3. Title:   1880 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1880; Census Place: Sebewa, Ionia, Michigan; Roll: 584; Family History Film: 1254584; Page: 337B; Enumeration District: 104; Image: 0396.
Source:   S-2137516704
Author:   Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Publication:   Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limite
4. Title:   1900 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1900; Census Place: Torch Lake, Antrim, Michigan; Roll: T623_700; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 11.
Source:   S-2137496379
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623,
5. Title:   Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934
Source:   S-2137878337
Author:   National Archives and Records Administration
Publication:   Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.Original data - General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. T288, 544 rolls.Original data: General Index to Pension File
6. Title:   U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Source:   S-2137878301
Author:   National Park Service
Publication:   Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.Original data - National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, online <http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/>, acquired 2007.Original data: National Park Service, Civil Wa
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Author:   Historical Data Systems, comp.
Publication:   Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2009.Original data - Data compiled by Historical Data Systems of Kingston, MA from the following list of works.Copyright 1997-2009Historical Data Systems, Inc. PO Box 35Duxbury, MA 02331.O
8. Title:   1890 Veterans Schedules
Page:   Year: 1890; Census Place: Torch Lake, Antrim, Michigan; Roll: 21; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 33.
Source:   S-2137878255
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census (1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil Wa
9. Title:   Michigan Marriage Certificate
Page:   LDS Online Search: Collection: Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995
Source:   S-2143666468

Notes
a. Note:   Co. G 55 Ohio Inf. Civil War Information from Lucille Warner via Nancy Zimmerman Dunham: "SAMUEL WITSEL OBERHOLTZER was born August 7, 1829 and spent his early years on the family homestead in Lebanon County assisting with the work on the farm. At the death of his father in 1847, the support of the family fell mainly upon the shoulders of young Samuel who was 18 years of age. The family consisted of his widowed mother, several small children, and his aged grandmother. Samuel accepted employment as a farm laborer at eight dollars per month which was the chief support of the family. At the age of 23, his responsiblities were less, enabling him to marry Susan Hoffman who was nearly 18 years of age. He continued to work from day to day. After being married four years he decided to move to Stark County in Ohio. The sum total of his worldly wealth consisted of one horse and about $75 in his pocket. He was led to believe better wages and a more favorable opportunity awaited him. In order to buy another horse and the necessary tools and implements to start farming, he gave a note for the amount of his purchases. The note came due before his crops were harvested, placing him in a very embarrassing situation. A general business depression terminating in a panic the following year made matters still worse. In order to meet his indebtedness he was not only compelled to work hard and make many sacrifices, but was also obliged to sell at ruinous prices all of his best livestock that he could possibly spare, besides parting with other things that he could not very well get along without. In due time he passed through this depressing time in his life without injuring his credit or reflecting upon his good name. After two and a half years he and his family were able to sell out and leave Stark County under much better circumstances than when they arrived. They moved to Seneca County in Ohio. On August 12, 1862 Samuel enlisted in Company G, Fifty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry at Republic, Ohio for three years. He served until August 27, 1864, during which time his regiment took part in all the battles in which the Army of the Potomac was engaged, including the bloody action at Chancellorsville in Virginia where he was twice wounded. On Saturday afternoon (May 2, 1863), in the heat of the engagement, he was struck in the head by a musket ball, which not only fractured his skull, but splintered a part of the bone into into small pieces. About the same time a similar missile pierced his leg, inflicting a painful, though not a dangerous, injury. The wound in the head left him unconscious. He laid in this condition on the open field until the following day, when he was discovered by three Confederates, who inquired of him as to the nature of his wound. On regaining consciousness he found he had been robbed of every article of clothing except his drawers and one sock, all of which were saturated with blood. In this helpless and almost naked and destitute condition he requested help of the men who found him only to be refused. They left him to his fate and from the time of their departure until the following Monday night Samuel laid in a semi-conscious condition, weakened from hunger and exhaustion, and pain in nearly every muscle and joint. His mouth and throat was parched with thrist. His body was so numb and helpless that it was almost impossible for him to move or make a sound; scorched by the burning sun during the day and chilled at night. He remained in this hopeless situation until after sunset on Monday night, when three other rebels came across him as they were making their way to camp. Finding that he had been robbed and could not survive much more suffering and neglect, they agreed to report his condition to the Federals, which in due time was done. Another night of exposure and agony dragged dragged slowly until the rising of Tuesday's sun, shortly after which he was located by four wounded Federals. With much difficulty these men carried him to the nearest field hospital where his injuries were examined and dressed. He was then removed to his own command and placed under the care of his regimental surgeon. The examination of his injuries revealed his skull had been fractured in several places and badly splintered. It was not until several pieces of bone were removed that he could speak clealy enough to be understood. After remaining a short time in the corps hospital at Alexandria, Virginia, he was removed to Philadelphia, where he received treatment for two months after which time he was sent to Cincinnati where he remained until he recovered sufficiently to be ordered to Camp Dennison. When able, he was assigned to duty and was sent to Indianapolis and then to Evansville, Indiana, where he did guard duty until his discharge October 27, 1864. For more than a year after leaving the service Samuel suffered severely from a chronic ailment contracted while in the army. It was not until he moved to Ionia County in Michigan with his family that he began to improve. He gradually regained his strength and in a few years became a comparatively well man. My husband and I watched a movie on television entitled 'THE CIVIL WAR'. It told about the battle fought at Chancellorsville. It gave me the chills seeing all these men killed in this bloody battle. I sat wondering if my great-grandfather was in any of the pictures or if he was close by. As I was growing up my mother told me the above story many times. Who would have known I would be seeing pictures of this battle 127 years later on a television screen. Samuel lived in Ionia County with his family until the death of his wife Susan, October 14, 1872, at the age of 37 years, 8 months, 17 days. According to the 1870 census, Samuel and Susan Oberholtzer lived in Ionia County in Michigan. Sam was 40 years old, a farmer, and was born in Pennsylvania. The value of his real estate was $2,000 and the value of his personal estate was $250. Susan was 35 years old and born in Pennsylvania. Their children: Amanda, the oldest child, Emmaline and their son, Manro, were the only ones born in Pennsylvania. Elizabeth, Clara and Deba (the twins), Agnes and Jemima were all born in Ohio. Agnes' obituary said she was born in Bloomville, Ohio so that must have been the city where they lived in Ohio. Martha, the youngest, was the only one born in Michigan. She was four years old when her mother passed away." --------------------------------- Information from Lucille Warner via Nancy Zimmerman Dunham: "After the death of his wife, Susan, Samuel went to Antrim County where his daughter, Emmaline Brown, had been living for some time. Two years later he returned to Ionia County where he farmed. In 1875 he married Carrie Erquett who died in 1878. In March, 1883 Samuel returned to Antrim County and bought a boarding house in Torch Lake. Many of the people who came to the village to work lived at the boarding house. In 1884 he was married to Louise (Silverthron) Dean, widow of the late Datus Dean of Jamestown, Ottawa County in Michigan. In 1887 he built a large hotel, on the same corner as his boarding house, which he owned and was under his management for ten years. It became a favorite resort for the traveling public. He also continued to farm to some extent. The hotel was later sold to William Frank Blakely. It was later known as the Hotel Torch and Torch Lake Inn. Samuel W. Oberholtzer bought Lots number (9) nine and (10) ten of Block number (8) eight in the village of Torch Lake, County of Antrim from Archibold Cameron and his wife Emma R. Cameron; James Cameron and wife, Rettie; John Cameron and wife, Effie A.; and Wm. G. Cameron and wife Adele E., October 17, 1891 for the sum of $140. After retiring from the hotel business he spent his retirement living in a little home which adjoinded the hotel. He enjoyed going fishing. In the early 1900's his daughter, Emmaline, operated the hotel and she continued to operate it for a short time after the death of her husband in 1904. Samuel and Louise were very active in the Masonic Lodge in Torch Lake. The Masonic Lodge was located right behind their hotel. I was fortunate to have had the opportunity to look through the record books with Esther Dewey, the wife of the present (1987) Master of the Masonic Lodge. I got the following information: (1)The first meeting was held Saturday evening, October 5, 1878. (2)October, 1879 -- Francis J. Lewis, First Master of North Star Lodge. (3)January 28, 1880 -- Charter. (4)First minutes started in 1883. (5)Samuel Oberholtzer -- Initiated December 19, 1886. Entered apprentice degree. Passed -- February 13, 1886. Raised -- April 17, 1886. Died September 7, 1906. (6)The investigating committee elected December 19, 1886 consisted of Charles Hults, Chas. W. Hodges and Will Knight. (7)North Star Lodge No. 354 F. and A.M. -- dues were $2.00. (8)Samuel Oberholtzer was appointed to the following positions: December 11, 1886 -- Tyler (guardian of the door). December 24, 1887 -- Jr. Steward. 1888-1893 -- Tyler. 1894 -- Junior Deacon. 1896 -- Tyler. (9)In 1896 the dues were $10. In 1987 the dues were $21. (10)There was a certificate on the wall dated October 14, 1897 stating that Mrs. Louise A. Oberholtzer and Mr. Samuel Oberholtzer were members of Chapter No. 213. Esther Dewey told me the Masonic Lodge Meetings were held the second or third Saturday night each month. People would come from Elk Rapids and the surrounding area by horse and buggy. They would all spend the night at the Oberholtzer Hotel. The hotel had a stable for them to keep their horses. Esther also told me as she was growing up she used to go to all the dances at the Masonic Hall. Her father-in-law, Charley Dewey, called for the square dances. My mother and brothers played for the square dances for 15 years in the 1940s and 1950s. Samuel was well known all over the county, and well thought of by everybody. He was always known as "Dad" and his wife as "Mother". Their place was where everybody, young and old, went and enjoyed themselves. "Dad" also had a little temper. About sixteen years before he passed away there was a big fellow who weighed about 275 pounds known as "Big George". One evening "Big George" had been drinking a little too much, and began to impose on "Dad". "Dad" got his ire up and told George had better stop. 'Well, I guess not, ' said George, and he kept on. "Dad" got up and gave "Big George" one slap and that was enough. "Big George" sat down like a little boy. On Saturday Night, September 1, 1906 Samuel attended Lodge and was taken ill Sunday evening and continued to get worse until Friday morning when he passed away. The funeral was held Sunday in the town hall. The sermon was delivered by the Rev. C.J. Strang. The ceremonies were performed under the Masonic Order. He is buried in the Bay View Cemetery." --------------------------------- Information from Lucille Warner via Nancy Zimmerman Dunham: "Excerpts from the ELK RAPIDS PROGRESS: October 11, 1906 -- Torch Lake: 'Mrs. Louise Oberholtzer has moved to Central Lake to make her home with her son, Philip Dean.'" ---------------------------------


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