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Amanuensis Monday, Family

Amanuensis Monday-Obituary Harry M. Cutter, 30 July 1955

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An Amanuensis is a person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.

Wooster Daily Record
July 30, 1955
Page 2

Harry Cutter, 92, At Creston Home

Doylestown– Harry M. Cutter, 92, died Friday at the Shady Rest Home in Creston. He was former Barberton resident.

     Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. A. C. McCartney of Doylestown, and Mrs. John Pitz of Barberton; 13 grand-children; 30 great-grandchildren; gone [one] great-grandchild; three brothers, John of Holmesville, Finely of Wooster, and William of Millersburg.

     Funeral services will be held Monday at 2:30 p.m. DST at the Monbarren funeral home in Doylestown.

Burial will be made in Chestnut Hill cemetery.

Friends may call Sunday afternoon and evening at the funeral home.

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Harry M. Cutter was born in the midst of the civil war in the year of 1863 in Wayne Co., Ohio. He was born to Samuel J. and Christina Stucker Cutter, Samuel lived on the land that his father settled in 1821. There is where Harry could have been born.

Harry took to wife Sarah Jane Starrett daughter of Charles B. and Sarah Sterling Cutter on the 25 of October 1883. Sarah went by her middle name Jane. I find her in the 1900 and 1910 census with Harry listed as Jennie.

Harry  and Jennie had three children they are as follows:

John B. S. Cutter,came along in May of 1885 Wayne, Co., Ohio. John married Edith B., surname not known at this time.

Next  to enter the family fold is a little girl named Christina S. and she was born in Homesville, Holmes Co., Ohio on 3rd of Oct in 1889. Christina would become my great-grandmother when she married Arthur C. McCartney of Holmes Co. Ohio on 4 Jul 1908 in Prairie Township, Summit County, Ohio.

The baby of the family is Lois H. who came calling about 1898. Lois married  John Pitz about 1914. It is with Lois and John that we find Harry living with in 1930.

The Cutter name traces back to New England in the 1600’s and Starrett is either Irish or Scottish.

I found this obituary at Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, there are many obituaries contained in this repository and they are adding more. Drop in and see what you can find! The actual copy came from the Wayne County Public Library Genealogy and Local History Department.

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Family, Family Heirlooms, Genealogy

Thursday Treasure-Butter Dish, Creamer, Celery

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This celery , butter dish and creamer are thought to have belonged to my second great-grandmother Julia Sarah Clark.

I recall my grandmother saying to me in my early teens that one day, sadly that day came as it does for all of us, that this piece would be mine. Grandma told my mother that it belong to grandma, now we are not sure if she meant, her mother or her grandmother. All of us have said to our children grandmother when we were talking about our Mom’s.

Mom will be visiting with her sister later this week and hopefully we will find out exactly who’s it was. At this moment the guess is that it belonged to Julia, this is the grandmother that I was named for.

Julia Sarah Clark was born to William and Delila Citerly Clark  on 24 Nov 1854 in the city Mentor in Lake County, Ohio. Julia died 19 Sep 1928 in Newton Falls, Ohio. Julia married on 1 Oct 1878 to Dr. Wesley Lake Beach who was born on 20 Jun 1844 in Mayfield, Geauga County, Ohio and he died 27 Nov 1917 in Geneva, Ashtabula County, Ohio.

Treasures come to us in many ways, this is one that I can actually touch, though not often for fear of breaking them, that recall and bring back to us those that have gone on before us.

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Family, Genealogy, Ramblings, SNGF

Alex

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2nd Lt. Alexander Kaye Ogilvie
2nd Lt. Alexander Kaye Ogilvie

I dedicated this to a man who,
I never had the pleasure to have known.
Though the blood of his ancestors
mingles with my own.

A man just reaching his prime
A man who left this world
Long before his time.

Did he have a girl?
Yes he did,
but a life they would never share.
he also had a loving family
Oh! And they loved him so!

He did his duty,
and did what was right.
He toiled,
and labored in freedoms mighty fight.
To his family he gave great pride.

It was on November 29,1918
I am not sure if it was early or late,
when he was to take his last flight.
Victory, he helped secure.
From this “little scrap” he’d not return.

He lost his wings on that day…
he lost is life on foreign soil…
with his family so very far away.

This Dear man was my Grand Uncle,
An Uncle that would never know the joy
of his own children.
This man would never
hold his nieces and nephews in his lap.

He would never see all
his Sisters married.

His mother wrote this of him, in words that only a mother can;

… Is it needful to speak
of the dear one
Who made the supreme sacrifice;
For the love of mankind and his country
He journeyed and paid the big price.
We laid him to rest in God’s acre
In Crown Hill on the Government lot,
Which will always be tenderly cared for
And his mem’ry will ne’re be forgot.
But our hearts are so sad and so lonely,
For his face we shall never see more
Till the time when our labors are ended
And we meet on eternity’s shore…….
Barbara Jane Kaye OGILVIE
written in July, 1924

At this writing this family is at last,
each and everyone with their hero and beloved one…
Sisters and brother, Mom and Dad alike.
Even many of his nieces and
nephews have joined him around the throne.

I take my hat off to him and
all the rest whether an early grave,
where they found their rest,
or those that Marched on
and lived these memories daily…
and in some way preserved the
memories of those that have been lost,
for you and I at such a great cost.
Julia K. Hogston
February 19, 2000

This poem has been re written several times! I initially wrote it to place on my genealogy website, hoping to find out more information on Uncle Alex (Kaye). The piece did bring me many pieces of information and the reasons that I’ve had to re-write some of it.  This is the poem that brought me his dog tags. If you have a website, don’t give up someone will see it some day and will have just that little piece of information you need. I have not been to Alex’s grave site, but I have had flowers put on his grave for his birthday.

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Family, Family Photos

Question on Preserving the small 4×4 photo albums

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While I sit here working on scanning photo’s (the correct way mind you!)  I have come across a dilemma and I am sure I am not the first one to have this issue.

I have several, at least a dozen, of those small 4×4 photo albums that the pictures companies used to put the photos in. These are in great shape, with only a few loose photos that I will put into another place safe keeping. My thought is, do I remove the rest of the photos and place them in better surroundings or is the little album a good home for these picture?

I have some photos, that I have used archival corners on and I put them on acid free cardboard (actually for comic books) and placed them in archival plastic sleeves. I was thinking of doing this with these photos, makes for easy identification and they actually store nicely in a filing system, although they are kind of bulky but not a bulky as trying to store them in large photo albums.

Very big sigh, I guess I will order some more sleeves and in the meantime, I would love to hear what others have done with these little albums!

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Family, Family Recipe Friday, Genealogy

Family Recipe Friday-Aunt Carra’s Baking Powder Biscuits

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“The best laid plans of mice and men”, and so went the idea of getting this posted by the end of Friday evening. Hum this seems like a trend as of late, although there was a post earlier on Friday so at least I can say I did write something on Friday. 😀

With Aunt Carra’s recipe ingredients all typed out,  I came to the assembling part of the recipe, the recipe called for  the biscuits to be nuked! Now that does not sound like an old family recipe to me. How about you? So I put a call into Mom, after all it was her Aunts recipe, to ask if she had given me the correct recipe. Now mind you Mom is usually home in the evening, but you know when you go out for the night every one has left you a message on the phone. I received a call from her around 11 ish last night and to say the least she was perplexed!  When did you get your first microwave she asked, I said,” well about 1979 or 1980″, next question was when did Aunt Carra pass away? In my records it says March 3, 1988, so if that is the correct date, she could well have transferred it to a microwave recipe.

One memory that my Mom did mention about these biscuits was that Grandma always removed things such as soda and backing powder from boxes and put them in jars with tape on them to name the contents. Aunt Carra made these biscuits once at Grandma’s home and accidentally put baking soda in the mix instead of baking powder, guess they were pretty yucky they laugh about it now, not sure if the did then.

Hoping I translated it correctly here is Aunt Carra’s Baking Powder Biscuits
1/3 c. shortening
1/4 c. all-purpose flour
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
3/4 t. salt
+ – cup milk
paprika topping =1 tablespoon butter + 1/8 teaspoon paprika

Cut shortening into flour, baking powder, and salt with a pastry blender until crumbly (fine) Stir in milk so dough leaves the side of the bowl and rounds into a ball. To much = stick not enough to dry.

Turn dough into “lightly floured board” knead 10x , roll to 1/2″ cut with 2″ biscuit cutter. Arrange with sides almost touching in a circle on a 10″ microwave plate, brush top with paprika topping. Microwave uncovered on 100% heat 1 minute turn repeat till not doughy.

Note: after microwaved biscuits can be broiled if desired, brush top with margarine or butter. Broil 2″ from heat 2-4 minutes.

Bon Appétit!