My ancestors who lived in Darke County Ohio and neighboring Montgomery County Ohio are listed below. The index is followed by the list. The last names in the index are links to pages discussing each family.
Bruce McCrea
ARNOLD = 3, 6, 12, 24, 48, 96
BAYMAN = 9, 18
BOOHER/BUCHER = mother of 40
BOWMAN = 47
BOYER = 11, 22, 44, 119
BURKETT = 29, 58
BURNS/BORN = 21, 42
BUSSARD = 31, 62, 124
BYRD = 39
DEBRA = 43
DELAUGHTER - 125
DYNES = 49
EISELE = 13, 26
EMRICK = 63, 126, 252
HEATH = 51
HITTLE = 59, 118
HOFF = 45
HUDDLE/HOTTEL = 19, 38
KANTNER = 253
LUDINGTON = 57
LYNCH = 97 (Chapter 5 of Arnold book)
MARTIN = 5,10,20,40
MCCREA = 1,2,4,8
MILLER = 23, 46
OVERHOLSER = 41, 82
PYLE = 15, 30
SHEPHERD = 25, 50
SNIDER = 83
TIELMAN = 27
VIETS = 7, 14, 28, 56
ZECH - 127
In the list below, the number of someone's father is his/her number times 2, and the number of their mother is one more than the number of their father. DCO = Darke County, Ohio
1. Bruce Kennard MCCREA - b Louisville KY, lives in Lansing MI
2. Paul Martin MCCREA - b Oct. 18, 1914 nr Webster DCO, Gettysburg HS class of 1932, m August 26, 1939, Germantown OH, d Jan. 24, 2003, Dayton OH
3. Mary Elizabeth ARNOLD - b June 5, 1914, Dayton OH, Greenville HS class of 1932, d April 3, 2001, Dayton OH
4. Mansel Levi MCCREA - b Nov. 14, 1888, Webster DCO, m March 16, 1910, DCO, d Oct. 28, 1975, Brethren Home, Greenville, DCO
5. Grace Floretta MARTIN - b May 22, 1889, Richland Twp DCO, d April 4, 1983, Brethren Home, Greenville, DCO
6. Orrie Orlando ARNOLD - b July 27, 1884, nr Greenville DCO, m Aug. 9, 1911, Savona DCO, d Jan. 5, 1959, Middletown OH, United Brethren minister.
7. Bessie VIETS - b Sept. 25, 1886, Fort Jefferson DCO, d Nov. 5, 1960, Otterbein Home, Warren Co OH
8. Lewis Andrew MCCREA - b Aug. 2, 1857, Fair Hill MD, m. June 14, 1885, DCO, d Sept. 27, 1951, DCO, s/o Samuel McCrea and Martha Ball
9. Ora Belle BAYMAN - b March 30, 1862, Wayne Twp DCO, d Nov. 14, 1939, DCO
10. John Calvin MARTIN - b Feb. 27, 1850, Adams Twp DCO, m March 26, 1874, DCO, d Feb. 15, 1931, Richland Twp DCO
11. Elizabeth M. BOYER - b Aug. 7, 1855, Adams Twp DCO, d May 16, 1931, DCO
12. Anderson Lincoln Winfield Scott ARNOLD - b Dec. 21, 1860, nr Greenville DCO, m Oct. 4, 1883, nr Jaysville DCO, d Jan 21, 1928, Van Buren Twp DCO
13. Katherine Rebecca EISELE - b Dec. 8, 1861, Eaton, Preble Co OH, d 1954 DCO
14. Orville Deville VIETS - b May 25, 1863, FortJefferson, DCO, m June 28, 1883, d Jan 26, 1933, Dayton OH
15. Harriet Elizabeth PYLE - b Feb. 18, 1866, Germantown, Montgomery Co OH, d Sept. 26, 1952, Dayton OH
18. James BAYMAN - b June 3, 1819, near Covington, Miami Co OH, m May 13, 1841, DCO, d April 20, 1876, DCO, s/o William Bayman and Mariah Kindle
19. Katharine HUDDLE/Hottel - b March 30, 1824, Rockingham Co VA, d March 1, 1892, DCO
20. David MARTIN - b Dec. 14, 1823 (or 1821) near Dayton, Montgomery Co OH, m March 9, 1846, DCO, d Sept. 20, 1893, DCO
21. Eliza Ann BURNS - b Feb. 29, 1828, Adams Twp DCO, d May 15, 1915, DCO
22. Henry BOYER - b Nov. 23, 1832, York Co PA, m Oct. 26, 1854, DCO, d Feb. 16, 1917, Horatio DCO
23. Mary Ann MILLER - b Feb. 28, 1834, Adams Twp DCO, d Nov. 17, 1895, Adams Twp DCO
24. John Chambers ARNOLD - b Aug 20, 1826, Neave Twp DCO, m Jan 14, 1847, DCO, m (2) Feb. 21, 1889, Mary E. Pickett, m(3) June 23, 1892, Mrs. Elizabeth D. Clark, m(4) March 27, 1895, Mrs. Catherine Mathews Dynes, d June 25, 1906, Jaysville, DCO
25. Mary Elizabeth SHEPHERD - b Feb. 10, 1830, Butler Co OH, d July 11, 1888, Jaysville DCO
26. Christian Andreas EISELE - b Nov. 1, 1831, Hedelfingen, near Stuttgart, Wurterburg, Germany, m April 30, 1854, Philadelphia PA, d Sept. 7, 1918, Van Buren Twp DCO, s/o John Gottlieb Eisele II and Barbara Denecker
27. Regina Magdalene THEILMAN (TIELMAN?) - b Sept. 27, 1827, Sassheim, Wurtenburg, Germany, d Nov. 11, 1905, Van Buren Twp DCO
28. John Wesley VIETS - b Jan. 6, 1835, Fort Jefferson DCO, m May 8, 1862 DCO, d Dec. 31, 1915, Soldiers Home, Dayton OH
29. Sophia BURKETT - b Sept. 28, 1843, Neave Twp DCO, d Feb. 26, 1910, Fort Jefferson DCO
30. Lewis PYLE - b. Sept. 21, 1836, Chester Co PA, m. 1861/2, probably Germantown, Montgomery Co OH, d. Jan. 17, 1904, Germantown, Montgomery Co OH, son of Abraham Pyle and Harriet Payne
31. Mary Ann BUSSARD - b. Nov. 22, 1844 or 1845 (Death certificate says 1844. Headstone and other information say 1845.) German Twp, Montgomery Co OH, d. Nov. 10, 1932, Dayton OH
38. Frederick HUDDLE/Hottel - b Sept. 21, 1791, Shenandoah Co VA, m Aug. 8, 1814, Rockingham Co VA, d June 5, 1836, Wayne Twp, DCO, s/o Henry Hottel and Annastina Charlotte Hammon
39. Magdalena BYRD - b Aug. 25, 1792, Shenandoah Co VA, d. April 27, 1866, Wayne Twp DCO, d/o Peter Byrd and Hannah Schaffer
40. Jacob MARTIN - b Aug. 11, 1798, Fayette Co PA, m Aug. 16, 1818, Montgomery Co OH, d Dec. 10, 1871, DCO, s/o John Martin Jr. and Appolonia Booher/Bucher
41. Susannah OVERHOLSER - b Jan. 20, 1798, Somerset Co PA, d Feb. 26, 1870, DCO, d/o John Overholser and Susannah Snider
42. Henry BURNS/Born JR. - b 1780s, Washington Co MD, m Huntingdon Co PA, d Sept 30, 1834, boiler explosion on Mississippi River steamboat
43. Elizabeth DEBRA - b 1790, Washington Co MD, m(2) March 18, 1836, Gabriel Miller, d Nov. 6, 1859 DCO, d/o Jacobus DeBour and Bertrand
44. Daniel BOYER - b July 20, 1799, York Co PA, m York Co PA, d Dec. 30, 1846, York Co PA , s/o Henry Boyer and Barbara Winter
45. Elizabeth HOFF - b Oct. 16, 1800, York Co PA, d Aug. 14, 1885, DCO, d/o Henry Hoff and Mary Utz
46. John MILLER - b Nov. 13, 1799, Clermont Co OH, d Dec. 14, 1853, Adams Twp, DCO s/o Abraham Miller and Catharine Maugans
47. Mary Ann BOWMAN - b March 15, 1806 OH, d July 8, 1895, DCO
48. George ARNOLD - b March 2, 1800, SC, m Sept. 26, 1819 (Feb. 26, 1820?) Warren Co OH, d April 9, 1882, DCO
49. Mary DYNES - b Nov. 4, 1800, d July 23, 1880, d/o Chambers Dynes and Somelia (Cole?)
50. William SHEPHERD - b Jan 23, 1801, near Oldtown Alleghany Co MD, m Oct. 11, 1823, Warren Co OH, d April 2, 1857, near Arcanum DCO s/o David Shepherd and Rebecca Clark
51. Mariah HEATH - b July 19, 1806, NY, d Jan 14, 1892 DCO, d/o Levi Heath and Elizabeth _____
56. Hezekiah VIETS - b ca 1780 CT, m Dec. 14, 1828, DCO, laid out plot map for Fort Jefferson DCO, ran the store and served as postmaster, d July 3, 1850, Parkersburg VA (now WVA)
57. Huldah LUDINGTON - b Aug. 9, 1802, PA, m(2) Sept. 24, 1857, John Young, d Sept. 25, 1861. DCO
58. Joseph BURKETT Jr - b 1793-4 NC, m(1) March 20, 1814, Miami Co OH, Sarah Eller, m(2) July 16, 1822, Miami Co OH, d March 4, 1851, Neave Twp DCO, s/o Joseph Burkett (Rev. War soldier) and Mary (Hoover?)
59. Susannah HITTLE - b Sept. 2, 1805, Brush Valley, Centre Co PA, m(2) Oct. 23, 1853, DCO, William Morrow, d Sept. 1, 1885, DCO
62. Peter BUSSARD - b. June 11, 1817, Frederick Co MD, m. March 28, 1839, Montgomery Co OH, d. May 12, 1902, Montgomery Co OH
63. Elizabeth EMRICK - b. June 5, 1818 (or 1819), German Twp. Montgomery Co OH, d. March 4, 1894
82. John OVERHOLSER - b. ca. 1764, Bedford Co PA, m. Bedford Co PA (first child b. ca.1787), d. 1842, Montgomery Co OH, S/O Abraham Overholser/Oberholtzer and Catharine
83. SUSANNAH SNIDER - b. Berkeley Co VA, d. Dec., 1849, Montgomery Co OH, d/o Jacob and Margaret Snider of Berkeley Co VA (now WVA)
84. Henry BURNS/Born Sr. - b June 12, 1764, Lancaster Co PA, m 1780s, Franklin Co PA, d 1833, DCO, s/o Ernest Born and Amelia GERLACH
85 ?. Magdalena SHOCKEY - b 1771-3, Cumberland Co PA, m(2) Baltzer Mowen, d 1838, Columbiana Co OH
96. Moses ARNOLD - b Jan. 6, 1763, NC, m Aug. 14, 1782, Newberry District SC, d April 1, 1850, DCO, s/o John and Licutiche Arnold
97. Rachel LYNCH - b March, 1765, d March 7, 1826, DCO, d/o David Lynch and Esther Elleman
118. John Nicholas “Jonicle” HITTLE- b Sept. 10, 1772, Tulpenhocken Twp, Berks Co PA, m ca 1796 Berks Co PA, m(2) Jan, 1843, DCO, Elizabeth Grisman Schmidt, d June, 1846, DCO, s/o Nicholas Hittle and Eva Catherine _____
119. Eva Anna (or Eva Elizabeth) BOYER - b June 6, 1779, Pinegrove Twp, Berks Twp PA, d July 11, 1842, DCO, d/o Johan Assimus Boyer and Maria Elizabeth Spieler
124. Samuel BUSSARD - b, May 3, 1790 (Bussard family) or April 13, 1790 (age and death date on headstone), MD, m. Sept. 9, 1812, d. April 6, 1868, Farmersville, Montgomery Co OH, s/o Peter Bussard and Margaritha Margaret Householder.
125. Mary DELAUGHTER - b. June 3, 1792 (Bussard family) or July 30, 1791 (age and death date on headstone), Foxville, Frederick Co MD, d. Sept. 22, 1873, Farmersville, Montgomery Co OH, d/o Jacob Delaughter and Catherine Main
126. Henry EMRICK - b. January 4, 1789 (Other sources say in 1787.), Bethel Twp Berks Co PA, m. June 3, 1813, probably German Twp, Montgomery Co OH, d. May 17, 1847, German Twp, Montgomery Co OH, s/o Michael Emrick and Christina Kantner
127. Elizabeth ZECH - b. Oct. 14, 1791; chr. Nov. 20, 1791, York County, PA d. Nov. 12, 1846, d/oGeorge Zech and Anna Maria Margaret Walther
252. Michael EMRICK-b. Feb. 10, 1756, Bethel Twp, Berks Co., PA, m. September 22, 1778, Stouchsburg, PA, d, October 14, 1820, German Twp, Montgomery Co OH, s/oJohannes Emerich andAnna Gertrude Schaeffer
253. Christina KANTNER - b. Feb. 28, 1755, Bethel Twp, Berks Co PA, d. Nov. 13, 1838, German Twp Montgomery Co OH, d/o Jacob Kantner of Tulpehocken Twp, Berks Co PA