Wordless Wednesday - Mary H. Ross in California

This is a photo of my 2nd great grandmother Mary Hay (Stotler) Ross. This was from a trip to visit her daughter, Dr. Mary Ross, in California. The caption simply reads Mary H. Ross in Calif. I'm guessing the dog belonged to her daughter, but that's not known for certain. I think this was in the 1930s.

Tombstone Tuesday - Evers plot at Cherokee

This is a photo from a Brassfield family album. It did not have much for a caption, but it is from Oak Hill Cemetery, Cherokee, Iowa and shows the Evers family grave site. I think it dates to the 1920s. The family connection is that Ben Evers married my 2nd great grand mother, Nellie Brassfield. Ben was the step-grand father of my grandfather, Elvis J. Brassfield. These graves are the graves of his parents and other relatives.

Unfortunately the stones are not very readable, so I'll have to try to find out what they say at a later date.

A photo of John Argo

This is a photo of John Argo (1793-1882), my 4th great grandfather, from a photo album owned that belonged to his grand daughter, Mary H. Stoler-Ross.

Wordless Wednesday - Ward and Mary Gillespie

This is a slide showing Ward and Mary (Ross) Gillespie and their pet dog. I think this dates back to the 1950s during a visit to Iowa. Mary was my great aunt, sister to my great grandmother Clara (Ross) Fowlie.

A search for Stotler in the Newspaper Archive

George Henry, Mary Hay and John Harrison Stotler

This is a photo of the Stotler siblings from 1879 and was taken in Bedford, Iowa. Mary was born in 1864, George Henry was born in 1865 and John Harrison was born in 1867. I'm not certain why they were in Bedford, Iowa in 1879. According to various census documents, in 1870 they were in Piatt county, Illinois. In 1875, they were in Nobles County, Minnesota and in 1880 they were back in Illinois.

Today I'm also posting some notes I found in the Newspapers listed on Newspaperarchive.com. People with IP addresses in Wisconsin can access the archive for free via http://www.badgerlink.net courtesy of the State of Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. These posts give a bit of detail on George and John Stotler from 1890 to 1902. I'm searching for more details about what happened to Rev. John H. Stotler after his brother died in 1902. According to these articles, Rev. Stotler moved around quite a bit from Ohio to Indiana to Illinois preaching at various Christian churches. There might be more to find, but I will look again another day.

Young George and John Stotler

George Henry Stotler

John Harrison Stotler

These photos were taken in Monticello, Illinois in 1869. They are John Harrison Stotler (1867-Unknown) and George Henry Stotler (1865-1902), brothers of my 2nd great grandmother Mary H. Stotler-Ross.They were in an old photo album that belonged to Mary H. Stotler-Ross.

Click the labels for George and Henry to see more articles about them. I'm still searching for more information about Rev. John Harrison Stotler. He was alive at the time of George's death in 1902 and after that, I lose track of him. I don't know when he died or where he is buried.

Another photo of George Henry Stotler

Here is another photo of George Henry Stotler (1865 - 1902) that I scanned from an old album that belonged to my 2nd great grandmother, Mary Stotler-Ross.Yes, this is like the 3rd or 4th one in a week, but I scanned it, so I may as well post it. He's a bit older than the last two photos, maybe this is 1885 or so. Stay tuned, I have a few more from this album.

Hiram Stotler and Sarah F. Stotler in 1879

Hiram Stotler and Sarah F. Stotler

This is another from an old Stotler album. It was captioned: 1879 - "My father and step mother, Mr. and Mrs. Stotler" Bedford, Iowa. I assume the caption was written by my 2nd great grandmother Mary H. Stotler-Ross. After my 3rd great grandmother Hannah Argo-Stotler died in March 1871, Hiram married Sarah Frances Stevenson ("Fannie") in December 1871. They eventually divorced and she lived in Mansfield, Illinois from 1880 until her death in 1920. I posted her obituary here. I think Hiram was living in Iowa from 1900 until his death, so perhaps they divorced prior to 1900.

Treasure Chest Thursday - G.H. Stotler Purdue items

Purdue University School of Pharmacy completion certificate, 1894

I found these in an old photo album that belonged to George H. Stotler or Mary Stotler-Ross. It is a few random items relating to George H. Stotler's (1865-1902) attendance of Purdue University in the 1890s. George was the brother of my 2nd great grandmother Mary H. Stotler-Ross.

They are somewhat interesting telling the cost of attending Purdue's School of Pharmacy for a semester. A semester was only $39, but according to the inflation calculator what cost $39 in 1893 would cost $934.10 in 2010. Still $934 for a semester is a pretty good deal.

Click "read more" to see the rest of the items.

Wordless Wednesday - Mary Stotler-Ross

This is a slide showing my 2nd great grandmother, Mary (Stotler) Ross. It is probably at her home in Lake Creek Township, Calhoun, Iowa. She was blind for many years and died in 1959. A photo of my grandmother sits on the desk at the left.

A younger George Henry Stotler

George Henry Stotler

This is another photo of George Henry Stotler (1865-1902). He was the brother of my 2nd great grandmother Mary H. Stotler-Ross. This one he is a bit younger than the other ones. It's from an old Stotler photo album. If you're looking at this on the blog page rather than RSS or e-mail, you can click a "Label" below to see more articles tagged with the label George Henry Stotler.

College girls in 1884

A group of college girls at Danville, Ind - 1884

This one is another photo from an old Stotler photo album. It was captioned "A group of college girls at Danville, Ind - 1884." This was probably at the Central Indiana Normal College, a now defunct teacher's college. I believe that is my 2nd great grandmother Mary H. Stotler-Ross at front and center in this photo. It looks like her from that time period. She was a teacher for a time and it makes sense that she would have been to that school at that time. She was born in 1864 so she would have been 20 years old. This is quite a bit different than the type of photo you might find on the facebook page of a 20 year old girl in 2012.

George Henry Stotler

George Henry Stotler

This is a photo of George Henry Stotler (1865-1902). He was the brother of my 2nd great grandmother Mary H. Stotler-Ross. He attended Purdue University's School of Pharmacy in the 1892 to 1894 time frame. He was working as a Pharmacist in Indianapolis at the time of the 1900 census. He married Emma Grubb October 22, 1901. He died a few months later in February 1902 about age 37. He was buried at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana. Cemetery records listed his cause of death as "Nervous Prostration", which apparently meant some kind of extended depression or mental problem.

As always you can click a "Label" below to see more articles tagged with the label George Henry Stotler.

Rev. John H. Stotler - Pastor of the Church of Christ in Eaton Ohio

Rev. John H. Stotler

Here is another photo from one of Mary Stotler-Ross's old photo albums. This one was captioned Rev. John H. Stotler. Pastor of the Church of Christ, Eaton, Ohio. It is not dated, but probably around 1890 +/-. John was married in Ohio in 1890. John Harrison Stotler was the brother of my 2nd great grandmother, Mary H. Stotler-Ross. He was born in 1867 and the family kind of lost track of him after 1902. All that I know for sure is that he signed for the burial plot for his brother in Crown Hill Cemetery in 1902.

His wife Anna Perry apparently died in Ohio not long after the 1910 census, but she was living with her family. John Stotler was not listed as living with her in Ohio. It is not known to me if they divorced (which seems unlikely for a Christian minister in the early 1900s) or if he died. I have been looking through the diaries of Mary H. Stotler-Ross, but she doesn't seem to mention her brother John. She does mention George, but not John. He is not buried with his father and brother at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis.

Stotler cousins in Kansas June 1887

Stotler cousins in Kansas, June 1887

This is a scan of a photo from an old album owned by my 2nd Great Grandmother, Mary H. Stotler-Ross. According to the photo's caption, Mary H. Stotler is standing on the left and her brother [George] Henry Stotler is on the right. Their cousin, Minnie Stotler-Hempy, is in the center. This photo was taken in June 1887 at Fort Scott, Kansas. Minnie was the daughter of [Charles] Harrison Stotler. Harrison was wounded at the Battle of Chickamauga. His two brothers were killed in the same battle.

 To be honest, I'm not certain about the part of the caption that says his two brothers were also killed at Chickamaugua. I found an Civil War book that said the following:

• Henry Stotler, PVT, US Army, 115th Illinois Infantry, Company "B". Died in Cincinnati, Ohio, November, 1862
• William Stotler, 115th Illinois Infantry, Company "B". Died at Covington, Ky., October 21, 1862. 

Similar information was listed at this website and this book. They say Henry and William Stotler mustered into the 115th Illinois Infantry from Shelby County, Illinois. This seemed logical since that is not too far from where Hiram Stotler lived in Piatt County. Perhaps the family lore was wrong and they were not all in the same unit and not killed in the same battle C.H. Stotler was wounded at? I'm not sure what the answer is, but that's all I know right now.

A scan of the handwritten caption

Wordless Wednesday - Frank and Clara Fowlie

This is a slide showing my great grandparents, Frank Fowlie and Clara (Ross) Fowlie. I think this is from the 1940s, but it could be from the 1950s. This might have been taken at Clara's mother's home in Lake Creek Township, Calhoun County, Iowa.