OHIO The Cross Road of our Nation
Records & Pioneer Families
July-September 1973
Vol. XIV No. 3
Published by The Ohio Genealogical Society - COPYRIGHT 1973
DARKE COUNTY, OHIO PIONEERS
CALKINS, CHARLES b. 2-11-1827, Bradford Co., Pa., son of Moses, m.
Elizabeth Stamm a native of Pa. and had 4 children: Luella, Harriet &
Henry
twins, George. Henry, brother of Charles b. Bradford Co., Pa., son of
Moses
& Eveline (Broffett) Calkins. Moses b. Bradford Co., Pa.
4-6-1797. His
father one of first settlers in the county in 1790, was the father of 5
sons and 4 daughters. Moses and Eveline had 6 children. Charles b. 1827,
Edward, Alfred, Emma (Northup) and one other. The grandmother of Eveline
was a Gore whose husband was killed in the Wyoming massacre. Her daughter
Rebecca b. 1774, m. in 1794 to James Broffett, and their 5 children were
early settlers here. Henry m. in 1862 Harriet McClure of Peru, Ind. and
had
6 children of whom 3 died early.