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Author: ELLinSpain
Surnames: olyer, haise
Classification: biography
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KY DEATHS
Name: Frances Lux
[Frances Oyler]
Death Date: 12 May 1941
Death Location: Kenton
Age: 79
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: White
Birth Date: 7 Jul 1861
Birth Location: Washington, Indiana
Spouse's Name: Joseph Lux
Father's Name: John Oyler
Father's Birth Location: England
Mother's name: Mary Hais
Mother's Birth Location: Germany
ANC TREE:
A Partial Biography of Charles John Oyler, Dec. 9, 1856-Jan. 1, 1921, prepared by his son
Joe B. Oyler, in January, 1970.
Our father was born in Harrison, Ohio. His parents were Samuel Oyler and Mary Haise.
Children were: Samuel Oyler, Jr., Benjamin F. Oyler, Charles John Oyler, Ellen (Schiffer)
Oyler, Sophia (Gale) Oyler, and Fannie (Lux) Oyler. Both parents died early and left the
six children to be raised in rather widely separated families.; the girls in Catholic
homes and the boys in Protestant homes.
Samuel Jr. prospected as a young man near York, Montana and died there as a young man.
Burial site is unknown.
Ben Oyler was raised in the home of a Mr. Marsh near Okeana, Ohio about 35 miles from
Cincinnati. He married Emma Clawson and they had twins, only one of whom survived. Lee
Marsh Oyler lived to manhood. Ben was a farmer. Ellen, after her marriage, lived in
Portsmouth, Ohio. Sophia married John Gale and lived near Galesburg in souyhern Illinois.
Fannie married Joe Lux and lived in Covington, Kentucky.
Our mother, dad, Alma and Murrell visited aunt Fannie and family in August, 1906. Aunt
Fannie visited us at Thorntown on the Jacobs farm in August, 1911 or 1912 when we had a
lot of ripe peaches.
Our father was raised in the home of an uncle Charlie Wright of Clarkshill, Indiana taken
by them at the age of seven. He helped the Wright's on the farm and went to school
only about four months a year until age fourteen. He was taught the butcher's trade.
As a young man he learned to know a young Methodist minister whom he promised to have
marry him. Sometime in late 1881 father met Agnes Allman of Fairmount, Illinois who was
visiting relatives in Clarkshill. After a courtship of about six months they were married
in her farm home two miles north of town on her eighteenth birthday, May 24, 1882.
Father's minister friend, William H. Broomfield, performed the ceremony.
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They farmed near the northwestern town limits of Clarkshill and in about 1890 bought a 70
acre farm at the northeast edge of town. Sometime in 1891 father contracted typhoid fever
and was very ill and unable to work for six months. Sister Mabel was born Oct. 8, 1886.
Being in heavily in debt, the long illness set him back, causing him to give up this farm.
In September, 1892 they bought a 32 acre farm one and one-half miles northwest of
Thorntown and one-half mile northeast of Sugar Plain and moved there. During the period
1892 to 1903 five other children were born: Joe, Emily, Alma, Marley Wree and Murrell. In
August, 1903 scarlet fever struck and Marley Wree died at the age of three. Alma, 6 years
old, never went to bed because of the fever.
All through their married life our parents were very close friends with George and Tollie
Northrup of Clarkshill. They visited back and forth 2 or 3 times a year. While living in
the Sugar Plain School and Quaker church vicinity the folks became very close friends of
the James Riley family. After Mr. Riley's death about 1901, his widow Ella remained a
very close friend as well as her stepson Marley and his wife Maude.
With the long siege of scarlet fever (the family was under quarantine for 6 weeks) and big
doctor bills dad decided to sell the home place and try renting so he could earn some more
land. On March 1, 1904 the family moved to the Wm. A Pearson farm of 160 acres four miles
northeast of Thorntown. The old friends around Sugar Plain remained faithful and among the
new neighbors were the Joe Underwoods, the J. Everette Folks and the John Reeves
families.
In March 1908 the folks had a farm sale and moved into Thorntown where dad took an
interest in a hardware business. This venture didn't
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prove very remunerative so in Oct. 1909 we moved back to the Mrs. Jacob 175 acre farm 3
miles northeast of town. We lived there until March 1, 1913 when we moved to Mrs. Eva
Wild's 252 acre farm one and one-half miles due west of Thorntown and less than a mile
from the original old home place. It was on the Wild's farm, operated 5 years, that
dad did some of his best farming. He grew 50 to 75 acres of wheat each year and one year
produced an average of 35 bushels per acre, which was very good at that time.
In 1918 dad left the Wild's farm and moved into Montgomery County to the John Flanigan
farm of 350 acres, 60 acres of which was in timber. During the summer of 1918 Dad's
health began to break and after harvesting the corn crop he rented a smaller place, the
Clint Miller farm of 140 acres 4 miles southwest of Thorntown. His health continued to
fail so that by the farming season of 1920 he could do little work. Since I was teaching,
Murrell, just 17, took over and with the good help and advice of sister Mabel made the
farm go. During Christmas week of 1920 uncle Ben Oyler made us a visit and bid dad goodby
while a patient in the Withem Hospital at Lebanon on the evening of December 31 just
before taking the train for home. During the early morning of January 1, 1921 our father
passed away. Mother died Nov. 9, 1916 while we lived on the Wild's farm. It was a
terrible loss to dad and the family as we had always been very devoted and close.
Dad's physical force began to dwindle !
from that time on.
Father was held in very high esteem by all who knew him and several fine eulogies were
expressed at the time of his passing. His was a life well lived. Jesus said of the poor
widow who threw her mite into the treasury, "She has done what she could." I
think these words would apply to our father.
It would appear that Samuel & Mary are in the Catholic Cemetery Harrison, Ohio - see
attached - curtisy of Tree owner racheme1 - Mary shown born Frankfurt 24 Nov 1827 - died
15 Apr 1872 BURIED Chillicothe, Ohio
father:
KENT, ENGLAND - EXTRACTED PARISH RECORDS
Text: Geo Oyler of Hawkhurst gent (19, fath Saml O gent) & Sarah Goble of Benenden
sp, at B. 25 Jun 1815. Thos Couchman of Goudhurst shopkeeper bond.
Book: Volume 35
Collection: Kent, Surrey, London: - Canterbury Marriage Licences, 1810-1837 (Marriage)
KENT POLL BOOK
Name: George Oyler Senior
Poll Year: 1835
District: Cranbrook
Parish or Rectory: Cranbrook
County: Kent
BIO/CEMETERY
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=OY&GSpartia...
This information came form the book Hamilton County, Ohio Burials records Volume 14
Harrison, Ohio
there is a marriage for Sam & Mary - Indiana, Dearbon 1850 or 1857 23 Dec (hard to
read)
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/43305435/person/12646024314?ssrc=
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