continued from 11 Jun 1900, the diary of Frederick Hartline, my great
grandfather, Franklin Twp, Tuscarawas, Ohio as it relates to trips to
Indiana.
12 Jun 1900
"Mrs Eli Hamman (Julianna Mock) took Ma'am to John Biltz's this
forenoon and back to Hiram Mock's till noon. Me and John Kuhn took a
walk down to the Lake at the Kuhns. We ate dinner with Hiram Mocks and
visited this afternoon for awhile. Then Hiram took Me and Ma'am to John
Stanbarger's by way of the Mock graveyard and North Webster this
afternoon till sunset. Then Hiram went back home tonight."
Mrs Polly Mock Biltz is age 74, I believe the the 11th of 11 children of
John Mock and Elizabeth Smith. John Biltz is age 77. They are the
parents of 4 sons: George born 1857; Daniel born 1862; Isaac born 1864
and John Jr born 1864.
Hiram Mock is age 58, born 1842, is the 1st of 9 children of Uncle David
Mock and Catherine Gibler Mock.
13 Jun 1900
"John Stanbarger took Me and Ma'am to Milford this afternoon. We eat
dinner with Pete Smiths then left for Warsaw this afternoon. Me and
Ma'am stopped with Elias Fashbaugh's and stayed there all night with
them."
14 Jun 1900
"Me and Ma'am and Elias and Rachel went to the Lake fishing this
morning and fishing this evening again."
16 Jun 1900
"We arrived in Massillon between 3 and 4 o'clock this morning and had
to lay here until 9 o'clock this forenoon. We got to Strasburg by noon
and Jake came down to town after us."
3 months later:
11 Sep 1900
"Mary Mizer brought Ede Firestone up to our house this evening from
their place." Mary Mizer, born 1874 died 5 Oct 1968.
Edith Firestone is now age 29.
letter, Jim Hartline, 1467 Orchard Grove, Lakewood, Ohio to Mary
Mizer, 151 4th Street, Strasburg, Ohio
February 4th, 1958
Dear Mary,
" ... came across the name Edith Firestone . . she lived
off and on 1893 to 1900 at the home of my great grandfather,
Frederick Hartline. Mrs Lovina Fashbaugh Hartline was her aunt.
I heard from my father, Walter Hartline, that she lost her
money to one of my grandfather's brothers. She knew you, I am
told..."
Response::: February 6th, 1958
Dear Jim,
She was a dear friend of mine for many years, She was an
orphan . . . she lost her money through trustingly giving it to
a cousin who failed in business. I don't think there was
intentional wrong, but he might have made her a 'preferred
creditor'. She was working in Pittsburgh when Frederick
Hartline's estate was settled . . she presented her claim
and received a small percent of the original claim. When she
recovered she went back to Indiana and I never saw her again
in my life. I think she was in Seattle, Washington the last I
heard from her. My last letters were never answered. She was a
lovely person and a clever seamstress. Always very frail with a
daring spirit and did not let life get her down.
Mary Mizer never married. Her home, 151 4th Street, Strasburg, Ohio is
diagonally across the street from 144 4th Street, the parental home of
my step-mother, Esther Myers Hartline (1900-1992).
I believe I know the story about the brother of my grandfather who
failed in business and I know many of his descendants today as friends/
cousins. From time to time I have approached some of these on the
subject and have been met with reactions of disbelief and frowns on
their faces. Someday they may read all that I have available to read.
13 Sep 1900
"Ma'am and Edith went over to Aunt Sarah (Mock) Benders this morning
visiting.
22 Sep 1900
"Lizzie took the butter and eggs down to town this evening and Edith
Firestone went along down but she did not come back with Lizzie."
25 Sep 1900
"Lizzie took 3 1/2 bushels of apples down to town this afternoon. Then
went down to Mary Mizer's and fetched Ede Firestone up home."
28 Sep 1900
"I chored and picked some winter apples today. Lizzie took Edith
Firestone down to the train this forenoon. Edith left on the 11 o'cloc
for Pittsburgh."
12 Oct 1900
"John and Dan Kuhn and Eli Hamman from Kosciusko County, Indiana
came to our house this forenoon and visited with us and staid with us
tonight.
about 3 months later::
08 Dec 1900
"We received word that mother-in-law, Mrs Jacob Fashbaugh, died in
Milford, Indiana. Ma'am and I made preparations to go out to the
funeral. We left Strasburg on the 2:56 train this afternoon and left
Massillon at 9:40 tonight."
09 Dec 1900
"We arrived at Warsaw this morning at 5 o'clock and took the train to
Milford on the Big 4."
11 Dec 1900
"Mother-in-law, Mrs Jacob Fashbaugh, was buried in the Mock cemetery
about 10 miles east of Leesburg at 12 noon today. Mrs Catherine Mock
Fashbaugh was 89 years, 3 months and 17 days old."
13 Dec 1900
"I bought 50 feet of rope at the hardware store 20 cts and Pete Smith
helped get ready one chest of goods to the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
junction. Ma'am had received some of mother-in-law's dishes and goods."
15 Dec 1900
"We arrived in Massillon again at 5:15 and stayed until after daylight
and then walked over to C L & W railroad depot. Paid a peddler 5 cts
for one loaf of rye bread. We left Massillon at 9:50 and
walked home from Strasbuerg till 12 noon."
31 Dec 1900
"Me and Ma'am stayed up until after midnight and saw the New Year
of the 20th Century ushered in."
09 Mar 1901
"Cloudy and raining this morning, south winds, and rains all forenoon.
Misting this afternoon and very foggy. The frost is
coming out of the ground fast and is getting muddy. We didn't do
anything today."
This is the Last entry in Frederick Hartline's diary.
10 Mar 1901
"The night before he died, he with his son, William Hartline and others
engaged in a very hot game of crocinole and he retired very elated over
his success in winning the game."
- the Strasburg Record, 30 Jan 1935
11 Mar 1901
Frederick Hartline, age 72, died. He was sitting on a log resting after
cutting or sawing logs in the woods on his farm with his son Jacob age
31 and his nephew Curtis Hartline age 25 when he just fell suddenly over
backwards from the log. Jacob and Curtis carried him dead across the
field at the edge of the woods a few hundred feet or so, to the living
room of his home where his wife, Lovina and other ladies were seated
working on the various sides of a quilt in its quilt frame.
This story told to me by Ora Hartline Myers, age 103, in Strasburg
Ohio at the Royal Haven Nursing Home on 06 May 1991.
His gravestone in Grandview cemetery Strasburg features a scuptured log
across the top.
"Gone but not Forgotten
'tis hard to break the tender cord
when love has bound the Heart.
'Tis hard, so hard to Speak the words
"We must forever part".
Dearest Loved one, We must lay thee
in Peaceful grave's embrace.
But thy memory will be cherished
till we see thy heavenly face."
verse inscribed on the funeral card give to the attendees.
All done; thank you for your kind attention,
respectfully, Jim Hartline, Sterling Heights,
Michigann