Descendants of Christian Bohn

 

 

Generation No. 1

 

   1.  Christian1 Bohn was born Bet. 1790 & 1800 in Baden, Germany?, and died August 28, 1845 in Baden, Germany?.  He married Elizabeth? Abt. 1819 in Baden, Germany?.  She was born Abt. 1796 in Baden, Germany, and died Bet. 1870 & 1880 in Zanesville , Muskingum County, Ohio.

 

Notes for Christian Bohn:

   His death date and all his children's birth dates are from this old bible record. Written in Low German, it was translated by a friend of My Aunt Nancy Bohn. The old bible was found in a trunk in my grandfather's attic. The trunk came from my great-grandfather, Henry Bohn. Publishing date on inside of bible is 1809. Here is the following Bible record:

 

*1820* The 8th of April, my two children, SEBASTIAN and CATHERINA were born and went to the Holy Baptism at 10 o'clock.

*1820* "Heise" The 18th of August, my son SEBASTIAN died at 4 o'clock and was put into the earth at 9 o'clock.

*1821* "Heise" On the 6th of October(?) at night at 9 o'clock, my son SEBASTIAN was born and baptized at 3 o'clock.

*1823* the 4th of January, my son (?) came into the world at night at 3 o'clock and was taken to the Holy Baptism on the 6th.

*1825* The 1st of July, my son JOSEPH BOHN was born and baptized.

*1827* 31st of (?) (MICHAEL?) BOHN went from this world. (Last entry on this page to faded to read)

*1828* On the 17th of March, my son ----- MICHAEL BOHN went out of this world and was buried at half past 1 o'clock.

*1829* On the 30th of January in the morning at 6 o'clock, my daughter CHRISTINE was born and baptized in the evening.

*1830* On the 23rd of July, my daughter CHRISTIANE came into the world and was baptized at 6 o'clock in the evening.

*1833* On the 18th of (?), my daughter ELISABETH was born and baptized (?) (Last entry on this page is too faded to read)

*1835* The 29th of January at night at 11 o'clock, our son CARLL came into the world and was baptized in the evening on the 30th. (My g-g-grandfather Charles Bohn)

*1838* On the 5th of March in the morning my son (FRIDOLIN?) was born and baptized on the 6th.

*1840* On the 19th of December my son (STEGSER?) came into this world at night.

*1845* August 28th our father CHRISTIAN BOHN died.

SEBASTIAN BOHN (This entry "Sebastian Bohn" was already written in English)

 

   Christian Bohn passed away on August 28, 1845, The Bohn family started for America shortly after that. There is a Elizabeth Bohn in the 1870 census of Zanesville, Ohio, being 74 years old living at the same household as Sebastian Bohn & Theresa. I think this is possibly Christian Bohn's wife. I have an old picture that I had copied, on the back of the original it reads, "Henry Bohn's grandmother Bohn" I think this may be Elizabeth.

 

Notes for Elizabeth?:

If Elizabeth is the mother of the children written in the old Bible she would have been about 44 years of age at the birth of her last child Stegser? Bohn born December 19, 1840.

 

More About Elizabeth?:

Burial: Probably the old St. Nicholas Catholic Church Cemetery, Wayne Township, Muskingum County, Ohio

  

Children of Christian Bohn and Elizabeth? are:

   2      i.  Catherina2 Bohn, born April 08, 1820 in Germany.

   3     ii.  Sebastian Bohn, born April 08, 1820 in Germany; died August 18, 1820 in Germany.

+  4    iii.  Sebastian Bohn, born October 06, 1821 in Baden, Germany; died March 29, 1892 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio.

   5     iv.  Christian Bohn, born January 14, 1823 in Germany.

 

More About Christian Bohn:

Baptism: January 16, 1823, Baden?, Germany

 

   6      v.  Adam Joseph Bohn, born July 03, 1825 in Germany.

   7     vi.  Michael? Bohn, born 1827 in Germany; died March 17, 1828 in Germany.

   8    vii.  Christine Bohn, born January 30, 1829 in Germany.

   9   viii.  Christiane Bohn, born July 23, 1830 in Germany.

   10    ix.  Elizabeth Bohn, born 1833 in Baden?, Germany.

+  11     x.  Charles Bohn, born January 29, 1835 in Baden, Germany; died January 23, 1918 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. (Good Samaritan Hospital).

+  12    xi.  Frederick J. Bohn, born March 05, 1838 in Baden, Germany; died July 17, 1892 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio.

   13   xii.  Stegser? (Stephen) Bohn, born December 19, 1840 in Germany.

 

 

Generation No. 2

 

   4.  Sebastian2 Bohn (Christian1) was born October 06, 1821 in Baden, Germany, and died March 29, 1892 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio.  He married Theresa Gruber Unknown in Germany?.  She was born Abt. 1827 in Baden, Germany, and died December 04, 1885 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio.

 

Notes for Sebastian Bohn:

*Census of Zanesville 3rd Ward, Muskingum County, Ohio, 1870*

page 33, house dwelling # 264, family # 263

Bohn, Sebastian, 49 yrs. old (1821), Brewer, value of real estate $2700.00, value of personal estate $1250.00, born in Baden.

      Theresia, 41 yrs. old (1829), keeps home, born in Baden.

      August, 12 yrs. old (1858), attends school, born in Ohio.

      Mary, 6 yrs. old (1864), at home, born in Ohio.

      ELIZABETH, 74 yrs. old (1796), at home, born in Baden.

 

The Sheppards Zanesville City Directory 1873-1874

Page 29

Bohn, Sebastian, Brewery cor. Marietta and Spurck.

 

*Census of 3rd ward Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, 1880*

page 22, Hugh St., family # 211

Bohn, Sebastion, 59 yrs. old (1821), Brewer, born in Germany, father & mother born in Germany

    Treasa, 61 yrs. old (1819), wife, born in Germany, father & mother born in Germany

    Augusta, 29 yrs. old (1858), son, born in Ohio, father & mother born in Germany

    Mary, 16 yrs. old (1864), daughter, born in Ohio, father & mother born in Germany

 

The Williams' Zanesville City Directory 1882-1883

Page 40

Bohn, Sebastian, Brewery, s w c Spurck and Marietta, res same.

Bohn, August, Brewer, res s w c Marietta and Spurck.

Bohn, Mary, res s w c Marietta and Spurck.

 

The Zanesville City Directory 1885-1886

Page 73

Bohn, Sebastian, brewer, s w cor Marietta and Spurck, res same.

Bohn, August, brewer, S Bohn, res s w cor Marietta and Spurck.

Bohn, Mary, res s w cor Marietta and Spurk

 

The Zanesville-Muskingum County Directory 1890-1891

Bohn, Sebastian, Brewer, s e cor Marietta & Stillwell.

Bohn, August, Brewer, s e cor Marietta & Stillwell.

 

The Zanesville City Directory 1892-1893

Page 70

Bohn, Sebastian, prop Bohn's Brewery, h 144 Marietta

Bohn, August, Brewer, bds 144 Marietta

Page 71

Bohn's Brewery, Sebastian Bohn, prop, 144 Marietta

 

From the book, "1905 History Past And Present Of The City Of Zanesville & Muskingum County, Ohio"

Originally published in 1905

By J. Hope Sutor

Pages 362-363

   Sebastian Bohn was a native of Baden, Germany, and took part in the German rebellion in 1848. The army to which he belonged, however, was unable to win the liberties for which they were fighting and Sebastian made his escape to Switzerland and in 1854 crossed the Atlantic to America, continuing his journey into the interior of the country until he had reached Zanesville. He then accepted a position as brewer with J. Gobel. Later he established a brewery of his own, beginning the business in 1860 and continuing until his death, which occurred on March 29, 1892. He was very successful in his business affairs and accumulated a large competency. He held membership in the Catholic church, was a member of St. Nicholas Society and gave his political allegiance to the democracy.

   He married Miss Theresa Gruber, who was born in Baden, Germany, and died in 1885, at the age of 57 years. She too, was a communicant of St. Nicholas Catholic Church. She gave her hand in marriage to Sebastian while they were still residents of the fatherland and they became the parents of 7 children, but only one son and one daughter reached mature years.

 

Death record of Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

Bohn, Sebastian, Died March 29, 1892 in Zanesville, Ohio.  Aged 70 years 5 months. From Baden, Germany. Occupation, Brewer. Widowed

 

The Daily Times Recorder

Wed. March 30, 1892

Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

(obituary)

   Bohn - At his home on Marietta Street, Tuesday March 29, 1892, Sebastian Bohn, aged 70 years. Funeral from St. Nicholas Catholic Church, Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock.

 

 

More About Sebastian Bohn:

Baptism: October 07, 1821, Baden?, Germany

Burial: March 31, 1892, St. Thomas Catholic Church Cemetery, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

Naturalization: October 12, 1863, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio.

 

Notes for Theresa Gruber:

Death record of Muskingum County, Ohio

Bohn, Theresa, Died December 16, 1885. Aged 56 years 11 months 2 days. From Germany. Wife of Sebastian Bohn.

 

The Daily Signal

Sat. December 5, 1885

Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

(obituary)

   Mrs. Sebastian Bohn died at the family residence on Marietta Street yesterday, Friday morning, at half past four o'clock, in the fifty-seventh year of her age.

   The funeral will take place tomorrow, Sunday afternoon, at half past one o'clock, from St. Nicholas Catholic Church.

   Interment at Catholic Cemetery east of the city. Friends invited.

   Mrs. Bohn was a most excellent Christian woman. She was kind hearted and charitable to all. Beloved and respected by all who knew her, and her death will be sadly mourned by her many friends. The husband and family will have the sincerest sympathy in this hour of sad bereavement.

 

More About Theresa Gruber:

Burial: December 06, 1885, St. Thomas Catholic Cemetery, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

  

Children of Sebastian Bohn and Theresa Gruber are:

   14     i.  August3 Bohn, born May 03, 1858 in Somerset, Reading Township, Perry County, Ohio; died September 13, 1926 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. (1016 Marrietta Street).

 

Notes for August Bohn:

The Zanesville City Directory 1890-1891

Page 85

Bohn, August, Brewer s e cor Marietta & Stillwell

 

The Zanesville City Directory 1894-1895

Page 115

Bohn, August, mgr Bohn's Brewery 144 Marietta, res same

 

The Zanesville City Directory 1916

Page 135

Bohn, August, brewer of lager beer 1016 Marietta res same, both phones.

 

From the book, "1905 History Past And Present Of The City Of Zanesville & Muskingum County, Ohio "

Originally published in 1905

By J. Hope Sutor

Page 362 - 363

   August Bohn, who is engaged in the brewing business in Zanesville, was born in Somerset, Perry County, Ohio, in 1858. He was educated in the common schools, wherein he continued his studies until fifteen years of age, when he put aside his textbooks in order to enter the brewery. He took charge of the business and upon his father's death succeeded him in the ownership. Under his guidance the business has steadily increased and he has made many improvements in the plant, adding all the latest facilities that would prove of practical benefit in the manufacture and care of beer. The plant is situated on East Marietta Street and the product is practically sold to the local trade. In the winter of 1905 Mr. Bohn erected a large addition to his building and this enabled him to increase his output from six to ten thousand barrels annually.

   Mr. Bohn is a communicant of the St. Nicholas Catholic Church and in his political views is a democrat. His attention has been largely concentrated on his business affairs and although he entered upon an enterprise already established he has displayed marked executive force and business discernment in enlarging and successfully controlling this.

 

The Times Recorder

Sat. Evening, August 27, 1898

(advertisment)

BOHN, 144 MARIETTA ST., Makes the beer the physicians like to recomend for family use. It is made exclusively for residence trade. Saloons not supplied. . . . . . Send Your Orders, Prompt Delivery. August Bohn, 144 Marietta St.

 

The Zanesville Times Recorder

Fri. Morning March 20, 1903

(advertisment)

Let'em all talk about their beer

Bohn's Beer

is established solely upon its absolute purity. It's brewed exclusively for family use. Phone 2371.

August Bohn, Proprietor, Marietta Street Brewery.

 

The Zanesville Times Recorder

April 10, 1914

Muskingum County, Ohio

(advertisment)

SOMETHING GOOD FOR EASTER

Ours is the real German Bock Beer--it's the kind that is brewed in the same manner as in the native German brewery--that's what you get when you order a glass or a keg of

BOHN'S BOCK BEER ON DRAUGHT TODAY

Good to drink--good for you to drink--the beer with "something" in it that comes only from a study of native brewing methods in old Germany. Order it at the Cafes'--order it for the home.

(Marietta Street)  AUGUST BOHN  (Both Phones)

 

Probate Court

Last Will and Testament

August 1, 1922

Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

   I, August Bohn, of Zanesville, Ohio, being of lawful age and of sound mind do make and publish this my last will and testament.

 

Item 1: I direct that all my just debts be first paid out of my estate.

 

Item 2: I hereby give, devise and bequeth to Mary Friend, wife of Newton J. Friend of Cambridge, Ohio, all the rest and residue of my estate, real, personal and mixed, to be hers absolutely and in fee simple. In the event of her death before my decease, I give, devise and bequeath said property to her children then living absolutely and in fee simple.

 

Item 3: I hereby nominate and appoint said Mary Friend to be the executrix of this my Last Will and Testament. I direct that no bond be required of her as such, and if the law permits, that no appraisement be made of my estate.

  

   IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, hereunto subscribed my name this 1st day of August, A. D. 1922.

 

                                           August Bohn (his mark)

 

   Signed and acknowledged by August Bohn to be his Last Will and Testament in our presence, and signed by us as witnesses in his presence and at his request.

 

                                           Edward R. Meyer? (his mark)

                                           Tom O. Crossay? (his mark)

 

The Times Recorder

Tues. September 14, 1926

Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

(obituary)

AUGUST BOHN IS CALLED BY DEATH AT ADVANCED AGE. LINGERING ILLNESS PROVES FATAL TO RETIRED MAN - FUNERAL THURSDAY.

   August Bohn, aged 68 years, a retired brewery operator, died at his home at 1016 Marietta Street at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon after a lingering illness of two years duration. The deceased had lived in the house where he died for the past 60 years, moving there with his parents shortly after he came to this city from Somerset, where he was born.

   No immediate relatives survive the deceased, but Fisher Bohn and Henry Bohn of this city are cousins. Mrs. Mary Friend of Cambridge, resided with the man as housekeeper for many years through her childhood. Several other cousins in this vicinity also survive.

   Mr. Bohn was a member of the Order of Eagles and of the Elks. He also was a member of the St. Nicholas church and was well known for his charitable acts during his lifetime.

   Funeral services will be held from St. Nicholas Church at 9 o'clock Thursday morning and interment will be made in Mt. Olive Cemetery.

 

Probate Court

Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

Application For Probate Of Will

Case No. 30859, Doc. 18, Page 135

Filed September 21, 1926

   In the matter of The Last Will And Testament of August Bohn (deceased). To the Probate Court of said County:

   Your petitioner respectfully represents the August Bohn late resident of the Township of Zanesville in said County, died on or about the 13 day of Sept. 1926, leaving an instrument in writing, herewith produced, purporting to be his last Will And Testament.

   That the said August Bohn died leaving none h____ widow___ who resides at ___ and the following named persons his only next of kin, to-wit:

 

Otto Schmid, 2nd cousin, Zanesville, Ohio.

Henry Bohn, 1st cousin, Zanesville, Ohio.

Fisher Bohn, 1st cousin, Frazeysburg, Ohio.

Fred Bohn, 1st cousin, Zanesville, Ohio.

Sebastian Bohn, 1st cousin, Columbus, Ohio.

Christian Bohn, 1st cousin, Texas.

Agnes Bohn, 1st cousin, Zanesville, Ohio.

Mrs. Randal Bohn, 1st cousin, New York.

Mrs. Lena Schmid, 2nd cousin, Zanesville, Ohio.

Mrs. John Deardurff, 2nd cousin, Newark, Ohio.

Joseph Knapp, 2nd cousin, Columbus, Ohio.

Mrs. John Horn?, 2nd cousin, Columbus, Ohio.

Mrs. Frances Hammack, 2nd cousin, Lancaster, Ohio.

Hattie Knapp, 2nd cousin, California.

Mrs. Leo Noon, 2nd cousin, Zanesville, Ohio.

Bernhard Bohn, 2nd cousin, Columbus, Ohio.

 

   Your petitioner offers said Will for probate and prays that a time may be fixed for the proving of the same, and that said above named persons residents in this State may be notified according to law of the pendency of said proceedings. Mary Freind (Petitioner).

 

More About August Bohn:

Burial: September 16, 1926, Mt. Olive Cemetery, Washington Township, Muskingum County, Ohio.

Fact: Birth date is from death certificate.

Fact 1: My grandfather, Charles L. Bohn told me August Bohn was related to us.

Fact 2: His grave is at the "BOHN" headstone. His name is not on the stone. Marjorie (Paul) Michel said that she thought that this is where he was buried.

Fact 3: August Bohn's obituary states that "no immediate relatives survive the deceased, but Fisher(Fred) Bohn & Henry Bohn of this city are cousins"

 

   15    ii.  Mary Theresa Bohn, born November 1867 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio; died August 28, 1868 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio.

 

More About Mary Theresa Bohn:

Burial: The old St. Nicholas Catholic Church Cemetery, Wayne Township, Muskingum County, Ohio

Fact 1: Death & birth date is from old death record of Muskingum Co., Zanesville, Ohio. Also has her parent's names as Sebastian & M. Bohn.

 

   16   iii.  Mary Bohn, born Abt. 1864 in Ohio.

 

 

   11.  Charles2 Bohn (Christian1) was born January 29, 1835 in Baden, Germany, and died January 23, 1918 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. (Good Samaritan Hospital).  He married Caroline Keller November 27, 1860 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, by A. Heckinger, daughter of John Keller and Theresia.  She was born April 09, 1838 in Bavaria, Germany, and died March 15, 1924 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. (Good Samaritan Hospital).

 

Notes for Charles Bohn:

Arrived in Castle Gardens, New York November 1857 with his family?

 

The Williams' Zanesville City Directory 1860-1861

Page 43

Bohn, Chas. Shoemaker, wks 74 Market st.

Bohn, Stephen, shoemaker, 157 N. 7th. (relative?)

 

*Naturalization In Probate Court, Final Record, same as Bastian (Sebastian), Bohn also on October 12, 1863*

   Be it remembered, that on the twelfth day of October in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and Sixty Three came Charles Bohn and alien, native Baden, Germany a free white person, and proved, to the satisfaction of the Court, that he made in the Probate Court of Muskingum County, Ohio more than two years ago, the requisite declaration of his intention to become a Citizen of the United States, and also at the same came ? ? and being duly sworn did depose and say that the said Charles Bohn has resided for five years last past, in the United States, and he has resided one year last past in the State of Ohio, and that during all that time he has behaved as a man of good moral character, attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and as well disposed to the good order and happiness of the same.

   And thereupon the said Charles Bohn made solemn oath that he will support the Constitution of the United States, and he doth absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to every Foreign Prince, Potentate, State or Sovereignty, whatsoever, and particularly all allegiance and fidelity to The Grand Duke of Baden in Germany. whose subject he was.

   Whereupon it is ordered; by the Court, that a Certificate of Citizenship be issued to him on payment of costs of this application.      Wm. Mason

 

*Census of Zanesville 6th Ward, Muskingum County, Ohio, 1870*

page 9, house dwelling # 70, family # 68

Bohn, Francis, 35 yrs. old (1835), Shoemaker, value of personal estate $200.00, born in Baden.

      Caroline, 37 yrs. old (1833), keeping house, born in Bavaria.

      Anna M., 8 yrs. old (1862), at school, born in Ohio.

      Charles, 7 yrs. old (1863), at school, born in Ohio.

      William, 5 yrs. old (1865), at home, born in Ohio.

      Henry, 2 yrs. old (1868), at home, born in Ohio.

      Frederick, 3m./12days old (1870), at home, born in Ohio.

 

The Sheppards Zanesville City Directory 1873-1874

Page 29

Bohn, Chas., Shoemaker, 204 Underwood.

 

*Census of Zanesville 5th Ward, Muskingum County, Ohio, 1880*

page 33, house dwelling # 297, family # 322

Bohn, Charles, 45 yrs. old (1835), Shoemaker, born in Germany, father & mother b. in Germany.

       Caroline, 42 yrs. old (1838), wife, keeping house, born in Germany, mother & father b. in Germany.

       William, 14 yrs. old (1866), son, works in cotton factory, born in Ohio, father & mother b. in Germany.

       Henry, 12 yrs. old (1868), son, at school, born in Ohio, father & mother b. in Germany.

       Frederick, 10 yrs. old (1870), son, at school, born in Ohio, father & mother b. Germany.

       Katie, 6 yrs. old (1874), dau., at school, born in Ohio, father & mother b. in Germany.

       Sebastian, 4 yrs. old (1876), son, born in Ohio, father & mother b. in Germany.

page 34

       Christian, 1 yr. old (1879), son, born in Ohio, father & mother b. in Germany.

 

The Williams Zanesville City Directory 1882-1883

Page 40

Bohn, Chas., Boots and Shoes, e s Underwood opp Kelly, res same.

Bohn, Annie, res. Chas. Bohn's.

 

The Bailey Zanesville City Directory 1885-1886

Page 73

Bohn, Charles, Shoemaker Underwood opp. Kelly, res same.

Bohn, Henry, helper, Ohio Iron Co., res 206 Underwood st.

Bohn, Wm., helper Ohio Iron Co., res 206 Underwood st.

 

The Zanesville Muskingum County City Directory 1890-1891

Page 85

Bohn, Charles, Shoemaker, 206 Underwood.

Bohn, Frederick J., Bartender, 206 Underwood.

Bohn, Henry, Plumber, 206 Underwood.

Bohn, Kate, Dressmaker, 206 Underwood.

Bohn, William G., rolling mill, 206 Underwood.

 

The Zanesville City Directory 1892-1893

Page 70

Bohn, Charles, shoemaker, 206 Underwood, h same.

Bohn, William G., laborer, bds 206 Underwood.

 

The Zanesville City Directory 1893-1894

Page 108

Bohn, Charles, shoemaker 206 Underwood, res same.

Bohn, Christian, res 206 Underwood.

Bohn, Fred J, bartender, res 206 Undrwood.

Bohn, Miss Katie, dressmaker, res 206 Underwood.

Bohn, Sebastain G, salesman, res 206 Underwood.

 

The Zanesville City Directory 1894-1895

Page 115

Bohn, Chas (Caroline), shoemaker, 206 Underwood, res same.

Bohn, Christian, tailor, res 206 Underwood.

Bohn, Miss Katie, dressmaker, res 206 Underwood.

Bohn, Sebastian G., salesman, res 206 Underwood.

 

The Zanesville City Directory 1896-1897

Page 122

Bohn, Chas (Caroline), shoemaker 206 Underwood, res same.

Bohn, Christian, tailor, res 206 Underwood.

Bohn, Sebastain G, salesman, res 206 Underwood.

 

The Zanesville City Directory 1901-1902

Bohn, Charles (Caroline) 524 Underwood, res same.

Bohn, Sebastian G., Clerk res 524 Underwood.

 

The Burch Zanesville City Directory 1905-1906

Page 128

Bohn, Charles (Caroline), res 725 Gilbert.

Bohn, Sebastian G., clerk Z Hdw Co., res 725 Gilbert

 

The Zanesville City Directory 1912

Page 134

Bohn, Charles, res Good Samaritan Hospital.

Bohn, Caroline, res 37 Greenwood Avenue.

 

The Zanesville City Directory 1916

Page 135

Bohn, Charles, res Good Samaritan Hospital.

Bohn, Caroline, (wid Charles) res 23 Branch. (Her brother, Peter Keller's residence)

 

The Zanesville Signal

Thurs. January 24, 1918

(obituary)

CHARLES BOHN IS CALLED FROM LIFE BY LONG ILLNESS

   The death of Charles Bohn, aged 82, the father of Plumbing Inspector Henry Bohn, occurred at the Good Samaritan Hospital at 5:20 o'clock Wednesday evening following an illness from uremic poisoning. He had made his home at the hospital for the past seven years.

   Mr. Bohn was a native of Germany and a member of the St. Nicholas Catholic Church. He was a shoemaker by trade and for many years conducted a shop on Underwood Street.

   Surviving him are his widow and the following children: Henry and Fred of this city, Christian of New Orleans, Mrs. Harry Randall of Rochester, N. Y., Sebastian of Columbus and by 11 grandchildren.

   The body was removed to the home of Henry Bohn, Greenwood avenue.

   The funeral will be conducted at the St. Nicholas Catholic Church at 9 o'clock Saturday morning. Burial will be made in St. Nicholas Cemetery.

 

The Times Recorder

Thurs. January 24, 1918

Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

(obituary)

OCTOGENARIAN IS CALLED BY DEATH, CHARLES BOHN, 82, DIES AT GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL.

   Charles Bohn, 82, native of Germany, died Wednesday afternoon at 5:20 o'clock at Good Samaritan Hospital, where he had made his home for the past seven years.  Death was due to uremic poisoning.  Final arrangements for the funeral were not completed last night, but it will be held from the St. Nicholas Church and burial made in the St. Nicholas Cemetery from the home of a son, Henry Bohn, of Greenwood Avenue.

   For many years Mr. Bohn was a Shoemaker, having an establishment on Underwood, near Kelly Street.  He was a member of the St. Nicholas Catholic Church for 60 years.  Four children preceded him in death.  Surviving him are the widow, and the following children:  Fred and Henry, of this city; Christian, of New Orleans;  Mrs. Katherine Randall, of Rochester, New York, and Sebastian, of Columbus. Eleven grandchildren are living.

 

A funeral bill to Henry Bohn paid in full Jan. 29, 1918, from the Peoples Undertaking, W. H. Hendrixson 23 South 5th St., Zanesville, Ohio, January 27, 1918.

*Casket and Trimmings - $80.00

*Carriage for Minister - $4.00

*Carriage for Pall Bearers - $5.00

*Transportation Charges - $2.00

*Total Charges - $91.00

 

More About Charles Bohn:

Burial: January 26, 1918, The old St. Nicholas Catholic Church Cemetery, Wayne Township, Muskingum County, Ohio.

Fact 1: Old bible record shows a Carl Bohn born January 29, 1835.

Fact 2: Certificate of death says he was born June 16, 1836.

Fact 3: Can't find a headstone, my grandfather, Charles L. Bohn told me (summer of 1994) that he was buried in the old St. Nicholas Cemetery, he didn't think he had a headstone. He also attended the funeral in 1918 with his father, Henry Bohn.

Naturalization: October 12, 1863, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio.

 

Notes for Caroline Keller:

Old Bible record of Charles & Caroline Bohn's children, the publishing date of the Bible is 1846, here is the following Bible record after translation by Monika Conkle of Zanesville, Ohio:

 

Anna Maria Bohn, born on the 14th of January 1862

Karl Bohn, born on the 13th of April 1863

Wilhelm Bohn, born on the 16th of June 1865

Heinrich Bohn, born on the 23rd of October 1867

Friedrich Bohn, born on the 15th of February 1870

Georg Bohn, born on the 3rd of May 1872

Georg Bohn, died on the 6th of August 1872

Katherina Bohn, born on the 8th of October 1873

Sebastian Bohn, born on the 4th of January 1876

Christian Bohn, born on the 25th of August 1878

 

The Zanesville City Directory 1912

Page 134

Bohn, Caroline, res 37 Greenwood Avenue.

Bohn, Charles, res Good Samaritan Hospital.

 

The Zanesville City Directory 1916

Page 135

Bohn, Mrs. Caroline (wid Charles) res 23 Branch.

Bohn, Charles, res Good Samaritan Hospital.

 

The Times Recorder

Mon. March 17, 1924

Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

(obituary)

DEATH SUMMONS TO MRS. BOHN

   The death of Mrs. Caroline Bohn, aged 86, widow of Charles Bohn, occurred at the Good Samaritan Hospital at 2:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon, following an illness from a complication of diseases.

   She was born on the Rhine, near Koblenz, Germany, in 1838, but came to this city many years ago.

   For the past 16 years she made her home with her son, Henry Bohn, city plumbing inspector. She was a member of the St. Nicholas Church and the various church societies with which organizations she had been active for the past 69 years.

   Mrs. Bohn is survived by the following children: Mrs. Harry Randall of Rochester, N.Y.; Christian Bohn of New Orleans, La.; Sebastian Bohn of Columbus; Fred J. and Henry Bohn, both of this city, and by ten grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

   The body was removed to the Peoples Undertaking Parlors and prepared for burial and then taken to the home of her son, Henry Bohn, 987 Greenwood Ave. Funeral services will be conducted at the St. Nicholas Church at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning. Interment will be made in Mt. Olives Cemetery.

 

The Zanesville Signal

Mon. March 17, 1924

(obituary)

ESTIMABLE LADY CALLED BY DEATH AT THE HOSPITAL

   A lingering illness from a complication of diseases resulted in the death of Mrs. Caroline Bohn, aged 86, the widow of Charles Bohn, which occurred at the Good Samaritan Hospital at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon.

   She was born on the Rhine, near Koblenz, Germany, in 1838, but had been a resident of this city for many years and for the past sixteen years had made her home with her son, Henry Bohn, city plumbing inspector.

   She was well known and highly respected  in this city and was a member of the St. Nicholas Catholic Church and the various church societies.

   Mrs. Bohn is survived by the following children: Mrs. Harry Randall, Rochester, N. Y.; Christian Bohn of New Orleans, La.; Sebastian Bohn of Columbus; Fred J. and Henry Bohn of this city, and by ten grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

   The body was removed to the home of her son, Henry Bohn, 987 Greenwood Avenue, and the funeral will be conducted at the St. Nicholas Catholic Church at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning. Interment will be made in Mt. Olives Cemetery.

 

More About Caroline Keller:

Burial: March 18, 1924, Mt. Olive Cemetery, Washington Township, Muskingum County, Ohio.

Fact 1: Inscription on headstone reads, "Caroline Bohn 1839 -1924" (her date of birth on headstone could be wrong).

Fact 2: Birth & Death date is from Death Certificate in Muskingum Co., Zanesville, Ohio.

Fact 3: Death certificat says her father's name is John Keller.

Fact 4: Her children's birthdates are from old Bible record. Publishing date on bible is 1846.

  

Children of Charles Bohn and Caroline Keller are:

   17     i.  Anna Maria3 Bohn, born January 14, 1862 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio; died 1879 in Columbus, Ohio.

 

Notes for Anna Maria Bohn:

*Census of Zanesville 5th. Ward, Muskingum County, Ohio, 1880*

page 18, house dwelling # 157, family # 75

Daone, Elizabeth, 79 yrs. old, keeping house, born in Virginia, father & mother born in Virginia

            Alice V., 34 yrs. old, dau., School Teacher, born in Ohio, father & mother born in Virginia

            Oliver P., 32 yrs. old, son, shoe dealer, born in Ohio, father & mother born in Virginia

BOHN, ANNA, 18 yrs. old (1862), servant, born in Ohio, father & mother born in Germany.

 

Note by Phillip Bohn:

Don't know if she ever married.

 

More About Anna Maria Bohn:

Fact 1: Date of death and place of death is from the back of an old picture.

 

   18    ii.  Charles Bohn, born April 13, 1863 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio; died June 21, 1880 in Alum Creek, in or near Columbus, Ohio.

 

Notes for Charles Bohn:

The Zanesville Daily Courier

Tues. June 22, 1880

Muskingum County, Ohio

(obituary)

A HERO'S DEATH, CHARLIE BOHN DROWNED AT COLUMBUS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SAVE THE LIFE OF A FRIEND - THE PARTICULARS OF THE SAD ACCIDENT.

   Yesterday afternoon about a quarter after four o'clock, Charlie Bohn, aged sixteen years, son of Charles Bohn, a shoemaker who resides on Underwood Street, near Spring, was drowned in Alum Creek, near Columbus. Charles with five other boys, ranging in age from twelve to eighteen years, went out to Nelson's Dam to bathe. It seems that none of the lads could swim, and the water at that point is very deep. John H. Ege and Charlie were anxious to learn the art of floating on the water, and they were advised to dive from the dam, a suggestion both accepted. Bohn lead the way, and flinging himself into the deep water, rose to the surface half strangled, and succeeded in reaching the bank with great difficulty.  The Ege boy followed, and the moment he came to the surface he began to struggle and call for help.  The boys on the bank called to Bohn to go to his assistance.  Charlie hesitated, fearing that he could be of no service, but the cries of the drowning lad finally induced him to make the attempt, and he threw himself forward into the water again.  Ege grabbed his rescuer about the neck, and the lads struggled together in the water, and then went to the bottom.  Their companions are unable to say whether they came up again or not.  The other boys gave the alarm, and in about half an hour the two lads were brought to surface, locked in each others arms.  They went down in about twelve feet of water.

   Charlie Bohn had gone to Columbus to learn the trade of a Barber, and was in the employ of Henry Bausch.  The point at which the boys were drowned is considered a very dangerous place.

 

The Zanesville Signal

Sat. June 26, 1880

Muskingum County, Ohio

(obituary)

   Charles Bohn, formerly of this city, was drowned in Alum Creek, near Columbus, Ohio, on Monday afternoon, The remains were brought home by his father (Charles), who resides on Underwood Street, for interment. The young lad in company with other boys were in bathing, and not being able to swim, and having got into deep water, was drowned. His companions did all in their power to rescue their comrade, but all efforts were futile.

 

More About Charles Bohn:

Burial: Probably the old St. Nicholas Catholic Church Cemetery, Wayne Township, Muskingum County, Ohio.

 

   19   iii.  William G. Bohn, born June 16, 1865 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio; died September 23, 1891 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio.

 

Notes for William G. Bohn:

The Zanesville Daily Courier

Thurs. September 24, 1891

Muskingum County, Ohio

(obituary)

CITY TURNERS ATTENTION

   All members of the Zanesville City Turners are requested to meet at their hall corner Main and Seventh Streets, at 7:30 this Thursday evening to make arrangements for attending the funeral of William G. Bohn.

   By order:  President

 

The Times Recorder

Thurs. September 24, 1891

Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

(obituary)

NOTICE

   A special meeting of the military branch of the Knights of St. George will be held tonight at 7:30 o'clock, at school hall, to arrange for the funeral of the late brother, William Bohn.

   By order of  M. Faller: Captain

 

More About William G. Bohn:

Burial: September 25, 1891, Probably the old St. Nicholas Catholic Church Cemetery, Wayne Township, Muskingum County, Ohio.

 

+  20    iv.  Henry Bohn, born October 23, 1867 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio; died November 22, 1944 in Washington Township, Muskingum County, Ohio.

+  21     v.  Frederick J. Bohn, born February 15, 1870 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio; died March 23, 1943 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. (725 Gilbert Street).

   22    vi.  George Bohn, born May 03, 1872 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio; died August 06, 1872 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio.

 

More About George Bohn:

Burial: Probably the old St. Nicholas Catholic Church Cemetery, Wayne Township, Muskingum County, Ohio.

Fact 1: Birth and death date is from old bible record.

Fact 2: Death record of Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio shows a George Bohn that died on Aug. 8, 1872, Age 3 mos. 2 days old. Born in Zanesville, Ohio.

 

   23   vii.  Katherine Bohn, born October 08, 1873 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio; died Aft. January 02, 1953 in Rochester, New York?.  She married Harry Randall.

+  24  viii.  Sebastian George Bohn, born January 04, 1876 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio; died January 02, 1953 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. (1107 Lake Drive, at his residence).

   25    ix.  Christian Bohn, born August 25, 1878 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. (From old Bible Record, Death Certificate says he was born in 1879); died February 16, 1944 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (432 Carondelet Street).  He married Kate Malacarne; born Abt. 1877; died in New Orleans, Louisiana ?.

 

Notes for Christian Bohn:

The Times Recorder

Fri. February 18, 1944

Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

(obituary)

FORMER RESIDENT DIES IN SOUTH

   Christian Bohn, 64, former resident of Zanesville, died Tuesday at his home in New Orleans, La., relatives here have been informed.

   Mr. Bohn was a native of Zanesville, leaving this city in 1898 when with Charles Shaw, also a former resident of Zanesville, he opened a dry cleaning establishment in Chattanooga, Tenn.

   He later moved to New Orleans, where he had since resided. While in Zanesville he was employed as a tailor for Henry Markert, and for Dryfus & Son.

   Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Katherine Bohn; two brothers, Henry Bohn, 1113 Greenwood Avenue, and Sebastian Bohn, of Woodlawn and Maysville Avenues, and a sister, Mrs. Katherine Randall, of Rochester, N. Y.

   Funeral services and burial will be in New Orleans.

 

Death Certificate says:

 

Birth date was August 25, 1879.

Death date was February 16, 1944.

Usual residence of the deceased was 821 Second Street, New Orleans, La.

Wife's name was Kate Malacarne.

Father's name was Chas. Bohn, they didn't know his mother's name. Birthplace of his parents was Germany.

Social Security No. was 434-24-5358.

Was not a veteran.

Length of stay in community was 33 years.

Burial was in St. Patrick Cemetery #3.

His usual Occupation was a Tailor.

 

Christian Bohn lived in Orleans Parish.

 

More About Christian Bohn:

Burial: February 17, 1944, St. Patrick Cemetery #3, New Orleans, Louisiana

 

 

   12.  Frederick J.2 Bohn (Christian1) was born March 05, 1838 in Baden, Germany, and died July 17, 1892 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio.  He married Mary M. Schreiber Unknown in Muskingum County, Ohio?, daughter of ? Schreiber and ?.  She was born Abt. 1848 in Switzerland, and died May 10, 1932 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio.

 

Notes for Frederick J. Bohn:

Int. December 20, 1861

Native of Baden, Germany

Arrived in U.S November 1857

Filed September 26, 1866 - Muskingum Co., Ohio.

 

*Census of Zanesville 3rd Ward, Muskingum County, Ohio, 1870*

page 34, house dwelling # 272, family # 272

Bohn, Frederick, 30 yrs. old (1840), Saloon Keeper?, value of personal estate 250, born in Baden.

           Mary, 22 yrs. old (1848), keeps house, born in Switzerland.

           Frederick, 1 yr. old (1869), born in Ohio.

 

Sheppards Zanesville City Directory 1873-1874

Page 29

Bohn, Fred., Brewer, h. 20 Spring.

 

Williams Zanesville City Directory 1882-1883

(There is no Fred Bohn listed in this directory)

 

Bailey Zanesville City Directory 1885-1886

Page 73

Bohn, Frederick, Saloon, 87 N 5th res same.

 

The Zanesville-Muskingum County Directory 1890-1891

Page 85

Bohn, Frederick J., saloon, 87 N Fifth.

Bohn, Albert, Confectioner, 87 N Fifth.

 

The Zanesville Muskingum County Directory 1892-1893

Page 70

Bohn, Fred J., Saloon, 87 N 5th h same.

Bohn, Albert, Plumber, h 87 N 5th.

 

Death record of Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

Bohn, Frederick,  Died: July 17, 1892.  Aged: 55 yrs. 4 mos. 12 days.  Born: in Baden, Germany.  Occupation: Saloon Keeper.

 

Probate Court

Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

June 15, 1892

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF FREDERICK BOHN

   Know all men by these present, that I Frederick Bohn of the city of Zanesville, County of Muskingum and State of Ohio, do make and publish this as and for my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former wills by me at any time made.

 

Item first: I give and bequeath unto the St. Vincents Orphans Homes, located at Columbus Ohio, the sum of One hundred dollars.

 

Item second: I give and bequeath to the St. Francis Hospital, also located at the city of Columbus Ohio, the sum of One hundred dollars.

 

Item third: The balence of my Real and Personal estate of what ever kind or description I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Mary M. Bohn for and during her natural life on widowhood, with the right, direct, manage and control the samein such manner and form as she may deem proper, with the further rights and priveledge of exhausting the same for her comfortable support and maintenance if necessary during her widowhood, and all of said property Real or Personal remaining at the time of her death or remarriage of my said wife, I give and bequeath unto my children share and share alike.

   I hereby direct my executrix to pay the bequests mentioned in the first and second items hereof within one year from the date of my death.

   I hereby appoint my wife Mary M. Bohn Executrix of this Will and it is my desire that no inventory or appraisement of my estate be had or made, and that my executrix may be permitted to adone's? nist? said trust without giving bond.

   In testimony whereof I have her unto subscribed any name this 15th day of June A. D. 1892

 

                                               Frederick Bohn Sr. (his mark)

 

   Signed and acknowledged by Frederick Bohn as and for his last Will and Testament in our presence and signed by us in his presence in the presence of each other and at his request.

                                               Ferdinand C. Vogel (his mark)

                                               G. W. Reed (his mark)

                                                (West Zanesville)

 

 

The Zanesville Daily Signal

Mon. July 18, 1892

Muskingum County, Ohio

(obituary)

   Fred Bohn died yesterday at his home on North Fifth Street, aged sixty-four. The funeral will take place from St. Nicholas Church at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning. (could be a mistake on his age of 64, bible record of his birth is 1838, 54 years old)

 

 

 

More About Frederick J. Bohn:

Burial: July 19, 1892, The old St. Thomas Catholic Church Cemetery, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

Fact 1: Birth date is from old bible record.

 

Notes for Mary M. Schreiber:

Zanesville City Directory 1894-1895

Page 115

Bohn, Mrs. Mary, saloon 87 N Fifth, res same

Bohn, Miss Agnes, res 87 N fifth

Bohn, Albert (Bohn & Kern), res 87 N Fifth

The Burch Zanesville City Directory 1905-1906

Page 128

Bohn, Mrs. Mary M. (wid Frederick), res 118 N Fifth.

Bohn, Agnes M. res 118 N Fifth.

Bohn, Fred A. [Mary], (Bohn & Kern) (Dockray Brass Co.), res 118 N Fifth.

 

The Zanesville City Directory 1912

Page 134

Bohn, Mrs. Mary M. (wid Frederick), res 118 N Fifth.

Bohn, Agnes M., clerk Bauer Bros, res 118 N Fifth.

 

The Zanesville City Directory 1916

Page 135

Bohn, Mrs. Mary M. (wid Frederick) res 118 N. Fifth.

Bohn, Agnes M., clerk, Bauer Bros. res 118 N. Fifth.

 

The Zanesville City Directory 1930-1931

Page 153

Bohn, Agnes M. h 118 N 5th

Bohn, Mrs. Mary M. (wid Frederick J.) h 118 N 5th

 

The Times Recorder

Wed. May 11, 1932

Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

(obituary)

CHURCH FUNERAL FOR MRS. M. BOHN TO BE TUESDAY, NATIVE OF SWITZERLAND AND WIDOW OF FREDERICK L. BOHN SUCCUMBS

   Funeral services for Mrs. Mary M. Bohn, 84, who died at 8:30 o'clock Tuesday morning at her home, 118 North 5th Street, will be held at 9 o'clock Thursday morning at St. Nicholas Catholic Church. Burial will be made in Mt. Olive Cemetery.

   Death followed an illness due to infirmities of age. Mrs. Bohn was a native of Switzerland but came to America at the age of seven years, and spent practically all her remaining years in this city. She was a devout Catholic and member of St. Nicholas Church, also the Purgatorial and St. Mary's Alter societies of the church.

   She was a widow of the late Frederick L. (J.?) Bohn, who died more than 30 years ago, and a son, Albert, also preceded her in death. Surviving are a daughter, Miss Agnes Bohn, at home: one son, Frederick A. Bohn of the city; three sisters, Mrs. Rosalie Arnold, Wayne Township; Mrs. John Arnold, of the city; Mrs. Frank Lang, St. Louis, MO.; a grandson, Fred L. Bohn, of the city, and several nieces and nephews.

   The Mader-Peoples company are in charge of arrangements. Friends will kindly omit flowers.

 

More About Mary M. Schreiber:

Burial: May 12, 1932, Mt. Olive Cemetery,  Washington Township, Muskingum County, Ohio

Fact 1: Inscription on headstone reads "Mary M. Bohn, 1848 - 1932"

  

Children of Frederick Bohn and Mary Schreiber are:

+  26     i.  Frederick "Fisher" Andrew3 Bohn, born November 21, 1868 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio; died February 10, 1959 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio.

   27    ii.  Albert L. Bohn, born February 06, 1874 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio; died September 05, 1904 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio.

 

Notes for Albert L. Bohn:

Zanesville City Directory 1894-1895

Albert Bohn, [Bohn Bros. & Kern], res 87 N. Fifth.

 

Death record of Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

Bohn, Albert L., Born Feb. 6, 1874.  Died Sept. 5, 1904. Burial in St. Thomas Catholic Cemetery.

 

More About Albert L. Bohn:

Burial: The old St. Thomas Catholic Church Cemetery, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. (East end of Greenwood Avenue in the city limits).

Fact 1: He has no headstone.

 

   28   iii.  Mary Agnes Bohn, born 1879 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio; died January 04, 1938 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio.

 

Notes for Mary Agnes Bohn:

The Zanesville City Directory 1930-1931

Page 153

Bohn, Agnes M. h 118 N. 5th

Bohn, Mrs. Mary M. (wid. Frederick L.) h 118 N. 5th

 

The Zanesville City Directory 1933-1934

Page 137

Bohn, Agnes M. h 118 N. 5th.

 

The Times Recorder

Wed. January 5, 1938

Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

(obituary)

   Funeral services for Miss Agnes Bohn, 59, well known resident of North Fifth Street, who died Tuesday morning at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cunningham, 717 Elberon Avenue, where she had been confined for the past three months, will be conducted Friday morning at 9 o'clock at St. Nicholas Catholic Church. Burial will be in Mt. Olives Cemetery.

   The deceased was operated on for appendicitis in September at Good Samaritan hospital and had gone to the Cunningham home where she had intended to rest and gather strength before going home. She developed complications which caused her death.

   Miss Bohn was widely known in music circles having participated in a number of musical groups several years ago. She was a member of St. Nicholas Catholic Church and had taken an active part in church societies.

   The deceased is survived by one brother, Fred A. Bohn, North Maple Avenue; a nephew, Fred L. Bohn, and two aunts, Mrs. Frank Lang, St. Louis Avenue, and Mrs. John Arnold, of Wheeling Avenue. She was preceded in death about four years ago by her mother, Mrs. Mary Bohn.

   The remains will be removed to the home of her brother Wednesday morning from the Mader-Peoples Funeral Home.

 

More About Mary Agnes Bohn:

Burial: January 07, 1938, Mt. Olive Cemetery, Washington Township, Muskingum County.

Fact 1: Inscription on headstone reads, "Agnes Bohn, 1879 - 1938"

Fact 2: My grandfather Charles L. Bohn, told me he was related to Agnes Bohn.

Fact 3: Death record of Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio shows a Mary Agnes Bohn, died Jan. 4, 1938.

 

 

Generation No. 3

 

   20.  Henry3 Bohn (Charles2, Christian1) was born October 23, 1867 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, and died November 22, 1944 in Washington Township, Muskingum County, Ohio.  He married Mary Louise Niebel November 12, 1890 in St. Nicholas Catholic Church Rectory, by Rev. Philip Meschenmoser, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, daughter of Christian Niebel and Philippina Greul.  She was born February 25, 1871 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, and died October 02, 1937 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. (1113 Greenwood Avenue, at her residence).

 

Notes for Henry Bohn:

The Zanesville City Directory 1892-1893

Page 70

Bohn, Henry, plumber, h 32 Munroe.

 

The Zanesville City Directory 1893-1894

Page 108

Bohn, Henry, (Nolan & Bohn), res 25 Tarrier.

 

The Zanesville City Directory 1894-1895

Page 115

Bohn, Henry, (Mary), plumber, steam and gas fitter 29 Main, res 78 Greenwood ave. (see index to ads).

 

The Zanesville City Directory 1896-1897

Page 122

Bohn, Henry (Mary L.), plumber 38 Main, res 78 Greenwood ave.

 

The Burch Zanesville City Directory 1905-1906

Page 128

Bohn, Henry (Mary L.) (Bohn & Lasure), res 88 Greenwood Ave.

Bohn & Lasure (Henry Bohn, Wm. J. Lasure), plumbers, steam and gas fitters 707 Main, Bell Ph. 922L.

 

The Zanesville City Directory 1912

Page 134

Bohn, Henry, [Mary L.], plumber, steam and gas fitter 730 Main, Bell Ph 934, res 37 Greenwood Avenue.

Bohn, Herman H., with H. Bohn, res 37 Greenwood Avenue.

Bohn, K. Edna M., bkpr H. Bohn, res 37 Greenwood Avenue.

 

The Zanesville City Directory 1916

Page 135

Bohn, Henry, (Mary L.), plumber, steam and gas fitter 730 Main, Bell Phone 934 res 137 Greenwood Ave.

Bohn, Edward W. with H. Bohn res 137 Greenwood Avenue.

Bohn, Frank C. with H. Bohn res 137 Greenwood Avenue.

Bohn, Herman H. res 137 Greenwood Avenue.

Bohn, K. Edna res 137 Greenwood Avenue.

 

The Times Recorder

Sat. August 26, 1916

Muskingum County, Ohio

PICK HENRY BOHN FOR INSPECTOR - HEALTH BOARD SELECTS ONE OF TWO CANDIDATES FOR PLUMBING INSPECTOR

   The board of health elected Henry Bohn, 137 Greenwood Avenue, city plumbing inspector at a special meeting in Health Officer McCormick's office Friday afternoon. Bohn takes office Sept. 1, at a salary of $1,200 per year.

   The city civil service commission conducted an examination for the job Thursday night and submitted the names of Henry Bohn and Frank H. Beckert, 315 Underwood Street, as eligibles to Officer McCormick Friday morning. The health board Friday granted Sanitary Policeman Hazen his annual two weeks' vacation.

 

*Census of Zanesville, Ohio, 1920*

House Dwelling # 139, Family # 153

Bohn, Henry, 52 yrs. old (1868), Head, Plumbing inspector, born in Ohio.

           Mary L., wife, 48 yrs. old (1872), born in Ohio.

           Frank C., son, 22 yrs. old (1898), Plumber, born in Ohio.

           Edward W., son, 19 yrs. old (1901), born in Ohio.

           Anna M., dau., 15 yrs. old (1905), born in Ohio.

           Charles L., son, 12 yrs. old (1908), born in Ohio.

           Mary R., dau., 5 yrs. old (1915), born in Ohio.

           Caroline, mother, 81 yrs. old (1839), born in Bavaria, Germany.

House Dwelling # 139, Family # 154

Wiskunen, Ola, 26 yrs. old (1894), Head, born in Ohio.

 

The Zanesville City Directory 1930-1931

Page 153

Bohn, Henry (Mary L.) Plumbing Inspector, office City Hall h 987 Greenwood Ave.

Bohn, Herman H. h 987 Greenwood Ave.

 

The Zanesville City Directory 1933-1934

Page 137

Bohn, Henry (Mary L.) plumbing inspector City Hall h 1137 Greenwood Ave.

 

The Zanesville News

Sat. Dec. 6, 1941

Muskingum County, Ohio 

BOHN STEPS DOWN AS INSPECTOR

   Today a heavy set man with an ever-present twinkle in his eye sits at home with thoughts of the last 57 years filling his mind.

   His hair is only slightly more gray than it was 15 years ago when he was writing magazine article after magazine article as Zanesville's fighting Plumbing Inspector. The twinkle and his smile are unchanged.

   He is Henry Bohn, 1113 Greenwood Avenue.

   Bohn, now past 74, is stepping down Dec. 31 from the job he has held for 26 years, Plumbing Inspector, the only one Zanesville has ever had.

   His career extends far back before he became inspector. For 57 years he has been a plumber in Zanesville, his native city. For about 4 years he was an apprentice, then for about 26 years he was in the plumbing business privately, and now for about 26 years he has been in the plumbing business for the city of Zanesville.

   During that time he has waged a continuous fight for more sanitation in Zanesville. He believed in fighting if necessary, and got results.

   Although he didn't hesitate to condemn whole city streets if he thought their conditions were unhealthful, he has still been untouched by political campaigns and changes in administration.

   Today at 74, he has definitely decided to give up the position of Plumbing Inspector he not only created but upheld for more than a quarter of a century.

   Poor health is finally forcing retirement on Henry Bohn.

 

My great-grandfather Henry Bohn died at my grandfather's house on Pleasant Grove Rd. My grandmother Ora who was a nurse kept care of him while he was sick. She said he died in my grandfathers bed. He had Throat Cancer. Henry smoked cigars for years, maybe this was the reason he had throat Cancer.

 

The Zanesville News

Thurs. November 23, 1944

Muskingum County, Ohio

(obituary)

   Funeral services for Henry Bohn, 77, who died late Wednesday night at the home of his son, Charles L. Bohn of Pleasant Grove Road, services will be held Saturday at 9 a.m. from St. Nicholas Catholic Church. Burial will be in Mt. Olives Cemetery.

   Former plumbing inspector for Zanesville, he was a member of the Modern Woodmen of America.

   He is survived by three sons: Frank, head of the Frank. C. Bohn Plumbing company, 117 North Seventh Street; Herman, of Akron, and Charles, at whose home he died; three daughters: Mrs. Anna Paul of Rt. 5; Mrs. Edna Lowell and Mrs. Mary Gallagher, both of Atlanta, Georgia; a brother: Sebastian Bohn of Woodlawn Avenue, and a sister: Mrs. Kate Randall, of Rochester N. Y. One son, Edward Bohn died a year ago.

   The body was taken to the Mattingly Funeral Home, Woodlawn Avenue, where it will remain until time for removal to the church.

 

The Times Recorder

Mon. March 19, 1973

THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO

   Henry Bohn, city plumbing inspector, warned residents of Lindberg Avenue, Norval Park, North Maple Avenue and Dresden Road to refrain from emptying sewage from settling basins into storm sewers and public places.

 

Aug 18, 2002 - Jim Cavanaugh told me tonight that he remembers when they called Henry Bohn "Leaky"

 

More About Henry Bohn:

Burial: November 25, 1944, Mt. Olive Cemetery, Washington Township, Muskingum County, Ohio

Fact 1: Inscription on headstone reads "Henry Bohn, 1867 - 1944"

Fact 2: "Halli" was a nickname for Henry.

 

Notes for Mary Louise Niebel:

The Times Recorder

Mon. October 4, 1937

Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

(obituary)

   Mrs. Mary L. Bohn, 66, passed away Saturday night at 11:40 o'clock at her home, 1113 Greenwood Avenue, following a lingering illness. She was the wife of Henry Bohn, city plumbing inspector and was well known in this city.

   Mrs. Bohn was born February 25, 1871 and spent the greater part of her life in this city. She was a member of the St. Nicholas Catholic Church.

   Besides her husband, the deceased is survived by four sons, Herman, Edward, and Charles Bohn of the home. and Frank C. Bohn, also of this city: three daughters, Mrs. Anna Paul, Adamsville road, Mrs. Mary Gallagher, of Newark, and Mrs. Edna Lowell, of Columbus; two sisters, Mrs. Anna Bauer of Wayne Avenue and Mrs. Loulie Hollingsworth of London, Oh; three brothers, Chris Niebel of Hamline Avenue, Fred Niebel, of Wayne Avenue, and William Niebel of Wayne Avenue, as well as seven grandchildren.

   The remains are at the Mader Peoples Funeral Home. Funeral services will be conducted from St. Nicholas Catholic Church at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning. Burial will be in Mt. Olives Cemetery. The body will be removed to the family residence Monday afternoon.

 

More About Mary Louise Niebel:

Burial: October 06, 1937, Mt. Olive Cemetery, Washington Township, Muskingum County, Ohio.

Fact 1: Inscription on headstone reads "Mary L. wife of Henry Bohn, 1871 - 1937"

Last  Will & Testment: June 20, 1916, Witnesses who signed the Will are Anna H. Bauer and Louise E. Hollingsworth. (Mary's sisters).

Medical Information: She had Chronic Arthritis.

  

Children of Henry Bohn and Mary Niebel are:

   29     i.  Charles H.4 Bohn, born July 03, 1891 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio; died September 14, 1891 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio.

 

More About Charles H. Bohn:

Burial: Probably the old St. Nicholas Catholic Church Cemetery, Wayne Township, Muskingum County, Ohio

 

   30    ii.  Katherine Edna Bohn, born September 23, 1892 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio; died April 13, 1988 in Atlanta, Georgia.  She married (1) William "Bill" A. Dodds September 13, 1916 in St. Nicholas Catholic Church Rectory, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio by Rev. A. L. Barr; born September 04, 1894 in Vandegrift, Pennsylvania; died November 12, 1967 in Dalton, Georgia.  She married (2) Henry Parker Lowell Aft. September 13, 1916; born December 31, 1887 in Somerville, Maine; died April 04, 1970 in Atlanta, Georgia.

 

Notes for Katherine Edna Bohn:

Note by Phillip S. Bohn:

   My Great-Aunt Edna, I never got to see her a lot, only when she came to visit us here in Zanesville, Ohio. Her sister, Mary Rose and Mary's husband, Roy Gallagher would always come here together since they both lived in Atlanta, Georgia.

   I remember her as being very nice lady and having a good sense of humor. The last time she and her sister Mary and Roy last visited us here in Zanesville was about 1976.

   I always remembered the last time when they were here because the neighbor boy who was only about 7 or 8 was riding my youngest brother's plastic "Big-Wheel", when he done some business in his pants and sat down and started to ride that thing. He made several passes by the visiting relatives and they caught a waft and everybody decided to come inside. They were laughing trying not to be too loud as they were looking outside the kitchen window, wondering how that little boy can ride that thing like nothing is wrong.

   Before she died she desired cremation like her husband Parker, and was buried here in Zanesville, Ohio in Mt. Olive Cemetery. She was sent here U. P. S. so my uncle Charlie J. Bohn was chosen to do the honors to give her a proper burial. Great Aunt Edna sat on Uncle Charlie's piano for a short time.

 

Atlanta Journal

April 14, 1988

Atlanta, Georgia

(obituary)

   Mrs. Edna (Bohn) Lowell, of Atlanta died April 13, 1988. She was the the widow of H. Parker Lowell, formerly with the Atlanta Constitution Newspaper. Mrs. Lowell has been a resident of the A. G. Rhodes Nursing Home for the past 6 years. Mr. Lowell died in 1970. Mrs. Lowell has been a resident of Atlanta since 1943 and has many local friends. Surviving are her sister, Mary R. (Bohn) Gallagher, Dunwoody; brother, Charles L. Bohn, of Zanesville, Ohio; nephew, Parker L. Gallagher, Birmingham, Alabama and many nieces and nephews in Zanesville. A memorial Mass will be celebrated at the Cathedral of Christ the KIng on Friday, April 15 at 12:10 p.m. Rev. Richard A. Kieran officiating. Mrs. Lowell's body will be cremated and will be buried beside the remains of her husband in Mt. Olives Catholic Cemetery in Zanesville, Ohio. Lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Cathedral of Christ the King. H. M. Patterson & Son, Spring Hill.

 

More About Katherine Edna Bohn:

Burial: Mt. Olive Cemetery, Washington Township, Muskingum County, Ohio

Fact 1: Inscription on headstone reads "Edna Bohn, 1892 - 1988. H. Parker, 1887 - 1970"

 

More About William "Bill" A. Dodds:

Burial: Hudson, Ohio

 

Notes for Henry Parker Lowell:

Atlanta Magazine

June-July, 1964

Personalities - LAST OF A DYING BREED

   For a generation of Atlanta Constitution Reporters, new on the job, treading on eggs in the garrulity of the newsroom and fearing anything that moved faster than a copy boy, H. Parker Lowell provided two things: their first sulfuric encounter with the precision of the copy desk, and a gruff but understanding shoulder to cry on when things got hard.

   Today, H. Parker Lowell, as he is known to friends from the courthouse janitorial staff to the governor, provides the same gruff exterior and same soggy heart to a generation of kids learning to flounder for their lifes in the downtown Y.M.C.A. pool. He is a modern-day Macawber, a W. C. Fields without jug, as venerable as an elephant and tough of skin as a rhino, with a heart as big as the Rock Candy Mountain.

   Not long ago a newspaper reporter inveigled the elderly Atlanta gentleman to a desk on the edge of The Constitution newsroom. The interview netted the reporter but little information not already in public domain, and it was interrupted fifteen times by a picturesque tribal rite known as Ignoring the Old Goat.

   The pattern of this folk ceremony, unvarying and apparently immutable, had certain studied and precise rhythm.

   Each approaching person, upon seeing H. Parker Lowell, would stagger backward, shake his head in horror and disbelief, and croak: "The old goat !"

   Whereupon Mr. Lowell would, with a grimace of profound distaste, rise from his chair and extend a long, bony suntanned hand. Instead of shaking hands, however, the parties would gingerly brush palms, wince, draw back their hands and fastidiously wipe them on coat sleeves, trouser legs or pocket handkerchiefs. Then, having graphically expressed mutual loathing and revulsion, they would smile broadly, thrust out their hands again, this time their palms met in a brushing handclasp and they bellowed in unison: "How are you, you old S.O.B. !"

   The object of and willing participant in this little exercise, the incomparable Mr. Lowell, is a self-styled "old goat" who achieved recent fame at the age of seventy-six years by swimming his 1'000th mile in the Y.M.C.A. pool, between organizing and directing a strenuous schedule of swimming classes and serving as "dean of women" to the Y's female group, the Magnificent Mermaids.

   Long before he came into the public eye with his name and picture in far flung newspapers, H. Parker Lowell, scion of the Lowells of Boston ("We're the poor but very impoverished branch," he non sequiturs proudly), has been a mote in the eye of many people.

   He was known to women on his street out near Brookwood station as the loony fellow who encouraged kids to play with snakes and even had some in his garage on occasion for study by  Boy Scouts and other nature lovers. Firebugs who happened to read The Georgia Firecracker, published during the regime of Zack D. Cravey, know him as the the author of such lyrical admonitions as:

"Keep the home fires burning but please keep them guarded

 From children both normal and slightly retarded.

 Keep matches from children and children from matches.

 Remember that fire too easily catches."

   he is also the artist who once portrayed Red Riding Hood as a bucktoothed, simple-minded damsel who wasted a Talmadge ham on a beast in a nightcap. The caption:

"We try to view Red Riding Hood

 With sympathy impartial

 But she would not be very good

 As a Junior Fire Marshall.

 Could she a fire hazard spot

 In any nook or cranny

 If that poor April fool could not

 Distinguish wolf from granny?"

   Mr. Lowell has caricatured scores of sober citizens in his zany pen and ink sketches and poked punny fun at others in his faintly Ogden Nashian doggerel. He is the founding father of an obscure and purposely non-useful fraternity called Sigma Omicron Beta, to which scores of newspapermen belong, including the Washington music critic who panned Margaret Truman's singing. (Somebody brought up President Truman's name for membership but the brothers voted him down as not so promising an S.O.B. as reporter who provoked presidential ire.) The S.O.B. membership card, designed and distributed by Mr. Lowell, shows the rear elevation of a horse and that first ritual pass at a handshake, the limp, clammy one, is known as "the S.O.B. grip."

   World War II is responsible for the presence of H. Parker Lowell in Atlanta. He came from newspapers in Illinois, Ohio and Iowa by way of a depression-days stint in a CCC camp, where he wrote and illustrated training manuals. He came to work for Bell Aircraft in Marietta in 1943 as a writer and stayed to edit copy and write heads for The Constitution, to preach fire prevention, to teach water safety and to heckle and lampoon his way into the hearts of endless numbers of unwary citizens.

   Like a proper Lowell - Parker is a distant kinsman of that other well known poet, James Russell Lowell. He came from Massachusetts. He was born just outside Boston in the little town of Somerville on December 31, 1887. He played hooky his way through Somerville Latin School, cutting out and going swimming in the river when he was supposed to be in art class, and then he went to Northwestern University. Northwestern gave him a degree in 1910 - "much to everybody's surprise," he says.

   Mr. Lowell now attributes the vigor of his 70's to moderation.

   "I never smoked, drank or studied to excess," he says.

   He says of his athletic career that he "tried to play football but was soon cured of that" and he went out for track, "where I distinguished myself by finishing the mile the same afternoon I started." He was an active and enthusiastic member of the S A E fraternity, however, and still takes an interest in fraternity affairs, serving as vice president of the Atlanta alumni group.

   The habit of volunteering for things first took hold of Mr. Lowell when he was a young reporter on the Des Moines Register. He worked the Police Beat, served as assistant sports editor and on his own time coached, for free, at Des Moines Collage. It was such a happy experience for him he has felt uneasy since if he wasn't spending part of his time in some form of community service. When he first came to Atlanta he organized a Boy Scout troop, Not long ago he was honored by the Red Cross for forty years' service in water safety.

   When World War II ended and the H. Parker Lowell drawings and poems were no longer needed for the Bell Aircraft News and the Bell Ringer Magazine, Parker moved to the copy desk of the Constitution where he was enthusiastically received. He attributes that enthusiasm to the fact that he had just undergone surgery for the removal of a pair of tumors from his larynx and was literally speechless at the time.

   To fill the gap before he got his new voice - the hoarse and whispery baritone which he now has - he heckled his colleagues, his employers and random readers with his pictures and verses. By the time he reached retirement age in 1954 it was inconceivable to his colleagues that "the old goat" could be peacefully pastured out in the newspaper reference room, his mirthful butting stilled.

   They were right. Parker accepted a quiet berth in the newspaper library and presumably settled down to putter through clippings and files to a serene old age. But he hated every minute of it and one day he reared and pitched out of the cushiony retirement berth into a variety of freelance jobs, culminating in the post as swimming instructor at the Y.M.C.A.

   "They said they wanted an older man to take charge of swimming on the family night," he explained. "They couldn't find anybody older than me."

   He stayed on to teach children, to organize a women's group and the Y's Old Goats Club for men over fifty. (Motto: Nifty at Fifty, Better at Sixty. While Alive, Let's Stay Alive.) He credits his wife, Edna, with making it possible for him to put in a full day of work at the pool and return at night for his special classes.

   "Some wives let their husbands have an occasional night out with the boys," Parker says, "Edna lets me have every Wednesday night out with the girls."

   His girls are the Magnificent Mermaids he taught to swim and immortalized thus:

"To swim at the 'Y' with my mermaids I'd ruther

 Than view Mona Lisa or Whistler's Mother."

   Parker has one daughter by a previous marriage and one grandchild, a young man who was graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy this June. But he has countless youthful friends who are indebted to him for swimming lessons or for happy excursions into the woods which once encircled his house and abounded in interesting plants and wildlife.

   His close friend, the late poet laureate of Georgia, Ollie Reeves, once explained Parker's enduring youth by saying, "He's a man of so many talents and interests that life for him begins anew each day."     -   Celestine Sibley

 

The Record

April, 1970

Atlanta, Georgia

(obituary)

H. PARKER LOWELL DIES IN ATLANTA.

   H. Parker Lowell, Illinois Psi-Omega '10 (Northwestern), died April 4 at his home in Atlanta, Georgia. He was 82 years old.

   The Akron, Ohio, Beacon Journal, a newspaper once considered a rival when Brother Lowell wrote for the Times Press, reported:

   "He lived what he preached, the clean, active life...The one-time Akron newspaperman, pioneer life-saving instructor, advertising executive and Scoutmaster had lived in Atlanta since 1946.

   "Lowell died a wealthy man, measured by the respect and esteem in which he was held..."

   Brother Lowell retired in 1954 from the copy desk of the Atlanta Constitution. Before that he served as Secretary of the Salem, Ohio, Chamber of Commerce, as a reporter in Des Moines, Iowa, advertising manager of a department store in Akron, regional director of the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Depression, a public relations man for Bell Aircraft in Marietta, Ga., and until sidelined by a heart attack in 1967, in charge of the YMCA swimming pool in Atlanta.

   A devoted Sig Alpha, Brother Lowell was the author of the column "Sing Brothers Sing Of The Good Old Days" in the May issue of The Record. In addition, he submitted other articles of general interest for publication.

   Brother Lowell is survived by his wife, Edna, and a daughter, Mrs. William Kipp of Frankfort, Ind. 

  

 

More About Henry Parker Lowell:

Burial: Mt. Olive Cemetery, Washington Township, Muskingum County, Ohio

Fact 1: Inscription on headstone reads "Edna Bohn, 1892 - 1988. H. Parker, 1887 - 1970"

 

   31   iii.  Henry Herman Bohn, born February 20, 1895 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio; died November 04, 1950 in Akron, Ohio.  He married Margaret.

 

Notes for Henry Herman Bohn:

From the "Official Roster of Ohio Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in World War I - 1917-1918"

Vol. 2, BEI - BRU.

Page 1516

Bohn, Herman H., 3444745, White, 137 Greenwood Ave., Zanesville, Ohio.

 

The Zanesville City Directory 1933-1934

Page 137

Bohn, H. Herman, salesman h 1137 Greenwood Ave.

 

The Zanesville Signal

Mon. November 6, 1950

Muskingum County, Ohio

(obituary)

   Funeral services for H. Herman Bohn 55, of Akron, native of this city, who died Sunday of a heart attack at his home, will be held at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning at St. Nicholas Catholic Church. Burial will be in Mt. Olives. The body is at the Hillis Funeral Home.

   The son of the late Henry and Mary (Niebel) Bohn, he had lived in Akron for the past several years and was a Plumber at the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company.

   Mr. Bohn was a veteran of World War I. Surviving are his widow, Margaret of the home; two brothers, Frank C. Bohn of 1266 Wheeling avenue, and Charles Bohn of Rt. 4; three sisters, Mrs. (Edna) Parker Lowell and Mrs. (Mary) Roy Gallagher of Atlanta Georgia, and Mrs. (Anna) Herman Paul of Rt. 5; and several nieces and nephews.

   He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

 

Note by Phillip Bohn:

I found Herman's obituary that my grandparents had. On the top of the obituary a note was made that Herman died Nov. 4, late Sat. at 11:30.

 

More About Henry Herman Bohn:

Burial: November 07, 1950, Mt. Olive Cemetery, Washington Township, Muskingum County, Ohio

Fact 1: Inscription on headstone reads "H. Herman Bohn, 1895 - 1950"

 

+  32    iv.  Frank Christian Bohn, born August 08, 1897 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio; died July 12, 1963 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. (Good Samaritan Hospital).

   33     v.  Edward William Bohn, born May 14, 1900 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio; died July 09, 1943 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. (1113 Greenwood Avenue).  He married Wilma Herman May 09, 1924 in Muskingum County, Ohio.

 

Notes for Edward William Bohn:

He served in World War I

 

The Zanesville City Directory 1930-1931

Page 153

Bohn, Edward W. (Wilma) policeman h 1032 1/2 Wheeling Ave.

 

The Zanesville City Directory 1933-1934

Page 137

Bohn, Edward W. (Wilma) policemen h 113 Southard Ave.

 

The Times Recorder 

Sat. July 10, 1943

Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

(obituary)

EDWARD S. BOHN IS SUMMONED

   Edward W. Bohn, 43, of 1113 Greenwood Avenue, died at his home Friday evening following a heart attack.

   Mr. Bohn served with the Zanesville police force about eight years, retiring in 1934.  He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Police and St. Nicholas Catholic Church.

   Surviving are his father, Henry Bohn of the home; three brothers, Frank, North Seventh Street, head of the F. C. Bohn Plumbing Company; Herman, of Akron and Charles Bohn of Zanesville Rt. 4; three sisters, Mrs. Herman Paul, Zanesville, Rt. 5; Mrs. H. P. Lowell and Mrs. Roy Gallagher, both of Atlanta, Ga.

   The body was removed to the Lester Mattingly Funeral Home, Woodlawn Avenue, where arrangements are incomplete.

(his middle name is William, a mistake was made on the headline of his obituary putting an "S" as his middle initial)

 

Death cerificate says he died from a Cerebral hemorage, Arterio sclerosis.

 

More About Edward William Bohn:

Burial: July 12, 1943, Mt. Olive Cemetery, Washington Township, Muskingum County, Ohio

Fact 1: Inscription on headstone reads "Edward W. Bohn, 1900 - 1943"

 

   34    vi.  Louisa Ann Bohn, born November 20, 1902 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio; died November 22, 1902 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio.

 

Notes for Louisa Ann Bohn:

The Zanesville Evening Signal

Sat. November 22, 1902

Muskingum County, Ohio

(obituary)

   Louise Ann, the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bohn, died Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock. The funeral will be held from St. Nicholas Church Monday morning at 9 o'clock.

 

More About Louisa Ann Bohn:

Burial: Probably the old St. Nicholas Catholic Church Cemetery, Wayne Township, Muskingum County, Ohio

 

+  35   vii.  Anna Mary Bohn, born May 18, 1904 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio; died February 08, 1986 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. (Good Samaritan Hospital).

+  36  viii.  Charles Louis Bohn, born August 23, 1907 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. ( 88 Greenwood Avenue as the address was in 1907); died December 26, 1996 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. (Good Samaritain Hospital).

+  37    ix.  Mary Rose Bohn, born March 16, 1914 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. (37 Greenwood Avenue); died April 29, 2000 in Birmingham, Alabama.

 

 

   21.  Frederick J.3 Bohn (Charles2, Christian1) was born February 15, 1870 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, and died March 23, 1943 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. (725 Gilbert Street).  He married (1) Mary E. Crambetta.  She was born in Harrison County, Ohio.  He married (2) Mary Ellen Hursey November 09, 1908 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio.  She was born June 04, 1880 in Yorkville, Ohio, and died February 08, 1960 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio.

 

Notes for Frederick J. Bohn:

The Burch Zanesville City Directory 1905-1906

Page 128

Bohn, Fred J., restaurant 514 Market, res same.

 

The Zanesville City Directory 1912

Page 134

Bohn, Fred J., [Mary E.], cement worker, res 725 Gilbert.

 

The Zanesville City Directory 1916

Page 135

Bohn, Fred J., (Mary E.) laborer res 725 Gilbert.

 

The Zanesville City Directory 1930-1931

Page 153

Bohn, Fred J. (Mary E.) h 725 Gilbert.

Bohn, Wm J. salesman h 725 Gilbert.

 

The Zanesville City Directory 1933-1934

Page 137

Bohn, Fred J. (Mary E.) h 725 Gilbert.

Page 138

Bohn, Wm. J. h 725 Gilbert.

 

Death Certificate of Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

Verna Elizabeth Bohn born January 17, 1912 & died May 1, 1912, this child one of twin, premature birth, father's name Frederick Bohn, birthplace of father Zanesville, Ohio & mother's name Mary E. Crambetta, birthplace of mother Harrison County, Ohio.

 

Death Certificate of Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

Maria Bohn born January 20, 1912 & died April 18, 1912, Unable to take nourishment since birth, father's name Fred Bohn, birthplace of father Zanesville, Ohio & mother's name Mary Hersey, birthplace of mother Zanesville, Ohio.

 

The Zanesville News

Wed. March 24, 1943

Muskingum County, Ohio

(obituary)

   After two years of illness, Fred J. Bohn, 73, of 725 Gilbert Street, died in his home Tuesday at 4:45 p.m.

   He was a native of Zanesville, where he spent all his life. For several years he had been employed at American Ecaustic Tile Company, retiring in 1929.

   Mr. Bohn was a member of St. Nicholas Catholic Church.

   Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Mary E. (Hursey) Bohn; a son, William J. Bohn of Indianapolis, Indiana; three brothers, Henry of Greenwood Ave., Basty (Sebastian) of Maysville Pike and Christy (Christian) of New Orleans, La., and a sister, Mrs. Katherine (Harry) Randall, of Rochester, N.Y.

   Services will be held at St. Nicholas Church Friday at 9 a.m. and burial will be made in Mt. Olives.

   The body has been removed to Hearing-Bryan-Delong Funeral Home, where it will remain until time of services.

    

  

 

More About Frederick J. Bohn:

Burial: March 26, 1943, Mt. Olive Cemetery, Muskingum County, Zanesville, Ohio. (RT. 40 just East of the City limits).

Fact 1: Inscription on headstone reads "Fred J. Bohn 1870-1943"

 

Notes for Mary Ellen Hursey:

The Times Recorder

Tues. February 9, 1960

Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

   Mrs. Mary Ellen Bohn, 79, died at 6:55 a.m. Monday at her home on Newark Rd. She had been in failing health for several years.

   A native of Yorkville, she was born June 4, 1880. She was the widow of Fred J. Bohn and had resided in Zanesville 61 years. She was a member of Central Trinity Methodist Church.

   Mrs. Bohn is survived by a son William J. of Newport, KY.

   The body was removed to the Delong-Baker Funeral Home where friends may call after noon today.

   Services will be conducted from the funeral home at 10 a.m. Wednesday by Rev. H. M. Carpenter. Burial will be in Mt. Olive Cemetery.

 

More About Mary Ellen Hursey:

Burial: February 10, 1960, Mt. Olive Cemetery, Muskingum Co., Zanesville, Ohio. (Just east of the city limits).

  

Child of Frederick Bohn and Mary Crambetta is:

   38     i.  Verna Elizabeth4 Bohn, born January 17, 1912 in Zanesville , Muskingum County, Ohio; died May 01, 1912 in Zanesville , Muskingum County, Ohio.

 

More About Verna Elizabeth Bohn:

Burial: May 03, 1912, Newcomerstown, Ohio

 

  

Children of Frederick Bohn and Mary Hursey are:

   39     i.  William James4 Bohn, born June 26, 1909 in Zanesville , Muskingum County, Ohio.

   40    ii.  Maria Bohn, born January 20, 1912 in Zanesville , Muskingum County, Ohio; died April 18, 1912 in Zanesville , Muskingum County, Ohio.

 

More About Maria Bohn:

Burial: April 20, 1912, Newcomerstown, Ohio

 

 

   24.  Sebastian George3 Bohn (Charles2, Christian1) was born January 04, 1876 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, and died January 02, 1953 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. (1107 Lake Drive, at his residence).  He married Mary Elizabeth Parkinson, daughter of Thomas Parkinson and Deborah Daw.  She was born September 22, 1875 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, and died October 23, 1955 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. (1107 Lake Drive).

 

Notes for Sebastian George Bohn:

The Times Recorder

Sat. January 3, 1953

Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

(obituary)

   Sebastian Bohn, of 1107 Lake Drive, died at 7 o'clock yesterday morning at his home following an illness of six months.

   He was employed at the Smith Brothers Hardware Company of Columbus, Ohio before retiring 10 years ago.

   He was born in Zanesville January 4, 1876, a son of Charles and Caroline Bohn.

   Mr. Bohn was a member of the St. Thomas Catholic Church.

   Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Mary Bohn; a daughter, Mrs. Homer Baker of 1230 Melrose Avenue; a daughter-in-law-, Mrs. Mary Robinson, 525 Eppley Avenue; a sister, Mrs. Katherine Randall of Rochester, New York; two granddaughters, Miss Jean Baker of the Melrose Avenue address and Mrs. William Fisher of 525 Eppley and several nieces and nephews.

   The body was removed to the Hearing-Bryon-Delong Funeral home where it will remain until services at 9 o'clock Monday morning at the St. Thomas Catholic Church. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery.

   The rosary will be recited at the funeral home at 8 o'clock Sunday evening.

 

More About Sebastian George Bohn:

Burial: January 05, 1953, Woodlawn Cemetery, (sec. w) Muskingum County, Zanesville, Ohio.

Fact 1: Has an old age pension grave. (cem. records show this).

Fact 2: He has no headstone.

 

Notes for Mary Elizabeth Parkinson:

The Times Recorder

Mon. October 24, 1955

Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

(obituary)

LAKE DRIVE RESIDENT DIES

   Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Bohn, 80, of 1107 Lake Drive, died suddenly at her home at 4 o'clock, Sunday afternoon. She had been in failing health but death was unexpected.

   She was born in Zanesville September 22, 1875, a daughter of the late Thomas and Deborah (Daw) Parkinson. Her husband, Sebastian died in 1953.

   Mrs. Bohn was a member of the Fair Oaks Baptist Church and the Amoma class of the church.

   Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. B. Mary Baker of Orlando, Florida and a number of nieces and nephews.

   The body is at the Hearing-Bryan-Delong Funeral Home.

 

More About Mary Elizabeth Parkinson:

Burial: October 26, 1955, Woodlawn Cemetery, Muskingum County, Zanesville, Ohio.

Fact 1: She has no headstone.

  

Child of Sebastian Bohn and Mary Parkinson is:

+  41     i.  Mary4 Bohn.

 

 

   26.  Frederick "Fisher" Andrew3 Bohn (Frederick J.2, Christian1) was born November 21, 1868 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, and died February 10, 1959 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio.  He married Mary "Molly" Louise Eschman July 15, 1891 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, daughter of Valentine Eschman and Phoebe Hock.  She was born September 18, 1869 in Brush Creek Township, Muskingum County, Ohio, and died July 04, 1945 in Muskingum County, Ohio.

 

Notes for Frederick "Fisher" Andrew Bohn:

The Zanesville City Directory 1892-1893

Page 70

Bohn, Frederick, plumber, h 179 South.

 

The Zanesville City Directory 1894-1895

Page 115

Bohn, Fred (Mary), (Bohn Bros & Kern), res 90 N Fifth.

Bohn Brothers & Kern (Fred and Albert Bohn, Joseph Kern), Sanitary Plumbing Co., 227 Main, Tel 258.

 

The Burch Zanesville City Directory 1905-1906

Page 128

Bohn & Kern (F. A. Bohn, J. Kern), plumbers 708 Main.

 

The Zanesville City Directory 1912

Page 134

Bohn, Fred A. [Mary L], (Bohn & Kern), pres Dockray Brass & Iron Co., res 743 Market.

Bohn & Kern (F. A. Bohn, J. Kern), plumbers, 36 S Third.

 

The Zanesville City Directory 1916

Page 135

Bohn, Fred A., (Mary L.) (Bohn & Kern) res 743 Market.

Bohn & Kern (F. A. Bohn, Joseph Kern) plumbers, steam and gas fitters 36 S. Third, Bell Phone 258.

 

The Times Recorder

Wed. December 30, 1931

BITS OF ZANESVILLE BIOGRAPHY

(with picture)

By Thomas W. Lewis

   Frederick Andrew Bohn, of the firm of Bohn & Kern, located on South 3rd Street, has been a lifelong resident of Zanesville and active not only in the plumbing and heating lines, but as a public official.

   He was born in the old Third ward, in this city, November 21, 1868, his parents being Frederick J. and Mary W. Bohn. The latter still survives. After attending the St. Nicholas school for several years he started to work at the rolling mill of the old Ohio Iron Company of this city, after which he learned the plumbing and heating trade with the Roekel Plumbing Company.

   As a member of the firm of Bohn Bros. & Kern, Mr. Bohn took an active part (1892) in purchasing the plumbing and heating business of Charles Haas, then located at 715 Main Street. For a considerable period  Bohn Bros. & Kern executed contracts in many parts of Ohio, but of late years their activities have been confined to Zanesville and nearby counties.

   Among the large and important jobs carried to a successful and satisfactory end by the firm was installing the plumbing and heating apparatus in the then new addition to St. Aloyislus Academy at New Lexington, a work so extensive that nearly a year was consumed in the process.

   In addition to their plumbing and heating activities the firm specializes in the manufacture of water softeners, hard water tank heaters and pipe repair couplers. They are also agents for both over and under-feed automatic coal burning stokers and automatic humidifiers.

   The foregoing particulars indicate the great scope of Mr. Bohn's daily activities and they also indicate the fullness of his practical knowledge of the business he has so successfully mastered.

   Mr. Bohn was elected city councilman in 1903 and such was the acceptability of his services that re-elections occurred which kept him a member of that body until 1910.

   While a member of council Mr. Bohn was instrumental in having constructed that great improvement, the 9th street retaining wall at the base of Pioneer Park and the paving of the street itself, a thoroughfare which had previously been a mud hole between Main and Marietta streets. The present garbage plant was installed during his term in council.

   Among Mr. Bohn's other important activities are those incident to his being a member of the city board of review and a director of the Chamber of Commerce.

   In July 15, 1891, Mr. Bohn was married to Miss Mary L. Eschman of Zanesville, Ohio, and they became parents of the following children: Helena, who died in infancy and Fred L., managing editor of the Zanesville Signal. Mr. Bohn senior, is an Eagle, a Knight of Columbus and an Elk, of the last-named lodge he is a trustee.

 

The Zanesville City Directory 1930-1931

Page 153

Bohn, Fred A. (Mary L.) (Bohn & Kern) h e s Maple Ave. ext., R D 1.

Bohn & Kern (F. A. Bohn) plumbers 36 S. 3rd.

 

The Zanesville City Directory 1933-1934

Page 137

Bohn, Fred A. (Mary L.) (Bohn & Kern) h 2264 Maple Ave.

Page 138

Bohn & Kern (F. A. Bohn) plumbers 36 S. 3rd.

 

From the book,  "Investigating Our Heritage"

By Dorothy (Aitken) Bohn, 1978

   Frederick A. "Fisher" Bohn was born in the old Third Ward (Underwood Street) in Zanesville, Ohio, November 21, 1868.

   Some time in years he was employed in lighting the gas street lamps, using a ladder to do so.

   He used a ladder again, this time carrying an oil can, to grease the trolley line wheels. Later he would invent a self-oiling trolley line wheel which was soon copied by established  manufacturers.

   In July 1891 at the age of 23, Fisher married Mary Louis "Molly" Eschman 22, in Zanesville, Ohio. The following year with Joseph & Kern, he purchased the plumbing and heating business of Charles Haas, then located at 715 Main Street.

   The first job of the new firm known as Bohn & Kern was to install a water line to 1539 May Street, a house later acquired by George and Elizabeth Aitken. Fisher dug the ditch for this by hand. (This house has a third claim to distinction. Howard Chandler Christy, later famous as artist and illustrator, rented a room there as a young man).

   At about the same time  Fisher went into partnership with Joseph Kern, he became a partner in the Dockray Brass and Iron Company with Henry B., Dockray and Louis Wise. (Fisher's son would bear the middle name of "Louis" from this latter partner). He early disposed of his interests in the Dockray Company to devote his attention to Bohn & Kern.

   Another major business venture came in 1911 with the purchase on borrowed money of the Sixth Street bridge just before it was torn down. He immediately sold it to a junk dealer. Among his effects is a receipted 30-day bank note for $3,700.00 for which his mother Mary signed as chief guarantor.

   Early in his business career he moved Bohn & Kern to 34-36 South Third Street. In 1938 his son Fred L. joined him in the business which had been founded 45 years ago. (At the time of this writing 1978).

   At the time Fred L. joined him, in addition to the plumbing and heating activities, he specialized in the manufacture of water softeners, water tank heaters and pipe repair couplers.

   Fisher designed numerous items for the plumbing business and turned out fine work on the lathe. He designed a water softener with an up-flow, when others were making down-flow, and his design Later became standard for the major manufacturer of this item. He developed pneumatic water systems for rural areas as well as other supplies.

   In 1926, Joseph Kern became ill and sold his interest to his partner. Fisher added stokers and their installation, furnaces and the sale of air conditioners. He enlarged his business to become a general plumbing and supply company to serve both wholesalers. He purchased a larger building at 54 South Third Street (a former mule barn) and moved his business into it. Later he bought two apartment buildings, one on South Street and one on the corner of South and Third Streets. After his son joined him he bought a commercial garage next to 54 South Third Street and thus owned one-quarter block of land and buildings.

   At seventy years of age he had a near-fatal bout with pneumonia, and it was then he turned to his son Fred L. to invite him to join the business firm.

 

The Times Recorder

Wed. February 11, 1959

Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

(obituary)

F. A. BOHN DIES; RITES ON THURSDAY

   Funeral services for Fred A. "Fisher" Bohn, 90, of 1264 Maple Avenue, one of the city's oldest active business men, will be held at 9:30 a.m. Thursday in St. Nicholas Catholic Church. Burial will be in Mt. Olive Cemetery.

   Mr. Bohn, founder of the Bohn and Kern Plumbing Company at 53rd South Third Street, died at 3:45 a.m. Tuesday in Good Samaritan Hospital.

   Mr. Bohn had been admitted to the hospital on January 11 after he was injured at the South Third Street address when the brakes failed on his parked auto and he was struck as it rolled down an incline. Mr. Bohn suffered a broken hip in the accident.

   A native of Zanesville, he was born November 21,1868, a son of Frederick J. and Mary W. (M.?) Bohn. He learned the plumbing and heating business while a young man and in 1892, in partnership with Joseph Kern, founded the Bohn and Kern Plumbing Company on upper Main Street. The late Mr. Kern disposed of his interests in 1925.

   Later the company moved to South Third Street and Mr. Bohn was joined in the business by his son, Fred L. in addition to the plumbing business they also managed the Bohn Manufacturing Company. Mr. Bohn remained active in the business until he was injured a month ago.

   Mr. Bohn was a member of the St. Nicholas Catholic Church, the Purgatorial Society and the Knights of Columbus. He was the oldest living past exalted ruler of the Elks Lodge here. His son, Fred, was a national head of the Elks in 1956.

   Mr. Bohn's wife, the former Mary L. Eschman, whom he married July 15,1891, died July 4,1945.

   Surviving in addition to the son of 1016 Sunset Avenue, are three granddaughters, Mrs. Thomas Koechlin of 1021 Convers Avenue, Sister Mary Dorris, a novitiate at St. Mary of the Springs Convent in Columbus, and Miss Rosemary Bohn of 1016 Sunset Avenue, and two great-grandsons, William and John Koechlin.

   The Elks Lodge will hold services at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Forest  Avenue Chapel of Bolin-Bryan Funeral Home where the Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m.  

 

More About Frederick "Fisher" Andrew Bohn:

Burial: February 12, 1959, Mt. Olive Cemetery,  Washington Township, Muskingum County, Ohio

Fact 1: Inscription on headstone reads "F. A. Bohn, 1868 - 1959"

 

Notes for Mary "Molly" Louise Eschman:

The Times Recorder

Thurs. July 5, 1945

Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

(obituary)

   Mrs. Mary L. Bohn, 75, wife of Fred A. Bohn, of the Bohn and Kern Supply Company, died at 5 o'clock p.m. Wednesday evening at her home on North Maple Avenue following a lingering illness of complications.

   Mrs. Bohn was born in Brush Creek Township and was a life long resident of Muskingum County. A member of St. Nicholas Catholic Church, she belonged to the Alter and Purgatorial societies of the church.

   Surviving in addition to her husband are one son, Fred L. Bohn, of 1016 Sunset avenue; four sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Meier of Bluff Street, Mrs. Fred Stremmel of Market Street, Mrs. William T. Meloy of Maysville Avenue, and Mrs. John Ketelson, of South Pasadena, Calif.; one brother, Harry Eschman of Caldwell; three grandchildren, Mary Beth, Martha and Rosemary Bohn and several nieces and nephews.

   The body will be returned to the residence late this afternoon from the Mader-Peoples Funeral Home.

 

More About Mary "Molly" Louise Eschman:

Burial: July 07, 1945, Mt. Olive Cemetery,  Washington Township, Muskingum County, Ohio

Fact 1: Inscription on headstone reads "Mary Bohn, 1869 - 1945"

  

Children of Frederick Bohn and Mary Eschman are:

   42     i.  Helena4 Bohn.

 

More About Helena Bohn:

Fact 1: She died as an infant.

 

+  43    ii.  Fred Louis Bohn, born May 08, 1902 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio; died June 06, 1969 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. (Good Samaritain Hospital).

 

 

Generation No. 4

 

   32.  Frank Christian4 Bohn (Henry3, Charles2, Christian1) was born August 08, 1897 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, and died July 12, 1963 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. (Good Samaritan Hospital).  He married (1) Kathryn Lucille Hempfling April 07, 1923 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, daughter of Joseph Hempfling and Rose Kennedy.  She was born July 25, 1904 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, and died March 30, 1931 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. (Good Samaritan Hospital).  He married (2) Grace Louise Melvin May 07, 1932 in Muskingum County, Ohio, daughter of Jesse Melvin and Margaret Houlihan.  She was born March 20, 1890 in Zanesville , Muskingum County, Ohio, and died March 28, 1984 in Reynoldsburg. (Monterey Yorkshire Nursing Home).  He married (3) Margaret Emily Woods Aft. May 07, 1932, daughter of James Woods and Grace Brill.  She was born June 03, 1912 in Muskingum County, Ohio, and died March 06, 2002 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio.

 

Notes for Frank Christian Bohn:

The Zanesville City Directory 1930-1931

Page 153

Bohn, Frank (Kathryn L) (Frank Bohn & Bros) h 117 N. 7th, Phone 456

Bohn, Frank & Bros. (Frank and Charles L.) plumbing contractors, wholesale and retail plumbing and heating supplies, distributors of Kohler electric plants and electric equipment dealers, electric, gas driven and hand operated water pumps and wind mills, Arcola steam and hot water heating plants 117 N. 7th, Phone 456

 

The Zanesville City Directory 1933-1934

Page 137

Bohn, Frank & Bros. (Frank C. and Charles L.) plumbers and dealers in water softeners, electrical equipment, pumps etc. 117 N. 7th, Phone 456.

Bohn, Frank C. (Grace L.) (Frank Bohn & Bros.) mgr. Luby's Cigar Store & Soda Grill h 117 N. 7th.

Bohn, Mrs. Grace L. propr. Luby's Cigar Store & Soda Grill h 117 N. 7th.

 

The Times Recorder

Sat. July 13, 1963

Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

(obituary)

   Frank Christian Bohn, 65, of 1930 Dresden road, a retired Plumbing Shop Operator, died at Good Samaritan Hospital at 6:27 p.m. Friday following an illness of five months. He had been a patient at the hospital since June 26.

   Mr. Bohn was born August 8, 1897, in Zanesville, a son of the late Henry and Mary L. Bohn. He operated a plumbing shop on Pershing Road at the time of his retirement in 1958.

   Mr. Bohn was a member of St. Nicholas Catholic Church; American Legion Post 29; Eagles Lodge 302; Zanesville master plumbers association; Ohio State Association of Master Plumbers and the National Association of Master Plumbers. He served as president of the Ohio State Association of Master Plumbers in 1947-48.

   Surviving are his widow, Margaret Bohn of the home; two sons, Frank J. Bohn of 2229 Dresden road and James C. Bohn of the home; a daughter, Miss Phyllis Bohn of Memphis, Tenn.; a brother, Charles L. Bohn of Pleasant Grove road; three sisters, Mrs. (Edna) Parker Lowell of Atlanta, Georgia, Mrs. (Mary) Roy Gallagher of Birmingham, Alabama, and Mrs. (Anna) Herman Paul of Rt. 5; and a granddaughter, Susan Bohn of 2229 Dresden Road.

   The body is at Forest Avenue Chapel of Bolin-Bryan Funeral Home where friends may call 7 to 9 p.m. today and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday.

 

More About Frank Christian Bohn:

Burial: Mt. Olive Cemetery, Washington Township, Muskingum County, Ohio

Fact 1: Inscription on headstone reads "Frank C. Bohn, 1897 - 1963"

 

Notes for Kathryn Lucille Hempfling:

The Times Recorder

Tues. March 31, 1931

Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

(obituary)

   Many friends and acquaintances were shocked by the sudden and unexpected death of Mrs. Kathryn Lucy Bohn, 26, of 117 North Seventh Street, which occurred at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon in Good Samaritan Hospital, following an operation.

   Mrs. Bohn was the wife of Frank C. Bohn of the Frank Bohn & Brothers Plumbing Company of North Seventh Street. She was a member of St. Nicholas Catholic Church.

   Surviving are her mother, Mrs. Rose Hempfling of 226 South Seventh Street; her husband and two children. Frank Jr., and Phyllis at home; three sisters: Mrs. Florence Lyon, 28 McIntire Avenue; Mrs. Alice West, 1012 Elm Street; Miss Alma Hempfling, 226 South Seventh Street; two brothers, John E. Hempfling of 228 South Seventh Street; Joseph A. Hempfling, of 521 Lenox Avenue.

   The body will be at the late home, 117 North Seventh Street, Tuesday afternoon. Funeral services will be held at 8 a.m. Wednesday at St. Nicholas Catholic Church, after which the body will be returned to the home to remain until 10 a.m. Thursday when burial will be made in Mt. Olive Cemetery. C. A. Keck is in charge.

 

More About Kathryn Lucille Hempfling:

Burial: April 02, 1931, Mt. Olive Cemetery, Washington Township, Muskingum County, Ohio

Fact 1: Inscription on headstone reads "Mother, Kathryn L. Bohn, 1904 - 1931"

 

Notes for Grace Louise Melvin:

She married Harry Luby January 27, 1913 here in Muskingum County, Ohio. Harry Luby owned the Luby Smoke House on N. Third Street here in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. Harry Luby died September 29, 1928. He was found upstairs in a room, Red Synan who use to work at the Smoke House told me this about 1993. Grace was then married to Frank C. Bohn.

 

The Zanesville City Directory 1933-1934

Page 137

Bohn, Grace L. propr Luby's Cigar Store & Soda Grill h 117 N. 7th.

 

The Times Recorder

Fri. March 30, 1984

(Grace's obituary)

 

More About Grace Louise Melvin:

Burial: Mt. Olive Cemetery, Washington Township, Muskingum County, Ohio

 

Notes for Margaret Emily Woods:

The Times Recorder

Fri. March 8, 2002

Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

(obituary)

   Margaret Emily Woods Bohn, 89, passed away Wednesday, March 6, 2002, at Cedar Hill Care Center, Zanesville.

   Born June 3, 1912, in Zanesville, to the late James and Grace Brill Woods. Mrs. Woods-Bohn was a lifelong resident of Zanesville. She was a homemaker, business manager for Bohn Heating and Plumbing, and served as a receptionist for Dr. Buckner. She was a member of Pleasant Grove United Methodist, the Pleasant Grove Grange, volunteered for the Salvation Army, enjoyed gardening and playing euchre.

   She is survived by a son, James Christian (Mary Kay) Bohn of Rochester, Minn.; two grandchildren, Mary Catherine "Katie" Bohn and Patrick James Both of Omaha, Neb.; and her extended family, Susan Bohn (Jeff) Childers of Zanesville.

   Margaret was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Frank Christian Bohn; and a sister, Ada Archer Woods Osler.

   Calling hours will be 2 to 4 and 6:30 to 8 p.m Sunday at Bryan Funeral Home, 2318 Maple Avenue.

   Services will be at 10 a.m Monday at Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church with Pastor Mike Baldwin officiating. For information, visit the Web site at www.bryanfuneralhome.com.

 

More About Margaret Emily Woods:

Burial: March 11, 2002, Pleasant Grove Church Cemetery, Washington Township, Muskingum County, Ohio

  

Children of Frank Bohn and Kathryn Hempfling are:

+  44     i.  Frank Joseph5 Bohn, born July 21, 1923 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio; died February 04, 2000 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio.

   45    ii.  Infant Bohn, born June 06, 1924 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio; died June 06, 1924 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio.

 

More About Infant Bohn:

Burial: June 06, 1924, Mt. Olive Cemetery, Washington Township, Muskingum County, Ohio

Fact 1: Baby has no headstone.

 

   46   iii.  Phyllis Kathryn Bohn, born April 29, 1925 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio; died April 03, 2003 in Winter Garden, Florida.

 

Notes for Phyllis Kathryn Bohn:

The Orlando Sentinial

Orlando, Florida

April 6, 2003

(obituary)

   Phyllis Kathryn Bohn, Lt. Cmdr., U.S. Navy Retired, age 77, of Orlando passed away on April 3, 2003 in Winter Garden. She was born April 29, 1925 in Zanesville, Ohio to Frank and Kathryn Bohn. She was a graduate of St. Nicholas School and Good Samaritan School of Nursing in Zanesville, Ohio and Baylor University School of Anesthesia. She also was a graduate of Career Academy School of Broadcasting. Cmdr. Bohn served in U.S. Navy and was stationed at: Portsmouth, Virginia; San Diego, California; Cardova, California; Honolulu, Hawaii, Kwajalein; U.S.S. Consolation; Chelsea, Massachusetts; Dallas, Texas; Oakland, California; Mare Island, California; Treasure Island, California. She also enjoyed her work as an anesthetist at Baptist Memorial in Memphis, Tennessee and Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, Maryland. She retired to Orlando in 1968 and enjoyed doing volunteer nursing at Edgewood Children's Ranch as well as doing part time as a nurse at Walt Disney World. She was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church and sang in the choir there for several years. She was an avid boater and loved gardening, especially raising orchids and roses. Graveside services will be held at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors on Monday, May 5, 2003 at 9AM. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Edgewood Children's Ranch, 1451 Edgewood Ranch Road, Orlando, FL 32835. Arrangements entrusted to Woodlawn Funeral Home (407) 293-1361.

 

More About Phyllis Kathryn Bohn:

Burial: Arlington National Cemetery, Washington D.C.

 

  

Child of Frank Bohn and Margaret Woods is:

+  47     i.  James Christian5 Bohn, born November 16, 1947 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. (Good Samaritan Hospital).

 

 

   35.  Anna Mary4 Bohn (Henry3, Charles2, Christian1) was born May 18, 1904 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, and died February 08, 1986 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. (Good Samaritan Hospital).  She married Herman J. Paul March 14, 1924 in St. Nicholas Catholic Church, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, son of Peter Paul and Margaret Fattler.  He was born August 16, 1899 in Wayne Township, Muskingum County, Ohio, and died March 18, 1987 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. (Cedar Hills Nursing Home).

 

Notes for Anna Mary Bohn:

The Times Recorder

Sun. February 9, 1986

Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

(obituary)

   Mrs. Anna M. Paul, 81, of Culbertson Road, died at 5:10 p.m. Saturday, February 8, 1986, in Good Samaritan Medical Center following a six month illness.

   Mrs. Paul was a member of St. Nicholas Catholic Church and Auxiliary Knights of St John.

   She was born May 19, 1904, in Zanesville, a daughter of the late Henry Bohn and Mary L. (Niebel) Bohn.

   Surviving are her husband, Herman J. Paul Sr., whom she married March 14, 1924; two daughters, Mrs. Marjorie Michel of Adamsville Road, and Mrs. Patricia Higley of Seborn Avenue; three sons, Herman J. Paul Jr. of Fort Pierce, Florida, Richard H. of Walnut Hills Drive and Daniel J. Paul of Chandlersville; 17 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Edna Lowell and Mrs. Mary Gallagher, both of Atlanta, Georgia and a brother, Charles L. Bohn of Pleasant Grove Road.

   Friends may call 7 to 9 p.m. Monday and 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Hillis Funeral Home where Christian Wake services will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday.  

 

 

More About Anna Mary Bohn:

Burial: Mt. Olive Cemetery, Washington Township, Muskingum County, Ohio

 

Notes for Herman J. Paul:

The Times Recorder

Thurs. March 19, 1987

Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

(obituary)

   Herman J. Paul Sr., formerly of 2330 Culbertson Road, died at 7:18 a.m. Wednesday, March 18, 1987, at Cedar Hills Nursing Center, following a long illness.

   Mr. Paul was born August 16, 1899, in Muskingum County to Peter N. and Margaret (Fattler) Paul.

   He was a graduate of Meredith Business College, owned and operated the Highway Coal Company until he retired in 1970, and was a member of the St. Nicholas Catholic Church.

   He was preceded in death by his wife, Anna Mary (Bohn) Paul, on February 8, 1986.

   He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Marjorie Michel of Zanesville and Mrs. Patricia Higley of Zanesville; three sons, Herman J. Paul Jr. of Ft. Pierce Florida, Richard H. Paul of 470 Walnut Hills Drive and David J. Paul, of Chandlersville; 17 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.

   Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, March 20, at the Hillis Funeral Home. Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 21, at St. Nicholas Catholic church, Father Richard L. Metzger as celebrant. Burial will follow in Mt. Olive Cemetery.

   Christian wake services will be at 6:45 p.m. Friday, March 20, at the funeral home.

 

 

More About Herman J. Paul:

Burial: Mt. Olive Cemetery, Washington Township, Muskingum County, Ohio

Fact 1: Inscription on headstone reads, "Paul, Herman J.,  Aug. 16, 1899. Mar. 18, 1987. Anna M., May 18, 1904. Feb. 8, 1986"

  

Children of Anna Bohn and Herman Paul are:

+  48     i.  Marjorie Ann5 Paul, born October 17, 1924 in Muskingum County, Ohio.

+  49    ii.  Herman J. Paul, born October 16, 1925 in Muskingum County, Ohio.

+  50   iii.  Richard Henry Paul, born December 31, 1926 in Muskingum County, Ohio.

+  51    iv.  Daniel Jude Paul, born January 20, 1938 in Muskingum County, Ohio.

   52     v.  Patricia Marie Paul, born March 11, 1944 in Muskingum County, Ohio.  She married David Higley.

 

 

   36.  Charles Louis4 Bohn (Henry3, Charles2, Christian1) was born August 23, 1907 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. ( 88 Greenwood Avenue as the address was in 1907), and died December 26, 1996 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. (Good Samaritain Hospital).  He married Ora May Godfrey September 29, 1930 in St. Nicholas Catholic Church Rectory, Muskingum County, Zanesville, Ohio by Rev. A. L. Leininger, daughter of Wesley Godfrey and Lucy Wetherell.  She was born May 14, 1908 in Malta Township, Morgan County, Ohio, and died April 29, 1997 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. (Adam's Lane Care Center, 1856 Adams Ln.).

 

Notes for Charles Louis Bohn:

The Zanesville City Directory 1930-1931

Page 153

Bohn, Charles L. (Frank Bohn & Bros) h 987 Greenwood Ave.

 

The Zanesville City Directory 1933-1934

Page 137

Bohn, Charles L. (Ora) (Frank Bohn & Bros.) h 1139 Greenwood Ave.

 

The Times Recorder

Sat. December 28, 1996

Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

(obituary)

   Charles Louis Bohn, 89, of Zanesville, died at 11:45 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 26, 1996, at Good Samaritan Medical Center.

   Born Aug. 23, 1907, in Zanesville, he was a life member of the St. Nicholas Catholic Church, a member of the, Fraternal Order of Eagles for  71 years, and a member of Local 148 United Association of Plumbers and Pipe Fitters. Mr. Bohn was a Journeyman Plumber and a Pipe Fitter.

   Surviving are his wife, Ora M. (Godfrey) Bohn, whom he married Sept. 29, 1930; four sons, James H. Bohn of Zanesville, Charles J. Bohn of Zanesville, Paul A. Bohn of Mount Sterling, and Daniel T. Bohn of Zanesville; one sister, Mary R. Gallagher of Birmingham Ala.; eight grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

   He was preceded in death by his parents, Henry Bohn, Mary L. (Niebel) Bohn; one infant son, Charles Wm. Bohn; three sisters, Louisa Ann Bohn (infant), Anna M. Paul, K. Edna Lowell; and four brothers, Charles H. Bohn (infant), H. Herman Bohn, Frank C. Bohn, Edward W. Bohn.

   Calling hours will be 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, Dec. 30, 1996, at Bolin Funeral Home, 1271 Blue Ave., Zanesville, where Eagles Services will be at 6:30 p.m. Monday, and Christian Vigil services will be led by Rev. B. N. Peterson at 7 p.m. Monday.

    Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 31, 1996, at St. Nicholas Catholic Church, with Fr. Dwayne McNew as celebrant. Burial will be in Mount Olive Cemetery.

   Memorial contributions may be made to St. Nicholas School.

 

More About Charles Louis Bohn:

Baptism: Sept. 1, 1907 by Rev. Joseph J. Herman, Sponsors-Raymond Horn, Elizabeth Perone, St. Nicholas Catholic Church.

Burial: December 31, 1996, Mt. Olive Cemetery, Washington Township, Muskingum County, Ohio.

Fact 1: Inscription on headstone reads "Bohn, Charles L.  Aug. 23, 1907. Dec. 26, 1996. Ora M. May 14, 1908. April 29, 1997"

 

Notes for Ora May Godfrey:

The Times Recorder

Fri. May 1, 1997

Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

(obituary)

   Ora May Bohn, 88, of Zanesville, died at 3:34 p.m. Tuesday, April 29, 1997, at Adams Lane Care Center.

   Born May 14, 1908, in Malta, she was a member of St. Nicholas Catholic Church for more than 66 years and a retired Registered Nurse. She was affiliated with both Good Samaritan Medical Center and Bethesda Hospital. She graduated from Malta High School in 1927 and Bethesda Hospital School of Nursing in 1930. She was a member of the Ohio Nurses Association and served as Precinct Judge for Washington Township for many years.

   Surviving are four sons, James H. Bohn of Zanesville, Charles J. Bohn of Zanesville, Paul A. Bohn of Mount Sterling, Daniel T. Bohn of Zanesville; eight grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

   She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles L. Bohn, who died December 26, 1996; her parents, Wesley J. and Lucy E. (Wetherell) Godfrey, an infant son, Charles Wm. Bohn; two brothers Herman Godfrey and Karl Godfrey; and her step-mother, Oma  (Hiatt) Lyons Godfrey.

   Calling hours will be 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, May 2, 1997, at Bolin Funeral Home, 1271 Blue Ave.

   Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 3, 1997, at St. Nicholas Catholic Church with Father Dwayne McNew as celebrant. Burial will be in Mount Olive Cemetery in Zanesville.

   Memorial contributions may be made to St. Nicholas School or Good Samaritan Hospice.

 

More About Ora May Godfrey:

Burial: May 03, 1997, Mt. Olive Cemetery, Washington Township, Muskingum County, Ohio.

Fact 1: Inscription on headstone reads "Bohn, Charles L. Aug. 23, 1907. Dec. 26, 1996. Ora M. May 14, 1908. April 29, 1997"

Fact 2: Her middle name is spelled "May" on the back of her baby picture. (Her mother's handwriting)

  

Children of Charles Bohn and Ora Godfrey are:

   53     i.  Charles William5 Bohn, born May 05, 1931 in Zanesville , Muskingum County, Ohio. (Bethesda Hospital); died May 05, 1931 in Zanesville , Muskingum County, Ohio. (Bethesda Hospital).

 

More About Charles William Bohn:

Burial: Mt. Olive Cemetery, Washington Township, Muskingum County, Ohio

Fact 1: Inscription on headstone reads, "Charles Wm. Bohn, Died May 5, 1931, Infant son of Charles & Ora." (The family all went together and bought him a flat headstone. They set the headstone on Aug. 13, 1999).

 

+  54    ii.  James Henry Bohn, born February 01, 1933 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. (Bethesda Hospital); died July 10, 1997 in Washington Township, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. (2760 Boggs Road).

+  55   iii.  Charles Joseph Bohn, born November 21, 1934 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. (Bethesda Hospital); died August 23, 2004 in Washington Township, Muskingum County, Ohio.

+  56    iv.  Paul Albert Bohn, born June 18, 1943 in Zanesville , Muskingum County Ohio. (Bethesda Hospital).

+  57     v.  Daniel Thomas Bohn, born July 10, 1949 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. (Bethesda Hospital).

 

 

   37.  Mary Rose4 Bohn (Henry3, Charles2, Christian1) was born March 16, 1914 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. (37 Greenwood Avenue), and died April 29, 2000 in Birmingham, Alabama.  She married Roy S. Gallagher June 16, 1934 in St. Nicholas Catholic Church in Zanesville Muskingum County, Ohio by Fr. A. L. Leinginer.  He died September 07, 1982 in Dunwoody, Atlanta, Georgia.

 

Notes for Mary Rose Bohn:

The Zanesville City Directory 1930-1931

Page 153

Bohn, Mary R. student h 987 Greenwood Ave.

 

The Zanesville City Directory 1933-1934

Page 138

Bohn, Mary R. with Frank Bohn & Bros. h 1137 Greenwood Ave.

 

More About Mary Rose Bohn:

Baptism: March 22, 1914, St. Nicholas Catholic Church, Muskingum Co., Zanesville, Ohio. By Fr. A. C. Bauer. Sponsers were Carl Frost & Adelaide Frost.

Burial: Arlington Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia

 

More About Roy S. Gallagher:

Burial: September 10, 1982, Arlington Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia

  

Child of Mary Bohn and Roy Gallagher is:

+  58     i.  Parker L.5 Gallagher.

 

 

   41.  Mary4 Bohn (Sebastian George3, Charles2, Christian1)  She married Homer Baker. 

 

Notes for Mary Bohn:

She could be a stepchild of Sebastian Bohn

 

The Zanesville City Directory 1930-1931

Page 132

Baker, Homer J. (Mary) h 1546 Bluff

 

Notes for Homer Baker:

The Zanesville City Directory 1930-1931

Page 132

Baker, Homer J. (Mary) h 1546 Bluff

  

Child of Mary Bohn and Homer Baker is:

   59     i.  Jean5 Baker.

 

 

   43.  Fred Louis4 Bohn (Frederick "Fisher" Andrew3, Frederick J.2, Christian1) was born May 08, 1902 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, and died June 06, 1969 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. (Good Samaritain Hospital).  He married Dorothy Aitken October 28, 1931 in Muskingum County, Ohio, daughter of George Aitken and Elizabeth McQuiston.  She was born March 06, 1910 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and died November 29, 1992 in Columbus, Ohio.

 

Notes for Fred Louis Bohn:

The Zanesville City Directory 1930-1931

Page 153

Bohn, Fred L. managing editor Signal h e s Maple Ave. ext., R D 1.

 

The Zanesville City Directory 1933-1934

Page 137

Bohn, Fred L. (Dorothy M.) managing editor Signal h 1264 Maple

 

The Times Recorder

Sat. June 7, 1969

Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

(obituary)

FRED L. BOHN DIES; DEMOCRATIC LEADER

   When Fred L. Bohn was managing editor of the old Zanesville Signal, his voice would boom out in the newsroom: "GET IT FIRST, BUT FIRST GET IT RIGHT!"

   Since those days Fred L. Bohn's voice was heard in many high places in the nation as his distinguished career carried him to the top office in the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks in the United States.

   A leader in affairs of the Democratic party, he was one politician who was completely honest in dealing with his fellow men.

   At 3:05 a.m. Friday June 6, Fred Bohn died at Good Samaritan Hospital where he was admitted Tuesday. He was 67 years old and resided at 2990 Fairway lane.

   The body is at Blue avenue Chapel of Bolin Funeral Home where friends may call 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday. The Rosary will be recited there at 8 p.m. Sunday. Elks Lodge will hold services Sunday evening.

   Requiem high mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Nicholas Catholic Church and burial will be in Mt. Olive Cemetery.

   Mr. Bohn, a lifelong Democrat, was a past chairman of the Muskingum County Executive Committee and a former chairman of the Muskingum County Board of Elections.

   He served as State Finance Chairman for John Glenn during the brief entry into politics of America's first astronaut to orbit the earth. Glenn had announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate but was forced to withdraw after suffering a fall in his apartment.

   Mr. Bohn at one time served as managing editor of the old Zanesville, Signal, leaving that post in 1938 to join his father in the Bohn & Kern plumbing business on South Third street which he was operating at the time of his death.

   A native of Zanesville, Mr. Bohn was born May 8,1902, the only son of the late Fred A. and Mary (Eschmann) Bohn.

   He received his early education at St. Nicholas Parochial School and was graduated from Zanesville High School in 1920. He later attended Miami University at Oxford, Ohio, and  Ohio State University. Then he joined the staff of the Signal as a reporter. His advancement in the newspaper field was steady and he served as sports editor, and ultimately managing editor, succeeding the late Joseph R. Downs.

   Mr. Bohn served in the various chairs of the Local Elks Lodge and was elected Exalted Ruler in 1928. Five years later he was elected president of the Ohio Elks Association and in 1956 he was named Grand Exalted Ruler at the Lodge's annual convention in Chicago. The top job in Elkdom required Mr. Bohn to travel more than 100,000 miles making official visits to virtually every state in the union.

   During his term as head of the lodge, the organization inaugurated the promotion of a campaign for Juvenile Decency as opposed to Juvenile Delinquency, a program which met with marked success.

   In addition to his affiliation with the Elks he was a past president of the Rotary, member of the Zanesville Country Club, a Fourth Degree member of the Knights of Columbus, a member of the Zanesville Area Chamber of Commerce, a director of the Muskingum Motor Club, director and past president of the Muskingum County Tuberculosis and Health Association and served on the advisory committee at Good Samaritan Hospital.

   Mr. Bohn also belonged to St. Nicholas Catholic Church, the Eagles Lodge, American Legion, the Ohio Democratic Club and was a member-at-large of the National Council of Boy Scouts. He was also a former member of the Ohio Advisory Council of the Small Business Administration.

   He was active in any number of civic affairs, assisting in the organization of the Schoolboy Patrol, Industrial Foundation, Milk Fund, Crippled Children's Committee and Little Theater Guild. He also served as chairman of the  Community and War Chest campaigns during World War II.

   Surviving are his widow, the former Dorothy Aitken; three daughters, Mrs. (Mary Beth) R. Thomas Koechlin of Jacksonville, Fla.; Mrs. (Martha) John Gallahue of New York City and Mrs. (Rosemary) Michael Mullen of Honolulu; seven grandchildren; and a number of cousins.

  

  

 

 

More About Fred Louis Bohn:

Burial: June 09, 1969, Mt. Olive Cemetery, Washington Township, Muskingum County, Ohio

Fact 1: Inscription on headstone reads "Fred L. Bohn, 1902 - 1969"

 

Notes for Dorothy Aitken:

The Zanesville Signal

Muskingum County, Ohio

Mon. July 25, 1925

Chit-Chat section

   Miss Dorothy Aitken of the Colonial apartments in Putnam has returned home after visiting in Springfield, Ohio.

  

Children of Fred Bohn and Dorothy Aitken are:

   60     i.  Rosemary5 Bohn, born in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio.

   61    ii.  Mary Elizabeth Bohn, born August 29, 1934 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio.

   62   iii.  Martha Jean Bohn, born November 27, 1938 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio.

 

 

Generation No. 5

 

   44.  Frank Joseph5 Bohn (Frank Christian4, Henry3, Charles2, Christian1) was born July 21, 1923 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, and died February 04, 2000 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio.  He married (1) Gloria B. Ziegler June 07, 1947 in Muskingum County, Ohio, daughter of George Ziegler and Louise Kull.  She was born July 06, 1925 in Zanesville , Muskingum County, Ohio, and died March 04, 1995 in Columbus, Ohio. (Grant Medical Center).  He met (2) Mildred Uphold Abt. 1964. 

 

Notes for Frank Joseph Bohn:

From the book, "Muskingum County Men And Women In World War II"

by Norris F. Schneider

Published by the Times Recorder and The Zanesville Signal, 1947

Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

Page 269

   Bohn, Frank Joseph, Sgt. Army A. F., Dec. 15, 1942 - Feb. 8, 1946; BPS Central Europe; Theater Ribbon Am, EAME w/1 Brs; Air Medal.

 

The Times Recorder

Sun. February 6, 2000

Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

(obituary)

   Frank Joseph Bohn, 76, of Zanesville, died at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 4, 2000, at his residence.

   Born July 21, 1923, in Zanesville, he was a retired master plumber and pipe fitter. He was a member of the Plumbers and Pipe Fitters Union 95, a Catholic by faith and a World War II veteran. Mr. Bohn was a crew member on a B17 bomber during World War II, stationed in England. He was a member of VFW George Selsam Post 1058, American Legion of Coshocton and Fraternal Order of Eagles 302.

   Surviving are his longtime friend and companion for 36 years, Mildred Uphold, with whom he made his home; her daughter and son-in-law, Jane and Jeff Longaberger of Dresden; her son, Jim Uphold of Zanesville; her grandchildren, Monica Stomps, Mindy Gibson, Katie Ross and Chad, Jared and Amanda Uphold; one daughter and son-in-law, Susan and Jeff Childers; one sister, Lt. Commander Phyllis Bohn of Florida; a half brother, James Bohn of Rochester, Minn.; and one grandson, Scott Childers.

   He was preceded in death by his parents, Frank C. and Kathryn (Hempfling) Bohn.

   Calling hours will be 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 7, 2000, at Bolin Funeral Home, 1271 Blue Avenue.

   Services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2000, at the funeral home with Pastor Herb Perry officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Olive Cemetery with VFW George Selsam Post 1058 holding military services.

 

More About Frank Joseph Bohn:

Burial: February 08, 2000, Mt. Olive Cemetery, Washington Township, Muskingum County, Ohio

Fact 1: Inscription on headstone reads "Frank J. Bohn, Sgt. U. S. Army World War II. July 21, 1923 - Feb. 4, 2000"

 

Notes for Gloria B. Ziegler:

The Times Recorder

Mon. March 6, 1995

Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

(obituary)

   Zanesville - Gloria B. Edwards, 69, of Zanesville, died at 6:21 p.m. Saturday, March 4, 1995, at Grant Medical Center in Columbus.

   Born July 6, 1925, in Zanesville, she was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church and a retired laboratory secretary at Bethesda Hospital.

   Surviving are a daughter, Susan Childers of Wooster; a grandson, Scott Childers of Akron; a brother, Karl G. Ziegler of Zanesville; and a half sister, Elizabeth Barkdull of Shelby.

   Preceding her in death were her parents, George M. and Louise M. (Kull) Ziegler.

   Calling hours will be 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, March 7, 1995, at Bryon Funeral home, 2318 Maple Avenue.

   Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 8, 1995, at the funeral home, with Pastor Larry R. Kudart officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.

 

More About Gloria B. Ziegler:

Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

  

Child of Frank Bohn and Gloria Ziegler is:

   63     i.  Susan Lynn6 Bohn.  She married Jeff Childers.

 

 

   47.  James Christian5 Bohn (Frank Christian4, Henry3, Charles2, Christian1) was born November 16, 1947 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. (Good Samaritan Hospital).  He married (1) Betty Abt. 1977.    He married (2) Mary K. Hyde October 28, 1989 in Elkhorn, Nebraska.  She was born January 22, 1953 in Emmetsburg, Iowa.

  

Children of James Bohn and Betty are:

   64     i.  Patrick James6 Bohn, born January 05, 1978 in Omaha, Nebraska. (St. Joseph Hospital).

   65    ii.  Mary Katherine "Katie" Bohn, born May 15, 1980 in Omaha, Nebraska. (St. Joseph's Hospital).

 

 

   48.  Marjorie Ann5 Paul (Anna Mary4 Bohn, Henry3, Charles2, Christian1) was born October 17, 1924 in Muskingum County, Ohio.  She married John Cletus Michel October 05, 1946 in St. Nicholas Catholic Church, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, son of Edward Michel and Catherine Crum. 

  

Children of Marjorie Paul and John Michel are:

   66     i.  Daniel E.6 Michel.  He married Donna M. Greiner May 20, 1978; born October 24, 1954 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio; died October 23, 2003 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio.

 

Notes for Donna M. Greiner:

The Times Recorder

Sat. October 25, 2003

Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

(obituary)

 

ZANESVILLE -- Donna M. Greiner Michel, 48, of Chandlersville, died at 10:25 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23, 2003 at Genesis Hospice, Morrison House after a long illness.

   She was born Sunday, Oct. 24, 1954, in Zanesville,the daughter of Wayne R. and Rita A. Mercer Greiner. She was married to Daniel E. Michel on Saturday, May 20, 1978. A member of St. Nicholas Catholic Church. She was employed as a secretary with Pro-Muskingum. She was a 1972 graduate of Bishop Rosecrans High School and a 1974 graduate of Muskingum Area Technical College.

   She is survived by her husband of the home; her parents; a daughter, Melissa A. Michel of the home.

   Visitation will be from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. with Christian Vigil at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Hillis & Hardwick Funeral Home, 935 Forest Ave.

   Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Nicholas Catholic Church with Father Leo L. Connolly as celebrant. Burial will be at Mt. Olive Cemetery.

   Memorial contributions can be made to the Genesis Hospice, Morrison House, 713 Forest Ave., Zanesville, OH 43701.

   Send a personal condolence note or sign the on line register book at www.hillishardwickfh.com.

 

 

 

More About Donna M. Greiner:

Burial: October 27, 2003, Mt. Olive Cemetery, Washington Township, Muskingum County, Ohio

 

   67    ii.  Marianne K. Michel.

   68   iii.  Robert Michel.

   69    iv.  Jim Richard Michel, born September 13, 1951.

   70     v.  Herbert Joseph Michel, born August 16, 1953 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio.  He married Teddy Hess August 20, 1977 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio; born November 15, 1955.

 

Notes for Teddy Hess:

Children's full names, parent's marriage & birth dates were given to me by Herb's wife Teddy Hess Michel on September 18, 2002.

 

   71    vi.  Mark Michel, born 1958.

   72   vii.  John Michel, born 1960.

 

 

   49.  Herman J.5 Paul (Anna Mary4 Bohn, Henry3, Charles2, Christian1) was born October 16, 1925 in Muskingum County, Ohio.  He married Jean Weidig August 28, 1946 in St. Nicholas Catholic Church, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio by Fr. Joseph Bender, daughter of Robert Weidig and Ruby. 

 

Notes for Herman J. Paul:

The Times Recorder

Wed. August 28, 1946

Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

WEIDIG - PAUL VOWS THIS MORNING

   Miss Jean Weidig will become the bride of Herman J. Paul, Jr., in a ceremony at 7:45 o'clock this morning in St. Nicholas Catholic Church.

   Miss Mary Lou Weidig will be maid of honor for her sister. Russell Murphy will be best man for  Mr. Paul. Ushers for the open church ceremony will be Thomas Weidig, brother of the bride-elect and Stephen De Vol.

   Members of the immediate families and the bridal party will be entertained at breakfast following the ceremony in the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Weidig, Licking View.

   Mr. Paul is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman J. Paul of the North River Road.

  

Children of Herman Paul and Jean Weidig are:

   73     i.  Christina6 Paul.  She married Lucas.

   74    ii.  Diana Paul.  She married Marcano.

   75   iii.  Douglas Paul.

   76    iv.  Jennifer Paul.  She married Eaton.

   77     v.  Stephen Paul.

 

 

   50.  Richard Henry5 Paul (Anna Mary4 Bohn, Henry3, Charles2, Christian1) was born December 31, 1926 in Muskingum County, Ohio.  He married Jean Finley. 

  

Children of Richard Paul and Jean Finley are:

   78     i.  Jeff6 Paul.

   79    ii.  Vincent Edward Paul, born January 17, 1963 in Zanesville , Muskingum County, Ohio.

   80   iii.  Angela Kay Paul, born February 01, 1965 in Zanesville , Muskingum County, Ohio.

 

 

   51.  Daniel Jude5 Paul (Anna Mary4 Bohn, Henry3, Charles2, Christian1) was born January 20, 1938 in Muskingum County, Ohio.  He married Helen. 

  

Child of Daniel Paul and Helen is:

   81     i.  Michael6 Paul, born 1968 in Zanesville , Muskingum County, Ohio.

 

 

   54.  James Henry5 Bohn (Charles Louis4, Henry3, Charles2, Christian1) was born February 01, 1933 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. (Bethesda Hospital), and died July 10, 1997 in Washington Township, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. (2760 Boggs Road).  He married Janet Sue Severt December 29, 1962 in St. Nicholas Catholic Church, Zanesville Muskingum County, Ohio by Rev. Frank Meagher, daughter of Paul Severt and Parthine Donley.  She was born April 16, 1944 in Gallia County, Ohio, Dry Ridge Rd..

 

Notes for James Henry Bohn:

Enlisted in the Army, September 27, 1956

Transfer or Release from active duty from Fort Bragg, North Carolina on September 26, 1958

Honorable Discharge, August 31, 1962 (ER 52 414 373, PFC, USAR)

 

The Times Recorder

Fri. July 11, 1997

Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

(obituary)

   James H. Bohn Sr., 64, of Zanesville, died at 6:20 A.M. Thursday, July 10, 1997, at his residence.

   Born February 1, 1933, in Zanesville, he was a member of St. Nicholas Catholic Church and was a 2nd degree member of the Knights of Columbus. He was also a veteran Paratrooper of the 82nd Airborne Division, a past member of the Muskingum Home Builders Association, and he owned and operated Bohn Water Well Drilling until retiring in 1976.

   Surviving are his wife, Janet (Severt) Bohn, whom he married December 29, 1962; one daughter, Dianna S. Urogi of Zanesville; three sons and two daughters in-law, James H. and Darla J. Bohn Jr. of Adamsville, Phillip S. Bohn of Zanesville, and Darrin W. and Lisa P. Bohn of Zanesville; three brothers and two sisters in-law, Charles J. and Mary Bohn of Zanesville, Paul A. and Nancy L. Bohn of Mount Sterling, and Daniel T. Bohn of Zanesville; and three grandchildren, James H. III, Angela M. and Nicholas Bohn.

   He was preceded in death by his parents, Charles L. and Ora M. Godfrey Bohn; and one brother, Charles W. Bohn, who died in infancy.

   Calling hours will be 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. today at Bolin Funeral Home,  1271 Blue Ave., where Christian Vigil services will be at 5:30 p.m. today with Rev. Mr. B. N. Peterson officiating.

   Funeral mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 12, 1997, at St. Nicholas Catholic Church with Father Dwayne McNew as celebrant. Burial will be in Mount Olive Cemetery, where the VFW George Selsam Post 1058 will hold military services. Memorial contributions may be made to Genesis Good Samaritan Hospice or St. Nicholas Catholic Church.

 

More About James Henry Bohn:

Baptism: February 19, 1933, St. Nicholas Catholic Church by Rev. Joseph G. Bender. Sponsers were Herman and Anna Paul.

Burial: July 12, 1997, Mt. Olive Cemetery, Washington Township, Muskingum County, Ohio.

Fact 1: Inscription on headstone reads "Bohn, James H. Feb. 1, 1933. July 10, 1997."

First Communion: April 27, 1941, St. Nicholas Catholic Church by Rev. Joseph G. Bender, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio.

 

More About Janet Sue Severt:

Baptism: 1963, St. Nicholas Catholic Church by Rev. Frank Meagher.

  

Children of James Bohn and Janet Severt are:

   82     i.  James Henry6 Bohn, born March 26, 1964 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. (Good Samaritain Hospital).  He married Darla Jean Schneider May 23, 1987 in Dresden, Ohio. (Dresden Methodist Church); born April 05, 1967 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio.

   83    ii.  Phillip Scott Bohn, born February 12, 1965 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. (Good Samaritan Hospital).

 

More About Phillip Scott Bohn:

Confirmation: December 05, 1977, St. Nicholas Catholic Church, Bishop George Fulcher, Pastor James A. Walter.

First Communion: May 12, 1973, St. Nicholas Catholic Church by Pastor Linus J. Dury.

 

   84   iii.  Dianna Sue Bohn, born August 26, 1967 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. (Good Samaritan hospital).

   85    iv.  Darrin Wesley Bohn, born December 09, 1969 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. (Good Samaritan Hospital).  He married Lisa Paulette Heil April 17, 1993 in St. Nicholas Catholic Church, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio by Fr. Craig Eilerman; born November 05, 1968 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. (Good Samaritan Hospital).

 

More About Darrin Wesley Bohn:

First Communion: May 13, 1978, St. Nicholas Catholic Church, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio by Fr. James A. Walter.

 

 

   55.  Charles Joseph5 Bohn (Charles Louis4, Henry3, Charles2, Christian1) was born November 21, 1934 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. (Bethesda Hospital), and died August 23, 2004 in Washington Township, Muskingum County, Ohio.  He married Pyretta Mary Reid October 17, 1959 in St. Nicholas Catholic Church Zanesville, Ohio by Monsr. Linus Dury, daughter of Gordon Reid and Pyretta Waple.  She was born October 25, 1937.

 

Notes for Charles Joseph Bohn:

Note by Phillip S. Bohn, August 23, 2004 10:30 p.m

Uncle Charlie died early this morning around 3:00 a.m.

 

The Times Recorder

Tues. August 24, 2004

Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

(obituary)

 

ZANESVILLE -- Charles J. Bohn, 69, of Zanesville, went home to God at 3 a.m. Monday, Aug. 23, 2004, at his residence after an 11 year battle with Leukemia.

 

He was born Wednesday, Nov. 21, 1934, in Zanesville, to the late Charles L. and Ora Godfrey Bohn. He was a lifetime member of St. Nicholas Catholic Church and a graduate of Rosecrans High School. He served on the Saint Nicholas Church finance committee and was president of the Saint Nicholas School Board in the 1980s. He was also a lifetime member of the Knights of Columbus, serving as a former trustee. He served six years in the 342nd M.P.s Reserves, retiring as a sergeant. He retired after 42 years with Sears Roebuck and Co.

 

Surviving is his beloved wife of 44 years, Pyretta Mary Bohn, whom he married Oct. 17,1959; a daughter, Rebecca Ann (Tim) Matteson of Richwood; a son, Stephen C. (Angela) Bohn of Hillard; grandchildren, Jason, Valerie, Brian, and Aaron; and brothers, Paul (Nancy) Bohn of Mount Sterling, Daniel (Phyllis) Bohn of Zanesville.

 

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, James H. Bohn Sr.; and an infant brother, Charles William Bohn.

 

Calling hours will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 25, at the Hillis & Hardwick Funeral Home, 935 Forest Ave., with Christian Vigil services at 5 p.m.

 

Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 26, 2004, at St. Nicholas Catholic Church, with Father Robert Kitsmiller officiating. Burial will be in Mount Olive Cemetery.

 

In lieu of flowers, Charles wishes donations be made in his memory to the Leukemia Society or Genesis Hospice, Morrison House.

 

Send a personal condolence note or sign the online register book at www.hillishardwickfh.com.

 

Sat. September 25, 2004 (is when Becky sent this e-mail to me)

Becky's story, growing up with her father

As you all know, my dad went on his wonderful journey home.  I had written something about his life that I was going to read at the funeral.  I knew that I wouldn't be able to make it when it came to reading it, so I would like to share it with you now.

 

My dad passed away on August 23,2004.  Many of you don't know this, but this was also my Grandpa Bohn's birthday.  It's funny how God seems to pick a special day to bring someone home.  On the day before my dad died, I was finally inspired to write about his life.  I had put it off for a long time, but for some reason that only God knows, the stories just started running through my mind.  I think this is another one of God's plans.

 

Here is the story.

 

Growing up with a dad like mine, was one of the best childhoods that a daughter could ask for. I think about some of the wonderful memories that he gave to us. 

 

We've been on vacations to see places a child would love to see.  We've been to Disney World, Hershey PA, trips to see family and friends, and a trip to the beautiful backwoods of Canada.

 

I have memories from high school, where everyone knew my dad as a fun dad to be around.  We didn't have buses to take us to basketball games, track meets, and some of the other events at school.  It was a small group of parents that would always volunteer to be our chauffers.  When my dad was available to drive, we always had a car full of giggling teenagers.  He would laugh and joke with us, just like he was a teenager himself.  I still keep in touch with some of my friends from high school, and when would reminisce, the subject of my dad would always come up.  There would be memories to share and a giggle or two when they would think about some of his jokes and the smile he always had on his face.

 

Dad also had a commitment to his family and was always willing to do anything when the needed help with a project of just someone to talk to.  As a brother, son,father and husband, you couldn't ask for a better person.  I can only hope I can be half the person that he was.