I am reasearching the following surnames: THOMPSON,CLINGERMAN, COLE,COLEMAN,OVERFIELD,COLLINS,BRANNAN,WARD,EATON,WRIGHT,BROOKINS,HAAS,TROUT,CHAPMAN,BRUNER,CLARK,WOLFORD,AMRINE,THEW,
KETNER,BARNES,WARNER,CLINE,HARPEL,DYSERT,PENETON,SMITH,HEFFNER,
MONTGOMERY,DAWSON,REED,MILLER,JOHNSTON,CASE,BAUGHMAN,EDDY,
MOTT,CHURCHILL,BAGENSTOSE,MOORE,NUTTER,WHEELER,BAKER,
STRICKLER,CRABILL,HILEMAN,POWERS,BUTCHER,KEYES,PIERCE,
SINGER,MANAGHER,KIBLINGER,hOLLARD,DIVOL,BUCK,STRUM,PICONY,
DIEFFENDERFER,VATTIER,PRIDEAUX,AND BLACKLOCK
Many of the surnames I am researching are families who were in central and west central Ohio in the 1800's to the present. They were located primarily in the counties of Logan, Union, Champaign, Clark, Delaware, Marion, and Licking.
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- John Pearl and Myrtle Agnus Ward Coleman family (834 KB)
From left to right:John, Gilbert, Earl, Francis, and Myrtle holding Mildred
- Julie Marie Thompson --- our younger daughter (147 KB)
Julie graduated from Big Walnut High School in Sunbury, Ohio in 1996. Julie was an honorable mention all-Ohio volleyball player as a sophmore and first team all-Ohio in both her junior and senior years.
- Avis Eudora Collins Clingerman --- my grandmother (187 KB)
My grandmother died when my mother was six years old. I do not have many pictures of her. This is apparently a typical studio setting of the time.
- My grandfather --- Jonathan Franklin Clingerman (337 KB)
This picture of Frank with his dog Tippy was taken on his farm in Jefferson Township in Logan County, Ohio.
- Jodi Lynn Thompson --- our older daughter (78 KB)
Jodi graduated from Big Walnut High School in Sunbury where she was an All Ohio volleyball player in her senior year. She graduate from Miami University.
- Thompson --- four generation picture (124 KB)
From left to right: Gary, Paul, great grandad Jessie Overfield, and grandmother Marie Overfield Thompson.
- Paul Thompson --- my father (177 KB)
Paul graduated from Zanesfield High School in Zanesfield, Ohio in 1935. After graduation, he joined the CCC and spent time in Idaho.
- Linda Louise Cole Thompson (206 KB)
This is Linda's graduation picture. She graduated from Logan Hills High School in Zanesfield, Ohio.
- Jonathan Franklin Clingerman --- my grandfather (577 KB)
He went by the name of Frank. He is pictured here with his horses on the family farm. The boy is his son, Leon Kenneth Clingerman.
- Gary Eugene Thompson (138 KB)
Gary graduated from Logan Hills High School in Zanesfield, Ohio in 1962. He received a Ph.D. from The Ohio State University in June 1977.
- Jonathan Franklin Clingerman family home (139 KB)
The family home was located on county road 10 in Jefferson Township, Logan County, Ohio. Frank remodeled the house in the 1920's.
- Bry Thompson --- my grandfather (179 KB)
Bry was a craftsman who built a house when he was 14. It is appropriate that one of the few pictures we have of him shows him whittling.
- Family of Kenneth Cole (112 KB)
From left to right: Judy, Linda, Wilma, and Mildred Cole.
- Austa Marie Overfield Thompson --- my grandmother (165 KB)
She went by the name of Marie. I never knew her first name until after her death.
- The Daniel Bruner Family (720 KB)
Seated left to right: John William, Ida, Sarah, and Smith Bruner. Standing left to right: Rhoda, Claude, and Amanda Bruner.
- James and Mary Collins --- my great grandparents (101 KB)
James and Mary ran a country store in their home in New Jerusalem, Logan County, Ohio. I believe the girl is my aunt Mabel Clingerman.
- The Franklin Pierce Ward Family (443 KB)
Left to right: Susan, Myrtle, Edgar, and Franklin.
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