The Turner/Nickerson & Halterman/Hodge Family Tree:Information about George Halterman
George Halterman (b. 1798, d. 1867)
Notes for George Halterman:
NOTES FOR CONNER/HALTERMAN FAMILY
WRITTEN JULY 26, 1940
AUTHOR UNKNOWN
ORIGINAL IN THE HANDS OF M. PAUL HAWES OF NORTH CAROLINA
Many years ago when this forepersons land of ours was yet young, even before we were yet a country and were still under the rule of the Mother Country, Great Britain, a man dreamed of a new land.A man having adventure perhaps visioning that here was a land to be destined to be the land of opportunity.And dreams come true.He left his green-carpeted Ireland and bearing a name which has always signified, along with the shamrock, the ancestor of its bearer.Maurice Conner sailed for the new land, found a home too as he seems a man adventures.
Fire tempered yet endowed with a keen sense of humor bearing these characteristics a heritage to future generations of Conner’s.As a gift of old (illegible) to his ancestors.And many who are here today.We find humor in all we find the temper.And in at least one a heritage the color of hair for which Ireland has been.
Fasmous,(sp) Virginia was the first house of this forefather of ours.It was here he first met and married a German or Dutch woman.To them North Carolina offered a better house, a (500) five hundred acre plantation and the possession of Negro slaves to carry on the work and upkeep of the place.Here they lived for many a year.
To these were born (2) two children.John Conner and Maria Conner Haines.Sometime later they returned to Virginia, home of the wife’s parents.The still retained the North Carolina plantation and made many trips to visit it.As best of places seemed to indicate that this was the route taken on his journey.On one of his trips Maurice Conner disappeared and was never again heard of.Means of communication was limited to letters carried on horseback and the wife left with her small children watched and waited for a message for his return.
At last she gave up hope of hearing from him and after seven years when she with two children traveled to North Carolina to see the old house.They found it, with the slaves, had been sold for taxes.Maria Conner, the daughter, was married to William Haines.John Conner was married to Susanna Manyer in Virginia.They decided to make their home in Virginia and located on a farm in Shenandoah Valley.Another farm of theirs, one half mile over the mountain, was used for pasturing the cattle which John Conner raised.To reach this farm it was necessary to travel two miles around to avoid the steep mountain.
When cattle was to be marketed a long journey over the mountains with nights spent camping in the woods was necessary.When traveling they carry an ax to blaze a trail through the forest.Grain was carried to mill in a sack in front of them on a horse.After 3 o’clock in the afternoon the sun did not shine on them as the mountains loomed so high to the west.From the side of the dewberries and huckleberries were gathered.Peaches grew in abundance and were used in making peach brandy.
The children of that day did not have the opportunity for an education as they have today.There was no public school at that time.Some person that was educated conducted a so-called prescription school, terms lasting from six weeks upward.A receipt found shows John Conner paid William Adams three dollars for teaching two scholars two months.The Conner’s was well educated considering the opportunity offered.The family always spoke German until they came to Ohio.
John Conner and wife was the parents of nine children:
Abram born 1806
Adam1808
Sarah1810
Elizabeth1813
Catherine1815
John1817
Leah1819
David1821
Noah1823
Sarah married Fredrick McEntire.Elizabeth married Ephraim Clem.Catherine married Abram Long.Leah married Jesman Hall.David married Rhoda Evans and Dolphena Jane Houseman and Margaret Halterman.David Conner was (14) fourteen years of age when they immigrated to Ohio in wagons drawn by oxens.A chest brought on the journey is now in the McCashen home.
The first home of the Conner family was on a farm (3) three mile east of Rosewood as what is known as the Harden Hall Farm.The first house was a cabin built of logs.The boys slept in the loft of the cabin which they reached by ladder on the outside.Often in winter they would be covered with snow.
David Conner was married (3) three times.His first wife was Rhoda Evans.To this union was born (12) twelve children:
Harriet ConnerMay 23, 1842
BenjaminSept. 9, 1843
DemariusDec 19, 1844
JohnOct 31, 1846
NoahAug 4, 1848
SusanSept 26, 1850
RhodaSept 26, 1850
LeahOct 26, 1852
AbramSept 14, 1854
MichaelApril 8, 1856
DavidApril 24, 1858(Deceased Dec 1942)
MarionJuly 27, 1861
His second wife was Jane Pine Houseman.He married for his third wife Margaret Halterman.She was the daughter of George and Elizabeth Rexroad Halterman who were of German decent.Highland Co Virginia was there early house and they, like the Conner family, feeling the call of the wilderness made the rough and perilous journey over the mountains to Ohio.At this time they had one daughter, Eleanor.The mother carried the child up the mountains to spare the horses the extra burden.On reaching Ohio they chose a farm one mile east of what is now Rosewood.
They had (8) eight children:
Eleanor Halterman Blakley1821
Samuel Halterman1822
Isaac Halterman1825
Sarah Halterman Walton1826
Jane Halterman Coverstone1829
Twins – Margaret Halterman Conner 1833
Leavis Halterman1833
Elizabeth Halterman McAlexander 1835
The mother died when the children were quite small.A small one room cabin was the home of this family.The father George Halterman also had his cooper shop in part of the one room cabin.
Fires were not as easily started as they are today.As the family economized by keeping fire in the fireplace at all times.Cooking made this a necessity as all cooking and baking was done by the fireplace.It was told as the truth by some of the children, the house was so cold when the end of a long piece of wood was placed in the fireplace there would be fire on one end and icicles on the other.The working was done by placing the clothes on a block of wood the pouring hot water on them, pounding with a paddle full of holes.The cloths was then ironed by heating an iron wedge in the fire.Clothing was all made at home by the women of the family.Flax and wool were the material used.These were made in thread and the cloth were made at home.
The amusements of the day were quite simple.Quilting and log rolling were quite common.The quilt was placed in frames and to work lines for quilting a line was wet in dough water and stretched across.When orchards were matured apple cuttings were quite popular.These events were always followed by supper and dance.On the Halterman farm was located a wonderful sugar camp by which was made barrel of maple syrup and maple sugar.
Life was very uncertain for the early pioneers.Diseases and cold, fights against the frost and wild animals often endangered their lives.To escape from wolves while the men were away the women would climb to the loft of the cabin.Cattle belonging to the Halterman family were kept at what was known as the Round Knob Farm, now known as the Shafer Farm.It was here they had to go after their cattle each morning.At that time the nearest market was Urbana.
Clara Ellen Conner Rider was born July 25, 1867
Emma Glendora Conner Poinseti was born December 28, 1869
Mary Filitia Conner McCashen was born Sept. 6, 1871
Martha Filitia Conner Moore was born Sept 6, 1871
Ida Alice Conner Harves was born July 26, 1873
Hettie Maud Conner Brown was born Aug 7 1876
Twins, infant sons born October 15, 1868, died October 17, 1868
David Conner, Born May 14, 1821, Died September 1905
Margaret Halterman Conner, born March 1833, Died 1914
Emma Glendora Conner Poinsetti Died January 14, 1944 in Rosewood, O
Clara Ellen Conner Rider Died Dec 18, 1944
Hetta Maud Conner Brown Died October 13, 1945
Original Author is Unknown.The original writing is in the hands of M. Paul Hawes of North Carolina.George Halterman, father of Samuel E. Halterman, is the Great-Great Grandfather of M. Paul Hawes.
This note has been emailed to Ken Turner on February 21, 2006 from M. Paul Hawes and re-typed (for clarity only) in its original wording.George Halterman is the brother of Peter Halterman.Peter Halterman is the Great-Great-Great Grandfather of Ken Turner.
More About George Halterman and Elizabeth Rexrode:
Marriage: 18 May 1820, Pendelton, VA - USA.
Children of George Halterman and Elizabeth Rexrode are:
- Eleanor Halterman, b. 1821, Highland, VA - USA, d. date unknown.
- +Samuel E. Halterman, b. 08 Jul 1822, Champagne County, OH - USA, d. 23 Mar 1898, Champagne County, OH - USA.
- +Isaac Halterman, b. May 1825, Champagne County, OH - USA, d. 1904, Champagne County, OH - USA.
- Sarah Halterman, b. 1827, Champagne County, OH - USA, d. date unknown.
- Jane Halterman, b. 22 Jun 1829, Champagne County, OH - USA, d. 18 Mar 1915, Whitley, IN - USA.
- +Lewis Halterman, b. Mar 1833, Champagne County, OH - USA, d. date unknown.
- Margaret Rexrode Halterman, b. Mar 1833, Champagne County, OH - USA, d. 1914, Champagne County, OH - USA.
- Elizabeth Halterman, b. Sep 1835, Champagne County, OH - USA, d. 19 Apr 1924, Champagne County, OH - USA.
- Jacob Halterman, b. Abt. 1834, d. date unknown.
- Judith Halterman, b. Abt. 1836, d. date unknown.