Mostly Angels in the Sky

Catherine Lehman¹

Family

TMG ID:102161, (Jan 1830 - 1908)

Relationship:

2nd great-grandmother of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Daniel Lehman¹ B: 1801, D: 1 Jun 1885

Mother*

Elizabeth Gift¹ B: 5 Nov 1810, D: 18 Jan 1886

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Catherine Lehman was born in Jan 1830, at Ohio^G.^2,1
Died in 1908 at age 78 years.²
Interred in 1908 at Bethel Cemetery, Hancock County, Ohio^G.²

'Non-primary' Vitals

Catherine Lehman was the daughter of: Daniel Lehman and Elizabeth Gift.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Variation: She was also known as Lahman²
Name-Married: on Monday, 13 Sep 1852, her married name became Mrs. Drudge (née Lehman).³
Name-Married: on Sunday, 22 Apr 1860, her married name became Mrs. Smith (née Lahman).^2,1
Name-Married: circa 19 Feb 1874, her married name became Mrs. Norris (née Lehman).³

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Monday, 13 Sep 1852, Catherine, age 22 years and 8 months, and Daniel Drudge, age 18 years, 2 months and 7 days, son of: Benjamin Drudge and Margaret Shilling, were married at Fulton County, Indiana^G.³
Marriage	Sunday, 22 Apr 1860, Catherine, age 30 years and 3 months, and Samuel Edward Smith, age 42 years were married at Ashland County, Ohio^G.^2,1
Marriage	circa 19 Feb 1874, Catherine and William John Norris were married at Wood County, Ohio^G.³

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Monday, 13 Sep 1852, Catherine, age 22 years and 8 months, and Daniel Drudge, age 18 years, 2 months and 7 days, son of: Benjamin Drudge and Margaret Shilling, were married at Fulton County, Indiana^G.³

Marriage

Sunday, 22 Apr 1860, Catherine, age 30 years and 3 months, and Samuel Edward Smith, age 42 years were married at Ashland County, Ohio^G.^2,1

Marriage

circa 19 Feb 1874, Catherine and William John Norris were married at Wood County, Ohio^G.³

Children of: Catherine Lehman and Daniel Drudge

Albert Drudge³ B: 25 Jun 1853, D: 18 Mar 1856
Martha Elizabeth Drudge³ B: 1857

Children of: Catherine Lehman and Samuel Edward Smith

Francis Mary Smith+¹ B: 14 Feb 1861, D: 6 Dec 1945
William Henry Smith³ B: 8 Jan 1863, D: 18 Aug 1947
Theodore Henry Smith+¹ B: 27 Dec 1865, D: 4 Apr 1924
Edward David Smith+¹ B: 10 Mar 1869, D: 30 Mar 1923
Emma Jane Smith+¹ B: 16 Nov 1871, D: 3 Feb 1931

Child of: Catherine Lehman and William John Norris

Charity Electy Norris³ B: 30 Jan 1875, D: 15 Jan 1968

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1850	13 Sep 1850, Jackson Twp., Ashland County, Ohio^G	Daniel Lehman, Elizabeth Gift, Anna Lehman, Susan Lehman, Ellizabeth Lehman, Mary Lehman and Sarah Jane Lehman⁴

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1850

13 Sep 1850, Jackson Twp., Ashland County, Ohio^G

Daniel Lehman, Elizabeth Gift, Anna Lehman, Susan Lehman, Ellizabeth Lehman, Mary Lehman and Sarah Jane Lehman⁴

Citations

[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Person Page.
[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
[S4176] MyHeritage: Genealogy and Family History Website, online <https://tinyurl.com/3xx6y94j>, Person Page Bean website. Hereinafter cited as MyHeritage.
[S80] 1 Jun 1850, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9393x5q, 1850 Federal US Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850.

Reference

LBWH-VP5

Last Edited

30 Aug 2024

Daniel Lehman¹

Family

TMG ID:102162, (1801 - 1 Jun 1885)

Relationship:

3rd great-grandfather of Elsie Dora Lewis

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Daniel Lehman was born in 1801, at Pennsylvania^G.^1,2
Died on Monday, 1 Jun 1885 at Ohio^G at age 84 years.¹
Interred after 1 Jun 1885 at Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio^G.¹

Alias(es)

Nick-Name: his nickname was "D.H."²

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Daniel and Elizabeth Gift were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Daniel and Elizabeth Gift were married.¹

Children of: Daniel Lehman and Elizabeth Gift

Catherine Lehman+¹ B: Jan 1830, D: 1908
Anna Lehman+³ B: 20 Aug 1832, D: 12 Dec 1914
Susan Lehman³ B: c 1834
Ellizabeth Lehman+³ B: 13 Mar 1836, D: 26 Sep 1916
Mary Lehman³ B: c 1838
Sarah Jane Lehman+³ B: 5 Sep 1842, D: 8 Feb 1914

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1850	13 Sep 1850, Jackson Twp., Ashland County, Ohio^G	Elizabeth Gift, Catherine Lehman, Anna Lehman, Susan Lehman, Ellizabeth Lehman, Mary Lehman and Sarah Jane Lehman³
Census-1860	7 Jun 1860, Post Office: Polk or Albion, Jackson Twp., Ashland County, Ohio^G	Elizabeth Gift⁴
Census-1870	6 Jun 1870, Post Office: Ashland Ohio, Jackson Twp., Ashland County, Ohio^G	Elizabeth Gift, Sarah Jane Lehman, Mary Jane Elizabeth Bowlby and Franklin P. Gast⁵
Census-1880	22 Jun 1880, Jackson Twp., Ashland County, Ohio^G	Elizabeth Gift²

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1850

13 Sep 1850, Jackson Twp., Ashland County, Ohio^G

Elizabeth Gift, Catherine Lehman, Anna Lehman, Susan Lehman, Ellizabeth Lehman, Mary Lehman and Sarah Jane Lehman³

Census-1860

7 Jun 1860, Post Office: Polk or Albion, Jackson Twp., Ashland County, Ohio^G

Elizabeth Gift⁴

Census-1870

6 Jun 1870, Post Office: Ashland Ohio, Jackson Twp., Ashland County, Ohio^G

Elizabeth Gift, Sarah Jane Lehman, Mary Jane Elizabeth Bowlby and Franklin P. Gast⁵

Census-1880

22 Jun 1880, Jackson Twp., Ashland County, Ohio^G

Elizabeth Gift²

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
circa Sep 1850	Jackson Twp., Ashland County, Ohio^G	farming³
circa Jun 1860	Jackson Twp., Ashland County, Ohio^G	farmer⁴
circa Jun 1870	Jackson Twp., Ashland County, Ohio^G	farmer⁵
circa Jun 1880	Jackson Twp., Ashland County, Ohio^G	farmer²

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Sep 1850

Jackson Twp., Ashland County, Ohio^G

farming³

circa Jun 1860

Jackson Twp., Ashland County, Ohio^G

farmer⁴

circa Jun 1870

Jackson Twp., Ashland County, Ohio^G

farmer⁵

circa Jun 1880

Jackson Twp., Ashland County, Ohio^G

farmer²

Citations

[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Person Page.
[S98] 1 Jun 1880, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9djv69w Tenth Census of the United States, 1880.
[S80] 1 Jun 1850, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9393x5q, 1850 Federal US Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850.
[S96] 1 Jun 1860, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/yayf9d52 Eighth Census of the United States, 1860.
[S97] 1 Jun 1870, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9hbo4f7 Ninth Census of the United States, 1870.

Reference

GCBL-29K

Last Edited

25 Aug 2024

Elizabeth Gift¹

Family

TMG ID:102163, (5 Nov 1810 - 18 Jan 1886)

Relationship:

3rd great-grandmother of Elsie Dora Lewis

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Elizabeth Gift was born on Monday, 5 Nov 1810, at Pennsylvania^G.^1,2
Died on Monday, 18 Jan 1886 at Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio^G, at age 75 years, 2 months and 13 days.¹
Interred after 18 Jan 1886 at Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio^G.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Lehman (née Gift).¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Elizabeth and Daniel Lehman were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Elizabeth and Daniel Lehman were married.¹

Children of: Elizabeth Gift and Daniel Lehman

Catherine Lehman+¹ B: Jan 1830, D: 1908
Anna Lehman+² B: 20 Aug 1832, D: 12 Dec 1914
Susan Lehman² B: c 1834
Ellizabeth Lehman+^2,6 B: 13 Mar 1836, D: 26 Sep 1916
Mary Lehman² B: c 1838
Sarah Jane Lehman+² B: 5 Sep 1842, D: 8 Feb 1914

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1850	13 Sep 1850, Jackson Twp., Ashland County, Ohio^G	Daniel Lehman, Catherine Lehman, Anna Lehman, Susan Lehman, Ellizabeth Lehman, Mary Lehman and Sarah Jane Lehman²
Census-1860	7 Jun 1860, Post Office: Polk or Albion, Jackson Twp., Ashland County, Ohio^G	Daniel Lehman³
Census-1870	6 Jun 1870, Post Office: Ashland Ohio, Jackson Twp., Ashland County, Ohio^G	Daniel Lehman, Sarah Jane Lehman, Mary Jane Elizabeth Bowlby and Franklin P. Gast⁴
Census-1880	22 Jun 1880, Jackson Twp., Ashland County, Ohio^G	Daniel Lehman⁵

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1850

13 Sep 1850, Jackson Twp., Ashland County, Ohio^G

Daniel Lehman, Catherine Lehman, Anna Lehman, Susan Lehman, Ellizabeth Lehman, Mary Lehman and Sarah Jane Lehman²

Census-1860

7 Jun 1860, Post Office: Polk or Albion, Jackson Twp., Ashland County, Ohio^G

Daniel Lehman³

Census-1870

6 Jun 1870, Post Office: Ashland Ohio, Jackson Twp., Ashland County, Ohio^G

Daniel Lehman, Sarah Jane Lehman, Mary Jane Elizabeth Bowlby and Franklin P. Gast⁴

Census-1880

22 Jun 1880, Jackson Twp., Ashland County, Ohio^G

Daniel Lehman⁵

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
circa Jun 1880	Jackson Twp., Ashland County, Ohio^G	keeping house⁵

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Jun 1880

Jackson Twp., Ashland County, Ohio^G

keeping house⁵

Citations

[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Person Page.
[S80] 1 Jun 1850, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9393x5q, 1850 Federal US Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850.
[S96] 1 Jun 1860, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/yayf9d52 Eighth Census of the United States, 1860.
[S97] 1 Jun 1870, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9hbo4f7 Ninth Census of the United States, 1870.
[S98] 1 Jun 1880, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9djv69w Tenth Census of the United States, 1880.
[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.

Reference

LBN6-1G1

Last Edited

25 Aug 2024

Susan Lehman¹

Family

TMG ID:102164, (c 1834 - )

Relationship:

2nd great-grandaunt of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Daniel Lehman¹ B: 1801, D: 1 Jun 1885

Mother*

Elizabeth Gift¹ B: 5 Nov 1810, D: 18 Jan 1886

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Susan Lehman was born circa 1834, at Ohio^G.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Susan Lehman was the daughter of: Daniel Lehman and Elizabeth Gift.¹

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1850	13 Sep 1850, Jackson Twp., Ashland County, Ohio^G	Daniel Lehman, Elizabeth Gift, Catherine Lehman, Anna Lehman, Ellizabeth Lehman, Mary Lehman and Sarah Jane Lehman¹

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1850

13 Sep 1850, Jackson Twp., Ashland County, Ohio^G

Daniel Lehman, Elizabeth Gift, Catherine Lehman, Anna Lehman, Ellizabeth Lehman, Mary Lehman and Sarah Jane Lehman¹

Citations

[S80] 1 Jun 1850, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9393x5q, 1850 Federal US Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850.

Last Edited

25 Aug 2024

Ellizabeth Lehman¹

Family

TMG ID:102165, (13 Mar 1836 - 26 Sep 1916)

Relationship:

2nd great-grandaunt of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Daniel Lehman¹ B: 1801, D: 1 Jun 1885

Step-mother*

Elizabeth Gift^1,2 B: 5 Nov 1810, D: 18 Jan 1886

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Ellizabeth Lehman was born on Sunday, 13 Mar 1836, at Ohio^G.^1,2
Died on Tuesday, 26 Sep 1916 at Wood County, Ohio^G, at age 80 years, 6 months and 13 days.²
Interred after 26 Sep 1916 at New Belleville Ridge Cemetery, Dowling, Wood County, Ohio^G.²

'Non-primary' Vitals

Ellizabeth Lehman was the daughter of: Daniel Lehman and Elizabeth Gift.^1,2

Alias(es)

Name-Married: on Sunday, 14 Mar 1858, her married name became Mrs. Gast (née Lehman).^2,3

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Sunday, 14 Mar 1858, Ellizabeth, age 22 years and 1 day, and George Washington Gast, age 34 years, 6 months and 9 days were married at Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio^G.^2,3

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Sunday, 14 Mar 1858, Ellizabeth, age 22 years and 1 day, and George Washington Gast, age 34 years, 6 months and 9 days were married at Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio^G.^2,3

Children of: Ellizabeth Lehman and George Washington Gast

Ephraham Gast² B: 2 Feb 1849, D: 22 Feb 1911
Amanda J. Gast⁴ B: c 1852
Franklin P. Gast² B: Jun 1853, D: Oct 1900
Rosina L. Gast+² B: 1856, D: 14 Apr 1893
Emra V. Gast⁴ B: c 1858
Emma J. Gast⁴ B: c Jan 1860
Ida Alice Gast+⁸ B: 29 May 1864, D: 19 May 1938
John M. Gast⁵ B: c 1868
Anna F. Gast⁵ B: Jun 1869

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1850	13 Sep 1850, Jackson Twp., Ashland County, Ohio^G	Daniel Lehman, Elizabeth Gift, Catherine Lehman, Anna Lehman, Susan Lehman, Mary Lehman and Sarah Jane Lehman¹
Census-1860	9 Jun 1860, Post Office: Polk or Albion, Jackson Twp., Ashland County, Ohio^G	George Washington Gast, Amanda J. Gast, Rosina L. Gast, Emra V. Gast and Emma J. Gast⁴
Census-1870	14 Jun 1870, Post Office: Woodville Sandusky, Troy Twp., Wood County, Ohio^G	George Washington Gast, Ida Alice Gast, John M. Gast, Anna F. Gast and Rosina L. Gast⁵
Census-1880	5 Jun 1880, Troy Twp., Wood County, Ohio^G	George Washington Gast, Ida Alice Gast, John M. Gast and Anna F. Gast⁶
Census-1910	25 Apr 1910, Dowling, Wood County, Ohio^G	George Washington Gast⁷

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1850

13 Sep 1850, Jackson Twp., Ashland County, Ohio^G

Daniel Lehman, Elizabeth Gift, Catherine Lehman, Anna Lehman, Susan Lehman, Mary Lehman and Sarah Jane Lehman¹

Census-1860

9 Jun 1860, Post Office: Polk or Albion, Jackson Twp., Ashland County, Ohio^G

George Washington Gast, Amanda J. Gast, Rosina L. Gast, Emra V. Gast and Emma J. Gast⁴

Census-1870

14 Jun 1870, Post Office: Woodville Sandusky, Troy Twp., Wood County, Ohio^G

George Washington Gast, Ida Alice Gast, John M. Gast, Anna F. Gast and Rosina L. Gast⁵

Census-1880

5 Jun 1880, Troy Twp., Wood County, Ohio^G

George Washington Gast, Ida Alice Gast, John M. Gast and Anna F. Gast⁶

Census-1910

25 Apr 1910, Dowling, Wood County, Ohio^G

George Washington Gast⁷

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
circa Jun 1870	Troy Twp., Wood County, Ohio^G	keeping house⁵
circa Jun 1880	Troy Twp., Wood County, Ohio^G	keeping house⁶

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Jun 1870

Troy Twp., Wood County, Ohio^G

keeping house⁵

circa Jun 1880

Troy Twp., Wood County, Ohio^G

keeping house⁶

Citations

[S80] 1 Jun 1850, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9393x5q, 1850 Federal US Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850.
[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016.
[S96] 1 Jun 1860, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/yayf9d52 Eighth Census of the United States, 1860.
[S97] 1 Jun 1870, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9hbo4f7 Ninth Census of the United States, 1870.
[S98] 1 Jun 1880, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9djv69w Tenth Census of the United States, 1880.
[S243] 15 Apr 1910, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9glogje, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997.

Last Edited

29 Aug 2024

Mary Lehman¹

Family

TMG ID:102166, (c 1838 - )

Relationship:

2nd great-grandaunt of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Daniel Lehman¹ B: 1801, D: 1 Jun 1885

Mother*

Elizabeth Gift¹ B: 5 Nov 1810, D: 18 Jan 1886

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Mary Lehman was born circa 1838, at Ohio^G.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Mary Lehman was the daughter of: Daniel Lehman and Elizabeth Gift.¹

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1850	13 Sep 1850, Jackson Twp., Ashland County, Ohio^G	Daniel Lehman, Elizabeth Gift, Catherine Lehman, Anna Lehman, Susan Lehman, Ellizabeth Lehman and Sarah Jane Lehman¹

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1850

13 Sep 1850, Jackson Twp., Ashland County, Ohio^G

Daniel Lehman, Elizabeth Gift, Catherine Lehman, Anna Lehman, Susan Lehman, Ellizabeth Lehman and Sarah Jane Lehman¹

Citations

[S80] 1 Jun 1850, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9393x5q, 1850 Federal US Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850.

Last Edited

25 Aug 2024

Sarah Jane Lehman^1,2

Family

TMG ID:102167, (5 Sep 1842 - 8 Feb 1914)

Relationship:

2nd great-grandaunt of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Daniel Lehman¹ B: 1801, D: 1 Jun 1885

Mother*

Elizabeth Gift¹ B: 5 Nov 1810, D: 18 Jan 1886

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Sarah Jane Lehman was born on Monday, 5 Sep 1842, at Jackson Twp., Ashland County, Ohio^G.²
Died on Sunday, 8 Feb 1914 at Polk, Ashland County, Ohio^G, at age 71 years, 5 months and 3 days. Details as recorded: 06:00 AM Cause of Death: biliary calculi for 2 months and 12 days Contributory: indigestion for 2 years and 12 days.^2,3
Interred on Tuesday, 10 Feb 1914 at New Belleville Ridge Cemetery, Dowling, Wood County, Ohio^G.^2,3,4

'Non-primary' Vitals

Born: Sarah Jane Lehman was born circa 1840, at Ohio^G.¹
She was the daughter of: Daniel Lehman and Elizabeth Gift.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: on Tuesday, 26 Aug 1862, her married name became Mrs. Bowlby (née Lehman).²

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Tuesday, 26 Aug 1862, Sarah, age 19 years, 11 months and 21 days, and George W. Bowlby, age 21 years were married at Ashland County, Ohio^G.²

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Tuesday, 26 Aug 1862, Sarah, age 19 years, 11 months and 21 days, and George W. Bowlby, age 21 years were married at Ashland County, Ohio^G.²

Child of: Sarah Jane Lehman and George W. Bowlby

Mary Jane Elizabeth Bowlby² B: 11 Feb 1863, D: 2 Aug 1943

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1850	13 Sep 1850, Jackson Twp., Ashland County, Ohio^G	Daniel Lehman, Elizabeth Gift, Catherine Lehman, Anna Lehman, Susan Lehman, Ellizabeth Lehman and Mary Lehman¹
Census-1870	6 Jun 1870, Post Office: Ashland Ohio, Jackson Twp., Ashland County, Ohio^G	Daniel Lehman, Elizabeth Gift, Mary Jane Elizabeth Bowlby and Franklin P. Gast⁵

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1850

13 Sep 1850, Jackson Twp., Ashland County, Ohio^G

Daniel Lehman, Elizabeth Gift, Catherine Lehman, Anna Lehman, Susan Lehman, Ellizabeth Lehman and Mary Lehman¹

Census-1870

6 Jun 1870, Post Office: Ashland Ohio, Jackson Twp., Ashland County, Ohio^G

Daniel Lehman, Elizabeth Gift, Mary Jane Elizabeth Bowlby and Franklin P. Gast⁵

Citations

[S80] 1 Jun 1850, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9393x5q, 1850 Federal US Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Person Page.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953.
[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
[S97] 1 Jun 1870, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9hbo4f7 Ninth Census of the United States, 1870.

Reference

LB1G-V4M

Last Edited

25 Aug 2024

William Drudge¹

Family

TMG ID:102168, (29 Aug 1823 - 5 Aug 1893)

Father*

Benjamin Drudge¹ B: 10 Feb 1795, D: 20 Jul 1872

Mother*

Margaret Shilling¹ B: 1 Oct 1796, D: 26 Mar 1876

Primary Birth & Death

Born: William Drudge was born on Friday, 29 Aug 1823, at Ohio^G.¹
Died on Saturday, 5 Aug 1893 at Kosciusko County, Indiana^G, at age 69 years, 11 months and 7 days.¹
Interred after 5 Aug 1893 at South Pleasant Methodist Chruch Cemetery, North Manchester, Wabash County, Indiana^G.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

William Drudge was the son of: Benjamin Drudge and Margaret Shilling.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Thursday, 29 Nov 1849, William, age 26 years and 3 months, and Anna Lehman, age 17 years, 3 months and 9 days, daughter of: Daniel Lehman and Elizabeth Gift, were married at Ashland County, Ohio^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Thursday, 29 Nov 1849, William, age 26 years and 3 months, and Anna Lehman, age 17 years, 3 months and 9 days, daughter of: Daniel Lehman and Elizabeth Gift, were married at Ashland County, Ohio^G.¹

Children of: William Drudge and Anna Lehman

David Drudge¹ B: 3 Dec 1850, D: 16 Feb 1852
Edward Drudge¹ B: 6 Apr 1852, D: 12 Dec 1915
William Drudge¹ B: 27 Sep 1853, D: 5 Jan 1911
Andrew J. Drudge¹ B: 6 Oct 1855, D: 2 Feb 1939
Perry C. Drudge¹ B: 31 Jan 1857, D: 11 May 1876
Mary Elizabeth Drudge¹ B: 20 Jul 1860, D: 3 Jan 1944
Margaret Ann Drudge¹ B: 14 Aug 1863, D: 30 Jul 1948
Benjamin Drudge¹ B: 26 Dec 1866, D: 11 Mar 1942
George Elmo Drudge¹ B: 11 Nov 1869, D: 15 Feb 1871
Sarah Jane Drudge¹ B: 1872
Willard Ephriam Drudge¹ B: 11 Nov 1875, D: 16 Feb 1957

Citations

[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Person Page.

Reference

9V9L-SYF

Last Edited

25 Aug 2024

Benjamin Drudge¹

Family

TMG ID:102169, (10 Feb 1795 - 20 Jul 1872)

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Benjamin Drudge was born on Tuesday, 10 Feb 1795, at Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania^G.¹
Died on Saturday, 20 Jul 1872 at Franklin Twp., Kosciusko County, Indiana^G, at age 77 years, 5 months and 10 days.¹
Interred after 20 Jul 1872 at Nichols Cemetery, Franklin Twp., Kosciusko County, Indiana^G.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	circa 1815, Benjamin and Margaret Shilling were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

circa 1815, Benjamin and Margaret Shilling were married.¹

Children of: Benjamin Drudge and Margaret Shilling

William Drudge+¹ B: 29 Aug 1823, D: 5 Aug 1893
Daniel Drudge+² B: 6 Jul 1834, D: 18 Nov 1858

Citations

[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Person Page.
[S2917] WikiTree, online http://tinyurl.com/3z3j49r, Heather Stengel (unknown location), updated as of 5 Jul 2014, Person Page.

Reference

LCJY-PS4

Last Edited

30 Aug 2024

Margaret Shilling¹

Family

TMG ID:102170, (1 Oct 1796 - 26 Mar 1876)

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Margaret Shilling was born on Saturday, 1 Oct 1796, at Franklin County, Pennsylvania^G.¹
Died on Sunday, 26 Mar 1876 at Washington Twp., Kosciusko County, Indiana^G, at age 79 years, 5 months and 25 days.¹
Interred after 26 Mar 1876 at Nichols Cemetery, Franklin Twp., Kosciusko County, Indiana^G.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: circa 1815, her married name became Mrs. Drudge (née Shilling).¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	circa 1815, Margaret and Benjamin Drudge were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

circa 1815, Margaret and Benjamin Drudge were married.¹

Children of: Margaret Shilling and Benjamin Drudge

William Drudge+¹ B: 29 Aug 1823, D: 5 Aug 1893
Daniel Drudge+² B: 6 Jul 1834, D: 18 Nov 1858

Citations

[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Person Page.
[S2917] WikiTree, online http://tinyurl.com/3z3j49r, Heather Stengel (unknown location), updated as of 5 Jul 2014, Person Page.

Reference

LVJD-RF8

Last Edited

30 Aug 2024

David Drudge¹

Family

TMG ID:102171, (3 Dec 1850 - 16 Feb 1852)

Relationship:

1st cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

William Drudge¹ B: 29 Aug 1823, D: 5 Aug 1893

Mother*

Anna Lehman¹ B: 20 Aug 1832, D: 12 Dec 1914

Primary Birth & Death

Born: David Drudge was born on Tuesday, 3 Dec 1850.¹
Died on Monday, 16 Feb 1852 at age 1 year, 2 months and 13 days.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

David Drudge was the son of: William Drudge and Anna Lehman.¹

Citations

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Edward Drudge¹

Family

TMG ID:102172, (6 Apr 1852 - 12 Dec 1915)

Relationship:

1st cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

William Drudge¹ B: 29 Aug 1823, D: 5 Aug 1893

Mother*

Anna Lehman¹ B: 20 Aug 1832, D: 12 Dec 1914

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Edward Drudge was born on Tuesday, 6 Apr 1852, at Indiana^G.¹
Died on Sunday, 12 Dec 1915 at Silver Lake, Wabash County, Indiana^G, at age 63 years, 8 months and 6 days.¹
Interred after 12 Dec 1915 at South Pleasant Methodist Chruch Cemetery, North Manchester, Wabash County, Indiana^G.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Edward Drudge was the son of: William Drudge and Anna Lehman.¹

Citations

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William Drudge¹

Family

TMG ID:102173, (27 Sep 1853 - 5 Jan 1911)

Relationship:

1st cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

William Drudge¹ B: 29 Aug 1823, D: 5 Aug 1893

Mother*

Anna Lehman¹ B: 20 Aug 1832, D: 12 Dec 1914

Primary Birth & Death

Born: William Drudge was born on Tuesday, 27 Sep 1853, at Elkhart County, Indiana^G.¹
Died on Thursday, 5 Jan 1911 at Henry Twp., Fulton County, Indiana^G, at age 57 years, 3 months and 9 days.¹
Interred after 5 Jan 1911 at South Pleasant Methodist Chruch Cemetery, North Manchester, Wabash County, Indiana^G.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

William Drudge was the son of: William Drudge and Anna Lehman.¹

Citations

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Andrew J. Drudge¹

Family

TMG ID:102174, (6 Oct 1855 - 2 Feb 1939)

Relationship:

1st cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

William Drudge¹ B: 29 Aug 1823, D: 5 Aug 1893

Mother*

Anna Lehman¹ B: 20 Aug 1832, D: 12 Dec 1914

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Andrew J. Drudge was born on Saturday, 6 Oct 1855, at Indiana^G.¹
Died on Thursday, 2 Feb 1939 at age 83 years, 3 months and 27 days.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Andrew J. Drudge was the son of: William Drudge and Anna Lehman.¹

Citations

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Reference

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Perry C. Drudge¹

Family

TMG ID:102175, (31 Jan 1857 - 11 May 1876)

Relationship:

1st cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

William Drudge¹ B: 29 Aug 1823, D: 5 Aug 1893

Mother*

Anna Lehman¹ B: 20 Aug 1832, D: 12 Dec 1914

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Perry C. Drudge was born on Saturday, 31 Jan 1857, at Indiana^G.¹
Died on Thursday, 11 May 1876 at Kosciusko County, Indiana^G, at age 19 years, 3 months and 11 days.¹
Interred after 11 May 1876 at Nichols Cemetery, Franklin Twp., Kosciusko County, Indiana^G.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Perry C. Drudge was the son of: William Drudge and Anna Lehman.¹

Citations

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Mary Elizabeth Drudge¹

Family

TMG ID:102176, (20 Jul 1860 - 3 Jan 1944)

Relationship:

1st cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

William Drudge¹ B: 29 Aug 1823, D: 5 Aug 1893

Mother*

Anna Lehman¹ B: 20 Aug 1832, D: 12 Dec 1914

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Mary Elizabeth Drudge was born on Friday, 20 Jul 1860, at Wakarusa, Elkhart County, Indiana^G.¹
Died on Monday, 3 Jan 1944 at Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana^G, at age 83 years, 5 months and 14 days.¹
Interred after 3 Jan 1944 at Lakeview Cemetery, Silver Lake, Kosciusko County, Indiana^G.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Mary Elizabeth Drudge was the daughter of: William Drudge and Anna Lehman.¹

Citations

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Margaret Ann Drudge¹

Family

TMG ID:102177, (14 Aug 1863 - 30 Jul 1948)

Relationship:

1st cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

William Drudge¹ B: 29 Aug 1823, D: 5 Aug 1893

Mother*

Anna Lehman¹ B: 20 Aug 1832, D: 12 Dec 1914

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Margaret Ann Drudge was born on Friday, 14 Aug 1863, at Silver Lake, Kosciusko County, Indiana^G.¹
Died on Friday, 30 Jul 1948 at Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana^G, at age 84 years, 11 months and 16 days.¹
Interred on Monday, 2 Aug 1948 at Rice Cemetery, Concord Twp., Elkhart County, Indiana^G.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Margaret Ann Drudge was the son of: William Drudge and Anna Lehman.¹

Citations

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Reference

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Benjamin Drudge¹

Family

TMG ID:102178, (26 Dec 1866 - 11 Mar 1942)

Relationship:

1st cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

William Drudge¹ B: 29 Aug 1823, D: 5 Aug 1893

Mother*

Anna Lehman¹ B: 20 Aug 1832, D: 12 Dec 1914

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Benjamin Drudge was born on Wednesday, 26 Dec 1866, at Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana^G.¹
Died on Wednesday, 11 Mar 1942 at Warsaw, Kosciusko County, Indiana^G, at age 75 years, 2 months and 13 days.¹
Interred after 11 Mar 1942 at Lakeview Cemetery, Silver Lake, Kosciusko County, Indiana^G.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Benjamin Drudge was the son of: William Drudge and Anna Lehman.¹

Citations

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Reference

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George Elmo Drudge¹

Family

TMG ID:102179, (11 Nov 1869 - 15 Feb 1871)

Relationship:

1st cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

William Drudge¹ B: 29 Aug 1823, D: 5 Aug 1893

Mother*

Anna Lehman¹ B: 20 Aug 1832, D: 12 Dec 1914

Primary Birth & Death

Born: George Elmo Drudge was born on Thursday, 11 Nov 1869, at Indiana^G.¹
Died on Wednesday, 15 Feb 1871 at age 1 year, 3 months and 4 days.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

George Elmo Drudge was the son of: William Drudge and Anna Lehman.¹

Citations

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Sarah Jane Drudge¹

Family

TMG ID:102180, (1872 - )

Relationship:

1st cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

William Drudge¹ B: 29 Aug 1823, D: 5 Aug 1893

Mother*

Anna Lehman¹ B: 20 Aug 1832, D: 12 Dec 1914

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Sarah Jane Drudge was born in 1872, at Indiana^G.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Sarah Jane Drudge was the son of: William Drudge and Anna Lehman.¹

Citations

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A difference of opinion is what makes horse racing and missionaries.
— Will Rogers
A fool and his money are soon elected.
— Will Rogers
A holding company is a thing where you hand an accomplice the goods while the policeman searches you.
— Will Rogers
A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people.
— Will Rogers
A remark generally hurts in proportion to its truth.
— Will Rogers
About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation.
— Will Rogers
Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need.
— Will Rogers
Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing, and that was the closest our country has ever been to being even.
— Will Rogers
All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi for my ignorance.
— Will Rogers
America is a nation that conceives many odd inventions for getting somewhere but it can think of nothing to do once it gets there.
— Will Rogers
America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to the select few.
— Will Rogers
An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's.
— Will Rogers
An ignorant person is one who doesn't know what you have just found out.
— Will Rogers
An onion can make people cry but there's never been a vegetable that can make people laugh.
— Will Rogers
Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?
— Will Rogers
Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do.
— Will Rogers
Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.
— Will Rogers
Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.
— Will Rogers
Buy land. They ain't making any more of the stuff.
— Will Rogers
Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction.
— Will Rogers
Communism to me is one-third practice and two-thirds explanation.
— Will Rogers
Democrats never agree on anything, that's why they're Democrats. If they agreed with each other, they would be Republicans.
— Will Rogers
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock.
— Will Rogers
Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would fall flat in a week.
— Will Rogers
Do the best you can, and don't take life too serious.
— Will Rogers
Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it.
— Will Rogers
Don't let yesterday use up too much of today.
— Will Rogers
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
— Will Rogers
Even though you are on the right track - you will get run over if you just sit there.
— Will Rogers
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
— Will Rogers
Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.
— Will Rogers
Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to somebody else.
— Will Rogers
Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.
— Will Rogers
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
— Will Rogers
Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.
— Will Rogers
I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.
— Will Rogers
I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat.
— Will Rogers
I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him 'father.'
— Will Rogers
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
— Will Rogers
I guess there is nothing that will get your mind off everything like golf. I have never been depressed enough to take up the game, but they say you get so sore at yourself you forget to hate your enemies.
— Will Rogers
I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one.
— Will Rogers
I never expected to see the day when girls would get sunburned in the places they now do.
— Will Rogers
I read about eight newspapers in a day. When I'm in a town with only one newspaper, I read it eight times.
— Will Rogers
If advertisers spent the same amount of money on improving their products as they do on advertising then they wouldn't have to advertise them.
— Will Rogers
If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of congress.
— Will Rogers
If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?
— Will Rogers
If the other fellow sells cheaper than you, it is called dumping. 'Course, if you sell cheaper than him, that's mass production.
— Will Rogers
If you can build a business up big enough, it's respectable.
— Will Rogers
If you ever injected truth into politics you have no politics.
— Will Rogers
If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep.
— Will Rogers
If you want to be successful, it's just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.
— Will Rogers
I'm not a real movie star. I've still got the same wife I started out with twenty-eight years ago.
— Will Rogers
In Hollywood the woods are full of people that learned to write but evidently can't read. If they could read their stuff, they'd stop writing.
— Will Rogers
In Hollywood you can see things at night that are fast enough to be in the Olympics in the day time.
— Will Rogers
Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote learning, why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as good as the Prohibition one did, why, in five years we would have the smartest race of people on earth.
— Will Rogers
It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's what we know that ain't so.
— Will Rogers
It's a good thing we don't get all the government we pay for.
— Will Rogers
It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you.
— Will Rogers
It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.
— Will Rogers
Last year we said, 'Things can't go on like this', and they didn't, they got worse.
— Will Rogers
Let advertisers spend the same amount of money improving their product that they do on advertising and they wouldn't have to advertise it.
— Will Rogers
Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier 'n puttin' it back in.
— Will Rogers
Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches.
— Will Rogers
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
— Will Rogers
Make crime pay. Become a lawyer.
— Will Rogers
Money and women are the most sought after and the least known about of any two things we have.
— Will Rogers
Never let yesterday use up too much of today.
— Will Rogers
Now if there is one thing that we do worse than any other nation, it is try and manage somebody else's affairs.
— Will Rogers
Ohio claims they are due a president as they haven't had one since Taft. Look at the United States, they have not had one since Lincoln.
— Will Rogers
On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.
— Will Rogers
One Ad is worth more to a paper than forty Editorials.
— Will Rogers
One-third of the people in the United States promote, while the other two-thirds provide.
— Will Rogers
Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators.
— Will Rogers
People are getting smarter nowadays; they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their guide.
— Will Rogers
People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing.
— Will Rogers
People's minds are changed through observation and not through argument.
— Will Rogers
Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.
— Will Rogers
Politics is applesauce.
— Will Rogers
Prohibition is better than no liquor at all.
— Will Rogers
So let's be honest with ourselves and not take ourselves too serious, and never condemn the other fellow for doing what we are doing every day, only in a different way.
— Will Rogers
So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.
— Will Rogers
Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.
— Will Rogers
The 1928 Republican Convention opened with a prayer. If the Lord can see His way clear to bless the Republican Party the way it's been carrying on, then the rest of us ought to get it without even asking.
— Will Rogers
The best way out of a difficulty is through it.
— Will Rogers
The difference between a Republican and a Democrat is the Democrat is a cannibal they have to live off each other, while the Republicans, why, they live off the Democrats.
— Will Rogers
The farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn't still be a farmer.
— Will Rogers
The fellow that can only see a week ahead is always the popular fellow, for he is looking with the crowd. But the one that can see years ahead, he has a telescope but he can't make anybody believe that he has it.
— Will Rogers
The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf.
— Will Rogers
The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, 'How is the president?'
— Will Rogers
The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living.
— Will Rogers
The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other.
— Will Rogers
The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself.
— Will Rogers
The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets.
— Will Rogers
The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.
— Will Rogers
The only way you can beat the lawyers is to die with nothing.
— Will Rogers
The schools ain't what they used to be and never was.
— Will Rogers
The time to save is now. When a dog gets a bone, he doesn't go out and make a down payment on a bigger bone. He buries the one he's got.
— Will Rogers
The United States never lost a war or won a conference.
— Will Rogers
The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you if you don't let it get the best of you.
— Will Rogers
There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.
— Will Rogers
There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.
— Will Rogers
There is nothing so stupid as the educated man if you get him off the thing he was educated in.
— Will Rogers
There ought to be one day - just one - when there is open season on senators.
— Will Rogers
There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.
— Will Rogers
There's only one thing that can kill the movies, and that's education.
— Will Rogers
Things ain't what they used to be and never were.
— Will Rogers
Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.
— Will Rogers
This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.
— Will Rogers
This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die.
— Will Rogers
We are all here for a spell, get all the good laughs you can.
— Will Rogers
We can't all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by.
— Will Rogers
We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business?
— Will Rogers
We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.
— Will Rogers
What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.
— Will Rogers
When ignorance gets started it knows no bounds.
— Will Rogers
When should a college athlete turn pro? Not until he has earned all he can in college as an amateur.
— Will Rogers
When the Oakies left Oklahoma and moved to California, it raised the I.Q. of both states.
— Will Rogers
When you put down the good things you ought to have done, and leave out the bad ones you did do well, that's Memoirs.
— Will Rogers
Why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as well as prohibition did, in five years Americans would be the smartest race of people on Earth.
— Will Rogers
Worrying is like paying on a debt that may never come due.
— Will Rogers
You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way.
— Will Rogers
You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is.
— Will Rogers
Every person you will pass on the street today is going to die. Living long enough, each will suffer the loss of friends and family. All are going to lose everything they love in this world. Why would one want to be anything but kind to them in the meantime?
— Sam Harris
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do one thing every day that scares you.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do one thing every day that scares you.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know. We all know people who are so much afraid of pain that they shut themselves up like clams in a shell and, giving out nothing, receive nothing and therefore shrink until life is a mere living death.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You can often change your circumstances by changing your attitude.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
If someone betrays you once, it’s their fault; if they betray you twice, it’s your fault.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Life is what you make it. Always has been, always will be.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
What could we accomplish if we knew we could not fail?
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Once I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: No good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and in all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably with the circumstances of life, knowing that in this world no one is all knowing and therefore all of us need both love and charity.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You have to accept whatever comes, and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Never allow a person to tell you 'no' who doesn't have the power to say 'yes.'
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Happiness is not a goal...it's a by-product of a life well lived.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you. When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Work is always an antidote to depression.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do …
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual; you have an obligation to be one. You cannot make any useful contribution in life unless you do this.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It's your life-but only if you make it so.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Every time you meet a situation you think at the time it is an impossibility and you go through the tortures of the damned, once you have met it and lived through it, you find that forever after you are freer than you were before.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Courage is exhilarating.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry his own weight, this is a frightening prospect.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
There is not human being from whom we cannot learn something if we are interested enough to dig deep.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps!
— Eleanor Roosevelt
As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Lest I keep my complacent way I must remember somewhere out there a person died for me today. As long as there must be war, I ask and I must answer was I worth dying for?
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The giving of love is an education in itself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it as not as dreadful as it appears, discovering that we have the strength to stare it down.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
All of life is a constant education.
— Eleanor Roosevelt

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