Genealogy Data Page 244 (Notes Pages)

Genealogy Data Page 244 (Notes Pages)

For privacy reasons, Date of Birth and Date of Marriage for persons believed to still be living are not shown.

Newcomb, Orrin Mortimer (b. 25 OCT 1831, d. ?)

Note: Mr. Newcomb, farmer, resided in Berlin, ias. for about five years. Their house was totally destroyed by a cyclone in 1861, in which over two hundred lives were lost, but they escaped uninjured. In the winter of 1864-65 they returned to Ohio, locating on a farm at Middlefield soon afterward, remaining until 1899, when they retired to Middlefield Village.

Census: Date: 1880
Place: Middlefield, Geauga, Ohio

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Carter, Celia (b. 19 DEC 1833, d. ?)

Census: Date: 1850
Place: Parkman, Geauga, Ohio

Census: Date: 1880
Place: Middlefield, Geauga, Ohio

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Carter, Hulda C (b. 29 APR 1832, d. 10 AUG 1913)

Note: 1900: Census, had 5 children 3 still living

Census: Date: 1850
Place: Parkman, Geauga, Ohio

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Collins, John H (b. 1858, d. BEF 1951)

Note: Survived the flood in Austin, lost the outhouse and chicken coop. Sept 30, 1911

In January 1910, when the dam on Freeman's Run in Austin, Pennsylvania, cracked and slipped 4 feet on its foundation, the Bayless Pulp & Paper Mill spent $1,000,000 to repair the cracks and reinforce the foundation. However, few of Austin's residents believed the dam to be structurally sound. The Emporium Lumber Company, located about 1/2 mile downstream from the dam, shipped their highest grades of wood from its mills to prevent inventory loss should the dam break again. On September 30, 1911, heavy rains filled the Bayless reservoir and broke the concrete dam. An estimated 400 million gallons of water rushed over Austin and continued through the valley, destroying property as far as eight miles downstream. In Austin, 50 people were killed, and 38 more were reported missing or presumed dead. Only the Emporium Lumber Company Mill and the Bayless Mill remained standing. The Bayless Pulp & Paper Company (the owner of the dam) paid over $2,000,000 in negligence claims. The Emporium Lumber Company Mill, shown here, surrounded by its inventory loss.

John (Jack) Collins grabbed his coat and yelled for his wife to get out of hte house. She was baking bread in the kitchen as the water ruched through the backyard sweeping away the outhouse and the chicken coop. The water didn't bother the house and Annie knew she would be protectec by the Lord.