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     Archibald Sweeney was born on 7 June 1881 at twin..¹ He was the son of Nancy Hillyer.¹

     Joseph Sweeney was born on 7 June 1881 at twin..¹ He was the son of Nancy Hillyer.¹

     John McDonald was born on 7 June 1871.¹ He married Mary Margaret Sweeney, daughter of Nancy Hillyer, on 4 July 1893 at Holy Cross Rectory, Glouster, OH.¹ John McDonald died on 11 June 1955 at age 84.¹

     Lillian Margeurite McDonald was the daughter of John McDonald and Mary Margaret Sweeney.¹ Lillian Margeurite McDonald died at died at 3 months..¹

     Sadie Evans was born in 1889.¹ As of 1904,her married name was Sweeney.¹ She married Darl Sweeney, son of Nancy Hillyer, in 1904.¹ Sadie Evans died in 1954.¹

     Walter Sweeney was born in 1906.¹ He was the son of Darl Sweeney and Sadie Evans.¹ Walter Sweeney died in 1931.¹

     Clarence Sweeney was born in 1908.¹ He was the son of Darl Sweeney and Sadie Evans.¹ Clarence Sweeney died in 1958.¹

     Darl Sweeney Jr. was born on 3 July 1917.¹ He was the son of Darl Sweeney and Sadie Evans.¹ Darl Sweeney Jr. died on 4 May 1988 at age 70.¹

     Clara F. Clarke and John H. Sweeney Had no children.¹ Her married name was Sweeney.¹ Clara F. Clarke was born in July 1863.¹ She married John H. Sweeney, son of James T. Sweeney and Margaret Dittoe, before 1883.^1,2 Clara F. Clarke died on 4 August 1888 at age 25.^1,2 She was buried after 4 August 1888 at St. Joseph, Somerset, Perry, OH.²

     Cora Sheeran was born in 1869.² As of after 1884,her married name was Sweeney.¹ She married John H. Sweeney, son of James T. Sweeney and Margaret Dittoe, after 1884.¹ Cora Sheeran was buried in 1954 at St. Joseph, Somerset, Perry, OH.² She died in 1954.²

     Tom Laly died in 1966 at killed in auto accident, Columbus, OH.¹

     Mike Laly was the son of Tom Laly.¹ Mike Laly died on 15 June 1996.¹

     Elias William Snider was buried at Holy Trinity, Somerset, OH. He was Undertaker.¹ He was born on 28 April 1866.¹ He married Loretta Sweeney, daughter of James T. Sweeney and Margaret Dittoe, on 11 May 1897 at Holy Trinity, Somerset, Perry, OH.¹ Elias William Snider died on 15 August 1911 at age 45.¹

     Mary Elizabeth Schmelzer was buried at New St. Joseph's Cemetery, Somerset, OH. She Sister of Sr. Henrietta Schmelzer, O.P.¹ Her married name was Sweeney.¹ She married Odie Kevin Sweeney, son of James T. Sweeney and Margaret Dittoe.¹ Mary Elizabeth Schmelzer was born in 1893.^1,2 She was buried in 1952 at St. Joseph, Somerset, Perry, OH.² She died in 1952.^1,2

     John Sweeney was born on 14 February 1919.^1,2 He was the son of Odie Kevin Sweeney and Mary Elizabeth Schmelzer.¹ John Sweeney died on 24 October 1919 at age 0.^1,2 He was buried after 24 October 1919 at St. Joseph, Somerset, Perry, OH; Stone reads age 8 Months, 10 Days.²

     Harvey J. Dobbins was born in 1920.¹ He died on 2 December 1995.¹

     Bridgett Finnen was born between 1835 and 1836.¹ She appeared on the census of 31 August 1850 at Hollidaysburg Borough, Blair, PA; Shown as Finin, looks like age 14, one of 9 laborers in Dwelling 125, Family 134. There is also a laborer named Mary, age 21...last name possibly Funen.² As of 1880, Bridgett Finnen was also known as Finin.¹

      Bridget Finnen was also known as Finen.² She was born between 1829 and 1830.¹ She appeared on the census of 22 August 1850 at Pottsville NE Ward, Schuylkill, PA; Age 20, born in Ireland. In home of John R. Deahny & family with 4 other non-Deahny adults. Occupation not shown.³

     Jacob Dittoe "Jacob Ditto, born 25 September 1758, died in 1826. He is identified in the Orphan's Court Docket. A bit more is known about Jacob. He has been discussed earlier in this chapter. He married Catherine Finck (born circa 1760) circa 1783, probably in York County. He and his brother Francis were twins. He owned land for a time in northwest Baltimore County, Maryland. His wife Catherine was a Catholic, and he converted to Catholicism after he married her. Jacob and his family moved to Perry County, Ohio, before 1820."⁸ He The History of St. Joseph: Edward Dominic Fenwick (1768-1832), hearing that Catholics in Ohio were longing for a priest, set out from Saint Rose in Springfield, Kentucky, the first Dominican priory in the country. Jacob Dittoe (1760-1826) welcomed him into his home, and there in 1808, Fenwick celebrated the first Mass in the state. A member of the Order of Friars Preachers, Fenwick had to return to his brethren, but was later assigned to serve as a missionary in Ohio. In 1818, Dittoe bought and donated 320 acres. Immediately, everyone helped to build the first church, a log structure only 22 feet in length by 18 in width. On the 6th of December, the modest church was dedicated...
...Logs from the home of Jacob Dittoe have been discovered. From these, a small replica of the first Saint Joseph Church was made. Today, it is on display in a little museum in the sacristy, the room that was once the Dominican choir. Much has been written about the great history of Saint Joseph Church. Learning it is a blessing.

http://216.239.53.100/search?q=cache:qeMl_rxZMhsC:www.op-stjoseph.org/dominican/somerset/history.htm+%22jacob+dittoe%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8. He Early Perry Co. and Catholic histories speak frequently of Jacob and Catherine Dittoe, but not of siblings of Jacob. I have here assigned Joseph and Anthony as siblings due to their close birth dates. Monuments to all three of them are in St. Joseph Church Cemetery. He See this entry from the 1883 History of Fairfield and Perry Counties...needs worked out...clearly Frank cannot be a son of this Jacob Dittoe.
DITTOE, FRANK A., born May 9th, 1849, merchant, Somerset, Ohio.
On his birth day, 1882, was married to Miss Mary E., daughter of Hon.
W. E. Finck, of Somerset. His father was Jacob Dittoe, a native of
Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, who came to Somerset with Frank's
grandfather Joseph Dittoe, in 1813. The great grandmother, whose
name was also Joseph, came from Alsace, France, where the name is
spelled De Toe. Jacob Dittoe had an uncle John, who went to the
State of New York,---Francis, who died in Pickaway county, Ohio;
Anthony, who died in Perry county, Ohio; Peter, who lived and died
in Virginia,---all of whom were brothers of Joseph Dittoe, the
grandfather of Frank. The mother of Jacob, and grandmother of Frank,
was, in her maiden days, a Miss Helen Grimm. The uncles of Frank
A. Dittoe were: John, a farmer of Perry, who died up in ninety years
of age, in Perry county, Ohio; Michael, a carpenter, who died single,
in New Orleans, about the year 1829; Joseph, who was drowned in the
Mississippi River a few years prior to the death of Michael, and Anthony
Dittoe, the youngest brother of Jacob, who died in Edgar county, Illinois.
Frank's father, Jacob Dittoe, was married in 1826 to Miss Sarah
Cain, by Rev. N. D. Young. The daughters born to this wedlock
were: Sarah and Mary, of Washington, D. C., where the latter deceased;
Miss Lizzie and Eugenia, of Somerset, Ohio; Margaret, wife
of William Dittoe, a lawyer of Davenport, Iowa; and Cecelia, wife of
Hon. T. P. Cox, of Lancaster, Ohio. The sons were: Frank A., the
subject of this sketch, John, and William, who died at the family homestead,
in Somerset, sole and unmarried, and M. J. Dittoe, who went to
the City of New York nearly thirty years ago, engaged as carpenter
and architect, never married, and amassed a large fortune, which he
divides liberally with his only surviving brother, Frank A., and the
kindred of his household. In 1879 the writer obtained the following
facts from the lips of Jacob Dittoe, then in his seventy-eighth year:
There was not a house on Columbus street, Somerset, in 1813,
and not one brick house in all the town. It had two taverns, and one
dry goods store. Then, too, there was not a house in Zanesville from
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the present site of the court house there to the river bank---all commons,
cow pasture, etc. Then Lancaster had but two dry goods stores, and
the "Ohio Eagle " newspaper, St. Joseph's being the first Catholic
church in Ohio. There came thither, not only the sons and daughters
of the church to worship, but to enter the holy bonds of wedlock. Then,
as now, no loyal daughter of the church would marry Catholic or
Protestant husband who refused to be united in wedlock by a priest of
Mother Church. Here the elder Thomas Ewing, afterwards the great
jurist, lawyer, and statesman, of Lancaster, came to marry his wife, a
Catholic daughter of Hugh Boyle, Clerk of Fairfield Common Pleas
Court. Mr. Ewing had no notion of doing without a beautiful and
charming wife because of such exacting rules of his wife's church, since
these did not bind him to become a Catholic, but only the husband of a
Catholic wife, which latter was agreeable to his preferences. It is a
singular fact that the same priest. Rev. N. D. Young, who performed
the marriage service, also performed the funeral service of this well
known man.³ He Parish Archives - The History of Old St. Mary Church:

Father Edward Fenwick, O.P.
It was the appealing correspondence of Jacob Dittoe to Bishop Carroll of Baltimore that brought into Ohio Father Edward D. Fenwick, a Dominican priest from the monastery at St. Rose, Kentucky. Jacob Dittoe, a German Catholic, had settled in Ohio, near Somerset. In this locality, Jacob Dittoe, with several others of the same nationality, had cleared tracts in the forest for their homes. Father Fenwick, who later on Sunday, January 13, 1822, was consecrated the first Bishop of Cincinnati, found this group of Catholic pioneers and three other German Catholic families, numbering twenty persons.

Another letter from Jacob Dittoe addressed to Father Fenwick was brought to the attention of Bishop Flaget of Bardstown, Kentucky. As a response to this letter of a pious Catholic, Bishop Flaget and Father Badin, who were on their way to Baltimore, crossed the Ohio River at Maysville, Kentucky, in 1812. They found a German Catholic by the name of William Cassel whose four children they baptized. On their way to Somerset they found the Dittoe and Fink families, where Bishop Flaget celebrated Mass and heard confessions. He wrote as follows regarding this trip:

"On my journey to Baltimore, I found fifty Catholic families in the State of Ohio. I hear that there are many others scattered in various parts of the state, but those who have migrated into these regions have never seen a priest since they left their former homes. Hence many of those I met have almost forgotten their religion, and they are bringing up their children in complete ignorance. And this neglected portion of the flock committed to me, I am compelled to leave on account of the lack of workers, for I can scarcely send a missionary to them, even once a year.

In the Fall of 1816, the Catholic Church in Kentucky was supplied with several newly-ordained priests. Father Fenwick began to give more time and service to the scattered Catholics in Ohio. He won for himself the zealous title "Apostle of Ohio."

The first Catholic Church in Ohio
On a tract of land cleared and purchased by Jacob Dittoe and his neighbor Catholics, about Somerset, was built the first Catholic Church in Ohio. It was a log house; a one-story structure, with the bare ground as a floor. Near this chapel was erected another log house of two rooms to serve as a rectory for the missionaries. This, the first Catholic Church of Ohio, was blessed by Fathers Fenwick and Young on December 6, 1818.

http://www.oldstmarys.org/archives/1942history.html.
He married Catherine Ann Sneeringer.^9,6 Jacob Dittoe was born on 25 September 1758 or 1760; Catholic history sources, and cemetery monument give birth as 1760.^10,2,11,5 He was the son of Barbara (?).⁷ Jacob Dittoe appeared on the census of 1790 at Petapsko Lower Hundred, Baltimore, MD; 2 males 16+
2 males <16
2 females
Note: The only other Ditto in the state is Abraham, also in Petapsko ...relationship? RJ. He and Peter Dittoe lived in 1790 at Conewago, Adams, PA; and members of the Conewago Chapel congregation.^4,6 Jacob Dittoe was "In 1802...a German farmer named Jacob Dittoe settled near what is today the village of Somerset in Perry County... in 1802 at Perry, OH.¹² He was shortly after settling the area, Jacob wrote a letter to Bishop John Carroll asking for a priest. This letter was not answered (and possibly not received). circa 1803.¹² He was entered two half-sections of property. on 4 June 1804 at Fairfield (now Perry), OH.⁶ He was "The first permanant roots of Catholicism [in Ohio] are associated with the arrival of Jacob Dittoe who together with his brother-in-law John Finck, settled in the town of Middleton, between Zanesville and Lancaster, in 1805. They renamed the town Somerset and soon petitioned Bishop John Carroll of Baltimore for a priest to be sent to the area. Dittoe even went so far as to offer to donate 320 acres of land for a chapel and parish house."
(from 580)
582 says "...the Dittoes and their kinsfolk named Fink." in 1805 at Perry, OH.^13,14 He was addressed another letter to Bishop of Baltimore John Carroll begging for a priest, and inviting the Bishop to visit. on 5 January 1805.¹² He and Jacob Dittoe Jr. were Jacob Dittoe is named as Grand Juror of the township...could be Jr. or Sr. RJ. on 26 March 1808 at Reading Twp., Perry, OH.³ Jacob Dittoe was "The Court of Common Pleas convened again in July, 1818, the bench
the same as before, excepting that George Trout appears in the place of
David Beckwith as one of the associate judges. Beckwith had died,
and the County Commissioners had probably filled the vacancy by the
appointment of Trout. The first business at this term, with the
exception of receiving the report of the locating commissioners, was an
application by Jacob DITTOe for an order vacating the town of Hanover,
the first platted town within what is now the county limits. Hanover
was laid out in 1804, fourteen years before the creation of Perry county.
It was in Fairfield county and situated about four miles west of where
Somerset was afterward located. The petition of Mr. DITTOe was
granted, and an order made, vacating and making null and void the
plat of the town of Hanover" in July 1818 at Hanover, Perry, OH.³ He There are 3 Jacob Dittoe's in the 1819 Perry Co. Tax list.

http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:fXP22jfmtxEC:homepages.rootsweb.com/~tfisher/tax/1819tax.htm+%22dittoe+jacob%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 in 1819. He and Jacob Dittoe Jr. The following entries are shown in the 1819 tax record:
Jacob Dittoe (6)
Jacob Dittoe
Jacob Dittoe (4) in 1819 at Perry, OH. As of 1820, Jacob Dittoe was also known as Ditto.¹⁵ He appeared on the census of 1820 at Reading Twp, Perry, OH; There is only this one Jacob Ditto/Ditto in Ohio (next to Michael Ditto, 6 dwellings from John Ditto)...so where is Jacob Jr.?:
1 male 45+
1 female to 10
3 females 16-26
1 female 45+. He left a will in 1825 at A/84, Perry, OH; wife Anne Catherine; daughters Sarah Dittoe, Rachael wife of Joseph Hodge; Henry; Jacob (deceased)'s daughter Eleanor McC. Dittoe; Michael; John; Peter; brother Anthony.⁶ He died on 30 January 1826 at Perry, OH.⁹ He was buried after 30 January 1826 at St. Joseph Church, Perry, OH; Jacob and Catherine Ann's names are on the stone honoring the original benefactors of St. Joseph. Jacob died at age 66.⁹

     William Finnen was born in January 1860.¹ He was the son of John Finnen and Eliza Gibbons.¹ William Finnen appeared on the census of 9 June 1860 in the household of John Finnen and Eliza Gibbons at Dwelling 396, Family 409, Harrisburg ward 4, Dauphin, PA; John, 30, R. Road, 900,200, IRE
Eliza, 36, PA
William, 6/12, PA
This family is just 20 Dwellings from William and Sarah Finnen who are next to the Corcorain or Curcoran family home where James Finnen, age 7 - apparent son of Patrick Finnen - is living.
As of Jan 2003, there is no further information about this William Finnen.²

     Alexander McMullen married Elizabeth (?).² Alexander McMullen was born between 1803 and 1804 at Ireland.¹ He appeared on the census of 29 December 1850 at Dwelling 1795, Family 1799, Harrison Twp, Perry, OH; Alexander, 46, Carpenter, IRE
Elizabeth, 43, PA
Daniel, 16, IRE
Alexander, 9, IRE
Would these be kids of an earlier marriage of Alexander? Or kids of a sibling?³

     Her married name was McMullen.¹ Elizabeth (?) married Alexander McMullen.¹ Elizabeth (?) was born between 1806 and 1807 at PA.¹

     Daniel McMullen was born between 1813 and 1814 at Ireland.¹ He was the son of Alexander McMullen and Elizabeth (?).¹

     Alexander McMullen was born between 1840 and 1841 at Ireland.¹ He was the son of Alexander McMullen and Elizabeth (?).¹

     Frank W. Barks was born between 1874 and 1875 at OH.¹ He married Belle Brandon Brown, daughter of John Thomas Brown and Harriet Elizabeth Ross, circa 1898; Assumed from death date of Richard and birth date of Frank H.¹ Frank W. Barks and Belle Brandon Brown appeared on the census of 5 January 1920 at 431 Fairmont Ave., Zanesville, OH; Barks, Frank W., Head, 45
Barks, Belle B., Wife, 55
Prout, Marie C., Daughter, 26
Prout, Eva R., Daughter, 24
Barks, Frank H., Son, 19
Reed, Gertrude, Servant, 18.²

     Joseph Jackson was born on 31 January 1900 at Northumberland, England.^1,2 He was the son of Joseph Jackson and Sarah Ann Hails.¹ Joseph Jackson married Eva Marrea Roush on 11 October 1922 at Racine, Meigs, OH.^1,2 Joseph Jackson died on 23 April 1947 at Athens, OH, at age 47; Mine accident fell from motor car when going to the repair shed , later
ruled heart failure.¹ He was buried after 23 April 1947 at Union Street Cemetery, Athens, OH.¹

     Joseph Jackson Jr. was born on 30 March 1931 at Meigs, OH.³ He was the son of Joseph Jackson and Eva Marrea Roush.^1,2,3 Joseph Jackson Jr. died on 4 May 1999 at Columbus, Franklin, OH, at age 68.³

     Eva Marrea Roush was born on 18 November 1903 at Letart, Mason, WV.¹ As of 11 October 1922,her married name was Jackson.¹ She married Joseph Jackson, son of Joseph Jackson and Sarah Ann Hails, on 11 October 1922 at Racine, Meigs, OH.^1,2 As of after 1947,her married name was Moore.¹ Eva Marrea Roush died on 11 April 1972 at Columbus, Franklin, OH, at age 68.¹

     Dorothy Ann Jackson was born on 27 November 1926 at Meigs, OH.¹ She was the daughter of Joseph Jackson and Eva Marrea Roush.¹ As of 19 October 1945,her married name was Andrews.¹ Dorothy Ann Jackson died on 10 October 1966 at Dallas, Dallas, TX, at age 39.¹

     Joseph Jackson was born on 10 August 1855 at Morpeth District, Bedlington, Northumberland, England; On his application for Marriage License, Joseph gave 10 Aug 1856 as his birth date. Death Cert shows 1855.^3,4,5,6 He was the son of Richard Jackson and Jane Jackson.^2,1 Joseph Jackson emigrated circa 1870; Believed to have come with mother and 3 sisters.¹ He married Isabella Dickenson, daughter of Elizabeth (?), on 2 August 1879 at Morpeth, Northumberland, England.¹ Joseph Jackson appeared on the census of 1881 in the household of Elizabeth (?) at 21 Double Row, Horton, Northumberland, England; Elisabeth DICKINSON, Head, W, 58 b. Rothbury, Northumberland, Eng
John DICKINSON, Son, U, 26
b. Jarrow, Durham, Eng., Coall Miner
Robert DICKINSON, Son, U, 24 b. Horton, Northumberland, Eng., Coal Miner
Elisabeth DICKINSON, Daur, U, 17 b. New Delaval, Northumberland, Eng.
Henery DICKINSON, Nephew, 12 b. Bedlington, Northumb, Eng., Miner (C) Joseph DICKINSON, Nephew, 10
b. New Del., Northumb., Eng., Scholar Joseph JACKSON, Son In Law, M, 25
b. Bed., Northumb., Eng., Coal Miner
Isabell JACKSON, Daur, M. 22
b. South Shields, Durham, England
Robert D. JACKSON, Grand Son, 5 m b. New Delaval, Northumberland, Eng.⁷ Joseph Jackson lived in 1887 at Jefferson, Allegheny, PA.^8,6 He married Sarah Ann Hails, daughter of Richard Hails and Elizabeth Birch-Clewes, on 24 September 1887 at West Elizabeth, Allegheny, PA; Joseph Jackson of Jefferson and Sarah A. Hailes of Limetown. In the presence of James Drisdale.^1,8 Joseph Jackson died on 17 December 1925 at Athens, OH, at age 70; Death cert. shows Father Richard Jackson, Mother Jane Jackson from Sleekburn Northumberland Co., England. Cause of death: Cancer.^1,5 He was buried on 25 December 1925 at Union Street Cemetery, Athens, OH.¹