NINEMIRE

FIRST GENERATION

1 [1] william ninemire 1813 - GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER

. +Ruth Ann Van Dillon          - 1865                      GREAT GREAT GRANDMOTHER

......2ANNIE BELLE NINEMIRE ca 1865 - 1934           GREAT GRANDMOTHER

....... +John Sinclair Henderson 1861 - 1942        GREAT GRANDFATHER

.*2nd Wife of [1] William Ninemire:

. +Martha Giffin

..... 2 John William Ninemire 1869 - 1943

......... +Nell Brooks

..... 2 Elizabeth Ninemire, Fulmer 1871 -

......... +Fulmer

..... 2 Mary Ninemire, Porter

......... +Porter

..... 2 Jessie Ninemire, Bryson

......... +Bryson

..... 2 Bertha Ninemire, Reynolds

......... +Reynolds

WILLIAM NINEMIRE

    WILLIAM NINEMIRE WAS BORN ABOUT 1813 IN OHIO. tHERE IS A WILLIAM NINEMIers LISTED IN THE 1830 OHIO CENSUS FOR pIKE COUNTY, PERRY TWP. William Ninsmyer is also listed in the 1840 Census in Pike County, Mufflin Twp. in the 1850 FEDERAL CENSUS OF THE STATE OF OHIO, HIGHLAND COUNTY, PAINT TOWNSHIP William WAS a 37 year old FARM LABORER LIVING IN THE HOUSEHOLD OF TACEY AND LETTICE OLIVER. MR OLIVER WAS A 68 YEAR OLD FARMER FROM NEW JERSEY AND HIS WIFE WAS 53.

     ON OCTOBER 19, 1854 WILLIAM WAS MARRIED TO RUTH ANN VAN DILLON IN THE STATE OF OHIO, HIGHLAND COUNTY BY HENRY JONES, MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL. THE MARRIAGE WAS RECORDED ON PAGE 480, ENTRY 669, IN THE HIGHLAND COUNTY PROBATE RECORDS.

   THE 1860 FEDERAL CENSUS OF OHIO, HIGHLAND COUNTY, LISTS WILLIAM NINEMIRE, AGE 45, OWNING LAND VALUED AT $3,500.00 AND PERSONAL PROPERTY VALUED AT $400.00. HIS WIFE RUTH ANN NINEMIRE NEE VAN DILLON WAS listed as 43 years (I believe this is a transcription error, she WAS probably 33). ALSO PRESENT IS WILLIAM H SHARP, 14, RUTH ANN'S NEPHEW.

    NINEMIRE WAS VARIOUSLY SPELLED NINEMIRES, NINEMYRE, NINEMEYER, NINEMYERS, ETC.

RUTH ANN VAN DILLON

    RUTH ANN VAN DILLON WAS BORN ABOUT 1827 IN OHIO. IN 1850 RUTH ANN WAS LIVING IN BELMONT COUNTY, SOMERSETT TOWNSHIP, OHIO WITH HER BROTHER-IN-LAW, SISTER AND THEIR CHILDREN. HER SISTER, ESThER VANAUSDELEN, MARRIED ASA SHARP IN BELMONT COUNTY, OHIO ON JUNE 1, 1843. IN 1850 THE HOUSEHOLD CONSISTED OF ASA SHARP, AGE 33, BORN IN NEW YORK, ESThER, AGE 25, BORN IN OHIO, AND THEIR CHILDREN: BENJAMIN (5), WILLIAM (3), AND EZRA (1) ALL BORN IN OHIO - AND, OF COURSE, AUNT RUTH ANN.

    tHERE IS A FAMILY FROM OHIO, PIKE COUNTY, PERRY TWP (1850) THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE FAMILY OF origin of BOTH ESThER AND rUTH aNN. HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD IS LUKE VANDILLEN, AGE 78, FROM VIRGINIA. ISRAEL VANDILLEN, AGE 26, FROM VIRGINIA, ELIZABETH VANDILLEN, AGE 20, BORN IN OHIO, WILLIAM VANDILLEN, AGE 17, BORN IN OHIO AND JAMES VANDILLEN, AGE 9, BORN IN OHIO.

     RUTH ANN'S NAME IS SPELLED VARIOUSLY: VANAUZDILLION, VANAUSDELEN, VAN DALEN, ETC. GENERALLY, NAMES BECAME MORE ANGLICIZED WITH EACH GENERATION. THIS NAME INDICATES THAT HER FAMILY, LIKELY CAME FROM HOLLAND. BY THE TIME SHE MARRIED WILLIAM NINEMIRE IN 1854 EITHER SHE OR THE COURTS HAD DECIDED ON VAN DILLON.

MARTHA ALICE GIFFIN

    ON DECEMBER 10, 1868, THE HIGHLAND COUNTY, OHIO PROBATE RECORDS SHOW THAT "WIDOWER", WILLIAM NINEMIRE, WAS JOINED IN MARRIAGE TO MARTHA GIFFIN BY JAMES EVERHART, MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL.

    THE 1870 FEDERAL CENSUS OF OHIO, HIGHLAND COUNTY, PAINT TOWNSHIP, SHOWS WILLIAM NINEMIRE AS A 53 YEAR OLD FARM LABORER WITH NO LAND AND PERSONAL PROPERTY VALUED AT $250. HIS WIFE IS MARTHA, AGE 25, BORN IN OHIO. THE CHILDREN ARE: ANNA BELLE (NINEMIRE), AGE 4, BORN IN OHIO & john WILLIAM (NINEMIRE) AGE 8 MONTHS, BORN IN OHIO SEPTEMBER 23, 1869.

    THERE WERE FOUR MORE CHILDREN BORN TO WILLIAM AND MARTHA NINEMIRE: ELIZABETH, SEPTEMBER 13, 1871, MARRIED MR FULMER; MARY WHO MARRIED MR PORTER; JESSIE, WHO MARRIED MR BRYSON AND BERTHA WHO MARRIED MR REYNOLDS.

ANNA BELLE NINEMIRE

    ANNA BELLE WAS BORN IN 1865, THE DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM NINEMIRE AND RUTH ANN VAN DILLON. sHE WAS BORN THREE YEARS prior to WILLIAM'S MARRIAGE TO mARTHA GIFFIN. RUTH ANN may HAVE DIED IN CHILD BIRTH. i'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE A DEATH CERTIFICATE, A CEMETERY RECORD OR PROBATE RECORDS OF RUTH ANN VAN DILLON'S DEATH.

    aNNA BELLE WENT ON TO MARRY MY G-GRANDFATHER, JOHN SINCLAIR HENDERSON. tHEY EVENTUALLY SETTLED IN COLTON, CALIFORNIA, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. ANNA BELLE'S HALF-BROTHER, JOHN WILLIAM NINEMIRE SETTLED NEARBY IN RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA AND THEY APPEARED TO HAVE HAD A LIFE-LONG, CLOSE RELATIONSHIP.   JOHN NINEMIRE WAS PRESENT AT ANNA BELLE'S 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. ANNA BELLE'S STEP-MOTHER ALSO MOVED TO COLTON, CALIFORNIA. I HAVE A PICTURE OF "GRANNY NINEMIRE", WITH HER DOG, ON HER FRONT PORCH IN COLTON, CALIFORNIA.
see family tree above.   (back) to henderson page.
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