sources
Mowrer Ancestors

 
List of Sources

Many of these sources are available at the Wayne County Public Library
and from the Wayne County Genealogical Society
 

Birth and Marriage Records

Wills and Administrations

Cemetery Records

Census and Tax Records

Land Records

Military Records

Maps

County Histories and Newsletters

Family Histories

Newspapers

General Reference


 

Birth and Marriage Records

Vandersall, L.  Wayne County Ohio Births 1800-1870.
    "Compiled in 1990 by Lloyd Vandersall from the IGI, Census, County histories, and newspapers, etc."

Smith, R.G.  Birth Records from the Wayne County, Ohio Probate Court 1867-1908.
   1991 ed., with corrections up to 1990

Strock, E.J. and R. E. Strock.  Index to Marriages of Wayne County, Ohio 1813-1898. 
       Wayne County Genealogical Society: 1997.
   Alphabetical listings by groom and bride

Johannes Mauerer Taufschein (1799)
   Baptismal certificate from Augusta Twp., Northumberland Co., PA

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Wills and Administrations

Smith, R.G.  Will Abstracts, Estates and Guardianships, Wayne County, Ohio, 1812-1851.  Wayne County 
        Historical Society Genealogy Section.

Index to Wills and Estates -- Wayne County -- 1852-1900.

Vandersall, L.K.  Index to Probate Court Records, Wayne County, Ohio, 1812-1917, 1918-1934.  Wooster, OH: 1995

Williams, R.T. and M.C.  Index of Berks County, Pennsylvania Wills and Administration Records 1752-1850.
   Danboro, PA: 1973

Wayne County Probate Court Administration No. W43.  Estate of Frederick Wise.
Wayne County Probate Court Administration No. 3139.  Estate of Jonas Mowrer.
   Including last will and testament (filed 1 Nov. 1867; rec. v. 6, p. 202)
Waybe County Probate Court Guardianship No. 3167.  Jonas Mowrer (d).
   Michael Totten named guardian of Benjamin F., Josephine R., and Jonas N. Mowrer
Wayne County Probate Court Administration No. 15246.  Estate of Benjamin Mowrer.
Wayne County Probate Court Administration No. 20206.  Estate of Jonas N. Mowrer
 
 

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Cemetery Records

Wayne County Burial Records to 1975
   Burial listings for cemeteries throughout the county, excluding Wooster and Sherwood

Wooster Cemetery Burials
   Listings for Wooster (formerly Oak Hill) Cemetery, with chronological/alphabetical organization

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Census Records

Phillips, C.A.  Wayne County Ohio Early Censuses and Tax Lists.  Wooster, OH: Wayne County Historical 
   Society.
   Lists covering period 1810-1820

U.S. Federal Census Index, Pennsylvania, 1790-1820

U.S. Federal Census, 1800-1930
 
 

Tax Records


Lontz, M.B.  Early Assessment Records for Union County, Pennsylvania.  1966.
   Covers portions of present day Union and Snyder counties and former Northumberland County

Tax List, Beaver Twp., Northumberland Co., PA
   1802
   1807
   1810

Smith, R.G.  Early Land Records of Wayne County, Ohio.  Wooster, OH: Wayne County Genealogical Society, 
   1988. 
   U.S. patent land grants, deed records, tax lists up to 1820; records of the sale of school lands

Smith, R.G.  Wayne County Tax List 1826.  Wooster, OH: Genealogical Section, Wayne County Historical 
   Society, 1981.
   Lists and maps by township

Phillips, C.A.  Wayne County Ohio Early Censuses and Tax Lists.  Wooster, OH: Wayne County Historical 
   Society.
   Lists covering period 1810-1820

Personal Property Taxes Collected in Wayne County, Ohio 
   1831-1832 
   1839-1845 
   1848, 1854, 1856 

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Land Records

Bickhart, R.L.  Snyder County, Pennsylvania Land Surveys Name Index.  1980.
   References early survey plats for the county

Smith, R.G.  Early Land Records of Wayne County, Ohio.  Wooster, OH: Wayne County Genealogical Society, 
   1988. 
   U.S. patent land grants, deed records, tax lists up to 1820 and records of the sale of school lands

Smith, R.G.  Wayne County Tax List 1826.  Wooster, OH: Genealogical Section, Wayne County Historical 
   Society, 1981.
   Lists and maps by township

Northumberland Co., PA Deed Book K, p. 98
   George Miller & Wife deed to George Shira and Christian Mowra, 26 Apr. 1796 (rec. 9 Feb. 1798)
Northumberland Co., PA Deed Book N, p. 69
   Christian Mowra deed to George Kreek, 14 Aug. 1805 (rec. 28 Aug. 1805)

Wayne Co. Deed Book 13, p. 155
   John Starner deed to Frederick Briner, 22 Jun. 1835 (rec. 22 Jul. 1835)
Wayne Co. Deed Book 16, p. 166
   Frederick and Mary Briner deed to Thomas Hannah, 19 Dec. 1836 (rec. 4 Feb. 1837)
Wayne Co. Deed Book 17, p. 106
   John and Nancy Feazel deed to Jesse and William Mowrer, 18 May 1837 (rec. 6 Jul. 1837)
Wayne Co. Deed Book 36, p. 389
   Jesse and Rebecca Mowrer deed to Stewart McCoy, 4 Oct. 1847 
Wayne Co. Deed Book 54, p. 481
   Neal and Sarah McCoy deed to Jonas Mowrer, 28 April 1857 (signed 20 June 1859, rec. 26 June 1862)
Wayne Co., OH Deed Book 67, p. 44
   Henry Bucher deed to  Aaron Mowrer, 1866
Wayne Co., OH Deed Book 72, p. 44
   Christian Stoll (exec.) deed to Barbara Mowrer, 26 Dec. 1868
Wayne Co., OH Deed Book 74, p. 170
   Christian and Henrietta Stoll deed to Aaron Mowrer, 12 Jun. 1869

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Military Records

National Archives and Records Administration.  Civil War Pension Index.  [database online] Provo, UT: 
   Ancestry.com, 2000. 

United States National Archives.  Civil War Compiled Military Service Records.  [database online] Provo, UT: 
   Ancestry.com, 1999-. 

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Maps

Caldwell's Atlas of Wayne Co. and the City of Wooster Ohio.  Sunbury, OH: J.A. Caldwell, 1873.
   Township maps showing 1873 land owners.

Caldwell's Atlas of Wayne County Ohio.  Mount Vernon, OH: Atlas Publishing Co., 1897.
   Township maps showing 1897 land owners.

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County Histories

Aurand, A.M.  (ed.).  History of Beaver Springs, Penn'a and Centennial Souvenir Book.  1906.  Aurand Printing 
   and Publishing.
   "Published in commemortation of the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the town."

Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Wayne and Holmes, Ohio.  Chicago: J.H. Beers & Co., 
        1889.
   "Containing biographical sketches of prominent and represenative citizens and of many of the early settled families"

Douglass, B.  History of Wayne County, Ohio.  Indianapolis: Douglass, 1878.
   Reprinted in 2000 through the sponsorship of the Wayne County Genealogical Society

Fisher, Dr. Charles A.  The Snyder County Pioneers.  1938.
   Biographical sketches of early settlers

Historic Heritage of Wayne County, Ohio.  Wooster, OH: Landmark Committee, Wayne Co. Historical Society, 
   1976.
   Directory of historic buildings in the county

History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys Embraced in the Counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, 
   Union and Snyder in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.  Philadelphia: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886.

Picturesque Wayne; a history in text and engraving.  Akron, OH: Werner Co., 1896.
   "A volume of views, portraits and biographies of citizens of Wayne county and a history of its settlement and growth."

Wabash County Genealogical Society. Family Branches Vol. 5, No. 6, Jan. 2000.
   Contains a listing of deaths mentioned in the P.H. Bolinger Diary (1881-1899), including those of William and Rachael Mowrer

Wayne County History Book Committee. A History of Wayne County Ohio.  Dallas: Taylor, 1987.
   Illustrated, with county history and contributed family biographies

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Family Histories

FETTERMAN
Neel, Tom.  Peter Fetterman.  1998.
    Summary of research on the Peter Fetterman family by a descendant of his eldest son John

GRABLE
Vander Veen, Marilyn.  The Descendants of Joseph and Mary Grable of Fayette County, Pennsylvania.  1996.
    Traces the family in MD, PA, OH, IN, and KY--available at the Uniontown, PA Public Library

HOWMAN
Howman, David R.  The History of Howmans in Ohio. (1975)
    History and descendants of the brothers Jacob and Frederick Howman

MACKEY
Mackey descendant.  Leola Mackey Ancestors. (date unknown).
    Cunningham, Finley, Forsythe, and Mackey ancestors of Leola Mackey (and her sister Harriet, my great-grandmother); author unknown

MATTY
Matty descendant.  Samuel Matty Family.  ca. 1985.
    Lists descendants of Samuel Matty; author unknown

MOWRER
Mowrer, Aaron.  The Mowrer History.  1902.
   Prepared for the first Mowrer-Briner family reunion, held 3 Oct. 1902 near Overton, Wayne Co., OH
Signs, Cora Mowrer.  Mowrer Family History.  ca. 1940s.
    Descendants of Christian Mowrer, focusing on the line of his son Samuel from PA to OH to IN (source material for H.L. Mowrer history)
Mowrer, H.L. and Michael S. Mowrer. Maurer - Mauerer - Mowrer Family History.  ca. 1947, rev. 1982.
    Descendants of Christian Maurer (Mowrer) by a researcher not connected to this line; with revisions by a direct descendant and Maurer authority
Smith, Anna (secretary).  Minutes of the Mowrer-Briner Family Reunions.  1902-1915.
   Reports on the 14 family reunions held in Wayne Co., OH near Overton in the early 1900s
Letters to Ruth Mowrer Drabenstott.  1940-1947.
   Letters discussing Mowrer family history that she received from Cora Mowrer Signs, Newton Mowrer, J.E. Mowrer, Vera Brandon Huffman, and Crystal Mowrer Smith (source material for H.L. Mowrer history)
Huffman, Vera Brandon.  Records as translated from my Great Grandmother's Bible.  1946.
   Translations from German of John Maurer/Elizabeth Bar marriage certificate and the births of their children (source material for H.L. Mowrer history)

RICE
Frederick Rice Family History Committee. Record of the Frederick Rice Family 1753-1926.
    History of the pioneer ancestor and outline of descendants in PA, OH, and IN

RUFF
Nelson/Ruff Family Bible
    Although it only covers two generations, this valuable resource helped me to untangle the multiple marriages of my 2nd great-grandparents

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Newspapers

Wayne County, Ohio 

Wayne County Democrat (WCD)
1850-1913
Wayne County Herald (WCH)
1882-1898
Wooster Daily News (WDN)
1883-1920
Wooster Daily Republican (WDR)
1890-1920
Wooster Weekly Republican (WWR)
1837-1908
Daily Record (DR)
1920-present

See the Wayne County Public Library's website for availability

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General Reference

Hanks, P. and F. Hodges.  A Dictionary of Surnames.  New York: Oxford, 1988.
    Origins and meanings of surnames

Strassburger, R.B. and W.J. Hinke. Pennsylvania German Pioneers.  Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 
        1966.
    Lists of arrivals in Philadelphia 1727-1808; originally published by the Pennsylvania German Society in 1934

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