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Jacob Wesley Auten 

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Jacob Cotner Auten
1/27/1813 - 9/10/1893

Rebecca Colley
10/4/1819 - 3/5/1907
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Jacob Wesley Auten
4/21/1844 - 11/2/1929
(Shown at age 51)
Jacob Wesley Auten was born on April 21, 1844 in Berlin Township, Ohio and died on November 2, 1929 in Fredericktown, Ohio. He lived to be 85 years old.

He followed his brother and moved to Iowa. He taught school, but wanted to pursue law. He moved back to Fredericktown,OH. His father told him "You'll make a better farmer" so he became a farmer.

Children;
Myrtle Dell (born 12/10/1870)married Edward Chambers
Bertha May (born 4/24/1872 -5/2/1873)
Annie Ethel (born 9/4/1873 -1938)married Weldon Kinney
George W. Auten (born 2/24/1875).

After the death of Mary in 1875, Jacob married Caroline Love, She died after the birth of their son, Robert Love Auten(born 1879). Mary & Caroline share a common grave marker in Berlin Township Cem. Two years later, Jacob married Anna D. Gibson, They had one daughter, Mary Elizabeth Auten (10/ 1885).
Records
Census8/6/1850 Berlin Township OH (Knox County) 6 yrs old 
Recorded as family #403: J. C. Auten (age 38), Rebecca (age 35), Henry C. (age 12), Alex (age 10), Elisa (age 9), Wesley (age 6), W. Allen (age 3). J. C. is a farmer and estimates the value of his property to be $1, 000. All were born in PA. The four oldest children have been attending school. The family of Henry M. Auten (age 55) is recorded next on the page. 
Census7/13/1860 Berlin OH (Knox County) 16 yrs old 
family #602: Jacob C. Auten (age 47), Rebecca (44), Henry C. (22), Ada C.(20), Mary C. (18), Wesley (16), William A.(14), Almira (8), Allice(6), Lauria (3), & James F.(1 yr old). Jacob is a farmer. Henry, Ada & Wesley are laborers and Mary domestic. Mary, Wesley, William, Almria & Allice have been attending school. Jacob, Rebecca & Henry were born in PA, others in OH. Jacob estimates the value of his estate to be $4,000 and personal estate to be $1,280. 
Census7/23/1870 Berlin OH (Knox County) 26 yrs old 
Family# 82: Wesley Auten ( age 25) and wife Mary (age 21) he is a farmer and she keeps house. Value of estate $800. He was born in OH, and she in PA. States they were married in Feb. of that year (lives next door to his father) 
Census6/14/1880 Berlin OH (Knox County) 36 yrs old 
#97 -J. W. Auten (age 35), Myrtle Auten (9), Anna Auten (6), Geo. W. Auten (5)& servant -M. Buckwalter (27 -OH). J.W. is a farmer and was born in OH, his parents were born in PA. All children were born in OH and state their mother was born in PA.

they live next door to the J. Buckwalter family 
Census6/13/1900 Jefferson OH (Richland County) 56 yrs old 
113, 121 -Jacob Auten (55, Aug.1844), Annie D. (57, Jan.1843) and Mary B. (14, Oct. 1885). Jacob and Annie have been married 18 years and have had one child. Jacob was born in OH, parents in PA. Annie was born in OH, parents in MD. Mary was born in OH. Jacob is a farmer and Mary attends school. 
Census1/1/1910 Richland OH (Jefferson County) 65 yrs old 
59, 50 -Jacob Auten (65), Anna D. (65). Jacob and Annie have been married 27 years and have had five children all are living. Jacob was born in OH, parents in PA. Annie was born in OH, parents in MD. Jacob is a farmer.  
Census2/15/1920 Richland OH (Jefferson County) 75 yrs old 
206-Jacob Auten (76), Anna D. (77). Jacob was born in OH, parents in PA. Annie was born in OH, parents in MD.  
Graveyard/Tombstone11/2/1929 Fredericktown, Forest Cem. OH (Knox County) 85 yrs old 
J. Wesley Auten - 1844 - 1929
Anna D. Auten 1842 -1932  

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9 1853 The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S.
12 1856 The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany
15 1859 Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory.
21 1865 Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public.
25 1869 Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France
33 1877 Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed.
35 1879 Edison invents the electric light bulb.
45 1889 The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards
51 1895 Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance.
53 1897 First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph
56 1900 The cause of yellow fever is discovered. It is proven that the fever is spread by mosquitoes. This rallies an effort to provide better mosquito control.
56 1900 Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams"
57 1901 First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent.
58 1902 The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered.
59 1903 Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk
60 1904 The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming
62 1906 Electrons are discovered by Thomson
62 1906 The triode vacuum tube is invented
62 1906 Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes
68 1912 The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people.
69 1913 Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant
70 1914 The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed
79 1923 Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes
79 1923 Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id"
80 1924 Insecticides are used for the first time on crops
82 1926 Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket
83 1927 The first television transmission was announced in England
84 1928 Big bang theory was introduced
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17 1861 NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA.
18 1862 NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.
38 1882 NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity.
41 1885 NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen.
64 1908 NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile
68 1912 White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out.
69 1913 NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures
73 1917 NEWS HEADLINES: In June, the United States enters World War I on the side of the allies. The Russian Revolution ends the reign of the czars and thrusts Russia into communism.
75 1919 NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty.
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11 1855 Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida.
16 1860 Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south.
18 1862 May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.
19 1863 Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves.
21 1865 American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South"
24 1868 An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees.
31 1875 Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law.
32 1876 The National League of Baseball is founded
65 1909 The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP)
66 1910 Boy Scout and Girl Scout Organizations are introduced in America and the concept of a "week end" meaning time off from regular work begins to take root. The British Empire covers 1/5th of the world land area.
83 1927 Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs.
85 1929 Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October
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65 1909 The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe
70 1914 World War I - Following the crisis touched off by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo, Germany declared war on Russia and additional countries joined the war within several days.
73 1917 Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes.
75 1919 The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I.
76 1920 Adolph Hitler begins to organize the Nazi party in Germany; The Ku Klux Klan launches a recruitment campaign using mass marketing techniques to gain 85,000 new recruits; the first commercial broadcast is made.
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Mary Pealer
Born on March 4, 1849 and died on April 16, 1875.
They were married 1/1/1870.

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Caroline Love
Born on November 16, 1846 and died on March 1, 1880.
They were married 1/1/1877.

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Anna Gibson
Born on an unknown day in January 1843 and died on March 24, 1932.
They were married 1/1/1881.

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The Children of Jacob Wesley Auten

20 years old
Myrtle Dell Auten
Born in Fredericktown, Ohio on December 10, 1870 and died in Bryceville, Florida on June 7, 1951. She was 80 years old.

She taught school before her marriage to Edward Clarence Chambers on Nov. 30, 1893. He attended Ohio Northern University and graduated with a Ph.G. He owned the first drug store in west Akron at Marke...
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26 years old
Annie Ethel Auten
Born in Fredericktown, Ohio on September 4, 1873 and died somewhere in Ohio on April 9, 1938. She was 64 years old.

She helped raise her brother George, after her mother died. She graduated from Chillicothe State Normal School. She married Weldon Kinney(9/5/1868 -11/3/1946)He was a farmer & a carpenter.
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40 years old
George W. Auten
Born in Fredericktown, Ohio on February 24, 1875 and died somewhere in Ohio on November 9, 1972. He was 97 years old.

He was born and raised on a farm. He graduated from Fredericktown High School in 1894. He worked as a carpenter ,for 10 cents an hour and as a lab assistant to pay his way through college. He graduate...
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16 years old
Robert Love Auten
Born in Fredrickstown, Ohio on January 26, 1879 and died in Knox County, Ohio on January 5, 1959. He was 79 years old.

He married Almeda Roup (9/14/1881-1/14/1946). Robert was a draftsman and a musician. He played by ear on the harp, violin and guitar. He performed with other on the Cleveland radio shows.

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10 years old
Mary Elizabeth Auten
Born in Fredericktown, Ohio on October 14, 1885 and died in Fredericktown, Ohio on April 27, 1959. She was 73 years old.

She married Harley Bollinger (6/23/1880 - 1/1/1975)
children
Anna Lucile (1906)married Fred Weller
Arthur(1907)married Lola Fidler
Marjorie(1912-1991)married Wendell Fink ...
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