Genealogy for
Jacob Wesley Auten
About Jacob Wesley Auten |
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). |
| Census | 8/6/1850 | 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. |
| Census | 7/13/1860 | 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. |
| Census | 7/23/1870 | 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) |
| Census | 6/14/1880 | 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 |
| Census | 6/13/1900 | 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. |
| Census | 1/1/1910 | 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. |
| Census | 2/15/1920 | 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/Tombstone | 11/2/1929 | Fredericktown, Forest Cem. OH (Knox County) | 85 yrs old | J. Wesley Auten - 1844 - 1929 Anna D. Auten 1842 -1932
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Jacob, his family, and friends. For example, Jacob is 11 years old when Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida.
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1853 |
The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S. |
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1856 |
The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany |
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1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory. |
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1865 |
Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
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1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
82 |
1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
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1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
84 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
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1861 |
NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA. |
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1862 |
NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
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1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
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1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
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1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
68 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
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1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
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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. |
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1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
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1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
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1860 |
Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south. |
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1862 |
May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
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1863 |
Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves. |
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1865 |
American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South" |
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1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
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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) |
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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 |
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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. |
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1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
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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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The Autens
Four Generations
Jacob and MaryAnn Auten
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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
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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
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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. They ha...
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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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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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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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