Tuesday, January 30, 2018

1883-1926 Autograph Album of Mary Louise Fox of Sandusky, Ohio, Before and After Marriage to Frank Jacob Hess


Autograph album that was kept by owner Mary Louise Fox of the Sandusky, Ohio, area, from 1883 to 1927, from before and after her marriage to Frank Jacob Hess.  The later inscriptions were from Mary's grandchildren.


The album measures approximately 7" by 4-1/4" and contains nearly 100 inscriptions; some people inscribed more than one page.  Inscribers include Mary's relatives, some of whom may have been her in-laws, and friends.  Several inscribers mentioned W. R. N. S., presumably Western Reserve Normal School, where Mary herself may have been a student.  The school closed in 1889.

An alphabetical list of the inscribers, together with any personal information they offfered, appears at the end of this post.

Surnames in the Album

? [16]HHalpin [2]RReinheimer
BBartlett [2]Harris [2]SSiggins
BurdickHarvey [2]Smith [2]
CCalvertHeinzerStankard
ChapmanHemmingStephens
Colvin [3]Hess [4]Sweet
CovellHindsTTaylor [2]
CoxHosfordTurner [2]
DDaughertyLLamb [2]VVeader [2]
DeWittLavey ?WWashburn
DollLawrence [2]Wilson [2]
Doyle [2]MMackin [2]Wood
EEshenroder [3]NNolandYYoung
FFooteOOsgood
Fox [7]PPrentice [4]

From brief online research, hopefully correct - corrections and additions requested:

Mary Louise Fox was born August 15, 1865 in Perkins Township, Ohio, the daughter of Allen Fox and Eliza Catherine (Bartlett) Fox.  On June 18, 1891 at Sandusky, Ohio, Mary married Frank Jacob Fox.  The Frank Hess who inscribed a page in Mary's album on December 10, 1884 at Milan, Ohio, was presumably Frank Jacob Hess.


Mary and Frank raised their family of two daughters in the Sandusky, Ohio, area.  Their daughter Ethel May Hess, "Effie", inscribed a page in her mother's album, as did Effie's children Harold and Pauline.


Mary and Frank both died in 1951.  I believe they're both buried in the Perkins Cemetery at Sandusky, Ohio.

If you have corrections and/or additions to the information above, please leave a comment or contact me directly.

Sources
Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013
U.S. Censuses of Erie County, Ohio
FindaGrave.com

Here are a couple pages where readers might be able to identify the inscribers:



Inscribers in the Album
  • A. E. W.; inscribed at Avery, Ohio, on December 4, 1898
  • Either one person or several names: William Algvin, Levi, Leeman; inscribed in Ontario in July 1884
  • ?; inscribed on August 22, 1883.  Mentions Rolland and Father and Finton and Mother
  • Minnie; inscribed at Sandusky, Ohio, on August 20, 1883 
  • Clarence; inscribed at Milan, Ohio, on November 24, 1883
  • H. H. of Perkins, Ohio; inscribed on November 11, 1883.  Perhaps related to inscriber Fredrick Heinzer
  • "An Old Maid"; inscribed at Milan, Ohio, on September 1, 1883
  • Em. W. and J. N. R., the Widdower, inscribed on November 7, 1891
  • J. W. F.
  • Millie; Mary's cousin
  • May; inscribed on May 28, 1892; Mary's niece
  • Lou; inscribed at Castalia, Ohio, on September 23, 1883
  • C. B. W.; inscribed at Milan, Ohio, on December 29, 1883
  • S. Y.; inscribed at Sandusky, Ohio, on October 25, 1883
  • Willie or Willis
  • Essie C. S.:Sh [not sure of initials]; inscribed at Perkins, Ohio, on January 25, 1887
  • Fern Bartlett; inscribed on August 26, 1899 at Wakeman, Ohio.  Mary's cousin
  • Robert Bartlett; inscribed at Milan, Ohio, on October 17, 1893
  • Mabel P. Burdick; inscribed on August 17, 1897.  Mary's cousin
  • J. W. Calvert; inscribed at Milan, Ohio, on April 14, 1895
  • A. M. Chapman; inscribed on September 5, 1883
  • George Colvin; inscribed at Milan, Ohio, on January 19, 1884, or 1889
  • Hattie Colvin; inscribed at Milan, Ohio, on January 18, 1884
  • Myron S. Colvin; inscribed at Milan, Ohio, on January 11, 1885
  • Nellie Covell; inscribed at Perkins, Ohio, on May 25, 1884
  • Mrs. Cox; inscribed on November 4, 1883
  • Nellie Daugherty; inscribed at Avery, Ohio, on June 23, 1897
  • C. E. DeWitt; inscribed at Perkins, Ohio, on May 6, 1884
  • William O. Doll of Burgoo, Ohio; inscribed on August 20, 1883
  • Mrs. Candace Doyle
  • Moses A. Doyle, Mail Carrier on Route 3 at Sandusky, Ohio
  • Ella E.; inscribed at Milan, Ohio, on August 20, 1883 at Western Reserve Normal School.  Presumably Ella E. Eshenroder, future wife of inscriber Myron Talcott Foote, who inscribed the left facing page.
  • G. F. Eshenroder; inscribed at Milan, Ohio, on December 3, 1883.  Mary's cousin, presumably George Franklin Eshenroder.  Inscribed another page on December 2, 1893
  • Marie Eshenroder; inscribed at Milan, Ohio, on December 4, 1883
  • M. T. Foote; inscribed at Milan, Ohio, on November 22, 1883.  at Western Reserve Normal School.  Presumably Milo Talcott Foote, who would marry inscriber Ella E. Eschenroder, who inscribed the right facing page.
  • Flora Fox; inscribed at Avery, Ohio, on December 24, 1897.  Mary's niece, daughter of Mary's brother, Joseph A. Fox and Mary Ann (Marble) Fox.  
  • Flora May Fox; inscribed on December 30, 1897 at Perkins, Ohio.  Mary's niece, daughter of Mary's brother Joseph A. Fox and wife Mary Ann (Marble) Fox.  
  • George B. Fox; inscribed at Sandusky, Ohio, on September 9, 1886.  Mary's brother George Baker Fox
  • George; inscribed at Sandusky, Ohio; Mary's brother, presumably George Baker Fox
  • Lucy Fox; inscribed at Sandusky, Ohio, on January 21, 1885.  Mary's sister Lucy Frances Fox.  "Remember the 4 July 1884 W. R. N.S.", Western Reserve Normal School
  • Mary Louise Fox of Sandusky, Ohio; album owner, from before and after her marriage to Frank Jacob Hess
  • Mrs. George B. Fox; inscribed at Sandusky, Ohio, on August 14, 1889.  Mary's sister-in-law Julia May (Palmer) Fox, wife of Mary's brother George Baker Fox
  • Daniel Halpin; inscribed at Milan, Ohio, on December 30. 1883
  • Thomas Halpin; inscribed at Milan, Ohio, on January 1, 1884
  • Fannie Harris; inscribed on November 30, 1886
  • Rush R. Harris; inscribed at Bloomingville, Ohio, on March 15, 1884
  • Louise Harvey; inscribed at Sandusky, Ohio, on October 28, 1883
  • William S. Harvey; inscribed on November 4, 1883.  Later note: "Died June 16, 1891.  Inscribed another page on the same date.
  • Fredrick Heinzer of Perkins, Ohio; inscribed on November 11, 1883
  • Fannie S. Hemming
  • Daniel Hess; inscribed on January 28, 1885 at Milan, Ohio.  Brother of Mary's husband Frank Jacob Hess.
  • Ethel Hess, "now Ethel Prentice"; inscribed a Wakeman, Ohio, on March 22, 1902.  Mary's daughter Ethel May (Hess) Prentice, wife of Carl Manassa Prentice
  • Frances A. Hess; inscribed at Milan, Ohio, on December 8, 1884
  • Frank Hess; inscribed at Milan, Ohio, on December 10, 1884.  Presumably Frank Jacob Hess, who married album owner Mary Louise Fox in 1891
  • Roxa Hinds; inscribed on February 17, 1895.  Mary's cousin
  • Julia Hosford; inscribed on December 25, 1884 at Isle St. George, Ohio
  • Mary Lamb
  • "Em. W. and J. N. R., the Widdower", inscribed on November 7, 1891
  • G. A. Lavey [not sure of surname]; inscribed at Avery, Ohio, on November 29, 1897
  • Mrs. D. Lawrence
  • Rosa Lawrence of Milan, Ohio.  Later note: "Died 1885"
  • Polly C. Mackin; Mary's sister Polly Calista (Fox) Mackin, wife of Thaddeus Mackin
  • Walter F. Mackin; inscribed at Bloomingville, Ohio, on September 15, 1888.  Mary's nephew
  • B. M. Noland; inscribed to Frank and Mary Hess on July 27, 1908; inscribed multiple pages all on July 27, 1908 and on one gave his Civil War information:  "Co. F, 80 Regt, Ohio Veteran Volunteer Inft. 1861-1865"
  • S. V. Osgood; inscribed on November 4, 1883; inscribed another page on the same date.
  • Harold W. Prentice; inscribed at Clyde, Ohio, in 1926 at age 9.  Mary's grandson
  • Harold Walter Prentice, 8 years old and Mary's grandson; inscribed at Clyde, Ohio, on May 9, 1925
  • Pauline L. Prentice, 11 year old; inscribed on April 1, 1926 at Wakeman, Ohio.  Mary's granddaughter
  • Pauline L. Prentice; "Your Darling Granddaughter the Pianist"; inscribed on May 9, 1925 at Clyde, Ohio
  • Mrs. P. A. Reinheimer of Sandusky, Ohio
  • Lillie Siggins of Perkins, Ohio; inscribed on November 11, 1883
  • Burton W. Smith of Milan, Ohio
  • Mrs. Lanta Smith; inscribed at Isle St. George, Ohio, on October 24, 1883
  • Mollie A. Stankard; inscribed on November 29, 1883 at Buffalo, New York
  • Mary L. Stephens; inscribed in August 1886
  • Maggie Sweet; inscribed at Milan, Ohio, on December 10, 1884
  • Dora Taylor of Berlin, Connecticut
  • Merritt E. Taylor of Kensington, Connecticut; inscribed on September 17, 1883
  • Julia Turner; inscribed at Milan, Ohio, in September 1883.  Later note:  "Died August 28, 1886"
  • Mrs. L. P. Turner; inscribed at Milan, Ohio, in 1883 [or 1885]
  • Dollie Veader; inscribed on September 9, 1883
  • Norah Veader; inscribed on June 7, 1884
  • E. C. Washburn; inscribed at Perkins, Ohio, on May 3, 1884
  • Jennie Wilson
  • Nellie Wilson; inscribed at Milan, Ohio, on July 22, 1884
  • Kittie Wood of Blissfield; Mary's "C.E. Cousin"  Could C. E. stand for Canada East?
  • Johanna C. Young; inscribed at Isle of St. George, Ohio, on October 25, 1883.  Written partly in another language, perhaps German


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