Sarah GATES

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• Census: 1850, Living with husband in Switzerland, Monroe Co., Ohio
• Census: 1860, Living with husband in York, Belmont Co., Ohio
• Census: 1870, Living with husband in Sunsbury, Monroe co., Ohio
• Census: 1880, Living with husband in Salem, Monroe Co., Ohio
• Census: 1900, Living with husband in Richland, Belmont co., Ohio

Sarah married Isaiah HELMS on 25 Mar 1849 in Belmont County, Ohio by Samuel Monroe JP. Isaiah was born in Jul 1819 in Virginia; died on 28 Jul 1911 in Glencoe, Belmont Co., Ohio; was buried in Glencoe Cemetery, Glencoe, Belmont Co., Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Alexander HELMS was born in Jan 1847 in Ohio.
2. Hannah HELMS was born about Aug 1850 in Ohio; died on 8 Aug 1865 in Belmont County, Ohio; was buried in Amity Cemetery, Powhatan Point, Belmont Co., Ohio.
3. John HELMS was born about 1852 in Ohio.
4. Solomon HELMS was born on 17 Oct 1853 in Ohio; died on 25 Jul 1934 in Richland, Belmont Co., Ohio; was buried in Key Cemetery, Key, Belmont Co., Ohio.
5. Rachel Ellen HELMS was born on 21 Feb 1856 in Ohio; died on 14 Feb 1884 in Ohio; was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Powhatan Point, Belmont Co., Ohio.
6. Minerva HELMS was born on 20 Sep 1858 in Belmont County, Ohio; died on 29 Dec 1920 in Salem, Monroe Co., Ohio.
7. George HELMS was born in 1861 in Belmont County, Ohio; died on 14 Sep 1921 in Richland, Belmont Co., Ohio; was buried on 17 Sep 1921 in Key Cemetery, Key, Belmont Co., Ohio.
8. Lewis HELMS was born in Feb 1862 in Ohio.
9. Harvey HELMS was born on 23 Jul 1865 in ohio; died on 23 Jul 1941 in Ohio; was buried in Key Cemetery, Key, Belmont Co., Ohio.
10. Samuel HELMS was born on 18 Aug 1870 in Monroe County, Ohio; died on 1 Jun 1925 in Bellaire, Belmont Co., Ohio; was buried on 3 Jun 1925 in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Bellaire, Belmont Co., Ohio.

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• Census: 1850, Living in Washington, Belmont County, Ohio
• Occupation: 1850; Farmer
• Census: 1860, Living in Belleville, Wood Co., Virginia
• Census: 1870, Living in Steele, Wood Co., West Virginia

Notes:

Birth Date is unconfirmed.

Solomon married Hannah STUKEY on 15 Jun 1820 in Belmont County, Ohio. Hannah was born about 1800 in Ohio; died in 1878; was buried in Sandy Hill Cemetery, Woods County, West Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1850, Living with husband in Washington, Belmont County, Ohio
• Census: 1860, Living with husband in Belleville, Wood Co., Virginia
• Census: 1870, Living with husband in Steele, Wood Co., West Virginia

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• Also Known As: George Gates

Notes:

Information from mariana L Zuelsdorf:
History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio. J.A. Caldwell. Historical Publishing Co., 1880 Page 417
"York was one of the original civil townships and erected November 25, 1801, as follows: The third to begin on the Ohio river at the southeast corner of the township of Pultney.......thence up the river to the place of beginning, to be called and known by the township of York. This township has been the scene of severa Indian depredations, prominent among which was the battle of Captina....this battle occured in 1794, on section 8, at the mouth of Cove Run.
.........George Gates (setled) Septembe 28, 1804......Abel Brown (settled )December 21, 1805

From: "Belmont Co., Ohio before 1830." Irene M. Ochsenbein and Catharine F. Fedorchak. 1977. Page 53
"George Gates is buried in the Boger Cemetery, York Township, Belmont Co., near the junction of State Road 7 and S.R. 148. He emigrated from Germany to eastern PA., then to Washington Co., PAS., in 1790, then to Washington and Belmont Cos. in Ohio, near the boundary with present day Monroe Co. His will is on file in Belmont Co. and the following children are named: 1. Mary; 2, Susan; 3. Daniel;4. Valentine; 5. Henry; 6. George; 7 Solomon; 8. Sevilla; and 9. John."

"Monroe County, Ohio: A History. by Theresa A. Maienknecht and Stanley B. Maienknecht. Chapter XXX Switzerland township. Page 408
"Early in the month of April 1819 a colony of ten Swiss families embarked in a flat boat......After leaving Wheeling they were informed that at Captina there was a great quantity of vacant land, and that there they would find two men (Henry Sweppy and George Goetz) who could speak German, and were urged to stop there. On the 15th day of September they landed there and were kindly received and cordially welcomed by the old settlers of the Valley of Captina, viz: the Greens, Lemleys, Moores, Browns, Goetz, Sweppy, Ruble, Smith, and others."
"Along the river all was a forest, except an improvement opposite Fish Creek, then owned by George Goetz. On Big Run, Jos Blare, Hendershot Lemley and the Smiths had made some improvement. In Belmont County, on Captina and Cat's Run, was settled by the Greens, Browns and Goetz, before mentioned."

Georg married Maria Sybilla STEHELI on 11 Jun 1782 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Maria (daughter of Johann Melchior STEHELI and Maria Sybilla ?) was born in 1761 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania; died on 09 Dec 1850 in York Township,Belmont County, Ohio; was buried in Boger Cemetery, York Township, Belmont Co., Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1850, Living with daughter, Susannah Gates Brisen, in York, Belmont County, Ohio