Martha Jane Florea

Other Events:

• Obituary: 31 Oct 1945; The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) 31 October 1945, p27

Notes:

Died:

OBITUARY
Florea—Martha Jane Florea, age 6 years, beloved daughter of Donald R. and Stella M. Florea (nee Bowman), sister of Nora, Beatrice, Wayne, roselyn, Phyllis, James, Caroline, Jo Ann and Henry Florea; residence, Goshen pk., near Milford, Ohio, Tuesday, October 30, 1945. Notice of funeral later.

Other Events:

• Census: 1910, Washington Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Donald R. Florea, son, in the household of Alva Florea
• Census: 1920, Marion Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Donald Florea, son, in the household of Alva Florea
• Census: 1930, Union Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Donald Florea, farmer, head of household
• Newspaper: 4 Mar 1966; The Press-Gazette (Hillsboro, Ohio), 4 March 1966, p14

Notes:

Newspaper:

Real Estate Firm Expands
Donald R. Florea of Florea Real Estate, Inc., this week announced expansion of the Hillsboro office of the firm to feature a complete real estate service to this area.̠
Robert Roush, veteran of 15 years in the real estate business in Hillsboro and Danville, has been named office manager. In addition, Roush was recently elected president of the Florea Auction Service.
Mr. Florea has had a branch office in Hillsboro for several years, but the addition of Roush and his associates brings the office to a full staff. The office is located in the building purchased by Florea last year at 106 high Street.
In addition to Mr. Florea and Mr. Roush, the office is also staffed by Marjorie Sullivan, New Vienna; Harry Shaffer and John Pulse, Lynchburg, Roger Berry, Danville; Scott Bins, Sardinia; Russell Webb, Seaman-West Union; Paul Meredith, Leesburg, Dale Collins, Dewey Pierce, Preston Laycock, Maynard Swartz, Hillsboro, and Tom Butler, Sugartree Ridge.

Died:


OBITUARY
Donald R. Florea, 97, of Bainbridge died at 12:55 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005 at Chillicothe Nursing and Rehab.
He was born Dec. 29, 1907 in Martinsville, Ohio, the son of the late Alva and Nora Alice Walker Florea.
He is survived by his wife, Ramona Doris Morse Florea; 13 children, Nora Meredith, of Coldwater, MI, Wayne Florea, of Milford, OH, Jim Florea, of Ft. Myers Beach, FL, Bea Hill, Phyllis Kidd, Henry Florea, JoAnna Slocum and Floyd Florea, all of Blanchester, OH, Caroline Snider, of Cornwall, NY, Rose Puckett, of Sardinia, OH, Dona Bate, of Montpelier, VT, Donald Florea Jr., of Hillsboro, OH and Dawn Marie Florea, of Bainbridge, OH; four stepchildren, John Green, of Lynchburg, OH, Roger Green and Carla Green, both of Hillsboro, OH, and Jim Green, Williamsburg, OH; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
He was predeceased by a brother and two sisters.
Don was a member of the Eagles Lodge #2222 of Blanchester for over 50 years and was a real estate broker for many years. ...Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 10, 2005 at Bainbridge Church of Christ with Glenn Anderson officiating. Burial will follow in the Greenlawn Cemetery, Millford, OH. Friends may call from 10 a.m. until the time of service at the church Thursday. Arrangements by Smith-Moore Funeral Home, Bainbridge, OH. (Chillicothe Gazette, Tuesday, February 8, 2005)

Donald married Stella M. Bowman on 12 Mar 1929. Stella was born on 24 Dec 1911 in Warren County, Ohio, United States; died on 6 Aug 1998 in Clermont County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Aug 1998 in Milford, Clermont County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1930, Union Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Stella Florea, wife, in the household of Donald Florea

Other Events:

• Name: Alva Florea
• Census: 1880, Washington Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Alvadore Florea, son, in the household of Isaac Florea
• Census: 1900, Jefferson Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Alva Florea, farmer, head of household
• Census: 1910, Washington Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Alva Florea, farmer, head of household
• Census: 1920, Blanchester, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Alva Florea, farmer, head of household
• Newspaper: 28 Apr 1926; Wilmington News-Journal (Wilmington, Ohio) 28 April 1926, p6
• Newspaper: 12 Jun 1926; Wilmington News-Journal (Wilmington, Ohio), 12 June 1926, p3
• Obituary: 9 Apr 1946; The Dayton Herald (Dayton, Ohio) 9 April 1946, p14

Notes:

Newspaper:

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Coloin (sp), of West Carrolton; Mrs. Clara Hite, of Dayton, and Mrs. Glenn Florea, of Blanchester, were Sunday guests of Alva Florea and family.

Newspaper:

Garrison Corner
Mrs. Glenn Florea spent Tuesday and Wednesday with Stella Florea.
Mary Jane Florea is enjoying a few weeks with Dorothy Dewey.
Alva Florea is spending a short time in Dayton.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Florea, Stella Florea and Mrs. William Kulp were Wednesday evening callers of George Berger and family.

Obituary:

Wilmington—Alva Florea, 75, of near Delaware, former Clinton county farmer, died at a Delaware hospital Saturday at 1:50 p.m. following an illness of two years. He is survived by his wife, Carrie; two daughters, Mrs. Stella Barger of Mildord and Mrs. Mary Jane Sloane of Blanchester; a son, Donald, Milford; one sister, Mrs. Clara Hite, Dayton, and 17 grandchildren. Services were held at Delaware yesterday afternoon and the body was taken to the Hannah funeral home, Blanchester, where services will be held today at 2 p.m. Burial, Blanchester cemetery.

Alvadore married Lenora Alice Walker on 11 Feb 1894 in Clinton County, Ohio, United States. Lenora was born on 22 Dec 1872 in Brown County, Ohio, United States; died on 20 Jul 1923 in Marion Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; was buried on 23 Jul 1923 in Blanchester, Clinton County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Nora Florea
• Name: Nora Walker
• Census: 1900, Jefferson Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Nora Florea, wife, in the household of Alva Florea
• Census: 1910, Washington Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Nora Florea, wife, 3 children/3 living, in the household of Alva Florea
• Census: 1920, Blanchester, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Nora Florea, wife, in the household of Alva Florea

Other Events:

• Name: Isaac Flora
• Name: Isac Flora
• Census: 1850, Washington Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Isaac Flora, farmer, in the household of Henry Flora
• Census: 1860, Union Township, Highland County, Ohio, United States; as Isaac Flora, farmer, head of household
• Military: Jun 1863, Brushcreek Township, Highland County, Ohio, United States; registered for the Civil War draft
• Military: Between 2 May 1864 and 30 Aug 1864; as Private, Co. G, 149th Ohio National Guard during the Civil War
• Census: 1870, Union Township, Highland County, Ohio, United States; as Isaac Flora, farmer, head of household
• Appointed: 5 May 1871; Isaac Florea and W. H. Florea were appointed Administrators of Henry Florea's estate
• Census: 1880, Washington Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Isaac Florea, farmer, head of houshold
• Military Pension: 7 Apr 1880; registered for a Military Pension
• Census: 1 Jun 1880, Washington Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; Isaac Florea
• Property: 10 Feb 1882, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; siblings and spouses sold 90.33 acres for $2989 .00 Thomas B. Gaddis; Address:
  (part of Baron Steubans Military survey #2697)
• Newspaper: 7 Mar 1883; The Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, Ohio), 7 March 1883, p5
• Census: 1890, Green Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Isaac Flora, 1890 Federal Census: Special Schedule - Surviving Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines; Address:
  New Vienna
• Beneficiary: 18 Oct 1892; in the will of his mother, Mary Turner Flora
• Census: 1900, Buckskin Township, Ross County, Ohio, United States; as Isaac Florea, farmer, head of household
• Newspaper: 13 Nov 1900; The News-Herald (Hillsboro), Ohio, 13 December 1900, p3
• Property: 23 Nov 1900, Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; the property of Mary Florea was transferred to Isaac Florea per her will; Address:
  Lot #14
• Census: 1910, Green Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Isaac Florea, divorced, farmer, survivor Union Army, head of household
• Newspaper: 15 Aug 1917; Wilmington Daily News (Wilmington, Ohio), 15 August 1917, p3.
• Physical Description: 1918; as age 80, height 5'8", fair complexion, blue eyes, brown hair

Notes:

The gravestone inscription has his name as Isac Flora, beside the gravestone is a GAR marker (Grand Army of the Republic).

Military:

BrushCreek Township, Highland County, Ohio
Isaac Florea, age 25, white, farmer, married, born Ohio.

Military:


CIVIL WAR INFORMATION
149th Regiment, Ohio Infantry (National Guard)
Overview: Organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio, May 8, 1864. Left State for Baltimore, Md., May 11. Attached to Defences of Baltimore, 8th Army Corps, Middle Department, to July, 1864. 1st Separate Brigade, 8th Army Corps, to July, 1864. Kenly's Independent Brigade, 8th Army Corps, to August, 1864.

SERVICE: Duty in the Defences of Baltimore, Md., and at different points on the eastern shore of Maryland till July 4. Moved to Monocacy Junction July 4. Battle of Monocacy Junction July 9. Moved to Washington, D. C., July 13. Advance to Snicker's Gap, Va., July 13-20. Operations in the Shenandoah Valley July 20-August 23. Action with Moseby at Berryville August 13. Mustered out August 30, 1864.

Regiment lost during service 4 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 38 Enlisted men by disease. Total 42

Battle of Monocacy
OTHER NAME: Battle that Saved Washington
CAMPAIGN: Early's Raid and Operations Against B&O RR
DATE(S): June-August 1864
PRINCIPAL COMMANDERS: Major General Lewis Wallace [US] Major General Jubal Early [CS]
FORCES ENGAGED: 0 total (US 0; CS 0;)
ESTIMATED CASUALTIES: 2094 total (US 1294; CS 800;)
DESCRIPTION: After marching north through the Shenandoah Valley from Lynchburg, the Confederate army of Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early side-stepped the Federal garrison at Harpers Ferry and crossed the Potomac River at Shepherdstown into Maryland on July 5-6. On July 9, 1864, a makeshift Union force under Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace attempted to arrest Early's invading Confederate divisions along the Monocacy River, just east of Frederick. Wallace, joined by Ricketts's Division of the VI Corps that had been rushed from the Petersburg lines, was outflanked by Gordon's Division and defeated after putting up a stiff resistance. Hearing of Early's incursion into Maryland, Grant embarked the rest of the VI Corps on transports at City Point, sending it with all dispatch to Washington. Wallace's defeat at Monocacy bought time for these veteran troops to arrive to bolster the defenses of Washington. Early's advance reached the outskirts of Washington on the afternoon of July 11, and the remaining divisions of the VI Corps began disembarking that evening. Monocacy was called the "Battle that Saved Washington."
RESULTS: Confederate Victory

Military Pension:

VETERANS RECORD
National Archives File #358603
Declaration for Original Invalid Pension
State of Ohio, Clinton County
On April 7, 1880 Isaac Florea filed for an Invalid Pension. He declares that "he is the identical Isaac Flora who was enrolled on the 2nd day of May, 1864 in Company G of the 149th Regiment of Ohio Volunteers commanded by J. H. Henry and was honorably Discharged at Camp Dennison, Ohio on the 30th day of August, 1864; that he is age 43 years."
He also states "That while a member of the organization aforesaid, in the service and in the line of his duty near Rockville, in the State of Maryland on or about the 11th day of July, 1864, he was overcome with heat while marching rapidly being at the time a prisoner of war. He claims a pension on the result of said disability."
That he was treated in hospitals as follows: He was in no hospital, as he was a prisoner, and was soon discharged. That he has not been employed in the milatary or naval service otherwise that as stated - The service was with the National Guard known as 100 day men beginngin and ending as above stated. That since leaving the service this applicant has resided in the Counties of Clinton and Highland in the State of Ohio, and his occupation has been that of a Farmer.

Included in this record:
Affidavit: 28 September 1881 - Mark Dove states that "He and said Isaac Florea were taken prisoners by the Rebels after the Battle of Monocacy junction, that on the 11th day of July 1864 after a very hard march and being teribly rushed by their Captors he the said Florea was overcome with heat and sunstroke that he saw said Florea lien on the ground and that the prisinors said that he was over come with heat or sunstroke that we left said Florea there and we were rushed on by our captors."
Doctor Statement: 8 November 1890: Approved for Disease of nervous system, result of sunstroke.
Surgeon's Certificate: 14 November 1900 - Cause of disabilty - Sunstroke, disease of nervous system and heart, rheumatism, catarrh, vertigo, disease of eyes, partial deafness, disease of throat. He is 5 feet 8-1/2 inches, weight 120 pounds, age 63. Pension $8.00 per month.
Certified Letter: 23 April 1913 - Isaac Flora submited a letter stating that he was born in Clinton County, Ohio August 20th 1837 that he was 75 years of age on the 20th day of August 1912, and that the old family Bible in which his birth was recorded has been lost or destroyed and connot be found and for this reason he is unable to furnish a more complete record of his birth.
Document: 3 April 1915 - Asking for additional information - Wife: Miss Eva Trenary, married in Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio. First wife Mary Jane Crawford Died August 12, 1891, second wife Eva Trenary parted middle of October 1908. There has been a separation. Also lists his children by each wife.
Court Certificate of Guardianship: 10 August 1917 - C. C. Florea of Blanchester, Ohio was duly appointed guardian of the estate of Isaac Florea an imbecile.
Pensioner Dropped: Certificate #259592, Pensioner Isaac Flora was dropped because of death April 22, 1919. Last paid $30 on Mar 4, 1919.

NOTE: There were many affidavits in the file and it took a long time for Isaac to receive his pension.

Property:

Signed: Isaac Florea, Mary Flora, Parker S. Flora, Ollie A. Flora, Albert Flora, John W. Flora, Elizabeth Flora, Peter P. Fox, Ruth A. Fox, M. E. Thompson, Nancy J. Hildebrand, David (his Mark) Hildebrant, J. J. Windomaker, Louise Windomaker, Maria E. Florea
Witness: Peter Clevinger, Henry Lozenby, Irena Emmons, David King, Irma Troth, Henry Lazenby, C. C. Burns, Henry Lizenby, Geo. E. Barren and Silas Ruth
v33, p564

Newspaper:

Work of the Pension Examining Board.
—The following named persons applied at the last meeting of the Board for either an increase of or for an original pension:
Increase—Samuel Colvin
Original—Isaac Florea

Newspaper:

Real Estate Transfers.
Hespey Steele to Isaac Florea, Madison Tp., lot $600.

Property:

Signed: from the will of Mary Florea, deceased
Witness: J. S. Kimbrough
v51, p429

Newspaper:


Wilmington Daily News
Wilmington, Ohio
15 August 1917, p3
Guardianship of Isaac Florea, alleged imbecile: adjudged an imbecile and C. E. Florea, appointed guardian; bond of $500 approved with A. Florea and Otto Florea sureties.

Isaac married Mary Jane Clevenger on 17 Aug 1858 in Clinton County, Ohio, United States. Mary (daughter of Clevenger and Sarah _____) was born on 10 Apr 1840 in Ohio, United States; died on 12 Aug 1891 in Clark Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Aug 1891 in Martinsville, Clinton County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Physical Description: Red hair
• Name: Mary Jane Crawford
• Census: 1860, Union Township, Highland County, Ohio, United States; as Mary Flora, in the household of Isaac Flora
• Census: 1870, Union Township, Highland County, Ohio, United States; as Mary Flora, in the household of Isaac Flora
• Census: 1880, Washington Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Mary J. Florea, wife, in the household of Isaac Florea
• Property: 10 Feb 1882, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; Florea siblings and spouses sold 90.33 acres for $2989 .00 Thomas B. Gaddis; Address:
  (part of Baron Steubans Military survey #2697)

Notes:

Property:

Signed: Isaac Florea, Mary Flora, Parker S. Flora, Ollie A. Flora, Albert Flora, John W. Flora, Elizabeth Flora, Peter P. Fox, Ruth A. Fox, M. E. Thompson, Nancy J. Hildebrand, David (his Mark) Hildebrant, J. J. Windomaker, Louise Windomaker, Maria E. Florea
Witness: Peter Clevinger, Henry Lozenby, Irena Emmons, David King, Irma Troth, Henry Lazenby, C. C. Burns, Henry Lizenby, Geo. E. Barren and Silas Ruth
v33, p564

Notes:

Married:
The marriage record has her name as Mary Jane Crawford, other records have it as Mary Jane Clevenger. The census records for 1860, 1870 and 1880 list a Sarah Clevenger in the household of Isaac Florea as "mother-in-law". It is possible that May Jane's father was a first husband of Sarah and Sarah may have married a Clevenger later.