Vernon Finis Florea

Other Events:

• Census: 1910, Green Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Virne F. Florea, son, in the household of Isaac Florea
• Census: 1920, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, United States; as Vernon Flora, brother-in-law, in the household of Fred Gough; Address:
  230 North Rose Street
• Census: 1930, New Carlisle, Clark County, Ohio, United States; as Vernon Florea, battery repairman, head of household; Address:
  216 Clay Street

Family/Spouse: Mary Eleanor Bechtolt. Mary was born about 1907 in Ohio, United States; and died; was buried in 1980 in New Carlisle, Clark County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Gerald Burdett Florea was born on 22 Aug 1927 in Frankfort, Ross County, Ohio, United States; died on 1 Apr 1939 in Bethel Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Apr 1939 in New Carlisle, Clark County, Ohio, United States.

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 Eva Jane Trenary on 21 Feb 1893 in Clinton County, Ohio, United States. Eva (daughter of Thomas B. Trenary and Emily Smithson) was born on 19 May 1869 in Green Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; died on 30 Apr 1945 in Frankfort, Ross County, Ohio, United States; was buried on 2 May 1945 in Frankfort, Ross County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1870, Green Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Eva J. Trenary, in the household of Thomas Trenary
• Census: 1880, Green Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Eva Trenary, daughter, in the household of Thomas Trenary
• Census: 1900, Buckskin Township, Ross County, Ohio, United States; as Eva Florea, wife, 4 children/4 living, in the household of Isaac Florea
• Census: 1920, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, United States; as Eva Osborne, wife, in the household of Chas. Osborne
• Census: 1930, Franklin (Historical), Ross, Ohio, United States; as Eva Osborne, wife, in the household of Charlie Osborne
• Residence: 1935, Frankfort, Concord Township, Ross County, United States
• Census: 1940, Frankfort, Concord Township, Ross County, United States; as Eva Osborne, wife, in the household of Charlie Osborne
• Obituary: 1 May 1945, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, United States; Chillicothe Gazette, 1 May 1945, p2

Notes:

Sister of Sarah Frances Trenary; wife of William Henry Florea, Isaac's son.

Obituary:

Mrs. Charles Osborne
Mrs. Eva Osborne, 73, of near Frankfort, died at her residence Monday at 1:30 p.m. following an illness of several months with heart trouble.
Born at Xenia, May 19, 1869, the daughter of Thomas B. and Eva Smithson Trenary, she was married on March 11 1915, to Charles Osborne.
Surviving, in addition to the husband, who formerly served as marshal of Frankfort, are two daughters and three sons: Mrs. Ethel Priest of Springfield, Mrs. Elsie Morfett of Arizona, Denver Florea of Morrow, Vernon Florea of New Carlisle, and Hiram Florea of Herndon, Va. Also surviving are 11 grandchildren, six great - grandchildren, a brother, Milton Trenary of Colorado Springs, Colo., and a sister, Mrs. Minnie Clark of New Vienna.
Service will be held Wednesday at 3 p. m. from the Frankfort Methodist church, with the Rev. C. E. Jeffers officiating, and burial in Greenlawn, cemetery there by Ware's funeral home. Friends may call at Ware's after 6 p. m. until the hour before the funeral.

Notes:

Married:
After the death of his first wife Isaac married the sister of his son's wife. She later left him and married again after his death.

Other Events:

• Name: Henry Flora
• Census: 1840, Washington Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Henry Florea, farmer
• Census: 1850, Washington Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Henry Flora, farmer, head of household
• Beneficiary: 23 Jan 1852; in the will of his father, Isaac Florea
• Property: 20 Mar 1856, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; purchased 95.2 square poles for $25.00 from William H. Florea; Address:
  (part of Baron Stubens Survey No. 2697)
• Property: 20 Mar 1856, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; sold 66.3 square poles for $25.00 dollars to William H. Florea; Address:
  (part of Baron Stubens Survey No. 2697)
• Property: 20 Mar 1856, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; sold 86 square poles for $25.00 to Samuel Birdsall; Address:
  (part of Baron Stubens Survey No. 2697)
• Census: 1860, Washington Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Henry Flora, farmer, head of household
• Property: 2 Apr 1866, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; sold 8.64 acres for $345.60 to Charles Axline
• Census: 1870, Washington Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Henry Flora, farmer, head of household
• Probate: 5 May 1871, Clinton County, Ohio, United States

Notes:

...Mentioned in the will of Isaac Florea as son Henry Florea.
...The gravestone inscription has his name as Henry Flora. In the 1840 census record the name is Florea; 1850, 1860 and 1870 the name is Flora. The death certificate is also Henry Flora.

Property:

Signed: William H. Florea and Nancy E. (her mark) Florea
Witness: C. R. Underwood and Samuel Birdsall
vZ, p446

Property:

Signed: Henry Florea and Mary (her mark) Florea
Witness: Samuel Birdsall and C. R. Underwood
vZ, p447

Property:

Signed: Henry Florea and Mary (her mark) Florea
Witness: William H. Florea and C R Underwood
vZ, p449

Property:

Signed: Henry Flora and Mary (her mark) Flora
Witness: Owen West and A. T. Taft
v1, p361

Henry married Mary Turner on 3 Jul 1836 in Clinton County, Ohio, United States. Mary (daughter of Living and Eleanor Bell) was born on 22 Oct 1818 in Kentucky, United States; died on 28 Feb 1898 in Blanchester, Clinton County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Washington Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Mary Flora, in the household of Henry Flora
• Census: 1860, Washington Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Polly Flora, in the household of Henry Flora
• Census: 1880, Washington Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Mary A. Florea, widow, companion, in the household of Sam Moore whose wife is listed as having epilepsy
• Will: 18 Oct 1892, Clinton County, Ohio, United States
• Medical Condition: 25 Mar 1895; was declared to have senile dementia
• Probate: 10 Mar 1898, Clinton County, Ohio, United States
• Property: 23 Nov 1900, Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; property was transferred to Isaac Florea per her will,; Address:
  Lot #14

Notes:

Declined to administer the Estate of her late husband Henry Florea.

Will:

WILL
Being admonished of the uncertainty of life and the certainty of death and desiring to arrange my affairs according to my mind therefore—
—I Mary Florea, of the county of Clinton and the State of Ohio, do make and publish this my last will and testament, and being in my right mind, do give and devise as follows.
—Item First - I give and devise to Isaac Flora the Jones lot, and $50.00 fifty dollars in money.
—Second Item - I give and devise to Parker Florea the Mart House and lot and $50.00 fifty dollars his life time and at his death to be sold and divided among Mary Florea's heirs.
—Item Third - I give and devise to Albert Florea the homestead and all the furniture, carpets, dishes, bedding and Sara Windenakers picture, and $50.00 fifty dollars.
—Item Fourth - I will and devise to Nancy Jane Hiderbrant, the red seat rocking chair and the lamb picture, and $50.00 fifty dollars in money.
—Item Fifth - I give to Mary Elizebeth Watkins, the lounge and bedding, one blanket, and Mary Florea picture.
—Item Sixth - I give to Harrison Watkins the large Bible.
—Item Seventh - I give and devise to Sarah Windemaker $50.00 fifty dollars or what is left after my funeral expences are paid.
—Item Eigth - I do hereby appoint A. M. Sanderson executor of this my last will and testament.
—I do hereby revoke all former wills, by me made. In testimony here of I have hereto set my hand, this Eighteenth day of Oct in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and ninety two.
Mary Flora (x her mark)
Signed and acknowledged by Mary Florea as her last will and testament in our presence and signed by us in her presence.
Henry Spray
C. E. Sanderson.

Item Ninth - If Albert Flora does not survive Nancy Jane Hildebrant what was given him, is to go to her.
Mary Flora (x her mark)
Signed and acknowledged by Mary Flora as her last will and testament in our presence and signed by us in her presence.
Attest: F. E. Schofied and A. M. Sanderson

Medical Condition:

The 25th day of March 1895 this cause came on for having on the application of Albert Florea for the appointment of a Guardian for Mary Florea and the court finds that due and legal notice of said application to the said Mary Florea and her next of kin resided in the county more than three days prior to the day of hearing and the court further finds from the evidence offered that said Mary Florea is a resident of and has a legal settlement in the County of Clinton State of Ohio and the court further finds from the evidence offered that the said Mary Florea by reason of Senile dementia is an Imbecile and unable to care for herself or property and should have a guardian for her protection and on the recomendation of the parties in interest the court does appoint Harrison Watkins as such guardian.
And on this 25th day of March AD 1895 came Harrison Watkins and produced to the court a bond as such guardian in the sum of $700.00 conditioned according to law, with Dr. J. Watkins and Daniel Hawkins his sureties which bond and sureties are accepted by the court and said Harrison Watkins accepts said appointment took the oath of office and was duly qualified as guardian of said Mary Florea.
A. N. Williams, PJ

Property:

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

Died:

Note: The record states that Mary died on 29 February 1898 but 1898 was not a leap year. (pbh)

Other Events:

• Census: 1870, Green Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Thomas Trenary, farmer, head of household
• Census: 1880, Green Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Thomas Trenary, farmer, head of household

Thomas married Emily Smithson on 25 Nov 1862 in Clinton County, Ohio, United States. Emily was born in 1836 in Ohio, United States; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1870, Green Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Emily Trenary, in the household of Thomas Trenary
• Census: 1880, Green Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Emily Trenary, wife, in the household of Thomas Trenary

Other Events:

• Name: Isaac Flora
• Census: 1830, Clark Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Isaac Flore
• Witness: 20 Sep 1830; the will of James Davis
• Property: 7 Mar 1837, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; sold 57 acres, 2 roods and 27 poles for $173 dollars to Robert Turner; Address:
  (part of Survey # 2697)
• Census: 1840, Washington Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Isaac Florea, farmer
• Property: 25 Dec 1841, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; deeded land for $1 dollar to the Trustees of the Meeting House, Thomas Cashalt, Henry Florea and Samual Seamans
• Census: 1850, Washington Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Isaac Flora, farmer, head of household
• Will: 23 Jan 1852, Clinton County, Ohio, United States
• Probate: 22 May 1854, Clinton County, Ohio, United States

Notes:

...The 1840 Census, his marriage record (2nd) and his will have his name as Isaac Florea. In the 1850 census the name is Issac Flora.
...Apparently Isaac and his wife first lived with his parents, then moved to Clinton County, Ohio, near Macedonia shortly after his first marriage. He purchased land near Macedonia (see records in Clinton County Court House). There are many of his descendants in Clinton, Highland, and other nearby counties.

Birth:
probably

Property:

Signed: Isaac Florea and Nancy (her mark) Florea
Witness: Micajah H. Moore and George Mann
vL, p107

Property:

Signed: Isaac Florea
Witness: Micajah A. Moore and Samuel G. Moore
vN, p636

Will:


Will of Isaac Florea
In the name of God Amen, I Isaac Florea of the Township of Washington, County of Clinton and State of Ohio, being of sound mind and memory (blessed be Almighty God for the same) do make and publish this my last will and testament.
I give and bequeath to my son Henry Florea his heirs and assigns one hundred acres of land off of the southwest corner of my land where he now lives joining Samuel Burtsal to the East Thomas Tackatt on the South and the Turners farm on the West and to run North so as to make One Hundred acres. I give and bequeath to my son William H. Florea his heirs and assigns one hundred acres of land where he now occupies off of the southwest corner of my land joining the Turner farm on the south Jacob Bales land on the west the original line of the survey on the north and Henry Florea land now bequeathed to him in the east.
I also will and bequeath to my beloved wife Nancy all the rest and residue of my real estate whereon we now live as long as she lives. And all my personal property after my debts, funeral expenses, and expenses of administration are fully paid. And at the decease of my beloved wife my real estate not bequeathed to my two sons Henry Florea and William H. Florea, I give and bequeath to the heirs of my daughter Ruth Seaman, deceased and the heirs of my son Albert Florea, deceased, to be divided equally between the heirs of each of them, and all the personal property that may be left at the decease of my wife to be divided equally between my two sons Henry Florea, William H. Florea and the heirs of my daughter Ruth Seaman, deceased, and the heirs of my sons Albert Florea, deceased, and I do nominate and appoint my friend David A. Sewel to be the executor of this my last will and testamant. In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal and publish and decree this to be my last will and testamant in presence of the witnesses named below, this 23 day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty two.
Isaac Florea
Signed sealed declared and published by the said Isaac Florea as and for his last will and testament in presence of us who at his request and in his presence, and in presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses hereunto.
Jesse Graham
Alexander Brown

Isaac married Elizabeth Davis on 25 Mar 1813 in Adams County, Ohio, United States. Elizabeth (daughter of William Davis and Sarah _____) was born on 5 Aug 1797 in Adams County, Ohio, United States; died on 12 Sep 1827 in Clinton County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Sep 1827 in Clinton County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Betsy Davis
• Beneficiary: 14 Feb 1818; in the will of her father, William Davis, as Elizabeth Florea

Notes:

Mentioned in the will of William Davis as daughter Elizabeth Floried.

Living married Eleanor Bell. Eleanor was born on 11 Jan 1800 in Kentucky, United States; died on 5 Apr 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Ellen Turner
• Census: 1850, Washington Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Ellenor Turner, head of household
• Census: 1860, Washington Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Ellen Turner, head of household
• Census: 1870, Washington Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Ellen Turner, head of household