Frank Ora Honeyman

Other Events:

• Census: 1900, Monroe Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Frank H. Honeyman, son, in the household of Oliver Honeyman

Other Events:

• Census: 1900, Monroe Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Oliver Honeyman, farmer, head of household
• Census: 1910, Monroe Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Oliver M. Honeyman, farmer, head of household
• Census: 1920, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Oliver Honeyman, commercial salesman, head of household

Notes:

Census:

Others listed with this family:
Harold F. Koppe, lodger, age 26
Arthur M. Barns, lodger, age 34, physcian
Charlote Barnes, lodger, age 30,
Frances Zezert, sister-in-law, age 18, clerk

Oliver married Mary Elizabeth Cress on 11 Oct 1884 in Miami County, Ohio, United States. Mary (daughter of Jacob Cress and Malinda Knife) was born on 28 Jan 1865 in Kessler, Miami County, Ohio, United States; died on 26 Apr 1950 in West Milton, Miami County, Ohio, United States; was buried on 29 Apr 1950 in Miami County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Libby Cress
• Census: 1870, Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Mary E. Cress, in the household of Jacob Cress
• Census: 1880, Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Elizabeth Cress, daughter, in the household of Jacob Cress
• Census: 1900, Monroe Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Marry E. Honeyman, wife, 6 children/5 living, in the household of Oliver Honeyman
• Census: 1910, Monroe Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Mary E. Honeyman, wife, 5 children born/4 living, in the household of Oliver M. Honeyman
• Census: 1920, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Mary E. Honeyman, wife, in the household of Oliver Honeyman
• Census: 1930, West Milton, Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Mary E. Honeyman, widow, head of household; Address:
  1 North Miami Street

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Monroe Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Eli Honeyman, in the household of John Honeyman
• Census: 1860, Monroe Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Eli Honeyman, farm laborer, in the household of John Q. Kesler
• History / Bio: 1880; The History of Miami County, Ohio (Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1880), p650
• Census: 1900, Monroe Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Eli Honeyman, retired, head of household
• Probate: 26 May 1905, Miami County, Ohio, United States

Notes:

...Samuel, served with the First Philadelphia Regiment during the Revolutionary War. During the latter years of his life, he removed his family to Hampshire County, West Virginia, the only son Charles, with his wife Barbara Moore, moved to Miami county with most of their children. Their son, John, bought the Honeyman homestead in 1834. John and wife, Mary Orm were the parents of Eli W., who married Anna Miller. Their son Oliver Miller Honeyman, married Mary Elizabeth Cress. The surname was derived in ye olden days when the family were bee-keepers. (Source: Marie Wilson Musgrave, "The Honeyman Family", (July 1995), pg. 11)

History / Bio:

...Eli W. Honeyman, farmer; P. O. Troy; is a prominent farmer; his parents, John and Mary Honeyman, of Virginia, were pioneers, who emigrated to Miami County early in its settlement. John was a soldier in the war of 1812; we regret so little can be learned of them. Eli was born in Miami County, May 14, 1834; Sept. 29, 1859, he was united in marriage to Miss Annie, daughter of John and Mary Miller. They were also pioneers, and should have a place in this history; their children were ten in number, four only survive--Albert, whose sketch appears in connection with other noted men of Monroe Township, Thomas J., Rhoda Z. and Annie, the wife of Eli Honeyman. They have been the parents of seven children, of whom Oliver M., Willis R., Mattie and Ory, survive; Oliver was born March 7, 1863; Willis, Dec. 11, 1865; Mattie, May 27, 1872; Ory, Jan. 4, 1874. They are all attending school and learning rapidly. Mr. Honeyman has always been prosperous in business, and owns a nice farm of 119 acres; he has been connected with the public schools in capacity of Director. He is a conservative Republican and a good neighbor. (Reference: Evansville, Indiana: Unigraphic, Inc., 1973, reprint, "The History of Miami County Ohio", (Original by W. H. Beers and County, 1880), pg. 650)

Eli married Anna Miller on 29 Sep 1859 in Miami County, Ohio, United States. Anna was born on 18 Jul 1838 in Kessler, Miami County, Ohio, United States; died on 22 Feb 1918 in Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; was buried on 24 Feb 1918 in Miami County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1860, Monroe Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Anna Honeyman, in the household of John Q. Kesler
• Census: 1900, Monroe Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Anna Honeyman, wife, 7 children/2 living, in the household of Eli Honeyman
• Census: 1910, Monroe Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Anna Honeyman, widowed, 7 children born/2 living, head of household

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• Census: 1870, Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Jacob Cress, farmer, head of household
• Census: 1880, Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Jacob Cress, farmer, head of household
• Census: 1900, Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Jacob Cress, farmer, head of household
• Census: 1910, Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Jacob Cress, farmer, head of household

Jacob married Malinda Knife on 14 Apr 1864 in Miami County, Ohio, United States. Malinda (daughter of Jonathan Knife and Elizabeth Smith) was born on 23 Apr 1847 in Miami County, Ohio, United States; died on 22 Feb 1913 in Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; was buried on 26 Feb 1913 in Miami County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1860, Monroe Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Malinda Knife, in the household of Jonathan Knife
• Census: 1870, Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Malinda Cress, in the household of Jacob Cress
• Census: 1880, Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Malinda Cress, wife, in the household of Jacob Cress
• Census: 1900, Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Malinda Cress, 10 children born, 7 living, in the household of Jacob Cress
• Census: 1910, Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Malinda Cress, 9 children born, 7 living. in the household of Jacob Cress

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• Military: 29 Jul 1814, Romney, Hampshire County, Viirginia, United States; drafted to serve in the War of 1812 as a Private in Captain Samuel Cockrills Co., Virginia Military
• Military: 8 Dec 1814, Norfolk, Virginia, United States; was discharged from the military
• Census: 1830, Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as John Honeyman
• Census: 1850, Monroe Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as John Honeyman, farmer, head of household
• Census: 1860, Monroe Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as John Honeyman, farmer, in the household of John Q. Kesler
• Military Pension: 1 Apr 1871; applied for Survivors' Pension, certificate #6829

Notes:

...John Honeyman, probably brother of Benjamin, died December 7, 1875, age 80 yrs; wife Mary, died November 12, 1867, age 65 yrs. War 1812. Son Eli W., born May 14, 1834 Miami County, married Septemeber 29, 1859, Anna Miller (daughter of John and Mary Miller)
...John Honeyman was first buried in the Honeyman Cemetery, exhumed due to family squabble. No one remembered facts. Moved to Curtis Cemetery about a mile south of the first burial site. (Source: 977.d2b, pg. 76)

Birth:
now West Virginia

John married Mary Ann Orm on 2 Jan 1827. Mary was born in 1801 in Virginia, United States; died on 12 Nov 1867; was buried in Nov 1867 in Miami County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Dolly Orm
• Census: 1850, Monroe Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Mary Honeyman, in the household of John Honeyman
• Census: 1860, Monroe Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Mary Honeyman, in the household of John Q. Kesler

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• Beneficiary: 12 Sep 1825; in the will of his father, Michael Knife
• Census: 1850, Monroe Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Jonathan Knife, farmer, head of household
• Census: 1860, Monroe Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Jonathan Knife, farmer, head of household
• Census: 1880, Monroe Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Jonathan Knife, widower, farmer, head of household

Notes:

...Jonathan Knife was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 16 Ap 1808, the son of Michael Knife, Jr. and Elizabeth Thomas (Toms). Michael Jr. and Elizabeth were originally from Frederick county, Maryland, and came to Pennsylvania with their parents. Later they moved to Monroe Township, Miami county, Ohio, around 1810 and Michael purchased land, NE quarter. Section 25 Township 6 Range 5 East in Monroe Township. they farmed the land until Michael died in September 1825 and then Elizabeth died in 1828. It is said that they are both buried on the old Benjamin Honeyman Farm, on a family plot east of the Peters Road and St Rt. 571.
...Jonathan Knife was married to Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Henry Smith, on September 18, 1828 by David Jenkins, Justice of the Peace, Book D, Page 73, Marriage Records, Miami county. Henry Smith was born in Baden-Baden Germany in 1780 and arrived in Monroe Township, Ohio in 1913 where he purchased (60) sixty acres of land being taken by parallel lines off north side of SW quarter of Section 10 Township 4 Range 6 East, Monroe Township, Miami county, Ohio. Elizabeth Smith was born there on August 17, 1831. Jonathan and Elizabeth had fourteen children: Jon born July 12, 1829, Hannah born August 17, 1831, Elizabeth Anna born July 18, 1833, David born January 4, 1835, Henry born July 13, 1837, Mary born July 16, 1837, Rachel born May 1, 1841, Malinda born April 16, 1843, Martha born March 26, 1850, Rebecca born June 8, 1851, and George born March 10, 1853. All of these children were born in Monroe Township, Miami county, Ohio.
...After Henry Smth died, Jonathan and Elizabeth inherited the family farm until Jonathan Knife died February 8, 1883 and Elizabeth died November 18, 1869. Elizabeth was buried in the Smith family plot on their farm and when Jonathan died the body of Elizabeth was exhumed and they were buried side-by-side in the Curtis Cemetery located on the Kessler-Frederick Road just north of the Brush Creek Church of God in Union Township, Miami County, Oho. The property that they owned was willed over to their daughter Martha Knife Pearson, wife of Silas Pearson, having no issue, were both buried in the Riverside Cemetery, Troy, Ohio.
...This property later was transferred to Raymond Knife and his wife Belva DeHaven Knife and upon Belva's death the property was transferred to their son Van V. Knife. Van and his wife Esther Conine then started up the Homestead Golf Course located at 5327 Worley Road, Tipp City, Monroe Township, Miami county, Ohio in the mid-1970's Their son, David Knife is presently the President of the golf course. (Source: Miami County Historical & Genealogical Society; typed and indexed by Lois J. Fair, "Miami County Family Histories Tired Iron book", (Ohio Genealogical Society. Miami County Historical & Genealogical Society, c2006 ), pg. 114, 115)

Jonathan married Elizabeth Smith on 18 Sep 1828 in Miami County, Ohio, United States. Elizabeth was born on 16 Apr 1813 in Monroe Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; died on 18 Nov 1869 in Miami County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Nov 1869 in Tipp City, Miami County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1850, Monroe Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Elizabeth Knife, in the household of Jonathan Knife
• Census: 1860, Monroe Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Elizabeth Knife, in the household of Jonathan Knife