Individual Details
Jonathan S. HIMES
(4 Jun 1830 - 27 Jan 1899)
Jonathan and his wife Ella Mina Himes appear in the church records for Bethlehem Lutheran Church and St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania where they were communicants and where all but one of their children were baptized. Their son Adam Henry was baptized at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Shannondale, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. Both Zion Evangelical and Bethlehem Lutheran Church are close to each other although they are in different counties. The St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Coolspring, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania shows that Ella Mina was added as a member in 1886 and later removed by letter but she and her husband Jonathan do not appear in the communicants' lists for this church. They later appear in the class lists for the Mead Chapel Methodist Evangelical Church in Knox Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. Jonathan's obituary in 1899 states he was a member of the M. E. Church for many years.
Jonathan's parents were David Himes and Salome Schaffner/Shoffner. Letters from Loy Himes (Jonathan's nephew) to Sam Lettie in 1977 and 1981 state that Jonathan was a son of David Himes. Jonathan and his wife Ella Mina also appear with David Himes' family as communicants in the Bethlehem Lutheran Church records. Jonathan and Ella Mina's youngest son was David Benjamin Miller or D. B. M. Himes. Jonathan's father was David Himes and Ella Mina's parents were Benjamin Boddorf and Sarah Miller.
Events
| Birth | 4 Jun 1830 | Clarion County, Pennsylvania |  | ||
| Census | 1850 | Redbank Township, Clarion County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Marriage | 1851 | Jefferson County, Pennsylvania - Ella Mina BODDORF | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 31 Oct 1852 | was a communicant with his wife, parents, and sisters - Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Beaver Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 1853 | was a communicant with his sisters - Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Beaver Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 1853 | was taxed on one cow valued at $8 and also paid a "militia tax" - Beaver Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania | |||
| Miscellaneous | 5 Nov 1853 | was a communicant with his sisters - Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Beaver Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 1854 | was taxed on an occupation valued at $50 and one cow valued at $9 - Beaver Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania | |||
| Miscellaneous | 8 Oct 1854 | was a communicant with his wife, father, and sisters - Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Beaver Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 1856 | was taxed on an occupation valued at $25 and one cow valued at $10 - Beaver Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania | |||
| Miscellaneous | 15 Nov 1857 | was a communicant with his grandmother - Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Beaver Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 2 May 1858 | was a communicant with his wife and grandmother - Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Beaver Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 16 Oct 1858 | was a communicant with his family - Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Beaver Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Census | 1860 | Packer Post Office, Beaver Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 13 May 1860 | was a communicant - Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Beaver Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 24 May 1862 | was a communicant with his family - Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery, Beaver Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 13 Sep 1863 | was a communicant with his wife - Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Beaver Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Census | 1870 | Knoxdale Post Office, Knox Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Census | 1880 | Knox Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Religion | from late 1880's to early 1890's | was a member - Mead Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church, Knox Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Death | 27 Jan 1899 |  | | ||
| Burial | 29 Jan 1899 | Ohl's Graveyard, Rose Township, Jefferson County , Pennsylvania | |
Families
| Spouse | Ella Mina BODDORF (1832 - 1904) |
| Child | Josiah Fenstermacher HIMES (1853 - 1903) |
| Child | Adam Henry HIMES (1855 - 1899) |
| Child | George Washington HIMES (1857 - 1860) |
| Child | Ella C. HIMES (1860 - 1946) |
| Child | John Isaac HIMES (1862 - 1938) |
| Child | Sarah Emma Dilla HIMES (1865 - 1947) |
| Child | Clara Ann HIMES (1867 - 1877) |
| Child | David Benjamin Miller HIMES (1870 - 1941) |
| Child | William E. HIMES (1872 - 1877) |
| Child | Charles R. HIMES (1875 - 1877) |
| Father | David HIMES (1805 - 1876) |
| Mother | Salome SHOFFNER (1808 - 1878) |
| Sibling | Henry HIMES (1831 - 1856) |
| Sibling | Christena HIMES (1832 - 1884) |
| Sibling | Priscilla HIMES (1835 - 1888) |
| Sibling | Sarah HIMES (1837 - 1923) |
| Sibling | Catherine HIMES (1840 - 1874) |
| Sibling | Mary HIMES (1843 - 1925) |
| Sibling | Rosanna HIMES (1845 - 1893) |
| Sibling | William HIMES (1847 - 1893) |
| Sibling | Anna B. HIMES (1849 - 1928) |
| Sibling | Ellen B. HIMES (1850 - 1860) |
| Sibling | Joel HIMES (1853 - 1931) |
Notes
Death
His age in The Jeffersonian-Democrat matches his age as calculated from the dates on his tombstone.Endnotes
1. Patricia Steele, Tombstone Hoppin': Cemetery Inscriptions of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, 2 volumes (Evansville, IN: Whipporwill Publications, between 1981 and 1986), 1:57.
2. Jonathan Himes entry, Jefferson County Deaths, Book 1: 101, Jefferson County Courthouse, Brookville, Pennsylvania.
3. St. Johns Cemetery, also known as Windy Hill (Rose Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania), tombstone, J. S. Himes (born June 4 1830/died Jan 27 1899 , read and photographed by Nancy Fowler.
4. Brookville Republican, (Brookville, Pennsylvania), 1 February 1899, page 5, microfilm; Indiana University of Pennsylvania library, Indiana, Pennsylvania. Volume XXXIX, No. 5.
5. Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Appications for Marriage Licenses, number 6668, Harry G. Askey and Emma McDonald, 19 April 1928; Jefferson County Courthouse, Brookville, Pennsylvania.
6. 1850 U.S. census, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Redbank Township, page 139B, dwelling 1927, family 1969, Jonathan Heime; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 January 2013); from National Archives microfilm M432, roll 767.
7. Cornelius E. Koppenheffer, translator, "Berkhaus" Bethlehem Lutheran Church Records (typescript, summer of 1969, Clarion County Historical Society, Clarion, Pennsylvania), page 69, communicants 31 October 1852.
8. "Mrs. Ellemina Himes, Deceased," Obituary, The Jeffersonian-Democrat, 15 December 2004; Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 4 July 2017).
9. Cornelius E. Koppenheffer, translator, "Berkhaus" Bethlehem Lutheran Church Records (typescript, summer of 1969, Clarion County Historical Society, Clarion, Pennsylvania), page 69, communicants 31 October 1852.
10. Cornelius E. Koppenheffer, translator, "Berkhaus" Bethlehem Lutheran Church Records (typescript, summer of 1969, Clarion County Historical Society, Clarion, Pennsylvania), page 69-70, communicants spring of 1853.
11. Cornelius E. Koppenheffer, translator, "Berkhaus" Bethlehem Lutheran Church Records (typescript, summer of 1969, Clarion County Historical Society, Clarion, Pennsylvania), page 70, communicants 5 November 1853.
12. Cornelius E. Koppenheffer, translator, "Berkhaus" Bethlehem Lutheran Church Records (typescript, summer of 1969, Clarion County Historical Society, Clarion, Pennsylvania), page 71, communicants 8 October 1854.
13. Cornelius E. Koppenheffer, translator, "Berkhaus" Bethlehem Lutheran Church Records (typescript, summer of 1969, Clarion County Historical Society, Clarion, Pennsylvania), page 73, communicants 15 November 1857.
14. Cornelius E. Koppenheffer, translator, "Berkhaus" Bethlehem Lutheran Church Records (typescript, summer of 1969, Clarion County Historical Society, Clarion, Pennsylvania), page 74, communicants 2 May 1858.
15. Cornelius E. Koppenheffer, translator, "Berkhaus" Bethlehem Lutheran Church Records (typescript, summer of 1969, Clarion County Historical Society, Clarion, Pennsylvania), page 74, communicants 16 October 1858.
16. 1860 U.S.census, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Packer Post Office, Beaver Township, page 23 (stamped), page 211 (penned), dwelling 113, family 113, Jonathan Hime; digital images, Ancestry.com (http:// www. ancestry.com : accessed 23 August 2012); from National Archives microfilm M653, roll 1118.
17. Cornelius E. Koppenheffer, translator, "Berkhaus" Bethlehem Lutheran Church Records (typescript, summer of 1969, Clarion County Historical Society, Clarion, Pennsylvania), page 75, communicants 13 May 1860.
18. Cornelius E. Koppenheffer, translator, "Berkhaus" Bethlehem Lutheran Church Records (typescript, summer of 1969, Clarion County Historical Society, Clarion, Pennsylvania), page 77, communicants 24 May 1862.
19. Cornelius E. Koppenheffer, translator, "Berkhaus" Bethlehem Lutheran Church Records (typescript, summer of 1969, Clarion County Historical Society, Clarion, Pennsylvania), page 79, communicants 13 September 1863.
20. 1870 U.S. census, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Knoxdale Post Office, Knox Township, page 81A (stamped), dwelling 73, family 73, Jonathan Himes; digital images, Ancestry.com (http:// www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 August 2012); from National Archives microfilm M593, roll 1352.
21. 1880 U.S. census, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Knox Township , enumeration district (ED) 192, page 103B (stamped), page 15 (penned), dwelling 112, family 112, John Himes ; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 August 2012); from National Archives microfilm T9, roll 1136.
22. Brookville Republican, (Brookville, Pennsylvania), 1 February 1899, page 5, microfilm; Indiana University of Pennsylvania library, Indiana, Pennsylvania. Volume XXXIX, No. 5.
23. "Mead Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church Class Records," database, Jefferson County Pennsylvania Genealogy Project (http://www.pa-roots.com/jefferson/church/methodist/meadchapelrecords/html : accessed 21 November 2012), Johnathon Himes and Mrs. Johnathon HImes; Class No. 2 H.H. McAninch, Leader Meets Every Sunday.
24. Patricia Steele, Tombstone Hoppin': Cemetery Inscriptions of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, 2 volumes (Evansville, IN: Whipporwill Publications, between 1981 and 1986), 1:57.
25. Brookville Republican, (Brookville, Pennsylvania), 1 February 1899, page 5, microfilm; Indiana University of Pennsylvania library, Indiana, Pennsylvania. Volume XXXIX, No. 5.
26. Jonathan Himes entry, Jefferson County Deaths, Book 1: 101, Jefferson County Courthouse, Brookville, Pennsylvania.
27. St. Johns Cemetery, also known as Windy Hill (Rose Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania), tombstone, J. S. Himes (born June 4 1830/died Jan 27 1899 , read and photographed by Nancy Fowler.
28. "Jonathan Himes Dead," The Jeffersonian-Democrat, 9 February 1899, "Jonathan Himes, of Knox Township, died a few days since, aged 68 years, 7 months, and 23 years (should be days)....For many years he was a faithful member of the M. E. church...Interment was in St. John's cemetery."; Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 4 July 2017).
29. Patricia Steele, Tombstone Hoppin': Cemetery Inscriptions of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, 2 volumes (Evansville, IN: Whipporwill Publications, between 1981 and 1986), 1:57.
30. Brookville Republican, (Brookville, Pennsylvania), 1 February 1899, page 5, microfilm; Indiana University of Pennsylvania library, Indiana, Pennsylvania. Volume XXXIX, No. 5.
31. Jonathan Himes entry, Jefferson County Deaths, Book 1: 101, Jefferson County Courthouse, Brookville, Pennsylvania.
32. St. Johns Cemetery, also known as Windy Hill (Rose Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania), tombstone, J. S. Himes (born June 4 1830/died Jan 27 1899 , read and photographed by Nancy Fowler.